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BY JADE REYNOLDS jade@theitem.com It may be next month before you can grab an alcoholic beverage at your favorite local eatery on a Sunday.

Last Tuesday, the referendum allowing onpremises alcohol sales at restaurants within city limits passed 6,427 to 4,210. Results were certified Friday by Sumter County Board of Registration and Election Commission and again by Sumter City Council on Monday night. Though the vote was unanimous, Councilwoman Ione Dwyer did ask about revisiting an amendment to require such businesses to wait until 1 p.m. to sell alcohol.

The results of the referendum are included in the package the city administration sends to the Alcoholic Beverage Commission today, said Eric Shytle, the city’s attorney. His contact at the licensing agency said as long as the package is received this week, she felt comfortable saying the commission could begin accepting applications the first week of December, maybe sooner.

There are two types of licenses, one for beer and wine and one for liquor. If an establishment has a valid beer and wine license it does not need a local option permit to be able to serve such beverages on Sunday once the commission has reviewed and approved the referendum package, said a Department of Revenue spokesperson Monday.

But if an establishment has a permanent liquor-by-the-drink license, it will need a local

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The funeral procession for Clarendon County Investigator Holmes Smith moves underneath the Swan Lake Pedestrian Bridge on Monday. Scores of police and civilian vehicles escorted the procession to his funeral services from Manning to Bethesda Church of God in Sumter and to his burial in Green Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery in Alcolu.

Smith died while on duty Wednesday when his county-owned vehicle left the road in Alcolu.

School district swears in 3 new trustees

BY RAYTEVIA EVANS ray@theitem.com After being elected by Sumter constituents Nov. 4, three new members of the Sumter School District board of trustees participated in the oath of office and organizational meeting Monday evening at the district office. Sen. Thomas McElveen, D-Sumter, swore in Linda Alston (Area 1), Johnny Hilton (Area 4) and Lucille McQuilla (Area 3) as well as re-elected board member Karen Michalik (Area 2) before moving into the meeting portion of the evening.

“A lot of the things you’ll be doing will affect our most precious assets, and that’s our children and students,” McElveen said.

Without a chairman or vice chairman because of Hilton’s victory over former chairman Keith Schultz and McQuilla’s win over former vice-chairwoman Patty Wilson, Superintendent J. Frank Baker called the meeting to order and led the meeting into its chairman elections. The board voted unanimously for the Rev. Daryl McGhaney, Area 5 representative, to be the new chair of the board.

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SUMTER Veterans Day activities in Sumter begin at 11 a.m. in front of the old Sumter County Courthouse, 141 N. Main Street. Col. Stephen Frost, commander of the 20th Fighter Wing at Shaw Air Force Base will deliver the keynote address. After the address, more than 40 businesses and nonprofit organizations will host booths from noon to 1:30 p.m. on the Harvin Street side of the courthouse.

MANNING A ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. at the Clarendon County Courthouse.

TURBEVILLE Larry Coker, a retired U.S. Army veteran who served in World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam, will give a speech in the high school gymnasium at 9 a.m.

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From left, S.C. Sen. Thomas McElveen, D-Sumter; new Sumter School District board of trustees member Johnny Hilton; son John Hilton; and Susan Hilton watch as Johnny Hilton is sworn in Monday at the district office.

Michalik received a unanimous vote for vice chair and Jackson is now the new clerk of the board after a unanimous vote.

During the meeting, Joan Sagona, assistant superintendent for instruction, reviewed the process of the school district being reaccredited through AdvancED — the world’s largest educational community, which includes more

American flags fly in front of the old Sumter County Courthouse during the Sumter County Veterans Association’s annual Veterans Day program in 2011.

than 20 million students, 32,000 public and private schools and 3 million educators. Sagona explained that the school district is conducting an internal review which will be followed by an external review conducted by a team of six officials — three outof-state team members and three

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Woman finds brother she’d never known Sumter resident will share story at genealogical society meeting out information on ancestors on her maternal and paternal sides. Shortly after the move to Sumter, Cox said she thought she her family tree was as complete as possible.

The story of a Sumter woman who several But then, she got an email that she said decades after her birth found the brother she’d never met will highlight Monday’s meet- “changed my world forever.

“I found a letter from a woman in West ing of the Sumter County Genealogical Society. Linda Cox will be the featured speaker for Monroe, Louisiana ... . Her name was Judy, the 7:30 p.m. program at Swan Lake Presbyte- and she said that her boyfriend, Stanley, had wanted to find his family for years.” rian Church, 912 Haynsworth St. Cox was afraid she might be the intended Cox is a native of the Mississippi Delta who victim of a scam. said she had “never been out of the South She will tell her complete story of how the until I met my husband who took me to places siblings came to be separated and reunited I only dreamed of.”

Cox and her husband, Gerry, moved to Sumter during Monday’s meeting.

Cox is the leader of the Stitches of Love in 1998, when he retired from the U.S. Air Force Quilt Ministry at Alice Drive Baptist Church, after 30 years, including a stint at the Pentagon.

“I had always been curious about my ances- which makes baby quilts for the crisis pregtors and wondered where we Tolar (her maid- nancy programs in Sumter and “comfort caps” for women with cancer. She has a en name) people originated from,” Linda Cox daughter, a son and two grandchildren. She said, “so, with time on my hands, I decided to and her husband enjoy traveling and “workdo some research at the National Archives in ing on our bucket list,” she said.

D.C. We had a computer, and my husband Hear Cox and find out more about the Socibought me a ‘family tree’ program. I had no ety at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Swan Lake Presbyidea how to use a computer and was terrified terian Church on the corner of Haynsworth of them. He loaded the program, gave me a Street and Bland Avenue. brief lesson and left me to figure it out.”

The Sumter County Genealogical Society Cox had a natural affinity for the research, she said, filling “... a notebook at least 5 inches meets monthly from September through May. Visitors are welcome and encouraged to atthick with family history and have gone back many generations and have shared a ton of in- tend. Admission is free to the public, and refreshments will be served following the preformation and photos with many cousins and sentation. For more information call the Socifamily members.” ety’s Research Center at (803) 774-3901.

Her research led her to dig deeper, seeking

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Linda Cox is seen with her brother Stanley, whom she did not know she had until 2002. They met for the first time on Sept. 11 of that year.

She will speak to the Sumter County Genealogical Society on Monday about her genealogy research and how she found her brother.

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Chefs enjoy the eats after cooking up food for the 5th annual Oyster and Barbecue Roast on Saturday afternoon at St. Francis Xavier Catholic High School.

About 150 people attended the event, which raised money for the school’s PTO program.

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Hydrant flow tests Wednesday, Thursday The City of Sumter will perform fire hydrant flow tests on Clement Road, Beck Avenue, South Lafayette Drive, Barwick Road, Webb Street, Stamey Livestock Road and East Newberry Avenue between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday.

Water customers in the surrounding area may experience temporary discolored water.

Deputies say naked man told them of body PIEDMONT — Greenville County sheriff’s deputies are investigating after a naked man with blood on him told them about a woman’s body. Sheriff’s spokesman Jonathan Smith said in a statement that deputies were called to a road in Piedmont shortly after 6 p.m. Sunday where there had been reports of a naked man with a knife.

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Wildlife artist to speak at guild meeting Thursday

BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com Award-winning wildlife artist Danny O’Driscoll will be the guest at Thursday’s 7 p.m. meeting of the Sumter Artists Guild. He will demonstrate his techniques to members and guests in the upstairs class-

room of the Sumter County Gallery of Art, 200 Hasell St. Working out of his studio in the midlands, O’DRISCOLL O’Driscoll has been creating original artwork for more than 30 years with his

wife, Mundina, who is also an artist. He said many people get the impression their work is photography because it is so realistic, but the O’Driscolls work in acrylic and use airbrush techniques.

Danny O’Driscoll’s work has been published in Artist Magazine, Airbrush Magazine and

the book “Wildlife Painting: Step by Step” by Patrick Seslar.

He participates regularly in major wildlife art shows, including the Southeastern Wildlife Expo in Charleston, where he grew up spending a lot of his time outdoors.

The public is invited to attend Thursday’s meeting.

Guild President Carole Carberry said The Sumter Artists Guild is a non-juried organization for art enthusiasts and artists of all skill levels, currently in its 50th year, with a roster of more than 80 members. Those interested in joining can contact Carberry at gyps5200@aol. com.

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Melissa Burke, left, learns of her discount while buying items at the La D Das boutique Sunday.

Shoppers at the store drew a card from a bowl that gave them a 15 to 40 percent discount on their purchase.

At Gary’s Florist, guests, seen below, were treated to refreshments while checking out the store’s inventory.

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hen her mom wasn’t looking, Meagan Hudson, 12, snuck a look in her mom’s shopping bag to verify she purchased the tablet case Meagan had requested. A giddy smile emerged when she verified the purchase.

That moment typified the room full of bargain seekers during the unofficial kickoff of the holiday season Sunday at Silverpaper gift shop, just one of dozens of businesses participating in the annual Parade of Shops sponsored by The Sumter Item.

The holiday season often determines whether a business turns a profit for the year. For Kristy Kirkland, owner of Silverpaper, the season accounts for 40 percent of her annual sales. And while sales for the day were not as high as previous years, the event brought hundreds of people to the

Meagan Hudson peaks into her mom’s bag to verify that she purchased the correct tablet case in Silverpaper gift shop. It wasn’t clear whether she was going to be able to use the case immediately or if it was a Christmas gift. store, allowing her to showcase her eclectic offerings from fur-lined coats to jewelry to, of course, tablet cases.

Lisa Reynolds, owner of another boutique, La D Das, said she found that women weren’t really looking for Christmas gifts.

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themselves,” she said.

That may be because shoppers drew a card from a bowl by the cash register in La D Das before paying for their purchases. The card gave them 15 to 40 percent off their purchases. Reynolds said she was busy all day — the parade went from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. — and while traffic was down from last year, her sales were up 20 percent in only her second year of participating in the parade.

For Gary’s Florist, the Christmas holiday season represents the third most profitable period of the year, ranking behind Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day. Ann Duby, one of the owners, said she counted more than 200 people checking out the store’s holiday gifts during Sunday’s parade.

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HERE & NOT TOO FAR AWAY If you are looking for something fun to do in Sumter, or if you just have the urge to leave town for a few hours, this list will give you several events to choose from within an hour’s drive.

SUMTER Nov. 11 — Veterans Day Ceremony -Sumter County Courthouse, 141 N. Main Street at 11 a.m. The Sumter County Veterans Association cordially invites you to attend its Annual Veterans Day Ceremony on the Sumter County Courthouse front lawn. A “Meet and Greet” your local veterans will follow on the Sumter County Courthouse back lawn.

Nov. 13 — Saxsational! featuring Rob Verdi, Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main Street at 7:30 p.m. “Saxsational,” Verdi’s latest musical project, invites your high school concert band, jazz band or local community band to share the stage with him. The program includes custom musical arrangements that showcase a variety of rare saxophones and puts your local talent center stage.

Together, Verdi and the band will explore a repertoire of classic melodies including swing and jazz standards, movie and television hits and pop favorites. For more information, visit www.sumtersc.gov/saxsational.aspx.

Nov. 14 — Sip and Stroll, Downtown Sumter, 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Businesses in historic downtown Sumter will open their doors to ticket holders to offer a wide variety of wines paired with artisan breads and hors d’oeuves.

Attendees will enjoy music, a stroll through Sumter’s historic business district and will have the opportunity to become familiar with the continuing redevelopment of Downtown. For more information, visit www.sumtersipandstroll.org/about. Tickets: Adults: $25, Military Personnel: $20, Seniors

(65 and above): $20. Tickets are $35 at the door.

Nov. 15 — South Sumter Farmers Market, South Sumter Resource Center, 337 Manning Ave. Saturday, Oct. 18, 8 a.m.-12 p.m. weekly until Nov. 21.

Nov. 15 — Sumter SPCA Mutt Strut, SPCA, 1100 S. Guignard Dr. at Noon.

Bring your leashed pets and join us for a day of music, food and fun. You can help us raise money by visiting the SPCA from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. any day except Wednesday or Sunday to pick up a registration packet. Registration fee is $10 per person which includes a free event T-Shirt. For information call (803) 773-9292.

Nov. 19 — Big Wednesday Tailgate Party, USC Sumter, 200 Mill Road, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The USC Sumter Alumni Association will host the 21st annual Big Wednesday Tailgate Party in the USC Sumter Nettles Building.

Tickets to the event include dinner served by Logan’s Roadhouse, music, face painting, USC cheerleaders and more. Guests will have the chance to meet “Cocky” and “Tiger” as well as win door prizes while being entertained by DJ Howie Austin. Tickets: Adults $20, Alumni Association Members $15, Students $10, Children 4-12 $10, Children 3 and under Free. Tickets sold in advance and at the door.

For more information, call Mary Sutton at (803) 938-3760.

Nov. 20 — 17th annual Carolina Backcountry Oyster Roast, Martha Brice Gardens, Sumter County Museum, 122 North Washington Street. All you can eat oysters, barbeque, chili, collards, and all you can drink beer, wine, soda, and water. Advance Tickets are $50 each; $55 at the door if tickets remain.

For more information, call 803-775-0908.

Nov. 20 — The World Famous Glenn Miller Band. Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St., 7:30 p.m. The legendary

Lend someone a helping hand this holiday season. The following are just a few of the needs in our community. If your non-profit organization would like to be included on this list, email needs to rhonda@theitem.com.

John K. Crosswell Home for Children, 11 Crosswell Drive, is licensed to provide care for as many as 40 children. Children live in cottages based on their age and gender and are supervised at all times by cottage parents. All cottages are in need of the following: • Gift cards to help purchase clothing and toys at stores such as Walmart, JCPenney, Kmart, TJMaxx, Burke’s, etc.; gift cards, passes or financial sponsorships to pay for activities during Christmas break such as movies, roller skating, bowling, McDonald’s, Chickfil-a, Chuck-e-Cheese, Monkey Joe’s, Riverbanks Zoo Christmas Lights, EdVenture Kids Museum, etc.

Cottage A (4- to 7-year-old girls and boys): 10 twin boy and/or girl comforter sets and sheets; two queen-size comforter sets and sheets; 10 children’s throw blankets; eight door mirrors; set of pots and pans; oven mitts; adult cups and plates; flatware; coffee maker; heavy-duty commercial vacuum cleaner; large toy chest; educational games; large toy trucks; CD player; music CDs such as Kids Bop, contemporary Christian, etc.; room decorations for young boys and girls; 10 non-pushpin fabric picture boards for rooms; children’s picture frames; two large area rugs; throw pillows; hair bows/ clips/ties; 10 bedside lamps; 10 night lights; six window toppers with curtain rods; two sets of two matching window toppers with curtain rods.

Cottage B (Infant to 6-year-old girls and boys): Wooden high chairs; five twin boy and/or girl comforter sets and sheets; five toddler bed comforter sets; five crib comforter sets; 10 toddler throw blankets; 10 bedside lamps; 10 night lights; children’s picture frames; children’s dishware; sippy cups; teapot; heavy-duty commercial vacuum cleaner; toddler potty chairs; kitchen towels; two pack-n-plays; two umbrella strollers; two doubleumbrella strollers; diaper genie; pre-school furniture/ sofa chairs; cushioned glider rockers; two 8-by-10 preschool rugs; CD player; CDs of preschool songs; preschool DVDs; six window toppers with curtain rods; two sets of two matching window toppers with curtain rods.

Cottage C (8- to 17-year-old boys): 10 twin boy comforter

sets and sheets; two queen size comforter sets and sheets; 10 boy throw blankets; heavy duty commercial vacuum cleaner; set of pots and pans; oven mitts; towels and washcloths; tablecloths; placemats; set of flatware; throw pillows; two large area rugs; 10 nonpushpin fabric picture boards for rooms; eight door mirrors; 10 bedside lamps; 10 night lights; picture frames; Wii games for boys; sports or hunting-themed framed posters for rooms; sports balls; six window toppers with curtain rods; two sets of two matching window toppers with curtain rods.

Cottage D (6- to 15-year-old girls): 10 twin girl comforter sets and sheets; two queen comforter sets; heavy-duty commercial vacuum cleaner; set of pots and pans; baking

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“Meet and Greet” your local veterans today after the Veterans Day Ceremony.

Glenn Miller was one of the most successful of all dance bandleaders back in the Swing Era of the 1930’s and 40’s.

Tickets: $25 Floor & Box/$20 Balcony

COLUMBIA Every Tuesday — Second Shift Twosdays: The museum is open every Tuesday until 8 p.m. Specials will be offered. Planetarium and 4D shows are an additional price. From 5 to 8 p.m. in December, the museum will host “Tasting Twosdays,” in which shoppers in the Cotton Mill Exchange museum store will receive wine and gourmet South Carolina food products.

Every Monday in December — Merry Mondays, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., enjoy holiday music and gourmet South Carolina-made food samplings at the Cotton Mill Exchange museum store.

Museum admission is not required to shop in the store.

Visit scmuseum.org to learn more about museum events.

Nov. 11 — Veteran’s Day Parade, 11 a.m. Sumter and Laurel streets. Veterans from across the state will gather in downtown Columbia for the City of Columbia’s 36th Annual Veterans Day

utensils; sewing machine; eight door mirrors; 10 bedside lamps; 10 night lights; girl/ pre-teen framed posters for rooms; 10 non-pushpin fabric picture boards for rooms; picture frames; stereo system; placemats; dish/glass set for 10 plus; DVD player; craft kits; CDs such as Kids Bop, contemporary Christian; hair bows/clips/ties; six window toppers with curtain rods; two sets of two matching window toppers with curtain rods.

Campus general needs: AA, AAA, C, D and 9-volt batteries; Christmas boxes; life-size manger scene; DVDs (G and PG movies); disposable cameras; large umbrellas; bicycle helmets; photo albums; picture frames; kitchen and bathroom mats; towels; children’s throw blankets; and photo albums.

These items do not need to be wrapped. Donations may be dropped off at the administrative building front desk Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m.

For more information, call 778-6441 or email krowell@ crosswellhome.org. Due to storage and staff constraints, Crosswell cannot accept unsolicited donations of used clothing, toys, etc. We appreciate your support and understanding in helping us send the message that our children deserve the best.

Parade. The parade kicks off at 11 a.m. from the intersection of Sumter and Laurel streets, and travels southbound on Sumter Street, ending at Pendleton Street near the State House. For more information, contact Kim Mitchell at (803) 545-3117 or email at kcmitchell@ columbiasc.net.

Nov. 21-Dec. 30 — Lights Before Christmas, Riverbanks Zoo and Garden, 500 Wildlife Parkway, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. 27th annual Lights Before Christmas at Riverbanks Zoo and Garden. The Zoo will light up each evening with more than one million twinkling lights and countless animated images representing some of Riverbanks’ most loveable residents. Guests can roast marshmallows at the jingle bell bonfire, visit with Santa and enjoy the festive sounds of the Music in Motion lights spectacular. Riverbanks is also the only place in town where it snows every night. Admission: $10 Adults, $8 Children ages 2–12 and children younger than 2 free.

Nov. 21-23 — Festival of Trees, Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. Auction preview: Friday at 6 p.m., Weekend activities: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday until Sunday, Nov. 23. Festival of Trees features decorated trees, wreaths, stockings and other holiday items that will be up for bid during a weekend-long silent auction. Thousands of people will attend from across the Midlands to enjoy the holiday cheer as well as wonderful activities and entertainment — local choirs, dance groups, visits with Santa, area mascots as well as educational sessions from Safe Kids Midlands. Proceeds will benefit Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital.

Nov. 27 — Main Street ICE Grand Opening, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Main Street ICE opens Thanksgiving Day on Boyd Plaza in front of the Columbia Museum of Art (corner of Main and Hampton St). One price skate: $8. Live music & DJ, face painting, games, giveaways and more.

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US agencies struggle vs. cyberattacks MARTHA MENDOZA The Associated Press A $10 billion-a-year effort to protect sensitive government data, from military secrets to Social Security numbers, is struggling to keep pace with an increasing number of cyberattacks and is unwittingly being undermined by federal employees and contractors.

Workers scattered across more than a dozen agencies, from the Defense and Education departments to the National Weather Service, are responsible for at least half of the federal cyberincidents reported each year since 2010, according to an Associated Press analysis of records.

They have clicked links in bogus phishing emails, opened malware-laden websites and been tricked by scammers into sharing information. One was redirected to a hostile site after connecting to a video of tennis star Serena Williams. A few act intentionally, most famously former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, who downloaded and leaked documents revealing the government’s collection of phone and email records.

Then there was the federal contractor who lost equipment containing the confidential information of millions of Americans, including Robert Curtis of Monument, Colorado.

“I was angry, because we as citizens trust the government to act on our behalf,” he said. Curtis, according to court records, was besieged by identity thieves after someone stole data tapes that the contractor left in a car, exposing the health records of about 5 million current and former Pentagon employees and their families.

At a time when intelligence officials say cybersecurity now trumps terrorism as the No. 1 threat to the U.S. — and when

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Phyllis Schneck, deputy undersecretary for cybersecurity at the Department of Homeland Security, speaks to the Associated Press at the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center in Arlington, Va. breaches at businesses such as Home Depot and Target focus attention on data security — the federal government isn’t required to publicize its own brushes with data loss.

On Monday, the U.S. Postal Service said it was the victim of a cyberattack and that information about its employees, including Social Security numbers, may have been compromised. And last month, a breach of unclassified White House computers by hackers thought to be working for Russia was reported not by officials but The Washington Post. Congressional Republicans complained even they weren’t alerted to the hack.

“It would be unwise, I think for rather obvious reasons, for me to discuss from here what we have learned so far,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest later said about the report.

To determine the extent of federal cyberincidents, which include probing into network weak spots, stealing data and

defacing websites, the AP filed dozens of Freedom of Information Act requests, interviewed hackers, cybersecurity experts and government officials and obtained documents describing digital cracks in the system.

That review shows that 40 years and more than $100 billion after the first federal data protection law was enacted, the government is struggling to close holes without the knowledge, staff or systems to outwit an ever-evolving foe.

“It’s a much bigger challenge than anyone could have imagined 20 years ago,” said Phyllis Schneck, deputy undersecretary for cybersecurity at the Department of Homeland Security, which runs a 24/7 incident-response center responding to threats.

Fears about breaches have been around since the late 1960s, when the federal government began shifting its operations onto computers. Officials responded with software designed to sniff out malicious programs and raise alarms

ed to a total of 228,700 cyberincidents involving federal agencies, companies that run critical infrastructure like nuclear power plants, dams and transit systems and contract partners.

That’s more than double the incidents in 2009. And employees are to blame for at least half of the problems.

Last year, for example, about 21 percent of all federal breaches were traced to government workers who violated policies; 16 percent who lost devices or had them stolen; 12 percent who improperly handled sensitive information printed from computers; at least 8 percent who ran or installed malicious software; and 6 percent who were enticed to share private information, according to an annual White House review.

Internal documents released to the AP show how workers were lured in.

U.S. Department of Education employees — who had been warned repeatedly: “Think Before You Click!” — received an email a few weeks before Christmas 2011. “Your Amazon.com order of “Omron XEZ-740V Fat Loss” has shipped!” said the subject line, suggesting they click on a link.

“Unfortunately, several of your co-workers have fallen victim to this particular attack,” said an urgent message from an incident response team. The department did not release information to the AP about any resulting damage.

Meantime, reported cyberattacks at the agency have increased from 10 breaches with actual data loss in 2011 to 89 in 2013.

Reports from the Defense Department’s Defense Security Service, tasked with protecting classified information and technologies in the hands of federal contractors, show how easy it is for hackers to get into DOD networks.

about intruders.

And yet, attackers have always found a way in. Since 2006, there have been more than 87 million sensitive or private records exposed by breaches of federal networks, according to the nonprofit Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, which tracks cyberincidents at all levels of government through news, private sector and government reports.

By comparison, retail businesses lost 255 million records during that time, financial and insurance services lost 212 million and educational institutions lost 13 million. The federal records breached included employee usernames and passwords, veterans’ medical records and a database detailing structural weaknesses in the nation’s dams.

Marc Maiffret, a hacker turned cybersecurity expert, said “today’s a little scarier” than when he was breaking into systems in the ’90s. Malware and viruses can be purchased or rented, so advanced coding skills aren’t required. And there’s more mischief to be made, because the government depends on technology for everything from missile targeting to student loan processing.

“There’s also a much bigger allure to use these skills to make money, in a criminal sense,” said Maiffret, co-founder of the cybersecurity firm Beyond Trust, whose customers include the military.

From 2009, when the government began breaking out different types of incidents, to 2013, the number of reported breaches just on federal computer networks — the .gov and .mils — rose from 26,942 to 46,605, according to the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team or US-CERT, which helps defend against cyberattacks.

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Massachusetts town weighs nation’s first tobacco ban WESTMINSTER, Mass.

(AP) — The cartons of Marlboros, cans of Skoal and packs of Swisher Sweets are hard to miss stacked near the entrance of Vincent’s Country Store, but maybe not for much longer: All tobacco products could become contraband if local health officials get their way.

This sleepy central Massachusetts town of 7,700 has become an improbable battleground in America’s tobacco wars. On Wednesday, the Board of Health will hear public comment on a proposed regulation that could make Westminster the first municipality in the United States to ban sales of all tobacco products within town lines.

“To my knowledge, it would be the first in the nation to enact a total ban,” said Thomas Carr, director of national policy at the American Lung Association. “We commend the town for doing it.”

Town health agent Elizabeth Swedberg said a ban seemed like a sensible solution to a vexing problem.

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Brian Vincent stands in front of a large display of tobacco products at Vincent’s Country Store in Westminster, Mass., Thursday. Local officials are contemplating what could be a first: a blanket ban on all forms of tobacco and e-cigarettes, leaving some shop owners fuming.

“The tobacco companies are really promoting products to hook young people,” she said, pointing to 69-cent bubblegumflavored cigars, electronic cigarettes and a new form of dissolvable smokeless tobacco that resembles Tic Tac candies. “The board was getting frustrated trying to keep up with this.”

Citing a report from the U.S. surgeon general, Swedberg said that if tobacco use contin-

ues unabated, 5.6 million American children who are younger than 18 today will die prematurely because of smoking. Change, she said, “has to start somewhere.”

Brian Vincent would rather it not start with his familyowned grocery on Main Street.

Tobacco products, he said, make up more than 5 percent of sales.

A quarter of his customers purchase tobacco, Vincent

said, and while they’re there, they often pick up a gallon of milk or one of the fresh-baked maple-candied bacon chocolate chip cookies that are displayed by the check-out aisle.

“It’s going to send business five minutes this way or five minutes that way — no one’s going to quit,” said Vincent, who admits to enjoying a cigar himself now and then.

Encouraged by the New England Convenience Store Association, Vincent has been asking customers to sign a petition against the proposal. He has gathered more than 800 signatures so far, and other merchants are on track to deliver hundreds more to town officials this week.

David Sutton, a spokesman for Richmond, Virginia-based Altria Group Inc., owner of the nation’s biggest cigarette maker, Philip Morris USA, called the proposal a “bad policy” that will harm local employers.

“We believe businesses should be able to choose which products they carry,” Sutton said. “If the ban were to be im-

plemented, adult tobacco and e-vapor consumers could shift their purchases to neighboring stores. The proposed regulations, if enacted, would fundamentally alter these businesses and would likely cost Westminster jobs.”

So many people have called Town Hall about the proposal, the Board of Health — whose meetings about septic system updates and mosquito control rarely attract an audience — will hold Wednesday’s public hearing in an elementary school cafeteria rather than in its usual second-floor conference room.

Colleen Conner, who pops into Vincent’s nearly every day to pick up a pack of American Spirits, is among those who signed the petition.

Should the measure pass, she said, she’ll drive 25 miles north to New Hampshire and buy her cigarettes there in bulk.

“When you’re a smoker, you’ll quit when you’re ready, not because someone told you to,” she said. “I think it’s going to hurt the store — and I love the store.”

Obama: Regulate backroom deals Administration dials back goal for health law sign-ups orchestrated by Internet providers WASHINGTON (AP) — Internet providers shouldn’t be allowed to cut deals with online services like Netflix or YouTube to move their content faster, and should be more heavily regulated to protect consumers, President Barack Obama said Monday in a statement that angered the nation’s cable giants and sent their stocks plummeting.

Obama’s position puts him on the side of consumer activists and much of the public who fear that broadband providers are moving toward creating “fast lanes” on the Internet. The Federal Communications Commission, an independent regulatory body led by political appointees, is nearing a decision on how far to go to regulate these backroom deals, but is stumbling over the legal complexities.

“We are stunned the president would abandon the longstanding, bipartisan policy of lightly regulating the Internet and calling for extreme” regulation, said Michael Powell, president and CEO of the National Cable and Telecommuni-

cations Association, the primary lobbying arm of the cable industry, which supplies much of the nation’s Internet access.

This “tectonic shift in national policy, should it be adopted, would create devastating results,” Powell added.

Netflix swung behind Obama, posting to its Facebook page that “consumers should pick winners and losers on the Internet, not broadband gatekeepers.”

“Net neutrality” is the idea that Internet service providers shouldn’t block, slow or manipulate data moving across its networks. As long as content isn’t against the law, such as child pornography or pirated music, a file or video posted on one site will load generally at the same speed as a similarly sized file or video on another site.

In 2010, the FCC embraced the concept in a rule. But last January, a federal appeals court struck down the regulation because the court said the FCC didn’t technically have the legal authority to tell broadband providers how to manage

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The uncertainty has prompted the public to file some 3.7 million comments with the FCC — more than double the number filed after Janet Jackson’s infamous wardrobe malfunction at the 2004 Super Bowl.

On Monday, Obama waded into the fray and gave a major boost to Internet activists by saying the FCC should explicitly ban any “paid prioritization” on the Internet. Obama also suggested that the FCC reclassify consumer broadband as a public utility under the 1934 Communications Act. That would mean the Internet would be regulated more heavily in the way phone service is.

“It is common sense that the same philosophy should guide any service that is based on the transmission of information — whether a phone call, or a packet of data,” Obama said.

This approach is exactly what industry lobbyists have spent months fighting against.

AT&T on Monday threatened legal action if the FCC adopted Obama’s plan.

WASHINGTON (AP) — With sign-up season launching this weekend, the Obama administration sharply dialed down expectations Monday for the second year of the president’s push to provide health insurance for all Americans.

A report released Monday by the Department of Health and Human Services estimated that 9 million to 9.9 million paying customers will enroll for subsidized private coverage in 2015. That’s significantly lower than the 13 million the Congressional Budget Office had projected earlier this year.

Until now, the congressional numbers have been used as the yardstick for the program’s success. The new administration estimate was commissioned by HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell shortly after she took over in the spring.

Critics are bound to accuse the White House of moving the goal posts.

“Obamacare” remains unpopular in much of the country, and Republicans will keep crusading for its

repeal when they assume full control of Congress next year.

At least one independent nonpartisan expert said either number could turn out to be valid.

“An estimate of 9 million enrollees is just as plausible and defensible as an estimate of 13 million,” said Larry Levitt of the Kaiser Family Foundation. On one hand, said Levitt, the law’s mandate that most Americans get covered or risk fines would argue for a bigger number. On the other hand, “there has never been a program as controversial and politically divisive ... which could dampen how quickly enrollment grows,” he added.

The health care law has a two-pronged strategy for expanding coverage.

People who don’t have access on the job can buy taxpayer-subsidized private insurance through HealthCare.gov and state insurance exchanges. In fact, many are required to do so, to avoid fines. Open enrollment for next year starts Nov. 15.

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He added that the decision “emphasizes that marriage is inherently a union of a man and a woman, and that whether that definition is expanded to CHARLESTON — A federal judge should dismiss a challenge to South Caro- include same-sex couples is a decision lina’s constitutional ban on gay marriage for the states including their people and their legislatures.” after last week’s federal appeals court Wilson said the ruling, which conruling upholding such bans in other flicts with other federal appeals court states, Attorney General Alan Wilson decisions, will ultimately lead the way said in legal arguments filed Monday. to the U.S. Supreme Court deciding the “The recent tide of same-sex marissue. riage cases has run squarely into the Condon and Bleckley have asked extremely well-reasoned opinion” by Gergel to rule in their favor without a the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Wilson wrote in a motion filed in trial. Wilson’s filing Monday respondfederal court in Charleston. ed to that request. Attorneys for the Colleen Condon and Nichols Bleckcouple have until Nov. 20 to reply. ley, who last month applied for a sameThe U.S. Supreme Court last month sex marriage license in Charleston refused to hear an appeal of a Fourth County, want U.S. District Judge Rich- Circuit Court of Appeals decision allowing same-sex marriage in Virginia. ard Gergel to issue an injunction preventing South Carolina from enforcing That development opened the way for AP FILE PHOTO its ban, effectively opening the way for same-sex marriages in other states in Colleen Condon, left, and her partner, Nichols Bleckley, appear at a news conference in the Fourth Circuit. South Carolina resame-sex marriages in the state.

Charleston on Oct. 15, shortly after filing a federal lawsuit seeking the right to marry in mains the only state in the circuit reBut Wilson wrote that the decision South Carolina. Condon and Bleckley applied for a marriage license on Oct. 8 in Charles- by the appeals court in Cincinnati sup- fusing to allow such marriages. ton, but the license was not issued. South Carolina’s Attorney General Alan Wilson says The Charleston case is one of four ports “the clear constitutionality of that a federal judge should dismiss the challenge to the state’s ban on gay marriage federal lawsuits challenging South same-sex marriage bans under the after last week’s federal appeals court ruling to uphold such bans in other states.

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I-85 continues to power economic growth in Upstate

BY ABE HARDESTY The Anderson Independent-Mail ANDERSON — When Interstate 85’s four lanes quietly opened on Sept. 8, 1964, South Carolina’s first interstate highway drew little fanfare.

Miles from downtown Anderson, the road opened without ribbon-cutting, political speeches or extensive news coverage. It was described as “a supermodern, controlledaccess highway” that would someday spread to 668 miles in length. But when highway patrolmen removed the barricades at 8 a.m. that Tuesday, Anderson residents were more concerned about Hurricane Dora.

Spinning near the Florida coast, the storm threatened to follow the path of Hurricane Cleo, which just a month earlier had dumped 3.15 inches of rain on Anderson in one day — part of a record-high 77.4 inches that soaked the city that year.

Fifty years later, Dora and Cleo are long forgotten. But I-85 continues to mold the future of Anderson.

Anderson was the focus on the last segment in South Carolina’s 106-mile part of I-85 in the summer of 1964, when a 13-mile stretch from

Liberty Highway (now Exit 21) was linked to the intersection of U.S. 29 (now Exit 34).

That ignited commercial development, boosted land values, made new work for road construction crews and sparked new interest from national chain stores.

Less than a year after the arrival of I-85, two primary links to the road — Clemson Highway and Old Greenville Highway — were transformed into four-lane roads from the interstate to downtown Anderson. Within 10 years after its completion, real estate near I-85 doubled in price throughout the Upstate.

Built at a cost of $267 million, the South Carolina section of I-85 transformed the Upstate economically. In 1993, Business Week referred to “The Boom Belt” as a 30-year success story along I-85 that provided “lessons for the rest of the country.” Three years later, The Wall Street Journal pointed to the same corridor as a magnet for manufacturing.

Today, economic geographers such as T. Bruce Yandle refer to the region as “Charlanta,” a 250-mile hayfield-turned-commercial ellipse that powers the nation’s

third-largest economic region. Only the more established corridors of Boston-toWashington, and the Chicago area, are busier economic belts today.

“I-85 defines the region,” said Yandle, dean emeritus of Clemson University’s College of Business & Behavioral Science. “If that route had gone somewhere else ... that area, instead of this one, would have been the economic path.”

The I-85 route, which includes 10 exits in Anderson County, follows the Atlantato-Charlotte railroad line built 82 years earlier. Two other routes were considered, one slightly to the west, following U.S. 123, and one further east near Greenwood.

Anderson’s 37-mile slice is the state’s largest of the 106mile I-85 pie.

Just as that railroad line brought western South Carolina from what Yandle calls “the backwaters of economic activity” in the 19th century, I-85 became a conduit for 20th century growth.

“It is because of the I-85 belt that the Upstate is a dominant economic region in South Carolina,” Yandle said, “and the reason the Upstate compares well to the rest of

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The impact of the highway quickly became apparent, as dozens of national retail chain stores took a new interest in Clemson Highway, which soon became known as Clemson Boulevard. In 1973, Michelin broke ground on a commercial manufacturing plant, a 1.4-million square

foot facility just three miles from I-85’s Exit 19.

“We’re living in a world where inventory is no longer sitting in local storefronts.

The inventory is located in those trucks moving up and down the interstate,” Yandle said. “Those trucks are mobile warehouses, and it’s critically important to the growth of any city to be near them.”

Keeping Sumter Beautiful

By Amanda McNulty, County Extension Agent Back off on the Mulch

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Detergent ‘pods’ hurt hundreds of children

BY LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer CHICAGO — Accidental poisonings from squishy laundry detergent packets sometimes mistaken for toys or candy landed more than 700 U.S. children in the hospital in just two years, researchers report. Coma and seizures were among the most serious complications.

The cases stem from the more than 17,000 poison center calls about the products received in the past two years. The calls involved children younger than 6, and most weren’t seriously harmed. But one child died last year, and the potential risks highlight a need for even safer packaging, the researchers said.

Some manufacturers already have revised packaging and labels in efforts to make the detergent packets or “pods” safer for children. The study found calls dipped slightly after some of those changes were made.

The products contain concentrated liquid laundry soap and became widely available in the U.S. two years ago.

Some are multicolored and may look enticing to young children. Poisoning or injuries including mouth, throat and eye burns can occur when kids burst the capsules or put them in their mouths.

In the study, 144 had eye injuries, 30 went into comas and 12 had seizures.

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Accidental poisonings from squishy laundry detergent packets that are sometimes mistaken for toys or candy landed more than 700 U.S. children in the hospital in just two years, researchers report. Coma and seizures were among the most serious complications. ed for a fraction — about 6 percent — of the 111,000 calls involving young children and cleaning products, according to the American Association of Poison Control Centers.

Many calls involve regular laundry detergent, which can cause mild stomach upsets, but poison center experts say the new concentrated laundry packets seem to cause more severe problems.

Jessica Morin of Houston says her 9-month-old daughter, Marlow, was sickened earlier this year when Jessica’s grandmother mistook a detergent pod for a teething

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Postal Service cyberattack exposes info on employees WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service said Monday it is the victim of a cyberattack and that information about its employees, including Social Security numbers, may have been compromised.

The FBI and other federal agencies are investigating, the agency said in a statement.

Postal Service spokesman David Partenheimer said the personal information that may have been obtained in the attack includes employees’ names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, emergency contacts and other information.

However, he also said that customers at local post offices or those using its website, usps. com, were not affected. But people who used its call center may have had telephone numbers, email addresses and other information compromised. He said that the attacks happened in mid-September.

Just when the breach occurred is under investigation, he said.

The agency isn’t recommending that those customers take any action.

The Postal Service provided no immediate information on how many people may have been affected. It employs more than 800,000 workers.

“The intrusion is limited in scope, and all operations of the Postal Service are functioning normally,” Partenheimer said.

“It is an unfortunate fact of life these days that every organization connected to the Internet is a constant target for cyber intrusion activity,” Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said in a statement. “The United States Postal Service is no different.”

toy and put it in the baby’s mouth.

“I called poison control, and they said to take her to the ER immediately,” Morin said. Marlow was repeatedly vomiting and underwent tests, but doctors at Texas Children’s Hospital found no serious damage, and she didn’t need to stay overnight.

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Dr. Gary Smith, the study’s lead author, said his hospital had two recent cases — kids who developed breathing problems and required treatment in the intensive care unit. He’s director of the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.

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The Consumer Product Safety Commission says children should not be allowed to handle the packets and advises parents to store them out of children’s sight and reach.

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Awkward handshake: Leaders of China, Japan meet

BY CHRISTOPHER BODEEN The Associated Press BEIJING — An uneasy handshake Monday between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe marked the first meeting between the two men since either took power, and an awkward first gesture toward easing two years of high tensions.

As the two men approached each other, stern-faced, to shake hands in front of cameras, Abe briefly tried to say something to Xi, who gave no response and turned away, appearing distinctly uncomfortable, to fix his gaze toward the cameras for the rest of the handshake.

The tense moment seemed to show how far apart the two sides remain. Although staged for cameras, their handshake lacked customary trappings such as the national flags displayed in the background when other leaders met.

Their meeting afterward in a closed room at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People lasted just 30 minutes, but that they met at all gave some hope that the two countries could smooth the friction in talks arranged on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.

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Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, and China’s President Xi Jinping, right, shake hands during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, in Beijing, Monday. An uneasy handshake between Xi and Abe marked the first meeting between the two men since either took power.

Japan over uninhabited East China Sea islands and other contentious issues has raised concerns of a military confrontation between Asia’s two largest economies, which could draw the U.S. into the fray alongside ally Japan.

Although core divisions won’t be resolved soon, Abe told reporters afterward that the countries made a “first step” toward reconciliation.

“I believe that not only our Asian neighbors but many other countries have long hoped that Japan and China

hold talks,” Abe said. “We finally lived up to their expectations and made a first step to improve our ties.”

China also has been angry over what it sees as Japan’s efforts to play down its brutal 20th century invasion of China, a lingering sore point for its 1.3 billion people.

China’s leader must balance the need not to appear too solicitous of Japan, for his domestic audience, while still being statesman enough to host Abe ahead of Tuesday’s summit, when the two men

will join 19 other world leaders including President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

China hopes to use the consensus-oriented Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit to assert its ambitions for a larger leadership role in U.S.dominated trade structures.

In a break from protocol, Abe was made to wait for Xi to arrive at the meeting, rather than being greeted by him on arrival.

China’s Foreign Ministry also described the meeting as being at Abe’s “request,” a phrase not used in its reports on Xi’s meetings with South Korean President Park Geun-hye and other foreign leaders Monday.

China’s official Xinhua News Agency said Xi urged Japan to “do more things that help enhance the mutual trust between Japan and its neighboring countries, and play a constructive role in safeguarding the region’s peace and stability.”

The two sides issued a joint statement on Friday agreeing to gradually resume political, diplomatic and security dialogues and reaffirming the central pillars of their postWorld War II relations.

In the statement, Japan said it acknowledged differing views over the status of the islands, called Diaoyu in Chinese and Senkaku in Japan, a concession likely to please Beijing.

China has long demanded that Tokyo agree that the islands’ sovereignty is in dispute, something Japan has refused to do for fear that would open the floodgates to further Chinese demands.

China and Japan have had poor relations for decades, rooted in Beijing’s enduring sense of victimhood and Japanese fears of China’s economic and political rise.

Japan’s nationalization of the islands in September 2012 infuriated Beijing, sparking anti-Japanese riots and raising regional security fears as Chinese patrol ships repeatedly entered the surrounding waters to confront Japanese coast guard vessels.

China upped the ante last year by declaring an air defense zone over the East China Sea, including the islands.

Japan, the U.S. and others denounced the move and refused Chinese demands that their aircraft declare themselves to Beijing when passing through the area.

Abe, a conservative nationalist who was elected in late 2012, infuriated China last year when he visited Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine honoring Japan’s war dead, including executed war criminals, an act Beijing said showed Abe’s insensitivity to China’s suffering during the war.

Ebola finds new hotspots outside Liberian capital

BY WADE WILLIAMS The Associated Press JENEWONDE, Liberia — A schoolteacher brought his sick daughter from Liberia’s capital to this small town of 300 people. Soon he and his entire family were dead and buried in the forest nearby, along with an increasing number of residents.

The community of Jenewonde has become a new hotspot for the Ebola outbreak in Liberia. With cases on the decline in the capital, officials must now turn their attention to hard-to-reach places where the disease is flaring.

Jenewonde, in Grand Cape Mount County near the border with Sierra Leone, has reportedly lost about 10 percent of its population to Ebola since late September. Markets and farms nearby have been abandoned.

Momo Sheriff, who lost his son to Ebola, said there is no health care in the community.

No clinics could be seen along the road into town.

“If the government does not take action, everybody will die in this town,” Sheriff told an Associated Press journalist.

“We are burying two dead bodies today. We don’t know who it will be tomorrow.

Every day we have to cry.”

Juma Mansaray lost her mother and grandmother on the same day. She said the community has been ostracized from neighboring ones.

“Everywhere we go, the people will drive us away,” she said. “We can’t even go to the local market to buy pepper or food because people think we are cursed.”

Ebola is also hitting the town of Gorzohn in Rivercess County, which lies on Liberia’s central coast, said Assistant Health Minister Tolbert Nyenswah, who heads Liberia’s Ebola response.

The international response must adapt to this new phase, Doctors Without Borders warned. As Jenewonde saw, just one case can ignite a chain of transmission that leads to a dozen more infections, said Fasil Tezera, head of operations for the charity in Liberia.

Liberia has suffered the greatest death toll in the Ebola epidemic, with 2,766 deaths blamed on the first-ever Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The World Health Organization says that after months of aggressive efforts to isolate the sick and remove bodies of victims safely, Ebola appears to be declining in some parts of Liberia, including the capital where only about 50 of the 250 beds are

filled at a Doctors Without Borders clinic.

“In the cities, I think we have sufficient resources,” Tezera said. “We cannot bring everybody to big ETU’s,” or Ebola treatment units.

The outbreak now also needs a series of “rapid response teams” that can bring care to remote villages, rather than trying to get sick people out, the group says. Such teams would include medics, disinfection specialists and psychologists or social workers and could stamp out a budding outbreak in a village before it has a chance to spread. And they could work much faster than a treatment center can be built.

Tezera said that such mobile teams were frequently deployed in previous Ebola outbreaks, which typically hit remote areas of central or eastern Africa. The teams could travel by truck, boat or helicopter, if those assets are provided.

“If you handle it at the small village level, then you can contain it,” he said.

Experts warn that the disease could flare again in Monrovia or other places where it seems to have subsided. As long as Ebola is circulating in this highly mobile region, no area is safe, said Tezera, and cases continue to rise in Guinea and Sierra Leone. There

were 40 new Ebola cases in and around the Sierra Leonean capital of Freetown in the preceding 24 hours, authorities there said late Sunday.

A key component to stopping transmission everywhere is gaining the trust and cooperation of villagers, Tezera added. That has been a problem in Jenewonde.

Abdullai Kamara, a burial team leader for Grand Cape Mount County, said the people of Jenewonde have been stub-

born and in constant denial, which he cites as the reason the disease is still spreading.

Ebola is contracted through direct contact with the bodily fluids of the sick and the dead. For weeks, residents of Jenewonde have been chasing away safe-burial teams and hiding the sick from outside health workers, he said.

“Our people played deaf ear to what was happening,” Kamara said. “They denied the truth.”

James Jallah Paul says people in the town are terrified to help the sick. On this recent day, a man in a protective suit sprayed a house with a viruskilling solution where a woman died from Ebola.

Health workers carried a body into the forest for burial. Paul said more help is needed.

“If the government does not come to our rescue, we will finish (die) here,” he said.

“This place will be an empty space.”

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BY JIM FITZGERALD The Associated Press HARRISON, N.Y. — Matt Phair wept as he wrote about the chaos he witnessed as a Marine in 1975 at the end of the Vietnam War — desperate civilians scrambling to escape, military police casually shooting a pet dog, the air smelling of “burning buildings, gunpowder and death.”

“It was a part of my life, it still is, and it was very liberating to finally have a way to express it,” the 59-year-old Phair said.

The account came out of the Veterans Writing Workshop, where veterans from World War II through Iraq and Afghanistan gather Tuesdays — including today, Veterans Day — to tap their memories of military life and commit them to paper for posterity.

About 200 vets, eight or 10 at a time, have gone through the free, 10-week workshop, funded by Fordham University and held on its suburban campus 25 miles north of New York City.

“These men all have this shared experience that really is unlike any other experience that people have,” said instructor David Surface, a veteran writing teacher and published author. “We fire up the coffee pot and they try to make some sense of it and communicate that to other people.”

The Fordham workshop, which began in 2010, is similar to others that have sprouted across the country. The theory is that veterans are more willing to talk — and therefore write — about their military experience in the company of other veterans.

Surface said he tries to show the veterans “that if you can tap into your own experience and your own memories and

get those on the page, you can create some very compelling and vivid writing.”

“It’s not therapy,” Surface cautioned. “A lot of vets, if they hear the word therapy they will head in the opposite direction. But it is cathartic.”

The process begins with vets being asked to remember specific sights, sounds or smells from wartime, which helps them recall how they felt at the time.

Navy veteran Ryan Barry, now 29, of Norwalk, Connecticut, said fellow veteran writers supported him as he worked through his feelings when he wrote the antiwar poem, “Lt. Wise,” about the death of an officer.

The poem begins, “Can someone please explain to me/ how a folded American triangle offers any type of closure/ how memorials help to ease the pain?”

After each workshop, the veterans’ best work is published in an anthology. Last week, veterans ranging in age from their 20s to their 70s read from the latest book in a small café on the campus. One used a walker to get to the podium.

One or two choked up as they read.

Korean War vet Vin Speranza begged off with a sore throat, so Surface read Speranza’s story, a searing account of a one-sided firefight that left 23 North Koreans dead.

They were “spread about randomly, motionless, like a child’s toy soldiers dumped out of an old paper bag,” Speranza wrote.

Surface also teaches the course to homeless vets. An all-female class is in the works, as well as one for veterans’ families.

Rod Carlson, 72, of White Plains, who was a Marine heli-

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The Veterans Writing workshop in Harrison, New York, helps veterans, such as Korean War veteran Vin Speranza, revisit memories of military service and commit them to paper. Here, Speranza displays a cigarette lighter he found on a dead North Korean soldier as he reads a story of his service during the workshop. copter pilot in Vietnam, said the workshop “isn’t for writers. It’s for veterans who have stories to tell.”

“It allows us to deal with

our past, reposition memories, get out of isolation,” he said.

“Especially those of us who lost good friends many years

ago. We come here, we remember them, we tell others about them and it’s like you haven’t abandoned them in enemy territory.”

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Once the agency is accept-

ing applications, an individual with an existing, permanent liquor license may fill out the form for a local option permit.

The nonrefundable application fee is $3,050 for 52 weeks or $200 per Sunday if you don’t want to apply for a whole year at a time. The applications are usually approved on the spot, the spokesperson said.

Once the license has been issued, a search by license type and area can be run on sctax.org under alcohol sales to determine which restaurants are offering alcoholic beverages on Sunday.

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Sunday alcohol sale referendums have become much more prevalent across the state, the department spokesperson said. In years past, they may have had two on the ballots. Now it’s not uncommon to see between nine and 12 such questions up for vote statewide.

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from South Carolina. The school district will host the external review March 9-11.

“Out of that review we may have some actions we’re required to do,” Sagona said.

“Each school is also going through its individual review.

The whole point of the review and accreditation is that we’re making sure we’re showing continuous improvement.”

In other board meeting news: • David Trombly, director of teaching, learning, testing and accountability, summarized some statistics regarding the district’s federal report cards.

Eighteen schools met or exceeded expectations while others — specifically some of the middle schools — struggled.

Trombly said he will provide principals with year-over-year scores and statistics, including information on how students performed in subgroups, to help faculty develop strategies and curriculum to improve scores. Hilton suggested a work session in the future for board members to get a better understanding of the grading criteria so they can develop a way to assist teachers in helping their students improve.

• The board also appointed new school representatives for the career and technology center (McGhaney and Barbara Jackson), early head start (Alston and McQuilla), the Sumter Education Foundation (Michalik) and the board legislative contact (Hilton).

COLUMBIA — Gov. Nikki Haley on Monday nominated her former deputy chief of staff to replace the outgoing director of South Carolina’s Medicaid agency.

Christian Soura will take over from Tony Keck at the state Department of Health and Human Services starting Nov. 20. The Senate still must confirm his appointment. DHHS provides health care coverage to nearly 1.2 million of the state’s poor, disabled and elderly residents, about a quarter of the state’s population.

Keck is taking a job as senior vice president of Tennessee-based Mountain States Health Alliance and will begin there in mid-December.

“I knew it was a matter of time before the private sector stole him away from us,” Haley said.

Before joining Haley’s team in January 2011, Soura was secretary of administration for former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, a Democrat, and Haley referred to the 36-year-old as the “man behind the curtain.”

Soura led Haley’s efforts for a government restructuring bill that she signed into law last February, and he also put together her executive budget proposals.

“He’s a genius in his own right and someone, whenever there was a problem, he always knew of a way to fix it,” Haley said.

Soura quietly moved over to the Medicaid agency in early September. His current salary is $129,000. Keck makes $155,000.

The department’s 2014-15 state budget is nearly $7 billion, 70 percent of which is federally funded.

It will be Soura’s first job leading a health care agency, though he said he oversaw health programs, such as state

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South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley greets a crowd of supporters during an election night party Nov. 4 in Columbia. On Monday, Haley nominated Christian Soura, her former deputy chief of staff, to replace Tony Keck at the state Department of Health and Human Services. employees’ insurance, in previous jobs.

Haley said Soura also worked with Keck during the last four years.

“You’re going to continue to see much of the same,” Soura said. “There will be a sense of continuity.”

Keck spent much of his tenure explaining why he, like Haley, opposed expanding Medicaid eligibility to more poor people, as called for in the federal health law. He repeatedly argued that simply adding people to Medicaid’s rolls doesn’t necessarily improve their health, saying the state first needs to find a way to improve health while lowering costs.

Lawmakers of both parties have applauded Keck’s initiatives, though Democrats have blasted them as not doing nearly enough.

Those include programs designed to

steer people away from hospital emergency rooms, where care is expensive, to primary care in free or low-cost health clinics. In the “birth outcomes initiative,” the agency saved money by ending payments for early deliveries that aren’t medically necessary and held a contest for hospitals that encourage mothers to breastfeed. The agency also began reimbursing rural hospitals 100 percent of their costs for treating patients without health care.

“I’m disappointed to see him go,” said Thornton Kirby, president of the South Carolina Hospital Association. “I have worked with very few people who are as energetic and collaborative as Tony.”

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Rethinking Hillary 2016 W

ASHINGTON — Now that two of the last three Democratic presidencies have been emphatically judged to have been failures, the world’s oldest political party — the primary architect of this nation’s administrative state — has some thinking to do. The accumulating evidence that the Democratic Party is an exhausted volcano includes its fixation with stale ideas, such as the supreme importance of a 23rd increase in the minimum wage. Can this party be so blinkered by the modest success of its third recent presidency, Bill Clinton’s, that it will sleepwalk into the next election behind Hillary Clinton?

In 2016, she will have won just two elections in her 69 years, the last one 10 years previously. Ronald Reagan went 10 years from his second election to his presidential victory at age 69, but do Democrats want to wager their most precious possession, the presidenGeorge tial nominaWill tion, on the proposition that Clinton has political talents akin to Reagan’s?

In October, Clinton was campaigning, with characteristic futility, for Martha Coakley, the losing candidate for Massachusetts governor, when she said: “Don’t let anybody tell you that it’s corporations and businesses that create jobs.”

Watch her on YouTube. When saying this, she glances down, not at a text but at notes, and proceeds with the hesitancy of someone gathering her thoughts. She is not reading a speechwriter’s blunder. When she said those 13 words she actually was thinking.

You may be wondering, to use eight other Clinton words that will reverberate for a long time: “What difference at this point does it make?” This difference: Although she says her 13 words “short-handed” her thinking, what weird thinking can they be shorthand for?

Yuval Levin, whose sharp thinking was honed at the University of Chicago’s Committee on Social Thought, is editor of the National Affairs quarterly and author of two books on science and public policy and, most recently, of “The Great Debate: Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left.” He is one of conservatism’s most sophisticated and measured explicators, so his biting assessment of Clinton is especially notable: “She is smart, tough and savvy and has a capacity to learn from failure and adjust.

But ... people are bored of her and feel like she has been talking at them forever. ... She is a dull, grating, inauthentic, over-eager, insipid elitist with ideological blinders yet no particular vision and is likely to be reduced to running on a dubious promise of experience and competence while faking idealism and hope — a very common type of presidential contender in both parties, but one that almost always loses.”

Her husband promised “a bridge to the 21st century.”

She promises a bridge back to the 1990s. Or perhaps to 1988

‘The last time voters awarded a party a third consecutive presidential term was 1988, when George Herbert Walker Bush’s candidacy could be construed as promising something like a third Reagan term. A Clinton candidacy make sense if, but only if, in 24 months voters will be thinking: Let’s have a third Obama term.’ and the “competence” candidacy of Michael Dukakis, which at least did not radiate, as hers will, a cloying aura of entitlement.

The energy in her party — in its nominating electorate — is well to her left, as will be the center of political gravity in the smaller and more liberal Democratic Senate caucus that will gather in January.

There is, however, evidence that the left is too untethered from reality to engage in effective politics. For example: Billionaire Tom Steyer’s environmental angst is implausibly focused on the supposed planetary menace of the Keystone XL pipeline. His NextGen Climate super PAC disbursed more than $60 million to candidates who shared — or pretended to in order to get his money — his obsession.

The result? The gavel of the Environment and Public Works Committee is coming into the hands of Oklahoma’s Jim Inhofe, the Senate’s most implacable skeptic about large-scale and predictable climate change driven by human behavior.

Is Clinton the person to maintain her party’s hold on young voters? Democrats, in their misplaced confidence in their voter mobilization magic, targeted what have been called “basement grads.”

These are some of the onethird of millennials (ages 1831) who, because of the economy’s sluggishness in the sixth year of recovery, are living with their parents. Why did Democrats think they would be helped by luring anxious and disappointed young people out of basements and into voting booths?

The last time voters awarded a party a third consecutive presidential term was 1988, when George Herbert Walker Bush’s candidacy could be construed as promising something like a third Reagan term. A Clinton candidacy makes sense if, but only if, in 24 months voters will be thinking: Let’s have a third Obama term.

George Will’s email address is georgewill@washpost.com. © 2014, Washington Post Writers Group

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fter being admonished by several of you for last week’s column, “Carol of the Hells,” I thought I’d offer some sort of better explanation as to why I’m not the biggest fan of the Christmas holiday.

When you’re accused by multiple readers of being an atheist, you can’t help but take it to heart, so I hope this piece will offer some sort of explanation.

I often get accused of being a “Scrooge” this time of year, and I can’t say that reputation is undeserved.

The Christmas season does tend to bring out my worst side, but, as a veteran of the “War on Christmas,” you’ll forgive me if I occasionally lapse into PTHSD (post traumatic holiday stress disorder).

I served my tour of duty during the “War on Christmas” right next door at Auburn University, a campus so rigidly conservative in its political and religious beliefs that calling it a “bastion Cliff of Christendom” seems McCollum insufficient.

The war began back in 2005, when then Auburn University College Republicans President Laura Steele and her minions became incensed at a name change for Auburn’s annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony.

Due to some changes in the ceremony itself (including the addition of a menorah and other non-Christmas tree lighting fixtures), the Student Government Association thought it wise to change the name of the ceremony to the “Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony.”

Steele and her followers became incensed, declaring that Auburn was “trying to take the Christ out of Christmas” and even made it onto Fox News, where anchor Sean Hannity helped add further fuel to the fire.

Due to Steele’s impassioned response, the SGA later formed a student committee, the Holiday Tree Lighting Committee, to address the issue and try to form a “less provocative” name.

Because of my position in the student media at Auburn (and the fact that the sitting Plainsman editor made me), I was named to the committee but tried hard not to interfere with its workings.

The only suggestion I ever made to that august body was that the committee’s initial idea of renaming it the “Festival of Lights” might be problematic, as that nomenclature is already in use by the Jewish faith (Hanukkah) and Hindus (Diwali).

When my involvement with the committee became public, Steele’s replacement at the AUCR, Auburn’s own Kristi Cottrell, was angered and demanded my removal from the group, as she was certain I would be up to no good, what with my horrid political correctness and all.

What she had to fear from an Opelikan who was raised Southern Baptist at Opelika’s First Baptist Church is beyond my comprehension, but I was apparently sus-

‘We really ought to consider ourselves lucky that the idiotic “Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays” battle is apparently what passes for “persecution” here. Were that our friends in the Far East were so lucky.’ pect and probably a pinko Commie, too.

Rather than cause more unnecessary fuss, I gladly accepted their forced resignation, but not before the story was picked up by the local daily paper, which ran the story on its front page.

Ever since then, I have always gotten at least two or three comments made to me about that debacle each Christmas season — people asking if I was going to rename it a “Kwanzaa bush” or a “Saturnalia Spruce” ... as if Douglas firs were a regular feature of first-century Judea.

Now, every time I hear of some new report or way that Christmas is being “persecuted” here in America, I can’t help but roll my eyes.

There is legitimate persecution in this world: Christians being jailed for publicly professing their faith in countries like China and North Korea, believers being targeted and killed in countries like Egypt and Syria simply for attending their churches.

Someone saying “Happy Holidays” to you instead of your preferred “Merry Christmas” is not persecution, even though some of you try to stretch the definition of “persecution” to make it so.

The phrase “Happy Holidays” does not stop you from freely worshiping God in your chosen fashion. It does not oppress you or try to stifle you in any fashion.

Take a look at what other believers have to go through across the world, and then fall to your knees in contemplative prayer to thank God for the blessing of being born in this country.

We really ought to consider ourselves lucky that the idiotic “Merry Christmas/ Happy Holidays” battle is apparently what passes for “persecution” here. Were that our friends in the Far East were so lucky.

I hope you all had a pleasant Christmas, and I wish you all a pleasant New Year ... or, in other words: Happy Holidays.

Cliff McCollum is an 80-year-old soul trapped in a 20-something body. He is an ordained minister and former community college professor who enjoys British literature and field herpetology. He spends his spare time trying to show Vegans and vegetarians the error of their ways. As managing editor of the Gulf Coast Newspapers in Baldwin County, Alabama — now part of Osteen Publishing Co. — he can be reached at cmccollum@gulfcoastnewspapers.com.

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OK Go. (N) (HD) Selfie: Landline Modern Family: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Forever: The Ecstasy of Agony Busi- ABC Columbia (:35) Jimmy Kimmel Live Celebrities Sabotaging roThe Big Game Writing On the Wall Coulson’s senessman dies from sexual punishNews at 11 (HD) and human-interest subjects. (HD) mance. (N) (HD) (HD) crets. (N) (HD) ment. (N) (HD) BBC World News Charlie Rose (N) Finding Your Roots: The British Inva- Navy SEALs - Their Untold Story Never-before-seen footage, personal me- Tavis Smiley 11 14 (HD) International sion Puritan roots; World War II sol- mentos and firsthand accounts tell the story of how the U.S. Navy SEALs be- (HD) news. came an admired military force. (N) (HD) dier. (N) (HD) The Big Bang The Big Bang MasterChef Junior: Flip it! Race to New Girl: The Mindy Pro- WACH FOX News at 10 Local news TMZ (N) Mike & Molly: Modern Family: 6 6 Theory Past mis- Theory (HD) flip and stack pancakes; best citrus Goldmine Breast ject Mom shop- report and weather forecast.

Valentine’s Piggy- ClosetCon ‘13 take. (HD) cream pies. (N) (HD) reduction. (N) lifting. (N) (HD) back (HD) (HD) How I Met Your Anger Manage- The Flash: Plastique The Army co- Supernatural: Fan Fiction Sam & Law & Order: Criminal Intent: Major Law & Order: Criminal Intent: Alpha Hot in Cleveland 4 22 Mother (HD) ment Sean’s sis- mes in to town and takes over after a Dean investigate a disappearance.

Case A man kills the object of his ob- Dog Poster boy with sex appeal dies. Ex-spouse reter. (HD) bomb goes off. (N) (HD) (N) (HD) session. (HD) (HD) turns. (HD) WIS News 10 at Entertainment Tonight (N) (HD) news update.

News 19 @ 7pm Inside Edition (N) 9 9 Evening news up- (HD) date.

Wheel of ForJeopardy! (N) 5 12 tune: Best Friends (HD) (N) (HD) Making It Grow (N) 3 10 7:00pm Local

CABLE CHANNELS Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars (N) Storage Wars (N) Dogs of War: Michael Dog for vet- (:02) Storage (:32) Storage (:01) Storage (HD) (HD) (HD) (HD) (HD) (HD) eran. (N) (HD) Wars (HD) Wars (HD) Wars (HD) Heartbreak Ridge (‘86, Drama) aaa Clint Eastwood. A Marine recon sergeant on his final tour of duty is asWe Were Soldiers (‘02, Action) Mel 180 (5:30) The Green Berets (‘68, Action) aa John Wayne. A reporter covers a tour of duty in Nam. (HD) signed to prepare a sorry platoon of green recruits for combat in the invasion of Grenada. (HD) Gibson. War in Vietnam. (HD) 100 Man-Eating Super Squid (HD) Man-Eating Super Croc (HD) The Hunt for Hogzilla (HD) Drug Kingpin Hippos (HD) Man-Eating Super Croc (HD) Hogzilla (HD) Husbands of Husbands Husbands Project Husbands Wendy Williams 162 Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family (‘11, Comedy) ac Tyler Perry. A woman must help her niece gather her family to share upsetting news with them.

Hollywood (N) filmed.

Show (HD) The Real Housewives of Atlanta: The People’s Couch (N) What Happens The Real Housewives of New Jer181 Vanderpump Rules: Instafight Back Vanderpump Rules: All Fired Up to New York.

Staff punishment.

Bye Bye & Bon Voyage (N) sey: Reunion, Part 2 62 The Profit: Unique Salon & Spa Shark Tank (HD) Shark Tank New ideas. (HD) The Profit (N) Shark Tank New ideas. (HD) Shark (HD) 64 Erin Burnett OutFront (N) Anderson Cooper 360° (N) (HD) CNN Special Report (N) CNN Tonight Anderson Cooper 360° (HD) CNN Spc. (:29) Tosh.0 (HD) Tosh.0 Black face. Tosh.0 Public Tosh.0 Religious Tosh.0 (HD) Tosh.0 (N) (HD) Brickleberry (N) Daily Show (N) The Colbert Re- (:01) @midnight 136 South Park A new fad. (HD) (HD) restroom. (HD) rapper. (HD) (HD) (HD) port (N) (HD) (N) (HD) Austin & Ally Dog with Blog: A Good Luck Char- I Didn’t Do It: Lo- Jessie Time trav- Good Luck Char80 (6:30) The Pirate Fairy (‘14, Fantasy) Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure (‘09, Family) Mae Mae Whitman. Pixie dust.

Whitman. A fairy goes on a fantastic journey.

(HD) New Baby? lie (HD) gan’s Run eler. (HD) lie (HD) 103 Moonshiners (HD) Moonshiners: Shine On (N) Moonshiners (N) (HD) Billy Bob’s Gags to Riches (N) Moonshiners (HD) Billy Bob (HD) 35 Sports (HD) CFB Playoff 30 for 30: Rand University (HD) 2014 WSOP: Final Table z{| (HD) SportsCenter (HD) Sports (HD) 39 Outside the Lines (HD) College Football: Teams TBA z{| (HD) 2014 WSOP: Final Table no~ (HD) The 700 Club Rev. Pat Robertson’s The Lucky One 131 (6:00) Miss Congeniality (‘00, Comedy) Sandra Bullock. The Wedding Planner (‘01, Romance) ac Matthew McConaughey. A successful wedding An FBI agent poses as a beauty queen. (HD) planner falls in love with a charming groom-to-be. (HD) Christian panel. (‘12) aaa (HD) 109 Chopped: Thyme Flies (HD) Chopped Bean casserole. (HD) A Hero’s Welcome (N) Chopped (N) (HD) Chopped: Military Salute (HD) Hero’s 74 On the Record with Greta (N) The O’Reilly Factor (N) (HD) The Kelly File News updates.

The Man Who Killed Osama (N) The O’Reilly Factor (HD) The Kelly File 42 College Football: Baylor Bears at Oklahoma Sooners no~ (HD) World Championship (HD) New College (HD) Coll. Ftbl (HD) A Bride for Christmas (‘12, Romance) Arielle Kebbel. A man participates in Thanksgiving 183 (6:00) Christmas Magic (‘11, Holiday) Angels Sing (‘13, Holiday) Harry Connick Jr. A man has to overcome his Lindy Booth. Angelic task. holiday past to help his son facing a tragedy. (HD) a wedding wager. (HD) (‘13) aac (HD) 112 Flop Flop Flop Flop Flop Flop Hunters (N) Hunters (N) A Hero’s Welcome Flop 110 Pawn Stars Pawn Stars The Curse of Oak Island (HD) The Curse of Oak Island (N) Search for the Lost Giants (N) Pawn. (HD) Pawn. (HD) Curse (HD) 160 Criminal Minds: Self-Fulfilling Proph- Criminal Minds: Fatal Obsessed with Criminal Minds: Angels Team is put Criminal Minds: Demons Corruption The Listener: The White Whale May- Listener: Man in ecy Mass suicide. (HD) Greek mythology. (HD) in danger during case. (HD) in Texas. (HD) oral candidate. (N) the Mirror 145 True Tori: Back to the Future Tori fo- True Tori: A Tale of Two Husbands True Tori: First Wives Club Tori plans (:01) Prison Wives Club: No Babies (:02) True Tori: First Wives Club Tori (:02) True Tori cuses on healing herself. (HD) Tori chases her past. (HD) party. (N) (HD) Behind Bars (N) (HD) plans party. (HD) (HD) 76 Hardball with Chris (N) (HD) All in with Chris Hayes (HD) The Rachel Maddow Show (N) Lawrence O’Donnell (HD) All in with Chris Hayes (HD) Maddow (HD) 91 100 Things Before School (N) Full Hse Full Hse Full Hse Full Hse Prince Prince Friends (HD) Friends (HD) How I Met 154 Ink Master: Ink My Oosik (HD) Ink Master: Virgin Blood (HD) Ink Master: Cold Blooded (HD) Ink Master (N) (HD) Nightmares Tattoo Ink Master Spartacus: War of the Damned: Town of the Liv152 Thir13en Ghosts (‘01, Horror) aa Tony Shalhoub. A teacher inherits his Disaster L.A. (‘14, Horror) aaa Justin Ray. Toxic smoke from meteors uncle’s home and finds it houses a gang of angry spirits. (HD) changes residents of Los Angeles into violent undead.

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George C. Scott.

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TV celebrates, recognizes veterans in a big way

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Television celebrates Veterans Day in a big way. Over on HBO, famous names from the worlds of comedy, music and Hollywood converge to honor veterans on “The Concert for Valor” (7 p.m., TV-14), held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Look for performances and appearances by Eminem, Jamie Foxx, Dave Grohl, Metallica, John Oliver, Rihanna, Bruce Springsteen, Carrie Underwood and Zac Brown Band, as well as special appearances

by Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, among many others.

• Gary Sinise narrates “Navy SEALs: Their Untold Story” (9 p.m., PBS, TV-PG check local listings). Best known for their participation in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, the SEALs remain shrouded in secrecy. “Story” revisits the history of the organization and recalls some of their most important operations over the decades, dating back to World War II. • “MTV’s Got Your 6” (5 p.m., MTV) documents the lives of four returning soldiers and Marines as they adjust to marriages, family and civilian life.

• November used to be a sweeps month, a time when networks revved up their razzle-dazzle machine to churn out specials, made-for-TV movies, miniseries and attentiongrabbing episodes. TV ratings are a fraction of what they were, and sweeps are all but forgotten. So far this month, we’ve had the CMA awards show and a “special” 100th episode of “Hawaii Five-0.” Can you feel the excitement?

“Law & Order” creator Dick Wolf is old-school enough to use one of the traditions of sweeps month to draw viewers to his three current scripted series. Over the next two nights, “Chicago Fire” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14) begins a crossover story with “Chicago PD” and “Law & Order: SVU.”

TV ON DVD TV-themed DVDs available today include “Batman: The Complete Television Series.” Few series so completely capture and reflect their time.

“Batman” only ran from 1966-68. It was a meteoric TV hit and a white-hot pop-culture

sensation until it burnt out and vanished. It’s been in repeats for decades.

The box set includes all 120 episodes, and plenty of Bat Extras on 18 DVDs.

p.m., TCM), co-starring Eleanor Parker.

LATE NIGHT

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • Shaw infiltrates a ring of jewel thieves on “Person of Interest” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

• A broker’s kinky lifestyle puts him in his grave on “Forever” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-14).

• Romance beckons on “Sons of Anarchy” (10 p.m., FX, TVMA).

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SERIES NOTES

Bruce Springsteen is one of the many celebrities scheduled to appear or perform at “The Concert for Valor” airing at 7 p.m. today on HBO.

A killing exposes a phony charity on “NCIS” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-PG) * Eliza tries to find a girlfriend for Henry on “Selfie” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-14) * A bombing brings a heavy-handed response on “The Flash” (8 p.m., CW, TV-PG) * Cam’s quest for a football victory obscures his vision on “Modern Family” (8:30

p.m., ABC, r, TV-14) * A highly classified consultant expires on “NCIS: New Orleans” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14) * Nick puts on an act on “New Girl” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Alien graffiti on “Marvel’s Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * A teacher vanishes on “Supernatural” (9 p.m., CW, TV-14) * Borrowers and

lenders on “The Mindy Project” (9:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14).

CULT CHOICE Blinded by a grenade on Guadalcanal, a decorated hero (John Garfield) adjusts slowly to civilian life in the 1945 drama “Pride of the Marines” (10

Samantha Power is scheduled on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” (11 p.m., Comedy Central) * The cast of “Sons Of Anarchy” and First Aid Kit appear on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS) * Diane Von Furstenberg sits down on “The Colbert Report” (11:30 p.m., Comedy Central) * Steve Carell and OK Go appear on “Late Show With David Letterman” (11:35 p.m., CBS) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes Drew Barrymore, the Farrelly Brothers and Johnny Marr on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * David Hyde Pierce, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Matt Jones visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Craig Ferguson hosts Valerie Bertinelli and James Oswald on “The Late Late Show” (12:35 a.m., CBS).

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GOVERNMENT — Federal government offices, the U.S. Postal Service, state government offices, City of Sumter offices and Lee County offices are closed today.

Sumter County offices and Clarendon County offices are open today.

SCHOOLS — The following are closed today: Sumter School District; Wilson Hall; St. Anne Catholic School; and William Thomas Academy.

All offices of The Sumter Item are open today.

AROUND TOWN The Sumter County Veterans As- Association will meet at 6 p.m. sociation will hold its annual on Thursday, Nov. 13, at the Veterans Day program at 11 North HOPE Center, 904 N. a.m. todayShow on the lawnappreciation of the Main Call (803) 773-7995. your toSt. our veterans courthouse, Main Street. Col. The Overcomers Stroke Support Stephen F. Jost, commander Group will meet at 6 p.m. on of the 20th Fighter Wing of Thursday, Nov. 13, in the liShaw Air Force Base, will brary of Alive Drive Baptist speak. Following the proChurch, 1305 Loring Mill Road gram, 35 local businesses at Wise Drive. Call Wayne will have booths set up beHunter at (803) 464-3003 or hind the courthouse for vetJoyce at (803) 464-7865. erans to see what the busiTake your leashed pets out for a nesses have to offer them. day of music, food and fun at The Sumter Chapter of the Nathe Sumter SPCA Mutt Strut tional Federation of the Blind 2014 on Saturday, Nov. 15, bewill meet at 7 p.m. today at ginning at noon. The event Shiloh-Randolph Manor, 125 will be held at 1100 S. GuigW. Bartlette St. Jonathan nard Drive (next to the Pent will speak. The spotlight SPCA). “Strutters” are needwill shine on Erieka Myers ed to help raise money for and the associate member is the Mutt Strut, which is a Ruth Pressley. Transportation community animal day celeprovided within coverage bration. You can help raise area. If you know a blind or money by visiting the SPCA, legally blind individual, con1140 S. Guignard Drive, from tact Debra Canty at Debra11 a.m. to 5 p.m. any day exCanC2@frontier.com or at cept Wednesday or Sunday (803) 775-5792. For pertinent to pick up a registration information about their uppacket. The registration fee coming gala, call the 24/7 re- is $10 per person and incorded message line at (206) cludes a free event T-shirt.

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The person who raises the Clarendon School District One most money will win a new will conduct free vision, hearing, 2014 Apple MacBook Air. Secspeech and developmental ond place winner will receive screenings as part of a child $400 and third place winner find effort to identify stuwill receive $200. Call (803) dents with special needs.

773-9292. All proceeds benefit Screenings will be held from the Sumter SPCA. 9 a.m. to noon at the SumLincoln High School Class of merton Early Childhood Cen1963 will meet at 2 p.m. on ter on the following ThursSaturday, Nov. 15, at Ameridays: Nov. 13; Dec. 11; Jan. 8, can Legion Post 202, 310 Pal2015; Feb. 12, 2015; March 12, metto St. Plans will be made 2015; April 9, 2015; and May for the 2015 class reunion, 14, 2015. Call Sadie Williams which will be celebrated as or Audrey Walters at (803) the 1960s class reunion of the 485-2325, extension 221.

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PUBLIC AGENDA LEE COUNTY COUNCIL Today, 9 a.m., council chambers SUMTER HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION Today, noon, Sunset Country Club LYNCHBURG TOWN COUNCIL Today, 6 p.m., Teen Center on Magnolia Street, Lynchburg SUMTER COUNTY COUNCIL Today, 6 p.m., Sumter County Council Chambers PINEWOOD TOWN COUNCIL

ARIES (March 21-April 19): A flexible EUGENIA LAST attitude will help you navigate your way to success.

Someone you have worked with in the past will make a proposal.

Unfortunately, the glowing description you are offered initially isn’t likely to live up to your expectations.

The last word in astrology

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Pick up information, attend a conference or do some searching online for new career resources. Partnerships can help you reach your goals quickly and with confidence. Address an emotional matter practically. Don’t fold under pressure.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Do what you can to assist your peers. If you work as a team player, you will gain respect and open up a window of opportunity to work on a specialized project that piques your interest. Don’t donate to make an impression.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Choose a destination that allows you to grow spiritually, philosophically and educationally. It’s not how far you travel, it’s what you learn in the process that will lead you in a more positive direction. Romance is favored.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You can bring about change without going over budget. If you stick to your game plan, you will avoid criticism.

Keep your life simple and free of drama. Once you make a complaint, it will escalate out of control.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The possibility of romance is in the stars. Make your feelings and your intentions clear. Planning a small vacation that allows you to mix business with pleasure will bring interesting and unexpected results.

Your intuition won’t let you down.

Today, 6:30 p.m., town hall TURBEVILLE TOWN COUNCIL Today, 6:30 p.m., town hall

DAILY PLANNER

WEATHER TODAY

TONIGHT

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

Turning sunny; pleasant

Partly cloudy

Times of clouds and sun

Mostly cloudy and cooler

Partly sunny and cooler

A full day of sunshine, but cool

73°

46°

75° / 49°

62° / 37°

52° / 29°

53° / 34°

Chance of rain: 5%

Chance of rain: 5%

Chance of rain: 5%

Chance of rain: 25%

Chance of rain: 10%

Chance of rain: 10%

NNW 6-12 mph

WNW 3-6 mph

NNW 4-8 mph

NE 7-14 mph

NNE 7-14 mph

NE 6-12 mph

TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Greenville 72/45

Columbia 73/44

Sumter 73/46

Aiken 73/45

ON THE COAST

Charleston 74/51

Today: Sunny, except some clouds in northern parts. High 69 to 75.

Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun. High 73 to 77.

LOCAL ALMANAC

LAKE LEVELS

SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

Today Hi/Lo/W 72/53/s 50/25/r 51/32/pc 59/31/c 74/45/c 68/57/pc 79/60/s 66/54/pc 79/55/s 69/56/pc 84/59/s 66/55/sh 69/57/pc

SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest.

355.87 74.64 74.46 97.36

24-hr chg -0.01 -0.02 -0.10 +0.11

Sunrise 6:50 a.m.

Moonrise 9:42 p.m.

RIVER STAGES River Black River Congaree River Lynches River Saluda River Up. Santee River Wateree River

0.00" 0.60" 0.94" 32.01" 44.00" 41.63"

NATIONAL CITIES City Atlanta Chicago Dallas Detroit Houston Los Angeles New Orleans New York Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix San Francisco Wash., DC

Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

68° 39° 68° 43° 84° in 1986 26° in 1957

Precipitation 24 hrs ending 4 p.m. yest.

Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 67/41/pc 33/21/pc 47/29/pc 39/25/pc 60/39/pc 69/57/pc 64/47/pc 65/39/pc 79/55/s 66/38/pc 82/58/s 68/58/pc 66/39/pc

Myrtle Beach 70/54

Manning 72/46

Today: Sunny and nice. Winds west-southwest 3-6 mph.

Wednesday: Periods of clouds and sun.

Winds west-northwest 3-6 mph.

Temperature High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low

Florence 71/47

Bishopville 72/46

IN THE MOUNTAINS

Flood 7 a.m. stage yest.

12 2.32 19 3.30 14 3.56 14 2.89 80 75.73 24 4.54

Sunset 5:21 p.m.

Moonset 10:55 a.m.

Last

New

First

Full

Nov. 14

Nov. 22

Nov. 29

Dec. 6

TIDES

24-hr chg -0.01 -0.10 -0.31 -0.26 -0.17 none

AT MYRTLE BEACH

Today Wed.

High 11:54 a.m.

--12:24 a.m.

12:40 p.m.

Ht. 3.3 --2.8 3.1

Low 6:15 a.m.

7:00 p.m.

7:02 a.m.

7:47 p.m.

Ht. 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.9

REGIONAL CITIES City Asheville Athens Augusta Beaufort Cape Hatteras Charleston Charlotte Clemson Columbia Darlington Elizabeth City Elizabethtown Fayetteville

Today Hi/Lo/W 70/40/s 73/48/s 76/43/s 75/49/s 70/59/r 74/51/s 71/42/s 73/50/s 73/44/s 71/45/pc 73/57/c 70/53/pc 71/51/pc

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 61/36/pc 72/42/pc 78/47/pc 76/53/pc 67/53/pc 77/54/pc 72/44/pc 73/47/pc 76/48/pc 74/46/pc 73/46/pc 74/48/pc 75/47/pc

Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 71/47/pc Gainesville 76/46/s Gastonia 72/42/s Goldsboro 70/56/pc Goose Creek 73/50/s Greensboro 69/43/s Greenville 72/45/s Hickory 69/44/s Hilton Head 71/52/s Jacksonville, FL 76/47/s La Grange 76/49/s Macon 75/44/s Marietta 71/49/s

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 75/48/pc 77/54/s 72/44/pc 75/46/pc 76/53/pc 69/39/pc 71/43/pc 67/40/pc 72/57/pc 77/54/s 71/42/pc 76/44/pc 64/38/pc

Today City Hi/Lo/W Marion 71/42/s Mt. Pleasant 72/53/s Myrtle Beach 70/54/pc Orangeburg 74/46/s Port Royal 73/51/s Raleigh 69/48/pc Rock Hill 72/41/s Rockingham 70/46/pc Savannah 77/50/s Spartanburg 73/45/s Summerville 72/52/s Wilmington 73/57/r Winston-Salem 69/45/s

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 66/40/pc 76/54/pc 73/50/pc 76/50/pc 75/56/pc 72/41/pc 72/43/pc 74/46/pc 79/55/pc 71/46/pc 73/57/pc 76/47/pc 68/39/pc

Weather(W): s–sunny, pc–partly cloudy, c–cloudy, sh–showers, t–thunderstorms, r–rain, sf–snow flurries, sn–snow, i–ice

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SUMTER COUNTY VOTER REGISTRATION / ELECTION COMMISSION Thursday, 5:30 p.m., registration / election office, 141 N. Main St.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Altering the way you live will lift your spirits and bring a little excitement and adventure back into your life. Broaden your horizons by taking on new endeavors and meeting interesting people. You cannot buy love, so don’t spend to impress.

Gaffney 72/43 Spartanburg 73/45

Temperatures shown on map are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

MAYESVILLE TOWN COUNCIL Today, 7 p.m., town hall

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Concentrate on what you can do, not on what others want. Make the most of your talents by using your insight. Altering the way you live or the standards you set will help you reach your life goals. Put yourself first.

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AccuWeather® five-day forecast for Sumter

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Emotional problems will crop up, leaving you feeling uncertain about the future.

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PICTURES FROM THE PUBLIC

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Put in as much time as it takes to get a job finished. Your willpower and determination will make others take note and reward you for your accomplishments. Love is in the stars, so celebrate your achievements with a little romance.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Work on the changes required to improve your financial, legal or medical situations. You will face obstacles if you include others in your decisions. Do what’s best for you, but try to stay within your budget.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You are on a roll and can make significant changes to your current situations regarding money, emotions or physical improvements. Love is on the rise, and an emotional matter will lead to a happy and prosperous ending. Selfimprovements will turn out well.

Jim McQuage shares a picture he took while on vacation on San Juan Island in Washington state. McQuage comments, “One of the locals feeds the eagles daily around 4:30 p.m. and he gathers quite a flock of these magnificent birds.”

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LEGION BASEBALL

Campbell leaves Jets after 5 seasons to coach P-15’s

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com Steve Campbell, the head coach for the Dalzell-Shaw Post 175 American Legion baseball program the past five years, has been named the new head coach for the Sumter P-15’s.

Campbell replaces Curtis Johnson, who resigned as the P-15’s head coach last month after three years in the position. Johnson led Sumter to an 82-27 record during his tenure.

Post 15 athletic officer Buddy Suitt said he and the

baseball committee thought Campbell was a good fit for the Sumter program.

“We were looking for someone who was a little bit older, with more experience,” Suitt said of the 58-year-old Campbell. “He’s a former P-15’s player, and I know he’s excited to be coaching the P-15’s.”

Campbell said he is looking forward to the new opportunity.

“It’s an honor to do this,” said Campbell, who played for the P-15’s in the early 1970s.

“Not everybody gets the chance to coach the same

team that they played for; my dad (William) and my brother (Mark) played for the P-15’s as well.

“Also, this is the CAMPBELL best program in the state, and who wouldn’t want this opportunity?”

Campbell will be going to a program that has won 14 state titles and two Southeast Regional crowns, while coming from one that has struggled for most of its existence. In fact, Campbell became the Dalzell head coach just a couple of

weeks before the start of the 2010 season, and his hiring kept the program from folding.

The Jets went 1-19 that season and have followed with years of 8-15, 7-13, 5-13 and 8-17. Campbell was 29-77 during his tenure and led Dalzell to the state playoffs the final four years, even though it was swept in best-of-5 first-round series each year.

“We never won more than we loss in any year, but I felt like we steadily improved every year,” Campbell said. “We kept working and we became a very competitive program.

“Dalzell is a great program,” he added. “Everyone who was a part of it from the players the fans, the Legion members, the parents; we were like a family. Whatever the team needed, they tried their best to make sure they had it.”

Campbell said he has yet to make any decisions on his coaching staff.

“We’re going to have to see what changes need to be made, and we’ll make adjustments as needed. We’ll begin the process (of putting together a coaching staff) very soon.”

CLEMSON FOOTBALL

Back to the future After early glimpses of potential, Tigers’ offense returns to full strength with healthy QB Watson

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press CLEMSON — Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson said his injured right hand has healed up and he’s ready to re-ignite the 18th-ranked Tigers this weekend.

Watson missed the past three games for Clemson (7-2, 6-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) with a broken bone in his throwing hand in a win over Louisville last month. The five-star freshman could’ve played last week in a win at Wake Forest, but Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney wanted to avoid using Watson.

Now, Watson can’t wait to move behind center again when the Tigers (No. 21 College Football Playoff) head to No. 24 Georgia Tech (8-2, 5-2) on Saturday.

“No pain at all,’’ Watson said Monday.

That’s welcome news for fans and coaches who’ve grown accustomed to watching Clemson pile up big offensive numbers and put away opponents by halftime for much of the past four seasons under coordinator Chad Morris.

The Tigers had averaged more than 500 yards and 40 points a game the past two years and were on their way to

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson (4) returns under center on Saturday against Georgia Tech after missing a few games to a broken finger, giving the Tigers a much-needed boost on offense.

NASCAR

USC FOOTBALL

Harvick wins at Phoenix to secure shot at championship

Recent late collapses still sting Spurrier

Newman’s late pass ends Gordon’s hunt

BY JENNA FRYER The Associated Press AVONDALE, Ariz. — This season has played out as a battle between Team Penske and Hendrick Motorsports. All the while, Kevin Harvick was holding his own with NASCAR’s heavyweights.

With his season on the line, it was Harvick who stepped up to earn the right to race for his

first Sprint Cup title.

He’ll do it with a Stewart-Haas Racing team that was in sync from the first time Harvick drove his new No. 4 Chevrolet in December and showed almost every week he could hang with the Hendrick and Penske drivers.

Harvick’s dominating victory on Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway in a must-win race earned him one of the four berths in the Chase for the Sprint

SEE HARVICK, PAGE B3

BY DAVID CARAVIELLO Post and Courier

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Kevin Harvick celebrates after winning the Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500 on Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Ariz.

With the victory, Harvick secured a spot in this weekend’s championship race in Homestead, Fla.

COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s weekend off allowed head coach Steve Spurrier to get away from football for a few days. But getting away from memories of the painful loss which preceded it was another matter.

“I think I’d rather SPURRIER have had a ballgame that we beat somebody. I’d feel a lot better,” the Gamecocks coach said on his Sunday teleconference. “Some games are harder than others to get over — one play here or there, one decision a person could make, and so forth. We’ve had three very similar like that, and we’ve got to shake it off and bounce back and get our guys ready to play. Our staff is in

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2014

THE SUMTER ITEM

SCOREBOARD

PRO BASEBALL

Portland 116, Denver 100 L.A. Lakers 107, Charlotte 92

MONDAY’S GAMES

TV, RADIO TODAY

4 a.m. -- Professional Baseball: MLB All-Stars vs.

Hanshin Tigers/Yomiuri Giants from Osaka, Japan (MLB NETWORK).

11 a.m. -- Professional Golf: Asian Tour Panasonic Open India Third Round from New Dehli (GOLF).

6 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: Baseball Writers’ Association of America Manager of the Year Awards (MLB NETWORK).

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

8 p.m. -- College Football: Toledo at Northern Illinois (ESPN2).

8 p.m. -- College Football: Akron at Buffalo (ESPNU).

8 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Orlando at Toronto (NBA TV).

8 p.m. -- NHL Hockey: Buffalo at St. Louis (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

9 p.m. -- Professional Baseball: MLB All-Stars vs.

Hanshin Tigers/Yomiuri Giants from Osaka, Japan (MLB NETWORK).

10 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Charlotte at Portland (SPORTSOUTH).

10:30 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: San Antonio at Golden State (NBA TV).

4 a.m. -- Professional Baseball: MLB All-Stars vs.

Samurai Japan National Team Game One from Osaka, Japan (MLB NETWORK).

PREP SCHEDULE FRIDAY

Varsity Football Playoffs Sumter at Summerville, 7:30 p.m.

Wilson Hall at Laurence Manning, 7:30 p.m.

Carolina Academy at Clarendon Hall, 7:30 p.m.

GOLF The Associated Press

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Chicago White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu was a unanimous winner of the AL Rookie of the Year award on Monday. New York Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom earned the NL award.

Abreu, deGrom voted top rookies

BY RONALD BLUM The Associated Press NEW YORK — Jose Abreu and Jacob deGrom were far from the major leagues at the start of 2013.

Abreu was playing for Cienfuegos in Cuba, and deGrom was in A-ball for the second straight year after coming back from Tommy John surgery.

On Monday, the pair were runaway winners in balloting for rookies of the year.

The Chicago White Sox first baseman was voted the AL honor unanimously by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, and the New York Mets pitcher won the NL award in a landslide.

One year after defecting from Cuba, the 27-year-old Abreu had a .581 slugging percentage to become the first qualifying rookie to lead the major leagues since Oakland’s Mark McGwire in 1987, according to STATS. Abreu was sixth in batting at .317, tied for fourth in home runs with 36 and fifth in RBI with 107.

He said playing in the major leagues “never crossed my mind when I was a kid in Cuba.”

“But in 2013, after the World Classic, I realized that I belonged to the major leagues and I am very happy that I’m here,” Abreu said through a translator during a news conference in Chicago. “And I’m very happy that my family’s happy that I am in the major leagues. Of course, now I realize that I could make it.”

Abreu received all 30 first place votes for 150 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

Los Angeles Angels right-hander

Matt Shoemaker was second with 40 points, followed by New York Yankees reliever Dellin Betances (27), Houston pitcher Collin McHugh DEGROM (21) and Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka (16), who was hurt for most of the season’s second half.

Abreu hit .383 with three homers and nine RBI for Cuba at last year’s World Baseball Classic, then defected that summer and signed a $68 million, six-year contract with the White Sox in October. He became the sixth White Sox player to earn the honor following Luis Aparicio (1956), Gary Peters (1963), Tommie Agee (1966), Ron Kittle (1983) and Ozzie Guillen (1985).

“Playing baseball in Cuba made me the whole player I am now,” Abreu said. “I learned baseball in Cuba, and I’m very grateful of that.”

DeGrom received 26 of 30 firstplace votes and 142 points. Speedy Cincinnati outfielder Billy Hamilton was second with four firsts and 92 points. He hit .285 with 38 stolen bases in the first half, then slumped to .200 with 18 steals after the All-Star break.

“I was just thankful to be in the big leagues this year,” DeGrom said.

A shortstop in college, deGrom’s career went on hiatus for a year when he needed reconstructive elbow surgery in October 2010.

“I just tried to stick with the rehab program that I was given and follow it step by step,” he said.

‘Thankfully I had a pretty smooth rehab process and never had any setbacks, and I was on schedule the whole way.”

SPORTS ITEMS

LeBron’s triple-double leads Cavs past Pelicans Watson had a two-shot lead with three holes to play until he appeared to throw it all away with a bogey and double bogey to fall one shot behind a five-way tie for the lead.

CLEVELAND — LeBron James recorded a triple-double with 32 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists and Kyrie Irving scored 27 of his 32 in the second half, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 118-111 win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday night.

Kevin Love added 22 points for the Cavs, who played just their second home game this season.

James and Irving dominated in the second half, combining for 46 points — 30 in the third quarter when the Cavs overcame 9-point deficit. Love, too, was huge after halftime, making four 3-pointers.

JACKSON, Miss. — Nick Taylor overcame a four-shot deficit to win the Sanderson Farms Championship, shooting a 6-under 66 for a two-stroke victory over Boo Weekley and Jason Bohn.

Weekley also had a 66, and Bohn shot 69.

WATSON RALLIES FOR HSBC CHAMPIONS WIN

LEE WINS 5-HOLE PLAYOFF AT MIZUNO CLASSIC

SHANGHAI — Bubba Watson won his first World Golf Championship with a stunning turnaround Sunday when he holed a bunker shot for eagle on the 18th hole to get into a playoff, and made a 20-foot birdie putt to beat Tim Clark in the HSBC Champions.

TAYLOR COMES FROM 4 BACK AT SANDERSON FARMS CHAMPIONSHIP

SHIMA, Japan — South Korea’s Mi Hyang Lee won the Mizuno Classic for her first LPGA Tour title, birdieing the fifth hole of a playoff with compatriot Ilhee Lee and Japan’s Kotono Kozuma.

From wire reports

Indianapolis Houston Tennessee Jacksonville NORTH

W 7 5 5 2

L 2 4 4 8

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .778 .556 .556 .200

PF 281 191 227 174

PA 198 182 171 265

W 6 4 2 1

L 3 5 7 9

T 0 0 0 0

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PA 211 197 223 282

W 6 5 6 6

L 3 3 4 4

T 0 1 0 0

Pct .667 .611 .600 .600

PF 209 197 261 261

PA 172 211 239 181

W 7 6 5 0

L 2 3 4 9

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .778 .667 .556 .000

PF 286 217 205 146

PA 202 151 186 252

Philadelphia Dallas N.Y. Giants Washington SOUTH

-13 -13 -12 -11 -10 -10 -10 -10 -10 -9

New Orleans Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay NORTH Detroit Green Bay Minnesota Chicago WEST Arizona Seattle San Francisco St. Louis

W 6 7 3 3

L 2 3 6 6

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .750 .700 .333 .333

PF 234 261 195 197

PA 177 212 247 229

W 4 3 3 1

L 5 5 6 8

T 0 1 0 0

Pct .444 .389 .333 .111

PF 251 177 219 167

PA 225 236 238 272

W 7 6 4 3

L 2 3 5 6

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .778 .667 .444 .333

PF 182 277 168 194

PA 142 205 199 277

W 8 6 5 3

L 1 3 4 6

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .889 .667 .556 .333

PF 223 240 195 163

PA 170 191 202 251

THURSDAY’S GAME

Cleveland 24, Cincinnati 3

SUNDAY’S GAMES

-11 -11 -10 -10 -10 -8 -8

San Francisco 27, New Orleans 24, OT Kansas City 17, Buffalo 13 Detroit 20, Miami 16 Baltimore 21, Tennessee 7 N.Y. Jets 20, Pittsburgh 13 Atlanta 27, Tampa Bay 17 Dallas 31, Jacksonville 17 Denver 41, Oakland 17 Seattle 38, N.Y. Giants 17 Arizona 31, St. Louis 14 Green Bay 55, Chicago 14 Open: Houston, Indianapolis, Minnesota, New England, San Diego, Washington

MONDAY’S GAME

Carolina at Philadelphia, late

THURSDAY, NOV. 13

-8

Buffalo at Miami, 8:25 p.m.

-7

SUNDAY, NOV. 16

-6 -6

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Minnesota at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Seattle at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

Cincinnati at New Orleans, 1 p.m.

Denver at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

Houston at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

Atlanta at Carolina, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Washington, 1 p.m.

San Francisco at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.

Oakland at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.

Detroit at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.

Philadelphia at Green Bay, 4:25 p.m.

New England at Indianapolis, 8:30 p.m.

Open: Baltimore, Dallas, Jacksonville, N.Y. Jets

MONDAY, NOV. 17

Pittsburgh at Tennessee, 8:30 p.m.

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EASTERN CONFERENCE W 6 4 3 2 0

L 1 2 3 5 7

Pct .857 .667 .500 .286 .000

GB – 1 1/2 2 1/2 4 6

W 5 5 3 2 2

L 2 2 4 3 5

Pct .714 .714 .429 .400 .286

GB – – 2 2 3

W 5 3 2 2 1

L 2 4 3 4 6

Pct .714 .429 .400 .333 .143

GB – 2 2 2 1/2 4

W 6 6 3 4 2

L 1 1 2 3 3

Pct .857 .857 .600 .571 .400

GB – – 2 2 3

W 4 3 2 2 1

L 3 4 4 5 5

Pct .571 .429 .333 .286 .167

GB – 1 1 1/2 2 2 1/2

W 5 5 4 4 1

L 1 2 2 3 5

Pct .833 .714 .667 .571 .167

GB – 1/2 1 1 1/2 4

WESTERN CONFERENCE SOUTHWEST DIVISION

SUNDAY’S GAMES

New England Buffalo Miami N.Y. Jets SOUTH

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ATLANTIC DIVISION

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

AMERICAN CONFERENCE EAST

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

NBA STANDINGS

By The Associated Press

Portland Utah Minnesota Oklahoma City Denver PACIFIC DIVISION

NFL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press

EAST

MIZUNO CLASSIC PAR SCORES

Houston Memphis New Orleans Dallas San Antonio NORTHWEST DIVISION

Detroit at Washington, 7 p.m.

Utah at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Indiana at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

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

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

L.A. Lakers at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Brooklyn at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Portland at Denver, 9 p.m.

Houston vs. Minnesota at Mexico City, Mexico, 10 p.m.

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Sunday At Kintetsu Kashikojima Country Club Shima, Japan Purse: $1.2 million Yardage: 6,506; Par: 72 Final (x-won on fifth playoff hole) x-Mi Hyang Lee, $180,000 69-67-69—205 Kotono Kozuma, $94,487 69-67-69—205 Ilhee Lee, $94,487 69-66-70—205 Saiki Fujita, $34,379 70-69-67—206 Morgan Pressel, $34,379 67-72-67—206 Sakura Yokomine, $34,379 70-69-67—206 Jessica Korda, $34,379 71-67-68—206 Ayako Uehara, $34,379 70-68-68—206 Karrie Webb, $34,379 70-68-68—206 Na-Ri Lee, $34,379 72-65-69—206

Chicago Milwaukee Cleveland Detroit Indiana

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

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HSBC CHAMPIONS PAR SCORES

Miami Washington Charlotte Atlanta Orlando CENTRAL DIVISION

Orlando at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Sacramento at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Portland, 10 p.m.

San Antonio at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Denver Kansas City San Diego Oakland

Sunday At Sheshan International Golf Club Shanghai Purse: $8.5 million Yardage: 7,261; Par: 72 Final (x-won on first playoff hole) x-Bubba Watson (550), $1,400,000 71-67-69-70—277 Tim Clark (315), $850,000 69-70-69-69—277 Rickie Fowler (152), $381,667 69-70-69-70—278 Hiroshi Iwata, $381,667 73-65-68-72—278 Graeme McDowell (152), $381,667 67-67-71-73—278 Thorbjorn Olesen, $213,667 72-68-69-71—280 Ian Poulter (96), $213,667 70-67-72-71—280 Martin Kaymer (96), $213,667 69-72-66-73—280 Marc Leishman (83), $158,000 72-71-69-69—281 Jason Dufner (76), $135,500 72-70-72-68—282 Brandt Snedeker (76), $135,500 69-74-69-70—282

Toronto Brooklyn Boston New York Philadelphia SOUTHEAST DIVISION

TODAY’S GAMES

Cleveland Cincinnati Pittsburgh Baltimore WEST

SANDERSON FARMS CHAMPIONSHIP PAR SCORES

Sunday At The Country Club of Jackson Jackson, Miss.

Purse: $4 million Yardage: 7,354; Par: 72 Final Nick Taylor (300), $720,000 67-69-70-66—272 Boo Weekley (135), $352,000 70-68-70-66—274 Jason Bohn (135), $352,000 68-71-66-69—274 Peter Uihlein (0), $165,333 70-71-69-65—275 Justin Thomas (68), $165,333 71-68-69-67—275 John Rollins (68), $165,333 68-66-68-73—275 William McGirt (55), $134,000 68-70-66-72—276 Robert Streb (50), $124,000 67-70-70-70—277 Blayne Barber (38), $100,000 71-71-70-66—278 Garrett Osborn (0), $100,000 70-69-71-68—278 Carlos Sainz Jr (38), $100,000 70-70-69-69—278 Mark Wilson (38), $100,000 71-69-68-70—278 David Toms (38), $100,000 68-66-72-72—278 David Hearn (30), $66,000 69-72-71-67—279

Utah at Indiana, 7 p.m.

New Orleans at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

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

Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m.

San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

Brooklyn 104, Orlando 96 Utah 97, Detroit 96 Oklahoma City 101, Sacramento 93 Toronto 120, Philadelphia 88 Miami 105, Dallas 96 Phoenix 107, Golden State 95

NHL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W Tampa Bay 15 11 Montreal 15 10 Detroit 15 7 Boston 15 9 Toronto 15 8 Ottawa 14 7 Florida 12 4 Buffalo 16 3 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W Pittsburgh 13 10 N.Y. Islanders 14 9 Philadelphia 14 7 Washington 14 6 New Jersey 14 6 N.Y. Rangers 14 6 Carolina 13 4 Columbus 14 4

L 3 4 3 6 5 4 4 11

OT 1 1 5 0 2 3 4 2

Pts 23 21 19 18 18 17 12 8

GF 58 37 40 43 47 38 20 20

GA 41 42 37 35 42 34 30 54

L 2 5 5 5 6 6 6 9

OT 1 0 2 3 2 2 3 1

Pts 21 18 16 15 14 14 11 9

GF 55 42 45 45 38 39 31 36

GA 27 42 43 42 45 46 43 51

OT 2 1 2 1 0 5 4

Pts 20 19 18 17 14 13 12

GF 35 35 30 41 37 40 40

GA 28 28 32 28 29 50 50

WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION Nashville St. Louis Winnipeg Chicago Minnesota Colorado Dallas PACIFIC DIVISION

GP 14 14 15 15 13 16 14

GP Anaheim 16 Vancouver 16 Calgary 16 Los Angeles 15 San Jose 16 Arizona 14 Edmonton 15 NOTE: Two points time loss.

W 9 9 8 8 7 4 4 W 10 11 9 8 8 6 6 for a

L 3 4 5 6 6 7 6

L OT 3 3 5 0 5 2 4 3 6 2 7 1 8 1 win, one

Pts GF 23 41 22 49 20 49 19 37 18 50 13 34 13 38 point for

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Tampa Bay 4, Detroit 3, SO Vancouver 2, Anaheim 1, SO Edmonton 3, N.Y. Rangers 1 Toronto 5, Ottawa 3 Chicago 5, San Jose 2

MONDAY’S GAMES

New Jersey at Boston, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Carolina, 7 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Minnesota at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Colorado at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.

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

Columbus at Washington, 7 p.m.

Winnipeg at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

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

Buffalo at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Edmonton at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Dallas at Arizona, 9 p.m.

Ottawa at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Boston at Toronto, 8 p.m.

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

GA 32 44 41 30 46 47 51 over-

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

SEC West survivors ’Bama, Mississippi State face off

BY JOHN ZENOR The Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Mississippi State and Alabama are the only Southeastern Conference teams that still control their fates in the playoff scramble.

Guess what? Now, they play each other.

In a Western Division where teams have been picking each

SPURRIER FROM PAGE B1 here today working, and we’re in a pretty good mood, I think you could say, as far as what’s happened to us.”

The sting of the Nov. 1 overtime loss to Tennessee — the third game this season in which South Carolina has squandered a two-touchdown lead in the fourth quarter — remains, even more than a week later. The Gamecocks (4-5, 2-5 SEC) must now win two of their final three games to achieve bowl eligibility and avoid the program’s first losing season since USC went 5-7 under Lou Holtz in 2003.

That quest begins Saturday with a noon game at resurgent Florida (5-4, 4-3), which beat Vanderbilt this past weekend to keep alive its outside hopes of an SEC East title. If the Gamecocks need inspiration for how a season can be turned around, they need look only at their opponent. The Gators were foundering until an upset of Georgia two weeks ago, which provided embattled head coach Will Muschamp with some breathing room.

“Our guys are pretty resilient,” Spurrier said. “(Tennessee) was the third one of those game that for whatever rea-

other off one by one, the topranked Bulldogs and No. 4 Crimson Tide meet Saturday in the latest potential playoff elimination game.

“It’s just the SEC West,’’ Tide quarterback Blake Sims said Monday. “There’s a lot of great teams, and Mississippi State is a great team.’’

Gone are onetime top 10 teams LSU and Texas A&M from the playoff conversa-

tion. No. 9 Auburn and No. 10 Mississippi’s hopes are weakened.

The top two remaining teams already have big SEC wins: The Bulldogs over Auburn on Oct. 11 and Alabama in overtime against LSU last weekend.

Mississippi State (9-0, 5-0 SEC) is ranked atop the College Football Playoff rankings. Alabama (8-1, 5-1) is fifth, but could

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up pretty good” in a car accident during the off week, Spurrier said, and likely won’t be available against the Gators.

Right guard Cody Waldrop remains hampered by a right knee ligament, which Spurrier said the offensive lineman sprained in warmups prior to the Georgia game on Sept. 13, even though Waldrop played the whole game. “That one’s just taking a while,” said Spurrier, who plans to ask the USC medical staff if Waldrop will need surgery.

Another lingering question concerns Spurrier’s intention for 2015. The Head Ball Coach told the Columbia newspaper last week that his plan was to be back at South Carolina next season, but in the days since he’s declined to elaborate. That was the case again Sunday, when he deferred to his previous — and so far, only — comment on the matter.

“I commented on that earlier this past week, so I’m going to quit commenting on that,” he said. “We’re getting ready for the Florida Gators.”

Spurrier did come clean on one thing — his shortened media appearance following the Tennessee game.

The usually media-friendly Ball Coach opened his teleconference with an apology.

Record 1. Miss. St. (48) 9-0 2. Florida St. (12) 9-0 3. Oregon 9-1 4. Alabama 8-1 5. TCU 8-1 6. Baylor 8-1 7. Arizona St. 8-1 8. Ohio St. 8-1 9. Auburn 7-2 10. Mississippi 8-2 11. Nebraska 8-1 12. Michigan St. 7-2 13. Kansas St. 7-2 14. UCLA 8-2 15. Notre Dame 7-2 16. Georgia 7-2 17. Arizona 7-2 18. Clemson 7-2 19. Duke 8-1 20. LSU 7-3 21. Marshall 9-0 22. Wisconsin 7-2 23. Colo. St. 9-1 24. Georgia Tech 8-2 25. Utah 6-3

Pts 1,488 1,446 1,334 1,326 1,273 1,193 1,142 1,086 981 948 830 782 742 691 630 622 471 457 431 429 297 225 128 127 87

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son, we couldn’t hold on. But I think we’ll bounce back. We didn’t beat them up too much.

We told them to take a good long weekend, and let’s come back and try to finish as strong as we possibly can in these last three. So we’ll see what kind of energy we get out of them.”

South Carolina could get a lift from the return of tight end Rory Anderson, out since the Furman game with a tear in his left triceps muscle.

Linebacker Skai Moore, USC’s leading tackler until he sprained an ankle against Auburn, is also expected back after sitting out the Tennessee game. Reserve defensive tackle Abu Lamin was “scraped

move into the top four Tuesday night since Auburn lost to Texas A&M. The Bulldogs have been atop the AP poll for the past five weeks, but can embrace the underdog mentality this week. Oddsmakers have installed the Tide as touchdown favorites at Bryant-Denny Stadium, where Alabama has won 13 straight.

“Every article you read,

everywhere you look, we’re the big underdog in this game,’’ Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen said.

“We’ve done that before and we know that role. We’ll be OK with that. Our guys will play with great effort and with a chip on our shoulder that we try to play with every week no matter what the rankings or what everyone else is predicting.’’

HARVICK FROM PAGE B1 Cup championship finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. He’ll race Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano and Ryan Newman next Sunday for the championship, and the highest finishing driver will claim the title.

It will be the first Cup championship for all four of the drivers.

“You can pretty much sum this whole year up as `Holy cow,’’’ said Harvick.

“It’s definitely the best position that, myself personally, I’ve ever been in.’’

The final pairing does not include any of the Hendrick drivers, and only one of the two Team Penske cars.

Jeff Gordon was the only Hendrick driver who had a shot Sunday because its three other drivers were eliminated in earlier rounds of NASCAR’s inaugural elimination system. Gordon’s bid for a fifth title ended, though, when Newman used an aggressive move on Kyle Larson coming out of the final turn to pick up a position and knock Gordon out.

Gordon, who had four wins this season and led the

points for most of the year, finished second and missed the finale by one point.

“I’m disappointed, I thought if we came out of here second, even if it was to Kevin or Brad, I thought we’d still make it in,’’ Gordon said. “That’s pretty disappointing to do all of that and it just makes last week that much more disappointing. I’m going to be thinking about that one for a while.’’

And Penske has only Logano racing for the title after Brad Keselowski, a sixtime winner this season, was eliminated on Sunday.

He finished fourth but needed to win to advance.

“We gave it all we had, it was a strong run, it just wasn’t enough to advance,’’ Keselowski said. “We did everything but win. We broke down in Martinsville and it was a huge hurdle to overcome and it was probably going to take a win. Fourth wasn’t going to be enough, and we knew that coming in.’’

Also eliminated Sunday were Matt Kenseth, who finished third, and Carl Edwards, who was 15th.

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more snaps before Stoudt took over. He had four small screws put in the finger to set the bone, then began rehab process. “Just using stretchy balls, rubber bands and moving my fingers,’’ he said. “Little things like that trying to work the muscle.’’

Clemson and Georgia Tech (No. 24 CFP) have plenty to play for. While it would be almost impossible to overcome ACC Atlantic leader No. 2 Florida State (No. 2 CFP), the Tigers are in line for a major bowl should they win out while the Yellow Jackets are a game behind Coastal Division leader Duke for that spot in the league championship game.

“We have been talking to them all week about controlling what we can control and not worrying about anyone else,’’ Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson said after the Jackets defeated North Carolina State last Saturday. “If you can find a way to keep winning, the games will get bigger and bigger.’’

Watson’s confident he can pick up where he left off and spark an offense that’s struggled to get going the past month.

“I just have to find that out Saturday and hopefully, get even better than the past couple of weeks,’’ Watson said. “I just have to do my role and get the W.’’

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FROM PAGE B1 doing it again after Watson took over for senior starter Cole Stoudt early on in a 23-17 overtime loss at Florida State in September. Then, the freshman cracked a small bone in his hand against a Louisville defender’s helmet.

While Stoudt stood tall the past month winning all three of his starts, the offense averaged nearly three touchdowns fewer than it had before Watson’s injury — 41 points a game The Tigers had put up 40 points a game in the five contests before Watson got hurt and 22 points a game in the four games since.

Morris said there’s pride that his guys got the job done despite injuries that have limited key performers like Watson, receiver Charone Peake and expected top rushers Zac Brooks and Adam Choice this season.

“Yes, that’s one way to look at it,’’ Morris said. “To be truthfully honest, the way I approach it is we want to be the best in the country. Yes, we have won, but we haven’t played up to where we set a standard around here offensively.’’

Morris believes that should change with Watson’s return.

Watson accounted for 15 touchdowns in Clemson’s first five games while the Tigers have only managed seven offensive TDs in the four games since.

“Circumstances have dictated some of the things that have happened,’’ Morris said.

“But to be honest with you, I really don’t care. It’s about performance.’’

Watson was the Georgia

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state prep record holder with 17,134 yards and 218 touchdowns at Gainesville High.

He slipped seamlessly this fall into Morris’ offense, which took flight the past three seasons with recordsetters in quarterback Tajh Boyd, receiver Sammy Watkins and 1,000-yard tailbacks in Andre Ellington and Rod McDowell.

Watson set a school record with six TD passes in a 50-35 win over North Carolina in September, his first-ever start in Death Valley. He accounted for four more touchdowns to beat North Carolina State 41-0 a week later.

But in the opening quarter against Louisville on Oct. 11, Watson felt pain after a run play. He stayed in for two

By The Associated Press Sunday At Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Ariz.

Lap length: 1 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (3) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 312 laps, 150 rating, 48 points, $253,498.

2. (7) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 312, 112, 42, $209,141.

3. (5) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 312, 117.4, 41, $187,016.

4. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 312, 117.5, 40, $159,433.

5. (1) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 312, 86.9, 40, $129,750.

6. (4) Joey Logano, Ford, 312, 104.8, 39, $141,381.

7. (10) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 312, 114.4, 37, $96,265.

8. (16) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 312, 96.3, 37, $98,890.

9. (28) Greg Biffle, Ford, 312, 73.4, 35, $129,465.

10. (21) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 312, 79.5, 34, $115,585.

11. (20) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 312, 91.4, 33, $95,465.

12. (14) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 312, 96.9, 32, $113,823.

13. (8) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 312, 100.4, 31, $112,335.

14. (19) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 312, 85.9, 30, $116,379.

15. (13) Carl Edwards, Ford, 312, 86.8, 29, $98,640.

16. (24) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 312, 81.1, 28, $99,448.

17. (18) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 312, 66.6, 27, $117,215.

18. (23) Aric Almirola, Ford, 312, 70.3, 26, $117,476.

19. (9) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 312, 67.7, 25, $112,315.

20. (29) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 312, 63.8, 24, $115,373.

21. (22) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 312, 73.5, 23, $95,765.

22. (32) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 312, 60.5, 22, $87,590.

23. (11) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 312, 79.8, 21, $106,579.

24. (34) David Gilliland, Ford, 312, 56, 20, $103,273.

25. (35) David Ragan, Ford, 312, 49.3, 20, $101,648.

26. (30) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 311, 53.1, 19, $90,323.

27. (26) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 310, 48.4, 0, $85,087.

28. (33) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 310, 42.7, 16, $78,390.

29. (38) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 310, 42.1, 0, $77,765.

30. (41) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, 309, 36.2, 0, $76,640.

31. (31) Michael McDowell, Ford, 309, 47, 13, $75,015.

32. (37) Alex Bowman, Toyota, 308, 33.6, 12, $74,840.

33. (42) Joey Gase, Ford, 308, 29.9, 0, $74,715.

34. (6) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 308, 76.2, 10, $122,431.

35. (12) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 305, 62, 9, $82,465.

36. (43) Mike Wallace, Toyota, 303, 28.9, 0, $82,310.

37. (27) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 302, 38.8, 7, $82,175.

38. (25) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 283, 50, 6, $117,866.

39. (15) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, accident, 235, 66.9, 5, $119,066.

40. (17) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, accident, 211, 61.6, 4, $96,121.

41. (36) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, accident, 204, 39.5, 3, $57,130.

42. (40) Cole Whitt, Toyota, accident, 147, 32.5, 2, $53,130.

43. (39) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, brakes, 16, 27.3, 0, $49,630.

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BY BARRY WILNER The Associated Press The second half of the NFL schedule began with a whimper for several teams that the standings say are championship contenders.

What the Saints, Bills, Dolphins, Bengals and, in particular, the Steelers showed in Week 10 is just how unreliable they are. Yet many of them could wind up in the chase for the Super Bowl.

Mediocrity doesn’t mean your season ends before New Year’s Day in NFL 2014. No example is better than New

Orleans.

The Saints should be very thankful they play in the Big Easy — no, not the city, but the NFC South.

Despite blowing a game to San Francisco in overtime Sunday, the Saints’ first home loss with Sean Payton working the sideline since 2011 (he was suspended in 2012), they seem destined to win their division. That would mean hosting a wildcard round game even if they have a .500 or worse record; how fitting would it be if the Seahawks became the visitor, a reversal of 2010?

But can you depend on

these Saints (4-5) in a big spot? Not with their penchant for giveaways and a defense that strugBREES gles against the pass. Oh, and don’t forget their inability to close out an opponent.

“It’s a tough way to lose. It’s kind of like, every time we lose, it’s like that. It’s heartbreaking, but you have to move on,’’ cornerback Corey White said. “You don’t want to get used to losing at all. It’s harder each time because we’re always right there.

“We’re not your ordinary 4-5 team, per se. We could easily be 7-2 right now. Teams know that. If we just find a way to finish those games, we’ll be fine. We’re going to try to get in these playoffs, win the division, anyway we can, and we’re going to find a way to get it together, and we’re going to find a way to win close games like that.

And when we do that, we’re going to be better — way better.’’

Pardon our skepticism.

Same thing for the Dolphins and Bills, who lost statement games Sunday and now can

only wave at New England atop the AFC East. They play each other Thursday night, and the loser probably can begin planning its offseason moves.

Quite possibly the winner, too, because the upcoming schedules are not particularly kind for Miami or Buffalo.

“That’s what our focus has to be on, playing as well as we possibly can Thursday night at 8:30,’’ Dolphins coach Joe Philbin said Monday, his team’s late-game meltdown at Detroit still fresh. “If we take care of business there, some of that other stuff will take care of itself.’’

iff’s Department. He later worked as a salesman for auto parts stores.

Survivors include his wife; a son, Sammy Christmas (Sheila) of Sumter; grandchildren, Victoria Bundy and Chad Touchberry; greatgrandchildren, Landon Touchberry, Cale Touchberry, Kellee Christmas and Ashley Baker; brothers, Thomas Christmas (Murtle), Buddy Christmas (Linda) and David Christmas (Sheila); sisters, Libby Newton, Runette Ward and Faye Shadoan (Pete); and a number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Memorial Chapel Church with the Rev. Paul Atkinson officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Hancock-Elmore-Hill Funeral Home and other times at the home, 156 Dubose Road, Bishopville.

Memorials may be made to Memorial Chapel Church, 2509 Green Lane, Bishopville, SC 29010.

Hancock-Elmore-Hill Funeral Home of Bishopville is in charge of the arrangements.

derson; Decatur, Illinois; and Carolina Place in Sumter.

Rene’ accepted the Lord at an early age. She loved going to church and praising the Lord.

She leaves to cherish her precious memories: her sisters, Sharon (Arthur) Singleton of Sumter, Bettie Allen, Patricia Powell of Indianapolis, Indiana, Sandra (Jimmy) Wilson of Wentzville, Missouri, Tonya Hood of Anderson, Stacey Mitchell of Lincoln, Nebraska, and Valerie Jackson of Arlington, Illinois; her brothers, Steven Steans of Springfield, Illinois, and James Jones of Decatur; a dear friend, Lillie Mae Randolph; a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, loved ones and friends whom she loved very much.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Dorothy Mae Jones; and sister, Sidney Jones.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. today at Bethlehem Baptist Church, 14 Brand St., Sumter, with the Rev. Larry W. Barnes, pastor, eulogist, Co-Pastor Evangevene Barnes presiding, assisted by the Rev. Daisy Pringle and Minister Stacey Champagne.

The family is receiving family and friends at the family home, 1908 Roche Road, Sumter.

The remains will be placed in the church at 10 a.m.

The procession will leave at 10:30 a.m. from the home.

Floral bearers and pallbearers will be family and friends.

Burial will be in Aycock Cemetery, Wedgefield.

Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@sc.rr. com.

Visit us on the web at www. williamsfuneralhomeinc.com.

Services directed by the management and staff of Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

was a retired elementary school teacher with more than 40 years of service.

Surviving are three sons, Thomas Key Thrasher Jr. (Judy) of Mount Pleasant, Michael A. Thrasher (Sherri) of Chapin and Samuel David Thrasher of Manning; two sisters, Sylvia Moseley and Celeste Rivers (Porter Rivers Jr.), both of Sumter; five grandchildren, William T. Thrasher, Margi Thrasher, Sam Thrasher, Ryan Thrasher and Kyle Hord; and two great-grandchildren, Syndel Moody and Knox Hord.

She was preceded in death by a son, Daniel Ray Thrasher; a grandson, Michael A. (Mat) Thrasher II; two brothers, Dan Turbeville Jr. and Clem Turbeville; and three sisters, Ethel Anderson, Nell Turbeville and Joanna Keels.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at Aldersgate United Methodist Church with Dr. Webb Belangia officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. on Wednesday at Aldersgate United Methodist Church.

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

Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at New Zion AME Church in the Wisacky community of Lee County with the pastor, the Rev. Archie S. Temoney Sr., officiating.

Burial will follow in Broad Branch Cemetery, Bishopville.

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

OBITUARIES EVERETT W. TOFT MANNING — Everett Wendell “Zeke” Toft, 87, formerly of New London, Iowa, husband of Helen Evelyn Upton Toft, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital.

Born on Feb. 17, 1927, in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, he was a son of the late John Frederick and Lillian Alice Vandermark Toft. Everett married Helen TOFT Upton on May 28, 1950, in Burlington, Iowa. He was of the Christian faith, having accepted Christ at an early age, and then rededicated his life and was baptized in 1990. He attended Bethlehem United Methodist Church in Manning and he was a member of the New London United Methodist Church in New London.

After graduating from New London High School in 1944, Everett served his country in the U.S. Navy as an ordinance specialist. He then returned to Iowa and farmed his family farm until his retirement in the 1990s. Everett loved the farm life and worked side by side with his wife of 64 years.

He enjoyed horses, coon dogs, hunting, fishing and wood carving — especially duck decoys. After retirement, he and Helen enjoyed activities with many friends; trips to Shipshewana; Farm Progress Shows; camping; and they looked forward to the weekly dances at the Steamboat Senior Center. For the past four years, he had lived in Manning with his daughter and her husband.

He is survived by his wife of Manning; a daughter, Tami Hobson (Tony) of Manning; two sisters-in-law, Lucy Cerny and Velma Upton of Illinois; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and four brothers, Byron, Oran, Raymond and Edwin Toft.

According to his wishes, the body has been cremated.

A memorial service and burial at Pleasant Grove Cemetery will take place at a later date to be announced.

The family will receive friends and condolences may be sent to the family at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Tami and Tony Hobson, 1098 Winding Pond, Manning, SC 29102.

Elliott Chapel of New London is in charge of arrangements.

Courtesy announcement by Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, (803) 435-2179. www. stephensfuneralhome.org

WILBURN S. CHRISTMAS BISHOPVILLE — Wilburn Samuel Christmas, 73, husband of Mildred Dubose Christmas, died on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014, at KershawHealth Medical Center at Camden.

Born in Sumter, he was a son of the late Duncan Christmas CHRISTMAS and Bessy Christmas Bramlett. He was a member of Memorial Chapel Church. He spent 15 years in law enforcement with the Bishopville Police Department and Lee County Sher-

RUSSELL D. CAIN COLUMBIA — Funeral service for Russell Durant Cain, who died Nov. 6, 2014, will be held at 11 a.m. today at the Fleming & DeLaine Chapel.

Burial will be in Manning Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 10 until 11 a.m. today at Fleming & DeLaine Chapel.

Fleming and DeLaine Funeral Home and Chapel of Manning is in charge of services.

Online condolences may be sent to www.flemingdelaine. com or Flemingdelaine@aol. com.

PEARL HAMMETT TANISHA D. BRAILSFORD BISHOPVILLE — Tanisha Danielle Brailsford entered eternal rest on Nov. 7, 2014, in Kershaw County.

The family is receiving friends at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dix, 325 S. Lee St., Bishopville.

Funeral arrangements will be announced by Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville.

Pearl Hammett, daughter of Nias and Mattie Hammett, died on Monday, Nov. 10, 2014, at Sumter Valley Nursing and Rehab.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Sumter Funeral Service Inc. The family will receive friends at the home of her brother, Fred Hammett, 1030 Nottingham Drive, Sumter.

EUGENE LAWS BISHOPVILLE — Eugene Laws entered eternal rest on Nov. 7, 2014, at Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center, Hartsville.

Visitations will be held from 1 to 7 p.m. today at the mortuary.

DOROTHY B. FISHER AIKEN — Dorothy Beach Fisher died peacefully on Nov. 5, 2014, in Aiken.

Dorothy was born on March 10, 1920, in Mount Vernon, Iowa. She graduated high school and earned her bachelor of arts degree from Cornell College in her hometown, where she majored in music.

She had a lovely contralto voice and sang in choruses; at weddings; and she soloed frequently in Handel’s Messiah.

She also loved reading, doing cross stitch, and playing golf.

She taught school in Iowa and Minnesota before marrying Robert Louis Fisher on Aug. 19, 1945, after he returned home from flying a B-24 bomber during World War II. He went to work for International Harvester and they moved throughout the United States before retiring from IH. They moved to North Carolina before settling in Sumter and then Aiken.

Robert died on Dec. 31, 2009.

They had one child who died in infancy.

Dorothy is survived by her nieces, Janet Winzenburger of Berea, Ohio, and Carol Tolbert (William) of Fredericksburg, Virginia; her sister-inlaw, Mildred Knight; and her nephew, James and his wife, Karin, of Aiken.

There will be no memorial service. Robert’s and Dorothy’s ashes will be interred in Mount Vernon, Iowa, at a later date.

Memorial contributions may be made to her last home, Trinity on Laurens, or any First Tee. Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home, 715 E. Pine Log Road, Aiken.

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Born on Jan. 31, 1961, in Sumter County, he was a son of Manning Spencer and Hester Williams.

The family is receiving friends and relatives at the home, 7125 Saxton Road, Rembert.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

Anne Sprott Lynch, age 84, went to be with the Lord on Nov. 8, 2014. She was the beloved wife of the late Charles “Chuck” Lynch.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter.

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MARJORIE T. THRASHER RENE’ HOOD Rene’ Hood, 53, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born on Oct. 19, 1961, in Anderson, Indiana, she was a daughter of Ivory Lee Hood and Dorothy Mae Jones. She attended public schools in An-

Marjorie Turbeville Thrasher, 87, died on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014, at Covenant Place.

Born in Turbeville, she was a daughter of the late Daniel Eugene Sr. and Ethel Durden Turbeville. Mrs. Thrasher was a member of Aldersgate United Methodist Church and

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Bristol General Contractors, LLC has openings for both Carpenters and Laborers located at Shaw Air Force Base, SC. This is a regular, full-time, benefit-eligible position and is expected to last approximately 18 months.

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Roofing All Types of Roofing & Repairs All work guaranteed. 30 yrs exp. SC lic.

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Manufactured Housing For Sale Nice 4 Br 2 Ba D/W MH w/ dinning rm, den w fire place, bonus rm. c//h//a, new carpet & paint, brick underpinning, lg fenced lot 803-983-0408 1987 Singlewide 2 br 1.5 ba, on rented lot, $1900 OBO 803-607-9301.

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Golden Kernel Pecan Co. 1214 S. Guignard Dr. Sumter 803-968-9432 We buy pecans, We sell Pecan halves & Pieces, Chocolate, Sugarfree Chocolate, Butter Roasted, Sugar & Spiced, Prailine, Honey Glazed, English Toffee Gift Packages available . M-F 9-5 Sat 9-1

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Estate:

Clara Mae Wilson #2014ES4300218 Tanika A. Wilson C/O Calvin K. Hastie, Sr. Attorney at Law 7 East Hampton Avenue Sumter, SC 29150

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Autos For Sale SUPER SALE Chevy Z71 4x4 Dodge Ram 4x4 Ford F-150 Starting at $3,900 Price is Right Auto Sales 3210 Broad St 803-494-4275

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Persons having claim against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the indicated Personal Representatives, appointed to administer these estates, and to file their claims on Form #371PC with the Probate Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or before the date that is eight months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, (unless previously barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), or such persons shall be forever barred as to heir claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements, indicating the name and the address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the amount claimed and the date when due, and a description of any security as to the claim.

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Notice is hereby given that The Gold Room, LLC intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of Liquor at 2199 Kingstree Hwy., Manning, SC 29102.

To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than November 27, 2014. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the same county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protests must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P.O. Box 125, Columbia, South Carolina 29214; or Faxed to: (803) 896-0110

3BR 2BA MH 1 Acre. Owner Fin. with 5K dwn Call 983-8084

Full time maintenance position available full benefits, vacation, sick leave, insurance, paid holidays. Call 803-435-4492 Local Insurance Agency representing major auto insurer seeks P & C agent. Experience in auto and home preferred. Excellent oral, written and organizational skills required. Reply with resume to: rarmfield@geico.com

Charles Jenkins #2014ES4300598

Personal Representative

Carol J. Brown 110 Long Barn Road Sumter, SC 29154 Estate:

Jack E. Hyatt, Sr. #2014ES4300591

Personal Representative

Teresa Hyatt 15 Oak Haven Court Sumter, SC 29154 Estate:

Kim Thi Glahn #2014ES4300601

Personal Representative

Kurt Glahn 60 Oak Haven Court Sumter, SC 29154 Estate:

Sara Well Rogers #2014ES4300621

Persons having claim against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the indicated Personal Representatives, appointed to administer these estates, and to file their claims on Form #371PC with the Probate Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or before the date that is eight months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, (unless previously barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), or such persons shall be forever barred as to heir claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements, indicating the name and the address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the amount claimed and the date when due, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate:

Catherine L. Spiegel #2014ES4300632

Personal Representative

Sharon K. Smith 2983 Dalzell Street Dalzell, SC 29040 Estate:

Mary E.D. Bartlette #2014ES4300613

Personal Representative

Phyllis B. Buckner 2808 Sequoia Drive Sumter, SC 29154 Estate:

Victor Louis Harper #2014ES4300630

Personal Representative

Linda Marie Harper 130 Gray Fox Court Sumter, SC 29154 Estate:

Philip Maurice Lewellyn #2014ES4300600

Personal Representative

Jennings Melton Rogers, Jr. 3090 Leach Drive Sumter, SC 29154 Estate:

Personal Representative

David Charles Lewellyn 697 Brigham Road Greensboro, NC 27409

Rosa Elizabeth Way Hodge #2014ES4300624

Lillian Lavonne Hodge Bailey A/K/A Lavonne H. Bailey 1605 Old Abbeville Highway Greenwood, SC 29649

R & R Motors 3277 Broad St. 803-494-2886 07 'Chevy Impala $7495, 02' Jeep Liberty $5295, 08' Hyundai Santa Fe $8759, 08' Ford Escape $8559, 05' Pontiac G6 $5549, 06' Ford Taurus $4250

Estate: Willie Edward Johnson #2014ES4300623 Personal Representative

Diane P. Johnson C/O William H. Johnson Attorney at Law PO Box 137 Manning, SC 29102 Estate:

Junior Albert Washington #2014ES4300597

Personal Representative

Albert J. Washington 232 W. Williams Street Sumter, SC 29150

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In Loving Memory of Monique "Lisa" Jackson Feb. 28, 1985 - Nov. 11, 2004 To lose you 10 years ago was unbearable & time & time again, I've tried to look for reasons that no one can explain.

Life & death hold mysteries but, one thing is for sure. I loved you then, I love you now & will forever more.

Love, Mom and Family

Persons having claim against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the indicated Personal Representatives, appointed to administer these estates, and to file their claims on Form #371PC with the Probate Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or before the date that is eight months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, (unless previously barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), or such persons shall be forever barred as to heir claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements, indicating the name and the address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the amount claimed and the date when due, and a description of any security as to the claim.

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Firewood for Sale Will Deliver. Call 803 651-8672

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Entire contents of home ONLINE AUCTION Preview: 11/9, 3-5 PM 11/11, 4-6 PM

Elizabeth Spence Happy 65th Birthday To the greatest Mom in the world. We love you!

Love your daughters Shawanda and Carla, Grandchildren, and Great Grands.

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Estate:

James Tayloe Futrell #2014ES4300618

Personal Representative

Helen B. King-Brookes Futrell 1010 Golfcrest Road Sumter, SC 29154 Estate:

Dotsy Ruth Parnell #2014ES4300620

Personal Representative

Velma Geraldine Faile 1325 Sewanee Avenue Florence, SC 29501 Estate:

John Martin Ingham #2014ES4300595

Personal Representative

Betty J. Ingham 2825 Sheridan Drive Dalzell, SC 29040 Estate: Maynard Shirley Dorr Sr #2014ES4300614 Personal Representative

Maynard Dorr, Jr. 5225 Dorr Acres Road Gable, SC 29051 Estate:

Richard Phillip Mease #2014ES4300617

Personal Representative

Michael R. Mease C/O J. Cabot Seth Attorney at Law PO Box 1268 Sumter, SC 29151

Notice and Order of Public Sale of Mobile Home IN THE PROBATE COURT CASE NO. 2014-ES-43-00211 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER James Outing, Personal Representative of the Estate of Harriett McDaniel Petitioner vs.

Ricky Glen McDaniel, Jr. Respondent Pursuant to Order of the Judge of Probate for Sumter County, dated October 17, 2014, the below described mobile home will be sold at Public Auction.

Year: 1995 Make: Brig Model: B4051 USED Title Number: 770430281639475B Vehicle ID Number: B40519 The Public Auction will take place on Monday, November 17, 2014 at 12:00 p.m at the office of Richard L. Booth, attorney for the Personal Representative (located inside the Bryan Law Firm) at 17 East Calhoun Street, Sumter, South Carolina 29150.

Richard L. Booth Attorney for Personal Representative 17 East Calhoun Street Sumter, SC 29150 SC Bar# 769 (803) 775-6232

INVISTA has openings for Control Equipment Technicians and General Mechanics. We are seeking dependable individuals with solid problem-solving and communication skills who are able to work safely in an industrial environment.

Control Equipment Technicians: •Work Schedule: Day based, 8-hour day, Monday through Friday OR rotating 12-hour shifts •Competitive pay and benefits, commensurate with experience (start rate ~$21.50/hr)

General Mechanics: •Work Schedule: Day based, 8-hour day, Monday through Friday OR rotating 12-hour shifts •Competitive pay and benefits, commensurate with experience (start rate ~$18.50/hr) In order to be considered for employment, please visit us online at http://kochcareers.com and submit your resume to the job in which you are interested. A valid email account is required to apply. It is important to check email frequently as communication regarding your application will be via email.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran

Liston H. Bailey, Jr. #2014ES4300616

Personal Representative

Thomas L. Bailey 1605 Old Abbeville Hwy. Greenwood, SC 29649 Estate:

Beatrice J. Lane #2014ES4300626

Manufacturing Facility Camden, South Carolina

Personal Representative

Barbara Ann Wright 2183 Bob White Drive Sumter, SC 29154

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