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Celebrate veterans BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Ninety-seven years ago, “the war to end all wars” came to a halt at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month and many breathed a sigh of relief that such a destructive war had come to an end. The next year, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed “To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those

James Prosser receives the Legion of Honor from French dignitary Marie Bernard during a ceremony at Sumter County Courthouse in September 2014. Prosser will serve as grand marshall of today’s parade in Sumter. For a full list of Veterans Day observances in the area, see A10.

who died in the country’s service …” Nearly 100 years later, we know Nov. 11 as Veterans Day, but the pride in the heroism and sacrifice of those who have served the nation remains the same. Americans have been encouraged to reflect on that heroism and sacrifice through the years, and the people in the Sumter area will have the opportunity to do so as Veterans Day is celebrated in the Gamecock City.

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imaging camera to check inside the store’s walls. “I found a couple of hot spots,” LaMontagne said. Goins said it was an old light receptacle near the front of the building by the pharmacy. “The building could have burnt pretty good,” he said. “There was an old neon light that shorted out over a period of time.”

During Sumter County Council’s meeting on Tuesday, County Administrator Gary Mixon said the Federal Emergency Management Agency Disaster Relief Center will be moving to another, smaller location sometime soon because of a reduced number of visitors. He said about 30 people are visiting the center each day. Mixon said the county has sent off information regarding the emergency money it spent for flood rescue and recovery. He said the majority of the $114,000 is overtime for county employees. He said the county has also extended its memorandum of understanding with South Carolina Department of Transportation for debris pickup to remove the debris from the county’s landfill. He said some residents have been dropping off debris at the landfill on their own, and more than 2,000 tons of debris has accumulated. Mixon said the debris would consume about eight months to a year of landfill space if the memorandum had not been extended. He said contractors have already started removing the debris, and the county can receive a higher percentage of reimbursement from FEMA if the debris is removed in a short amount of time. While considering final reading of amendments to the county’s code of ordinances regarding yard maintenance, council discussed working with City of Sumter officials to enforce city yard maintenance regulations for county council constituents living within city limits.

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A hungry crew from Sumter Fire Department enjoys a meal at Sumter Cut Rate Soda Fountain Tuesday in appreciation for their successful efforts in saving the building from a fire shortly after the recent flooding.

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smoke, but they couldn’t find anything burning. At the end of the day, when they cut off the fans over the grill, it became more pronounced, he said, so they called the Sumter Fire Department. “I think the exhaust fans threw us off,” he said. When the fire crew arrived, there wasn’t any visible smoke or fire, so engineers Chase Goins and Troy LaMontagne began using a thermal

Todd Touchberry, manager of Sumter Cut Rate Soda Fountain, has a special reason for treating more than a dozen firemen to lunch Tuesday at the store’s oldfashioned lunch counter. A few days after the 1,000-year flood doused the Midlands in early October, he and others working at the store began smelling whiffs of

Superintendent discusses district’s test scores BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com Sumter School District Superintendent Frank Baker said he was not satisfied with the district’s test scores on various state and national assessments during the school board meeting on Monday at Millwood Elementary School. South Carolina Department of Education recently released test scores for South Carolina Palmetto Assessment of State Standards, ACT Aspire and the ACT from the spring 2015 administration. The department also released

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End of Course Test scores from the 2014-15 school year, in four separate subject areas for middle and high school students. “We were certain we would see a decline in some of the new testing methods,” Baker said. “We won’t give any excuses, however.” BAKER ACT Aspire assesses student readiness in English, math, reading, science and writing, according to the ACT Aspire LLC website, the administrator of the test. The test measures

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student growth from grades three through eight and early high school in the areas of college and career readiness, the website states. The ACT test and ACT WorkKeys were administered for the first time to all 11th grade students in the state in spring 2015. The S.C. General Assembly passed legislation in 2014 requiring that all 11th grade students take

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Author of true spy book speaks tonight at USC Vin Arthey, author of “Abel: The True Story of the Spy They Traded for Gary Powers,” will speak at 7 p.m. tonight at University of South Carolina Columbia in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications auditorium, 800 Sumter St. The book is the biography of Rudolf Abel, a Soviet intelligence officer arrested by the FBI in 1957. The book’s second edition was published in October to coincide with the release of the movie “Bridge of Spies,” starring Tom Hanks as the late James Donovan, father of Mary Ellen Donovan Fuller of Alcolu. Donovan was recruited by the CIA to defend Abel and negotiate the release of U.S. spy Francis Gary Powers. The free lecture is sponsored by the College of Information and Communications and the Walker Institute.

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com South Carolina Department of Education released End of Course Test scores from the 2014-15 school year on Monday. Overall, South Carolina saw a small increase in scores from the 2013-14 to 2014-15 academic years. Middle and high school students were tested in four separate subject areas: Algebra 1/ Mathematics for the Technologies 2, Biology 1/Applied Biology 2, English 1 and U.S. History and the Constitution. South Carolina students

showed percentage increases in: Math, from 82.1 to 82.6; Biology, from 81.8 to 82.3; English 1, from 78.4 to 79.4; and History, from 74.9 to 76.1. Sumter School District showed slight variations in its 2014-15 End of Course Test scores from the 2013-14 school year. •Sumter School District students showed an average percentage increase in: Math, from 74.2 to 75.7; and History, from 70.2 to 71.4. Sumter students showed a percentage decrease in: Biology, from 77.3 to 75.7; and English 1, from 75.1 to 73.7. Other local school districts also showed variations:

• Clarendon School District 2 students showed a percentage increase in: Math, from 73.3 to 77; English 1, from 72.4 to 73; and History, from 68.9 to 69.4. Clarendon 2 students showed a percentage decrease in: Biology, from 75.5 to 74.3. • Clarendon School District 3 students showed a percentage increase in: English 1, from 77.5 to 78. Clarendon 3 students showed a percentage decrease in: Math, from 80.3 to 79.7; Biology, from 87.5 to 83.8; and History, from 83.2 to 76.4. • Clarendon School District 1 students showed a percent-

age increase in: Math, from 80.3 to 83.7; Biology, from 87.5 to 87.6; and English 1, from 77.5 to 77.7. Clarendon 1 students showed a percentage decrease in History, from 83.2 to 76.9 • Lee County School District students showed a percentage increase in: History, from 62.3 to 67.3. Lee County students showed a percentage decrease in Math, from 72.7 to 71.2; Biology, from 73.5 to 69.7; and English 1, from 67.7 to 66.3. For more information on the End of Course Tests, visit http://1.usa.gov/1SGKHGH.

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Workout Anytime offers free membership Workout Anytime in Sumter is offering free memberships for veterans beginning today through a program sponsored by Lift for the 22, a veteran support organization designed to decrease veteran suicides because of transitional depression/anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder through veteran networking within the fitness industry, according to information from a representative of No Limit Agency, a public relations agency in Chicago. Veterans must apply for the program through the website, www.liftforthe22.com. Workout Anytime is located at 493 N. Guignard Drive, and may be reached at (803) 7730101.

Help needed for Thanksgiving meals Because of the recent flooding, Geraldine Singleton is expecting more people than the 1,000-plus she usually feeds at Thanksgiving. The Nov. 22 dinner at the South Sumter Gym will mark the 21st year she, with the help of family and volunteers, will feed “anyone who needs a Thanksgiving meal,” Singleton said. Singleton usually cooks about 60 turkeys herself, with more prepared by volunteers. She accepts donations of side dishes and funds to purchase additional food, beverages, paper goods and other essential supplies. Singleton said this year’s dinner will be preceded by a worship service at 11 a.m. Meals will be served from noon “until everyone has been fed,” she said. Before Nov. 22, anyone wishing to help by volunteering to help cook, serve or make meal deliveries to shut-ins or by making a donation can find Singleton at the Sumter Cut Rate Soda Fountain on weekday mornings. Reach her at (803) 775-2047.

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Ella James, a Furman Middle School teacher, and her son, Private 1st Class Washington James, go through the buffet line as Virginia Conyers serves them at the school’s Veterans Day commemoration on Tuesday. James just finished his basic training and will leave on Monday.

Sip and Stroll announces venues, music BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com Sumter Senior Services has announced the participating venues for its 9th Annual Sip and Stroll wine tasting event. Executive Director Shirley Baker said 11 venues on and near Main Street will be open from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, each offering tastes of red and white wines accompanied by complementary hors d’oeuvres. Sip and Stroll is one of three major fundraisers for Sumter Senior Services to support its programs for the elderly of Sumter County. Among these are home-delivered and congregate meals, senior resource center activities, trans-

portation, home care, information and referral and others. Friday night’s venues will be: Side Bar, Angel’s, Thompson Construction, Law Range Barber Shop, Sumter Board of Realtors, Clark’s Law Firm, Naomi and Warner, MVIII Photography, Deas Law Firm, O’Donnell House, Main Street Tavern and the Gazebo at Rotary Centennial Plaza (dessert and coffee). Musicians, who will be playing at seven of the venues, include the bands Recollections, After Dark and William Gerald Jazz. Others are Linda Beck and Anne Galloway, Paisley Marie and Robert Gibbs. Christi Hunter Brownlow of the O’Donnell House will perform there with her band.

Advance tickets for Sip and Stroll are $25 for adults; $20 for seniors 65 and older and military. At the door, if any tickets are left, they will be $30 for everyone. To purchase tickets, visit the website www.sumtersipandstroll.org or call (803) 773-5508. Ticketholders can pick up their wristbands with proper ID in the lobby of the Sumter Opera House beginning at 5:30 p.m. Friday. At that time they will be given a card with a map of the venues. By getting their cards signed at each venue and placing it in the box at Rotary Centennial Plaza at the end of the evening, participants become eligible to win a valuable prize.

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Kidney donation reforges veteran’s bond NEW YORK (AP) — Serving together in Vietnam, John Middaugh and Henry “Bill” Warner forged an Army-brothers bond they knew was profound and lasting. A world and nearly a half a century away from the war zone where they’d counted on each other, Middaugh put himself on the line for Warner this month in a new way — by giving one of his kidneys. “He had my back many times,” Middaugh said as they awaited surgery last week at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, across the country from his home in Port Orchard, Washington. “So this is payback time.” Both are now 73. Warner, of Brightwaters, New York, had been through a health wringer since his kidneys failed after heart bypass surgery in June 2014, abruptly thrusting him into dialysis. But “we got through Vietnam. We’ll get through this,” Warner said. “Hey, Bill,” Middaugh joked, “we got a PT formation tomorrow.” Their connection goes back to March 1968 in Fort Carson, Colorado, where C Company, 1st Battalion, 11th Infantry, 1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division, was training to go to war. Middaugh was a high school dropout from Detroit who had enlisted; he’d already completed a tour in Vietnam. Warner was a draftee who had grown up on New York’s Long Island and gone to Southern Illinois University. Both had completed officer candidate school, and Middaugh was the company

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Henry “Bill” Warner, left, and John Middaugh clasp hands prior to their surgeries at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York on Nov. 5. commander. Warner would be a platoon leader and, later, the company’s executive officer. By summer 1968, they were near the northern border of what was then South Vietnam. During ensuing months of fighting, when they got a respite, they passed the time talking: about what they’d do after the Army, about the countryside around them, about the world. “When you live through those experiences, you have that bond,” Warner said, and it lasted after their service together ended in January 1969. Warner was discharged that year as a

first lieutenant and went on to a career in the computer industry. Middaugh did a third tour in Vietnam, retired as a major in 1979, got his college degree at Pacific Lutheran University and had a second career in civil service before retiring for good in 2007. Each married, and each raised two sons and a daughter. During the years and over the miles, they stayed in touch and got together for reunions. They carried with them their memories and wounds — both are Purple Heart recipients — from Vietnam. And Middaugh kept in mind a leadership principle the Army had

taught him: “Know your men and look out for their welfare.” So when Warner needed a kidney, and a relative and some other would-be donors proved incompatible, Middaugh didn’t hesitate to jump in. “He would do the same for me,” he says. Once rare, kidney transplants among senior citizens are becoming more frequent. Eighteen percent of U.S. recipients last year were over 64, compared with 2 percent in 1988, according to federal statistics. Only 3 percent of all living donors last year were 65 or older, but their ranks and percentage have grown in recent decades. In a nation where the kidney transplant waiting list tops 101,000 and 4,200 people died while awaiting a kidney last year, there has been some debate about the ethics of allocating scarce organs to older people — and, on the flip side, the ethics of determining access to the treatment by age. To NewYork-Presbyterian transplant surgery chief Dr. Sandip Kapur, the two veterans’ agreement was “a compelling, appropriate situation” that stood outside such questions. Middaugh was released Saturday, while Warner remains hospitalized in good condition. Recipients generally have longer recoveries than donors. They’ve gotten encouragement from men they served with, proud to see them “still helping each other after all these years,” Warner said. “Needless to say,” Middaugh said, “they weren’t surprised.”

Authorities: 1 killed in officer shooting on college campus SPARTANBURG (AP) — A police officer at a small, private South Carolina college shot and killed a student from a nearby school after the student tried to run him over, authorities said Tuesday. Two campus officers at Spartanburg Methodist College caught Delvin Tyrell Simmons and a friend breaking into cars Monday night, Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright, whose agency is helping in the investigation, said at a news conference. Both men ran, and Simmons got into a car, hitting one officer as he tried to drive away, said Thom Berry, spokesman for the lead investigative agency, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. The officer fired back, killing Simmons, Berry said. The statements from witnesses matched what the officer said happened, Wright said. The Enforcement Division said there was no body or dashboard camera footage of the shooting. The sheriff said there

might be surveillance camera video, but he has not seen it. The officer was not seriously injured and was resting at home, devastated that he had to take someone’s life, Wright said. “It’s sad for us too. We never want to do that. But I want you to make no mistake about it. You will not run over our law enforcement,” Wright said. Wright said the name of the officer, who is on paid leave, would be released Thursday. He said he was speaking on behalf of Spartanburg Methodist College Police Chief Teresa Ferguson, who the sheriff said had not gone to sleep since the shooting. Spartanburg Methodist College was on lockdown for a few hours as police investigated. But aside from the presence of extra deputies, classes went on as usual Tuesday at the twoyear school that enrolls about 800 students, and there was no sign of anything happening outside the residence hall where the shooting took place.

Simmons, 20, was an earlychildhood-education major at Limestone College, about 25 miles away in Gaffney, according to the college.

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Crash conspiracy theories hurt tourism Egyptians angered, blame Westerners CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian media have reacted with fury as Britain and the United States increasingly point to a bomb as the cause of the Oct. 31 Russian plane crash in Sinai, with many outlets hammering home the same message: Egypt is facing a Western conspiracy that seeks to scare off tourists and destroy the country’s economy. The warnings of a plot have been widely promoted by opinion-makers in print, online and on TV, sometimes hinting and sometimes saying flat-out that the West has restricted flights to Egypt not purely out of safety concerns for its citizens but because it wants to undermine the country or prevent President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi from making Egypt too strong. And though they seem wild, these conspiracy theories have apparently tapped into the Egyptian mindset — so much so that when Russia last Friday grounded all flights to Egypt, some media speculated that Moscow had fallen victim to British pressure and manipulation. “The people defy the conspiracy —

Egypt will not cave in to pressures,” the state-owned Al-Gomhuria newspaper proclaimed in a front-page headline this week. “Egypt stands up to ‘the West’s terrorism,’” an independent daily, El-Watan, headlined. The rhetoric reflects in part the deep reluctance in the press to level serious criticism or suggestion of shortcomings by el-Sissi’s government. Government and independent media alike have constantly lionized el-Sissi and depicted him as Egypt’s savior ever since — as head of the military — he led the army’s 2013 ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi after massive protests against Morsi and the power of his Muslim Brotherhood. Since el-Sissi’s election as president the following year, most media have continued to laud him as working to bring stability. “Denial on behalf of the state that there is a crisis and then trying to point to some kind of third party is very normal” in Egypt, Hebatalla Taha, an Egypt-focused analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, told The Associated Press. Conspiracy theories often run rampant in the Middle East for a variety of reasons — poor education, suspicion of others, a lack of government transparency, limitations on speech and the

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The British Ambassador to Egypt, John Casson, talks to British tourist, Clara Dublin, at Sharm el-Sheikh Airport, south Sinai, Egypt. historical fact that powers inside and outside the region do often work behind the scenes to sway events and conflicts. Often, the theories are politically fueled. Taha said the rhetoric is the “standard fallback” for the state. Private citizens, she said, likely wouldn’t have come up with the conspiracy theories on their own, “but they’re very likely to adopt what state media is saying.” Egypt’s media often point to “foreign hands” amid crises. During the 2011 uprising that eventually toppled Hosni Mubarak, state papers accused foreigners of fomenting protests. During the past two years, commentators have often accused the

U.S. of supporting the Brotherhood, which has been declared a terrorist organization, and trying to impose it on Egypt, in response to Western criticism of Morsi’s ouster by the military and the subsequent crackdown on Islamists. They also complain that the West is not helping Egypt enough in its fight against terrorism, including the Islamic State’s branch in Sinai, which claimed to have downed the plane. But Taha said the reaction to the plane crash is also rooted in fear. The Oct. 31 crash of the Russian jet just after taking off from the Sinai beach resort of Sharm el-Sheikh could wreck the slow revival of Egypt’s vital tourism industry after five years of turmoil — particularly after Russia and Britain suspended tourism flights, demanding better airport security. Egyptian authorities have said they are looking at all possible scenarios in the crash. They say speculation should stop until the conclusion of the investigation, which el-Sissi has said could take months. They have bristled at what they call a rush to judgment by British and U.S. officials, who say intelligence suggests the IS branch in Sinai planted a bomb on the Metrojet plane, causing it to break apart in the air, killing all 224 on board.

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Men gather inside a makeshift Afghan restaurant at the migrants camp in Calais, northern France.

Calais camp offers migrants school, library, bars in shacks CALAIS, France (AP) — Jennifer Wilson wrote “hot” and “cold” on the chalkboard and invited her students — a dozen men from Afghanistan, Iran, Ethiopia and Sudan — to say other English words for temperature. “Freezing,” one student declared jovially. Many will learn that word intimately as Calais’ migrants gird for winter camping on the French side of the English Channel. To combat boredom and sharpen language skills, hundreds come daily to Wilson’s classes and a library

housed in neighboring weatherproofed shacks. Shoes are left at the door to keep mud at bay. Wilson, a native of Zimbabwe, teaches three English classes to campers in hourlong sessions of increasing difficulty. She also teaches French and expects demand to grow as Calais’ asylum-seekers shift ambitions from England to their current host nation. At the bookshop, a Sudanese man returns a copy of Ernest Hemingway short stories, thumbs through vol-

umes of Harry Potter and departs with a Sherlock Holmes collection. Beside a wall map of Europe, men from Afghanistan and Eritrea debate distinctions between England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland — and which might offer the best opportunity for refugee status and employment. Rowan Farrell, an English photographer who helps run the library, including its laptops with English-language software lessons, says the library promotes “a calming atmosphere in a very chaotic place.”

BERLIN (AP) — Sarah and Ysra Mardini pull bathing caps over their long, black hair and slide into the water, disappearing among the throng of swimmers with powerful, practiced strokes. Two months ago, the sisters were swimming for their lives after jumping off an inflatable boat that began taking on water while carrying refugees to Greece. Now they are plowing down the length of a pool built for the 1936 Olympics in Berlin that has become a home away from home for two young women, who were once among Syria’s brightest swimming stars. “Everything was good,” said 20-year-old Sarah. “That was before the war.” After the conflict began, the Mardini family moved around to avoid the fighting and tried to ensure their daughters could keep on swimming. Ysra, now 17, even represented Syria at the short-course world championships in Turkey in 2012. But as the war intensified fellow swimmers drifted away. “We were 40 or 50 swimmers, and now we are maybe 10 or 7 swimmers in Syria,” Sarah said. “We want to have a future. I want to be in college, I want to be an international swimmer and my sister too.

“But if we stay there we will not reach that because the situation is not OK in Syria.” The Mardini sisters eventually left Damascus in early August, joining a fresh wave of Syrians who had given up hope of seeing the conflict end soon. The sisters traveled to Lebanon, then Turkey, where they paid smugglers to take them to Greece. Turkish coastguards drove their boat back on the first attempt. The second time they boarded a small inflatable dinghy at dusk. Within a half hour it was taking on water, hopelessly overloaded with people, most of whom couldn’t swim. As evening winds churned up the Aegean Sea, all bags were thrown overboard to give the small boat a chance to stay afloat. When that wasn’t enough, Ysra, Sarah and three others who were also strong swimmers jumped into the water in order to give the boat more buoyancy. “I was not afraid of dying, because if anything happened I could swim to arrive at the island. But the problem was that I had 20 persons with me,” said Sarah. “In Syria I worked in a swimming pool to watch people not drowning, so if I let anyone drown or die, I would not forgive myself.”

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Teen chef with autism turns food aversion into cooking passion BY CHRISTINE ARMARIO The Associated Press IRVINE, California — When Chase Bailey was diagnosed with autism at 2, his mother feared he’d never enjoy a typical childhood. Indeed, he hasn’t. Between appearances with celebrities and hosting his own cooking show, Bailey’s life feels anything but typical. During the past two years, the 13-year-old has spiced up ramen noodles with KoreanAmerican street food guru Roy Choi, simmered butternut squash soup with Sting’s daughter, Fuschia Sumner, and baked hundreds of bright blue frosted cookies for guests at an Autism Speaks gala in Los Angeles where he was introduced by Conan O’Brien. The days when Bailey would eat nothing but pizza, chicken, french fries, chocolate chip cookies and chips with dip almost seem like a faint memory. “He wasn’t even eating food until he was 8 years old,” said Nick Shipp, executive chef at The Upper West, the Santa Monica, California, restaurant where Bailey helps cook dinner once a week. “For him to go from that to cooking and eating all kinds of different things, it’s pretty remarkable.” After her son’s diagnosis, friends and acquaintances prepared Mary Bailey for the worst. He’d never be able to have a job, some said. He’d probably never learn to socialize. And he’d never be independent. “You just hear a lot of things that are downers,” she said. She immediately placed her son in school and therapy. At home, she struggled to get him to eat. Like many on the autism spectrum, Chase found food overwhelming. The sight, smell, feel and taste of almost everything put on his plate tipped his sensory system over the edge. “I didn’t like how it looked,” he said. “I didn’t like how it smelled.” Then he started watching cooking shows with his grandfather. He got hooked on seeing people enjoy the food they were eating. Within six months, he started asking to try some of the foods he saw on shows like Cooking Chan-

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19th-century shop faces 21st-century problem Chair-caning artisans feeling pressure of development NEW YORK (AP) — In a dusty, cluttered workshop that seems oddly out of place in modern New York City, a group of artisans is among the last still practicing a dying trade: chair caning. The painstaking art of weaving a honeycomb pattern is still in demand to repair everything from ordinary household furniture to museum pieces. But the business on Manhattan’s gritty west side that was founded in the 19th century is being threatened by 21st century development. The nation’s largest private building project — Hudson Yards, a cluster of more than a dozen futuristic skyscrapers, plus shops and parks — is quickly rising about 400 feet from the tiny shop. “This is more than just about chairs; it’s about the changing face of New York City,” says Sean Bausert, 42, who hands-on runs Veteran’s Caning & Repair. “I understand gentrification, I understand it brings jobs, but we’re old New York! We’ve been around 116 years.” The business, started in 1899 by a family member who had fought in the Spanish-American War (hence the name), is not part of the Hudson Yards project but nonetheless faces development pressures. The landlords of the brick tenement building that houses the shop have already been trying to buy tenants out.

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Diego Martin hand canes a chair at the Veterans Caning & Repair shop in New York. The company, which started in 1899, is feeling the pressure of the modern Hudson Yards high-rise development on New York’s west side. Some age-old buildings in the area have been demolished. Many other momand-pop businesses are already gone. For now, the caning shop has a lease to stay through the spring of 2017. Whether Veteran’s is eventually pushed out “is a $64,000 question,” Bausert says. The company that manages the building, Silverstone Property Group, had no immediate comment. Surrounding Bausert in his workshop were stacks of chairs ranging from an antique child rocker and sentimental heirlooms to Mies van der Rohe designs. Veteran’s customers include Sotheby’s and Manhattan’s Frick Collection, but the shop is not above working on just plain, damaged furniture from anybody’s house. In the back of the shop, two men are quietly weaving, pulling cane strips out of a bucket of warm water that keeps them pliable. Hand-caned seats start at $250, machine-caned ones at $50, and complex, spider web-like patterns go into the thousands. One daybed cost $10,000 to mend.

It takes up to a year to train someone how to quickly and accurately turn cane into an intricate “open hole” pattern, fixing damage from what happens when someone — or something — breaks through the weave. Bausert trained the shop’s four employees after learning the trade from his 66-year-old father, John Bausert, who has published “The Complete Book of Wicker and Cane Furniture Making.” But father and son say they’ll never divulge what Sean calls the family’s “closely guarded secret” — a special tool that removes old cane easily and, he says, “cuts the time down dramatically.” Without Veteran’s, there might be more discarded, broken chairs in curbside garbage, tossed out by owners who don’t know they can be repaired. “We are dependent on these people,” says Glenn Adamson, director of Manhattan’s Museum of Arts and Design. “We might not notice them, but if this shop would go away, you would definitely miss it.”

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Study: Even normal-weight people should watch belly bulge BY LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON — A pot belly can be a bad thing — even if you’re not considered overweight. New research suggests normalweight people who carry their fat at their waistlines may be at higher risk of death through the years than overweight or obese people whose fat is more concentrated on the hips and thighs. Monday’s study signals the distribution of fat matters whatever the scale says. “If the waist is larger than your hips, you’re at increased risk for disease,” said Dr. Samuel Klein, an obesity specialist at Washington University School of Medicine at St. Louis, who wasn’t involved in the new research. It also has implications for advising

patients whose body mass index or BMI, the standard measure for weight and height, puts them in the normal range despite a belly bulge. “We see this with patients every day: ‘My weight is fine; I can eat whatever I want,’” said study senior author Dr. Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, preventive cardiology chief at the Mayo Clinic. “These results really challenge that.” Abdominal fat — an apple-shaped figure — has long been considered more worrisome than fat that settles on the hips and below, the so-called pear shape. Risk increases for men if their waist circumference is larger than 40 inches and 35 inches for women. Still, doctors typically focus more on BMI than waistlines; after all, girth tends to increase as weight does. But a BMI in the normal range may not give the full story for people who are thin but not fit, with more body fat

than muscle or who change shape as they get older and lose muscle, LopezJimenez said. His study analyzed what’s called waist-to-hip ratio, dividing the waist circumference by the hip measurement. There are different cutoffs, but a ratio greater than 1 means a bigger middle. Researchers checked a government survey that tracked about 15,000 men and women with different BMIs — normal weight, overweight and obese. More than 3,200 died in 14 years. At every BMI level, people with thicker middles had a higher risk of death than those with trimmer waists, the researchers reported in Annals of Internal Medicine. In the study, 11 percent of men and 3 percent of women were normal weight but had an elevated waist-to-hip ratio. Surprisingly, they were at greater risk — for men, rough-

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Wealth may give advantage for getting organ transplants ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — You can’t buy hearts, kidneys or other organs, but money can still help you get one. Wealthy people are more likely to get on multiple waiting lists and score a transplant and less likely to die while waiting for one, a new study finds. The work confirms what many have long suspected — the rich have advantages even in a system designed to steer organs to the sickest patients and those who have waited longest. Wealthier people can better afford the tests and travel to get on more than one transplant center’s waiting list, and the new study shows how much this pays off. “Multiple-listed patients were more likely to get transplanted and less likely to die,” said Dr. Raymond Givens at Columbia University Medical Center in New York. “It’s a rational thing to do” from an individual patient’s point of view, but it raises fairness questions, and the policy should be reconsidered, he said. He led the study and gave results Monday at an American Heart Association conference in Orlando. More than 122,000 Americans are wait-listed for an organ, including more than 100,000 who need kidneys. As of July, only 18,000 transplants have been done this year. The United Network for

Organ Sharing the agency that runs the nation’s transplant system under a government contract, assigns organs based on a formula that considers medical urgency, tissue type, distance from the donor, time spent on the waiting list and other factors. UNOS has considered banning or limiting multiple listings three times, most recently in 2003, said spokesman Joel Newman. But some people think patients should be free to go wherever they want to improve their odds, and UNOS now requires that transplant centers tell them about this option. “It takes money and knowledge ... traveling can make a huge difference in how quickly you get an organ,” said Robert Veatch, a medical ethicist at Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University and a longtime member of the UNOS ethics committee who thinks the policy should be changed. “Steve Jobs is the classic example,” he said. The former Apple chief was on a transplant list in Tennessee and received a new liver at a hospital there in 2009 even though he lived in California. It’s not known if he was on more than one waiting list, however. Patients on multiple lists often must pay for a new set of tests, which can range from $23,000 for a kidney to $51,000

Dr. Raymond Givens speaks during an interview at Columbia University Medical Center in New York on Tuesday. Givens was the leader of a new study that found wealthy people are more likely to get themselves onto multiple transplant waiting lists and score a donated organ and less likely to die while waiting for one to become available.

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Transportation Center, 129 S. Harvin St., will be open at 2 p.m., Veterans Day, featuring new displays on the U.S. Third Army and the surrender of Imperial Japan aboard the USS Missouri on Sept. 2, 1945. • Veterans Day will also be celebrated at 11 a.m. in Manning at the Clarendon County Courthouse, hosted by the American Legion, the Disabled American Veterans and the Vietnam Veterans of America. Guest speaker will be Pastor David Carlson of the Liberty Free Will Baptist Church. • In Turbeville, a 9 a.m. ceremony will take place at East Clarendon Middle/High School Gym sponsored by Turbeville Ruritan Club. Mayor Dwayne Howell will speak. • There will also be a ceremony at 11 a.m. at the Pink Dogwood Garden in Summerton.

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COUNCIL FROM PAGE A1 Councilman Eugene Baten, who has constituents within the city limits, said he has noticed that some areas of Sumter are not as well-kept as others. He said the common element among the unkempt areas is that most are lowincome, predominantly black communities. “There’s not a glass wall that separates the city and the county,” Vice Chair Vivian Fleming-McGhaney said, “The city sits in the county.” Fleming-McGhaney said the county and city will need to work together to make sure residents are following maintenance regulations. Council also discussed the use of private land while considering a request to rezone 1.4 acres on Peach Orchard Road from general commercial to agricultural conservation. The applicant plans to place a double wide manu-

SCORES FROM PAGE A1 said Spearman in the news release. Baker said the new level of rigor was a timed test, something students were not used to. SCPASS is a statewide assessment administered to students in grades four through eight. SCPASS includes tests in two subjects: science and social studies. “We’re seeing successes and gains, but we’re not seeing enough of them,” Baker said. On the End of Course exams from 2014-15 school year, Baker said the middle schools did an “outstanding job.” In Algebra I, for example, there was an 8.1 percent increase in the number of students who passed and in history, a 9.9 percent increase. There were decreases in biology and English, however, he said. The average score in each subject area was a “C,” he said. Baker also addressed the In-

ternational Baccalaureate program, an advanced academic program that includes about 14 students. The percentage of IB examinations with scores of four or higher for Sumter High School students was 77.8 percent, which is an increase from 63.9 percent in 2014, he said. Trustee Ralph Canty asked if the lower teacher-student ratio could contribute to the success of those students. The average class ratio is 22 to 1, compared to IB program’s 14 to 1. Baker said a question that may come to mind is “are students being tested too much?” “We have to differentiate between grading and assessment, to show where concepts have not been mastered in,” Baker said. For more details on the test scores, go to http://bit. ly/1O2yTwt and http://bit. ly/1HwnUfh.

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column in the National Review about the troubles at the University of Missouri caught my attention and compelled me to share it with our readers. Why? Simple. I’m a graduate of Mizzou and wanted to defend my alma mater. But first, here’s the column to set the stage: The Mizzou Meltdown By Rich Lowry It was doubtful that the University of Missouri would stand up to a left-wing pressure campaign targeting its president, but when the football team joined the campaign, it was all over. Missouri is an SEC school, where even a mediocre football program — Mizzou is 1-5 against the rest of the conference — has formidable financial and cultural power. If anyone running the university had any guts, the school would have told the team, “Come back and talk to us when you can beat sadsack Vanderbilt, or at least score more than three points against them.” Given the team’s performance, the proper rejoinder to its threatened boycott should have been, “How would anyone notice?” Instead, Tim Wolfe, the president of the University of Missouri system, is out in one of the most parodic PC meltdowns on a college campus to date. The Missouri episode shows how the political climate on campus falls somewhere between a Tom Wolfe novel, a

COMMENTARY Monty Python skit, and the French Terror. A reasonable person will find it difficult to identify what Tim Wolfe stood accused of. The fact of the matter is that Missouri’s social-justice warriors forced him out simply because they could. There were a few alleged racial incidents on campus, all involving racial slurs or Hubert symbols, including one Osteen where a drunken student verbally harassed a group of black students (he has been removed from campus, pending disciplinary procedures). Even if Missouri had a president straight out of an episode of Portlandia — the show lampooning exquisite progressive sensibilities — it would be beyond his power to prevent all rudeness on campus, especially drunken rudeness. Nonetheless, the administration in general and Tim Wolfe in particular were held responsible. The list of supposed offenses was long (and very vague). The Missouri Student Association complained that there wasn’t enough hand-holding after Michael Brown was shot and killed in Ferguson (when he attacked a police officer, but that’s always left out). “In the following months,” a statement whined, “our stu-

dents were left stranded, forced to face an increase in tension and inequality with no systemic support.” To read the association’s indictment, you’d think that the University of Missouri exists in a small enclave of Klandominated, Reconstruction-era Mississippi: “The academic careers of our students are suffering. The mental health of our campus is under constant attack. Our students are being ignored. We have asked the University to create spaces of healing and it failed to do so.” This is the insatiable voice of children who object at the insufficiency of their coddling. In another outrage, no one powders the bottoms of Mizzou students after they go potty. Once the grievance machinery got going, there was no right way for Tim Wolfe to respond. When he ignored protesters at the school’s homecoming parade, he had to grovel and ask for forgiveness: “I am sorry, and my apology is long overdue.” When he tried to engage protesters at another event, they asked him what “systematic oppression” means and, when he ventured an answer, screeched at him that he was blaming blacks for their own oppression. An activist group came up with a list of demands. The first was that Wolfe write “a handwritten apology” to be read aloud at a press conference, and that it “must acknowledge his white male privilege.” The second demand was that he be fired. So they were merely demanding a

rote confession of guilt before execution, a nice totalitarian touch. Wolfe is lucky he got away with merely quitting, without having to agree to go through an arduous program of re-education. After decades of mockery, political correctness is stronger than ever on campus and has to strike fear into the hearts of every professor and administrator, who are potential victims no matter how much they kowtow to the children. It is an ongoing cultural revolution, and common sense and rationality are its natural enemies. Having shared that, I can only add this: I agree wholeheartedly with the views expressed by Rich Lowry in his column. Mizzou deserves a lot more respect than what it’s receiving from the football team and a mob of so-called students that apparently want to run the university after staging an insurrection on campus. If the footballers are really serious about making a statement and have the courage of their convictions, they should give up their $40,000 athletic scholarships and find more suitable schools for their unique talents, where anarchy along with political correctness rules. It would be a shame to see my old school turn into an insane asylum run by the inmates. Reach Hubert D. Osteen Jr. at hubert@ theitem.com.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR SRO SHOULD BE CALLED IN AS LAST RESORT As a father, it was maddening to view a grown SRO (student resource officer) handling a 16-year-old girl in that manner at Spring Valley High School. As a retired school administrator of 37 years, I can think of three or more different ways to handle that situation. I had this experience several times over my career. On two or more occasions, I had to remove a student from a class who refused to leave. On one occasion, after asking the student two or more times to leave the classroom and there was a refusal, I removed the other students in the class to a different classroom along with the teacher. Instruction continued and a confrontation was avoided. On another occasion when the disruptive student refused to leave initially, the other students were directed to leave and the student who wouldn’t leave jumped up and left in front of the other student. Again, there was no confron-

tation. Discipline can then be applied. I repeat: the SRO should be called in as a last resort. Mr. Assistant Principal, you should have been in charge, not the SRO. I want to encourage all SROs to do it different from what we saw on local and national news. Many African-American fathers would put your family in black if you handled their daughter that way. The SRO owes that family an apology. The SRO needs to confess his actions as a sin and ask God for forgiveness. I pray that the family of the young lady will retain an attorney for any criminal charges she faces and any civil action that is appropriate. At my school, the assistant principals and SRO had a rapport with most of the students. Mr. Assistant Principal, you need to step up to the plate. Mr. SRO, you need more training on how to handle students in a non-violent manner and take some sensitivity training. FERDINAND BURNS JR. Sumter

Think carefully before judging our founders

t the time of the 1787 Constitutional Convention, slaves were 40 percent of the population of southern colonies. Apportionment in the House of Representatives and the number of electoral votes each state would have in presidential elections would be based upon population. Southern colonies wanted slaves to be counted as one person. Northern delegates to the convention, and those opposed to slavery, wanted to count only free persons of each state for the purposes of apportionment in the House of Representatives and the Electoral College. The compromise reached was that each slave would be counted as only three-fifths of a person. If the convention delegates had not reached this compromise, the Constitution would have not been ratified and there would not have been a

COMMENTARY Union. My questions to those who criticize the three-fifths clause are twofold. Would it have been preferable for the southern states to be able to count slaves as whole persons, thereby giving southern states Walter more politiWilliams cal power? Would blacks have been better off without constitutional ratification and a Union made possible by the three-fifths compromise? In other words, would blacks have been better off with northern states having gone their way and southern states having gone theirs and, as a consequence, no U.S. Constitution and no Union? Abolitionist Frederick Douglass un-

derstood the compromise, saying that the three-fifths clause was “a downright disability laid upon the slaveholding states” that deprived them of “two-fifths of their natural basis of representation.” Patrick Henry expressed the reality of the three-fifths compromise, saying, “As much as I deplore slavery, I see that prudence forbids its abolition.” With union, Congress at least had the power to abolish slave trade in 1808. According to delegate James Wilson, many believed the anti-slavetrade clause laid “the foundation for banishing slavery out of this country.” Many founders openly condemned slavery. George Washington said, “There is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it.” John Adams: “Every measure of prudence ... ought to

be assumed for the eventual total extirpation of slavery from the United States. ... I have, throughout my whole life, held the practice of slavery in ... abhorrence.” James Madison: “We have seen the mere distinction of color made in the most enlightened period of time, a ground of the most oppressive dominion ever exercised by man over man.” Benjamin Franklin: “Slavery is ... an atrocious debasement of human nature.” Franklin, after visiting a black school, said, “I ... have conceived a higher opinion of the natural capacities of the black race than I had ever before entertained.” Alexander Hamilton’s judgment was the same: “Their natural faculties are probably as good as ours.” John Jay wrote: “It is much to be wished that slavery may be abolished. The honour of the States, as well as justice

and humanity, in my opinion, loudly call upon them to emancipate these unhappy people. To contend for our own liberty, and to deny that blessing to others, involves an inconsistency not to be excused.” Completely ignored in most discussions of slavery is the fact that slavery was mankind’s standard fare throughout history. Centuries before blacks were enslaved Europeans were enslaved. The word slavery comes from Slavs, referring to the Slavic people, who were early slaves. What distinguishes the West, namely Britain and the U.S., from other nations are the extraordinary measures they took to abolish slavery. Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. © 2015, creators.com

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AROUND TOWN Jamil Shriners of Sumter will hold COPS Program will sponsor a free seminar on wills and dying a pancake dinner fundraiser a will at 7 p.m. on from 4 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Jamil Shriners to hold without pancake dinTuesday, Nov. 17, at 4580 Nov. 12, at the Gamecock ner fundraiser Queen Chapel Road, Dalzell. Shrine Club. Pancake dinners Attorney Glenn F. Givens will will be $6 each and all prospeak. ceeds will benefit Jamil Shriner Fred Sharpe, who is being The Sumter County Educator’s treated for cancer. Association-Retired will meet at noon on Wednesday, Nov. 18, Clarendon School District One at the North HOPE Center, 904 will conduct free vision, hearing, N. Main St. All members are speech and developmental encouraged to attend. Call screenings as part of a child find effort to identify students Brenda Bethune at (803) 4696588. with special needs. Screenings will be held from 9 a.m. Mile for a Meal will be held to noon at the Summerton from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Early Childhood Center, 8 Thursday, Nov. 19, at Walmart South St., Summerton, on the Neighborhood Market, 615 following Thursdays: Nov. 12; Bultman Drive. Bring a nonDec. 10; Jan. 14, 2016; Feb. 11, perishable food item and join 2016; March 10, 2016; April 14, with other participants to 2016; and May 12, 2016. Call walk a mile to raise awareSadie Williams at (803) 485ness of hunger in the commu2325, extension 116. nity. All donations to benefit local Sumter food banks. For The Sumter Overcomers Stroke details, call the Sumter Police Support Group will meet at 6 Department at (803) 436-2723. p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 12, at the Alice Drive Baptist Church The Pinedale Neighborhood Aslibrary, corner of Loring Mill sociation will meet at 4 p.m. on and Wise Drive. Thursday, Nov. 19, at the South HOPE Center, 1125 S. The Clarendon County RepubliLafayette Drive. Call Ferdican Party will meet on Thursnand Burns at (803) 968-4464. day, Nov. 12, at Cornerstone Free Will Baptist Church, 2116 The Sumter Combat Veterans Greeleyville Highway, ManGroup will meet at 10 a.m. on ning. Dinner will be served at Friday, Nov. 20, at the South 6:30 p.m. with the meeting HOPE Center, 1125 S. Lafaybeginning at 7 p.m. There will ette Drive, Sumter. All area be guest speakers from the veterans are invited. Huckabee, Bush, Cruz and Lincoln High School Preservation Fiorina campaigns. Alumni Association will hold a Lincoln High School Preservation dinner fundraiser from 11 a.m. Alumni Association will meet at to 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 20, at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 15, at the Lincoln High School cafethe Lincoln High School cafeteria, 22 Council St. Cost is $8 teria, 22 Council St. All Lincol- per plate and dinner will innites, friends and community clude turkey, stuffing, seamembers are invited. Call soned rice, lima beans, roll, James L. Green at (803) 968dessert and a drink. Dine in or 4173. take out. Call James L. Green The Ebenezer Community Center at (803) 968-4173.

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James, Mason, Spurling, Canty week’s top players

Time is running out for Elliott to impress

Versatility pays off

Interim coach says breakthrough coming By PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press

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Wilson Hall’s Robert James (2) has been selected aas The Sumter Item Offensive Player of the Week. He had 215 yards of total offense and three touchdowns in the Barons’ 38-0 victory over Ben Lippen last Friday.

By dennis brunson dennis@theitem.com

PLAyers of the week

Whether on the ground or through the air, Robert James doesn’t care how the ball gets into his hands. When it makes it there though, good things normally happen for the Wilson Hall football team. Such was the case on Friday in the Barons’ SCISA 3A stae playoffs first-round game against Ben Lippen on Friday. Though he had only nine touches, James made the most of them, accounting for 215 yards of total offense and three touchdowns in WH’s 38-0 victory. Because of his performance, James is The Sumter Item Offensive Player of the Week. Laurence Manning Academy inside linebacker Tripp Mason is the defen-

COLUMBIA — Shawn Elliott and the South Carolina Gamecocks know time is running out, both on the season and the chance for the interim coach to make a strong case for the permanent job. The Gamecocks (3-6, 1-6 Southeastern) look to end a two-game losing streak when they play No. 11 Florida (8-1, 6-1) at home Saturday. Elliott likes the improvement he’s seen and the uptick in attitude the past two weeks at Texas A&M and Tennessee. The bottom line, though, was a pair of close losses instead of a resume-building wins. Elliott believes the breakthrough is coming soon with what he’s seen from the Gamecocks. “When you look at us the last two weeks, three weeks, you go Vanderbilt, A&M and Tennessee, we’ve stacked up pretty well,” Elliott said Tuesday. “We haven’t gotten over the hump, but you know we’re knocking on the door, and somebody’s going to answer it shortly.” Time is running out on Elliott’s candidacy. Athletic director Ray Tanner said when coach Steve Spurrier resigned in October that Elliott would have be given a chance to get the job. The former offensive line coach had a satisfying debut in a 19-10 win over Vanderbilt on Oct. 17, which was also the school’s first home game after the massive flooding in South Carolina that affected many around campus and in the stands that day. The Gamecocks kept things close on the road the past two games, but the effort didn’t result in a win. The most heartbreaking defeat was last week when tight end Jerell Adams fumbled a late catch as he was fighting for additional yardage with South Carolina driving for the goal line.

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sive recipient, Sumter High School guard Michael Spurling is the offensive lineman winner and C.E. Murray’s Tykeem Canty is the top special teams performer. The quartet will be honored on Friday at the weekly breakfast meeting of The Sumter Touchdown Club at The Quality Inn located at 2355 Broad Street. The

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meeting will begin at 7:15 a.m. Former Clemson head coach Danny Ford will be the guest speaker. James rushed six times for 120 yards and two touchdowns and caught three passes for 95 yards and another score for the 9-1

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Unbeaten Cavs in rare air After 1st playoff win since ‘03, REL one step away from title game

college football

Tigers still No. 1; Irish crack top 4 by eric olson The Associated Press Notre Dame moved into the top four in the second College Football Playoff selection committee rankings of the season Tuesday night. Clemson remained No. 1, with Alabama moving up two spots to No. 2, Ohio State staying at No. 3 and the Fighting Irish up a spot to No. 4. Notre Dame and Alabama each has one loss. Unbeaten Iowa received an eye-catching promotion, rising four spots to No. 5. Baylor is the highest-ranked Big 12 team at No. 6. Two previously unbeaten teams tumbled. LSU, No. 2 last week, dropped to No. 9 after losing at Alabama, and Michigan State, which was No. 7, dropped to No. 13.

EYE ON HAWKEYES

By dennis brunson dennis@theitem.com Robert E. Lee Academy’s 40-14 victory over Dorchester Academy in the first round of the SCISA 1A football state playoffs on Friday wasn’t a commonplace event. It was REL’s first playoff victory since the 2003 season when most of the current Cavaliers were five years old or younger. And one reason playoff wins have been slim for Lee in recent years is because it hadn’t been in the playoffs since the ‘05 season. Now 10-0 Robert E. Lee gets a chance to reach the state championship on Friday in Bishopville. The Cavaliers will play host to 8-3 Hilton Head Prep at McCutchen Field in a semifinal game. “It feels great to be in this game,” said running back/linebacker Weston Green. “We’ve just tried to focus on ourselves and just get better from week to week.” REL was obviously pretty good against the Raiders, whom they beat 27-21 with a late

One of the biggest surprises was Iowa’s rise to No. 5 after winning 35-27 on the road against an Indiana team that is 0-5 in Big Ten play. Committee chairman Jeff Long pointed out the Hawkeyes have beaten two top 25 teams on the road (Wisconsin and Northwestern), and Iowa’s strength of schedule is No. 2 behind Clemson among the six remaining unbeaten teams. “It’s a recognition by the committee that they were increasingly impressed by Iowa and their body of work,’’ Long said. “Three teams lost ahead of them, so we felt they needed to move up.’’ Last week Long said the committee had concerns about Iowa’s offense. “We recognize they are consistent on both sides of the ball,’’ he said Tuesday. “They aren’t flashy, but they are consistent.’’

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Robert E. Lee Academy’s William Corbett (21) and the rest of the Cavaliers take on Hilton Head Prep on Friday in Bishopville with a spot in the SCISA 1A state championship game up for See rel, Page B5 grabs.

Barring upsets, Notre Dame’s promotion to No. 4 would cause the Big 12 to root for the Pac12’s Stanford to knock off the Irish on Nov. 28.

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USC’s Mitchell named preseason All-American By DOUG FEINBERG The Associated Press South Carolina’s Tiffany Mitchell is on the preseason Associated Press All-America team released on Tuesday along with Connecticut’s record-setting Breanna Stewart. Mitchell, a 2-time preseason All-American, is coming off a season when she averaged 14.4 points to help the Gamecocks reach the Final Four for the first time in school history. “It means a lot, growing up as a kid you want to put your best foot forward and take those steps in your career,” the South Carolina senior said. “Knowing that some of the hard work is paying off is definitely a good feeling.” Accompanying Stewart and Mitchell on the team are UConn’s Moriah Jefferson, Baylor’s Nina Davis and Ohio State’s Kelsey Mitchell. The five players were chosen by a 32-member national media panel. Stewart is now part of an elite group — just the fourth player to be chosen as a unanimous preseason Associated Press All-American twice. The UConn star senior joined Maya Moore of Connecticut, Alana Beard of Duke and Brittney Griner of Baylor. “That’s great company to be in,” Stewart said. “To be named with those players is humbling since they’ve had so much success.” Stewart has already accomplished more than those three in college, winning national championships in her first three years. She’ll try for an unprecedented fourth title this season. It’s the third straight year that two UConn players were on the preseason team. Stewart did it the last two years with Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis. Stewart and Jefferson are the eighth set of teammates to be preseason All-Americans. “It’s awesome to be able to share the success with your teammate,” Stewart said. “Individual awards are nice,

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AMERICAN CONFERENCE East New England N.Y. Jets Buffalo Miami South Indianapolis Houston Jacksonville Tennessee North Cincinnati Pittsburgh Baltimore Cleveland West Denver Oakland Kansas City San Diego

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South Carolina guard Tiffany Mitchell, left, was selected to The Associated Press preseason All-America team Tuesday for the second time. but when you can share it with your teammate that’s something that not a lot of people are able to do.” The 6-foot-4 senior, who averaged 17.6 points and 7.8 rebounds last year, became the seventh player to earn preseason All-America honors three times. Beard, Moore and Griner all did it as well as Tennessee’s Chamique Holdsclaw and Tamika Catchings and Oklahoma’s Courtney Paris. Ohio State’s Mitchell may join that group in two years. The sophomore is coming off a stellar freshman season when she averaged 24.9 points for the Buckeyes, who are ranked sixth in the preseason poll. “It’s a great honor,” Ohio State’s playmaker said. “To be mentioned with the top players in the country is humbling. My teammates and I have high expectations for this season and they pushed me to work hard this summer. We can’t wait to get the season started.”

The Buckeyes have a tough schedule to open the season, playing at No. 2 South Carolina on Friday before hosting top-ranked UConn on Nov. 16. Baylor’s Davis earned the honors for the first time. The Lady Bears junior forward averaged 21.1 points and 8.3 rebounds last season while shooting 58 percent from the field. “It’s unreal,” Davis said of being one of the five best players in the preseason. “You have dreams growing up of playing on the national level, who would imagine that someday you’d say I was one of the five best players in the country? It’s a blessing that I can be named with Breanna Stewart and Tiffany Mitchell among others.” Jefferson is also a firsttimer to the team. She averaged 12.4 points and 4.9 assists for UConn while shooting nearly 59 percent from the field in guiding the Huskies to a third straight championship last season.

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Royals teammates Perez, Escobar, Hosmer winners of Gold Gloves NEW YORK — World Series MVP Salvador Perez and Kansas City Royals teammates Eric Hosmer and Alcides Escobar have won Gold Gloves. The awards for fielding excellence were announced Tuesday by Rawlings. Yoenis Cespedes won the AL prize in left field even though he was traded from Detroit to the New York Mets on July 31. Perez was honored for the third consecutive season as the AL catcher, as was Hosmer at first base. Escobar won for the first time at shortstop. The other AL winners were second baseman Jose Altuve and pitcher Dallas Keuchel of Houston, Baltimore third baseman Manny Machado, Tampa Bay center fielder Kevin Kiermaier and Angels right fielder Kole Calhoun. In the NL, catcher Yadier Molina and right fielder Jason Heyward won from St. Louis. Arizona also had two winners with first baseman Paul Goldschmidt and center fielder A.J. Pollock. Other NL winners were Miami second baseman Dee Gordon, San Francisco shortstop Brandon Crawford, Colorado third baseman Nolan Arenado, Pitts-

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New York to daily fantasy sports: Stop staking bets here NEW YORK — New York’s attorney general has told the daily fantasy sports companies DraftKings and FanDuel to stop accepting bets in the state, saying their operations amount to illegal gambling. In letters sent to the companies Tuesday, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (SHNEYE’-dur-muhn) said their contests are promoted like a lottery and are essentially games of chance, not skill. Schneiderman added that the contests are “neither harmless nor victimless.’’ In a separate statement, he accused the companies of being “leaders of a massive, multibillion-dollar scheme intended to evade the law and fleece sports fans across the country.’’ New York-based FanDuel said in a statement that its games are legal and Schneiderman is just out for media attention. Boston-based DraftKings said it disagreed with Schneiderman and would pursue legal options.

Last month, Nevada began requiring fantasy sports companies to obtain a gambling license.

Thunder 125 Wizards 101 WASHINGTON — Kevin Durant left at halftime with a strained left hamstring and Russell Westbrook took over, compiling a triple-double with 22 points, 11 assists and 11 rebounds to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder past the Washington Wizards, 125-101 Tuesday night. Durant, second in the NBA in scoring entering the night, had 14 points and 10 rebounds in the first half. With less than a minute remaining in the second quarter, Durant was fouled by Kris Humphries on a drive to the basket and then limped a bit, clutching at the back of his left leg. The 2013-14 MVP made both free throws and stayed in the game until halftime. Westbrook had 10 points, five assists and three rebounds in the third quarter and sat out the fourth. Dion Waiters scored 25 points, and Serge Ibaka added 23 for the Thunder, who had lost three of their past four games. From wire reports

W L T Pct PF PA 8 0 0 1.000 276 143 5 3 0 .625 200 162 4 4 0 .500 209 190 3 5 0 .375 171 206 W L T Pct PF PA 4 5 0 .444 200 227 3 5 0 .375 174 205 2 6 0 .250 170 235 2 6 0 .250 159 187 W L T Pct PF PA 8 0 0 1.000 229 142 5 4 0 .556 206 182 2 6 0 .250 190 214 2 7 0 .222 177 247 W L T Pct PF PA 7 1 0 .875 192 139 4 4 0 .500 213 211 3 5 0 .375 195 182 2 7 0 .222 210 249

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA N.Y. Giants 5 4 0 .556 247 226 Philadelphia 4 4 0 .500 193 164 Washington 3 5 0 .375 158 195 Dallas 2 6 0 .250 160 204 South W L T Pct PF PA Carolina 8 0 0 1.000 228 165 Atlanta 6 3 0 .667 229 190 New Orleans 4 5 0 .444 241 268 Tampa Bay 3 5 0 .375 181 231 North W L T Pct PF PA Minnesota 6 2 0 .750 168 140 Green Bay 6 2 0 .750 203 167 Chicago 3 5 0 .375 162 221 Detroit 1 7 0 .125 149 245 West W L T Pct PF PA Arizona 6 2 0 .750 263 153 St. Louis 4 4 0 .500 153 146 Seattle 4 4 0 .500 167 140 San Francisco 3 6 0 .333 126 223

Thursday’s Game Cincinnati 31, Cleveland 10

Sunday’s Games Tennessee 34, New Orleans 28, OT Minnesota 21, St. Louis 18, OT Carolina 37, Green Bay 29 New England 27, Washington 10 Buffalo 33, Miami 17 N.Y. Jets 28, Jacksonville 23 Pittsburgh 38, Oakland 35 San Francisco 17, Atlanta 16 N.Y. Giants 32, Tampa Bay 18 Indianapolis 27, Denver 24 Philadelphia 33, Dallas 27, OT Open: Arizona, Baltimore, Detroit, Houston, Kansas City, Seattle

Monday’s Games Chicago 22, San Diego 19

Thursday, Nov. 12

Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 8:25 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 15

Detroit at Green Bay, 1 p.m. Carolina at Tennessee, 1 p.m. Chicago at St. Louis, 1 p.m. Dallas at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. New Orleans at Washington, 1 p.m. Miami at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. Jacksonville at Baltimore, 1 p.m. Minnesota at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. Kansas City at Denver, 4:25 p.m. New England at N.Y. Giants, 4:25 p.m. Arizona at Seattle, 8:30 p.m. Open: Atlanta, Indianapolis, San Diego, San Francisco

Monday, Nov. 16

Houston at Cincinnati, 8:30 p.m.

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EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Toronto New York Boston Brooklyn Philadelphia Southeast Division Atlanta Miami Washington Orlando Charlotte Central Division Cleveland Detroit Chicago Milwaukee Indiana

W L Pct GB 5 2 .714 — 3 4 .429 2 2 3 .400 2 0 7 .000 5 0 7 .000 5 W L Pct GB 7 2 .778 — 4 3 .571 2 3 3 .500 2½ 3 5 .375 3½ 2 4 .333 3½ W L Pct GB 6 1 .857 — 5 2 .714 1 5 3 .625 1½ 4 3 .571 2 4 4 .500 2½

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 5 2 .714 — Houston 4 3 .571 1 Dallas 3 3 .500 1½ Memphis 3 5 .375 2½ New Orleans 0 6 .000 4½ Northwest Division W L Pct GB Minnesota 4 2 .667 — Utah 4 2 .667 — Oklahoma City 4 3 .571 ½ Portland 4 4 .500 1 Denver 3 4 .429 1½ Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 8 0 1.000 — L.A. Clippers 5 2 .714 2½ Phoenix 3 4 .429 4½ L.A. Lakers 1 5 .167 6 Sacramento 1 7 .125 7

Monday’s Games

Indiana 97, Orlando 84 Chicago 111, Philadelphia 88 Minnesota 117, Atlanta 107 Denver 108, Portland 104 San Antonio 106, Sacramento 88 Golden State 109, Detroit 95 L.A. Clippers 94, Memphis 92

Tuesday’s Games

Utah at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Oklahoma City at Washington, 7 p.m. New York at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Charlotte at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Dallas at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Boston at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Toronto at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Orlando, 7 p.m. New York at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Indiana at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Golden State at Memphis, 8 p.m. Brooklyn at Houston, 8 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Dallas, 8 p.m. New Orleans at Atlanta, 8 p.m. Milwaukee at Denver, 9 p.m. Detroit at Sacramento, 10 p.m. San Antonio at Portland, 10:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Utah at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Golden State at Minnesota, 8 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m.

NHL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 16 13 2 1 27 59 29 Ottawa 14 7 4 3 17 42 42 Tampa Bay 16 7 7 2 16 38 38 Boston 14 7 6 1 15 47 45 Detroit 14 7 6 1 15 33 36 Florida 14 5 6 3 13 37 35 Buffalo 14 6 8 0 12 32 41 Toronto 14 2 8 4 8 29 45 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Rangers 14 10 2 2 22 42 25 Washington 13 10 3 0 20 43 31 Pittsburgh 14 9 5 0 18 31 28 New Jersey 14 8 5 1 17 37 36 N.Y. Islanders 15 7 5 3 17 40 37 Philadelphia 14 5 6 3 13 28 39 Carolina 14 6 8 0 12 30 40 Columbus 15 4 11 0 8 35 54

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas 15 12 3 0 24 54 39 St. Louis 14 10 3 1 21 40 31 Minnesota 13 8 3 2 18 38 35 Nashville 13 8 3 2 18 35 31 Winnipeg 15 8 5 2 18 42 41 Chicago 15 8 6 1 17 39 38 Colorado 14 4 9 1 9 36 42 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 14 9 5 0 18 35 29 Vancouver 15 6 4 5 17 43 36 Arizona 14 7 6 1 15 39 41 San Jose 14 7 7 0 14 38 36 Anaheim 15 5 7 3 13 25 37 Calgary 15 5 9 1 11 37 59 Edmonton 15 5 10 0 10 39 47 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Monday’s Games

Arizona 4, Anaheim 3, OT

Tuesday’s Games

St. Louis at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Carolina at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Colorado at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Vancouver at Columbus, 7 p.m. Washington at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Buffalo at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Calgary at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Ottawa at Nashville, 8 p.m. Winnipeg at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Toronto at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Arizona at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Montreal at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Edmonton at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Colorado at Boston, 7 p.m. St. Louis at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Carolina, 7 p.m. Vancouver at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Calgary at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Buffalo at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Toronto at Nashville, 8 p.m. New Jersey at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Winnipeg at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Edmonton at Arizona, 9 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at L.A., 10:30 p.m.

NASCAR

By The Associated Press

Sprint Cup Points Leaders Through Nov. 8 1. Jeff Gordon, 4,082. 2. Kyle Busch, 4,080. 3. Kevin Harvick, 4,079. 4. Martin Truex Jr., 4,076. 5. Carl Edwards, 4,069. 6. Brad Keselowski, 4,057. 7. Kurt Busch, 4,048. 8. Joey Logano, 4,013. 9. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 2,259. 10. Denny Hamlin, 2,257. 11. Ryan Newman, 2,253. 12. Jimmie Johnson, 2,240. 13. Jamie McMurray, 2,235. 14. Paul Menard, 2,208. 15. Matt Kenseth, 2,197. 16. Clint Bowyer, 2,153. 17. Aric Almirola, 903. 18. Kasey Kahne, 896. 19. Greg Biffle, 821. 20. Kyle Larson, 809. 21. Austin Dillon, 778. 22. Casey Mears, 730. 23. AJ Allmendinger, 714. 24. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 687. 25. Sam Hornish Jr., 677. 26. Danica Patrick, 668. 27. Tony Stewart, 663. 28. David Ragan, 657. 29. Trevor Bayne, 619. 30. Justin Allgaier, 553. 31. Cole Whitt, 526. 32. David Gilliland, 507. 33. Alex Bowman, 413. 34. Brett Moffitt, 401. 35. Matt DiBenedetto, 376. 36. Michael Annett, 372. 37. Josh Wise, 249. 38. Jeb Burton, 211. 39. Michael McDowell, 202. 40. Alex Kennedy, 120. 41. Reed Sorenson, 74. 42. Bobby Labonte, 60. 43. Michael Waltrip, 58. 44. Brian Vickers, 32. 45. Ryan Preece, 22. 46. Will Kimmel, 11. 47. Mike Wallace, 8. 48. T.J. Bell, 7. 49. Eddie MacDonald, 7. 50. Kyle Fowler, 3.

College football

By The Associated Press

FCS Coaches Poll

1. Jacksonville St. (25) 2. McNeese State (1) 3. North Dakota State 4. Coastal Carolina 5. South Dakota State 6. Illinois State 7. William & Mary 8. Charleston Southern 9. Chattanooga 10. Eastern Washington 11. James Madison 12. Richmond 13. Harvard 14. North Carolina A&T 15. Southern Utah 16. Portland State 17. Fordham 18. Sam Houston State 19. Northern Iowa 20. The Citadel 21. Youngstown State 22. Montana 23. Bethune-Cookman 24. Dartmouth 25. Northern Arizona

Rec Pts Prv 8-1 649 1 9-0 617 5 7-2 598 5 8-1 556 8 7-2 543 11 7-2 499 2 7-2 473 12 8-1 433 13 7-2 401 3 6-3 373 4 7-2 352 14 7-2 339 7 8-0 308 15 8-1 282 16 7-2 281 18 7-2 266 9 8-2 253 17 6-3 250 9 5-4 212 20 7-2 168 22 5-4 138 21 5-4 83 22 8-2 80 25 7-1 49 NR 6-3 44 NR

Others receiving votes: Towson 43, Central Arkansas 41, Grambling State 35, UT Martin 33, Eastern Kentucky 18, Dayton, 11, Western Carolina 6, North Dakota 5, South Dakota 4

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Syracuse coping with 6th straight loss By JOHN KEKIS The Associated Press

Clemson. If that changes when the injury report is released Thursday, walk-on Zack MaSyracuse coach Scott Shafer honey could make his second is running out of time to put career start. At least he’s seen the skids on what’s shaping up the top echelon of the college as another lost season. game — his first start was The Orange (3-6, 1-4 ACC) against then-No. 8 LSU in late have lost six straight after a September and he threw three promising start and quartertouchdown passes in a 34-24 back Eric Dungey is recoverloss. ing from another hard hit that Shafer shrugged at the knocked him out of the Louisthought of Mahoney, who enville game on Saturday. rolled in January after playing Shafer said Tuesday that one season of junior college Dungey was being monitored ball at the College of DuPage daily and declined to say in Illinois, making his first two whether the freshman would FBS starts against two of the start at home on Saturday top-ranked teams in the nation. against No. 1 Clemson (9-0, 6-0 “It’s not hard to approach,” ACC). Shafer said. “The kids love “I’m concerned about the football and they love the opwell-being of every single athportunity to play in a game lete on our team, as I always like this. They’re living the have been,” Shafer said. “We dream, man.” make the best decisions to proSyracuse finished 3-9 last tect our players from the inforyear, dropping nine of its final mation we get from the ... med10 games, and this year’s slide THE ASSOCIATED PRESS has spiked the criticism of the ical staff.” Dungey did not play against Syracuse head coach Scott Shafer and the rest of the Orange are looking to snap a 6-game skid against No. coaching staff. First-year athLSU in late September because 1 Clemson on Saturday in Syracuse. letic director Mark Coyle has of a likely concussion suffered said he will assess the football in a vicious helmet-to-helmet against Virginia while leaping Shafer, who was criticized guy ... for the most part he’s program at season’s end. hit against Central Michigan over a defender into the end for having Dungey in the hud- done a very good job of that In the meantime, Shafer the previous week. Syracuse zone for a touchdown and was dle with 4:21 remaining in the (avoiding big hits),” Shafer simply soldiers on, trying to does not publicly specify flattened by a hit against Pitts- game and the Orange trailing said. “I personally feel really mold a winner out of a bunch whether players have concusburgh, briefly lying face-down 41-10, said afterward that bad that he got hurt there late of youngsters. Twenty-seven sions unless they are prevent- and motionless before popping Dungey suffered a head injury, in the game. For me, it was underclassmen have made at ed from playing. back up. Against Louisville, but did not elaborate. still an opportunity to keep least one start this season. Despite caution urged by the his legs writhed in pain before Dungey leads the Orange in our first-string offense in be“We’re fighting our tails off coaching staff, Dungey has he walked off the field after carries with 91 for 351 yards cause we want to continue to to get better,” Shafer said. “I been hit hard in the head area being hurt on a play. Dungey and five TDs, and he’s 105-ofcompete ... try to make it inter- knew a couple years ago that on several occasions since was examined briefly by the 176 passing for 1,298 yards and esting.” we were gonna have a void then while scrambling or run- staff on the sideline, then went 11 TDs with five interceptions. Dungey is listed on the this season and have to play ning. He endured a hard hit to the locker room. “For Eric, a very competitive depth chart as the starter for some young, talented players.”

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That could create room in the top four for the Big 12 champion, whoever it is. Baylor is the highestranked Big 12 team at No. 6 for the second straight week, with Oklahoma State No. 8 after being No. 14 in the first rankings. Some analysts thought Oklahoma State would overtake Baylor, and maybe even move into the top four, after an impressive 49-29 win at home over previously unbeaten TCU. The committee still likes Baylor more, even though the Bears are yet to beat a team with a winning record. “Oklahoma State had a good win,’’ Long said. “That’s the first piece of real strength we’ve seen from them, with that win over TCU.’’ The Cowboys’ fate is in their own hands. They host Baylor on Nov. 21. The Bears play their next three games against teams with a combined 25-2 record.

THE NAVY WHAT-IF CFP executive director Bill Hancock said the committee would delay announcing one of the New Year’s Six bowls if Navy — the highest-ranked Group of Five member at No. 20 -- is still in contention to be the G5 representative on Selection Day Dec. 6. That’s because the Midshipmen’s regular season doesn’t end until the Army game on Dec. 12. If Navy is in the mix, the committee would announce the pairing for one of the

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF RANKINGS SCHOOL RECORD 1. Clemson 9-0 2. Alabama 8-1 3. Ohio St. 9-0 4. Notre Dame 8-1 5. Iowa 9-0 6. Baylor 8-0 7. Stanford 8-1 8. Oklahoma St. 9-0 9. LSU 7-1 10. Utah 8-1 11. Florida 8-1 12. Oklahoma 8-1 13. Michigan St. 8-1 14. Michigan 7-2 15. TCU 8-1 16. Florida St. 7-2 17. Mississippi St. 7-2 18. Northwestern 7-2

New Year’s Six bowls — either the Fiesta or Peach — and one participant in the other New Year’s Six bowl, holding the other spot in that game for the Group of Five rep. The committee would hold a teleconference on Dec. 12, after the Army-Navy game,

19. UCLA 20. Navy 21. Memphis 22. Temple 23. North Carolina 24. Houston 25. Wisconsin

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The College Football Playoff Selection Committee will issue weekly rankings each Tuesday, with the final rankings being announced Dec. 6 at noon. The playoff semifinals will match the No. 1 seed vs. the No. 4 seed, and No. 2 will face No. 3. The semifinals will be hosted at the Orange Bowl and Cotton Bowl on Dec. 31. The championship game will be on Jan. 11, 2016 at Glendale, Ariz.

and determine if it’s necessary to revise the Dec. 6 rankings relative to Navy. Navy’s only loss is to Notre Dame, and the Midshipmen would remain a factor if they win at Houston and win the American Athletic Conference championship game before finishing against Army.

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facing a ranked Florida club, South Carolina plays bitter rival Clemson, which is currently ranked No. 1 in both the AP and College Football Playoff polls. Take downs of one or both would surely gain the attention of South Carolina leaders, along with the college football world. Elliott, though, won’t play the spoiler card with his players. “It doesn’t matter what they’re ranked or how successful they are. We got out and compete and any man with a competitive spirit wants to go out there and win. That’s the bottom line for us,” he said. The end result for the Gamecocks is doing their part to keep Elliott in charge beyond this month. Left guard Mike Matulis said the team has had a more positive vibe since Elliott took over. Their goal is to win enough games so Elliott can earn the fulltime job. “We love him as a coach,” Matulis said. “Ask any player on the team, no one’s got a bad thing to say about him. Everyone respects and everyone wants him here.”

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Elliott believes in the approach of a steady progression of getting better, fixing the issues that plagued the Gamecocks in their 0-4 SEC start — and led to Spurrier walking away — and closing in on the desired results. “If you engage that football team, and I mean really engage them with your eyes, and you can look at them across the room and you can feel they believe in what you’re saying,” Elliott said, “then you’ve got a chance.” Florida coach Jim McElwain said it will be a different task to motivate his players with a spot in the SEC title game wrapped up and not much on the line against South Carolina. “I’m kind of excited about this new challenge and the uncharted waters that we’re in,” he said. “You know, it’s really about discovery for a program that should be here in this position every year.” South Carolina’s schedule provides huge opportunities for Elliott. Two weeks after

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Colts’ Luck out 2-6 weeks with kidney, muscle injuries By MICHAEL MAROT The Associated Press

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Chicago Bears tight end Zach Miller, left, makes a touchdown catch during the second half Monday against the San Diego Chargers. The Bears won 22-19.

Miller’s 1-handed grab lifts Bears over Chargers By BERNIE WILSON Thwe Associated Press

games in the fourth quarter, we’ve lost in the fourth quarter. That’s what the NFL is SAN DIEGO — Zach Miller about. You have to play your leaped, snagged Jay Cutler’s best in the fourth quarter, and pass with his right hand and that’s what coach (John) Fox tumbled into the end zone. has talked about. It’s good that A big-time play in another it happened today, but we have close finish for the Chicago to continue it.” Bears, who beat the staggering Cutler calmly led the Bears San Diego Chargers 22-19 on on the winning 10-play, 80-yard Monday night. drive after the Chargers “Jay made a great throw and opened a 19-14 lead on rookie I was able to go up and get it. Josh Lambo’s 22-yard field After that, I went uncongoal. Two plays before the TD scious,” Miller said about his throw to Miller, Cutler was hit game-winning catch with 3:19 and still completed a 12-yard left. pass to Alshon Jeffery on “It was one of those things third-and-6. where instincts kind of take “The safety flew over the top over. I really didn’t have time and it was just a matter of to go up with two, because he waiting for Zach to get past the put some juice on it. I went linebacker,” Cutler said. “I left with one and thankfully pulled it high on him, and he made a it down.” heck of a catch. It couldn’t Miller’s TD reception and a have happened to a better guy. 2-point conversion run by For him to come up with a rookie Jeremy Langford, subcatch, it was something spebing for the injured Matt cial.” Forte, gave the Bears (3-5) The Bears scored 15 points their first lead of the night. in the fourth quarter. Chicago’s last five games have Cutler’s two TD passes been decided by three points broke the franchise record, or less, including consecutive giving him 139 with the Bears. losses to Minnesota and DeHe had been tied with Hall of troit before the trip to San Famer Sid Luckman. Diego. San Diego (2-7) lost its fifth Cutler, who had an intercep- straight game for its longest tion returned for a touchdown skid since dropping six and lost a fumble, kept attack- straight in 2011. It’s the longest ing San Diego’s depleted seclosing streak in coach Mike ondary, completing 27 of 40 McCoy’s three seasons. passes for 345 yards. San Diego’s Philip Rivers “We have got to figure out was 26 of 42 for 280 yards. It how to win in the fourth quar- was the first time in six games ter,” Cutler said. “We have that he didn’t throw for more talked about it. We’ve won than 300.

When you lose five in a row it’s pretty sickening,” Rivers said. “When it’s like this you kind of want to dig a hole and hid for a little while.” The Chargers made numerous mistakes. Rivers threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to Antonio Gates in the fourth quarter but it was nullified when right guard D.J. Fluker was whistled for being an ineligible receiver downfield. The Chargers had to settle for Lambo’s 22-yard field goal. Earlier in that drive, wide receiver Stevie Johnson spiked the ball after making a catch for a first down at the 4 and was whistled for delay of game. “It’s all emotion. We’re out there playing hard and I was trying to get in the end zone,” Johnson said. “I didn’t really spike it that hard but they called it and that is part of it. I’ve got to be smarter than that.” The Bears had a rough first half, but the Chargers couldn’t put them away. Cutler lost a fumble on a sack and then made an off-themark throw to Jeffery, which second-year cornerback Jason Verrett intercepted and returned 68 yards for a 13-0 lead. The Chargers suffered even more injuries. Verrett hurt his groin one play after his pick-six and came out, but remained on the sideline. Cornerback Patrick Robinson left with a neck injury.

INDIANAPOLIS — Two days after celebrating their biggest win of the season, the Indianapolis Colts dealt with their biggest loss. Franchise quarterback Andrew Luck is expected to miss at least two to six weeks with a lacerated kidney and a partially torn abdominal muscle, injuries he sustained late in Sunday’s victory over Denver. “When you take a hit to a franchise quarterback, it is a tough blow,” coach Chuck Pagano said Tuesday. “We’ve been through a lot in this 2015 season, but I know this will galvanize us even more.” Pagano said he believed Luck was injured in the first minute of the fourth quarter when he tried to scramble for a first down near the Denver goal line. Linebacker Danny Trevathan squared up on Luck from the front while defensive end Vance Walker hit Luck hard on the side of his left shoulder, bending him over awkwardly. The hit drew immediately drew gasps inside Lucas Oil Stadium. But Luck broke the 17-17 tie on the next play with an 8-yard pass to Ahmad Bradshaw, his second TD throw of the game. He never came out and continued to take some big hits. Afterward, Pagano said, Luck complained of soreness. When he arrived at the team complex Monday feeling worse, Luck was sent for additional tests that revealed the injuries. Luck is not expected to need surgery. He was not available in the locker room Monday and did not mention any potential injury in his postgame news conference. The six-week timetable could be aggressive because the Colts will be cautious about bringing Luck back. “We’re going to keep listening to the doctors and evaluating his progress on a week-by-week basis,” Pagano said. “We’ve got all the confidence in the world in Matt Hasselbeck and we’re not going to put Andrew back out there until he’s healed and ready to go.” The timing couldn’t be worse for Indianapolis (4-5), which was hoping to return

form this week’s bye and build momentum with a favorable schedule. Instead, one week after luck firing offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton and replacing him with Rob Chudzinski, the Colts are now forced into making a quarterback change. The 40-year-old Hasselbeck takes over, as he did last month when Luck missed two games with an injured right shoulder. Hasselbeck won both. Indy took another precaution Tuesday by bringing former Monmouth quarterback Alex Tanney back to the practice squad. He spent three weeks in Indy earlier this season, none of it on the active roster. Luck, Hasselbeck and Tanney are the only quarterbacks on the team after Indy released former Wisconsin-Whitewater star Matt Blanchard from the practice squad Tuesday. “We’ve got all the confidence in the world in Matt,” Pagano said. “Matt will step right in, he will do a great job and we will win football games with Matt.” Hasselbeck was 48 of 76 with 495 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions in his only action this season, and having a bye week to work with Chudzinski could help make the transition smoother. Playing behind a struggling offensive line has taken a toll on the Luck this season. He missed the first two games of his four-year career after getting hurt at Tennessee on Sept. 27. When Luck did return, he still didn’t look right. Then last week, he was listed on the injury report with a bad ankle. He started, finished and won Sunday’s game, looking more like the promising young quarterback that people expected. There has been speculation about possible fractured ribs and a more serious shoulder injury than the Colts first acknowledged. “We will overcome this and Andrew will make a full recovery and he will be back in the lineup at some point,” Pagano said. “But we will overcome.”

Panthers to replace Packer fan’s banner that Newton ripped down By STEVE REED The Associated Press

fore the game, tore it down and took it with him to the locker room. He was told NewCHARLOTTE — The Caroli- ton destroyed the banner. na Panthers say they plan to “I was shocked because that replace a banner that belonged was the one thing that I wantto a Green Bay Packers fan ed to prevent by following all that Cam Newton ripped down of the policies, all the procebefore the Sunday’s NFL dures,” Dobs told ABC 11 in game. Fayetteville. “Going through Panthers executive director everything that you asked me of stadium operations Scott to do, and then you steal my Paul said Monday night on the property.” team’s website the team will Newton took exception to review its current policy on the pro-Packers banner that banners and flags. Paul said was hung on the inside wall of the banner was in compliance the Panthers stadium. with stadium regulations even “It was a Green Bay banner though the team policy is that in Bank of America Stadium. no banners or flags expressing It just doesn’t match,” Newton support of visiting teams may said after Sunday’s game “No be affixed to or displayed on disrespect to any Green Bay surface. Packer. It’s just a respect “We’ve reached out to the thing. We take pride in having owner of the banner and we’re the edge of playing in Bank of in the process of providing a America stadium, playing in replacement,” Paul said on front of the Carolinas each www.panthers.com. and every week. ... I was passThe banner, which read ing, the sign was dangling ei“North Carolina Cheeseheads” ther somebody was going to and had a Packers logo on it, have to take it off or I take it belonged to Mike Dobs, a Wis- off. Again, it’s no disrespect to consin native who now lives in no one. It’s more of a respect Fayetteville, North Carolina. to the stadium.” Dobs told ABC 11 in FayettePanthers coach Ron Rivera ville he spent $500 on the ban- said he’s spoken to Newton ner and $3,700 on tickets to at- about ripping down the bantend the game. ner, but wouldn’t elaborate on He said Newton ran over be- what he told the fifth-year

quarterback. Rivera said the issue is a “side story” and that it is “being taken care of.” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy in an email to The Associated Press that Newton will not be subject to discipline in the matter and there is “no issue here at the league” with the incident.

Newton threw for three touchdowns and ran for another as the Panthers improved to 8-0 on the season. After the game he defended his decision to take down the banner. Teammates made light of the situation on Twitter Monday while taking up for Newton.

Center Ryan Kalil tweeted: “It’s my fault, I’m the one that told @CameronNewton to take down the Packers banner. I told him #JustDoit” And backup quarterback Derek Anderson added: “Sorry bud for telling you to rip that banner down yesterday! Didn’t realize people would have a problem! @CameronNewton”

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Barons. He had a 65-yard touchdown reception from McLendon Sears and scoring runs of 8 and 16 yards. James said he doesn’t care what head coach Adam Jarecki has him doing. “I like being able to do a little bit of both,” said James, who went over 1,000 yards rushing on the season last week. “Coach Jarecki does a good job of calling spaces to isolate us and get us out in space.” James has 1,344 yards of total offense and has scored 19 touchdowns either rushing or receiving. Wilson Hall plays host to Pinewood Prep in a semifinal game on Friday. Mason had a huge game for LMA in its 28-24 victory over Porter-Gaud in the first round of the SCISA 3A playoffs. He had 19 total tackles, 11 solo and eight assists. Six of those tackles were for loss, including four quarterback sacks. “They had me blitzing a lot,” said Mason, whose team plays at Hammond on Friday in a semifinal game. “We didn’t blitz the inside guys as much the first game (a 23-22 Porter-Gaud win two weeks

before), but we changed things up a little bit, going with an extra defensive back. “If we playing a team that’s predominantly passing, they let the linebackers blitz a little more. That made it a lot more fun. I liked it.” Spurling graded out at 93 percent and had five knockdown blocks in Sumter’s 41-0 victory over Socastee on Friday that gave the Gamecocks the Region VI-4A title. “We didn’t want to be co-region champions,” said Spurling, whose team is off this week as it prepares for the 4A Division I state playoffs next week. “That motivated me a little bit. The coaches were really working us on technique this week. I just put it together and had a great game.” Canty returned the game’s opening kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown in C.E. Murray’s 49-6 regular-season finale win over East Clarendon. The 9-1 Eagles begin the 1A Division II state playoffs at home on Friday against Lincoln. “The ball was a little short, so I came up and caught it off the bounce around the 10yard line,” Canty said. “I was on the right, went all the way over to the left. Then I went to the middle and took it to the house.” Canty also blocked a punt.

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21 on Friday. We made them one-dimensional.” From Page B1 Cavalier offensive tackle/defensive end Heath Smith touchdown in the season open- thought a win was in the offer. There was no such drama ing for his team. last week as Lee got out to a “I felt like it might be a close 21-0 lead and Dorchester never game,” Smith said. “Still, I felt got closer than 13 points the like we had it in hand, that we rest of the way. would the game.” “I was happy with the way REL has done a good job of we played, especially on demixing up the run and the fense,” said Robert E. Lee head pass this season. Running coach David Rankin. “We back Nick Stokes has 770 yards played the run especially well. yards rushing, while fellow Their running back had 190 runnigback Weston Green has yards the first game and just 524 yards.

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Laurence Manning Academy’s Tripp Mason (44) earned Defensive Player of the Week honors for his stellar game in the Swampcats’ victory over Porter-Gaud last Friday.

Quarterback Bryce Barrett has rushed for 715 yards on 110 carries while completing 69 of 121 passes for 1,207 yards. William Corbett is the leading receiver with 732 yards on 36 carries while Green has 14 catches for 406 yards. The offensive line leads the way for the Cavaliers. “We’ve got a real good group of guys on the line,” Smith said. “We’ve just improved and the key to our success is us working together. That’s been a big key.” HHP opened the playoffs

with a 21-7 victory over Holly Hill Academy last week. Rankin said REL hasn’t faced a team that runs an offense like the Dolphins. “They’re a spread football team with no tight end,” Rankin said. “While they run out of the spread, they’re a power football team. You have to put people in the box because they will run it. They like to spread it out and get people in space.” Quarterback Tyler Fox has completed 70 of 129 passes for 981 yards and 10 touchdowns

while rushing for 951 yards and nine scores on 90 carries. Gavin Hurlburt has rushed for 949 yards and 11 scores on 142 carries. Mac Orie has 23 catches for 464 yards and five TDs and Ej Churchich has 23 catches for 274 yards and two scores. Green said there is no secret to what the Cavaliers need to do to limit the Dolphins. “Everybody just has to do their jobs,” he said. “We’ve got to be sure we stop the run.”

Mary Our Lady of Hope, across from their family home on Cantey Street. The church recently celebrated its 100th anniversary. She was a devoted grandmother and loved dearly her grandkids with all of her heart, and it showed. “Mimi” loved to “spoil” her grandkids every opportunity she could and they will greatly miss her hugs, kisses and affection, especially on their family trips to the mountains. She was a fantastic cook and not only loved to cook but also enjoyed collecting and reading cookbooks. She rarely went on a trip without bringing back several local cookbooks. She is survived by her loving husband, G. Thomas Finnegan of Charleston; and her two children and five grandchildren: Tom Finnegan (Ashley) of Charleston and their children, Thomas, William and Amelia; and Stephanie Finnegan Shackelford (Jack) and their children, Emaline and John. All donations to be made to St. Mary’s Building Fund. Arrangements by James A. McAlister Funerals & Cremation of Charleston.

Davenport Fudger (Jack); one son, Raymond Forbes Davenport II (Mary Ellen), all of Sumter; an honorary son, Edward Cribb (Linda) of North Carolina; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and one sister, Jennie Ruth Geddings of Sumter. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Louise Catoe and Elizabeth Atkinson; and two brothers, Phares Chatham Jr. and Oscar Chatham. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday at St. James Lutheran Church with the Rev. Keith Getz officiating. Burial will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery. Grandsons and nephews will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends from 3 to 5 p.m. on Saturday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. James Lutheran School or St. James Altar Guild, 1137 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.

OBITUARIES ROSE FINNEGAN CHARLESTON — Rose Marie Conroy Finnegan, 79, of Charleston, wife of Dr. G. Thomas Finnegan, passed away early Sunday morning, Nov. 8, 2015, in her home. FINNEGAN Rose Marie was the only child and daughter of the late Edward Joseph Conroy and Marie Nimmer Conroy of Summerton. Rose Marie was born in Kingstree and lived there until the age of 3, when her family moved to Summerton. She graduated from Summerton High School in 1954 and attended Winthrop University, where she graduated with degrees in sociology and history. While at Winthrop, she was a member of several organizations and received numerous awards. Most notably, she was president of the school’s Newman Club and a member of the History National Honor Society, both passions of hers. After graduating from Winthrop, she moved to Charleston, where she was employed as a case worker for the Charleston County Department of Social Services. It was in Charleston where she met her husband, Tommy. They were married for 52 wonderful years. After they were married, she taught English and History to the airmen at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, North Carolina, where her

husband was stationed as a captain. She loved Summerton and her family had many great friends. She always felt it was important to stay in touch with her “roots,” making it a point to take her kids to visit every opportunity that she could. She passed on the lessons that she was taught living in Summerton and working in her family’s grocery store, Nimmer Grocery and Dry Goods on Main Street. Some of the lessons were: always work hard; be kind to your neighbor; help those who need it; and keep God in your life always. Their house on Cantey Street was a meeting place for many great meals, and everyone was welcomed and treated to plenty of great food and conversation. She loved to entertain, and anyone who was invited for one of her meals or parties was in for a special treat. Her attention to detail, both large and small, was evident and always the subject of conversation. A kind soul, she never wanted anyone to feel alone on the holidays, so dinners were always sure to include a few guests who, otherwise, would have had to celebrate by themselves Rose Marie was a very devout Catholic. As a longtime parishioner of St. Mary the Annunciation, she seldom missed mass and often went several times a week. Her family’s devotion to the Catholic Church was very strong, so much so that they helped build the very first Catholic church in Summerton, St.

LULA DAVENPORT Lula Kate Chatham Davenport, wife of Raymond C. Davenport, died at age 89, on Monday, Nov. 9, 2015. Born in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Georgia Eagerton Chatham and Phares Elwood Chatham Sr. Surviving are her husband; two daughters, Susan Elizabeth Davenport and Louise

GEORGE MICKENS II George Mickens II, 61, died on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, at his home. Born on Feb. 1, 1954, in Sumter County, he was a son of Georgiana Mickens. The family is receiving friends at the home, 269 Poulas St., Sumter. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc.

CHARLOTTE L. GORDY SEMINOLE, Florida — Charlotte L. Gordy, 80, of Seminole, passed away on Nov. 7, 2015, at Largo Medical Center. She is survived by her husband, Kenneth; children, Kenlay, Jamie and Jeff (wife, Angela); seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

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siah Reese was in Sumter last week to visit his mother and to make a substantial contribution to a group of single mothers struggling to care for their children. Under the auspices of MyDad.org, the organization he co-founded with attorney Ben Crump and chief strategist Malcolm Allen, Reese arranged to provide a large supply of groceries to around 20 local REESE families, all of them headed by single mothers. BiLo, whose vice president Kenny Peterson is also from Sumter, agreed to match the funds MyDad.org raised for its Erase the Hunger project through a crowd-funding source. The gesture also aimed to make a statement about the situations created when fathers are not involved in their children’s lives. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, more than 4 million children — 43 percent — in the U.S. live without their fathers. The percentages of teen suicides, pregnancies, runaways, school dropouts and juveniles in correctional institutions among youth without involved fathers are even higher. Reese grew up largely without a father himself, having been only 8 when his father died. Growing up in Sumter Reese got “a healthy dose of preparing for the world,” he said. The 1986 Sumter High School graduate credits his mother, Searline Reese, for exposing him to people and experiences he’d need to become successful in business, as well as in his personal life. “We lived in the Red Bay area on the south side of Sumter,” Reese recalled, “and my mother worked two jobs to support us. When I was in the 10th grade, she moved us to Twin Lakes, behind Sumter High. It was a totally different environment.” His mother saw to it that Reese had good role models — father figures — and he found many at school. Coach Carl Baker, former Sen. Phil Leventis and a Mr. Spittle are among those he counts as having had a positive influence on him. “We knew what it was like to have our lights turned off and to go to the refrigerator and find no food there,” Reese said. “No one knows the struggles others go through. I always said if I ever get in the position to help others ... .” He doesn’t want his work

Shopping carts filled with food are lined up at BiLo, which partnered with MyDad.org to provide food to households headed by single mothers. Sumter native Ike Reese, a co-founder of MyDad.org, traveled to Sumter for the project and to provide information on the organization whose mission is to keep fathers involved in their children’s lives in a positive way. with MyDad.org to be about him, Reese said, but he’s undeniably a prime example of someone who’s overcome adversity to change his own life. While he was an outstanding quarterback at Sumter High, he recalls graduating with a 1.97 grade point average and thinking he’d never get into college. “The only college that would accept me was Chowan in North Carolina,” Reese said. “For a long time, I carried around a $2 bill with 1.97 written on it to remind me to apply myself. I was determined to succeed. I wasn’t dumb, I just didn’t apply myself.” When he transferred to South Carolina State College, where he got his bachelor’s degree, Reese said, “I didn’t want to be known as a ‘dumb jock,’ so that made me apply myself there.” He graduated with honors from S.C. State and received his master’s degree in business from Webster University, attended the Harvard Business School Executive Leadership Program and has held leadership positions in several corporations, such as Microsoft, Coca-Cola and M&M Mars; he also sits on several boards. Now, as co-founder and chief marketing officer of MyDad.org, he’s giving back. The motto of MyDad.org is “’Responsibility has no shelf life,’” Reese said. The mission of the organization is to get or keep fathers involved in their children’s lives. “They may not be involved

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Isiah “Ike” Reese, center, talks with single mothers and supporters before distributing shopping carts full of food provided by MyDad.org in partnership with BiLo. His mother Searline Reese, whom he credits for his commitment to “giving back,” stands at his right. with their children’s mothers,” he said, “but they can be positive forces in their children’s lives if they accept their responsibility.” “It’s never too late,” Reese said, “and MyDad.org has programs to help fathers no matter what their circumstances are.” That even includes men who are in prison, he said. “Many of them were abandoned by their own fathers. Our mission is to get them to focus on the generation they created.” Reese said MyDad.org is

wide ranging in its methods and programs, including working with pre-trial intervention programs in several states. Through its tightly monitored education and mentoring program, motivated youths can avoid jail time, receive career counseling and assistance in finding meaningful employment and getting a college education. MyDad.org emphasizes “education, financial literacy, technology and leadership,” its website states. Its founders aim to “strengthen ... the irreplaceable role of the father ...

(and invite) organizations and corporations to become partners, and local citizens, both male and female, are encouraged to get involved and become the change they want to see.” Reese emphasized as an example his mother’s statement to him: “Mom said, ‘Giving back is not an option. Giving back is an obligation. Always give back.’” For more information on MyDad.org and how you can get involved, visit the website mydad.org.

Mystery tree’s wood was used for loom shuttles in mills BY JOHN NELSON Curator, USC Herbarium If the fruit be not ripe it will draw a man’s mouth to much torment. — attributed to Captain John Smith of Jamestown Indeed, it is very, very true. The unripe fruits are hard and green, slowly ripening to a beautifully frosted pink-orange. Before they are ripe, the fruits are inedible: They are extremely bitter (some use the word “astringent”). I have bitten into an unripe fruit, just to see what it’s like, and of course, the inside of my mouth turned into a sort of medicinal, electric cardboard taste, a taste that took a long while to go away. This is a common tree from New England into the Midwest, and south through all of

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Your mouth may feel like cardboard if you try to eat this mystery fruit before it’s ripe, but when it is ripe, it’s delicious. Florida and over to Texas. It is usually a small, or “medium” sized tree, although one

of the largest in the world is over 120 feet tall, right here in central South Carolina. Its bark is rough and checkered, broken into dark, scaly blocks, much like what you see on a dogwood tree. The leaves, 4 to 6 inches long, are deep green in the summer (somewhat chalky on the lower side), and they turn a brilliant yellow or orange-red in the fall. Interestingly, wherever a leaf has been chewed on, by a bug or something, or otherwise wounded, the tissue right around the wound turns black — always. The trees are either male or female, bearing unisexual flowers. The wood of this species is dark, hard and very durable. In fact, during the era of King Cotton, this tree was an important

source of loom shuttles in mills. This species is entirely confined to North America, but it has about 200 close relatives, in the same genus, in Africa and Indonesia, some of which are prized for their fruits which are often available in markets. (One other native American species grows in central Texas.) All of these species are members of the ebony family, and it is the true ebony tree, whose dark, hard wood has historically been the source for piano keys. Our Mystery Plant isn’t very picky about where it grows, and it does well in a variety of settings and soils. The combination of handsome bark, attractive foliage (summer and fall) and fruit make this an excellent choice for the home landscape.

Back to the fruits. When they are fully ripe, the fruits are delicious, not only for humans, but for a variety of critters. If you’ve never tried one, you must. They are ready to eat when they are soft, almost mushy, and you can gather them from the ground. Just brush the sand off and remove the seeds. There are plenty of recipes out there for ripe persimmons, including savory puddings, bread and even ice cream. Answer: “Persimmon,” Diospyros virginiana John Nelson is the curator of the A.C. Moore Herbarium at the University of South Carolina, in the Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia SC 29208. For more information, visit www.herbarium.org, call (803) 777-8196, or email nelson@sc.edu.

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Compelled to serve green beans? At least make them delicious BY ALISON LADMAN The Associated Press e apologize if you are a huge fan of green

beans. We apologize if you are the sort of person who longs for the green beans at Thanks-

giving. We think it’s a little strange, but we still apologize. It’s not that green beans aren’t perfectly delightful. It’s just that with so many far more exciting sides on offer at the typical Thanksgiving feast, it’s really hard to get excited about green beans. Usually, we don’t even bother to put them on our plates. So why do so many people serve them? It’s probably some combination of tradition (Aunt Susie always serves them!) and guilt (as if eating three green beans atones for your 1,500-calorie gravy-fueled sins...). Would it be easier to just leave them off this year’s menu? Yup. Will you? Probably not. So we decided that if you really must clutter up the table with green beans, at least make them truly delicious. Not that you need to work hard to make that happen. In fact, we came up with five delicious and easy ways to dress your green beans. They’re so good we might even eat less mashed potatoes to leave room for them. Or not.

GREEN BEANS FIVE WAYS Start to finish: 10 minutes Servings: 6 2 pounds green beans, ends trimmed 1/2 cup water 2 tablespoons unsalted butter Kosher salt and ground black pepper In a large skillet over medium-high, combine the green beans and water. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes, or until just tender and bright green. Drain any water that has not evaporated and stir in the butter. Season with salt and pepper. Continue the recipe using one of the following variations: Nutrition information per serving: 80 calories; 35 calories from fat (44 percent of total calories); 4 g fat (2.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 10 mg cholesterol; 170 mg sodium; 11 g carbohydrate; 4 g fiber; 5 g sugar; 3 g protein.

HERBED Stir in 2 tablespoons each of chopped fresh thyme, chives and parsley.

TOASTED CRUMBS In a small skillet, melt 2 tablespoons butter. Add 1 cup panko breadcrumbs, a pinch of salt and 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika. Cook until toasted and fragrant, stirring constantly, 4 to 5 minutes. Sprinkle over the cooked and seasoned green beans.

SPICY GARLIC HONEY Stir in a hefty pinch of red pepper flakes, 1 to 2 finely minced cloves of garlic and a drizzle of honey.

CRANBERRY NUT Finely chop 1/2 cup dried cranberries and 1/2 cup toasted sliced almonds. Sprinkle over the top of the cooked and seasoned green beans.

MAPLE SOY Leave off the salt and instead drizzle with a little soy sauce and maple syrup.

Change up mashed potatoes with parmesan BY KATIE WORKMAN The Associated Press Plain old mashed potatoes are always brilliant, and it’s hard to imagine a Thanksgiving table without them. Still, every once in a while we like to change things up. But not too much. Here, a small amount of Parmesan cheese adds earthiness and nuttiness to the classic smooth, creamy potatoes, and turns a traditional side into something inspired with no extra work. Just be sure to go easy on the salt, and taste at the end. Parmesan adds a bit of saltiness to this dish. Also, when you add the milk mixture to the crushed potatoes and stir, you will think, “Wait! That’s too much liquid!” Don’t worry. As the potatoes cook and sit they will thicken up. If you make them ahead of time you can reheat them gently over low heat, adding some more hot milk as necessary and stirring frequently. You have several options for mashing the potatoes. You can use an oldfashioned potato masher, which will probably yield some lumps (which some of us like). You also can use a potato ricer, which looks kind of like an oversized garlic press. You put the potatoes in, press them through the fineholed disk at the bottom, and the potatoes come out a bit like grains of rice, though they quickly turn into creamy mashed potatoes when you mix them with the remaining ingredients. There also is a food mill, which works similarly, only you crank the potatoes through the holes on the bottom disk with a handle. This tool also is good for pureeing things like cooked tomatoes or berries, as it strains out the seeds and skins, only allowing the smooth fruit mixture to pass through.

MASHED POTATOES WITH PARMESAN CHEESE Start to finish: 30 minutes Servings: 6 Kosher salt 8 large Idaho or Yukon Gold potatoes (3 to 3 1/2 pounds total), peeled and halved 1 cup whole milk 1/2 cup light or heavy cream or half-andhalf 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces, room temperature 1/4 cup finely grated Parmesan cheese Ground black pepper Fill a large stockpot with water and bring to a boil over high heat. Add a generous amount of salt, return to a boil, then add the potatoes. The water should cover the potatoes by at least 2 inches. Bring to a simmer, then reduce heat to medium and cook for 15 or so minutes, partially covered, until the potatoes are very tender when pierced with a knife. Drain the potatoes and return them to the pot. Set the pot over medium-low heat. Toss the potatoes in the hot pan occasionally for 3 minutes or so until the moisture is all gone and the potatoes have begun to dry out (but not to brown). Remove the pan from the heat and put the potatoes through a ricer or a food mill, or mash with a potato masher until they are smooth, or as smooth as you like them. Meanwhile, heat the milk and the cream together in a microwave safe bowl THE ASSOCIATED PRESS or pitcher for about 1 minute, or in a small saucepan on the stovetop, until hot. Add the hot milk and cream mixture to the potatoes along with the butter and stir with a wooden spoon or a whisk until well combined. Blend in the Parmesan. Season with salt and pepper, and stir over medium-low heat until everything is hot and well blended. Nutrition information per serving: 340 calories; 130 calories from fat (38 percent of total calories); 14 g fat (9 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 40 mg cholesterol; 420 mg sodium; 49 g carbohydrate; 4 g fiber; 5 g sugar; 7 g protein.

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You won’t miss the meat or bread in this veg-rich oven hash BY MELISSA D’ARABIAN The Associated Press Heading into crisper weather, I start to crave the holiday classics that beg to be made this time of year. One of my favorites is stuffing (technically “dressing” since I haven’t stuffed it in the turkey ever since Alton Brown talked me out of it over a decade ago when I read his recipe for roasted turkey). Seasoned cubes of dried bread sauteed with celery, onion, herbs and butter, then baked up to crispy-outside-soft-inside perfection? Yes, please! Except... My extended family has three vegetarians and my daughter is gluten-free. So my challenge was how to make a dish that scratches the stuffing itch for them without making it seem like the ugly duckling of the Thanksgiving table. The solution ended up being a roasted vegetable medley that I promise will be the most-requested recipe of your holiday. It is that good, and full of nutrients, too. To make that happen, I rely on a mix of roasted vegetables for a caramelized sweetness that feels roasty and homey.

This recipe relies on a mix of roasted vegetables for a caramelized sweetness that feels roasty and homey. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

And I add meaty mushrooms sauteed in garlic and the trifecta of holiday cooking herbs: rosemary, sage and thyme. A Granny Smith apple cut into tiny cubes brings just enough acid for depth, while a surprise little hero tucked into the recipe — toasted walnuts — adds texture, along with some nice healthy fats to fill up vegetarians who will be skipping the turkey. Easy, healthy and satisfying. Your healthy or vegan or gluten-free guests will feel satisfied, not sidelined.

VEGGIE OVEN HASH Start to finish: 40 minutes Servings: 8 2 1/2 cups (3/4 pound) cubed butternut squash (1-inch cubes) Olive oil Kosher salt and ground black pepper 2 cups (1/3 pound) small cauliflower florets 2 cups (1/3 pound) small broccoli florets 1 medium yellow onion, chopped 2 stalks celery, chopped 4 cloves garlic, minced 8 ounces cremini mushrooms, sliced (cut in half if slices are larger than bite-sized) 1 Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored and diced 2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme 1 tablespoon minced fresh rosemary 1 tablespoon minced fresh sage 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1/2 cup toasted walnuts, roughly chopped Heat the oven to 400 F. Line 2 rimmed baking sheets with kitchen parchment or foil. Mound the squash on one of the prepared baking sheets then drizzle with about 1 teaspoon of oil. Toss to coat, then season with salt and pepper. Arrange in an even layer, then roast until tender, 30 to 35 minutes, turning once or twice. While the squash is roasting, mound the cauliflower and broccoli on the second sheet. Drizzle them with 2 teaspoons of oil, season with salt and pepper, then arrange in an even layer and roast for 25 minutes, turning halfway through, or until the cauliflower is golden. All of the vegetables should finish roasting around the same time. Set aside to cool. Meanwhile, in a large saute pan over medium, heat 1 tablespoon of oil. Add the onion and celery and cook until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and mushrooms, then saute until the mushrooms are starting to get tender, about 7 minutes. Add the apple, thyme, rosemary and sage, then cook another 5 minutes, or until the mushrooms are tender (but not floppy). Stir in the lemon juice, remove from the heat and transfer to a large bowl. Add the slightly cooled roasted vegetables and the toasted walnuts. Stir and adjust seasoning if needed. Nutrition information per serving: 140 calories; 80 calories from fat (57 percent of total calories); 8 g fat (1 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 150 mg sodium; 16 g carbohydrate; 4 g fiber; 6 g sugar; 4 g protein.

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CULT CHOICE After abandoning his career as a concert pianist to slum as a roughneck, a confused man (Jack Nicholson) takes his waitress girlfriend (Karen Black) to meet his cultured family in the 1970 drama “Five Easy Pieces” (10 p.m., Sundance). A great soundtrack features the works of Mozart, Chopin and Tammy Wynette.

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bird before and during roasting anyway). For temp, start high, then cut it back to finish low and slow. As for the berries, are you older than 10? Then whole berries are the only option. Ah, but the stuffing. That one is more complicated. It’s hard to argue with the fact that a stuffed bird is more beautiful. Not to mention the stuffing from a stuffed bird packs way more flavor. Of course, if you don’t cook it properly, that flavor also packs a fine chance of food poisoning. And then there is the trouble and mess of doing the actual stuffing, and the fact that you’ve now rendered the dish unfit for vegetarians. So we advocate having it both ways. Make up one giant batch of stuffing, then use part of it to stuff your bird while popping the rest into a well-buttered baking dish. The trick to keeping the stuffed stuffing

safe to consume is to make sure it is hot when it goes into the cavity of the turkey (and using a thermometer to make sure it reaches 165 F at the center by the end of cooking). As for the baking dish batch, keep it moist and delicious with a little extra broth drizzled over the top. If there are vegetarians in the mix, be sure to use vegetable broth. No veggies at the table? Ditch the extra broth and instead drizzle the finished stuffing with some of the pan drippings from the roasted turkey. Chances are that batch will be even more flavorful than the stuffing that was actually stuffed. Now that you’re prepped to stuff (and not), we’ve got you covered with a master recipe for classic bread stuffing, as well as four ways to adulterate it most deliciously.

CLASSIC STUFFING Start to finish: 40 minutes Servings: 8 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter 1 large yellow onion, diced 3 ribs celery, diced 2 cups low-sodium chicken or turkey broth (or vegetable if making some or all of the stuffing vegetarian-friendly)

1 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper 1 tablespoon chopped fresh sage 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme 1 tablespoon minced fresh rosemary 8 cups toasted or stale bread (cut into 1-inch cubes)

Heat the oven to 375 F. Butter a large baking pan or casserole dish (such as a 9-inch-by-13-inch baking pan). In a large deep skillet over medium, melt the butter. Add the onion and celery and cook for 5 to 7 minutes, or until the onion is translucent and tender. Add the broth, salt, pepper, sage, thyme and rosemary. Bring to a simmer. Remove from the heat and gently stir in the bread cubes. If desired, reserve some for stuffing the turkey. Transfer the remaining mixture to the prepared baking dish and bake for 20 minutes or until the top is toasted. Stuffing that is cooked in the bird must reach 165 F by the end of cooking. Use an instant thermometer inserted into the center of the stuffing to get an accurate reading. Stuffing that is cooked in a baking dish should be drizzled with pan drippings from the roast turkey just before serving (unless it is intended for vegetarians). Nutrition information per serving: 210 calories; 110 calories from fat (52 percent of total calories); 13 g fat (8 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 30 mg cholesterol; 450 mg sodium; 20 g carbohydrate; 2 g fiber; 3 g sugar; 4 g protein.

WANT TO TRY SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT? The stuffing also can be modified with the following variations:

SAUSAGE AND GRAPE Brown 1 pound of loose breakfast sausage in the butter before adding the onions and celery. Stir in 1 1/2 cups of halved red grapes when adding the bread cubes. SEEDED RYE AND APPLE Toast 2 tablespoons caraway seeds and 1 tablespoon fennel seeds in a dry skillet until fragrant. Add with the butter, and proceed with the recipe. Use marbled rye or pumpernickel for the bread cubes, along with 2 peeled, cored and diced apples. CRANBERRY CHESTNUT Add 3/4 cup dried cranberries and 1 cup lightly chopped roasted and peeled chestnuts along with the breadcrumbs. EXTRA RICH Beat two eggs and 1/2 cup heavy cream together in a bowl. Whisk a ladle of the warm broth mixture slowly into the egg mixture. Remove the pan of broth mixture from the heat and add the egg-broth mixture back into it. Mix well. Use brioche or challah for the bread cubes.