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BY TYLER SIMPSON tyler@theitem.com Investigations into the three-year-old murder case of a 26-year-old Dalzell man has led the Sumter County

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Sheriff ’s Office to arrest two suspects on Thursday thought to be involved in the shooting.

London Antoinette Kelley, 29, of 4100 Broad St., and Quinton Tremane Brown, 26,

of 1435 Cherryvale Drive, were charged with the murder of Darrell Epps, who died in April 2011 of multiple gunshot wounds in Gem Mobile Home Park off Broad Street.

After following numerous

leads in the case, investigators said they recently received information that Kelley and Brown conspired together to lure Epps to the SEE EPPS, PAGE A8

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United Ministries raises remaining $20K it needed

BY JADE ANDERSON janderson@theitem.com In a little more than a week, a local charity raised close to $20,000 to meet its goal to open a free medical clinic.

“I opened up some checks today, and we CHAMPAGNE got enough to push us over the $80,000 we needed,” said Mark Champagne, executive director for United MinisMcKELLAR tries of Sumter County. “I paged Mariah (McKellar) out of her office since she is going to be leading that and asked her, ‘You ready to start a free clinic?’ We’re pretty excited.”

Mercy Medical has been in the works for more than a year-and-a-half, he said.

SEE CLINIC, PAGE A8

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Zekiel Parkinson reads his Bible in his bed at Samaritan House in Sumter on Thursday night as the temperature drops outside.

Overflow spots available as Samaritan House beds fill

BY BRISTOW MARCHANT bmarchant@theitem.com Dropping temperatures are bad enough if you have heating and a roof over your head. But if you’re out of doors without anywhere else to go, freezing weather isn’t just an inconve-

nience. It can be deadly.

This time of year, when nighttime lows can dip well below freezing, advocates for the homeless say the cold threatens to overflow the beds available at Samaritan House, for many people in Sumter the last place to turn when they want to stay warm.

“When the temperatures drop, the police will usually bring us people throughout the night, which is good,” said the Rev. Walter Robertson, director of the Samaritan House.

In normal weather conditions, SEE COLD, PAGE A3

LESLIE W. GRIFFIN ✦ 1928 - 2013 Leslie Griffin waves as grand marshal of the 2009 Sumter Christmas parade with his grandchildren by his side.

Former police chief leaves legacy of service

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ew people in the history of Sumter have been as dedicated to the protection and well-being of the local community as Les Griffin.

Leslie Wilbur Griffin, who served for more than 16 years as Sumter’s chief of police,

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died Tuesday at the age of 85, leaving a legacy of community service throughout his life.

Born near Pinewood in 1928, Griffin enlisted in the Air Force — then known as the Army Air Corps — shortly after his 17th birthday, near the end of World War II, serv-

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ing both during the Berlin Airlift in 1947 and during the Korean War. His military ties, which also included the Air Force reserves, would continue after his active-duty status as a life SEE GRIFFIN, PAGE A6

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Australia versus U.S. in Y basketball event The Sumter Family YMCA, 510 Miller Road, is hosting a special New Year basketball event Sunday.

A team from Australia will play St. Francis Xavier High School’s team starting at 3 p.m. in the Lower Gym. For more information, contact Coach J. Allen, Y athletic director, at (803) 773-1404.

BY BRISTOW MARCHANT bmchant@theitem.com Authorities continue to seek leads in the search for a Shaw airman missing now for two weeks.

Capt. Robby Williams III apparently vanished from his Columbia home between Dec. 18 and Dec. 23. Investigators are still searching for signs of the Air Force officer or his black 2012 Jeep Wrangler in the greater Columbia area.

Sgt. Curtis Wilson with the

Cops: Ex-firefighter tried to get wife killed

UNION — Investigators said three caskets and 30 bottles of embalming fluid have been stolen from a Union funeral home.

Police said a worker at Gibson and Brown Funeral Home reported a break-in Monday after noticing the door to the embalming room was open when he arrived.

The worker told investigators that several things had been moved around and cabinet doors were left open.

2 charged with murder in home invasion SENECA — Authorities said two teens who broke into a home to steal electric guitars are charged with murder in the shooting death of a 32-year-old man from Washington.

Investigators said Scott Johnston, of Pullman, Wash., was shot several times about 7:30 a.m. Thursday in a house in Seneca. Oconee County deputies said a woman living with Johnston told them two masked men broke into the home and tied her up before the shooting. She was also shot in the foot.

airman went missing.

Air Force security personnel at Shaw Air Force Base are assisting local investigators in the search for Williams, who until he’s located remains technically AWOL from his post with U.S. Air Forces Central Command, where he handles IT operations connected to units deployed in the Middle East.

“We’ll work that out when we get to it,” said AFCENT public affairs director Maj. David Faggard. “Right now,

we just want to make sure he’s safe.”

Williams is described as a black male in his late 20s, standing 5 foot, 7 inches tall and weighing about 190 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair. His Jeep carries the S.C. license plate number ITC701.

Tips should be reported to the Richland Crime Stoppers line at 1-888-274-6372 or (803) 576-3000.

Reach Bristow Marchant at (803) 774-1272.

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CHARLESTON — A former Charleston firefighter currently involved in a lawsuit about a deadly furniture store fire is accused of trying to hire an undercover police officer to kill his wife.

On Wednesday, a judge denied bond for Edward Clinton Jones III, 41, on a charge of solicitation of murder.

According to authorities, Jones approached a man and asked him if he knew someone who would be willing to kill his wife. Jones allegedly told the man he wanted his wife killed because she was planning on leaving him and moving to Delaware with their children.

The man went to police and later met with Jones and an undercover officer, whom authorities said Jones offered to pay $8,000 to “finish off” his wife.

3 caskets stolen from Union funeral home

Richland County Sheriff’s Department said deputies haven’t turned up any evidence that would lead them to think foul play was involved in Williams’ disappearance. He said investigators WILLIAMS continue to monitor for any activity on the airman’s credit and debit cards that could lead them to a location but wouldn’t comment on whether investigators have recorded any hits since the

Walkers take a lap around the track at Dillon Park in Sumter on Thursday afternoon as a cold front moves through the Southeast. While snow began swirling in the Northeast on Thursday in the first strong snowstorm of the new year, Accuweather predicts today’s high in Sumter will only reach 38 degrees, with the night’s low dipping to 23.

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Filing for Pinewood mayoral seat begins

BY TYLER SIMPSON tyler@theitem Filing for candidacy to temporarily fill Pinewood’s open mayoral seat in the upcoming special election is set to open today at Pinewood Town Hall.

According to Pinewood Town Clerk Felicia Benbow, town hall will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today for candidates looking to put their name on the ballot, and filing will close 10 business days later. The special election will

take place March 11.

Former Mayor Al Pridgen, who resigned from his seat because of medical issues, would have finished his term in November, which means that the elected candidate will act as mayor for seven months before the next general election.

It was originally thought that the filing would begin Dec. 20, which is the third Friday after town council received a letter of resignation from Pridgen, who is currently living in Durham, N.C. Because the letter did not contain an effective resig-

nation date, Bill Taylor, field services manager for the Municipal Association of South Carolina, said that the special election date should be determined by the date council received the letter.

However, council recently received an updated resignation letter with an effective resignation date of Dec. 16 from Pridgen, which changed that date for the special election.

Reach Tyler Simpson at (803) 7741295.

4 years on, Charleston cruise debate lingers

BY BRUCE SMITH The Associated Press CHARLESTON — It’s been almost four years since the South Carolina Ports Authority announced plans to build a new $35 million passenger cruise terminal by renovating an old warehouse on the Charleston waterfront.

And it’s going on three years that the issue of building the terminal has been before the courts. With challenges from environmental, neighborhood and preservation groups ongoing in federal, state and administrative law courts, the debate about the city’s yearround cruise industry won’t be

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Opponents of the city’s expanded cruise industry said they are not opposed to cruises but want stronger regulations governing the industry. They have challenged both state and federal permits to allow the Ports Authority to install new pilings beneath the warehouse to create the new terminal.

They have also gone to the state Supreme Court arguing that the cruises are a public nuisance causing noise, pollution and traffic congestion in the city’s Historic District.

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industry witnessed in such places as Venice; Italy; and Key West, Fla. They said the industry is being appropriately handled.

The new year brings court activity on a couple of fronts.

On Tuesday, a mediator for the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond plans to meet with attorneys representing both sides in an appeal in the dispute over a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit for the pilings.

U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel ruled in September that the Corps did not adequately review the project’s effects on the city’s historic district, telling attorneys for

the Corps “You gave this permit a bum’s rush.”

The Ports Authority and Corps are appealing Gergel’s order.

Then on Jan. 27, Chief Administrative Law Judge Ralph K. Anderson III takes up the matter of a challenge to a state permit for those pilings.

The Department of Health and Environmental Control approved the permit in December 2012. Officials noted that the warehouse area has been an industrial and commercial area for centuries, and putting in the five pilings for the terminal alone does not allow bigger ships or more ships.

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COLD from Page A1 Robertson said the United Ministries-supported home on West Oakland Avenue averages about a dozen residents a night. A cold, steady rain drove 20 into Samaritan House for a night this week, where they passed the time watching TV and playing cards before going to sleep in the shelter’s dormitorystyle beds.

The house has 20 beds for men and eight for women, with mats to accommodate a select number of others. But if the crowd goes over 30, Samaritan House has a back-up plan to move any extras to Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church. “Walter checks the weather. If it’s predicted to be 32 or below, we prepare for it,� said Napoleon Bradford, director of Christian Education and Missions at the church, who oversees the House of Love shelter where overflow residents can sleep on military-issued mats. “They would have already eaten at the Samaritan House, so they go to bed here, maybe have a hot shower, and then we bus them over to Mount Pisgah (Baptist Church) for breakfast,� Bradford said.

Robertson said Samaritan House has breached its self-imposed limit three times so far this year, but so far he’s been able to accommodate any overflow without turning to the church. “We have the same mats they have at Jehovah, so we’ve been able to keep a couple of them here,� he

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The Samaritan House on West Oakland Avenue takes in the needy on cold winter nights such as Thursday night.

said. “I want to use Jehovah when it gets really cold.�

Volunteers take turns providing meals for those staying at the house. On a recent night, Ila Patel and Lisa Turner dropped off some take-out for the residents. “We’re thankful for the chance to give,� Patel said. “God will bless us back.�

Robertson requests volunteers sign up for a date on the meal calendar at UnitedMinistriesSumter. org.

Samaritan House is open from 6 to 8 p.m. for anyone who wants to come, with beds assigned on a first-come, first-serve basis. United Ministries rules require a photo ID and Social Security card, but Robertson said the shelter has a grace

period of a couple nights for those who show up without the documentation.

Those who use Samaritan’s services say the house can be a lifesaver. “This is one of the better programs I’ve seen, and I’ve been all over the country,� said Zekiel Parkinson, who ended up at the Samaritan House after he had to leave home because of a domestic dispute. “I don’t have any family here. I had nowhere else to go.

Here, I can get a square meal, a shower, and everybody’s peaceful.�

Parkinson is one of a wide variety of people who have come through the home since it opened its doors three years ago. “You hear stories all across the

board, from 18- to 20-year-olds to people up into their 60s,� Robertson said. “It’s not one particular demographic or niche. Homelessness hits all walks of life.�

Financing is crucial to ensure Samaritan House can keep its doors open.

Robertson said the shelter has been operating with a deficit of more than $40,000 and requests donations be made out in Samaritan House’s name to United Ministries. “(The shortfall’s) been covered

by United Ministries to make sure the shelter stayed open for anybody in the community that needs it,� he said.

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POLICE BLOTTER CHARGES:

Christopher White, 18, of 285 Pioneer Drive, and a juvenile were charged with arson at 7:42 p.m.

Tuesday. According to the report, an officer responded to the 3000 block of Artesian Drive in reference to several males being seen inside an abandoned residence.

Upon arrival, the officer observed smoke coming from the residence, and a witness said that he saw two black males and one white male leaving the scene. The officer later observed three males matching the provided description walking on Artesian Drive and got

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out of the vehicle to address them, but one of the black males reportedly ran into the woods. Other patrol units searched for him but were unsuccessful in locating him. White and the juvenile were arrested and sent to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center.

Timothy Sumter, 24, 1280 Thorntree Road, was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm at 1:02 a.m. Wednesday. According to the report, an officer saw a silver 2007 Volkswagen approaching a driver’s license safety checkpoint in the 2000 block of Broad Street. While at the

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Rick Hohensee of Washington carries a “Fire Congress� sign near the House steps on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 8. According to a poll conducted by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, 70 percent of Americans lack confidence in the federal government’s ability “to make progress on the important problems and issues facing the country in 2014.�

Americans have little faith in government, poll shows WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans enter 2014 with a profoundly negative view of their government, expressing little hope that elected officials can or will solve the nation’s biggest problems, a new poll finds.

Half say America’s system of democracy needs either “a lot of changes� or a complete overhaul, according to the poll conducted by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Just 1 in 20 says it works well and needs no changes.

Americans, who have a reputation for optimism, have a sharply pessimistic take on

their government after years of disappointment in Washington.

The percentage of Americans saying the nation is heading in the right direction hasn’t topped 50 in about a decade. In the new poll, 70 percent lack confidence in the government’s ability “to make progress on the important problems and issues facing the country in 2014.�

The poll comes about two months after partisan gridlock prompted the first government shutdown in 17 years.

People feel somewhat better about their personal lives. Most have at least some con-

fidence that they’ll be able to handle their own problems in the coming year. A narrow majority say they’d do a better job running the country than today’s leaders in Washington.

Local and state governments inspire more faith than the federal government, according to the poll, with 45 percent at least moderately confident in their state government and 54 percent expressing that much confidence in their local government.

When asked to name up to 10 world or national problems they would “like the government to be working on� in 2014, Americans

chiefly cite issues that have dominated — and often flummoxed — the White House and Congress for five years.

Health care reform topped the list. It is likely, however, that those naming the issue include both opponents and supporters of President Obama’s sweeping health care overhaul.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — After a troubled rollout, President Obama’s health care overhaul now faces its most personal test: How will it work as people seek care under its new mandates?

Most major pieces of the Affordable Care Act take full effect with the new year. That means people who had been denied coverage because of a pre-existing medical condition can book appointments and get prescriptions.

Caps on yearly out-of-pocket medical expenses will mean people shouldn’t have to worry about bankruptcy after treatment for a catastrophic illness or injury. And all new insurance policies must offer a minimum level of essential benefits, ranging from emergency room treatment to maternity care.

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Body clock may be to blame when children can’t sleep at bedtime WASHINGTON (AP) — “Just one more story, please?” “I need a glass of water.” “Mom, I can’t sleep!”

When youngsters continually struggle to fall asleep at night, new research suggests maybe their body clock doesn’t match their bedtime.

That doesn’t mean tots should be up at all hours.

“Just like nutrition and exercise, sleep is critical for good health,” said sleep scientist Monique LeBourgeois of the University of Colorado, Boulder, who is leading the research.

The ultimate goal is to help reset a delayed sleep clock so that young children can settle down more easily, she said. Hint: It seems to have a lot to do with light.

We all have what’s called a circadian rhythm, a master biological clock, that regulates when we become sleepy, and when we’re

more alert. Those patterns vary with age: It’s the reason teenagers are notorious for late nights and difficult-towake mornings.

But how does that clock work in preschoolers, who need more sleep than older kids or adults? A first-of-itskind study tracked 14 healthy youngsters for six days to begin finding out.

The children, ages 2½ to 3, wore activity monitors on their wrists to detect when they slept. Parents kept diaries about bedtime routines.

Then on the last afternoon, researchers visited each home, dimming lights and covering windows.

Then, every 30 minutes for six hours leading up to the child’s appointed bedtime, they also coaxed each tot to chew on some dental cotton to provide a sample of saliva.

The reason: To test for levels of a hormone named

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University of Colorado, Boulder, student Karlie Johansen collects a saliva sample from 3-year-old Anders Todd on Dec. 20 as part of a study of sleep patterns in young children. In an earlier study, researchers reported that if young children continually struggle to fall asleep at night, it might be because their body clock is out of sync with their bedtime.

melatonin that is key to the sleep cycle and also sensitive to light. At some point every evening, people’s melatonin levels surge, and a while later, they begin to feel sleepy. Among adults who sleep well, that melatonin rise tends to happen about two hours before whatever

is their chosen bedtime.

For preschoolers, the new study found that on average, the melatonin surge occurred about 7:40 p.m. The children tended to be tucked in about 8:10 p.m., and most were asleep 30 minutes later, LeBourgeois reported in the journal

Mind, Brain and Education.

When melatonin rose earlier in the evening, tots who hit the sack about 8 fell asleep a bit faster. But when the melatonin surge was closer to bedtime, the youngsters were more likely to fuss or make curtain calls after lights-out.

Texting, dialing while driving raise crash risk

BY MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer A sophisticated, realworld study confirms that dialing, texting or reaching for a cellphone while driving raises the risk of a crash or nearmiss, especially for younger drivers. But the research also produced a surprise: Simply talking on the phone did not prove dangerous, as it has in other studies.

This one did not distinguish between handheld and hands-free devices — a major weakness.

And even though talking doesn’t require drivers to take their eyes off the road, it’s hard to talk on a phone without first reaching for it or dialing a number — things that raise the risk of a crash, researchers note.

Earlier work with simulators, test tracks

and cellphone records suggests that risky driving increases when people are on cellphones, especially teens. The 15-to-20-year-old age group accounts for 6 percent of all drivers but 10 percent of traffic deaths and 14 percent of police-reported crashes with injuries.

For the new study, researchers at the Virginia Tech Transporta-

tion Institute installed video cameras, global positioning systems, lane trackers, gadgets to measure speed and acceleration, and other sensors in the cars of 42 newly licensed drivers 16 or 17 years old, and 109 adults with an average of 20 years behind the wheel.

The risk of a crash or near-miss among young drivers increased more

than sevenfold if they were dialing or reaching for a cellphone and fourfold if they were sending or receiving a text message. The risk also rose if they were reaching for something other than a phone, looking at a roadside object or eating.

Among older drivers, only dialing a cellphone increased the chances of a crash or near miss.

However, that study began before texting became more common, so researchers don’t know if it is as dangerous for them as it is for teens.

Engaging in distractions increased as time went on among novice drivers but not among experienced ones.

The National Institutes of Health and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra-

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GRIFFIN from Page A1 member of the Disabled American Veterans, a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and a commander for the American Legion Post 15 in Sumter.

For most Sumterites, however, he will be remembered as a longserving law enforcement officer who helped protect the community.

In his memoir, The Peacekeepers, Griffin pointed out that as a 21-year-old man, he already knew what direction he wanted his career to head.

“I had always wanted to get into police work,” Griffin wrote. “I had applied by mail to the chief of police to become a member of the Sumter Police Department. The response I received was to get there as soon as I could, that there was a job waiting for me.”

Griffin would serve in various positions with the Sumter Police Department during his 34year tenure with the department. Starting in 1950, he would serve Sumter as a patrolman, detective, shift lieutenant, captain of detectives and as assistant police chief. In 1968, Griffin would become the police chief, a position he would hold until 1984.

For about two years during that tenure, Griffin would expand his duties and be known as the director of public safety

for Sumter, as he served the dual role as both police chief and chief of the Sumter Fire Department.

After his tenure with the local police, Griffin would also serve two years as a deputy U.S. marshal.

“He was the finest man I ever met,” said fellow former Sumter Police Chief Harold Johnson, who served as head of the department from 1990-2001. Johnson said he viewed Griffin as a mentor, pointing out that Griffin hired him to the local force despite vision impairment in one of his eyes. “He gave me a chance when no one else would.”

Johnson described Griffin as having a lifelong commitment to the Sumter law-enforcement community, extending well beyond his retirement. Johnson also said Griffin was one of the fairest men he ever knew, always taking the time to listen to both sides of any dispute, whether it involved officers within the department or suspects in an investigation.

“He never jumped the gun. He never jumped to conclusions,” Johnson said, adding he often turned to Griffin for advice during his career. “I tried hard to do it like him. He set the example for many police officers.”

“He was a progressive thinker,” said Sumter Po-

lice Chief Russell F. Roark III, noting Griffin’s involvement in many professional organizations that support law enforcement. “Griffin shepherded in the modern era of law enforcement, and we still use some of the strategies he developed today.”

Sgt. Ken Nesbitt, the department’s longestserving officer who was hired by Griffin, said the former chief set a strong standard for the police force with his professionalism and expectations.

“He expected to see an officer who worked

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“His commitment to law enforcement was more than just a commitment to the rule of law,” his son, Doug Griffin, said. “His commitment was also to the men and women who wore the uniform.”

Doug Griffin said he was proud to see firsthand the impact his father would have on Sumter.

“He had compassion for people, and often I’ve

had people tell me they were headed down the wrong path, and he turned them around and steered them in the right direction,” Doug Griffin said. “It was an honor to have someone of his stature as my father, and I’ve always tried to live up to his expectations and live up to the life of service that he achieved.”

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Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Trinity United Methodist Church.

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Stop the bailout

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ASHINGTON — First order of business for the returning Congress: The No Bailout for Insurance Companies Act of 2014.

Make it one line long: “Sections 1341 and 1342 of the Affordable Care Act are hereby repealed.”

End of bill. End of bailout. End of story.

Why do we need it? On Dec. 18, the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers was asked what was the administration’s Plan B if, because of adverse selection (enrolling too few young and healthies), the insurance companies face financial difficulty.

Jason Furman wouldn’t bite. “There’s a Plan A,” he replied. Enroll the young.

But of course there’s a Plan B. It’s a government bailout.

Administration officials can’t say it for political reasons. And they don’t have to say it Charles because it’s KRAUTHAMMER already in the Affordable Care Act, buried deep.

First, Section 1341, the “reinsurance” fund collected from insurers and self-insuring employers at a nifty $63 a head. (Who do you think the cost is passed on to?) This yields about $20 billion over three years to cover losses.

Then there is Section 1342, the “risk corridor” provision that mandates a major taxpayer payout covering up to 80 percent of insurance-company losses.

Never heard of these?

That’s the beauty of passing a bill of such monstrous length. You can insert a chicken soup recipe and no one will notice.

Nancy Pelosi was right: We’d have to pass the damn thing to know what’s in it.

Well, now we have and now we know.

The whole scheme was risky enough to begin with — getting enough enrollees and making sure 40 percent are young and healthy.

Obamacare is already far behind its own enrollment estimates. But things have gotten worse. The administration has been changing the rules repeatedly — with every scrimmage-line audible raising costs and diminishing revenue.

First, it postponed the employer mandate. Then, it exempted from the individual mandate people whose policies were canceled (by Obamacare). And for those who did join the exchanges, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is “strongly encouraging” insurers to — during the “transition” — cover doctors and drugs not included in their clients’ plans.

The insurers were stunned. Told to give free coverage. Deprived of their best customers. Forced to offer stripped-down “catastrophic” plans to over-30 clients (contrary to the law).

These dictates, complained their spokesman, could “destabilize” the insurance market.

Translation: How are we going to survive this?

Shrinking revenues and rising costs could bring on the “death spiral” — an unbalanced patient pool forcing huge premium increases (to restore revenue) that would further unbalance the patient pool as the young and healthy drop out.

End result? Insolvency — before which the insurance companies will pull out of Obamacare.

Solution? A huge government bailout. It’s Obamacare’s escape hatch. And — surprise, surprise — it’s already baked into the law.

Which is why the GOP needs to act. Obamacare is a Rube Goldberg machine with hundreds of moving parts. Without viable insurance companies doing the work, it falls apart. No bailout, no Obamacare.

Such a bill would be overwhelmingly popular because Americans hate fatcat bailouts of any kind.

Why should their tax dollars be spent not only saving giant insurers but also rescuing this unworkable, unbalanced, unstable, unpopular money-pit of a health care scheme?

The GOP House should pass it and send it to Harry Reid’s Democratic Senate.

Democrats know it could be fatal for Obamacare. The only alternative would be single-payer. And try selling that to the country after the spectacularly incompetent launch of — and subsequent widespread disaffection with — mere semi-nationalization.

Do you really think vulnerable Democrats up for re-election will vote for a bailout? And who better to slay Obamacare than a Democratic Senate — liberalism repudiating its most important creation of the last 50 years.

Want to be even bolder?

Attach the anti-bailout bill to the debt ceiling. That and nothing else. Dare the president to stand up and say: “I’m willing to let the country default in order to preserve a massive bailout for insurance companies.”

In the past, Republicans made unrealistic and unpopular debt-ceiling demands — and lost badly.

They learned their lesson.

Last year, Republicans presented one simple unassailable debt-ceiling demand — that the Senate pass its first budget in four years.

Who could argue with that? The Senate capitulated within two days.

Who can argue with no bailout? Let the Senate Democrats decide — support the bailout and lose the Senate. Or oppose the bailout and bury Obamacare.

Happy New Year.

Charles Krauthammer’s email address is letters@ charleskrauthammer.com. © 2014, The Washington Post Writers Group

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10 wishes for the new year

BY ROBERT L. EHRLICH Jr. Reprinted from The Baltimore Sun 1.) Our Libertarian and tea party friends would stop nominating candidates who screw up winnable races.

A factoid from Virginia: The petitions that helped the Libertarian gubernatorial candidate get on the ballot (and draw votes from Republican Ken Cuccinelli) were paid for by an Obama campaign bundler.

2.) “Merry Christmas” would make a holiday comeback.

Enough of “Happy Holidays.” The founders never used the phrase “separation of church and state” nor did they view their new government as hostile to religion. The “free exercise” clause means just that — the freedom to practice (or not) one’s religious convictions. Religious observances cannot be removed from our culture. The bottom line: atheists/agnostics do not enjoy the “right” to be free from annoyance, whether it’s Christmas decorations or carols on the radio.

3.) Republicans would crack the Obama protection cocoon maintained by (most) African-Americans.

An African-American buddy of mine asked me the question last week: Why does the GOP hate President Barack Obama?

A somewhat more diplomatic version would have inquired as to the real reason my lily white party opposes the president at every turn. My response cited Mr. Obama’s political values, platform, agenda and record as antithetical to just about everything Republicans support — from fiscal restraint to educational choice to health care freedom. I’m far from convinced my answer advanced the ball, but one can hope …

4.) The merits of fracking would be decided by science — not politics.

Hydraulic fracturing (extracting natural gas by injecting water and chemicals to fracture shale rock) is

leading America to a place — energy independence — few thought possible only a few years ago. Yet some on the left can’t accept the concept of fossil fuel energy independence. Why not let sound science drive sound political conclusions, even if they lead us in a surprising (and not so politically correct) direction?

5.) The voting public would contemplate the considerable difference between religious conscience and taxpayer financed contraception.

Robert The diffiEHRLICH Jr. culty stems from the Obama campaign’s disingenuous (but ultimately successful) narrative that those who opposed Obamacare’s contraception mandate (and free birth control) were somehow opposed to contraception. Now, I do not share the Catholic Church’s position on artificial birth control, yet I support the church’s right to honor its religious convictions in the provision of health insurance to its employees. It’s called conscience clause protection. It had been well understood by those who value religious liberty for many years.

6.) Washington could conduct an honest debate about renewable energy.

Conservatives want solar, wind and bio-energy to work as much as liberals. But free markets use supply and demand in order to arrive at price.

Mandatory renewable requirements have brought rapidly rising energy prices in Europe, making European manufacturers less competitive against their fossil fuel driven competitors in the U.S. Not exactly the way the green crowd envisioned it playing out.

7.) Schools and pro franchises would stop replacing grass with artificial turf.

I understand the economics of artificial grass.

More teams can practice in less space without beating

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up the playing field. But in this era of safety first, the fake stuff makes contact sports (particularly a collision sport such as football) faster and more dangerous.

Less importantly, it’s just a lot more fun to watch a game played on what God made — slips, slides, dirt and mud notwithstanding.

8.) Dependency would not be so cool again.

Fifty million people go on food stamps. Social Security disability rolls quadruple. Medicaid rolls explode. Federal welfare work requirements fade.

Twenty-six-year-olds get covered on their parents’ insurance. And Congress debates federal unemployment benefits beyond two years. All signs of a sick economy … and a troubled culture.

9.) The “college” would get put back into “college football.”

OK, I know it’s naïve.

And most of this is not new.

But things are spiraling out of control. A 12-game schedule. Intensive off-season conditioning. Extended practices for minor (and poorly attended) bowl games. Conference switching. Seven-million-dollar coaches. Joke academic courses. Poor graduation rates. It will be near impossible to turn it around.

Makes me appreciate the BCS. Go Towson Tigers!!!!

10.) A federal sentencing review panel would be appointed.

Thousands of Americans face long prison sentences for relatively minor offenses. These low-risk prisoners are expensive (approximately $25,000/inmate) and take up space better used for violent offenders. Yet, this most progressive of administrations sits on its hands. This bipartisan issue demands action … now.

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CLINIC from Page A1 Right before Christmas, McKellar said they had raised more than $60,000.

“We’re very excited,” said McKellar, who will serve as the clinic’s director. “It’s been such a blessing to see the community come together.

It’s a huge need, and now it’s becoming a reality.”

Mercy Medical will be housed at United Ministries, 36 S. Artillery Drive. Modeled after a free clinic in Darlington, it will feature examining rooms, interview rooms, a pharmacy and more.

“It’s a free medical clinic for those who are working but do not have health insurance,” McKellar said. “It’s for patients who can’t afford their medicine and to see a doctor.”

It will not serve as an emergency room but rather a primary-care facility for management

of chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension.

“We will see if they qualify first,” McKellar said. “We’re trying to keep the criteria in line with the Crisis Ministry as much as possible.

After the initial appointment and once they’re qualified, we’ll serve them like a regular doctor’s office and see them on a scheduled basis.”

United Ministries hopes to offer dental and vision services at the clinic, too.

More than 125 nurses, physicians and pharmacy technicians have already signed up to help. Volunteer pharmacists are still needed.

For more information and/or to assist, email mariah@unitedministriessumter.org or call (803) 775-0757 and ask for Mariah McKellar.

Reach Jade Anderson at (803) 774-1250.

EPPS from Page A1 mobile home park to rob him.

“I have to thank my investigators for staying on this case,” said Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis. “It had become a cold case, but they came in and EPPS continued to actively work to get the leads on this case.”

According to Dennis, Kelley and Brown were interviewed multiple times during the investigation, but officers only recently received enough information to receive warrants for their arrests. The warrants were originally issued on Tuesday.

Despite the arrests, the investigation continues, and Dennis said other arrests associated with the killing could be forthcoming. Dennis said he also spoke with Epps’ parents, telling them that suspects in their son’s killing have been arrested.

“The mother and father were very pleased to hear that the people responsible for their son’s murder are off the street,” Dennis said.

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Epps was first reported missing to authorities on April 10, 2011, having last spoken with his fiance on the phone about 10 p.m. the night before.

According to reports, Epps told his fiance he was playing one last game of pool at T-Bubba Lounge in Lynchburg before heading home.

Epps’ cousin would later say he was seen at a club on Broad Street about an hour-and-ahalf later.

An officer found Epps’ vehicle, a white fourdoor Hyundai SUV, along North Lake Cherryvale Drive about 12:10 a.m. that night. Officers investigated the area to find a black T-shirt and a red baseball hat with a white letter “C” on the front, which was later identified to be Epps’, in the middle of the roadway near where the car was found.

Law enforcement responded to a call at approximately 1:21 p.m. the day Epps was reported missing in reference to a body found on the ground at Gem Mobile Home Park. The body was later confirmed to be Epps.

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Strong winter storm slams into Northeast BOSTON (AP) — A storm expected to bring more than a foot of snow, stiff winds and punishing cold pushed into the Northeast on Thursday, extending Christmas break for some students while posing the first test for New York’s new mayor and perhaps the last challenge for Boston’s outgoing one.

Some schools in New England and New York closed well ahead of the snow, while cities mobilized plows and salt spreaders, and state offices sent workers home early. Some major highways were ordered shut down overnight. U.S. airlines canceled more than 2,300 flights na-

tionwide on Thursday in advance of the storm.

The heavy weather began rolling in just a day after New York Mayor Bill de Blasio was sworn in to lead the nation’s largest city and a few days before Boston Mayor Thomas Menino ends 20 years in office.

Menino announced a parking ban and said schools would be closed today in Boston, where up to 14 inches of snow was expected. Boston’s airport said it would not handle any flights after 8:30 p.m. Thursday.

“What a New Year’s gift, to receive one last snowstorm as mayor,” said Menino, whose successor takes office on Monday.

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Gaffney 37/19 Spartanburg 39/21

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Make a difference. Don’t limit what you can do.

Someone you deal with will detect your uneasiness. Keep your distance from anyone trying to push you into something you feel uncertain about.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Set your priorities and talk about your plans.

Taking a trip or spending time with someone you want to do more with will bring you closer together.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Check out your options and what you need to do, get or learn in order to move in a direction that is better suited to your skills and education.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Embrace the upcoming year with hope, desire and persistence. Face an encounter with someone of influence in your life with a plan and let your persuasive personality lead the way.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Emotions will surface if someone tries to unload unwanted responsibilities on you. Before responding negatively, consider how you can manipulate the situation to work for you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Get involved in something that enables you to offer more skills or services. The more you interact with others, the easier it will be for you to reach for the stars.

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BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennisb@theitem.com The Clemson Tigers are in a BCS bowl for the second time in three years and are owners of three consecutive double-digit win seaons, yet they are a football team that will once again have to be proving themselves when they meet Ohio State in the Orange Bowl today.

Clemson has been able to post some prolific numbers on offense over the last three years, but those have come at the expense of the weaker teams on its schedule. Part of that comes from playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference, which has struggled the last few years with its level of play.

Yes, its’ true that BCS Championship game team Florida State is from the same ACC, but the Seminoles set aside questions about their worthiness by beating the bejabbers out of everyone they’ve played in their 13 games. Clemson hasn’t done the same thing.

PREP SCHEDULE Today Varsity Basketball Sumter at Dutch Fork, 6 p.m.

Holly Hill at Wilson Hall (Main Gym), 4:30 p.m.

Richard Winn at Thomas Sumter, 6 p.m.

Varsity Basketball Tournament (at Sumter Christian) Robert E. Lee vs. Williamsburg (Girls), 2 p.m.

Sumter Christian vs. Lighthouse Christian (Girls), 3:30 p.m.

Robert E. Lee vs. Williamsburg (Boys), 5 p.m.

Sumter Christian vs. Lighthouse Christian (Boys), 6:30 p.m.

Varsity and JV Basketball Carolina at Clarendon Hall, 4 p.m.

Junior Varsity Basketball Holly Hill at Wilson Hall (Secondary Gym), 4 p.m.

Varsity Wrestling Sumter in Bearcat Invitational (at Rock Hill High), TBA Saturday Varsity Basketball Lakewood at Lee Central, 6 p.m.

Scott’s Branch at Manning, 6:30 p.m.

Varsity Basketball Tournament (at Sumter Christian) Girls Consolation Game, 1 p.m.

Boys Consolation Game, 2:30 p.m.

Girls Championship Game, 4 p.m.

Boys Championship Game, 5:30 p.m.

Varsity Wrestling Sumter in Bearcat Invitational (at Rock Hill High), TBA Sunday Varsity Basketball St. Francis Xavier vs. Australian Team (at Sumer Family YMCA), 3 p.m.

Monday JV and B Team Basketball Spring Valley at Sumter (No JV Girls), 6 p.m.

B Team Basketball Thomas Sumter at Robert E. Lee, 6 p.m.

Middle School Basketball Bates at Alice Drive, 5 p.m.

Chestnut Oaks at Hillcrest, 5 p.m.

Mayewood at Furman, 5 p.m.

Meyer, Swinney guide teams back to BCS stage

BY TIM REYNOLDS The Associated Press

WHO: Clemson (10-2) vs. Ohio State (12-1) WHEN: Today, 8:30 p.m.

WHERE: Miami, Fla. TV: ESPN

The Tigers beat Georgia in a great game to open the season, vaulting them into the top five.

They stayed there until FSU came to Death Valley and administered that 51-14 beating.

Clemson responded with three straight 40-plus point games in wins over Maryland, Virginia, Georgia Tech and The Citadel before losing to South Carolina for the fifth straight year to end its regular season.

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Ohio State’s Urban Meyer has never had any issue acclimating to the biggest stages in college football. Clemson’s Dabo Swinney is sounding like someone who’s getting comfortable under the brightest lights as well.

Meyer has coached in four previous BCS games. He’s never lost.

Swinney has taken his team to the BCS one other time, and lost by 37 points.

MEYER Of course, come Friday night, none of that will matter. The seventh-ranked Buckeyes (12-1) and the 12th-ranked Tigers (10-2) will be squaring off in the Orange Bowl, where Meyer will aim to keep his BCS record perfect and Swinney will try to have his team, as he put it, “continue to climb the mountain.”

SWINNEY “When you have an opportunity to come to a BCS ball game and lose it, you want to get back and have another opportunity,” Swinney said Thursday. “There’s only six teams, I think, in the

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Shaw leaving South Carolina.

Spurrier has South Carolina’s returning players on board with that, too.

“I think the future’s really bright,” said freshman linebacker Skai Moore, who had two of South Carolina’s three interceptions against the Badgers.

“It’s going to be really exciting for the fans because we’re going to be putting on a good show the next few years.”

The past four years haven’t been too bad, either.

Spurrier sounded ready to walk away after the 2009 season, the team’s third straight six-loss year.

Things began to turn, though, with SEE USC, PAGE B6

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Spurrier, USC make more history COLUMBIA — Steve Spurrier and No. 8 South Carolina made more school history with the Gamecocks’ third consecutive 11-2 season. And the head ball coach doesn’t believe the run of success is over yet.

The Gamecocks closed the season with their sixth straight victory — their third New Year’s Day bowl win in a row — by defeating No. 19 Wisconsin 34-24 at the Capital One Bowl on Wednesday. It was another year of achievement under Spurrier, who has turned the Gamecocks into a Southeastern Conference

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South Carolina wide receiver Nick Jones (3) and quarterback Connor Shaw (14) stand with head coach Steve Spurrier, center, in front of the school band and listen to the alma mater after South Carolina defeated Wisconsin 34-24 in the Capital One Bowl in Orlando, Fla., on Wednesday, picking up a third straight 11-win season.

Eastern Division power in nine seasons at South Carolina.

Spurrier believes the Gamecocks can take that next step in

the SEC title game as East champions, even with team leaders like defensive end Jadeveon Clowney and quarterback Connor

BY AARON BRENNER Post and Courier FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Of all the stats and figures at our disposal to identify Clemson football, this one stands above the rest.

It’s not just turnovers, you know. It goes deeper than that.

In 10 victories this season, Clemson allowed 171 points, but only 16 of those were in response to the Tigers’ 12 turnovers in those games.

In two defeats, Clemson allowed 82 points, and an incredible 45 of those came off the Tigers’ 10 turnovers.

“That ball is 12 ounces of gold, man,” head coach Dabo Swinney said. “When you put it on the ground, it affects everything: momentum, field position, and it’s sometimes very hard to overcome.”

It’s not just turnovers.

It’s what happens after them.

“If we wouldn’t give up the turnovers,” senior running back Roderick McDowell said, “we’d probably be playing in the national championship or something.”

This season’s final destination is not the national championship, but it’s something. Another one of those program-defining moments beckons the No. 12-ranked Tigers as they get a chance to whack No. 7 Ohio State in the Orange Bowl on Friday at Sun Life Stadium in south Florida.

It would be too simple to say Clemson (10-2, 7-1 ACC) wins if it protects the football and loses if it doesn’t. Recent history suggests that’s

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BY ROB MAADDI The Associated Press

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San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) has led the 49ers to a 12-4 record, but they’ll be going on the road to face 8-7-1 Green Bay in an NFC wild-card game on Sunday. Both the 49ers and New Orleans will travel to division champions despite posting better records.

49ers, Saints take more wins on road in playoffs

BY HOWARD FENDRICH The Associated Press For the seventh consecutive season, at least one NFL team will be forced to play a playoff game at the stadium of an opponent with a worse record.

If some owners get their way, that eventually will change — perhaps as soon as a year from now.

NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said Thursday the league has “looked at multiple ways” to change its playoff system, including letting the team with the superior regular-season record play at home. While some clubs lobby for that sort of switch, McCarthy said others “raised the concern that reseeding would minimize the value of winning a division; winning a division now means a guaranteed home playoff game.”

Both NFC matchups this weekend will be hosted by the team with fewer wins: The wild-card Saints (11-5) play at the NFC East champion Eagles (106) on Saturday night, and the wild-card 49ers (12-4) play at the NFC North champion Packers (8-7-1) on Sunday.

Consider the conditions the Superdome’s Saints and West Coast 49ers are expected to face. The forecast calls for a high of 31 degrees in Philadelphia, and a high of minus-3 in Green Bay. “It’s a hard pill to swallow, being 12-4 and not having any home games,” San Francisco defensive tackle Ray McDonald said, “but we’re in a tough division and that happens sometimes.”

The league’s competition committee and NFL staff members have compiled reports examining the pros and cons of changing the postseason structure. There have been repeated conversations about the topic, as recently as the owners’ meetings last month, but there hasn’t been a formal vote yet.

“I’ve been there and really felt like, ‘Why in the world are we traveling?

Why aren’t we playing at home?’ I’m sure that’s how some of these other teams feel,” said four-time Super Bowl coach Dan Reeves, whose New York Giants played — and lost — a secondround road game against a team with fewer wins after the 1993 season.

Generally, playing at home is an ad-

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vantage.

This season, home teams went 153102-1, a .600 winning percentage, even better than the .575 enjoyed by home teams for all regular-season games in the Super Bowl era, according to STATS. During the playoffs, STATS said, home teams win at a .675 clip — which makes sense, because usually that club was better during the regular season.

Even when home teams had a worse regular-season record, they have gone 20-16, a .556 winning percentage.

From the 1989 season through the 2001 season, there were only three playoff games hosted by the team with fewer victories. But it’s become a regular occurrence lately, with this weekend raising the total to 15 such games over the past seven seasons.

“It’s easier to play at home. That’s league-wide,” New Orleans right tackle Zach Strief said. “You have an advantage in the playoffs to play at your own place. You’re more comfortable there.

You don’t have to deal with the noise.”

His team provides about as stark a contrast as possible: In 2011 and 2013, the last two seasons coached by Sean Payton, New Orleans is 16-0 at home, 8-8 on the road.

The Saints have never won a road playoff game, going 0-5. That includes a 41-36 loss at Seattle after the 2010 season, when the reigning Super Bowl champion Saints were 11-5 and the division-winning Seahawks were 7-9.

When the same teams played at New Orleans in Week 11 that season, the Saints won by 15.

“I definitely think it could have played out differently” in the playoffs if the site were switched, Strief said, “and yet, fair is irrelevant. The real world isn’t fair.”

PHILADELPHIA — Sean Payton has plenty in common with the some of the fans who’ll be rooting hard to see his team lose.

Payton is coming home when the New Orleans Saints (11-5) visit the Philadelphia Eagles (10-6) in an NFC wildcard playoff game Saturday night. The Saints coach spent his BREES formative years in the Philadelphia suburb of Newtown Square in the early FOLES 1970s, and attended the Flyers’ Stanley Cup championship parade as an 11-year-old in 1975.

“There are a lot of friends and family back there,” he said. “The first pro football game was at the Vet. The first baseball game was at the Vet. The first college game was Army-Navy. The Flyers winning back to back Stanley Cups, all of those things were a part of my childhood and so the sports fans are amazing there, very passionate and a real die-hard fan base. That presents challenges when you play, especially in the playoffs.”

Payton got his first coaching job in the NFL on Ray Rhodes’ staff in Philadelphia in 1997-98, and then joined the Giants in 1999. He moved on to work under Bill Parcells in Dallas before going to the Saints and leading them to a Super Bowl title.

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The Saints were 8-0 in the comfort of the Superdome and 3-5 away from home this season.

They’ve never won a playoff game on the road, going 0-5, 0-3 under Payton. However, they won the 2010 Super Bowl outdoors, beating Peyton Manning and the Colts in Miami. Temperatures are expected to be in the low 20s at Lincoln Financial Field.

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six home playoff games since 1981.

“Obviously we don’t have a chance to practice in it,” Brees said. “We’ve all played in that kind of weather before, not on a consistent basis, but you just kind of make the preparations. You try to prepare for it as best as you can, but once you’re there, it’s football. It’s about execution. It’s about knowing your assignments and executing it. Whatever the conditions are, you manage that, whether it’s wind, rain, snow or whatever.”

BRINGING THE HEAT

Led by Cameron Jordan and Junior Galette, the Saints finished fourth in the NFL with 49 sacks.

Jordan had 12½ and Galette had 12. Defensive coordinator Rob Ryan is known for calling blitzes and he certainly won’t let up against Nick Foles. The Cowboys sacked Foles five times and forced him into one intentional grounding last week.

“Rob Ryan is very aggressive in nature. They get pressure on the quarterback. They create turnovers,” Eagles offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur said. “We anticipate he’ll come after us.”

BIG-PLAY BIRDS

The Eagles led the NFL with 99 plays of 20 yards or more, including 21 that went for touchdowns. Of those, 80 were passes and 19 were runs.

Denver was second with 77. It was the most since STATS began recording the number in 1995. The St. Louis Rams had the previous high of 96 in

2001.

“We have done a good job when we throw the football, Nick is making good decisions and then we have guys that can track the ball down the field,” Shurmur said.

“And when we are running the ball, we are getting the running back to the second and third level where they have a chance to make big gains. I think all of that is the reason why.”

TOUGHER THAN STATS

The Eagles allowed more yards passing than any team in the NFL and finished 29th in total yards, but the numbers are misleading. Some teams piled up yards in the air against Philadelphia because they were playing from behind.

Also, the Eagles were last in the league in time of possession, so opposing offenses had the ball much more. Philadelphia allowed 22 or fewer points to 11 of the last 12 opponents.

“You can’t really look at the rankings and think you’re going to have your way with them,” Saints wide receiver Lance Moore said. “Each game is different. They’re playing at home. It’ll be tough for us.”

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Brees uses all his receivers, especially his running backs. Pierre Thomas led NFL running backs with 77 catches and Darren Sproles was fourth with 71. The Eagles have to avoid mismatches in coverage so they don’t end up with linebackers on Thomas or Sproles.

Chiefs chase different result in rematch with Indy

BY MICHAEL MAROT The Associated Press

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Kansas City quarterback Alex Smith (11) and Indianapolis quarterback Andrew Luck (12) talk following the Colts’ 23-7 victory at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., during the regular season The two teams will kick off the AFC playoffs on Saturday, this time in Indianapolis.

INDIANAPOLIS — Jamaal Charles spent this week dissecting the Chiefs’ first game against the Colts.

On Saturday, Charles and his Kansas City teammates will finally get a chance to show they’ve learned from all those mistakes.

“They’re going to have their best game plan and best players on the field,” Charles said. “We know what’s at stake here. We have to play fast and we have to play harder than them.”

In Week 16, the Chiefs had four turnovers and Indianapolis (11-5) spent most of the game negating Charles by playing keep-away.

Nobody expects a replay this

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week — not Charles, not Andrew Luck, not even Andy Reid or Chuck Pagano. The two coaches understand most playoff rematches come with a surprise twist, even when the sequel is two weeks after the original.

How much can really change in 13 days?

For starters, the game will be played on Indianapolis’ climatecontrolled home turf rather than the raucous, outdoor atmosphere of Arrowhead Stadium. And facing a potentially loud crowd on the road may force the Chiefs to

stick with the game plan a little longer than they did in Round 1.

“I’m sure we’re going to see Jamaal,” Pagano said, referring again this week to Charles as public enemy No. 1 even after he had only 13 carries in the first meeting. “If he doesn’t touch the ball 30 times I’d be shocked.”

Kansas City (11-5) could have a noticeably different look, too.

Receiver Dwayne Bowe was knocked out of the first matchup with a concussion and was still sidelined last week. Tamba Hali also hurt his knee against Indy, while fellow linebacker Justin Houston sat out that game with a dislocated elbow. Bowe has already been cleared to play and Houston is expected to return this week, too, though Hali hasn’t practiced all week.

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Texas-sized cloud hangs over final BCS title game

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Central Florida quarterback Blake Bortles (5) heads for a rushing touchdown as Baylor safety Terrell Burt (13) defends during the Knights’ 52-42 victory in the Fiesta Bowl on Wednesday in Glendale, Ariz.

Knights knock off Bears 52-42 in Fiesta Bowl

BY JOHN MARSHALL The Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz.

— A decade after a winless season, Central Florida earned its first trip to a BCS bowl.

Once the Knights got there, they were given no chance at winning. Not against Baylor, the nation’s best offensive team.

They refused to listen to all the negativity and turned the Fiesta Bowl into a rousing BCS debut.

Blake Bortles accounted for 394 yards and four touchdowns, Storm Johnson ran for two early tone-setting scores and No. 15 Central Florida outlasted Baylor 52-42 on Wednesday night in the highest-scoring game in Fiesta Bowl history.

“We did prove a lot of people wrong,” Johnson said.

Central Florida (12-1) wasn’t given much of a chance, entering the game as a 17-point underdog.

The Knights didn’t

care about the spread and certainly didn’t back down from the big, bad Bears, racing past Baylor with an array of big plays.

They took an early 14-point lead and kept rolling, piling up 556 total yards in the second-highest scoring BCS bowl ever.

Bortles, the junior who could be weighing a jump to the NFL, was the catalyst, throwing for three touchdowns on 20of-31 passing and running for 93 yards and another score.

Rannell Hall accounted for some of the biggest plays, catching four passes for 113 yards and two touchdowns. Johnson kept Baylor from ganging up on UCF’s passing game, grinding out 124 yards on 20 carries.

So much about having no shot.

PASADENA, Calif.— A Texas-sized cloud of uncertainty looms over college football’s biggest game of the season.

As No. 1 Florida State and No. 2 Auburn prepare in Southern California to meet Monday in the last BCS championship game, the University of Texas is still looking for a new football coach. And until the Longhorns make a hire, just about every successful coach can be considered a candidate — including Florida State’s Jimbo Fisher and Auburn’s Gus Malzahn.

“I’ve been amazed about how quiet this thing has been,” ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit said earlier this week. “Because of that it leads me to speculate and believe that somebody still involved in coaching, whether it’s the NFL or college, must be one of their primary candidates.”

“I think the longer this goes on I think it’s very, very clear that it’s somebody who’s still coaching. Who that might be, I have no idea.”

Some leaks have sprung in the last couple of days, and it appears front-runners are emerging.

Published reports out of Texas stated the Longhorns were interested in Fisher, Baylor’s Art Briles, Vanderbilt’s James Franklin and Louisville’s Charlie Strong.

Michigan State’s Mark Dantonio has also been mentioned as a coach Texas athletic director Steve Patterson is looking at. Patterson said he wants the search complete by Jan. 15.

“Texas, they’re going to be calling on everybody they possibly can because they’re going to try to get the best coach they possibly can,” Florida State AD Stan Wilcox said. “Meanwhile, everybody’s trying to keep their coaches because they all feel that the people that Texas is looking at are the best coaches out there.”

Florida State hopes it has put all the speculation about Fisher’s future to rest. The fourth-year head coach and Nick Saban disciple finally got around on Tuesday to signing a new contract that runs through the 2018 season and pays him about $4.1 million annually.

Auburn agreed to a new deal with Malzahn the day before the Southeastern Conference championship game last month. The six-year contract is worth $3.85 million annually to the first-year Tigers coach.

Briles got a 10-year deal in November from Baylor.

Michigan State is working on a new deal for Dantonio that could double his $1.9 million salary.

The Dallas Morning News and Austin AmericanStatesmen reported Patterson has met with Strong and that Briles, now that Baylor’s season ended Tuesday night with a 52-42 loss to UCF in the Fiesta Bowl, could be next to interview.

And, of course, Saban, the object of so many Longhorns desires, agreed to a new multiyear deal with Alabama that will pay him $7 million a year after months of stories and speculation connecting the four-time national championship winning coach and Texas.

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Auburn players board the team flight at the Montgomery, Ala., airport on Tuesday as the Tigers leave for the BCS National Championship game. Auburn plays Florida State in the national championship on Monday in Pasadena, Calif., but discussion over who will take the Texas job lingers over college football.

But what do those extensions really mean? Are Fisher, Malzahn, Briles and even Saban truly off the market?

“A contract is written to be broken,” said Kansas State athletic director John Currie, who doesn’t have to worry about his football coach, 74-year-old Bill Snyder, going anywhere.

The trend in college sports, especially college football, is for schools to quickly lock up successful coaches and hand out raises.

Mississippi extended Hugh Freeze’s contract after a 7-5 regular season and bumped his pay to $3 million per year. Washington State’s Mike Leach got the Cougars back into a bowl by winning six games in his second season at Pullman. He got a two-year extension for his work.

Texas A&M made the boldest move of all this season with coach Kevin Sumlin, who was drawing interest from NFL teams last year. The Aggies made Sumlin (20-6 in two seasons at A&M) a $5 million-per-year coach with a new six-year deal.

Transcripts could dictate Williams’ interest on USC Kelly is a former Kentucky commitment. Other schools showing strong interest are FSU and South Florida. “I plan on taking all of my official visits,” he said. “I don’t know where I’ll go for the other two.”

Kelly does not have any favorites and did not indicate a decision date.

Shrine Bowl DL Zeek Rodney of South Pointe High School in Rock Hill took his first official visit to Charlotte this month and will visit Syracuse on Jan. 17 and Wake Forest on Jan. 24. Other schools showing interest are Boston College, Ball State and Marshall. There is a possibility he could visit one or all of these schools. Rodney plans to make a decision the week following his final visit.

Linebacker Dwight Williams of Gardena, Calif., plans to announce at the U.S. Army All-American Game on Saturday, and Clemson is one of his final schools along with Florida, LSU, Georgia and Oklahoma. However, Clemson doesn’t appear to be a real factor. Oklahoma has been his only visit though he’s scheduled to visit LSU in January.

Defensive end Andrew Williams will visit Clemson or Auburn on Jan. 17. The one he doesn’t visit on that date will get a visit from him on Jan. 31.

He has set a visit to Mississippi for Jan. 24. He’s also been considering USC and LSU. DE Kevin Bronson of Delray Beach, Fla., named Virginia Tech as his current favorite last

week. Bronson has taken an official visit to Rutgers. He is scheduled to visit USC on Jan. 17, VT on Jan. 24 and Florida on Jan. 31.

QB Bo Baldwin of South Aiken High was a recruiting mystery in his high school career. A physically imposing quarterback (6-feet-6-inches, 231 pounds) with a big arm, Baldwin was set back by injuries and never became the hot recruiting target many expected.

USC offered him a grayshirt opportunity last summer, but Baldwin did not accept that right away. And with the Gamecocks taking a QB for the 2014 class well after making the grayshirt offer to Baldwin, it opens up speculation as to just how much the Gamecocks Phil want Baldwin KORNBLUT and vice versa.

Now, Clemson has entered the picture a little bit. Baldwin’s brother will be a senior at Clemson in ‘14, and a source said Clemson has offered him a preferred walk-on spot, something Baldwin is considering if he decides he wants to continue his football career. This season Baldwin passed for 1,285 yards and 11 touchdowns.

Athlete Hunter Renfrow of Socastee High in Myrtle Beach grew up a Clemson fan and may have an opportunity from the Tigers too tempting to turn recruiting corner

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he only thing standing between defensive lineman Arthur Williams of Fayetteville, N.C., and an offer from the University of South Carolina is a positive review of his transcripts by the Gamecocks. That’s the word Williams got last week from Gamecock recruiter Joe Robinson.

“He said he wants to get me down to campus and go over the transcripts and hopefully I’ll have a scholarship,” Williams said. “My transcripts look decent.”

Williams is a Florida State commitment, calling the pledge “pretty strong,” and said an offer from USC would put it No. 2 on his list. He plans to visit USC this month, but the date hasn’t been set. He will go to FSU on Jan. 17, and he also plans to visit Miami. Williams played in the Shrine Bowl and had 104 tackles and six quarterback sacks on the season.

Offensive lineman Derrick Kelly, Jr. of Havana, Fla., is getting a strong push from USC and plans to take an official visit to Columbia. Kelly has four remaining visits after his official trip to Florida recently.

Though he has not set the date for the USC visit, it could be Jan. 17. Kelly has scheduled a trip to Louisina Statut ce for Jan. 25.

“I am looking for a school with a good program and strong academics,” Kelly said.

“I am very interested in South Carolina and the legendary (head) coach, Steve Spurrier.”

down. Though he has several offers, Renfrow is considering joining Clemson as a preferred walk-on.

“It’s a great opportunity to try and earn a scholarship and prove that I can play at that level,” Renfrow said.

His offers are from Appalachian State, Furman, Wofford, Charleston Southern, Presbyterian and Gardner Webb. He plans to take official visits to Clemson and Appalachian State and will likely choose between the two schools.

“I like App State’s coaches a lot,” he said. “They’re laid back, but they also really want to win. They just understand that it isn’t just about winning.”

The two visits will occur in Jan. 17 and Jan. 24. Renfrow is not claiming a favorite.

Junior News: Defensive back Tarvarus McFadden of Plantation, Fla., has a top eight of Clemson, USC, FSU, LSU, UGA, Notre Dame, West Virginia and Central Florida.

Wide receiver Michael Bowman of Havelock, N.C., said nothing has changed at the top of his list with USC and North Carolina State wedged up there together. Bowman said he likes USC’s offense, and he had an uncle attend NCSU and has always liked the Wolfpack. Those two have offered along with North Carolina, East Carolina and Penn State.

Also, he said Clemson recently got involved and is a possible factor. “They want me to come to a junior day and a camp,” Bowman said.

He went to USC, UNC and NCSU for games this season.

Bowman said he likely won’t make his decision until after his senior season. This season, he had 46 catches for 907 yards and seven TDs. DB Rashard Causey of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., plans to be at USC’s major recruiting weekend of Jan. 17 to hang out with the ‘14 recruits as well as his close friend and Gamecock LB Skai Moore. Causey has had USC and Miami tied at the top of his list for weeks and that remains the case.

“I have mixed feelings about both teams,” Causey said.

“Some days I go with South Carolina and some days I go with Miami.”

Clemson recently offered Causey, but right now he doesn’t view the Tigers as much of a factor with him. “I’m interested in Clemson, but I couldn’t do that to South Carolina,” Causey said. “Skai has kind of brainwashed me into not liking Clemson.”

USC recruiter Grady Brown saw Causey earlier in the month, as did recruiters from Vanderbilt, Miami, Arkansas, Auburn and WVU. He talked on the telephone this month with Clemson recruiter Brent Venables, and he’s expecting a visit from him next month.

Along with the visit to USC, Causey also plans to visit UCLA and Southern California this summer. He would like to make his decision before the start of his season or on his birthday, Sept. 20.

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BOWL SCHEDULE The Associated Press Saturday, Dec. 21 New Mexico Bowl At Albuquerque Colorado State 48, Washington State 45 Las Vegas Bowl Southern Cal 45, Fresno State 20 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl At Boise, Idaho San Diego State 49, Buffalo 24 New Orleans Bowl Louisiana-Lafayette 24, Tulane 21 Monday, Dec. 23 Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl At St. Petersburg, Fla. East Carolina 37, Ohio 20 Tuesday, Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl At Honolulu Oregon State 38, Boise State 23 Thursday, Dec. 26 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl At Detroit Pittsburgh 30, Bowling Green 27 Poinsettia Bowl At San Diego Utah State 21, Northern Illinois 14

Friday, Dec. 27 Military Bowl At Annapolis, Md. Marshall 31, Maryland 20 Texas Bowl At Houston Syracuse 21, Minnesota 17 Fight Hunger Bowl At San Francisco Washington 31, BYU 16 Saturday, Dec. 28 Pinstripe Bowl At New York Notre Dame 29, Rutgers 16 Belk Bowl At Charlotte, N.C. North Carolina 39, Cincinnati 17 Russell Athletic Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Louisville 36, Miami 9 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl At Tempe, Ariz.

Kansas State 31, Michigan 14 Monday, Dec. 30 Armed Forces Bowl At Fort Worth, Texas Navy 24, Middle Tennessee 6

Music City Bowl At Nashville, Tenn.

Mississippi 25, Georgia Tech 17 Alamo Bowl At San Antonio Oregon 30, Texas 7 Holiday Bowl At San Diego Texas Tech 37, Arizona State 23 Tuesday, Dec. 31 AdvoCare V100 Bowl At Shreveport, La. Arizona 42, Boston College 19 Sun Bowl At El Paso, Texas UCLA 42, Virginia Tech 12 Liberty Bowl At Memphis, Tenn.

Mississippi State 44, Rice 7 Chick-fil-A Bowl At Atlanta Texas A&M 52, Duke 48 Wednesday, Jan. 1 Heart of Dallas Bowl At Dallas North Texas 36, UNLV 14 Gator Bowl

At Jacksonville, Fla. Nebraska 24, Georgia 19 Capital One Bowl At Orlando, Fla. South Carolina 34, Wisconsin 24 Outback Bowl At Tampa, Fla. LSU 21, Iowa 14 Rose Bowl At Pasadena, Calif.

Michigan State 24, Stanford 20 Fiesta Bowl At Glendale, Ariz.

UCF 52, Baylor 42 Thursday Sugar Bowl At New Orleans Alabama vs. Oklahoma, late TODAY Orange Bowl At Miami Ohio State (12-1) vs. Clemson (10-2), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Cotton Bowl At Arlington, Texas Missouri (11-2) vs. Oklahoma State (10-2), 7:30 p.m. (FOX)

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Clemson and former Sumter High standout running back Roderick McDowell could be the key to a victory against Ohio State in today’s Orange Bowl.

KEYS from Page B1 And that’s why Clemson is again needing a bowl victory to validate its season.

While a 10-3 season is a much better fate than what the Tigers had in the previous two decades, there is something to be said about getting victories that earn you style points.

Those have been few and far between for the Tigers during this stretch.

For Clemson to go 1-3 in the games “that matter”: on its schedule would be a major disappointment. A victory over the Buckeyes, who were a win away from facing FSU in the BCS title game, would be a nice way to end the career of record-setting quarterback Tajh Boyd and, more than likely, wide receiver Sammy Watkins.

Following are five things Clemson needs to do to return from South Beach with a victory.

1. MAINTAIN CONTROL EARLY

This doesn’t mean Clemson needs to shut down the Buckeyes on every possession; instead the Tigers need to do the things necessary to keep Ohio State from getting on a roll and grabbing momentum.

Remember the FSU game? The Seminoles snatched the momentum from the outset — with some help from Clemson — and never relinquished it. The Buckeyes have the type of offensive power to do the same thing.

2. DON’T FORGET THE RUN

This has become standard fare for this column over the sea-

son, but it bears repeating: offensive coordinator Chad Morris doesn’t need to become so infatuated with the pass later in the game that handing the ball off to a running back becomes an afterthought.

This has nothing to do with Tiger running back Roderick McDowell being from Sumter High School, but here’s hoping he easily goes over the 1,000-yard mark this evening.

However, he had 111 yards against USC, but just on 14 carries. I’m sure the Gamecocks were happy that’s all the carries Clemson chose to give him.

Yes, the Buckeyes are allowing just over 100 yards rushing a game, but that’s due to the fact that most of its opposition was playing from behind early and had to pass. Clemson needs to establish the run and stick with it.

1,408 yards and 14 TDs. Clemson had a hard time slowing down USC quarterback Connor Shaw on the ground.

Hopefully, a month’s preparation will help with Miller.

4. PROTECT BOYD

It has become well documented that Boyd is a much better passer when he has time to work through his progressions and check down on receivers. If he is pressured, he has a tendency to struggle.

The Buckeyes have 40 sacks on the season in 13 games. That number is skewed a bit by the fact they had so many blowout victories and their defense could pin their ears back and go after the opposing quarterback. Still, you have to make the plays and they did.

OSU leading sacker Noah Spence’s suspension helps Clemson, and it must do what is necessary to shore up the protection of Boyd if he is to be effective.

3. LIMIT THE RUN

5. LIMIT THE TURNOVERS

This is going to be much easier said than done. After all, Ohio State is averaging 317 rushing yards a contest.

However, Clemson needs to be able to put Buckeye quarterback Braxton Miller in some situations where his passes are important to the game’s outcome.

The way to do that is limit the run and put OSU in some thirddown-and-long situations.

Keeping Miller in check on the ground would help in that cause. He has 1,033 yards and 10 touchdowns on the season, second to running back Carlos Hyde, who has

Clemson can’t afford to have multiple turnovers today, much less the six it had in the loss to USC. Four of those happened in the fourth quarter when the Gamecocks were as concerned about consuming clock as they were scoring points. If a rash of turnovers happens to the Tigers early against Ohio State, it could be fatal.

Along with making big plays, Clemson needs to make sure it does the little things right as well, such as protecting the football. That’s how you win these kinds of games.

not far off.

“When we win the turnover margin, we win. That’s just a fact,” Swinney said. “That’s what history says for our guys, because we’re good enough.

We’ve proven we’re not good enough to beat good teams when we turn it over. That has to be a key thing we’ve got to get done to have a chance to beat these guys.”

Again, the simple method is to point to Clemson’s four mistakes against Florida State or six miscues at South Carolina. But, in a 2012 game at Duke, Clemson turned it over four times. The Blue Devils went 0-for-4 trying to capitalize.

On Aug. 31, the Tigers had just one turnover, when Sammy Watkins fumbled a punt that could have given Georgia a serious surge. What happened? On the very next play, defensive end Corey Crawford dropped back into coverage and picked off Aaron Murray, re-seizing the momentum.

“That’s a great example of that.

That’s what you do, you respond,” Swinney said. “When you have a mistake, you’ve got to make it up somewhere.”

However, the No. 1 Seminoles and No. 9 Gamecocks — a combined 24-2 this season — tallied six touchdowns and a field goal on 10 opportunities following Clemson coughups. Failure

BCS from Page B1 country that have been in two BCS bowls the last three years, and we’re one of them. So it’s a great opportunity for us to have a chance to win one.”

Meyer would say the same thing. His team had visions of playing in Pasadena, Calif. for the BCS national championship next week, but the loss in the Big Ten title game — the first under Meyer in 25 games since he took over in Columbus — knocked the Buckeyes out of the title picture.

So instead, Ohio State headed to South Florida, where Meyer will look to add the Orange Bowl to his BCS collection that already includes two title-game wins and a Sugar Bowl victory while at Florida, and a Fiesta Bowl triumph from when he coached Utah.

“It’s a chance to go compete,” Meyer said. “Whether it’s checkers or ping pong, we’re going to try to win the game.

Our job every time we keep score is to win. It’s the mentality we try to create within our program. Whether it’s the Orange Bowl, whether it’s the eighth game of the season, we’re trying to win the game.”

Clemson lost the Orange Bowl two years ago to West Virginia, 70-33 — the game turning when the Tigers fumbled the ball away in the second quarter, on a play where they would have taken the lead. Instead, the floodgates opened.

The Tigers are 21-4 since.

“This team has more than responded,” Swinney said.

Here’s five things to watch in the Orange Bowl: THE QB BATTLE

Tickets to the Orange Bowl aren’t inexpensive, but the shows that Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd and Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller can put on may make the admission price seem like a bargain. Boyd has accounted for 38

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to respond is why the Tigers lost those big games.

“We can live with punting the ball, and kicking a field goal all game,” Watkins said. “That’s the thing we messed up on. We had too many turnovers in critical situations.”

It’s a fickle subject, because telling players not to turn the ball over creates the dreaded virus of overthinking.

“You can’t go out there and say, ‘just don’t turn the ball over’ or you’re probably going to turn the ball over,” quarterback Tajh Boyd said. “That’s actually happened before; you say don’t fumble, and then you fumble the snap.”

Of course, the Clemson defense plays a role, too. It only generated one turnover in the two defeats, a Bashaud Breeland interception of Florida State’s Jameis Winston.

“We’ve got to be in the right place,” cornerback Darius Robinson said. “If something falls to where we do give up a turnover, we’ve got to get one.”

Ohio State (12-1, 8-0 Big Ten) is one of the most careful offenses in the country, with just 15 fumbles or interceptions — allowing five touchdowns off those 15 turnovers — in 13 games.

“That’s one of our core values,” Buckeyes tailback Carlos Hyde said.

“As a running back, it’s ball security.

Basically, if you can’t protect the ball, you can’t play. So that’s huge.”

Arduous offseason methods are famous at Ohio State, all with the intention of strengthening mental toughness when things go wrong on gameday.

touchdowns this season; Miller has scored 32 with either his arm or his feet.

It’s Boyd’s finale; it may be Miller’s as well if he elects to go pro, as some expect he may.

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If there’s a weakness on a team that’s 24-1 in the past two seasons, it may be Ohio State’s pass defense. Each of the Buckeyes’ last four opponents have completed at least 60 percent of their passes, throwing for 1,363 yards in that stretch. And with that side of the ball dealing with some injury concerns for the Orange Bowl, it’s clearly to Clemson’s advantage.

RUN (AND) HYDE

Ohio State RB Carlos Hyde has 1,408 yards in 10 games this season, and says he’d like to cap his college career by setting the Orange Bowl record for yards in a game. Hyde has averaged 7.7 yards per carry; Clemson’s defense has yielded 3.7 per attempt. Hyde is the first running back to top 1,000 yards under Meyer, and is 116 yards away from fifth all-time on Ohio State’s list.

WELCOME HOME

The Buckeyes and Tigers both recruit the Sunshine State heavily. Together, the teams have 13 players from the state, including six starters. Among the notables: Clemson WR Sammy Watkins (who may be playing his college finale), Clemson DB Jayron Kearse; Ohio State top tackler Ryan Shazier; Hyde, the Ohio State running back; and Ohio State DL Joey Bosa, who hails from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. and the powerhouse St. Thomas Aquinas program.

KICKERS

If the game comes down to a kick, odds are that either Clemson’s Chandler Catanzaro or Ohio State’s Drew Basil will deliver. Catanzaro has made all 56 of his extra-point tries and is 13 of 14 on field-goal attempts. Basil is 74 for 75 on extra-points and 9 for 10 on field goals.

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Clowney signs with NFL agent

BY RYAN WOOD Post and Courier ORLANDO, Fla. — Outside South Carolina’s team hotel Wednesday night, Bus Cook watched his newest client from afar.

It had been a long day for all involved. The Gamecocks beat Wisconsin 34-24 at the Capital One Bowl in Orlando, but there was more going on than a football game. All-America defensive end Jadeveon Clowney signed with Cook’s agency BC Sports afterward, placing a promising NFL future in his hands.

Cook was pleased, understandably.

He called his new client “iconic,” understanding Clowney will be the most recognizable name at the NFL Draft in COOK May. Cook knows how it can go with young people when they’ve reached a certain level of success. At the end of a long day, fatigue sets in.

Demands become irritants.

As a group of about 20 kids walked up to Clowney outside the team hotel, Cook wondered how the football star would react. What happened next let Cook know how his new, professional relationship would go.

“He just had that big, friendly smile, signing autographs for all those kids and stuff,” Cook told The Post and Courier on Thursday. “To me, that was important. He didn’t act like he was too good or too big to give those kids his time. That’s what impressed me.”

So it begins, the process of turning one of college football’s biggest stars into a professional. An AllAmerican into the top pick in the NFL Draft. Cook said that’s the goal over these next five months until May’s draft.

BC Sports represents some of the NFL’s leading stars, including Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton, Detroit Lions receiver Calvin Johnson and Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler. Cook also represented former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre.

Cook envisions that kind of future for Clowney.

“To me, he’s really an iconic figure,” Cook said. “I think that he’s just got that presence about him, he’s got that aura about him, that he could be a very, very tremendous football player. He’s got a lot of work to do. I hope that hopefully one day, coming out of college he’ll mesh with all of those guys.

“I hope the future holds for him what for these guys their experience has done for them, which is make them the top football players in the National Football League.”

Now, life gets hectic for Clowney. He will focus on preparation for the NFL Combine in February, the next big event along his path of becoming a pro.

Cook does not expect Clowney to have surgery to shave bone spurs in his right foot, something the defensive end planned to do earlier this season.

“I think for the moment he’s probably going to be OK,” Cook said. “... I think once he gets into the rigors of training and stuff and really gets going, if it starts bothering and irritating him and he thinks, ‘Hey, I’ve got to take this time off,’ then at that point in time we’ll address that issue.”

Cook said Clowney will be focused on what he must do on the field to prepare for the draft, leaving off-field distractions from the past month behind.

Clowney received two speeding tickets in December, going more than 25 mph above the speed limit each time.

Cook does not expect the speeding tickets to affect Clowney’s draft prospects.

“If it is, then they’re focused on the wrong things,” Cook said. “If a speeding tickets is all a kid can have, woe to those who have more. So I don’t see that being an issue at all. I think he’s learned his lesson.”

Clowney is already focused on the process ahead.

Clowney told reporters Wednesday he needs to get stronger, better able to take on two blockers — something he faced all season.

Cook has no doubts Clowney will be ready.

Whatever obstacles await, Clowney’s goal is to be the top player selected in the draft.

“Everybody wants to be the best they can be, and be No. 1,” Cook said. “He has indicated to me, he and I have talked about it, that he’s going to commit himself to do the work necessary to put him in that position and not be concerned with a lot of the other off-the-field stuff.”

“I think absolutely he’s got the talent. He will make an immediate impact with some NFL team that’s lucky enough to take him.”

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South Carolina wide receiver Shaq Roland (4) catches a long pass in front of Wisconsin safety Michael Caputo in the Gamecocks’ 34-24 victory on Wednesday in the Capital One Bowl. Roland emerged as a key go-to receiver for the Gamecocks down the stretch and had six catches for 112 yards against the Badgers.

USC from Page B1 the addition of star tailback Marcus Lattimore and an influx of the state’s top football prospects that had in the past gone to rival Clemson or left to star for teams outside the Palmetto State.

With Lattimore, cornerback Stephon Gilmore and receiver Alshon Jeffery — all three in the NFL — Spurrier began of string of success the Gamecocks hadn’t ever seen in 120 years of football.

They reached the SEC championship game in 2010, then won 11 games in each of the next three years, a remarkable feat given the Gamecocks had only one 10-win campaign in their history before Spurrier succeeded Lou Holtz following 2004.

“This has been a wonderful season with maybe the team we have and the way it could have gone the other way,” Spurrier said. “But it went our way so often this year. So we have a lot to be thankful for. We have been a blessed team.”

Expect the blessings to continue.

South Carolina’s biggest coming into the season — an untested defense behind Clowney and a running game to take over for Lattimore — were answered in a major way. Young linebackers like Moore and Kaiwan Lewis developed into aggressive playmakers who’ll anchor next year’s defense.

Sophomore tailback Mike Davis had seven 100yard games and led the SEC in rushing much of the season until injuries limited his effectiveness the past four games.

Still, Davis finished with 1,183 yards to become the Gamecocks first 1,000 yard rusher since Lattimore gained 1,197 yards as a freshman in 2010.

South Carolina defensive coordinator Lorenzo

Ward knew his linebackers would have some growing pains to go through, but was proud of how they responded this year. He’s already looking at next fall.

“I said it before the season started, once these young linebacker learn what we’re doing, they’ll be the best group of linebackers to play here since I’ve been here,” Ward said. “There’s nothing that they’ve done here lately to make me think any different.”

Ward and the defense will have a new set of issues to handle next year. Along with Clowney, sacks leader in defensive tackle Kelcy Quarles and big-hitting cornerback Victor Hampton are giving up their senior seasons for the NFL. Fast, tall Chaz Sutton played the other defensive end spot and, a senior, also won’t return.

On offense, South Carolina’s biggest loss will be the ultra-tough Shaw at quarterback, who leaves with 27 wins as a starter — the most in Gamecocks history. First up under center for Spurrier will be Dylan Thompson, a backup celebrated by Gamecocks fans for winning at Clemson in 2012 when Shaw was hurt and couldn’t play.

Thompson is more of a downfield passer than Shaw so count on Spurrier to turn things loose even more than he has in recent seasons. Shaq Roland has emerged as an explosive receiver like Jeffery was. If two-sport standout Bruce Ellington returns at wideout, the Gamecocks should not have problems moving the ball.

Ellington says he’s still deciding whether to leave for the pros.

“I’m just proud of our team,” said Shaw, the senior quarterback. “We’re establishing a winning tradition around here.”

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OBITUARIES

FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 2014

LESLIE W. GRIFFIN Sr. Leslie Wilbur Griffin Sr., 85, died Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Neloise “Nell” Griffin, in 2008. GRIFFIN Born Aug. 2, 1928, in Sumter County, he was a son of the late Collin and Martha McLeod Griffin. Mr. Griffin graduated from the University of South Carolina with a bachelor of arts degree and a masters degree in criminal justice. He was also a graduate of the FBI Academy. Mr. Griffin was Sumter’s chief of police from March 1968 to May 1984, and served as both police chief and fire chief for two years.

Mr. Griffin was a member and past president of the S.C. Chapter of the FBI National Academy Associates; a life member, past president and member of the board of directors of the S.C. Law Enforcement Officers Association; a member and past president of the S.C. Police Chiefs Association; and a life member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). He was an active member of the Sumter County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council; a member of the board of directors of Sumter Crimestoppers Inc.; and also served as a past president and a member of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce and the Air Force Association.

An Air Force veteran and retiree from the Air Force Reserve, he was an aircrew member with the Air Transport Command during the Berlin Airlift. He served as an OSI special agent in Korea. He was a life member of the DAV, a member of the VFW, and was an active member and past commander of American Legion Post No. 15.

He was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church and a member of the Faholo Sunday School class for 58 years.

Surviving are three sons, Kerry Mandeville (Jan) of Columbia, Leslie “Hap” Jr. (Etna) and Douglas Griffin (Mary Dale), both of Sumter; a sister, Allene Ross (George) of Sumter; a brother, John Griffin of Sumter; seven grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Trinity United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dr. Reginald Thackston officiating.

Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Terry Griffin, Harold Johnson, Joseph M. Floyd, Eugene Spann, Bruce Griffin and the Rev. Richard Hampton.

Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Faholo Sunday School class, and retired and active duty members of the Sumter Police Department.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and other times at his son Hap’s home, 2740 Fenimore Drive.

Memorials may be made to Destination Trinity at Trinity United Methodist Church and to American Legion Post No. 15.

Online condolences may be sent to www. sumterfunerals.com.

Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements.

ALLENE C. BURGESS Allene Cudd Burgess, age 96, widow of Robert Alfred Burgess Jr., died on Jan. 1, 2014.

She was a daughter of Blanche Hair Weston and John J. Cudd. AlBURGESS lene was born in Spartanburg.

She attended Spartanburg High School, where she was a cheerleader and was elected Miss Spartanburg. She obtained her education at Converse College and the University of South Carolina. After graduation, she was the secretary for the national office of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity in Washington, D.C. Allene returned to Columbia just before the outbreak of World War II to work at Fort Jackson as the coal buyer for the Fort. She married Bobby Burgess on Jan. 8, 1943, accompanying him during training exercises until his deployment for military service. They made their home in Sumter in 1945. Allene was a member of First Presbyterian Church for 68 years. She served as vice president of Harmony Presbytery, taught Bible school, served as circle chair, and as committee member numerous times. Allene was recognized with an honorary life membership into the Presbyterian Women in 1989.

Allene enjoyed playing bridge with her friends, the Road Runners, Pretto Cuttino, Betty Lee, Aileen Levy, Margaret McLeod and Suzanne Wilson. She was a charter member of the Sumter Cotillion and member of the Sumter Assembly Club. She was involved in many volunteer organizations, spending many years as a member of the Sumter Volunteers and the Junior Welfare League of Sumter.

Allene is survived by her sister, Blanche Cudd Gibbes of Columbia; her son, Robert Burgess and his wife, Carmen, of Sumter; four grandchildren, Gene Weston and his wife, Susan, and their children, Amelia and Isabelle; Julie Daniels and her husband, Roger, and their daughter, Julia; Allie Burgess Johnson and her husband, Matt, and their son, Conner; Margaret Burgess Hardy and her husband, Teddy, and their son, McFaddin: and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her daughter, Blanche Hair Burgess of Sumter; and her brother, Dr. John James Cudd of Augusta.

A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church with the grave-

side to follow at Sumter Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 4 to 7 p.m. today at the Burgess home, 2751 Creek Side Drive, Sumter.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, 9 W. Calhoun St., Sumter, SC 29150.

You may sign the family’s guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com.

The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter for the arrangements.

EDWARD NORDSTROM DALZELL — Edward Nordstrom, age 63, beloved husband of 40 years to Cheri Rook Nordstrom, died on Monday, Dec. 23, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

He as born Sept. 27, 1950, in Berlin, Germany, to the late Edward Alfred and Waldtraut Ella Ruth Nordstrom.

Edward graduated from Roseville High School in California and joined the Air Force while he was in college. Edward was born into the Air Force and joined during the Vietnam War. He served 20 years in the Air Force Hospital / Dental Squadron and was selected to the Air Force Skeet Team, where he competed until he retired from his military career. He continued to excel in competitive skeet shooting even after his retirement. He had his own private investigation business for 17 years.

Edward and Cheri lived in Germany and several states in America, and made many wonderful friends and memories along the way.

Surviving in addition to his loving wife are their two cherished dogs, DeeDee and Willie; and a sister, Grace Braese and her husband, Kalle.

In addition to his parents, Edward was preceded in death by two brothers, Frank and Keith Nordstrom.

A memorial service will be held at 3:30 p.m.

Saturday in the Bullock Funeral Home Chapel.

The family will receive friends on Saturday from 3 to 3:30 p.m. at Bullock Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to your favorite animal rescue facility in honor of Edward and his family.

You may sign the family’s guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com.

The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter for the arrangements.

HARRY E. TAYLOR Harry Edwin Taylor, age 91, beloved husband of Virginia Taylor, died on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014, at his residence.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced

by Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter.

LESTER MORRIS Lester Morris, age 67, died on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013, at his residence.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced

by Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter.

BERDENE DeMILT Berdene Marilyn Hilderbrand Roberts DeMilt, age 89, beloved wife of the late Carroll DeMilt, died on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced

by Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter.

JESSIE B. JOHNSON Jessie Brown Johnson, 88, wife of Willie James Johnson, died Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late James and Cornelia Nunnery Brown. Mrs. Johnson was a member of Bible Fellowship Church and was formerly employed by Cover Manufacturing Co. as a supervisor.

Surviving are her husband of Sumter; a daughter, Gloria Williams and husband Norman “Butch” of Sumter; two grandchildren, Melonie (Evans) Tindal and Jess (Melanie) Williams III; and four grandchildren, Jesse Tindal, Hannah Williams, Claire Williams and Isabella Williams.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, James H. Brown and Leroy Brown.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Chapel of Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with the Rev. Jim Ketchum officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and other times at the home, 1175 Cutleaf Drive.

Memorials may be made to Bible Fellowship Church, 227 Broad St., Sumter, SC 29150.

Online condolences may be sent to www. sumterfunerals.com.

Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.

LUCILLE WATSON-BRUNSON JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Funeral services for Lucille Watson-Brunson, of Jersey City, who passed on Dec. 28, 2013, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 11, at Monumental Baptist Church, Jersey City. Interment will be in Rosehill Cemetery, Linden, N.J. Watson Mortuary Service of Jersey City is in charge of arrangements.

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He was born Sept. 21, 1931, in Clarendon County, to the late Cubit McCray Sr. and Bertha Williams McCray Bethel.

The family will receive relatives and friends at the homes of his daughters, Burnette McCray McFadden, 25 Meadowbrook Circle, Manning, and Lubertha McCray Williams, 16 Sweet Throne Circle, Irmo.

Fleming and DeLaine Funeral Home & Chapel of Manning is in charge of the arrangements.

ABRAHAM WEST Jr. Abraham West Jr., 78, died on Dec. 12, 2013.

He was born Dec. 18, 1934, in Pinewood. He moved from New York City, N.Y., to Port St. Lucie, Fla., 12 years ago.

Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Howardine “Dena” West; daughter, Desiree Corbin; sons, Christopher and Derek; son-inlaw, Errold Corbin Jr.; 10 grandchildren; six greatgrandchildren; three sisters, Sallie A., Minnie I. and Juanita; and one brother, Bobby. Other survivors are several nieces and nephews and other relatives.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Abraham Sr. and Henrietta West; brothers, Talmadge and Johnnie L. West; sister, Dorothy.

Services were held Dec. 17, 2013, at the All County Funeral Home in Stuart, Fla. THELMA E. COLEMAN LYNCHBURG — Thelma Elizabeth Coleman, beloved wife of the late John Coleman, died on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2013.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced

by Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter.

DENNIS L. JACKSON Dennis L. Jackson, 80, widower of Veda Childress Jackson, died Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014, at a local nursing facility.

Born in Spartanburg County, he was a son of the late Clyde and Ruth Baker Jackson. Mr. Jackson was a member of Wise Drive Baptist Church. He retired from the U.S. Air Force after more than 30 years of service and was a veteran of the Korean War and Vietnam War. Survivors include a cousin, Everett Baker (Pam) of Simpsonville; and a number of nieces, nephews, and other extended family members.

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He was preceded in death by his daughter, Katina Maria Jackson.

Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m.

Saturday in the Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery with the Rev. Dr. Dearld Sterling officiating.

Memorials may be made to Wise Drive Baptist Church, 2751 S. Wise Drive, Sumter, SC 29150.

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

EARLINE SINGLETON Earline Emma James Singleton was born in 1921, in Rimini, to the Rev. and Mrs. Gibb Singleton. She departed this life on Dec. 30, 2013, in Jamestown, N.C. She was educated in the public schools of Sumter County. In her youth, she was a member of Antioch AME Church. Her early adult years were spent in Wilmington, N.C., where she met the love of her life, Ulysses Singleton. After marriage, she and her husband lived in Wilmington and attended St. Stephen AME Church. Both worked for Crosby Taxi Service before moving to Brooklyn, N.Y. While in New York, she was a member of Lincoln Memorial AME Church and was employed by Palizzio Shoes and Handbags for approximately 13 years. After returning to Rimini in 1968, she was employed with Crescent Tools. She joined New Hope AME Church and was a member of the Missionary Society and church choir.

Precious memories will be cherished by her sister, Gladys James (Stanley Jr.) Montgomery of Sumter; two sisters-in-law, Mattie Martin James and Dorothy Brooks James; nieces, Geneva Spencer (William), Thelma Johnson, Carolyn Davis and Cynthia Montgomery Smith; nephews, Irvin Canty and Milton Ballard; godsons, Johnny McKnight and Jeffrey James; special friends, Bertha Jackson and Margie Nelson; and longtime pal and friend, Agnes James.

Public viewing will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. today at Job’s Mortuary.

Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at New Hope AME Church, Pinewood, with the Rev. Jacqueline Hurston, pastor, officiating.

Interment will follow in Beulah Haynesworth Cemetery.

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

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Call Josie at (803) 775-8052.

The Campbell Soup friends will meet at 11:30 a.m.

Saturday, Jan. 4, at Golden Corral.

The Sumter Benedict Alumni Club will hold an important round-up meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 6, at the North HOPE Center. Call Shirley Blassingame at (803) 506-4019.

Jordan Crossroads Ministry Center â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Haven of Rest will hold its public monthly meeting at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8, at New Covenant Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall. Parking is available in the parking area nearest the entrance to the fellowship hall. Call Ann Driggers at (803) 3098085.

Diabetes Support Group will meet 12:301:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8, Carolina Diabetes and Kidney Center, 635 W. Wesmark Blvd., in the downstairs education room. Dr. Tepsiri Chongkrairatanakul will speak.

The Sumter Chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals will meet at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9, in the Bultman Conference Room, the University of South Carolina Sumter. All administrative professionals are invited.

The Mary McLeod Bethune Branch of the National Council of Negro Women will meet at 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10, at Morris College, North Main Street.

The Sumter Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind will hold its 2014 membership meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, at Shiloh-Randolph Manor, 125 W. Bartlette St. Associate member Judy L. Simon will accept annual membership dues.

Martha Gaither, of Blind Awareness, will speak. Transportation provided within the mileage radius. Contact Debra Canty at (803) 775-5792 or DebraCanC2@frontier. com. Call the 24-hour recorded message line at (206) 376-5992.

The National Association for Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) will meet Thursday, Jan 16, at Sunset Country Club. Continuing Education course will be held 11 a.m.-noon. Lunch and the quarterly meeting will be held noon-12:45 p.m. followed by Continuing Education course 1-2 p.m. Call Tammy Kelly at (803) 7738322.

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FINAL JUDGMENT The parties entered into a Consent Agreement and the Order was signed on February 14, 2011. Defendant provided the first payment to Plaintiff on or about March 31, 2011, however, Defendant has made no further payments. Defendant has failed to meet his obligations. Per the terms of the Consent Agreement and Order Plaintiff may certify, ex parte, to the Court that such failure has occurred and may proceed to request the Court that such failure has occurred and may proceed to request the Court to issue a Final judgment and FiFa issued instanter.

PURSUANT TO S.C. Code Ann § 15-35-930, you are hereby notified of the filing of the attached foreign judgment against you on 22nd day of January, 2013, in the office of the Clerk of Court of Sumter County, South Carolina. The name of the judgment creditor is Lawrence Bethea, the name of the attorneys of the judgment creditor are Thomas H. Brush and J. Chris Lanning of Brush & Lanning, P.A., with an address of 12-A Carriage Lane, Charleston, South Carolina, 29407.

You are hereby notified that you have thirty (30) days from the receipt of this Notice to seek relief from the enforcement of the judgment, and that if the judgment is not satisfied and no relief is sought within that thirty (30) days, the judgment will be enforced in Sumter County, South Carolina in the same manner as a judgment entered in Sumter County, South Carolina.

IT IS ORDER AND ADJUDGED, that Plaintiff recover to Defendant the sum of $49,700.00 principal, $14,205.92 interest through May 4, 2011 and interest continuing at 7% per annum and previous Court costs of $103.00, attorney's fees of $9,585.89, ad costs of this action.

SO ORDERED, this the 22 day of May, 2011.

AFFIDAVIT OF COUNSEL

HON. Pamela D. South Judge, Gwinnett County State Court

(S.C. Code Ann § 15-35-920) PERSONALLY APPEARED before me, J. Chris Lanning, who being duly sworn deposes and says that: 1. He is the attorney for the Plaintiff/Judgment Creditor in the above action.

2. That pursuant to an Order dated May 22, 2011 in the State Court of Gwinnett County, State of Georgia, Lawrence Bethea was awarded $49,700.00 principal, $14,205.92, interest through May 4, 2011 and interest continuing at 7% per annum, court costs of $103.00 and attorney's fees of $9,585.89 against Tracy Abrams after the Defendant failed to meet his obligations pursuant to a Consent Agreement and Order signed on February 14, 2011.

3. That the judgment reflected in the Order of the State Court of Gwinnett Court, State of Georgia by the Honorable Pamela D. South is final.

4. That the judgment reflected in the Order of the State Court of Gwinnett Court, State of Georgia is not contested as of this date.

5. That the judgment reflected in the Order the State Court of Gwinnett Court, State of Georgia has not been satisfied in whole or in part.

IN THE PROBATE COURT CASE NO. 13-ES-43-447 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER David Jenkins,

Plaintiff.

vs.

Tracy Abrams,

SUMMONS (Determination of Heirs) (In the Matter of Clifton Jenkins)

Submitted By: Holley Bricks State Bar #080465 1360 Center Drive, Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30338 770-551-9677

Petitioner, vs.

Dorothy Jenkins, Isaac Jenkins, Jr., Henry Jenkins, Mattie L. Kirven, Marvin Jenkins, and John Doe and Jane Roe representing unknown heirs of Clifton Jenkins, if any there be, Respondents, TO THE RESPONDENT(S), John Doe and Jane Roe: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Petition in this action, and to serve a copy of your Answer to this Petition upon the subscriber at his office, 27 West Calhoun Street, Sumter, South Carolina 29150, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Petition within the time aforesaid, the Petitioner in this action will apply to Court for a judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Petition.

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

Bid Notices

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT

BID NOTICE

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Complaint in the above-captioned action were filed on September 10, 2013, in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County, South Carolina.

Project: ITB #22-13/14 Nettles Road Waterline 2014 Invitation for Sealed Bids for City of Sumter will be received until Tuesday, January 7th, 2014 at 2:00 pm. For bid documents, plans and specifications contact the Office of the City Engineer at 803-436-2558 or visit www.sumtersc.gov/purchasing.aspx for more information.

Walter G. Newman, Attorney at Law, LLC P.O. Box 549 27 West Calhoun Street (29150) Sumter, SC 29151 Phone: 803-773-1943 Attorney for Petitioner

Summons & Notice

Summons & Notice

SUMMONS Deficiency Judgment Waived

Plaintiff through its law firm, Rogers Townsend and Thomas, PC. Rogers Townsend and Thomas, PC represents the Plaintiff in this action. Our law firm does not represent you. Under our ethical rules, we are prohibited from giving you any legal advice. You must submit any requests for Foreclosure Intervention consideration within 30 days from the date you are served with this Notice.

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS DOCKET NO. 13-CP-43-1839 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Wells Fargo Bank, NA, Plaintiff, v.

Brenda P. Greene; Twin Lakes Neighborhood Coalition; Defendant(s). (013263-04417)

IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION, THE FORECLOSURE ACTION MAY PROCEED.

TO THE DEFENDANT(S), Twin Lakes Neighborhood Coalition:

Rogers Townsend and Thomas, PC ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF Samuel C. Waters (SC Bar #5958) Cheryl H. Fisher (SC Bar #15213) Reginald P. Corley (SC Bar #69453) Jennifer W. Rubin (SC Bar #16727) Ellie C. Floyd (SC Bar #68635) Michael P. Morris (SC Bar #73560) Robert P. Davis (SC Bar #74030) William S. Koehler (SC Bar#74935) Vance L. Brabham, III (SC Bar #71250) Andrew W. Montgomery (SC Bar #79893) Andrew A. Powell (SC Bar #100210) J. Pamela Price (SC Bar # 014336) Laura R. Baer (SC Bar # 101076) Mary R. Powers (SC Bar # 16534) 220 Executive Center Drive Post Office Box 100200 (29202) Columbia, SC 29210 (803) 744-4444 Columbia, South Carolina 013263-04417 November 26, 2013 A-4433071 12/20/2013, 12/27/2013, 01/03/2014

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this foreclosure action on property located at 986 Twin Lakes Drive, Sumter, South Carolina 29154, being designated in the County tax records as TMS# 182-13-02-005, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, 220 Executive Center Drive, Suite 109, Post Office Box 100200, Columbia, South Carolina, 29202-3200, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem to represent said minor(s) within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff(s) herein. Columbia, South Carolina November 26, 2013

Notice of Sale NOTICE OF MASTER IN EQUITY SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 13-CP-43-0988

NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Complaint, of which the foregoing is a copy of the Summons, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Sumter County, South Carolina on October 14, 2013.

Columbia, South Carolina November 26, 2013.

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of MidFirst Bank, against Christine S. Miles, the Master in Equity for Sumter County, or his agent, will sell on January 6, 2014, at 12:00 P.M., at Sumter County Courthouse, 141 Main Street, Sumter, SC, to the highest bidder:

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to the South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, you may have a right to Foreclosure Intervention. To be considered for any available Foreclosure Intervention, you may communicate with and otherwise deal with the

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All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the Township of City and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated at Lot # 35, Block D,

Notice of Sale containing 0.356 acre, as shown on that certain plat prepared for O'Neal E. Miles and Christine S. Miles by Michael C. Turbeville, III, RLS, dated October 22, 1991, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Mesne Conveyances for Sumter County in Plat Book 91 at page 1360, and being bounded amd measuring according to said plat as follows: on the SOUTH by Lot # 34 (Creed) whereon it measures 200.86 feet; on the WEST by lands of Crosswell Orphanage, whereon it measures 76.88 feet; on the NORTH by lands of Crosswell Orphanage, whereone it measures 201.65 feet; and on the EAST by Creed Street, whereon it fronts and measures 77.36 feet; be all of said measurements a little more or a little less and according to said plat. This is the property known as 26 Creed Street.

TMS Number: 248-15-01-016 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 26 Creed St, Sumter, SC This being the same property conveyed to O'Neal E. Miles and Christine S. Miles as joint tenants with right of survivorship, by deed of Russell D. Morgan and Pamela E. Morgan, dated October 23, 1991 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County on October 24, 1991 in Deed Book 534 at Page 960. O'Neal E. Miles died on November 9, 2006.

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

Interest on the balance of the bid at 9.0% shall be paid to the day of compliance.

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

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

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

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

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

YEAR END CLEARANCE SALE $

$

9,995

2009 MITSUBISHI GALANT ES $

2007 HONDA PILOT

2007 VOLKSWAGEN NEW BEETLE CONVERITBLE $

2010 FORD EXPLORER

2000 NISSAN MAXIMA

2009 TOYOTA RAV4

8,995

2008 CHEVROLET COBALT $

9,995

17,995

2010 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY

$

9,995

2008 HONDA CR-V $

5,995

$

12,995

13,995

$

2012 HONDA ACCORD LX $

2011 NISSAN SENTRA SL

$

15,995

$

5,995

2006 MERCURY MONTEGO $

2012 HYUNDAI ACCENT

2012 HONDA CIVIC

2011 FORD FLEX

15,995

17,995

13,995

2011 DODGE NITRO

14,995

$

$

$

$

16,995

21,995

$

2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU 2LT $

2009 HONDA ACCORD

2009 FORD TAURUS

2007 FORD MUSTANG

9,995

$

11,995

15,495

15,995

GOODWIN AUTOMALL %URDG 6WUHHW Â&#x2021; 6XPWHU 6& Â&#x2021; Â&#x2021; ZZZ JRRGZLQFDUV FRP PRICES INCLUDE A $299 CLOSING FEE, BUT EXCLUDES TAX, TITLE AND REGISTRATION IF APPLICABLE. SEE DEALER FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. OFFER ENDS 1/5/2014.

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CLASSIFIEDS

THE ITEM Notice of Sale

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

NOTICE OF MASTER IN EQUITY SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 13-CP-43-1721

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of Branch Banking and Trust Company, against Stephen H. Broome Jr., et al., the Master in Equity for Sumter County, or his agent, will sell on January 6, 2014, at 12:00 P.M., at Sumter County Courthouse, 141 Main Street, Sumter, SC, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel, or lot of land, together with the dwelling and improvements thereon, lying and being situate in the City and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and delineated as Lot No. 1 of a seven lot subdivision on that plat prepared by Carl J. Croft, RPE, dated March 5, 1988 and recorded in Plat Book 88 at page 225 in the records of the Register of Deeds Office for Sumter County. Aforesaid plat is specifically incorporated herein and reference is craved thereto for a more complete and accurate description of the metes, bounds, courses and distances of the property concerned herein. This description is made in lieu of metes and bounds as permitted by law under ยง 30-5-250 of The Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976), as amended. This is the property known as 24 Haynsworth Street, Sumter, SC.

TMS Number: 228-05-05-009 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 24 Haynsworth St, Sumter, SC This being the same property conveyed to Stephen H. Broome, Jr. by deed of Erin E. Odam and Daniel Hoover, dated July 24, 2008, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County on August 11, 2008, in Deed Book 1110 at Page 2748.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Notice of Sale NOTICE OF SALE Deficiency Judgment Waived IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2008-CP-43-1612 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CHASE HOME FINANCE LLC, Plaintiff, v.

HELEN K. GILASH, Defendant.

BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CHASE HOME FINANCE LLC against HELEN K. GILASH, the undersigned Master in Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on 1/6/2014 at 12:00 pm, at the Sumter County Courthouse, Room 211, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA AND BEING SHOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT NO. 118A OF "LANDMARK POINTE" SUBDIVISION, PHASE 2, ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT OF JOSEPH R. EDWARDS, R.L.S., DATED SEPTEMBER 9, 2005, AND RECORDED IN THE SUMTER COUNTY R.O.D. OFFICE AT PLAT BOOK 2006, PAGE 62. REFERENCE IS DIRECTED TO SAID PLAT FOR A MORE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF METES, COURSES, DISTANCES, BOUNDARIES AND LENGTHS. THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO HELEN K. GILASH BY DEED OF SUMTER CONSTRUCTION CO., INC., DATED FEBRUARY 6, 2006, AND RECORDED FEBRUARY 13, 2006 IN BOOK 1016 AT PAGE 1072, SUMTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 3562 Beacon Drive, Sumter, SC 29154 TMS: 185-07-01-069 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding shall not remain open after the date of sale and shall be final on that date, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately. Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 7% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record, and valid lease agreements.

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

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Butler and Hosch, P.A. Genevieve S. Johnson, SC Bar No. 78480 1201 Main Street, Suite 1110 Columbia, South Carolina 29201 Telephone: (803) 252-7370 Fax: (803) 771-7768 Attorneys for Plaintiff

AMENDED NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE OF SALE BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Household Finance Corporation II vs. Clayton D. Robertson; C/A No. 13-CP-43-1436, The following property will be sold on January 6, 2014 at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the Township of Providence, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as Lot #7 of Pecan Acres Subdivision, as shown on that certain plat prepared

by H.S. Willson, RLS, dated October 6, 1970 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book Z-29 at Page 39 and having such metes and bounds as are shown on said plat. This description being in lieu of metes and bounds, as permitted under Section 30-5-250 of the 1976 Code of Laws of South Carolina, as amended.

Derivation: Book 891 at Page 892.

4165 Brabham Drive, Dalzell, SC 29040 152-03-01-024, SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit on the day of sale or fails or refuses to comply with the bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at the bidder's risk. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 10.974% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #13-CP-43-1436.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date. Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County, Samuel C. Waters, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 013057-01185 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources / Foreclosures Sales) 1073828 12/20, 12/27, 01/03/2014

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS COURT FILE NO.13-CP-43-1438 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS SBM TO WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, vs.

MILAN HOMES, INC., JOSEPH MITCHELL HOOK, ALAN P. HUMPHRIES, AND BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Defendants.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that under and by virtue of a Decree of this Honorable Court filed in the above-entitled action, I shall offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash according to the custom of auction, at the SUMTER County Judicial Center, 215 N. Harvin Street, SumterSouth Carolina, at 12:00 o'clock in the afternoon, or as soon thereafter as the matter can be reached, on Monday, January 6, 2014, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the following described real property, to wit: All that certain pieces, parcel or lots of land, together with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, identified as Lot No. 166 of Knights Village Subdivision, Phase III, Section II as shown on a plat thereof prepared by Louis W. Tisdale, R.L.S. dated March 8, 2007 recorded in Plat Book 2007 at page 107, records of Sumter County. Aforesaid Plats are specifically incorporated herein and reference is craved thereto for a more complete and accurate description of the metes, bounds, courses and distances of the property convened herein. This description is in lieu of metes and bounds, as permitted by law under Section 30-5-250 of the 1976 Code of Laws of South Carolina, As Amended. Be all measurements a little more or a little less and according to said plats.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 03, 2014

Notice of Sale

Notice of Sale

Notice of Sale

Deed Book 958 at page 1249, records of Sumter County and in which Tyler B. Dunlap, Jr. conveyed a 97.5% interest to Dunlap Properties Limited Partnership by deed dated October 18, 2006 and recorded on October 19, 2006 in Deed Book 1050 at page 1, records of Sumter County.

Most recently conveyed to Milan Homes, Inc. by deed from Tyler B. Dunlap, Jr., and Dunlap Properties Limited Partnership to be recorded herewith.

may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if required by the purchaser.

property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding shall not remain open after the date of sale and shall be final on that date, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 2.375% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances.

TMS No. Portion of 22500-01-004 PROPERTY ADDRESS: Lot 166 of Knights Village, Sumter -ALSOAll that certain piece, parcel and lot/tract of land with improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina identified as Lot No 177 of Knights Village Subdivision, Phase II, Section 3 as shown on a plat thereof prepared by Louis W. Tisdale, R.L.S. drawn May 1, 2007 and recorded on May 2, 2007 in plat Book 2007 at page 204, records of Sumter County. Aforesaid Plats are specifically incorporated herein and reference is craved thereto for a more complete and accurate description of the metes, bounds, courses and distances of the property concerned herein. This description is in lieu of metes and bounds, as permitted by law under Section 30-5-250 of the 1976 Code of Laws of South Carolina, As Amended. Be all measurements a little more or a little less and according to said plats.

Derivation: This being a part of the same property conveyed to the Grantor by deed of Miriam S. Epps, Trustee of the Thomas E. Epps Trust U/A dated April 2, 2001 and said deed dated 11/4/04 and recorded on November 4, 2004 in Deed Book 958 at page 1249, records of Sumter County and in which Tyler B. Dunlap, Jr. conveyed a 97.5% interest to Dunlap Properties limited Partnership by deed dated October 18, 2006 and recorded on October 19, 2006 in Deed Book 1050 at page 1, records of Sumter County.

Most recently conveyed to Milan Homes, Inc. by deed from Tyler B. Dunlap, Jr., and Dunlap Properties Limited Partnership to be recorded herein.

The property is sold subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements, encumbrances and restrictions of record.

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity Sumter, SC Plaintiff's Attorney: David B. Wheeler/ Joseph T. Belton, 843-579-7000

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2013-CP-43-00479 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, fka Bankers Trust Company of California, N.A., as Trustee for the Certificateholders of the Vendee Mortgage Trust 1996-1, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Guaranteed REMIC Pass-Through Certificates vs.

Thomas P. Thompson Jr.; Julie S. Thompson; Republic Finance, LLC, et al., the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on January 6, 2014 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: THAT LOT OF LAND WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON SITUATE IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA, REPRESENTED AS LOT 12 ON PLAT OF J.P. EDWARDS DATED APRIL 26, 1985, RECORDED IN THE SUMTER COUNTY RMC OFFICE IN PLAT BOOK PB85 AT PAGE 393.

THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED BY DEED FROM THE SECRETARY OF VETERAN AFFAIRS, AN OFFICER OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR VENDEE MORTGAGE TRUST 1996-1, RECORDED ON MARCH 25, 1996 IN THE OFFICE OF THE RMC FOR SUMTER COUNTY IN BOOK 643, AT PAGE 965.

TMS#: Portion of 225-00-01-004

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 23 Wen Le Court East, Sumter, SC 29150

Property Address: 1180 Chivalry Street, Sumter

TMS: 249-07-01-015

-ALSOAll that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and delineated as Lot 5, on a plat of Mayfield Subdivision prepared by D.D. Edmunds, RLS dated December 17, 2003 and recorded in the Office of the ROD for Sumter County in Plat Book 2004 at page 48. Reference being made to said latter plat which is incorporated herein by reference for a more complete and accurate description; all measurements being a little more or less. Aforesaid plat is specifically incorporated herein and reference is craved thereto for a more complete and accurate description of the metes, bounds, courses and distances of the property concerned herein. This description is in lieu of metes and bounds, as permitted by law under Section 30-5-250 of the 1976 Code of Laws of South Carolina, As Amended. Be all measurements a little more or a little less and according to said plat.

This conveyance is made subject to any and all existing reservations, easements, right-of-way, zoning ordinances, and restrictive or protective covenants that may appear of record or on the premises.

Derivation: This being a portion of the same property conveyed to Mayfield Land Company, LLC by deed from Robert D. Belk individually and d/b/a Sumter Mortgage Company, dated March 30, 2004, and recorded March 30, 2004, in Book 931, at Page 917, (for lots 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9).

TMS No. 15508-03-002 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1355 Mayfield Drive, Sumter -ALSOAll that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, identified as Lot 149 of Knights Village Subdivision, Phase III, as shown on a plat prepared by Louis W. Tisdale, RLS, dated 3/08/07 and recorded in Plat Book 2007 at page 107 in the ROD for Sumter County. Also shown as Lot 149 on a plat prepared by Louis White Tisdale, RLS, recorded on 10/02/06 in Plat Book 2006 at Page 461 in the Office of the ROD for Sumter County.

This being a portion of the same property conveyed to the Grantor herein by deed of Miriam S. Epps, Trustee of the Thomas E. Epps Trust U/A dated April 2, 2001, recorded 11/04/04 in Book 958 at page 1249.

TMS#: 22609 03 041 Property Address: 1195 Floyd Drive, Sumter, SC 29152 As the Plaintiff did not waive its right for a deficiency judgment in the Complaint, this sale will be reopened for final bidding at 12:00 p.m. on February 5, 2014.

The Plaintiff reserves the right to waive deficiency up to and including the date of sale. The Plaintiff also reserves the right to determine whether the Property will be sold separately or as a group or any combination thereof.

This conveyance is made subject to any and all existing reservations, easements, right-of-way, zoning ordinances, and restrictive or protective covenants that may appear of record or on the premises and otherwise affecting the property.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid, the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. In the case of a deficiency judgment being sought, even though the bidding remains open for 30 days, the high bidder, other than the Plaintiff, on the day of the first sale will be required to put down the required five (5%) per cent deposit. If applicable, the successful bidder shall pay for deed preparation, costs of recording the deed, and transfer taxes on the deed.

In the event the successful bidder shall be other than Plaintiff, Plaintiff shall be entitled to interest on the bid from date of sale to date of compliance at the rate of $9.76 per day.

Derivation: This being a portion of the same property conveyed to the Grantor by deed of Miriam S. Epps, Trustee of the Thomas E. Epps Trust U/A dated April 2, 2001 and said deed dated November 4, 2004 and recorded on November 4, 2004 in

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty (30) days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Sumter County

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

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

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

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

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2013-CP-43-00349 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. vs. Michael Gregg Wilson; Household Finance Corporation II, et al., the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on January 6, 2014 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND, TOGETHER WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE TOWNSHIP OF PROVIDENCE, COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BEING SHOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT NO. 634, CONTAINING 2.24 ACRES OF SECTION NO. 1 AUTUMN PLACE SUBDIVISION, AS SHOWN ON THAT RECENT PLAT PREPARED BY BEN J. MAKELA, RLS, DATED MAY 3, 1999, AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY IN PLAT BOOK 99, PAGE 444, HAVING SUCH BOUNDARIES AND MEASUREMENTS AS SHOWN ON SAID PLAT, REFERENCE TO WHICH IS HEREBY CRAVED FOR A MORE COMPLETE AND ACCURATE DESCRIPTION, ALL MEASUREMENTS BEING A LITTLE MORE OR LESS. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO MICHAEL GREGG WILSON BY DEED OF SAMUEL L. JOHNSON AND KATHRYN D. JOHNSON DATED MAY 12, 1999 AND RECORDED MAY 13, 1999 IN DEED BOOK 740 AT PAGE 1412 IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 4675 Fountain Court, Dalzell, SC 29040 TMS: 153-01-01-020 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the

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

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

Notice of Sale C/A No: 2013-CP-43-01522

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of Trustmark National Bank against, Jason Gleaton individually and as Personal Representative for the Estate of Lever R. Gleaton, Jr., and Kathryn St. Clair, I the undersigned as Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on January 6, 2014, at 12 pm, at the Sumter County Courthouse in Sumter, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: Legal Description and Property Address: ALL THAT CERTAIN piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying, and being in the City and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as Lot #5, as shown on that certain plat prepared by Carl J. Croft, RLS, dated October 12, 1987, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 87 at Page 1544, and having such metes and bounds as are shown on said plat, this description being in lieu of metes and bounds, as permitted under Section 30-5-250 of the 1976 Code of Laws of South Carolina, as amended.

THIS BEING the same property conveyed to Lever R. Gleaton, Jr. by virtue of a Deed from Eugenia A. Boyle dated April 23, 2004 and recorded April 26, 2004 in Book 935 at Page 244 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina.

95 Willow Drive, Sumter, SC 29150 TMS # 229-15-02-025 TERMS OF SALE: For cash. Interest at the rate of Three And 50/100 percent (3.50%) to be paid on balance of bid from date of sale to date of compliance. The purchaser to pay for papers and stamps, and that the successful bidder or bidders, other than the Plaintiff therein, do, upon the acceptance of his or her bid, deposit with the Master in Equity for Sumter County a certified check or cash in the amount equal to five percent (5%) of the amount of bid on said premises at the sale as evidence of good faith in bidding, and subject to any resale of said premises under Order of this Court; and in the event the said purchaser or purchasers fail to comply with the terms of sale within Twenty (20) days, the Master in Equity shall forthwith resell the said property, after the due notice and advertisement, and shall continue to sell the same each subsequent sales day until a purchaser, who shall comply with the terms of sale, shall be obtained, such sales to be made at the risk of the former purchaser. Since a personal or deficiency judgment is waived, the bidding will not remain open but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. If the Plaintiff or the Plaintiff's representative does not appear at the above-described sale, then the sale of the property will be null, void, and of no force and effect. In such event, the sale will be rescheduled for the next available sales day. Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale.

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

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

NOTICE OF SALE IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2013-CP-43-963 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER U.S. Bank, N.A., as trustee on behalf of Manufactured Housing Contract Senior/Subordinate Pass-Through Certificate Trust 1997-5, by Green Tree Servicing LLC, as Servicer with delegated authority under the transaction documents, Plaintiff, -vsThe Estate of Alfred F. Sorrell a/k/a Alfred Floyd Sorrell, by and through the Personal Representative Jean C. Sorrell; Jean C. Sorrell and John A. Sorrell a/k/a John Allen Sorrell, Individually, and as Heirs-at-Law of Alfred F. Sorrell a/k/a Alfred Floyd Sorrell; Donna Jean Swink, Steven Alfred Sorrell, Benny James Sorrell, Mavis Jolene Lamberth and Alberta Ovaline Smith, as Heirs-at-Law of Alfred F. Sorrell a/k/a Alfred Floyd Sorrell; and Carolina Power & Light Company n/k/a Duke Energy Progress, Inc., and any and all persons claiming any right, title, estate or interest in real estate described in the Complaint any unknown adults being as a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown infants or persons under disability being as a class designated as Richard Roe, Defendant(s) BY VIRTUE of a judgment heretofore granted in the case of U.S. Bank, N.A., as trustee on behalf of Manufactured Housing Contract Senior/Subordinate Pass-Through Certificate Trust 1997-5, by Green Tree Servicing LLC, as Servicer with delegated authority under the transaction documents, vs. The Estate of Alfred F. Sorrell a/k/a Alfred Floyd Sorrell, by and through the Personal Representative Jean C. Sorrell; Jean C. Sorrell and John A. Sorrell a/k/a John Allen Sorrell,

Notice of Sale

Individually, and as Heirs-at-Law of Alfred F. Sorrell a/k/a Alfred Floyd Sorrell; Donna Jean Swink, Steven Alfred Sorrell, Benny James Sorrell, Mavis Jolene Lamberth and Alberta Ovaline Smith, as Heirs-at-Law of Alfred F. Sorrell a/k/a Alfred Floyd Sorrell; and Carolina Power & Light Company n/k/a Duke Energy Progress, Inc., I, Richard L. Booth, as Master In Equity for Sumter County, will sell on January 6, 2014, at 12:00 Noon, at the Sumter County Courthouse, 215 N. Harvin Street, Sumter, SC 29150, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL, OR TRACT OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AND BEING SHOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT 20, ON A PLAT OF A.P. RUSSELL, RLS, DATED 7/27/67, AND RECORDED 2/11/69 IN PLAT BOOK Z-26 AT PAGE 99; SAID LOT BEING BOUNDED AND MEASURING ACCORDING TO SAID PLAT, AND HAVING SUCH METES AND BOUNDS AS REFERENCE TO SAID PLAT WILL SHOW, ALL MEASUREMENTS BEING A LITTLE MORE OR LESS. BEING THE IDENTICAL PROPERTY HERETOFORE CONVEYED TO ALFRED F. SORRELL AND JEAN C. SORRELL

BY DEED OF W.M. HODGE AND C.C. GOODWIN DATED 6/7/78, RECORDED 6/15/78 IN DEED BOOK Z10 AT PAGE 869.

SUBSEQUENTLY, ALFRED F. SORRELL AND JEAN C. SORRELL CONVEYED A ONE- THIRD (1/3) UNDIVIDED INTEREST IN AND TO JOHN A. SORRELL BY DEED DATED 05/27/1997 AND RECORDED 5/27/97 IN DEED BOOK 675 AT PAGE 1336.

TMS #: 1320101012 Physical Address: 5615 Oak Hill Rd., Sumter, SC 29154 Mobile Home: 1997 GENERAL VID# GMHGA3139715771A&B SUBJECT TO SUMTER COUNTY TAXES TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity at conclusion of the bidding, five (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, the same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff's debt in the case of noncompliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at the time of the bid or comply with the other terms or the bid within twenty (20) days, then the Master In Equity may resell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the former highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 8.75% per annum.

Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County Theodore von Keller, Esquire B. Lindsay Crawford, III, Esquire Sara Hutchins Columbia, South Carolina Attorney for Plaintiff

Notice of Sale C/A No: 2012-CP-43-02100

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of Bank of America, N.A. against, Chauncey Q. McCoy, and The South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, I the undersigned as Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on January 6, 2014, at 12 pm, at the Sumter County Courthouse in Sumter, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: Legal Description Address:

and

Property

That lot of land with any improvements thereon situate in Providence Township, school district Two, Sumter County, South Carolina, represented as Lot 135 on plat of Robert G. Mathis dated May 2, 1994, recorded in the Sumter County RMC Office in Plat Book 95 at Page 3, 4, & 5.

Also included: 1997 24 x 52 Admiral GMHGA1239611697AB mobile home This being the same property conveyed to Chauncey Q. McCoy by deed of Charles Smith, dated November 6, 2007 and recorded on November 9, 2007 in the Register of Deeds Office for Sumter County, South Carolina in Book 1095 at Page 1135.

3400 Delaware Drive, Dalzell, SC 29040 TMS # 151-13-02-017 TERMS OF SALE: For cash. Interest at the rate of Seven And 00/100 percent (7.0%) to be paid on balance of bid from date of sale to date of compliance. The purchaser to pay for papers and stamps, and that the successful bidder or bidders, other than the Plaintiff therein, do, upon the acceptance of his or her bid, deposit with the Master in Equity for Sumter County a certified check or cash in the amount equal to five percent (5%) of the amount of bid on said premises at the sale as evidence of good faith in bidding, and subject to any resale of said premises under Order of this Court; and in the event the said purchaser or purchasers fail to comply with the terms of sale within Twenty (20) days, the Master in Equity shall forthwith resell the said property, after the due notice and advertisement, and shall continue to sell the same each subsequent sales day until a purchaser, who shall comply with the terms of sale, shall be obtained, such sales to be made at the risk of the former purchaser. Since a personal or deficiency judgment is waived, the bidding will not remain open but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. If the Plaintiff or the Plaintiff's representative does not appear at the above-described sale, then the sale of the property will be null, void, and of no force and effect. In such event, the sale will be rescheduled for the next available sales day. Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale.

Sold subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and

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forth in a supplemental order. restrictions of record.

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

NOTICE OF SALE BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: PHH Mortgage Corporation vs. Sharon A. Chichester n/k/a Sharon Drayton; Jennifer Chichester; Cyril A. Chichester; Bobby Drayton; Dale C. Duffy, C/A No. 13-CP-43-0612, The following property will be sold on January 6, 2014 at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with any improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina identified as a lot containing 0.41 acres, more or less, as shown on a plat prepared by D.D. Edwards, R.L.S. dated September 14, 1998 and recorded in plat book 98 at page 1076, records of Sumter County.

This property is known as 6 Park Avenue and is further identified as Sumter County Tax Map Parcel No. 228-11-01-052. Aforesaid Plat is specifically incorporated herein and reference is craved thereto for a more complete and accurate description of the metes and bounds, as permitted by law under Section 30-5-250 of the 1976 Code of Laws of South Carolina, as amended. Be all measurements a little more or less and according to said plat.

Derivation: Book 1146; Page 101 6 Park Avenue, Sumter, SC 29150 228-11-01-052, SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit on the day of sale or fails or refuses to comply with the bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at the bidder's risk. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 6.436% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #13-CP-43-0612.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date. Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County, Samuel C. Waters, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 011227-00886 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources / Foreclosures Sales) 1073829 12/20, 12/27, 01/03/2014

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2013-CP-43-01007 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. vs. Gena D. Corbin-Brown; Jay D. Brown II; Patriot Village I Homeowners Association, Inc., et al., the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on January 6, 2014 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND, T O G E T H E R W I T H IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BEING SHOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT THIRTY-NINE (39) ON A PLAT OF PATRIOT VILLAGE II, PHASE I

BY LOUIS WHITE TISDALE, PLS, DATED AND SIGNED OCTOBER 10, 2006, AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY IN PLAT BOOK 2006 AT PAGE 501.

THE SAID LOT IS MORE SPECIFICALLY SHOWN AND DELINEATED ON A PLAT PREPARED FOR JAY D. BROWN AND GENA D. CORBIN-BROWN BY R. BRIAN PATE, PLS, DATED MAY 12, 2008, AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 2008 AT PAGE 179. THE LATTER PLAT IS INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE AND IS MADE A PART HEREOF FOR A MORE COMPLETE AND ACCURATE DESCRIPTION. ALL MEASUREMENTS SHOWN ON SAID PLAT ARE A LITTLE MORE OR LESS. THIS IS THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO JAY D. BROWN, II AND GENA D. CORBIN-BROWN BY DEED OF SHUMAKER HOMES, INC. DATED MAY 29, 2008 AND RECORDED JUNE 10, 2010 IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY IN DEED BOOK 1107 AT PAGE 1822.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 590 Batty Way, Sumter, SC 29154 TMS: 185-09-04-013 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding shall not remain open after the date of sale and shall be final on that date, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 6.375% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances.

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

The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Attorneys for Plaintiff NOTICE OF SALE BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Green Tree Servicing, LLC vs. Glen K.T. Reynolds; Natasha M. Reynolds; USAA Federal Savings Bank, C/A No. 12-CP-43-1672, The following property will be sold on January 6, 2014 at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel and lot of land with improvements thereon situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina identified as Lot No. 94 of General Sumter Estates Subdivision and being more fully shown on a plat prepared by D.D. Edmunds, R.L.S., dated September 16, 1983 and recorded in Plat Book Z-47 at Page 846, records of Sumter County. This property is known as 6243 Quimby Road and is further identified as Sumter County Tax Parcel No. 093-01-01-003. Aforesaid plat is specifically incorporated herein and reference is craved thereto for a more complete and accurate description of the metes, bounds, courses and distances of the property concerned herein. This description is in lieu of metes and bounds, as permitted by law under Section 30-5-250 of the 1976 Code of Laws of South Carolina, as amended.

Be all measurements a little more or less and according to said plat.

Derivation: Book 1092; Page 114 6243 Quimby Road, Dalzell, SC 29040 0931101003, SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit on the day of sale or fails or refuses to comply with the bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at the bidder's risk. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 6.625% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #12-CP-43-1672.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date. Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County, Samuel C. Waters, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 014293-00291 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources / Foreclosures Sales) 1073831 12/20, 12/27, 01/03/2014

MASTER IN EQUITY'S NOTICE OF SALE 2013-CP-43-1573

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association vs.

Matthew T. Thewes and Cher Lynn Thewes, I, the undersigned Richard L. Booth, Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Monday, January 6, 2014, at 12:00 p.m., at the Sumter County Courthouse, 215 Harvin Street, Sumter, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the dwelling and improvements thereon, lying and being situate in the City and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, containing 0.45 acre, more or less, and being shown and delineated as Lot No. 53, Section "B" of Edgewater Subdivision on that Plat prepared by D.D. Edmunds, RLS, dated July 25, 1984 and recorded in Plat Book 94 at page 1045 in the records of the Register of Deeds Office for Sumter County, aforesaid palt is specifically incorporated herein and reference is craved thereto for a more complete and accurate description of the metes, bounds, courses and distances of the property concerned herein. This description is made in lieu of metes and bounds as permitted by law under 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976), as amended.

This being the same property conveyed to Matthew T. Thewes and Cher Lynn Thewes, as joint tenants with right of survivorship, and not as tenants in common, by Deed of Karl L. Pittman and Tracy J. Pittman dated February 18, 2008 and recorded February 27, 2008 in Book 1101 at Page 231 in the ROD Office for Sumter County.

TMS No. 205-12-03-028 Property address: 510 Vivian Road, Sumter, SC 29150 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of said bid is due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. In the event of a third party bidder and that any third party bidder fails to deliver the required deposit in certified (immediately collectible) funds with the Office of the Master in Equity, said deposit being due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding on the day of sale, the Master in Equity will re-sell the subject property at the most convenient time thereafter (including the day of sale) upon notification to counsel for Plaintiff.

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

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

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

The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 5.0% per annum.

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

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

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

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

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

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Scott Law Firm, P.A. Attorney for Plaintiff NOTICE OF SALE BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: EverBank vs. Ronald A. Emerson, C/A No. 12-CP-43-2261, The following property will be sold on January 6, 2014 at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements, if any, situate, lying and being in the City and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as Lot No. 2 Block D of Bon Air Terrace Subdivision as shown on that certain of D.D. Edmunds RLS dated May 26, 1992 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book PB92, Page 934.

This said lot has such metes, boundaries, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, which are incorporated herein in accordance with the provisions of section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976. Derivation: Book 1119 at Page 978 103 Thomas Dr, Sumter, SC 29150 2040501006, SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit on the day of sale or fails or refuses to comply with the bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at the bidder's risk. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 5.5% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #12-CP-43-2261.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date. Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County, Samuel C. Waters, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 006735-01473 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources / Foreclosures Sales) 1072179 12/20, 12/27, 01/03/2014

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2013-CP-43-01354 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. vs. Deborah C. Barnes; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ; Household Finance Corporation, et al., the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on January 6, 2014 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND, WITH THE DWELLING AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, DESIGNATED AS LOT NO. 11, BLOCK D, OF WILSON PARK, AS SHOWN IN PLAT BOOK S-5 AT PAGE 109, AND MORE RECENTLY AND PARTICULARLY SHOWN ON A PLAT BY JOSEPH R. EDWARDS, RLS, DATED DECEMBER 3, 1990, RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 90 AT PAGE 1583, RECORDS OF SUMTER COUNTY. THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO THOMAS B. BARNES, III AND DEBORAH C. BARNES, AS JOINT TENANTS WITH RIGHTS OF SURVIVORSHIP BY DEED OF MARK A. WADE AND JULIE F. WADE DATED DECEMBER 27, 1990 AND RECORDED DECEMBER 27, 1990 IN BOOK 518 AT PAGE 743, IN THE RECORDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THEREAFTER THOMAS B. BARNES, III PASSED AWAY AND TITLE TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY PASSED TO DEBORAH C. BARNES BY OPERATION OF LAW.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 33 Wilson Street, Sumter, SC 29150 TMS: 24809-04-070 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding shall not remain open after the date of sale and shall be final on that date, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale

Notice of Sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 9.5% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances.

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

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

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2013-CP-43-00990 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. vs. Albert L. Bell; Easter A. Bell, et al., the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on January 6, 2014 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL, OR LOT OF LAND, TOGETHER WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, IF ANY, SITUATE, LYING, AND BEING IN THE COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BEING SHOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT # 30 OF EDGEWOOD PARK SUBDIVISION, AS SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT PREPARED BY R.F. MCLELLAN, C.E., DATED MARCH 3, 1950 AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY IN PLAT BOOK Z-9 AT PAGE 48, AND HAVING SUCH METES AND BOUNDS AS ARE SHOWN ON SAID PLAT, THIS DESCRIPTION BEING IN LIEU OF METES AND BOUNDS, AS PERMITTED UNDER SECTION 30-5-250 OF THE 1976 CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AS AMENDED. THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO ALBERT L. BELL AND EASTER A. BELL BY DEED OF EDWIN E. MAYHEW DATED NOVEMBER 13, 2003 AND RECORDED NOVEMBER 14, 2003 IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY IN BOOK 916 AT PAGE 757. THEREAFTER, EASTER A. BELL CONVEYED HER INTEREST TO ALBERT L. BELL

BY DEED DATED DECEMBER 23, 2009 AND RECORDED MARCH 31, 2010 IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY IN BOOK 1137 AT PAGE 001644.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 9 Edgewood Drive, Sumter, SC 29150 TMS: 205-11-01-038

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THIS BEING THE IDENTICAL PROPERTY CONVEYED TO ALTON G. GOODWIN BY DEED OF CHRIS LEE DATED AUGUST 16, 2007 AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY IN BOOK 1090, PAGE 633 ON AUGUST 20, 2007.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 2590 Highview Street, Sumter, SC 29150 TMS: 212-00-01-005 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding shall not remain open after the date of sale and shall be final on that date, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 7.125% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances.

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

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

Notice of Sale C/A No: 2013-CP-43-01117

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of Nationstar Mortgage LLC against, Alok S. Patel, and Kellie L. Patel, I the undersigned as Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on January 6, 2014, at 12 pm, at the Sumter County Courthouse in Sumter, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: Legal Description Address:

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

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 10% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances.

ALL THAT CERTAIN piece parcel and lot of land with improvements thereon situate, lying and being in the County and City of Sumter, State of South Carolina identified as Lot No. 52 as shown on a plat prepared

by Louis W. Tisdale, R.L.S. dated August 23, 1995 and recorded in Plat Book 95 at Page 914 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County. Aforesaid Plat is specifically incorporated herein and reference is craved thereto for a more complete and accurate description of the metes, bounds, courses and distances of the property concerned herein. This description is in lieu of metes and bounds, as permitted by law under Section 30-5-250 of the 1976 Code of Laws of South Carolina, as amended.

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

TERMS OF SALE: For cash. Interest at the rate of Six And 875/1000 percent (6.875%) to be paid on balance of bid from date of sale to date of compliance. The purchaser to pay for papers and stamps, and that the successful bidder or bidders, other than the Plaintiff therein, do, upon the acceptance of his or her bid, deposit with the Master in Equity for Sumter County a certified check or cash in the amount equal to five percent (5%) of the amount of bid on said premises at the sale as evidence of good faith in bidding, and subject to any resale of said premises under Order of this Court; and in the event the said purchaser or purchasers fail to comply with the terms of sale within Twenty (20) days, the Master in Equity shall forthwith resell the said property, after the due notice and advertisement, and shall continue to sell the same each subsequent sales day until a purchaser, who shall comply with the terms of sale, shall be obtained, such sales to be made at the risk of the former purchaser.

Since a personal or deficiency judgment is waived, the bidding will not remain open but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. If the Plaintiff or the Plaintiff's representative does not appear at the above-described sale, then the sale of the property will be null, void, and of no force and effect.

In such event, the sale will be rescheduled for the next available sales day. Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale.

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

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

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2010-CP-43-2053 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP f/k/a Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP vs. Alton G. Goodwin aka Alton Glenn Goodwin, Jr., South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, SAFE Federal Credit Union, and Chris L. Lee, et al., the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on January 6, 2014 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT PIECE, PARCEL OR TRACT OF LAND WITH IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, IF ANY, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN PRIVATEER TOWNSHIP, COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, CONTAINING 1.04 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AND DESIGNATED AS LOT NO. 30 ON A PLAT OF H.S. WILLSON, RLS, DATED FEBRUARY 9, 1978 AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY IN PLAT BOOK Z-41, PAGE 437. THIS SAID LOT HAS SUCH METES, BOUNDARIES, COURSES AND DISTANCES AS ARE SHOWN ON SAID PLAT, WHICH ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 30-5-250 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976. ALSO, A 1991 GENE MANUFACTURED HOME WITH SERIAL NO. GMHGA116914739A&B. THIS IS THE SAME PROPERTY KNOWN AS 2590 HIGHVIEW STREET, SUMTER, SC. REPRESENTED BY SUMTER COUNTY PARCEL NO. 121-00-01-005.

INCLUDED HEREWITH: 1991 GENE MANUFACTURED HOME VIN: GMHGA116914739A+B. SEE MANUFACTURED HOME RETIREMENT AFFIDAVIT RECORDED ON 3/7/08 IN BOOK

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THIS BEING the same property conveyed to Alok S. Patel and Kellie L. Patel by virtue of a Deed from Burrell S. Rogerson, Jr. and Jennifer B. Rogerson dated May 31, 2007 and recorded June 1, 2007 in Book 1080 at Page 1115 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina.

720 Cardinal Street, Sumter, SC 29150 TMS # 205-06-03-053

Master in Equity For Sumter County Sumter, South Carolina KORN LAW FIRM, P.A. Attorney for Plaintiff 1300 Pickens Street Columbia, SC 29211 NOTICE OF SALE BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for VOLT Asset Holdings Trust XVI vs. Cecelia M. Clark; Franklin R. Clark, Sr., C/A No. 12-CP-43-1773, The following property will be sold on January 6, 2014 at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the City and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being more particularly shown and delineated as Lot 101, in The Village Subdivision, Section 2 as shown on that certain plat of H. S. Willson, RLS, dated October 22, 1975 and recorded in the Office of the ROD for Sumter County in Plat Book Z-37 at Page 271. The

said tract/lot(s) has/have such boundaries, metes, courses and distances as are shown on said plat which are incorporated herein in accordance with the provision of Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of SC, 1976. This property is more generally known as 570 Alpine Drive.

Derivation: Book 1031 at Page 1704 570 Alpine Drive, Sumter, SC 29154 206-15-01020, SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit on the day of sale or fails or refuses to comply with the bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at the bidder's risk. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 5.672% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #12-CP-43-1773.

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

Paul Weissenstein Special Referee for Sumter County, Samuel C. Waters, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 016426-00142 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources / Foreclosures Sales) 1073891 12/20, 12/27, 01/03/2014

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2013-CP-43-01183 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: Bank of America, N.A. vs. David Sims, et al., the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on January 6, 2014 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND, WITH ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, LYING, BEING AND SITUATE IN THE COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEING SHOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT 48 OF KNIGHTS VILLAGE SUBDIVISION, PHASE 2, SECTION 2, AS SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT PREPARED BY LOUIS W. TISDALE, RLS, DATED APRIL 24, 2006 AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY IN PLAT BOOK 2006 AT PAGE 210.

PURSUANT TO SECTION 30-5-250 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, (1976, AS AMENDED) REFERENCE TO SAID PLAT IS HEREBY MADE FOR THE METES, BOUNDS, COURSES AND/OR DISTANCES OF THE PROPERTY DELINEATED THEREON. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO DAVID SIMS FROM MORRIS CONSTRUCTION CO., BY DEED DATED APRIL 3, 2007, AND RECORDED ON APRIL 9, 2007, IN VOLUME 1072 AT PAGE 1895.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 1291 Glastonbury, Sumter, SC 29154 TMS: 226-16-01-116 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding shall not remain open after the date of sale and shall be final on that date, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 4.875% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances.

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

The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Attorneys for Plaintiff NOTICE OF SALE BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: PHH Mortgage Corporation vs. Sandra Nelms a/k/a Sandra L. Nelms a/k/a Sandra Lin Nelms; Sean Nelms a/k/a Sean Hunter Nelms; C/A No. 13-CP-43-0894, The following property will be sold on January 6, 2014 at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the City of Sumter, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, designated as Lot No. 50 of Salisbury Subdivision, Section No. 3 on a plat prepared by Carl J. Croft, P.L.S., dated July 28, 1997 and recorded with the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 97 at Page 936. Pursuant to Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, (1976, as amended), reference to said plat is hereby made for the metes, bounds, courses and/or distances of the property delineated thereon.

Derivation: Book 1001 at Page 1596 1730 Stadium Rd, Sumter, SC 29154-7280 207-13-07-005, SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in

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which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit, or comply with his bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at his risk. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 5.875% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #13-CP-43-0894.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date. Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County, Samuel C. Waters, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 011227-01172 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources / Foreclosures Sales) 1073797 12/20, 12/27, 01/03/2014

MASTER IN EQUITY'S NOTICE OF SALE 2013-CP-43-1511

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Branch Banking and Trust Company vs.

William C. Jones a/k/a Willie Jones, Lanell Jones, et al., I, the undersigned Richard L. Booth, Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Monday, January 6, 2014, at 12:00 p.m., at the Sumter County Courthouse, 215 Harvin Street, Sumter, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel and lot of land with improvements thereon situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina identified as Lot No. 101 of Foxcroft Subdivision Section No. 1 and being more fully shown on a plat prepared

by Louis W. Tisdale, R.L.S., dated 8/8/05 and recorded in plat book 2005 at page 385, records of Sumter County. This property is known as 3045 Foxcroft Circle and is further identified as Sumter County Tax Map Parcel No. 206-16-01-050.

Aforesaid plat is specifically incorporated herein and reference is craved thereto for a more complete and accurate description of the metes, bounds, courses and distances of the property concerned herein. This description is in lieu of metes and bounds, as permitted by law under Section 30-5-250 of the 1976 Code of Laws of South Carolina, As Amended. Be all measurements a little more or a little less and according to said plat.

This being the same property conveyed to William C. Jones and Lanell Jones by Deed of Brian J. Altsman dated October 15, 2010 and recorded January 19, 2011 in Book 1149 at Page 2713 in the ROD Office for Sumter County.

TMS No. 206-016-01-050 Property address: 3045 Foxcroft Circle, Sumter, SC 29154 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of said bid is due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. In the event of a third party bidder and that any third party bidder fails to deliver the required deposit in certified (immediately collectible) funds with the Office of the Master in Equity, said deposit being due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding on the day of sale, the Master in Equity will re-sell the subject property at the most convenient time thereafter (including the day of sale) upon notification to counsel for Plaintiff.

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

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

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

The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 5% per annum.

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

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

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

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

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

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Scott Law Firm, P.A. Attorney for Plaintiff

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2013-CP-43-00806 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: Nationstar Mortgage, LLC vs. Mark Hall; Maria P. Hall, et al., the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on January 6, 2014 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina,

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to the highest bidder: ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND, WITH THE DWELLING AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE TOWNSHIP AND COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BEING SHOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT 84, ASHLEY CREEK SUBDIVISION ON A PLAT PREPARED BY H.S. WILLSON, RLS, DATED DECEMBER 31, 1965, RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK Z-22 AT PAGE 119, OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY, SAID LOT 81 BEING BOUNDED AND MEASURING AS FOLLOWS: ON THE NORTH BY KINGSBURY ROAD ON WHICH IT FRONTS 126.00 FEET: ON THE EAST BY THE LOT 85 AND MEASURING THEREON 202.6 FEET: ON THE SOUTH BY A PORTION OF LOT 75 AND 76 AND MEASURING THEREON 125.8 FEET: AND ON THE WEST BY LOT 83 AND MEASURING THEREON 207.3 FEET: BE ALL OF SAID MEASUREMENTS A LITTLE MORE OF LESS AND ACCORDING TO SAID PLAT. THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO MARK HALL BY DEED OF JOHN A. SIMPSON AND MARIAN SIMPSON DATED APRIL 12, 2001 AND RECORDED JUNE 6, 2002 IN DEED BOOK 844 AT PAGE 996.

THEREAFTER, SAID PROPERTY WAS CONVEYED TO MARK HALL AND MARIA P. HALL BY DEED OF MARK HALL DATED JANUARY 12, 2009 AND RECORDED JUNE 5, 2009 IN DEED BOOK 1124 AT PAGE 848 IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 2142 Kingsbury Drive, Sumter, SC 29154 TMS: 208-03-01-012 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding shall not remain open after the date of sale and shall be final on that date, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 5% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set forth in a supplemental order.

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

NOTICE OF SALE BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Beneficial Financial I Inc. vs. Winston S. Straker; The South Carolina Department of Revenue, C/A No. 13-CP-43-0975, The following property will be sold on January 6, 2014 at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder: That lot of land with any improvements thereon, situate in Middleton Township, School District No. 2, Sumter County, South Carolina, represented as Lot No. 18, on Plat of Hunter's Glen, prepared

by Payne Copeland, R.L.S., dated April 27, 1987, recorded in the Sumter County R.M.C. Office in Plat Book 87, at Page 813. Derivation: Book 647 at Page 901. 6305 Cougar Way, Wedgefield, SC 29168 100-00-03-082, SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit on the day of sale or fails or refuses to comply with the bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at the bidder's risk. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 11.69% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #13-CP-43-0975.

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

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independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date. Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County, Samuel C. Waters, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 013057-01153 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources / Foreclosures Sales) 1073833 12/20, 12/27, 01/03/2014

Notice of Sale C/A No: 2009-CP-43-2294

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of Nationstar Mortgage LLC against, James F. Worrell, Sandra W. Dukes, and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Associates, P.A., I the undersigned as Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on January 6, 2014, at 12 pm, at the Sumter County Courthouse in Sumter, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: Legal Description Address:

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All that piece, parcel or lot of land, together with any improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the Privateer Township, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, designated as Lot B containing a 2.00 acre tract of land, more or less, as shown on that certain plat prepared for James F. Worrell and Sandra W. Dukes by William E. Smothers, Jr., PLS, dated May 24, 2001 and to be recorded herein and plat dated August 3, 2001 and recorded on September 21, 2001 in Plat/Record Book Vol. PB2001 at Page 618.

This being a portion of the property conveyed to Moses Dukes, Jr. and Sandra W. Dukes by deed from Edward B. Powell and Janie B. Powell, dated June 28, 1989 and recorded June 28, 1989, in Deed Book, Volume 490 at Page 1000 and re-recorded on March 13, 1990 in Deed Book, Volume 503 at Page 335, in the Office of the Register of Deeds Office for Sumter County.

Thereafter, said Moses Dukes, Jr. conveyed his undivided one-half (1/2) interest in the subject property to James F. Worrell by deed dated June 14, 2001 and recorded July 3, 2001 in Deed Book, Volume 808 at Page 1488, in the Register of Deeds Office for Sumter County, South Carolina.

335 Geddings Road, Sumter, SC 29150 TMS # 2200002068 TERMS OF SALE: For cash. Interest at the rate of Seven And 50/100 percent (7.50%) to be paid on balance of bid from date of sale to date of compliance. The purchaser to pay for papers and stamps, and that the successful bidder or bidders, other than the Plaintiff therein, do, upon the acceptance of his or her bid, deposit with the Master in Equity for Sumter County a certified check or cash in the amount equal to five percent (5%) of the amount of bid on said premises at the sale as evidence of good faith in bidding, and subject to any resale of said premises under Order of this Court; and in the event the said purchaser or purchasers fail to comply with the terms of sale within Twenty (20) days, the Master in Equity shall forthwith resell the said property, after the due notice and advertisement, and shall continue to sell the same each subsequent sales day until a purchaser, who shall comply with the terms of sale, shall be obtained, such sales to be made at the risk of the former purchaser. Since a personal or deficiency judgment is waived, the bidding will not remain open but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. If the Plaintiff or the Plaintiff's representative does not appear at the above-described sale, then the sale of the property will be null, void, and of no force and effect. In such event, the sale will be rescheduled for the next available sales day. Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale.

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

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

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2012-CP-43-01844 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: The Bank of New York Mellon f/k/a The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of CWABS Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-5 vs. Willie R. McCray; South Carolina Department of Revenue, et al., the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on January 6, 2014 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND, CONTAINING 0.29 ACRE(S), MORE OR LESS, TOGETHER WITH ANY AND ALL IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, LYING, BEING AND SITUATE IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BEING SHOWN AND DELINEATED AS LOT NO. 9 ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT BY BEN J. MAKELA, RLS DATED JANUARY 8, 1998, RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY IN PLAT BOOK 98 AT PAGE 40.

PURSUANT TO SECTION 30-5-250 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA (1976), REFERENCE TO SAID PLAT(S) IS HEREBY CRAVED FOR A PARTICULARS OF THE BOUNDARIES, METES, COURSES, AND/OR DISTANCES OF THE PROPERTY DELINEATED THEREON.

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 03, 2014 Notice of Sale forth in a supplemental order.

THIS BEING THE IDENTICAL PROPERTY HERETOFORE CONVEYED UNTO WILLIE R. MCCRAY BY DEED FROM CHRISTOPHER PRESCOTT DATED FEBRUARY 27, 2007 RECORDED FEBRUARY, 28, 2007 IN SAID REGISTER'S OFFICE IN BOOK 1067 AT PAGE 525.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 118 Victory Drive, Sumter, SC 29150 TMS: 248-16-01-017 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding shall not remain open after the date of sale and shall be final on that date, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 11% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances.

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

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

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2013-CP-43-00038 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC vs.

Gwendolyn A. Hicks; U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee for the C-BASS Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates Series 2006-SL1, et al., the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on January 6, 2014 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: THAT LOT OF LAND WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON SITUATE IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA, REPRESENTED AS LOTS 24 AND 25 ON PLAT OF JOSEPH R. EDWARDS, R.L.S., DATED JULY 9, 1990, RECORDED IN THE SUMTER COUNTY RMC OFFICE IN PLAT BOOK 90 AT PAGE 884, AND HAVING SUCH SHAPES, METES, BOUNDS AND DISTANCES AS SHOWN ON SAID LATTER PLAT. THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO GWENDOLYN A. HICKS BY DEED OF SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, DATED FEBRUARY 11, 1997 AND RECORDED FEBRUARY 28, 1007 IN BOOK 668 AT PAGE 775, IN THE RECORDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 652 Boulevard Road, Sumter, SC 29150 TMS: 250-06-06-012 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding shall not remain open after the date of sale and shall be final on that date, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 9.49% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances.

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

The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Attorneys for Plaintiff NOTICE OF SALE BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-WL1 vs. Sherry E. Blackmon; Michael K. Blackmon; Citifinancial, Inc.; JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, C/A No. 10-CP-43-0933, The following property will be sold on January 6, 2014 at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with any and all improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Sumter Township, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina and being particularly shown and delineated as Lot 27 of Section 5, Bay Springs Subdivision, on Plat of Edmunds Land Surveyors dated September 13, 1991 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat book 91 at Page 1261; Pursuant to Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976), reference to said Plat is hereby craved for the particulars of the boundaries, metes, courses, and/or distances of the property delineated thereon. Book 974; Page 1942 2752 Sandhill Dr, Sumter, SC 29154 207-01-06-020, SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit, or comply with his bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at his risk. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 5.025% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #10-CP-43-0933.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date. Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County, Samuel C. Waters, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 011847-03011 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources / Foreclosures Sales) 1073818 12/20, 12/27, 01/03/2014 NOTICE OF SALE BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: State Farm Bank, F.S.B. vs.

Teresa T. Browder; Douglas W. Browder, C/A No. 13-CP-43-0860, The following property will be sold on January 6, 2014 at 12:00 Noon at Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel and lot of land with improvements, thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina identified as Lot No. 140 of The Village Subdivision and being more fully shown on that plat prepared by H.S. Wilson, R.L.S. dated November 11, 1976 and recorded in Plat Book Z-38 at Page 498, records of Sumter County. This property is known as 595 Sierra Street and is further identified as Sumter County Tax Map Parcel No. 206-15-01-003.

Aforesaid Plat is specifically incorporated herein and reference is craved thereto for a more complete and accurate description of the metes, bounds, courses and distances of the property concerned herein. This description is in lieu of metes and bounds, as permitted by law under Section 30-5-250 of the 1976 Code of Laws of South Carolina, as Amended. Be all measurements a little more or less and according to said plat. Derivation: Book 1028 at Page 1357. 595 Sierra Street, Sumter, SC 29154-5345 2061501003, SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit on the day of sale or fails or refuses to comply with the bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at the bidder's risk.

Personal or deficiency judgment having been demanded or reserved, the sale will remain open for thirty (30) days pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §15-39-720 (1976). The Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a personal or deficiency judgment, at any time prior to the foreclosure sale. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 7.375% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #13-CP-43-0860.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date. Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County, Samuel C. Waters, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 006951-00814 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources / Foreclosures Sales) 1073827 12/20, 12/27, 01/03/2014

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