January 21, 2016 by The Sumter Item

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Governor’s speech focuses on education COLUMBIA — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley outlined her plans

to improve education and fight domestic violence at her State of the State ad-

dress on Wednesday. But there was plenty of emotion in her speech, too, as she recalled a series of tragedies and crises her state faced in 2015, from the police shooting of an unarmed black man to the killing of nine black churchgo-

ers during Bible study to October’s historic floods. She cried as she asked for prayers for the three survivors at the church group, and lawmakers gave them a minute-long standing ovation.

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RAYMOND ‘RAY’ DAVENPORT • 1926 - 2016

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Ray Davenport, right, is seen in Marion Square in Charleston during a past Piccolo Spoleto festival. He exhibited and sold his paintings, such as “Winter Thaw,” above, there for many years.

Friends recall Sumter artist With last Saturday’s passing of Ray Davenport, Sumter lost one of its greatest artists, and many local artists and other residents lost one of their best friends. Sumter Little Theatre Director Emerita Katie Damron, Davenport and a few others started the Sumter Artists’ Guild in 1965 as way for local artists to get to know one another and share ideas. They remained close friends until his death Jan. 16. “He was the kind of person that if you didn’t see each other for a good while, you were still good friends,” Damron said. “He’s one of the most true-blue people you’d ever know. Like his artwork, he’s honest and genuine. I just can’t believe he’s gone. He’ll be missed from this world.” The Rev. Keith Getz of St. James Lutheran Church, who was Davenport’s pastor, agreed. “Ray Davenport was a man of strong faith in Christ and extremely dedicated to the church,” Getz said.

Capital improvement request for Pinewood Site aired at meeting BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com

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Taking a more detailed look at the 2015 police crime report BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com

Only a few residents of the Pinewood area made the 20-mile drive to Oakland Primary School, west of Shaw Air Force Base, to hear Robert Kerr, vice president of Pinewood Interim Administrators Inc., review a report outlining capital improvement project needs at the Pinewood Site, a toxic waste dump located near the shores of Lake Marion. Those that made the trip expressed concerns about the site contaminating the lake and ruining the area as a tourist destination. Some attendees recounted tales of indiscriminate dumping during the site’s early operation. The landfill operated from 1978 to 2000, when it was closed by court order. Capital improvements listed in the report include $3.2 million for cover enJIM HILLEY / THE SUMTER ITEM hancements for Section 1, the oldest and Pinewood Interim Administrators closest section to Lake Marion, which Inc. Vice President Robert Kerr contains only single-lined cells. The report also includes a request for talks to attendees at a public

meeting Tuesday at Oakland Primary School.

“He had an abundant, giving, cruciform heart. Ray possessed the unique ability to see the extraordinary beauty of God’s creation in the ordinary and had the talent to capture that beauty in his amazing art. He will be greatly missed.” While most people knew Davenport primarily through his art, his children, Raymond, Susan and Louise, knew him more intimately. Daughter Louise Davenport Fudger said her father at home was similar to “the same way people knew him.” A “wonderful, incredible dad,” she said. “He was funny, always joking, sweet, easygoing and super, super sweet.” She recalled that “when we were little and living in that tiny house on Milton, we had a little blackboard in the kitchen. We children would make marks on it at night, and the next morning, there would be a little cartoon.”

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During Sumter City Council’s meeting Tuesday, Sumter Police Chief Russell Roark III said that while crime in the city dropped by nearly 4 percent in 2015, the rates of some crimes, mainly auto break-ins and homicides, did increase. According to a news release from the department, the city has experienced a nearly 23 percent decrease in crime during the last five years. “A majority of our work focuses on proactive approaches and prevention,” Roark said in the release. “Only a small part involves enforcement.” During the council meeting Roark said officers cannot prevent people from having the desire and ability to commit crimes, but the department is working to prevent opportunities for crimes to take place. “But despite our best efforts, human factors come into play in categories such as homicides, which can vary

greatly from one year to the next,” Roark said in the release. Four homicides were reported in the City of Sumter in 2015, a 300 percent increase from 2014 when only one homicide was reported. Also, Roark mentioned the increase of vehicular break-ins that occurred in 2015, an increase of 23.5 percent from the previous year, stating that most break-ins are made possible because the vehicles are left unlocked. The release states that 83 percent of the auto break-ins reported were partly attributed to unlocked doors. While the rates of some crimes increased in 2015, others experienced significant decreases. According to the department’s crime report, there was a 54.5 percent decrease in sexual assaults, a nearly 41 percent decrease in copper thefts and 15.5 percent decrease in reported thefts from homes or businesses. Roark said the department had a

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Victim helps put away ‘dangerous criminal’ BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com

arrested by Sumter police in September 2015 for allegedly dragging a 33-year-old woman behind a home in the early hours of Sept. 5, 2015, sexually assaulting her and robbing her of her purse. The woman was able to give a description of the man, and about 11 p.m. the following Sunday, a man matching the description forced his way into the home of a 66-year-old woman and struck her in the face reMCLEAN peatedly while attempting to sexually assault her. “He fled the scene after she fought him off,” McElveen said. When McLean was arrested, he had injuries that matched the description of what the woman had inflicted while

Assistant Third Judicial District Solicitor Bronwyn McElveen said a dangerous criminal will spend at least 15 years in jail and will have to register as a sex offender after Shakour Jhalil McLean, 24, pleaded guilty Wednesday to burglary first degree, assault and battery first degree and assault with intent to commit criminal sexual conduct first degree. “It is mandatory he will have to register as a sex offender on his release, and he will have to serve 85 percent of his time in jail because it was a violent, serious offense,” she said. According to a The Sumter Item report, McLean, a Pinewood resident, was

fighting the assailant off, McElveen said. “He had her cellphone in his possession, and he was also scratched up,” McElveen said. Police sent fingernail clippings from the victim to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division for analysis, and the material under her fingernails matched McLean’s DNA, McElveen said. She said the victim was very brave and very lucky. “She was willing to assist us with prosecution, and it turned out for the best,” McElveen said. “We were ready to pick a jury in the case, and after a back-and-forth (discussion), he decided to plead guilty.” She said McLean pleaded guilty to charges involving the second assault.

McElveen said the willingness of both victims to assist the prosecution allowed them to have McLean sentenced to 18-and-a-half years. “Stranger-on-stranger sexual assault is very rare, and it startled us when there were allegations of the same person having multiple encounters like this,” McElveen said. “It immediately alerted us to a very dangerous person.” She said having McLean on the sex offender registry will allow authorities to monitor him closely should he be released after serving his sentence. “The solicitor’s office and the police department worked well together on this,” McElveen said. “It is thanks to the police officer’s work at the scene and in the weeks following that really enabled us to come to a successful resolution.”

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Building code changes workshop set for Feb. 11 The 2015 International Residential Construction codes for residential construction are scheduled to go into effect in South Carolina on July 1. The new building codes and state modifications vary from the existing codes in many ways, according to a news release from the Building Industry Association of Central South Carolina. In an effort to help residential builders keep up with and understand the changes, the association will host a workshop on the code changes and modifications. Any interested builder is invited to register. Copies of the 2015 code book will be available for all registrants. The workshop will be held on Thursday, Feb. 11, at Seawell’s in Columbia. To regsiter or for more information, visit www.BIAofCentralSC.com or call the association at (803) 256-6238.

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Timothy Gottshall, 12, and brothers Alex Blanchard, 12, and Noah, 15, take advantage of Saturday’s mild weather to fish at Wilson’s Pond.

Struggle continues for South Carolina’s farmers BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com While much of the Palmetto State is well on the way to recovery from the October flood, farmers in the area can’t seem to catch a break. “It’s still wet, too wet to get in the fields,” said David DeWitt, an associate extension agent for Clemson Extension in Sumter County. “Not a lot of wheat got planted, and we are still expecting rain this week.” Jeremy Cannon, who farms near Turbeville, said he has only been able to get in the fields for four days since the Oct. 4 flood. “The rain just has not stopped; the sap isn’t going up, so the trees aren’t taking up very much water,” he said. “It’s just standing there.” Hannah Mikell, extension agronomist for Clarendon County, said less than 10 percent of the wheat was planted this year compared to last year. “They weren’t able to plant right after the flood, which is the week they were supposed to plant their cover

crops — either oats or rye or wheat,” she said. “That means they will miss their harvest and the money they would get in the middle of the season, in June.” The cotton, soybeans and peanuts left in the fields are all rotten. “There is nothing left,” Mikell said. Farmers are starting to receive crop insurance checks, but that won’t cover all the farmers’ losses. “Most of that money will have to be sent to the banks and fertilizer companies to pay off 2015 debt, and then the farmers will evaluate where they go from here,” DeWitt said. “There isn’t a farm operation that is not going to lose money.” DeWitt said the maximum amount of insurance available is only 80 percent of a proven yield. “Most people are looking at losing somewhere between $60 to $150 an acre regardless of the level of insurance they carried,” he said. Cannon said he has resorted to borrowing money to stay in business. “We had to take out a big loan to

cover our losses, which I really didn’t want to do,” he said. “But I think that looks like the only answer.” Low commodity prices are making the farmers’ plight even worse, DeWitt said. “We are looking at commodity prices that are equal to levels in the 1970s for corn, soybeans and cotton,” he said. “Peanut contracts are not out yet, so we are not sure what we are going to be looking at there.” Dewitt said farmers have a lot of things to consider. “It’s really hard to write up an enterprise budget on a crop and come out with a positive number at current prices,” he said. Some farmers have resorted to selling off equipment, Cannon said. “There are some that are selling out because the money is not coming fast enough,” he said. “I was afraid that was going to be the case when Gov. (Nikki Haley) chose to not request any money.” He said if farmers do get funding through grants it will not be until at

least June. “June is too late for the farmers,” he said. DeWitt said some farmers are talking about taking the year off, retiring or just trying to go on. Cannon said he will plant tobacco, soybeans and possibly some cucumbers. “Those are the only things with cash flow,” he said. “A lot of the crops don’t cash flow right now, and it’s hard to get a loan without cash flow.” Mikell and Cannon said the full effects of the floods may not be known until next year. “Some farms will be able to go one more year to try to overcome their losses,” Cannon said. “We are going to lose some in ’16 and maybe a more significant proportion in ’17 because we can’t go one more year.” Mikell said farmers who still have capital or a reserve fund will probably use that up in the coming year. “If they don’t catch a break in 2016, then next year will be really very hard for a lot of them,” she said.

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DAVENPORT FROM PAGE A1 Davenport was always the kind of man who was able to do almost anything, Fudger said. “Mama always wanted the perfect Christmas tree,” she said, “and Daddy would cut limbs off and drill holes and make the most beautiful tree. “He could fix your car and anything in the house. Daddy would dream up things, make a drawing and then build them.” Fudger remembers her father for his artistic talent and creativity, too. “We were always fascinated by the way he was able to draw, and we were very respectful of his paint, brushes and other supplies,” she said. “I think we thought all fathers could do what he did.” The family will remember him as “a giving spirit,” Fudger said. “We had a cousin who was in an automobile accident as a child and in the hospital for weeks,” she said. “Daddy would go and stay with him one night a week and entertain him, keep his spirits up. He was like that for other people, too, not just family.” Always “vivacious, he loved to sing,” Fudger said. “And he could see beauty in everything.” While Susan Davenport shares many of her sister’s memories, she also related that their father loved singing as much as he did art. “He sang in the (St. James Lutheran) church choir all my life,” she said. “We never got to sit with Daddy in church because he was always singing.” Her father also sang with the Sumter Civic Chorale and the Palmetto

Mastersingers, a male ensemble comprising singers from across the state. On Sunday drives, Susan said, “Daddy carried a camera everywhere we went. We got used to him pulling over or turning around and going back to take pictures because he’d noticed the light off the trees or something. He had a huge file of slides he’d use to jog his memory.” She added that, “As much as Daddy achieved, it was our mother (Lula Kate Davenport, who died in November 2015) who was the driving force.” In her parents’ 68 years of marriage, she said, “It was Mother who would find a way to make it possible. We never had a lot of money, and she’d change the budget so he could do the things he wanted to do. Without her help and encouragement, I don’t know if he’d have ever achieved as much as he did.” Ray Davenport was encouraging to his children, too, “but he never made a big deal of pushing us,” Susan said. “He just expected us to do things on our own. He’d say, ‘You can do that,’ and he’d give us guidance. “He was there if we needed him, though. I think we all turned out to be pretty self-sufficient.” Davenport had the love and friendship of many other artists, as well. Boyd Saunders, distinguished professor emeritus at University of South Carolina (Columbia) Department of Art, said, “I knew Ray as professional colleague, student and friend. Ray was an excellent artist. His approach to art was similar to his approach to life: calm, ordered, methodical and closely structured. There was always something innately reassuring about this. “I still remember when he felt he needed a printing press to print his

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as well. “It was always a good time with this delightful friend, whether as show neighbors at Piccolo Spoleto or sharing our beach area home with him and Lu during Atalaya Festivals. “As an artist, Ray was generous in sharing what he knew and what he had figured out. He demonstrated and spoke for the Artists’ Guild many times, showing his technique for cast paper and describing his system for cataloging thousands of photos that were reference material for his detailed, realistic paintings.” She remembers one of Davenport’s demonstrations particularly well. “(This) talk, in particular, struck a chord for me,” Carberry said. “It was about entering art competitions, where Ray was a consistent winner. ‘Always do your best,’ Ray said. “Though he was specifically talking about artwork, I believe it was a philosophy that he applied to every endeavor in his life. I would like to call it The Ray Davenport Philosophy — Always Do Your Best!” It was her father’s faith that guided him in his work and his relationships, Susan Davenport said. “He was very, very moral, but he was not judgmental,” she said. “He was very active in his church, but he didn’t wear Jesus on his shoulder. You knew by the way he lived that he was a moral Christian.” Services for Ray Davenport will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at St. James Lutheran Church, 1137 Alice Drive, with burial following at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery. His family will receive friends from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home, 221 Broad St., Sumter. — Ivy Moore

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Ray Davenport’s oil on canvas painting, “Urban Garden,” was among his works exhibited in the Covenant Place gallery last year. It shows how his photo realistic paintings became more impressionistic during the years. original works; rather than buy one, he simply built his own. This piece of machinery reflected the same skill and finish that he brought to his art. “After the construction of the press was completed, he invited a group of friends and fellow artists to a party to present his press to the world. It was a memorable event.” Carole Carberry, president of the Sumter Artists’ Guild, knew Davenport for almost three decades. “Ray was my first and best artist friend in the Sumter Artists’ Guild,” she said. “He introduced himself to me 29 years ago, after my first guild meeting. Our personalities just clicked. My family clicked with Ray

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CRIME FROM PAGE A1 clearance rate of more than 54 percent. The clearance rate is the percentage of cases solved or cases that have resulted in arrests. More than 60 percent of violent crimes, 26 percent of property crimes and 90 percent of juvenile crimes were cleared in 2015. Roark said financial crimes and scams, which have a clearance rate of 35 percent, are much harder to solve because the crimes mostly occur online which makes it harder to find the scammer. Roark then reflected on the police department’s major ac-

complishments, including its response to the flood in October and a major drug bust that same month. During the flood, the department responded to more than 2,300 calls for service and participated in more than 40 home rescues, according to the report. As for the drug bust, an investigation that began in 2014, Roark said 19 individuals were arrested and more than $630,000 and more than $1 million worth of cocaine was seized. More details about the 2015 annual report can be found on Sumter Police Department’s redesigned website, www.sumterpd.com, under the “About” tag.

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Go ‘Over The Top’ Saturday Remembering a lesson from Ray Davenport

BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Sumter’s youth and families are invited to the 2016 Over The Top event at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Alice Drive Baptist Church, 1305 Loring Mill Road. This is the eighth year the event has been held, said Stephanie Dowling, one of the event coordinators. “It’s a great student event and also a great family night,” she said. Dowling said at least 800 people attend the event each year. She said the event coordinators are always excited to bring well-known artists and speakers to Sumter every year. This year’s musical performer is contemporary Christian musician Jimmy Needham from Texas. Dowling described Needham’s musical style as “bluesy and jazzy.” NEEDHAM She said Needham performed during Over The Top five years ago. His heart and humility complement the goal of the event, Dowling said. The coordinators chose Christian author and speaker D.A. Horton to be the main speaker on Saturday. He just brings a solid theological word, Dowling said. She said that each year the coordinators plan the event around one word provided by the Lord; and the word this year is “awakening.” It just so happens that Horton recently did a fourpart service on awakening,

Church of Christ, 313 Mooneyham Road, announces: * Saturday, Feb. 27 — An appreciation program for the Palmetto Gospel Singers of Sumter will be held at 5 p.m. On the program: St. Matthew B.C. Choir; Sumter Violinaires; The Hill Boys; and many others. Church of God of Prophecy, 140 S. Guignard Drive, announces: * Sunday, Feb. 7 — Gospel singing for the third anniversary of Resurrection at 4 p.m. Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 182 S. Pike East, announces: * Sunday — The 17th ministerial anniversary celebration for Pastor Aurelia Hill will be held at 11:30 a.m. Pastor Jerome Sumter will speak. High Hills AME Church, 6780 Meeting House Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday — 200 Men in Black at 4 p.m. The Rev. Donald Amos will speak. Theme: I am my brother’s keeper.

tance in Jesus’ face are clearly evident. As we stood there, Mr. Davenport explained the behind Faith Matters story the painting. JAMIE H. The mural WILSON was an amalgam of several different images he had gathered from other similar paintings, he told me, but try as he might, he couldn’t perfect Jesus’ folded hands. He needed help, so he called in his wife, a nurse, to model the praying hands position. With her help, he was able to finish the mural. “So Jesus has the hands of a healer,” he explained. That mural had been the backdrop of my entire childhood experience at church. I was baptized in the waters just below. I had passed it thousands of times without realizing the lesson held within. In that moment, Mr. Davenport provided such a layer of spiritual understanding that today I can’t look at that painting without remembering the weight of my Heavenly Father’s love for me. Jesus physically healed quite a few people in his ministry on earth, but his main focus was to provide spiritual healing for all of us. We are all sin-sick, but Christ came not with a finger of accusation, but with the hands of a healer. In Scripture, Jesus said, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor — sick people do” (Matt. 9:12, NIV). So thank you, Mr. Davenport, for a lesson I’ll never forget. I know that you are resting in the hands of the Healer.

Highway, Rembert, announces: * Saturday — The movie “War Room” will be presented at 4 p.m.

timony at 6:30 p.m. Refreshments will follow. A love offering will be received. Nursery provided. Call (803) 4525373 or visit www.pinewoodbaptist.org.

Baptist Church of Manning, will speak.

Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 325 Fulton St., announces: * Sunday, Jan. 31 — Youth worship celebration at 10:45 a.m. Minister Patrick Outler, president of the Student Government Association, Morris College, will speak.

Red Hill Baptist Church, 4695 Red Hill Road, Lee County, announces: * Saturday — Gospel benefit singing at 6 p.m. for George Sandy and family. On the program: Stokes Family; Robert Branham; and more.

Orangehill AME Church, 3035 S. King Highway, Wedgefield, announces: * Sunday — Men’s Day program at 10 a.m. The Rev. Marvis L. Stewart will speak.

Sheppard Ministries announces: * Sunday — Gospel singing at 11 a.m. at Wedgefield Baptist Church featuring The Singing Sheppard’s.

Pinewood Baptist Church, S.C. 261, Pinewood, announces: * Sunday, Jan. 31 — Former Miss South Carolina and Christian recording artist Dawn Smith Jordan will provide music and share her tes-

St. John Baptist Church, 3944 Brewer Road, Manning, announces: * Sunday — The 91st church anniversary will be celebrated at 4 p.m. Pastor Renel Trevol, of Goodwill Freewill

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Christian author and speaker D.A. Horton will headline the 2016 Over The Top event at Alice Drive Baptist Church on Saturday. she said. It’s amazing to see the event unfold every year, she said. Dowling said this year’s mission moment will focus on a high school graduate who has decided to take a year off from school to participate in a nine-month mission with the World Race: Gap Year. Tickets for Over The Top are $10 per person and can be purchased at The Olive Tree Christian Book Store, Badcock & More Home Furniture Store or One Accord Marketplace on Bultman.

Dowling said tickets can also be purchased at the door for the same price. Doors open at 5 p.m., and the event will start at 5:30 p.m. and end about 8:30 p.m. More information about the artist and speaker and a link to the purchase tickets online can be found at www. overthetopyouthevent.com. For more information about the event, call Stephanie Dowling at (803) 9832494 or visit the event’s Facebook page, www.facebook.com/overthetopyouthevent.

CHURCH NEWS ALIVE Praise & Worship Center, 342 W. Liberty St., announces: * Saturday, Jan. 30 — A winter clothes giveaway community outreach will be held 9 a.m.-1 p.m. The ALIVE Praise & Worship Singers and Band will provide music.

hile in high school, I had the pleasure of working for Ray Davenport, the famous local artist who passed away last Saturday. After school and on Saturdays, I would join Mr. Davenport — what I called him — in his studio just outside of his home, which was neatly but fully packed with prints, mats, paintbrushes, paints and various contraptions that helped Mr. Davenport ply his trade. While he was an amazing artist, he was an even more completely fascinating man. Sometimes he would leave the studio early to take voice lessons. He kept a chicken coop outside of his studio. He listened to Car Talk on National Public Radio on Saturday morning. He would lovingly pick on his wife, Lu, when she popped into the studio to tell him dinner was ready. In his work he captured the meaning behind his subjects, whether it was the tranquility found just at sunset at Shem Creek or the simplicity of a dandelion bending in the breeze, its seeds wafting into the open air. He was humble and gentle, especially to this once flaky high school student. It was years later when his humility translated into a nugget of spiritual understanding in my own life. He was commissioned to create a painting for my church commemorating its 50th anniversary. I met him at the church while he was gathering measurements. We went inside to look at the baptistery mural he had painted decades before. It’s a depiction of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, his knees bent, eyes searching a darkened sky, a group of disciples slumbering nearby. Equal parts pain and accep-

Joshua Baptist Church, 5200 Live Oak Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday, Jan. 31 — Youth Day at 10 a.m. Minister Lorie Parker will speak. Knitting Hearts Ministry, meets at Bethesda Church of God, 2730 Broad St., announces: * Saturday, Feb. 13 — Knitting Hearts Café will be held 10 a.m.-noon. Debbie Dyches of Fort Mill will speak. Nursery provided for children age 5 and under. www.knittingheartsministry.org Mount Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, 5918 S.C. 260, Manning, announces: * Sunday — Male chorus ministry’s anniversary program at 3 p.m. Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church, 7355 Camden

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St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church, 7650 Summerton Highway, Silver community, Pinewood, announces: * Saturday, Feb. 6 — The male chorus will sponsor a flea market beginning at 6:30 a.m. Call Deacon Robert Oliver at (803) 452-5223. Triumph Ministries, 562 Pike Road, announces: * Friday, Feb. 5 — One night of glory at 7 p.m. Bishop Harold Bennett will speak. * Friday and Sunday, Feb. 19 and 21 — Pastor appreciation for Prophetess Stephanie Mathis as follows: 7 p.m. Friday, Prophetess Rose Clark Summers of Greensboro, North Carolina, will speak; and 4 p.m. Sunday, Pastor Dorothy Maple will speak. These services will be held at Cross Road Christian Fellowship / St. Peter Baptist Church, 845 Webb St.

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S.C. watermedia, Sumter Artists’ Guild shows creative, experimental BY JANE G. COLLINS Special to The Sumter Item

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In an interview with The Sumter Item’s Ivy Moore, Sumter Gallery of Art Director Karen Watson proclaimed, “The South Carolina Watermedia Show is one of the most popular shows the gallery presents each year.” That statement certainly reflects my opinion. Since extending the show to include all media that uses water base, the exhibit supports interesting levels of experimentation and creativity. This year’s 38th Anniversary Exhibition traveling show is another example of that success. Best of Show in Honor of Rose Metz, “Wash Day,” by Becky Hollingsworth, aptly deserves the award. Like many of Metz’s watercolors, there is a wonderful mixture of romanticism and balance of space and form in Hollingsworth’s painting. She emphasizes the interplay between the dark brown background, the starkly empty clothespins on the rope and the deteriorating wicker chair with combination of rosy coral wash against the vibrant white space in the foreground. The result creates a simple poignancy of composition and emotion. Many works reflect the impact of light and shade. Jasmine Jordan’s “Taste of

Charleston” sends a spotlightlike beam through the opening, exaggerating the difference between the light source and alleyways typical of Charleston. Anne Hightower-Patterson’s watercolor “Antiques” abounds with the vibrant interplay of light on the elegant blue and coral vases, even managing to capture the luminous quality in the bowls in the front. Steve Garner’s acrylic “Lake Trout with Ball Jar” combines well delineated realism with the transparent treatment of the blue Mason jar, contrasting the forms of the trees with the surreal placement of the curving fish. Similarly, Audrey Montgomery infuses the realistic tackle box with a monochromatic texturing highlighted by the shapes and colors of the net, bobbers, rope and lures. “Nebulous,” by Ruth Hopkins, with its shaded impact of taupe and ecru, features diffused light and shade to create atmosphere. “BFF: Best Friends Forever,” a watercolor on paper by Suzanne Wolfe, gains impact from the strongly directed light on the two faces. “Fear II,” by Vickie Bailey Ebbers, is another great study

of light creating emotion. “Blessing On Caper’s Creek,” by Sherry Strickland Martin, embodies the artist’s ability to combine a sense of realism with the intently drawn newspaper with the fluidity of transparent watercolor. Her technique of light and shade adds movement and focus, especially on the objects and hands on the table. Several contemporary paintings stress the variety of technique and subject matter in the show. “How to Play Ultimate Sudoku,” by Patsy TidwellPainton, has the impact of a Roy Lichtenstein. Her bold, black designs emphasized with red add depth and focus. Lillie Morris combines levels, textures and materials — mussel shells, feathers, twigs, egg shells and snakeskin — in “RELICS: Stallings Island Revisited,” a composition that invites the viewer to sort, sift and rethink. Patricia Cole-Ferullo expertly achieves asymmetrical balance in “INTO THE LIGHT.” “Night Garden,” Toni Elkins’ acrylic on watercolor board, develops impact through the vast gold/bronze space pitted against the dark upper part of the composition. It literally glows with intensity. Abstracts like “Time Lyrical Images,” by Denise Athanas, and “Signs of

the Times,” by Pollie Bristow, add to the overall success of the traveling exhibit. The current Sumter Gallery of Art show also celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Sumter Artists’ Guild and the winners of last year’s guild show. Although Connie Brennan’s winning abstract “Vascular Awakening” is not present — it has been accepted for the prestigious ArtFields 2016 in April in Lake City — her entries reflect a variety of styles. “Que Sera, Sera,” a mobile, seems a departure from her normal work. Her signature angels have a new look — soft, ethereal, almost haunting. Second-place winner J. Michael McGuirt’s large canvases highlight his ability to create power and movement. He admitted that his “Rapture” was the only painting ever to disturb him: “I know the rapture will be chaotic, but in this picture, the more I studied it, the more I saw figures rising to the opening.” Third-place winner Trisha Roman King has included several photographs, such as “Melancholy,” that reaffirm her skill as a photographer. Honorable Mention artist Dave Robbins has three landscapes that reflect his ability to use color to create mood, using the lake and surroundings as

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hat extra layer can be the difference between feeling cold or comfortable on a wintry morning. God’s love warms our hearts in much the same way. As we learn to know Him through prayer and study of His Word, we develop spiritual warmth that accompanies us in uncomfortable situations. Every week, as we visit God’s house to worship and learn more of His unfailing love and protection, we add a new layer of insulation between us and the events that can chill our soul. Worship this week and add a layer of faith.

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Interdenominational City of Refuge Church 16 Carolina Ave 938-9066 Barbara & Johnny Davis Sun School 10:00 am Worship 11:15 am Bible Study (Wed.) 7:00 pm www.cityofrefugeministry.com

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Anglican Church of the Holy Cross 335 North Kings Hwy (Hwy 261 N) 803-494-8101 Father Michael E. Ridgill, C.F.S.B. Sunday School 9:00 am Mass 10:00 am Mon. - Thurs. Chapel 9 am Morning Prayer Wed. Chapel 11:00 qm - Bible Study 12 pm Mass

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Shaw Heights Baptist Church 2030 Peach Orchard Rd. • 499-4997 Rev. Robert White Pastor Sunday School: 9:45 am Sunday Worship:11 am & 6 pm

Assembly of God Baptist - Southern Catholic - Roman First Assembly of God 1151 Alice Drive * 773-3817 www.sumterﬁrstag.org Jason Banar, Pastor Sunday School 9:30 am Sunday Worship: 10:30 am

Baptist - Missionary Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church 803 S Harvin St. * 775-4032 Marion H Newton, Pastor Sunday Worship: 7:45 & 10:45 am Sunday Youth Service: 10:45 am Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 pm

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The Catholic Community of Sumter, St. Anne Site 216 E Liberty St • 803-773-3524 Pastor Rev. Frank Palmieri, CRM Vicar Rev. Noly Berjuega, CRM Weekend Masses: Sat. 4:30 pm Sun. 8:00 and 12:00 Noon Confession: Sat. 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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Spiritual Life Christian Center 4672 Broad St. Ext • 968-5771 Pastors Randolph & Minerva Paige Sunday Worship: 11:00 am Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 pm Victory Full Gospel Interdenominational Church 601 Pitts Rd • 481-7003 Joann P. Murrill, Pastor Sunday Worship: 11:00 am Youth Bible Study 7:00 pm

Lutheran - ELCA St James Lutheran Church 1137 Alice Dr, Sumter 773-2260 / www.stjamessumter.org Pastor Keith Getz Sunday School: 9:00 am Sunday Worship: 10:00 am Wed. Bible Study 10:30 am Holy Communion: 12:00 pm

Lutheran - NALC Immanuel Lutheran Church 140 Poinsett Drive 803-883-1049 • 803-774-2380 Pastor Gary Blobaum Worship Service 9:00 am Sunday School 10:30 am Wed Bible Class: 7:00 pm

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in “Light Rips Through.” In paintings such as “Obsessed III,” Denise Greer, another honorable mention, projects her ability to combine symbols and color with abstraction. Mackenzie Anderson Sholtz includes a particularly effective mixed media “One to Three,” a visual and verbal play on words. The impact of the bark on wood and the playfully included numbering give the entry a sense of depth, realism and humor. People’s Choice Award winner Michael Broadway’s entries continue to gain impact from Broadway’s whimsical juxtaposition of faces, flowing paint and circles to create depth and encourage closer inspection of the image. The exhibit showcases art not only across the state, but also within the Sumter Artists’ Guild. It is an event that offers enrichment opportunities and, as Watson observed, “a chance to escape the cabin fever of January.” The show will remain at the gallery until Feb. 12. The Sumter County Gallery of Art, 200 Hasell St., is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. Call (803) 775-0543 for more information.

First Church of God 1835 Camden Rd • 905-5234 www.sumterfcg.org Ron Bower, Pastor Sunday School: 9:30 am Sunday Worship: 10:30 am

Sumter First Pentecostal Holiness Church 2609 McCrays Mill Rd • 481-8887 S. Paul Howell, Pastor Sunday School: 10:00 am Sunday Worship: 10:45 am & 6:00 pm Wed. Bible Study/Youth Group: 7:00 pm

Greater St. Paul Church 200 Watkins Street • 803-778-1355 Founder Bishop W.T. English Sunday School - 10:30 am Worship - 11:30 am Evangelistic Service 6:30 pm Wed. Mid Week Service - 7:30 pm

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Bethel United Methodist Church 5575 Lodebar Rd • 469-2452 The Rock Church of Sumter Rev. Jeremy Howell 365 N. Saint Pauls Ch. Rd. • 803-494-7625 Sunday Worship: 8:30 & 11 am Pastor Gwendolyn Credle Sunday School: 10 am Sunday School 9:30 am www.yourbethel.org Worship Service 11:00 am BMethodist@ftc-i.net St John United Methodist Church 136 Poinsett Dr * 803-773-8185 www.stjohnumcsumter.com Rev. Larry Brown Sunday School 9:45 am Worship 11:00 am Wed. Bible Study 11:00 am Trinity United Methodist Church 226 W Liberty St • 773-9393 Rev. Steve Holler Blended Service 8:45 am Sunday School 9:45 am Worship Service 11:00 am trinityumcsumter.org

Non-Denominational Christ Community Church(CCC) 320 Loring Mill Rd., Sumter www.cccsumter.com 803-905-7850 Sun. Worship 10:00 am (Patriot Hall) 135 Haynsworth Street

The Salvation Army 16 Kendrick St. • 803-775-9336 Major Robbie Robbins Sunday School 9:45 am Worship Service 11:00 am Monday Youth Night 6:30 pm Wednesday Mid Week Lift 6:30 pm Wednesday Men Fellowship & Woman’s Home League 6:30 pm

First Presbyterian Church of Sumter 9 W Calhoun St (at Main St.) (803) 773-3814 • info@fpcsumter.org Interim Pastor Rev. Jim Burton Sunday School 9:30 a.m. (classes for all ages) Hospitality/Fellowship Hall 10:10 a.m. Children/Youth Gather 4:45 p.m. W. Bldg. Night Church 5:00 p.m. (classes for all ages) Supper 6:30 p.m. Fellowship Hall

Presbyterian - ARP Lemira Presbyterian Church 514 Boulevard Rd • 473-5024 Pastor Dan Rowton Sunday School 10:00 am Worship 11:00 am

Pentecostal First United Penecostal Church 14 Plowden Mill Rd • 775-9493 Pastor Theron Smith Sunday Service: 10:00 am & 6:30 pm Wednesday Bible Study: 7:30 pm

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stars Ben Whishaw (“The Hour”) as Danny, a party boy at the end of his tether who strikes up a chance encounter with Alex (Edward Holcroft), a mysterious man who claims to be a brilliant mathematician and investment banker. The unlikely couple is on the verge of the first serious love affair of their respective lives when Alex suddenly vanishes. Danny’s efforts to find him reveal that Alex is not who he claimed to be and that he has deep connections to Britain’s top espionage circles.

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SERIES NOTES Relaxation is overrated on “Life in Pieces” (8:30 p.m., CBS, TV-PG) * Fred irks Candace on “Mom” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14) * Amy wants Allison to lighten up on “Angel From Hell” (9:30 p.m., CBS, TV-PG) * A Russian tycoon expires on “Elementary” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14) * Harlee

protects Wozniak on “Shades of Blue” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

LATE NIGHT Marlon Wayans is booked on “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah” (11 p.m., Comedy Central) * Eva Longoria, Jose Andres and Marques Ray appear on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS) * Christian Slater, Josh Radnor and Iggy Pop are booked on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (11:35 p.m., CBS) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Sarah Silverman and Wet on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Zac Efron, Lauren Cohan and Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (11:35 p.m., ABC) * Paul Giamatti, Aubrey Plaza and Frank Bruni visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Lily James, Sean Hayes and Borns are on “The Late Late Show With James Corden” (12:35 a.m., CBS). Copyright 2016, United Feature Syndicate

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Wanted: The next Miss Clarendon BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com

he search is on for two beauty queens to represent Clarendon County in 2016. The 4th annual Miss Clarendon and Miss Clarendon Teen pageants will be held on Feb. 6, 2016, at Weldon Auditorium in Manning. The pageants will start at 6 p.m. with the Miss Teen Competition. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the door. The winner of the Miss Clarendon Pageant, for ages 17 to 24, will receive a $500 scholarship and a chance to compete in Miss South Carolina, according to Carrie Trebil, organizer of the pageants. The pageants, sponsored by the Junior Ambassadors of Clarendon County, are open to all South Carolina residents. Miss Clarendon Teen is for ages 13 to 17. Girls who are 17 years old and are juniors in high school may compete as Miss Clarendon Teen. A 17-year-old senior in high school competes in the Miss Clarendon competition. The reigning Miss Clarendon, Ariana Ruiz, and Miss Clarendon Teen, Addison Hicks, competed in the Miss South Carolina Pageant in Columbia in July. Ruiz, 17 at the time, was the youngest competitor in the Miss S.C. competition and took home the Media Award. Hicks placed in the Top 15 in the pageant. Ruiz, of Manning, won the Miss Clarendon Scholarship Pageant in October 2014. She is a graduate of Manning High School and is attending Central Carolina Technical College where she is majoring in agricultural education. Her career goal is to become an agricultural business or agricultural technology teacher. Ruiz has been competing in pageants for most of her life; but winning the Miss Clarendon pageant was a unique experience, she said. “I enjoyed being able to go out into the community and represent Clarendon County in a positive way,” she said. There are five categories on which participants are scored in the pageant including: a private interview with five judges, an on-stage question, lifestyle and fitness, talent and evening wear. Women competing for Miss Clarendon will have a swimsuit competition for lifestyle and fitness, and participants for Miss Clarendon Teen will have a shorts and T-shirt competition. “Competing in Miss Clarendon was different from other pageants because of all of the categories involved,” Ruiz said. “The on-stage question and interview really challenges you to know the subject matter.” Ruiz said she also enjoyed talking about her platform, which was minimizing urban sprawl. The Miss S.C. pageant was a weeklong event in which contestants had to

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Miss Clarendon 2015 Ariana Ruiz, above, plants flowers at home built by Clarendon Habitat for Humanity. At right, Ruiz takes a group photo with students at Manning Primary School. do an interview, an on-stage question, model an evening gown, model a swimwear and display talent. “I couldn’t have done this without the support of the local residents and everyone in the community,” Ruiz said. The registration for the pageant is $110 and includes a CD of photos from the pageant. The $100 from Miss Clarendon’s registration fee will be donated to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Both categories will also compete for A People’s Choice Winner, decided by the number of popular votes on the

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Crime drops in Manning, though drug arrests double BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com City of Manning’s crime rate decreased by 4.5 percent in 2015 from 2014, according to a presentation made by Manning Police Department Chief Blair Shaffer at the city council meeting Monday night. The data came from the FBI’s crime statistics and includes stats from property crimes and violent crimes. The overall crime rate in the city has dropped by 15.5 percent during the last three years, Shaffer said. Violent crimes include homicide, robbery, rape and aggravated assaults. Property crimes include burglaries, larcenies, vehicular theft and arson. Shaffer said FBI’s data does not include other crimes such as assaults, trespass and drug crimes. “I credit not just the police department and city council, but the citizens who contribute to the decrease in our crime,” he said. Shaffer said overall, the city saw 500 fewer incidents in 2015 than in 2014. Those numbers, however, include the department ceasing to respond to unlocking people’s vehicles if they had left

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Manning Police Department Chief Blair Shaffer talks on the city’s drop in crime at the city council meeting Monday night at Manning City Hall. their key inside, he said. Shaffer said that there has been an increase in other crimes, however, such as drug-related crimes. The de-

partment saw a 100 percent increase in drug arrests from 70 in 2014 to 138 in 2015, he said. Driving under the influ-

ence arrests remained about the same, from 28 in 2014 to 27 in 2015. The department saw many more alcohol-related charges that were not DUI in 2015, Shaffer said. In his presentation to council, Manning Fire Department Chief Mitch McElveen thanked Clarendon County Fire Department for its donations of the county department’s older air packs. An air pack is a selfcontained breathing apparatus worn by firefighters. He said the air packs donated by Clarendon County are lighter weight and an upgraded version of what Manning Fire Department had. “The National Fire Protection Association upgrades regulations for fire safety. After air packs get a certain age they have to be replaced,” he said. “In about

three to five years, we’ll be looking at that scenario.” McElveen said each new air pack costs about $2,600. The department has 22 air packs, which he said would cost about $57,000 to replace in the future. Council also: • Approved an ordinance to re-zone two vacant properties owned by Clarendon School District 2 from office commercial to general commercial; • Approved a resolution for the mayor or the city administrator to enter into an agreement for construction and improvements of the North Mill Street Streetscape Enhancement Project; and • Presented a service award to Levy Young for his time on the Manning Zoning Board of Adjustment and Appeals.

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consider growing them, ask a nearby nursery which variety will do best in your climate. Onions are low in calories and fat and in most nutrients, but they are a moderate source of fiber, vitamin C, vitamin B6 and potassium. â&#x20AC;˘ The shallots (Allium ascalonicum) are another member of the lily family with a mild, onionlike flavor. Shallots are considered more easily digestible than either onions or garlic and may be used in the same capacity. â&#x20AC;˘ The garlic (Allium sativum) is the strong guy of the family, the most pungent, potent and powerful in terms of flavor and aroma. This bulb can be used for everything from seasoning salads to repelling bugs in the garden. â&#x20AC;˘ The scallion (Allium fistilisum) is also called the spring or Welsh onion. The scallion and the green onion are one and the same. Scallions have green, hollow tops and show white for two or three inches above the roots. At the base of the stalk you have a slight

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PINEWOOD FROM PAGE A1 $450,000 to improve a portion of Section III, which is producing an unusual amount of leachate, water that has percolated through the waste and is pumped out for treatment. Treatment of leachate is a major expense, Kerr said. One suggested long-term solution to protect Lake Marion is to place a barrier wall between Sections I and II and the lake. The report asks for $100,000 to produce a conceptual design and cost estimate for the barrier, which could cost more than $7 million. Kerr said problems at the site re-

STATE FROM PAGE A1 â&#x20AC;&#x153;The state of our state is bent but not broken,â&#x20AC;? Haley said. There was one big surprise. Haley left her prepared remarks to call out senators who have not passed her ethics reform proposals. She asked senators who support her call for more disclosure on who pays lawmakers and independent investigations of legislators accused of ethics violations to stand. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ladies and gentlemen, we finally got to see what that vote might look like,â&#x20AC;? Haley said. The House has already passed the proposals. Otherwise, Haley has already spoken about her proposals earlier this month. She again repeated she will only sign a bill increasing the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gas tax to pay for road improvements if there is a corresponding cut in income taxes. But Haley began and closed her speech with a call for continued unity from a state that agreed to bring down the Confederate flag â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an event she did not mention in the address. The rebel banner came down less than a month after the nine people were killed at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston in June. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are a different South Carolina than we were one

quire the state to take action. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We really need to strive for a solution so we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to deal with this 50 years from now,â&#x20AC;? he said. Much of the discussion at the meeting centered on topics not included in the report. State Sen. Thomas McElveen, DSumter, who attended the hearing, said part of the problem in the General Assembly is keeping the site on the Legislatureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s radar. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We get a new generation of senators and representatives every few years who are not tuned into this,â&#x20AC;? he said. McElveen said it was a major victory for the site when Rep. Murrell Smith, R-Sumter, was able to get $3.9

year ago. Of that there can be no doubt. A place, a people, cannot go through what we have gone through and not come out changed on the other side. The questions we in this room must ask ourselves are: What does that mean? What do we do with it?â&#x20AC;? Here are some other highlights from Haleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s speech:

PROPOSALS Haley is making education a cornerstone of her agenda this year. She wants lawmakers to provide $15 million for annual tuition scholarships of up to $7,500 to students who agree to work eight years in schools with high teacher turnover. The money would also go for scholarships for teachers already in those districts who want to get advanced degrees. The governor also wants to be able to borrow up to $200 million annually for schools, starting in the 2017-18 school year. Her proposal, to set aside 1 percent of the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s debt capacity for K-12 schools, would require separate legislation. The money would go to improving buildings and other infrastructure. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After visiting hundreds of schools across our state, I know exactly what many of todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kids donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have.â&#x20AC;? Haley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have seen the

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Donate to charity? IRS has rules for that BY CAROLE FELDMAN The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Did you donate a car to a charitable organization in 2015 or some clothing to the church thrift shop? Maybe you made a cash contribution to your alma mater or in memory of a loved one. If you want to take a deduction for the donation, you have to itemize on your tax return. But there’s more to it than that. First, you have to make sure the organization to which you’re donating is a qualified charity. And the money can’t be targeted to a particular individual, even if it’s going through that charity, said Dave Du Val, vice president for consumer advocacy at taxaudit.com. He uses this example: Say you’re driving to Goodwill to drop off some clothes and you see a homeless man in the street. You give him one of the coats that you were planning to donate. “It suits (you) well in the next life, but it’s not a deduction,” he said. Similarly, if your neighbors’ house burns down and your church starts a fund to help them rebuild, a contribution to the fund isn’t deductible, Du Val said. However, if the church has a fund to help people in need, but not specifically your neighbor, you could take the deduction. For a cash contribution, you need proof that you made the donation. That could be a canceled check or an itemized line on your credit card statement. So, Du Val said, if you put a $10 bill in the bucket of a Salvation Army bell ringer, that’s not deductible. But if you wrote out a check to the Salvation Army and put that in the bucket, it is. If the contribution is more than $250, you also will need a receipt from the organization. The Internal Revenue Service makes clear, “If you get something in return for your donation, your donation is limited. You can only deduct the amount of your gift that is more than the value of what you got in return.” The IRS lists possible items received for donations, including meals, merchandise or tickets. Charitable organizations often will include on your receipt the amount that is deductible. Congress, as part of the tax extender bill passed late last year, made permanent the ability of people 70½ years old or older to roll over up to $100,000 from their IRA to a charity taxfree. Those who take advantage of that provision won’t have to count the distribution from the IRA as income. But there’s no double-dipping. If you make the direct donation, you can’t also deduct it on your return. Du Val said taxpayers who want to donate are “generally better off” if they don’t have to deal with the extra income and the resulting taxes. He said the distribution also counts toward the required minimum distribution that IRA holders have to start taking at that age. What about deductions for contributions of clothing and other property? You can only deduct the fair market value of an item — what it would sell for at a thrift store, for example. “Even if the shirt is new and still has the tag on it, people aren’t going to go into

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the thrift store and pay $100 for it,” Du Val said. And there’s no deduction for sentimental value. If the non-cash donation is more than $500, you must fill out Section A of Form 8283 and file it with your return. If it’s more than $5,000, Section B also is required. You’ll also need a valid appraisal of the item in hand when you file your taxes, Du Val said. If you donate a car, the deduction is not the fair value of the car but what the charitable organization sells it for, according to Du Val. However, there is an exception: If the organization gives the car to a needy family, for example, or uses it

for an ambulance, you can take the fair market value, he said. In either case, you have to substantiate the vehicle’s value. Don’t forget that if you’re delivering the donation or doing other work for a charitable organization, you can deduct the mileage. The rate for 2015 was 14 cents a mile for using your car for charitable work. As the presidential campaign moves toward the first primaries and caucuses, taxpayers should be aware that donations to political candidates are not deductible. Neither the candidates nor the political parties themselves are charitable organizations.

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Daddy Trump is looking out for you

ASHINGTON — So you say you want a daddy for your president? OK, so maybe you didn’t say it, but on a subliminal level, you may have felt it, especially if you’re a Republican primary voter leaning toward Donald Trump. Such is the finding of a recent national poll unveiled in the current issue of Politico magazine. The survey’s author, political consultant Matthew MacWilKathleen liams, found Parker that Trump supporters tend to be primarily “authoritarians.” This shouldn’t come as a surprise since “authority” sums up the content of both Trump’s persona and his campaign. How many times have you heard him say, “Believe me,” usually following some sweeping promise that has virtually no basis in reality? But Big Daddy’s the boss. What he says goes. Case closed. For many Republicans, this trope apparently offers comfort. Fathers, after all, are brave, strong and filled with correctitude. They lay down the law; you follow it. Easy peasy. So much for Republican allegiance to independence and self-sufficiency. When it comes to government authority, the only difference between a daddy state and a mommy state is the number of bullets in the clip. The problems Trump cites, whether China’s currency manipulation or illegal immigration, are real enough. It’s his build-it and ban-’em solutions that are overbroad and draconian. Doesn’t matter. What voters hear when Trump speaks is validation of their anger, resentment, fear and loathing. This folie a deux between demagogue and populace (the leader and the led) is nothing new, but a substantial percentage of GOP voters are managing to overlook Trump’s parallels to history’s other authoritarian figures. They, too, invariably appealed to nationalistic, nativist pride and made enemies of “the others.” Republicans don’t have a monopoly on such characteristics or characters — there’s no tyranny like the left’s imposition of absolute equality — but Trump is the only candidate of either party for whom the variable of “authoritarianism” was statistically significant in this survey of 1,800 registered voters across all demographics. And none of the usual variables — education, income, gender, age, ideology or religiosity — were significant among likely Trump voters. So exactly what does it

mean to be “authoritarian,” in MacWilliams’ parlance? In a word, it means you obey — and that you value obedience. Authoritarians also are attracted to strong leaders and react strongly to outsiders when they feel threatened. These qualities aren’t necessarily an indictment of either Trump or his supporters. It is natural to want to protect one’s home (land) when intruders are reportedly about. And who in her right mind wants a weak leader? Been there, haven’t we? Trouble is in the details, or, in Trump’s case, the lack thereof. His plans and policies are amateurish to pretend-ish, certainly as compared with someone’s like Jeb Bush, who has offered detailed plans for tackling complicated issues. Not that voters are going to read them. On the Democratic side, authoritarianism didn’t register as statistically significant — at least not yet. Bernie Sanders may seem the amiable if crotchety grandfather, but anyone who thinks government ought to control large portions of the economy and who promises to transfer wealth from one group of people to another won’t be a sweetheart for long. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton, who has endured decades of authoritarian comparisons — from the fingerwagging teacher to the emasculating Nurse Ratched — is today a kinder-gentler, headnodding version of her former self. Of the three — Trump, Sanders and Clinton — Hillary is by far the most rational, which surely comes as a surprise even to the many Republicans, anecdotally, who have told me they’d vote for Clinton over Trump. Companion to this anomaly is the New Hampshire voter who can cast a ballot in either primary and is torn between Sanders or Trump. Eh? What’s that? That could only be explained by the straight-talk effect for which both Trump and Sanders are known. But the world of difference between them — other than their mutual disdain for reality — suggests that our next president could be just anybody and for no particular reason whatsoever. Today’s voters are so mad they can’t see — or think — straight. They want simple solutions and simplistic slogans. With Trump, they get both, as well as a furious father figure, who, snapping off his belt for a good whuppin’, will build a wall, bomb the hell out of ‘em, and bravely defend “Merry Christmas.” Believe me. Kathleen Parker’s email address is kathleenparker@ washpost.com. © 2016, Washington Post Writers Group

Is Iran taking the China road?

s the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme leader of the Islamic Republic, a RINO -- a revolutionary in name only? So they must be muttering around the barracks of the Iranian Republican Guard Corps today. For while American hawks are saying we gave away the store to Tehran, consider what ayatollah agreed to. Last week, he gave his blessing to the return of 10 U.S. sailors who intruded into Iranian waters within hours of capture. He turned loose four Americans convicted of spying. And he gave final approval to a nuclear deal that is a national humiliation. Ordered by the U.S. and Security Council to prove Iran was not lying when it said it had no nuclear weapons program -- an assertion supported by 16 U.S. intelligence agencies “with high confidence” in 2007 -- the ayatollah had to submit to the following demands: Decommission 12,000 Iranian centrifuges, including all the advanced ones at Fordow, ship out of the country 98 percent of its enriched uranium, remove the core of its heavy-water reactor in Arak and fill it with concrete, and allow U.N. inspectors to crawl all over Iran’s nuclear facilities for years to come. Iran is being treated by the great powers like an excon on parole who must be monitored and fitted with an ankle bracelet. Why did the ayatollah capitulate to these demands? Comes the reply: To get $100 billion. But the money Iran is getting back belongs to Iran. It is not foreign aid. The funds had been frozen until Iran accepted our conditions. The sanctions worked. There is another reason Tehran may have submitted. When Iran said it did not have a nuclear bomb program, it was telling the truth. Indeed, it is Iran’s accusers, many from the same crowd that misled and lied to us when they said Iraq

COMMENTARY had weapons of mass destruction, whose credibility is in question today. Iran’s accusers Pat should proBuchanan duce their evidence, if any, that Iran had, or still has, a nuclear bomb program. Otherwise, they should shut up with the lying and goading the U.S. into another war that will leave us with another trilliondollar debt, ashes in our mouths, and thousands more dead and wounded warriors. Yet, if Iran does not have a nuclear bomb program, we must ask: Why not? And the answer suggests itself: Because Iran concluded, years ago, that an atom bomb would make it less not more secure. For, as soon as Iran tested a bomb, a nuclear arms race would be on in the Mideast with Saudis, Turks and Egyptians all in competition. The Israelis would put their nuclear arsenal on a hair trigger. And most dangerous for Iran, she would find herself confronting the USA. Yet, no matter how much the mullahs may hate us, they are not stupid, and they know a war with America would leave their country, as it left Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, smashed and broken. Iraq is today splintered into Sunni, Shiite, Kurd and Arab. And Iran, after a war with the USA, could decompose into a tribalized land of warring Persians, Arabs, Baluch, Kurds and Azeris. Yet, if a war with America would be a disaster for Iran, detente with America might bring a time of peace that could enable this largest nation on the Persian Gulf, with 80 million people, and an ally now of its old rival Iraq, to achieve hegemony in the Gulf. Which brings us back to

the ayatollah. From his actions, he appears to have blessed Iran’s taking the same road on which Deng Xiaoping set out some four decades ago. After Mao’s death, Deng found China with a backward economy in a booming world led by Reagan’s America and a Japan on the march. To save Communism, Deng decided to embrace state capitalism. And as there is nothing new under the sun, Deng had a model. In 1921, in the wake of Russia’s crushing defeat in the Great War and bloodletting in the Civil War between “Reds” and “Whites,” Lenin saw his regime imperiled by a rising revolution against the Bolsheviks. He dumped “war Communism” for a New Economic Policy, opened Russia to Western investors, while assuring the comrades that the capitalists “will sell us the rope with which we will hang them.” Similarly, Iran’s regime seems to have concluded that the path to power and permanence of the regime lies not in conflict with the United States, but in avoiding conflict -- and taking the China road. President Hassan Rouhani, who also sees Iran’s future as best assured by resolving the nuclear issue and reengaging with the West, described his triumph to the Iranian parliament: ‘’All are happy except Zionists, warmongers, sowers of discord among Islamic nations and extremists in the U.S. The rest are happy.” If this deal is truly in the interests of the United States and Iran, whose interests would be served by scuttling it? Who seeks to do so? And why would they want a return to confrontation and perhaps war? To find out more about Patrick Buchanan and read features by other Creators writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Web page at www. creators.com. © 2016 creators.com.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR RACISTS ADVANCING ACADEMY AWARDS RACISM ARGUMENT My list of actors and actresses who I have stopped supporting keeps getting longer and longer. I refer to the Oscar nominations recently released. And it didn’t take long for Jada Pinkett Smith (AKA Mrs. Will Smith) to appear on social media.

In a nutshell, she’s mad because her husband wasn’t nominated, along with other African-Americans not being nominated. But mainly because her husband was snubbed. I’ve read critics reports. Not his best work sums it up. Will someone please call her a waaah-mbulance? I didn’t get picked for certain things, but didn’t cry about it, nor did I call a press conference to call

for a boycott. Reverend Al ... why was I not surprised that he had to put in his ‘twocents’? Again, he felt it was time to stick his nose in something so his name will be splattered all over the media. Mr. Sharpton, please be aware that the ‘Oscars’ is a time to reflect and award people of their talent. Something you, sir, do not have.

To suggest that the ‘mountain gets whiter the further up you go’ sounds a tad racist to me. You, being the devout reverend, should worry about the people ‘going down’. That should keep you occupied until either 1.) I, myself win an Oscar for best supporting actor, or 2.) hell freezes over. DENNIS E. VICKERS Wedgefield

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Use your EUGENIA LAST energy to show your love and affection for someone special. Try not to let jealousy well up and cause discord. The choice is yours: You can be fun to be with, or you can make a fuss.

The last word in astrology

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Offer your knowledge, assistance and expertise, and you will get something special and unexpected in return. An idea you have will be the perfect solution for a problem you are facing. Share your feelings. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Seek out information that will help you make a better financial or medical choice. Don’t limit what you can do by making unrealistic promises. Live within your means and stick to a healthy fitness regimen. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Stick to the plans you make instead of following someone else. It’s important to earn respect by showing what you can do on your own. You’ll form better relationships if you strive for equality. Set high standards. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A short trip will result in your learning something new or improving the way you do things. Don’t let someone’s disgruntled attitude ruin your day or interfere with your goals. Keep your plans a secret. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Explore an idea you have and it will lead to an interesting partnership or opportunity to reunite with someone you have worked with in the past. A domestic matter can be resolved if you take action. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): If you

feel the need to make a couple of changes, work on your shortcomings instead of complaining about someone else’s. It’s best to avoid debates with anyone who will upset you emotionally. Work on your own to achieve the most. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Do what you can to help others. Your practical solutions and your ability to see things from a unique perspective will lead to greater popularity. Don’t just make a donation; make your presence count. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Be careful when dealing with unfamiliar people or visiting places you have never been before. Emotional problems will flare up if you don’t offer specific details or documentation. Focus on your home and your family. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Your driving force will take everyone by storm. Don’t let the unexpected or unwanted changes that take place stop you in your tracks. Follow the path that leads to where you want to go. Detours will disappoint you.

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Skyhawks’ Woods enjoys trips to Wilson Hall’s Nash Student Center By EDDIE LITAKER Special to The Sumter Item For the past four seasons, Hammond basketball star Seventh Woods has been torching Wilson Hall teams, with many of his finest moments coming at Nash Student Center. On Tuesday, Woods authored his final chapter of Barons’ agony, at least on Wilson Hall’s home floor, scoring eight of his 13 points in the final period to help break open what had been a close game as the Skyhawks pulled away for a 73-57 victory. “We did a decent job of not committing turnovers that they could turn into fast breaks, for the most part,” said Barons head coach Eddie Talley, whose team led 50-49 late in the third quarter before a 22-3 Hammond run put the game well out of reach. “That was our talk before the game, and we really wanted to try to keep the ball out of the paint, because they’re so big. You’ve got to give up something against them, or at least we do, and we’d give up the 3-point line. ... They’re very good ball players, and it makes it very tough. When Seventh makes up his mind that he wants to do something, it takes a team effort to try to corral him.” Giving up the 3-point line didn’t seem to help the Barons as the strategy created a shootout atmosphere for much of the opening three quarters. While Wilson Hall connected on 10 3s for the game, Hammond nearly equaled the Barons’ longrange efforts with eight. Woods has now played in four consecutive Hammond victories over Wilson Hall at NSC, with those wins coming by an average margin of almost 22 points and Tuesday’s game representing the closest of the bunch.

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Panthers struggling with closing out games By STEVE REED The Associated Press

Keith Gedamke / The Sumter Item

Wilson Hall’s Sam Watford (3) goes to the basket between Hammond’s Michael Turner (14) and Chevez Goodwin (1) in the Skyhawks’ 73-57 victory on Tuesday at Nash Student Center. The Skyhawks came to town ranked 12th in the country, a 34-game winning streak and two NCAA Division I players in Goodwin and Seventh Woods.

USC Football

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USC’s Muschamp works to stem recruiting slide

College football

Thompson new Citadel coach

By PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press COLUMBIA — Will Muschamp has managed to climb out of the large recruiting hole he inherited when he took the South Carolina job last month. Two weeks before signing day, there are several signs the new coach has calmed the uncertainty stemming from Steve Spurrier’s abrupt mid-season resignation and the unsettled Gamecocks coaching situation at the end of the season. Muschamp secured an early enrollment from quarterback Brandon McIlwain, who had nearly two dozen football offers was considered a first-round selection in next spring’s Major League Baseball draft. He shored up the pledge of talented in-state receiver Bryan Edwards, who decommitted last year and took a visit to Clemson before enrolling with the Gamecocks this month. The coach also received a commitment to play from highly sought linebacker T.J. Brunson, a one-time Louisville commit who Muschamp visited at nearby Richland Northeast High School a short time after his introductory press conference last month. “It’s the season of the year for us,” Muschamp said. “Recruiting is every day.” The Gamecocks had slipped in recruiting the past couple of seasons since a run of three straight 11-2 seasons between 2011-13. Eight players in the 2015 recruiting class decommitted, and things started to spiral down after Spurrier’s announcement and interim

CHARLOTTE — The Carolina Panthers problem hasn’t been building big leads this season, it has been keeping them. Four times the Panthers have led by 17 points or more in the second half, only to watch an opponent storm back. All four games the Panthers have escaped with wins, but far too often it has been too close for comfort. RIVERA Coach Ron Rivera said he’s “concerned” about his team’s struggles closing out games, but refused to dwell on it as the Panthers stepped up preparations for Sunday’s NFC championship game against the Arizona Cardinals. “I’ll be honest, I get it, I understand,” Rivera said after the Panthers nearly squandered a 31-point halftime lead last weekend but held on to beat the Seattle Seahawks 31-24 in the divisional playoffs. “But, shoot, we won those football games and look at who we played against. If this was someone that was 2-14 that did this to us, then I’d be really concerned. But it wasn’t. Am I concerned? Yeah. But are these things correctable and fixable? Most certainly. Let’s stay focused on what we did — we won the football game.” Sunday wasn’t the first time the Panthers have flirted with an epic collapse. Carolina surrendered a 17point fourth quarter lead in Week 8 to Andrew Luck and the Indianapolis Colts, falling behind by a field goal in overtime before rallying to win 2926. The following week against Green Bay a 23-point fourth quarter lead dwindled to eight before Thomas Davis sealed the win with a pick in the end zone in the final two minutes. And in late December the Panthers seemed to be cruising to an easy win against the New York Giants

From staff and Wire Reports

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South Carolina head football coach Will Muschamp speaks to the crowd during halftime of a basketball game between USC and Missouri on Saturday. coach Shaw Elliott and South Carolina finished the season 3-9. Muschamp let his coaching staff know the slide had to stop. “Recruiting is about hard work, dedicating much of your day to it, dedicating a bunch of what you do to it,” said co-offensive coordinator Bryan McClendon. “And that starts from the head guy down.”

Muschamp had a sense of urgency from the start. The former Florida coach did not stick around for much back-slapping and hand shaking after his introduction as Steve Spurrier’s successor on Dec. 7. He took off to see prospects with newly hired running backs coach Bobby Bentley.

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CHARLESTON — The Citadel offensive coordinator Brent Thompson has been named the Bulldogs’ new head football coach, replacing Mike Houston. Thompson was promoted by Citadel athletic director Jim Senter one day after Houston was announced as James Madison’s head football coach. “I’m looking forward to continuing the success we have begun to establish within the program, and it is important to me that we maintain continuity to give our cadet-athletes the best chance to succeed on the field and in life,” Thompson said. “We will build on the achievements from the last two seasons and represent The Citadel the proper way.” Thompson spent the past two seasons guiding the offense and coaching quarterbacks and B-backs in the Bulldogs’ effective triple-option rushing attack, coming to the school with Houston from Lenoir-Rhyne.

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Carolina’s Mike Tolbert (35), a former Coastal Carolina star, and Fozzy Whittaker run through a drill during practice on Wednesday in Charlotte as the team prepares for the NFC championship game against Arizona on Sunday.

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things that we most certainly as coaches have to make From Page B1 sure we are putting them in the right positon to do those before a 28-point lead slipped things.” away. It took a late drive by Having a large lead isn’t Cam Newton and a winning easy on either coordinator. field goal by Graham Gano Offensively, teams are exas time expired for the Panpected to run time off the thers to slip away with a clock. Defensively, you can’t win. give up the big play. Rivera said the common That tends to lend itself to denominator in those four a conservative mindset. games was facing a top-tier “It’s a fine line in keeping quarterback, referring to it wide open and also trying Wilson, Aaron Rodgers, to call plays that are really Andrew Luck and Eli Mangood that also will keep the ning. clock moving,” offensive co“When you get a big lead ordinator Mike Shula said. like that, one of the things is Newton said the Panthers you have to learn to not too often have “let the foot relax,” Rivera said. “You off the throttle” and lacked have to learn to continue to a killer instinct against Seatattack. It is one of those tle.

“Our philosophy, at times, was just to play keep-away,” Newton said Sunday’s win. He knows the Panthers can’t afford to take the same approach if they get in a similar position Sunday against the high-powered Cardinals, who have the league’s top-ranked offense. Regardless, tight end Greg Olsen said playing with a big lead is never easy. “You are up 31-0 and you don’t want to give them life, you want don’t want to give them a spark,” Olsen said. “You want to continue to keep your aggression and all of that, but it’s hard. You also don’t want to do anything silly and take a big chance and give up a big play.”

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

TODAY 6 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship First Round from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (GOLF). 1 p.m. – College Football: NFLPA Collegiate Bowl Practice from Carson, Calfi. (ESPNU). 3 p.m. – Professional Tennis: Australian Open Men’s and Women’s Second-Round Matches from Melbourne (ESPN2). 3 p.m. – PGA Golf: CareerBuilder Challenge Third Round from La Quinta, Calif. (GOLF). 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). 7 p.m. – College Basketball: Mount St. Mary’s at Sacred Heart (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 7 p.m. – College Basketball: Kentucky at Arkansas (ESPN). 7 p.m. – College Basketball: Memphis at Cincinnati (ESPN2). 7 p.m. – College Basketball: Iowa at Rutgers (ESPNU). 7 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: North Carolina State at Virginia Tech (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 7 p.m. – Senior PGA Golf: Champions Tour Mitsubishi Electric Championship First Round from Kona, Hawaii (GOLF). 7 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: Vanderbilt at Tennessee (SEC NETWORK). 7:30 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Carolina at Toronto (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST). 8 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: Loyola Marymount at Brigham Young (BYUTV). 8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Los Angeles Clippers at Cleveland (TNT). 8 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: South Carolina at Auburn (Joined In Progress) (WNKT-FM 107.5). 9 p.m. – College Basketball: Rice at Alabama-Birmingham (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 9 p.m. – College Basketball: Ohio State at Purdue (ESPN). 9 p.m. – College Basketball: Belmont at Tennessee-Martin (ESPNU). 9 p.m. – College Basketball: Arizona State at California (FOX SPORTS 1). 9 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: Kentucky at Mississippi (SEC NETWORK). 10:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: San Antonio at Phoenix (TNT). 11 p.m. – College Basketball: Brigham Young at Loyola Marymount (BYUTV). 11 p.m. – Professional Tennis: Australian Open Men’s and Women’s ThirdRound Matches from Melbourne (ESPN2). 11 p.m. – College Basketball: Gonzaga at St. Mary’s (Calif.) (ESPNU). 11 p.m. – College Basketball: Utah at Washington State (FOX SPORTS 1). 2 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship First Round from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (GOLF).

NFL Playoffs

By The Associated Press

Wild-card Playoffs 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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ing power rankings in 2014. Muschamp also added From Page B1 staffers with area connections. Longtime SEC assisThe rest of his assistants tant Ellis Johnson, who are also well versed in rehelped recruit Jadeveon cruiting for in the SouthClowney in 2011, is not on eastern Conference. Muschamp’s coaching staff — Defensive coordinator but is helping organize reTravaris Robinson was at cruiting efforts. Florida and Au“We think we’ve got peoburn under ple who know what they’re Muschamp. doing,” Muschamp said. — McClendon Plus, a group that meshes worked with well, McClendon said. Mark Richt at “Everybody here is team Georgia and was guys and that’s going to the Bulldogs’ in- trickle down to the players,” MUSCHAMP terim coach when he said. Richt was disIt’s still an uphill climb for missed. the Gamecocks, who went — Assistant head Lance 10-15 the past two season Thompson worked on naafter going 33-6 from 2011-13. tional championship teams The highest ranking of the with Nick Saban at LSU and three major recruiting serAlabama before joining vices is No. 28 in ESPN’s Muschamp in guiding Auteam rankings. That’s still burn’s defense last season. behind 11 other SEC proThompson was named the grams. nation’s top recruiter on the “You are what your record Ultimate ESPN 300 recruitis. We were 3-9,” said a very

CITADEL

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Thompson was at LenoirRhyne with Houston from 2010-13 before coming to the Citadel. His attack there in ‘13 set the NCAA record for all divisions in rushing yards in a season with 5,563 as L-R played for the NCAA Division II national title. “He has been the architect of our highly successful triple-option offense, which we consider part of our

identity here,” Senter said. “He has experience as a coordinator at three different institutions and directed one of the best rushing offenses in FCS (Football Championship Subdivison) each of the last two seasons. His hire allows us to continue building on the foundation he helped establish as we look to take our program to the next level. “In addition to his football expertise and ability to connect with our cadet-athletes, he graduated from a mili-

blunt Muschamp. Along with the seven additions to the roster, junior college cornerback Jamarcus King — ESPN rated King the 10th best JUCO player available — has enrolled. Plus, the Gamecocks return their top-tackler the past three seasons in linebacker Skai Moore, who had considered giving up his senior season and entering the NFL draft. “We had some talks with Skai,” Robinson said. “We’re excited about Skai being back and continuing his development.” Muschamp feels he’ll surround Moore and the other returners with new players able to get the Gamecocks back on a winning path. “Whenever you get close here at the end, it creates a little angst with where you are and how you’re doing,” Muschamp said. “I feel okay where we are.”

tary college and understands the additional demands placed on the team. When we started this search, we wanted to find the perfect fit for The Citadel and I believe we found that in Coach Thompson.” Thompson’s attack produced 27 individual 100-yard rushing games at the Citadel the past two years. The Bulldogs went 9-4 last year, including an upset of South Carolina, to earn a share of the Southern Conference title and reach the FCS playoffs.

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 Indiana Detroit 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 19 .548 2 20 20 .500 4 19 21 .475 5 19 22 .463 5½ W L Pct GB 28 11 .718 — 24 16 .600 4½ 23 19 .548 6½ 22 19 .537 7 19 25 .432 11½

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division San Antonio Dallas Memphis Houston New Orleans Northwest Division Oklahoma City Utah Portland Denver Minnesota Pacific Division Golden State L.A. Clippers Sacramento Phoenix L.A. Lakers

W L Pct GB 36 6 .857 — 24 19 .558 12½ 24 19 .558 12½ 22 21 .512 14½ 14 27 .341 21½ W L Pct GB 31 12 .721 — 18 23 .439 12 19 25 .432 12½ 16 26 .381 14½ 13 30 .302 18 W L Pct GB 38 4 .905 — 27 14 .659 10½ 17 23 .425 20 13 30 .302 25½ 9 34 .209 29½

Tuesday’s Games

Milwaukee 91, Miami 79 New Orleans 114, Minnesota 99 Oklahoma City 110, Denver 104 Indiana 97, Phoenix 94

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.

Friday’s Games

Charlotte at Orlando, 7 p.m. Utah at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Boston, 7:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at New York, 7:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Houston, 8 p.m. Miami at Toronto, 8 p.m. Oklahoma City at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Indiana at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, 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 46 25 17 4 54 125 111 Boston 45 24 16 5 53 137 117 Ottawa 46 22 18 6 50 129 141 Montreal 47 23 20 4 50 129 122 Buffalo 46 19 23 4 42 107 123 Toronto 44 17 20 7 41 111 124 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 46 35 8 3 73 155 100 N.Y. Rangers 46 25 16 5 55 132 122 N.Y. Islanders 45 24 15 6 54 123 112 New Jersey 47 23 19 5 51 105 112 Pittsburgh 45 21 17 7 49 110 113 Philadelphia 44 20 16 8 48 100 117 Carolina 47 20 19 8 48 111 129 Columbus 47 17 26 4 38 119 152

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 49 32 13 4 68 144 111 Dallas 47 29 13 5 63 156 127 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 46 20 18 8 48 117 127 Winnipeg 46 21 22 3 45 119 131 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 45 29 13 3 61 121 101 San Jose 44 23 18 3 49 127 121 Arizona 45 22 18 5 49 123 135 Vancouver 47 19 17 11 49 113 130 Anaheim 44 19 18 7 45 88 105 Calgary 44 20 21 3 43 118 135 Edmonton 48 19 24 5 43 119 142 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Tuesday’s Games

New Jersey 4, Calgary 2 N.Y. Rangers 3, Vancouver 2, OT Toronto 3, Philadelphia 2 Washington 6, Columbus 3 Boston 4, Montreal 1 Tampa Bay 6, Edmonton 4 Chicago 4, Nashville 1 Los Angeles 3, Dallas 2

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.

Friday’s Games

Detroit at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Washington, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Carolina, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Florida, 7:30 p.m. St. Louis at Colorado, 9 p.m.

College Basketball

By The Associated Press

TUESday’s MEN’S Scores EAST Dayton 85, St. Bonaventure 79 NC State 78, Pittsburgh 61 Providence 71, Butler 68 RIT 75, Hobart 59 St. John Fisher at Utica, ppd. St. Peter’s 77, Fairfield 71 UConn 60, Tulane 42 W. New England 83, Curry 66 SOUTH Alice Lloyd 80, Asbury 72 Auburn 83, Alabama 77 Brescia 78, Indiana-Kokomo 63 Florida 81, Mississippi St. 78 Georgia St. 69, Georgia Southern 66, OT Kentucky Christian 94, Berea 75 Lees-McRae 95, Barton 89 Liberty 55, Longwood 53 Lindsey Wilson 74, Fisk 64 Martin Methodist 87, Brewton-Parker 65 Maryland 62, Northwestern 56, OT Mount Olive 92, King (Tenn.) 76 South Carolina 77, Mississippi 74, OT Texas A&M-CC 89, Northwestern St. 79 Tulsa 84, East Carolina 69 Virginia 69, Clemson 62 Wofford 89, Tenn. Wesleyan 66 MIDWEST Akron 92, E. Michigan 88 Alverno 85, Concordia (Ill.) 74 Buffalo 77, Miami (Ohio) 60 Calvin 67, Alma 49 Concordia (Wis.) 78, Marian (Wis.) 64 Evansville 74, Loyola of Chicago 66 Georgetown 81, Xavier 72 Green Bay 99, Chicago St. 66 Indiana 103, Illinois 69 Indiana-East 66, WVU Tech 65 Kent St. 76, Ball St. 68 Minn. St.-Mankato 82, Concordia (St.P.) 66 N. Illinois 75, Cent. Michigan 70 N. Kentucky 90, Oakland 73 Ohio 82, W. Michigan 64 SE Missouri 84, Hannibal-LaGrange 61 Silver Lake 68, Maranatha Baptist 58 Toledo 81, Bowling Green 74 Wis. Lutheran 73, Milwaukee Engineering 55 SOUTHWEST Abilene Christian 75, McNeese St. 67 Houston Baptist 72, Cent. Arkansas 61 Oklahoma St. 86, Kansas 67 SMU 77, Houston 73 Texas A&M 71, LSU 57 FAR WEST San Diego St. 73, Fresno St. 67, OT UNLV 80, Utah St. 68

Transactions

By The Associated Press BASEBALL American League DETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to terms with OF Justin Upton on a six-year contract. National League COLORADO ROCKIES — Agreed to terms with OF Gerardo Parra on a three-year contract. MIAMI MARLINS — Assigned RHP Andre Rienzo outright to New Orleans (PCL). PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Designated RHP Yoervis Medina for assignment. FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Signed RB James Wilder Jr. to a reserve/future contract. HOCKEY National Hockey League CAROLINA HURRICANES — Placed G Cam Ward on injured reserve. Recalled G Daniel Altshuller from Charlotte (AHL). COLLEGE CITADEL—Promoted offensive coordinator Brent Thompson to head football coach. NORTH TEXAS — Announced QB Alec Morris is transferring from Alabama and DT Bryce English from Kansas State.

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Lakewood slips past Marlboro County 59-58 BENNETTSVILLE — Grant Singleton had 14 points and Lakewood High School had four players score in double figures as the Gators edged Marlboro County 59-58 in a varsity boys basketball game on Tuesday at the MCHS gymnasium. Daquan Tindal had a doubledouble of 13 points and 10 rebounds. Davonte Pack and Jarvis Johnson also scored 13 points apiece. LAKEWOOD Singleton 14, Tindal 13, Johnson 13, Pack 13, Rogers-Anderson 4, Still 2.

Sumter 50 Carolina Forest 47

MYRTLE BEACH — C.K. Rembert scored 16 points to help lead Sumter to a region victory over Carolina Forest, 50-47 on Tuesday at the CFHS gymnasium. Charles Patton added 12 points for the Gamecocks, who improved to 10-4 overall and 2-1 in Region VI-4A. SUMTER Rembert 16, Patton 12, Corbett 6, Missilidine 4, Jackson 3, Tiller 3, Singleton 3, Simon 2, Burson 1.

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Virginia’s Malcolm Brogdon,center, shoots between Clemson’s Donte Grantham, left, and Landry Nnoko, right, during the second half of their game on Tuesday in Charlottesville, Va. The 13th-ranked Cavaliers defeated the Tigers 69-62.

Cavaliers’ Brogdon too much for Tigers By HANK KURZ Jr. The Associated Press

Florida State, earning a talking to from his coach. “He got on me a little bit CHARLOTTESVILLE, about forcing some shots,” Va. — In another close Brogdon said after making game for No. 13 Virginia, 7 of 11 shots and scoring 20 Malcolm Brogdon grabbed points. a long rebound, turned and Gill added 12 points and saw Anthony Gill streakhad two big baskets, ining down the court ahead cluding the dunk, after of the pack, fed him and Virginia squandered most saw the senior forward de- of a 13-point lead. Devon liver a crowd-pleasing Hall added 11 points and dunk that gave the CavaIsiah Wilkins had 10, the liers breathing room. last two on another dunk “My first thing I was with 14.7 seconds remainthinking was, ‘What’s he ing and the Tigers trailing doing way down there?”’ just 65-62. Brogdon said, laughing. After the recent strugThat laughter has been gles, Wilkins said, things hard to come by for the felt almost normal again. Cavaliers of late. They had “I felt like we were playlost three of four before ing as a team again. We outlasting Clemson 69-62 were really gelling,” he on Tuesday night, and said. “... We just had this once again had moments vibe that we were going to where they struggled to get it done.” play the rugged defense The Cavaliers (14-4, 3-3 that has been their tradeAtlantic Coast Conference) mark under coach Tony led 52-39 after a 17-4 run Bennett. with 9 minutes left, then Bennett said there’s saw the Tigers close within still work to do, but added: 55-53 with about 3½ min“We got a little closer utes remaining. But Gill back to how we have to scored on a putback after a play.” miss by Brogdon, then Brogdon did too, espetook the long feed from cially after going 4 for 17 Brogdon moments later for from the field in a loss at a fast-break dunk that

built the margin back up to 59-53. The Tigers (12-7, 5-2), seeking their sixth consecutive victory and fourth straight over a ranked team, 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. “With 3 minutes to go, 2 minutes to go, it’s a onepossession game,” Tigers coach Brad Brownell said. “We were right there. We couldn’t quite get over the hump.” CLEMSON (12-7) Blossomgame 8-15 3-3 23, Grantham 3-8 0-0 8, Nnoko 7-9 1-1 15, Holmes 1-7 2-2 4, Roper 2-6 0-0 5, DeVoe 3-6 0-0 7, Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Djitte 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 24-53 6-6 62. VIRGINIA (14-4) Gill 4-9 4-5 12, Salt 1-2 0-0 2, Hall 3-5 3-4 11, Brogdon 7-11 4-4 20, Perrantes 2-6 2-7 6, Tobey 3-4 0-0 6, Nolte 0-0 0-0 0, Wilkins 4-7 2-2 10, Reuter 0-0 0-0 0, Thompson 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 25-46 15-22 69. Halftime—Virginia 31-28. 3-Point Goals—Clemson 8-24 (Blossomgame 4-6, Grantham 2-5, Roper 1-3, DeVoe 1-4, Holmes 0-6), Virginia 4-7 (Brogdon 2-2, Hall 2-3, Perrantes 0-1, Thompson 0-1). Fouled Out—Nnoko. Rebounds—Clemson 21 (Blossomgame 6), Virginia 32 (Perrantes, Tobey 6). Assists—Clemson 9 (Roper 3), Virginia 14 (Brogdon, Perrantes 4). Total Fouls—Clemson 18, Virginia 11. A—14,398.

Hartsville 46 MANNING — Khalid Lacking and Dejuan Wilson each scored 11 points to help power Manning past Hartsville 49-46 on Tuesday at Thames Arena. Rayvon Witherspoon had 13 rebounds for the Monarchs and Jalen White dished out 10 assists. Laurence Manning 69 Orangeburg Prep 19

MANNING — Rashaad Robinson led four LMA players in double figures with 14 points during a 69-19 rout of Orangeburg Prep on Tuesday at Bubba Davis Gymnasium.

DALZELL — Latrice Lyons scored 18 points to help lead Thomas Sumter Academy past Calhoun Academy 48-35 in a varsity girls basketball game on Tuesday at Edens Gymnasium. Bree Stoddard added 10 points for the Lady Generals, who improved to 15-0 and 3-0 in the region. THOMAS SUMTER Lyons 18, Stoddard 10, Morris 8, Ross 6, Kistler 3, Hawkins 3.

Robert E. Lee 64 Carolina Academy 28

BISHOPVILLE — Meg Gaskins led three Robert E. Lee players in double figures with a game-high 21 points as the Lady Cavaliers rolled past Carolina Academy 64-28 on Tuesday at the REL gymnasium. Reghann Griffin added 18 points for the Lady Cavs and Ivy Watts finished with 15 points and 13 rebounds. Lauren Campbell also pulled down 12 rebounds. REL improved to 5-11 overall and 3-2 in the region.

JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Shavon Shields scored 28 points, playing through hip pain, and Denzel Valentine missed a shot just before the buzzer to allow Nebraska to hold on for a 72-71 win over No. 11 Michigan State on Wednesday. The Cornhuskers (12-8, 4-3 Big Ten) have won four straight. Michigan State (17-4, 3-4) has lost three straight and suddenly looks nothing like the top-ranked team it was earlier in the season.

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(2) North Carolina 83 Wake Forest 68

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Brice Johnson had 27 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 2 North Carolina beat Wake Forest 83-68 on Wednesday night for its 10th straight win. The Tar Heels (17-2, 6-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) had little trouble extending their best start to confer-

Texas 56 (6) West Virginia 49

MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — Javan Felix scored 17 points, including the final nine points, as Texas handed No. 6 West Virginia its second straight loss. The Longhorns (12-6, 4-2 Big 12) shot just 39 percent, but held the Mountaineers (15-3, 4-2) to just 31 percent. Devin Williams led West Virginia with 11 points. NBA Raptors 115 Celtics 109

19 points and 12 rebounds as the Toronto Raptors won their season-high sixth straight game, 115-109 over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday.

76ers 96 Magic 87

ORLANDO, Fla. — Jahlil Okafor scored 20 points, Ish Smith had 13 points and 11 assists and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Orlando Magic 96-87 on Wednesday night.

TORONTO — DeMar DeRozan scored 34 points and Jonas Valanciunas had From wire reports

DALZELL — Justin Lyons had 13 points in a losing effort as Calhoun Academy edged Thomas Sumter 38-35 on Tuesday at Edens Gymnasium. Ryan Dixon added eight points for the Generals. THOMAS SUMTER Lyons 13, Dixon 9, York 8, Linder 4, Decker 1.

JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL Laurence Manning 54 Orangeburg Prep 20 MANNING — Chase Lee had 12 points and Wyatt Roland added 10 as the LMA JV squad rolled past Orangeburg Prep 54-20 on Tuesday at Bubba Davis Gymnasium. Jake Jordan added nine points for the Swampcats followed by Brewer Brunson with eight and Chandler Evans with seven. LMA hosts Thomas Sumter Academy on Friday.

B TEAM BASKETBALL Wilson Hall 35 Thomas Sumter 18 DALZELL — Wilson Hall improved to 6-4 with a 35-18 victory over Thomas Sumter Academy on Wednesday at Edens Gymnasium. Nathan Harris led the Barons with 10 points while Evan Hoffman had nine and Emery Moore seven. Josh Fugate led TSA with seven.

Sedejah Rembert led the Lady Knights with 15 points. Hydia Fullard added seven. Thomas Sumter 37 Calhoun Academy 12

DALZELL — Aubrey Stoddard had nine points and Caetlyn Martin added eight as Thomas Sumter Academy remained undefeated on the season with a 37-12 victory over Calhoun Academy on Tuesday at Edens Gymnasium. Carmen Silvester added six points for the Lady Generals, who improved to 10-0. Robert E. Lee 40 Calhoun Academy 9

BISHOPVILLE — Rebecca Dinkins’ double-double of 18 points and 11 steals helped power Robert E. Lee to a 40-9 victory over Calhoun Academy on Tuesday at the REL gymnasium. Annalia Cook added six points for the Lady Cavaliers followed by Carson Shannon with five. REL improved to 10-2 and 4-0 in the region.

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Crestwood High School fell to 7-3 with a 31-26 loss to Darlington on Wednesday at The Castle.

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WASHINGTON — John Wall had 18 points and 10 assists and Bradley Beal added 18 more as the Washington Wizards sent the Miami Heat to their sixth loss in seven games, 106-87 on Wednesday night. Miami played without Dwyane Wade (shoulder soreness).

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Nebraska upends reeling No. 11 Michigan State ence play since 2000-01. North Carolina appears in line to return to No. 1 after Oklahoma’s loss earlier this week. Bryant Crawford scored 18 points and Devin Thomas had 17 for the Demon Deacons (10-8, 1-5).

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ROBERT E. LEE Gaskins 21, Griffin 18, Watts 15, E. Dinkins 4, Watson 2, Nix 2, Hall 2.

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Grayson Dennis added 13 points for the Swampcats followed by Grayson Gamble and Taylor Lee who had 10 points each. LMA hosts Thomas Sumter Academy on Friday.

Thomas Sumter 10 DALZELL — Wilson Hall improved to 7-3 with a 35-10 victory over Thomas Sumter Academy on Wednesday at Edens Gymnasium. Becca Cromer had seven for the Lady Barons and Andie Gre Wingate added six.

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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

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 5 p.m.

Varsity Bowling

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

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.

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like to say,” Goodwin said. “I think we’re probably the best From Page B1 dynamic duo in the state, and probably one of the best in the Probably of small consolanation. We kind of feed off tion to Baron faithful, Woods’ each other. He keeps it on the point totals actually decreased outside with the guards and over time in those matchups, I’m on the post, on the inside, going from 34 in his freshman so whatever we can do to help season to 28 as a sophomore each other we try to help each and 25 in his junior campaign. other out as much as possible.” “Every time here it’s always Woods’ last highlight-reel a packed crowd and I have one worthy moment at NSC came of my best games,” said Woods, in the fourth quarter as he elewho has signed to play with vated from the right post for a the University of North Caroli- thunderous slam dunk that na. “I know in my freshman would end up being Hamyear I hit a crazy over-themond’s final basket of the backboard shot, so this gym night. has really been one of my key “I’m just ready to come out places to look forward to comthere and play my game,” ing to. Tonight, I didn’t really Woods said. “I think I took two hit shots, but I just kept getting shots in the first half, but in the ball to my teammates.” the fourth quarter they caught Chevez Goodwin, Hamus with a run and I had to be a mond’s 6-foot-9-inch center little more aggressive and get who has signed to play at Colit to the hole.” lege of Charleston, has been a The only time Wilson Hall formidable accomplice in the was able to come out on top at future Tar Heel’s dominance of NSC against Woods was in the the Barons. Goodwin led the phenom’s eighth-grade year, Skyhawks on Tuesday with 23 when the Barons eeked out a points and 13 rebounds. 41-40 win. Barring a matchup “We’re a good dynamic duo, I in the SCISA 3A state playoffs

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next month, this was Wilson Hall’s last chance to take down Woods and company. Baron seniors Brent Carraway and Sam Watford have faced off against Woods through most all of the NSC games. On Tuesday, both were up to the task offensively, with Carraway draining six 3s in a 23-point effort and Watford adding eight points. Carraway was paired off against Woods on both sides of the floor through most of the contest. “It (Woods coming to NSC) creates a good atmosphere here, and it pumps our team up a little bit more,” Carraway said. “We have a little more urge to do good, and we just try to play our best against him when he comes here.” While Carraway and Woods tangled most of the night, Watford was catching a heavy dose of Goodwin on the low post. “Having those two (NCAA) D(ivision)I athletes coming to town, you have to mentally prepare before the game, but you have to realize that it’s just another game,” Watford said of the non-region contest.

“We have to come out and focus on us and then worry about the huge threat inside (from Goodwin) and Seventh outside. I guess, really, you just have to prepare to stop them as a whole, rather than individuals.” Junior Drew Talley, who closed with 17 points, said that despite the marquee presence of Woods and Goodwin, Coach Talley and staff don’t put any special emphasis on a Woods visit to NSC. “We try to treat it like every other game,” the younger Talley said, “but everybody knows what to expect. So in the practice before the game, whenever he (coach Talley) is telling us what to do, we have to picture Chevez being down low. Not just another guy our size, but a 6-foot-9 guy down low that you’re going to have to try to push around. But, besides that, we just try to treat it like any other game.” Carraway’s six treys were spread evenly over the two halves, with two creating lead changes for the Barons in the third. In all, the lead changed

hands six times in the quarter, with another tie as well. After the last lead change, which gave Wilson Hall its 50-49 lead, two Hammond baskets to close the third began the decisive 22-3 run. “It was hard because you have to hit the shots to win the games, and we didn’t really do that down the stretch,” Carraway said. “We hit them early on and toward the middle of the game, but we kind of slacked off and we didn’t really get good scoring or stop Seventh towards the end. He took over the game, so we needed to play better defense on him.” Along with the challenge of squaring off against Woods and Goodwin came the opportunity to break Hammond’s 34-game winning streak, which stretched to 35 as the Skyhawks moved to 18-0 on the season. “It was exciting, knowing that we really had a shot to take them down,” Watford said, “but we just have to learn to finish and to play better down the stretch and not tire out as the fourth quarter comes in.”

Surviving are: her loyal and devoted husband, Joe Allen Conyers of the home; a daughter, Patrice Nicole Conyers in the United States Army in Hawaii; her mother, Mrs. Pearl B. Clark of Sumter; a sister, Persephone Clark Anderson (Nathaniel); one brother, attorney John D. Clark (Sharon) of Sumter; and a host of other relatives and friends. The family will receive friends one hour before the service at Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church. At other times the family is receiving friends at the home, 1165 Morrisway Drive, Sumter, and the residence of her mother, Mrs. Clark, 126 Perkins Ave., Sumter.

White of the home; three daughters, Genise (Solomon) Johnson, Debbie (Ricky) James and Belinda (Elroy) Conyers of Sumter; one son, Zachary Michael White of Ashland, Kentucky; two sisters, Bertha Lee Singleton and Susie Mae White of Sumter; five grandchildren, Tony (Brandi) McFadden of Charlotte, North Carolina, Rodney (Denyse) McFadden of Tampa, Florida, Leanne McFadden of Charlotte, Kayla Green of Bronx, New York, and Tyzjah Johnson of Columbia; and four great-grandchildren, several nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. He was preceded in death by one brother, Douglas Britton, and three sisters, Georgia Mae Barno, Maggie Lewis and Rachel Butler. Public viewing will be today from 2 to 6 p.m. at Jobs Mortuary. Mr. White will be placed in the church on Friday at noon for viewing until the hour of service. The funeral service will be held on Friday at 1 p.m. at Berea Seventh-day Adventist Church with Pastor Marquis Jackson officiating. Internment will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Fort Jackson National Cemetery. Family will be receiving friends at the home, 10 Neal St., Sumter. Jobs Mortuary, 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements.

mals and the beauty of her surroundings on the farm. Mrs. McCall was known and loved for her sharp wit, her never-give-up attitude, her joyful spirit and her love of the Lord. She was adored by her husband, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, who feel very blessed to have had her in their lives for so many wonderful years. She was preceded in death by: her parents; her husband; her son-in-law, Bill; her sisters, Faith, Hope, Rachel and Nancy; and her brother, Claude Jr. Survivors include: four children, Jan DuBose (Bobby) of Sumter, Nancy Carter of Durham, North Carolina, Sam McCall (Lynn) of Wilmington, North Carolina, and Nicky Casteen (Tony) of Southport, North Carolina; six grandchildren, Rob DuBose (Megan), Pete DuBose (Kim), Shannon Jones (Jimmy), Sammy McCall (Jennifer), Melanie Robinson (Mark) and Hannah Casteen; eight great-grandchildren, Caleb DuBose, Savannah Grace DuBose, Tee DuBose, Anna DuBose, Burgess DuBose, Cassidy Jones, Heidi Jones and Stella McCall; one sister, Charity Beck of Morehead City, North Carolina; special family members, Shahab Shammas and Tim Bone of Los Angeles, California, and Rodney Casteen and Carolyn McClellan of Troy; and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Troy Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Steve Wilkinson and the Rev. Gary Rutherford officiating. Burial will be in the McCall Family Cemetery in Troy. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Pugh Funeral Home, 211 N. Main St., Troy. Memorials may be made to Troy Presbyterian Church, 202 E. Main St., Troy, North Carolina 27371; Operation Smile, 3641 Faculty Blvd., Virginia Beach, Virginia, 23453; or Samaritan’s Purse, PO Box 3000, Boone, North Carolina, 28607. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the local arrangements.

OBITUARIES ESAW THAMES MANNING — Esaw Thames died Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. today at Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, Manning. These services THAMES have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

TREVOR J. HODGE MANNING — Trevor Jordan Hodge, 12, son of Melissa Hodge, died Monday, Jan. 18, 2016, at Palmetto Health Richland. Trevor was born on Sept. 12, 2003, in Manning. He was a happy, HODGE loving child and will be missed by all who knew him. He is survived by his mother; his maternal grandmother, Elaine Hodge; two brothers, Daniel Hodge and Aiden Hodge; and a sister, Brittany Hodge, all of Manning. Trevor has been united with his brother in heaven, Ashlin Chance Hodge. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. today at Providence Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Sammy Thompson and the Rev. Jimmy Scarborough officiating. Visitation was held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday at Stephens Funeral Home and will be held at other times at the residence, 2107 Hodge Circle, Manning. The family would like to thank his nurse, Jacqueline Smith, his teacher, Mary Alvarez, and his second grandmother, Rosa Miles. Memorials may be made to Stephens Funeral Home to help the family with funeral expenses. Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome.org

SHIRLEY ANN B. HANSFORD Shirley Ann Brown Hansford, 80, died on Friday, Jan. 15, 2016, at her residence. Born in Kinston, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Fred Brown and Rosa Harper Brown. She reHANSFORD tired from Shoney’s after 25 years of loyal service. Surviving are: four daughters, Bobbie Cauhman of Sumter, Debbie Sequin and her husband Rusty of San Antonio, Texas, Rosanne Wells of Bloomington, Illinois, and Teresa Salazar of Queens, New York; two brothers, Jerry D. Brown and his wife Geraldine of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, and Bobby Brown of California; one sister, Sue Foust of Pennsylvania; seven grandchildren and eight grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Deborah Perdo-

mo, one son, Robert Perdomo and one sister. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Bullock Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends on Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Bullock Funeral Home. You may go to www.bullockfuneralhome.com and sign the family’s guest book. The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.

ROBERT ISIAH WHITE RUTH COUSAR GABLE — Ruth Cousar died Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. She was a daughter of the late Jeff Burgess and Lucille Lowery Burgess. Funeral services for Mrs. Cousar will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Goodwill PresbyCOUSAR terian Church, 295 N. Brick Church Road, Mayesville. The Rev. Samuel Sparks will officiate with the Rev. Carnell Hampton presiding and the Rev. Mary Rose Hagan and Elder Joseph Bennett assisting. Burial will follow in the Melina Presbyterian Church Cemetery, 3539 Black River Road, Gable. Family is receiving friends at her residence, 13412 U.S. 301, Gable. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC, Manning.

PATRICIA O. CONYERS Funeral services for Patricia Onetia Clark Conyers will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church, Dr. Marion H. Newton, pastor. Interment will be in Hillside Memorial Park directed by JorCONYERS dan Funeral Home Inc. of Darlington. Mrs. Conyers, the daughter of Pearl B. Clark and the late Clifton Clark, a retired staff sergeant of the United States Air Force, was born at Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter, and died Sunday, Jan, 17, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey, Sumter. She was a licensed cosmetologist, a member of The Sumter Beauticians Club, the S.C. Cosmetologist Association, the National Beauty Culture League and the National Council of Negro Women. She was converted at an early age and joined Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church where she was baptized. She served as a junior usher. She was also a Girl Scout. She was united in holy matrimony to Joe Allen Conyers on Dec. 31, 1977. This union was blessed with a child, Patrice Nicole Conyers. They enjoyed 38 years of marital bliss.

Robert Isiah White was born Oct. 2, 1936, in Sumter. He was the third of six siblings born to the late George White and Alene Potts White. “Isiah,” as he is affectionately called, departed this earthly life on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey in Sumter after a long illness. Isiah attended public schools in Sumter and obtained his GED from Sumter Area Technical College, now Central Carolina Technical College in Sumter. He served in the United States Army and after an honorable discharge, he began working at Western Auto, Exide and retired from Santee Print. He accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Savior at an early age and joined Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church. He later accepted the “Three Angel Message” of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and became a member of Saint Mark Seventh-day Adventist Church, now Berea Seventh-day Adventist Church by baptism. He served as a deacon, head usher and community service volunteer in prison ministry and on the Men in Black Chorus. On Oct. 10, 1960, Isiah was united in holy matrimony to the former Maggie Carter of Sumter, and God blessed them with four children. He leaves to cherish his memories: his loving, caring and devoted wife Maggie C.

JOYCE PEACE H. MCCALL Joyce Peach Howell McCall, 97, widow of Samuel Horace McCall Jr., went home to be with her Lord on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey, Sumter. Born in Troy, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Claude C. and Electra Hollar Howell. Mrs. McCall was a dedicated and active member of Troy Presbyterian Church where she served for many years as choir member, Sunday School teacher, president of the Women of the Church, deacon and elder. She spent the latter years of life on the family farm, Laurel Hills Stables, where she was actively involved with the Cattleman’s and Horseman’s Associations. She loved and enjoyed her neighbors and ani-

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Couple needs to have hard conversation DEAR ABBY — My boyfriend, “Jimmy,” and I have been together for two years. After about four Dear Abby months, out of necessity ABIGAIL we moved in VAN BUREN together and it was great. Not long afterward I got a job two hours away. Since I moved, we get to see each other only every two or three weeks. The separation has been tough, but when we’re together, everything is perfect and all is right with the world. I feel we were fated to be together.

Before the move, Jimmy and I often talked about marriage, and although I am not crazy about it, I knew it meant a lot to him, so I proposed (ring and all). He initially said yes, then sort of asked me to take back my proposal. Since then, he has been avoiding all discussions about our future, and I don’t know what to do. I’m willing to quit my job and go back to be with him, but I’m scared he’s going to get cold feet. Obviously, I’m hopelessly in love with him, but now I’m feeling lost and confused. Hours apart in the South DEAR HOURS APART — Please allow me to offer some clarity. Do not quit your job be-

cause if you do, you may find yourself not only without a job but also without a place to stay. When someone (man or woman) asks that a proposal be rescinded, it usually means the person feels he or she may have jumped the gun by saying yes. Jimmy is avoiding all discussion about your future because he doesn’t want one, and he’s afraid to say it directly because he knows it will hurt your feelings. For your own sake, have an honest conversation with him about this. It may be painful, but it will be better than living in limbo the way you are. As the saying goes, “When a door closes, another one opens.”

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**Half-Off FIRST MONTH RENT if you get your taxes prepared at Quick Refund Taxes** •205 W. Oakland - 3br/2ba, $650/mo •219 Clement St. - 3br/2ba, $500/mo •4270 Hickory Rd. - 3br/1ba, $475/mo •195-I Hoyt St. - 3br/1.5ba, $325/mo •4266 Hickory - 2br/1ba, $325/mo 294 N. Bultman Dr. 803-938-5524 Clean 3BR 1BA 50 Spider Ct. near Red Bay Rd. $375 mo + $600 dep. No pets. 803-638-9066 lv msg.

Call 803-774-1258 Customer Service Dept. Hours Mon-Fri 8am - 5pm

STATE TREE SERVICE Worker's Comp & General liability insurance. Top quality service, lowest prices. 803-494-5175 or 803-491-5154 www.statetree.net Ricky's Tree Service Tree removal, stump grinding, Lic & ins, free quote, 803-435-2223 or cell 803-460-8747.

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Hiring Now - CDL Drivers

MERCHANDISE Garage, Yard & Estate Sales Large Sale at St. Anne's Catholic Church Hall (Liberty & Lafayette St) Sat Jan 23rd 7-11 AM 3132 Peach Orchard Rd Fri & Sat 11-4 Lots of Big & Tall Men clothing. Will buy furniture by piece or bulk, tools, trailers, lawn mowers, 4 wheelers, or almost anything of value. Call 803-983-5364

• Must have CDL License - Class A • Tanker Endorsement/HAZMAT required • Physically lift 70 lbs. • Mechanical skills • On Call 24/7 • Able to wear respirator • Not afraid of confined spaces • Overnight Travel

Apply online: www.thompsonindustrialservices.com EOE

MAYO’S SUIT CITY

20 N. Magnolia Street

803-774-1258

TUXEDOS AVAILABLE for rental or purchase

Winter Clearance Sale IN PROGRESS NOW!

If your suits aren’t becoming to you, It’s a good time to be coming to Mayo’s!

Wesmark Plaza • 773-2262 • Mon-Sat 10-7 • www.MayosDiscountSuits.com