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Sumter man gets life in 2014 killing at club 32-year-old convicted of multiple charges, not eligible for parole FROM STAFF REPORTS Rodney Rodriuguz Green, the suspect in the shooting death of 33-yearold Tyrus Archie outside Club Miami

in 2014, was sentenced to life without parole on Friday evening at Sumter County Judicial Center.

The 32-year-old Green, who during the trial was also found guilty of

shooting 26-year-old Rayquann Jenkins outside the same nightclub, was convicted by a jury on charges of murder, attempted murder, possession of a stolen firearm GREEN and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.

On March 16, 2014, deputies with Sumter County Sheriff’s Office re-

sponded to reports of gunfire outside the former Broad Street Extension nightclub shortly before 3 a.m.

Upon arrival, officers found one man lying in the parking lot with a gunshot wound to the chest and another man shot in the leg. After a brief search of the area, Green was located in a nearby field running from

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At least 100 die in Paris attacks

Sip and Stroll offers a night on the town

French president declares state of emergency

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PARIS (AP) — At least 100 people died in a popular Paris concert hall where attackers seized hostages Friday, an official said, one of at least six terror attacks that unfolded across the city in the deadliest violence Paris has seen since World War II. French President Francois Hollande declared a state of emergency and announced that he was closing the country’s borders.

The violence spread fear through the city and exceeded the horrors of the Charlie Hebdo carnage just 10 months ago.

Paris police officials said security officials had launched an assault on the concert hall, killing at least two attackers.

One described “carnage” inside the building, saying the attackers tossed explosives at the hostages.

In addition to the deaths at the concert hall, a police official said 11 people were killed in a Paris restaurant in the 10th arrondissement and other officials said at least three people died when bombs went off outside a stadium.

All of the officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to be publicly named in the quickly moving investigation.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks, and no clear picture of how many attackers were involved and if any were on the run.

Jihadists on Twitter immediately praised the attack and

South Carolina Agriculture Commissioner Hugh Weathers speaks SEE FARMERS, PAGE A3 to farmers at a Clemson University sponsored meeting Thursday.

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Sumter residents line up to sample wine and eat during the 9th annual Sip and Stroll on Friday night. The event is a fundraiser for Sumter Senior Services.

Farmers ‘treading water’ financially

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com South Carolina farmers face a precarious situation after a year of being battered by drought and floods, and a meeting hosted by Clemson University at Manning’s Weldon Auditorium probably did little to ease their concerns about recovering in 2016.

Most of the approximately 400 at the event were probably already familiar with the fact that crop insurance payments will fall far short of covering their losses, and that emer-

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gency loans from the Farm Service Agency were available but not a very palatable option.

Horry County Clemson Extension Agent Blake told the attendees that everyone was looking for answers, but there is no playbook to follow.

“Hopefully we can think of some creative ways out of this situation,” he said.

Clemson business consultant Scott Mickey walked attendees through a scenario

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Police provide crime prevention tips

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Police search for suspect in attempted robbery Sumter Police Department is searching for a man thought to have been involved in an attempted armed robbery Thursday night at a South Lafayette Drive business.

Police have BENJAMIN identified Herbert Tyrone Benjamin, 18, of 1016 Rye St., as a suspect, according to a news release.

Reports indicate a man carrying a gun entered the Snakn-Wrap, 516 S. Lafayette Drive, at about 10 p.m. and demanded money.

After his request was denied, and he was asked to leave, the suspect fired once into the ceiling before fleeing on foot.

Benjamin has a scar under his left eye, stands about 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighs about 170 to 180 pounds.

Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to call Sumter Police Department at (803) 436-2700.

Tips can also be given anonymously to CrimeStoppers at (803) 436-2718 or 1-888-CRIME-SC.

FROM STAFF REPORTS Sumter Police Department is working to address a recent spike of car breakins throughout the city during the last two months, according to a news release.

Prevention, however, is the best remedy for a problem that has plagued the city for the past two years, with an overwhelming majority of reported break-ins linked to unlocked vehicles.

“These are crimes of opportunity that tend to escalate during the holiday season,” Chief Russell F. Roark III said in the release. “By taking a few extra minutes to remove your valuables from sight and locking your vehicle, many of these incidents can be prevented.”

The release states that targeted items include electronic devices, wallets, purses and handguns.

According to the release, law enforcement arrested a man in connection to two vehicle break-ins in the Hunters Crossing subdivision earlier this week.

Dale Edward Felix, 44, of 112-A Somerset Drive, is charged with two counts of breaking and entering an automobile, resisting arrest and assault on a police K-9.

He remains in Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center pending $25,000 surety bond.

The suspect was apprehended after a homeowner on Magnum Drive reported finding a dome light on inside his vehicle and later

saw a man running away at about 8:40 p.m. Monday.

Felix, who matched the description given to police, was located a short time later on Ruger Drive, became combative and kicked an officer and a K-9 during the arrest.

Before leaving the scene of the arrest, officers were called to another home on Magnum Drive where a second vehicle break-in was reported.

No items were stolen in either break-in.

The police department asks residents to keep in mind that no one person or area is immune to this type of crime. Residents should make it a personal rule to keep their vehicles locked whether at home or away,

even for a short period of time.

Also, park near lights where your vehicle can be clearly seen by others.

Valuables and any other items that could catch the attention of a potential thief should be placed out of sight or taken inside the house.

Holiday shoppers are advised to place packages in the trunk of their vehicle and make frequent trips home to remove items.

Pay attention to your surroundings and report any activity that is out of the ordinary, police advised.

For more crime prevention tips or to report a crime or unusual activity, contact Sumter Police Department at (803) 436-2700.

In an emergency, dial 911.

A very cool experiment

Registration begins Monday for Toys for Tots Registration for Toys For Tots for Sumter, Lee and Clarendon counties will begin Monday at the corner of Wise and Bultman drives in Sumter. Parents or guardians in need of assistance who’d like to receive toys for their children must apply in person at this location; applications cannot be mailed in, taken by phone or submitted online. The cut-off date for registration is Dec. 15 The Toys for Tots office will be open from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturdays.

In order to complete the registration, applicants must bring a photo ID for the parent or guardian, a Social Security card for each child or a print out from the Social Security Administration and proof of income, including, but not limited to, salary, Social Security, disability, unemployment and SNAP. Toys for Tots is also looking for volunteers to help with its campaign. For information email toys4tots@ sentrprize.biz or call (803) 774-4747.

CORRECTIONS If you see a statement in error, contact the City Desk at 774-1226 or pressrelease@theitem.com.

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Second-graders Matthew Reagan and Elijah Freeman experiment with dry ice in Sherri Baker’s science class at Thomas Sumter Academy in Dalzell recently.

Giveaway tradition continues in Bishopville

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com The Good Samaritans for All People Inc. will have its Thanksgiving Giveaway at 8 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 25, at the Old Bishopville High School football field on U.S. 15. The Rev. Eddie Thomas Jr., president of the organization, said the events are planned to help poor people and especially singleparent families.

“This is going to be our 21st year of having giveaways and helping people,” he said.

He said the Thanksgiving Giveaway

will be mostly food and clothing items.

The efforts spearheaded by Thomas suffered a setback during the 1,000year flood in early October, but Thomas is determined to continue the tradition.

“We lost two truckloads of stuff with water damage because we have a ditch behind us and it rose knee deep in there (the warehouse); and we lost a lot of stuff we were collecting for Christmas,” he said.

Anyone wanting to help out with a monetary donation or wanting to purchase toys, clothing or other items are encouraged to donate them, he said.

“We will be happy to have them give it to us for our Christmas giveaway,” he said.

Thomas said they received truckloads of water and supplies from Rock Hill, Irmo and Columbia after the flood.

“We had some help from Sumter as well,” he said.

“The clothes are used,” Thomas said. “but when you don’t have anything, it’s still a big help.”

He said the Christmas event is planned for Dec. 19.

For more information or to make a donation, call Thomas at (803) 428-4448 or (803) 459-4989.

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FARMERS FROM PAGE A1 based on the average South Carolina farm of about 2,100 acres.

“Think back to what you were expecting at the beginning of the year,” he said.

The average farm was expected to gross more than $1 million, but after operational expenses, interest, debt service, taxes and draws, the equity growth for the farm would have been slightly more than $4,000.

“A break-even year,” he said.

That didn’t happen, Mickey said.

After the drought, floods and continued rain, the average farmer would more likely have had a 21 percent crop loss even after receiving crop insurance payments, he said, and an equity decline of more than $200,000 — a 6 percent drop in one year.

Mickey said the average FSA Emergency Loan is $200,000 with a maximum of $500,000. Farmers who receive the loans must have a 30 percent loss in at least one “single enterprise,” have 100 to 150 percent collateral, (including any personal property valued at $5,000 or more) and have the

cash flow to pay it back.

“It’s a tough loan,” he said.

Mickey said the cash flow would be a big problem for many farmers because commodity prices are predicted to remain low through 2016.

Based on the average farmer scenario, he said the average farm could probably qualify for a loan if it could shave 10 percent off of its costs during 2016. With the loan, he said, the owner could retain 47 percent of the equity in the farm, instead of 45 percent without the loan.

Amy Turner, an agent for FSA, said farmers can sign up through Dec. 14, for the Emergency Conservation Program, which is designed to reimburse farmers for 75 percent of their costs for such things as debris removal, repairing damage to farmland, ruts and damage to fencing.

Unfortunately, the program is not funded, she said.

“There is currently $8 million in the program, and $75 million in funding requests for forest fires, floods and other disasters,” she said.

South Carolina Department of Agriculture Commissioner Hugh Weathers said he cancelled other appoint-

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ments to be at the meeting in Manning.

“Clarendon County is my second home,” he said.

He said he understands why farmers are reluctant to take on more debt.

“The emergency loans are a timely option nobody likes,” he said.

He strongly urged farmers to fill out the damage assessment forms circulated by Clemson Extension.

Any additional help from the state or federal governments would have to based on verifiable numbers, he said.

“We have to be able to point at these assessments,” he said.

He told the farmers to take advantage of whatever resources are available and to keep asking questions of anybody who could bring aid.

“Take an honest look at what you have in front of you,” he said.

Jeremy Cannon, owner of Cannon Agricultural Products, said people in Congress and the Statehouse need to understand what farmers are going through.

“They can see our problems but not feel our problems,” he said.

He told the group it doesn’t look like aid for South Carolina farmers will be

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included in Congress’ Omnibus Spending Bill on Dec. 11, as the deadline for submitting requests has passed.

“We might get it in a supplemental appropriation,” he said, “maybe in the first quarter of next year.”

He said farmers were being hurt further by the federal Risk Management Agency’s policy of not releasing insurance money for crop losses until the crops are destroyed or harvested, though many farmers still cannot get in their fields and crop remnants are not feasible to harvest.

“We are treading water, waiting on a lifeline,” he said.

Kevin Schwedo, director of the state’s new Disaster Recovery Agency, said he was told to focus on unidentified needs.

He said he was shocked to learn from Cannon that many farmers could not get their insurance money yet.

“I don’t understand that,” he said.

He also urged farmers to turn in the damage assessment forms.

“We have to give our reps in Washington the info to fight like hell for us,” he said.

PARIS FROM PAGE A1 criticized France’s military operations against Islamic State extremists.

Hollande, who had to be evacuated from the stadium when the bombs went off outside, said in a televised address that the nation would stand firm and united.

“This is a terrible ordeal that again assails us,” he said. “We know where it comes from, who these criminals are, who these terrorists are.”

U.S. President Barack Obama, speaking to reporters in Washington, called the attacks on Paris “outrageous attempt to terrorize innocent civilians” and vowed to do whatever it takes to help bring the perpetrators to justice.

Earlier Friday, two explosions were heard outside the Stade de France stadium north of Paris during a France-Germany friendly football match.

A police union official said there were two suicide attacks and a bombing that killed at least three people.

The official, Gregory Goupil of the Alliance Police Nationale, whose region includes the area of the stadium, said explosions went off simultaneously near two entrances and a McDonalds.

An Associated Press reporter in the stadium Friday night heard two explosions loud enough to penetrate the sounds of cheering fans. Si-

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Rescue workers gather near victims in the 10th district of Paris on Friday.

At least 100 hostages were killed in a series of unprecedented attacks around Paris on Friday, French President Francois Hollande said, announcing that he was closing the country’s borders and declaring a state of emergency.

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rens were immediately heard, and a helicopter was circling overhead.

The attack comes as France has heightened security measures ahead of a major global climate conference that starts in two weeks, out of fear of violent protests and potential terrorist attacks.

Hollande canceled a planned trip to this weekend’s G-20 summit in Turkey, which was to focus in large part on growing fears of terrorism carried out by Islamic extremists.

Emilio Macchio, from Ravenna, Italy, was at the

Carillon restaurant that was targeted, having a beer on the sidewalk, when the shooting started.

He said he didn’t see any gunmen or victims, but hid behind a corner, then ran away.

“It sounded like fireworks,” he said.

France has been on edge since deadly attacks by Islamic extremists in January on satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and a kosher grocery that left 20 dead, including the three attackers. The Charlie Hebdo attackers claimed links to extremists in

Yemen, while the kosher market attacker claimed ties to the Islamic State group.

One of at least two restaurants targeted Friday, Le Carillon, is in the same general neighborhood as the Charlie Hebdo offices, as is the Bataclan, among the best-known venues in eastern Paris, near the trendy Oberkampf area known for a vibrant nightlife.

The California-based band Eagles of Death Metal was scheduled to play there Friday night.

The country has seen several smaller-scale attacks or attempts since, including an

incident on a high-speed train in August in which American travelers thwarted an attempted attack by a heavily armed man.

France’s military is bombing Islamic State targets in Syria and Iraq and fighting extremists in Africa, and extremist groups have frequently threatened France in the past.

French authorities are particularly concerned about the threat from hundreds of French Islamic radicals who have travelled to Syria and returned home with skills to stage violence.

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Brando’s innermost thoughts on ‘Listen to Me Marlon’

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH The 2015 documentary “Listen to Me Marlon” (9 p.m. Saturday, Showtime, TV-MA) offers an “intimate” portrait in every sense of the word.

The most acclaimed actor of his generation, Marlon Brando fiercely guarded his privacy. The star of classic films including “A Streetcar Named Desire,” “On the Waterfront,” “The Godfather” and “Apocalypse Now” went so far as to refuse an Oscar for “The Godfather” and send an unknown Native American woman to offer a speech in his place. He lived for years on an island near Tahiti, preferring splendid isolation to Hollywood celebrity.

Unbeknownst to the public, Brando accumulated a mass of confessional audiotapes.

Sitting alone with a recorder, he poured out his innermost thoughts about acting, his troubled upbringing, his artistic mother and bullying father, their alcoholism and his inner turmoil. He reflects on his sexual bravado of the 1950s, his film triumphs and film failures, as well as his thoughts on life, death, acting and more.

“Listen” marries these extraordinary recordings with a wealth of newsreel footage, TV interviews, news clips and scenes from Brando’s movies — good and bad. The result is as mesmerizing as it is illuminating.

It’s a little like meeting the most chronicled movie star for the very first time. Sometimes Brando sounds like he’s talking to a therapist. At other moments it’s like a conversation with a lover. And in some moments his voiceover recalls Col. Kurtz from “Apocalypse Now,” the haunted, hunted madman at the center of the film.

• Because the morbidity of “CSI” is so dated, the imported and dubbed French comedy “Spotless” (10 p.m. Saturday, Esquire) stars Marc-Andre Grondin as a crime-scene cleaner trying to live a normal life with his wife and kids, when his brother (Denis Menochet) returns to embroil him in his life of crime. Contrived, in any language.

• The beauty of setting your story in a post-apocalyptic world centuries in the future

stroys all vestiges of civilization but leaves old Victrola record players behind?

Perhaps when you have a plot that is lacking in subtlety, you need a little confusion to provide mystery.

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In this archival still from the Showtime documentary “Listen To Me Marlon” airing at 9 p.m. today, Marlon Brando is shown at his Beverly Glen home in Los Angeles in 1953. is that you can make up as many complicated rules as you want.

At the outset of the martial arts series “Into the Badlands” (10 p.m. Sunday, AMC, TV-14), we’re told that the world was pretty much destroyed until a number of “Barons” created rival protectorate fiefdoms where most people toil as slaves in the Barons’ poppy fields.

As in every such movie since “Mad Max,” guns have pretty much been eliminated, leaving the Barons to police their slaves with an order of Samurais called Clippers.

These sword-wielding, kickboxing masters are adept at breaking bones and snapping necks. Stick around for 45 seconds and you’ll see (and hear) more than your fill.

Daniel Wu stars as Sunny, the Head Clipper, or at least, the most adept swordsman.

He was discovered and raised

by Quinn (Marton Csokas), a Baron who dresses like some 19th-century plantation owner or Brooklyn hipster, or both. He’s married to Lydia (Orla Brady), who doesn’t seem too upset that Quinn is taking another, younger bride. Hey, he’s a Baron and that means he can behave like some retro-Mormon patriarch

and spread his Big Love around. Besides, Lydia is more partial to grooming their thoroughly horrible son Ryder (Oliver Stark) to take over the family business.

Quinn is preoccupied with headaches, his opium pipe and his new bride.

Into this “Dallas”-on-thepoppy-fields comes M.K. (Aramis Knight), a foundling child who exhibits mystical martial arts skills similar to Sunny’s.

He also wears an amulet (that looks like a trinket from a souvenir shop), indicating he may have come from a far-off land beyond the Badlands, a past (or is it a future?) that beckons to Sunny.

Much like a comic book, “Badlands” moves at a fast pace. Action takes precedence over the stilted dialogue as well as the acting, which takes a backseat to martial arts malarkey.

The contrivances of the plot left me with so many questions: If we live in a steampunk future, why does Quinn’s estate look like a generic McMansion in some subdivision? Why do rival Barons (and Baronesses) drive in 1947 Packards, but Sunny gets to zip around on a shiny new motorcycle? And what kind of apocalypse de-

• College football action includes Oregon at Stanford (7:30 p.m., Fox) and Oklahoma at Baylor (8 p.m., ABC).

• A radio preacher’s reputation may not survive the revelation of a son born out of wedlock in the 2015 shocker “The Preacher’s Sin” (8 p.m., Lifetime).

• Democratic presidential candidates debate in Des Moines, Iowa (9 p.m., CBS).

• Lost footage found on a space station offers a horrifying tale on “Doctor Who” (9 p.m., BBC America, TV-PG).

• Kelly’s family farm is trashed on “Ash vs Evil Dead” (9 p.m., Starz, TV-MA).

• Raiders enter Cornwall on “The Last Kingdom” (10 p.m., BBC America, TV-MA).

• Julie feels unsettled on “The Returned” (10 p.m., Sundance, TV-14).

• Elizabeth Banks hosts “Saturday Night Live” (11:30 p.m., NBC, TV-14), featuring musical guests Disclosure, Sam Smith and Lorde.

SUNDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS • A bratty college student takes a low-wage job in the 2015 holiday romance “A Dogwalker’s Christmas Tale” (7 p.m., UP).

• Scheduled on “60 Minutes” (7:30 p.m., CBS): Speaker of the House Paul Ryan; the NFL and concussions; extreme sports in Switzerland.

• Fans can anticipate the January arrival of the sixth and final season of “Downton Abbey” as “Masterpiece Classic” (7:30 p.m., PBS, r, TV-PG, check local listings) unspools episodes from the fifth season.

• Claire’s brother tries to reconnect on “Flesh and Bone” (8 p.m., Starz, TV-MA).

• A game warden serves and protects people and critters in the wilder reaches of rural Maine on “North Woods Law” (8 p.m., Animal Planet, TVPG), entering its fourth 10-episode season.

• The Seattle Seahawks host

the Arizona Cardinals on “Sunday Night Football” (8:20 p.m., NBC).

• Elizabeth questions the wisdom of the Cuban trade embargo on “Madam Secretary” (8:30 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

• “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” (9 p.m., CNN) visits Charleston, South Carolina.

• The path to Alexandria proves difficult on “The Walking Dead” (9 p.m., AMC, TVMA).

• Carrie resurfaces on “Homeland” (9 p.m., Showtime, TV-MA).

• Canning takes on an accident case involving a driverless car on “The Good Wife” (9:30 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

• Hacked FBI files point to a second bombing on “Quantico” (10 p.m., ABC).

• A contagion spreads on “Getting On” (10 p.m., HBO, TV-MA).

• A shut-in becomes the only witness to a murder captured online on “CSI: Cyber” (10:30 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

CULT CHOICE Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Clooney, Chris O’Donnell, Uma Thurman and Alicia Silverstone star in the 1997 comic book adaptation “Batman & Robin” (9:30 p.m. Sunday, Discovery Family Channel). Many agree that it’s the worst “Batman” movie ever made. Some think it’s the worst movie of all time.

SATURDAY SERIES “Dateline” (8 p.m., NBC) * “48 Hours” (8 p.m., CBS) * A vintage helping of “Saturday Night Live” (10 p.m., NBC, TV14).

SUNDAY SERIES A “Futurama” crossover episode with “The Simpsons” (8 p.m., Fox, r, TV-PG) * Zelina’s pregnancy scare on a twohour “Once Upon a Time” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * Uncomfortable and undercover on “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (8:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Peter is arrested on “Family Guy” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Be fruitful and multiply on “The Last Man on Earth” (9:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14).

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BY ROB MERRILL The Associated Press

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From left, Raoul Pinno as Don Jose, Cote De Pablo as Jessica and Mario Casas as Alex Vega are seen in the true-life drama “The 33.” The film, directed by Patricia Riggen, was released in U.S. theaters Friday.

Chilean miners film feels formulaic

BY JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer Movies are forever trying to capture the essence of the human spirit, and by that measure, it’s hard to imagine there was ever a story more tailor-made for the movies than the incredible 2010 Chilean mine rescue. If the details are hazy in your mind, just go to YouTube right now and watch the first miner reach the surface in that tiny capsule they built.

We dare you not to cry.

And that’s actually part of the problem with “The 33,” directed by Patricia Riggen. The real-life saga was so visceral — and so visual, unfolding as it did on live TV — that it’s tough to beat the memory. You could say that such a movie writes itself, but that’s not true — a cinematic portrayal of an event so recent needs to do something creative to move things forward, present a new angle, offer a different perspective. “The 33” is well-meaning, well-crafted and faithful to the source material, but ultimately it feels disappointingly formulaic.

We begin with a happy scene, a festive retirement party. There, we meet many of the men, including Mario Sepulveda (Antonio Banderas), the most charismatic of the bunch; he asks supervisor Don Lucho (Lou Diamond Phillips) if he

can work the next day, though it’s his day off.

In the village, we also quickly meet Dario Segovia (Juan Pablo Raba), a troubled miner with an addiction problem, and the caring older sister he neglects, the empanada-seller Maria (Juliette Binoche, in an underdrawn role that never quite seems to fit).

Alas, these hasty interchanges don’t give much meaningful insight into the characters (indeed, the script’s thin characterizations are the weak link of the film.) The next day, the men arrive at the mouth of the mine. “Is this the only way in?” asks newcomer Carlos.

“The only way in, and the only way out,” replies Banderas’ Mario, doing the most with a line that’s a little too obvious.

And then the mine collapses, with frightening violence. Now we have, essentially, two dramas unfolding: Above ground, where the desperate families have set up camp, and below, where 33 men are trapped 2,300 feet down in searing heat. In the so-called “refuge,” food provisions consist of a few cans of tuna, some cookies, a bit of milk. Don Lucho informs the men that death is surely imminent. “It took 100 years for them to dig this deep,” he says. “We’re too far down.”

On the surface, primary responsibility falls to the brand-new minister of min-

ing, Laurence Golborne (Rodrigo Santoro, whose face you know because he’s the handsomest guy in any movie he’s in). It falls to Golborne to keep the family members — particularly the feisty, insistent Maria — informed, and at one point to convince even chief engineer Andre Sougarret (Gabriel Byrne, also underused) that hope is alive.

The men are left to subsist on 100 calories per day. A bite of canned tuna turns, in the film’s most interesting scene, into a dreamlike feast for each one. This fantasy sequence is compelling but a bit jarring, too, considering the film’s otherwise straightforward tone.

The men are close to starving when the drill finally breaks through and they’re able to send up a note, in red paint, saying all 33 are alive. At this point, moviegoer, you’ll need your Kleenex.

But it will take nearly two more months — to day 69 — to get the men out. Fights erupt; egos clash. And then the first man is wedging himself into that tiny capsule. The rescuers don’t know if it’ll work.

We end with real footage of the men today, together on a beach, and it’s a moving sight. Their story will never get old. It would have been nice, though, to see it told here with a little more imagination and a little less formula.

Stephen King has always addressed his “Constant Readers” in prefaces or afterwords to his books. He likes to share what inspired him or what he was thinking about when he wrote it.

But with the release of “The Bazaar of Bad Dreams,” King takes it to another level. Each of the 21 works of fiction in the collection features at least a paragraph, sometimes a few pages, from the author introducing it or sharing some detail to enhance reader appreciation.

Or as he writes in an invocation to his “bazaar”: “Everything you see is handcrafted, and while I love each and every item, I’m happy to sell them because I made them especially for you. Feel free to examine them, but please be careful. The best of them have teeth.”

This being King, there’s lots of death in these pages. And while there’s a smattering of the supernatural — an abandoned car on the Maine turnpike whose grill does more than catch bugs — there are also quite a few meditations on mortality. “Afterlife” tells the story of a man who dies from colon cancer and gets to keep living the same life; “Obits” mocks the TMZ-ification of media, featuring a columnist who can kill people by writing their obituaries in advance; and “Under the Weather” tells the story of an adman who can convince anyone of anything, including that his wife is just like the title says.

All in all, it’s a meaty collection with interesting insights into the creative process of a writer who caused many sleepless nights. Well worth keeping on your bedside table for those evenings when, as King puts it: “... sleep is slow to come and you wonder why the closet door is open, when you know perfectly well that you shut it.”

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OBITUARIES RACHEL G. ELLIS HIGH POINT, North Carolina — Rachel Grimes Ellis, 80, died on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015.

A private family graveside service will be held in Chesterfield Cemetery, Chesterfield.

ELLIS Mrs. Ellis was born on Aug. 23, 1935, in Iron City, Tennessee, a daughter of the late Floyd and Annie McCain Grimes. She received her bachelor’s degree in nursing.

She was a former registered nurse with Tuomey Healthcare Systems in Sumter and was a retired registered nurse with Chesterfield County Department of Health and Environmental Control. Rachel was a member of Chesterfield Presbyterian Church.

In addition to her parents, Rachel was also preceded in death by her husband, Carl W. Ellis.

Survivors: a son, Dr. Gregory C. (Tamara) Ellis of High Point; daughter, Marian Leigh Jones of Ashland, Oregon; and five grandchildren.

Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home of Chesterfield (www.mrcfuneralhome.com) is serving the Ellis family.

LEON BENBOW SUMMERTON — Leon Benbow, 71, was born on Sunday, Aug. 13, 1944, in Clarendon County, to the late LeRoy and Reatus C. Benbow.

Leon was educated in the public schools of BENBOW Clarendon County. He was employed by the South Carolina Department of Transportation, where he retired after 33 years. He was a dedicated member of Historic Taw Caw Missionary Baptist Church, where he served faithfully as a member of the deacon’s ministry.

Leon entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, at his home in Summerton.

He leaves to cherish his memories: his wife, Daisy Benbow; four daughters, Jeneice (Greg) Williams, Artrell (Michael) Husser, Angela (Richard) Robinson and Anita Benbow; one daughter he reared as his own, Mary Allice (Edmond) Riggins; nine grandchildren; nine greatgrandchildren; eight siblings; one aunt; one uncle; four godchildren; a host of other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday at Historic Taw Caw Missionary Baptist Church, 1137 Granby Lane, Summerton, with Dr. William T. Johnson, pastor.

Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

Viewing will be held from 1 to 7 p.m. today in the Chapel of King-Fields Mortuary.

Mr. Benbow will be placed in the church from 2 p.m. until the hour of service.

Mr. Benbow’s mortal frame is peacefully resting in the professional care of KingFields Mortuary, Summerton, (803) 485-5039. www.kingfieldsmortuary.com

RUDOLPH M. NEWMAN Rudolph Mitchell Newman, of Sumter, passed away peacefully on Nov. 12, 2015, surrounded by his family.

Born in Henderson, North Carolina, he was a son of the

late Robert and Martha Newman. Rudy attended Epson High School and North Carolina State University.

NEWMAN He received his master’s degree in business from the University of Maryland. Rudy served in the United States Air Force.

During his military service, he served with distinction during the Cuban Missile Crisis as well as the Vietnam War, where he served as an electronic warfare officer with the famous Wild Weasels, 17 Tactical Fighter Squadron, flying F-105 Thunderchiefs out of Korat Royal Tai Air Force Base from December 1973 through December 1974. He was awarded numerous commendations including the U.S. Air Force Air Medal. After his retirement from the Air Force in 1979 at the rank of lieutenant colonel, he began a second career with the National Bank of South Carolina, where he served as a vice president and manager of the investments division, but stayed active in aviation as a member of the Civil Air Patrol and served on the Sumter County Airport Commission.

Outside of his professional endeavors, he was civic- and community-minded, serving as a member of the Sumter Airport Commission; member of the Wofford College Parents’ Advisory Council; board of directors of Washington Place; member of the Central Carolina Technical College Commission; and was appointed to the Agency Head Salary Review Commission by the governor of South Carolina.

Rudy will be remembered for his love of family, loyalty towards friends, strong work ethic and steadfast faith. His quick smile, humility and unending love and support will be dearly missed by his family. His example of courage, honesty, and sincerity are traits that will be reflected in the lives of his grandchildren, whom he dearly loved.

He is survived by his wife, RoseMarie Johnson Newman, to whom he was happily married for 54 years; his sons, Rudolph Mitchell Newman Jr., M.D. (Lisa) of Columbia, Jeffrey Miles Newman, M.D. (Sarah) of Spartanburg and Steven Michael Newman, M.D. (Rennie) of Greenville; and seven grandchildren, Quinn, Braxton, Davis, Hannah, Daniel, Mary Michael and Blanton.

A Memorial Service will be held at 2 p.m. today at First Presbyterian Church, Sumter, with the Rev. Jim Burton officiating.

The family will receive friends immediately following the memorial service in the First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall.

Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, 9 W. Calhoun St., Sumter, SC 29150.

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

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

DOLORES MCKINNEY REMBERT — Dolores Marie McNey McKinney, 88, beloved wife of 70 years to Henry L. McKinney, died on Friday, Nov. 13, 2015, at her residence.

Born in Washington, D.C., she was a daughter MCKINNEY of the late Otto Murrey McNey and Elfa Alice Smith Covey.

Mrs. McKinney was a member of Faith Baptist Church and she was always active with the children’s and mission ministries of the church.

She loved the Lord and her family very much. She enjoyed the lake, fishing, golfing and dancing. She will be remembered as a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

Surviving in addition to her husband are one son, Hank McKinney and his wife, Karen, of Sumter; five daughters, Lee Baron and her husband, JR, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, Linda O’Reilly and her husband, Patrick, of Southern Pines, North Carolina, Cindy McKinney of Sumter, Michelle Welch and her husband, Ronnie, of Rembert and Faith Hartle and her husband, Craig, of Cashers, North Carolina; one sister, Donna Faye Myers of Smithburg, Maryland; 16 grandchildren, Denise, Desiree, Norman, Troy, Joey, Timmy, Hank III, Angela, Jessica, Melissa, Ronnie Jr., Michael, Kelliann, Stephen, David and Heather; 32 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. McKinney was preceded in death by one bother, Harry Covey; and one sister, Jean Cummies.

A funeral service will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday in the Bullock Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Victor Vanross and Sammy Thompson officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.

The grandsons will serve as pallbearers.

The family will receive friends on Sunday one hour prior to the service from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Bullock Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to Faith Baptist Church, 1600 S. Pike East, Sumter, SC 29150.

You may go to www.bullockfuneralhome.com and sign the family’s guest book.

The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.

DELORIS M. NAPIER MANNING — Deloris McClam Napier, 65, died on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, at her

residence, 1238 Audrey Road, Manning.

She was born on Nov. 22, 1949, in Lake City, a daughter of the late John and Alberta Conyers McClam.

Celebratory services for Mrs. Napier will be held at 11 a.m. today at Reeseville AME Church, Alcolu, with the Rev. Valarie Bartley, pastor, officiating, and the Rev. Andrew McFadden presiding. Burial will follow in the churchyard cemetery.

The family is receiving friends at her residence.

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

LEROY GLOVER Leroy Glover, 71, entered eternal rest on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, in Washington, D.C. Born on Dec. 17, 1943, in Sumter County, he was a son of the late Malachia Sr. and Amanda Fletcher Glover.

The family will meet and greet at noon today at Union Baptist Church in Rembert and burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Funeral plans will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

ELOUISE B. PALMER SUMMERTON — Elouise Best Palmer died on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital, Manning.

Celebratory services for Mrs. Palmer will be held at 2:30 p.m. today at Historic Liberty Hill AME Church, Summerton, with the Rev. Robert L. China Jr., pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in the churchyard cemetery.

The family will receive friends at her residence, 2001 Lula Road, Summerton.

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

HANNAH MAE TAYLOR MANNING — Hannah Mae Taylor Taylor, 81, widow of Bishop Samuel Taylor, died on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital, Manning.

She was born on March 11, 1934, in Alcolu, a daughter of the late Henry and Bertha Fronebager Taylor.

The family is receiving friends at the home of her daughter, Annie Frances Taylor, 9746 Silver Road, Manning.

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

MATTHEW R. PRINGLE Matthew Reid Pringle departed his life on Nov. 4, 2015, at Sumter Valley Health and Rehabilitation Center.

Born on May 31, 1926, in Sumter, he was a son of the late Elijah and Alice Francis Pringle. During his early age, he attended Chandler School in Sumter County along with his other siblings from a wellbonded family of six brothers and five sisters.

He leaves to cherish his memories: one brother, Elijah Pringle Jr.; one sister-in-law,

Rosa Mae Pringle; a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives.

Five brothers and five sisters are now deceased.

Matthew was employed as a mechanic at Singleton’s Filling Station for many years, until his retirement. After retirement, Matthew continued life endeavors as a farmer. His upbringing in a Christian home led to his baptism in 1956. He served Jehovah God faithfully for 59 years, until his death.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, 99 Oswego Highway, Sumter.

These services have been entrusted to 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.

DAVID J. CAPELL BISHOPVILLE — David Jerry “Granny” Capell, 81, passed away on Friday, Nov. 13, 2015, at his home.

Born in Lee County, he was a son of the late David M. and Etta Caughman Capell. He was a retired shop foreman for 37 years with the South Carolina Department of Transportation and retired after 35 years as a sergeant in the S.C. Army National Guard.

Surviving are his wife of 61 years, Barbara Stokes Capell of Red Hill; one daughter, Penny Hopkins (Junior) of Red Hill; three sons, Milton Capell (Briget) of Myrtle Beach, Mark Capell (Doreen) of Elgin and Michael Capell (Alicia) of Red Hill; seven grandchildren, Brandi Melton (Doug), Heath Hopkins (Christy), Stephanie Wilbanks (Cody), Tiffany Kelly (Billy Joe), Connor, David and Kristen Capell; and 10 great-grandchildren, Gavin, Karagan and Kaisley Melton, Katelyn, Raegan and Cannon Hopkins, Coby and Colt Wilbanks, and Tara and Lindsey Kelly.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Monday at St. Andrew Church of God in the Red Hill community with Pastor Larry Mobley officiating.

Burial will be in the church cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on Sunday at Hancock Elmore Hill Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to the St. Andrew Church of God Youth Ministries, 4238 Red Hill Road, Camden, SC 29020.

The family would like to recognize and thank Agape Hospice of Camden, as well as his special caregivers, Dawn Ackerman, Erica Gardner, Lisa Muldrow, Haisi Allen, Amanda Hayes and Elana Farmer for their wonderful care, love and support during his illness.

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

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AROUND TOWN The Ebenezer Community Center A free Thanksgiving dinner will be held 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on COPS Program will sponsor a Thursday, Nov. 26, at the free seminar on Wills and dying Attend a free on Wills of Viola Shaw, 186 without a Will at 7 p.m. onseminarhome Green Lane, Bishopville. Eat in Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 4580 or take out. If you wish to Queen Chapel Road, Dalzell. carry out, call on Wednesday Attorney Glenn F. Givens will evening to make arrangespeak.

Lincoln High School Preservation ments for Thursday pick up.

Alumni Association will meet at Call Viola Shaw at (803) 4283488.

4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 15, at Lincoln High School Preservation the Lincoln High School cafeteria, 22 Council St. All Lincol- Alumni Association’s ninth annunites, friends and community al gala / fundraiser will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 27, at members are invited. Call the Lincoln High School gymJames L. Green at (803) 968nasium, Council Street. For in4173. formation and tickets, call The Carolina Coin Club will (803) 968-4173. meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Lincoln High School Preservation Nov. 17, at 155 Haynsworth Alumni Association will hold its St., the Parks and Recreation fifth annual flapjack fundraiser Department building. The club meets on the third Tues- from 8 to 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 28, at Applebee’s, 2497 day of each month and visitors are always welcome. Call Broad St. Cost is $7 per person. Call Essie Richardson at (803) 775-8840 for more infor(803) 775-2999 or James Green mation. at (803) 968-4173.

The Sumter County Educator’s Association-Retired will meet at The Town of Pinewood will hold its sixth annual Christmas panoon on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at the North HOPE Center, 904 rade at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5. For information reN. Main St. All members are garding participating in the encouraged to attend. Call parade, call Pinewood Town Brenda Bethune at (803) 469Hall at (803) 452-5878.

6588.

Clarendon School District One Mile for a Meal will be held will conduct free vision, hearing, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 19, at Walmart speech and developmental screenings as part of a child Neighborhood Market, 615 find effort to identify stuBultman Drive. Bring a nonperishable food item and join dents with special needs.

Screenings will be held from 9 with other participants to a.m. to noon at the Summerwalk a mile to raise awareness of hunger in the commu- ton Early Childhood Center, 8 South St., Summerton, on the nity. All donations to benefit following Thursdays: Dec. 10; local Sumter food banks. For Jan. 14, 2016; Feb. 11, 2016; additional information, call March 10, 2016; April 14, 2016; the Sumter Police Departand May 12, 2016. Call Sadie ment at (803) 436-2723.

Williams at (803) 485-2325, exThe Pinedale Neighborhood Astension 116. sociation will meet at 4 p.m.

The Sumter Civil Air Patrol’s on Thursday, Nov. 19, at the Wreaths Across America cereSouth HOPE Center, 1125 S. mony will be held at noon on Lafayette Drive. Call FerdiSaturday, Dec. 12, at Sumter nand Burns at (803) 968-4464.

Cemetery. Former U.S. Marine The Sumter Combat Veterans and retired Army Reserve Group will meet at 10 a.m. on Master Sgt. Jackie Hughes Friday, Nov. 20, at the South will speak. After the ceremoHOPE Center, 1125 S. Lafayny, attendees may assist in ette Drive, Sumter. All area hanging the wreaths along veterans are invited. the cemetery fence. For more Lincoln High School Preservation information about the WAA Alumni Association will hold a organization, contact Denise dinner fundraiser from 11 a.m.

Owen at owenmom@aol.com to 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 20, at or visit www.wreathsacrossathe Lincoln High School cafemerica.org. teria, 22 Council St. Cost is $8 The Sumter Branch NAACP will per plate and dinner will inhold its annual meeting at 5 clude turkey, stuffing, seap.m. on Sunday, Dec. 13, at soned rice, lima beans, roll, dessert and a drink. Dine in or First Baptist Missionary Church, 219 S. Washington St. take out. Call James L. Green at (803) 968-4173.

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Gaffney 57/27 Spartanburg 59/28

Greenville 60/33

Columbia 62/34

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IN THE MOUNTAINS

Sumter 61/35

Aiken 61/30

ON THE COAST

Charleston 62/39

Today: Cooler with plenty of sunshine.

High 60 to 64.

Sunday: Sunny to partly cloudy. High 61 to 65.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): A day trip or EUGENIA LAST taking in a new experience with someone you enjoy spending time with will make your day. Love is on the rise, and preparation for new beginnings can be put into play. Greater financial stability is heading your way.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t pass up an opportunity to get together with someone who can offer you personal insight. What you share in return will lead to an interesting collaboration that will spark enthusiasm and ideas that can turn into a moneymaking venture.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You can take serious steps forward if you set goals that will fine-tune your mind, skills or physical attributes. As long as you stay within your means and are realistic regarding your goals, satisfaction and added confidence will be yours.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You’ll be attracted to someone who is unique or quite different from your normal encounters. Explore new avenues and expand your mind, your journey will be extraordinary and mindaltering. Don’t be afraid to step outside your comfort zone.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Consider the best way to fix domestic issues. The changes you want to make are likely to be met with opposition if you don’t use persuasive tactics to get the approval you need to move forward. Romance will help your cause.

situation. Showing compassion can lead to a workable compromise.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Get to know people in your community.

You’ll discover new places and people that can teach you different techniques to improve your life and give you something to think about regarding future prospects.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Beware of anyone with extravagant plans who is trying to get you to donate or contribute funds. You’re best to listen attentively and take a pass. Your money will be more useful if you invest in your own ideas.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’ll be questioning your direction, plans and geographical location.

Express your concerns to someone you love or trust, and you will find a unique solution that is simple, costeffective and offers the changes you desire.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Face facts and make decisions based on what you see. The faster you assess and move forward, the easier it will be emotionally and financially.

Carrying excess emotional baggage will not help you reach your goals.

Focus on the future.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Invest time and money in yourself, get in tiptop shape, start a small homebased business, or put money into a travel or education fund. Recognize your expectations and do whatever it takes to make them happen.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Put a deal together, go over personal papers and tie up loose ends. There is much you can accomplish that will VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Know set your mind at ease and help you what you are up against before you prepare for a better future. Money enter the ring. If you are trying to win a battle, you have to be prepared will come from an unexpected source. and willing to see all sides of the

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4-26-32-55-64 Powerball: 18; Powerplay: 3

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SPCA CAT OF THE WEEK Cinder, a spayed and housebroken 1-yearold American short hair, is available for adoption at the Sumter SPCA. She has a sweet and loving personality. Cinder is great with other cats and loves to be petted and given affection. The SPCA is located at 1140 S. Guignard Drive, (803) 7739292, and is open 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. every day except Wednesday and Sunday. Visit www.sumterscspca.com.

The SPCA relies heavily on community support and donations. Currently, the biggest needs are for dry puppy and kitten food; wet cat food; cat litter; and cleaning supplies. The following are also appreciated: Newspapers; stuffed animals; heavy duty trash bags (30 gallon or larger); dishwashing liquid; laundry detergent; bleach; paper towels; sheets and comforters; baby blankets; canned dog and cat food; dry dog food; treats; leashes and collars; disinfectant spray; all-purpose cleaner; air freshener; no scratch scrubbers; two-sided sponges for dishes; litter freshener; and, of course, monetary donations are also gratefully accepted.

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Robert E. Lee’s William Corbett (21) pulls in a pass from Nick Stokes against the defense of Hilton Head Prep’s Mac Orie on the first play from scrimmage for a 53-yard touchdown in the Cavaliers’ 35-16 victory on Friday.

Unbeaten Cavs cruise into final By eddie litaker Special To The Sumter Item BISHOPVILLE — From the opening play of Friday’s SCISA 1A football state playoff semifinal game against Hilton Head Prep, Robert E. Lee Academy head coach David Rankin showed that the Cavaliers were all in.

Quarterback Bryce Barrett took the opening snap and flipped it to Nick Stokes, who caught William Corbett in stride with a perfect pass for a 53-yard touchdown that set the tone at McCutchen Field.

REL built a 35-2 lead before two late HHP scores cut the final margin to 35-16 as the Cavs moved to 11-0 and advanced to the state championship game, ending an 8-4 campaign for the Dolphins in the process.

REL will face Colleton Prep for the state title on Saturday, Nov. 21, at Charlie W. Johnson Stadium in Columbia beginning at 3:30 p.m.

REL’s offense was nearly unstoppable

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Hammond shuts down Swampcats By john devlin The State COLUMBIA — Hammond advanced to the SCISA 3A state championship football game for the 10th consecutive season with a 27-6 semifinal win over Laurence Manning Academy on Friday at Edens Stadium.

It was the 24th consecutive triumph by the Skyhawks, who have bagged seven championships in nine tries since 2004 under head coach Erik Kimrey. The program has claimed nine SCISA championships since its 1971 debut.

Hammond, which improved to 11-0 on the season, squares off against 11-1 Pinewood Prep on Saturday at Charlie W. Johnson Stadium in Columbia. The teams did not play during the regular season due to the great flood.

LMA, which fell to Hammond in last season’s title game, finished with a 6-5 record.

Hammond turned a potential interception into a touchdown that opened the floodgates. Graham Smith’s pass to

Please see HAMMOND, Page B3

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Wilson Hall quarterback Mclendon Sears tries to break the tackle of Pinewood Prep’s Braven Yagin and Austin Murphy during the first half of their game Friday night at Wilson Hall

Behind Redden, Pinewood Prep outlasts Barons 17-14 in SCISA 3A semifinal By justin driggers justin@theitem.com Trailing by three points with just over five minutes to go on Friday at Spencer in a semifinal game of the SCISA 3A football stae playoffs, first-year Wilson Hall head coach Adam Jarecki elected to punt to Pinewood Prep with every expectation of getting the football back.

“Our defense has played well all year,” Jarecki said. “We thought we’d be able to stop them and get the ball back around midfield and go from there.

“But they got the first down — and that really hurt.”

What followed hurt even worse.

Pinewood Prep running back Leslie Redden took the team on his back — carrying the ball 12 times as the Panthers converted three third downs and ran all but 9.8 seconds off the clock in a 17-14 victory that sent Pinewood to the state championship

PREP FOOTBALL FRIDAY Varsity Pinewood Prep 17, Wilson Hall 14 Hammond 27, Laurence Manning 6 Robert E. Lee 35, Hilton Head Prep 16 Lake View 50, Scott’s Branch 0

game next week in Columbia against Hammond.

The Panthers improved to 11-1 and will face the undefeated Skyhawks at Charlie W. Johnson Stadium at 7:30 p.m. The Barons finish the season at 9-2.

“It’s disappointing, sure,” Jarecki said.

“I’d have liked for my guys to have a shot at (the championship) next week. But I’m proud of them and the whole season they’ve had. The seniors have done every-

thing I could have asked under a new head coach and they got us to this point.

“They left it all on the field.”

The Barons nearly pulled off an improbable win despite three turnovers. Trailing 10-7 at the end of the third quarter, a botched snap on a Pinewood punt set WH up at the Pinewood 34.

Seven plays later, Jarecki and the Barons gambled and went for it on fourth down and goal. Quarterback McLendon Sears scrambled around and eventually found Robert James in the end zone for a 5-yard strike and a 14-10 Barons lead.

However, as had been the case since the second quarter, the Panthers were able to make plays in the passing game. Quarterback Jack DiMuzio completed four passes for 10 yards or more on PP’s ensuing drive and hit Michael Wright for the go-ahead 10-yard score with 7:27 remaining.

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Former coach Ford hopes Clemson can win another national title

By DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com

No matter what happens, Danny Ford insists there is nothing like the first time.

“It’ll never be like 1981,” Ford said. “It’s like the first kiss, the first date. Ther first of anything though is special.”

Of course, Ford is talking about the 1981 college football season in which he led the Clemson Tigers to the national

title. Now, with the Tigers ranked No. 1 in the college playoff rankings and a favorable schedule on the way to the 4-team playoff, the talk is growing loud about possibly adding another title trophy.

And Ford hopes it happens.

“I hope they do have an undefeated season and win a national championship,” Ford told The Sumter Touchdown Club on Friday at its weekly breakfast meeting at The

Quality Inn. “They’ve got a really good chance if they don’t have one bad Saturday.”

Clemson has three regularseason games remaining, today in New York against Syracuse, Nov. 21 at home against Wake Forest and in Columbia against South Carolina on Nov. 28. Which led Ford, who is retired and living in Pickens County, to call out the Gamecock fans in attendance in a good-natured way.

“Ya’ll don’t spoil our year,” Ford said, drawing a loud laugh from the group. “Take the bullet, take the hit. Don’t spoil our year.”

And Ford knows how the rivalry game can sometimes take an unexpected twist. He pointed out how the 1980 game and the Tigers’ 27-6 upset victory in Death Valley may have been the reason he was able to coach the ‘81 team.

“There were a lot of people

saying that would have been my last game if we hadn’t beat USC,” Ford said. “I never heard that from (Clemson athletic director) Bill McClellan, but that’s what a lot of the fans were saying.

“We shouldn’t have beaten them; they were a better team than us,” said Ford, whose team took a 5-5 record into the game against 8-2 USC.

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SOUTH CAROLINA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Wilson leads No. 2 Gamecocks over No. 6 Ohio State 88-80

By PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press COLUMBIA — A’ja Wilson had 20 points and 14 rebounds, Alaina Coates added 17 points and 13 rebounds and No. 2 South Carolina withstood Kelsey Mitchell’s 36 points to beat No. 6 Ohio State 88-80 on Friday night.

The marquee matchup played out more like an NCAA tournament contest than a season opener. The Buckeyes held a 68-65 lead with 8:47 left on Mitchell’s 3-pointer.

That’s when the Gamecocks’ height in the 6-foot-4 Coates and 6-foot-5 Wilson took control.

The duo scored the Gamecocks’ last 16 points and Coates twice blocked Shayla Cooper’s close-in shots with Ohio State still in contention the final two minutes.

Tiffany Mitchell had 15 points for South Carolina.

Ameryst Alston had 23 points for Ohio

State, which next faces No. 1 Connecticut on Monday. According to STATS.com, it’s the first time since 2006-07 a team has played the top two ranked teams in consecutive games.

South Carolina gave out rings to players and coaches for last year’s Final Four season, second straight SEC championship and program-record 34 wins, then raised banners commemorating the achievements.

The good times continued in the opening quarter as the Gamecocks ran out to a 21-7 lead over the first five minutes. Then South Carolina went cold, missing 13 straight shots during one stretch as the Buckeyes got back in it.

Alston hit a layup after stealing the ball from Tina Roy to give Ohio State its first lead, then nailed a long 3-pointer to send her team into the break ahead 47-45.

Ohio State’s Mitchell got better of the Mitch-

ell vs. Mitchell battle with South Carolina’s Tiffany much of the way — although it looked like the Gamecock senior would own it with her quick start.

Tiffany Mitchell, the two-time SEC player of the year, had seven points in game’s first three minutes, then was held to one basket the rest of opening two quarters.

South Carolina’s Mitchell got hot again late, tying the game at 55-all on a 3-pointer in third quarter.

Kelsey Mitchell, the country’s leading scorer as a freshman last year, was 10-of-24 shooting against South Carolina.

Ohio State follows up their trip here with its home opener against three-time defending NCAA champion Connecticut. The last time that happened was nine years ago when North Carolina State fell to No. 1 Duke and No. 2 North Carolina in back-to-back contests.

SPORTS ITEMS

Turkey Day event today at Sumter Speedway Sumter Speedway will hold its annual Turkey Day event today to close out the 2015 racing season.

The main event of the evening will be the most exciting main event of the season as the super-fast RaceSaver Sprint cars will be on hand with the largest field of cars they have ever had on the legendary 3/8 mile dirt track. RaceSaver officials are expecting drivers from multiple states to be on hand in a field estimated to be between 18-20 cars.

There will be increased purses in each division. The Outlaw Latemodels, consisting of crates, 525’s and limiteds, will be in action looking to take home the $1,000 payout. The Stock-4 division will be competing for an $800 purse.

There will also be action in the highly competitive Extreme-4 division, the rough and aggressive super street division, the exciting street stock division and the up and coming stock V8 division.

Gates open at 4 p.m. and racing will begin at . Grandstand admission is $15 for adults and pit passes are $25 for adults. Active duty military will be admitted to the grandstands free of charge.

Clemson 74 North Carolina Central 40 GREENVILLE — Clemson overmatched North Carolina Central 74-40 Friday night in the season opener for both teams.

Jaron Blossomgame led Clemson with 18 points and added four rebounds. Landry

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From Page B1 “Man-to-man, they were better than us and the coaching staff was probably better too. They made two mistakes. Somebody that nobody had ever heard about intercepted two balls and took them back for touch-

Nnoko scored 7 points and led the Tigers with nine rebounds and six blocks.

In a losing effort, DaJuan Graf led N.C. Central with 11 points.

A run of 21 unanswered points for the Tigers enabled Clemson to take a 35-9 lead.

The Tigers led 38-16 at halftime.

Ochoa Invitational.

The 19-year-old Australian player two-putted from 50 feet on the par-5 17th for the last of her six birdies.

Inbee Park, Christina Kim, Angela Stanford and Sei Young Kim were tied for second.

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Missouri’s Pinkel to Jets 17 resign EAST RUTHER-

Missouri football coach Gary Pinkel abruptly announced Friday he will resign at the end of the season for health reasons, adding a stunning turn to a week where he kept his team united when players went on strike because of racial tensions on campus.

Pinkel, 63, said he was diagnosed with lymphoma in May.

McDowell PGA leader PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Graeme McDowell, determined to get his game turned around, saw more results Friday when he ran off seven birdies in an eight-hole stretch for an 8-under 63 and a one-shot lead in the OHL Classic.

Derek Fathauer made four birdies over his last seven holes for a 66 to get within one shot of McDowell. PGA Tour rookie Harold Varner III birdied four of his last five holes for a 62 to join Si Woo Kim (64) two shots behind.

FORD, N.J. — Buffalo’s defense shut down Rex Ryan’s former team for much of Thursday, and the Bills scored on offense and special teams in a 22-17 win over the New York Jets.

Duke Williams returned a fumbled kickoff 19 yards for the goahead points, Karlos Williams had a 26-yard touchdown catch and Dan Carpenter kicked three field goals for Buffalo (5-4). The Jets (5-4) have lost three of their last four games.

Virginia Tech 23 Georgia Tech 21

MEXICO CITY — Minjee Lee shot her second straight 3-under 69 to take a one-stroke lead over four players in the LPGA Tour’s Lorena

ATLANTA — Virginia Tech (5-5, 3-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) gave coach Frank Beamer his first retirement gift, rallying from an early 14-point deficit to beat Georgia Tech 23-21 on Thursday and move a step closer to becoming eligible for a 23rd straight bowl appearance.

After the Yellow Jackets (3-7, 1-6) fumbled it away on two straight possessions in the fourth quarter, the Hokies grabbed their first lead on Travon McMillian’s second touchdown, a 4-yard run with 6:58 remaining.

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downs.”

That someone was Willie Underwood, and that game set the tone for the next season.

The Tigers opened the season unranked and went on to a 12-0 record, beating Nebraska in the Orange Bowl to claim the national title.

Ford is thoroughly impressed with this

Clemson squad, however.

“Athlete-wise, this is probably as good a team as Clemson has had in some time,” he said. “They’ve got great athletes all over the field.

“They just really look like a football team. Long, tall, wide; whatever it needs to be, they have it.”

Lee LPGA leader

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11:30 a.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500 Practice from Avondale, Ariz. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

Noon – College Football: Georgia at Auburn (WLTX 19).

Noon – College Football: Ohio State at Illinois (WOLO 25).

Noon – College Football: North Carolina State at Florida State (WACH 57).

Noon – College Football: Florida at South Carolina (ESPN, WIBZ-FM 95.5).

Noon – College Football: Tulane at Army (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

Noon – College Football: Pittsburgh at Duke (ESPNEWS).

Noon – College Football: Maryland at Michigan State (ESPN2).

Noon – College Football: Texas at West Virginia (ESPNU).

Noon – College Football: Kansas at Texas Christian (FOX SPORTS 1).

Noon – College Basketball: Radford at Georgetown (FOX SPORTS 2).

Noon – College Football: Texas-El Paso at Old Dominion (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST).

Noon – College Football: North Texas at Tennessee (SEC NETWORK).

Noon – College Football: Middle Tennessee State at Florida Atlantic (TIME WARNER 1250).

12:30 p.m. – College Football: North Carolina State at Florida State (WACH 57).

12:30 p.m. – College Football: Virginia at Louisville (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

12:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: XFINITY Series DAV 200 Pole Qualifying from Phoenix (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

1 p.m. – PGA Golf: OHL Classic at Mayakoba Third Round from Playa del Carmen, Mexico (GOLF).

2 p.m. – College Football: Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Championship Game from Durham, N.C. – Bowie State vs. Winston-Salem State (ASPIRE).

2 p.m. – College Football: Kennesaw State at Coastal Carolina (WWFN-FM 100.1).

2 p.m. – College Football: The Citadel at Chattanooga (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240).

2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: Euro 2016 Qualifying Match – Denmark vs. Sweden (FOX SPORTS 2).

2:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500 Practice from Avondale, Ariz. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

3:30 p.m. – College Football: Wake Forest at Notre Dame (WIS 10).

3:30 p.m. – College Football: Alabama at Mississippi State (WLTX 19).

3:30 p.m. – College Football: Clemson at Syracuse (WOLO 25, WWBD-FM 94.7, WPUB-FM 102.7).

3:30 p.m. - College Football: Southern Methodist at Navy (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

3:30 p.m. – College Football: Oklahoma State at Iowa State (ESPN).

3:30 p.m. – College Football: Michigan at Indiana (ESPN2).

3:30 p.m. – College Football: Miami at North Carolina (ESPNU).

3:30 p.m. – College Football: Kansas State at Texas Tech (FOX SPORTS 1).

3:30 p.m. – College Football: Florida International at Marshall (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST).

3:30 p.m. – College Football: Southern Mississippi at Rice (TIME WARNER 1250).

4 p.m. – LPGA Golf: Lorena Ochoa Invitational Third Round from Mexico City (GOLF).

4 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: XFINITY Series DAV 200 from Phoenix (NBC SPORTS NETWORK, WEGXFM 92.9).

4 p.m. – College Football: Kentucky at Vanderbilt (SEC NETWORK).

7 p.m. – College Football: Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship Game (ASPIRE).

7 p.m. – College Football: Temple at South Florida (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

7 p.m. – College Football: Memphis at Houston (ESPN2).

7 p.m. – College Football: Western Carolina at Texas A&M (ESPNU).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: Harvard at Providence (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST).

7 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Philadelphia at Carolina (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

7 p.m. – College Football: New Hampshire at Albany (N.Y.) (TIME WARNER 1250).

7 p.m. – College Basketball: Norfolk State at South Carolina (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240).

7:15 p.m. – College Football: Arkansas at Louisiana State (ESPN).

7:30 p.m. – College Football: Oregon at Stanford (WACH 57).

7:30 p.m. – College Football: Tulsa at Cincinnati (ESPNEWS).

7:30 p.m. – College Basketball: The Citadel at Butler (FOX SPORTS 2).

7:30 p.m. – College Football: Brigham Young at Missouri (SEC NETWORK).

8 p.m. – College Football: Oklahoma at Baylor (WOLO 25).

8 p.m. – Professional Baseball: Arizona Fall League Military Appreciation Game from Scottsdale, Ariz. (MLB NETWORK).

9 p.m. – College Basketball: Western Michigan at DePaul (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST).

9 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Denver at Phoenix (NBA TV).

9:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Texas Southern at Creighton (FOX SPORTS 2).

10 p.m. – College Football: Utah at Arizona (FOX SPORTS 1).

10 p.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour BMW Masters Final Round from Shanghai (GOLF).

10:15 p.m. – College Football: New Mexico at Boise State (ESPNU).

10:30 p.m. – College Football: Wyoming at San Diego State (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

10:45 p.m. – College Football: Washington State at UCLA (ESPN).

10:45 p.m. – Professional Boxing: Frank Galarza vs. Jarrett Hurd in a Super Welterweight Bout from Las Vegas (SHOWTIME).

1:15 a.m. - College Football: Delaware State at North Carolina A&T (ESPNU).

NFL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

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 game

Houston at Cincinnati, 8:30 p.m.

NBA Standings

By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

Toronto New York Boston Brooklyn Philadelphia Southeast Division

Atlanta Miami Charlotte Orlando Washington Central Division

Cleveland Chicago Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

W L Pct 6 3 .667 4 5 .444 3 4 .429 1 7 .125 0 8 .000

GB — 2 2 4½ 5½

W L Pct 8 2 .800 6 3 .667 4 4 .500 4 5 .444 3 4 .429

GB — 1½ 3 3½ 3½

W L Pct 7 1 .875 5 3 .625 5 3 .625 5 4 .556 4 5 .444

GB — 2 2 2½ 3½

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

San Antonio Dallas Houston Memphis New Orleans Northwest Division

Oklahoma City Denver Minnesota Utah Portland Pacific Division

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

W L Pct 6 2 .750 4 4 .500 4 4 .500 3 6 .333 1 7 .125

GB — 2 2 3½ 5

W L Pct 5 3 .625 4 4 .500 4 4 .500 4 4 .500 4 5 .444

GB — 1 1 1 1½

W L Pct 10 0 1.000 5 4 .556 4 4 .500 2 7 .222 1 7 .125

GB — 4½ 5 7½ 8

Thursday’s Games

Miami 92, Utah 91 Golden State 129, Minnesota 116 Phoenix 118, L.A. Clippers 104

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.

Saturday’s Games

Detroit at L.A. Clippers, 3:30 p.m.

Orlando at Washington, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Houston, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.

Denver at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

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

NHL Standings

By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 17 13 2 2 28 62 33 Ottawa 16 8 5 3 19 50 51 Tampa Bay 18 8 8 2 18 42 43 Detroit 15 8 6 1 17 34 36 Buffalo 16 8 8 0 16 39 44 Boston 15 7 7 1 15 49 48 Florida 16 6 7 3 15 43 41 Toronto 16 4 8 4 12 34 48 Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Rangers 16 12 2 2 26 51 28 Washington 15 11 4 0 22 48 34 Pittsburgh 15 10 5 0 20 35 31 New Jersey 16 9 6 1 19 40 40 N.Y. Islanders 17 8 6 3 19 45 41 Carolina 16 6 9 1 13 32 46 Philadelphia 16 5 8 3 13 30 48 Columbus 16 4 12 0 8 38 59

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division

Dallas St. Louis Minnesota Nashville Winnipeg Chicago Colorado Pacific Division

Los Angeles Arizona Vancouver San Jose Anaheim Edmonton Calgary

GP W L OT Pts GF GA 17 13 4 0 26 62 45 16 11 4 1 23 45 37 15 10 3 2 22 46 40 15 9 3 3 21 43 38 17 8 7 2 18 48 52 16 8 7 1 17 41 41 16 6 9 1 13 43 44 GP W L OT Pts GF GA 16 10 6 0 20 39 33 16 9 6 1 19 46 44 17 7 5 5 19 50 42 15 7 8 0 14 40 40 16 5 7 4 14 28 41 17 6 11 0 12 44 54 17 5 11 1 11 41 66

Thursday’s Games East Toronto 2, Nashville 1, SO

W L T Pct PF PA Colorado 3, Boston 2 New England 8 0 0 1.000 276 143 N.Y. Rangers 6, St. Louis 3 Buffalo 5 4 0 .556 231 207 N.Y. Jets 5 4 0 .556 217 184 Washington 5, Philadelphia 2 Minnesota 3, Carolina 2, OT Miami 3 5 0 .375 171 206 Ottawa 3, Vancouver 2 South Tampa Bay 3, Calgary 1

W L T Pct PF PA Buffalo 3, Florida 2 Indianapolis 4 5 0 .444 200 227 New Jersey 3, Chicago 2 Houston 3 5 0 .375 174 205 Dallas 6, Winnipeg 3 Jacksonville 2 6 0 .250 170 235 Arizona 4, Edmonton 1 Tennessee 2 6 0 .250 159 187 Los Angeles 2, N.Y. Islanders 1 North

W L T Pct PF PA Friday’s Games Cincinnati 8 0 0 1.000 229 142 Columbus at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh 5 4 0 .556 206 182 Calgary at Washington, 7 p.m.

Baltimore 2 6 0 .250 190 214 San Jose at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Cleveland 2 7 0 .222 177 247 West Saturday’s Games

W L T Pct PF PA N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 1 p.m.

Denver 7 1 0 .875 192 139 Detroit at Boston, 7 p.m.

Oakland 4 4 0 .500 213 211 San Jose at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Kansas City 3 5 0 .375 195 182 Vancouver at Toronto, 7 p.m.

San Diego 2 7 0 .222 210 249 Colorado at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Florida at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.

NATIONAL CONFERENCE Pittsburgh at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Carolina, 7 p.m.

East

W L T Pct PF PA Arizona at Columbus, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Giants 5 4 0 .556 247 226 Winnipeg at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia 4 4 0 .500 193 164 Chicago at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Washington 3 5 0 .375 158 195 Minnesota at Dallas, 8 p.m.

Edmonton at Los Angeles, 10 p.m.

Dallas 2 6 0 .250 160 204 South

W L T Pct PF PA Carolina 8 0 0 1.000 228 165 By The Associated Press Atlanta 6 3 0 .667 229 190 New Orleans 4 5 0 .444 241 268 OHL Classic at Mayakoba PAR Scores Tampa Bay 3 5 0 .375 181 231 At El Camaleon Golf Club Playa del Carmen, Mexico North

W L T Pct PF PA Purse: $6.2 million Minnesota 6 2 0 .750 168 140 Yardage: 6,987; Par: 71 (36-35) Second Round Green Bay 6 2 0 .750 203 167 Chicago 3 5 0 .375 162 221 (a-amateur) Graeme McDowell 67-63130 -12 Detroit 1 7 0 .125 149 245 Derek Fathauer 65-66131 -11 West Si Woo Kim 68-64132 -10 70-62132 -10

W L T Pct PF PA Harold Varner III Patrick Rodgers 67-66133 -9 Arizona 6 2 0 .750 263 153 Jason Bohn 70-63133 -9 St. Louis 4 4 0 .500 153 146 Justin Leonard 65-68133 -9 Seattle 4 4 0 .500 167 140 Shawn Stefani 65-68133 -9 San Francisco 3 6 0 .333 126 223 Brice Garnett 67-66133 -9 THURSDAY’s GAMES Johnson Wagner 67-67134 -8 Buffalo 22, N.Y. Jets 17 Scott Brown 67-67134 -8 Spencer Levin 68-66134 -8 Sunday’s games Michael Thompson 66-68134 -8 Detroit at Green Bay, 1 p.m.

Will Wilcox 69-66135 -7 Carolina at Tennessee, 1 p.m.

Camilo Villegas 67-68135 -7 Chicago at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

Russell Knox 70-65135 -7

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safety that made it 14-2.

On their next possession, From Page B1 the Cavs quickly got into scoring range on a 34-yard Barrett most of the night, led by Barrun that took the ball to the rett’s 174 yards passing and HHP 36. An 11-yard Stokes run 149 yards rushing on 18 carand five more yards on the ries. Barrett threw for three ground from Barrett put the scores and added a 2-point ball at the 20, but the ball conversion pass while Weston would get away on the next Green caught five passes for 97 play as the Dolphins came yards and two scores. away with a fumble recovery.

Meanwhile, the Cavalier deREL scored on its next two fense was fairly stingy until possessions, driving 75 and 52 the Dolphins mounted their yards. The first drive took two late scoring drives. seven plays, with Barrett runThrough three quarters, HHP ning twice for 23 yards before had just three first downs and finding Green on a 38-yard 63 yards of total offense. Dolpass for the score. Barrett then phin punter Dorsey Barker got hooked up with Corbett for 15 quite the workout, launching yards and a 28-2 lead with 4:55 nine punts for a 37.4 average. left in the half.

After a 3-and-out on HHP’s The Cavs’ final score of the opening possession, REL took night came on their opening over at its 10 and began its lon- possession of the second half. gest drive of the night, going The drive went 55 yards in six 90 yards in 13 plays. Barrett plays, with Green once again rushed four times for 42 yards hauling in the touchdown and added four completions pass, this one for 23 yards. for 45 yards, including a Barrett ran for 13 yards and 5-yarder to Green for the Stokes added 19 on the drive. score. Corbett then caught the The Dolphins scored on an 2-point conversion pass for a 18-yard run by Gavin Hurlbut 14-0 Cavs lead with 4:46 to go with 2:46 left, pulling within in the opening quarter.

35-10 after quarterback Tyler Barker’s leg set up what Fox completed the conversion would be the Dolphins’ only pass to EJ Churchich. Then, points for a good portion of on the final play of the game, the game with a 45-yard punt Fox and Churchich combined RICK CARPENTER/THE SUMTER ITEM that pinned REL at its 6. On on a 38-yard score that ended Robert E. Lee Academy’s Bryce Barrett (13) breaks through the line for a big gain during the Cavaliers’ the next play, Barrett was cor- the game at 35-16, with no con35-16 victory over Hilton Head Prep on Friday in a SCISA 1A semifinal game. ralled in the end zone for a version attempt.

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It wound up being the last score of the game as the Panthers defense continued to clamp down on WH. After racking up 109 yards and a score in the opening quarter, the Barons were held to just 65 yards the rest of the way.

“We thought we saw things open up a little at first and we were able to make some plays in the passing game,” Jarecki said.

“But then they started to take away some of those short passes and the biggest thing was they didn’t let us run it at them. They were able to take that away.”

The Panthers also benefited from a couple WH miscues. A promising opening drive for the Barons ended in a fumble.

An interception in the second quarter following a PP field goal allowed the Panthers to punch in the go-ahead score before halftime for a 10-7 lead.

“We gave them some short fields and you can’t do that against a good team like them,” Jarecki said.

Redden finished with 101 yards rushing for the Panthers and also had an 8-yard touchdown pass from DiMuzio in the second quarter. The Pinewood quarterback finished with 167 yards through the air and the two scores.

James had the big night for the Barons, collecting two touchdown passes from Sears.

Malik Bennett up the right sideline should have been an easy pick for LMA’s Jake Jordan inside the Swampcats’ 5-yard line, but the ball bounced off his hands and right to Bennett who completed the 34yard scoring play at 2:48 of the first quarter.

Smith was 12-for-17 passing for 109 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a season-high 105 yards and one score.

Bennett ran or 78 yards and caught three passes for 64 yards and two touchdowns and Sean Hutchison: Kicked two field goals to up his season 3-pointer count to 13.

Hammond’s no-name defense was at it again, limiting LMA to 58 yards of total offense and two first downs in a first half that decided the issue. The Swampcats drove 45 yards on the opening possession, but stalled out at the Hammond 31. It was three-and-out for LMA for the rest of the first half.

“Our defensive coaches do such a great job of getting our players in the right positions to make plays,” Kimrey said. “This might be the lightest defense we’ve had since I’ve been here, but they do the right things and don’t give up big plays.”

After a 1-2-3-kick routine on its first offensive possession, the Hammond attack scored on its next four tries to build a 24-0 lead.

“It was a season of missed opportunities for us, a season of missed details,” said LMA head coach Robbie Briggs. “They (Hammond) pay attention to detail top to bottom, they don’t have negative energy, they don’t have distractions. That’s the difference between (Hammond) and the rest of us.”

PREP FOOTBALL FRIDAY South Aiken 21, Colleton County 14 Upper State Class AAA First Round Chapin 56, Southside 35 Chapman 31, A.C. Flora 13 Greer 45, Travelers Rest 13 Richland Northeast 38, Emerald 6 Seneca 42, Pickens 0 South Pointe 55, D.W. Daniel 28 Union Co. 27, Belton-Honea Path 24 Wren 43, Lancaster 41 Lower State Class AAA First Round Airport 35, Orangeburg-Wilkinson 27 Brookland-Cayce 34, Hanahan 31 Georgetown 31, Darlington 14 Hartsville 42, North Myrtle Beach 13 Hilton Head Island 27, Aiken 21 Midland Valley 35, Beaufort 28 Myrtle Beach 41, Dreher 26 St. James 27, Marlboro County 18 Upper State Class AA Division 1 First Round Fairfield Central 42, Powdersville 7 Newberry 42, Pendleton 17 Strom Thurmond 45, Mid-Carolina 13 Woodruff 45, Indian Land 14 Lower State Class AA Division 1 First Round Dillon 51, Waccamaw 0 Lake Marion 26, Bishop England 21 Loris 21, Wade Hampton (H) 7 Timberland 65, Battery Creek 0 Upper State Class AA Division 2 First Round Abbeville 41, Buford 7 Batesburg-Leesville 43, Central 20 Chesterfield 42, Chesnee 28 Saluda 30, W.J. Keenan 27 Lower State Class AA Division 2 First Round Andrews 55, Barnwell 34 Marion 62, Academic Magnet 20 Silver Bluff 38, Woodland 7 Whale Branch 19, Johnsonville 14 Upper State Class A Division l First Round Christ Church Epis. 35, Lewisville 13 McBee 21, St. Joseph 0 Southside Chr. 63, Wagener-Salley 14 Williston-Elko 50, Fox Creek 30 Lower State Class A Division l First Round All.-Fairfax 14, Carvers Bay 8, OT Bamberg-Ehrhardt 37, Hemingway 6 Calhoun Co. 65, Hannah-Pamplico 0 Latta 36, St. John’s 30, OT Upper State Class A Division 2 First Round Lamar 60, Blackville-Hilda 6 McCormick def. Great Falls, forfeit Ridge Spring-Monetta 42, Whitmire 8 Lower State Class A Division 2 First Round Baptist Hill 27, Timmonsville 26 C.E. Murray 73, Lincoln 0 Cross 36, Estill 0 Lake View 50, Scott’s Branch 0 SCISA Class AAA Semifinal Hammond 27, Laurence Manning 6 Pinewood Prep 17, Wilson Hall 14 SCISA Class AA Semifinal Bethesda Acad. 34, Florence Christian 0 Calhoun Acad. 29, Spart. Christian 7 SCISA Class A Semifinal Colleton Prep 29, Dillon Christian 19 Robert E. Lee 36, Hilton Head Prep 16

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South Carolina tailback Brandon Wilds (22) and the rest of the Gamecocks look to snap a two-game losing streak today when they host SEC East champion Florida at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia.

Gators expecting better play against Gamecocks

By PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press COLUMBIA — Now that No. 11 Florida has wrapped up the Southeastern Conference Eastern Division, head coach Jim McElwain said the Gators can relax, get back to business and chase even bigger goals ahead.

Maybe not totally relax, but the Gators (8-1, 6-1 SEC; No. 11 CFP) do plan to get back to business today when they play at struggling South Carolina (3-6, 1-6).

Florida was in a dogfight last week, escaping Vanderbilt with a 9-7 victory on a fourth-quarter field goal after trailing much of the game.

McElwain believed too many of his players were worried about locking up a spot in the SEC title game instead of doing what was necessary to handle the Commodores.

“I think we had guys worrying about the SEC Championship and how close we were and ‘let’s not mess this up’ rather than the results take care of themselves based on your actions, and the actions at the level in which you need to apply yourself,” said McElwain, the first-year coach. “So there were some good lessons.”

Florida hopes to apply those to South Carolina, which is looking to snap a two-game losing streak under interim head coach Shawn Elliott.

The Gamecocks, though,

Today’s Games

STATE Friday Livingstone at North Greenville (late) Today (1) Clemson at Syracuse, 3:30 p.m.

(WOLO 25, WWBD-FM 94.7, WPUBFM 102.7) (11) Florida at South Carolina, noon (ESPN, WIBZ-FM 95.5, WNKT-FM 107.5) Samford at Wofford, 1:30 p.m.

Mercer at Furman, 1:30 p.m.

Citadel at Chattanooga, 2 p.m.

(WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240) Presbyterian at Monmouth, noon Liberty at Charleston Southern, 2 p.m.

Kennesaw State at Coastal Carolina, 2 p.m. (WWFN-FM 100.1) South Carolina State at Norfolk State, 1 p.m.

Newbery at Wingate, 1:30 p.m.

Limestone at UNC Pembroke, 2 p.m.

ACC Thursday Virginia Tech 23, Georgia Tech 21 Today (6) Notre Dame vs. Wake Forest, 3:30 p.m. (WIS 10) (17) North Carolina vs. Miami, 3:30 p.m. (ESPNU) (19) Florida State vs. N.C. State, 12:30 p.m. (WACH 57) Pittsburgh at Duke, noon (ESPNEWS) Virginia at Louisville, 12:30 p.m.

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have won four of the past five meetings in the series including an improbable come-frombehind victory in The Swamp with Steve Spurrier in charge a year ago.

Florida wants to preserve its playoff chances as a potential one-loss SEC champion and can’t slip up against USC. “We’re not nearly done yet,” Florida tailback Kelvin Taylor said. “We have to keep working hard and just keep cleaning little things up.”

(3) Alabama at (20) Mississppi State, 3:30 p.m. (WLTX 19) (9) LSU vs. Arkansas, 7:15 p.m.

(ESPN) Georgia at Auburn, noon (WLTX 19) North Texas at Tennessee, noon (SEC NETWORK) Kentucky at Vanderbilt, 4 p.m. (SEC NETWORK) Western Carolina at Texas A&M, 7 p.m. (ESPNU) Brigham Young at Missouri, 7:30 p.m. (SEC NETWORK) TOP 25 Today (2) Ohio State at Illinois, noon (WOLO 25) (4) Baylor vs. (12) Oklahoma, 8 p.m.

(WOLO 25) (5) Oklahoma State at Iowa State, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) (7) Stanford vs. Oregon, 7:30 p.m.

(WACH 57) (8) Iowa vs. Minnesota, 8 p.m.

(10) Utah at Arizona, 10 p.m. (FOX SPORTS 1) (13) TCU vs. Kansas, noon (FOX SPORTS 1) (14) Michigan State vs. Maryland, noon (ESPN2) (15) Michigan at Indiana, 3:30 p.m.

(ESPN2) (16) Houston vs. (25) Memphis, 7 p.m. (ESPN2) (18) UCLA vs. Washington State, 10:45 p.m. (ESPN) (21) Temple at South Florida, 7 p.m.

(CBS SPORTS NETWORK) (22) Navy vs. SMU, 3:30 p.m. (CBS SPORTS NETWORK) (24) Northwestern vs. Purdue, noon

WHERE’S SPURRIER The best bet to see Steve Spurrier on Saturday? Look at the 80-foot poster of the ExBall Coach outside WilliamsBrice Stadium. Spurrier, who is the all-time wins leader at both Florida and South Carolina, won’t attend the game. He says he’s staying away so he’s not a distraction.

It’s just the fourth time in the last 24 meetings Spurrier won’t be on one sideline or the other for this contest.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Clemson’s Deshaun Watson is the quarterback of the new top team in the nation.

Don’t worry about that going to his head.

“I embrace the position that we are in, and we celebrate what we work for,” Watson said. “It’s hard to get to this point in the season and be 9-0 and do the things that we did. I just try and stay focused and make sure that’s not my main priority.”

Watson and the Tigers (9-0, 6-0 ACC; No. 1 CFP), fresh from a 23-13 victory over Florida State that vaulted them to No. 1 in the AP poll for the first time since the final poll of the 1981 season, travel to Syracuse (3-6, 1-4 ACC) today.

Clemson already has clinched a share of the ACC’s Atlantic Division title and a berth in the ACC championship next month.

A win over the Orange would make the Tigers the outright Atlantic champion as they strive for a berth in college football’s final four.

It also would give another positive jolt to the feeling of elation that’s engulfed the Clemson campus.

“It’s cool to see the students and the teachers and all the fans excited about what’s going on,” Watson said. “It brings joy to the campus.”

The last time the Tigers played in the Carrier Dome they were ranked No. 3 and dismantled the Orange 49-14 in Syracuse’s Atlantic Coast Conference debut in 2013. Tajh Boyd threw for a school-record 455 yards and five touchdowns in three quarters of work as Clemson finished with 624 yards of total offense and averaged 8.1 yards per play.

Now comes Watson and his gang against a team that’s lost six straight. In the past four games, Watson has accounted for 13 touchdowns and nearly 1,500 yards to lift his name back into the running for the Heisman Trophy.

In spite of their woes, the Orange welcome the challenge.

“This is a big stage. It’s a stage that you dream about,” senior center Rob Trudo said. “There’s not

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Deon Cain (8), Germone Hopper and the rest of the top-ranked Tigers look stay on the path to the College Football Playoff with a victory at Syracuse today.

too many times you’re going to play the No. 1 team. This is like a dream.”

Or a nightmare.

Syracuse has played the No. 1 team in the nation 10 times and has one victory, 17-9 over Nebraska in 1984 in the Carrier Dome.

MAHONEY RETURNS Syracuse starting QB Eric Dungey suffered a head injury in the fourth quarter last week at Louisville and the freshman is out. That means walk-on Zack Mahoney, a junior college transfer who enrolled in January and played his way into the backup role, will get the nod.

RUN TO DAYLIGHT Clemson TB Wayne Gallman, 23 yards shy of 1,000 for the season, had his sixth 100-yard rushing game of the year in the win over the Seminoles. He needs one more to tie the school record of seven set

by Kenny Flowers in 1985 and matched in 1996 by Raymond Priester.

44 Honored These Tigers could use a history lesson. Before the game, the university will unveil statues of three former Orange greats who wore No. 44 Jim Brown, Ernie Davis and Floyd Little. Clemson coach Dabo Swinney named Tigers long snapper Jim Brown a captain for Saturday’s game to pay homage to the great Orange and Pro Football Hall of Fame runner of the same name. When Swinney told the team Monday, all he got were blank stares.

Johnson plays spoiler in winning pole for Quicken Loans 500 Race QUICKEN LOANS RACE FOR HEROES 500 LINEUP The Associated Press After Friday qualifying; race Sunday At Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Ariz.

Lap length: 1 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 143.158 mph.

2. (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 142.88.

3. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 142.58.

4. (19) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 142.501.

5. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 142.292.

6. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 142.287.

7. (20) Erik Jones, Toyota, 142.219.

8. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 142.068.

9. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 142.062.

10. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 141.833.

11. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 141.409.

12. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 141.409.

13. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 141.665.

14. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 141.649.

15. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 141.393.

16. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 141.343.

17. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 141.282.

18. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 141.271.

19. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 140.944.

20. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 140.691.

21. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 140.378.

22. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 140.28.

23. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 140.252.

24. (13) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 139.735.

25. (51) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 139.492.

26. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 139.459.

27. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 139.265.

28. (9) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, 139.114.

29. (55) David Ragan, Toyota, 138.91.

30. (83) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 138.9.

31. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 138.739.

32. (40) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 138.212.

33. (26) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, 138.164.

34. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 137.878.

35. (7) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 137.868.

36. (46) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 137.799.

37. (23) Jeb Burton, Toyota, Owner Points.

38. (35) Cole Whitt, Ford, Owner Points.

39. (32) Joey Gase, Ford, Owner Points.

40. (34) Brett Moffitt, Ford, Owner Points.

41. (98) Ryan Preece, Ford, Owner Points.

42. (33) Ryan Ellis, Chevrolet, Owner Points.

43. (62) Timmy Hill, Chevrolet, Owner Points.

By JENNA FRYER The Associated Press AVONDALE, Ariz. — Jimmie Johnson is doing his best to play spoiler now that his championship chances are done.

The six-time NASCAR champion was eliminated from the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship in the first round of the playoffs. But his win JOHNSON last week at Texas denied Brad Keselowski a spot in the finale, and now he’s on the pole for the final elimination race.

Johnson turned a lap at 143.158 mph in qualifying Friday to win the pole at Phoenix International Raceway. His effort kept Kurt Busch, who is still in the Chase, from the top starting spot for Sunday’s race.

There are seven drivers vying for three spots next week in the title-deciding finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Only Jeff Gordon has clinched a berth in the final four.

“There’s nothing better,” Johnson said. “If you can’t be in it, you may as well go out there and spoil it.”

Johnson has five wins this season, but a mechanical failure in the first elimination race of the Chase bounced him from the playoffs.

Busch was second and the highestqualifying driver still eligible for the championship. Busch led the second round of qualifying with a track record speed of 142.982 mph, but he was bumped from the pole in the third and final round of qualifying.

Busch likely needs to win Sunday to advance to the final four.

“We had a fast car and I’m excited to go race now. We have a good starting spot, which was our first mission,” Edwards said. “Obviously, we want to be better than fourth, but we’re close enough to the front that we have a good pit stall selection.”

Kyle Larson was sixth and followed by Erik Jones, who is driving for Matt Kenseth as Kenseth serves a two-race suspension for intentionally wrecking Joey Logano at Martinsville.

Kevin Harvick, winner of four consecutive races at Phoenix and five of the last six, qualified eighth.

“The car has speed,” Busch said.

“We’ve got to stay focused on getting this 41 car punching its ticket down to Homestead.”

Dale Earnhardt Jr., Johnson’s teammate at Hendrick Motorsports who was eliminated from the Chase in the second round, qualified third.

Carl Edwards qualified fourth and was followed by Martin Truex Jr. as two drivers trying to advance into Homestead landed inside the top-five.

Most of the title contenders believe they are chasing Harvick on Sunday.

That’s not great news for Team Penske, which is facing a dire situation with Keselowski and Logano.

Both likely need to win to make it to the finale, and only one of them can go to victory lane. There are mathematical possibilities that both drivers can make the final four, but it’s a longshot.

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5 Family 879 Watts Dr Sat & Sun 7-1 Green clarinet $100, 2pc lighted china cabinet W/ table 8 chairs $900 & more. 803-775-4555 1365 Jefferson Rd. Sat. 8 am - 12.

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2360 Kings Mountain Dr. Dalzell, Sat, 8 am - 5 pm. Household, Cabrio dryer, Chimenea outdoor fireplace, other misc.

50 Lula Lane. Sat.-1 Furniture, household goods, decorations, clothes

Grand Re-Opening of Athletic Warehouse Part Time positions available up to 30 hours per week. Taking applications Tues Nov 17 & Wed Nov 18 10am-6pm. Must apply in person at 725 Broad St. Must be dependable, trustworthy and references required.

Sell More PLACE AN AD

• TRIMMING • TREE REMOVAL • STUMP REMOVAL

We will be happy to change your ad if an error is made; however we are not responsible for errors after the first run day. We shall not be liable for any loss or expense that results from the printing or omission of an advertisement.

We reserve the right to edit, refuse or cancel any ad at any time.

Mobile Home Rentals

LEGAL NOTICES

STATEBURG COURTYARD 2 & 3 BRs 803-494-4015

Summons & Notice

Near Shaw Small 2BR 1BA Part. furn. w/lrg porch $325/mo 840-3371 or 494-3573

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

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER

Homes for Sale Nice 5BR, 2BA DW MH. Shingle roof, 2 nice porches, lg lot great neighborhood. Cash only $54,900 OBO. Call 803-972-0900

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

Rooms for Rent

Acre, septic, cleared, water, electric. $8,000 dn payment 12 payments of $500. 713-870-0216.

Summerton: Rooms for rent on monthly basis. Call 803-410-1351.

Commercial Industrial

Unfurnished Apartments

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

Unfurnished Homes 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.

48-B Highland 2BR/1BA duplex, C/H/A, stove, fridg, w/d hook-up. $375/mo.+ $400/dep. 469-8872.

Mobile Home Rentals 2, 3 &4 Bedroom MH. Scenic Lake MHP, in Sumter/Dalzell area.

499-1500 or 469-6978 2BR 2BA Fully Remodled 650/mo + $650/dep. Will check references.

Mike 803-825-9075 Rent to own 2BR/1BA all appl. incl.

C/H/A, water & sewer incl. $385/mo. + $400 Dep.Call 803-464-5757

HUNTINGTON PLACE APARTMENTS

FROM $575 PER MONTH

1 MONTH FREE THIRTEEN (13) MONTH LEASE REQUIRED

Steven McCaskey McCaskey,

and

Katherine

Plaintiff, vs John Boykin and John C. Boykin Heating and Air and Jody Fitzgerald and Fitzgerald Group, LLC Defendants, Fitzgerald Group, LLC, Cross-Plaintiff, vs John Boykin and John C. Boykin Heating and Air Cross-Defendants.

Fleetwood MH For Sale - 3BR, 2BA with private lot.

Call 803-506-2370

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

SUMMONS IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NUMBER: 2015-CP-43-335

REAL ESTATE

Need P/T CDL driver. Apply at L.A. Smith Co., 3501 Broad St. Ext. Sumter. 9 - 5 Monday - Friday.

TO: JOHN BOYKIN AND JOHN C. BOYKIN HEATING AND AIR YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint and the Cross-Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you by publication, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the complaint on the subscriber Timothy L. Griffith, Attorney at Law, at 360 West Wesmark Blvd. 2nd Floor, Sumter, SC, 29150 and to serve a copy of your answer to the Cross-Complaint on the subscriber, A. Paul Weissenstein, Jr., at his office at 106 Broad Street (Post Office Box 2446), Sumter, South Carolina 29151-2446, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof exclusive of the day of service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint or Cross-Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint and/or Cross-Complaint.

NOTICE OF FILING Please take notice that a Summons and Complaint as captioned above has been filed by the Plaintiffs and a Summons and Cross Complaint has been filed by the Fitzgerald Defendants against the Boykin Defendants and can be found in the office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County in the case file above captioned.

A. Paul Weissenstein, Jr. Attorney for Jody Fitzgerald and Fitzgerald Group, LLC PO Box 2446 Sumter SC 29150 803-418-5700

P/T RECEPTIONIST CLERK needed for automotive dealership.

• M-F 1pm-7pm & every other Saturday 9am-4pm • Must have at least 1-2 years exp. in office office setting. Some accounting exp. preferred.

Send resume to: P-428 c/o The Item, PO Box 1677 Sumter, SC 29151

(803) 773-3600 POWERS PROPERTIES

803-773-3600

595 Ashton Mill Drive Office Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9-5

’S TREE SERVICE PO BOYFREE ESTIMATES TREE CARE

CLASSIFIED DEADLINES

11:30 a.m. the day before for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday edition.

9:30 a.m. Friday for Saturday’s edition 11:30 a.m. Friday for Sunday’s edition.

Trucking Opportunities

FOR SALE. MH, 3BR, 2BA, porch & equip for handicap w/ 1 acre land. $106,000 OBO Call 843-729-6076

Help Wanted Full-Time

Multi Family Sale 2965 Peach Orchard Rd Sat 7-1

Help Wanted Part-Time

RENTALS

831 Holiday Dr. Sat. 7-until Moving sale. Tread mill, freezer, entertainment center, and much more.

Large garage sale, both new & used asst clothing, furn., books, collector dolls, housewares, gift items. 504-D Miller Rd. 8-2 Sat. No early sales.

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

Fire wood for sale.

True cord, oak & hickory.

Call 803-460-1017

LARGE GARAGE SALE Every Weekend Tables $2 & $3

Farm Products

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2015

TREE REMOVAL • TOPPING • SPRAYING • PRUNING • FERTILIZING • BUSH HOGGING

Po Boy’s Rex Prescott OVER 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE Tommy Thompson LICENSED & INSURED

469-7606 or 499-4413

FIREWOOD DELIVERY

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

WHY WAIT! It’s the After Thanksgiving Sale NOW Sale

ntire stock of Suits EBuy a Suit at the Regular Price And Get the 2nd Suit of Equal Value FREE! SHIRTS, TIES, PANTS & SHOES

Buy 1, Get a 2nd “like” item at HALF PRICE!

MAYO’S SUIT CITY If your suits aren’t becoming to you, It’s a good time to be coming to Mayo’s!

Wesmark Plaza • 773-2262 • Mon-Sat 10-7