October 14, 2014 by The Sumter Item

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‘A beacon of hope for other victims’ Fraternity aims to bring awareness to domestic violence through annual event BY MATT BRUCE matthew@theitem.com It’s rare that an annual event is planned with the hope of not having it again next year. But that is the goal for Sumter County’s men of Omega Psi Phi. The Gamma Iota Chapter of

the international fraternity staged its 4th-annual Omega Men Against Domestic Violence 5K Fun Run/Walk at Dillon Park on Saturday morning. Organizers said the walk, which is held each year during the nation’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month, is meant to bring attention to

the troublesome issue, which plagues South Carolina. Omega Psi Phi chapter Chairman Vincent Ferguson said his ultimate goal is to raise awareness about the issue to a point where his fraternity would not have to host such an event anymore. “We’ve been doing this for quite some time, just inviting

people and helping to bring awareness. Especially in the Sumter community because we’re No. 4 in the state, and the state is No. 2 in the country,” he said. “So something needs to be done so things can change.” Officials said nearly 100 people turned out to the gathering, which usually raises

between $500 and $1,000 each year. Ferguson said proceeds from Saturday’s walk would be divvied up and donated to several local women’s groups. Omega Psi Phi, an international fraternity with more than 750 chapters, took an official stance against domestic

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Just like old times at Carolina Backcountry Harvest Day Therese Huntz shoots a black-powder pistol during the Sumter County Museum’s Carolina Backcountry Harvest Day event Saturday. Museum staff and volunteers dressed in authentic early 19th century clothing and demonstrated activities of the period, including cooking over an open fire, spinning and weaving. Volunteers were also on hand to demonstrate the art of blacksmithing.

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Carolina Backcountry Harvest Day participants are fed a rotisserie chicken at the event.

Brandon Yeager performs an American Indian dance during the museum’s free event.

Teen’s organization kicks off ‘Operation Warm Our Veterans’ BY JADE REYNOLDS jade@theitem.com An Alice Drive Middle School eighth-grader is aiming to collect at least 1,000 coats for veterans, and she

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needs your help. Crowns for Camo, the platform started by Alexandra Tiek, is partnering with Operation Veteran Support for “Operation Warm Our Veterans: A Coat Drive for Our Vet-

erans in Need.” “I wanted to do something this winter for the veterans,” the 14-year-old said. “A lot of people don’t have a home. They have to live on the streets. They don’t have any-

thing, and they could use a coat. Or they may have a house, but they don’t have money for a coat.” Collection of new or gentlyused coats starts today and runs through Nov. 11. Alexan-

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dra is hoping for donations of all sizes for both men and women, she said. “We want to help female veterans, too,” said Glen Brown, founder and

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Community concert band opens with fall concert BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com The Sumter Community Concert Band opens its 2014-15 season with a program that’s bright with brass and with a little touch of Halloween. At 4 p.m. Sunday, James H. “Jimmy” Mills will take the podium on the Patriot Hall stage to begin his 11th season as the band’s director, and he’s got a varied program. “He always selects an interesting program,” said Rick Mitchum, trumpet player and publicity chairman for the band. Mitchum said the band often gets new music, and they enjoy learning it during the time they spend together and with Mills. He urges former high school and college band members to come out to a band practice from 7 to 9 p.m. any Thursday in the Patriot Hall bandroom. “Jimmy works us hard, and we have a lot of fun learning our parts,” he said. “It’s a great feeling when you’re sitting in the middle of the band and realize how good it sounds and that you’re part of making that sound.” While Sunday’s concert has no named theme, Mitchum said the live music is still a good way to start autumn. “It’s tradition that we always start off with the ‘Star-Spangled Banner,’” he said. “A difficult piece we’re playing that is really good is the ‘Mambo’ from ‘West Side Story,’” Mitchum said. The piece by Leonard Bernstein was used for a challenge dance in the “Dance at the Gym” segment of the play/movie, when the protagonists Tony and Maria, not dancing, first spot each other across the floor and soon

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fall in love. “Gaelic Rhapsody” has a Scottish sound, Mitchum said, and “Deir’ in De” is a traditional Irish lullaby arranged by Warren Barker. “It’s got a nice, sweet sound,” he said. “Seventy-Six Trombones” is by Meredith Willson from ‘The Music Man.’” The song is used by Professor Hill to persuade the people of River City to buy band instruments from him. Trombonists Jessica and Joe Bettinger and Victor Wesley will be featured in this number. The trumpet section will take the lead in arranger Peter Wilhouskey’s variations on the “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” and the percussion section brings the exotic sound to Brian Balmages’ “Arabian Dance.” Mills and the band nod to the Halloween season with Balmages’ “Apparitions,” which Mitchum said has “a kind of eerie, mysterious sound.” Featured on this piece is Kay Rasmussen on piano. The band — and its audiences — love marches, and there will be two on Sunday, by two of the best known march composers, Henry Fillmore and John Phillip Sousa. The brass will be featured in both Fillmore’s “Crosley March” and Sousa’s “Sound Off.” The Sumter Community Concert Band comprises some of the best musicians in the area. Mitchum pointed out that it is a diverse group. “We’ve got doctors, nurses, pharmacists, music educators, band directors, teachers, artists — people in all sorts of careers, as well as some retirees,” he said. “What we have in common is that we all love music and enjoy playing together.”

search for Hoyle Mincey who is described as a medium-built white man, 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing 167 pounds. He has brown eyes and a fair complexion. The inmate has a number of tattoos. On his right arm are a snake, dagger, lion’s head, joker and flag, barbed wire, a wizard, eagle, Vicon and JWM. He also has a heart tattooed on his chest, and his left ring finger is amputated. Mincey was sentenced to

eight years for nonviolent, second-degree burglary in Cherokee. Sumter County Sheriff’s Office has been assisting the department of corrections, and Chief Deputy Hampton Gardner said they have been able to ascertain Mincey is not from Sumter but may be from the Gaffney area. A reward could be available for information that leads to his capture. Call toll-free 24 hours a day at (877) 349-2130.

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Chief Warrant Officer 4 Robert Moody, U.S. Army Central Safety officer, reads to the children of Beatrice Charles and Kayla Anderson’s second-grade classes at Lemira Elementary School on Wednesday. The school set a goal of finding 100 male role model volunteers to read to children in grades K-5.

Pedestrian killed A Sumter pedestrian died after being struck by a pickup while walking along U.S. 15 South early Sunday morning. Sumter County Coroner Harvin Bullock identified the victim as 22-year-old Sammy K. Bryant III. An autopsy showed the cause of death was blunt force trauma, Bullock said Monday afternoon. According to preliminary reports from South Carolina

Highway Patrol, the wreck took place just after 1 a.m. near the Sportsman’s Stop and Shop. Troopers indicate Bryant was walking south along the road when a 46-year-old motorist heading southbound in a 2011 Chevrolet Silverado struck him. Officials said the victim, who died at the scene, was dressed in dark clothing. The driver of the pickup truck was not injured. The crash remains under investigation by the patrol.

Dinners to benefit Bordeaux scholarship BY RAYTEVIA EVANS ray@theitem.com Sumter School District and its Teacher Forum organization are continuing its efforts in honoring Hailey Bordeaux — a 2011 graduate of Sumter High School who died in a boating collision this past summer. The school district will start selling tickets Wednesday for turkey tetrazzini dinners to raise money for the Hailey Bordeaux Memorial Scholarship for Future Educators. With her family members and close friends present, Teacher Forum announced at its first quarterly meeting for the year that they planned to honor Bordeaux — who was attending the University of South Carolina to become a teacher — by awarding the scholarship for the first time

at the end of the 2014-15 school year. “This special scholarship is given in memory of one of our own, Hailey Bordeaux, who was a Sumter School District Teacher Cadet from the Class of 2011 and a S.C. Teaching Fellow at the University of South Carolina,” said Tina Sorrells, chairwoman of Teacher Forum. “Hailey’s gift for inspiring children was our desire to honor Hailey’s love for children and the public school classroom by naming the top scholarship in her memory.” Teachers and friends described Bordeaux as being full of joy and capable of touching and changing the lives of people around her including students who adored and looked up to her. Previously Superintendent Frank Baker said the district as a whole would show all of its support to Teacher

Forum in their efforts to honor a student who touched many lives before she passed away in early July. They also hope to make the Hailey Bordeaux Memorial Scholarship for Future Educators an annual scholarship award. Tickets for dinners to benefit the scholarship fund will be sold from Oct. 15 through Nov. 21 and will be available at the district office, 1345 Wilson Hall Road. Meals, which will also include green beans, apple crisps and rolls, can be picked up at Kingsbury Elementary School, 825 Kingsbury Road, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Dec. 8. Dinners sold for the scholarship fund will be $6 per plate, and the district and Teacher Forum will also provide delivery to cars on the day of pickup if needed. Teacher Forum also plans to award other scholarships to

students who are interested in attending a South Carolina university or college to study education. The organization is selling cookbooks with a collection of district faculty and staff members’ recipes for $10 to benefit the scholarships. The application and due date for Teacher Forum scholarships are now on the district’s website under the Teacher Forum tab. The district and Teacher Forum are accepting donations directly to the Hailey Bordeaux Scholarship or to the Teacher Forum’s general fund for scholarships. Make all checks payable to the Sumter School District Teacher Forum and send to Sumter School District, Attention: Teacher Forum, 1345 Wilson Hall Road, Sumter, SC 29150. The organization is asking that you specify on the subject line of your check how

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Hailey Bordeaux, a 2011 Sumter High School graduate, died in a boating collision this summer. you wish your donation to be directed. The district also plans to notify Shawn and Pam Bordeaux of donations to the Hailey Bordeaux Scholarship for Future Educators.

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The Sumter County Fair left town on Sunday after a week of festivities. Above, Friday night fairgoers ride the Fireball. At right, escape artist Kristen Johnson — dubbed Lady Houdini — escapes from handcuffs while submerged in a water tank on Saturday, and below, the Vietnamese potbelly pigs of Rosaire’s Royal Racers round the track during one of their many races.

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HERE, THERE & NOT TOO FAR AWAY Sumter has plenty to offer, but if you just have the urge to leave town for a few hours, this list will give you several events to choose from within an hour’s drive.

SUMTER Oct. 15, noon-2 p.m. — Luncheon with New York Times Bestselling Author Cassandra King, Sumter County Museum, 122 N. Washington St. Cost is $35 members, $45 non-members. Fee includes signed copy of her gift book, “The Same Sweet Girls’ Guide to Life” and a catered lunch from Lilfreds. Seating is limited. Call (803) 775-0908 or visit www.sumtercountymuseum.org to purchase tickets. Oct. 17, 7:30-10 p.m. — Texas singer/songwriter Delbert McClinton, Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St. Cost is $32 balcony, $36 floor and boxes. Call (803) 4362616. Oct. 18 (Saturdays through Nov. 21), 8 a.m.noon — South Sumter Farmers Market, South Sumter Resource Center, 337 Manning Ave. Oct. 16-19 – Sumter Little Theatre’s “The Shape of Things” A contemporary story of love, sex and art, set in a college town, that follows the steadily intensifying relationship between Evelyn and Adam. As Evelyn strengthens her hold on Adam, his emotional and physical evolution discomforts his friends Jenny and Philip, with unexpected consequences for all. Hopeful and harsh, the collegiate quartet deals with the conflicting human desires for autonomy and connection, truth and love, and the notion that seduction is an art. For tickets, call (803) 775-2150 between 3 and 6 p.m. MondaySaturday or visit www.sumterlittletheatre.org/tickets--membership.html.

BISHOPVILLE Oct. 18, 10 a.m. — Lee State Park Life in a Pond nature program. Participants will explore what lives beneath the water’s

surface at the park — creatures such as dragonfly nymphs, crayfish and tadpoles. With Park Ranger Laura Kirk’s assistance, participants will catch animals in one of the park’s ponds and take them to the park’s Education Building for a closer look under a high-definition video-microscope. They will learn about what the animals eat, how they protect themselves from predators and how they all fit into the food web. The program fee is $4 per child. There is no entrance fee to the park for children or adults. This program is for children 7 and older. Registration is required. To register for the program, contact the park at (803) 428-4988. Participants should meet at the park’s Education Building and dress for the outdoors. For more information about the park, visit www.SouthCarolinaParks.com.

COLUMBIA Today through Oct. 19 — The 145th South Carolina State Fair will be held on the State Fairgrounds, 1200 Rosewood Drive. The carnival midway will be open from noon to 11 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, from noon to midnight on Friday, from 11 a.m. to midnight Saturday and from noon to 11 p.m. on Sunday. Admission gates and buildings are open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday and from noon to 8 p.m. on Sunday. For additional information and ticket prices, call (888) 444-3247 or visit the website http://www.scstatefair.org/. Oct. 17-30 — Riverbanks Zoo and Garden’s Boo at the Zoo. Boo at the Zoo returns to Riverbanks Zoo and Garden and will take place – rain or shine – from 6 to 9 nightly. Tickets are limited and should be purchased in advance online at http://www.riverbanks.org/events/booat-the-zoo.shtml. Advance admission is $7 for zoo members and $9 for the general public. Any remaining tickets nightof will be $12 at the gate. Trick-or-treating is reserved for kids 12 and under. Costumes are encouraged. Adults may

POLICE BLOTTER STOLEN PROPERTY A 2007 Honda four-wheeler valued at $3,000 was reportedly stolen about 4:51 p.m. Wednesday from the 3000 block of Barkley Road. A 12-foot metal trailer valued at $1,200, which contained more than $7,600 worth of tools, was reportedly stolen from the 2000 block of West Oakland Avenue about 6 a.m. Thursday. Assorted auto parts valued at $1,600 were reportedly stolen from a 1999 Oldsmobile Alero in the 1100 block of North Lafayette Drive between Sept. 12 and Sept. 18. Three laptops valued at $300 were reportedly stolen from the YMCA, 510 Miller Road, during two break-ins between 1:45 a.m. Oct. 5 and 2:18 a.m. Oct. 5. Several checks stolen from a home in the 600 block of West Liberty Street were reportedly forged in the amount of $1,068 between Aug. 1 and Sept. 5.

A four-door 2003 Grand Am valued at $3,000 was reportedly stolen from a yard in the 700 block of South Sumter Street between 9 p.m. Wednesday and 5:30 a.m. Thursday.

PROPERTY DAMAGE A bedroom door, living room walls and a TV reportedly sustained $2,105 in damage about 9:25 p.m. Wednesday in the fifth block of Tumbleweed Court. A home in the 4200 block of Grenada Drive reportedly sustained $5,000 in damage between 3:30 p.m. Sunday and 9 a.m. Tuesday. Three vehicles were reportedly vandalized and sustained $2,200 in damage Thursday between 8 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. near Main and Liberty streets. CHARGES Andre Johnson, 25, of Sumter, was arrested about 1:45 a.m. Friday and charged with his fifth of-

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FLORENCE Oct. 18, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. — Ovis Hill Annual Farm Festival. Join in the sheep shearing fun at the Ovis Hill Annual Farm Festival at Ovis Hill Farm, 1501 Weaver St., Timmonsville. Admission is $5 per person and $25 maximum per family. Participants can enjoy wagon rides, painting gourds and visiting lots of cute and cuddly farm animals. See live sheep shearing

fense of driving under suspension following a car chase along Lafayette Drive. Robert Oaks, 44, of Dalzell, was arrested about 7:45 p.m. Thursday and charged with his fourth driving under suspension offense following a short car chase beginning near the 6900 block of Fish Road. Tyrone Oliver, 45, of 22 Rainey St., was arrested and charged with his second offense of driving under the influence during a traffic stop at the intersection of Main Street and North Lafayette Drive at 3:05 p.m. Wednesday. He reportedly had a blood-alcohol con-

and border collie herding demonstrations, take a tour of the farm, and see how wool is dyed and spun into yarn. Also visit and feed farm animals, and experience beekeeping and butter-making and get a “taste of the farm” meal prepared from a variety of ingredients found on the seasonal farmers markets tables. There will be children’s activities, a cooking demonstration with samples, a bake sale, and a farmers market featuring seasonal products from local farms. Products available for purchase will include pasture-raised and grass-fed milk and dairy products, beef, lamb, chicken, pork, eggs, organically grown vegetables, hand-made products, wool yarns and more.For additional information, contact Charlie Caldwell at (843) 992-9447 or visit Ovis Hill Farm online at www.ovishillfarm.com.

tent of 0.23 percent. Ishmali Davis, 20, 221 E. Moore St., was arrested about 12:30 a.m. Friday and charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance near a school following a foot chase near Brunson and Milton streets. Officers from the Sumter Police Department reportedly recovered 28.9 grams of marijuana, $320 in cash and an iPhone5 during the incident.

REPORTS An unidentified driver traveling in a Ford Ranger at a high

rate of speed reportedly tried to strike a 20-year-old Dalzell man standing in a front yard in the 5000 block of Seymour Road just before 10:45 a.m. Thursday. An unidentified suspect broke into a convenience store in the 500 block of North Guignard Drive at 2:40 a.m. Friday. Sumter police arrived and found a glass door broken out. Video surveillance showed a black male wearing a white T-shirt and dark shirts bust the front window out with a large cinder block, enter the store and steal an undetermined amount of Newport cigarettes before fleeing on foot.

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Benoit Fauve, a speech scientist with voice recognition technology company ValidSoft, points to a screen displaying the voice biometric features of a telephone call during a demonstration at the company’s office in central London. An Associated Press investigation has found that two of America’s biggest retail banks, Chase and Wells Fargo, are quietly taking some callers’ voiceprints to fight fraud.

Banks harvest callers’ voiceprints to fight fraud some states, such as Illinois and Texas, restrict the collection or sharing of biometric data. A confidential company memo obtained by the AP provides some insight into companies’ attempts to build legal cover for their work. The document, dated Aug. 1, 2013, lays out NICE’s plans for the creation of a blacklist shared across a consortium of different companies. It carries advice from NICE to U.S. banks suggesting that they deal with issues of consent by changing the traditional message at the beginning of each call to say: “This call may be monitored, recorded and processed for quality assurance and fraud prevention purposes.”

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clined to comment in any detail on their fraud prevention strategies. Chase spokeswoman Patricia Wexler said the company was “exploring many types of biometric authentication,” but did not use voice biometric technology with customers. She declined to say whether the company was using the technology to screen calls for suspected criminals. At Wells Fargo, spokeswoman Natalie M. Brown said “... sharing any information about our fraud prevention measures would jeopardize their effectiveness.” Banks may run into trouble when they deploy voice biometric technology secretly, legal experts say. That’s because

Minneapolis-based U.S. Bancorp, are in the process of introducing their customers to the technology. Fighting fraud is different. One person familiar with Verint’s deployment said that the company’s technology has been at work at Chase’s credit card arm since last year, when Verint’s predecessor, Victrio, was helping screen roughly 1 million calls a month. Two people familiar with how the technology is being used at Wells Fargo said the San Francisco-based bank struck a deal for a similar voice biometric blacklist provided by Israel-based NICE Systems Ltd. NICE and Verint declined to comment on their customers. Chase and Wells Fargo de-

metric blacklists, according to three people familiar with the arrangements, all of whom spoke on condition of anonymLONDON — The caller said ity because the system was her home had burned down meant to remain secret. and her husband had been Altogether seven major badly hurt in the blaze. On the American financial institutions telephone with her bank, she pleaded for a replacement cred- are already using such blacklists or have run pilots, said it card at her new address. Shirley Inscoe, an analyst with “We lost everything,” she the Aite Group, a research and said. “Can you send me a card advisory firm. to where we’re staying now?” Inscoe declined to identify The card nearly was sent. the institutions but said they But as the woman poured out largely saw them as a quiet and her story, a computer compared the biometric features of effective way of dealing with her voice against a database of fraud. “It’s in the background. It suspected fraudsters. Not only doesn’t affect the call in any was the caller not the person she claimed to be, “she” wasn’t way,” said Inscoe. “Nobody even knows it’s happening.” even a woman. The program The blacklists are one of a identified the caller as a male growing number of everyday impostor trying to steal the uses of speaker recognition, woman’s identity. once a high-tech tool used by The conversation, a partial transcript of which was provid- security agencies. Many governments and busied to The Associated Press by the anti-fraud company Verint nesses use voiceprinting openSystems Inc., reflects the grow- ly. A recent AP survey of 10 ing use of voice biometric technology to screen calls for signs leading voice biometric vendors found that more than 65 of fraud. million people worldwide have Two major U.S. banks, JPMhad their voiceprints taken and organ Chase & Co. and Wells that several banks, including Fargo & Co., use voice screenBarclays PLC in Britain and ing, also known as voice bio-

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Brown recluse spiders force family from upscale home WELDON SPRING, Mo. (AP) — A family was driven from their suburban St. Louis home by thousands of venomous spiders that fell from the ceiling and oozed from the walls. Brian and Susan Trost bought the $450,000 home overlooking two golf holes at Whitmoor Country Club in Weldon Spring in October 2007 and soon afterward started seeing brown recluse spiders everywhere, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Once when showering, Susan Trost dodged a spider as it fell from the ceiling and washed down the drain. She told St. Louis television station KMOV-TV in 2012 the spiders “started bleeding out of the walls,” and at least two pest control companies were unable to eradicate the infestation. The couple filed a claim in 2008 with their insurance company, State Farm, and a lawsuit against the home’s previous owners for not disclosing the brown recluse problem. At a civil trial in St. Charles County in October 2011, University of Kansas biology professor Jamel Sandidge — considered one of the nation’s leading brown recluse researchers — estimated there were between 4,500 and 6,000 spiders in the home. Making matters worse, he said, those calculations were made in the winter when the spiders are least active. The jury awarded the couple slightly more than $472,000, but the former owners declared bankruptcy, the insurance company still didn’t pay anything and the couple moved out two years ago. The home, now owned by the Federal National Mortgage Association, was covered with nine tarps this week and workers filled it with a gas that permeated the walls to kill the spiders and their eggs. “There’ll be nothing alive in there after this,” said Tim McCarthy, president of the company hired to fix the problem once and for all.

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New York scare house evokes ‘bad old days’ NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s bad old days are here again — in a Halloween haunted house, that is. “Nightmare: New York,” staged in a Lower East Side building, depicts the ugliest, scariest vision of 1970s — and ’80sera Gotham. Subways are awash in graffiti, creeps and crime. Menacing punks roam the streets. And the “characters” of Times Square do not look anything like Elmo or SpongeBob SquarePants. Visitors wander through a 13-section maze of New York’s dark side, starting with a blackout, followed by scenes amid flashing strobe lights or a fire. Characters include a psychotic, Son of Samstyle serial killer, a urine-stained homeless man, a deranged woman crawling on the floor and tunnel-dwelling “mole people” whose grotesque faces suddenly pop up from dark corners. “When someone screams, that’s our applause,” says Timothy Haskell, the offBroadway director who created the show. “But I also want them to appreciate the real-life stories that seep into your bones. Startles are ephemeral, haunting is forever.” To be sure, there is still plenty of real crime and creepiness in New York City. But the very idea that people would need to visit a haunted house to experience the worst of the “bad old days” is just what city officials like to hear. They repeatedly tout the steady drop in the city’s crime rate in the past two decades, saying New York is now the safest big city in America. Last year, 333 homicides were recorded, down from 2,245 in

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Can all U.S. hospitals safely treat Ebola? ‘If we allow it (Ebola) to be taken care of in hospitals that have less than optimal resources, we will promote the spread.’

BY MARILYNN MARCHIONE The Associated Press The idea that all U.S. hospitals may not be able to safely treat Ebola patients seemed to find more acceptance Monday as a second federal official suggested it was worth rethinking whether to send patients to one of the specialized units set up to deal with dangerous germs. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on ABC’s “Good Morning America” that requiring that Ebola patients be sent to special “containment” hospitals “is something that should be seriously considered.” On Sunday, health officials said that a breach of infection control led to a Dallas nurse getting Ebola, and revealed that even in the United States, with the best conditions and protective gear available, mistakes can happen that expose more people to the deadly virus. The nurse was said to have worn full personal protection equipment while caring for Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian man who died Wednesday of Ebola at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital. She doesn’t know how she became infected, and officials are investigating to try to find out. Of the six Ebola patients treated in the U.S. before the health worker’s case, Duncan was the only one not treated at one of the specialized units in four hospitals across the country set up to deal with highrisk germs. The CDC’s director, Dr.

DR. DENNIS MAKI University of Wisconsin- Madison infectious disease specialist and former head of hospital infecton control

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A Hazmat worker puts up a plastic sheet before cleaning the apartment building of a hospital worker on Sunday in Dallas. Top federal health officials said that the Ebola diagnosis in a health care worker who treated Thomas Eric Duncan at a Texas hospital clearly indicates a breach in safety protocol. Thomas Frieden, has said that any U.S. hospital with isolation capabilities can care for an Ebola patient. But his stance seemed to soften on Sunday, when asked at a news conference whether officials now would consider moving Ebola patients to specialized units. “We’re going to look at all opportunities to improve the level of safety and to minimize risk, but we can’t let any hospital let its guard down,” because Ebola patients could turn up anywhere, and every hospital must be able to quickly isolate and diagnose such cases, he said. But once that is done, “then thinking about what the safest way is to provide that care, that’s something that we’ll absolutely be looking at,” he said. Don’t assume that moving patients to a specialized unit is best, said Dr. Eileen Farnon, a

Temple University doctor who formerly worked at the CDC and led teams investigating past Ebola outbreaks in Africa. “It is also a high-risk activity to transfer patients,” potentially exposing more people to the virus, she said. Still, there’s a big difference between a 40-bed community hospital and a 900-bed hospital like Texas Presbyterian or a big medical center affiliated with a university, said Dr. Dennis Maki, a University of Wisconsin-Madison infectious disease specialist and former head of hospital infection control. “I don’t think we should expect that small hospitals take

care of Ebola patients. The challenge is formidable,” and only large ones truly have enough equipment and manpower to do it right, Maki said. “If we allow it to be taken care of in hospitals that have less than optimal resources, we will promote the spread,” he warned. All health workers treating an Ebola patient should wear personal protective gear, the CDC said. The exact gear can vary. A hazardous materialtype suit usually includes a gown, two sets of gloves, a face mask and an eye shield. There are strict protocols for how to use it correctly. “When you put on your garb and you take off your garb, it’s a buddy system,” with another health worker watching to make sure it’s done right, Maki said. In Dallas, the investigation is focusing on two areas: How the garb was removed and the intensive medical procedures Duncan received, which in-

cluded kidney dialysis and a breathing machine. Both involve inserting tubes — into blood vessels or an airway. That raises the risk a health worker will have contact with the patient’s bodily fluids, which is how Ebola spreads. “Removing the equipment can really be the highest risk. You have to be extremely careful and have somebody watching you to make sure you remember all the steps,” Farnon said. “After every step you usually would do hand hygiene,” washing your hands with antiseptic or being sprayed with a chlorine spray. Some of the garb the health worker takes off might brush against a surface and contaminate it. New data suggest that even tiny droplets of a patient’s body fluids can contain the virus, Maki said. “I can have on the suit and be very careful, but I can pick up some secretions or body fluids on a surface” and spread it that way, he said.

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Measuring MLK’s peace prophecy, 50 years later BY JESSE WASHINGTON The Associated Press The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. dedicated his life to much more than achieving racial equality. That goal, he said again and again, was inseparable from alleviating poverty and stopping war. And he reiterated this theme after being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 50 years ago this week. “I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war, that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality,” he said in his Nobel acceptance speech. “Sooner or later, all the people of the world will have to discover a way to live together in peace.” Half a century later, it’s obvious that enormous progress has been made toward overcoming racial discrimination — that King was right in his vision about race. Yet widespread poverty remains, in America and beyond, and bombs still fall as brutal wars rage on. Was King naive? Was his full vision simply unobtainable — do free markets require poor people to function, and will war always assert itself as a defining human habit? Is King’s Nobel vision relevant five decades later? Absolutely, insist some who study King’s life and philosophy. They say his racial proclamations and strategies, so controversial back then but now part of the American cultural canon, can and should apply to today’s stubborn issues of poverty and war. “I don’t think his vision has ever been more relevant,” says Paul Chappell, a West Point graduate who served in Iraq and now teaches and writes

books about peace. “The problem is, people don’t realize how prophetic King was.” Chappell, the Peace Leadership Director for the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, which seeks a world without nuclear weapons, says a close examination of King’s life and work shows he predicted today’s protests over income inequality and trillions of war dollars drained from America’s budgets. “He realized that American military intervention is not only harmful to people around the world, it’s also harmful to the American people,” Chappell says. The peace prize for King, then just 35 years old, honored a Southern preacher whose philosophy, courage and oratory galvanized the civil rights movement, on whose behalf he said he accepted it. It gave a unique international recognition to the movement’s accomplishments at a pivotal time. The prize was announced on Oct. 14, 1964, against a backdrop of the Civil Rights Act, whose passage earlier that year finally granted black Americans full citizenship. But it also came as the nation approached all-out war in Vietnam. King accepted the award in Oslo, Norway, on December 10, and the following day delivered the traditional Nobel lecture. In his remarks, King returned to a lifelong theme of describing a world where love and compassion could conquer poverty and conflict. His strategies were based on nonviolence — “the need for man to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to violence and oppression,” as he said in his speech. “The foundation of such a method is love,” he said. “The Nobel speeches really are ne-

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In this Dec. 8, 1964, file photo, U.S. civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is welcomed by Baptist youths on his arrival in Oslo, Norway. King is flanked by his wife, Coretta, right, and his secretary, Dora McDonald. King was in the Norwegian capital to accept the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. glected gems of how long-term progress against these evils requires a great commitment of mind and spirit and cooperation all rolled into one,” says the historian Taylor Branch, author of the definitive trilogy “America in the King Years.” “I don’t think he’s naïve,” Branch says. “I think he’s saying, if there’s hope, it’s through nonviolent cooperation and really applying it with courage and all your heart and your mind against the evils that still plague the world.” Branch says that even though dozens of countries are at war today, levels of global violence and large-scale casualties have been declining since the mid-20th century. By that measure, there has been progress toward King’s dream of peace. King used his Nobel lecture to expand on the connections between racism, poverty and war. “Each of these problems, while appearing to be separate and isolated, is inextricably bound to the other,” he said. Using nonviolence to achieve racial progress, King said, meant people “have taken suffering upon themselves instead of inflicting it on others. It has

meant that we do not want to instill fear in others or into the society of which we are a part.” That society is far bigger than America, King stated. It is the human family. “We have inherited a big house, a great ‘world house’ in which we have to live together — black and white, Easterners and Westerners, Gentiles and Jews, Catholics and Protestants, Moslem and Hindu, a family unduly separated in ideas, culture, and interests who, because we can never again live without each other, must learn, somehow, in this one big world, to live with each other,” King lectured. “This call for a worldwide fellowship that lifts neighborly concern beyond one’s tribe, race, class, and nation is in reality a call for an all-embracing and unconditional love for all men.” Some say love has nothing to do with it. “War is embedded in our very nature,” the influential scholar Edward O. Wilson wrote in his book “The Social Conquest of Earth,” which argues that humans have developed, biologically, a tendency to fight. Others argue that some income inequality is inevitable, since people have different capabilities.

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o the states have the right to outlaw same-sex marriage? Not long ago the question would have been seen as absurd. For every state regarded homosexual acts as crimes. Moreover, the laws prohibiting same-sex marriage had all been enacted democratically, by statewide referenda, such as Proposition 8 in California, or by Congress or elected state legislatures. But today, rogue judges and justices, appointed for life, answerable to no one, instruct a once-democratic republic on what laws we may and may not enact. The Supreme Court recently refused to stop federal judges from overturning laws banning same-sex marriage. We are now told to expect the Supreme Court itself to discover in the Constitution a right of men to marry men and of Pat women to Buchanan marry women. How, in little more than half a century, did the American people fall under the rule of a judicial dictatorship where judges and justices twist phrases in the Constitution to impose their alien ideology on this once-free people? What brings the issue up is both the court decision on same-sex marriage and the death of my friend, Professor William J. Quirk, of the South Carolina University School of Law. In “Judicial Dictatorship” (1995), Bill wrote of the revolution that had been imposed against the will of the majority and of how Congress and the people might rout that revolution. The instrument of revolution is judicial review, the doctrine that makes the Supreme Court the final arbiter, the decider, of what the Constitution says, and cedes to the Court limitless power to overturn laws enacted by the elective branches of government. Jefferson said that to cede such authority to the Supreme Court “would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy.” Was he not right? Consider what has transpired in our lifetime. The Supreme Court has ordered the de-Christianization of all public institutions in what was a predominantly Christian country. Christian holy days, holidays, Bibles, books, prayers and invocations were all declared to be impermissible in public schools and the public square. Secular humanism became, through Supreme Court edict, our established religion in the United States. And the American people took it. Why was there not massive civil disobedience against this anti-Christian discrimination, as there was against segregation? Why did Congress, which has the power to abolish every federal district and appellate court and to restrict the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, not act? Each branch of government, wrote Jefferson, is “in-

dependent of the others and has an equal right to decide for itself what is the meaning of the Constitution in the cases submitted to its action.” “No branch has the absolute or final power to control the others, especially an unelected judiciary,” added Quirk. In 1954, the Supreme Court ordered the desegregation of all pubic schools. But when the Court began to dictate the racial balance of public schools and order the forced busing of children based on race across cities and county lines to bring it about, a rebellion arose. Only when resistance became national and a violent reaction began did our blackrobed radicals back down. Yet the Supreme Court was not deterred in its resolve to remake America. In 1973, the Court discovered the right to an abortion in the Ninth Amendment. Then it found, also hidden in the Constitution, the right to engage in homosexual sodomy. When Congress enacted the Defense of Marriage Act, Bill Quirk urged it to utilize Article III, Section 2 of the Constitution and write in a provision stripping the Supreme Court of any right to review the act. Congress declined, and the Court, predictably, dumped over DOMA. Republican presidents have also sought to curb the Supreme Court’s aggressions through the appointment process. And largely failed. Of four justices elevated by Nixon, three voted for Roe. Ford’s nominee John Paul Stevens turned left. Two of Reagan’s, Sandra Day O’Connor and Anthony Kennedy, went wobbly. Bush I’s David Souter was soon caucusing with the liberals. Today, there are four constitutionalists on the court. If the GOP loses the White House in 2016, then the court is gone, perhaps forever. Yet, the deeper problem lies in congressional cowardice in refusing to use its constitutional power to rein in the court. Ultimately, the failure is one of conservatism itself. Indeed, with neoconservatives in the van, the GOP hierarchy is today in headlong retreat on same-sex marriage. Its performance calls to mind the insight of that unreconstructed Confederate chaplain to Stonewall Jackson, Robert Lewis Dabney, on the failure of conservatives to halt the march of the egalitarians: “American conservatism is merely the shadow that follows Radicalism as it moves forward towards perdition. It remains behind it, but never retards it, and always advances near its leader. ... Its impotency is not hard, indeed, to explain. It is worthless because it is the conservatism of expediency only, and not of sturdy principle. It intends to risk nothing serious, for the sake of the truth, and has no idea of being guilty of the folly of martyrdom.” Amen. Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of the new book “The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority.” © 2014 creators.com

LETTER TO THE EDITOR REMEMBER THAT MICHALIK VOTED AGAINST BYNUM, RAISES On Oct. 8, the candidates for school board attended the Sumter Teacher Forum so that the people of Sumter, city and county, could learn something about those running for their area. Unfortunately, Mrs. Michalik had a family medical emergency and could not attend. Mrs. Michalik met with me and a friend a few times during the time Mr. Bynum, ex-superintendent, was causing so much dissension in the community. She went out of her way to meet on days and times which were best for us, and as many times as we felt the need to talk to our representative. When she got to the meetings she did not put a time limit on the meetings. She listened to our concerns and gave her viewpoint. She was one of the few who did not go along with extending Mr. Bynum’s contract when he had served such a short time in the position. I believe some members of the school board were hoping that by approving an early extension for By-

num’s administration, he would be locked in and it would be a done deal. Mrs. Michalik did not go along with this ploy. I urge the people of Sumter County to remember those who voted to prolong the uproar of that time by keeping Mr. Bynum and his administration here. Remember who voted to increase the board’s expense account from $75 per day to $125 per day. And remember who voted to raise the board’s salary from $450 to $750. I find it ironic that Dr. Baker and members of his administration have been working so diligently to cut costs and that some school board members here say “it’s all for the children” and then vote themselves a pay raise with the money saved which could have been used for the children. I would like to take this opportunity to urge the voters in Area 2 to support Mrs. Michalik at the voting booth next month. She did not vote for Bynum or the raises. F.D. SCHMIDT Sumter

NOTABLE & QUOTABLE Jonah Goldberg writing in www.nationalreview.com: Let’s imagine that America’s national interest is completely disconnected from the domestic news cycle. It’s not a difficult thing to imagine, given that it is so often true. But let’s imagine that the disconnect is even more total. The press never covered the Islamic State. Never reported on the slaughter in Iraq and Syria. Never raised any concerns about what the rise of a terrorist army says about Obama’s foreign policy or our long-term interests in the region. The press focused instead on George Clooney’s wedding, events in Ferguson, Mo., and how awesome Lena Dunham is. Again, this isn’t a hugely difficult mental exercise. In short, imagine the rise of the Islamic State over the summer presented all of the same national-security and humanitarian problems, but no political problems for Obama. Now ask yourself, would Obama have done anything about it? Remember: The Islamic State took Fallujah and Mosul months ago and he kept calling it the “jayvee team.” As recently as August, he was telling Tom Friedman that it was ridiculous to arm the Syrian rebels. In September, he was wistfully complaining that the Islamic State made a mistake in beheading those Americans because it aroused U.S. public opinion for war. In other words, doing nothing about the Islamic State was Obama’s foreign policy until the domestic political situation made his foreign policy untenable. Chess Masters think many moves ahead, novices respond to whatever their opponent’s latest move is. Total amateurs just move pieces based on shouts from the crowd watching the game. Obama’s like a kid looking for approval every time he touches a piece. And that’s why I have no confidence that Obama will stick with his war on the Islamic State one minute longer than the polls and political expediency require. ••• In “How to Quarantine Against Ebola,” Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjeeoct writes, “that even if Mr. Duncan had been identified and isolated on the first visit, it may have been too late.” Read it online at nytimes.com. In the wake of the Duncan case, three strategies to contain the entry and spread of Ebola in the United States have been

proposed. The first suggests drastic restrictions on travel from Ebola-affected nations. The second involves screening travelers from Ebola-affected areas with a thermometer, which the federal government is beginning to do at selected airports. The third proposes the isolation of all suspected symptomatic patients and monitoring or quarantining everyone who came into contact with them. Yet all these strategies have crucial flaws. In the absence of any established anti-viral treatment, we may need to rethink the concept of quarantine itself. “Quarantine” sounds like a medieval concept because it is. Invented in the mid1300s to stop the bubonic plague, the word derives from the Italian for “40 days,” the time used to isolate potential carriers. Although the practice of quarantine has been reformed over the centuries, pitfalls remain. They are especially evident during this epidemic. There is a fourth strategy, although it will need to be evaluated and deployed carefully. Since the 1990s, novel methods have allowed doctors to detect viruses in the pre-symptomatic phase of an infection, often with remarkable sensitivity and precision. One of these involves the polymerase chain reaction, or P.C.R., a chemical reaction that amplifies pieces of a virus’s genes floating in blood by more than a millionfold, which is what makes early, pre-symptomatic infections identifiable. The technique is not particularly cumbersome: As an oncologist working with blood cancers, I have been using variants of it to detect subclinical infections in patients for nearly a decade. Technologies like this allow us to imagine a new form of quarantine. Rather than relying on primitive instruments, indiscriminate profiling or questionnaires, we should consider running a pilot program to test asymptomatic travelers using sensitive P.C.R.-based techniques. Obviously, such technologies are expensive, but the cost is not prohibitive. A typical P.C.R. reaction, including labor, costs between $60 and $200 (we have already spent 100 times more disposing of the contaminated sheets from the home Mr. Duncan stayed in). Since the test takes about a third of the time of a trans-Atlantic flight, the flight would become the quarantine. Notable & Quotable is complied by Graham Osteen. Contact him at graham@theitem. com.

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showed South Carolina had the nation’s second-highest rate of women murdered by men. Last year, the same annual report ranked the state first in that category. Ferguson said he was not only concerned about abused women, but also wants to create a safe haven for men being battered in abusive relationships. One of his goals is to help establish a national presence to end the stigma surrounding men being victimized by the issue and to provide resources for men going through it. “That’s one of the things we want to try to do is to bring more of an awareness to paint a more complete picture,” he said. “The pink elephant in the room is that it’s men also. When we think of domestic violence, we immediately think about women. And a lot of times, men are victims, but they are the ones to get in trouble. There are a lot of men that are embarrassed to talk about being abused. And even though it’s that pink elephant in the room, and a lot of people know it’s happening, a lot of people aren’t saying it.”

exandra said. One choir has already agreed to sing Nov. 14, she said. Crowns for Camo was created to support and bring awareness to military organizations while Alexandra was participating in beauty pageants. “Operation Veteran Support is a good organization for Crowns for Camo to be partnered with,” Tiek said. “They’re whole purpose is to help veterans.” Her husband and Alexandra’s father, Chief Master Sgt. Jason Tiek, is also in the United States Air Force and helped her come up with the name for her campaign. “I’m excited about working with Alex and what she’s doing,” Brown said. “She’s passionate about helping veterans. We have the same goal, to improve the lives of

our veterans. We have over 400,000 veterans in South Carolina. ... A lot of veterans are homeless. They need what we’re going to offer.” Alexandra holds the title of 2014 Miss Junior Teen South Carolina United States and will give up that crown in February, Tiek said. In June, Crowns for Camo hosted a golf tournament that raised $1,700 for The Wounded Warrior Project. In July, Alexandra went to the national pageant in Washington, D.C., where she placed in the top 10. “It was very exciting and emotional at the same time,” she said. “When I learned I was in the top 15, as soon as I got back stage, I screamed and cried. That was the first time ever something like that has happened in my life. When I heard I got in the top

10, my mind went crazy and exploded. I was very happy.” Her parents knew her goal was to at least make it to the to 15, so they, too, were thrilled when she made it even further. “It was a nice accomplishment,” Tiek said. “From practice she did physically and the mental preparations for her, she and her coaches put a lot of hard work into it. It was a very good learning experience for her.”

Next up, she hopes to compete in Miss Teen Galaxy and Miss Teen America before moving on to Miss America. For more information about Operation Warm Our Veterans or to participate, contact Alexandra at missjrteenscunitedstates@gmail. com. For more information on Operation Veteran Support, visit operationveteransupport.org.

FROM PAGE A1 violence in 2008. Ferguson noted it is the only black male fraternity or organization that has publicly taken a stance on the issue. That move helped berth the annual walk, which follows a route around Dillon Park and into the outlying community. Sumter resident Shakia Spears was the first person to cross the finish line Saturday, and she was among a handful of participants awarded a trophy beneath the gazebo in the center of the park’s playground after the walk. Spears, who endured an abusive relationship that she escaped about two years ago, described the event as empowering for her and other survivors. “I guess it’s kind of another layer of stepping out and getting in front of somebody else,” she said. “Being able to share what you’re going through, it sort of helps you to stay on the right path and in the right lane. It’s empowering to be able to realize

VETERANS FROM PAGE A1 president of Operation Veteran Support, a Columbiabased nonprofit that provides a variety of services to those who have served their county. “People think veteran and think male. They automatically forget females. We’re placing a lot of emphasis on females that lay their life on the line for us.” They are seekTIEK ing businesses, churches, schools and other organizations that are willing to put bins out for donations, said Senior Master Sgt. Lenora Tiek, Alexandra’s mother. She is working on letters and flyers to send out. “They can hold large drives within themselves, and then we’ll go and pick up from there,” she said. Once all the warm wear is collected, Operation Veteran Support will give them out to former military in need at distribution events scheduled for Nov. 14 and 15. “Hopefully, they will be nice events with door prizes, music, food and drinks,” Al-

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As hard as it tries, ‘Marry Me’ just doesn’t work BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH This season has seen a glut of romantic comedies — “Selfie,” “Manhattan Love Story,” “A to Z” — that all try too hard, each in their own way. Add “Marry Me” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14) to that list. This comedy is as shrill and desperate as its title implies. Jake (Ken Marino, “Eastbound and Down”) and Annie (Casey Wilson, “Happy Endings”) are first seen relaxing after a dream vacation, engaging in idle chatter about that fun experience in a manner that seems purposely arch and utterly forced. Having dated Jake for six years, Annie is clearly waiting for a proposal, and unbeknownst to Annie, he’s ready to do just that. But just before he gets the chance, she unloads on him with an emotional tirade, trashing him, his mother and most of their friends — the very same people that are hiding behind furniture, ready to shout “surprise.” After this elaborate setup temporarily scuttles their romance, we’re offered a glance at how they met six years back. And it seems that even before they knew or loved each other, Annie and Jake shared the habit of yammering on, piling one awkward, pop culture-saturated observation on top of another. Tim Meadows (“SNL”) and Dan Bucatinsky star as Annie’s two gay dads, both named Kevin, who bicker about which one is the “real” biological father. Their silly snits are about the quietest moments of the show. The fact that both main characters talk exactly the same and all of the time, winding each other up and finishing each other’s sentences is supposed to be charming. It is not. At the end of the very long 22-minute pilot, Jake’s mother (Jo Beth Williams) shouts, “Oh shut up, you two,” echoing sentiments I had harbored since the show’s very first scene. • Friends and colleagues assess a musical career on “Song by Song: Sheryl Crow” (10 p.m., Ovation).

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Today Wed. City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Atlanta 72/55/t 70/53/pc Chicago 68/52/r 61/50/sh Dallas 75/50/s 82/55/s Detroit 70/55/r 65/52/sh Houston 77/49/s 82/56/s Los Angeles 77/63/pc 76/59/sh New Orleans 75/57/s 76/56/s New York 73/66/c 76/66/c Orlando 89/72/t 85/64/sh Philadelphia 78/66/c 80/65/c Phoenix 93/66/s 92/66/s San Francisco 71/62/c 72/58/c Wash., DC 79/69/c 79/62/r

City Asheville Athens Augusta Beaufort Cape Hatteras Charleston Charlotte Clemson Columbia Darlington Elizabeth City Elizabethtown Fayetteville

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Check out different lifestyle choices and make the choice that intrigues you the most. Keep your plans a secret if you suspect someone will interfere. Once you have everything in place, it will difficult for anyone to stand in your way. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Put more thought and effort into your work and getting ahead and you will find a way to help your assets grow and job prospects open up. Love is on the rise and a change of heart will lead to an interesting encounter. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Keep your distance from anyone who appears to be unpredictable. You are best to protect your reputation, your ideas and your emotional well-being. Focus on making unusual changes to the way you do your work and you will stabilize your position.

Sunrise 7:26 a.m. Moonrise 12:00 a.m.

Today Hi/Lo/W 69/53/r 72/53/t 84/62/t 85/68/t 78/70/pc 86/69/t 80/62/t 71/58/t 84/66/t 82/69/t 80/69/pc 82/71/t 82/70/t

City Florence Gainesville Gastonia Goldsboro Goose Creek Greensboro Greenville Hickory Hilton Head Jacksonville, FL La Grange Macon Marietta

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Wed. Hi/Lo/W 65/48/r 70/51/pc 76/53/pc 78/57/t 77/65/sh 78/58/r 72/51/r 71/54/pc 75/54/r 75/53/r 81/59/sh 73/56/r 73/55/r

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Today Hi/Lo/W 83/70/t 84/67/t 77/62/t 83/70/c 86/69/t 77/65/t 71/58/t 74/59/t 82/70/t 85/67/t 76/53/t 77/53/t 71/53/t

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 75/56/r 78/57/pc 72/51/r 76/57/r 78/57/r 71/52/r 70/51/r 70/50/r 76/59/r 79/55/pc 73/51/s 74/50/s 68/52/pc

High 1:59 a.m. 2:22 p.m. 2:53 a.m. 3:16 p.m.

Ht. 2.9 3.2 2.8 3.1

City Marion Mt. Pleasant Myrtle Beach Orangeburg Port Royal Raleigh Rock Hill Rockingham Savannah Spartanburg Summerville Wilmington Winston-Salem

Low 8:39 a.m. 9:28 p.m. 9:32 a.m. 10:22 p.m.

Today Hi/Lo/W 72/58/r 85/70/t 81/71/t 85/66/t 84/69/t 81/69/t 78/62/t 82/68/t 86/67/t 74/60/t 83/71/t 83/72/c 76/62/t

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Wed. Hi/Lo/W 70/48/r 77/59/r 77/60/r 74/54/r 77/58/t 72/54/r 73/51/r 74/51/r 78/56/r 71/51/r 77/58/r 76/59/r 71/51/r

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CLARENDON COUNTY FIRST STEPS PARTNERSHIP BOARD Thursday, 4 p.m., Clarendon County First Steps, 16 S. Brooks St., Manning

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Don’t let emotions ruin your day. Make positive changes that will help keep the peace. Change may be required, but it’s the way you go about it that will make the difference. Being sympathetic will help you win favors.

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Myrtle Beach 81/71

Manning 86/68

SUMMERTON TOWN COUNCIL Today, 6 p.m., town hall MAYESVILLE TOWN COUNCIL Today, 7 p.m., town hall

Sumter 85/65

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Florence 83/70

Bishopville 84/68

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6-12-17-23-32 PowerUp: 2

10-19-37-38-39 Powerball: 28 Powerplay: 2

2-32-35-50-59 Megaball: 3 Megaplier: 5

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8-8-6 and 5-0-6

0-7-5-3 and 3-0-6-1

PICTURES FROM THE PUBLIC Dr. Clay Lowder, left, and Dr. Jason Leonard, both of Colonial Family Practice, participate in the Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS. Photo submitted by Kelli McGregor.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Contracts, settlements and medical and financial matters can all be addressed in a timely and effective manner. You stand to get ahead if you don’t let your emotions get in the way. Look, see and do. Love is in the stars. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t make changes, but accept the inevitable and protect your position, reputation and your assets. Refuse to get into a no-win situation with someone looking for a fight. Look inward and focus on self-improvement.

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Cardinals ready for Game 3 at familiar park B3

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014

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PREP TENNIS

COLLEGE TENNIS

Shutout and strain

3 repeat, 1 upset at NSCC

WH blanks PP 9-0, TSA edges CN 5-4 to advance

FROM STAFF REPORTS

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com It was an easy time for Wilson Hall and a much more difficult task for Thomas Sumter Academy in their first-round matches in the SCISA 3A varsity girls tennis state playoffs on Monday at Palmetto Tennis Center However, both will be playing in the semifinals on Friday. The Lady Barons rolled past Pinewood Prep 9-0, while TSA defeated Cardinal Newman 5-4. The teams will both play at 2 p.m. on Friday in the semifinals at PTC. WH, the upper No. 1 seed, will meet No. 3 Porter-Gaud, which beat No. 2 Hammond on Monday. The Lady Generals, the lower No. 2 seeds, will meet the winner of Monday’s first-round match between No. 1 Ashley Hall and No. 4 Heathwood Hall. Wilson Hall, which improved to 13-2 on the season, didn’t lose a set to the Lady Panthers. None of their players lost more than three games in any of the sets. Lady Barons head coach Debby Williams admitted she didn’t know what to expect from Pinewood, a No. 4 seed, on Monday. “I didn’t know how their team had done during the season,” Williams said. “The region they play in is the toughest (of the three), and I thought they could be a good team. “I’m really proud of the way the girls played today,” she added. “They came out and did what they had to do

ABOVE: Wilson Hall No. 1 player Zan Beasley returns a shot during the Lady Barons’ 9-0 victory over Pinewood Prep on Monday in a SCISA 3A first-round state playoff match at Palmetto Tennis Center. LEFT: Thomas Sumter’s Sydney Townsend returns a shot in her match in the Lady Generals’ 5-4 victory over Cardinal Newman at PTC. Both teams will play in the state semifinals on Friday at PTC.

to win.” Thomas Sumter knew its opponent, having defeated the Lady Cardinals 7-2 during the regular season. However, CN, the No. 3 seed, played that match without No. 1 Brittany Desmond , who has since transferred in, and No. 3 Alex Hill, who missed the first match with an injury. Both players won their singles matches on Monday, but TSA rallied to split singles 3-3. Lady Generals No. 2 Becca Jenkins tied it with a 6-6(2-7), 6-3, 10-6 victory over McCarley Maddock. The match came down to No. 2 doubles after Cardinal Newman won at No. 1 and TSA at No. 3. TSA’s No. 2 team of Jenkins and Kayla

PHOTOS BY DENNIS BRUNSON / THE SUMTER ITEM

SEE TENNIS, PAGE B3

The fourth time was the charm for Fernando Bogajo of Armstrong State University in the men’s singles Super Bowl finals of the USTA/ITA National Small College Championships on Sunday at Palmetto Tennis Center. BOGAJO Bogajo knocked off defending champion Deni Zmak of Embry-Riddle to win the title. Valentine Confalonieri of Lynn CONFALONIERI University and Emma Onila and Linda Fritschken of Barry University defended the women’s singles and doubles Super Bowl titles, while Zmak teamed with a new teammate, Jaime SanchezCanamares Rios to defend the men’s doubles title. The winners earned an automatic bid to the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships held at Billie Jean King Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y., in November. While it was Bogajo’s fourth appearance in the Small College Championships, he was in the Super Bowl for the first time. Bogajo beat Zmak in straight sets, 7-6(3), 6-4. “This is my fourth year here, I’m a senior,” Bogajo said. “I had never won a national championship. I couldn’t believe that I won a national championship. Qualifying for the Super Bowl was a present for me. I wasn’t expecting anything from the tournament. I don’t have words to express how I feel.”

SEE NSCC, PAGE B4

CLEMSON FOOTBALL

Tigers offense going full speed ahead Morris: Expectations won’t change because of injury to QB Watson BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press CLEMSON — Clemson offensive coordinator Chad Morris said the 24th-ranked Tigers won’t dial things back with stellar freshman quarterback Deshaun Watson out for the next month. Watson had surgery Monday to set a broken bone in a finger on his right hand WATSON with four screws. Despite the setback, Morris expects backup Cole Stoudt to lead the same fast-paced offensive attack THE ASSOCIATED PRESS when Clemson (4-2, 3-1 AtlanClemson quarterback Cole Stoudt took over for Deshaun Watson after tic Coast Conference) plays at Watson suffered an injury in the Tigers’ 23-17 victory over Louisville Boston College (4-2, 1-1) on on Saturday. Stoudt will lead the Tigers offense as Watson recovers Saturday. after having surgery on his right hand on Monday to set a broken “Our expectations aren’t bone in his finger. going to fall because of this,”

Morris said Monday. “Cole Stoudt was our starter at the beginning of the year and he’s the guy right now.” It was a choppy showing last weekend against Louisville by Stoudt and the offense after Watson broke a small bone in a finger of his right, throwing hand in the opening quarter. Clemson beat the Cardinals 23-17, but the Tigers — who entered the game as the ACC leader in total offense and scoring — managed only 229 yards and did not score an offensive touchdown. Stoudt was recuperating from a left shoulder injury sustained a week earlier with Clemson in control against North Carolina State. He did not practice much during the week. He acknowledged he was not far from fully healthy against Louisville’s top-rated defense.

Stoudt finished 20 of 33 passing for 162 yards. But he was sacked three times, threw an interception and was twice stopped short on crucial runs that ended drives and cost the Tigers. The first came at the Louisville 1 in the final seconds of the opening half when Stoudt was stopped for no gain and Clemson could not regroup to get another snap off before the clock ran out. Midway through the third quarter, Stoudt was tackled for a loss on fourth-and-1 in Clemson territory. Five plays later, Louisville turned that miscue into a touchdown. The Tigers needed a fourthdown stop of their own with 21 seconds left to seal the victory. “It wasn’t pretty, but a win’s

SEE TIGERS, PAGE B5

USC FOOTBALL

Fowler knows beating Gamecocks won’t be an easy task for struggling Paladins BY DAVID CARAVIELLO Post and Courier COLUMBIA — Bruce Fowler knows what it feels like to win at Williams-Brice Stadium. He did just that as part of a Vanderbilt staff which upset South Carolina on its home field in 2007.

But he’s not sure if that experience will be of much help Saturday, when he brings his Furman team to Columbia for a noon contest against the Gamecocks. “I don’t think that’s going to have anything to do with the outcome of this game. I don’t think it has a direct bearing

on anything, than maybe from a preparation standpoint,” said Fowler, in his fourth season as FOWLER the Paladins’ head coach. “But Furman played at South Carolina in 2010, so

there are a couple of guys on our team that are fifth-year guys that have experienced that environment. So maybe they can draw from that a little bit. But as far as my experience having been on a staff that won there — and we’ve got a couple of other guys on our staff who were Vanderbilt

guys — that was one time that happened down there at Williams-Brice.” Fowler was defensive coordinator under Bobby Johnson when that Vanderbilt team pulled a 17-6 shocker over a South Carolina team ranked

SEE USC, PAGE B5

SPORTS

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014

SCOREBOARD

TODAY’S GAMES

New York vs. Philadelphia at Syracuse, NY, 7 p.m. Milwaukee at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Houston at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Memphis at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

TV, RADIO TODAY

2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: European Cup Qualifying Match from Copenhagen, Denmark – Denmark vs. Portugal (ESPN2). 4 p.m. – PGA Golf: PGA Grand Slam of Golf First Round from Southampton, Bermuda (TNT). 4 p.m. – Major League Baseball: National League Championship Series Game Three – St. Louis at San Francisco (FOX SPORTS 1). 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WPUB-FM 102.7, WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 7 p.m. – NBA Exhibition Basketball: Milwaukee at Cleveland (NBA TV). 7 p.m. – High School Football: East Clarendon at C.E. Murray (FTC NOW 26). 7:30 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Buffalo at Caroilna (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 8 p.m. – International Soccer: United States vs. Honduras from Boca Raton, Fla. (ESPN). 8 p.m. – College Football: LouisianaLafayette at Texas State (ESPN2). 8 p.m. - Major League Baseball: American League Championship Series Game Four - Baltimore at Kansas City (TBS). 9 p.m. – International Soccer: European Cup Qualifying Match from Gelsenkirchen, Germany – Germany vs. Ireland (FOX SPORTS 1). 10 p.m. – College Football: Charleston Southern at Vanderbilt (SPORTSOUTH).

PREP SCHEDULE

GOLF By The Associated Press FRYS.COM OPEN PAR SCORES

Sunday At Silverado Country Clun-North Napa, Calif. Purse: $6 million Yardage: 7,203; Par 72 Final Sang-Moon Bae (500), $1,080,000 66-69-65-73–273 -15 Steven Bowditch (300), $648,000 73-68-67-67–275 -13 Retief Goosen (125), $270,600 69-71-66-70–276 -12 Martin Laird (125), $270,600 67-67-71-71–276 -12 Hunter Mahan (125), $270,600 70-68-68-70–276 -12 Hideki Matsuyama (125), $270,600 70-67-69-70–276 -12 Bryce Molder (125), $270,600 70-69-69-68–276 -12

SIME DARBY LPGA MALAYSIA PAR SCORES

Sunday At Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Purse: $2 million Yardage: 6,246; Par: 71 Final Shanshan Feng, $300,000 67-67-69-63–266 -18 Pornanong Phatlum, $184,703 67-67-65-70–269 -15 Pernilla Lindberg, $107,022 70-68-69-63–270 -14 Chella Choi, $107,022 69-66-68-67–270 -14 So Yeon Ryu, $107,022 66-65-72-67–270 -14 Na Yeon Choi, $68,258 66-70-68-67–271 -13

SAS CHAMPIONSHIP PAR SCORES

Sunday At Prestonwood Country Club Cary, N.C. Purse: $2.1 million Yardage: 7,240; Par: 72 Final Kirk Triplett (315), $315,000 70-63-69–202 -14 Tom Lehman (185), $184,800 67-68-70–205 -11 Bernhard Langer (138), $138,075 73-65-68–206 -10 Kenny Perry (138), $138,075 72-67-67–206 -10 Paul Goydos (86), $86,450 68-67-72–207 -9 Mark McNulty (86), $86,450 72-68-67–207 -9

NBA PRESEASON By The Associated Press Pct 1.000 .667 .500 .500 .333

GB – – 1/2 1/2 1

L 0 1 1 1 3

Pct GB 1.000 – .750 – .500 1 .500 1 .000 21/2

L 0 1 2 2 2

Pct 1.000 .667 .333 .333 .333

GB – – 1 1 1

WESTERN CONFERENCE L 0 2 2 2 0

Pct GB 1.000 – .333 11/2 .333 11/2 .333 11/2 .000 1

L 0 1 1 2 2

Pct GB 1.000 – .500 1 .500 1 .333 11/2 .333 11/2

L 0 0 2 2 2

Pct GB 1.000 – 1.000 1 .333 2 .333 2 .000 21/2

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Brooklyn 97, Sacramento 95 Washington 91, Detroit 89 Dallas 106, Indiana 98 Portland 119, L.A. Clippers 114 Golden State 116, L.A. Lakers 75 Orlando at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Toronto at New York, 7:30 p.m. Denver at Chicago, 8 p.m. Phoenix at Houston, 8 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Utah, 9 p.m.

ALCS Game 3 postponed because of wet weather

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

W 4 3 2 1

L 2 3 3 5

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .667 .500 .400 .167

PF 160 118 120 96

PA 129 126 124 158

W 4 3 2 0

L 2 3 4 6

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .667 .500 .333 .000

PF 189 132 104 81

PA 136 120 153 185

W 3 4 3 3

L 1 2 2 3

T 1 0 0 0

Pct .700 .667 .600 .500

PF 134 164 134 124

PA 113 97 115 139

W 5 4 2 0

L 1 1 3 5

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .833 .800 .400 .000

PF 164 147 119 79

PA 91 104 101 134

EAST Philadelphia Dallas N.Y. Giants Washington SOUTH Carolina New Orleans Atlanta Tampa Bay NORTH Detroit Green Bay Chicago Minnesota WEST Arizona Seattle San Francisco St. Louis

W 5 5 3 1

L 1 1 3 5

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .833 .833 .500 .167

PF 183 165 133 132

PA 132 126 138 166

W 3 2 2 1

L 2 3 4 5

T 1 0 0 0

Pct .583 .400 .333 .167

PF 141 132 164 120

PA 157 141 170 204

W 4 4 3 2

L 2 2 3 4

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .667 .667 .500 .333

PF 116 161 143 104

PA 82 130 144 143

W 4 3 3 1

L 1 2 2 3

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .800 .600 .600 .250

PF 116 133 110 84

PA 106 113 106 119

THURSDAY’S GAME

Indianapolis 33, Houston 28 Sunday’s Games Tennessee 16, Jacksonville 14 Detroit 17, Minnesota 3 Baltimore 48, Tampa Bay 17 Denver 31, N.Y. Jets 17 New England 37, Buffalo 22 Carolina 37, Cincinnati 37, OT Cleveland 31, Pittsburgh 10 Green Bay 27, Miami 24 San Diego 31, Oakland 28 Dallas 30, Seattle 23 Arizona 30, Washington 20 Chicago 27, Atlanta 13 Philadelphia 27, N.Y. Giants 0 Open: Kansas City, New Orleans

MONDAY’S GAME

San Francisco at St. Louis, late

NHL STANDINGS By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W Montreal 3 3 Tampa Bay 2 1 Detroit 2 1 Ottawa 2 1 Toronto 3 1 Boston 3 1 Florida 2 0 Buffalo 2 0 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W New Jersey 2 2 Columbus 2 2 Pittsburgh 2 2 N.Y. Islanders 2 2 Washington 2 1 N.Y. Rangers 3 1 Philadelphia 3 0 Carolina 2 0

L OT Pts GF GA 0 0 6 10 7 0 1 3 5 5 1 0 2 4 4 1 0 2 5 5 2 0 2 11 12 2 0 2 3 7 1 1 1 3 8 2 0 0 3 9 L OT Pts GF GA 0 0 4 11 5 0 0 4 8 3 0 0 4 11 6 0 0 4 9 6 0 1 3 5 2 2 0 2 8 13 2 1 1 8 12 2 0 0 6 9

WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Minnesota 2 2 0 0 4 8 0 Nashville 2 2 0 0 4 7 3 Chicago 2 2 0 0 4 9 4 St. Louis 2 1 1 0 2 6 4 Winnipeg 3 1 2 0 2 7 9 Dallas 2 0 1 1 1 3 7 Colorado 2 0 2 0 0 0 8 PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 2 2 0 0 4 7 0 Vancouver 2 2 0 0 4 9 6 Los Angeles 3 1 1 1 3 6 8 Anaheim 2 1 1 0 2 7 8 Arizona 2 1 1 0 2 5 8 Calgary 3 1 2 0 2 8 10 Edmonton 2 0 1 1 1 6 10 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

MONDAY’S GAMES

L 0 1 2 1 2

MLB POSTSEASON

BY DAVE SKRETTA The Associated Press

Toronto 6, N.Y. Rangers 3 Los Angeles 4, Winnipeg 1

ATLANTIC DIVISION

MONDAY’S GAMES

NFL STANDINGS By The Associated Press

SUNDAY’S GAMES

EASTERN CONFERENCE

SOUTHWEST DIVISION W Houston 2 Dallas 1 Memphis 1 New Orleans 1 San Antonio 0 NORTHWEST DIVISION W Utah 2 Minnesota 1 Oklahoma City 1 Denver 1 Portland 1 PACIFIC DIVISION W Golden State 3 Phoenix 1 L.A. Lakers 1 Sacramento 1 L.A. Clippers 0

Sacramento vs. Brooklyn at Beijing, China, 7:30 a.m. Detroit at Charlotte, 11 a.m. Indiana vs. Cleveland at Cincinnati, OH, 7 p.m. Toronto vs. Boston at Portland, ME, 7:30 p.m.

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

TODAY

Varsity Cross Country Sumter at South Florence (at Freedom Florence), 5:30 p.m. Darlington at Crestwood, 5 p.m. Hartsville at Manning, 5 p.m. Middle School Football Alice Drive at Chestnut Oaks, 5 p.m. Ebenezer at Bates, 5 p.m. Hillcrest at Mayewood, 5 p.m. Varsity Girls Tennis Sumter at West Florence, TBA Wilson at Manning, 5 p.m. Varsity Volleyball Hartsville at Crestwood, 6 p.m. Holly Hill at St. Francis Xavier, 5 p.m. Varsity and JV Volleyball Sumter at Conway, 6 p.m. Lakewood at Marlboro County, 5:30 p.m. Florence Christian at Wilson Hall, 4 p.m. Thomas Sumter at Laurence Manning, 4 p.m. Trinity-Byrnes at Robert E. Lee, 4 p.m. Jefferson Davis at Clarendon Hall, 4:30 p.m. Northside Christian at Sumter Christian, 4 p.m.

W Brooklyn 1 Toronto 2 Boston 2 New York 1 Philadelphia 1 SOUTHEAST DIVISION W Orlando 2 Washington 3 Atlanta 1 Charlotte 1 Miami 0 CENTRAL DIVISION W Cleveland 1 Detroit 2 Chicago 1 Indiana 1 Milwaukee 1

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Colorado at Boston, 1 p.m. Anaheim at Buffalo, 3 p.m. Ottawa at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Montreal at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

N.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. San Jose at Washington, 7 p.m. Dallas at Columbus, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Carolina, 7:30 p.m. Colorado at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. New Jersey at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Calgary at Nashville, 8 p.m. Edmonton at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

THE SUMTER ITEM

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The last two times the Kansas City Royals played a postseason game at home, rain fell after the final out. This time, it started well before the first pitch. Game 3 of the AL Championship Series between the Royals and Baltimore Orioles was postponed Monday because of steady rain that saturated Kauffman Stadium. The game was rescheduled for Tuesday at 8:07 p.m. EDT. Along with steady rain, wind gusts of 25 mph were buffeting the ballpark. The forecast for Tuesday is cold and windy but dry, with weather improving the rest of the week. “We want a game we

know we can get through nine innings, hopefully play dry baseball, not risk player safety or uncomfortable fans,” Major League Baseball Senior Vice President Peter Woodfork said about 4 hours before the scheduled first pitch. The Royals, who lead the best-of-seven series 2-0, will keep former Orioles pitcher Jeremy Guthrie on the mound for Game 3. The Orioles will start Wei-Yin Chen, as planned. After that, rotations become a little murky. Royals manager Ned Yost said he’ll decide before Tuesday night’s game whether to stick with lefthander Jason Vargas for Game 4 on Wednesday or call for an audible and pitch Game 1 starter James Shields on regular rest.

That game is scheduled to start at 4:07 p.m. EDT. “Guthrie will throw tomorrow, and then we’ll go from there,” Yost said. “Shields can come back or if we feel like we want to give him another day, we can do that, too.” Orioles manager Buck Showalter was facing a similar conundrum. Miguel Gonzalez was slated to start Game 4, but Chris Tillman could return on regular rest. He opposed Shields when the Royals beat the Orioles in extra innings in the series opener. “He’s on normal rest, so yeah, he’s an option,” Showalter said. “That’d be five (days), right? But I wouldn’t commit to anything right now other than Chen and see where we are.”

SPORTS ITEMS

WH volleyball improves to 7-1 in region Wilson Hall improved to 15-6 on the season with a 3-0 victory over Orangeburg Prep on Thursday at Nash Student Center. The Lady Barons, who are 7-1 in SCISA Region II-3A, beat OP 25-20, 25-10, 25-3. Courtney Clark led WH with 23 assists and five kills. Simmons deHoll had eight kills and 13 service points with two aces. On Wednesday in Sumter, Wilson Hall beat Heathwood Hall 3-0 by the scores of 2512, 25-18, 25-14. deHoll had 12 kills and a block, Haley Hawkins finished with 11 points and two kills andClark had 19 assists.

JV VOLLEYBALL WILSON HALL 2 ORANGEBURG PREP 1 Wilson Hall improved to 11-8 on the season with a 2-1 victory over Orangeburg Prep on Thursday at Nash Student Center. The Lady Barons won by the scores of 25-20, 26-28, 2514. Diamond Crawford had 15 points, seven aces and four kills to lead WH. Chandler Curtis had 18 points with three aces and Becka Noyes had an ace, four blocks, and 12 kills. On Wednesday in Sumter, Wilson Hall beat Heathwood Hall 2-0 by the scores of 2514, 25-19. Diamond Crawford had five points, three aces and nine kills and Madison Sliwonik had five points and an ace. FISHER: WINSTON WILL NOT MISS ANY GAMES

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Coach Jimbo Fisher said Florida State’s Jameis Winston has committed no crime and is adamant the quarterback will not miss any games this season due to an ongoing sexual assault investigation. Fisher said Monday recent reports about the investigation haven’t revealed

any new facts. Florida State announced last week it will use an independent official in the student code of conduct hearing. No hearing date has been set. Fisher said he wasn’t concerned with the details of the hearing. COUGHLIN SAYS GIANTS WR CRUZ OUT FOR SEASON

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Overcome with emotion, his hands in front of his eyes as the tears flowed, Victor Cruz couldn’t hide his pain. If anything showed the extent of the knee injury that Cruz sustained against the Philadelphia Eagles, it was those tears. Cruz underwent successful surgery Monday afternoon. The surgery was performed by team physician Dr. Russell Warren at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan. DIAMONDBACKS HIRE A’S BENCH COACH HALE AS MANAGER

PHOENIX — Former Arizona third base coach Chip Hale was hired Monday to replace Kirk Gibson as the Diamondbacks manager. The 49-year-old managed in Arizona’s minor league system for six seasons and was with the Diamondbacks from 2007-09 in the first of eight consecutive seasons as a big league third base coach. He spent 2010-11 with the New York Mets and the last three seasons with Oakland under manager Bob Melvin. NBA MVP KEVIN DURANT HAS FOOT FRACTURE

OKLAHOMA CITY — Kevin Durant, the NBA’s leading scorer of this decade and the reigning MVP, will likely miss the first six to eight weeks of the season after fracturing a bone in his right foot. The Oklahoma City star forward complained of an

ache in his foot after practice Saturday, the team said. Tests showed he has a “Jones fracture,” a broken bone at the base of his small toe. Thunder general manager Sam Presti said Sunday that surgery is likely, and that similar injuries have forced players to miss six to eight weeks. The Thunder open the season Oct. 29 at Portland. A six-week absence could have Durant back for the start of December, with about 65 games remaining. BAE TAKES STEP TOWARD PRESIDENTS CUP

NAPA, Calif.— Bae Sangmoon won the first tournament of the PGA Tour season and already is thinking about the last one. He closed with a 1-over 73, the first player since Ben Crane at the St. Jude Classic in June to win with a final round over par. FENG RALLIES TO WIN LPGA

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — China’s Shanshan Feng rallied to win the LPGA Malaysia on Sunday for her fourth LPGA Tour title, playing a six-hole stretch on the back nine in 6 under. The 25-year-old Feng, four strokes behind Thailand’s Pornanong Phatlum entering the round, closed with a bogey-free 8-under 63 for a three-stroke victory over Phatlum. TRIPLETT WINS CHAMPIONS TOUR’S SAS CHAMPIONSHIP

CARY, N.C. — Kirk Triplett won the SAS Championship on Sunday for his second victory of the year and fourth in three seasons on the Champions Tour. The 52-year-old Triplett closed with a 3-under 69 for a three-stroke victory over Tom Lehman. Triplett finished at 14-under 202 at Prestonwood Country Club. From staff, wire reports

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SINGLES 1 – Beasley (WH) defeated Foster 6-3, 6-3. 2 – Lecher (WH) defeated H. Rodgers 6-1, 6-2. 3 – Segars (WH) defeated Lennon 6-2, 6-0. 4 – Spencer (WH) defeated Byrd 6-0, 6-0. 5 – Munn (WH) defeated Paylor 6-2, 6-0. 6 – Clifton (WH) defeated E. Rodgers 6-0, 6-3. DOUBLES 1 – Beasley/Munn (WH) defeated H. Rodgers/Lennon 8-1. 2 – Lecher/Segars (WH) defeated E. Rodgers/Hilton 8-0. 3 – Spencer/Clifton (WH) defeated Ahn/Manziel 8-2.

SINGLES 1 – Desmond (CN) defeated H. Jenkins 6-1, 6-0. 2 – B. Jenkins (TSA) defeated Maddock 6-6(2-7), 6-3, 10-6. 3 – Hill (CN) defeated Townsend 7-5, 6-4. 4 – Gervasi (CN) defeated Decker 6-7, 6-3, 11-9. 5 – Hood (TSA) defeated Weiland 6-0, 6-2. 6 – Chappel (TSA) defeated Egan 6-2, 6-2. DOUBLES 1 – Desmond/Hill (CN) defeated H. Jenkins/Townsend 8-1. 2 – B. Jenkins/Chappell (TSA) defeated Maddock/Gervasi 8-2. 3 – Hood/Decker (TSA) defeated Weiland/Bumgardner 8-1.

TENNIS FROM PAGE B1 Chappell won to help the Lady Generals advance. “We knew this wasn’t going to be easy,” said Thomas Sumter head coach Lynne Newman, whose team improved to 10-3 and reached the 3A semifinals after playing at the 2A

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The St. Louis Cardinals huddle on the infield of AT&T Park during a team workout on Monday in San Francisco. St. Louis and San Francisco are scheduled to play Game 3 of the National League Championship Series today with the series tied 1-1.

Cardinals arrive at familiar AT&T Park for NLCS Game 3 BY JANIE MCCAULEY The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — The St. Louis Cardinals arrived in the Bay Area ballpark they know so well in October and began preparing for the possibility of facing the Giants without star catcher Yadier Molina. “Another beautiful day in NorCal!” reliever Randy Choate shouted as he hopped up the dugout steps and onto the field for Monday’s workout. “Shocker!” bench coach Mike Aldrete hollered in response. Manager Mike Matheny is encouraged Molina might be able to help St. Louis as soon as Tuesday in Game 3, perhaps initially just off the bench as he recovers from a strained left oblique muscle sustained in Sunday’s 5-4 victory at Busch Stadium. Playing at all appeared doubtful only a night earlier, then Molina played catch under cloudless skies at AT&T Park and gave Matheny hope. “A little better than what I expected,” Molina said afterward. “When I woke up, I was moving all right. We’ll see. I’m going to try.” A.J. Pierzynski is the likely choice to catch former Boston teammate John Lackey in Game 3, and deemed himself ready. The best-of-seven series is tied 1-1. Molina flew on the team charter on Sunday night after having an MRI. Once the Cardinals arrived at the ballpark on Monday, Molina met with team doctors and medical staff in the training room of the visitors’ clubhouse. Matheny carried three catchers and has Tony Cruz and Pierzynski to fill the big void.

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(Best-of-7) American League All AL games televised by TBS Kansas City 2, Baltimore 0 Friday: Kansas City 8, Baltimore 6, 10 innings Saturday: Kansas City 6, Baltimore 4 Monday: Baltimore (Chen 16-6) at Kansas City (Guthrie 13-11), 8:07 p.m. Today: Baltimore (Gonzalez 10-9) at Kansas City (Vargas 1110), 8:07 p.m. x-Wednesday, Oct. 15: Baltimore at Kansas City, 4:07 p.m. x-Friday, Oct. 17: Kansas City at Baltimore, 8:07 p.m. x-Saturday, Oct. 18: Kansas City at Baltimore, 8:07 p.m. National League San Francisco 1, St. Louis 1 Saturday: San Francisco 3, St. Louis 0 Sunday: St. Louis 5, San Francisco 4 Today: St. Louis (Lackey 3-3) at San Francisco (Hudson 9-13), 4:07 p.m. (FS1) Wednesday, Oct. 15: St. Louis (Miller 10-9) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 8-13), 8:07 p.m. (FS1) Thursday, Oct. 16: St. Louis at San Francisco, 8:07 p.m. (FS1) x-Saturday, Oct. 18: San Francisco at St. Louis, 4:07 p.m. (Fox) x-Sunday, Oct. 19: San Francisco at St. Louis, 7:37 p.m. (FS1)

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“Obviously it’s a big loss, but we spent some time without him this year and we’re fortunate to have A.J. and Tony, who are two really good players,” infielder Mark Ellis said. “We’re lucky to have them but I feel bad for Yadi because this is what he worked for the whole year and he’s not able to be with us.” Tim Hudson takes the ball for the Giants, the 39-yearold right-hander’s first start beyond the division series in 16 major league seasons.

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He is already thriving in the raucous playoff environment of pumped-up crowds. “At this point in my career, it’s almost like a shot of coffee,” he said. While noting he wishes no ill will for the injured Molina, Hudson would be fine not having to face the slugging catcher. There are plenty of other big bats to contend with, anyway. “That would be a pretty big blow for them, not only from an offensive standpoint but from a defensive standpoint how he handles those pitchers.” Hudson said. “But it wouldn’t hurt my feelings if he’s not in the lineup for a few days, there’s no question about that.” As the series shifts to San Francisco’s pitcher-friendly ballpark, the Cardinals know plenty about how the Giants protect their home field. Two years ago, St. Louis arrived in town leading the NLCS 3-2 before the Giants rallied to take the series on the way to their second championship in three years. Lackey, too, has pitched on the big October stage in San Francisco — albeit back in 2002 with the eventual champion wild-card Angels. Reminded he intentionally walked home run king Barry Bonds four times, Lackey smiled and said: “Wouldn’t you? Geez.”

level the past several seasons. “It wasn’t easy the first time; there were a lot of close matches in that one. “Our girls played really well,” she added. “They came out today and seemed to be pretty focused.”

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Dallas running back DeMarco Murray rushed for 115 yards in the Cowboys’ 30-23 victory over Seattle on Sunday in Seattle.

Murray leads Cowboys past Seahawks 30-23 BY TIM BOOTH The Associated Press SEATTLE— DeMarco Murray kept trudging through all the 1- and 2-yard gains, confident at some point the gaps would break open. Eventually the running lanes broke open, right in time for Murray to continue his record start to the 2014 season and give the Dallas Cowboys a validating road victory. “I thought he did a really good job. Those are dirty yards. ... We thought it was going to be tough sledding to run the football but we had to be persistent with it. Our guys did an excellent job,” Dallas coach Jason Garrett said. Murray finished with 115 yards, continuing his streak of 100-yard games to begin the season, and his late touchdown proved to be the winning points in Dallas’ 30-23 win over the Seattle Se-

ahawks on Sunday. Murray joined Jim Brown (1958) as the only running backs in NFL history to start a season with six straight 100-yard rushing games. And Murray did it against the league’s best run defense, which had not allowed a running back more than 38 yards in a game this season. His 15-yard TD run with 3:16 left gave the Cowboys a 27-23 lead. “I really think he has shown his maturity as a back, sticking with us and sticking with it and coming out on the back end on a couple of those late in the game,” Dallas tight end Jason Witten said. The Cowboys replicated the Seahawks’ formula, but performed with more efficiency and better execution than the home team. Dallas leaned on Murray and controlled the time of possession. They got timely throws from Tony Romo, and the Cowboys’ defense confused

and flustered Russell Wilson and Seattle’s offense. Dallas outgained Seattle 401-206, becoming the first team since New England in 2012 to gain more than 400 total yards against the Seahawks in Seattle in the regular season. The Cowboys ran 70 offensive plays to 48 for the Seahawks and had 23 first downs to nine for Seattle. It was a statistical domination that should have equated a blowout. But two special teams miscues led to 14 points for Seattle and put Dallas in the position of rallying in the fourth quarter. “We have come a long way. We have a long way to go and a lot we want to still accomplish, but at the same time this football team is trying to find itself,” Dallas defensive back Brandon Carr said. “We are in a good place right now where we are rolling and each and every day we can focus on our job and have fun with this.”

CHARLOTTE — NASCAR Chairman Brian France has always been very clear about the action he wants to see in races. He loved the 2011 season finale when Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards waged a white-knuckle battle for both the race win and the championship, and HARVICK France was captivated in March 2013 by the intensity of the closing laps at Fontana. Feuding drivers Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano wouldn’t give an inch as they raced for the win and ended up wrecking each other, and Kyle Busch squeezed through to steal a victory. For good measure, Stewart tried to confront Logano on pit road after the race to

BANK OF AMERICA 500 RESULTS The Associated Press Saturday At Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, N.C. Lap length: 1.5 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (7) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 334 laps, 145.3 rating, 48 points, $291,248. 2. (2) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 334, 126.8, 43, $248,111. 3. (18) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 334, 112.7, 42, $183,639. 4. (13) Joey Logano, Ford, 334, 92.3, 40, $162,366. 5. (1) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 334, 115.5, 40, $196,841. 6. (24) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 334, 107.5, 39, $145,635. 7. (5) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 334, 94.4, 38, $110,415. 8. (10) Carl Edwards, Ford, 334, 84.5, 37, $110,365. 9. (3) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 334, 96.2, 36, $104,140. 10. (19) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 334, 83.5, 34, $107,115. 11. (11) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 334, 111.9, 34, $95,640. 12. (26) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 334, 79.1, 32, $106,273. 13. (20) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 334, 82.1, 32, $131,001. 14. (23) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 334, 86.1, 30, $112,423. 15. (16) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 334, 72.2, 30, $108,773. 16. (17) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 334, 97.5, 29, $125,898. 17. (21) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 334, 91.7, 27, $131,376. 18. (12) Greg Biffle, Ford, 334, 66.8, 26, $121,565. 19. (22) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 334, 64.8, 25, $125,726. 20. (9) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 333, 85.4, 25, $89,890.

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Panthers, Bengals play to 37-37 tie BY JOE KAY The Associated Press CINCINNATI — Call it the place where dreams of gamewinning kicks go to tie. For the second time in seven seasons, the Cincinnati Bengals walked off their home field trying to figure out what to make of a game with no winner. So did Carolina receiver Jason Avant, who was part of both of them. There’s just no way to put it into words. Mike Nugent rushed his 36yard field goal try as overtime ended on Sunday, pushing it wide right and leaving the Bengals to settle for a 37all tie with the Panthers. “That was the worst ball I’ve ever hit in my career,” Nugent said. “My plant foot was way too far forward. I think there was a little excite-

ment. I was a little too quick.” With that, a game that went 3 hours, 59 minutes long had reached a wholly unsatisfying conclusion. “I’m treating it as if it was a loss,” said Panthers running back Fozzy Whittaker, who had a 4-yard touchdown run. “We had many opportunities to win it. But it doesn’t hurt as bad (as a loss), I guess.” The last overtime game at Paul Brown Stadium was in 2008 with the Eagles, which ended in a 13-all tie. Avant was with Philadelphia for that one. “It’s not as bad as a loss, but pretty close,” he said. “When you think about playing, you never think about tying.” Unless you’re in Cincinnati, that is.

It was tougher for the Bengals (3-1-1) to accept. Andy Dalton was nearly perfect in overtime — his only incompletion was a throwaway to avoid a sack — as he put his team in position to win it. Instead, he learned for the first time in his career what it’s like to have no winner. “It’s a weird feeling,” Dalton said. “I’ve never been part of a tie. You didn’t lose, but you didn’t win. We had our chances and when you don’t win, it’s tough.” Carolina (3-2-1) was energized by Cam Newton’s reemergence as a dual-threat quarterback. The Panthers had limited his running as he recovered from offseason ankle surgery and cracked ribs suffered in the preseason. They turned him loose on Sunday, and he repeatedly led late comebacks.

In women’s singles, Confalonieri faced off against previously undefeated Nour Abbes of Xavier (La.), who had started her career with 30 straight singles victories. Confaloneri won 6-4, 6-2. Confalonieri, who has won 36 straight matches, said she was really in the zone on Sunday. “Today, I was very focused,” Confalonieri said. “I knew that my opponent was very good. I didn’t say a word and normally I talk a lot on court. I’m bigger

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21. (4) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 333, 78.8, 23, $116,423. 22. (15) Aric Almirola, Ford, 332, 63, 22, $116,276. 23. (32) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 331, 46.9, 0, $78,940. 24. (28) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 331, 56.2, 20, $114,415. 25. (27) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 331, 54.1, 19, $105,210. 26. (14) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 331, 61.8, 18, $85,965. 27. (30) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 330, 49.9, 17, $91,798. 28. (36) Cole Whitt, Toyota, 330, 43.1, 16, $77,340. 29. (31) Michael McDowell, Ford, 330, 50.5, 15, $74,015. 30. (33) Alex Bowman, Toyota, 330, 46.6, 14, $89,938. 31. (29) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 329, 55.2, 13, $94,112. 32. (37) David Gilliland, Ford, 329, 40, 12, $83,840. 33. (35) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 328, 41.7, 12, $73,215. 34. (34) David Ragan, Ford, 328, 35.1, 10, $81,090. 35. (42) Corey LaJoie, Ford, 326, 32.9, 0, $72,940. 36. (40) Timmy Hill, Chevrolet, 326, 31.9, 8, $72,760. 37. (8) Brian Vickers, Toyota, engine, 325, 79.9, 7, $105,201. 38. (41) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, 325, 29.5, 0, $67,530. 39. (43) Blake Koch, Ford, 322, 26.3, 0, $63,530. 40. (39) Brett Moffitt, Toyota, 320, 25.5, 4, $67,530. 41. (38) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, rear gear, 178, 38.8, 3, $55,530. 42. (6) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, engine, 134, 58.6, 2, $79,444. 43. (25) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, engine, 94, 56.5, 1, $83,021.

than her and maybe a little stronger. I think that helped me win this match.” The Barry duo of Fritschken and Onila were dominant yet again on Sunday, defeating Claremont-MuddScripps’ Caroline Ward and Katie Kuosman 6-4, 6-1. Fritschken and Onila only lost 25 games in five matches in the Small College Championships. Zmak and Sanchez-Canamares bested Daniel Riggs and Paolo Volpicelli of Lynn University 6-3, 6-4, earning the second straight Super Bowl doubles title for Zmak and his third in two years.

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USC FROM PAGE B1 sixth nationally, claiming the Commodores’ first victory over a top-10 opponent in 33 years. A former Furman defensive back and longtime assistant, he returned to Greenville in 2011 as head coach and led the Paladins to the Southern Conference title last season. This time, Fowler’s team visits a South Carolina (3-3) squad that has lost two straight games in which it held two-touchdown leads in the fourth quarter. Meanwhile, Furman (2-4) enters having dropped four straight, the most recent a doubleovertime setback to FCS third-ranked Coastal Carolina, and still trying to recover from losing its starting quarterback in its opening game. Reese Hannon, a junior from Greer who was a twoyear starter behind center for the Paladins, broke his ankle in the third quarter of Furman’s opening-week victory over Gardner-Webb and was lost for the season. Furman eventually filled that position with a true freshman, P.J. Blazejowski, who made his first career start against Coastal Carolina and earned SoCon freshman of the week honors in rallying the Pala-

AP TOP 25 The Associated Press The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with firstplace votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 11, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pv 1. Mississippi St. (45)6-0 1,480 3 2. Florida St. (12) 6-0 1,415 1 3. Mississippi (3) 6-0 1,413 3 4. Baylor 6-0 1,317 5 5. Notre Dame 6-0 1,228 6 6. Auburn 5-1 1,144 2 7. Alabama 5-1 1,068 7 8. Michigan St. 5-1 1,015 8 9. Oregon 5-1 1,014 12 10. Georgia 5-1 981 13 11. Oklahoma 5-1 935 11 12. TCU 4-1 917 9 13. Ohio St. 4-1 648 15 14. Kansas St. 4-1 626 17 15. Oklahoma St. 5-1 620 16 16. Arizona 5-1 590 10 17. Arizona St. 4-1 459 20 18. East Carolina 5-1 449 19 19. Nebraska 5-1 402 21 20. Utah 4-1 305 24 21. Texas A&M 5-2 264 14 22. Southern Cal 4-2 258 NR 23. Stanford 4-2 223 25 24. Clemson 4-2 188 NR 25. Marshall 6-0 148 NR Others receiving votes: UCLA 110, LSU 67, Duke 45, Kentucky 36, Minnesota 36, West Virginia 27, Washington 22, Georgia Tech 11, Arkansas 10, Louisville 7, Rutgers 7, Iowa 6, Colorado St. 3, N. Dakota St. 3, South Carolina 1, Virginia 1, Wisconsin 1.

dins from a 21-7 deficit to force overtime. Even so, it was Hannon who keyed a stretch of four straight wins last season that netted the SoCon title and a trip to the FCS playoffs. “He was one of our captains as a sophomore, so he’s got great leadership skills,” Fowler said by telephone from Greenville. “So it was

definitely an adjustment period. He was an integral part of our offense. Anytime you lose a quarterback with that kind of experience, it takes a little bit of time.” With the bulk of Furman’s SoCon schedule still ahead — including a game at The Citadel on Nov. 8 — there’s the potential for another late-season surge. But first comes the trip to South Carolina, where the Paladins were more than competitive in a 38-19 loss in 2010. “I think we try to approach it exactly the same way we always do,” Fowler said. “The last three years, the first year our staff was here we played at Florida, the second year we played at Clemson, last year we played at LSU. So as far as playing against teams in the Southeastern Conference and the ACC, even though it’s only once a year, our guys have experienced that. Each week you’re preparing your team for each game you’re playing, so we go about it like that.” In other words, nothing out of the ordinary this week for the Paladins. And no emphasis on the head coach’s role in an upset of the Gamecocks seven years ago. “That was a long time ago,” Fowler said, “and a different school.”

OBITUARIES ELIZABETH BLAKESLEE COLUMBIA — Elizabeth “Beth” Brunson Owens Blakeslee, 60, wife of Bryant Nevins Blakeslee Sr., died on Monday, Oct. 13, 2014, at her home. Born in Sumter, she was a daughter of Norma “Bootsie” Hurst Owens and the late Ladson “Lad” Fraser Owens Jr. Mrs. Blakeslee was a member of St. John’s Episcopal Church, where BLAKESLEE she served as a member of the Episcopal Church Women, the Altar Guild, and as a past member of the Vestry as well as various other committees. She was also a former member of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter in Sumter, where she served on the Altar Guild, was a Sunday school teacher, and was president of the Episcopal Church Women. She was a former member of St. David’s Episcopal Church in Columbia. She was a member of the Lake Murray Power Squadron and the Amway Supper Club. Surviving are her husband of Columbia along with her mother of Sumter; one son, Bryant Nevins Blakeslee Jr. of Nashville, Tennessee; one daughter, Caroline Blakeslee Thrash and husband, John Edward Thrash III, of West Columbia; two sisters, Norma O. Abbott of Sumter and Linda O. Forrest of Greenville; and one grandson, Aiden B. Thrash. “Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies.” Proverbs 31:10 Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday at St. John’s Episcopal Church (corner of Wheat Street and Holly Street) with the Rev. Fletcher Montgomery and the Rev. Scott Fleischer officiating.

The family will receive friends immediately following the service in the Barr Center at St. John’s Episcopal Church. A graveside service will be held at 4 p.m. on Thursday in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery in Sumter. Pallbearers will be Davis Bourne, James Wheeler, Rusty Hodnett, Patrick O’Keefe, Rex Norris and Thomas Dougall. Memorials may be made to St. John’s Episcopal Church Outreach Fund, 2827 Wheat St., Columbia, SC 29205. Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals. com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.

CARLOS D. TORRES SUMMERTON — Carlos DeLeon Torres, 76, widower of Julia Ann Lang, died on Monday, Oct. 6, 2014, at Lexington Medical Center, West Columbia. He was born on Sunday, Feb. 6, 1938, in Puerto Rico. Mr. Torres’ mortal frame is peacefully resting in the professional care of King-Fields Mortuary, Summerton, (803) 485-5039.

DOROTHY PRITCHARD Dorothy Lois Pack Pritchard, 85, widow of Cecil A. Pritchard Sr., passed away on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014, at her home. Born on Aug. 2, 1929, in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late George Donald Pack and Gladys Hatfield

Pack Woods. She was a seamstress and member of Providence Baptist Church. She will best be remembered for her love of flowers, Japanese Bunka Embroidery and cross stitch. She is survived by her five children, Cecil A. “Al” Pritchard Jr. (Ann), Lois P. McLeod (William), Paula P. Barkley (Ben), June P. Wilson (Wesley) and William C. “Billy” Pritchard; grandchildren, Allison Fugate (Dexter), Andy Pritchard, Troy McLeod (Kelly), Levi McLeod (Deslyn), Adam Barkley (Sunhyun), Brian Barkley (Skye), Melanie W. Adams (David), Wes Wilson (Courtney), Daniel Wilson and Will Pritchard; 10 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Mae Pruitt (Terrell) of Lawrenceville, Georgia. She was preceded in death by brothers, O.W. Pack, Carl Lewis Pack and Robert Lee Pack; and a great-granddaughter, Katelyn Fugate. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. on Wednesday at Providence Baptist Church with Chaplain Ed Cheek and the Rev. Graham Bochman officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be the staff of Agape Hospice. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil A. “Al” Pritchard Jr., 365 Pritchard Lane. Memorials may be made to Providence Baptist Church Building Fund, 2445 Old Manning Road, Sumter, SC 29150. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

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South Carolina quarterback Dylan Thompson and the Gamecocks will look to bounce back against Furman on Saturday after losing to Kentucky two weeks ago and coming off of a bye week.

and win and we found a way to do it,” Stoudt said. That hasn’t been Clemson’s path to success since Morris arrived in 2011 and quickly made waves with a high-tempo offense that put most games out of reach by halftime. In Morris’ first three seasons, the Tigers went 32-8, won an ACC championship in 2011 and a BCS game at the Orange Bowl last January. Those teams, though, featured record-setting quarterback Tajh Boyd and receiver Sammy Watkins, the No. 4 overall NFL draft pick last spring. “We’re limited in some areas. We’re thin in some areas,” Morris said. “But these guys aren’t going to complain and we’re not going to make excuses for them.” Watson will be missed. Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said Watson will have a splint rather than a cast, meaning it can be removed each time he undergoes rehabilitation exercises and perhaps quicken his recovery. Swinney said the freshman will miss both games before Clemson’s bye week on Nov. 1. It would be a longshot to expect him back before a Nov. 15 contest at Georgia Tech. Morris said Stoudt’s solid play in early defeats at Georgia and Florida State will help the team. Watson, Morris said, took the starting job rather than Stoudt giving it up through mistakes and ineffective play. The offensive coordinator believes Stoudt’s acceptance of the switch at Florida State and his continuing support

The Amway Top 25 football coaches poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 11, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Miss. State (26) 6-0 1490 6 2. Florida State (31)6-0 1489 1 3. Mississippi (5) 6-0 1436 4 4. Baylor 6-0 1392 3 5. Notre Dame 6-0 1292 5 6. Michigan State 5-1 1129 8 7. Alabama 5-1 1121 7 8. Auburn 5-1 1111 2 9. Oregon 5-1 1017 11 10. Georgia 5-1 1013 10 11. Oklahoma 5-1 1005 9 12. TCU 4-1 824 12 13. Ohio State 4-1 737 15 14. Kansas State 4-1 710 16 15. Okla. State 5-1 610 18 16. East Carolina 5-1 518 19 17. Arizona 5-1 502 13 18. Arizona State 4-1 471 20 19. Nebraska 5-1 433 21 20. Stanford 4-2 344 22 21. Texas A&M 5-2 269 14 22. Clemson 4-2 244 25 23. Utah 4-1 161 NR 24. Marshall 6-0 153 NR 25. So. California 4-2 125 NR Others receiving votes: UCLA 116; LSU 80; Minnesota 78; Duke 70; Washington 70; Kentucky 37; Wisconsin 34; West Virginia 17; Iowa 15; Georgia Tech 14; Oregon State 10; Colorado State 5; Missouri 5; Brigham Young 2; Rutgers 1.

of Watson showed strong leadership that endeared him to his teammates. “Cole’s been a champion throughout this,” Morris said. Offensive lineman David Beasley said there’s no offensive split or head-hanging with Watson on the sidelines. “It was just two talented quarterbacks on one team, that’s all it was,” Beasley said. “Cole’s going to lead us in the right direction.” The Tigers’ offense will face another top-10 defense in Boston College, coming off a 30-14 win at North Carolina State. Eagles coach Steve Addazio said Clemson has shown an ability to win on all sides of the ball. “This is a top, top caliber team coming in here,” he said. “They’re one of the elite teams in the country.”

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JASPER BENJAMIN Jasper Benjamin, 60, husband of Sandra Weary Benjamin, died on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, at his home. Born on Jan. 7, 1954, in Sumter County, he was a son of Holloman Gregg and Julia Benjamin. The family will be receiving friends and relatives at the home, 1052 Tupelo Lane, Apartment 2, Sumter. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

BEN OLIVER JR. Ben Oliver Jr., 87, died on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born on Aug. 3, 1927, in Clarendon County, he was a son of the late Ben Sr. and Susie Oliver. The family will receive friends at the home of his niece, Sadie Junious, 116 Clifton Road, Summerton. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Summerton Funeral Home LLC, (803) 485-3755.

HELEN PEARSON BISHOPVILLE — With sorrow we announce the passing of Helen Pearson, who passed away on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, in Charleston. The family is receiving friends at the home. Services are incomplete and will be announced later by New Life Funeral Services LLC of Bishopville.

SANDFORD CATO Sandford Cato, husband of Mildred Diane Cato, was born on March 21, 1949, in Mayesville, to the late Herbert and Henrietta J. Cato. He departed this earthly life on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center in Sumter. He attended the public schools of Sumter County School District 2, Mayesville Elementary and Eastern High School, graduating in 1967. After graduation, he attended Benedict College, majoring in history. Sandford enjoyed playing all sports. He excelled in basketball and played basketball on the college level at Benedict College. In October 1974, he was employed at the state Department of Social Services as a caseworker. In 2007, Sandford retired after 33 years of service. Sandford was a hard worker and took pride in helping others. Many people spoke highly of his personality and ability to help everyone that he could. He was a kind man, who was known for his smile, regardless of his condition or situation. He never complained. An awesome family man and provider, his family was the apple of his eye. He became a father figure to many of his nieces and nephews. Sandford accepted Christ at an early age and was a lifelong member of Ebenezer AME Church in Mayesville. He was past president of the Harvest Hope Food Bank Ministry, past Boy Scout of America Scout Master, member of the usher board, former trustee, male chorus and Sons of Allen. He leaves to cherish his memories: his wife, Mildred of the home; son, Troy Javon Cato of Sumter; three sisters, Annie Prioleau of New York, New York, Miriam (James) Steele of New York, New York, and Tonia (Manning) Gordon of Charlotte, North Carolina; two additional sisters, Mary L. (William) Mitchell of New York, New York, and Patricia Jefferson of Mayesville; four sisters-inlaw, Annie Hough of Sumter, Fannie Wilson of Columbia, Gwen Brailsford-Cato of Raleigh, North Carolina, and Mary Mickens Cato of Rembert; two additional brothersin-law, Jessie Watkins of Sumter and Lewis Watkins of Brooklyn, New York; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, relatives and friends. Public viewing will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. today at Job’s Mortuary. The body will be placed in the church at noon on Wednesday for viewing until

the hour of service. Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday at Ebenezer AME Church, 119 E. Sumter St., Mayesville, with Pastor Jon Black officiating, and Pastor Phillip Washington, eulogist. Interment will be held in Mayesville Cemetery. The family is receiving friends at the home, 712 WenLe Drive, Sumter. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements. Online memorials may be sent to the family at jobsmortuary@sc.rr.com or visit us on the web at www.jobsmortuary.net.

BETTY JANE E. RAY CAMDEN — Betty Jane Evans Ray, 77, widow of Lewis Ray, died on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014, at the home of her brother in Manning. Born in Camden, she was a daughter of the late Rev. Luther Claude Evans Sr. and Lessie Belle Bullock Evans. Mrs. Ray was a member of Southside Baptist Church and a former member of Emmanuel Baptist Church. She retired from the Kershaw County School District Food Service division. Survivors include one daughter, Libby Anderson (Joe) of Leesville; and one brother, L.C. Evans Jr. (Celeste) of Summerville. She was preceded in death by an infant son, Bobby Cook Jr.; one brother, Lennie C. “Buddy” Evans; and two sisters, Carol C. Leach and Joann White. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Wednesday at Emmanuel Baptist Church with the Rev. L.C. Evans Jr. officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2 to 3 p.m. on Wednesday at Emmanuel Baptist Church. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the service.

JANE B. WILSON MANNING — Jane Dean Bagnal Wilson, 83, wife of 61 years to John Joe Wilson, died on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital. Born on June 7, 1931, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, she was a daughter of the late Thomas Benjamin and Phonsa Perry Bagnal. She attended Salem College in Winston-Salem, where she was a member of the softball team. She was a violinist for the Philharmonic Orchestra in Winston-Salem, Atlanta and Florence. She was a secretary at Laurence Manning Academy with 38 years of service and she co-authored the alma mater for the school. She was awarded SCISA Administrative Assistant of the Year in 2007. She was a member of New Harmony Presbyterian Church, where she served as choir director and a member of the handbell choir. She

OBITUARIES was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and greatgrandmother. She is survived by her husband of Manning; two daughters, Perry Wilson Harris (Bill) of Summerville and Ann Wilson Jackson (Scott) of Manning; a son, John Joe Wilson Jr. (Gina) of Manning; nine grandchildren, Ana Hill (Jade), Jane Harris, Scott Jackson III (Jennifer), Cole Jackson, Perrin Jackson, Celia Wilson, Olivia Wilson, Macey Wilson and Joe Wilson III; and three greatgrandchildren, Ansley Hill, Allen Hill and Scott Jackson IV. The family would like to thank her caregivers, Raeford Lloyd, Landy Hawkins, Sadie Bryant, Tammy Brunson, Shameka Brunson, LeeAnn Dyson, Meronica Jackson, Chasity Coker and Abbie Moore. A funeral service will be held at 4 p.m. on Wednesday at New Harmony Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Dr. Gordon Reed officiating, assisted by the Rev. Michael Brown. Burial will follow in DuRant-New Harmony Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Joe Wilson Jr., Joe Wilson III, Scott Jackson Jr., Scott Jackson III, Cole Jackson, Bill Harris and Jade Hill. Honorary pallbearers will be men of the Covenant of New Harmony Presbyterian Church, Mike Lowder, Jeff Lowder, Dr. Spencer Jordan, Eugene Nalley and Eddie Talley. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Ann and Scott Jackson, 301 Old Georgetown Road, Manning. Memorials may be made to New Harmony Presbyterian Church, 1174 New Harmony Church Road, Alcolu, SC 29001 or to Laurence Manning Academy, P.O. Box 278, Manning, SC 29102. Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome. org

ABRAM MCDUFFIE Abram McDuffie, 60, died on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born on Jan. 31, 1954, in Sumter County, he was a son of Albert Colclough and Willimea Simon Franklin. The family is receiving friends and relatives at the home of his mother, 51 James Village, Apartment 18, Sumter. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

COLEMAN DENNIS Coleman Dennis, 93, died on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born on Dec. 23, 1920, in Sumter County, he was a son

THE SUMTER ITEM of Eugene and Annie Dennis. The family is receiving friends and relatives at the home of his son, James Dennis, 5410 McDaniel Road, Rembert. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

JAYVON DUKES MANNING — Infant Jayvon Dukes died on Monday, Oct. 13, 2014, at Manning Garden Apartments, Manning. He was born on June 28, 2014, in Manning, a son of Natasha Evans. The family is receiving friends at the home of his mother, Manning Garden Apartments 1-D, Manning. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

ADDIE MAE H. ROSE Addie Mae “Sweet” Hodge Rose, 88, widow of Charlie Rose, departed her earthly life on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014, at her home. She was born on June 16, 1926, in Clarendon County, a daughter of the late John and Mamie Butler Hodge. She received her education in the public schools of Clarendon County. She was a faithful member of New Bethel MB Church, where she served on several ministries. Survivors are her children, Joanne (Richard) Nathaniel, Louella Hannibal, Carrie Rosenburg and Clarence Rose, all of Sumter; two grandchildren raised in the home, Billy Rose of Sumter and Subrina Oliver of Austell, Georgia; 11 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; three great-great-greatgrandchildren; an aunt, Addie Rush; three sisters-inlaw, Bernice Hodge, Louise Hodge and Carrie Hodge; a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be held at noon today at New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Bradford Cemetery with the Rev. Willie Wright Jr., pastor, Minister Calvin Hastie, the Rev. Daniel Bennett and Pastor Linda Speed. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 548 S. Main St., Sumter. Online memorials can be sent to comfhltj@sc.rr.com. Community Funeral Home of Sumter is in charge of these arrangements.

DIANE LYNN MAILLARD Diane Lynn Maillard entered eternal rest on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. today at the Community Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Harry Clark. The family is receiving friends at 2150 Boulevard Road, Sumter. Online memorials can be sent to comfhltj@sc.rr.com.

Community Funeral Home of Sumter is in charge of these arrangements.

MARK A. FIORITTO Mark Anthony Fioritto, 54, died on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. Born in Euclid, Ohio, he was a son of Jerry Struckhoff and the late Joanne Sabin Struckhoff. He retired from the U.S. Air Force and was a Gulf War veteran. Survivors include his father, Jerry Struckhoff; a daughter, Brenda Krivejko of Sumter; two sons, Mark Fioritto Jr. of Altus, Oklahoma, and Timothy Fioritto of Sumter; a brother, Duaine Fioritto of Holly Springs, North Carolina; nine grandchildren; and a large extended family. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday in the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

SUSIE YOUNG MANNING — Susie Anna McKinney Young, widow of Willie “Bubba” Young, exchanged time for eternity on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital. Born on Nov. 15, 1928, in the Jordan community of Manning, she was a daughter of the late William and Margaret Bowman McKinney. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the residence, 12422 Raccoon Road, Bloomville community of Manning. Funeral services are incomplete and will be announced by Fleming & Delaine Funeral Home & Chapel.

WESTERN EPPS NEW ZION — Western “West” Epps, 85, died on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014, at the home of his sister, Pearlean Epps Lowery, 1162 527 Subdivision Road, New Zion. He was born on Jan. 2, 1929, in Alcolu, a son of the late Johnny and Hattie Abraham Epps. The family is receiving friends at the home of his sister. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

SAMMY KAYE BRYANT III Sammy Kaye Bryant III, age 22, beloved son of Sammy K. Bryant Jr. and Susan Rebecca McElveen, died on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014. Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter.

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LEGAL NOTICES Beer & Wine License Notice is hereby given that Hess Retail Operations LLC intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and off premises consumption of beer and wine at Hess #40238, 101 Broad Street, Sumter SC 29150. To object to the issuance of this permit/license written protest must be postmarked no later than October 16, 2014. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the same county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protests must be mailed to S.C. Department of Revenue, ABL SECTION, P.O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214-0907; or faxed to: (803) 896-0110.

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Estate Notice Sumter County

Abandoned Vehicle Notice:

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

The following vehicle was abandoned at J & J Towing, 965 Bethel Church Rd. Sumter, SC 29154. Described as a 1998 Honda Accord, VIN # 1HGEJ8242WL044026. Total Due for storage is $1,729.28 as of October 10, 2014 plus $35.00 per day thereafter. Owner is asked to call 803-506-4858If not claimed in 30 days. it will be turned over to the Magistrate's Office for public sale.

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014

Estate Notice Sumter County

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

Persons having claim against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the indicated Personal Representatives, appointed to administer these estates, and to file their claims on Form #371PC with the Probate Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or before the date that is eight months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, (unless previously barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), or such persons shall be forever barred as to heir claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements, indicating the name and the address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the amount claimed and the date when due, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Contractors may obtain bid documents by contacting the Architect: Jackson & Sims Architects, 7-1/2 South Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, 803-773-4329. Deposit for bid documents will be $50.00 (non-refundable). Electronic documents are available by request at jsarch@ftc-i.net. The Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held on Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at the site. Interested Bidder should enter thru Gate #5 - off of Stadium Road. The Owner will receive bids on Thursday, November 13, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at the Sumter School District Office, Conference Room, 1345 Wilson Hall Road, Sumter, SC, 803-469-6900.

Robert W. Campbell 4545 Camden Hwy. Dalzell, SC 29040 Estate: Edgar Dinkins #2014ES4300547 Personal Representative Wallace Edgar Dinkins 40 Spencer Lane Rembert, SC 29128 Estate:

David Richardson, Sr. #2014ES4300576 Frances Richardson 12 Mitchell Street Sumter, SC 29150

Personal Representative

Gwendolyn Walker Padmore C/O Daniel M. Bradley Attorney at Law PO Box 2061 Mt. Pleasant, SC 29465 Estate:

Brenda Robinson Brown 1030 Spaulding Avenue Sumter, SC 29150 Estate:

Estate:

Thelma L. Motes #2014ES4300557

Personal Representative

Calvin Motes 5 Odom Lane Wedgefield, SC 29168

Lawrence Benjamin #2014ES4300559

Personal Representative

Estate:

Willie Clark #2014ES4300561

Personal Representative

Annette Johnson 115 Apple Road Wedgefield, SC 29168

Cecil K. Sturkie #2014ES4300570

Personal Representative

Allison Snead Patrick 2791 Brownfield Way Sumter, SC 29150 Estate:

Helen H. DuBose #2014ES4300552 David DuBose 864 Twin Lakes Drive Sumter, SC 29154

Estate:

Horace D. Judy #2014ES4300558

Personal Representative

Annie H. Judy 3640 Furman Road Sumter, SC 29154 Estate:

Ruth Ellen Lancaster #2014ES4300569

Personal Representative

Carrie Mae Lancaster 344 Wildwood Avenue Sumter, SC 29154

The scope of work consists of: 1. Remove all grass, concrete curbing, etc., and install concrete paving as shown on site plan. 2. Provide for revisions as required to allow existing manhole to flush out with new concrete. 3. Install masonry screen wall around trash dumpster as shown on plans and elevation. 4. Build and install wooden doors as shown.

James A. Campbell #2014ES4300565

Personal Representative

Bid Notices

Sumter School District invites qualified contractors to offer Sealed Bids for a Dumpster Pad at Sumter High School, 2580 McCrays Mill Road, Sumter, South Carolina.

Estate:

Personal Representative

Estate: Mary Franklin Pressley #2014ES4300554

Personal Representative

Sumter School District Invitation For Bids IFB # 14-0019

Estate:

Bobby Allen Welch #2014ES4300550

Personal Representative

Robert Allen Welch 120 Gray Fox Court Sumter, SC 29154 Estate: Anna Louise A. Ward #2014ES4300548 Personal Representative Henry M. Ward 1751 Wardland Road Sumter, SC 29154

Estate: Julia Evans Frierson #2014ES4300545 Personal Representative William Robert Frierson, Jr. 9 Eastbourne Court Columbia, SC 29223 Estate:

Laura A. Klavon #2014ES4300571

Personal Representative

Wayne Graber 3510 Windham Road Sumter, SC 29154

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Estate: John Thomas Rogers #2014ES4300540 Personal Representative Kelly A. Niswonger C/O J. Cabot Seth Attorney at Law PO Box 1268 Sumter, SC 29151 Estate:

Marguerite Gregg Gardner #2014ES4300483 Personal Representative Charles H. Jackson C/O Jack W. Erter, Jr. Attorney at Law 126 North Main Street Sumter, SC 29150

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Sumter County School District reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive minor formalities in the bidding, and to award the contract to other than the lowest bidder if deemed to be in the best interest of the District.

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