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Rett Summerville is working single-handedly to restore the Ruins, a historical house in Sumter, and fund its upkeep for the coming years.

Thomas Sumter estate could become tourist spot under council proposal

BY BRISTOW MARCHANT bmarchant@theitem.com A historic home dating from the 18th century could be opened to visits from the public if Sumter County Council approves a zoning change on Tuesday.

The Ruins, as the 200-year-old property is known, sits on land once owned by Sumter County’s namesake in an residentially zoned area of Stateburg. Revolutionary War Gen. Thomas Sumter owned a plantation on the site dating back to 1784, according to documents filed with the Sumter Planning Department, and the current house was built about 1800 for Capt. John Mayrant, a sailor who served under John Paul Jones in the Continental Navy.

Rett Summerville, the Ruins’ private owner, is seeking to rezone the property to agricultural conservation, a change that could allow him to host visitors to the historic site.

“I don’t envision somebody being out there every week,” Summerville said, “but maybe once a quarter, there could be an event there; we could have horseback riding, maybe host a wedding reception.”

But any action on the change was postponed by county council after neighbors spoke out against the idea at a public hearing Jan. 14. They told council members they feared a commercial venture would change the character of their neighborhood and could create traffic problems outside their homes.

“You’d have to access it through a dirt road,” said Bill Strickland, a property owner who presented council with a petition against the rezoning signed by 31 of his neighbors. “This is a resi-

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Fire hero’s former coach recalls days on the diamond

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Summerville stands on the steps of the Ruins as he discusses some of the renovations he’s been doing to the historical mansion that was once home to Gen. Thomas Sumter.

‘I don’t envision somebody being out there every week, but maybe once a quarter, there could be an event there; we could have horseback riding, maybe host a wedding reception.’

Rett Summerville dential area where children are playing. Nobody would want that kind of traffic going through.”

The Ruins sits on a 7.9-acre Barnwell Drive site Summerville is hoping to re-zone along with another undeveloped 7-acre site

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Tuomey Healthcare System could be moving closer to bankruptcy because of its ongoing lawsuit with the federal government.

Interim president and CEO Michael Schwartz said Friday the insistence of federal prosecutors for Tuomey to set aside more money while settlement discussions and a possible appeal loom could force the local hospital in that direction.

“We have, in good faith, put $50 million into an escrow account as we move forward

on Millhouse Road, part of a larger land trust of several hundred acres.

Since the last council meeting, Summerville met with the other residents in the neighborhood to reassure them about his plans.

Nothing new will be constructed on the property, Summerville said, and he has no plans to develop the wooded tract on Millhouse Road that borders many of the residents’ homes.

A review by the Sumter Planning Commission concluded rezoning would not affect traffic patterns on Barnwell Drive, and the limited number of visitors envisioned by Summerville could be easily accommodated by the house’s private driveway without affecting the rest of the neighborhood.

“I had a birthday party with 160 people, and you wouldn’t know they were there,” he said.

Strickland and others have also reviewed the easement on SEE RUINS, PAGE A8

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A neighbors looks at what remains of the Johnson house that was destroyed by a fire on Wednesday morning.

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George Andrew “Andy” Johnson, who died early Wednesday morning after saving three neighbors from a house fire, will always be remembered by his family and friends as the type of man who would never turn away the chance to help someone. And that’s how his former baseball coach remembers him as well.

Former Sumter P-15’s coach Hugh Betchman remembers Johnson from his days playing centerfield under him starting in 1976, saying that Johnson made a name for himself as a team player and the kind of player that everyone of his teammates would want to play with.

“Andy was a model person to coach, the kind any coach enjoys coaching,” Betchman said. “He could just accept coaching in a way that would make him a better player.”

Betchman said that Johnson was the type of player who always knew the right thing to do while on the field. He fondly remembers one particular playoff game where the coach of the opposing team remarked, “We would have whipped that crowd if it hadn’t been for

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The winning combination

BY MISSY CORRIGAN Special to The Item

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s we get further into the New Year with the resolutions still in full swing, some are already questioning their efforts and looking for an alternative solution to reach their goals. Turning to fad diets and diet pills is not the answer, yet every year billions of dollars are wasted on these products. What you need instead is patience. It takes time for your body to accept what you are doing and trust that you will continue to treat it right through proper nutrition and exercise.

Diet pills are known to cause more harm than good.

Yet even with the listed negative side effects, we are CORRIGAN willing to risk our health just to see a few pounds come off the scale.

Some contain stimulants that give you the effect that something is happening in your body while others have no immediate effects but may cause harm to your health in the long term. Appetite suppressants are among the worst. Why would you ever want to starve your body?

Being hungry is a good thing, but starving is not.

Have you ever noticed that there is one statement that is always made either on the diet pill bottle label or information packet? It generally states, “For best results follow a healthy diet and exercise program along with taking this product.” I wonder why that is? Could it be because the only thing that really works in shedding unwanted pounds and fat is a healthy diet and exercise program?

Fad diets and exercise programs may sound good and can help you reach your goals, but if they are not something you can adopt and maintain for life, you will find yourself back where you were before.

If you are on a diet program that only proves successful through buying its foods, then how do you expect to maintain it for life? Thus begins the yo-yo dieting roller coaster.

Exercise is important for a strong, healthy body, but alone it will not yield desired results. Individuals may jump from trainer to trainer looking for success. The truth is that healthy nutrition combined with an effective exercise proHEALTHY TIPS gram are the keys to seeing the results. So • Eat whole foods; save your money and • Exercise daily; and quit looking for that • Be patient and give quick fix. It’s simple your body time to adjust.

— eat whole foods and exercise daily.

Hiring a trainer can show you how to work out effectively and help hold you accountable.

While you can find an overwhelming amount of information about nutrition and exercise on the Internet or in books, it can also be very contradictory, confusing and overwhelming. Even knowing that the winning combination to good health and a better body is exercise and nutrition, applying the information may not bring about the results you want, and it could even send you in the opposite direction from your goal. So instead of spending your money on pills and programs that don’t produce the results you want, put your money toward hiring a personal trainer and meeting with a certified nutritionist to learn what you need to adopt a healthy lifestyle and get the body you want.

Missy Corrigan is associate executive director of the Sumter Family YMCA. She can be reached at mcorrigan@ymcasumter.org or (803) 773-1404.

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Three Cherryvale residents face multiple drug charges after the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office raided a mobile home area under suspicion of illegal drug activity and unlawful alcohol sales.

Antonio Thompson, 30, and Jennifer Thompson, 30, both of 4381 Amelia Drive, and Shantell Ramone Johnson, 20, of 4250 Whitney Drive, were arrested at the Green Acres Mobile Home Park and taken into custody by deputies during the raid on Thursday morning.

All three suspects were charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, possession with the intent to distribute marijuana and possession

of a stolen firearm, while Johnson and Antonio Thompson face additional charges of unlawful sale of beer and distribution of marijuana. Antonio Thompson also faces three counts of distribution of crack cocaine, second offense.

The suspects were sent to Sumter-Lee County Detention Center without incident to await their bond hearing.

According to the report, deputies with the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office drug unit executed a search warrant for the 12A lot of the mobile home park after receiving numerous complaints from residents in the area that illegal drug activity and unlawful beer sales were being conducted in the neighborhood. Law enforcement officials secured the search warrant for the suspect-

ed area of distribution after using confidential informants and undercover police officers to purchase marijuana, crack cocaine and beer.

After executing the warrant, law enforcement raided the residence at 4270 Whitney Drive, Lot 12, and detained the suspects while investigating the area. Officers seized more than one ounce of marijuana along with digital scales, plastic bags, a large quantity of beer and $575 in U.S. currency. The estimated street value of the marijuana is $390, and the estimated street value of the beer is $150.

Officers also seized two firearms at the residence, one of which was reported stolen from Sumter County in 2011.

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The Rev. Daryl McGhaney, seen above, clerk of the Sumter School District Board of Trustees, reads his role as the smallest billy goat during the guided read-aloud in Tracy Spigner’s first-grade class at Kingsbury Elementary School recently. He visited the school as part of School Board Recognition Month.

Keith Schultz, left, chairman of the Sumter School District Board of Trustees, accepts an Adult Education blanket from director Sharon Teigue. He recently did a presentation on financial management and joined the staff for lunch for the celebration.

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Help pick theme for Clarendon’s Relay for Life

BY JADE REYNOLDS jade@theitem.com It’s time to pick a theme for the Clarendon County Relay for Life 2014.

The kickoff for this year’s fundraiser for the American Cancer Society is 6 p.m. Monday at Manning United Methodist Church, 17 E. Rigby St., Manning. The event is free and features “food, fun and fellowship,” said Pat Fenters, coordinator of the event.

“What else could you ask for,” she said. “Of course it is for all survivors of cancer. Anybody that is interested in Relay or learning more about Relay, they’ll be giving out good information.”

Fenters is a breast cancer survivor and has been involved with Relay for Life for about 15 years.

She also leads a monthly Cancer Survivors Group that normally meets the last Monday of the month but will be going to the kickoff this month.

They will also be proposing themes, she said.

“What they do is hand everybody a piece of paper, and you write down a theme you’d like to see everybody adopt,” said Debbie Alexander, Relay specialist for Sumter, Clarendon and Lee counties and Andrews. “Then they do a top five on the bulletin board and vote. The one with the

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most votes wins. It’s really nice that the group makes a decision, that everybody is actively involved.”

This is her first year with the Clarendon Relay, and Alexander said she is excited to meet the survivors.

“That’s what Relay is all about, trying to help find a cure for all cancers,” she said. “People only think about the cancers we hear about — brain tumors, mouth cancer, lung cancer — but there are really

more than 400 types of cancer.”

While she has not had cancer, she has had family members and friends who have been diagnosed.

She’s been involved with Relay since 1997.

“Cancer is just not picky,” Alexander said.

“It gets everybody.”

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“The Perils of Princess Buttermilk� features Studio in the Loft dancers, from left, Bethany McCause, Savanna McCause, Megan Jones and Dawn Mileski. The dance program directed

by Studio in the Loft’s Penny Boyes can be seen at 10 a.m. Friday at the Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St. Admission is free.

Princess Buttermilk’s in peril Play aims to show children that authority figures aren’t so scary

BY IVY MOORE ivym@theitem.com Some young children fear authority figures — police officers, firefighters, social workers and others whose jobs actually entail helping them in times of need. That’s the driving idea of choreographer Penny Boyes and her Studio in the Loft dancers in their program for preschoolers titled “The Perils of Princess Buttermilk.�

The 30-minute dance performance will be presented at 10 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 31, at the Sumter Opera House, and the public is invited to attend at no charge.

Boyes has written the story and choreographed the dances, which range in style from classical ballet to

Irish step dance, she said. “The story is very loosely based on (a popular book and movie),� she said. “It’s really a parody.�

She got the idea, Boyes said, when she asked her dancers how they felt about law-enforcement officers and firefighters when they were young children. “Almost every one of them said they’d been scared of them,� Boyes said. “Many young people don’t grow up around positive adult role models. This program is designed to reinforce a positive image of emergency services in our community.�

The heroine and hero, Princess Buttermilk and Wesmark, share the stage with other characters “of unusual talent (who) live in

Sumter Swamp,� she said.

In addition, one character whose name is “Ruby and who is actually a gem, represents the fire department, and Onyx represents the police department.�

In “The Perils of Princess Buttermilk,� the authority figures help the princess. “In the story, the princess is playing with friends and then starts to walk home,� Boyes said. “She sees someone following her, and she calls 911. She gets help from 911 and law enforcement.�

Representatives from local law enforcement, fire department, social services and emergency medical services will appear on the Opera House stage with the company.

Boyes said she will be

Quilter brings lifelong lessons into her art CENTRAL (AP) — Anna Willis’ knuckles are swollen, and her fingers remain curved no matter how much she tries to straighten them. “I have had arthritis a long time,� she said. “As long as I can remember.�

Yet, she still works with those fingers. The artwork they produce still makes it into galleries and museums.

Anna Willis is a quilter and has been since she was a child.

Her mother first taught her to sew when she was 5. Willis was a young lady, in the 1940s, when she completed her first quilt by herself. She still has it, all these years later. “It’s a sunshine and shadow pattern,� Willis said. “I have never been able to part with it.�

Two folding tables pushed together dominate her living room in her small brick home in Central. On it is a sewing machine.

All around it, and underneath it, are sacks of material. Small drawers hold spools of thread of every color.

One couch is stacked with folded quilts.

Some of the quilts are large enough to cover a queen-size bed. Others are made for babies or for hanging on the wall. Some are decorated with beadwork and hand-sewn patchwork.

All have been made by Willis.

Quilting is her art.

Her work is on display at The Arts Center of Clemson and is part of the Upstate Heritage Quilt Trail, a series of wooden,

playing the part of a “senior fairy,� whose job it is to help the Department of Social Services, “so they can help kids. I’ll be reading the story (of the dance performance).�

Assisting in the production are Michael Hodge, Kirk Jeffcoat and others at the Sumter Opera House, Boyes said. The Sumter County Cultural Commission provided grant support to help cover the expenses of producing and presenting “The Perils of Princess Buttermilk.�

The Studio in the Loft presents “The Perils of Princess Buttermilk� at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 31. Admission is free, and the public is invited to attend. Call (803) 436-2500 for more information.

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On Christmas Eve 2013, Anna Willis, 89, shows one of the many quilts she has made by hand at her home in Central. Quilting has been Willis’ art since age 5.

painted quilt squares that are mounted on public buildings, tourist sites and homes in the Upstate. The squares are a form of public art, meant to generate tourism. “This is what I do now, when I take a notion,� Willis said. “As soon as I retired, I went right into quilting. I don’t have anybody here. I had to find something to do.�

She has been a widow since the 1960s. Her only child, an adopted son, died last year.

Her quilts keep her busy.

She has taught others her art at local elementary schools, community centers and at Tri-

County Technical College.

Willis was raised in Seneca, near the Oconee County Training School. Then, flour sacks, salt sacks and feed sacks were used to put quilts together. Her mother had a large quilt frame that was held up with ropes at the ceiling. She would lower it in the morning and work on quilts until dinner time, Willis said. “We didn’t have much,� Willis said. “Mama made quilts, and I had to help her. Mama could make anything she wanted. Everything I knew about sewing, knitting and crocheting, I learned from her.�

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GOP leaders vote to shorten presidential nominating WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders overwhelmingly voted Friday to shorten their presidential selection process in an attempt to minimize damage from GOP candidates attacking each other.

“This is a historic day for our party,” RNC chairman Reince Preibus declared.

He said the changes would not allow Republicans to “slice and dice” each other for six months or participate in “a circus of debates.”

Republican candidates participated in 27 debates for the 2012 nomination.

Iowa and New Hampshire will retain their coveted spots atop the presidential primary calendar, and South Carolina and Nevada also secured top spots, as they have in the past, as part of a larger plan that could significantly reshape the 2016 presidential election.

The vote came as the Republican National Committee works to create an easier path to the White House for its next nominee roughly a year before campaigning begins in earnest for the next presidential contest. While President Obama’s second term began just one year ago, prospective Republican candidates already have begun visiting states such as Iowa and New Hampshire that hold outsize influence because of their early positions on the primary calendar.

New Hampshire, Iowa, South Carolina and Nevada are scheduled to host the first four contests in February 2016 under the new schedule, while the remainder of the nation’s 46 states and territories would vote between early March and mid-May. The party’s national convention is expected in late June or early July, roughly two months sooner than has become the norm.

Officials from early voting states praised the plan, which establishes strict penalties for states that jump out of order, as Florida did in 2012.

Republican national committeeman Steve Duprey of New Hampshire described the changes as an “effective death penalty for any state that tries to jump the calendar.”

“This will be the best protection that New Hampshire has ever had for its primary,” he said.

The shift comes during the winter meeting of the Republican National Committee, a collection of party leaders and activists from every state that controls the GOP’s national infrastructure. The group expects to finalize additional changes, including setting a new date for its 2016 national convention, later in the year. Among other changes, the RNC intends to dramatically reduce the number of presidential debates and have more control over the moderators.

“Big reforms are coming to our presidential nominating process — reforms that put Republican voters, not the liberal media, in the driver’s seat,” Priebus said.

GOP leaders also complained that the party’s 2012 nominee, Mitt Romney, was forced to suffer through a lengthy and expensive primary process that ultimately hurt his ability to compete against Obama. An earlier convention date, for example, would allow the party’s next nominee to access millions of dollars of general election cash months earlier.

Not everyone was pleased with the changes, which were approved by a 153-to-9 vote.

“I think we’re going too far in shortening this process,” Republican committeeman Morton Blackwell of Virginia said. “We need an adequate amount of time in order for presidential candidates to be tested.”

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Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus speaks at the Republican National Committee winter meeting in Washington on Friday. He declared the vote by Republican leaders to shorten the presidential nomination process to be a “historic day” for the party.

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Arthur Bradley, center, flanked by Jamil Shriners Joe Hilton, Bobby Schwabenbauer, Ervin Boykin and 2014 Jamil Temple Potentate Steven Tucker, presents a $2,500 check for Jamil Children’s Transportation to Shrine Hospitals to Tucker. Bradley, co-owner of Ace Parker Tires, received the check and other awards for being named 2013 Tire Business Tire Dealer Humanitarian of the Year.

FDA says nutrition facts label will get makeover

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Simply Cheetos are displayed in New York on Friday. PepsiCo has quietly gotten rid of the word “Natural” in some of its products and instead is going with “Simply.”

PepsiCo rebrands products NEW YORK (AP) — PepsiCo has quietly gotten rid of the word “Natural” in some of its products and instead is going with “Simply.”

The company changed its “Simply Natural” line of Frito-Lay chips to simply be called “Simply,” although the ingredients remain the same. Similarly, its “Natural Quaker Granola” got a makeover as “Simply Quaker Granola.”

The food and beverage giant says the name changes, which took place last year, are the result of it updating its marketing. But they come at a time when PepsiCo and other companies face legal challenges over their use of the word “natural.”

The Food and Drug Administration doesn’t have a definition for what constitutes “natural” but says it doesn’t object to the word’s use as long as the product doesn’t contain “added color, artificial flavors or synthetic substances.” Still, a number of lawsuits recently have challenged whether the ingredients in products labeled as “natural” fit that billing.

In some cases, companies are realizing the use of “natural” isn’t worth the headache, said Steve Gardner, director of litigation for the consumer advocacy group Center for Science in the Public Interest, an advocacy group that has filed lawsuits against companies on the topic.

Last year, PepsiCo agreed to remove the words “all natural” from its Naked juices after a lawsuit noted the drinks contained artificial ingredients, such as a fiber made by Archer Midland Daniels.

Another ongoing lawsuit filed in 2012 has challenged its description of some of its chips as “natural.” And in November, PepsiCo killed off its Gatorade Natural line, saying the drinks didn’t “resonate” with its core consumers.

WASHINGTON (AP) — After 20 years, the nutrition facts label on the back of food packages is getting a makeover.

Knowledge about nutrition has evolved since the early 1990s, and the Food and Drug Administration says the labels need to reflect that.

Nutritionists and other health experts have their own wish list for label changes.

The number of calories should be more prominent, they say, and the amount of added sugar and percentage of whole wheat in the food should be included.

They also want more clarity on serving sizes.

“There’s a feeling that nutrition labels haven’t been as effective as they should be,” said Michael Jacobson of the Center for Science in the Public Interest. “When you look at the label, there are roughly two dozen numbers of substances that people aren’t intuitively familiar with.”

For example, he says, most of the nutrients are listed in grams, a basic unit of the metric system. Jacobson said people don’t really understand what a gram is.

Michael Taylor, the FDA’s deputy commissioner for foods, said 20 years ago “there was a big focus on fat, and fat undifferentiated.” Since then, health providers have focused more on calories and warned people away from saturated and trans fats rather than all fats. Trans fats were separated out on the label in 2006.

“The food environment has changed and our dietary guidance has changed,” said Taylor, who was at the agency in the early 1990s when the FDA first introduced the label at the behest of Congress. “It’s important to keep this updated so what is iconic doesn’t become a relic.”

The FDA has sent guidelines for the new labels to the White House, but Taylor would not estimate when they might be released. The FDA has been working on the issue for a decade, he said.

There’s evidence that more people are reading the labels in recent years.

An Agriculture Department study said 42 percent of working adults used the

LABEL CHANGES Other suggestions from health advocates for new nutrition labels include: • Add the percentage of whole wheat to the label. Many manufacturers will label products “whole wheat” when there is really only a small percentage of it in the food.

• Clearer measurements. Some have suggested that the FDA use teaspoons, as well as grams, for added sugars.

• Serving sizes that make sense.

There’s no easy answer, but health experts say that single-size servings that are clearly meant to be eaten in one sitting will often list two or three servings on the label, making the calorie and other nutrient information deceptive. The FDA said last year that it may add another column to the labels, listing nutrition information per serving and per container. The agency may also adjust recommended serving sizes for some foods.

• Package-front labeling. Beyond the panel on the back, nutrition experts have pushed for labels on the package front for certain nutrients so consumers can see them more easily. The FDA said several years ago it would issue guidelines for front of pack labeling but later said it would hold off to see if the industry created its own labels.

panel always or most of the time in 2009 and 2010, up from 34 percent two years earlier. Older adults were more likely to use it.

The revised label is expected to make the calorie listing more prominent, and Regina Hildwine of the Grocery Manufacturers Association said that could be useful to consumers. Her group represents the nation’s largest food companies.

Hildwine said the FDA also has suggested that it may be appropriate to remove the “calories from fat” declaration on the label.

It’s not yet clear what other changes the FDA could decide on. Nutrition advocates are hoping the agency adds a line for sugars and syrups that are not naturally occurring in foods and drinks and are added when they are processed or prepared. Now, some sugars are listed separately among the ingredients, and some are not.

It may be difficult for the FDA to figure out how to calculate added sugars, however. Food manufacturers are adding naturally occurring sugars to their products so they can label them as natural — but the nutrition content is no different.

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Carolyn Johnson looks out her window to the scene where her husband was killed in a house fire early Wednesday morning. He saved three people from the burning building before collapsing with smoke inhalation.

JOHNSON from Page A1 that Johnson kid who caught everything we hit out into the field.”

“Andy had all the tools to be a good player,” Betchman said. “He could run, he could throw real well, and he could hit.”

Johnson continued to be a model baseball player and individual while playing for the P-15’s up to when he was drafted to the Los Angeles Dodgers minor

league team.

When Betchman heard about Johnson’s tragic death and the circumstances that led to it, he couldn’t help but think that it sounded like something Johnson would do.

“He would try to help other people in need and apparently tried to go back into the house to save other person,” Betchman said. “Apparently, it was too much for him, but I certainly admired him for what he did.”

Johnson was awakened about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday morning by his wife, Carolyn, who told him

that the house next door, occupied by her aunt, 95-year-old Wessie Johnson, and two other residents was on fire. Johnson didn’t hesitate to rush over to help amputee Wessie, despite his wife’s pleas, saying, “I got to, Carolyn. I got to try to save Aunt Wessie.”

Reports from the Sumter Fire Department and the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office say that officers arrived to assist and found that Wessie was lifted up to the rear bedroom window by Johnson before they were able to remove her from the residence. The other two residents had already made it

safely out of the building. However, Johnson was nowhere to be found.

Firefighters put out the blaze to find Johnson lying on the floor in the rear bedroom. He died shortly afterward from smoke inhalation.

Wessie Johnson is currently at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Johnson is survived by his wife and his two daughters, Andrea, 29, and Kendra, 25.

The fire is still under investigation by the Sumter Fire Department and the Sheriff’s Office.

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Andrea, above, is comforted by a neighbor in the wake of the death of her father, George, who saved three people from a fire that ultimately claimed his life.

A neighbor describes what took place at the window where George Johnson rescued his 95-year-old aunt and two other residents of the home.

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Massive pileup on I-94 kills 3; more than 20 hurt MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) — Cars were mangled, and some were burned despite the blowing snow. Other vehicles were crushed between jackknifed semi-tractors, so entwined that it was difficult to tell them apart.

People were screaming, but emergency responders couldn’t see many of them as they quickly tended the victims amid frigid conditions.

Within seconds, traffic along snow-covered Interstate 94 in northern Indiana had become a mile-long pile of debris after whiteout conditions swept in during Thursday’s evening commute.

Three people were killed, and nearly two dozen were injured. “It was such a devastating scene, you don’t know where to start,� said Coolspring Township Fire Chief Mick Pawlik, whose volunteer crew was among the first on the scene about 60 miles south of Chicago. “There were people in cars that you couldn’t even see,�

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The chain-reaction collision near Michigan City was triggered by a sudden burst of heavy lake-effect snow that took drivers by surprise, said Indiana State Police Lt. Jerry Williams. Within about 45 seconds, dozens of vehicles — including numerous other trucks — were crashing into one another.

The wreck killed Chicago resident Jerry Dalrymple, 65, and a Michigan couple: Thomas Wolma, 67, and his 65-year-old wife, Marilyn, of Grand Rapids. More than 20 people were injured, including one who remained in critical condition Friday.

Pawlik said the scene was “something that you’ll never forget. It’ll live with us forever.� But he acknowledged that first responders were expecting worse. “We’re lucky that there wasn’t 20 people dead and three people injured,� he said.

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BY TAMARA LUSH Associated Press Writer The new Harry Potter area opening at Universal Orlando Resort this summer, called Diagon Alley, will offer fans a new thrill ride themed on Gringotts bank from the Harry Potter book series, along with more than a half-dozen eateries and shops selling souvenirs.

But the location of Diagon Alley will also require tickets for both of Universal Orlando’s theme parks if guests want to see the new and original Harry Potter attractions.

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 2014

EDWARD HILTON Edward “Bugle” Hilton, 73, husband of Effie Rogers Hilton, died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital, Manning.

He was born Dec. 28, 1940, in Manning, a HILTON son of the late Davis Hilton and Nora Hilton McKinney and stepson of Clinton G. McKinney.

He received his formal education in the public schools of Clarendon County.

In his youth, he joined Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church where he sang in the male chorus and served as a trustee. He was a member of Green Hill Masonic Lodge No. 439 and a dedicated member of the Gospel Train.

He was employed with SCDOT, retiring after 30 years.

Survivors are his wife of the home; three children he reared as his own, Clifford Joe of Columbia, Carlos Joe and Bonnie Joe, both of Manning; five sisters the Rev. Etherleen Bethune and Susie (Clyde) Gibson, both of Manning, Binky McKinney of Charlotte, Clara King of Valdosta, Ga., and Marie Hicks of Miami; two brothers, Henry (Teresa) Hilton and William (Lillie Mae)

Hilton, both of Manning; several additional sisters and brothersin-law; and twelve grandchildren.

Masonic rites will be held at 6 p.m. today at Hayes F. & LaNelle J. Samuels Sr. Memorial Chapel, 114 N. Church St., Manning.

Celebratory services for Mr. Hilton will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, 14362 Raccoon Road, Manning.

The Rev. Jonathan Mouzon, pastor, officiating, the Rev. Eloise Pompey, presiding; the Rev. Johnathan Anderson, the Rev. O’Donald Dingle, the Rev. Major Lloyd, assisting. Burial will follow in the Society Hill AME Church Cemetery. Mr. Hilton will lie in repose one hour prior to funeral time.

Family is receiving friends at the residence, 908 Branchview Drive, Manning.

These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home, Manning.

JACKUELINE STRANGE CAMDEN — Jackueline Strange, 67, of Camden, died Jan. 18, 2014, in Camden, following a brief illness.

Jackie was born on April 22, 1946, in Charlotte to her parents, Billie C. Stell and Jack Stell.

Mrs. Strange is survived by her husband, Henry Strange; and her two sons, Brent

Strange and Chris Duvall.

Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. today at Powers Funeral Home of Lugoff.

Pastor Gary White will officiate.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Brenton Strange for Mrs. Strange’s final expenses.

Sign the online register at www.powersfuneralhome.net.

JERALDINE S. HENRY MANNING — Jeraldine Stukes Henry, 57, wife of Amos N. Henry, 2284 Henry Road, Manning, died Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital, Manning.

She was born Feb. 17, 1954, in the Bloomville Section of Manning, a daughter of the late Willie “Budda” and Maebell Young Stukes.

Family is receiving friends at the home of her daughter and sonin-law, Aimee and Raymond Lawson, 117 Sunset Drive, Manning.

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

JOSHUA G. DUNCAN Joshua Glenn Duncan, 24, husband of Brittany Pate Duncan, died Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014.

Born, Dec. 14, 1989, in Newberry, he was a son of Glenn D. Duncan and the late Julie

Abney Bailey. He was formerly employed by Evans Trailers.

Survivors include his wife of Sumter; his father and his stepmother, Rae Ann Duncan of Whitmire; stepfather, Bubba Bailey of Sumter; a son, Joshua Bruce “J.B.” Duncan; three brothers, Justin Mathis of Sumter, Christopher Keller of Laurens and Joel W. Sweat Jr. of Greenville; a sister, Brandy Atkins of Travelers Rest; grandparents, Joyce King of Whitmire and Thomas and Jean Mathis of Summerton; and step-father, Thomas Mathis III. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the ElmoreCannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Mark Barnette officiating.

Burial will be in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Joel “J.J.” Sweat, Israel Rhodes, Justin Pack, Jessie Hein, John Bochette and Jaka Allen.

The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home.

Memorials may be made to the family, 204 Vernon Drive, Sumter, SC 29150.

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

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MIRIAM G. McFADDIN GABLE — Miriam Green McFaddin, 89, widow of Eugene Aubrey McFaddin Jr., died Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born Jan. 5, 1925, in Turbeville, she was the daughter of the late Robert Sidney Green and the late Ressie Coker Green. She was a graduate of Winthrop College, a retired school teacher with Clarendon School District 3 with 25 years of service, and she was a member of Sardinia Presbyterian Church.

She is survived by two sons, Sidney Edward “Sid” McFaddin and Robert “Scott” McFaddin (Sue), both of Gable; a daughter, Susanne M. Bacsi (Csaba) of Gable; a daughter-in-law, Frances Ann “Fran” Surette McFaddin of Gable; two sisters, her twin sister, Margaret Green Lee of Paxville, and Eleanor Green Smith of Turbeville; and four grandchildren, Aubrey Scott McFaddin of Lexington, Robert Aubrey McFaddin, Colby Scott McFaddin and Blaine Thomas McFaddin, all of Gable.

She was preceded in death by a son, Eugene Aubrey “Mac” McFaddin III; a brother, Ryan Sidney Green Sr.; and two sisters, Mae Green Turbeville and Doris Green Powell.

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

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Sunday at Sardinia Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Robert Jolly, the Rev. Dr. Gordon Reed and the Rev. Chad Culick officiating. Burial will follow in Sardinia-Gable Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Mike Lee, Joe Lee, Si Green, Sidney Green Smith, Andy Smith and Lucius Bullock.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Scott and Sue McFaddin, 3077 Black River Road, Gable.

The family would like to thank caregivers Willean Keitt and Wanda Gibson for their love and care.

Memorials may be made to Sardinia Presbyterian Church, 1386 Garland Road, Gable, SC 29051.

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

LILLIE D. RICHBURG GREELEYVILLE — Lillie Dean Richburg, 58, died Friday, Jan. 24, 2014, at her home.

Services will be announced by Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, (803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome.org

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1 student shot to death outside S.C. State dorm ORANGEBURG (AP) — A student was shot and killed Friday outside an on-campus dormitory at South Carolina State University, and police were looking for four men who left campus.

Brandon Robinson, 20, died not long after he was shot outside Hugine Suites about 1:30 p.m., authorities said. The gunmen left campus before police could catch them, but authorities decided to lock down the campus so they could not return, said University Police Chief Mernard Clarkson.

“Our students are secure and safe as we keep looking for these individuals,” Clarkson said.

Clarkson said police haven’t figured out what led to the shooting.

He said his officers know one person they want to talk to, but he wasn’t ready to release a name.

The shooting shocked the entire campus, university President Thomas Elzey said. Grief counselors will be brought in to talk to students and staff.

“We, again, are extraordinarily sad about this. He was a very nice young man. And it hurts. It hurts us all,” Elzey said, trying to hold back tears.

Elzey said South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley offered any help the school needed.

The university lifted its lockdown Friday evening, but Clarkson said the school was letting traffic in and out of campus through only one gate.

South Carolina State also was the site of a fatal shooting in 2011, when police said three men met on campus for a drug deal. A student, 22-year-old Jonathan Bailey, was killed.

Friday’s fatal shooting happened three days after authorities said a Purdue University student shot and stabbed a fellow student to death in a classroom.

South Carolina State University is a historically black university with about 3,200 students in Orangeburg, about 40 miles south of Columbia.

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Specialist Vincent Surace works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Friday.

Fear of slowing growth drags down markets

BY JOSHUA FREED and PAUL WISEMAN AP Business Writers Fear is back in the market.

Investors are worried about slower economic growth in China, a gloomier outlook for U.S. corporate profits and an end to easymoney policies in the United States and Europe. They’re also fretting over country-specific troubles around the world — from economic mismanagement in Argentina to political instability in Turkey.

Those fears converged this week to start a two-day rout in global markets that was capped by a 318point drop in the Dow Jones industrial average Friday. It was the blue-chip index’s worst day since last June. The Dow plunged almost 500 points during the two days.

The Dow finished down 2 per-

cent at 15,879 Friday. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 38 points, or 2.1 percent, to 1,790. The Nasdaq composite fell 90 points, or 2.2 percent, to 4,128.

As investors shunned risk, small-company stocks fell even more than the rest of the market, and bond prices rose.

Despite the sell-off, U.S. stocks remain near all-time highs after surging 30 percent last year. The S&P 500 is 3 percent below its record high of 1,848 on Jan. 15.

U.S. stocks have not endured a correction — a drop of 10 percent or more over time — since October 2011.

The turbulence coincides with a global economic shift: China and other emerging-market economies appear to be running into trouble just as the developed economies of

the United States and Europe finally show signs of renewed strength nearly five years after the end of the Great Recession.

The trouble began Thursday after a January survey showed a drop in Chinese manufacturing activity. Days earlier, China reported that its economic growth last year matched 2012 for the slowest pace since 1999.

“It is interesting how even a mild tremor in China’s growth causes such anxiety around the world,” said Eswar Prasad, professor of trade policy at Cornell University.

In Asia, Japan’s Nikkei 225 slipped 1.9 percent Friday to close at 15,391.56; Hong Kong’s Hang Seng shed 1.2 percent to 22,450.06; and Seoul’s Kospi dropped 0.4 percent to 1,940.56.

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TUOMEY from Page A1 with attempts to settle this lawsuit,” Schwartz said. “A settlement that preserves Tuomey as a locally controlled community hospital continues to be our goal.

We are determined to protect this hospital and the 1,900 people who work here for the good and health of this community.”

“If we are forced to add additional money or change the way it is held, there is a very real chance the government could force us into bankruptcy and the consequences that would follow,” Schwartz added.

The statements, coupled with another legal filing by Tuomey’s legal team, come as both sides in the nine-year legal battle await a decision by Senior U.S. District Judge Margaret B. Seymour on whether the local hospital needs to place more money into escrow as it pursues a possible appellate court confrontation.

Both sides have said they would like to avoid another round in court and reach a settlement. However, without a settlement in place, and because Tuomey currently faces a $239 million judgment against it as a result of last year’s trial, time is running short on Tuomey’s options. Until a settlement is reached, the local hospital must either: pay the full judgment against it,

which even the federal government recognizes is beyond Tuomey’s financial capabilities; place nearly $300 million into escrow as federal guidelines would require for it to pursue an appeal; or convince Seymour to lower the 125 percent of judgment guideline to a lower amount.

Both sides have said in legal filings that the $300 million requirement is unreasonable for Tuomey; however, they differ greatly on what they do consider reasonable.

Earlier this month, Tuomey told the court that if it ends up having to pay more than $30 million as a result of the lawsuit, it faces the distinct possibility of either ultimately closing or being sold.

Prosecuting attorneys, citing Tuomey’s recent spending practices, said the hospital could afford to place at least $70 million into escrow.

All of this is the result of a nine-year-old federal case, in which prosecutors successfully argued last year that the local hospital violated several laws with several of its doctors’ contracts, creating a system of illegal kickbacks and therefore committing Medicare fraud.

There is no timetable for when Seymour must make her ruling.

Reach Braden Bunch at (803) 774-1201.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Listen but don’t feel obliged to be a follower. You have to do LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Demands may be put what’s best for you, so think matters on you at home, but that doesn’t mean you through and make your decisions based on should change your plans. Clear up pressing facts and past experience. matters and head out on an adventure that will challenge you intellectually.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Lending a helping hand will lead to new VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Join in the fun. Get opportunities. Look over contracts and involved in community events or take time settlements or discuss matters that need to out to do something special with someone be cleared up in order for you to move you love. Meeting someone unusual will forward. spark your interest.

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| off to his camper at a Gaffney campground and locked himself inside.

Sheriff Steve Mueller said deputies shot a tear gas canister into the camper, but McKinney threw it back out.

The sheriff says deputies went to the door of the camper, and McKinney began firing. Officers fired back killing him.

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Man killed in Gaffney after firing on officers GAFFNEY (AP) — Cherokee County deputies say they have shot and killed a man who fired on them after leading state troopers on a chase.

Authorities said 53-year-old Clint McKinney was driving erratically when troopers tried to pull him over about 2 p.m. Friday and he sped

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Summerville said his main reason in opening up the house is to ensure the historic property has a future beyond its current owners.

“I want it to keep going after I’m gone,” he said. “I don’t plan to do any big things with it; I just want to keep up the house.”

Sumter County Council will meet at 6 p.m.

Tuesday in the county administration building, 13 E. Canal St. Reach Bristow Marchant at (803) 774-1272

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the land trust, which limits how the property can be used, and he said he’s convinced the home won’t be turned into a major commercial attraction. Strickland now says he won’t oppose the motion if it comes back up for a vote.

“Part of what we got before was inaccurate.

They’re not going to build a banquet hall out there,” he said. “I plan to be at the (council) meeting to let them know why I’d support it.”

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THE ITEM To contact the Sports Department, call (803) 774-1241 or e-mail sports@theitem.com

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New format, momentum carry Lady Baron bowlers to title

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennisb@theitem.com The Wilson Hall girls bowling team went to the SCISA state tournament on Thursday at Royal Z Lanes in Columbia facing a bit of the unknown along with all of the other teams.

A new format was put in place where the teams bowled in a preliminary round with the top four advancing to the championship round. That turned out to be a very good thing for the Lady Barons.

Wilson Hall finished fourth of the seven teams in the prelimi-

PHOTO PROVIDED

The Wilson Hall girls bowling team displays the championship trophy after it won the SCISA bowling state tournament on Thursday at Royal Z Lanes in Columbia. Members of the team are, left to right, head coach Gabe Reynolds, Breanna Kimbrell, Kelly Brady, Kristen Miller, Kaylee Pitts, Allison Owen, Gigi Moore and assistant coach Cynthia Hardee.

nary round and then went on win the championship round and

claim the state title.

“That’s the way format goes,” said Wilson

Hall head coach Gabe Reynolds. “You make it (to the championship

round) and you get a shot at it. You’re not building points and you

get a fresh start.”

Teams bowled three games in each round with five players bowling two frames each.

The Lady Barons were actually on the outside looking in after two games in the preliminary round, sitting in fifth place. However, they bowled their best game of the night, a 147, to take fourth, beating fifth-place Laurence Manning Academy by 23 pins.

“I was nervous about the preliminary round because you’ve got to bowl well to get to the SEE WH, PAGE B3

LHS keeps pace

Holbrook, USC look for another CWS run

Lakewood teams sweep MHS to up region marks to 4-1

COLUMBIA — South Carolina baseball coach Chad Holbrook won’t talk to his players about finishing a victory short of the College World Series last season. He says they know too well what happened and are ready to work their way back to Omaha this season.

The Gamecocks and their second-year coach opened practice Friday in chilly, 29-degree temperatures for a season they hope leads back to TD Ameritrade Park for a fourth time in five seasons. Holbrook led South HOLBROOK Carolina to the best-of-three NCAA Super Regional series in his debut season as coach, but lost game three, 5-4, and the Tar Heels went on to the College World Series.

“It was a disappointing end,” Holbrook recalled. “I hope there’s a bitter taste in their mouths.”

There is, catcher and junior leader Grayson Greiner says.

And he thinks that’s combined with a determination to return and prove they’re still the program that won national titles in 2010 and 2011 and finished second to CWS winner Arizona in 2012.

“To me, it’s all about where we want to be at the end of the year as a team,” said Greiner, who played for Team USA last summer.

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press

BY EDDIE LITAKER Special To The Item Trailing Lakewood High School by one game in the Region VI-3A varsity girls basketball standings heading into play on Friday, Manning had an opportunity to inch its way up a spot in the pecking order.

Instead, it was head coach Frances Fields’ Lady Gators who defended their home court and came away with an impressive 63-55 victory.

“It was a big win,” said Fields, whose team improved to 12-7 overall and 4-1 in region play. “The girls came out and they played like they should have. We had our little setbacks, but other than that, they played together and they played a decent game.”

Manning head coach John Thames gave the firstyear Lakewood coach all the credit for the turnaround the Lady Gators have had this year and said she made all the right coaching moves on Friday.

“Frances has done an excellent job. I commend her SEE GATORS, PAGE B2

MATT WALSH / THE ITEM

Lakewoods Andrew Washington (22) tries to block the shot of Manning’s James McCay (34) during the Gators’ 36-35 victory on Friday at The Swamp. The Lady Gators also defeated MHS 63-55.

SEE USC, PAGE B3

Too good for Federer, Nadal into Aussie final THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BY JOHN PYE The Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — The way Rafael Nadal managed to somehow retrieve a forehand midway through the second set shocked even Roger Federer, who has been on the receiving end of the Spaniard’s unbelievable shots more than anyone else in Grand Slams.

It was a tipping point in their Australian Open semifinal. Federer had lost the first-set tiebreaker but was still throwing his whole arsenal at Nadal.

At 15-30 in the sixth game of the second set, Federer thought he’d wrong-footed Nadal with a volley deep into the left corner. Nadal lunged for a desperate forehand, swinging just as the ball was about to bounce for the second time and an-

Rafael Nadal, left, is congratulated by Roger Federer at the net on Friday after Nadal won their Australian Open semifinal match 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-3 in Melbourne, Australia.

gling it back over the net. Federer, in good position but not expecting he’d need to play another shot, framed a

volley. It gave Nadal a breakpoint, and he quickly broke Federer for the first time in the match.

He completed his 23rd win in 33 head-to-heads, and ninth in 11 Grand Slam matches, 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-3 in 2 hours and 24 minutes against the 17time major winner.

A win over another Swiss, No. 8-seeded Stan Wawrinka, in Sunday’s final, would give Nadal a 14th Grand Slam title and make him the first man to win all four majors at least twice in the Open era.

Nadal missed the 2013 Australian Open during a seven-month layoff for illness and a knee injury, but returned to win the French and U.S. Opens among his 10 titles for the season and finished the year at No. 1. He won the Australian Open in 2009, beating Federer in the final, and lost in a fiveset, 5-hour, 53-minute 2012 final to Novak Djokovic after ousting Federer SEE NADAL, PAGE B3

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Crestwood stays unbeaten in region HARTSVILLE — Crestwood High School’s varsity girls basketball team remained undefeated in Region VI-3A with a 48-39 victory over Hartsville on Friday at the Hartsville gymnasium.

Cawasha Ceasar led the Lady Knights, who improved to 16-3 overall and 5-0 in region play, with 13 points. Keanua Williams added 12 and Shaquanda McCray had nine.

LAURENCE MANNING ORANGEBURG PREP

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MANNING — Emily McElveen scored 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Laurence Manning Academy to a 57-53 victory over Orangeburg Prep on Friday at Bubba Davis Gymnasium.

Haley Hatfield also had a double-double for the Lady Swampcats with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Courtney Beatson scored 13 points for LMA. WILSON HALL FLORENCE CHRISTIAN

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FLORENCE — Wilson Hall picked up its first victory in SCISA Region II-3A with a 46-33 victory over Florence Christian School on Friday at the FCS gymnasium.

Lauren Goodson led the Lady Barons, 10-8 overall and 1-1 in region play, with 10 points. Hayley Smoak added nine and Holly Scott had eight.

GIRLS AREA ROUNDUP Casey Medlin led FCS with 14 points.

WILSON HALL Goodson 10, Smoak 9, Scott 8, Fisher 6, Jordan 5, Zilch 4, Belk 2, Cunningham 2.

FLORENCE CHRISTIAN Medlin 14, Dougherty 9, B. Brown 6, Broach 2, H. Brown 2.

CONWAY CHRISTIAN SUMTER CHRISTIAN

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Sumter Christian School was outscored 12-4 in overtime to lose to Conway Christian 49-41 on Thursday at the SCS gymnasium.

The Lady Bears, who fell to 5-7 overall, were led in scoring Sarah Hutson with 16. Sarah Fraser added 13.

Crystal Balley led Conway with 17 points.

JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL WILSON HALL FLORENCE CHRISTIAN

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FLORENCE — Wilson Hall improved to 14-0 on the season with a 38-14 victory over Florence Christian School on Friday at the FCS gymnasium.

Courtney Clark, Mary Daniel Stokes and Diamond Crawford each scored eight points to lead the Lady Barons.

ORANGEBURG PREP LAURENCE MANNING

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MANNING — Laurence Manning Academy lost to Orangeburg Prep 32-27 on Friday at Bubba Davis Gymnasium.

Brooke Bennett led LMA with 10 points.

SUMTER CHRISTIAN CONWAY CHRISTIAN

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Sumter Christian School improved to 8-0 on the season with a 17-9 victory over Conway Christian on Thursday at the SCS gymnasium.

Sarah Fraser led the Lady Bears with seven points.

MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL BATES FURMAN

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Alexis McLeod scored eight points and pulled down 14 rebounds to lead Bates Middle School to a 20-18 victory over Furman on Thursday at the Furman gymnasium.

Kiara Jones added six points and 15 rebounds for the Lady Bantams.

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COLUMBIA — Wilson Hall shut out Ben Lippen on Friday, winning 46-0 at the Ben Lippen gymnasium.

Haley Roone McCaffrey led the Lady Barons with 13 points. Stephanie Noyes had eight and Waverly McIver added seven.

CALHOUN THOMAS SUMTER

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DALZELL — Thomas Sumter Academy lost to Calhoun Academy 18-13 on Thursday at Edens Gymnasium.

Sydney Daniel led TSA with seven points.

BOYS AREA ROUNDUP

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Knights take down Red Foxes 58-53 HARTSVILLE — Darnell Robateau scored 23 points to lead Crestwood High School’s varsity boys basketball team to a 58-53 victory over Hartsville on Friday at the Hartsville gymnasium.

Tyrell Allen and Devin Nelson each scored 11 for the Knights, who improved to 2-3 in Region VI-3A. THOMAS SUMTER CALHOUN

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DALZELL — Carlton Washington scored 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead Thomas Sumter Academy to a 48-45 victory over Calhoun Academy on Friday at Edens Gymnasium.

Tanner Brunson added 13 for the Generals, who improved to 9-9 overall and 3-2 in SCISA Region II-2A;.

Ryan Sandifer led Calhoun with 10 points.

CALHOUN Spiers 9, Steadman 6, Fleming 5, Lewis 5, T. McGee 2, Sandifer 10, Moore 5, C. McGee 3.

THOMAS SUMTER Washington 17, Brunson 13, White 6, Hoge 4, Robinson 1, Dukes 7.

SUMTER CHRISTIAN CONWAY CHRISTIAN

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Sumter Christian School improved to 12-7 on the season with a 47-38 victory over Conway Christian on Thursday at the SCS gymnasium.

TJ Barron led the Bears with 17 points.

Aaron Washington added 10.

Webbm Kosin led Conway with 13.

JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL WILSON HALL FLORENCE CHRISTIAN

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FLORENCE — Wilson Hall improved to 11-3 on the season with a 49-36 victory over Florence Christian School on Friday at the FCS gymnasium.

GATORS from Page B1 for that,” said Thames, whose team dropped to 12-7 and 2-3. “She took advantage of some of our mistakes and just did a good job. They beat us by eight points. I’ve got a young team, and I’m not making any excuses, but I think eight points was not as bad as it certainly could have been. We had some that played pretty good ball, but we threw the ball away a lot and they took advantage of every bad pass.”

The first quarter went Manning’s way as the Lady Monarchs led 16-12 after the

Chandler Stone scored 13 points and Jake Croft added 10.

LAKEWOOD MANNING

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MANNING — Daquan Tindal scored 19 points to lead Lakewood High School to a 40-31 victory over Manning on Thursday at Thames Arena.

Terrell Still added 14 for the Gators, who improved to 7-3 on the season.

MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL EBENEZER HILLCREST

41 36

Hillcrest Middle School fell to 1-9 on the season with a 41-36 loss to Ebenezer on Thursday at the Ebenezer gymnasium.

Imari Hurte led the Wildcats with 13 points and five steals. Khadari Stephens added 10 points and Michael Parker pulled down 10 rebounds.

B TEAM BASKETBALL WILSON HALL BEN LIPPEN

43 32

COLUMBIA — Wilson Hall improved to 8-3 on the season with a 43-32 victory over Ben Lippen on Friday at the Ben Lippen gymnasium,.

Dalton Dabbs led the Barons with 13 points. Jake Myers had seven points and 10 rebounds and Brandon Carraway had seven points.

THOMAS SUMTER CALHOUN

33 20

DALZELL — Jacob Brown scored nine points to lead Thomas Sumter Academy to a 33-20 victory over Calhoun Academy on Thursday at Edens Gymnasium.

Billy Colquitt added eight points for TSA.

opening eight minutes. Then Lakewood cranked up the offense in the second quarter to the tune of 22 points for a 34-28 halftime edge.

Manning pulled within one, 35-34, on a low post bucket from Mahogany Green with 6:13 left in the third quarter, but Lakewood would close the quarter on a 17-8 run for a 52-42 cushion heading to the final quarter. The Lady Gators’ lead would peak at 13, 57-44, after a 3-point basket from Gabby Myers with 6:43 left before the Lady Monarchs whittled the final margin to eight.

Lakewood closed with three players in double figures, led by Sonora Dengokl’s 16 points. Shanekia Jackson added 15 and Shalexia Pack

closed with 10.

“Everybody on the team scored except for one, so everybody’s looking to take it down and everybody’s looking to push it,” Fields said. “So that’s a good sign to see at the end of the first round of conference. Every game we try to improve, we try to get better, so first round, 4-and-1, that’s good. Second round we’re looking to be 5-and-0, so we shall see.”

Manning’s offensive effort was headed up by Makeba Harvin, who compiled an impressive double-double with 23 points and 18 rebounds.

Lanisha Brown added 18 points, five rebounds and one blocked shot while Green filled up the stat sheet with six points, five rebounds, five

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1:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Georgia at Kentucky (WOLO 25).

2 p.m. – Auto Racing: Rolex 24 at Daytona Start from Daytona Beach, Fla. (WACH 57).

2 p.m. – College Basketball: Boston University at Bucknell (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

2 p.m. – College Basketball: West Virginia at Oklahoma State (ESPN2).

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

2 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: Kansas at Kansas State (SPORTSOUTH).

3 p.m. -- PGA Golf: Farmers Insurance Open Third Round from La Jolla, Calif. (WLTX 19).

3 p.m. – High School Basketball: Arlington Country Day (Fla.) vs. Sunrise Christian (Kan.) from Newbern, Tenn. (ESPNU).

3 p.m. -- LPGA Golf: Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic Third Round from Paradise Island, Bahamas (GOLF).

4 p.m. – College Basketball: South Carolina at Missouri (WOLO 25, WPUB-FM 102.7, WDXY-FM 105.9, WNKT-FM 107.5, WDXY-AM 1240).

4 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: Santa Clara at Brigham Young (BYUTV).

4 p.m. – College Basketball: Dayton at Rhode Island (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

4 p.m. – College Basketball: Tennessee at Florida (ESPN).

4 p.m. – College Basketball: Western Kentucky at Louisiana-Lafayette (ESPN2).

4 p.m. – College Basketball: St. Joseph’s at Richmond (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

4 p.m. – College Football: Senior Bowl from Mobile, Ala. (NFL NETWORK).

4 p.m. – College Basketball: St. John’s at Butler (SPORTSOUTH).

5 p.m. – High School Basketball: Hamilton (Tenn.) vs. White Station (Tenn.) from Newbern, Tenn.

(ESPNU).

5 p.m. – Women’s College Gymnastics: Louisiana State at Georgia (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

6 p.m. – College Basketball: DePaul at Seton Hall (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

6 p.m. – College Basketball: Pittsburgh at Maryland (ESPN2).

6 p.m. – College Basketball: Auburn at Arkansas (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: Michigan at Michigan State (ESPN).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: Connecticut at Rutgers (ESPNU).

7 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Chicago at Charlotte (NBA TV, SPORTSOUTH).

7 p.m. – College Hockey: Northeastern at Notre Dame (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

8 p.m. – College Basketball: Marshall at Louisiana Tech (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

8 p.m. – College Basketball: Louisiana State at Alabama (ESPN2).

8 p.m. – College Basketball: Georgetown at Creighton (FOX SPORTS 1).

9 p.m. – College Volleyball: Pacific at Brigham Young (BYUTV).

9 p.m. – College Basketball: Kansas at Texas Christian (ESPNU).

9 p.m. – Professional Boxing: Lamont Peterson vs.

Dierry Jean for the IBF Junior Welterweight Title and Jermell Charlo vs. Gabriel Rosado in a Junior Welterweight Bout from Washington (SHOWTIME).

9:45 p.m. – Professional Boxing: Mikey Garcia vs.

Juan Carlos Burgos for the WBO Junior Lightweight Title and Bryant Jennings vs. Artur Szpilka in a Heavyweight Bout from New York (HBO).

10 p.m. – College Basketball: Fresno State at Nevada-Las Vegas (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

10 p.m. – College Basketball: Brigham Young at Gonzaga (ESPN2).

10 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Minnesota at Portland (NBA TV).

10 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Anaheim at Los Angeles (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

11 p.m. – College Basketball: San Diego State at Utah State (ESPNU).

3 a.m. -- Professional Tennis: Australian Open Men’s Final Match from Melbourne, Australia (ESPN).

PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Varsity Wrestling Sumter in Gamecock Duals, TBA B Team Basketball Thomas Sumter at Dorchester, 10 a.m.

GOLF Farmers Insurane Open Par Scores The Associated Press Friday s-Torrey Pines, South Course (7,698 yards, par 72) n-Torrey Pines, North Course (7,052 yards, par 72) San Diego

steals, three assists and two blocks. Others contributing on the boards were Kareena Hilton with eight rebounds, Kayla Goldsmith with six and Ambria Brunson with five.

“She’s coming around,” Thames said of the play of Harvin. “I’m proud of the way some of the young ones played. They made young mistakes. They threw the ball away a lot of times, a little panicky at times. The press was real good and took us out of our normal press button.”

In the boys game, Lakewood’s Montrell Epps showed just how important two points of offensive output can be if timed properly.

The Gators and Monarchs had been involved in a nipand-tuck affair from the start,

| Purse: $6.1 million Second Round Jordan Spieth 71s-63n—134 Stewart Cink 64n-71s—135 Nicolas Colsaerts 69n-67s—136 Billy Horschel 70s-67n—137 Marc Leishman 66n-71s—137 Morgan Hoffmann 72s-66n—138 Gary Woodland 65n-73s—138 Russell Knox 71s-67n—138 Pat Perez 67s-71n—138 Erik Compton 69n-69s—138

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Phil Mickelson 69n-73s—142 Tiger Woods 72s-71n—143 FAILED TO QUALIFY Tommy Gainey 72n-74s—146

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NBA STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 21 20 .512 – Brooklyn 18 22 .450 21/2 New York 15 27 .357 61/2 Boston 15 29 .341 71/2 Philadelphia 14 28 .333 71/2 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 31 12 .721 – Atlanta 22 19 .537 8 Washington 20 21 .488 10 Charlotte 19 25 .432 121/2 Orlando 11 32 .256 20 Central Division W L Pct GB Indiana 33 8 .805 – Chicago 21 20 .512 12 Detroit 17 25 .405 161/2 Cleveland 15 27 .357 181/2 Milwaukee 8 33 .195 25 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 32 10 .762 – Houston 29 15 .659 4 Dallas 25 19 .568 8 Memphis 20 20 .500 11 New Orleans 16 25 .390 151/2 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 33 10 .767 – Portland 32 11 .744 1 Denver 20 21 .488 12 Minnesota 20 21 .488 12 Utah 14 29 .326 19 Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 29 15 .659 – Golden State 26 17 .605 21/2 Phoenix 24 17 .585 31/2 L.A. Lakers 16 27 .372 121/2 Sacramento 15 26 .366 121/2 Thursday’s Games Miami 109, L.A. Lakers 102 Portland 110, Denver 105 Friday’s Games L.A. Lakers at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.

New Orleans at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

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

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

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

Memphis at Houston, 8 p.m.

Washington at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Indiana at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

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

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

L.A. Clippers at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.

Houston at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Atlanta at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.

Indiana at Denver, 9 p.m.

Washington at Utah, 9 p.m.

Minnesota at Portland, 10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games San Antonio at Miami, 1 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at New York, 3:30 p.m.

Orlando at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Phoenix at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

Brooklyn at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

Detroit at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Portland at Golden State, 9 p.m.

Denver at Sacramento, 9 p.m.

NFL PLAYOFFS Pro Bowl Sunday At Honolulu Team Rice vs. Team Sanders, 7:30 p.m. (NBC) Super Bowl XLVIII Sunday, Feb. 2 At East Rutherford, N.J. Denver vs. Seattle, 6:30 p.m. (FOX)

TENNIS Australian Open Results

By The Associated Press Friday At Melbourne Park Melbourne, Australia Purse: $29.72 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Men Semifinals Rafael Nadal (1), Spain, def. Roger Federer (6), Switzerland, 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-3.

with neither team leading by more than six. The game saw seven ties and four lead changes.

Epps was responsible for the final tie and final lead change as he hit the back end of two-shot fouls with 25 seconds left and then no time left, giving Lakewood a 36-35 victory. Officials whistled Manning’s Talaryon Rose for a foul as time expired to set up Epp’s overtime-saving back-end make.

With the win, Lakewood improved to 12-8 and 4-1.

Meanwhile, the Monarchs fell to a hard-luck 5-13 and 0-5.

Jarvis Johnson topped the Gators with 10 points while Rayvon Witherspoon headed up Manning’s scoring with 12 points.

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Jordan Spieth watches his drive on the 18th hole of the North Course at Torrey Pines on Friday during the second round of the Farmers Insurance Open in San Diego. Spieth shot a 63 to take a 1-stroke lead.

Woods, ailing Mickelson fall back to middle of pack

BY DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Jordan Spieth turned out to be the star attraction Friday playing with Tiger Woods at Torrey Pines.

Spieth again showed game well beyond his 20 years with a 9-under 63 on the North Course, giving him a oneshot lead over Stewart Cink going into the weekend at the Farmers Insurance Open.

Cink drilled a 3-wood from 280 yards onto the green at the par-5 ninth on the tougher South Course for a twoputt birdie and a 71.

Woods rarely gets upstaged at Torrey Pines, where

his eight professional wins include the 2008 U.S. Open.

But in his first competition in six weeks, Woods hardly looked the part as the defending champion. He did not make birdie on any of the par 5s for the second straight day, and a three-putt bogey on the par-5 ninth hole on the North WOODS gave him a 71.

He was nine shots behind.

Phil Mickelson’s ailing back wasn’t much better, though Lefty plodded along and shot 73 on the South to finish eight shots out of the lead. Mickelson contem-

WH from Page B1 championship round,” said senior Kaylee Pitts. “We were able to get in as the fourth team and were then able to win, so I guess I liked it pretty well.”

Cardinal Newman won the preliminary round with a 421. Thomas Sumter Academy was second with 399 followed by defending state champion Heathwood Hall with 37 and Wilson Hall with 366. LMA bowled a 343, Clarendon Hall a 309 and Orangeburg Prep a 268.

Wilson Hall carried the momentum from the final game of the preliminary round into the championship round. It shot a 133 in the first round to open a 21-pin cushion on Cardinal Newman, which shot a 112. TSA rolled a 109 while Heathwood Hall had just a 98.

“We had the great first game and I told the girls, ‘You don’t have to come back so just continue and keep a steady game and be consistent,’” Reynolds said.

Senior Kristen Miller, a 4-year starter who bowled on the 2010 runner-up team, said she was taking nothing for granted after that first game.

“Not really; we couldn’t relax after that first game,” Miller said. “We knew we still had to be on our toes because someone could have a great game and be right back there with us.”

Wilson Hall didn’t have a good second game, but it didn’t hurt it either.

The Lady Barons only had a 108, but only the Lady Generals could pick up

NADAL from Page B1 in the semis. In other years, he’s struggled with injuries — it’s the only Grand Slam tournament he hasn’t won at least twice.

“It’s really, really emotional for me to be back on this court, and to be able to play another final — tonight I played the best match of the tournament,’’ he said, elaborating later: “Very emotional moments in the Rod Laver Arena in the past,

plated pulling out to rest his back, and said only that he would give it a shot Saturday depending on how he felt.

Bishopville native Tommy Gainey did not make the cut, finishing at 1-over.

It was the first time Spieth has played with Woods in a tournament — MICKELSON they played a practice round together at the Presidents Cup last fall — and the Texan felt and played as if it was any other round on the PGA Tour.

Then again, the first time he played with Mickelson,

any pins as they rolled a 115. Wilson Hall had a 241, TSA 224, CN 220 and Heathwood Hall 205 after the two games.

Things got a little dicey in the third game.

The Lady Barons got off to a slow start and Cardinal Newman and Heathwood both made a run. Assistant coach Cynthia Hardee told the players to regain their focus.

That’s what happened as Breanna Kimbrell came up with a strike in the eighth frame and Miller followed with a strike in the ninth frame. Pitts, who was moved to play the anchor frames — 5 and 10 — for the final game, closed out with a strike and a spare.

Wilson Hall rebounded with a 136 to finish with a 377. Cardinal Newman was second at 358 while Heathwood had a 345 and TSA had a 343.

“Both have been very consistent all year,” Reynolds said of Miller and Pitts.

“Kristen seemed to have a lot of nervousness, so we decided to move Kaylee there.

She has been consistent all year. Kaylee did a great job.”

Miller and Pitts had high expectations going into the tournament and saw them realized.

“I felt like we had a good chance,” Miller said. “We had been playing pretty well and had scores similar to the other girls. It’s great to be able to do this” “I was terrifyingly nervous,” said Pitts, who bowled for two years. “I wanted to win like everybody else, but I was really nervous. I felt like we had a good chance though.”

very emotional moments this year especially because (this) is the Grand Slam that I really had more problems in my career.’’

Injuries kept him out of the 2006 Australian Open and hampered his progress in the 2010 and ‘11 quarterfinals.

“Lot of years I didn’t have a chance to play in this tournament that I really love so much with the perfect conditions,’’ he said. “So is very special have the chance to be in the final here again.’’

By reaching his first major final with a win over Tomas Berdych on Thursday night, Wawrinka ensured he’d re-

place Federer as Switzerland’s highest-ranked player for the first time.

But the 32-year-old Federer is confident of returning to his old winning ways, expecting some coaching from Stefan Edberg and continued improvement in his fitness to help after a slump in 2013, when he didn’t reach any of the major finals for the first time in 11 years.

“I still think my best tennis is only ahead of me now,’’ he said.

Nadal is now second on the list of players reaching Grand Slam finals, joining Ivan Lendl on 19 — Federer

Spieth closed with a 62 at the TPC Boston last year, a round that led Mickelson to call Presidents Cup captain Fred Couples and lobby for Spieth to be picked for the team.

In both cases, Spieth was more interested with the score than the audience.

“Any time you can shoot a lower score than a 66 or 65 and you can really get it deep and be in a zone and not worry about what your score is ... that’s special,’’ Spieth said. “That’s proving that I can play my best golf when it matters on a PGA Tour venue. Each time you can do that, you get more and more confident that you can do it more often.’’

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Knicks’ Melo scores 62 vs. Bobcats NEW YORK — Carmelo Anthony scored a careerhigh and franchise-record 62 points, most at the current Madison Square Garden, and the New York Knicks beat the Charlotte Bobcats 125-96 on Friday night to stop a five-game losing streak.

Anthony made 23 of 35 shots, one when he leapt from halfcourt to beat the halftime buzzer, and even added 13 rebounds in the NBA’s highest-scoring performance this season.

Al Jefferson had 25 points and nine rebounds for the Bobcats, snapping his streak of four straight 20-10 games.

PELICANS PISTONS

103 101

AUBURN HILLS, Mich.

— Eric Gordon’s driving layup with 1.9 seconds left gave the New Orleans Pelicans a 103-101 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Friday night.

Detroit blew a 16-point third-quarter lead, and the Pistons inexplicably didn’t call time after Gordon’s winning shot.

KORDA LEADS BAHAMAS LPGA CLASSIC

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas — Jessica Korda took the second-round lead in the season-opening Bahamas LPGA Classic, birdieing four of her last seven holes Friday for a 7-under 66.

Paula Creamer was a stroke back after a 65.

From wire reports

Greiner is a centerpiece of what’s expected to be a strong, deep lineup for South Carolina. The top returning hitter is Joey Pankake, who was second on the club last season with a .311 average, 11 home runs and 42 RBI. Pankake’s weakness, though, was in the field at shortstop — he led the Gamecocks with 17 errors — and he’s switching to third base this season.

Pankake understands the switch and said it’s as much about keeping his recovery on track after straining his right arm during fall workouts. Junior college transfer Marcus Mooney, whose brother Peter starred for the Gamecocks in their run to the 2011 CWS title, tops the list of candidates to fill the shortstop spot.

South Carolina’s biggest questions this season are on the mound and the bullpen.

Holbrook is looking for a Sunday starter to go along with stalwarts Jordan Montgomery and Jack Wynkoop from a year ago. He also needs pitchers for the end of the game after losing late-in-

ning specialist Adam Westmoreland and closer Tyler Webb, who had 16 saves last season.

The Gamecocks could take a long look at freshman Will Crowe for the closer’s role.

The one drawback? Holbrook says they may need the prize newcomer in the rotation.

Crowe, from Sevierville, Tenn., turned down more than $1 million from major league teams who had hoped to draft him last June so he could play college ball.

Greiner said Crowe’s impressed players with his pitching skill and durability.

“He could really be a bulldog for us who could give us a lot of innings,” Greinier said.

Holbrook said there’s time before the season starts February 14th against Bucknell to sort out the pitching roles.

He’s sleeping better this winter than a year ago when he was preparing to succeed national championship coach, athletic director Ray Tanner, in the dugout.

Greiner said players see Holbrook’s growing confidence, too.

“He seems a little bit more in control now, a little bit more at ease,” he said.

leads the list with 24. Another Grand Slam title would lift Nadal to equal second on the all-time list with Pete Sampras, who was in the crowd for the match.

Nadal has struggled with a blister on the palm of his left hand in his last two matches, but he removed the heavy tape that affected his serve in his quarterfinal win over Grigor Dimitrov and replaced it with one square of adhesive tape.

“The blister is OK,’’ Nadal said. “The problem ... is the position of the blister, it’s difficult.’’ But, he added, he didn’t feel any pain.

He certainly didn’t show it

if he did. He resisted just about everything Federer threw at him, scrambling to keep balls in play that usually would be winners.

Federer served and volleyed, he played with good touch, he played drop shots, he tried everything — even complaining to the chair umpire about Nadal’s loud grunting after the tiebreaker — but his 50 resulting unforced errors doubled the number by his rival.

Left-handed Nadal hit 13 of his 28 winners on his powerful forehand side, attacking Federer’s one-handed backhand yet again.

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Clemson-UNC highlights ACC weekend THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A look at five things to watch in the Atlantic Coast Conference this week: GAME OF THE WEEKEND

Clemson at North Carolina. Brad Brownell’s Tigers were off to their best start in ACC play since 1997 before a 33-point loss at Pittsburgh on Tuesday. Still, Clemson (13-5, 4-2) heads to North Carolina on Sunday with a chance at the program’s first win in Chapel Hill. The Tar Heels (117, 1-4) are struggling but have always won this one — including during an 8-20 season a dozen years ago — in a streak that stands at 56 games to set an NCAA record for the most consecutive home wins over one opponent.

LOOKING AHEAD

No. 18 Duke travels to No. 20 Pitt on Monday night in a matchup of teams fighting for position behind league-leading and No. 2-ranked Syracuse. Both teams will have a quick turnaround following Saturday games with Duke taking on Florida State and Pitt traveling to Maryland.

PLAYER TO WATCH

Codi Miller-McIntyre is maturing as a floor leader for Wake Forest.

The sophomore point guard hit the last-second shot to beat North Carolina State on Jan. 15, then had 20 points and 10 assists in Wednesday’s win at Virginia Tech. He ranks among the league leaders in scoring (15.5 points), assists (4.1), field-goal percentage (45.3 percent). “You’re seeing the fruits of his labor,’’ coach Jeff Bzdelik said after Miller-McIntyre scored 26 against Kansas in November, “from the spring, summer and fall.’’

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

The league has six players averaging at least two blocks per game, the highest total for the league since at least the 1996-97 season, according to STATS LLC. There had been only three to do that in each of the past two seasons. Clemson’s K.J. McDan-

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Clemson’s K.J. McDaniels looks to help the Tigers grab their first-ever win in Chapel Hill on Sunday when they travel to face North Carolina in the ACC game of the weekend.

iels, who averaged a league-best 2.1 blocks last year, is again on top at 2.7 per game.

ON THE WOMEN’S SIDE

Notre Dame is living up to preseason expectations as a first-year ACC contender. The Fighting Irish (18-0, 5-0 ACC) will get their first major league test Sunday at No. 6

Maryland. “It’s hard to say we’re underrated ranked No. 2, but you know, I really don’t look at the rankings,’’ coach Muffet McGraw said after Monday’s win at No. 11 Tennessee. “I don’t care about the rankings. We just want to get better every game and get ready for March.’’

COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE MEN STATE Today South Carolina at Missouri, 4 p.m. (WOLO 25) Wofford at Furman, 2 p.m.

Western Carolina at Citadel, 7 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at Radford, 2 p.m.

VMI at Winthrop, 4 p.m.

Longwood at Charleston Southern, 5:30 p.m.

Presbyterian at Liberty, 7 p.m.

College of Charleston at James Madison, 2 p.m.

Norfolk State at South Carolina State, 6 p.m.

North Florida at USC Upstate, 2 p.m.

Sunday Clemson at North Carolina, 6 p.m. (ESPNU) ACC Today (2) Syracuse at Miami, 1 p.m. (WLTX 19) (18) Duke vs. Florida State, noon (ESPN) (20) Pittsburgh at Maryland, 6 p.m. (ESPN2) Notre Dame at Wake Forest, 3 p.m.

Virginia Tech at Virginia, 3 p.m.

Sunday Georgia Tech at North Carolina State, 1 p.m.

SEC Today (6) Florida vs. Tennessee, 4 p.m. (ESPN) (14) Kentucky vs. Georgia, 1:30 p.m. (WOLO 25) Vanderbilt at Texas A&M, 1 p.m. (ESPNU) Mississippi State at Mississippi, 4 p.m.

Auburn at Arkansas, 6 p.m. (FOX SPORTSOUTH) Louisiana State at Alabama, 8 p.m. (ESPNU) TOP 25 Today (3) Michigan State vs. (21) Michigan, 7 p.m. (ESPN) (4) Villanova at Marquette, 2 p.m. (FOX SPORTS 1) (5) Wichita State at Drake, 8:05 p.m.

(7) San Diego State at Utah State, 11:05 p.m. (ESPNU) (8) Kansas at TCU, 9 p.m. (ESPNU) (9) Wisconsin at Purdue, 5 p.m.

(10) Iowa at Northwestern, noon (11) Oklahoma State vs. West Virginia, 2 p.m. (ESPN2) (16) Iowa State vs. (22) Kansas State, 1:45 p.m.

(24) Baylor vs. Texas, 1:30 p.m.

(25) Oklahoma at Texas Tech, 4 p.m.

Sunday (1) Arizona vs. Utah, 8 p.m. (FOX SPORTS 1) (13) Massachusetts vs. Fordham, noon (NBC SPORTS NETWORK) (15) Cincinnati at Temple, 4 p.m. (CBS SPORTS NETWORK) (23) Memphis vs. South Florida, 2 p.m. (CBS SPORTS NETWORK) WOMEN TOP 25 Friday (4) Stanford vs. UCLA (late) (14) Arizona State at Utah (late) (19) California vs. Southern Cal (late) Today (18) West Virginia at Texas, 4 p.m.

(20) Iowa State at Texas Tech, 8 p.m.

(25) Gonzaga at Pepperdine, 5 p.m.

Sunday (1) Connecticut vs. South Florida, noon (CBS SPORTS NETWORK) (3) Duke vs. Pittsburgh, 2 p.m.

(5) Louisville vs. Memphis, 1 p.m. (ESPNU) (8) Oklahoma State vs. (12) Baylor, 4 p.m.

(9) Kentucky vs. Arkansas, 1 p.m. (SPORTSOUTH) (10) South Carolina at (16) Vanderbilt, 2 p.m. (ESPN2) (11) Tennessee at (17) Texas A&M, 4 p.m. (ESPN2) (13) Penn State vs. Minnesota, 1 p.m. (WLTX 19) (14) Arizona State at Colorado, 3 p.m.

(15) LSU at Mississippi, 2 p.m.

(19) California vs. UCLA, 9 p.m.

(21) Nebraska at Northwestern, 5 p.m.

(23) N.C. State at Georgia Tech, 2 p.m.

(24) Florida State vs. Virginia Tech, 2 p.m.

SEC teams battling for 3rd behind Florida, Kentucky THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A look at five things to watch in the Southeastern Conference this week: GAME OF THE WEEKEND

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Denver quarterback Peyton Manning (18) has told teammates like wide receiver Demaryius Thomas (88) not to take next Sunday’s Super Bowl opportunity for granted.

Manning tells teammates not to take Super Bowl opportunity for granted

BY ARNIE STAPLETON The Associated Press ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Peyton Manning is the only player in this Super Bowl who has won the big game.

He’s also lost one.

So, he knows both the elation of putting his fingerprints on the Lombardi Trophy and the anguish of watching it slip through his grasp, and he admonished his Denver Broncos teammates not to cut corners as they prepare to face the Seattle Seahawks on Feb. 2.

“I think the biggest thing he’s said is eliminate distractions, making sure you’re taking care of the little details, doing extra, watching film, working out, getting your body right,’’ receiver Eric Decker said.

“And then I think the biggest thing is he says he’s won one, he’s lost one. And it’s a complete high; it’s a complete low.

So, really understand to give everything you’ve got because this is the last game of the year.’’

Tight end Jacob Tamme was

also Manning’s teammate in Indianapolis when the Colts lost to the Saints in the Super Bowl in 2010.

“It’s an empty feeling,’’ Tamme said. “I mean, you’re certainly proud of what you did to get that far. But it’s an empty feeling to get to this game and not win it. So, we’re going to prepare hard and do everything we can to let it loose on Sunday and just play our best ball.

That’s all we can do, just play our best ball. We know we’ve got a stiff challenge.’’

Wes Welker caught 11 passes for 103 yards for New England in the Super Bowl following the 2007 season, but the Patriots’ shot at perfection ended when Manning’s brother, Eli, threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Plaxico Burress with 35 seconds left to give the Giants a 17-14 win.

Welker said Friday that’s the lowest point of his career and the driving force in his life.

“I think it’s the reason I get up in the morning in the offseason and even now,’’ he said.

“We’re close again and I’m just

trying to make the most of it.’’

Broncos cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie nearly won a ring with the 2008 Arizona Cardinals, when he had five solo tackles and broke up two passes against Pittsburgh in the Super Bowl only to watch Ben Roethlisberger’s 6-yard touchdown pass to Santonio Holmes with 35 seconds left give Pittsburgh a 27-23 victory.

DRC said he’s “excited, anxious, nervous, ready to get there’’ for his second chance at the ultimate prize.

None of Seattle’s players have ever been in a Super Bowl, the first team with zero previous Super Bowl experience since the Bills lost to the Giants in 1991.

Besides the four Broncos who have played in the Super Bowl, three of their coaches have won rings: defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio (linebackers coach for Baltimore in 2000), offensive consultant Alex Gibbs (O-line coach in Denver 1997-98) and secondary coach Cory Undlin (defensive assistant with Patriots in 2004).

Tennessee at No. 6 Florida. The Volunteers could use a quality road win to boost their NCAA tournament hopes. Although Florida has made back-toback trips to the NCAA regional finals while Tennessee has failed to earn an NCAA bid each of the last two years, the Vols have dominated this series lately.

Tennessee has won all three of its games with Florida during Cuonzo Martin’s three-year tenure as the Vols’ coach. The Vols now must try to end Florida’s 25-game home winning streak.

LOOKING AHEAD

Florida and Kentucky are widely considered to be the top two teams in the Southeastern Conference, but there’s a clump of programs behind them vying for national attention. Missouri and Georgia are both off to a 4-1 start in league play while LSU and Tennessee are among four teams at 3-2. Missouri — which jumped out to a 12-1 record during non-conference play — has had a slow 2-3 start against SEC foes.

PLAYER TO WATCH

Kentucky hopes big man Willie Cauley-Stein can bounce back from his recent slide. The 7-foot sophomore has emerged as one of the nation’s elite defensive players — while also

showing progress on the offensive end — but has averaged just 1.0 points, 3.3 rebounds and 0.7 blocks over the last three games while battling foul trouble and ineffective play.

KEY STATS

Arkansas is now 45-6 at home and 2-21 in true road games during coach Mike Anderson’s tenure. The Razorbacks were expected to be a factor in the SEC this season, but still haven’t shown they can break through on the road. ...

Georgia and South Carolina combined for 86 free throws in the Bulldogs’ 97-76 victory on Wednesday. Georgia tied a school record with 50 free-throw attempts. ... Auburn has lost 15 straight games against SEC competition dating back to last season.

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Vanderbilt senior guards Jasmine Lister and Christina Foggie have developed into one of the nation’s top backcourt duos. Foggie is averaging 19.3 points per game, while Lister has 16.8 points per game. Both are averaging more than 20 points per game in SEC competition. Their production has helped the 16th-ranked Commodores (16-3, 5-1 SEC) win 13 of their last 14 games. “It’s something we’ve naturally done because we’ve played four years together and so many minutes together,’’ Foggie said.

“It’s easy to feed off each other. It’s not forced. It’s just very, very natural.’’

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Saturday, Feb. 8, Client Case Work; and 6 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 24, New Volunteer Orientation and Disaster Services Overview. Call (803)775-2363 for details or to register.

The Shepherd’s Center, 24 Council St., will offer free public information sessions 11-11:50 a.m. each Thursday through March 13 as follows: Jan. 30, forms and frequency of elder abuse; Feb. 6, federal Medicaid recoupment; Feb. 13, get active/be healthy; Feb. 20, investing in uncertain times; Feb. 27, emergency preparedness; March 6, spring gardening tips; and March 13, you are what you eat.

Hillcrest High School Class of 1974 will hold a reunion meeting at 4 p.m. today at American Legion Post 202, 310 Palmetto St. Call E.B. Brooks at (803) 4815148 or (803) 316-7652 or Kevin Vannoy at (803) 968-3238.

Manning Early Childhood Center will hold early enrollment for the 20142015 school year 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28, through Friday, Jan. 31. To be eligible for admission, child must be 4 or 5 years old on or before Sept. 1, 2014. You must bring: certified birth certificate; Social Security card; South Carolina immunization certificate; proof of residence; and Medicaid card or proof of income. Appointments for prekindergarten screening will be scheduled during early enrollment. The center is located at 2759 Raccoon Road, Manning. Call (803) 473-4744.

The Campbell Soup friends lunch group will celebrate its 22nd anniversary (264 meetings) at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, at Golden Corral.

The Sumter Benedict Alumni Club will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3, at the North HOPE Center.

Call Shirley Blassingame at (803) 5064019.

The Sumter Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11, at the Shiloh-Randolph Manor, 125 W. Bartlette St. The 2014 king or queen will be crowned. Charles E. Black, president of the National Federation of the Blind, Kershaw County Area Chapter, will speak. Transportation provided within the coverage area.

Contact Debra Canty at (803) 775-5792 or DebraCanC2@frontier.com. Call the 24hour message line at (206) 376-5992 for information about tickets for the April 19 barbecue.

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BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Sensational murders abound on cable television.

But how many of these killings have inspired their own schoolyard jump rope rhyme?

The cable drama “Lizzie Borden Took An Ax” (8 p.m. Saturday, Lifetime, TV-14) recalls the 1892 murder that scandalized America.

Could Lizzie Borden (Christina Ricci), the respectable, Sunday school-teaching daughter of two upright citizens of Fall River, Mass., really bludgeon her father and stepmother to death?

This isn’t just a TV movie, but a Lifetime movie. So will it find Borden guilty or just offer guilty pleasure?

A handsome-looking production that features solid performances by Ricci, Clea DuVall as Lizzie’s sister, Emma, and Billy Campbell as her defense attorney, “Borden” is nonetheless a complete mess.

At first glance, it’s a period piece. But one accompanied by a loud, contemporary rockcountry score that is obviously inappropriate to the situation.

It’s hard to swallow the depiction of the Borden family as the quintessence of late-Victorian Puritan rectitude when the music evokes the hot-blooded doings at some overheated bayou gumbo shack.

“Borden” offers a smattering of motives. Lizzie appears repressed and even imprisoned by her parents, particularly her father, who refused to let her go out on a Saturday night. Did he suffer blunt force trauma because his girl just wanted to have fun? There are also intimations of something less than entirely proper between the starchy dad and his wayward daughter. This picks up on a theme from “Flowers in the Attic,” last week’s Lifetime potboiler, a laughable bit of trash that attracted more than 6 million viewers.

And just when “Borden” appears to be a tale of feminist rage and empowerment, it descends into belabored legal drama. Happily, the insufferable music just seems to disap-

pear during the protracted trial.

According to the historical record, Lizzie Borden was acquitted by a jury of her peers only to be convicted in the court of public opinion. This movie has a verdict of its own, and it’s presented with all the subtlety of a meat cleaver.

• Like most things from executive producer Michael Bay (“Transformers”), the new series “Black Sails” (9 p.m. Saturday, Starz, TV-MA) is big and bold and loud and features a story that moves along like a runaway train.

Set aboard pirate ships and treasure-laden islands replete with all the pleasures of the flesh, “Black Sails” is closer to “Game of Thrones” than “Pirates of the Caribbean.” It begins with a rather epic scene, as bloodthirsty pirates overtake a merchant vessel, and it doesn’t really let up the pace.

Don’t go looking for historical accuracy. It’s filled with pirate empires directed by beautiful women and run by a band of well-bathed swashbucklers committed to a rough equality of men and women of all races and backgrounds. But this is Starz, so there’s plenty of nudity and violence to distract one from the anachronisms.

• A Sunday night dominated by the 2014 Pro Bowl (7:30 p.m., NBC) and The 56th Annual Grammy Awards (8 p.m., CBS, TV-14) still offers plenty of quality viewing.

• If you haven’t checked out HBO’s “True Detective” (9 p.m. Sunday, TV-MA) yet, you’re missing a gem. Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey star in unforgettable roles. It would be an exaggeration to say that this eclipses their earlier work, but only slightly.

If you’ve resisted this because it’s just one more police drama, rest assured it’s like no other. I like to think of it as a buddy cop drama as written by Dostoyevsky. And I don’t think I’m wrong. Remember, “Crime and Punishment” was a detective novel, too.

• Fans of “Downton Abbey” on “Masterpiece Classic” (9

p.m. Sunday, PBS, TV-PG, check local listings) were a little taken aback by the extreme domestic violence in last week’s episode.

It was a jarring departure for this series, which, after all, treated the trench warfare of World War I as a slight speed bump before returning to decorous dinner parties.

While disturbing, the grim events did bring some drama back to a couple of favorite characters who were on the verge of becoming blissfully uninteresting.

• Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) also departs from character tonight as he undertakes the difficult task of acting as Watson’s best man on “Sherlock” on “Masterpiece Mystery!” (10 p.m. Sunday, PBS, TV-PG, check local listings).

Saturday’s Highlights • A favorite from past Winter Olympics anticipates Sochi on “Shaun White: Russia Calling” (8 p.m., NBC, TV-PG).

• The voices of Hugh Jackman and Kate Winslet animate the 2006 cartoon feature “Flushed Away” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG). The unfortunate title might also apply to the more than $100 million DreamWorks lost on this movie.

• The Winter X Games continue (9 p.m., ESPN), with snowboarding, live from Aspen, Colo.

• Friends find a bloody distraction on their way to Medusa on “Atlantis” (9 p.m., BBC America, TV-PG).

• Mountain men fashion a makeshift contraption to dredge for gold on the season premiere of the reality series “Hillbilly Blood” (9 p.m., Destination America, TV-PG).

• Jonah Hill hosts “Saturday Night Live” (11:30 p.m., NBC, TV-14), featuring musical guest Bastille.

Sunday’s Highlights • Scheduled on “60 Minutes” (7 p.m., CBS): mental health care and young adults; a corporate recruiting program

for disadvantaged youth; a profile of Jay Leno.

• High-tech glasses offer insight on “The Simpsons” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-PG).

• Death comes to a former child star on “Castle” (10 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG).

• Hannah takes death very personally on “Girls” (10 p.m., HBO, TV-MA).

• Matt sees a silver lining in likely cancellation on “Episodes” (10:30 p.m., Showtime, TV-MA).

Cult Choice Terrorists scheme to rob America of its amusement parks in the 1977 disaster thriller “Rollercoaster” (12:15 a.m. Saturday, TCM), starring George Segal, Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda and Timothy Bottoms. Presented with the theater-rattling sound effect “Sensurround,” this film marked the screen debuts of Helen Hunt and Steve Guttenberg.

Saturday Series Shopping solo on “Mike & Molly” (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * A lightweight match on “UFC: Henderson vs. Thompson” (8 p.m., Fox) * Carl Reiner gueststars on “Two and a Half Men” (8:30 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * Missing in action on “NCIS” (9 p.m., CBS, r, TV-PG) * Reddington cooperates on “The Blacklist” (9 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14) * Murder galore on “48 Hours” (10 p.m., CBS) * “Saturday Night Live” (10 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14).

Sunday Series Sean and Catherine wed on “The Bachelor” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-14) * The family hires outside talent to film a commercial on “Bob’s Burgers” (8:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Brian fails as a father on “Family Guy” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Stan 2.0 is nicer than the original on “American Dad” (9:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14).

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EAR ABBY — My any way, you should let daughter, who re- her know NOW that she’ll cently turned 21, be on her own. sent me a two-word text message, “I’m pregnant.”

DEAR ABBY — I’m She has been dating a about to be 17 and just marijuana-smoking started living with my young man for less than a mom after being a runyear, and I’m disaway for three appointed by this months. During outcome. that time, I made Her sister, friends with people who is a year who were not good older, already has for me. However, I two children by still feel I need to two men. No, cling to these peothey weren’t ple and be there for Abigail raised by a harthem.

VAN BUREN lot. I adopted As I write this, them when they one of the girls I were early elementarywas closest to is in prison aged children. I’m disand will be there for a gusted by their choices. long time. I have to preI haven’t talked with tend to be fine and act as her yet. I won’t try to lecif I don’t care for her, but ture her or tell her how I do, desperately. My she should live her life. I mom refuses to be unfeel it would be best to derstanding and talk say nothing if I can’t be about anything with me. I positive. Suggestions? don’t know what to do.

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DEAR TEEN — Clearly, you DO need to talk with someone about the feelings you’re experiencing and why you feel the need to “cling to these people.” Because your mother can’t/won’t do this, it’s important that you talk to a counselor at school and ask for the help you need.

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Must be a team player. Great Pay, bonuses and benefits. 3-5 years experience required. CPC designation preferred. Email resume to: infochealthcare@gmail.com Exp. Auto Repair Service Writer, Exp with Mitchell a plus, Apply in person at 601 Broad St . Mon-Fri 8-5 Drivers needed Local runs, home nightly. Must have CDL with tanker and hazmat endorsements, Clean 10 yr MVR, 2 yrs driving experience and be 25 yrs of age.

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I will babysit in my Christian loving home. Call 481-0495.

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FOR RENT: Nice 2BR, 2BA in Tudor Place. $775/mo + dep. Call 775-1580 for details.

2 & 3BR Apt & houses available in Sumter. No Sec. Dep. required.

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2Br home Carolina Ave. & 2Br Apt Miller Rd. $395 mo. First mo. rent free! 774-8512 / 983-5691 Available Feb. 1st. 1001 Arnaud St. 2 br, 2 ba, townhouse. Stove, refrig, $750 mo. + dep. 773-5436

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Scenic Lake 2Br, 1Ba. No pets.

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Nice clean DW 3 BR 2 BA Located on 27 acres, hunting and fishing privileges. Married Couple, No Pets. Conv to Shaw, Military discount, Ref. $600/mo + $500/dep. 905-5608

7 room house, over 1.25 ac. Part.

Furnished Asking $38,000 Call 803-406-5582.

Manufactured Housing 2007 Singlewide. Owner financing with $5,000 down. Call 803-236-5953 LOW CREDIT SCORE? Been turned down for bad credit? Come try us, we do our own financing.

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1st Month Special 2BR/2BA Apt. Call 803-236-5953

Unfurnished Homes In Town Manning 3BR 2BA Brick house $800 Mo/Dep Call 803-473-7577 3BR 1BA newly renovated, C/H/A, stove & refrig. Near Lakewood High School $595 Mo+Dep 469-8328 / 983-9711

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Vans / Trucks / Buses 99 Red Dodge Dakota Sport, ext cab, V8 Magnum, $2,900 OBO. Call 803-968-6631.

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REAL ESTATE Homes for Sale

106 John St. by Dillon Pk. 2br 1ba Mobile Home $375 + dep.

Call 481-4013 or 775-3364.

5 & 6 Acre Lots available North Santee, Lake Marion SC. Owner fin. available with as little as 10% down. 803-435-8679 or 803 513-4649

C&C Recycling Parts & Wrecker Service Top price paid for junk cars! We buy scrap metal, alum cans, batteries, copper. 773-7702

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2 & 3 BRs 803-494-4015 Nice 3BR/2BA, Quiet area. Convenient Shaw/Sumter. No Pets!

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

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SOUTH FORGE APTS. 1 & 2BR, Water, stove & frig furnished. Linda at 803-494-8443

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

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3BR/1.5BA, all appl. incl. C/H/A, water & sewer incl. $385/mo + dep. Call 803-464-5757.

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

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2 Large Double Wides 4BR 2BA, 1 rents for $675 1- $700 mo Dep. is same as rent. Call Live Oak Realty 803-469-8147

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3BBR/2BA Doublewide (Wedgefield). $600. Call 803-983-8084

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