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Proper procedure not followed Parental note didn’t make it to front office, district says BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com While many parents may wonder how a 6-year-old student was lost while walking home from school Mon-
day, Sumter School District says a note from one of the student’s parents saying another parent would pick up the student didn’t get to the front office before she was allowed to walk home. The district released a statement Wednesday on what the proper procedure should have been that could have avoided the incident at Cherryvale Elementary School that resulted in the student being reported missing Monday afternoon.
According to a Sumter County Sheriff’s Office news release, Emily Ginther, 6, began walking home from school Monday after dismissal about 2:30 p.m. She became lost, and Steven Watts, a 9-year-old fellow schoolmate, approached the girl and asked her if he could help After walking around the Cherryvale area for some time with the 6-year-old, who couldn’t locate her home, Watts then led her back to his own home, said Braden Bunch,
spokesman for the sheriff’s office. From there, Watts’ family contacted law enforcement, and deputies arrived at the home moments later, shortly before 6:30 p.m., Bunch said. Sumter School District Superintendent Frank Baker said, in a statement, when a parent enrolls a child in school, he or she indicates whether their child is a walker — a student who walks to and from school. Once a
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Sumter turns out to honor military BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com A beautiful sunny day greeted Sumter as hundreds turned out for a Veterans Day parade, remembrance ceremony and meet and greet in downtown Sumter on Wednesday. Many stood on Main Street and cheered the parade, Sumter’s first Veterans Day parade in several years, and at 11 a.m. the front lawn of the Sumter Courthouse was filled with veterans and supporters all thanking the veterans for their service. The Rev. Harry Boyd gave the invocation, Sumter High School Air Force JROTC presented the colors and Judith Forshee sang the national anthem. Guest speaker was Chief Master Sgt. Christopher McKinney who is Command Chief Master Sergeant for the 20th Fighter Wing at Shaw Air Force Base. McKinney was introduced by Mayor Joseph McElveen, who said the beauty of Veterans Day is that it honors all veterans. “Thank God that young men and women are willing to pick up the banner to protect our country,” he said. “Let’s make sure we remember
Quilts of Valor volunteer Egidia “EG” Bell wraps Purple Heart recipient Johnny Williams in a Quilt of Valor at the Veterans Day Ceremony at the Sumter County Courthouse on Wednesday. More than 40 veterans received the hand-woven quilts at the service.
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Vietnam veterans show off their Quilts of Valor on Wednesday. See more pictures on pages A3 and A8. every day those who have served.” He noted the return of the parade and said he hoped it would continue. McKinney said he was proud to represent Shaw at the ceremony and praised Sumter for supporting the base from its very beginning. He thanked all veterans, whether they served in foxholes or far from the front lines, and McKinney also thanked family members who spend months or years without their loved ones. “We stand on your shoulders,” he said to the veterans gathered. “We stand on the shoulders of giants.” A 21-gun salute, Taps and a
wreath-laying ceremony followed McKinney’s speech. At that point, more than 40 local veterans were presented quilts by Quilts of Valor, a national volunteer organization with the mission “to cover all those wounded warriors with both physical and psychologically wounds with a Quilt of Valor.” A welcome addition to this year’s program was a meet and greet at the rear of the courthouse, where veterans and their supporters could mingle, browse the displays and enjoy some hot dogs, chicken, popcorn, snacks and lemonade.
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Putin puffery visible in Republican’s latest debate WASHINGTON (AP) — You’d think from the latest Republican presidential debate that Donald Trump and Carly Fiorina have special insights into what makes Russian President Vladimir Putin tick, because the candidates have been up close and personal with the Kremlin’s man himself. Not so much. Trump declared himself a “stablemate” with Putin because both were on the same TV program — once, and in different segments, thousands of miles apart. Fiorina claimed a “private meeting” with Putin, but the setting was a holding room where they sat before giving
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speeches; not exactly a summit. The Putin puffery proved to be one of the odder episodes of an evening that brought viewers a variety of flubs and exaggerations. Some of the claims Tuesday night and how they compare with the facts: TRUMP: Speaking of Putin, “I got to know him very well because we were both on ‘60 Minutes,’ we were stablemates, and we did very well that night. But, you know that.” FIORINA: Saying the U.S. is currently in a weak position with Russia and that is “one of the reasons I’ve said that I would not be talking to Vladimir Putin right now, although I have met
him as well, not in a green room for a show, but in a private meeting.” THE FACTS: Trump and Fiorina seemed to be contesting who knows Putin better — Fiorina from a chance meeting in a holding room before she and Putin addressed a Beijing conference in 2001, or Trump from having appeared on the same “60 Minutes” program as Putin in September. At least Fiorina actually met Putin. During a September appearance on “The Tonight Show,” she described how they sat in adjacent chairs for 45 minutes while they each waited to speak. Trump’s only connection to the Russian leader was that they both ap-
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peared on the same show. He was interviewed in New York, Putin in Moscow, and they weren’t even in the same segment on the program. BEN CARSON: “Every time we raise the minimum wage, the number of jobless people increases.” THE FACTS: Actually, that usually doesn’t happen. When the minimum wage was increased in 1996 and 1997, the unemployment rate fell afterward. In June 2007, when the first of three annual minimum wage increases was implemented, the unemployment rate was
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Friends of the Library sale continues today The Friends of the Sumter County Library resumes its book sale from 2 to 6 p.m. today in the main meeting room of the Harvin Street library location. Hardcover books will sell for $1; paperbacks for 50 cents. The sale, which benefits library programs, continues from 2 to 6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. On Sunday, the final day, shoppers can fill a bag furnished by the Friends for $5. Reach the library at (803) 773-7273.
Sheriff’s Office to begin holiday schedule Sumter County Sheriff’s Office will begin its holiday operations schedule starting Monday, according to a news release. During this period, which will last approximately two months, officers with the sheriff ’s office will team up with South Carolina Highway Patrol and Sumter Police Department to conduct several driver’s license and seat belt checkpoints. Sumter County residents should see an increase in uniformed patrols and DUI checkpoints; and deputies will be more visible around businesses, according to the release. Also, the sheriff’s office crime prevention unit will provide holiday-oriented crime prevention presentations and tips to the community. Organizations interested in having an officer speak with their group should contact Sumter County Sheriff ’s Office at (803) 436-2000.
Sumter man charged after attacking another Sumter County Sheriff ’s Office arrested a 34-year-old Sumter man Tuesday, pursuant to a warrant issued Monday, for allegedly hitting another man in the face earlier this month. EVANS According to a news release, Eric Evans, of 435 Rogers Ave., allegedly began hitting the victim in the face, without provocation, while in the area of Lakeside Drive on Nov. 2. The victim was treated by Sumter County Emergency Medical Services for injuries to his right eye and transported to Tuomey Regional Medical Center for further treatment. Evans is charged with assault and battery, second degree.
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FTC’s Santa tradition continues FROM STAFF REPORTS In what has become an annual tradition, Farmers Telephone Cooperative Inc. will host free Santa portrait opportunities for member families at each of its eight business offices. From Nov. 16 to Nov. 25, members can bring their children to an FTC business office from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on the dates to follow and receive a free 4x6 inch photo with Santa. Here is Santa’s schedule:
• Monday, Nov. 16 — Bishopville Business Office, 104 East Church St.; • Tuesday, Nov. 17 — Manning Business Office, 2389 Paxville Highway; • Thursday, Nov. 19 — Sumter, Shaw Business Office, 1280 Peach Orchard Road; • Friday, Nov. 20 — Sumter, Wesmark Business Office, 255 West Wesmark Blvd.; and • Monday, Nov. 23 — Sumter, North Pike Business Office, 631 North Pike West. FTC will also be collecting
new, unwrapped toys for Toys For Tots at all of its business offices through Dec. 18. All donations collected by FTC will be forwarded to Toys For Tots and distributed to less fortunate children in the area. “We are looking forward to the holiday season and hope to spread some of our holiday cheer through our partnership with Toys For Tots,” said Chip Chase, director of public relations for FTC. “We hope that customers and residents of the
communities that FTC serves will come out and donate to help our neighbors have a more joyful Christmas season.” Founded in 1951, Farmers Telephone Cooperative Inc. is a local, multifaceted telecommunications company headquartered in Kingstree, serving more than 60,000 customers within a coverage area of 3,000 square miles. FTC is the second largest telephone cooperative in the U.S.
Celebrate patriotism with U.S. Army jazz band FROM STAFF REPORTS Jazz and big band music lovers are invited to an evening of music by one of the great U.S. military jazz bands. The 19-member official touring big band of the U.S. Army will present a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Sumter Opera House. Founded in 1969, the Jazz Ambassadors have played in all 50 states and Canada, throughout Europe and in Mexico, Japan and India. The band is also in demand for performances at such prestigious international jazz festivals at Montreux, Switzerland; Newport, Rhode Island; Toronto, Canada; Brussels, Belgium; and the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands. In 1995, the Jazz Ambassadors performed in England, Wales, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Czech Republic in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II. The band has also been featured in unique joint concerts with major orchestras, including the Detroit and Baltimore symphonies. The band has received
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The U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors will present a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Sumter Opera House. great acclaim at home and abroad performing America’s greatest original art form, jazz. The band’s diverse repertoire includes big band, swing, bebop, Latin, contemporary jazz, standards, popular tunes, Dixieland, vocals and patri-
otic selections, many of which are written or arranged by members of the Jazz Ambassadors. Individual band members have performed with such notables as Al Martino, Marcus Roberts, Doc Severinsen, Harry Connick Jr., Diane
Schuur, Natalie Cole, Gladys Knight, the Temptations, Dave Brubeck and others. Seth Reimer said the Sumter Opera House is offering free admission “to show our respect and celebrate our patriotism. ... so help us fill every seat.”
Farm Aid joins effort to help S.C. farmers FROM STAFF REPORTS The charitable organization Farm Aid is working with Clemson University Extension and other organizations to distribute grants to farmers affected by this year’s flooding in South Carolina. In addition, South Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture Hugh Weathers is leading the creation of Plant It Forward SC, a flood relief fund for farmers. Plant it Forward SC is an initiative by S.C. Advocates for Agriculture with support from S.C. Department of Agriculture, Clemson University, S.C. Farm Bureau and Palmetto AgriBusiness Council. Farm Aid activated its Family Farm Disaster Fund to aid in the immediate relief effort for South Carolina farmers afflicted by flooding and has raised more than $15,000 in emergency assistance so far. Every dollar raised will
ONLINE Information on donating or receiving funds is available online at www. plantitforwardsc.org. Farmers who have been affected by the extreme rainfall and flooding in South Carolina may contact Farm Aid at 1-800-FARM-AID (800-327-6243) or farmhelp@farmaid.org. Additional resources are available at www.farmaid. org/disaster. To donate, visit www. farmaid.org/SC.
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Vietnam veteran Ray Johnson, above, doles out chicken at the meet and greet after Wednesday’s parade and ceremony. Johnson said he was a surgeon during his tour of duty in Vietnam.
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Veterans offer thier salute during the singing of the National Anthem at the start of Sumter’s Veteran’s Day program on Wednesday. Captain Edward Tabbutt, United States Air Force, plays “Amazing Grace” on his bagpipes during Sumter’s Veteran’s Day program on Wednesday at the old courthouse.
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Lt Col. Rick Moxley and veteran Larry Huff, above, talk after the Veteran’s Day Parade on Wednesday. Members of Sumter Combat Veterans Group, below,wave to the crowd attending the parade.
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7 of 9 on plane that crashed in Ohio were from Florida firm AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Seven associates of a Florida real estate investment company were on the second day of a multicity Midwestern trip to look at property for potential shopping centers when their small jet crashed into an Ohio apartment house, killing all nine people onboard. The crash Tuesday afternoon in Akron — 2 miles from the small airport where the plane was to land — killed two executives and five employees at Pebb Enterprises, a Boca Raton-based company that specializes in shopping centers. The two pilots also were killed. Another pilot who had just landed at the airport reported hearing no distress calls despite being on the same communications frequency as the aircraft that went down, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday. The NTSB recovered the downed plane’s cockpit voice recorder, which was being sent to a lab in Washington.
Investigators also reviewed surveillance video from a construction company that showed the plane coming in along the tops of trees and banking to the left before it crashed and exploded into flames and a cloud of black smoke, said Bella Dinh-Zarr, vice chairman of the NTSB. The left wing hit the ground first before the plane crashed into the apartment house, she said. Officials haven’t released names of the victims, but family members at the crash scene said the dead included 50-year-old Diane Smoot, who was with the group from Pebb Enterprises, her sister told Cleveland.com. “Our hearts are broken this morning with the news of the tragic accident that took the lives of two principals and five employees of Pebb Enterprises,” said a statement posted Wednesday on the company website. “We are shocked and deeply saddened for the families, colleagues and friends of
those who perished.” The chartered plane left Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Monday and stopped in St. Paul, Minnesota; Moline, Illinois; and St. Louis before arriving in Cincinnati, according to the flight-tracking website FlightAware. The plane departed from Cincinnati on Tuesday morning and stopped in Dayton before crashing on its approach to Akron Fulton International just before 3 p.m. The 10-seat Hawker H25 business jet clipped utility
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n the time when email forwards plagued the primitive email inboxes of the 1990s, I received — rather, my parents received — a message that screamed a warning to Christians: BUYER BEWARE: PROCTER & GAMBLE SUPPORTS DEVIL WORSHIP. As many of you might remember, the email went on to list the products produced by the company as well as an admonishment to boycott the products. Without checking the fact, some of us stopped buying Procter & Gamble products before realizing that they make practically everything on the soap aisle at the department store. Eventually we went back to using those hygiene products because we either realized the story was bunk, or we started to smell. This hysterical sentiment has had many incarnations throughout the years, most recently taking shape in a red Starbucks cup. Side note: I could only find one video of a gentlemen actually accusing the company of making an anti-Christian statement. Luckily, there are enough rationally minded believers that the issue was quickly quelled after
a few days. It’s just a cup, not a statement. I think the underlying fear is that many us are Faith Matters of scared we JAMIE H. will inadWILSON vertently support some antiChristian movement, essentially digging our own graves. The over-arching problem still exists: the banner we, as believers, hoist is one of defense, outrage. We are quick to anger or, perhaps, too lazy to realize it’s our job to share our faith; to give a face to reasonable belief. I think we have to understand two truths as we glean a lesson from this most recent example. First, we cannot control what private individuals or corporations do. If you don’t believe this, then I invite you to venture out of your hermit hole into reality. Substitute for a middle school art class, only to have your authority flouted despite your rule setting. Work the pants and jeans rack at a clothing store this Christmas and feel the crushing frustration of having customers haphazardly jam their unfolded discards
into the wrong section. You can’t control people, you can only control you. Second, it is not incumbent upon private individuals or businesses to share our faith; that responsibility falls to us. I can’t find any example in Scripture that allows an organization to practice your faith for you. We have to get our hands dirty; engage another person. Maybe over a cup of coffee? If we continue to pour our indignation into the world, we will create serious collateral damage, not only to those teetering on the edge of belief, but those firmly opposed to it. They will continue to make Christians into caricatures or misguided idiots who would rather fight an implied enemy than display true, meaningful faith. Here is the good news: there is not a more effective message than the words of an impassioned believer. No marketing campaign will ever be as powerful as the one you live every day. If you want people to be wished a Merry Christmas, then you need to wish them a Merry Christmas. Email Jamie H. Wilson at faithmatterssumter@gmail. com.
CHURCH NEWS
Faith Missionary Baptist Church No. 1, 115 Laurel St., announces: * Sunday — Ordination service for Deacon Joshua McFadden and Trustee Georgie Eley at 3 p.m. The Rev. Harry Clark will speak. First Baptist Missionary Church, 219 S. Washington St., announces: * Sunday — The 147th anniversary of the church will be celebrated at 11 a.m. The Rev. Zachary Brewster will speak.
Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church, 7355 Camden Highway, Rembert, announces: * Sunday, Nov. 29 — Youth day service. Church school begins at 9:30 a.m. followed by 10:30 a.m. worship.
Fresh Fire Christian Life Center, 625 W. Huggins St., Manning, announces: * Friday — Gospel singing featuring the Caravans, the McClary Sisters, Justin Scott and many more. Doors open at 6 p.m. * Saturday — Stage play and gospel comedy at 6 p.m. featuring Terrance Twine. Donation of $5 requested.
Mount Sinai AME Church, 5895 Mt. Sinai Church Road, Lynchburg, announces: * Sunday, Nov. 22 — The 13th anniversary concert celebration of the mass choir at 3 p.m. * Sunday, Dec. 6 — Steward’s annual day at 10 a.m. * Sunday, Dec. 20 — Christmas drama during 10 a.m. worship.
Community Missionary Charity Organization of the Wedgefield community announces: * Saturday, Nov. 21 — A Thanksgiving luncheon for the Wedgefield community will be held at 11 a.m. at Orangehill AME Church, Wedgefield. Cross Road Christian Fellowship / St. Peter Baptist Church, 845 Webb St., announces: * Sunday — Ninth anniversary of the church will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Bishop Sylvester Francis will speak. Dalzell United Methodist Church, 3330 Black River Road, Dalzell, announces: * Donations of gently used coats, sweaters, blankets, scarves, gloves and hats are being accepted for the Coats for Christ giveaway. Donations are needed for men, women and children. Drop off donations at the back porch of Dorcas’ Closet (small white house) at the church. * Saturday, Nov. 21 — Coats for Christ giveaway 8 a.m.-noon in the fellowship hall. Gently used coats, sweaters, scarves, hats, gloves, and blankets will be available at no cost. One coat per family member. Call (803) 236-1041.
Grant Hill Missionary Baptist Church, 5405 Black River Road, Rembert, announces: * Saturday — Athletic Ministry’s Free Spirit Church League fall basketball banquet at 6 p.m. at Union Baptist Church, Rembert. * Sunday, Nov. 22 — The male chorus will celebrate its 22nd anniversary at 4 p.m. * Sunday, Dec. 13 — The praise dance ministry will celebrate its 12th anniversary at 2 p.m. High Hills AME Church, 6780 Meeting House Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday, Nov. 22 — Gospel singing at 4 p.m. featuring Heavenly-Airs; Resurrection; Ebony Singers; and many others. High Hills Missionary Baptist Church, 6750 Meeting House Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday — Deacon and deacon wives anniversary celebration during the 10:15 a.m. worship. The Rev. Willie Dennis will speak. Hopewell Baptist Church, 3825 Peach Orchard Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday — The ninth pastoral anniversary of the Rev. Richard Addison will be celebrated at 3 p.m. The Rev. Eugene Thomas will speak.
merton, announces: * Saturday — Annual barbecue pork supper from 4 to 7 p.m. in the fellowship hall. $8 per plate. Cafeteria style or take out.
Providence Christian Church, 1100 Dozier Mallett Road, Manning, announces: * Sunday — Master and queen pageant at 3 p.m. The Rev. Sherman McBeth will speak.
Bethany Fellowship Baptist Church, 350 E. Red Bay Road, announces: * Sunday — Pastor’s 13th anniversary will be celebrated at 11 a.m. The Rev. Ashley Vaughn will speak.
Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 182 S. Pike East, announces: * Saturday, Dec. 5 — Community Christmas bazaar 8:30 a.m.3:30 p.m.
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A woman stands at the entrance of a makeshift Ethiopian Orthodox Church on Saturday at the migrant camp near Calais, northern France. God’s house has many mansions in the migrant camp at Calais, whose approximately 6,000 residents brighten their often bleak existence by attending religious services organized in tents and shacks. In so doing, they have set aside ethno-religious enmities that often fuel bloodshed in their homelands.
Providence Baptist Church, 2445 Old Manning Road, announces: * Monday, Nov. 16 — Widow’s luncheon at 11 a.m. featuring Kipper Ackerman on the harp. * Tuesday, Nov. 17 — Wylma DuBose Mission Group at 10 a.m. at the home of Katherine Healan.
Knitting Hearts Ministry, meets at Bethesda Church of God, 2730 Broad St., announces: * Saturday — All ladies are invited to Knitting Hearts Café 10 a.m.-noon. Elizabeth Wyns Enns will speak. Nursery provided for children age 5 and under. www.knittingheartsministry.org
Church of God of Prophecy, 140 S. Guignard Drive, announces: * Saturday, Dec. 5 — Gospel benefit program at 5 p.m. to honor the children of the Sumter Vitiligo Group. On the program: Blessed; Truly Committed Family; Natasha Levy; The Singing Jays; and many more. Admission: $12 for adults; $3 for children 6-12 years of age. Advance tickets are available for $10.
Keeping the faith
Church, 1114 Boulevard Road, announces: * Saturday — Outdoor gospel singing and preaching at 4 p.m. featuring the Rev. Scott Eadie and Abide Ministries. Bring a comfortable chair. Food will be served.
Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 421 S. Main St., announces: * Sunday — The 151st church anniversary program will be held at 4 p.m. The Rev. Dr. Timothy J. Bowman will speak.
Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 1275 Oswego Highway, announces: * Sunday — Tenth pastoral anniversary celebration for the Rev. Daniel Bennett Jr. at 11 a.m. The Rev. Willie Jones will speak.
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Joshua Baptist Church, 5200 Live Oak Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday — Veterans program will be held at 10 a.m. The adult choir anniversary program will be held at 4 p.m. * Sunday, Nov. 29 — Youth service will be held at 10 a.m.
Allen Chapel AME Church, 471 Lynam Road, announces: * Sunday, Nov. 22 — Sallie Evans Women’s Missionary Society’s family and friends day at 10 a.m. Sister Roxanne M. Postell will speak.
Bethel AME Church, 1605 S.C. 261, Wedgefield, announces: * Sunday — The Inspiration Choir will celebrate its 31st anniversary at 3 p.m. * Sunday, Nov. 29 — The Janie Williams Women’s Missionary Society’s annual four season celebration at 10:30 a.m.
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Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 325 Fulton St., announces: * Sunday — Widow’s and widower’s anniversary worship at 10:45 a.m. * Tuesday, Nov. 24 — Youth night of praise at 7 p.m. Pastor George P. Windley Jr. will speak. * Sunday, Nov. 29 — Youth worship service at 10:45 a.m. Minister Cedric Anderson will speak. Mulberry Missionary Baptist Church, 1400 Mulberry Church Road, announces: * Sunday, Nov. 22 — Contemporary mass choir’s anniversary program at 4 p.m. LaGree AME, Church of God By Faith, Mount Nebo and High Hills Baptist Church will participate. New Fellowship Covenant Ministries, 316 W. Liberty St., announces: * Saturday — Clothes giveaway 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free snacks will also be given. New Testament Lighthouse
Sumter Free Will Baptist Church, 971 Boulevard Road, announces: * Today-Saturday — Church fundraiser yard sale 8 a.m.-5 p.m. today-Friday and 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. Hot dogs, drinks, sweets, lots of everything.
St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church, 7650 Summerton Highway, Silver community, Pinewood, announces: * Thursday, Nov. 19 — Thanksgiving dinner will be served to the community beginning at noon until food runs out. St. Matthew Missionary Baptist Church, 1715 S. Guignard Drive, announces: * Sunday, Nov. 22 — Homecoming at 11 a.m. Covered dish dinner will follow the service. Summerton Southern Methodist Church, 1107 Felton Road, Sum-
Triumph Ministries, 562 Pike Road, announces: * Sunday — One night of glory at 7 p.m. Prophet Anterell Taylor will speak. * Friday, Dec. 11 — One night of glory at 7 p.m. Apostle J. Gilliam will speak. * Saturday, Dec. 12 — Come to the threshing floor at 9 a.m. Evangelist Tonya Mack and Prophetess S. Major will speak. Walker Avenue Church of God, 100 Walker Ave., announces: * Sunday, Nov. 22 — The 110th anniversary celebration program at 11 a.m. Special honoree will be Sumter native U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn. Westend Community Church, 101 S. Salem St., announces: * Saturday — Brothers and sisters pre-Thanksgiving breakfast 9-10:30 a.m. Bishop Shedrick White and Psalmist Donna White will speak.
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of the Sumter Iris Festival with its 2015 Keepsakes Series ornament. The fifth in the series, the brass ornament features the large number 75 nestled in a field of Japanese irises, which gave the festival its name. It sells for $15 and can be purchased at Sumter Volunteers Office, 12 W. Liberty St., in Suite H of the Liberty Center; at Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce on West Calhoun Street; at Swan Lake-Iris Gardens Visitors Center; Simpsons on Wesmark Boulevard; and at Sumter County Treasurer’s Office.
Information and a brief history of the Sumter Iris Festival are included in a gift box with the ornament, the 22nd in three different series offered through the years by Sumter Volunteers. “This ornament would make a wonderful Christmas gift or a keepsake for the purchaser,” said Jo Anne Morris, executive director of Sumter Volunteers Inc. “There are still a few of the previous ornaments remaining for sale as well.” The Kiwanis Club sponsored the first Iris Festival on May 24, 1940, with the assistance of several other civic clubs. The late J.J. Brennan is given the credit for the idea for the festival that proved so successful it was made an annual event; however, it was suspended for a brief few years during World War II. The Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce as-
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Church Directory Shaw Heights Baptist Church 2030 Peach Orchard Rd. • 499-4997 Rev. Robert White Pastor Sunday School: 9:45 am Sunday Worship:11 am & 6 pm
Adventist Sumter Seventh-Day Adventist 103 N Pike West 775-4455 Pastor Harry Robinson Sat. Sch: 9:15 am, Worship: 11:00 am Tues Bible Study 7 pm www.sumter22.adventistchurchconnect.org
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The Catholic Community of Sumter, St. Anne Site 216 E Liberty St • 803-773-3524 Pastor Rev. Frank Palmieri, CRM Vicar Rev. Noly Berjuega, CRM Weekend Masses: Sat. 4:30 pm Sun. 8:00 and 12:00 Noon Confession: Sat. 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
African Methodist Episcopal Wayman Chapel AME Church 160 N. Kings Hwy. • 803-494-3686 www.waymanchapelame.com Reverened Laddie N. Howard Church School 9:00 am Worship 10:15 am Wed. Bible Study 12:00 pm & 6:30 pm
The Catholic Community of Sumter, St. Jude Site 611 W. Oakland Ave • 773-9244 www.stjudesumtersc.org FPastor Rev. Frank Palmieri, CRM Vicar Rev. Noly Berjuega, CRM Saturday: 6:00 pm Sun. 9:15 - 12:00 Noon, 5:00 PM Confession: Sat. 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Anglican Church of the Holy Comforter 213 N. Main Street • 803-773-3823 The Rev. Marcus Adam Kaiser Sunday Services 8:30 am (Rite 1) & 11:00 am (Rite ll) in the Sanctuary Sunday School for All Ages at 10 am Nursery Available 10 am to 12:30 pm www.holycomforter.net Church of the Holy Cross 335 North Kings Hwy (Hwy 261 N) 803-494-8101 Father Michael E. Ridgill, C.F.S.B. Sunday School 9:00 am Mass 10:00 am Mon. - Thurs. Chapel 9 am Morning Prayer Wed. Chapel 11:00 qm - Bible Study 12 pm Mass
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Church of Christ Baptist - Missionary Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church 803 S Harvin St. * 775-4032 Marion H Newton, Pastor Sunday Worship: 7:45 & 10:45 am Sunday Youth Service: 10:45 am Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 pm Salem Missionary Baptist Church 320 West Fulton Street 803-775-8054 Rev. Lei Ferguson Washington Sun. School 9:00 am Praise Worship 9:55 am Worship 10:00 am
First Assembly of God 1151 Alice Drive * 773-3817 www.sumterfirstag.org Jason Banar, Pastor Sunday School 9:30 am Sunday Worship: 10:30 am
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Dr. Stephen Williams S.S. 9:45 am; Worship 11:00 am Evening Worship/Bible Study 6:30 pm Wed. Prayer Meeting 6:30 pm Wed. Bible Study: 6:30 pm Hickory Road Baptist Church 1245 Cherryvale Dr 803-494-8281 Dr. Ron Taylor Pastor Sunday School 9:45 am Worship 10:55 am Evening Worship 6:00 pm Long Branch Baptist Church 2535 Peach Orchard Rd. Dalzell 803-499-1838 Pastor Jonathan Bradshaw Sun School 10:00 am Worship 11:00 am Sun Evening Worship 6:00 pm Wed Mid Week Service 7:00 pm
Grace Baptist Church 219 W Calhoun St * 778-6417
Plaza Church of Christ 1402 Camden Hwy. • 905-3163 Stewart Schnur cell 361-8449 Sunday School: 10 am Sunday Worship: 11 am & 6 pm Wed. Bible Class: 7 pm
Interdenominational City of Refuge Church 16 Carolina Ave 938-9066 Barbara & Johnny Davis Sun School 10:00 am Worship 11:15 am Bible Study (Wed.) 7:00 pm www.cityofrefugeministry.com
St John United Methodist Church 136 Poinsett Dr * 803-773-8185 www.stjohnumcsumter.com Rev. Larry Brown Sunday School 9:45 am Worship 11:00 am Wed. Bible Study 11:00 am
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Trinity United Methodist Church 226 W Liberty St • 773-9393 Rev. Steve Holler Blended Service 8:45 am Sunday School 9:45 am Worship Service 11:00 am trinityumcsumter.org
Lutheran - NALC Immanuel Lutheran Church 140 Poinsett Drive 803-883-1049 • 803-774-2380 Pastor Gary Blobaum Worship Service 9:00 am Sunday School 10:30 am Wed Bible Class: 7:00 pm
Non-Denominational Christ Community Church(CCC) 525 Oxford St, Sumter (Church Office) www.cccsumter.com 803-934-9718 Sun. Worship 10:00 am (Patriot Hall) 135 Haynsworth Street
Methodist - United Aldersgate United Methodist 211 Alice Dr • 775-1602 Dr. Webb Belangia, Reverend Traditional Service 9:00 am Sunday School 10:15 am Contemporary 11:15 am Bethel United Methodist Church 5575 Lodebar Rd • 469-2452 Rev. Jeremy Howell Sunday Worship: 8:30 & 11 am Sunday School: 10 am www.yourbethel.org BMethodist@ftc-i.net
Spiritual Life Christian Center 4672 Broad St. Ext • 968-5771 Pastors Randolph & Minerva Paige Sunday Worship: 11:00 am Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 pm
Wednesday Men Fellowship & Woman’s Home League 6:30 pm
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First United Penecostal Church 14 Plowden Mill Rd • 775-9493 Pastor Theron Smith Sunday Service: 10:00 am & 6:30 pm Wednesday Bible Study: 7:30 pm Sumter First Pentecostal Holiness Church 2609 McCrays Mill Rd • 481-8887 S. Paul Howell, Pastor Sunday School: 10:00 am Sunday Worship: 10:45 am & 6:00 pm Wed. Bible Study/Youth Group: 7:00 pm
Presbyterian USA First Presbyterian Church of Sumter 9 W Calhoun St (at Main St.) (803) 773-3814 • info@fpcsumter.org Interim Pastor Rev. Jim Burton Sunday School 9:30 a.m. (classes for all ages) Hospitality/Fellowship Hall 10:10 a.m. Children/Youth Gather 4:45 p.m. W. Bldg. Night Church 5:00 p.m. (classes for all ages) Supper 6:30 p.m. Fellowship Hall
First Church of God 1835 Camden Rd • 905-5234 www.sumterfcg.org Ron Bower, Pastor Sunday School: 9:30 am Sunday Worship: 10:30 am Greater St. Paul Church 200 Watkins Street • 803-778-1355 Founder Bishop W.T. English Sunday School - 10:30 am Worship - 11:30 am Evangelistic Service 6:30 pm Wed. Mid Week Service - 7:30 pm Sumter Bible Church 420 South Pike West, Sumter 803-773-8339 • Pastor Ron Davis Sunday School 10:00 am Worship 11:00 am & 6:30 pm Wed. Bible Study & Prayer 7:00 pm The Salvation Army 16 Kendrick St. • 803-775-9336 Major Robbie Robbins Sunday School 9:45 am Worship Service 11:00 am Monday Youth Night 6:30 pm Wednesday Mid Week Lift 6:30 pm
Presbyterian - ARP Lemira Presbyterian Church 514 Boulevard Rd • 473-5024 Pastor Dan Rowton Sunday School 10:00 am Worship 11:00 am Yard Sale October 17, 2015
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ful floral festival.” Vivian Burress of Wedgefield served as Hostess Queen to the young women who competed for the title of Queen Iris. That year the Iris Festival Parade attracted about 50,000 spectators, making it the largest ever held in Sumter. Now ranked among the top 20 festivals in the Southeastern U.S., the Sumter Iris Festival is a favorite stop for bus tours from across the country. It continues to be held at Swan Lake-Iris Gardens on West Liberty Street for three days during the Memorial Day weekend each year, when Japanese irises are blooming. Featured attractions include a variety of live music, arts and crafts, flower shows, children’s activities and more. The May 2015 festival celebrated its 75th anniversary with the addition of the first-ever night parade with lighted floats and participants. Celebrating the beauty of the Iris Gardens created by H.C. Bland, the Sumter Iris Festival continues to be one of the most recognized floral festivals in the U.S. For more information, call Morris at (803) 775-7423.
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DISTRICT FROM PAGE A1 child is denoted a walker, that child may walk home unaccompanied, he said. “We do have some parents who will meet their children; however, there are those who do not,” Baker said. Baker said if a parent contacts the school stating he or she will accompany the child home, at the time of dismissal, the child will remain in the front office until the parent arrives. Ginther’s mother had written a note saying that she would be a walker only if she was released to her father.
DEBATE FROM PAGE A1 unchanged until the Great Recession began six months later. Economic research has found that when states raise their minimum wages higher than neighboring states, they don’t typically fare any worse than their neighbors. It’s not known, though, what would happen to jobs if the minimum wage were doubled to $15. That’s something many fast-food workers who demonstrated before the debate were demanding. MARCO RUBIO: “Welders make more money than philosophers.” Not so, on average. Rubio is arguing that the U.S. has failed to invest in vocational training — a point also stressed by President Obama’s now-defunct jobs council. But Rubio is wrong to suggest that studying philosophy is a waste of money and time. PayScale, a firm that analyzes compensation, put the median midcareer income for philosophy majors at $81,200 in 2008, with welders making $26,002 to $63,698. Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce said in a 2014 analysis that median incomes were $68,000 for people with an advanced degree in philosophy or religious studies. So knowing Plato and getting a college degree still pays off. TED CRUZ, holding out his hand and unfolding one finger at a time to punctuate his point: “Five major agencies that I would eliminate: the IRS (his thumb), the Department of Commerce (index finger), the Department of Energy (middle finger), uh, the Department of Commerce (ring finger), and HUD (pinkie).” THE FACTS: He flubbed his own list, naming the Commerce Department twice and leaving out one of the agencies he proposes to close, according to his website: the Education Department. Rick Perry, then Texas governor, had almost precisely the same problem at a GOP primary debate in November 2011, coming up with the names of only two of the three departments he wanted to close, Commerce and Education. “Oops,” he said after failing to name the third agency, Energy, a slip that haunted him for the rest of his campaign. But Cruz moved on without anyone calling him on the gaffe. JEB BUSH: “We could get to 4 percent growth.” THE FACTS: That’s a highly improbable target because of forces in the economy that are beyond the control of any president. Those forces have been decades in the making: an exodus from the workforce of the huge generation of baby boomers, rising automation and low-wage competition overseas. Those factors and more have limited income growth, which in turn cuts into the consumer spending that drives most economic growth. Bush frequently holds out hope of 4 percent growth, but even conservative economists who like his fiscal and tax plans consider it a false hope. According to current forecasts, growth is expected to average roughly half that rate. TRUMP: The Pacific trade agreement signed by Obama with 11 other nations “was designed for China to come in through the back door and take advantage of everyone.
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Monday was the first day she was designated a walker, and her father arrived late. The district’s statement said in this case, a parent had provided a note to the teacher stating the child would be picked up. However, that note was not shared with the front office, said Baker. Because the front office did not know the child was going to be picked up by a parent, she was dismissed with the designated group of walkers, according to the statement. Baker said the safety of the school’s students is the district’s top priority and that he had addressed this incident administratively with the teacher.
... China takes advantage (of the U.S.) through currency manipulation.” THE FACTS: The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact, signed last month, does not include China and is intended to give the United States more influence in Asia as a counterweight to China’s rising economic power. Obama argues that China could join later, but without having any influence on the agreement’s terms. Regarding currency manipulation, Trump is recycling an outdated claim. He has argued that China keeps its currency undervalued by 15 percent to 40 percent, which would make its exports cheaper and more attractive overseas. Yet the Peterson Institute for International Economics, which had criticized China for keeping its currency artificially low, concluded in 2012 that China’s currency by then was fully valued. The International Monetary Fund has reached the same conclusion. FIORINA: “Obamacare isn’t really helping anyone.” THE FACTS: Public opinion remains divided over Obama’s health care law, but it’s clearly helping many people. In the two years since the law’s coverage expansion began, the share of Americans without health insurance has declined to 9 percent, a historic low. That translates to roughly 16 million people gaining coverage, even as the economy and hiring have been improving. Also as a result of “Obamacare,” people with pre-existing health conditions can no longer be turned away by insurers, and everyone is required to have coverage or face fines. While the coverage mandate in Obama’s law remains highly unpopular, state-run high-risk health insurance pools like the one Fiorina proposes to replace the law have been tried before by many states and failed to solve the coverage problem. The main reason was cost. The risk pools grouped people who couldn’t get private insurance because of health problems, resulting in very high premiums and pricing out low-income people. Some risk pools had long waiting lists. As a rule, broad insurance pools that include lots of
healthy people seem to be better for covering people with health problems than programs specifically targeted to that group. CRUZ: Since 2008, the economy has grown on average only 1.2 percent a year, showing “the Obama economy is a disaster.” THE FACTS: That average is correct as far as it goes, but it masks the fact that Obama inherited a raging recession in his first year, when the economy shrank by 2.5 percent. In the five years since, the economy expanded an average of 2 percent, more than Cruz’s figure but still a relatively weak recovery in historical terms. TRUMP: People who are in the U.S. illegally are “going to have to go out and hopefully they get back. But we have no choice if we’re going to run our country properly.” JOHN KASICH: “If people think that we are going to ship 11 million people who are law-abiding, who are in this country, and somehow pick them up at their house and ship them out of Mexico — to Mexico, think about the families. Think about the children.” TRUMP: President Dwight Eisenhower “moved 1.5 million illegal immigrants out of this country. ... We have no choice.” THE FACTS: Eisenhower did oversee a deportation program in 1954, but it involved nowhere near the 11 million people now estimated to be in the U.S. illegally and it was criticized for violating the civil rights of deportees. At the time, the government claimed to have removed about 1.3 million immigrants, though historians now say that figure was inflated. The deportation program focused on Arizona, California and later Texas, targeting farm and industrial workers. Another repatriation, in the 1930s, had seen the return of 500,000 to 1 million Mexican immigrants and Mexican-Americans, also drawing civil rights complaints and in some cases expelling U.S. citizens along with their immigrant relatives. Any similar effort today would likely face court challenges, adding to a 456,000case backlog that already means it can take years for an immigrant’s deportation case to be heard by a judge.
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Fred Levi, retired Air Force, rides his power chair in Sumter County Veteran’s Day Parade on Main Street on Wednesday.
VETS FROM PAGE A1 Ray Johnson, a Vietnam veteran who is retired from the Air Force, said it was a good Veterans Day. He said he was drafted 48 years ago next month and was in the service for more
than 22 years. He didn’t say if he enjoyed the parade or not, but he said he wasn’t going to be walking in one. “I’ve had five surgeries,” he explained.
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Project-based learning helps community BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com From raising money to purchase holiday gifts for a family affected by the early October flood to learning first hand about how farmers are coping with crop loss to collecting money for various causes, Manning Junior High School students are using projectbased learning to help their community. Four teams of teachers and their classes are doing projects with names such as “Paying it Forward,” “Vegetation Devastation,” “The Game of Life” and “The Pursuit of Happiness.” The overall goal is to have students involved in their community and region and learn valuable life skills hands-on, said Jessica A. Ravenell, the school’s enterprise learning coach. The project is part of a $25-million grant, called Race to the Top, awarded to four districts by the Carolina Consortium for Enterprise Learning. The grant will be used for professional development, technology and instructional resources among Clarendon 2, Richland 2, Orangeburg 5 and Williamsburg County school districts. Clarendon 2 was awarded $3.6 million of the grant to be used through December 2017, according to Tonia Mallett Smith, the district’s grants administrator and coordinator of special projects. About $2 million of the $3.6 million grant was used to buy laptops for district students and to hire several digital-resource coaches, said Smith. The remaining $1.6 million will be used for district initiatives including project-based learning, professional development, hiring additional personnel in the information technology department and other programs, she said. Math teacher Kay Hinson’s class is doing a project called “Paying it Forward” in which students are learning how to create a budget and provide
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Above, Manning Junior High School teachers, from left, Jenny Erickson, Tyronne Cummings and Stephanie Wells discuss a project with local farmer Jay Willard of Willard Farms. Left, Kevin Cobb, owner of Blue Heron Boatworks, speaks to Manning Junior High School students on Tuesday about running a business. PHOTO PROVIDED
for a family of four after a natural disaster. The students will use the budget to plan how they will provide for their family and purchase holiday gifts. The project will incorporate subject areas such as math, science and social studies, and the students have a goal of raising about $400 to buy gifts for a family, Hinson said. Another class is doing a project called “Vegetation Devastation” in which they will visit a local farm to get a first-hand look at how heavy rains affected the farmer’s crops. Students will chart the amount of crops lost because of the flood and which crops were most heavily affected,
said Tyrone Cummings, a seventh-grade math teacher. Jay Willard, of Willard Farms in Gable, was one of several speakers at the school on Tuesday, who also included a representative from a bank, cosmetologist, business owner, Department of Social Services and Children’s Miracle Network employees. Willard explained to the students how heavily farmers were affected, first by the drought during the summer and then the early October floods. Willard grows row crops and organic vegetables. “I talked with them on how much farmers lost and how it’s
affecting the economy,” he said. In another project, called “The Game of Life” students were given a life card, and they are researching a profession and creating a budget for a family based upon the chosen career. The students will create a budget based upon the salary and figure out how they will pay living costs and unexpected expenses, said Margaree Simon, an eighthgrade math teacher. They will open up a bank account and save money for the future. Kim Johnson, assistant marketing director and community development officer for the Bank of Clarendon, was one of the speakers on Tuesday. Johnson spoke on savings and budgeting. Another team is doing a project called “The Pursuit of Happiness,” in which students
will raise money for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, a non-profit organization that raises money for children’s hospitals, medical research and community awareness of children’s health issues, according to its website. The students will research various charitable organizations and research the types of illnesses treated at various hospitals, said Emily Greenwell, an English language arts teacher. At the end of the projects, students in the school will create a documentary about their experiences. “It’s about getting children involved in the community and learning hands-on about how the world works around them,” said Terrie T. Ard, the school’s principal. “I’m very excited about the students taking on this challenge.”
Clarendon County won’t conduct aerial mosquito spraying BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com The weather hasn’t been kind to Clarendon County this year, but it looks like county residents will have to depend on Mother Nature to deal with the mosquito problem. County Administrator David Epperson said that since Clarendon County is so rural and spread out, only aerial spraying would be effective. “We put out quotes for spraying mosquitoes and one pass was $750,000 and $1.5 million for two passes,” he said. He said municipalities in the county are spraying by truck, but the county has no budget for vector control, and the expense would be too great. “I am hoping Mother Nature will help us out by bringing the temperatures down,” he said. Epperson said the state would help only if a medical emergency is declared because of mosquito-borne illnesses. In economic news, the county is apparently well on its way to attracting a new company to the county industrial park. The council passed a fee in lieu of taxes and credit agree-
ment ordinance for “Project Jacket.” Economic Development Director George Kosinski said the company involved has promised to invest $30 million and create 70 jobs, but he said those are numbers likely to increase. The council accepted requests from Clarendon County School Districts 1 and 2 to allow Local Option Sales Taxes excess revenue to be used by the districts. The council also voted to issue a $1.75 million general obligation bond for Clarendon County School District 2 for capital improvement projects, including moving the entrance to the football stadium and building a field house for sports. The council approved the sale of three pieces of property owned by the county and the transfer of three parcels within the county industrial park to the Business Development Corporation of Clarendon County. Jim Woodard, an intergovernmental affairs specialist for Federal Emergency Management Agency, explained to the council what grants and loans are available to public agen-
Summerton Presbyterian will hold yard sale today, Friday The Summerton Presbyterian Church will host a giant yard sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Friday at Bonanza Flea Market in Jordan, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday
and from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. All proceeds will be donated to the Summerton Presbyterian Church. For more information, call Rae Oliver at (803) 460-2588 or (803) 478-8321.
cies as part of the recovery effort from the flooding. He said Hazard Mitigation Grants are funded by FEMA and administered by the state. He said the grants are designed for longterm mitigation needs, and it may be a year before the funding is available. The Public Assistance Program, Woodard said, provides for reimbursement for infrastructure expenditures such as debris removal and repair of roads, bridges and public buildings. He said FEMA would reimburse 75 percent of the costs but only for repair and not improvements. The state had extended the deadline to Nov. 20 to apply through the state Emergency Management Agency. Adrianne LaNeave, a public affairs specialist for the Small Business Administration, said loans are available to business and nonprofits for up to 30 years for as low as 1.875 percent interest. “Think of us as part of the process,” she said. “Use us while we are here, then like pumpkins, we are gone.” She said the SBA does not set interest rates by traditional
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Clarendon County School District 2 Superintendent John Tindal, left, makes a presentation to the Clarendon County Council Monday in Manning. Economic Director George Kosinski, right, told Council that “Project Jacket” would probably bring more jobs than originally expected. credit score but by ability to pay. Those who the agency thinks have other means to obtain relief from a disaster pay the higher rate. She stressed that those who receive the higher rate may want to appeal so they can clarify their financial situation if they feel the rate is unjustified. The council also heard from Harvin Clarendon County Library Board Chair Jamie Welch who said the library is receiving more visitors and is upgrading its technology. The library is adding the Hoopla
service he said, which allows members to access streaming for movies, television shows, music, eBooks and audio books with a library card. Finance Directory Lyndon Anthony said the county is in good financial shape but his numbers did not reflect invoices and expenditures for October. “There is a big asterisk on that,” he said. The council also passed a resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War.
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et’s start with a little history: In the 18th century, as more Spanish settlers arrived in California, sweeter European grape varieties were introduced and used for eating fresh, as well as for making raisins and wine. Grapes can grow in almost every type of climate, and Nancy while they do Harrison RETIRED CLEMSON particularly EXTENSION AGENT well in regions like the Mediterranean, they are now cultivated on six continents. A large percentage of the grapes grown in the United States are processed — more than half for wine, more than a fourth for raisins, and the remainder for juice and canning. Grapes develop sugar as they ripen but will become no sweeter once picked, so timing the harvest is on the utmost importance. And to ensure that they reach the consumer in full, handsome clusters, table grapes are harvested by hand; grapes intended for processing can be shaken from the vines with mechanical pickers. Now, although modern
equipment is employed in certain aspects of grape growing, much of viticulture (as grape growing is called) is still done by hand. Grapes grow on woody vines that are not raised from seeds; vining plants must be staked or trellised as they grow to support the heavy bunches of fruit. Leaves and shoots are pruned from the vines, and depending on the variety, the flower clusters or the berries themselves must be thinned by hand to improve the quality of the fruit. Now, about the nutritional profile of grapes: Table grapes have only offer low to moderate amounts of vitamins and minerals; some varieties are good sources of vitamin C; and their juiciness and natural sweetness, combined with a low calorie count, make them an excellent snack and dessert food. The phytochemicals in grapes, red wine and red and purple grape juice is a concentrated source of flavonoids that are being studied for their potential to interfere with the harmful process that attaches LDL (bad) cholesterol to artery walls. Keep in mind that grapes, grape juice and red wine have different types and concentrations of phytochemicals, so what is true of one wine is not necessary true for grape juice or another wine. In the market there are two
basic types of grapes, American and European. Both are grown in the United States, but the European grapes are certainly more popular and versatile. Seeded varieties are thought to have better flavor than seedless, but most people prefer to snack on the seedless variety rather than to have grapes as a dessert. The different types of European grapes are: Black Beauty, seedless; Calmeria, small seeds; Cardinal,few seeds; Champagne (Black Corinth), seedless; Emperor, small seeds; Exotic, seeds; Flame Seedless; Italia ( Italia Muscat), seeded; Perlette Seedless; Queen Red Globe, large seeds; Red Malaga, Ribier, Ruby Seedless, seedless; Thompson Seedless; and Tokay (Flame Tokay), seedless. The different types of American grapes are: Catawba, seeded; Concord, Delaware, Niagara, Scuppernong, seeded; and Steuben. Grape juice is made by crushing grapes. If the juice is purple, its color comes from the skin, which is included in the processing. Any type of grape can be used to make juice, but Concord grapes are the main variety used. Because of the high sugar content, grape juice has more calories than other fruit juices. An 8-ounce glass has 128 to 155 calories, depending on
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may be a waste of money. Sometimes, they cost more than real grape juice. If you find grape juice too sweet, thin it with a little apple juice. Other suggested ideas for using grapes: Make grape salsa for poultry, fish, or meat; add to pasta or grain salad; poach pears in red wine or grape juice; use white grape juice as some of the liquid in muffins or quick breads; use grapes to make a relish pear chutney; or add chopped grapes to pancakes as they cook.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Pursuant to §6-1-80 of the SC Code of Laws, public notice is hereby given that Clarendon County Council will hold a Public Hearing at 6:00 PM on Monday, December 14, 2015, at The Clarendon County Administration Building, Council Chambers, 411 Sunset Drive, Manning, SC in consideration of Ordinance #2015-06 & Ordinance 2015-07. Ordinance 2015-06 - AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF THREE (3) PARCELS OF REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY CLARENDON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA AND IDENTIFIED AS CLARENDON COUNTY TAX MAP PARCEL NOs. 169-14-06-003-00; 187-02-04-020-00; 194-01-00-001-00. Ordinance 2015-07 - AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE TRANSFER OF THREE (3) PARCELS OF REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY CLARENDON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA TO THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF CLARENDON COUNTY, AND IDENTIFIED AS CLARENDON COUNTY TAX MAP PARCEL NOs. 141-00-02-054-00; 141-00-01-001-00; 141-00-02-048-00.
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NOTICE OF CLARENDON COUNTY DELINQUENT TAX SALE UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of Tax Executions by the Treasurer of Clarendon County of taxes past due and unpaid, proper levy has been made on the real estate hereinafter described, as designated in the office of the County Auditor. I will sell the same to the highest bidder at Public Auction to be held in Council Chambers of the Clarendon County Administration Building located at 411 Sunset Drive, in the City of Manning, County of Clarendon, State of South Carolina, at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, November 23, 2015. Procedures for Tax Sale are found in Title 12, Chapter 51 of the 1976 Code of Laws of South Carolina, as provided. REDEMPTION period for property sold is TWELVE (12) months from the date of sale. Purchaser to pay for Deed, documentary stamps, and recording fees if property is not redeemed. TERMS: CASH AT TIME OF SALE SALE & DEEDING OF PROPERTY DOES NOT CONSTITUTE APPROVAL FOR USE OF THE PROPERTY.
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ALL BIDDERS MAY PRE-REGISTER IN CLARENDON COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR’S OFFICE FROM NOVEMBER 6, THRU NOVEMBER 20, 2015. REGISTRATION WILL END AT 9:30 A.M. ON THE DAY OF THE SALE. ATTENTION DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS, AS A RESULT OF A RULING BY THE SUPREME COURT OF SOUTH CAROLINA, WHEN A DEFAULTING DELINQUENT TAXPAYER FAILS TO REQUEST TO HAVE DELINQUENT PROPERTY DIVIDED PRIOR TO TAX SALE, THEN THE ENTIRE TRACT OF PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD. Mary E. Gamble, Clarendon County Tax Collector It is your responsibility to have knowledge of the property before you bid. Real property information can be research at the Register of Deeds Office in the Clarendon County Administration Building or online at www.clarendoncountygov.org
RECEIPT 011207-14-3 001584-14-5 011448-14-3 011453-14-3 011492-14-3 001044-14-5 011852-14-3 011961-14-3 012100-14-3 012128-14-3 012129-14-3 012174-14-3 012280-14-3 012314-14-3 012421-14-3 012761-14-3 012769-14-3 012821-14-3 012955-14-3 012964-14-3 012966-14-3 013076-14-3 013077-14-3 013140-14-3 013218-14-3 013539-14-3 013703-14-3 013880-14-3 014443-14-3 014447-14-3 015411-14-3 015566-14-3 015869-14-3 015991-14-3 016213-14-3 016250-14-3 016524-14-3 016602-14-3 016687-14-3 016694-14-3 016777-14-3 016854-14-3 017170-14-3 017269-14-3 017281-14-3 017295-14-3 017296-14-3 017417-14-3 017460-14-3 017571-14-3 017581-14-3 017664-14-3 017665-14-3 017751-14-3 018056-14-3 018081-14-3 018101-14-3 018647-14-3 018710-14-3 018843-14-3 018907-14-3 018957-14-3 018958-14-3
NAME DESCRIPTION DISTRICT ELSEN JULIE A 8.90 ACRES 1 IMP(S) 10 EVANS CLINTON JR 1.00 ACRES 1 IMP(S) 30 EVANS EDWARD & EVANS KIAH J 1.00 ACRES 10 EVANS EMMA & DOROTHNES 1.00 ACRES 30 EVANS JONATHAN 3.00 ACRES 2 IMP(S) 20 FELDER ANNIE 1.61 ACRES 6 IMP(S) 10 FELDER JOHN WASH 1 LOTS 1 IMP(S) 11 FIELDS EDWARD H 1 IMP(S) 10 FLEMING ALLEN EST 1 LOTS 1 IMP(S) 10 FLEMING HELEN 1.00 ACRES 30 FLEMING HELENA 1.30 ACRES 20 FLEMING NORMA & SCRUGGS CHIFFON .75 ACRES 1 IMP(S) 30 FLOYD ANNA J 1.00 ACRES 30 FLOYD CONNIE, DUBOSE LOIS A, 1 LOTS 1 IMP(S) 30 WELCH JAMES E ETAL FLOYD JULIA ETHEL LIFE ESTATE 1.00 ACRES 2 IMP(S) 30 FRANKLIN CURTIS ETAL 2.16 ACRES 20 FRANKLIN MICHAEL ETAL 1.63 ACRES 20 FRAZIER JACOB BRETT & DAWN M 3.30 ACRES 1 IMP(S) 30 FRIERSON JOSEPHINE & RONNIE 3.00 ACRES 10 FRIERSON RONNIE 1.00 ACRES 10 FRIERSON RONNIE 2.00 ACRES 10 FULTON RUTH 1 LOTS 2 IMP(S) 20 FULTON RUTH M ETAL 1 LOTS 2 IMP(S) 21 GADSDEN MOZELL G 5.60 ACRES 10 GAMBLE BRENDA 1 LOTS 10 GAYMON STARLIN R .86 ACRES 1 IMP(S) 20 GEORGIA JOHN S & NAOMI D 1.10 ACRES 10 GIBBONS ED ENTERPRISE LLC 1 LOTS 20 (JUNIOUS ISAAC & JUNIOUS YOLANDA CONYERS) GOODMAN HULINE 1 LOTS 1 IMP(S) 21 GOODMAN JESSIE 1 LOTS 20 HAMMETT LASHON .92 ACRES 20 HARDEE MARK W & IMOGENE S 3 IMP(S) 20 HARVIN DAVIS JR 6.10 ACRES 20 HAUPT WAYNE L 1.00 ACRES 10 HENRY JOSEPH A 9.46 ACRES 20 HERBST ROBERT 1 LOTS 10 REMAINDER ATKINSON WILLIE & ETAL HILL CHARLES L JR 2.27 ACRES 20 HILTON ALFONSO 1.00 ACRES 20 HILTON LEON 1 IMP(S) 21 HILTON LILLIE A 1 LOTS 20 HINSON JAMES L & HINSON MARY C 1 LOTS 10 HODGE CHARLES JR 1.13 ACRES 2 IMP(S) 20 HOLLAND GEORGE W 3.00 ACRES 20 & ISABELL B HOOKS LEROY JR 1.50 ACRES 10 HOPKINS MARVIN E 1 LOTS 1 IMP(S) 20 HOPKINS MARVIN E 1.00 ACRES 20 HOPKINS MARVIN E 1.20 ACRES 20 HOUSAND DARLENE AS CONSERVATOR 2 IMP(S) 10 FOR HENRY CLAY DEAN MORRIS JR HOUSE SAMUEL 1 LOTS 20 HUCKS RICHARD A & IVAN W HUCKS 1 LOTS 10 HUDSON CHARLES F & LOTTIE 1 IMP(S) 10 HUGGINS WILLIS ETAL 1.30 ACRES 30 HUGGINS WILLIS ETAL .50 ACRES 30 HUGUS ROBERT J & GENA HUGUS 1 LOTS 20 JACKSON ESTELLE ETAL 1.60 ACRES 20 JACKSON JARROTT 1 LOTS .50 ACRES 10 JACKSON MARGARET D ETAL, 4.50 ACRES 10 DURANT TRACY & LUCARELLI DANIEL ANTHONY JR JOHNSON ANNIE 1.20 ACRES 20 JOHNSON CURTIS LEE 1.10 ACRES 20 JOHNSON JEROME 1 LOTS 20 JOHNSON LILLIE MAE STROY & 1 LOTS 21 JOHN HENRY JOHNSON JOHNSON PEARLY D ETAL 1.00 ACRES 10 JOHNSON PEARLY D ETAL 2.00 ACRES 1 IMP(S) 10
MAP NUMBER 100-00-03-042-00 347-00-01-004-00 078-00-00-026-00 283-00-01-010-00 293-00-01-010-00 119-00-01-041-00 078-10-02-002-00 035-06-02-111-00 078-07-05-014-00 312-00-03-031-00 263-00-01-042-00 312-00-02-042-00 281-00-01-028-00 325-00-01-030-00 313-00-01-018-00 179-00-04-009-00 179-00-04-022-00 351-00-02-004-00 077-00-00-048-00 056-00-00-077-00 077-00-00-074-00 215-00-01-016-00 169-10-02-020-00 081-00-02-013-00 099-06-02-021-00 092-00-01-044-00 078-00-00-017-00 215-00-03-005-00 187-03-10-015-00 189-01-02-024-00 126-00-00-140-00 159-16-01-020-00 182-00-01-024-00 114-01-01-007-00 259-00-00-022-00 159-03-03-001-00 264-00-02-014-00 209-00-01-035-00 187-03-11-019-02 187-06-01-009-00 082-00-01-017-00 180-00-01-066-00 195-07-02-001-00 038-00-03-006-00 195-04-02-039-00 195-04-02-035-00 195-04-02-040-00 160-09-05-016-00 126-00-00-036-00 159-07-04-008-00 160-09-08-002-00 347-00-02-017-00 347-00-02-036-00 162-00-01-164-00 140-00-05-023-00 078-08-02-041-00 122-00-03-017-00 164-00-03-060-00 164-00-03-045-00 197-02-03-021-00 169-10-02-008-00 058-12-01-012-00 058-12-01-014-00
THE SUMTER ITEM
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2015
RECEIPT NAME DESCRIPTION DISTRICT 018959-14-3 JOHNSON PEARLY D ETAL 1 LOTS 1 IMP(S) 10 019153-14-3 JOHNSON-THOMAS BEVERLY ETAL 2.81 ACRES 10 (HAMPTON EASTER MIDDLETON DELORIS) 019186-14-3 JONES BERTHA 1.30 ACRES 10 019287-14-3 JONES HELEN ETAL 1.00 ACRES 10 019361-14-3 JONES MICHAEL H 1 LOTS 10 019362-14-3 JONES MICHAEL H 1 LOTS 2 IMP(S) 11 019363-14-3 JONES MICHEAL H 1 LOTS 1 IMP(S) 10 019613-14-3 JUNIOUS HERCULES 1 LOTS 10 019639-14-3 JUNIOUS YOLANDA CONYERS 1.98 ACRES 10 019765-14-3 KEELS PAUL & SARAH & SIDNEY .69 ACRES 1 IMP(S) 20
MAP NUMBER 058-12-01-015-00 102-00-02-011-00
019912-14-3 KEMP CAROL C 1 LOTS (KEMP CHARLES M) 019913-14-3 KEMP CHARLES M & KEMP CAROL C 1 IMP(S) 020388-14-3 KITT MATTIE, KITT DOROTHY A, 1 LOTS KITT MARLO 001576-14-5 KNOWLTON WAYNE 2.60 ACRES 020469-14-3 KNOWLTON WAYNE & JACKIE 2.00 ACRES 2 IMP(S) 020696-14-3 LAM SYLVESTER O & LINDA C 1 LOTS 1 IMP(S) DEAN LAM 020698-14-3 LAM SYLVESTOR O & 1 LOTS LAM LINDA C DEAN 020909-14-3 LANGELIER PAUL W & KAREN S 3.70 ACRES 021090-14-3 LAWSON KASHIEM 2.70 ACRES 021474-14-3 LEMON LEE ERNEST & ETAL 1 LOTS 1 IMP(S) 021956-14-3 LOW COUNTRY PROPERTIES & 1 LOTS INVESTMENTS LLC 022023-14-3 LOWERY JOHN H JR 1.00 ACRES 022331-14-3 MAHER CHRISTINE 1.00 ACRES 022629-14-3 MARSHALL ROSA MAE & DOVE MARTHA 14.18 ACRES 022697-14-3 MARTIN ELSIE GLADYS LE 1 IMP(S) 022768-14-3 MARTIN VIRGINIA I 1.00 ACRES 022783-14-3 MARTINEZ ANGEL L 2.63 ACRES 022904-14-3 MATREY GARRIS 1 LOTS 022961-14-3 MATTHEWS THOMAS F & ANNETTE M 1 LOTS 022962-14-3 MATTHEWS THOMAS F & ANNETTE M 1 LOTS 022990-14-3 MAYHEW EDWIN E 1.00 ACRES 1 IMP(S) 023006-14-3 MCALISTER LEROY & HASCO & GWENDOLYN1.90 ACRES 1 IMP(S) N SCOTT AS TRUSTEE OF APOSTOLIC FAITH MISSION 023010-14-3 MCALISTER RUSSEL ETAL 1 LOTS (MCALISTER CYRUS & ETAL) 023057-14-3 MCBRIDE WILLIAM EST OF & SARAH 1 LOTS 1 IMP(S) MCBRIDE 023192-14-3 MCCONICO JAMES 1 LOTS 023297-14-3 MCCRAY LEE 1 LOTS 023299-14-3 MCCRAY LEE DBA MILE-GATE FARMS 1 LOTS 2 IMP(S) 023300-14-3 MCCRAY LEE DBA MILEGATE 1.00 ACRES 023302-14-3 MCCRAY LUBERTHA 1 LOTS 023413-14-3 MCDONALD ERICA 1.22 ACRES 023630-14-3 MCELVEEN TROY BRENT 1 LOTS 2 IMP(S) 023727-14-3 MCFADDEN MATTIE 1.00 ACRES 1 IMP(S) 024060-14-3 MCKENZIE KENNETH B 1 LOTS 4 IMP(S) 024231-14-3 MCLEOD JOSEPH A 1 LOTS 1 IMP(S) 024232-14-3 MCLEOD JOSEPH A 1 LOTS 024234-14-3 MCLEOD JOSEPH A JR 1.30 ACRES 024417-14-3 MELL ALMA RUTH N 1.00 ACRES 024471-14-3 MENNING KENDRA L & TODD D 1.00 ACRES 024472-14-3 MENNING KENDRA L & TODD D 1.00 ACRES 024568-14-3 MILEGATE FARMS 3.40 ACRES 024663-14-3 MILLER CINDY M & MARY LYNN DAVIS .94 ACRES 025439-14-3 MORRIS LAFAYETTE D 1 LOTS 1 IMP(S) 025440-14-3 MORRIS LAFAYETTE D 1 LOTS 1 IMP(S) 025535-14-3 MOSELY VALERIE EVINS 3.00 ACRES (MOSLEY JOHN, MOSLEY VALERIE EVINS, DELEY LAMAR ETAL) 025586-14-3 MOUZON ANTHONY L 1 LOTS 025740-14-3 MURRAY BARBARA 1 LOTS 025881-14-3 NAUGLER RICHARD C 2.50 ACRES 025944-14-3 NELSON ANTHONY ONEIL 1 LOTS 1 IMP(S) 025970-14-3 NELSON ELLA M 1 LOTS 3 IMP(S) 026018-14-3 NELSON JAMES SR & MARIE W 1.00 ACRES 1 IMP(S) 026047-14-3 NELSON JOHN WESLEY 1.30 ACRES 026057-14-3 NELSON LEE H 5.00 ACRES 026058-14-3 NELSON LEE H 5.00 ACRES 026930-14-3 PAGE HENRY W & HERSHBERGER JUDY 1 LOTS 1 IMP(S) 026931-14-3 PAGE HENRY W & HERSHBERGER JUDY 1 LOTS 027125-14-3 PARKER BARBARA JO 1 LOTS 027218-14-3 PARKER ROGER 2.34 ACRES 027219-14-3 PARKER ROGER 1.87 ACRES 027334-14-3 PATEL BHUPEN C 5.04 ACRES 2 IMP(S) 027383-14-3 PATTERSON LEROY & JANET D 3.50 ACRES 027465-14-3 PEARSON ADA 1.00 ACRES 028279-14-3 PORCHER ALVIN A & PORCHER 1 LOTS THOMASINE 028280-14-3 PORCHER ALVIN A & THOMASINE 1 LOTS
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163-05-00-049-00
20 21
162-10-00-223-00 169-10-02-019-00
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312-00-01-007-00 312-00-02-006-00 148-14-02-004-00
101-00-01-023-00 104-00-00-034-00 033-15-03-008-00 078-12-02-006-00 064-02-01-006-00 119-00-01-021-00 056-00-00-115-00 294-00-03-014-00
RECEIPT 028532-14-3 028587-14-3 028761-14-3 028762-14-3 028884-14-3 028914-14-3 028980-14-3 029455-14-3 029457-14-3 029458-14-3 029530-14-3 029632-14-3 029954-14-3 029955-14-3 029986-14-3 030030-14-3 030031-14-3 030032-14-3
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119-00-01-015-00
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077-00-00-058-00 100-00-01-005-00 169-05-00-029-00 159-00-00-002-00
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266-00-01-012-00 332-00-02-029-00 014-00-01-011-00 103-13-01-021-00 014-04-02-003-00 247-00-01-048-00 126-00-00-043-00 197-11-05-011-00 197-11-05-012-00 263-00-01-023-00 216-00-04-019-00
20
188-09-00-014-00
10
014-00-01-066-00
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013-00-03-027-00 169-11-07-022-00 187-01-03-028-00 140-00-05-073-00 169-11-07-021-00 119-00-01-036-00 317-13-02-002-00 313-00-04-017-00 358-00-01-010-00 137-00-01-006-00 137-00-01-060-00 137-00-01-059-00 102-00-02-002-00 247-00-01-034-00 247-00-01-041-00 140-00-05-082-00 162-13-03-007-00 194-03-06-014-00 194-03-06-015-00 180-00-01-058-00
20 20 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 30 30 30 10 10 20 10
164-00-03-051-00 295-00-02-010-00 164-00-03-079-00 014-00-01-078-00 013-01-01-014-00 014-00-01-029-00 119-00-06-017-00 116-00-01-032-00 116-00-01-034-00 196-03-00-015-00 196-03-00-016-00 358-00-03-038-00 358-00-03-061-00 358-00-03-062-00 077-08-01-004-00 100-00-01-027-00 238-00-00-022-00 077-14-02-041-00
10
077-14-02-042-00
030167-14-3 030690-14-3 030928-14-3 031184-14-3 032579-14-3 032580-14-3 032791-14-3 033056-14-3 033319-14-3 033371-14-3 033549-14-3 033631-14-3 033632-14-3 033736-14-3 033752-14-3 034082-14-3 034322-14-3 034472-14-3 034761-14-3 034987-14-3 035001-14-3 035026-14-3 035180-14-3 035726-14-3 036055-14-3 036273-14-3 036804-14-3 000330-14-5 000331-14-5 000332-14-5 037417-14-3 037505-14-3 037565-14-3 037619-14-3 037667-14-3 037668-14-3 037729-14-3 037838-14-3 038269-14-3 038299-14-3 038321-14-3 038394-14-3 038504-14-3 038506-14-3 038507-14-3 038589-14-3 038590-14-3 038707-14-3 039092-14-3 039187-14-3
NAME DESCRIPTION DISTRICT PORCHER PRINCE DAVID 1.30 ACRES 20 PRINGLE RODRICK O 1 LOTS 1 IMP(S) 10 PYATT MOSES P JR 7.50 ACRES 10 PYATT MOSES P JR 15.60 ACRES 20 RAGIN DARREL & LATONYA RAGIN 1.00 ACRES 20 RAGIN HATTIE V HEIRS 9.00 ACRES 1 IMP(S) 10 RAGIN MINNIE ETAL 6.92 ACRES 1 IMP(S) 10 RHAME WOODROW 1 LOTS 1 IMP(S) 21 RHAME WOODROW A 1 LOTS 1 IMP(S) 21 RHAME WOODROW A 1 LOTS 1 IMP(S) 21 RHODUS RANDY R 1 LOTS 20 RICHARDSON RENARDO 1.00 ACRES 1 IMP(S) 20 RIDGEWAY JAMES E JR 1.00 ACRES 10 RIDGEWAY JAMES E JR 2.80 ACRES 10 RIDGEWAY SHELTON J JR 7.30 ACRES 4 IMP(S) 20 RIDGILL CECIL N JR & PRESSLEY 2.99 ACRES 21 A RIDGILL SR RIDGILL CECIL N JR & PRESSLEY 3.90 ACRES 21 A RIDGILL SR RIDGILL CECIL N JR & PRESSLEY 1.75 ACRES 20 A RIDGILL SR RILEY MELVIN & TAMIKA RILEY 1 LOTS 10 ROMEO JAMES 3.00 ACRES 1 IMP(S) 10 RYAN JOHN R & VIRGINIA M 1.00 ACRES 2 IMP(S) 20 SANDERS JOHN E 4.00 ACRES 10 SINGLETON DAVID B 7.70 ACRES 20 SINGLETON DAVID B 8.90 ACRES 20 SMITH BARBARA 1 LOTS 20 SMITH WILLIE JR 1.85 ACRES 2 IMP(S) 10 SPANN HARRY W 17.10 ACRES 10 SPENCER HERBERT E 1 LOTS 1 IMP(S) 20 SPRY HENRY L JR 1 LOTS 10 STARKS DANTE E 2.89 ACRES 10 STARKS DANTE E 3.44 ACRES 10 STEPHENS WESLEY A 1.90 ACRES 10 STEVENS CURTIS L 1 LOTS 1 IMP(S) 11 STUKES MARSHALL & ROBERT 1.60 ACRES 20 SWEAT JOHNNY LEE 1 LOTS 10 TAPPIN VERDELL & KATIE J EST 1.00 ACRES 1 IMP(S) 20 THAMES REATHA & L PAGE .20 ACRES 10 THOMAS ROSE HILTON 1.50 ACRES 20 THOMAS WILLEAN 3.30 ACRES 1 IMP(S) 10 THOMPSON CAROLYN & ALEXANDER 1.00 ACRES 1 IMP(S) 20 THOMPSON MELVIN L 1 LOTS 21 TROTTER BEVERLY GRIM 1.00 ACRES 20 USA RESORTS & HOTELS GROUP A LLC 18.73 ACRES 4 IMP(S) 11 VITERITTO KRISTINA & VITERITTO 1 LOTS 10 PAUL WATEREE COMMUNITY ACTIONS INC 1 LOTS 2 IMP(S) 11 WEE NEE LLC 168.48 ACRES 3 IMP(S) 20 (LANE MICHAEL E) WEE NEE LLC 3.60 ACRES 20 WEE NEE LLC 25.00 ACRES 20 WELLMAN SHAWN CURTIS 1.80 ACRES 10 WELLS MICHELLE & CULBREATH S 1 LOTS 10 WESTENDORFF DEBORAH 1 LOTS 2 IMP(S) 20 WHEELER LUCIOUS JR & WHITLOW 2.30 ACRES 1 IMP(S) 30 VERONICA & ROUNDTREE KAREN & MORRIS DARLENE WHITE ANDRA E & RHENDA WHITE 1.00 ACRES 10 (FLIPPEN CHARLES) WHITE ANDRA E & RHENDA WHITE 1 LOTS 10 (FLIPPEN CHARLES) WHITE EUNICE 1 LOTS 20 WHITLOW DONNA 1 LOTS 30 WILSON BISHOP LAWRENCE AKA 10.00 ACRES 1 IMP(S) 30 LAWRENCE WILSON WILSON EARL 1 LOTS 1 IMP(S) 10 WILSON HUGH E 1.22 ACRES 3 IMP(S) 20 WILSON MARY V 1 LOTS 1 IMP(S) 21 WINDHAM BETTY M 1 LOTS 10 WINDHAM BETTY M 1 LOTS 1 IMP(S) 21 WINDHAM BETTY M 1 LOTS 1 IMP(S) 21 WISON BISHOP LAWRENCE AKA 1.70 ACRES 30 LAWRENCE WILSON WISON BISHOP LAWRENCE AKA 2.80 ACRES 30 LAWRENCE WILSON WITHERSPOON WILLIE 1.00 ACRES 1 IMP(S) 10 YOUNG LAVETTE C 1.50 ACRES 10 ZEIGLER LULA 1 LOTS 21
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MAP NUMBER 246-00-02-050-00 044-00-02-038-00 119-00-06-006-00 262-00-02-028-00 167-00-01-093-00 078-00-00-007-00 058-05-00-009-00 169-10-03-015-00 169-10-03-003-00 169-10-03-016-00 086-00-01-038-00 195-00-00-066-00 143-00-04-024-00 143-00-04-025-00 240-00-01-001-00 169-09-00-002-00 169-09-00-004-00 169-09-00-005-00 078-09-02-019-00 019-00-02-022-00 197-02-04-015-00 101-00-01-031-00 233-00-02-003-00 233-00-02-022-00 170-05-00-016-00 039-00-03-005-00 051-00-02-001-00 216-00-03-064-00 078-08-02-046-00 116-00-01-011-00 116-00-01-040-00 159-07-03-008-00 078-14-03-046-00 140-00-05-024-00 099-00-02-034-00 294-00-02-020-00 082-00-04-019-00 212-00-01-006-00 059-09-00-010-00 238-00-00-023-00 187-01-05-022-00 196-12-00-024-00 077-09-01-002-00 021-00-01-049-00 078-10-02-050-00 335-00-00-002-00 336-00-00-001-00 304-00-02-013-00 159-02-02-001-00 043-00-03-004-00 195-09-04-001-00 312-00-03-043-00 053-00-01-044-00 053-00-01-045-00 238-00-00-034-00 325-00-01-067-00 229-00-03-014-00 078-07-03-007-00 167-00-01-029-00 169-15-02-014-00 103-15-01-021-00 169-15-06-024-00 169-15-06-025-00 229-00-03-009-00 229-00-03-015-00 078-08-02-004-00 039-00-01-006-00 187-07-00-014-00
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CLASSIFIEDS
THE CLARENDON SUN
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2015
THE
Clarendon Sun CLASSIFIEDS
DEADLINE 56&4DAY 11AM
Summons & Notice
Summons & Notice
MERCHANDISE Garage, Yard & Estate Sales Giant Yard Sale at Bonanza Flea Market in Jordan. Proceeds will be donated to the Summerton Presbyterian Church. Thur. & Fri. 10 am - 5 pm; Sat. 7 am - 4 pm; Sun. 1- 4 pm.
LEGAL NOTICES Summons & Notice SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT AND NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION (NON-JURY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE) DEFICIENCY WAIVED IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO: 2015-CP-14-00447 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CLARENDON Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, PLAINTIFF, vs. MaryLou W Buehler; DEFENDANT(S) TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE NAMED:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office, Hutchens Law Firm; P.O. Box 8237; Columbia, SC 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, or otherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master in Equity, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCAR, effective June 1, 1999. TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice
Race In for the Best Deals in the Area.
Summons & Notice
upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff immediately and separately and such application will be deemed absolute and total in the absence of your application for such an appointment within thirty (30) days after the service of the Summons and Complaint upon you. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master in Equity in/for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCAR, effective June 1, 1999.
NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons, along with the Complaint, was filed with the Clerk of Court for Clarendon County, South Carolina, on September 4, 2015.
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to the South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, (hereinafter "Order"), you may have a right to Foreclosure Intervention.
To be considered for any available Foreclosure Intervention, you may communicate with and otherwise deal with the Plaintiff through its law firm, Hutchens Law Firm, P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202 or call 803-726-2700. Hutchens Law Firm, represents the Plaintiff in this action and does not represent you. Under our ethical rules, we are prohibited from giving you any legal advice. You must submit any requests for Foreclosure Intervention consideration within 30 days from the date of this Notice. IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION, YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY/AGENT MAY PROCEED WITH A FORECLOSURE ACTION. If you have already pursued loss mitigation with the Plaintiff, this Notice does not guarantee the availability of loss mitigation options or further review of your qualifications. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE P U R P O S E O F T H I S COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on FORM #371ES with the Probate Court of Clarendon County, the address of which is 411 Sunset Dr. Manning, SC 29102, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements on the prescribed form (FORM #371ES) indicating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.
Estate Notice Clarendon County
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on FORM #371ES with the Probate Court of Clarendon County, the address of which is 411 Sunset Dr. Manning, SC 29102, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements on the prescribed form (FORM #371ES) indicating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2015 H.G. Osteen 1870-1955 Founder, The Item
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COMMENTARY
Dr. Carson, I presume?
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ASHINGTON — In the annals of presidential politics, it’s hard to recall anyone who has tried so hard to be so ordinary. The fascinating story of Dr. Ben Carson’s attempts to ungild his lily by telling awful stories about himself — he tried to stab a classmate, later identified as a “close relative,” and hit his mother with a hammer? — will Kathleen be its own chapter someParker day, if not in a collection of strange campaigns then perhaps in a catalog of psychological classifications. Masochistic/Narcissistic Conflation Syndrome? (I made that up.) The illustrious Carson seems to have found his own too-good-to-be-true life story too good to be true — or to bear. ’Tis a mystery: Why would this amazing man serially seek to belittle himself in the eyes of his admirers? It is one thing to try to connect with people by sharing stories of common challenges or suffering. Al Gore talked of his sister’s cancer; George W. Bush was candid about his drinking problem. But it is something else to disperse wildly discordant anecdotes for the sake of unpainting a portrait. Is Carson a closet iconoclast? Or, is it just too much being amazing? Words like “amazing” and “remarkable” have followed Carson around all his life. Born to a teen mother, abandoned by his father, he somehow — miraculously — grew up to become a storybook pediatric neurosurgeon. The subject of a movie, he also authored a book that homeschooled children read as part of their curriculum. Handsome, widely recognized as a superior physician, unexcitable and thoughtful, one could hardly imagine a more impeccable example of The Good Man. But perhaps the burden of perfection and the expectations that have stalked him led him to reveal a less-perfect being. Maybe Ben Carson is just trying to be human. The problem with “bad” Ben Carson is that hardly any of his stories can be verified by reporters, leading to doubts about their veracity. If most people fib or exaggerate their resumes to get their dream job, what kind of man diminishes a story beloved by all? Why not just tell us Ronald Reagan was a pessimist? On the one hand, one might say, who cares? On the other, people naturally would be cu-
rious to know more about histories that conflict so dramatically with the persona of a man they thought they knew. Is he telling the truth? Does his memory not serve? Stories also have changed in the tellings, which isn’t unusual among storytellers. It’s when you decide to run for president that they become problematic. Rather than offering clarity, Carson has defaulted to blaming the media for unfair, disproportionate vetting. Nonsense. Why bait a hook if you don’t want a fish? Yet another odd tale has surfaced concerning a paternity claim Carson says was brought against him several years ago. Writing about it in a 2014 op-ed, he apparently was trying to make a case against “Chicago-style” politics and “how the blackmail threat operates” by reciting his personal experience. By his telling, he received a call in the operating room from the legal department at Johns Hopkins University informing him that the state of Florida was trying to garnish his wages for child support for a son he had fathered. Carson wrote that he refused to provide a DNA sample, saying that he distrusted the government to handle things properly and feared that his DNA might show up at some murder scene. Seriously? What is he suggesting? The case closed as mysteriously as it opened. About 50 questions come immediately to mind, starting with: Who calls a doctor in the operating room to discuss ... anything? Who was the woman? Who was the boy? Was there ever a woman, a boy or a call? While these and other puzzles continue to animate the media, as they should, Carson has indeed revealed himself to be a strategic iconoclast, successfully signaling to the Republican base the following targeted messages: He distrusts government; he was imperfect before faith corrected his course; the media are the enemy of the people; he’s been faithful to his wife. Most important, he’s nothing like that other “Chicagostyle” black male who happens to be president. Translation: I am not a superhero; I am you. Except of course, he’s not like anyone else on the planet, which is why so many have found him so appealing. He’s a man of a higher order, unless he’s not. In which case, one is left to wonder: Who is Dr. Ben Carson? Kathleen Parker’s email address is kathleenparker@washpost.com. © 2015, Washington Post Writers Group
EDITORIAL ROUNDUP Recent editorials from South Carolina newspapers:
The Greenville News Nov. 8
THE GREENVILLE NEWS ON DAM SAFETY It is no secret to residents of South Carolina that this state has an infrastructure problem. All of us are well acquainted with the sometimes awful condition of the state’s roads. That is a problem created and exacerbated by a tremendous deficit in state highway funding; a deficit lawmakers repeatedly have been reluctant to bridge. Last month’s torrential rain event in the Midlands — a disaster confusingly referred to as a 1,000-year rain — laid bare another life-threatening infrastructure problem. In the wake of that storm, it became apparent that the state’s network of 2,400 regulated dams is not inspected frequently enough and that the staff that’s called on to inspect those dams is far too small. Thirty-two of those dams failed in last month’s rain that dropped 2 feet of water on parts of the state. In a detailed report last week, Greenville News investigative reporter Rick Brundrett revealed that the state’s Department of Health and Environmental Control has only 6.75 employee positions dedicated to inspecting all of South Carolina’s regulated dams. No doubt the gap in inspections was exacerbated by the fact that staffing has been even lower in recent years: In 2005, there were only 1.5 full-time positions for the dam inspection program. The state’s dam safety office is one of the most poorly funded in the nation, and in 2014 had a budget of $260,000, according to a report in The State. In 2014-15, funding was $453,000. This is not a problem created by our current governor or even many of our current lawmakers. But it is a symptom of a state that rushes to cut taxes without taking time to study potential consequences. What are the consequences? Of 75 dams that now are under emergency repair orders issued in the wake of last month’s floods, at least a dozen hadn’t been inspected in the past five years or more, Brundrett reported. If there is one positive, it is that last month’s rains have opened the state’s eyes to the problem. A spokeswoman for Gov. Nikki Haley acknowledged there’s a funding gap and said that Gov. Haley will include more money for the state’s dam safety program in her upcoming executive budget. Spokeswoman Chaney Adams also conceded that it’s very early in the process. Year after year this state’s leaders talk
about cutting taxes. This year, they’re going to need to face the music and begin talking about increasing spending — and perhaps taxes — to ensure the infrastructure in this state is safe and contributes to, rather than hinders, the well-being of our fellow South Carolinians. Online: http://www.greenvilleonline.com/
The Times & Democrat Nov. 6
COLLISIONS WITH DEER ON THE UPTICK DURING OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER The post-Labor Day death toll and number of accidents on the state’s roads are annually magnified by encounters with the state’s large population of white tail deer. According to new claims data from State Farm, the odds drivers will hit a deer in South Carolina in the coming year are one in 95, almost twice the national average of one in 169. S.C. Department of Natural Resources estimates deer numbers are lower in South Carolina compared to peak levels in the late 1990s. And data collected by South Carolina Department of Public Safety also indicates deer-vehicle collisions have declined over the past 25 years. In 2014, SCDPS reported 2,300 deer-vehicle collisions, similar to figures from the last few years. Still there is the reality of deer being naturally abundant in the eastern United States, particularly in the Southeast. The risk of collisions is a reality that every driver must face. Crashes can be deadly, and they for certain are costly. State Farm estimates the average deer strike claim is $4,135, up 6 percent from 2014 ($3,888). You will see more deer on the roads now. Deer season runs from August through December and there’s a dramatic increase in the movement of the herd during the months when the animals are mating and migrating. Studies show that about 45 percent of deer-vehicle collisions occur in roughly a 60-day period that corresponds with the breeding season. In South Carolina, “rut” is generally during the months of October and November. Echoing the advice from State Farm: With an increase in the likelihood of vehicle/ deer collisions, it’s important that drivers are practicing safe driving habits and watching out for animals on the road. And wearing your seat belt can be difference between being OK or sustaining severe injury in the event of a deer-vehicle encounter. Online: http://thetandd.com/
LETTER TO THE EDITOR WINTHROP MSNBC DEMOCRATIC FORUM VERY WELL-PRESENTED “Respectful” characterizes last week’s First in the South Democratic Forum hosted on the campus of Winthrop University and moderated by MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow. The atmosphere was electric. Candidates Clinton, Sanders, and O’Malley were relaxed, and Maddow, a Rhodes Scholar, was professional, and very well prepared. The forum’s format reminded me of a fireside chat with two exceptions: there were approximately 3,000 partisans in the audience, and a score of
undecided potential voters were strategically positioned on stage wherein every nuance of the candidates and the moderator could be observed. The audience looked like America, extremely diverse. White and blue collar workers; young and old; black, white, and other ethnicities joyfully chatted in line, took pictures, cheered for all candidates, and collected autographs. Seeing Democratic warriors, grass root operatives, and college activists from South Carolina and beyond made me proud to be a former member of the Democratic National Committee and a former chairperson of the Sum-
ter County Democratic Party. Most people who wished to see the Democratic Forum of Nov. 6 have done so by now, and they are aware of what the political pundits had to say about the format, the candidates, and the moderator; therefore, I will not summarize the questions and responses. Instead, I will share one point from the candidates that resonated with me: Clinton pondered about why the expulsion rate is for black kids so much higher than the rate of expulsion for white kids. Sanders pledged to speak to white people and attempt to convince them to vote for the Party that represents
their interests. O’Malley said that the enduring sign of liberty is not the barbed wire fence but the Statue of Liberty. If we can learn to treat youth fairly and educate them equitably, if we understood that there is more that unites us as opposed to that which divides us, and if we in South Carolina and the nation will embrace immigration policies that are humane, we will ensure a bright future for ourselves, our children, and those who look toward America as a beacon of hope and opportunity. BEVERLY DIANE FRIERSON Columbia
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Gaffney 71/41 Spartanburg 71/43
Greenville 72/42
Columbia 77/46
Temperatures shown on map are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
IN THE MOUNTAINS
Sumter 76/48
Aiken 74/42
ON THE COAST
Charleston 80/52
Today: Partly sunny; pleasant. High 74 to 79. Friday: Sunshine and patchy clouds. High 68 to 72.
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Today Hi/Lo/W 69/45/pc 52/35/c 68/44/pc 53/41/c 70/50/pc 78/51/s 73/55/pc 60/49/r 89/64/pc 61/49/r 76/49/s 64/48/s 63/48/r
SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest. 357.32 76.36 75.14 100.86
24-hr chg +0.18 -0.02 +0.25 +1.66
Sunrise 6:51 a.m. Moonrise 7:29 a.m.
RIVER STAGES River Black River Congaree River Lynches River Saluda River Up. Santee River Wateree River
0.00" 2.40" 1.03" 54.76" 32.01" 41.72"
NATIONAL CITIES City Atlanta Chicago Dallas Detroit Houston Los Angeles New Orleans New York Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix San Francisco Wash., DC
Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100
Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree
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Myrtle Beach 77/53
Manning 78/48
Today: Clouds breaking. Winds west-southwest 7-14 mph. Friday: Plenty of sunshine. Winds west 4-8 mph.
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Ht. 3.4 3.0 3.4 2.9
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Today Hi/Lo/W 69/40/c 71/43/pc 77/44/pc 79/52/s 73/58/pc 80/52/pc 73/42/pc 72/45/pc 77/46/pc 75/47/pc 73/50/pc 76/49/pc 76/48/pc
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Today City Hi/Lo/W Marion 71/41/c Mt. Pleasant 79/53/pc Myrtle Beach 77/53/pc Orangeburg 77/46/pc Port Royal 78/53/s Raleigh 73/46/pc Rock Hill 72/42/pc Rockingham 74/43/pc Savannah 81/50/s Spartanburg 71/43/pc Summerville 79/50/pc Wilmington 78/51/pc Winston-Salem 71/44/pc
Fri. Hi/Lo/W 58/31/s 71/45/s 69/45/s 69/41/s 69/45/pc 63/37/s 63/32/s 65/33/s 71/43/pc 62/33/s 70/42/s 69/42/s 61/36/s
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Initiate what EUGENIA LAST you want to see happen. If you don’t take action, you’ll end up having regrets. Don’t leave your future in someone else’s hands. Make changes that will bring you the highest returns. Romance is encouraged.
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Take control and make decisions that will help you advance. Sign up for a course or check out the online job market. Look for something a little different than what you’ve done in the past, and it will help expand your options. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Listen carefully and you’ll avoid a misunderstanding. Emotions will surface and arguments will flare up if you aren’t willing to compromise. Try to avoid joint money ventures. Overindulgence will turn into a costly affair. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t bend to someone’s whims. Use your intelligence and excellent memory to outmaneuver anyone trying to take over or sell you something you don’t need. Don’t be upset if someone backs out of a partnership. It could be a blessing in disguise. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Get physical and enjoy a challenge that gets you moving. A change in routine or surroundings will help your frame of mind. The time you take to distance yourself from domestic problems will enable you to find a workable solution. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Check out what’s going on in your community. Chatting with your neighbors or attending a meeting will be satisfying. Express your feelings to your close
friends and family members, and try to make a positive difference. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Take on a project that will help you improve your health and physical fitness. Knowledge you’ve picked up through past experience will help you secure your professional future. Romance will lead to a closer bond with someone special. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You’ll be open to suggestions and willing to try new things. Events in your community will bring you in contact with people who can help you expand your interests. Your popularity will grow if you participate. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Don’t pretend that you can do it all if you can’t. You’ll be held accountable if you aren’t honest about your assessments. Keep the peace by following through with promises you make. Overindulgence will hurt your image. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’ll have plenty to offer if you take part in an open discussion. Work-related events look promising and will help raise your profile among your peers. A fortunate turn of events will encourage you to try something different.
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PICK 3 WEDNESDAY 6-6-4 and 4-6-0
PICK 4 WEDNESDAY 2-8-2-8 and 8-5-3-7
PICTURES FROM THE PUBLIC Dennis Selvig shares a picture he took of a praying mantis clinging to one of his windows. Selvig comments, “I was interested to see it was perfectly still, not even twitching its antennae around.”
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Don’t let what others say bother you. Do what works for you and follow your heart when it comes to work, money or personal matters. Change will be fruitful if your motives are good. Don’t be a follower. Do what’s best for you. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Negotiate and sign deals. Take on new projects or turn an idea you have into a profitable venture. A partnership looks good if you can fairly delegate who does what. Don’t let an emotional situation hold you back.
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Physical state PREP FOOTBALL
Barons face smashmouth Panthers for shot at 3A title
Eagles look to knock off Lake View By DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com
and best linemen that we’ve seen all year or probably will see. They’ve also got a big fullback and a big running back – about 220 pounds each. “We know they’re going to try and pound it right at us. We just have to be prepared to match them physically.” The Barons were more than up to the challenge last time, holding the Panthers to just 33 yards rushing.
Scott’s Branch High School opened its football season against perennial 1A power Lake View on Aug. 21 in Summerton. The Eagles, coming off a 1-9 season, led 6-0 late in the first half and went into the half tied 6-6. The Wild Gators took control in the second half though, going on to a 32-12 victory. The two teams will get to see just Farmer how far each has come on Friday when they meet in the first round of the 1A Division II state playoffs. The seventh-seeded Eagles will play at No. 2 Lake View beginning at 7:30 p.m. “We were right there with them in the first half,” said SB head coach Wayne Farmer. “We played with them the entire first half. There’s no doubt that they outplayed us in the second half.” Lake View, the 1A DII state runner-up to Hunter-KinardTyler last season, scored on the opening kickoff of the second half. De’Ante Bridgett returned it 83 yards for the score and all the momentum fell squarely to the Gators. Lake View added three more touchdowns, including a 37-yard interception return by Tyshawn McDaniel. Scott’s Branch will bring a 4-6 record into the contest after finishing 2-2 in Region VII-1A. Lake View is 8-2 and went 5-0 to win Region VIII. Making the playoffs was a goal for the Eagles this season after missing it the two previous seasons and reaching it in 2012 despite a 0-10 record. “There were a couple of games we could have won where things didn’t go our way,” said Farmer, no doubt pointing to a 23-22 loss to Hannah-Pamplico. “It’s a process. We’ve played more close games this year. We’ve just got to get better at finishing things.”
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Wilson Hall’s Sam Watford (3) and the rest of the Barons look to earn another victory over Pinewood Prep on Friday at Spencer Field and clinch a berth in the SCISA 3A state title game.
by justin driggers justin@theitem.com Owning a 9-1 record, there really isn’t one game that Wilson Hall’s football coaches or players can likely point to as the turning point of their season. But the Barons defense certainly has one in mind. “I feel like (the first game against Pinewood Prep) was definitely one of our best defensive games and one of our best all-around games,” WH
senior linebacker/running back Sam Watford said. “That was the game we really started coming together as a defense and started clicking. “But we know it won’t be like that this time. It’s the second time (against them) and it’s the playoffs. It’s going to be a completely different game.” A different game, perhaps, but the Barons are still counting on a strong defensive effort to help carry them
past the 9-1 Panthers on Friday at Spencer Field and into the SCISA 3A state championship contest. The two teams square off at 7:30 p.m. in a rematch of nearly a month ago – a game won by the Barons 24-9 in Summerville. “We played about as good defensively as we possibly could have in that game,” first-year Wilson Hall head coach Adam Jarecki said. “They’re very big up front and have two of the biggest
CLEMSON FOOTBALL
Top-ranked Clemson showing up all over By Scott Keepfer The Greenville News CLEMSON – Clemson here. Clemson there. Tigers everywhere. A 9-0 start and No. 1 national ranking has Clemson University and its football team in both the regional and national spotlight on a daily basis of late, and there’s no end in sight. -- Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson will grace the regional cover of this week’s Sports Illustrated magazine, which was released on Wednesday. -- On Tuesday, Buffalo Bills head coach Rex Ryan wore a Clemson helmet to his weekly press conference, then spent more than a minute talking about the Tigers and what he described as “the best coaching staff in college football.”
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Buffalo head football coach Rex Ryan wears a Clemson college football helmet during a news conference in Orchard Park, N.Y., on Tuesday. Ryan has a connection to the No. 1 ranked Tigers as his son, Seth, plays wide receiver for Clemson. The Tigers are gaining all kinds of national attention as they prepare to play Please see CLEMSON, Page B4 Syracuse on Saturday.
CAROLINA FOOTBALL
USC LB Walton’s move to offense could be permanent Willie T. Smith III Greenville News COLUMBIA – University of South Carolina interim head football coach Shawn Elliott said he was going to add wrinkles to the offense. He has done just that since taking over after the resignation of Steve Spurrier a month ago. One of those moves, however, just might stick. Junior linebacker Jonathan Walton scored a touchdown on a 10-yard pass reception and was open for a potential score on another play when the ball didn’t come his way. “I played running back all through middle school,” Walton said. “In high school, I played mostly linebacker. but if they needed me for short yardage or something like that, I would play running back. “I averaged 10 yards a carry.” Walton’s teammates co-sign his ability and believe he could add even more to the offense. “He runs hard,” said USC safety T.J. Gurley. “In high school, we saw his highlights and he was just running over people.
“We like that. Most defensive players in practice get nervous because, when Jonathan Walton gets the ball, they get scared -- ‘I’m not trying to mess with him.’ ” On Monday and Tuesday, Walton split time between linebacker and fullback. There appears to be a strong chance he could get extra time on offense, especially now that Skai Moore and T.J. Holloman are getting most of the playing time at linebacker. “He brings a lot of power,” left guard Mike Matulis said of Walton. “He is a great fullback. You can see he is an athletic player. We were excited to see him get a touchdown. “We’re a team. It is exciting to see him on our side of the ball as well to see what we go through.” According to Elliott, other defensive players could get an opportunity to debut their offensive skills. “You’re always evaluating players whether they’re offensive or defensive,” said Elliott.
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1 p.m. — PGA Golf: OHL Classic at Mayakoba First Round from Playa del Carmen, Mexico (GOLF). 2:30 p.m. — International Soccer: Euro 2016 Qualifying Match — Hungary vs. Norway (FOX SPORTS 1). 4 p.m. — LPGA Golf: Lorena Ochoa First Round from Mexico City (GOLF). 6:05 p.m. — Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXYFM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 7 p.m. — NHL Hockey: Minnesota at Carolina (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 7 p.m. — Major League Baseball: Silver Slugger Awards (MLB NETWORK). 7:30 p.m. — College Football: Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech (ESPN). 7:30 p.m. — College Football: LouisianaLafayette at South Alabama (ESPNU). 8 p.m. — NFL Football: Buffalo at New York Jets (NFL NETWORK, WWFN-FM 100.1, WNKT-FM 107.5). 8 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Golden State at Minnesota (TNT). 10 p.m. — Professional Golf: European PGA Tour BMW Masters Second Round from Shanghai (GOLF). 10:30 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Los Angeles Clippers at Phoenix (TNT). 11 p.m. — Women’s College Volleyball: Stanford at Washington (ESPNU).
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Hammond School star guard Seventh Woods signed with North Carolina on Wednesday, choosing the Tar Heels over South Carolina and Georgetown.
Hammond’s Woods signs with Tar Heels By PHIL KORNBLUT Special to The Sumter Item Hammond School star guard Seventh Woods signed with North Carolina on Wednesday, choosing the Tar Heels over South Carolina and Georgetown. Woods made his announcement at a ceremony at his school. Woods said his longtime affection for the Tar Heel program, in the end, was the big reason he chose to play his college days in Chapel Hill. “Coach Roy Williams, he believed in me from Day 1,” the 6-foot-1-inch Woods said. “He’s been the most loyal to me. As a recruiter he’s been on me since my freshman year. It was a tough decision, but I think UNC is the best choice.” Woods admitted USC made a very strong push for
him, but it wasn’t enough to overcome his feelings for the Tar Heels. “South Carolina was definitely in the picture,” he said. “It was kind of head to head between the two. I went to church and prayed about it and UNC came out on top. Everybody was telling me to go with my heart. That’s what I did. I went with my heart and that’s where I want to be.” Woods said he didn’t make up his mind until Monday night. He called Williams Tuesday night and notified the other two head coaches on Wednesday morning. The Gamecocks, led by head coach Frank Martin and assistant Lamont Evans, fought an uphill battle with North Carolina for Woods. They were late to the
party because by the time Martin arrived in Columbia, Williams had already established a relationship with Woods. However, the Gamecocks recruited Woods hard and hoped his friendships with freshman guard PJ Dozier and women’s star A’Ja Wilson would help sway him their way. “It’s my hometown, it’s my state really,” he said. “PJ is like my brother so it would have been great playing for him. But at the end of the day I had to make my decision on what I want to do and be selfish with it.” The Gamecocks are expected to sign 6-9 Sedee Keita of Philadelphia and 22 Feet Academy during the early period which started Wednesday and are still in the mix for 6-10 Dewan Huell of Miami.
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
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 GAMES
Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 8:25 p.m.
Sunday’s games
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’s games
Houston at Cincinnati, 8:30 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 19
Tennessee at Jacksonville, 8:25 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 22
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Minnesota signs football coach Claeys to 3-year deal MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota says it has signed football coach Tracy Claeys to a three-year contract. Claeys succeeds his friend Jerry Kill, who resigned Oct. 28 because of health reasons. Claeys had been made interim coach after Kill’s resignation. He was hired by Kill as defensive coordinator in 2010. Claeys was also the acting head coach in 2013 for seven games and led the Gophers to a 4-3 mark, which included consecutive wins against Northwestern, Nebraska, Indiana and Penn State.
MLB to review runners off base on tag plays BOCA RATON, Fla. — With more runners called out on slides when they pop up off a base as fielders keep tags on them, Major League Baseball plans to review the issue during the offseason. Since the start of expand-
ed video review for the 2014, more runners have been called out after fielder’s press their gloves against them, hoping they will come off the base for a split second during or after their slide. “I’ve talked to a number of managers about that, and in a lot of ways they feel it’s unfair,” Joe Torre, MLB’s chief baseball officer, said Wednesday. “And yet when you’re dealing with replay and dealing with technology, it is what it is. If there’s a separation and his glove, the ball is on the runner, you can’t ignore that.”
Raiders, Chargers, Rams speak to NFL owners NEW YORK — Representatives of the three cities trying to save their teams from moving to Los Angeles are meeting Wednesday with members of several of the NFL’s key owners com-
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mittees. Officials from Oakland, then San Diego, then St. Louis are scheduled to speak to the league’s expansion, stadium and finance committees _ all three of which play some role in a potential relocation. The Raiders and Chargers have combined on a project in Carson, California, that would cost about $1.78 billion if approved by threefourths of the 32 owners. Rams owner Stan Kroenke is pushing a rival project in nearby Inglewood. No votes are scheduled for Wednesday, and the league has set a special meeting in Dallas on Dec. 2 at which substantial steps could come, including moving up from January the deadline for application to relocate. Meanwhile, Oakland, San Diego and St. Louis are stating their cases. From wire reports
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.
Friday’s Games
Minnesota at Indiana, 7 p.m. Utah at Orlando, 7 p.m. New Orleans at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Atlanta at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Cleveland at New York, 7:30 p.m. Charlotte at Chicago, 8 p.m. Portland at Memphis, 8 p.m. Philadelphia at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Houston at Denver, 9 p.m. Brooklyn at Sacramento, 10 p.m.
NHL Standings
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EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF Montreal 16 13 2 1 27 59 Detroit 15 8 6 1 17 34 Ottawa 15 7 5 3 17 47 Tampa Bay 17 7 8 2 16 39 Boston 14 7 6 1 15 47 Florida 15 6 6 3 15 41 Buffalo 15 7 8 0 14 36 Toronto 15 3 8 4 10 32 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF N.Y. Rangers 15 11 2 2 24 45 Washington 14 10 4 0 20 43 N.Y. Islanders 16 8 5 3 19 44 Pittsburgh 14 9 5 0 18 31 New Jersey 15 8 6 1 17 37 Philadelphia 15 5 7 3 13 28 Carolina 15 6 9 0 12 30 Columbus 16 4 12 0 8 38
GA 29 36 49 42 45 38 42 47 GA 25 32 39 28 38 43 43 59
WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas 16 12 4 0 24 56 42 St. Louis 15 11 3 1 23 42 31 Minnesota 14 9 3 2 20 43 38 Nashville 14 9 3 2 20 42 36 Winnipeg 16 8 6 2 18 45 46 Chicago 15 8 6 1 17 39 38 Colorado 15 5 9 1 11 40 42 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 16 7 4 5 19 48 39 Los Angeles 15 9 6 0 18 37 32 Arizona 15 8 6 1 17 42 43 San Jose 15 7 8 0 14 40 40 Anaheim 15 5 7 3 13 25 37 Calgary 16 5 10 1 11 40 63 Edmonton 15 5 10 0 10 39 47 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Tuesday’s Games
St. Louis 2, New Jersey 0 N.Y. Rangers 3, Carolina 0 Colorado 4, Philadelphia 0 Vancouver 5, Columbus 3 Detroit 1, Washington 0 Buffalo 4, Tampa Bay 1 Florida 4, Calgary 3 Nashville 7, Ottawa 5 Minnesota 5, Winnipeg 3 Toronto 3, Dallas 2 Arizona 3, Los Angeles 2 N.Y. Islanders 4, San Jose 2
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 Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Columbus at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Calgary at Washington, 7 p.m. San Jose at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Anaheim, 10 p.m.
Transactions
By The Associated Press
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL — Suspended free agent minor league LHP Chad James 100 games after a second positive test for Amphetamine, a stimulant in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program, as well as a third positive test for a drug of abuse. American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Announced INF Michael Martinez refused his outright assignment to Columbus (IL) and elected to become a free agent. Monday, Nov. 23 NEW YORK YANKEES — Acquired OF Buffalo at New England, 8:30 p.m. Aaron Hicks from Minnesota for C John Ryan Murphy. National League By The Associated Press SAN DIEGO PADRES — Acquired INFOF Jose Pirela from the New York EASTERN CONFERENCE Yankees for RHP Ronald Herrera. American Association Atlantic Division LINCOLN SALTDOGS — Released INF W L Pct GB Toronto 5 3 .625 — Mike Gilmartin. New York 4 4 .500 1 Boston 3 3 .500 1 BASKETBALL Brooklyn 0 7 .000 4½ National Basketball Association HOUSTON ROCKETS — Assigned G-F Philadelphia 0 7 .000 4½ K.J. McDaniels to Rio Grande Valley Southeast Division (NBADL). W L Pct GB NBA Development League Atlanta 7 2 .778 — NBADL — Announced the Chicago Miami 5 3 .625 1½ Bulls was granted the right to own Charlotte 3 4 .429 3 and operate a club that will begin Washington 3 4 .429 3 play in the 2016-17 season. Orlando 3 5 .375 3½ FOOTBALL Central Division National Football League W L Pct GB ARIZONA CARDINALS — Waived/inCleveland 7 1 .875 — Detroit 5 2 .714 1½ jured CB Cariel Brooks. Signed CB Chicago 5 3 .625 2 Robert Nelson, Jr. from the practice Indiana 4 4 .500 3 squad. CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed LB Milwaukee 4 4 .500 3 Jayson DiManche and DB De’Ante Saunders to the practice squad. ReWESTERN CONFERENC leased TE Brian Leonhardt from the Southwest Division practice squad. W L Pct GB MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Activated CB San Antonio 5 2 .714 — from the PUP list. Waived TE Chase Houston 4 3 .571 1 Ford. Dallas 3 4 .429 2 NEW YORK JETS — Placed G Willie Memphis 3 5 .375 2½ Colon on injured reserve. Activated New Orleans 1 6 .143 4 CB Dee Milliner injured reserve-return. Northwest Division TENNESSEE TITANS — Waived QB W L Pct GB Charlie Whitehurst. Activated RB Oklahoma City 5 3 .625 — David Cobb from injured reserve-reMinnesota 4 3 .571 ½ turn. Signed LB J.R. Tavai and TE Kevin Utah 4 3 .571 ½ Greene to the practice squad. Portland 4 4 .500 1 Denver 3 4 .429 1½ HOCKEY Pacific Division National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES — Assigned F W L Pct GB Golden State 8 0 1.000 — Dustin Jeffrey to Springfield (AHL). L.A. Clippers 5 2 .714 2½ CAROLINA HURRICANES — ReasPhoenix 3 4 .429 4½ signed F Brock McGinn to Charlotte L.A. Lakers 1 6 .143 6½ (AHL). CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Recalled F Sacramento 1 7 .125 7 Brandon Mashinter from Rockford (AHL). Tuesday’s Games DALLAS STARS — Reassigned F Devin Cleveland 118, Utah 114 Shore to Texas (AHL). Assigned D Oklahoma City 125, Washington 101 Patrik Nemeth to Texas on a condiNew York 111, Toronto 109 tioning assignment. Miami 101, L.A. Lakers 88 ECHL Charlotte 104, Minnesota 95 READING ROYALS — Announced F New Orleans 120, Dallas 105 Derek Mathers and D Jesper PettersBoston 99, Milwaukee 83 son were to the team from Lehigh Valley (AHL). Wednesday’s Games Toronto at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. COLLEGE L.A. Lakers at Orlando, 7 p.m. MINNESOTA — Signed interim football New York at Charlotte, 7 p.m. coach Tracy Claeys to a three-year Indiana at Boston, 7:30 p.m. contract. Golden State at Memphis, 8 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Houston, 1 p.m. Denver at Chicago, 1 p.m. Oakland at Detroit, 1 p.m. Indianapolis at Atlanta, 1 p.m. Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. St. Louis at Baltimore, 1 p.m. Dallas at Miami, 1 p.m. Washington at Carolina, 1 p.m. Kansas City at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. San Francisco at Seattle, 4:25 p.m. Green Bay at Minnesota, 4:25 p.m. Cincinnati at Arizona, 8:30 p.m. Open: Cleveland, N.Y. Giants, New Orleans, Pittsburgh
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Team Penske battling each other with title on line By JENNA FRYER The Associated Press
CHARLOTTE— Nobody seems better prepared for the third round of NASCAR’s playoffs than Team Penske, which has led 662 of the last 834 laps raced. Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski have been on their game at this pivotal point in the championship race, and they’ve got nothing at all to show for their efforts. With one race remaining to set the field of four for NASCAR’s title-deciding season finale, it’s highly possible both Penske drivers will not race for the championship. It’s possible one of the drivers may still snatch one of the three remaining slots in race. But both? That’s going to take a small miracle. Yet that is part of the quirks of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship format. The most deserving drivers won’t necessarily race for the title. They instead fall victim to the cutthroat elimination system that pares the field over a trio of three-race segments. During last year’s format debut, both Keselowski and Jeff Gordon failed to make the finale even though they had a combined 10 victories, three of them Chase wins. It seemed such a shame that two of the most dominant drivers of the year were kept out of the finale, but that’s how it played in this knockout format. Now Logano, who reeled off three consecutive wins in the second round of the playoffs, is in a must-win situation heading into Sunday’s race at Phoenix International Raceway. He was intentionally wrecked by Matt Kenseth after leading 207 laps at Martinsville Speedway, where the victory he seemed poised to claim would have moved into the final four. A blown tire in the opening
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Joey Logano, right, looks on as his pit crew works on his car after being wrecked by Matt Kenseth during the Sprint Cup race in Martinsville, Va., on Nov. 1. Despite dominating in the Chase, Logano might miss out on reaching the final four for the championship finale in Homestead. minutes of Sunday’s race at Texas has him in a deep hole and he needs a win at Phoenix. Then there’s Keselowski, who set a Texas record with 312 laps led on Sunday. But he couldn’t hold off Jimmie Johnson, who led the final four laps to keep Keselowski out of victory lane. It was a shrewd win for Hendrick Motorsports, which blocked one of the top title contenders from moving into the final, where Gordon awaits. It’s going to be Logano vs. Keselowski in Phoenix for a spot in the finale that neither may ultimately earn. It’s a worst nightmare scenario for Team Penske, which coughed away the IndyCar championship when Juan Pablo Montoya lost on a tiebreaker in the
Kurt Busch hopeful Phoenix finish earns him title chance By JENNA FRYER The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — Kurt Busch’s season comes down to one race at the same track where his year officially began. Busch was suspended by NASCAR for the first three races of the season, so his debut didn’t come until March at Phoenix International Raceway. Now, with his championship chances on the line, he will race there Sunday hoping to advance to the title-deciding season finale. Busch is ranked seventh in the eight-driver field, and only Jeff Gordon has locked up a spot in the final four. That leaves three spots up for grabs, but Busch and his Stewart-Haas Racing team are approaching it as if they’ve got to win Sunday to earn a spot in the title race. Standing in his way? Reigning NASCAR champion Kevin Harvick, his SHR teammate and winner of the last four races at Phoenix. “We would be stupid not to run a Kevin Harvick setup,” Busch said. “He’s won almost every race there the last few years.” Indeed, Harvick has won five of the last six visits to the Arizona track. But Busch hasn’t been too bad, and he finished a respectable fifth there in March when he raced for the first time this season. In 25 career starts, Busch has one win, six top-five finishes and 14 top-10s. But Busch isn’t sure that it won’t be a free-for-all on Sunday with seven drivers racing for three spots. “It’s gotten pretty crazy. There are a lot of guys who think they need to be in that top-four who aren’t, and there are guys who are in it
who want to defend those positions,” he said. “The Chase is definitely at a boiling point for everybody.”
JONES-TRIPLE DUTY Erik Jones has a chance to remain perfect at Phoenix International Raceway when he attempts to move closer to the Truck Series title. Then he’ll race another two times. Jones will attempt to win his third consecutive Truck Series race on Friday night at a track where he’s undefeated. He was the youngest winner in NASCAR national series history when he won at Phoenix in 2013 at 17 years, five months and nine days old. Then Jones routed the field in winning last year. He takes a 17-point lead over two-time reigning Truck Series champion Matt Crafton into Phoenix, the penultimate race of the year. “I don’t think Phoenix is too big of a wild-card knowing that we’ve been so fast there the last two years,” Jones said. “I think Homestead is more of a wild-card for me just because I’ve never been there and don’t really have any experience at that place, but the situation is going to differ so much depending on where the points are and how everything shakes out.
CHEVY CLINCH Chevrolet will win its 13th consecutive manufacturers’ championship this Sunday if the top-finishing Chevy at Phoenix is 10th or better. It would be the 39th manufacturers’ title in Chevrolet history and will likely happen without a hitch: The worst a Chevy driver has finished as the highest finishing driver at a race was at Kentucky, when Jeff Gordon was seventh.
finale. “Racing teammates is tough, there’s nothing easy about it,” said Johnson, who battled teammate Gordon to the wire in 2007. He called on team owner Roger Penske to figure out a way for Phoenix to benefit both of his drivers. “The way those two cars have become so successful and fast is the way they’ve worked together. I’m sure Roger is going to continue to preach that. The only way one of them will have a shot at Phoenix to advance is if they continue to work together. A good problem to have would be both cars running up front 1-2.” But that’s almost a fantasy at Phoenix, where reigning series champion Kevin Harvick has run wild the last 2 1/2 years. He’s won four straight
and five of the last six, creating the foreboding sense that the field is all running for second on Sunday. Harvick can’t really sit back and coast, either. He is no lock to make it into the finale, and he has not run as well as Team Penske in this Chase. Keselowski, the 2012 series champion, has taken a pragmatic approach to the Penske situation. With so much on the line for the teammates, it would be easy for either or both to falter. He doesn’t believe that will happen. “It isn’t pressure, it is opportunity,” he said. “I am happy to have those opportunities with a great team. As strong as we ran (at Texas), if we carry that over to Homestead, good Lord, watch out. We
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know we need to win the next two to win the championship. The good news is we have that opportunity. That’s the way I look at it.” Logano also sees only opportunity ahead. Once his road to the final was derailed by Kenseth, the Daytona 500 winner has done nothing but focus on the only thing he can control: Trying to win a race. He is last in the eight-driver field, and that’s got to be a bitter pill to swallow because without Kenseth’s act of retribution, Logano is locked into the finale instead of Gordon. “Sometimes you just have to roll with the punches,” Logano said. “We will be ready for Phoenix. This team is strong. We didn’t take any wind out of our sails. I feel great about our chances at Phoenix.”
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ACC’s complicated bowl picture starting to take shape BY JOEDY McCREARY The Associated Press Heading into the final weeks of the regular season, the Atlantic Coast Conference’s bowl picture is starting to take shape. Clemson seems headed for the College Football Playoff. Florida State and North Carolina look like the best of the rest. And don’t forget the wild card — Notre Dame. Behind them are a halfdozen other ACC teams either trying to jockey for better bowl positioning, or just trying to claw their way into the postseason. Others still have some work to do just to earn an extra December or January game. Seven ACC teams are already bowl eligible. Louisville can join them this week by giving Virginia its seventh loss. Virginia Tech needs two wins to send coach Frank Beamer into retirement in a bowl. Boston College is the only ACC team eliminated from bowl contention. Syracuse, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech and the Cavaliers will join them with one more loss. For the ones headed to bowls, exactly where they will wind up playing is largely out of their hands. For the ACCaffiliated games, the choices pretty much rest with the bowls themselves. Michael Strickland, the league’s senior associate commissioner of football operations, said “factual input” received from the schools is a factor. “Certainly (schools) don’t have veto rights to say, ‘You cannot send me here,’ nor do they have the rights to say, ‘You must send me to this bowl,’” Strickland said. “We have foundational selection guidelines and parameters, but as long as those parameters are followed, our bowl partners make the ultimate selections,” he said. “We have no authority
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The ACC’s complicated bowl picture is starting to take shape. With Clemson seemingly bound for the College Football Playoff, teams like Florida State and North Carolina, left, appear next in line for the major bowl bids followed by Duke, right, and a large group of other teams jockeying for the remainging spots. as the ACC to say, ‘You must take this team because we said so.’ We intentionally did not want to secure that.” There’s also no safety net for the team that loses the ACC championship game, but Strickland said the league is “confident that all of the other parameters that we’ve got in place provides protection” and that “it would take a very unique set of circumstances” for the title-game loser to slip past the league’s first tier of four bowls. Sorting out the league’s bowl picture can be a complicated process. Top-ranked Clemson can make part of it easy. Keep winning, and the Tigers (9-0, No. 1 CFP) will earn a spot in a semifinal.
A Coastal Division champion — most likely, North Carolina — that beats Clemson in the league title game would earn no worse than the Peach or Fiesta bowl. The Orange Bowl, which usually welcomes the ACC champion, is out of the picture this year because it is hosting a semifinal. Things get a bit tougher to figure out after that. There’s a chance Florida State (7-2, No. 16 CFP) could climb high enough in the playoff poll to earn an at-large spot in either the Peach or Fiesta. If not, the Seminoles will drop into the pool of teams for the league’s other bowls to consider. And Notre Dame (8-1, No. 4 CFP) will receive one of the
going to continue to be myself and be a team player and keep doing what I’m doing. It’s no reason to change.” Extra shipments of the magazine will be delivered locally, according to Time Inc., publicist Tess Povar. The Clemson cover will be distributed throughout the Southeast region, which includes South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama. Extra copies also are available for purchase through the magazine’s single-issue store. In Buffalo, New York, Ryan stepped to the Bills’ podium and launched into a minute-long praise of Clemson, where his son, Seth, is a redshirt sophomore holder and reserve wide receiver. “If you’re a parent out there and you’ve got one of the best kids in the country, and we want the complete package – academics, you know not so much my kid, but academics -- and he’s got to be a great player, you want to be coached by the best coaching staff in college football, you want to have success in the classroom as well as on the play-
ing field, take your kid to Clemson. “They’ve got a Heisman candidate at quarterback who’s a true sophomore, they’ve got a lot of great freshmen playing, No. 1 team in the country, arguably the best holder in the country, a lot of great things, a lot of positive things from Clemson.” Meanwhile, in Clemson, Mac Lain got a call on Friday from Jeff Davis, Assistant Athletic Director of Football Player Relations, informing him that he’d be introducing the vice-president on Tuesday. “I don’t know how I got picked,” Mac Lain said. “It might have been a one-person race.” Biden wrote the following message on a Clemson helmet: “To Eric and the #1 team in the nation. Keep it going. Joe Biden.” And that is precisely the intent of Mac Lain, who hopes to return the visit early next year. The reigning national champion traditionally is invited to the White House. “I said, ‘Hey, we’re going to see you again in January,’” Mac Lain said. “He laughed and said he can’t wait to see us at that time.”
“Got a guy over there who is long, lean and one of the strongest players on the From Page B1 team,” Elliott said. “Just because he’s not generating “I was evaluating our defen- strong play over there at sive line when I was the line this point doesn’t mean we coach, our linebackers, our can’t utilize him on the ofsecondary -- ‘He’d be a great fensive side. I think that’s fullback’ or ‘He’d be a great what you got to do. Put tight end’ ... ‘This guy might them into the best position be better suited at this posi- to go out there and be suction.’ ” cessful. Maybe it’ll be Elliott pointed out in the someone different this spring that USC brought week. Hope so.” 6-6, 225-pound defensive end Walton is prepared to Darius English over to help the Gamecocks in the the offense and experiment- passing attack and take ed with him at tight some of the pressure off end. tailback Brandon Wilds in
the running game. “On his high school highlight tape, he was running over people, knocking people’s helmets off and doing all kind of crazy stuff,” Gurley said of Walton. “He is a force to be reckoned with at running back, I think. “They give him the ball. He runs forward and they fall backwards.” After attempting to tackle Walton, Lammons agreed with Gurley’s assessment. “He lowers the boom,” Gurley said of Walton. “He’s the hardest hitter on defense, too.”
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-- Also on Tuesday, Clemson offensive guard Eric Mac Lain met and introduced Vice-President Joe Biden during Biden’s visit to campus. “It’s great to get all of this attention,” Mac Lain said, “but we have to fully understand that lose one game and it’s all gone. “With all the attention comes great responsibility. So that’s kind of the mindset we’ve been having. We truly are in a one-game playoff the rest of the way.” That may indeed be the case, but there’s no denying that the Tigers are the talk of the town – and college football followers, fans and news and media outlets across the nation. As the face of the team, Watson will become the first Clemson player to adorn the cover of Sports Illustrated since 1982, when the Tigers’ Perry Tuttle was featured after Clemson won its first and only national championship. “It won’t be a distraction for me,” Watson said. “I’m
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ACC’s bowl slots — the Russell Athletic Bowl has first choice — if it doesn’t make the semifinals or one of the major New Year’s Six bowls. After the playoffs and those major bowls choose which team they want, the next pick goes to the Russell Athletic. After that comes a group of four bowls that decide their ACC teams together: the Belk, Sun, Pinstripe and either the Taxslayer or Music City bowls. This year, if the Taxslayer doesn’t want an ACC team, the Music City gets one. Strickland said those bowls decide among themselves which schools they will take, making “a collective decision” that gives them some flexibility to arrange more
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A bad snap in the end zone accounted for a Pinewood safety and two WH defenders ran into each other on a long pass play that set up the Panthers’ other score. Aside from that, the Barons were mainly in control. “They’re probably one of, if not the, most physical teams we’ve played all year,” Watford said. “And that’s kind of how we like to play. We like to attack and be physical.” The WH defense has certainly used that as its calling card since the first encounter with the Panthers. Including the first matchup, Wilson Hall has allowed just 23 points in its last four games and posted back-toback shutouts in its last two. “It really was just a matter of learning to trust each other out there,” Watford said. “Once you know your teammate has your back, it frees you up and allows you to go all out because you know one of them will be there to back you up.” Watford leads the Barons with 72 tackles, but the unit posts at least five players with 45 or more tackles altogether. They will have their hands full against the Panthers, however. Leslie Redden has been the driving force at running back and DeAngelo Knight is the go-to big-play receiver – one of two key playmakers Pinewood has in the passing game,
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attractive matchups. The ACC’s next tier of bowls — the Military, Indepedence and Quick Lane bowls — make the same kind of group decision when picking from the remaining teams. The St. Petersburg Bowl is the first backup if it has an opening and the ACC has more bowl-eligible teams. Confused? That’s understandable, it’s a lot to sort out — maybe even too much for everyone in the middle of it all. “We’ve all thought about it,” North Carolina lineman Landon Turner said. “But the emphasis is certainly on who we’re playing next. Because there’s not really a lot of time in the week to look ahead for any of us as players.”
Jarecki said. Jack Dimuzio and Sammy Casey have split time at quarterback in recent weeks after Dimuzio went down with an injury and Casey played well in his absence. The Barons are preparing for both, but regardless of who is under center the big key will be stopping the run, Jarecki added. Another key to the Barons’ first victory was turnovers. WH scored on a fumble and interception return and also used another pick to set up a field goal. “I think it was really more of a case of us creating those kinds of turnovers as opposed to them making mistakes,” the WH coach said. “We stripped the ball once and picked off a couple passes. That’s part of the aggressive style of defense that we like to play. “But we can’t count on those again. We have to make our own fate and we have to make the plays.” The WH offense has made plenty of plays all season, outscoring opponents 309-104, scoring 24 points or more in all but two games. Robert James and Watford have provided a potent 1-2 punch. James has rushed for 1,091 yards and 17 scores and Watford isn’t far behind at 942 yards and seven TDs. James also leads the team in receiving yards with 246 and three scores. Quarterback McLendon Sears has thrown for 676 yards and five scores. The Panthers have outscored their opposition 299-95.
sides of the ball. Our front seven on defense is going to have to play well and our ofFrom Page B1 fensive line is going to have to be strong. Farmer thinks the Eagles “We’ve got to go down there have a chance to come away and play four quarters or footwith a victory on Friday. ball,” he added. “That’s some“I feel like we have a chance thing that we’ve struggled with to go down there and come this year. We play a couple of away with a win,” Farmer said. good quarters, but have had a “It’s going to come down to the hard time putting a feel game line of scrimmage on both together.”
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Former Braves pitcher Hanson dead at age 29 By CHARLES ODUM and JEFF MARTIN The Associated Press ATLANTA — An overdose is possible in the death of former Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tommy Hanson, but the cause of his death has yet to be determined, authorities said. Hanson wasn’t breathing when emergency crews tried to help him Sunday at a friend’s home near Atlanta, Coweta County sheriff’s officials wrote in their initial report. They typed “overdose” in a small section titled “crime incident.” Sheriff’s officials said in a statement Wednesday that an officer was part of a conversation with hospital emergency room workers, but it doesn’t describe the conversation, nor does it indicate what Hanson
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Former Atlanta pitcher Tommy Hanson died on Monday in Atlanta. No official cause of death has been determined. might have overdosed on. Hanson, 29, died Monday night at an Atlanta hospital. “At this time there is no indication or suspicion of foul play,” sheriff’s officials said.
Hanson was regarded as Atlanta’s top pitching prospect in 2011. He pitched for the Braves from 2009 to 2012 and the Angels in 2013. The Tulsa, Oklahoma, native signed minor league contracts with the White Sox in 2014 and Giants in 2015. On Sunday, fire and EMS crews and sheriff’s deputies were called to the home southwest of Atlanta in Newnan, where Hanson was visiting a friend, authorities said. Two people — a 40-yearold man and a 36-year-old woman — were involved at the home, the report states. Neither they nor anyone else has been charged with any crimes, and sheriff’s officials say they are cooperating with the investigation.
Cardinals Hall of Famer Brock recovering after leg amputation By R.B. FALLSTROM The Associated Press
five years or so. Zitzmann said Brock “watched his diet meticulously.” ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Brock stole a National Cardinals Hall of Famer League-record 938 bases, inLou Brock, a former base cluding 118 in 1974, and was stealing champion, has had known as the Base Burglar. He his left leg amputated below also had 3,023 hits, becoming a the knee due to an infection star after a celebrated trade related to diabetes. from the Cubs in 1964 for The Cardinals and a long- pitcher Ernie Broglio. Brock time friend, Dick Zitzmann, batted .391 with four home confirmed Wednesday that runs and 10 steals in 21 World the 76-year-old Brock had Series games. had surgery last month. Zitzmann arranges appearBrock is undergoing theraances for Brock and other Carpy at an area hospital and dinals Hall of Famers. He said will be fitted for a prosthet- Brock complained of leg pain ic leg. on the return flight from a Brock was diagnosed with show in Washington, D.C., Type 2 diabetes about 15 about a month before the operyears ago and had the proation. cedure done Oct. 27, “The infection got real bad, Zitzmann said. real quick,” Zitzmann said. “It “He’s got a long road just happened so fast.” ahead, but he’s a tough Visits from former Cardinals guy,” Zitzmann said. “He’s teammates, including fellow got a great attitude.” Hall of Famers Red SchoendiBrock has been a national enst, Bob Gibson and Whitey spokesman for a diabetes Herzog, have helped keep drug manufacturer the last Brock’s spirits high.
OBITUARIES BESSIE OYER Bessie “Betsy” Olivia Hodge Oyer, devoted wife and loving mother, passed away on Nov. 5, 2015. Born on July 19, 1929, in CoOYER lumbia, to Bowdin Irl Hodge and Bessie Lyles Hodge, she was the youngest of nine children. She graduated from Columbia High, Columbia, and attended Erskine College in Due West. Mrs Oyer was the beloved wife of 58 wonderful years to the late retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Donald Lohman Oyer. Services will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Aldersgate Methodist Church, 211 Alice Drive, Sumter. Interment will immediately follow in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery, 802 N. Guignard Drive, Sumter. You may go to www.bullockfuneralhome.com and sign the family’s guest book. The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.
BENJAMIN GIPSON NEWARK, New Jersey — Benjamin Gipson, 70, died on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015, at Columbus LTAC Hospital, Newark. He was born on May 13, 1945, in Summerton, a son of the late GIPSON Letha Gipson. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday at Spring Hill AME Church, Summerton, with the Rev. Emma J. Mellerson, pastor. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Samuels Funeral Home, 114 N. Church St., Manning. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.
JOSEPH BURNO PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — Deacon Joseph “Joe” Burno died on Nov. 4, 2015. He was a son of the late Jake and Janie Lemon Burno. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. today at Morning Star Holiness Church, Philadelphia. Courtesy of Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.
VIRGINIA MACKWASHINGTON Virginia Mack-Washington, 73, was summoned by God from labor on earth to live with him in heaven on Friday, Nov. 6, 2015, at her home. Born on June 13, 1942, in
Sumter County, to the late George and Thelma Mack Reid and the biological daughter of the late Charlie Green. She was educated in the public schools of Sumter County. She was baptized at Grant Hill Missionary Baptist Church and once served as church Sunday school secretary. She was married to the late Jesse Washington and to this union God blessed them with four children, Jesse Mae Mack of the home, James Washington (Yvette) of New York and the late Patricia Washington and Lashonda Washington. Fond memories of her life will continue to live in the lives of her siblings: Martha Butler, Jasper (Etell) Mack, Mary (Hayward) Jacobs, Marie Davis of Sumter and Robert Jenkins of New York; seven grandchildren; 11 greatgrandchildren; two aunts, Azalie (James) Williams of East Orange, New Jersey; two uncles, Clifton Mack of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Moise Green of Sumter; one sister-in-law, Ella Grant of Dalzell; several nieces and nephews; and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday in the John Wesley Williams Sr. Memorial Chapel, Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter, with the Rev. Irene Anthony officiating, eulogist. The family is receiving friends at the home, 4490 Cotton Acres Road, Sumter. The procession will leave at 12:20 p.m. from the home. Floral bearers and pallbearers will be family and friends. Burial will be in Mt. Carmel Cemetery. Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@sc.rr. com. Visit us on the web at www. williamsfuneralhomeinc.com. Services directed by the staff and management of Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter.
GEORGE LEON MAPLE George Leon Maple, 80, departed this earthly life on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born on Dec. 10, 1934, in Sumter, he was the oldest of seven children of the late George Edward and Elizabeth Bradford Maple. He was educated in the public schools of Sumter County and graduated from Lincoln High School in May 1953 with a scholarship to attend Benedict College or Morris College. He chose to enlist in the United States Army, serving his country from September 1953 until 1956. After returning home in 1957, he relocated from Sumter to New York City, New York, where he worked and retired from the Veterans Medical Hospital in 2003. George lived an enjoyable and long life. He leaves to mourn his
death: one brother, Charles Maple of New York City; one sister, Rachael M. Joe of Sumter; five nieces; two nephews; a close friend, Carrie Bell Ballard, and daughter, Betty Jean Broadua; other relatives and many friends. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday at Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church, 805 S. Harvin St., Sumter, with the Rev. Marion H. Newton Sr., pastor, eulogist. The family is receiving friends at the home of his sister, 531 W. Oakland Ave., Sumter. The remains will be placed in the church at 10 a.m. The procession will leave at 10:30 a.m. from the home. Floral bearers and pallbearers will be family and friends. Burial will be in Fort Jackson National Cemetery, Columbia. Services directed by the management and staff of Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter. Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@sc.rr. com. Visit us on the web at www. williamsfuneralhomeinc.com.
LEON BENBOW SUMMERTON — Leon Benbow, 71, husband of Daisy Benbow, died on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, at his residence in Summerton. He was born on Sunday, Aug. 13, 1944, in Clarendon County, to the late Leroy and Reatus Carter Benbow. The family is receiving friends at the home, 1173 Wilson Ave., Summerton. Funeral services are incomplete and will be announced by King-Fields Mortuary of Summerton.
ELWYN C. GRISWOLD Elwyn Cleo Griswold, 63, husband of Debra Oliver Griswold, died on Monday, Nov. 9, 2015, at the Medical University of South Carolina hospital in Charleston. Born in Phenix City, Alabama, he was a son of Cornelia Murphy Griswold and the late William Elwyn Griswold. Mr. Griswold was a member of Pinewood Baptist Church. He was a retired U.S. Air Force senior master sergeant and was a veteran of Desert Storm. Surviving are his wife of Sumter; his mother of Columbus, Georgia; a son, Jason Griswold and wife, Kayla, of Sumter; a daughter, Jamie Brown of Sumter; six grandchildren, Austin Griswold, Brittany Griswold, Jonathan Griswold, Landon Griswold, Matthew Brown and Will Brown; his mother-in-law, Jean Oliver of Sumter; a brother, Deon Griswold and wife, Mary, of Sumter; and a sister, Judy Griswold Rachalla of LaGrange, Georgia. He was preceded in death by his father-in-law, Ed Oliver.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday at Pinewood Baptist Church with the Rev. Kirk Carlisle and the Rev. Bennie Barwick officiating. Burial with full military honors will be held at Sumter Cemetery. The family will receive friends 5 to 7 p.m. today at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and other times at the home. Memorials may be made to Pinewood Baptist Church, P.O. Box 176, Pinewood, SC 29125. 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) 7759386.
DAVID E. DUBOSE David Earle DuBose, 64, died on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born in Sumter, he was a son of Edward Macdonald DuBose and Elizabeth Jane Millsap DuBose. Mr. DuBose was a member of Hebron Presbyterian Church and retired from McCrory Construction Co. He enjoyed cooking and feeding his family. Surviving are his parents of Sumter; one son, David C. DuBose (Pamela) of Rembert; one daughter, Lauren Neese (Wesley) of Mount Pleasant; one brother, Dr. E.M. “Don” DuBose (Kathi) of Mayesville; one sister, Mary Beth Amaker (Daniel “Chip”) of Columbia; two grandchildren, Cody Smith and Mac Neese; and numerous nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday at Sumter Cemetery with the Rev. Bob Chastain officiating. Honorary pallbearers will be Richard Amaker, Rhodes Amaker, Belton Amaker, Dr. Mayes DuBose, James Jennings and Sammy Burrows. The family will receive friends following the graveside service. Memorials may be made to the SPCA, 1140 S. Guignard Drive, Sumter, SC 29150 or to the FFA (Future Farmers of America). 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) 7759386.
PHILLIP NIXON Phillip Nixon, 76, husband of Para Lee Nixon, died on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, at Providence Hospital in Columbia. Born in Sumter County, he was a son of the late Joseph and Sammie Wells Nixon. The family will receive friends at the home, 3260 Merlene Nixon Road, Rembert, SC 29128. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Palmer Memorial Chapel Inc.
ROSLYN D. MILLER Roslyn Diane Miller, of Manning, entered eternal rest on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, at her home. She was born on Sept. 14, 1955, a daughter of the late Roosevelt and Ruth Ann Collins Bosier. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 2048 Lucian Brailsford Road, Manning. Funeral plans will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.
SARAH L. POPE Sarah Louise Pope, 51, wife of Edward Louis Pope Jr., died on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born on Feb. 2, 1964, in Clarendon County, she was a daughter of Gail Titus Lemmon Welch and the late Harold C. Welch. She was a member of Jefferson Road Freewill Baptist Church and was employed by Sumter School District for 17 years. Survivors include her husband and mother, both of Dalzell; two daughters, Candace Brooke Evans (Michael) of Sumter and Savannah Katherine Reece (Matthew) of Wedgefield; two grandchildren, Camrynn Brooke Pope and Emmitt Edward Evans; two brothers, John L. Welch of Sumter and Mike A. Welch (Lorrie) of Dallas, Texas; and a sister, Brenda Welch Wroe (Steve) of Dalzell. She was preceded in death by a brother, David H. Welch. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday in the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Gene Gilbert and the Rev. Phil Ange officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home of her mother, 2080 Peach Orchard Road. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 950 48th Ave. North, Suite 101, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.
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Max (Kat Dennings), left, and Caroline (Beth Behrs) team up with the diner staff in a desperate attempt to keep the cupcake window and diner open when the city targets the building for destruction in the season five premiere of “2 Broke Girls” airing at 9:30 p.m. today on CBS.
TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • A magician tries a deathdefying act and fails on “Bones” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-14). • A long-term-care patient proves taxing on “Grey’s Anatomy” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-14). • An assignment reopens a wound for Samar on “The Blacklist” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14). • Pandora meets her match on “Sleepy Hollow” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14). • A White House guest has shocking secrets on “Scandal” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-14). • Holmes’ has his doubts about his father’s kind gestures on “Elementary” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14). • Alex must end a gang war on “The Player” (10 p.m., NBC). • Sinclair may have discovered Annalise’s Achilles heel on “How to Get Away With Murder” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-14).
CULT CHOICE Some films can take on a life of their own. The 1964 Soviet-
Cuban propaganda film “I Am Cuba” (9:15 p.m., TCM) was disliked in both countries and soon forgotten. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, it was rediscovered and shown at festivals and championed by filmmakers, including Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola, for its cinematography and artistry. As Roger Ebert observed in his 1995 review, the film begins with an extensive tracking shot, a remarkable feat considering the fact that lightweight cameras and the Steadicam had not yet been invented.
SERIES NOTES A mystery date on “The Big Bang Theory” (8 p.m., CBS, TVPG) * Never on a Sundae on “Heroes Reborn” (8 p.m., NBC, TV-14) * Lily throws a dinner party on “The Vampire Diaries” (8 p.m., CW, TV-14) * Greg and Jen are choosy about nannies on “Life in Pieces” (8:30 p.m., CBS, TV-14) * All out for Re-
bekah on “The Originals” (9 p.m., CW, TV-14) * Christie and Bonnie try to mentor a teen on “Mom” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14).
LATE NIGHT Christine and the Queens are booked on “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah” (11 p.m., Comedy Central) * Daniel Radcliffe, Betsy Brandt and Saint Motel appear on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS) * Jennifer Connelly, Judd Apatow and the Internet are booked on “The Late Show With Stephen Col-
bert” (11:35 p.m., CBS) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes Elizabeth Banks, Jon Glaser and Tim McGraw on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Julia Roberts and Future appear on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (11:35 p.m., ABC) * Cristin Milioti, Neil Cavuto and Jeremy Gara visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Melissa Benoist, Olivia Wilde and Saoirse Ronan appear on “The Late Late Show With James Corden” (12:35 a.m., CBS). Copyright 2015, United Feature Syndicate
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Unhelpful siblings killing Florida Thanksgiving DEAR ABBY — I have been cooking Thanksgiving dinner for our family since I was in my mid-20s, with Dear Abby little or no assistance ABIGAIL from my sisVAN BUREN ters or sisters-in-law. They typically show up empty-handed but leave with a generous amount of leftovers. Before my mother passed away 12 years ago, she would at least help. Since my children and their families live out of state and are unable to come this year, I told one of my sisters-in-law I wouldn’t be hosting Thanksgiving this year. Abby, she had a complete hissy fit! She
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109 Mood Ave. Saturday 8-12 Inside/Outside Sale.
LARGE GARAGE SALE Every Weekend Tables $2 & $3 FLEA MARKET BY SHAW AFB
Open every weekend. Call 803-494-5500 365 Browntown Rd Friday Nov 13 8am-? tools, furniture & collectibles
35 Gaddy St. Fri & Sat. 8-until Antiques, furn., clothes, hunting & fishing items, too much to list. 678 Mattison Ave. Sat 7-12. Classroom materials, clothing, toys, furniture, hsehld items & more.
Broad Street Thrift Mart. Clearance Sale! Nov. 5 - Nov.14th, 9-5. All clothing & shoes 50% off. 430 Broad Street 1098 Winding Pond Rd., Manning. Sat. 8-4 Large Sale 2001 Mustang, Pontoon boat, 1300 Honda Motorcycle, Exercise Equip., Salon Equip., Appls., Furn.., tools, TVs, Music Equip., Antiques, clothes, Electronics, dishes, Misc., several New Items. Shop for Christmas. Sumter FWB Church 973 Blvd. Rd Nov 12, 13, 8-5pm 14th 8-2. Church Fund Raiser. Lots of Everything!
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FOR SALE. MH, 3BR, 2BA, porch & equip for handicap w/ 1 acre land. $106,000 OBO Call 843-729-6076 For Sale: Shark Swivel 180, sonic duo scrubbing air glide plus accessories & Shark Navigator lift away $225. Bissel Vacuum $25. Lg leather couch $75 Call 316-0319 Expert Tech, New & used heat pumps & A/C. Will install/repair, warranty; Compressor & labor $600. Call 803-968-9549 or 843-992-2364 7ft Artificial very full Christmas tree w/ stand $50.00. Pet step for a SUV, Boat or hm $75.00 CASH ONLY! 803-565-8417 2 XL Twin beds hooked together to make a King, Sealy Memory Foam Mattress, Like New. $2,000 Ea.Call 803-469-3730. Serious Inq Only Martin's Used Appliance Washers, Dryers, Refrig., Stoves. Guarantee 464-5439 or 469-7311. Also will pick up storm damaged appliances for free.
EMPLOYMENT Help Wanted Full-Time
Septic Tank Cleaning
Septic Tank Cleaning Call the pros for all of your septic pumping needs. 803-316-0429 Proline Utilities, LLC
Tree Service Ricky's Tree Service Tree removal, stump grinding, Lic & ins, free quote, 803-435-2223 or cell 803-460-8747.
NEWMAN'S TREE SERVICE Tree removal, trimming & stump grinding. Lic/Ins 803-316-0128 A Notch Above Tree Care Full quality service low rates, lic./ins., free est BBB accredited 983-9721
STATE TREE SERVICE Worker's Comp & General liability insurance. Top quality service, lowest prices. 803-494-5175 or 803-491-5154 www.statetree.net
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595 Ashton Mill Drive Office Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9-5 Mobile Home Rentals 2, 3 & 4 Bedroom for rent, Cherryvale & Dogwood Area $250 & up. (803) 651-9926
Rent to own 2BR/1BA all appl. incl. C/H/A, water & sewer incl. $385/mo. + $400 Dep.Call 803-464-5757
REAL ESTATE
Nice 5BR, 2BA DW MH. Shingle roof, 2 nice porches, lg lot great neighborhood. Cash only $54,900 OBO. Call 803-972-0900
RENTALS Rooms for Rent Summerton: Rooms for rent on monthly basis. Call 803-410-1351.
Unfurnished Apartments Quiet cul-de-sac, 905 Arnaud St 2BR/2BA All appl's, screened porch, lawn maintenance included. No pets, No Smoking, Single family dwelling, $900/mo. 803 464-8354
Unfurnished Homes 3BR 1BA Home all appl's, C/H/A, carport, $595 month + deposit Call 803-469-8872 leave a massage. Newly renovated 3 br 1 ba, lg backyard, carport. $600 mo & 3br 1ba hm, C/H/A $650 mo. Call 803-394-2112 or 803-563-7202.
Legal Notice PUBLIC AUCTION SUMTER EAST SELF STORAGE 800 MYRTLE BEACH HWY. AUCTION November 21, 2015 10:00 A.M. UNITS FOR AUCTION A-12 - Elexus Galloway A-31 - Joseph Samuel A-55 - Adrienne Richardson A-60 - Lindsey Williams B-8 - Joye T. Tisdale B-37 - Chrishonda Samuel C-2 - George Lawson C-26 - Anthony Talbott E-26 - Annette Robinson F-5 - Alexander Holmes F-18 - Betty Williams F-36 - George Robinson
A good investment or starter . 2BR 1BA master/ walk in closet. $60,000 OBO Call 912-980-4386
Manufactured Housing TIRED OF RENTING? We help customers with past credit problems and low credit scores achieve their dreams of home ownership? We have 2,3, & 4 bedroom homes. Call 843-389-4215 AND also visit our Face Book Page (M&M Mobile Homes)
Land & Lots for Sale
Near Shaw Small 2BR 1BA Part. furn. w/lrg porch $325/mo 840-3371 or 494-3573
For Sale- Lake Side Restaurant, Bar, Convenience Store, gas pumps & docks. Property is leased. Lake Marion. All equipment & furniture are included. Call 904-554-7663
2 & 3 BRs 803-494-4015
LEGAL NOTICES
Autos For Sale
Commercial Industrial
Salesman for busy car lot. Sales experience required. Salary negotiable. Apply in person at 1282 N Lafayette Dr, Sumter. No phone calls, please.
Reconditioned batteries $45. New batteries, $56 - $98. Auto Electric Co., 102 Blvd. Rd. Sumter, 803-773-4381
2, 3 &4 Bedroom MH. Scenic Lake MHP, in Sumter/Dalzell area. 499-1500 or 469-6978
STATEBURG COURTYARD
needed for automotive dealership.
All Types of Roofing & Repairs All work guaranteed. 30 yrs exp. SC lic. Virgil Bickley 803-316-4734.
1 MONTH FREE
Homes for Sale Need P/T CDL driver. Apply at L.A. Smith Co., 3501 Broad St. Ext. Sumter. 9 - 5 Monday - Friday.
Miscellaneous
THIRTEEN (13) MONTH LEASE REQUIRED
Shirt presser & counter help needed. Apply in person Polar Bear Cleaners 1087 B Alice Dr
Attorney Timothy L. Griffith 803-607-9087, 360 W. Wesmark. Criminal, Family, Accident, Injury
Robert's Metal Roofing 35 Years Experience. 45 year warranty. Financing available. Expert installation. Long list of satisfied customers. Call 803-837-1549.
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Mobile Home Rentals
Legal Service
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HUNTINGTON PLACE APARTMENTS
Trucking Opportunities Local / Regional Drivers Immediate openings for experienced Van, Tanker & Rolloff drivers. Class A CDL with Hazmat & Tank endorsements required with 2 years verifiable experience. Mileage starts as high as .41 per mile & top rate .45 per mile along with stop pay, hourly pay & bonus and assigned equipment. Medical, Dental, Prescription & Life Insurance plans along with 401K & profit sharing. Paid Holidays, Earned PTO time & .03 per mile yearly Safety/Performance Bonus plan. Applicants can apply in person at FCI 132 Myrtle Beach Hwy Sumter, SC 29153 or call 1-888-249-2651 ext-24
TRANSPORTATION
Carpenter with experience in remodeling. Good pay. Call 803-847-7346
P/T RECEPTIONIST CLERK
H.L. Boone, Contractor: Remodel paint roofs gutters drywall blown ceilings ect. 773-9904
FT Medical Billing/Coding Assistant Exp Req Min. of 1-3 yrs. Knowledge of claim research Exc. Communication skills. Send resume to bdabbs@earlyautismproject.com
Unfurnished Homes
Acre, septic, cleared, water, electric. $8,000 dn payment 12 payments of $500. 713-870-0216.
BLACK FRIDAY SALE ALL MONTH LONG! 0% for 72 months on Chevy Crew/Double Cab Trucks + Bonus Tag $$$ on Select Models!!!
• M-F 1pm-7pm & every other Saturday 9am-4pm • Must have at least 1-2 years exp. in offi office ce setting. Some accounting exp. preferred.
Send resume to: P-428 c/o The Item, PO Box 1677 Sumter, SC 29151
TITLE/ACCOUNTING CLERK needed for automotive dealership. • M-F 8am-5pm • Must have at least 1-2 years exp. processing paper work for tags/registrations. • Some accounting exp. preferred.
Send resume to: P-427 c/o The Item, PO Box 1677 Sumter, SC 29151
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