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City Council reviews roads 2016 list includes 15 streets, but members can add more BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Sumter City Council began a review of a list of roadways for a 2016 resurfacing project during its meeting Tuesday.

City Public Works Director Al Harris said the list of 15 streets was created before to the flood. If members of council could think of more streets that are in great need of repair, those streets could be added to the list, he said.

The project includes resurfacing to portions of Archdale Drive, Hoyt Heights, Gable Court, L Street, Hannah Court, Commander Court, Mary Street, Hasel Street, Hospital Circle, Yeadon Street, Glouchester Court, St. Augustine and Hermitage Drive, Wesley Hall Court, Stonehedge Court and Covington Street. Harris said all of the streets are owned by the city and the estimated cost of the entire project is $400,900. The city will use money provided to Sumter County by South Carolina Department of Transportation to pay for

the project, according to information provided by the city. Mayor Joe McElveen said the city receives 25 percent of the DOT funds provided to the county and is required to spend 25 percent of that amount on state-owned roads. He said he sees streets that are in need of repair everyday, but the city just does not have the money to get to them all. Concerned about road safety, Councilwoman Colleen Yates asked about

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Lt. Gen. Michael Garrett speaks Tuesday after assuming command of the U.S. Central Command and the Third Army.

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Bennett Lee, 10, checks the brakes on a bike being cleaned up for the Cycles for Christmas program on Saturday during the group’s work day.

Evening Optimist Club of Sumter launches its 19th annual drive BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Evening Optimist Club of Sumter has started its 19th Cycles for Christmas project

and is asking the community to donate bicycles or elbow grease to help an underprivileged child receive a bike this holiday season. Tom Lawrence, a member

of the club, said the organization aims to give away about 200 bikes every year. He said the club has fixed and given away nearly 3,000 bikes during the last 19 years. He said volunteers do not need prior knowledge of how to fix a bike to help out. “It doesn’t take a lot of

skill,” he said. Lawrence said he wants the bikes to be restored to the best conditions so the children will get excited to receive them. Some of the kids may have never had a bike of their own before, he said.

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Country singer Lorrie Morgan brings Opry to Opera House BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com Country music great Lorrie Morgan will present one performance only at the Sumter Opera House at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Tickets are going fast for the concert, but Opera House manager Seth Reimer said a few remain to see the artist who became a member of the prestigious Grand Ole Opry at the age of 24, younger than any artist before or since. Morgan, the daughter of the late country star George Morgan, first performed on that stage at the age of 13, singing “Paper Roses.”

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Singing on the Grand Ole Opry stage was “pretty magnificent,” she said. “It was the thrill of my life.” Becoming a member of the Grand Ole Opry means “you have to perform there so many dates every year,” she said, adding that is a pleasure for her, as she remembers going on Friday and Saturday nights with her father, dreaming of singing there herself. At 16, after the death of her father, she became the leader of his band, then later, her own. Lorrie Morgan hasn’t slowed down, recording more than 15 studio albums and

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Country music great Lorrie Morgan will perform at Sumter Opera House at 7:30 p.m. Friday. She’ll do an acoustic concert, making the evening more personal and relaxed, she said.

The U.S. Third Army banner passed from Gen. James Terry to new commander Lt. Gen. Michael Garrett during a change of command ceremony Tuesday at the U.S. Army Central Command Headquarters on Shaw Air Force Base. An array of brightly colored flags fluttered in the breeze as Gen. Lloyd Austin, Commanding General of the U.S. Central Command, passed the Third Army’s banner, which also represent command of the U.S. Army Central Command from the retiring Terry to Garrett as the assembly of troops, dignitaries and members of the public watched. Calling the Army Central Command one of the most important in the military today, Austin praised retiring commander Terry for his many years of service. “His list of accomplishments is long and distinguished,” Austin said. Austin applauded Terry for his work in Iraq, Afghanistan and against ISIS in Iraq and Syria. He said that because of the efforts of the United States and its allies in the region, progress has been made against ISIS. “We are achieving significant effects against this

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Continental to provide tires for Elio Motors’ economy car Elio Motors, Inc. recently announced that Continental Tire the Americas’ Sumter Plant will produce tires for a unique vehicle set to launch late 2016, according to a news release from Sumter Economic Development. The Elio Motors design is an enclosed three-wheel vehicle that will get as many as 84 mpg. With a targeted base price of $6,800, the vehicle is set to be equipped with power windows, air conditioning and multiple safety airbags. The vehicle’s tires will be of an evolutionary steel-belted, radial design and will conform to standard sizing metrics. “Continental’s belief in Elio Motors and our vision to provide an affordable, highly fuel-efficient passenger vehicle that is made in America is a huge validation to us for our efforts to date,” said Paul Elio, president and CEO of Elio Motors. Based in of Phoenix, Arizona, Elio’s first manufacturing site will be in Shreveport, Louisiana. More than 46,000 people having already reserved an Elio Motor Vehicle, according to the release.

Get tickets for Thursday’s Backcountry Oyster Roast BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com

Charles Bostic will serve as barbecue pitmaster, and the Edens family of Dalzell will make the chili. Rivers said the oysters will be cooked on site by Food for the Southern Soul, a catering company out of Charleston. Mike Compton is in charge of the collard greens. “The event will go on rain or shine,” Rivers said, “but we are getting tents set up in case of rain. This is our 18th annual Carolina Backcountry Oyster Roast.” Sponsors this year include: South

A few tickets remain for the Sumter County Museum’s Backcountry Oyster Roast set for Thursday night. Museum director Annie Rivers said the feast will begin 30 minutes earlier than in the past, so the oysters will be served steaming hot from 6 to 9 p.m. In addition to all-you-caneat oysters, she said, the menu will include barbecue, chili, collards, beer, wine, soft drinks and water.

State Bank, Thompson Industries, H&S Wholesalers, Community Broadcasters, FTC, Black River Electric Cooperative, SAFE Federal Credit Union, Sumter Packaging and Berkshire Hathaway. Tickets are $50 in advance and $55 at the door. Proceeds support museum programs. For tickets or more information, call the museum at (803) 775-0908. Sumter County Museum is located at 122 N. Washington St., across from Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

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Sheriff’s office sponsors Helping Hands food drive Sumter County Sheriff’s Office will sponsor the Elizabeth Foxworth Helping Hands Food Drive this year to help less fortunate families in Sumter County during the holidays. Named in remembrance of Senior Cpl. Elizabeth Foxworth, the effort of extending a helping hand to the community has become an annual event for the sheriff’s office, according to a news release. This year, collected foods will be distributed the morning of Saturday, Dec. 19, and area residents can assist the project by donating nonperishable food items. In addition, pre-packaged food bags can be purchased from Save-A-Lot, 674 W. Liberty St., for $6.12, tax included. The deadline for the donations is Dec. 18, 2015. To submit the name of a family to receive food, a family in need, donations or questions about the food drive, please contact Lt. Petrina Wiley at (803) 436-2026 no later than 5 p.m. Dec. 13. Supplies may be limited.

Sumter Police holiday food drive to start Thursday Sumter Police Department will hold its annual Thanksgiving food drive, Mile for a Meal, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at Walmart Neighborhood Market, 615 Bultman Drive. Residents can drop off non-perishable food items at the police department’s mobile command center stationed outside or join the department inside the store where they can shop, according to a release. Walking a mile is optional. For those who cannot make the event but want to give, a food collection box will remain at the store until Nov. 24. Food collection boxes are also located at the South Hope Center, 1125 S. Lafayette Drive, and the M.H. Newton Family Life Center, 415 Manning Ave. The community’s donations will help supply local soup kitchens with the items needed to serve those wanting a hot meal during the holidays. For more information, contact the department’s Community Services Unit at (803) 436-2723.

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Chris Hardy, President and CEO of the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce, talks with Wilder Elementary second graders Tramaya Steans and Kaden Weatherly about their math work during Hardy’s principal for a day oppportunity at the school on Tuesday. Principal for the Day is a nationwide program that allows leaders to experience half a day in a school from the principal’s perspective, said Shelly Galloway, spokeswoman for the district. “The program offers a unique hands-on opportunity for the district to see our strengths and challenges through the eyes of leaders from the community,” she said. Chris Hardy, president and chief executive officer of Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce, read to a class and even helped some students solve math problems while serving as Principal for the Day at Wilder Elementary School. Hardy said he was impressed with the hospitality the students showed the teachers. “Considering everything that’s going on with the world, the hospitality they showed was extremely eye opening and refreshing,” Hardy said. “It was also fun to see how engaged the students were in the teacher’s lessons. It was obvious the teachers and administrators truly care about the students and their learning.” The Rev. Eugene Dennis of Joshua Baptist Church in Charlotte, president and CEO of Prestige Insurance Agency in Charlotte, was Principal for the Day at Oakland Primary School. Dennis drove from North Carolina to participate in the event.

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com State Sen. Thomas McElveen, DSumter, said he was most impressed with the dedication of teachers and students when he served as Principal for the Day at Lemira Elementary School on Tuesday. McElveen was one of 28 individuals from the community participating in the event that serves as an opportunity for schools to build relationships with leaders from various fields. “You could see the dedication in the teachers’ eyes,” McElveen said. “It was unbelievable.” McElveen had the chance to visit all of the classes at Lemira Elementary School and hear from the school’s percussion ensemble. “The main thing I was impressed with at Lemira was the focus on literacy,” he said. McElveen said since the South Carolina Read to Succeed Act was passed a few years ago, the approach to literacy has changed to incorporate into most subject areas. The law is intended to increase the number of K-12 students who are able to comprehend grade level text. McElveen also said he was impressed with the cleanliness of the school and how much the students loved to learn.

He said the opportunity allowed him to see what went on in the schools and the challenges the faculty faced. “My eyes were opened,” said Dennis. “I was deeply moved. I have fallen in love with the school and have made a commitment that my company will sponsor certain things at that school.” Dennis described Oakland as “awesome.” He said he had not met Oakland’s principal, Shirley Tomlin, until Tuesday. “She has truly lifted me up in how she takes the time for her students and faculty,” he said. “All of the faculty and staff are focused on educating the whole child. They understand students may come from different backgrounds, but once those children arrive at the school, they are concerned with finding a way of taking care of each individual child.” Sumter School District Superintendent Frank Baker said he thimls feedback is important. “I firmly believe by receiving feedback we can become a better organization,” Baker said. He told the community and business leaders gathered at the event that the district’s door is always open. “Come back and see us and tell your friends and associates to come see the great things happening at Sumter School District,” Baker said.

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Don’t get stuck at airport this holiday season NEW YORK (AP) — A stronger economy and lower gas prices mean Thanksgiving travelers can expect more congested highways this year. During the long holiday weekend, 46.9 million Americans are expected to go 50 miles or more from home, the highest number since 2007, according to travel agency and car lobbying group AAA. That would be a 0.6 percent increase over last year and the seventh straight year of growth. While promising for the travel industry, the figure is still 7.3 percent short of the 50.6 million high point reached in 2007, just before the recession. Like on every other holiday, the overwhelming majority of travelers — almost 90 percent — will be driving. And they will be paying much less at the pump. AAA says the average retail price for gasoline is now $2.15 per gallon, 74 cents cheaper than the same time last year. With the average car getting 18.5 miles per gallon, that means a family driving 300 miles will save $12 in fuel this holiday. Airlines for America, the lobbying group for several major airlines, forecasts 25.3 million passengers will fly on U.S. airlines, up 3 percent from last year. (AAA’s forecast shows fewer numbers of fliers because it looks at a five-day period while the airline group looks at the 12 days surrounding Thanksgiving.)

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simmered in recent years, the U.S. has sought out symbolic ways to counter Beijing’s claims in the region without putting itself in direct confrontation with the powerhouse nation. Earlier this month, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter boarded a U.S. aircraft carrier plodding through the South China Sea, a week after a U.S. Navy destroyer patrolled within seven miles of a reef where China is building an artificial island and has asserted a 12-mile territorial boundary. The U.S. has refused to comply with China’s self-proclaimed air defense zone over the nearby East China Sea. Obama’s announcement came at the start of his ninth trip to Asia, and this one, like the others, was designed to illustrate his efforts to strengthen alliances as part of his seven-year campaign to increase U.S. influence in Asia. “You can count on the United States,” the president said. During back-to-back summits in Manila and Kuala Lumpur, Obama planned a particular focus on touting the Trans-Pacific Partnership that the U.S. recently struck with 11 other nations — China not included. The sweeping free trade agreement is at the heart of Obama’s Asia policy, but its prospects for ratification by U.S. lawmakers remain uncertain.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — With a towering warship behind him, President Obama announced Tuesday that the U.S. will hand over two ships to the Philippine Navy to boost its maritime security capabilities, in a bid to show the U.S. and its allies won’t be cowed by China in disputed waters far off its coast. Obama said the pair of ships — one U.S. Coast Guard cutter, one research vessel — were part of a broader American plan to scale up assistance to naval forces in Southeast Asia, where coastal nations feel threatened by China’s aggressive moves to assert control over the South China Sea. Obama said the U.S. had an “ironclad commitment” to the Philippines — a U.S. treaty ally — and a mutual commitment to free and safe navigation at sea. “More capable navies, in partnership with the United States, are critical to the security of this region,” Obama said as he opened a six-day tour of the Philippines and Malaysia. He said the ships would help the Philippines navigate and patrol its territorial waters. Obama never mentioned China by name as he stood in front of the BRP Gregorio del Pilar, a onetime U.S.owned frigate, but the intended recipient of his message was clear. As regional tensions with China have

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Vast forest fires in Indonesia spawn ecological disaster Blazes blamed for illness, lost crops, grounded planes KAMPAR, Indonesia (AP) — For farmer Achmad Rusli, it was a season of smoke: Ten weeks without sunlight for his oranges, guavas and durians, thanks to deliberately set forest fires that burned a chunk of Indonesia the size of New Jersey. The fires have finally died down with the arrival of monsoon rains but too late for his crops, which are far too measly to sell. “We had not seen the sun in a two-and-a-half months,” said Rusli, 34, from Riau province in eastern Sumatra, among the six hardest-hit provinces. “How can we harvest the fruit?” The ecological disaster has inflicted a staggering toll on the region’s environment, economy and human health: 8,063 square miles of forests and other land burned, 21 deaths, more than half a million people sickened with respiratory problems and $9 billion in economic losses, from damaged crops to hundreds of cancelled flights. Palm oil and paper pulp companies illegally set fire to forests to clear land to plant more trees in the cheapest and fastest way possible. Authorities are investigating more than 300 plantation companies, and 83 suspects have been arrested, according to national police chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti. The licenses

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On Nov. 10, rangers and firefighters patrol an area affected by forest fires in Kampar, Riau province, Indonesia. The ecological disaster of the fires has inflicted a staggering toll on the region’s environment, economy and human health: 8,063 square miles of forest consumed, a number of deaths, more than half a million people sickened with respiratory problems and $9 billion in economic losses. of three plantation companies have been revoked, and those of 11 others have been suspended. The fires have been an annual problem since the mid1990s, but this was the worst year since 1997, when blazes spread across nearly 10 million hectares. Greed is the cause. Herry Purnomo, a scientist at Center for International Forestry Research, said it costs just $7 to clear a hectare of land by burning, compared to $150 to do so with tractors. Indonesian law bans clearing land by burning, except by small-scale

farmers who are allowed up to 2 hectares. All told, nearly 50,000 fires were detected since July, according to satellite data, with most on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo. An absence of rain from the El Niño effect made them worse. The thick haze forced schools to close in neighboring Singapore and Malaysia, and for the first time it reached communities in southern Thailand, where the air pollution index rose to record levels of unhealthiness. Indonesia’s neighbors have

grown increasingly critical, though many of the palm-oil companies operating in the country are Singaporean- and Malaysian-owned. And Indonesians endured the worst of the effects. Syarif, a 46-year-old who like many Indonesians uses a single name, failed to harvest any of his chili peppers and tomatoes, which withered and shriveled on the vine. “I lost everything ... drought and smog has ruined our vegetables,” Syarif said. “I have to start again from scratch.” Visibility fell below 50 yards in some areas, forcing 13 air-

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“It’s a beautiful country album, but it’s got a variety of music. I even do some Bob Dylan. I’m kind of pumped about it.” Morgan said she’s excited about presenting an acoustic concert in Sumter. “It’s more relaxed and personal,” Morgan said. “It’s a chance to have fun and let people get to know me a little better. I’m not sure what I’ll be singing, everything from country to a little Eagles.” Of her biggest hits, she’ll likely sing “What Part of No” and “Watch Me,” some songs from her upcoming CD and perhaps a song or two from her favorite CDs, “Secret Love” and her Christmas album. “Secret Love” is an album of American Songbook favorites from her father’s era.

ROADS FROM PAGE A1 the status of the road work at Main Street and Hampton Avenue. Manager Deron McCormick said the downtown streetscape project is anticipated to be completed about February. With lots of home repairs underway and more than 7,000 people registered for Federal Emergency Management Agency assistance, Councilwoman Ione Dwyer encouraged residents to apply with the agency before its employees leave on Dec. 4. She said even if residents are denied assistance, they can apply for a grant. Also, McCormick said he and City Attorney Eric Shytle

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2015 will speak in front of S.C. House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday to talk about how the city was affected by the flood. In other news, council approved: • A resolution authorizing the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages at Sumter Opera House performances during the 2015-16 season. McCormick said the policy will only apply to sponsored events with outside vendors. Couniclman Calvin Hastie and Councilwoman Dwyer voted in opposition of the resolution; • First reading of an ordinance to amend the city code of ordinances to eliminate term limits for members of the Stormwater Management and Sediment Control Appeals Board. Shytle said the

five-member board has a three-year term limit and does not meet very often. He said at least two of the members need to be experienced grading contractors, and it could be difficult finding replacements in a timely manner; • A procurement resolution authorizing the purchase of a front load garbage truck for $240,128 from McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing in Georgia. City Public Works Director Al Harris most of the sanitation department’s garbage truck fleet consists of McNeilus vehicles, and city vehicle maintenance is familiar with that brand; and • A procurement resolution authorizing the purchase of a 10-item recycling collection truck for $181,288 from Columbia Truck Center in Columbia.

Paris attacks may renew encryption debate NEW YORK (AP) — The deadly attacks in Paris may soon reopen the debate aboutwhether — and how — tech companies should let the government sidestep the data scrambling that shields everyday commerce and daily digital life alike. So far, there’s no hard evidence that the Paris extremists relied on encrypted communications — essentially, encoded digital messages that can’t be read without the proper digital “keys” — to plan the shooting and bombing attacks that left 129 dead on Friday. But it wouldn’t be much of a surprise if they did. So-called end-to-end encryption technology is now widely used in many standard message systems, including Apple’s iMessage and Facebook’s WhatsApp. Similar technology also shields the contents of smartphones running the latest versions of Apple and Google operating software. Strong encryption is used to protect everything from corporate se-

Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks at an event in San Francisco in June 2014. The deadly attacks in Paris may reopen the debate about whether tech companies should let the government sidestep the data scrambling that shields everyday commerce and daily digital life alike. AP FILE PHOTO

crets to the credit-card numbers of online shoppers to intimate photos and secrets shared by lovers. That widespread use of encryption, which was previously restricted to more powerful desktop or server computers, is exactly what worries members of the intelligence and law enforcement communities. Some are now using the occasion of the Paris attacks to once again argue for restrictions on encryption, saying it

hampers their ability to track and disrupt plots like this one. “I now think we’re going to

have another public debate about encryption, and whether government should have the keys, and I think the result may be different this time as a result of what’s happened in Paris,” former CIA deputy director Michael Morell said Monday on CBS This Morning. The last such debate followed the 2013 disclosures of government surveillance by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden. Since then, tech companies seeking to reassure their users and protect their profits have adopted more sophisticated encryption techniques

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enemy,” he said. “They have reverted to what they always have been — a terrorist organization.” Austin quoted former Third Army Commander Gen. George Patton: “Wars might be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of the men who lead that gains the victory.” He said Terry was one of the Army’s superstars. “Terry’s contributions have been extraordinary due to his innate ability to lead troops,” Austin said. He said Terry was unusual because he never shrank from responsibility. “He took the toughest jobs and shouldered the heaviest responsibilities,” Austin said. He also had high praise for Terry’s wife, Julia, who received the Army Distinguished Service Medal — and the heartiest cheer of the ceremony. As Terry gave his farewell address, his emotions were evident, and he fought hard to keep a stiff upper lip. “On any given day, members of this command are spread across the area of responsibility,” he said, an area that spreads from Egypt to Pakistan and from Yemen to Kazakhstan. “It has meant many long days and short nights.” “Stay vigilant and stay ready,” he told the troops. “It is not a matter of if, but when you will be called upon.” New commander Garrett said he was humbled and honored to join the ranks of the fabled Third Army. “I will give my best effort and only ask you do the same in return,” he said. He said he learned a lot working under Terry while deployed under his command. “We have made a difference in the Middle East,” he said. “It will take time — be patient.” Terry takes over the command after having been Chief of Staff for

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he 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress report, also known as The Nation’s Report Card, shows that U.S. educational achievement, to put it nicely, leaves much to be desired. When it comes to reading and math skills, just 34 percent and 33 percent, respectively, of U.S. eighth-grade students tested proficient or above -- that is, performed at grade level or above. Recent test scores show poor achievement levels in other academic areas. Only 18 percent of eighth-graders are proficient in U.S. history. It’s 27 percent in geography and 23 percent in civics. The story is not much better when it comes to high schoolers. According to 2010 Walter and 2013 NAEP test scores, Williams only 38 percent of 12th-graders were proficient in reading. It was 26 percent in math, 12 percent in history, 20 percent in geography and 24 percent in civics (http://www.nationsreportcard.gov). Many of these poorly performing youngsters gain college admission. The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education reports, “Every year in the United States, nearly 60 percent of first-year college students discover that, despite being fully eligible to attend college, they are not ready for postsecondary studies.” That means colleges spend billions of dollars on remedial education. Many of the students who enroll in those classes never graduate from college. The fact that many students are not college-ready takes on even greater significance when we consider that many college courses have been dumbed down. Richard Vedder, emeritus professor of economics at Ohio University, argues that there has been a shocking decline in college academic standards. Grade inflation is rampant. A seminal study, “Academically Adrift,” by Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa, argues that very little improvement in critical reasoning skills occurs in college. Adult literacy is falling among college graduates. Large proportions of college graduates do not know simple facts, such as the half-century in which the Civil War occurred. Vedder says that at the college level, ideological conformity is increasingly valued over free expression and empirical inquiry. While educational achievement among whites is nothing to write home about, that for blacks is no less than a disaster. Only 13 percent of black eighth-graders score proficient or above in math, and only 16 percent do in reading. In 2013, only 7 percent of black 12th-graders scored proficient in math, and only 16 percent did in reading. The full magnitude of the black education tragedy is seen by the statistics on the other end of the achievement continuum. “Below basic” is the score given when a student is unable to demonstrate even partial mastery of knowledge and skills fundamental for proficient work at his grade level. In 2013, 62 percent of black 12th-graders scored below basic in math, and 44 percent scored below basic in reading. Dr. Thomas Sowell has written volumes on black education. The magnitude of today’s black education tragedy is entirely new. He demonstrates this in “Education: Assumptions Versus History,” a 1985 collection of papers. Paul Laurence Dunbar High School is a black public school in Washington, D.C. As early as 1899, its students scored higher on citywide tests than any of the city’s white schools. From its founding in 1870 to 1955, most of its graduates went off to college. Dunbar’s distinguished alumni included U.S. Sen. Ed Brooke, physician Charles Drew and, during World War II, nearly a score of majors, nine colonels and lieutenant colonels, and a brigadier general. Baltimore’s Frederick Douglass High School also produced distinguished alumni, such as Thurgood Marshall and Cab Calloway, as well as several judges, congressmen and civil rights leaders. Douglass High was second in the nation in black Ph.D.s among its alumni. The stories of the excellent predominantly black schools of yesteryear found in Sowell’s study refute the notion of “experts” that more money is needed to improve black education. Today’s Paul Laurence Dunbar and Frederick Douglass high schools have resources that would have been unimaginable to their predecessors. Those resources have meant absolutely nothing in terms of academic achievement. Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. © 2015 creators.com

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he Midlands’ economy would look considerably different, and a lot less robust, without our state’s port system. Many companies that do not use the Port are here because of it.” So says Lewis Gossett, President and CEO of the South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance. There is now concrete data to back up Mr. Gossett’s claim about the importance of the South Carolina Ports Authority — our state’s link to the global marketplace. In the Midlands alone, a new study says the port system has an economic impact of $13.6 billion. That translates into 48,000 jobs and $2.6 billion in labor income. In all, one in 12 jobs is tied to the port. The study defines the Midlands as Calhoun, Clarendon, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lee, Lexington, Newberry, Orangeburg, Richland, Saluda, Sumter, Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell and Edgefield counties. Conducted by Dr. Joseph Von Nessen, research economist at the Darla Moore Business School of University of South Carolina, the study covers the total economic impact associated with the port system operations and users during 2014. “The port has an ability to facilitate the ongoing development of export-oriented industry clusters, particularly in advanced manufacturing,” Von Nessen wrote. “This is helping to expand the manufacturing base, which already represents 8.2 percent of the Midlands economy, into a sizeable industry footprint.” Behind the statistics are real people whose quality of life has been enhanced because the state long ago recognized the strategic value of being on the ocean. Wisely, state leaders created a “public-private partnership”

called the South Carolina Ports Authority that has served us well since 1942. Today, the Port’s statewide impact as a job creator and reveDavid nue generator is Cuda truly amazing. More than 187,000 jobs have been created statewide with an annual economic impact of $53 billion. Other statewide benefits of the study include: One in every 11 jobs in South Carolina can be attributed directly or indirectly to our port system. This corresponds to $10.2 billion in labor income that would not exist without the presence of SCPA. On average, jobs directly or indirectly supported by the port pay nearly 40 percent higher than the state’s average annual salary. The $53 billion in annual economic output supported by SCPA represents nearly 10% of South Carolina’s total annual gross state product. Port operations produce more than $912 million in tax revenue annually for the state. Commerce Secretary Bobby Hitt called SCPA “the nation’s most productive port,” and the performance record for the fiscal year that ended in June proves his point. During the port’s previous fiscal year, there was a nearly 15 percent increase in container volume. Also, a recordbreaking 553,000 vehicles moved across SCPA docks, up 15%. I am President of the South Carolina Economic Developers Association, which has 600 members statewide who work to create jobs and expand investment. We see the port’s importance daily as companies inquire about how port can serve them in the

Midlands and throughout the state. Companies see the port and its efficiency as a huge asset for their investment in South Carolina. It is a remarkable success story. We were especially pleased to learn SCPA gained the support and approval needed to deepen the harbor to 52 feet, which is essential to remain competitive in the global economy with the new commercial ships that are so much larger than in the past. The harbor deepening project is scheduled to be complete by 2020, and that will empower our ports to continue the momentum so important to our economy. In his “State of the Port,” SCPA president and CEO Jim Newsome expressed great optimism for the future. “The port has a highly talented and skilled workforce,” he said. “And with the commitment of our entire maritime community, I am confident that SCPA’s best years are ahead.” Those of us in the Midlands region who live, work and raise our families many miles away from the coast can be grateful. Our state’s leaders had the vision to create a port system capable of embracing technologies and massive ships traversing the world at speeds they never dreamed possible. Somehow, those early state leaders intuitively knew that by creating SCPA, they were investing in an economic engine that future generations would need to prosper. And that tradition continues today. In 2015, South Carolina is blessed to have a port system that empowers our small state to play a big role in the world economy. David Cuda is President of the South Carolina Economic Developers Association and director of Corporate Solutions at Colliers International.

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SUPPORT GROUPS Amputee Support Group — AA, AL-ANON, ALATEEN: Fourth Tuesday each month, AA — Monday-Friday, noon 5:30 p.m., Carolinas Rehabiland 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 8 Support Groups: Nov. 18, 2015 Hospital cafeteria, itation p.m.; Sundays, 10:30 a.m. 121 E. Cedar St., Florence. and 7 p.m., 1 Warren St. Call (843) 661-3746. (803) 775-1852. EFMP Parent Exchange Group AA Women’s Meeting — — Last Tuesday each month, Wednesday, 7 p.m., 1 Warren 11 a.m.-noon, Airman and St. (803) 775-1852. Family Readiness Center. AA Spanish Speaking — SunSupport to service members day, 4:30 p.m., 1 Warren St. who have a dependent with (803) 775-1852. a disability or illness. Call Dorcus Haney at (803) 895AA “How it Works” Group — 1252/1253 or Sue ZimmerMonday and Friday, 8 p.m., man at (803) 847-2377. 1154 Ronda St. Call (803) 494-5180. 441 AA Support Group — MonWEDNESDAY MEETINGS: day, Tuesday and Friday, 8:30 p.m., Hair Force, 2090-D Sickle Cell Support Group — S.C. 441. last Wednesday each month, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., South AA Summerton Group — Sumter Resource Center, Wednesday, 8 p.m., town 337 Manning Ave. Call Berhall. tha Willis at (803) 774-6181. Manning Al-Anon Family Group — Thursday, 7:30 p.m., Behavioral Health Building, 14 THURSDAY MEETINGS: Church St., Manning. Call Angie Johnson at (803) 435TOPS S.C. No. 236 (Take Off 8085. Pounds Sensibly) — Thursdays, 9 a.m., Spectrum SeC/A “Drop the Rock” Group — nior Center,1989 Durant Thursday, 9:30 p.m., 1154 Lane. Call Diane at (803) Ronda St. Call Elizabeth 775-3926 or Nancy at (803) Owens at (803) 607-4543. 469-4789. Alzheimer’s Support Group through S.C. Alzheimer’s AssoMONDAY MEETINGS: ciation — Every 1st ThursSumter Vitiligo Support Group day, 6-8 p.m., McElveen — second Monday of each Manor, 2065 McCrays Mill month, 5:45-6:45 p.m., North Road. Call Cheryl Fluharty at HOPE Center, 904 N. Main St. (803) 905-7720 or the AlCall Tiffany at (803) 316zheimer’s Association at 6763. Find us on Facebook at (800) 636-3346. Sumter Vitiligo Support. Journey of Hope (for family members of the mentally ill), Journey to Recovery (for the TUESDAY MEETINGS: mentally ill) and Survivors of Sumter Connective Tissue Sup- Suicide Support Group — Each port Group — 1st Tuesday of group meets every 1st Jan., March, May, July, Sept. Thursday, 7 p.m., St. John and Nov., 7 p.m., 180 Tiller United Methodist Church, Circle. Call (803) 773-0869. 136 Poinsett Drive. Call Fred Mothers of Angels (for mothers Harmon at (803) 905-5620. who have lost a child) — First Great Goodness the Grief Supand third Tuesday, 6 p.m., port Group — Third Thursday, Wise Drive Baptist Church. 6-8 p.m., “AYS” Home Care, Call Betty at (803) 469-2616 1250 Wilson Hall Road. Call or Carol at (803) 469-9426. Cheryl Fluharty at (803) 9057720. Sumter Combat Veterans Group Peer to Peer — Every Tuesday, 11 a.m., South HOPE Center, 1125 S. LafayFRIDAY MEETINGS: ette Drive. Veterans helping Celebrate Recovery — Every veterans with PTSD, coping Friday, 6 p.m. dinner, 7 p.m. skills, claims and benefits. program, Salt & Light Parkinson’s Support Group — Church, Miller Road (across Second Tuesday each from Food Lion). For help month, 5:30 p.m., Carolinas with struggles of alcohol, Rehabilitation Hospital cafe- drugs, family problems, teria, 121 E. Cedar St., Florsmoking, etc. ence. Call (843) 661-3746. Wateree AIDS Task Force SupSumter Chapter Parents of port Group — Every third FriMurdered Children (POMC) — day, 11:30 a.m., 508 W. LiberThird Tuesday, 5:30-7 p.m., ty St. Contact Kevin Johnson Birnie HOPE Center, 210 S. at (803) 778-0303. Purdy St. Open to all families or friends who have lost a loved one to murder in a SATURDAY MEETINGS: violent way. Reflex Sympathetic DystroMultiple Sclerosis Support phy/Complex Regional Pain Group — Third Tuesday each Syndrome Support Group — month, 5:30 p.m., Carolinas 1:30 p.m. every third SaturRehabilitation Hospital com- day, 3785 Blackberry Lane, munity meeting room, 121 E. Lot 7. Call Donna Parker at Cedar St., Florence. Call (803) 481-7521. (843) 661-3746.

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AccuWeather® ﬁve-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

TONIGHT

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Variable cloudiness Heavy showers late A.M. rain; some sun returning

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Gaﬀney 66/61 Spartanburg 64/59

Greenville 66/58

Columbia 75/67

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IN THE MOUNTAINS

Sumter 75/66

Aiken 73/62

ON THE COAST

Charleston 78/68

Today: Partly sunny; rain and drizzle in southern parts. High 74 to 78. Thursday: Rain and a thunderstorm, mainly early in the day. High 73 to 77.

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Manning 77/68

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Be open to EUGENIA LAST trying something new, and it will lead to new beginnings. You don’t need to work with others in order to accomplish things. Plan to spend downtime with someone you love and celebrate what you achieved.

The last word in astrology

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Avoid giving handouts or donations. You can offer assistance in a unique way that is far more cost-effective and more informative. You will meet interesting people and learn a lot from volunteering your time. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You can make things happen as long as you don’t take on too much or set an unrealistic budget. You’ll dazzle people with your ability to turn a negative into a positive. Socializing or networking will allow you to show off your skills. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t let what others are doing bring you down. Make positive changes at home that will brighten your day or get you involved in a new activity. Try to avoid getting run down or doing something that can lead to injury. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Keep things in perspective when dealing with children, friends and groups looking for handouts. Joint ventures are best avoided. Invest in your talents, skills, knowledge and personal appearance. Make vacation plans. Love is on the rise. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t pass judgment on others unless you are ready to be criticized yourself. Overreacting will make you look bad. Focus on yourself, your future and networking with

people who may have something to contribute to your plans. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Let the people around you know how you feel and you will gain the freedom you require to live your life your own way. Be kind and patient with yourself and the people who support you. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Emotions will be difficult to control. Problems are best dealt with quickly if you want to come out on top. Someone from your past will help you put your plans into motion. Strength will come from doing what’s right for you. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If you choose to go into battle with someone, be prepared for your personal information to be revealed as well. Preparation will be necessary to minimize any fallout from dealing with a disgruntled individual. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Offer suggestions instead of trying to control a situation. Your time is better spent working on projects that can increase your profits, simplify your life and ensure that you are healthy and content. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Your perception of a situation will be limited, so don’t try to fix something without the proper information. Try to stay positive. Offering unique and playful suggestions will do wonders for your personal relationships. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You will be able to clear up any misunderstandings and revisit old ideas if you reconnect with someone you feel can contribute to your goals. Don’t let your ego get in the way.

LOTTERY NUMBERS PALMETTO CASH 5 TUESDAY

POWERBALL SATURDAY

1-5-24-29-30 PowerUp: 2

14-22-37-45-66 Powerball: 5; Powerplay: 3

PICK 3 TUESDAY

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SUMTER ANIMAL CONTROL PET OF THE WEEK Sally, an adorable young girl, is available for adoption at Sumter Animal Control. A petite and playful girl, Sally loves belly rubs, and is always happy to meet a new friend. With her sweet and happy disposition, she will be a great addition to any household. Won’t you give Sally a home and family of her own? Contact Sumter Animal Control at (803) 436-2066, 1240 Winkles Road, to ask about Sally in kennel 22. View more adoptable / found pets by visiting Sumter Animal Control on Facebook.

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USC FOOTBALL

In need of a victory USC’s Elliott: Winning is motivation against Citadel

cross country

TSA’s Jarvis bound for Winthrop By DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com

The Associated Press

Florida running back Kelvin Taylor (21) is pursued by South Carolina defensive tackle Gerald Dixon Jr. while breaking a long run in the Gamecocks’ 24-14 loss last Saturday. USC hopes it won’t see more scenes like this on Saturday against The Citadel, the No. 1 rushing team in the FCS..

By JEFFREY COLLINS The Associated Press COLUMBIA — With his team’s first losing season since 2003 assured and a game against a lower division opponent coming up, interim South Carolina coach Shawn Elliott said Tuesday there is a simple motivation for the Gamecocks against The Citadel this weekend. “How many times have we

went out there and celebrated a victory?” Elliott said. “So any opportunity to go out there and face a football team and get a win is going to feel good at this point.” At first glance, the Gamecocks (3-7) would appear to have a good shot at beating Football Championship Subdivision Citadel (7-3). South Carolina has won 22 nonconference games in a row at home and hasn’t lost to an

FCS team since 1990. But that FCS team was The Citadel. This year’s Bulldogs are good too. They shared the Southern Conference crown for the team’s first title since 1992 and their triple option offense is gaining 344 yards a game on the ground, which is second best in FCS. South Carolina’s rushing defense is allowing 202 yards a game, ranking 13th in the Southeastern

Conference. And while South Carolina’s hopes for a bowl bid are likely gone, The Citadel still has a good shot at making the FCS playoffs. A loss to big brother South Carolina wouldn’t hurt the Bulldogs chances, but a victory would be a big step toward getting into the postseason for the first time in 23 years.

see USC, Page B3

Clemson FOOTBALL

Swinney wants top-ranked Tigers to stay focused By PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press CLEMSON — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney has steadily preached “one game at a time” all year long. Now, with the season’s end in sight, Swinney wants his topranked Tigers to embrace the challenges ahead of them now that the ultimate goal is within reach. “The biggest thing for us, we’ve got 18 days left to punch a ticket to the College Football Playoffs,” Swinney said. “Let’s get dialed in” The home stretch for No. 1 Clemson (10-0, 7-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) starts Saturday against struggling Wake Forest (3-7, 1-5), which has lost its last four games. The Tigers might not be challenged for a couple of weeks — they face 3-7 South Carolina in the regular-season finale — until the ACC championship game. There Clemson will most likely play Coastal Division front runner North Carolina, and Swinney does not want his

moment yesterday to lift our heads up and look at the finish line just to realize we are right there,” Mac Lain said. “But I think our mentality now is to keep our head down and sprint through it. We can’t have any kind of let up.” The Tigers haven’t so far in the rise to No. 1. However, things have not gone as smoothly as some had hoped after a 58-0 demolition of Miami on Oct. 24. Clemson’s defense gave up too many yards and points for coordinator Brent Venables’ liking in a 56-41 victory at North Carolina State on Halloween and a 37-27 win at Syracuse last Saturday. While winning is the ultiThe Associated Press mate goal, Clemson must get Clemson linebacker B.J. Goodson (44) tries to knock down a pass back to the focus it had earlithrown by Syracuse quarterback Zack Mahoney in the Tigers’ er in the season when it was 37-27 victory last Saturday. Top-ranked Clemson plays host to among the nation’s top five Wake Forest on Saturday. in stopping opponents. “I just expect them to play team to grow complacent Swinney’s message was more well, play with effort and with what they’ve accomwide-ranging than the tuntoughness and discipline,” plished so far. nel-vision view the team’s Venables said. “That’s it.” Clemson left guard Eric had since last season ended. see CLEMSON, Page B3 Mac Lain acknowledged “I think we took a brief

DALZELL — Hunter Jarvis has put his name in the record books in his two year of running cross country and competing in the distance events in track and field for Thomas Sumter Academy. He hopes he’ll be able to do the same at the collegiate level. Jarvis, who won the SCISA 3A individual cross country title last month and is the JARVIS defending state champion in the three distance events, has signed with Winthrop University in Rock Hill to compete in both cross country and track and field. Winthrop is a member of the Big South Conference, which competes at the NCAA Division I level. “The fact that Winthrop is a Division I school played a big part in me deciding to go there,” Jarvis said. “I’ll see better competition there and that’s what you want to become better yourself.” Jarvis said when he went on a visit to Winthrop it just felt right to him. “I just liked everything about it,” he said. “It’s a beautiful campus and they have great facilities. It just seemed like the right fit for me.” Another factor in Jarvis’ decision was the fact his late grandmother, Mary Beth Jarvis, attended Winthrop. His grandmother was also a teacher at TSA as Jarvis is a fourthgeneration TSA student. He was also considering Newberry and had been in contact with Alabama.

see JARVIS, Page B5

AUTO RACING

Race shortened by rain was quintessential NASCAR By JENNA FRYER The Associated Press In this topsy-turvy second season of NASCAR’s new championship format, it was only fitting that the race to set the final four ended in an empty, unsatisfying way. A rain delay of nearly seven hours Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway turned the final elimination race of the playoffs into a waterlogged nightmare. There was no frantic jockeying for the final three slots in the title-deciding finale, no opportunity for Joey Logano or Kurt Busch or Carl Edwards to flex any muscle in a push for the checkered flag. Yet another burst of rain forced NASCAR to call the event 93 laps from the finish and everyone — the drivers, the fans, NASCAR itself — was denied the opportunity to see how it might have played out. It was, with no disrespect to chairman Brian France, quintessential NASCAR. It was France who made “quintessential” the buzz word of this Chase when he deemed Logano did exactly what he should have done when he spun Matt Kenseth as the two raced for a critical playoff victory last month.

see NASCAR, Page B5

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

sports

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Scoreboard

Basketball roundup

TV, RADIO 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Illinois at Providence (FOX SPORTS 1). 7 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Brooklyn at Charlotte (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST). 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Wofford at North Carolina (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 7 p.m. — Women’s College Basketball: South Carolina at Clemson (WNKT-FM 107.5). 8 p.m. — NBA Basketball: New Orleans at Oklahoma City (ESPN). 8 p.m. — College Football: Western Michigan at Northern Illinois (ESPN2). 8 p.m. — College Football: Central Michigan at Kent State (ESPNU). 8 p.m. — Professional Golf: PGA Tour of Australasia Australian Masters First Round from Melbourne, Australia (GOLF). 8 p.m. — NHL Hockey: Washington at Detroit (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 8 p.m. — Women’s College Basketball: Penn State at Tennessee (SEC NETWORK). 10 p.m. — Women’s College Volleyball: Kentucky at Texas A&M (SEC NETWORK). 10:30 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Chicago at Phoenix (ESPN). 3 a.m. — Professional Golf: European PGA Tour DP World Championship First Round from Dubai, United Arab Emirates (GOLF).

NFL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press

AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 9 0 0 1.000 303 169 Buffalo 5 4 0 .556 231 207 N.Y. Jets 5 4 0 .556 217 184 Miami 4 5 0 .444 191 225 South W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis 4 5 0 .444 200 227 Houston 4 5 0 .444 184 211 Jacksonville 3 6 0 .333 192 255 Tennessee 2 7 0 .222 169 214 North W L T Pct PF PA Cincinnati 8 1 0 .889 235 152 Pittsburgh 6 4 0 .600 236 191 Baltimore 2 7 0 .222 210 236 Cleveland 2 8 0 .200 186 277 West W L T Pct PF PA Denver 7 2 0 .778 205 168 Kansas City 4 5 0 .444 224 195 Oakland 4 5 0 .444 227 241 San Diego 2 7 0 .222 210 249

NATIONAL CONFERENCE The Associated Press

Duke guard Matt Jones, left, is pressured by Kentucky guard Tyler Ulis during the second-ranked Wildcats’ 74-63 on Tuesday in Chicago.

No. 2 Kentucky tops No. 5 Duke 74-63

CHICAGO — Tyler Ulis had 18 points and six assists, and No. 2 Kentucky used its speed and athleticism to hold off No. 5 Duke for a 74-63 win in the Champions Classic on Tuesday night. Kentucky forced 16 turnovers and outscored Duke 18-4 in fast-break points. Jamal Murray scored 11 of his 16 points in the second half, and Isiah Briscoe added 12 points as the Wildcats (3-0) placed four players in double figures. Amile Jefferson led the Blue Devils (2-1) with 16 points and 15 rebounds, and Marshall Plumlee finished with 12 points, 10 rebounds and six blocked shots. Grayson Allen, who scored 54 points in Duke’s first two games, was held to six points

on 2-for-11 shooting. He got his first basket on a 3-pointer from the corner with 12:08 left in the second half.

his career high with 21 points for Milwaukee (3-1), and Matt Tiby added 16 points and 13 rebounds.

(18) Notre Dame 86

(19) UConn 85

Tennessee at Jacksonville, 8:25 p.m.

Milwaukee 78

New hampshire 66

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Demetrius Jackson scored 20 points, and V.J. Beachem tied a career high with 19 while adding a career-best eight rebounds in No. 18 Notre Dame’s 86-78 win over Milwaukee on Tuesday. The Irish (2-0), who moved up one spot in the poll this week, had all five starters score in double figures, including Zach Auguste, who hit 7 of 8 from the field and scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half. Akeem Springs matched

STORRS, Conn. — Sterling Gibbs scored 18 of his 21 points in the first half and UConn routed New Hampshire 85-66 on Tuesday night. Rodney Purvis added 20 points for the 19th-ranked Huskies (2-0). He and Gibbs each made five of the Huskies 13 3-point baskets. Daniel Hamilton had 13 points and 11 rebounds for the sixth double-double of his career. He also led the Huskies with six assists.

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

From wire reports

sports items

Tigers still on top of playoff rankings The Clemson Tigers remained atop the College Football Playoff Rankings released on Monday as the top four teams remain unchanged. Following the 10-0 Tigers are Alabama at No. 2, Ohio State at No. 3 and Notre Dame at No.4 Rounding out the top 10 are No.5 Iowa, No. 6 Oklahoma State, No.7 Oklahoma, No. 8 Florida, No. 9 Michigan State and No. 10 Baylor.

Swinney not expecting Williams back CLEMSON — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said a medical official would have to “sign off in blood” for the Tigers to play injured receiver Mike Williams this season. Swinney said he does not believe Williams will play again this fall. Williams was the topranked Tigers’ 1,000-yard receiver who was injured in the first quarter of the first game this season. Williams collided with the goalpost support and sustained a neck fracture. Swinney said Williams will soon have a soft neck brace off and has been cleared for some running.

East W L T Pct PF PA N.Y. Giants 5 5 0 .500 273 253 Washington 4 5 0 .444 205 209 Philadelphia 4 5 0 .444 212 184 Dallas 2 7 0 .222 166 214 South W L T Pct PF PA Carolina 9 0 0 1.000 255 175 Atlanta 6 3 0 .667 229 190 Tampa Bay 4 5 0 .444 191 237 New Orleans 4 6 0 .400 255 315 North W L T Pct PF PA Minnesota 7 2 0 .778 198 154 Green Bay 6 3 0 .667 219 185 Chicago 4 5 0 .444 199 234 Detroit 2 7 0 .222 167 261 West W L T Pct PF PA Arizona 7 2 0 .778 302 185 St. Louis 4 5 0 .444 166 183 Seattle 4 5 0 .444 199 179 San Francisco 3 6 0 .333 126 223

Still, the coach would want to have overwhelming medical opinions that the junior was completely healthy before allowing him back on the field. Williams’ prognosis is for a full recovery and Swinney said he’s protecting the players’ potential football career. Swinney not expecting No. 1 Clemson WR Williams to return

Maddon, Bannister top managers NEW YORK — Joe Maddon won his third Manager of the Year award Tuesday and Jeff Banister his first after each guided his team on a surprising run to the playoffs. In his initial season with the Chicago Cubs, Maddon took the National League prize following the club’s first postseason appearance since 2008. He also won in the AL with Tampa Bay in 2008 and 2011. Maddon received 18 firstplace votes and 124 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. He beat out St. Louis’ Mike Matheny and the New York Mets’ Terry Collins by a surprisingly

comfortable margin, becoming the seventh manager to win the award three times. Banister garnered 17 firstplace votes and 112 points, easily topping Houston’s A.J. Hinch and Hall of Famer Paul Molitor from the Minnesota Twins, another rookie manager.

Germany-Netherlands game cancelled HANNOVER, Germany — The friendly soccer game between Germany and the Netherlands was canceled at short notice due to the serious threat of an attack at the stadium on Tuesday. “We had concrete evidence that someone wanted to set off an explosive device in the stadium,” Hannover police chief Volker Kluwe told German TV.

Federer beats Djokovic LONDON — Roger Federer brought his top game to the O2 Arena on Tuesday, stopping Novak Djokovic’s ATP Finals winning streak at 15 by beating the top-seeded Serb 7-5, 6-2. The win put Federer in the semifinals. From wire reports

Monday’s Game

Houston 10, Cincinnati 6

Thursday’s GAME Sunday’S GAMES

Monday, Nov. 23

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

NBA Standings

By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 7 4 .636 — Boston 6 4 .600 ½ New York 5 6 .455 2 Brooklyn 1 9 .100 5½ Philadelphia 0 11 .000 7 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 8 4 .667 — Miami 6 3 .667 ½ Washington 4 4 .500 2 Charlotte 5 5 .500 2 Orlando 5 6 .455 2½ Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 8 2 .800 — Chicago 7 3 .700 1 Indiana 6 5 .545 2½ Milwaukee 5 5 .500 3 Detroit 5 5 .500 3

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 8 2 .800 — Dallas 7 4 .636 1½ Memphis 6 6 .500 3 Houston 4 7 .364 4½ New Orleans 1 9 .100 7 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 6 5 .545 — Utah 5 5 .500 ½ Denver 5 5 .500 ½ Minnesota 4 6 .400 1½ Portland 4 8 .333 2½ Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 11 0 1.000 — Phoenix 6 4 .600 4½ L.A. Clippers 6 4 .600 4½ Sacramento 4 7 .364 7 L.A. Lakers 2 9 .182 9

Monday’s Games

Dallas 92, Philadelphia 86 Chicago 96, Indiana 95 Memphis 122, Oklahoma City 114 Boston 111, Houston 95 San Antonio 93, Portland 80 Phoenix 120, L.A. Lakers 101

Tuesday’s Games

Milwaukee at Washington, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Atlanta at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Cleveland at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Charlotte at New York, 7:30 p.m. Denver at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Toronto at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Indiana at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Orlando, 7 p.m. Brooklyn at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Dallas at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Portland at Houston, 8 p.m. New Orleans at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Sacramento at Atlanta, 8 p.m. Denver at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Toronto at Utah, 9 p.m. Chicago at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Sacramento at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Cleveland, 8 p.m. Golden State at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

NHL Standings

By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 19 14 3 2 30 67 42 Ottawa 18 8 5 5 21 54 57 Detroit 18 9 8 1 19 41 45 Florida 18 8 7 3 19 49 45 Tampa Bay 20 8 9 3 19 46 49 Boston 16 8 7 1 17 52 49 Buffalo 17 8 8 1 17 40 46 Toronto 18 5 9 4 14 41 54 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Rangers 18 14 2 2 30 57 32 Washington 16 11 4 1 23 50 37 N.Y. Islanders 19 10 6 3 23 54 44 New Jersey 17 10 6 1 21 44 40 Pittsburgh 17 10 7 0 20 36 37 Philadelphia 17 6 8 3 15 33 50 Carolina 18 6 10 2 14 35 53 Columbus 18 6 12 0 12 45 62

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas 18 14 4 0 28 65 47 St. Louis 18 12 5 1 25 50 43 Minnesota 16 10 3 3 23 48 43 Nashville 16 10 3 3 23 50 38 Chicago 18 10 7 1 21 49 44 Winnipeg 19 8 9 2 18 50 62 Colorado 17 7 9 1 15 49 45 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 17 11 6 0 22 43 36 Vancouver 19 7 6 6 20 55 50 Arizona 18 9 8 1 19 50 54 San Jose 17 9 8 0 18 45 43 Anaheim 18 6 8 4 16 33 46 Calgary 19 6 12 1 13 45 72 Edmonton 18 6 12 0 12 47 58 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Monday’s Games

N.Y. Islanders 5, Arizona 2 Anaheim 4, Carolina 1 Montreal 4, Vancouver 3, OT Detroit 4, Ottawa 3, OT Florida 1, Tampa Bay 0 St. Louis 3, Winnipeg 2

Tuesday’s Games

San Jose at Boston, 7 p.m. Dallas at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Columbus, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Colorado at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Anaheim at Nashville, 8 p.m. New Jersey at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Vancouver at Winnipeg, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Detroit, 8 p.m. Chicago at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Minnesota at Boston, 7 p.m. San Jose at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Colorado at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Dallas at Washington, 7 p.m. Arizona at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Columbus at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Anaheim at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Buffalo at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

College Football

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FCS Coaches Poll

SPARTANBURG — The top 25 teams in the 2015 Coaches Football Championship Subdivision poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 15, points and previous ranking: Record Pts Prv 1. Jacksonville St. (24) 9-1 648 1 2. McNeese State (2) 9-0 616 2 3. North Dakota State 8-2 592 3 4. Coastal Carolina 9-1 559 4 5. South Dakota State 8-2 544 5 6. Illinois State 8-2 531 6 7. William & Mary 8-2 486 7 8. Charleston Southern 9-1 464 8 9. Chattanooga 8-2 440 9 10. James Madison 8-2 408 11 11. Portland State 8-2 368 16 12. Sam Houston State 7-3 327 18 13. North Carolina A&T 9-1 312 14 14. Fordham 9-2 295 17 15. Northern Iowa 6-4 256 19 16. Richmond 7-3 229 12 17. Montana 6-4 188 22 18. Southern Utah 7-3 185 15 19. Eastern Washington 6-4 184 10 20. Northern Arizona 7-3 138 25 21. Harvard 8-1 114 13 22. Bethune-Cookman 8-2 111 23 23. Dartmouth 8-1 93 24 24. The Citadel 7-3 92 20 25. Central Arkansas 7-3 70 NR Others receiving votes: Grambling State 59, Dayton 29, Villanova 20, Youngstown State 19, Eastern Kentucky 16, North Dakota 15, Eastern Illinois 13, Alcorn State 7, Towson 5, New Hampshire 5, Penn 4, UT Martin 2, Western Carolina 2, Western Illinois 2, South Dakota 1, Cal Poly 1.

Transactions

By The Associated Press

BASEBALL American League LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Agreed to terms with INF Cliff Pennington on a two-year contract. National League SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Signed SS Brandon Crawford to a six-year contract through the 2021 season. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Named Harvey Sharman executive director/ medical services; Paul Lessard director, athletic training; Dale Gilbert athletic trainer; Patrick Panico and Joe Cancellieri corrective exercise specialists. Promoted Matt Eiden to strength and conditioning coach.

FOOTBALL National Football League BALTIMORE RAVENS — Placed WR Breshad Perriman on injured reserve. Waived-injured DB Asa Jackson. Waived WR-KR Jeremy Ross. Signed WR Kaelin Clay, TE Chase Ford and CB Cassius Ford. CHICAGO BEARS — Signed CB Jacoby Glenn from the practice squad. Waived CB Terrance Mitchell. DALLAS COWBOYS — Waived QB Brandon Weeden, CB Corey White and RB Christine Michael. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Placed TE James O’Shaughnessy on injured reserve. Claimed DT David King off waivers from Seattle. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed WR Chris Harper from the practice squad. Released OL Chris Barker. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed TE Chase Ford. Signed TE Dominique Jones to the practice squad. NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed WR Hakeem Nicks. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Released WR Chris Matthews. Signed WR Kevin Smith from the practice squad. TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed WR Tre McBride from the practice squad and WR Andrew Turzilli from San Francisco’s practice squad. Placed CB Jason McCourty and WR Justin Hunter on injured reserve.

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BOISE STATE — Suspended redshirt freshman TE David Lucero indefinitely following his arrest on suspicion of felony attempted strangulation. DUKE — Dismissed WRs Johnell Barnes and Terrence Alls and LB Chris Holmes for failing to meet program standards.

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Wake Forest might be the perfect remedy. The Demon Deacons are next-to-last in ACC total offense and scoring. “We’ve got some things we have to correct,” linebacker B.J. Goodson said. “We’ll go to work and get them fixed.” Swinney said his current outlook is not a change from earlier in the season. He wants players to get a glimpse of how close they are to the ultimate goal and not waste a moment of preparation. One hiccup, the coach said, and the Tigers playoff plans are left in the committee’s hands — or scuttled altogether. “We can’t waste a meeting, we can’t waste a practice,” he said. “We have to have a sense of urgency to the nth degree.” The players have taken that to heart. Swinney said he’s barely seen a difference in their approach since the season began and said there’s been no increase in worry or bravado among the Tigers after reaching No. 1. “They’re not any different than they were a couple of weeks ago,” Swinney said. “We’re going to be judged by how we finish, so let’s not waste that.” Offensive lineman Ryan Norton, a fifth-year senior who was part of Clemson’s last ACC title team in 2011, said the players have taken the accolades in stride and have not let themselves get caught up in the outside of excitement of the team’s first 10-0 start since the 1981 national championship season. “In the locker room people aren’t running around going, ‘We’re No. 1,’ and stuff like that,” Norton said. “It hasn’t hit the team yet that we’re No. 1 in the nation.” The Associated Press That’s just how Swinney Clemson running back Wayne Gallman (9) and the rest of the Tigers will try to improved to 11-0 on Saturday when they host Wake Forest. likes it.

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and-8 with a chance to get the ball back down three late From Page B1 against Florida. The problem has been in the “We’re going to try to go up first half. South Carolina has there and boost that resume,” yet to lead at halftime this Citadel coach Mike Houston year. said. The Citadel has done the opElliott has his own resume posite, frequently jumping out to worry about. His time as to big leads. The Bulldogs are head coach may be winding outscoring opponents 173-105 down. The team is 1-3, with the in the first half. only win over Vanderbilt, Elliott said he is proud that under the former offensive his team has fought back inline coach since he was stead of giving up and that has elevated after the surprising him feeling good about keepin-season retirement of Steve Spurrier. The Gamecocks have had chances in each loss. They gained a season best 445 yards in a 35-28 loss to Texas A&M, fumbled the ball after crossing into the red zone with 32 seconds left in a 27-24 loss to Tennessee and stopped Florida The Associated Press on its first four third downs of South Carolina quarterback Perry Orth (10) will try to lead the Game- the second half before giving cocks to victory against The Citadel on Saturday. up a 53-yard run on third-

ing their focus now that their base goal of a winning season is off the table. Elliott also knows he still has two more games to impress athletics director Ray Tanner, who he hasn’t had his promised meeting with yet to discuss whether Elliott gets the job on a more permanent basis. “I told my wife on Sunday night, you know, the wins haven’t been there, but I’ve had the time of my life,” Elliott said.

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Houston defensive end J.J. Watt (99) sacks Cincinnati quarterback Andy Dalton (14) in the Texans’ 10-6 victory on Monday. The Associated Press

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three sacks. “At the very end of that game, we put a drive together and we won. I felt CINCINNATI — Ugly. Slop- that same vibe from everypy. Self-destructive. Ineffecbody. But unfortunately, we tive. The Bengals seemed to didn’t hold onto the ball.” be more bothered by how That’s not all they didn’t they lost their first game do. than by the loss itself. The running game was They had a lot to do with inadequate again, which the best start in franchise his- has been a long-running tory finally hitting the wall. concern. Dalton picked up 30 Cincinnati played by far its yards on five runs, some of worst all-around game on them off designed plays. Monday night, resulting in a Running backs Giovani 10-6 loss to the Houston TexBernard and Jeremy Hill ans in front of a less-than-ca- managed only 51 yards on 15 pacity crowd at Paul Brown carries. Stadium that was booing in Overall, the Bengals ran for the fourth quarter. 73 yards, their lowest total of Yep. It was that ugly. the season. Two games Defensive tackle Domata earlier, they ran for only 78 in Peko said the players talked Pittsburgh. It’s becoming a on the field as the clock ran trend. out about how they’d let one “It always hurts when you slip away. “We can’t do that, can’t execute and do what especially here at home,” you game-plan to do,” Hill Peko said. said. “It’s very disappointIt was a strange night in ing.” many ways. The Bengals have a short For one, an 8-0 team week to get ready for another couldn’t fill its stadium for a big test. They play Sunday Monday night game. The night at Arizona (7-2), where Bengals sold 61,381 tickets, Carson Palmer will be waitleaving roughly 4,000 empty ing to try to knock off his forseats at Paul Brown Stadium. mer team. The Cardinals are And the fans booed as the tied with Minnesota for secmishaps piled up. ond-best record in the NFC. — Andy Dalton was “We can’t let there be any repeatedly off-target and carry-over,” Dalton said. finished with a passer rating “That’s not the team we are, of 61, his lowest of the and we know what we’ve season. done to this point. This game — Cincinnati had a season- doesn’t define our season. It low 256 yards overall. doesn’t define anything. — Tight end Tyler Eifert We’re still 8-1. We’re still leaddropped two passes. ing the division. We know — The Bengals had nine where we are.” penalties for 70 yards, The Bengals are still in repeatedly undercutting great shape to make a fifth drives. straight playoff appearance. — Punter Kevin Huber had They’re up by 2½ games over one kick travel only 22 yards. second-place Pittsburgh in — The defense allowed the AFC North. The Steelers backup Texans quarterback have their bye this week. T.J. Yates, who had signed They have to come to Paul with the club only a couple of Brown Stadium for a game on weeks earlier, to lead a game- Dec. 13. winning touchdown drive in New England (9-0) has the the fourth quarter. best record and potentially Even with all of that, they the top seed in the AFC. The had a chance to pull it out. Bengals have the second-best A.J. Green fumbled after record and potentially the making a catch for what No. 2 seed, with Denver and would have been a first down ailing quarterback Peyton at the Texans 23-yard line Manning third at 7-2. The with 40 seconds to go. Two Bengals play a Monday night weeks earlier, they were in a game against the Broncos in similar predicament in PittsDenver on Dec. 28. burgh and Dalton threw a “We know everything is touchdown pass to Green for still out in front of us, and we a 16-10 win. know we need to find a way “It was almost like to go to Arizona and put on a Pittsburgh,” said Dalton, who good show and perform like was 22 of 38 for 197 yards we feel we should,” linebackwith an interception and er A.J. Hawk said.

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was the year America took the gloves off in Vietnam, moving from “advising and assisting” the South Vietnamese military to an active combat role. The first U.S. ground combat troops arrived there in March. That same month, the United States began bombing North Vietnam in Operation Rolling Thunder. In November, troops would take on North Vietnamese regulars for the first time in the Battle of Ia Drang Valley. Gen. William Westmoreland, commander of the U.S. Forces, was Time magazine’s Man of the Year. Once again, America was at war.

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Davis Love III will have his 21-year-old son, Dru, playing with him in the RSM Classic in St. Simon Island, Ga., beginning on Thursday.

Love is everywhere at Sea Island ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — The first golf lesson Davis Love Jr. gave to his son was to swing hard and keep his feet on the ground. Davis Love III passed that down to his own son, using different equipment. “We had this little ball that he had to pull out of that big basket that was always at the grocery store,” Love III said Tuesday. “I would roll it to him and he would hit while it was rolling. Once he did it four or five times, we both got in trouble with (wife) Robin. But once I saw him do it, I said, ‘There is no better way to get hand-eye coordination and free up your swing.’ He did some little things at a

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young age that really got him swinging free. “I just took what my dad told me,” he said. “Let’s just swing for the fence and then we’ll kind of rein you in later on.” The RSM Classic at Sea Island will be the 720th time Love has played on the PGA Tour, and it’s safe to say there hasn’t been another event like this one. Davis Love IV — everyone calls him Dru — will be playing with him. The 21-year-old earned the final exemption on Sunday by winning a qualifier among four players with local ties. Love birdied the opening four holes and never looked back. The PGA Tour each week massages a few groups to create interest, and the final

event of the season presented an obvious option. Teeing off together Thursday on the Seaside Course will be Davis Love III, Davis Love IV and Justin Thomas. The RSM Classic could have just given the spot to Dru Love and it wouldn’t have raised too much of a stink. The field was expanded to 156 players by using two courses. He’s No. 960 in the world and hasn’t played a full schedule since 2011. Dru Love won the Georgia State Amateur this year and won a college tournament in Puerto Rico. Even so, his dad felt compelled to make him work for it, as always. He never overloaded his son with a full slate of junior events, and he was reluctant to use the Love name to get him exemptions.

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earned spots alongside Jeff Gordon in the championship From Page B1 race were reigning Sprint Cup champ Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr. But the way this Chase has One can’t help but wonder, gone, Phoenix was the most though, what might have happerfect embodiment of pened if everyone came back NASCAR these days. Monday to finish the race. It rained all day. In Arizona. Would Logano, one of the Grandstands that sold out best in the business on reweeks ago went half-full. starts, been able to get past NASCAR didn’t have a ton Earnhardt and Harvick to win of flexibility. It was late, fans the race? Would Edwards have had been tested, teams needed closed the small gap in points to get back to North Carolina to bump Truex from the final to prepare for a quick turnfour? Would Kurt Busch have around this week to Miami. recovered from a race-starting The rain that fell on the speed- penalty to earn the win? way was going to last a good Any and all of that was poswhile, and drying the track sible, but we’ll never know. would take several hours. In this season of changing So NASCAR finally called it rules packages, an on-track a day. Dale Earnhardt Jr. got product that was mostly uninthe win because he happened spiring, rain-ruined races to be out front during a from Daytona to Richmond to lengthy caution right before Charlotte to Phoenix, and a the rain. The three drivers who strange Chase that has earned

Friday 4A Division I First Round (16) Summerville at (1) Dutch Fork (9) Dorman at (8) West Ashley (13) White Knoll at (4) Sumter (12) Gaffney at (5) Byrnes (15) Spring Valley at (2) Fort Dorchester (10) Boiling Springs at (7) Ashley Ridge (14) Carolina Forest at (3) Goose Creek (11) Mauldin at (6) Hillcrest 4A Division II (16) South Florence at (1) Spartanburg (9) T.L. Hannat (8) Irmo (13) Fort Mill at (4) Irmo (12) North Augusta at (5) Blythewood (15) Laurens at (2) Northwestern (10) Westwood at (7) Conway (14) Cane Bay at (3) Westside (11) Nation Ford at (6) York 3A Second Round Upper State Chapman at Seneca Richland Northeast at South Pointe Union at Greer Wren at Chapin Lower State Brookland-Cayce at Georgetown St. James at Midland Valley Hilton Head at Myrtle Beach Airport at Hartsville 2A Division I Second Round Upper State Newberry at Strom Thurmond Woodruff at Fairfield Central

Lower State Lake Marion at Loris Timberland at Dillon 2A Division II Upper State Saluda at Chesterfield Batesburg-Leesville at Abbeville Lower State Andrews at Silver Bluff Marion at Whale Branch 1A Division I Upper State Williston-Elko at Southside Christian McBee at Christ Church Lower State Latta at Bamberg-Ehrhardt Allendale-Fairfax at Calhoun County 1A Divison II Upper State Hunter-Kinard-Tyler at Lamar Ridge Spring-Monetta at McCormick Lower State Baptist Hill at C.E. Murray Cross at Lake View SCISA Friday 8-man championship at Wilson Hall (Spencer Field) Andrew Jackson vs. Greenwood Christian, 7:30 p.m. Saturday At Benedict College (Columbia) 1A Robert E. Lee vs. Colleton Prep, 3:30 p.m. 2A Bethesda vs. Calhoun Academy, noon 3A Pinewood Prep vs. Hammond, 7:30 p.m.

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in the 2015 state track meet in Charleston by winning the 800-, From Page B1 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs. Jarvis won the 800 in 2:02.27, Jarvis won the individual the 1,600 in 4:39.13 and the cross country title in a time of 3,200 in 10:11.71. 16 minutes, 1.43 seconds at Jarvis holds the school reHeathwood Hall in Columbia cord in all three events and he on Oct. 31. His teammate, Josh hopes to perhaps add another Ladson, finished second as record to the list this season. TSA finished third in the team He is considering competing competition. in the 400 dash. He ran the “That was just a great day for event on a few occasions last us,” Jarvis said. “We were able season and fared pretty well. to come together and have a re“When I ran it last year, I ally good performance. That was only 1.2 seconds off the was great for me and my team.” school record,” he said. “So Jarvis also helped lead the we’re going to work at it and Generals to a third-place finish see how we do.”

NASCAR heavy criticism for inconsistency, we really shouldn’t have expected anything more. The Chase opened with Harvick thumping Jimmie Johnson — the guy who helped him win the title last year — in the chest over contact on the track. Then Harvick ran out of gas while leading the next week at New Hampshire to create a must-win situation in the first elimination race. When Harvick did win Dover, and damaged his car during the celebration, his competitors cried foul and said he did it on purpose to prevent NASCAR from conducting a thorough post-race inspection. Then came a rainout at Charlotte and a bizarre Sunday race in which contender after contender had some sort of issue. That put Matt Kenseth on the ropes, and he tried to race his way off of them the

next week at Kansas. But Logano spun him and Kenseth fumed as his championship chances slipped away. The next race, at Talladega, was highly controversial. First NASCAR changed the rule about how it would finish the race if a late caution came out, and it was of course chaotic when the first attempt at the final restart was waved off because of a crash. Earnhardt was trying to stave off elimination with a win, but when Harvick refused to cede position as his engine failed, he triggered a race-ending accident that bounced NASCAR’s most popular driver from the playoffs. Drivers again claimed Harvick wasn’t on the up-and-up, but NASCAR found no proof that Harvick deliberately caused a crash to protect his position. Then came Martinsville, where everything was turned

upside down. Logano should have won that day to earn his spot in the finale. But Kenseth wouldn’t have it and deliberately crashed him, an act that led to a two-race suspension. The penalty was unprecedented but NASCAR said Kenseth was out of bounds for manipulating the championship race. Kenseth maintained that like Harvick, he did what he had to do, and that France himself encouraged the retaliation by rubber-stamping Logano’s move at Kansas as “quintessential NASCAR.” As fans cried foul over inconsistency, many drivers wondered how rules and code and respect had become so blurred. France says nothing is blurred, that everything is simple to understand. But when a pivotal race that decides the championship field isn’t run to completion, it’s hard to see clearly through the clouds.

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Celebrate Christmas at The Ruins 2nd annual open house set for Stateburg mansion BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com

he 2014 Christmas Open House at The Ruins was so over-

whelmingly successful, the historic home’s owneroccupants have decided to make it an annual affair. Col. Rett and Mrs. (Pat) Summerville have long said they consider themselves custodians rather than owners of the historic Stateburg home they purchased in 1985, and they’re happy to open its doors to the public at Christmas. This year’s open house will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5. The idea for the open house originated last fall, when the couple learned from the Historic Columbia Foundation and Kensington Mansion staff that Kensington was in dire need of repairs, so would not be open for its traditional Christmas tours. That situation, unfortunately, remains true this year, Pat Summerville noted, but the couple are happy to open their Stateburg mansion, a large home they’ve been restoring for several years. The home has two stories and a finished basement, four large bedrooms, seven bathrooms and 14 fireplaces. Several outbuildings still stand, and many of the large, Spanish moss-garlanded trees in the circular drive and around the grounds date to the 18th century. Summerville said even those who attended last year’s open house will find something new, as repairs and renovations on The Ruins have progressed in the past 12 months. “We have been replacing the window panes and put a small museum in a 12-by-24foot building that was donated, and Rett has added electricity and heating and cooling to it,” she said. “We also have added a ‘weigh horse’ that was used to weigh cotton. It resembles a teeter-totter with a weight on one end.” The museum holds items

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The Ruins, a historic Stateburg mansion dating from around 1784, will be open to the public for a tour on Saturday, Dec. 5. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Homes in 1970. found on the grounds and donated items that would have been in the home at various times; and work continues on the outside of the house. While the tour will be very similar to last year’s, the Summervilles have added several new features, although docent-guided tours of the home built in 1784 by Revolutionary War hero John Mayrant on land belonging to Gen. Thomas Sumter are the main attraction. The docents will provide historic background on The Ruins, the people who have lived there and the furnishings, much of which is original to the home, having been found and recovered by the Summervilles over the years. Native plant expert Mike Creel will conduct garden walks at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Pat Summerville said Creel is very well known “in plant circles, and his wife is a docent, Dena Creel,” who with Janice Bowman, Pat Itter, Peggy Culler-Hair, Carl DuBose, Bobbie Osborn, Ellen Hayhurst, Betsy Edgerton and

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The Palmetto A’s, a S.C. Model A Ford club, will have their restored vehicles on display during The Second Annual Christmas Open House at The Ruins on Dec. 5. Admission is free.

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This old photograph shows The Ruins around the turn of the 20th century. Amber Miller will conduct tours of the grounds and interior. They will also decorate The Ruins again this year, using natural plant materials as the residents did in the 19th century and adding some modern materials. There will be storyboards on the grounds for self-guided tours to help visitors visualize what the property looked like in the past, and hayrides will be available for visitors to tour different parts of the 400acre estate. Light refreshments will be served, including what were called “shrubs” — fruits or vegetables preserved in vinegar and mixed with water — and sometimes, alcohol — as a refreshing drink, “sort of like what we used to call a ‘phosphate,’” Summerville said. Also on the grounds will be

local artist Dennis Snell, who will set up his easel and paint from old pictures in the home. The Summervilles’ friend, author David Gottfred, will launch his new book on Kensington Mansion during the open house. “When he visited here a few years ago,” Summerville said, “we took him to Kensington, and he asked if there was a book about it that he could buy. When they told him there wasn’t one, he decided to

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write one himself.” She added that Gottfred did years of research to produce the history. He will be available to talk about the book and autograph copies. In addition, the Palmetto A’s, a Model A Ford club, will have their vehicles on display. “The Ruins’ history is so long, that almost any time period can be effectively represented,” Summerville said. “One of the first things Rett found on the property was remnants of an old Model A. We think it belonged to one of the Barnwell kids.” To get to The Ruins, take US Highway 76/378 toward Columbia, turn right on S.C. 261, take the third road (DeVeaux) to the right, and follow it until it meets Barnwell Drive. Turn left, and The Ruins will be on your right.

Mystery ‘plant’ is a fungus often found on wounded hardwood trees BY JOHN NELSON USC Herbarium Curator I think it’s pretty easy to recognize that this thing is some sort of a fungus. Fungi are enormously important organisms on our little planet, and everyone has had experiences with them, both good and bad (probably). Fungi are not plants. These two groups of organisms have wildly different features, including differences in biochemistry, cell wall characteristics, reproduction and metabolism. Plants — that is, the familiar “green” plants — are able to

live off of organic matter (carbohydrates) they have made themselves, and this process occurs as a result of photosynthesis. Fungi, on the other hand, do not employ photosynthesis, and they must absorb their nutrients. There are a lot of nutrients available in the world for fungi to use. Some of these nutrients are found in tissues of dead plants or animals. Fungi that absorb food this way are called saprophytes. Other fungi absorb their nutrients from living plants or animals, and of course they are called parasites.

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This mystery “plant” is alleged to be delicious, although it’s a little scary looking. Indeed, there are some very serious human diseases

caused by various fungi. On the other hand, certain fungi provide food for animals, including humans. Probably the most important ecological value afforded by fungi is their role as decomposers. Without fungi, our world would be a lot messier. Fungi are found all around the world, and they come in a fantastic assortment of shapes, colors and sizes. “Fleshy” fungi are the ones that we are most visually familiar with: mushrooms, toadstools, stinkhorns and bracket fungi are often encountered. Spore production in the

fleshy fungi generally involves an almost magical spurt of growth, and the development of a rather complicated and obvious “fruiting” structure from which spores will be produced and released. The mystery fungus is a parasite, found usually on hardwoods, especially oaks and beech, that have been wounded. This beautiful and massive white structure will grow out of a crack or knothole. These things can be up to a foot wide and fairly heavy. Answer: “Bear’s head fungus,” Hericium erinaceus

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Sweet Sesame Dinner Rolls complete meal BY ALISON LADMAN The Associated Press

SWEET SESAME DINNER ROLLS

The turkey, the stuffing, the gravy, the mashed potatoes, the sweet potatoes, the bacon-Brussels sprouts medley, the corn, the salad, the cranberry sauce... A bountiful table, for sure. But no Thanksgiving dinner is complete without fresh dinner rolls. Because what else will you use to sop up all the juices and sauces and gravies that don’t make it onto your fork? So we created these buttery, tender seed rolls that are pull-apart delicious. They are a cross between an Italian scali bread — a light, tender bread crusted in sesame seeds — and a Portuguese sweet roll. The result is a soft, pillowy roll with a light crumb, all perfect for wiping your plate clean. The lightly sweet flavor is the perfect complement to the many savory staples Thanksgiving offers.

Start to finish: 3 hours Servings: 16 4 1/2 cups (1 pound 3 ounces) all-purpose flour 1/4 cup (1 1/2 ounces) potato flour (also sold as potato starch) 1 tablespoon instant yeast 1/2 cup orange juice, room temperature 1/2 cup water, slightly warmed 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature 1/2 cup (3 1/2 ounces) packed brown sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt 3 eggs, divided 1/2 cup toasted sesame seeds, divided Coarse sea salt Coat a 9-by-13-inch pan with cooking spray. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, potato flour and yeast. Set aside.

In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook attachment, add the ingredients in the following order: orange juice, water, butter, brown sugar, salt, the flour mixture, 2 whole eggs plus 1 egg yolk (reserve the extra egg white for later). Mix first on the lowest speed, scraping the bowl to ensure all the ingredients are incorporated. Continue to mix on speed 2. The dough should start out very sticky, but then become cohesive after about 2 minutes. It will not clean the sides of the bowl. Add a little more flour, a tablespoon at a time, if the dough is too sticky. Add 1/3 cup of the sesame seeds once the dough ball comes together, then knead in the mixer with the dough hook for another 5 minutes. Remove the hook and cover the bowl loosely with plastic wrap. Allow to rise in a warm place until doubled in size, 1 to 1

1/2 hours. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and divide into 16 even pieces. Roll each piece into a ball and place in the prepared pan; the balls should touch. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and allow to rise in a warm place until puffy, about another hour. Toward the end of the rising time, heat the oven to 350 F. Once the rolls are puffy, beat the reserved egg white until frothy. Gently brush the egg white over the tops of the rolls. Sprinkle with the remaining sesame seeds and a bit of coarse salt. Bake for about 30 minutes, or until golden brown and cooked through. Allow to cool in the pan. Nutrition information per serving: 230 calories; 50 calories from fat (22 percent of total calories); 6 g fat (2 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 50 mg cholesterol; 230 mg sodium; 38 g carbohydrate; 2 g fiber; 8 g sugar; 6 g protein.

At Thanksgiving, learn to love savory side of sweet potatoes BY ALISON LADMAN The Associated Press What with fall being well under way, we feel it’s time to set aside our bags of marshmallows. They were fine for s’mores in summer, but do we really need to disgrace our sweet potatoes with them? Because it’s not like Thanksgiving suffers any

lack of sweet treats. What with all the pies and puddings and crisps — not to mention the ice cream and whipped cream we inevitably plop on top of them — we feel we can say with confidence that the sweeter side of this meal is covered. So let’s do our sweet potatoes a favor and notch down the sugar load, shall we?

To help you embrace this more savory side of sweet potatoes, we’ve created this recipe that tops them with fried sage, garlic and goat cheese. In a nod to balance, we also give them a lightly — emphasis on lightly — sweet touch with an apple cider reduction. It’s no bag of marshmallows, but it certainly is delicious.

CIDER-GLAZED SWEET POTATOES WITH FRIED SAGE, GARLIC AND GOAT CHEESE Start to finish: 1 1/2 hours (20 minutes active) Servings: 8 4 cups apple cider 4 large (about 4 pounds) sweet potatoes Kosher salt and ground black pepper 1/4 cup olive oil 12 fresh sage leaves 3 cloves garlic, minced 4 ounces soft goat cheese, crumbled Heat the oven to 375 F. Line a baking sheet with foil. Mist the foil with cooking spray. In a medium saucepan over medium-high, bring the cider to a boil. Lower the heat to maintain a strong simmer and cook until reduced to 1/2 cup. Meanwhile, cut the sweet potatoes in half lengthwise, then cut each half into quarters lengthwise to produce 8 long wedges from each sweet potato. Once the cider is reduced, add the potato wedges and toss to coat. Arrange the wedges, skin side down, in an even layer on the prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper. Bake for 35 minutes, or until tender. If the glaze darkens too much before the wedges are cooked, drizzle 1/2 cup of water over them and stir lightly. While the potatoes cook, fry the sage. In a medium skillet over medium-high, heat the oil. Add the sage and cook for 3 to 4 minutes, or until crisp, turning once or twice. Use a slotted spoon to remove the sage from the oil and place on paper towels to drain. Add the garlic to the oil, cooking for 1 to 2 minutes, or until fragrant. Set aside, leaving the garlic in the oil. When the potatoes are cooked, transfer them to a serving platter. Drizzle with the garlic oil and garlic, as well as any pan drippings from the roasted potatoes. Top with the crumbled goat cheese and fried sage. Serve warm or at room temperature. Nutrition information per serving: 360 calories; 90 calories from fat (25 percent of total calories); 10 g fat (3 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 5 mg cholesterol; 320 mg sodium; 61 g carbohydrate; 7 g fiber; 22 g sugar; 6 g protein.

Alison Ladman is a chef, food writer and recipe developer for The Associated Press. She also owns The Crust and Crumb Baking Company in Concord, New Hampshire. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Still no cranberry sauce fan? Bacon will convert you BY J.M. HIRSCH AP Food Editor Admittedly, I’m a bit of a freak when it comes to cranberry sauce. Nonetheless, I can’t help but think there is something seriously disturbed about people who claim to not like it. Because what is there to dislike? Whether shplopped (that’s the official sound) from a can or homemade with loving care, cranberry sauce is sweet and tangy and just a little spicy and mouth puckeringly luscious in every way. I don’t actually care about the rest of the Thanksgiving meal. Just give me a bowl of cranberry sauce, a spoon and leave me alone. Many years ago — in a bid to win over the faithless, including my son — I spent a good deal of time perfecting what I then considered to be the Platonic ideal of cranberry sauce. It was chunky and sweet with just the right amount of tart. It had fresh cranberries and dried cherries, chopped pears and candied ginger, golden raisins and apple cider. And the secret ingredient? Cardamom. It was heaven. And yet it still didn’t win over my son. Or, it would seem — based on the number of cranberry sauce naysayers I encounter around this time each year — plenty of others.

So I shall try again. This time, I shall deploy a new weapon. I’m going to enhance my cranberry sauce with the one food most people are powerless to resist. The one food that can improve anything it touches. The one food that adds savory and sweet and rich and bold and chewy and crunchy all at once. This time, I’m calling in the bacon. See if you can resist.

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BACON AND FRIED ONION CRANBERRY SAUCE For a step-by-step video of how to make this recipe, go to https://youtu.be/yO-ze_ DpN7w . Start to finish: 20 minutes Servings: 12 1 pound bacon, cut into 1-inch chunks 1 large yellow onion, diced 1/2 cup orange juice 12-ounce bag fresh or frozen cranberries 1 large or 2 small apples, peeled, cored and diced 1/2 cup sugar Kosher salt and ground black pepper In a large saucepan over medium-high, cook the bacon until lightly crisped, 10 to 12 minutes. Use a slotted spoon to transfer the bacon to a plate and set aside, leaving the saucepan and bacon fat over the heat. Carefully add the onion and cook until lightly fried, 2 to 3 minutes. Use a slotted spoon to transfer the onions to the plate with the bacon. Dispose of the fat in the pan, but don’t scrape the pan. You want any browned bits on the bottom. Return the pan to the heat. When the pan is hot, carefully add the orange juice and bring to a simmer while using a wooden spoon or silicone spatula to scrap up the bits from the bottom of the pan. Add the cranberries, apple and sugar, then bring to a simmer. Cook until the cranberries pop and the juice thickens, about 6 minutes. Return the bacon and onions to the pan, then taste and season with salt and pepper. Cool before serving. Nutrition information per serving: 210 calories; 140 calories from fat (67 percent of total calories); 15 g fat (5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 25 mg cholesterol; 290 mg sodium; 15 g carbohydrate; 2 g fiber; 11 g sugar; 5

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Woman’s vow of celibacy is tested by her friends DEAR ABBY — I am a 28-year-old woman who has decided, after 11 years and 50-plus partners, to Dear Abby become celibate. A couABIGAIL ple of VAN BUREN friends have attempted to get me to break my vow. These men know how they make me feel, and I am finding it difficult to stay away from them. Although I have stopped spending time with them, I still feel the urge to be with them. So, do you have any advice on how to stay strong? It’s been one month, and I plan on staying this way until I

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get married. Trying to stay celibate DEAR TRYING — Old habits are hard to break, but as you already know, it can be done. An effective way to do that is to replace the habit you’re trying to change with some other activity. Right now, it’s important for you stay busy. Consider increasing the amount of exercise you do each day, doing projects around your home, filling your time by volunteering, etc. If you do, you’ll have less time to dwell on what you’re “missing.” This is not to say that your sex drive will go away, but it will help you to better control it. DEAR ABBY — Last week a girl I knew in high school 10 years ago had a surprise

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baby. She went to the ER with stomach cramps and found out she was in labor. Mom and baby are doing fine, but now they are throwing an “emergency baby shower.” I rarely speak to this girl. Why should I be expected to get a baby shower gift for her? Mystified in Michigan DEAR MYSTIFIED — The baby shower is being given because your old high school chum needs things for the child she wasn’t expecting but who arrived anyway. Should you be “expected” to provide a gift? No. But if you did, it would be both generous and kind of you, and I can guarantee that it would be sincerely appreciated.

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Lifetime showcases 30 years of ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Sometimes it takes an anniversary to remind us of how long we’ve been ignoring something slightly inane. If you watched “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” last night, you already know the recipient of People Magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive” crown. Oh, lucky you! For those who want to bask in the banality of it all, there’s “People’s Sexiest Man Alive 2015: 30 Years of Sexy” (9 p.m., Lifetime). How do they cram “30 Years of Sexy” into an hour? Even without commercials, that’s a mere two minutes per “Sexiest.” That doesn’t seem right. Some stars have hogged the glory, being named People’s “Sexiest Man Alive” more than once. They include George Clooney (1997, 2006); Johnny Depp (2003, 2009); and Brad Pitt (1995, 2000). For the record, Mel Gibson was the first “Sexiest Man Alive” way back in 1985. Have decades of weird, bigoted tirades taken the shine off Mel’s crown? Or can he take that honor to his grave? Mark Harmon was the second “Sexiest Man Alive,” as millions of besotted “NCIS” viewers may remember. The most confusing “Sexiest Man Alive” bestowal occurred in 1993, when Richard Gere was honored — but not alone. He had to share his “Sexiest” laurel leaf with his then-wife, Cindy Crawford. Was he just not the “Sexiest” without her? And, technically, weren’t the folks at People calling Crawford a man, albeit, half of “The Sexiest Man,” with that designation? Perhaps I’ve been wrong in ignoring this award for all these years. It certainly gives you something to think about. • The folks behind “Nashville” (10 p.m., ABC) gave the show a big shakeup, but I’m not sure if they didn’t break a few things in the process. Kill-

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vivor” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-PG) * Murder undercover on “The Mysteries of Laura” (8 p.m., NBC, TV-PG) * Laid off for the holidays on “The Middle” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * The battle with Damien continues on “Arrow” (8 p.m., CW, TV-14) * Too much family togetherness on “The Goldbergs” (8:30 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * Sleepless nights on “Criminal Minds” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14) * Sheriff Donna returns on “Supernatural” (9 p.m., CW, TV-14) * Preparing the holiday card on “black-ish” (9:30 p.m., ABC).

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Spoonbread or corn pudding? Do both! BY KATIE WORKMAN The Associated Press

uring fall — and particularly at Thanksgiving — we often find our-

selves searching for just the perfect side dish. We want recipes that will be at home next to a roasted chicken or turkey, or maybe a beef roast or ham. We want recipes that are crowdpleasers, recipes that shimmer with the glow of comfort food. We want side dishes that people inch toward while contemplating second helpings.

This is the side dish you are looking for. I knew I wanted something cornbased, and then got a bit torn between spoonbread and corn pudding. Both dishes are popular in the

South and appear regularly on holiday dinner tables. Basically, spoonbread is cornbread that is soft enough to eat with a spoon and is made from a cornmeal base. Corn pudding is more of an egg- and dairy-based pudding with corn kernels studded throughout. I couldn’t decide. So I combined both thoughts into one dish. Let’s just say the “Should I have seconds?” question was answered with a definitive “Yes!” Purists from the South might cock an eyebrow at me. But I invite them to give it a shot (and acknowledge cheerfully that strict culinary authenticity is not my strongest suit). Whipping the egg whites is an extra step, but one that ensures the resulting dish will be light and fluffy. You do want to serve this dish warm from the oven so that it holds its slightly souffle-like texture. Having said that, a scoop or two reheated in the microwave the next day — and paired with a green salad tossed with vinaigrette — is one of the finer lunches I can imagine.

For real fall flavors, put your winter squash on the grill ELIZABETH KARMEL The Associated Press Just because the weather has turned crisp, doesn’t mean you have to put away your grill. Frankly, fall is my favorite time to grill. When the weather is cool, there is nothing more satisfying than grill-roasted or smoked meats and veggies. One of my favorite things to grill is winter squash. It is a very modern and savory way to prepare squash and a nice change from the usual brown sugar-maple syrupmarshmallow recipes. Those dishes have their place at the table, for sure, but try savory squash and you may never go back. My two favorite varieties are acorn and delicata, and both work well for this recipe. But you could substitute any thick-skinned squash, such as butternut or red kuri or even spaghetti squash. If you choose spaghetti squash, mix the cranberry-sage butter in with the strands as you

separate them once the squash is cooked. That way, you can serve it (almost) like buttered noodles! The beauty of this recipe is that you let time and the convection cooking of your grill’s indirect heat bring out the best in the squash. Since you are cutting the squash in half and grilling it open, the cut flesh gets beautifully caramelized in spots and the sweet, natural flavors are concentrated. A little olive oil protects the squash and keeps it juicy and the fresh sage leaves gently perfume the orange flesh. While the squash is cooking, make the compound butter. You also can make the butter up to three days in advance and keep it in the refrigerator. I’ve added dried cranberries to my usual sage butter to provide a sweet tartness and also because the red-and-green-flecked butter is so festive and pretty. This is one fall squash dish you will make over and over again.

SPOONBREAD CORN PUDDING Start to finish: 55 minutes (20 minutes active) Servings: 8 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, plus extra 3 1/4 cups whole milk, divided 2 teaspoons sugar 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1 cup cornmeal 2 cups corn kernels (from 3 to 4 ears of corn or frozen kernels) Large pinch cayenne pepper 4 large eggs, separated and at room temperature 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar Heat oven to 400 F. Butter a shallow 1 1/2- or 2-quart baking dish.

In a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, combine the butter, 3 cups of the milk, the sugar and salt. Bring to a simmer. When the butter has melted, reduce the heat to medium-low. Whisking constantly, add the cornmeal in a slow, steady drizzle. Whisk in the corn kernels and cayenne and continue whisking for another 4 or 5 minutes, or until the mixture is thick. Remove from the heat and transfer the mixture to a large bowl. Set aside. In a small bowl, whisk together the egg yolks and remaining 1/4 cup of milk. Set aside. In a medium bowl, use an electric mixer to beat the egg whites and cream of tartar until stiff peaks form. Add about 1/2 cup of

the cornmeal mixture to the bowl with the egg yolks and stir quickly to combine. Turn the yolk mixture into the bowl with the rest of the cornmeal mixture and whisk to combine. Fold about 1/3 of the egg white mixture into the cornmeal mixture, which will lighten the batter, then gently fold in the rest of the egg whites so that they are almost incorporated. You will see a white streak or two, which is fine. Transfer the batter to the prepared baking dish and bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until the top is browned and puffy. When you shake the pan the spoonbread should jiggle slightly, though not so much that it looks liquidy in the middle. Remove and cool slightly on a wire rack. Serve warm.

GRILLED ACORN SQUASH WITH CRANBERRY-SAGE BUTTER Start to finish: 1 hour (10 minutes active) Servings: 8 2 medium acorn or delicata squash (about 3 pounds total), halved and seeded 8 fresh sage leaves Olive oil Kosher salt and ground black pepper Cranberry-sage butter (recipe below) Prepare a grill for medium heat, indirect cooking. For a charcoal grill, this means banking the hot coals to one side of the grill and cooking on the other side. For a gas grill, this means turning off one or more burners to create a cooler side, then cooking on that side. Carefully trim off a slice of the rounded side of each squash half so that it will rest flat. Lightly bruise the sage leaves, then rub a quarter of them into the cavity of each squash, leaving the leaves in the squash. Drizzle the cut sides of the squash with oil, then season with salt and pepper. Wrap the bottoms of the squash with foil, leaving the tops (cut sides) uncovered. Place the squash halves on the cooler side of the grill and cook for 40 to 60 minutes, or until the squash is tender when pierced with a knife. Cut each piece of squash in half, then dollop with slices of the cranberry-sage butter. Serve with additional butter on the side. Nutrition information per serving (with 1 tablespoon of cranberry-sage butter): 170 calories; 100 calories from fat (59 percent of total calories); 11 g fat (5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 20 mg cholesterol; 170 mg sodium; 20 g carbohydrate; 3 g fiber; 1 g sugar; 2 g protein.

CRANBERRY-SAGE BUTTER This compound butter is best if it is made ahead and given time for the flavors to combine. Three hours is ideal. The recipe makes extra; try it on toasted rye or sourdough. Start to finish: 5 minutes, plus chilling Makes 3/4 cup 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon dried sage Zest of 1/2 lemon 3 tablespoons chopped dried cranberries 2 teaspoons apple brandy or bourbon (optional) Pinch of kosher salt In a medium bowl, combine all ingredients but the salt and mix well. Taste, then season with salt. Set an 8-inch sheet of plastic wrap on the counter, then spoon the butter into a rough log along the center. Using the plastic wrap, roll the butter up into a log, twisting the ends to seal and smooth it. Refrigerate for several hours. Nutrition information per 1 tablespoon: 70 calories; 70 calories from fat (100 percent of total calories); 8 g fat (5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 20 mg cholesterol; 40 mg sodium; 2 g carbohydrate; 0 g fiber; 1 g sugar; 0 g protein.