November 1, 2014 by The Sumter Item

Sumter woman found guilty as accessory in ‘evil’ slaying Weeklong trial after 2011 shooting ends with 12-year sentence SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2014

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BY MATT BRUCE matthew@theitem.com A Sumter woman was convicted of accessory after the fact to murder Friday and sen-

tenced to 12 years in prison. Circuit Court Judge George James Jr. sentenced London Kelley at the culmination of a five-day murder trial that took place this

week at Sumter County Courthouse. The jury found Kelley guilty of one of three charges KELLEY

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Randy Childers trick-or-treats at the Sumter County Library’s Halloween Spooktacular on Halloween night. The event at the Wesmark branch provided games, crafts, food, candy and face painting for children who visited for the holiday.

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Local officials would like to showcase the area’s military history by utilizing one of Sumter’s historic buildings, the Carnegie Library. Located at the corner of Church and West Liberty streets, the Carnegie Library represents one of 2,509 libraries funded through the Carnegie Corp. of New York. Steel magnate Andrew Carnegie set aside $56 million to help build libraries around the world before he died in 1919. Forty-seven states and seven foreign countries benefited from it. In South Carolina, 13 libraries from Spartanburg to Beaufort received a grant from Carnegie’s foundation, but only five still use the buildings as libraries. Sumter County Library moved out of the building at 219 W. Liberty St. in 1968. The building has since been used for everything from an art gallery to a home for the genealogi-

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The Carnegie Library has had many uses since the library moved out in 1968, but it currently is empty. Officials from the city and county are hoping to find a way to put this historic building to good use through maintenance and other work possibly funded by a renewed penny sales tax being voted on Tuesday. cal society, which started in 1994 but recently relocated to the county museum, leaving the building empty. Sumter County Museum cur-

rently owns the building, and county administrator Gary Mixon said he hopes to make the whole

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You can help make someone’s holiday cheerful with donations Charity’s seasonal projects return for residents in need BY JADE REYNOLDS jade@theitem.com The holidays would not have been possible last year for one mother of four if it wasn’t for Sumter United Ministries.

A medical condition left Shelia unable to work. The Christian nonprofit’s Giving Thanks Thanksgiving Box and Help an Angel Fly programs made it possible to provide her family a meal in November and presents in December for the children ranging in age from 1 to 20. “It meant a lot to me and my kids,” Shelia said (to protect her identity, The Sumter Item chose not to use her

full name). “I hate I couldn’t provide because of the situation, but I’m very, very thankful for the ministry.” Each year, Sumter United Ministries prepares 150 boxes with everything needed for a Thanksgiving dinner, said Mark Champagne, executive director of the ministry, and for Christmas, the charity normally helps between 90 and 115 families. “We see people in crisis all year,”

he said. “People like to help, especially during the holidays. We have already interviewed the clients, and we know their situations. So why not give the community an opportunity to help with a Thanksgiving dinner or provide some Christmas gifts?” Starting Monday, people can help

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Clarendon chamber will honor residents The annual dinner for Clarendon County Chamber of Commerce will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, at the historic Belk Building, 34 N. Brooks St., Manning. Cocktails begin at 6:30 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. The chamber will recognize three outstanding Clarendon County residents with awards: G.G. Cutter will receive the Citizen CUTTER of the Year Award sponsored by FTC, Gene Phillips will receive the Business Person of the Year Award sponsored by JOHNSON Bank of Clarendon, and Kim Johnson will receive the C. Alex and Cathy B. Harvin Ambassador of the Year Award sponsored by George and Carole Summers. Also at the event, outgoing president Ryan Way will pass the gavel to incoming president John Belding. Tickets for the dinner are $40 and are available at the Chamber Office, 19 N. Brooks St. For more information, call (803) 435-4405.

New Tuomey CFO shares challenges, blessings of working at area hospital BY JADE REYNOLDS jade@theitem.com Tuomey Healthcare System has a new chief financial officer. Though Lynwood “Lyn” White came to Sumter for a few days in September, he officially started Oct. 6. “I wanted to come early and get the real lay of the land,” he said. “When I interviewed, I really liked what I saw. I was particularly impressed by the people. You could not find nicer people. The second time, they grilled me more, but it was WHITE still great.” He had retired to Myrtle Beach from a community hospital in Asheboro, North Carolina, in 2012. But he soon found he missed working. “It gets into your blood,” White said. “That’s why so many who go into health care stay in it their entire careers. It’s hard to walk away from.” He plans to stay for at least a year, White said. Lyn White is married to Valerie White, and the couple now have three adult children and six grandchildren. What did you do before you worked in health care? I worked as a CPA (certified public accountant) in a regional public practice doing taxes. Why did you switch? I started in health care in 1972 or ’73.

I became a full-time CFO when I was 27. As a CPA, there was not a whole lot of human interchange. There is much more conversation in health care. I oversee people, and I’m constantly interfacing with them. I really liked that, (and) every day is something challenging. Do you take continuing education courses to stay current, or do you belong to any state or national associations? I’m a member of Health Care Financial Management Association, and each state has its own chapter. They routinely hold education conferences two to three times a year. Thank goodness for webcasts. I’m a big believer in continuing education. In most states, to be a CPA you have to earn continuing education hours. I have maintained my CPA license in North Carolina and West Virginia. I will probably get one for South Carolina, too. How has it been going so far? So far it’s been awesome. People have just been great. When walking down the hall in any of the buildings, it doesn’t matter if it’s the highest to the lowest paid, very seldom have I passed someone and they have not smiled or spoken to me. It really feels like a family. What challenges does Tuomey face right now? The biggest challenge is keeping a positive bottom line. Tuomey, much like other hospitals, has had to deal

with declined reimbursements while broadening access. There has been a reduction in Medicare. A lot of companies, to deal with the rise in health care cost, have revised their benefits and passed higher copays to the employees. A hospital bill is a big hit, and that may translate to patients’ inability to pay. You want to offer fair, competitive pay to keep high-quality staff. Technology costs more, and you want to have the best MRI, CT scanner or whatever. It’s really tough to keep up with that. So revenue is depressed, expenditure is up, and everything is getting squeezed in the middle. The pressures are all converging on each other. What does Tuomey have going for it? I’m very impressed with the facility and the services offered. It’s unique because a lot of hospitals in existence today have facility issues. It’s hard to generate capital for expansion. They did it at the right time. Sumter has the right talent and community to attract good people. Satisfaction and outcomes are big deals now in reimbursement. Some hospitals may not have the technology or the culture to survive in the future. This community has a lot going for it in terms of future economics. Some smaller hospitals are very isolated. Sumter doesn’t have that problem. Tuomey doesn’t have that problem.

Deputies investigating Rembert home invasion Sumter County deputies are investigating reports of a home invasion in Rembert on Wednesday night. According to a report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, the incident took place about 8:30 p.m. at a residence on Claremont Road. Three residents were inside the home when the intruders knocked at a back door. The residents went to answer the door, and two armed black males in hooded sweatshirts and white “Jason Voorhees” costume masks forced their way into the home. The victims told officers both of the men were brandishing handguns and wearing gloves. One of the gunmen allegedly hit a victim in the head with the butt of a handgun and forced another victim to sit on the couch. The other suspect allegedly removed a 32-inch television from the home as his partner held the victims at gunpoint. The pair of suspects then fled out the back door toward a nearby liquor store. A dog tracking unit responded and traced the men’s route to the liquor store parking lot before losing the scent.

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City of Sumter workers set up Christmas lights on the fence outside of Swan Lake-Iris Gardens on Wednesday, two days before Halloween.

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Josephine Kneuer is mummified with toilet paper by her classmates, Renya Renfro and Krysti Newman, after the character parade on Friday at St. James Lutheran School.

St. James Lutheran celebrates literacy with character parade BY RAYTEVIA EVANS ray@theitem.com In the spirit of Halloween and to celebrate literacy and their favorite book characters, students at St. James Lutheran School dressed up for a character parade Friday morning. Principal Brandy Mullenax said they encouraged their 120 students to dress up as their favorite characters from a book, and students came out in costumes as Elsa from Disney’s “Frozen,” popular Dr. Seuss characters and even Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Mullenax said they have multiple celebrations for different occasions throughout the school year, but this particular parade is influenced by characters the students really enjoy and have read about in class or at home. “Last year, one of the students wrote her own story and dressed up as a character from that story,” Mullenax said. “We follow South Carolina state standards, but we have fun, and our work and what we teach here is based

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around students’ interests so we have individual curriculum as well.” Faculty, staff members and parents joined the fun of representing characters from students’ favorite books. Mullenax said they have a lot of military families at the school as well. The event was an exciting one for students and became even more interesting when one of the parents on military duty FaceTimed the students dressed as a character to show support. In South Carolina school districts, educators, legislators and community leaders are continuously pushing literacy in public schools throughout the state. With the recent enactment of Gov. Nikki Haley’s K-12 Education Reform Initiative, many public elementary schools will have reading coaches to continue to advocate for literacy for all South Carolina youth. Sumter School District had a number of character parades including one at Kingsbury and F.J. Delaine elementary schools.

to Public Relations Director Brenda Chase. She estimated that a verdict will be passed down after the New Year. In other news at the hospital, there is a hiring freeze for new staff, but Chase explained that it was more to do with the healthcare side of the hospital (lower enrollment, etc.) rather than concerns related to the ongoing court case. She also said there are currently no plans for layoffs of current staff.

DNR hosts fishing clinics at Poinsett State Park The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources is hosting family fishing clinics at Poinsett State Park from 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays, today and Nov. 15. The clinics will teach participants how to tie fishing knots, how to rig a rod and reel and how to cast. The best

part is everyone will get a chance to fish. Anyone 4 and older are welcome. Registration may be completed at www.dnr.sc.gov/aquaticed/ fishingclinic/. For more information, contact Lorianne Riggin at fishingclinics@dnr.sc.gov or (803) 737-8483.

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HOMECOMING Sunday, November 2nd at 11:00am Pastor Jackie Jenkins, Messenger

Atrilyon Glover, dressed as a G.I. Joe, hangs from the monkey bars at St. James. Children dressed as their favorite book characters make a dash for the playground at St. James Lutheran School on Friday.

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SC Works gives hope to individuals, help to employers the agency’s services. For instance, an employer can register with SC Works on its website at www.scEvery weekday morning works.org, and registering they walk in — the young does not further obligate the filled with hope, their eyes employer. projecting the excitement of “The only thing registering possibilities while the more mature often bear the lines of does is speed up the process should an employer decide at experience across their faces, their eyes less hopeful. Young some point to use the services of SC Works,” Mikota said. or old, they have but one “In no way does it ever oblicommon goal: They all want gate an employer to use any to find a job. At SC Works, 31 E. Calhoun of SC Works’ services.” However, after registering, St., directly across the street employers are finding there from the Greater Sumter are many benefits to partnerChamber of Commerce, ing with SC Works. Regismany have found the center tered employers might post bridges the gap from the untheir job opening on the site employment line to the land for free until the position is of gainful employment. filled. If desired, SC Works And while recent unemcan also prescreen candidates ployment numbers seem to for open positions to help find paint a grim picture of emthe most qualified candidate. ployment in the area, Michael Mikota, executive direc- However, SC Works does not select a final candidate for tor of Sumter-Lee Regional the employer. The employer Council of Governments, retains full autonomy over says that picture is not alwho gets hired. ways as it appears. SC Works also has a free Mikota said having a preconference room available for pared workforce is key to atthe employtracting iner to hold industry to the terviews. area. “When a While at the business or center, the corporation employer locates in will have full our area, it is access to the incumbent Internet, on us to have copiers, a prepared email, phone workforce and fax. available,” he There is said. “We also a veterneed to do ans’ repreMICHAEL MIKOTA our part to sentative on attract these site to assist Executive director, employers in the underSumter-Lee Regional and thus standing of help the veterans’ Council of Governments economy and needs. The quality of representalife for our tive will help region.” connect qualified veterans to SC Works operates under businesses. the auspices of COG and in Employers can also find partnership with other state labor market information at agencies such as SC DepartSC Works centers across the ment of Employment Workstate. Mikota said many busiforce. While there is a satelnesses find this information lite office in Camden, the invaluable when considering Sumter office serves Kercoming to the area. shaw, Lee, Sumter and Clar“We can help employers endon counties. and potential employers acDEW uses SC Works to adcess national, state and local minister a federal program economic data as well as known as the Workforce Inlabor market information to vestment Act as one of the 12 meet their needs,” he said. Workforce Investment areas Staff is available to conduct across the state. WIA propresentations and provide grams help businesses, both customized data based on large and small, meet the needs. need for skilled workers and To help prevent employers provides individuals with acfrom becoming overwhelmed cess to training that helps by stacks of applications, SC them prepare for gainful emWorks can help pinpoint indiployment. viduals with essential, verifiAs word has spread, SC able workplace skills through Works has seen a rise in the the use of the National Cademand for its services. From reer Readiness Certificate. InJuly 1, 2013, through the end dividuals earn the certificate of June this year, SC Works by successfully completing served 25,146 people. From three workplace assessments: July 1 through the end of applied mathematics, locating September this year, 7,342 information and reading for people used SC Works’ servic- information. Businesses can es. At that rate, almost 30,000 receive these results at no will use the services of SC cost. Works’ Sumter office by the end of the fiscal year in June. ON THE JOB TRAINING One of the popular aspects Employers who register of SC Works is that a person with SC Works are also eligican walk in any time between ble to use its on-the-job train8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays ing program. and be served. No appoint“Under the OJT program, ment is required. businesses with 49 or fewer employees can actually reEMPLOYER SERVICES ceive a 75 percent reimbursement of the hourly pay for SC Works is not just for job new employees while that seekers. Many employers are employee is in training,” he learning the benefit of using

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istered through SC Works before being hired by the employer,” Mikota said. “A current employee is ineligible for the OJT program. However, we have been able to assist several businesses including Sumter Packaging, Weylchem, Ahlstrom, BD and Forgitron with current employee training through our incumbent workers program. Regarding the OJT program, I would encourage every business to use these services while the funds are still available.” Another local business to use SC Works OJT program is M & M Carpets at 1285 Peach Orchard Road. Owner Mike Razor said he is glad to have learned about the program and uses it for his busi-

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‘The Killer Next Door’ is a gripping mystery BY OLINE H. COGDILL The Associated Press Desperation brings six people to a decaying Victorian apartment house where the tenants’ desolation pales in comparison with one neighbor’s despicable acts. Alex Marwood’s second standalone novel delivers a multilayered plot that succeeds as crime fiction, a gothic tale and a village mystery — all with an edge. With the apartment building substituting for a village, “The Killer Next Door” balances a shrewd look at people living on the edge of society with a deliciously creepy look at a murderer. While London’s Northbourne area is “gentrifying fast,” that renewal hasn’t reached 23 Beulah Grove, where vile odors seep from pipes that are constantly clogged. But residents crave anonymity, and they are willing to tolerate no upkeep and a disgusting landlord. Collette has evaded police and her former boss, whom she witnessed murder a man, for three years, thanks to a new identity.

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Taylor Swift’s ‘1989’ a mature reflection BY MICHAEL McCALL The Associated Press Taylor Swift’s all-out move into pop music on her fifth album, “1989,” is the sound of a young artist who has gradually evolved from a teenager obsessed with boys and journal writing into a young woman embracing life in New York and stepping to a new beat. “Shake It Off,” her first single, was a fun introduction to the new Swift sound. But it’s the most lighthearted track on “1989,” which sweeps from the rocking confrontation of “Bad Blood” to the delicate “This Love” to the Lana Del Ray retro-noir of “Wildest Dreams.” Taylor still flirts playfully at times, as on “How You Get the Girl,” but more often she comes off as more guarded, more apprehensive and more realistic in her views on relationships. Heavy on bass, drum loops and electronic sounds and using harmonic vocals as a form of rhythm, Swift mixes beats and melody in search of a classic pop model of her own. She ignores modern pop’s reliance on guest stars to explore the many ways she can use her own voice. At times she clips her words sharply against the beats, while still occasionally speaking words to establish intimacy. But she also opens and sings like she rarely has. A couple of songs come off

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‘Interstellar’ film is warm, sublime cosmic knockout BY JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer Since his breakthrough with the backward-running “Memento,” Christopher Nolan has made a plaything of time. In “Interstellar,” he slips into its very fabric, shaping its flows and exploding its particles. It’s an absurd endeavor. And it’s one of the most sublime movies of the decade. A celestial warmth shines through “Interstellar,” which is, at heart, a father-daughter tale grandly spun across a cosmic tapestry. The film opens in the near future where a new kind of Dust Bowl, one called “the blight,” brings crop-killing storms of dust upon the Midwest farm of engineer-turnedfarmer Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) and his two children, the adventuresome 10-yearold Murph (Mackenzie Foy) and the 15-yearold budding farmer Tom (Timothee Chalamet). The rustic homestead, where Cooper and his father-in-law (John Lithgow) drink beer on the porch, recalls the Indiana home of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” — an early hint that “Interstellar” — moving and sentimental — will be more Spielberg (who was once attached to direct) than Kubrick. In the imperiled climate, space exploration is viewed as part of the “excess” of the 20th century. Textbooks now read that the moon landings were faked. But Cooper, a former NASA pilot, still believes in science’s capacity for greatness. Nolan shoots for the stars, literally and cinematically, when Cooper’s curiosity brings him to a secret NASA lair run by a Dr. Brand (Michael Caine). Large-scale dreaming has gone underground. They enlist him to pilot a desperate mission through a worm-

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Passenger rocket blast a setback to space tourism BY BRIAN MELLEY AND JUSTIN PRITCHARD Associated Press Writers MOJAVE, Calif. — Commercial space tourism suffered a huge setback Friday when a prototype passenger rocket exploded during a test flight, scattering debris over the Mojave Desert and killing one pilot while seriously injuring the other. Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo blew apart Friday after being released from a carrier aircraft at high altitude, according to Ken Brown, a photographer who witnessed the explosion. One pilot was killed and one seriously injured in the accident about 120 miles north of

downtown Los Angeles. The area is in a desert north of Mojave Air and Space Port, where the test flight originated. British billionaire Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Galactic, has been the frontrunner in the fledgling race to send large numbers of paying civilians beyond the atmosphere to give them the feeling of weightlessness and a spectacular view of Earth below. Branson tweeted that he was flying to Mojave immediately. “I think it’s a real setback to the idea that lots of people are going to be taking joyrides into the fringes of outer space any time soon,” said John Logsdon, retired space policy director at George Washington University. “There were a lot

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This image from video by KABC TV Los Angeles shows wreckage of what is thought to be SpaceShipTwo in Southern California’s Mojave Desert on Friday. of people who believed that the technology to carry people safely at hand.” After a period of development that lasted far longer than hundreds of prospective passengers had expected, the accident occurred just as it seemed space flights were near. When Virgin Group licensed

the technology from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, who funded about $26 million for SpaceShipOne, Branson envisioned operating flights by 2007. In interviews last month, he talked about the first flight being next spring with his son. SpaceShipTwo, which is typically flown by two pilots, was designed to provide a subor-

bital thrill ride into space before it returns to Earth as a glider. Officials said they don’t know what caused Friday’s accident and had not noticed anything wrong beforehand. “I detected nothing that appeared abnormal,” said Stuart Witt, CEO of the Mojave Air and Space Port.

Mexico judge orders release of Marine SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Mexican judge has ordered the immediate release of a jailed U.S. Marine veteran who spent eight months behind bars for crossing the border with loaded guns. Family spokesman Jonathan Franks told The Associated Press on Friday that the judge decided to release retired Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi. Franks said the judge released him without making a determination on the charge against him. The family issued the following statement: “It is with an

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stock the Thanksgiving boxes by dropping off hams or turkeys at Bynum Insurance, 1170 Wilson Hall Road. The agency will be accepting the donated meats between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays until Nov. 21. “We feel called to help those who have less,” said Ed Bynum, owner and operator. “We have a great location on this side of town for people to pick up a ham or turkey at the grocery store, pull through our parking lot and drop it off and then run on home.” He remembers last year two children carrying a family’s turkey back to the freezer and that they had saved up their money in November to give. “It was just a neat thing for the family to do,” Bynum said. “Our staff loves it. We always look forward to people bringing in their turkeys and hams, especially that last week right before Thanksgiving.” The freezers that keep the poultry and pork cold are from Ard’s Appliance Sales and Services. “It’s a good outreach we’re fortunate to be part of,” said Mark Ard, owner and operator. The meat donations can also be taken to Sumter United Ministries, 36 Artillery Drive. The nonprofit is also looking for people to sponsor families for the Help an Angel Fly project and volunteers to shop, wrap, organize and distribute gifts between Dec. 15 and Dec. 19. “We have some great volunteers that do the coordinating, but the work is in the details,” Champagne said. “There are plenty of details, so this creates a huge need for many small projects within the main project. Thanksgiving and Christmas are surrounded by giving, and the volunteers have so much fun helping the clients pick out the food for their dinner box. They also have so much fun loading cars with gifts of all sorts.” The ministry has an immediate need for someone to enter information into an Excel spreadsheet. For more information or to volunteer, call (803) 775-0757.

NEED ASSISTANCE? • Clients are interviewed between 9 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday at Sumter United Ministries, 36 Artillery Drive. Early arrival is suggested. • You must live in Sumter County. • You will need to bring a Social Security card and a picture ID. • You will need to know the Social Security numbers of everyone in your home. Source: unitedministriessumter.org/services/crisis

area a hub to honor the history of Sumter. “We recognize the true value of that building, and we want to be sure it continues to be a community asset,” Mixon said. If voters approve the penny sales tax referendum Tuesday, $300,000 would be set aside for the project with the ultimate goal to serve the history of Sumter through a building that holds historic value. The money would go toward maintenance and increasing handicap accessibility, but also to install climate-control systems to preserve archives and artifacts that would ideally be housed there. The project calls for the building to be fitted for use as a military museum, but how it will be employed is still to be determined. “The biggest concern is that it isn’t large enough to do all that we would like to do with it,” Mixon said, referring to the military museum that is currently on display at the James E. Clyburn Intermodal Transportation Center. “Whether it’s one segment of the military or a prime location for the history of Sumter’s archives,

TRIAL FROM PAGE A1 stemming from the April 2011 shooting death of Darrell Epps. Sumter County deputies found the body of Epps, a 26-year-old Shiloh man, between two vacant residences in the Gem Mobile Home Park in Dalzell. Prosecutors said Friday he suffered at least nine gunshot wounds, including a shotgun blast to the head. The investigation into his killing went unsolved nearly three years until Jan. 2 when deputies arrested Kelley and her boyfriend, Quinton Brown, the alleged shooter in the case, on murder charges following tips from an informant. Authorities indicted Kelley on charges of murder and conspiracy to commit murder in connection with the shooting. The jury found her not guilty on both of those counts Friday after deliberating nearly five hours. The verdict left family members with mixed emotions. While Epps’ mother, Tina Epps, said she was fully satisfied with the jury’s decision, Epps’ former fiance, Krystle Skinner, hoped for a stiffer punishment. Kelley faced a maximum sentence of life in prison. “I’m not satisfied; I wish she had to get more, but I’ll take it,” said Skinner,

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there’s a lot of thought going into this project.” Sammy Way, the curator of the military museum, has collected donations from veterans and their families by organizing them by era. The museum is just a single room with mannequins wearing military dress ranging from the first World War to present conflicts in the Middle East. Along with the 112 uniforms he has gathered, Way estimates there are more than 6,000 pieces of memorabilia, “from Silver Stars to combat boots.” The entire collection would not be able to fit in the Carnegie building, as it grows on a weekly basis with fresh donations, but Mixon and Way hope that specialized exhibits can keep the former library stocked with unique historical pieces. Way’s museum is only open for a few hours on Sundays, but with the potential move to the Carnegie, it could open more days on a consistent schedule. “It’s connected to the history of this town, so what better place to put memorabilia that reminds people of the sacrifices of people and the willingness to do those things that keep us a free nation?” Way said. “Sumter’s history could be stored there, and once again people could use it for enjoyment and for learning. To me,

that’s the way I see that building.” Special features such as the Tuskegee Airmen or standalone general topics such as World War II and other conflicts can be created for the building, and Mixon added it wouldn’t be limited to just military conflicts; it could also feature the history of the region itself. “You can go to the state museum in Columbia if you want to see history of the state or the country, but to have something specific to Sumter would be special, especially being a Sumterite myself,” Mixon said. “My family has been here, and I’d love to trace back through the generations.” The project holds a special meaning to Way, who personally used the library as a child growing up in Sumter. Now a retired teacher who works as an archivist at The Sumter Item newspaper, he credits the building with making him who he is today. “The history of that building is significant,” Way said. “One of the original Carnegie-financed institutions, it has served so many young people, including myself. I used to spend a huge number of hours there growing up; that’s where I could be found. That was a place of adventure for me. I would hope that everyone who has been connected to it would want to see it survive and remain.”

the mother of Epps’ two children. “At least she’s not walking free. It’s been very hard. Hopefully, she’ll come forward and tell exactly what happened. I wish she’ll just confess.” Prosecutors called more than a dozen witnesses to the stand during the course of the trial, trying to prove their theory that Kelley lured Epps to Sumter, where Brown allegedly waited to ambush him. Third Circuit Assistant Solicitor Jason Corbett opened the case Monday, telling jurors the case was about greed and jealousy. He hammered that point home during closing arguments Friday morning, contending the two defendants targeted Epps in a plot to steal drug money. He also suggested Brown knew his girlfriend was having an affair with Epps. “That greed and jealousy was displayed in all of its ugliness and all of its evil,” Corbett said. “Because that is the only word that you can attach to something like this: ‘Evil.’ There are no other words that describe taking a shotgun and blowing a man’s head off.” The incident began on the night of April 9, 2011. Testimony indicated Epps suffered gunshot wounds throughout his body from a .38-caliber handgun as well as the shotgun. Law enforcement traced the victim’s body to the Dalzell mobile home park and

found his Hyundai SUV burned about a mile away on North Lake Cherryvale Drive. Prosecutors alleged Kelley and Brown stole $2,100 from Epps’ pockets and burned the vehicle as a way to hide any physical evidence. Investigators testified they did not think he was shot in the head while inside the car because they found skull fragments at the scene where his body was dumped. Corbett told jurors it was “the words of London Kelley” that led investigators to her and Brown after the case had gone cold. He said she essentially confessed about the killing to three people, two of them being women she shared cells with while behind bars awaiting trial in the case. Corbett read statements from both women Friday. The other informant, who she told about the killing in summer 2011, testified during the week. Columbia defense attorney Charlie Johnson Jr., who defended Kelley throughout the week, argued that there was no solid evidence linking the woman to the killing and said prosecutors were relying on the testimony of non-credible witnesses. He put forth a theory that two or three men carried out the killing, which Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis characterized as the most brutal he’d seen in his 32 years as a county officer.

OBITUARIES FREDDIE MICKEL BISHOPVILLE — A “Service of Remembrance” will be held at 1 p.m. today for Freddie Mickel at St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church, Bishopville, with the Rev. Don Robinson, pastor, and the Rev. Willie Wilson, eulogist. Mr. Mickel died on Oct. 28, 2014. Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville, is in charge of arrangements.

PAUL H. SANOK III Paul Henry Sanok III, 74, companion of Willie Mae Clodfelter, died on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014, at Palmetto Health Richland hospital. Born on Nov. 6, 1939, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, he was a son of the late Paul Henry Sanok II and Mary Sanok Moherek. He was of the Catholic faith; was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War; and was a member of the VFW. He is survived by his companion of Sumter; a son, Paul W. Sanok (Sherrie) of Sumter; two daughters, Christina Sanok of Sumter and Marianna DuBose (Tray) of Pinewood; six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; a brother, John Moherek of Grand Rapids; a niece; and a nephew. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. on Monday at Concord Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Eugene Mosier officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at Concord Baptist Church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Concord Baptist Church, 1885 Myrtle Beach Highway, Sumter, SC 29153. Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of ar-

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Georgia Mae “GAH” Weeks died on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston. She was born on May 16, 1957, in Manning, a daughter of Virginia Butler Weeks and the late Clarence “Monroe” Weeks Sr. She received her formal education in the public schools of Clarendon County School District 2. She joined Rock Hill Baptist Church and just recently started attending Fourth Crossroad Baptist Church. Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday at the Hayes F. & LaNelle J. Samuels Sr. Memorial Chapel, 114 N. Church St., Manning, with the Rev. G.K. Carter, pastor, officiating, assisted by Evangelist Elizabeth Morant, Minister Henry Lee Hilton and Elder Nicole Blanding. Burial will follow in Grace Missionary Baptist Memorial Garden. The family is receiving friends at the home,1127 Fireglow St., Manning. Services entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

Annie Gordon Chewning Bradham, 94, widow of Rich Cary Bradham Jr., died on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014, at Covenant Place. Born in Summerton, she was a daughter of the late Allen Gordon and Mary Elizabeth Eadon Chewning. She was a charter member of Aldersgate United Methodist Church. She retired from the City of Sumter in 1982 as city clerk. Prior to working for the city, she worked at Alice Drive Elementary School as a secretary. She was an active member of several community organizations. Survivors include three daughters, Carey Player and her husband, Monty, of Sumter, Betty Doll and her husband, Wick, of Spartanburg and Sandra Therrell and her husband, Bobby, of Sumter; a son, Rick Bradham of Asheville, North Carolina; eight grandchildren, Lauren Player and husband, Tony Miller, Kathryn Burleson and husband, Brad, Lynn Player and husband, Zac Altheimer, Burke Farley, Gordon Farley and wife, Diane, Brad Privette and wife, Tonya, Amanda Tindal and her husband, Wells, and Griffin Bradham; seven great-grandchildren and two more due in December; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Virginia C. Touchberry and Mildred C. Touchberry. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday at Aldersgate United Methodist Church with Dr. Webb Belangia officiating. Burial will be private. Honorary pallbearers will

DAISY BRODGON Daisy Alvin Roman Brodgon, 89, widow of Sod Brodgon, departed this life on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014, at NHC Healthcare Sumter. She was born April 2, 1925, in Sumter County, a daughter of the late George Sr. and Malvenia Reed Roman. The family will be receiving friends at the home, 910 Radical Road, Sumter, SC 29153. Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced

be members of the Wesley Sunday School Class, David and Pat Player, Bob and Suzanne Gibson, and Connie Lane. The family will receive friends from 2 to 3 p.m. on Sunday at Aldersgate United Methodist Church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 211 Alice Drive, Sumter, SC 29150; Christian Charities of Sumter, 110 S. Purdy St., Sumter, SC 29150; or a

charity of one’s choice. Great appreciation is extended from the family to the wonderful employees at Covenant Place for their love and care. Her family is grateful to all her doctors and especially thank Dr. Danny Ford and Dr. William S. Stravou for their compassion and concern through the years. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

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AROUND TOWN veterans to see what the The Shepherd’s Center will hold businesses have to offer its annual flea market and bake sale from 7 a.m. to noon today them. Pick up some bargains and baked goodies! at Trinity-Lincoln Center, 24 The Sumter Chapter of the NaCouncil St. tional Federation of the Blind will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, The Sumter County Walking Nov. 11, at Shiloh-Randolph Horse Association and Manning Manor, 125 W. Bartlette St. Feed Mill Barnyard Buddies will Jonathan Pent will speak. The host a benefit horse show at 3 spotlight will shine on Erieka p.m. today at Dillon Park. DoMyers and the associate nations will be appreciated member is Ruth Pressley. for this Clarendon County Transportation provided withRelay for Life fundraising in coverage area. If you know event. Food and drink items will be available for purchase. a blind or legally blind person, contact Debra Canty at DebSumter County Citizens for Life raCanC2@frontier.com or at will sponsor the Life Chain from (803) 775-5792. For pertinent 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, information about their upNov. 2, on Broad Street. The coming gala, call the 24/7 Life Chain is a peaceful promessage line at (206) 376life rally meant to serve as a 5992. voice for the unborn. Call Hugh Wilson at (803) 468-6509 The Overcomers Stroke Support Group will meet at 6 p.m. on or Brandi Hall at (803) 464Thursday, Nov. 13, in the li1918 for information. brary of Alive Drive Baptist The Shepherd’s Center will offer Church, 1305 Loring Mill Road free public information classes at Wise Drive. Call Wayne 11-11:50 a.m. each Thursday Hunter at (803) 464-3003 or through Nov. 13 at 24 Council Joyce at (803) 464-7865. St. On the schedule: Nov. 6, Take your leashed pets out for a Healthy Aging: The imporday of music, food and fun at the tance of good nutrition and Sumter SPCA Mutt Strut 2014 on movement in promoting Saturday, Nov. 15, beginning healthy living as we age; and at noon. The event will be Nov. 13, Peace of Mind held at 1100 S. Guignard Drive through Meditation. (next to the SPCA). “Strutters” Clarendon School District One are needed to help raise will conduct free vision, hearing, money for the Mutt Strut, speech and developmental which is a community animal screenings as part of a child find effort to identify students day celebration. You can help raise money by visiting the with special needs. ScreenSPCA, 1140 S. Guignard Drive, ings will be held from 9 a.m. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. any day except to noon at the Summerton Early Childhood Center on the Wednesday or Sunday to pick up a registration packet. The following Thursdays: Nov. 13; registration fee is $10 per perDec. 11; Jan. 8, 2015; Feb. 12, son and includes a free event 2015; March 12, 2015; April 9, T-shirt. The person who raises 2015; and May 14, 2015. Call Sadie Williams or Audrey Wal- the most money will win a new 2014 Apple MacBook Air. ters at (803) 485-2325, extenSecond place winner will resion 221. ceive $400 and third place The Sumter Benedict Alumni Club winner will receive $200. Call will meet at 6 p.m. on Mon(803) 773-9292. All proceeds day, Nov. 3, at the North HOPE benefit the Sumter SPCA. Center. Call Shirley M. BlassThe Sumter Combat Veterans ingame at (803) 506-4019. Group will meet at 10 a.m. on The Sumter Branch NAACP will Friday, Nov. 21, at the South provide rides to the polls from 8 HOPE Center, 1125 S. Lafaya.m. to 6 p.m. on Election Day, ette Drive. All area veterans Tuesday, Nov. 4. Call (803) 775- are invited. 9215 or (803) 968-4464. Drivers The fourth Green School Reunion needed. will be held at noon on SaturJordan Crossroads Ministry Cenday, Nov. 29, at the Trinity Linter - Haven of Rest will hold its coln Center (old Lincoln High monthly meeting at 10 a.m. on School), 25 Council St. Call Wednesday, Nov. 5, at New Linwood at (803) 773-6363 or Covenant Presbyterian Shirley at (803) 481-0587 for Church fellowship hall. Parkinformation. ing available in the parking The St. Jude Alumni Association area nearest the fellowship & Friends 10th Annual Harvest hall entrance. Call Ann DrigBall will be held 7:30 p.m.-midgers at (803) 460-5572. night on Saturday, Nov. 29, at The Clarendon County Democrat- Serendipity Catering and ic Party’s executive committee Café, 118 S. Main St. Admiswill meet at 6 p.m. on Thurssion is $40 per person. Attire day, Nov. 6, at the Manning is semi-formal. Call Claude EsRestaurant, 476 N. Brooks St., person at (917) 589-2737 for Manning. Dinner will be tickets. served at 6:30 p.m. followed The annual Evening Optimist by the regular meeting at 7 Christmas Parade will be held p.m. This will be the final at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 7, on meeting of the year. Main Street. The parade will The Sumter County Veterans Asfeature marching bands, sociation will hold its annual Vet- beauty queens, festive holierans Day program at 11 a.m. day floats and more. The on Tuesday, Nov. 11, at the theme for this year’s parade lawn of the courthouse, Main is “What Christmas Means to Street. Col. Stephen F. Jost, Me.” If your organization commander of the 20th Fight- would like a parade entry aper Wing of Shaw Air Force plication, contact the Evening Base, will speak. Following Optimist Club of Sumter at the program, 35 local busi(803) 983-3916. Deadline for nesses will have booths set entry is Friday, Nov. 7. up behind the courthouse for

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FSU rallies past Louisville to stay unbeaten

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2014

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PREP FOOTBALL

SHS tops Conway for 3rd straight victory FROM STAFF REPORTS CONWAY — Ky’Jon Tyler caught two touchdowns and took another kickoff back for a score and Vincent Watkins kicked four field goals to lead Sumter High School to a 40-21 varsity football victory over Conway on Friday at the Conway Stadium. The victory was the Gamecocks’ third straight as they improved to 6-4 on the season and 3-1 in Region VI-4A. Conway fell to 2-8 and 1-3. Watkins tied a state record with his four field goals. The Tigers jumped out to a 7-0 lead before quarterback James Barnes connected with Tyler on a 38-yard pass to tie it at 7-7. SHS got the football back and Barnes threw a short pass to Tyler, who turned it into an 82-yard touchdown pass to make it 14-7 with 1:19 remaining in the first quarter. Sumter put together a drive on its next possession that ended with a 1-yard run by Barnes to make it 21-7. Watkins kicked a 37-yard field goal just before halftime to make it 24-7. Conway took the secondhalf kickoff and drove for a

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Laurence Manning’s Cagney Brunson runs up the field during the Swampcats’ 28-7 victory over Wilson Hall on Friday at Billy Chitwood field to clinch the SCISA 3A No. 2 seed.

Rivalry runaway Swampcats top Wilson Hall 28-7 for SCISA 3A No. 2 seed BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com MANNING – With the No. 2 seed in the SCISA 3A playoffs on the line, Laurence Manning Academy dialed up a two-fold gameplan against Wilson Hall on Friday at Billy Chitwood Field in Manning. Quarterback J.T. Eppley put the Swampcats up and running back Tyshawn Epps put the game away. Eppley ran for 113 yards and a score in the first half and Epps followed that with

SEE SHS, PAGE B4

FRIDAY NIGHT SCORES Sumter 40, Conway 21 Lakewood 17, Crestwood 0 C.E. Murray 22, Scott’s Branch 6 Laurence Manning 28, Wilson Hall 7 Timberland 62, Lee Central 0 Marlboro County 49, Manning 30 Card. Newman 35, Thomas Sumter 8 Trinity-Byrnes 43, Robert E. Lee 34 Carolina 38, Clarendon Hall 6

a 2-touchdown, 151-yard performance in the third quarter. That, coupled with LMA’s stifling defense, led the ‘Cats to a 28-7 victory over the rival Barons. Laurence Manning finished the regular season 9-2 overall and 7-1 in 3A, earning the No. 2 seed and a home playoff game next week against No. 7 seed Cardinal Newman. Wilson Hall fell to 7-3 and 5-3 to secure the third seed and a home playoff game next week against sixth seed Heathwood Hall.

Should all four of the top seeds advance, the Swampcats and Barons will meet again in two weeks. “Really proud of the guys and the way we came out tonight,” LMA head coach Robbie Briggs said. “Nine wins is big for the program and the second seed is big for us. Our season starts again next week. “I’m really proud of the way our kids responded tonight, especially after that opening drive. I think that’s the biggest different between this year’s team and last

It was all treats for Lakewood High School’s varsity football team on Friday as the Gators secured Region VI-3A’s No. 3 spot in the state playoffs with a 17-0 victory over Sumter School District rival Crestwood at J. Frank Baker Stadium. With the win, Lakewood finishes the regular season with a 6-4 overall record and a 3-2 mark in region play. Meanwhile, Crestwood’s first season under head

coach Roosevelt Nelson ended with a 1-9 overall mark and 1-4 in region play. Crestwood opened the game with a drive deep into Lakewood territory that was aided by two big plays. Starting at their 15-yard line, the Knights benefited from a 25yard completion from Ikeem Harper to Michael Stiles and a 38-yard Ty’son Williams run to get to the Lakewood 14. However, Crestwood stalled from there, turning the ball over to the Gators

SEE GATORS, PAGE B4

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com

MARK MORGAN / SPECIAL TO THE ITEM

Lakewood senior quarterback Roderick Charles looks for an open receiver as Crestwood’s Diquan Brown tries to knock down the pass during the Gators’ 17-0 victory on Friday at J. Frank Baker Stadium.

USC FOOTBALL

Gamecocks back in close, but no cigar mode BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com Now this is the kind of football season University of South Carolina fans were accustomed to prior to the past four seasons. “Close, but no cigar” was an often heard mantra prior to the 42-11 record from 2010-13, and it has already been heard three times this season, thus the reason for the Gamecocks’ 4-4 record. Of course, the most recent cigar-less game was last week’s 42-35 loss to Au-

SEE RIVALRY, PAGE B4

Tyler picks up additional football honor

Gators blank Knights 17-0, earn No. 3 seed BY EDDIE LITAKER Special to The Sumter Item

year’s team.” The Barons got on the board first thanks to a methodical 16-play drive. Five different players ran the ball and McLendon Sears completed 2 of 4 passes as Wilson Hall drove 80 yards. Sam Watford scored from the 3-yard line to put the Barons up 7-0. The drive was helped by a Laurence Manning pass interference call – one of four flags against the Swampcats in the opening quarter. The

TENNESSEE (3-5, 0-4 SEC) AT CAROLINA (4-4, 2-4 SEC) WHERE: Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia WHEN: Today, 7:30 p.m. TV: SEC NETWORK RADIO: WIBZ-FM 95.5, WNKT-FM 107.5

burn. An 18-point underdog, USC stood toe to toe with the Tigers, but in the end it couldn’t pull the victory out. The Carolina defense didn’t have a

clue how to stop Auburn after forcing it to punt on its first possession. In defense of the defense, South Carolina isn’t the first team the Tigers’ fastpaced offense has made look bad this season, but the Gamecocks seldom, if ever, made any kind of impact play on defense. The only saving grace for USC was the fact its offense played well, controlling the clock, and except for the 75yard run by Ricardo Louis in the third

SEE GAMECOCKS, PAGE B3

Sumter High School wide receiver Ky’Jon Tyler has been selected as the Lower State Back on the 2014 Palmetto Champions All-Star Football Team by the South Carolina Football Coaches Association. The Palmetto Champions consists of 25 players and 10 head TYLER coaches will be honored at a banquet on Thursday, Dec. 4, at Seawell’s restaurant in Columbia. An All-Star Lineman, Back, Special Teams Player and Coach of the Year will be announced at the banquet. Also, an award for distinguished service to South Carolina high school football will be presented. Tyler had 46 catches for 921 yards and seven touchdowns, while rushing for 186 yards and four scores on 11 carries going into Friday’s game against Conway. He also had eight kickoff returns for 371 yards and two touchdowns and has scored 13 TDs for a team-leading 78 points. He is coming off a huge game in SHS’ 63-41 victory over Carolina Forest. He caught 10 passes for 236 yards and two touchdowns, had three carries for 156 yards and three TDs and returned a kickoff 81 yards for a score.

SPORTS

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2014

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6 a.m. -- Professional Golf: European PGA Tour BMW Open Third Round from Shanghai (GOLF). 8:45 a.m. -- International Soccer: Barclays Premier League Match from Newcastle, England -- Liverpool vs. Newcastle (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 10:55 a.m. -- International Soccer: Barclays Premier League Match from London -- Queens Park vs. Chelsea (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 11 a.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series AAA Texas 500 Practice from Fort Worth, Texas (FOX SPORTS 1). 11:30 a.m. -- College Football: Air Force at Army (WLTX 19). Noon -- College Football: Central Florida at Connecticut (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). Noon -- College Football: Wisconsin at Rutgers (ESPN). Noon -- College Football: East Carolina at Temple (ESPNEWS). Noon -- College Football: Maryland at Penn State (ESPN2). Noon -- College Football: Duke at Pittsburgh (ESPNU). Noon -- College Football: Oklahoma at Iowa State (FOX SPORTS 1). Noon – NASCAR Racing: Nationwide Series O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge Pole Qualifying from Fort Worth, Texas (FOX SPORTS 2). Noon -- PGA Golf: CIMB Classic Third Round from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (GOLF). Noon -- College Football: LouisianaMonroe at Texas A&M (SEC NETWORK). 12:30 p.m. -- College Football: North Carolina at Miami (WACH 57). 1 p.m. – Formula One Racing: United States Grand Prix Pole Qualifying from Austin, Texas (WIS 10). 2 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series AAA Texas 500 Practice from Fort Worth, Texas (FOX SPORTS 2). 3 p.m. – College Football: North Carolina State at Syracuse (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 3 p.m. – College Football: Western Kentucky at Louisiana Tech (SPORTSOUTH). 3:30 p.m. -- College Football: Florida vs. Georgia from Jacksonville (WLTX 19). 3:30 p.m. -- College Football: Texas Christian at West Virginia (WOLO 25). 3:30 p.m. – College Football: Brigham Young at Middle Tennessee State (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 3:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Nationwide Series O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge from Fort Worth, Texas (ESPN, WEGX-FM 92.9). 3:30 p.m. -- College Football: Purdue at Nebraska (ESPN2). 3:30 p.m. -- College Football: Virginia at Georgia Tech (ESPNU). 3:30 p.m. – Horse Racing: Breeders’ Cup World Championships from Arcadia, Calif. – Undercard Races (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 4 p.m. -- College Football: Houston at South Florida (ESPNEWS). 4 p.m. -- College Football: Kentucky at Missouri (SEC NETWORK). 4 p.m. -- College Football: Kansas at Baylor (FOX SPORTS 1). 4 p.m. -- College Football: The Citadel at Mercer (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 4:30 p.m. -- Senior PGA Golf: Charles Schwab Championship Third Round from Scottsdale, Ariz. (GOLF). 7 p.m. – College Football: Colorado State at San Jose State (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 7 p.m. -- College Football: Auburn at Mississippi (ESPN). 7 p.m. -- College Football: Old Dominion at Vanderbilt (ESPNU). 7 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Arizona at Carolina (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 7:15 p.m. -- College Football: Arkansas at Mississippi State (ESPN2). 7:30 p.m. -- College Football: Stanford at Oregon (WACH 57). 7:30 p.m. -- College Football: Texas at Texas Tech (FOX SPORTS 1). 7:30 p.m. -- College Football: Tennessee at South Carolina (SEC NETWORK, WIBZ-FM 95.5, WNKT-FM 107.5). 8 p.m. – Horse Racing: Breeders’ Cup World Championships from Arcadia, Calif. – Breeders’ Cup Classic (WIS 10). 8 p.m. -- College Football: Notre Dame vs. Navy from Landover, Md. (WLTX 19). 8 p.m. -- College Football: Illinois at Ohio State (WOLO 25). 8 p.m. -- Major League Soccer: Western Conference Playoffs Semifinals First Leg -- Los Angeles at Salt Lake (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 9 p.m. – College Exhibition Basketball: Colorado School of Mines at Brigham Young (BYUTV). 9 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Chicago at Minnesota (WGN). 10:30 p.m. – College Football: San Diego State at Nevada (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 10:30 p.m. -- College Football: Arizona at UCLA (ESPN). 10:30 p.m. -- NHL Hockey: New York Islanders at San Jose (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 10:45 p.m. -- College Football: Wyoming at Fresno State (ESPN2). 11 p.m. -- College Football: Utah at Arizona State (FOX SPORTS 1). 11 p.m. -- PGA Golf: CIMB Classic Final Round from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (GOLF). 2 a.m. -- LPGA Golf: LPGA Taiwan Championship Final Round from Taipei, Taiwan (GOLF).

GOLF By The Associated Press CIMB CLASSIC PAR SCORES FRIDAY

At Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Purse: $7 million Yardage: 6,985; Par: 72 Second Round Billy Hurley III 67-67–134 -10 Kevin Streelman 68-68–136 -8 Seung-Yul Noh 68-69–137 -7 Jeff Overton 68-69–137 -7 Kevin Chappell 69-68–137 -7 Ryan Moore 68-69–137 -7 Sergio Garcia 69-68–137 -7 Lee Westwood 72-65–137 -7 Kevin Na 69-68–137 -7 Jonas Blixt 69-69–138 -6

FUBON LPGA TAIWAN CHAMPIONSHIP PAR SCORES FRIDAY

At Miramar Resort and Country Club Taipei, Taiwan Purse: $2 million Yardage: 6,429; Par: 72 Second Round a-amateur Inbee Park 64-62–126 -18 Shanshan Feng 64-65–129 -15 Mirim Lee 72-62–134 -10 Lydia Ko 69-65–134 -10 Azahara Munoz 68-66–134 -10 Line Vedel 66-68–134 -10 Stacy Lewis 67-68–135 -9 Chella Choi 70-66–136 -8 Ayako Uehara 70-66–136 -8 Moriya Jutanugarn69-67–136 -8

NBA STANDINGS By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION W Boston 1 Toronto 1 New York 1 Brooklyn 0 Philadelphia 0 SOUTHEAST DIVISION W Charlotte 1 Miami 1 Washington 1 Atlanta 0

L Pct GB 0 1.000 – 0 1.000 – 1 .500 1/2 1 .000 1 1 .000 1 L Pct GB 0 1.000 – 0 1.000 – 1 .500 1/2 1 .000 1

Orlando 0 CENTRAL DIVISION W Chicago 1 Indiana 1 Cleveland 0 Milwaukee 0 Detroit 0

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THURSDAY’S GAMES

Washington 105, Orlando 98 Minnesota 97, Detroit 91 New York 95, Cleveland 90 Dallas 120, Utah 102 L.A. Clippers 93, Oklahoma City 90

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Dallas at New Orleans, 7 p.m. Miami at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Milwaukee at Washington, 7 p.m. Toronto at Orlando, 7 p.m. Memphis at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Indiana at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Brooklyn at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Denver at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Boston at Houston, 8 p.m. Chicago at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Phoenix at Utah, 9 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

NFL STANDINGS By The Associated Press AMERICAN CONFERENCE EAST W 6 5 4 1

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PA 177 165 151 228

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PA 187 166 202 218

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L 2 3 3 3

T 1 0 0 0

Pct .643 .625 .625 .571

PF 161 217 205 163

PA 164 131 196 152

W 6 5 4 0

L 1 3 3 7

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .857 .625 .571 .000

PF 224 205 176 105

PA 142 149 128 181

New England Buffalo Miami N.Y. Jets SOUTH Indianapolis Houston Tennessee Jacksonville NORTH Cincinnati Baltimore Pittsburgh Cleveland WEST Denver San Diego Kansas City Oakland

NATIONAL CONFERENCE EAST W 6 5 3 3

L 2 2 4 5

T 0 0 0 0

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PF 213 203 154 171

PA 167 156 169 200

W 4 3 2 1

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T 0 1 0 0

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PA 198 236 221 223

W 6 5 3 3

L 2 3 5 5

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PA 126 191 222 173

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PA 139 165 150 210

Dallas Philadelphia N.Y. Giants Washington SOUTH New Orleans Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay NORTH Detroit Green Bay Chicago Minnesota WEST

THURSDAY’S GAME

New Orleans 28, Carolina 10

SUNDAY’S GAMES

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

MONDAY’S GAME

Indianapolis at N.Y. Giants, 8:30 p.m.

NHL STANDINGS By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W Montreal 11 8 Tampa Bay 11 7 Detroit 9 5 Ottawa 9 5 Boston 12 6 Florida 8 3 Toronto 9 4 Buffalo 11 2 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W Pittsburgh 9 6 N.Y. Islanders 10 6 New Jersey 10 5 N.Y. Rangers 9 5 Washington 9 4 Philadelphia 10 4 Columbus 9 4 Carolina 8 0

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GA 29 29 19 22 30 17 25 36

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GA 22 36 34 30 23 36 30 33

Pts 14 13 12 11 11 10 9

GF 23 27 31 22 32 27 20

GA 17 19 17 18 33 32 26

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

GP 9 10 9 9 9 11 10

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GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 11 8 3 0 16 31 21 Vancouver 10 7 3 0 14 34 29 Los Angeles 10 6 2 2 14 24 18 San Jose 12 6 4 2 14 38 34 Calgary 11 5 4 2 12 27 24 Edmonton 10 4 5 1 9 27 36 Arizona 9 3 5 1 7 22 34 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

THURSDAY’S GAMES

New Jersey 2, Winnipeg 1, SO Chicago 5, Ottawa 4, SO Minnesota 4, San Jose 3, SO Boston 3, Buffalo 2, OT Pittsburgh 3, Los Angeles 0 Tampa Bay 4, Philadelphia 3 Florida 2, Arizona 1 St. Louis 2, Anaheim 0 Colorado 5, N.Y. Islanders 0 Vancouver 3, Montreal 2, OT

SATURDAY’S GAMES

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Ottawa at Boston, 7 p.m. Chicago at Toronto, 7 p.m. Washington at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Florida, 7 p.m. Columbus at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Winnipeg at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Arizona at Carolina, 7 p.m. Colorado at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Dallas at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Vancouver at Edmonton, 10 p.m.

CLEVELAND — Shortly after showering, and maybe rinsing off a forgettable performance, LeBron James smiled and laughed as he dressed for a flight to Chicago. “It was one game,” he said. James moved on quickly. It may take Cleveland a little longer. This championship-deprived city, which had waited months to celebrate James’ return from Miami with a rip-roaring party, was in a state of shock following Cleveland’s 95-90 loss to the New York Knicks on Thursday night. Given a hero’s welcome with a ground-shaking ovation, James flopped. He missed 10 shots, committed eight turnovers and looked nothing like the fourtime league MVP and transcendent player capable of carrying a franchise. One game. One really bad game. “I’m glad it’s over,” he said. Following an emotional pregame, which included him reprising the signature “chalk toss” routine he made famous during his first stint with the Cavs, James could hardly do anything right. He missed wide-open shots, forced others and made uncharacteristic errors. During one possession, he thought Kyrie Irving was going one way and Cleveland’s All-Star guard went the other as James’ pass sailed into the seats. “My turnovers, some of them were careless and some of them were chemistry,” said James, who scored 17 points in 43 minutes. “I was throwing passes where I was hoping where some of my teammates were and they were not there. Those things will come.” Irving had 22 points. Kevin Love, the other third of Cleveland’s “Big 3,” added 19 points and 14 rebounds in his Cavs debut. Carmelo Anthony scored 25 points for New York. The Knicks rebounded to give rookie coach Derek Fisher his first win after being embarrassed by Chicago at home in their season opener. James dismissed the notion he was trying too hard to make sure his homecoming ended in victory. “I didn’t press,” he said. “I didn’t do much.” The Cavs knew it would take time to develop chemistry. James along with firstyear coach David Blatt had preached during the preseason that there would be tough times ahead. They just didn’t say it

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Cleveland’s LeBron James (23) drives against New York’s Carmelo Anthony (7) during the Knicks’ 95-90 victory in Cleveland. James scored just 17 points in 43 minutes. would be after one game. Here’s five other things that emerged from a night that didn’t end the way Clevelanders planned: NO OFFENSE

Blatt has spent the past month installing an uptempo offense, but the Cavs haven’t embraced it. They had far too many empty possessions and lacked any cohesion. “We got static,” the former international coach said following his first NBA game. “We’re really good when we move the ball. When we play without motion and without ball energy, that’s exactly what will happen.” Also, Cleveland’s bench was outscored 41-12. Blatt said he should have given reserves Shawn Marion (10 minutes) and Mike Miller (3 minutes) more playing time. BULLS-EYE

The Cavs don’t have any time to feel sorry for themselves as they’ll take on the Bulls, who are expected to challenge Cleveland for Eastern Conference supremacy. “That is what is great about this league,” James said. “You can play as a bad as I did tonight and bounce back.” SLICK KNICKS

Talk about crashing the party. New York wasn’t intimidated by the electric atmosphere and the Knicks made

several big shots in the second half to spoil Cleveland’s big night. Iman Shumpert and Jason Smith scored 12 apiece and J.R. Smith added 11 for the Knicks, who led by nine with 3 minutes left and held off Cleveland’s rally. “It was a great win for us,” said Anthony, who made a crucial jumper over James with 25.9 seconds left. “It tested us mentally to see how we were going to bounce back from last night. We did a great job of putting that behind us and focusing.” NEW DEALS

The Cavs are believed to be close to finalizing contract extensions for centers Anderson Varejao and Tristan Thompson. Both players are the final years of their deals. There’s a midnight Friday deadline for the Cavs to get something done with Thompson, a 2011 firstround pick. Varejao has played his entire career in Cleveland and is close to James. STAR WARS

James’ homecoming brought out some big names, including teen heartthrob Justin Bieber, football Hall of Famer Michael Strahan, film director and Knicks super fan Spike Lee, Browns rookie quarterback Johnny Manziel and R&B artist Usher, who sang the national anthem and was accompanied in the final verses by the Cleveland crowd.

SPORTS ITEMS

Michigan AD Brandon resigns ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon resigned Friday, setting the stage for new leadership at the top of one of the nation’s most prominent athletic departments. Brandon’s departure comes amid anBRANDON other disappointing football season and concerns over the school’s handling of everything from its concussions protocol to student attendance at games. Football coach Brady Hoke’s future has been in doubt for a while thanks to his team’s lack of progress, but Brandon also became a target of disgruntled fans and students. CUBS HIRE MADDON AS MANAGER, FIRE RENTERIA

CHICAGO — Right after Joe Maddon opted out of

his contract with Tampa Bay, the Chicago Cubs were mentioned as a possible landing spot for one of baseball’s best managers. Flush with prospects and ready to make a splash in free agency, the Cubs already had a manager in Rick Renteria. But they just couldn’t resist the lure of Maddon’s sudden availability. HURLEY TAKES A 2-SHOT LEAD AT CIMB CLASSIC

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia— Billy Hurley III made six birdies on his front nine en route to a 5-under 67 Friday that gave him a twoshot lead after the second round of the CIMB Classic. Hurley matched his score from Thursday for a 10under total of 134, two strokes ahead of American compatriot Kevin Streelman (68) in the jointly sanctioned PGA Tour and Asian Tour event.

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TAIPEI, Taiwan — Inbee Park shot a 10-under 62 on Friday at Miramar to take a three-stroke lead in the LPGA Taiwan Championship, her first event since regaining the No. 1 spot in the world Monday. HAAS SHOOTS 62 TO TAKE CHAMPIONS TOUR LEAD

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Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston (5) gets off a pass despite the efforts of Louisville defensive end Delontrez Mount (48) in the Seminoles’ 42-31 come-from-behind victory in Louisville, Ky., on Thursday. FSU improved to 8-0 on the season after falling behind 21-0 in the first half.

Winston, Florida State rally to beat Louisville BY GARY B. GRAVES The Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — If trailing Auburn by 18 last season in the BCS Championship game didn’t shake Florida State, a 21-0 firsthalf deficit to Louisville surely wasn’t going to, either. Thanks to another remarkable comeback by the Seminoles and quarterback Jameis Winston, their hopes of competing for a second straight national championship remain intact. Winston threw three touchdown passes to offset a three-interception start and Dalvin Cook had two long scoring runs to help secondranked Florida State rally for a 42-31 victory over Louisville on Thursday night. “That was another heck of a football game. Fun to watch, wasn’t it?” Seminoles coach Jimbo Fisher said. Big rallies aren’t uncommon for Florida State, which trailed Auburn 21-3 in the

title game before winning 34-31 in a thriller. The Seminoles also overcame a 24-7 deficit at North Carolina State in September before going on to a 56-41 win. Florida States latest comeback for its 24th straight win might have saved the season. Out of sorts and on the verge of having its College Football Playoff prospects damaged, the Seminoles (8-0, 5-0 Atlantic Coast Conference, No. 2 CFP) recovered behind their Heisman Trophy quarterback and Cook. Cook had a 40-yard touchdown run in the third quarter and gave the Seminoles the lead for good with a 38yard run with 3:46 remaining. All of Winston’s TD passes were big. He hit Travis Rudolph for 68 yards, Ermon Lane for 47, and Freddie Stevenson for the 35-yard clincher with 2:11 remaining. Winston was 25 of 48 for 401 yards passing. Florida State outgained Louisville

GAMECOCKS FROM PAGE B1 quarter, the defense did make Auburn drive the ball, which it did without a problem. Carolina now needs to focus on the final third of the regular season. If it can win out, the season will certainly end in a positive light. It should beat South Alabama on Nov. 22, and it can beat Tennessee, Florida and Clemson; however, it could also lose each of those games as well. It starts today with a 7:30 p.m. contest against the Volunteers at Williams-Brice Stadium. Following are five keys to a South Carolina win. 1. SELL OUT ON THE RUN

This is much easier said than done because the Gamecocks haven’t been particularly good at stopping either the run or the pass. Still, the middle of the USC defense has been gashed by everyone’s running game, and it has to shore that up. While Tennessee head coach Butch Jones has been coy about who is quarterback is going to be, he would be crazy not to start Joshua Dobbs after his performance against Alabama. He passed for 192 yards and ran for 72, and while much of that came after the Vols had fallen in a

hole, he still put up the numbers and gave them a big spark. Carolina has to take away the run and make Tennessee beat it with Dobbs’ arm. 2. STAY BALANCED ON OFFENSE

While many people have complaints about Dylan Thompson at quarterback, he has had a good season for South Carolina. People point to the three interceptions he threw against Auburn, but one came at the end of the game on a Hail Mary. The other two, according to head coach Steve Spurrier, came when Thompson was hit as he threw the ball into the end zone. Still, Thompson threw five touchdown passes and led the offense up and down the field. Also, USC has proven it has the ability to run the football as well. Keep giving it to the opposition with both barrels. 3. MORE PHAROH PLEASE

Pharoh Cooper has 40 catches for 553 yards and six touchdowns, all team highs, and Carolina fans want to see those totals grow. However, they’d probably like to see the ball get into his hands a little bit more in the Wildcat formation.

574-488, including 374 in the second half. “We’ve been there before,” the quarterback said after rallying his team despite a twisted right ankle that required treatment on the sideline during the game. He said the pain was temporary. “Being down is nothing when you’ve got heart and you persevere. Personally, we play better when we’re down, honestly. More important for the Seminoles was maintaining their national championship hopes on a night that Louisville (6-3, 4-3, No. 25 CFP) nearly took them away twice. The presence of Muhammad Ali was fitting in a game that the Cardinals initially dominated with a smashmouth approach that provided a 21-point first-half lead and knocked the Seminoles on the ropes. Michael Dyer had TD runs of 4 and 12 yards and Gerald Christian caught an 11-yard scoring pass from Will Gardner.

It would be nice to see him try to get on the edge a bit more or perhaps run a draw back up the middle. The play seems to work quite well against USC. 4. LIMIT THE TURNOVERS

Regardless of what caused the previously mentioned three interceptions thrown by Thompson, one can’t deny they happened. The first two came with South Carolina in the red zone, and the first one, of course, came with the Gamecocks on the verge of going up 14-0. Instead, Auburn drove 92 yards for a tying score. With the state of the defense, USC can’t afford to be giving the ball away, especially deep in opposing territory.

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Regardless of the words of some fair weather naysayers, this season isn’t a lost cause. Sure, it hasn’t come close to matching the preseason expectations, but a good season and a bad season rests on the next four games. Carolina, the defense in particular, needs to play with some reckless abandon and lack of fear. It doesn’t appear it has done that in recent games, and the results haven’t been particularly good.

comes with highest stakes,” Nichols said. The Blue Hose have struggled since joining the Big South in 2009. Their best record in the league was 3-3 in 2011. That was the only season other than this year they won more than one Big South game. “They are faster and stronger and quicker than they have been in the three years I’ve been in this league,” Liberty coach Turner Gill said of Presbyterian. “I see them playing with confidence — the facts are the facts — they’ve beaten two top 25 teams.” In Orangeburg, South Carolina State (5-3, 3-1 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) is back in the league race and will have to beat Savannah State (0-8, 0-5) to stay there. Bulldogs coach Buddy Pough doesn’t sound like a league-leading coach. “It’s pretty obvious that we’ve got to play better offensively. I don’t know where to start there. There are so many areas we need to improve on,” Pough said. “We can’t throw it. We can’t run it. We don’t block good enough. We don’t catch good enough. We don’t run good enough routes.” Defense is pulling South Carolina State through, anchored by tackle Javon Hargrave. The 6-foot-2, 295pound lineman had 11 tackles, six sacks and forced two fumbles in last week’s 20-14 win over Bethune-Cookman. “It’s awfully, awfully enjoyable to watch him do those things to people,” Pough said. “You see a look of disbelief on their faces in some cases because he’s done something they think a guy that size can’t do.”

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Cavaliers drop shot at playoffs with 43-34 loss BISHOPVILLE — Robert E. Lee Academy saw its hopes of making the SCISA 1A state playoffs come to an end with a 43-34 loss to TrinityByrnes on Friday at McCutchen Field. The Cavaliers finished their season at 5-5 overall and 3-3 in Region I.

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DALZELL -- Lakewood’s JV squad wrapped up the season with a 27-6 victory over Crestwood on Thursday at J. Frank Baker Stadium, finishing first in the region with a 4-1 mark. Quavon White, Tyquarius Brown, Antonio Anderson and Malik Wilson all had touchdowns for the JV Gators. Jaron Richardson added a 2-point conversion. Lakewood finished the season 5-4 overall.

SHS FROM PAGE B1 touchdown to make it 24-14. However, on the ensuing kickoff, Tyler picked up the football at the Gamecock and went 95 yards for a touchdown to make it 31-14. Watkins added his second field goal to make it 34-14, but Conway didn’t go away easily. The Tigers scored to make it 34-21 late in the third quarter. However, Sumter got two more field goals from Wat-

CLARENDON HALL 46 ANDREW JACKSON 0 EHRHARDT — Clarendon Hall used 10 different rushers and had six different players score touchdowns during a 46-0 victory over Andrew Jackson on Thursday at the Confederates field to close out its season. Kameron Earles led the Saints with 50 yards rushing on five carries and had a 50yard interception return for a TD. Dylan Way was next with 36 yards on four carries and Stephen Henning had a 25-yard scoring run. Way was also 5-fo-6 passing for 72 yards. Wells Robinson scored a 9-yard touchdown while Bobby Ashba reached the end zone from 5 yards out. Ashba also led the team in tackles with nine while Robinson had six. Kade Elliott added a fumble recovery. Justin James and Drew Hill each added 3-yard TD runs to complete the scoring for the Saints, who finished the season with an 8-1 overall record.

kins to put the game away. Tyler had just under 250 all-purpose yards after piling up 473 last week in his 6-touchdown performance in a 63-41 victory over Carolina Forest. Running back Rodney Pitts picked up 133 yards on 17 carries. Sumter will close out its regular season with a home game against Socastee on Friday. The Gamecocks can wrap up second place and a berth in the 4A Division I state playoffs with a victory.

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Crestwood senior running back Ty’Son Williams tries to avoid the tackle of Lakewood’s Tyshawn Johnson (7) during the Gators’ victory on Friday.

GATORS FROM PAGE B1 on downs at the 12. Lakewood then launched a 14-play, 88-yard drive that culminated with a 6-yard scoring run from quarterback Roderick Charles. Most of the yardage came through the air as Charles went 4-for-5 for 60 yards. Two red zone offsides penalties on the Knights also aided Lakewood’s cause. Crestwood got the ball at its 41 after the ensuing kickoff and seemed poised to put points on the board once again. Then Tyshawn Johnson came away with the first of his three interceptions of Harper, returning this one 76 yards for the

score. Blake Carraher’s PAT kick made the score 14-0 with 1:53 left in the opening quarter. The Knights got good field position, starting at their 39 and 40, respectively, on the next two possessions, but could not do anything with it. Williams fumbled the ball away on the second play of the first drive and Lakewood forced a punt after two Crestwood first downs on the second drive.The Knights also had a 13-play possession late in the first half that began at their 18 and ended with a D’onte Washington sack at the Lakewood 34.

The Gators got the ball to open the second half and went on a 19-play, 64-yard drive that took 8:04 off the clock. Latheron Rogers-Anderson ran nine times for 73 yards on the drive, but penalties proved costly as Lakewood had to settle for a 27yard field goal from Carraher that closed out the scoring at the 3:56 mark of the third. The teams traded punts on the next four possessions before Johnson’s other two interceptions, with a Lakewood punt sandwiched in between. Williams, a University of North Carolina signee, ran 24 times for 128 yards while Rogers-Anderson rushed 18 times for 87 yards.

Lakewood’s Tyshawn Johnson hauls in a catch as Crestwood defenders try to make a tackle during the Gators’ 17-0 victory at J. Frank Baker Stadium on Friday. MARK MORGAN / SPECIAL TO THE ITEM

PREP FOOTBALL The Associated Press Friday’s Scores Ben Lippen 30, Augusta Christian 0 Berkeley 24, Hanahan 17 Fox Creek 48, Calhoun Falls 0 Goose Creek 42, West Ashley 14 Lakewood 17, Crestwood 0 Newberry 42, Columbia 12 Northwood Academy 70, First Bap-

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RIVALRY FROM PAGE B1 one that potentially hurt the worst was an offside call on fourth-and-1 near midfield when it appeared LMA was going for it. The Swampcats were forced to punt instead. It was a Barons penalty that turned the tide in the second quarter, however. An intentional grounding call forced WH to punt from just inside its own end zone and Eppley made them pay on the ensuing play. Eppley found a seam for a 34-yard TD run to knot the score at 7-7. “I was really proud of the way we came out and controlled the tempo and controlled the clock early on,” Wilson Hall head coach Bruce Lane said. “But give them credit because they’re a very good defensive team. When you play behind the sticks like we did a lot tonight, it really puts you in a tough situation.” Eppley’s legs weren’t done yet. The ‘Cats signal caller rushed 12 times total in the second quarter alone for 113 yards. He rushed six times on LMA’s next drive to set up Davis Martin’s 1-yard plunge as the Swampcats took a 14-7 with five minutes to go in the half. After the opening touchdown and penalty that stalled the second drive, Wilson Hall was unable to muster much more offensively for the half, managing just 31 yards in the final 12 minutes before the break. LMA started off with a bang in the second half. Tyshawn Epps carried the ball three times to start the third quarter – breaking free

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Wilson Hall’s McLendon Sears (7) is pursued by Laurence Manning’s Todd Larrimer and Josh Edwards (30) during the Swampcats’ 28-7 victory on Friday at Billy Chitwood Field. on the third attempt for a 46yard touchdown and a 21-7 Swampcats’ lead. Epps only needed one more play for the final dagger. Keeping his balance on a sideline run, Epps broke free for an 85-yard run to daylight as the Swampcats took a commanding 28-7 lead. “We came out in power-I (formation) in the second

half,” Epps said. “We wanted to run tight in the first half and then come out with a different scheme in the second half and get to the outside a little more. “After that, It was just try and follow my blocks and keep my feet inbounds.” That was all they would need as the defense held the Barons in check the rest of

the way. Sears went down with an injury on WH’s next drive and Dawson Price took over. “I think he’ll be fine by next week,” Lane said. “We erred on the side of caution and didn’t feel like he could go back in tonight. We’ve got a couple kids banged up, but that’s football. You have to have other guys step up and

they did for us tonight.” Price helped guide the Barons into LMA territory at the 15, but was picked off by Todd Larrimer to negate the scoring threat. The only other drive into Swampcats territory came via a fumble on a punt, but Price was picked off by Tony Cruz three plays into the drive to end the Barons’ last chance.

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‘Olive Kitteridge’ is a rare, rewarding TV experience BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH A slow-building, low-key drama with a hard-to-love character at its center, the four-part tale “Olive Kitteridge” (9 p.m. Sunday, HBO) may be the most grown-up, challenging and rewarding television event of the fall. Given all the talk about a “golden age” of television, it’s rather surprising how much programming still centers on genre fiction and comic book conventions. If you take away cops, detectives, spies, doctors, lawyers, monsters, vampires, superheroes, superstition, fantasy and lavish aristocratic British estates — television might be reduced to “Mad Men,” “The Middle” and football. I exaggerate, but not by much. “Olive” reminds us just how captivating and difficult “ordinary” people can be — particularly when their peculiar, difficult and damaging behavior becomes woven into the pattern of everyday life. Frances McDormand (“Fargo”) stars in the title role. Married to a small-town Maine pharmacist (Richard Jenkins), she’s an exacting middle school math teacher who brooks no outbursts from her students, their parents — even her own son. Told in four hours over two nights, “Olive” moves ahead chronologically, with some flashbacks, to flesh out a surprising number of local characters. Based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of short stories by Elizabeth Strout, “Olive” offers a prolonged meditation on the heroine’s increasingly off-putting demeanor. Olive admits that depression and suicide run in her family, and she embraces that dark legacy as a sign of her intelligence. To Olive, unhappiness is no burden. To be merely average and uncomplicated is, to her, the real horror. This staunch, unwavering posture drives her husband to take a paternal interest in a sweet and simple employee, and inspires her son to marry a pretty, ambitious Californian with little tolerance for her “weird” motherin-law. Olive is not without generosity. She looks after the son

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Frances McDormand stars in the title role in the four-part miniseries “Olive Kitteridge,” premiering at 9 p.m. Sunday on HBO. of a deeply depressed neighbor, and later saves his life when he returns home as a brilliant, but full-blown schizophrenic medical student bent on suicide. In addition to its darker disposition, “Olive” embraces the less-than-movie-star looks of its lead actress and most of the cast. Bill Murray appears on the miniseries’ second night. Like McDormand, Murray has had a long career on the periphery of Hollywood, often choosing scripts featuring fully realized and complicated characters. Again, I have to return to the term “grown-up.” “Olive” asks viewers to contemplate aspects of life that may be grim, but are also far more commonplace than many of us would care to admit. And it does so without resorting to comforting narrative cliches, or the presence of ludicrously beautiful performers draped in the trappings of affluence. For those reasons alone, “Olive” is truly a rare television experience. • Evoking TV’s origins in vaudeville and vintage spectacle, “Skyscraper Live With Nik Wallenda” (7 p.m. Sunday, Discovery) will show the famed daredevil attempting a tightrope walk between two Chicago office towers.

Despite the decidedly 19thcentury vibe to this death-defying stunt, “Live” is custommade for the 21st-century era of social media. Wallenda’s 2013 traipse above the Grand Canyon generated more than 1.3 million tweets. • Just when they think a meteor strike seems to be the worst thing to hit their city, residents start turning into zombies in the 2014 shocker “Apocalypse L.A.” (9 p.m. Saturday, Syfy, TV-14). • Sparks fly when a pretty astronomy professor (Sarah Carter) shares a bumpy holiday bus ride with a rodeo cowboy (Damon Runyan) in the 2014 bauble “One Starry Christmas” (8 p.m. Saturday, Hallmark). • “Fault Lines” (7 p.m. Saturday, Al Jazeera America) travels to Mexico, where an epidemic of kidnappings has erupted since the government declared war on the country’s drug cartels. More than 22,000 people have gone missing since 2006. • Catch all eight episodes of “The Returned” (noon Sunday, Sundance, TV-MA). This creepy French miniseries about dead residents placidly returning to a small town shares story elements with ABC’s “Resurrection.” But “The Returned” is far more original and captivating

than the American series, which falls back on cliches about government agencies and conspiracy theories. In its weird, stark simplicity, “The Returned” hews far closer to the spiritual and religious dimensions of its central mystery. Look for a second season in 2015.

SATURDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS • Equestrian action on the 31st Breeder’s Cup Classic (8 p.m., NBC). • Cam connects with a once-promising talent on “Survivor’s Remorse” (9 p.m., Starz, TV-MA). • Chris Rock hosts “Saturday Night Live” (11:30 p.m., NBC, TV-14), with musical guest Prince.

• A country star shares his passion for the rare, medium and well done on “Steak Out With Kix Brooks” (8 p.m., Cooking). • The Pittsburgh Steelers host the Baltimore Ravens on “Sunday Night Football” (8:20 p.m., NBC). • The firm has trouble staying on message on “The Good Wife” (9:30 p.m., CBS, TV-14). • Bellamy discovers an unpleasant truth on “Resurrection” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-PG). • “Death Comes to Pemberley” concludes on “Masterpiece Mystery!” (9 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings). • Other survivors emerge on “The Walking Dead” (9 p.m., AMC, TV-MA). • Carrie gives the “go” sign on “Homeland” (9 p.m., Showtime, TV-MA). • Murderers target a forensics conference on “CSI” (10:30 p.m., CBS, TV-14). Didn’t that just happen on “Bones”? • Emily worries about Charlotte on “Revenge” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-PG). • A day trip proves a mixed blessing for Alison and Noah on “The Affair” (10 p.m., Showtime, TV-MA).

CULT CHOICE A wrongly accused sword master survives several exiles to exact revenge in the 1972 Hong Kong martial arts thriller “The Delightful Forest” (7:15 p.m. Saturday, El Rey).

SATURDAY SERIES A starlet tries to flirt her way out of an arrest on “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit” (9 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14) * A vintage helping of “Saturday Night Live” (10 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14).

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• Scheduled on “60 Minutes” (7:30 p.m., CBS): a follow-up on Navy SEAL Mark Owen; Sharia law in London neighborhoods; a profile of Blake Shelton. • Tom and Moray battle for control on “The Paradise” on “Masterpiece Classic” (8 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings). • An earthquake strikes during a trip abroad on “Madam Secretary” (8:30 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

Lisa learns a lesson in politics on “The Simpsons” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-PG) * Family business on “Once Upon a Time” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * A mole in the ranks on “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (8:30 p.m., Fox, TV14) * Peter and Quagmire harmonize on “Family Guy” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Lou puts his affairs in order on “Mulaney” (9:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14). Copyright 2014, United Feature Syndicate

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2nd job is good money, but bad way to live DEAR ABBY — For the past year and a half, I have worked a fulltime and a part-time job while attending school. I Dear Abby recently graduated ABIGAIL from college VAN BUREN and now have a career that has put me into a better financial position. My problem is, I’m still working my part-time job. My boyfriend, “Jared,” and I get into arguments over whether or not I should keep it. I enjoy the extra cash, but I’m starting to feel like life is passing me by because I’m working seven days a week, usually 10 hours a day. I am

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exhausted, but Jared doesn’t want me to quit. Jared doesn’t seem to understand that I feel left out when I work this much. I don’t have time to see my family or visit friends, something I feel he takes for granted. Should I keep this job and keep Jared happy, or stand my ground and live life my way? Exhausted in Iowa DEAR EXHAUSTED — At the rate you’re going, Jared will work you into a state of collapse. I could understand his not wanting you to quit your parttime job if the two of you were saving for something special, but because you didn’t mention that, I am assuming it isn’t the case. In order to have a happy, successful life, people need to achieve a balance between

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work and time to themselves. If Jared wants the extra income, then my view is that Jared should earn it. DEAR READERS — It’s time for my “timely” reminder that daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, so don’t forget to turn your clocks back one hour before going to bed. (That’s what I’ll be doing.) ABBY Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. What teens need to know about sex, drugs, AIDS and getting along with peers and parents is in “What Every Teen Should Know.” Send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $7 (U.S. funds) to Dear Abby, Teen Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. (Shipping and handling are included in the price.)

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12 “I’m with you” 13 Outlook service 14 “__ a world in a grain of sand”: Blake 21 Nursery bottle contents 22 Hunks 23 Shire in films 24 Limo riders 27 “Alack!” 28 Many millennia 30 iPhone speaker 32 Salad ingredients 33 Try to dislodge, perhaps 34 “Leda and the Swan” poet 36 Home 37 Pod occupants 39 Make whole

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LEGAL NOTICES Summons & Notice NOTICE OF ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO: 2013-CP-43-01439 Harbour Portfolio VII, Plaintiff vs. Vernon J. Magazine aka Vernon Jerome Magazine, deceased, and any children and heirs at law, distributees and devisees, and if any be deceased then any persons entitled to claim under or through them; also all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, interest or lien upon the real property described in the complaint herein; any unknown adults being a class designated as John Doe; and any known minors or persons under disability or in the military service being a class designated as Richard Roe, Vickie Horton, Monique Woodley as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Vernon J. Magazine aka Vernon Jerome Magazine, Courtney Holmes-Aquirre as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Vernon J. Magazine aka Vernon Jerome Magazine and Veronica Holmes as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Vernon J. Magazine aka Vernon Jerome Magazine TO: THE DEFENDANTS HEREIN, NAMES AND ADDRESSES UNKNOWN, INCLUDING ANY THEREOF WHO MAY BE MINORS, IMPRISONED PERSONS, INCOMPETENT PERSONS, UNDER OTHER LEGAL DISABILITY OR IN THE MILITARY SERVICE, IF ANY, WHETHER RESIDENTS OR NON-RESIDENTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND TO THE NATURAL, GENERAL, TESTAMENTARY GUARDIAN OR COMMITTEE, OR OTHERWISE, AND TO THE PERSON WITH WHOM THEY MAY RESIDE, IF ANY THERE BE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Motion for an order appointing Kelley Y. Woody, Esquire, as Guardian ad Litem Nisi, for all persons whomsoever herein collectively designated as Richard Roe or John Doe, defendants herein, names and addresses unknown, including any thereof who may be minors, imprisoned persons, incompetent persons, in the military service or under other legal disability, whether residents or non-residents of South Carolina, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County. YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that unless the said minors or persons under other legal disability, if any, or someone in their behalf or in behalf of any of them, shall within thirty (30) days after service of notice of this order upon them by publication, exclusive of the day of such service, procure to be appointed for them, or either of them, a Guardian ad Litem to represent them for the purposes of this action, the appointment of said

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Guardian ad Litem Nisi shall be made absolute. SUMMONS YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, Post Office Box 12245, Columbia, SC 29211, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that under the provisions of South Carolina Code Section 29-3-100, effective June 16, 1993, any collateral assignment of rents contained in the attached mortgage is perfected and Plaintiff hereby

gives notice that all rents shall be payable directly to it by delivery to its undersigned attorneys from the date of default. In the alternative, Plaintiff will move before a judge of this Circuit on the 10th day after service hereof, or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, for an Order enforcing the assignment of rents, if any, and compelling payment of all rents covered by such assignment directly to the Plaintiff, which motion is to be based upon the original note and mortgage and the Complaint attached hereto. NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been or will be commenced in this Court upon complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendant(s) for the termination of an Agreement for Deed (Land Contract) of real estate given by Vernon J. Magazine and Vickie Horton to Harbour Portfolio VII, LP dated March 21, 2012, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County on February 26, 2013, in Mortgage Book 1183 at page 3261. The premises covered and affected by the said Agreement for Deed (Land Contract) and by the foreclosure thereof were, at the time of the making thereof and at the time of the filing of this notice described as follows: All that certain piece, parcel, lot or tract of land, with measurements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in or near the City of Sumter in the County of Sumter, State of

South Carolina, being shown and delineated as Lot 7, Block 1 Broad Street Place on a plat recorded in Plat Book A-4, Page 85 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County and having the boundaries and measurements as shown on the last described plat. This description is made in lieu of the metes and bounds description as permitted by law under Sec. 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976) as amended. Being the same property conveyed from Fannie Mae aka Federal National Mortgage Association unto Harbour Portfolio VII by deed recorded on February 10, 2012 in Book 1166 at Page 2709. TMS No. 229-11-04-001 Property Address: 113 Anderson Street, Sumter, SC 29150 McDonnell & Associates, PA, Post Office Box 12245, Columbia, South Carolina 29211 Phone (803) 883-0542 Fax (803) 693-9758 Attorneys for the Plaintiff P1117296 10/25, 11/1, 11/08/2014

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SUMMONS IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Civil Action No. 2014-CP-43-1827 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority, Plaintiff

vs. Michelle R. Frye, Defendant. SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint, upon the subscribers at their office, 218 E. Main Street, Ste. 2, Lexington, SC 29072, within Thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that the undersigned attorneys on behalf of the Plaintiff herein will move before his Honor the Presiding Judge of the Third Judicial Circuit, or the Resident Judge, whichever one is present in the Circuit, on the 4th day after service hereof, at 10:00 o'clock a.m., or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, for an order appointing some suitable person as receiver to take charge of the mortgaged premises described in the complaint herein, collect the rents, issues and profits arising therefrom during the pendency of this action, and hold the same subject to the

order of the Court herein, which motion is to be based upon the original note and mortgage and the verified Complaint hereto attached. If the premises described in the Complaint are occupied by the mortgagor, a motion will be made at the same time and place to designate a reasonable rental for said premises in accordance with the terms and conditions of the mortgage.

NOTICE OF FILING TO THE DEFENDANT(S): Take Notice that the Summons in the above-entitled action, together with the Complaint, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on September 2, 2014. WOODWARD, COTHRAN & HERNDON BY:Warren R. Herndon, Jr. Attorney for the Plaintiff 218 E. Main Street, Ste. 2 Lexington, SC 29072

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