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Members of Sumter Police Department and Sumter Fire Department prepare to enter an apparent meth lab behind a shopping center on Pinewood Road on Wednesday. Three people were arrested and charged with one count each of manufacturing methamphetamine.

3 booked in incident behind Pinewood Road shopping center

BY MATT BRUCE matthew@theitem.com Three people were arrested Wednesday after Sumter police discovered an apparent methamphetamine lab near Cane Savannah.

Marc Joseph Koehler, 35, of 1221 Black Walnut Drive, Sumter; Brittany Lee Gainey, 27, of 3885-B Peach Orchard Road, Dalzell; and Kelsey Ann Kellenbenz-Madon, 19, of 1149 Furman Drive, Sumter, were each booked on one count of manufacturing methamphetamine in connection with the incident. Authorities indicated the three suspects could face more charges stemming from Wednesday’s bust as the investigation continues.

Sumter police were called to Savannah Plaza along Pinewood Road just after 4 p.m. after reports of suspicious activity in a nearby wooded area. According to a Sumter Police Department spokesperson, officers encountered the suspects near a pond behind the plaza at the north end of

An officer walks a suspect, right, to a vehicle Wednesday evening. Three people were arrested after police found an apparent meth lab behind a shopping plaza along Pinewood Road. the shopping center. That’s where police found what officials termed as “chemicals believed to be used to

make methamphetamine.”

Investigators think the three suspects had a meth lab brewing when officers responded. Authorities noted they did not recover any forms of the drug in its fully cooked form.

A horde of emergency crews descended upon the scene and could be seen sifting through the area, apparently searching for traces of the drug. Crews from Sumter Fire Department, EMS and at least one emergency management officer responded to help decontaminate the area.

A throng of onlookers gathered to watch authorities work behind the north end of the shopping center.

Crews could be seen searching through plastic bags and fishing rods found in a nearby field.

Police department officials said police safely removed the suspected chemicals from the scene and noted there did not appear to be any environmental impact from the alleged cook site.

COLUMBIA — “My goal is very simple: I don’t want a fair fight.”

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham had that simple message for visitors to South Carolina State Museum in Columbia on Wednesday morning, where Lockheed Martin brought its touring F-35 Lightning II mobile cockpit demonstrator.

Graham and U.S. Reps. Joe Wilson and Mick Mulvaney all talked about the value the fifth-generation F-35 fighter jet holds tactically in the future of the military and where it now stands in production and distribution.

With technology yet unseen in warfare, the F-35 appears to be a key factor in making future fights much less even.

The model has stealth capabilities only available in one other plane, the F-22, giving it the capability to drive deep into hostile territory to neutralize enemy defenses. It also features a state-of-the-art helmet which costs roughly $40,000 and projects information on the visor. Pilots can use the helmet to toggle to night vision, and the helmet’s visor can take the feed from six cameras around the exterior of the plane to give them a 360-degree view of the area outside the plane. That means while pilots may be physically looking straight into the floor of the cockpit, their visor is showing them the area beneath the aircraft. These are just a few of the new advantages the plane will offer the military as the headliner of a new generation of aircraft.

Stephen Callaghan, the F-35 affairs director for Lockheed Martin, opened the event with updates on the status of testing and development as well

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Judge who will rule in same-sex case has Sumter ties disagree with federal judges who have ruled laws banning marriage between people of the same sex are Her caseload is full of prisunconstitutional? oners claiming wrongful Or will she do treatment, taxpayers comwhat many in plaining about the IRS and South Carolina workers alleging discriminaonce considered tion on the job. unimaginable and Hundreds of cases are pendfind in favor of ing before U.S. District Court CHILDS two women from Judge Juliana Michelle Lexington — a trooper and an Childs.

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The judge at the center of this decision has been described as a hard worker and a logical, methodical thinker, yet someone who retains the human touch.

“She has a wonderful mix of caring for others, but she’s also pretty analytical. That’s a rare combination,” said Hayne Hipp, the founder of Liberty Fellows, which selected Childs to take part in the intensive two-year learning program when she was a

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She was in the class of 2010, which meant that in April of that year she appeared before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee for a confirmation hearing for the federal judgeship. In June, she completed her final seminar for Liberty Fellows. And in August, she was sworn in as a federal judge.

She was 44, the mother of a 16-month-old daughter, wife of Sumter gastroenterologist Floyd Angus, a board member of a Columbia Catholic

school, a trustee with the ETV Endowment and the third woman to become a federal judge in South Carolina.

BECOMING A JUDGE The General Assembly made Childs a circuit court judge in 2006. Among the major cases she handled involved one of the largest armored car robberies in the United States.

She had been on the bench a year when six men robbed

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County extends financing plan for revitalization

BY JOE KEPLER joe@theitem.com Members of city government made the quick walk over to county council chambers Tuesday night to speak on behalf of an extension of a tax increment financing plan that has been used toward the redevelopment of the city’s downtown district.

The 15-year agreement is set to expire, and Mayor Joe McElveen came before council with the hope of not expanding the agreement but simply extending it.

“Revitalization of downtown is a long process; it takes 20 to 30 years,” McElveen said in his presentation. He referenced the leadership in Charleston that was in place during that area’s renaissance during the last four decades as well as Greenville’s expansion that started in a similar time.

“We’ve made an awful lot of progress in the last few years, and the big reason has been the agreement to do tax increment financing.”

While he spoke, a slideshow presented projects funded under TIF, including but not limited to Brody Pavilion and its parking lot, the Main Street courtyard, the Opera House park and parking lots on Hampton

Avenue and around Liberty Center.

“Sometimes it’s easy to forget how things were just a short time ago,” McElveen added. “Our downtown is transformed in a period of about 15 years. It’s almost unrecognizable to people who have come back here after being gone for a while. It’s getting better every day, but we need to go to the next phase. We believe the best way to do that is to continue this tax increment financing.”

District 4 councilman Charles Edens, who was on council in 1999 when TIF was first agreed to, said he is happy with what has been accomplished with the money in the 15 years since.

“All of us are Sumterites, and we have all been witness to see the growth and improvements downtown since we first started with all this,” he said. “Like the mayor said, we still have a way to go, but if you look at what we’ve done so far, you can see already where it’s going.”

Council unanimously approved the request.

Council also gave first reading and resolution approval to the incentive package that will be offered to Apex Tool Group. The company is investing $20 million toward expansion, with

IN OTHER COUNTY COUNCIL BUSINESS • In the council’s fiscal, tax and property meeting, action was taken on the Shiloh Water System extension project. County administrator Gary Mixon said funding for the project is $34,331 short, and money will be taken out of the infrastructure fund to make up the difference.

The project will provide five additional miles to the existing system.

• A third reading was given to the rezoning of a 27.9-acre parcel of land on the east side of North Kings Highway and the south side of Meeting House Road. The new zone will be residential, allowing for the construction of a 49-home subdivision in the lot known as Ellerbe Estates, which used to be a mobile home park.

• Council approved an ordinance authorizing the sale by auction of land that was given to the county by Wells Fargo bank. The foreclosed land will now be sold on GovDeals.com.

• Council approved an amendment to the master agreement governing Kershaw-Sumter County Industrial Park. Kershaw County Council plans to bring Weylchem U.S. Inc. to the industrial park.

Under the agreement, Sumter County would receive one percent of all taxes collected from the chemical company, which operates in Germany, France and Italy along with the U.S. It operates out of Elgin currently.

• A pair of ordinances regarding transfer of land were given first reading. A 1.53-acre parcel of land was deeded to the county from Au’some LLC. The second ordinance authorizes the transfer of 1.5 acres from county control to the adjoining property owner. Both passed unanimously.

• A third reading was given to an ordinance that aims to amend the term lengths and limits to consecutive terms for members of boards and commissions in the county. It states that after a member’s first two terms, he or she may serve ad infinitum but must have every ensuing term be approved by a super majority vote of county council (five members). The boards and commissions can still make initial appointments independently from council. The reading was passed unanimously.

$7.5 million going toward the existing building and $12.5 in new machinery and equipment, according to county attorney Johnathan Bryan. He added that only the new machinery and equipment is subject to the incen-

tives, as the original building has already been taxed. Council unanimously passed a resolution for a binding agreement, then a first reading of the ordinance.

Council will meet again on Oct. 28.

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Wilson Hall seniors pick up trash on Missouri Street off East Fulton Street on Wednesday. The seniors have made a class goal to volunteer 55 hours of community service per person. Along with trash pickup, the students also visit nursing homes and help other local organizations such as Habitat for Humanity.

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Woman arrested after she reportedly stabbed victim One woman was hospitalized and another arrested after a stabbing Monday at a Sumter gas station.

Kendra Bennett, 23, of 4100 Broad St. was charged with second-degree assault and battery in connection with the incident.

According to a Sumter Police Department report, the alleged stabbing occurred about 12:30 Monday afternoon in the parking lot of Frederick’s Citgo, 283 S. Guignard Drive.

Police encountered the victim, a 28-year-old Sumter woman, and her boyfriend at the foot of the bridge along Manning Avenue. The woman’s boyfriend told officers that Bennett, who he identified as his exgirlfriend, stabbed the victim during a fight at the gas station.

He said the suspect approached his vehicle wielding what appeared to be a nail file, trying to puncture the tires.

When the victim got out of the car and tried to stop her, the two began fighting, and Bennett reportedly cut the victim.

The woman suffered a small cut to the right hand and several cuts to the left side of her body, the report noted.

Help cancer support shop with restaurant purchases If you stop by a Sumter Chick-fil-A on Friday, the code words are “Pink Ribbon.”

By using this phrase, a portion of your purchase will go to help The Boutique, Tuomey Healthcare System’s free cancer support shop. It provides wigs, hats, scarves and other accessories to patients undergoing cancer treatments.

The two locations are 1170 Broad St. and inside Sumter Mall, 1057 Broad St., Suite 7.

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Senior class sets service goal for year back to the community and hope they continue to do it after high school,” Rector said.

More than 60 seniors were involved and will continue throughout the school year to give back to the Sumter community in different ways. Rector and Hyatt said the seniors will do two group projects this year but are also responsible for doing their own individual community service. Senior class president Simmons deHoll said as a class, they have decided to serve 55 community service hours per student, or more than 3,400 community service hours, during their senior year. deHoll said she knows many of her fellow classmates will go way beyond the required hours, but it is a group goal that was important for them all to work toward together.

“Picking up trash in the community is a way to try to give back in a different way,” said senior Gigi Moore. “A lot of what we’re doing for community service involves working with people and children, but we’re first starting by helping

BY RAYTEVIA EVANS ray@theitem.com In their final year of high school and before they all go their separate ways, senior class students at Wilson Hall will work toward reaching their class community service goal. As part of that goal, the seniors — along with some of the faculty and staff and parents — picked up trash on some of the worst-littered streets in the Sumter community Wednesday morning.

Guidance counselor and coordinator for the trash pick-up service project Elizabeth Hyatt said they spoke with a representative at Clemson Extension about the areas that needed the most attention.

Coach and community service coordinator Glen Rector said one of the school’s goals is to instill in the students to give back to their communities.

“One of our goals is to get our students involved in community projects. We’re trying to set the mindset that it’s important to give

clean up where people live.”

Walker Ard said the senior class goal brings them together as a class, and deHoll said it creates a bond as well. Ard said without it, he and some of his classmates would probably be unsure how to go about volunteering.

“It definitely brings us together because not everyone would do it or would know when they’d have time.

I know I wouldn’t know where to start,” Ard said.

Hyatt said Clemson Extension also helped them with Wednesday’s trash pickup by providing all the supplies they needed to complete their task. The students and other volunteers picked up trash along Loring Mill Road, Missouri Street, Market Street and Community Drive with police escorts for safety.

Throughout the year, the students will do their own individual community service projects to reach their goal, including visiting nursing homes and John K. Crosswell Home for Children and helping with local organizations such as YMCA and Habitat for Humanity.

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Superintendent candidates to participate in Sumter forum

BY RAYTEVIA EVANS ray@theitem.com Sumter School District Teacher Forum is once again bringing potential education representatives to the Sumter community. The organization will host a second Meet the Candidates event for the three candidates for state superintendent of education in the Crestwood High School Fine Arts Center at 6 p.m. today.

This week’s event, like last week’s

debate for the candidates for Sumter School District board of trustees, is sponsored by Palmetto State Teachers Association, South Carolina Education Association, District 13 of the South Carolina PTA and Sumter Schools Education Association.

The organization will host a representative for Molly Spearman (Republican), Tom Thompson (Democrat) and Ed Murray (American) to give the local community more of an idea of the candidates’ experiences in education and what their plans

are if elected. Because of a death in the family, Spearman’s staff confirmed she will be unable to attend the event.

Kevin Ireland of Sumter Living will serve as moderator for the event.

During the forum, Teacher Forum will provide information on each candidate for the audience and provide them with a chart to jot down their thoughts and the candidates’ stances on various issues on education in South Carolina. The candidates will have the opportunity to

discuss their platforms and possibly respond to a few questions from the audience which have been submitted to Teacher Forum.

Those interested in joining the conversation by posting comments and questions can follow the event on Twitter using #sumtercandidatesforum.

The event is free and open to the public, and those in attendance will also have the opportunity to speak with the candidates during the reception that will follow.

World Communion Sunday

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The Rev. Janie McElwee-Smith, associate pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Sumter, pours water during the World Communion Sunday celebration held Oct. 5 at Patriot Hall. Seventeen Sumter and Clarendon churches came together to worship, and the event was open to the public.

Goodwill Presbyterian Church Liturgical Dance Group members, above right, shape cloth into a cross toward the end of their performance. Children and youth participated in many aspects of the celebration.

Grey Holler, right, prepares to play the bagpipes at World Communion Sunday. Though the event was free, an offering was received.

POLICE BLOTTER CHARGES A Sumter man arrested Tuesday faces multiple charges stemming from a string of vehicle and residential break-ins that reportedly occurred earlier this month. James McBride, 19, of 230 E. Emerald Lake Drive, was charged with first-degree burglary, breaking into motor vehicle, two counts of petit larceny and possession of a stolen vehicle. According to a news release from Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, McBride was allegedly among a group involved in multiple vehicle break-ins and thefts Oct. 2. Deputies indicate that’s when the man had a 1996 Ford Ranger pickup with a stolen tag in the East Emerald Lake subdivision. The truck, valued at $3,000, had reportedly been stolen from a local car dealership between Sept. 25 and 26. Deputies captured McBride near the vehicle and also recovered several stolen tools in its loading bed. Investigators allege McBride and a group of others broke into a home in the 300 block of East Emerald Lake Drive the day of his arrest and stole items valued at $170. They also reportedly stole about $150 in items from a car parked in the same block that night and made off with $275 worth of stolen items after breaking into two homes in the 200 block of East Emerald Lake Drive.

According to a news release, victims of the breakins identified several of the items as stolen. McBride’s bond was denied by a summary court judge on the burglary charge Wednesday.

STOLEN PROPERTY About $830 in fraudulent

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A student’s iPhone valued at $500 was reportedly stolen between 2:45 and 3 p.m. on Sept. 30 at Alice Drive Middle School, 40 Miller Road.

DAMAGED PROPERTY A pair of vehicles in the 600 block of Flamingo Road were reportedly vandalized and sustained a total

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F-35 FROM PAGE A1 as the financial climate surrounding the project.

“We’re well on our way to completing development and tests. We’ve flown over 15,000 sorties, 20,000 flight hours and have delivered over 100 airplanes to customers,” said Callaghan, who is himself a retired Navy pilot. He added that the U.S Marine Corps has already taken the plane to USS Wasp and the Air Force has been training with the jet down at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. The Navy will be conducting aircraft carrier testing on USS Nimitz in the coming weeks, another important step for a jet that is highly valued for its ability to hover and land vertically.

One of the biggest hurdles for the F-35 is the cost per unit, and Callaghan announced more positive news on the matter. Costs are down 55 percent from the first round of planes built, and he added that if current support continues by 2018, the cost of the F-35A, the Air Force’s model of the fighter, would be at or below $85 million per plane. While the price tag remains high, Callaghan said that the cost is “about the same cost of a fourth-generation airplane that the F-35 is replacing.”

Fourth-generation is a classification given to jets in service from 1980 to the present day and includes active models such as the F-15, F-16 and F-18.

While the costs are down, concern remains about how an uncertain defense budget could affect pricing in the future. Graham said with sequestration that is set to begin in 2016, the defense budget would be slashed.

That would jeopardize the amount of planes purchased and the timeline of when they would actually be delivered. He said that he hopes to make cuts in other arenas to save money. If the original order of 2,400 planes is put

JUDGE FROM PAGE A1 an armored vehicle at a Columbia gas station. It was carrying an unusually large amount of money — $18 million — and it was highly unconventional for a vehicle carrying that much money to stop for gas. Two of the men arrested were employees of Express Teller. They made off with $9.8 million.

When law enforcement arrested them about a week after the robbery, $2.7 million was recovered. All but one, who was charged with a lesser crime, pleaded guilty and were sentenced by Childs to between 25 and 30 years in prison.

Four years later, she was chosen by President Obama for a seat on U.S. District Court, a lifetime appointment.

She filled the seat previously held by G. Ross Anderson Jr., who took senior status, a form of semi-retirement for federal judges. Four federal district judges have been appointed to the South Carolina District, and Childs remains the youngest, at 48.

“She (has) risen really far in a short time, and that’s not by chance,” said Naki Richardson-Bax, who worked as Childs’ law clerk in the first year of her state judgeship.

“She worked hard and did it well and was always willing to learn something.”

THE CASE The same-sex lawsuit in South Carolina was originally to be handled by U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Anderson. But several weeks after he was assigned, Anderson recused himself because as a member of the board of the Boy Scout Council in the Midlands region he voted to allow gay members but not gay scoutmasters.

He said one of the plaintiffs was a scoutmaster and had to be removed. Although he said he could have been fair in the case, his association with the Boy Scouts could give the ap-

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Sen. Lindsey Graham takes a seat in the F-35 simulator and receives instruction from Lockheed Martin’s simulator instructor Craig Dalle. The simulator allows for specific “missions” to be played out so that participants can get an idea of the next-generation fighter’s capabilities. in jeopardy, the price per unit would go up dramatically.

“If we don’t replace the budget cuts required under sequestration for our defense, we’re going to have the smallest Navy since 1915, the smallest Air Force in modern history and 420,000 people in the Army, the smallest since 1940,” Graham said. “That, to me, is insane. We’re in conflicts all over the world right now. The worst signal we could send our enemies is that we’re going on the cheap when it comes to defense.”

The timeline of delivery is of interest to Shaw Air Force Base, which holds a fleet of F-16s that would ideally be turned over in favor of the F-35. There is still no timetable for it, but national leaders are keeping the base in

the forefront of their mind.

“I have an interest at two different levels in seeing the airplane delivered in a timely fashion: No. 1 is it has a dramatic impact on the cost; if you continue to buy these in drips and drizzles the cost gets very high,” Mulvaney said. “Buying at a faster rate also makes sure that Shaw gets them sooner rather than later. We want the airplane there.”

Graham echoed that opinion and added an encouraging benefit to the future arrival of the F-35.

“If we get the F-35 to replace the F-16 at Shaw, it means it’s probably BRAC proof,” Graham said, referring to the Base Realignment and Closure commission which holds the power to close military bases across the country. “It means that the base is going to survive

for the rest of the century because it has the hottest thing in the inventory.”

Retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. William “Dutch” Holland, who is the executive director of the Shaw-Sumter Partnership for Progress, was at the event and said he was happy to hear Graham say that but added that “to say that any one thing would make an installation ‘BRAC proof’ is an overstatement.

Not to say what the senator said is wrong, but I’m always concerned, and I can never take my eye off the BRAC process.”

The BRAC issue aside, Graham said that he is looking to always keep Shaw in F-35 discussions because of its importance not only to the U.S. military, but also to the region as an economic entity.

“Shaw is central to the

pearance that he could not be impartial.

The case was assigned to Childs last October. Attorneys have until Oct. 23 to file motions asking for the case to be set aside. There’s a 14day deadline for responses and then another week for the response to the response.

Childs issued the schedule Tuesday morning. Earlier this year, Childs put a hold on the case while the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals was considering a similar case in Virginia. In July, the Appeals Court ruled that the ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, and last week the Supreme Court declined to review the ruling.

At that point, Childs lifted the stay to get the South Carolina case underway.

Katherine Bradacs and

Tracie Goodwin, a Lexington couple who were married in Washington, D.C., filed the lawsuit last year. They claim they are being irreparably harmed, financially and emotionally, by the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.

South Carolina does not recognize marriages performed in other jurisdictions.

South Carolina’s marriage law was amended in 1996 to prohibit marriage between same-sex couples, and the ban was added to the state constitution in 2007 after a referendum.

In their lawsuit, Bradacs, a South Carolina state trooper, and Goodwin, a U.S. Air Force veteran who is 80 percent disabled, say they are harmed financially because some 1,000 federal benefits, privileges and responsibilities are based on marital sta-

tus. In addition, their family is stigmatized by the ban, the lawsuit says.

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson and Gov. Nikki Haley, the defendants in the case, denied all assertions. Wilson’s answer also says the couple’s marriage was not performed in a state and that they lack standing to make claims for other same-sex couples.

Childs’ order on Tuesday noted that the court may rule on any motion without holding a hearing.

THOUGHTS ON RULINGS Earlier this year, Childs told Law360, a website that covers federal courts and lawsuits against major companies, among other legal news, that when she writes rulings she is aware that she is writing for the world, not

economy of Sumter County and that region, and I think it is a good location for the Department of Defense because the community is so friendly,” Graham said. “I’m trying to make sure that Shaw and McEntire (Joint National Guard Base) are high in the rotation when it comes to replace the F-16 with the F-35.”

The F-35 project doesn’t just hold the promise of future benefits for Sumter and the state as a whole; it is already paying dividends through its development process. Callaghan explained that the F-35 project uses six different suppliers and 135 employees in South Carolina alone, providing the state with an economic impact of $48 million that can only grow as the project progresses.

Craig Dalle, a former Navy pilot who now serves as Lockheed Martin’s simulator instructor, enjoyed the chance to give those politicians who are deciding the future of the program a tangible experience to see just what they are working toward. The simulator is made from an actual F-35 cockpit, all the way up to the actual ejection seat taken from the first test craft used. A gallery of big-screen TVs in front of the simulator add to its immersive value.

“I think it’s great to have people in decision-making positions that understand the full capabilities, not just what’s been reported to them,” said Dalle, who flew F-14 and F-18 aircraft in his time as a Navy pilot. “They physically get in here and see it because a lot of times there are ‘a-ha’ moments. In the long run, sitting down and seeing the full capabilities is a lot better than just hearing them.”

While F-16s and other aircraft are fighting forces ISIS, a different fight continues in the nation’s capitol. It is one that makes sure that any future conflicts will be a lot less “fair” thanks to the F-35.

for the lawyers or people involved in the case.

That harkens back to her confirmation hearing when U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein told her and the other three people seeking federal appointments that she sees the federal court system as the best in the world.

“It’s where the rubber meets the road,” Feinstein said. She said because it is a lifetime position — a judge can only be impeached — that brings with it enormous responsibility.

Childs told Law360 her goal is to convince the public the court is open and staffed by public servants.

“In many ways, I’ve looked at my job as trying to bring some truth to that old joke: I’m from the government, and I’m here to help,” she said.

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Amid Ebola fear, West Africans in U.S. try to help PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — When a friend called Togar Johnson from a bus stop last month to ask for a lift, Johnson made what he considered a difficult but prudent decision: He said no.

The friend had recently returned to the United States from Ebolaravaged Liberia, and Johnson thought contact with him was just too risky. Even if it had been Johnson’s own flesh and blood, the most he would have offered was cash — enough to stay at a hotel for 21 days, the incubation period of the deadly virus.

“I would not accept them,” Johnson said when asked what he would do if his daughter or grandchild had placed the same call. “They have to be isolated.”

As West Africans who have made their home in the United States watch the infection kill thousands half a world away, they are struggling to help far-off family and friends. In cities such as Minneapolis, Philadelphia, New York, Providence and Long Beach, California, they are praying, collecting donations and buying medical supplies for their countrymen.

At the same time, many West Africans in this country are afraid of what those same loved ones could bring to their doorsteps. They are trying to strike a balance between their longstanding tradition of hospitality — opening their arms to new arrivals — and their fear of infection.

Those fears intensified after the first person diagnosed with Ebola

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A woman steps out of a grocery store Oct. 8 in a West African community in Philadelphia with a poster advertising an Ebola awareness movie. Across the country, West African communities are struggling with ways to help far-off family and friends, while fearing what those same loved ones could bring to their doorsteps. in the U.S., Thomas Eric Duncan, died last week in Dallas. During the weekend, authorities disclosed that a Dallas nurse who treated the Liberian man had contracted Ebola, too, in the first known case of the virus being transmitted in the U.S. A second Dallas hospital worker who provided care for the patient has also tested positive for the disease, officials said Wednesday.

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One man who spoke at an association meeting last week said he would welcome someone who had been to Liberia into his home, but he would give the visitor separate dishes and silverware. Some said they would feel comfortable accepting guests. But Liberian community leader Daniel Gould said he just couldn’t do it.

“I’m a caring, loving person. All Liberians are,” he said. “But I can’t take that chance.”

DALLAS (AP) — Officials said the yearold King Charles Spaniel belonging to the Dallas nurse hospitalized with Ebola has been given comfortable bedding, toys and other items to entertain him while he stays at a decommissioned naval air base.

City spokeswoman Sana Syed said Tuesday that Bentley is staying in the former residence of the executive officer at the decommissioned Hensley Field, which is owned by the city.

Bentley was moved Monday from nurse Nina Pham’s apartment to his new home, where he’ll be monitored.

Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said city officials vowed to do everything in their power to care for Pham’s beloved pet.

There was an uproar in Spain after Madrid authorities euthanized a dog belonging to a nursing assistant sickened by Ebola.

Authorities were concerned the dog might be harboring the virus.

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The Rev. Steve Holler, the newest pastor at Trinity United Methodist Church, started serving the Sumter congregation June 29.

A fourth-generation pastor is now serving Trinity United Methodist Church.

“I knew very early on I was headed into ministry,” said the Rev. Steve Holler. “I saw the harder side of church. I would hear about the conflicts. My father would be away late at meetings, or phone calls would take him away. So that wasn’t the church so much as me missing my dad. Once I moved beyond that and saw the church taking on people on the edges in poverty situations, reaching across the globe and the street, I definitely knew pulpit ministry was for me.”

The now 57-year-old officially became the leader of the Sumter congregation on June 29 and has now been in ministry for 32 years. Before coming to town, he spent the last five years at Trinity United Methodist Church in Spartanburg.

“It makes this church’s name easy to remember,” Holler joked. “Five years is fairly typical. They are encouraging longer appointments. Early in our history, John Wesley only wanted us at a place a year or two. He thought if we got to know the people, we might compromise the Gospel. We realize now that it allows us to live a better witness of the Gospel among them, so we’re encouraged to stay as long as we’re effective.”

For 10 years he served as a chaplain in the United States

Army, and his last post was at Shaw Air Force Base 20 years ago, Holler said.

“As an Air Force chaplain, I have lived all over the world,” he said. “But my heart is very much in South Carolina. There are certain charms you will not find anywhere else.”

He is married to Sissy Holler, and the couple have a 25-year-old daughter, Carrie Beth, of Spartanburg.

“I’m very happy to be back in Sumter,” Holler said. “It was an important part of my life before, and it is again.”

From gift cards and food to a special stole decorated with hand prints from the church’s children and socials put on by Sunday schools, the congregation has gone out of it’s way to make sure Holler and his wife have had a good reception.

“This church has just welcomed us with open arms,” he said. “It’s been awesome. They tried to make the transition as easy as possible because they know what its like to move to a community and know no one.

That’s their heart. That’s what they want to do not just for our family of parishioners, but for the community.”

Holler has a passion for outreach that meshes well with the Sumter Trinity United Methodist.

“People want to worship by doing,” he said. “They want to pray with their feet and hands.

This generation is very spiritual, but they’re not very interested in the institutional church. You can invite them,

but church is the last place they want to be. But if you say, ‘hey, we’re having a patriotic concert around July 4 with the choir performing,’ you have a chance to get them to walk in the door, not as though they have a target on their back, but to show we care about them and want to make a genuine, positive difference in their lives. It’s about sharing the love of Christ that has been shared with us so many times.”

To that end, they have planned some local missions for next year as well as a drama ministry. They are also taking a closer look at the playground area.

“We want young families or grandparents with grandchildren to know we have a place for them,” Holler said. “We want them to know that we’re thinking of them before they walk in.

“I told the parishioners if they did everything they did for me for the people around them, ‘you would have more people to care for than you could do’ just by taking gift cards to people saying ‘I appreciate what you’re doing’ or showing up when someone is having a hard time with a card to a gas station or a place to eat. Or what if we adopted a business and took them a meal once a week just to say ‘we care about you?’ The message that would send would be nothing less than that we find every way to share the story of faith.”

versary at 6 p.m. * Saturday, Nov. 8 — Funfest celebration / 140th anniversary at 11 a.m.

Promise Land, and more. Bring a bag of canned food.

CHURCH NEWS Agape Outreach Ministries, 328 W. Liberty St., announces: * Friday-Sunday, Oct. 31-Nov. 2 — Fourth pastoral / church anniversary celebration as follows: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Pastor Wand Barnett will speak; 6 p.m. Saturday, gospel concert at 6 p.m. featuring Frankie L. Smalls and the Gospel King as well as the Spiritual Caravans; and 3 p.m. Sunday, Bishop Dr. Casandra Smith will speak.

ALIVE Praise & Worship Center, 342 W. Liberty St., announces: * Thursday-Sunday, Oct. 23-26 — Word and Worship Conference as follows: 7 p.m. Thursday, Pastor James Goodman will speak; 7 p.m. Friday, Apostle Tommy Frederick will speak; 6 p.m. Saturday, evening of praise, worship and thanksgiving; and 4 p.m. Sunday, Pastor Sammie Simmons will speak.

Bethesda Church of God, 2730 Broad St., announces: * Saturday, Nov. 1 — Relay for Life craft fair “Crafts for a cure” 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Briggs Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, 7135 Wash Davis Road, Summerton, announces: * Sunday — Friends and family day at 3 p.m.

Canaan Missionary Baptist Church, 774 Douglas Ave., announces: * Sunday, Oct. 26 — Fifth pastoral anniversary celebration for Pastor Jerome and Evangelist Patricia Sumter at 3:30 p.m. * Friday, Oct. 31 — Trunk for Treats at 6 p.m.

Chapel Hill Baptist Church, 8749 Old Highway Six, Santee, announces: * Sunday — The Lord’s Supper will be observed at 10 a.m. * Sunday, Oct. 26 — “Pink Sunday” will be observed for breast cancer awareness at 10 a.m.

Clark United Methodist Church, 2980 U.S. 401 N., Oswego Highway, announces: * Sunday — Homecoming will be held at 3 p.m.

Concord Baptist Church, 1885 Myrtle Beach Highway, announces: * Saturday — Gospel concert at 6 p.m. featuring Believers Quartet, Men of Faith and Dennis Benton. * Saturday, Oct. 25 — Fall festival 4-8 p.m. featuring carnival games, hayride, music, food and more.

Corinth Missionary Baptist Church, 25 Community St., announces: * Saturday — Rainbow tea at 4 p.m. Tickets are $10.

Dalzell United Methodist Church, 3330 Black River Road, Dalzell, announces: * Saturday — Holiday bazaar will be held 9 a.m.-2 p.m. featuring vendors selling everything from Christmas crafts to warm winter scarves, dazzling jewelry and artwork. A silent auction will also be held and “Trash n’ Treasure.”

Have lunch at the Rockin’ Faith Café. * Friday, Oct. 31 — Community Halloween trunk-or-treat at 6 p.m.

Full Proof Deliverance Ministry, 2758 S.C. 341 S., Olanta, announces: * Saturday, Oct. 25 — “A King’s Man” men’s conference will be held 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at Kingdom Life International Ministries, 404 Broad St. Grace Cathedral Ministries Inc., 60 Oswego Road, announces: * Tuesdays and Thursdays, Oct. 28-Nov. 13 — Orders for One Harvest Food Ministries are being accepted 4-7p.m. at the church or you may view the program and packages as well as place your order online at www.oneharvest. com by 11:50 p.m. Nov. 16.

Howard Chapel AME Church, 6338 Old Manning Road, New Zion, announces: * Saturday — Hospitality pageant at 6:30 p.m. * Sunday — Church anniversary celebration. Elder Timothy Howard will speak at 11 a.m. and the Rev. Davie Brown will speak at 3 p.m.

Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church, 803 S. Harvin St., announces: * Sunday, Oct. 26 — Unity Day worship service at 7:45 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.

Kingdom M-Pact Worship Center, 24 Council St., announces: * Wednesday-Friday, Oct. 22-24 — Bounce Back Revolution II at 7 nightly.

Land Flowing with Milk & Honey Ministry, 1335 Peach Orchard Road, announces: * Saturday — Women of Exertion Conference 2014 “Hear the Command.” Registration 8-8:30 a.m. with workshops 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Pastor Dorothy Maple and Evangelist Tonya Mack will serve as morning facilitators. Prophetess Rose Summers will speak at 6 p.m.

Macedonia Fire Baptized Holiness Church, 9788 Silver Road, Silver community, Manning, announces: * Sunday, Oct. 26 — Seventh pastoral anniversary at 3 p.m.

New Hope AME Church, 18808 Panola Road, Pinewood, announces: * Saturday — Free health screenings of cholesterol, glucose and blood pressure from 8 to 11 a.m.

Manning United Methodist Church, 17 E. Rigby St., Manning, announces: * Through Oct. 31 — The pumpkin patch will be open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Monday through Friday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday.

New Israel Missionary Baptist Church, 5330 Old Camden Highway, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday — The Lord’s Supper will be observed at 1 p.m. * Sunday, Oct. 26 — “Pink Sunday” will be observed for breast cancer awareness at 10 a.m.

Maranatha Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 314 W. Huggins St., Manning, announces: * Saturday — Community guest day service at 9:30 a.m. with divine service at 11 a.m.

New Salem Baptist Church, 2500 W. Oakland Ave., announces: * Saturday, Oct. 25 — Fall festival 3-6 p.m. with games, prizes and food. Children need to be accompanied by an adult.

Mount Carmel Freewill Baptist Church, 207 Reardon St., Manning, announces: * Sunday — Second pastoral anniversary of Elder Rhonda B. Keels at 4 p.m.

New Start Community Church of the Nazarene, 4686 J.W. Rhames Road, Manning, announces: * Saturday, Nov. 1 — Horse show with sharing the gospel for children and families at 3 p.m.

Mount Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, 5918 S.C. 260, Manning, announces: * Sunday, Oct. 26 — Gospel choir ministry’s anniversary program will be held at 3 p.m.

Orangehill AME Church, 3035 S. King Highway, Wedgefield, announces: * Saturday — One night sing out revival at 4 p.m.

Mount Moriah United Methodist Church, 1379 Swimming Pen Road, Mayesville, announces: * Sunday, Oct. 26 — 44th annual homecoming, celebrating 138 years, at 2 p.m.

Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 325 Fulton St., announces: * Sunday — Deacon / Deaconess anniversary worship at 10:45 a.m. * Sunday, Oct. 26 — Mass choir anniversary worship at 10:45 a.m.

Pinewood Baptist Church, S.C. 261, Pinewood, announces: * Wednesday, Oct. 29 — Community fall festival in the gym 6-8 p.m. for ages birth to 18. There will be games, prizes, food and an old-fashioned country store.

Adult chaperones need to accompany children. Call (803) 452-5373 or visit www.pinewoodbaptist. org.

Providence Baptist Church, 2445 Old Manning Road, announces: * Monday, Oct. 20 — Widow’s luncheon at 11 a.m.

Mulberry Missionary Baptist Church, 1400 Mulberry Church Road, announces: * Sunday, Oct. 26 — Homecoming worship service at 10:45 a.m.

Quinn Chapel AME Church, 2400 Queen Chapel Road, announces: * Sunday — 26th anniversary of the adult choir at 4 p.m.

New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, 3249 U.S. 15 S., announces: * Saturday — Senior celebration / 140th anniversary at 3 p.m. * Saturday, Nov. 1 — Friends and family celebration / 140th anni-

Sheppard Ministries, 8490 Two Mile Road, Lynchburg, announces: * Friday — Benefit singing and pounding at 7 p.m. at Shiloh Pentecostal Holiness Church, 240 Myrtle Beach Highway, featuring the Sims Family, Carla Stone,

St. James AME Church, 180 W. Fulton Manning Road, Pinewood, announces: * Sunday — Calendar tea at 2 p.m.

St. James United Methodist Church, 720 Broad St., announces: * Sunday, Oct. 26 — Women’s Day program at 11 a.m.

St. John Baptist Church, 3944 Brewer Road, Manning, announces: * Sunday, Oct. 26 — Appreciation program for the Rev. Ruth Pugh at 4 p.m.

St. Jude Catholic Church, 611 W. Oakland Ave., announces: * Saturday, Nov. 1 — The 75th anniversary of the church will be celebrated as follows: 4 p.m., social hour, library; 5 p.m., mass at the church; and 6:30 p.m. reception at 22 Council St. St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, 27 Broad St., announces: * Saturday — Indoor yard sale 7 a.m.-noon with such items as furniture, clothing, household goods, and more.

St. Paul AME Church, 835 Plowden Mill Road, announces: * Saturday — Youth explosion at 2 p.m. On the program: New Delegation of Elliott; Morris College Gospel Choir; dance and mime ministries; and more. * Sunday — Youth day service / pastor’s aide day at 10 a.m.

Taw Caw Missionary Baptist Church, 1130 Granby Lane, Summerton, announces: * Sunday — Deacon’s anniversary celebration during 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. services. Ordination services will also be held at 11 a.m. for Deacon-elect Willie Jackson and Deaconess-elect Linda Jackson.

Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, 155 Wall St., announces: * Sunday — 105th church anniversary events: 10 a.m., family and friends worship experience, the Rev. Milton Biggham will speak; and 5 p.m., concert featuring gospel recording artist the Rev. Milton Biggham and the Georgia Mass Chair. * Sunday, Oct. 26 — 105th church anniversary culminating service at 10 a.m.

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Choosing to do the right thing will earn you divine praise

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am is the type of man who barely made a blip on his employer’s radar. A quiet, honest man, Sam dutifully went about his work producing quiet, honest results on a regular basis. That is, until he was asked by said employer to fudge the numbers on a report, a move that would create added income for his company and the opportunity to gain favor with the powers that be. It would be just this once, they said.

But Sam, a man made of outstanding moral fiber and a devout member of the faith community, declined the so-called opportunity, deciding instead to hold to his convictions.

Sam told his employer that he would not play party to the company’s scheme. He would not compromise his spiritual integrity.

Then it happened. Absolutely nothing. Sam’s employers moved on to the next employee willing to do their dirty work. Sam was neither promoted nor fired.

He continued on with his work and life without some grandiose

recognition of his decision.

Anticlimactic, right? Not the ending you were hoping for, I would guess. Personally I would have rewritten that ending so that Sam was eventually promoted to CEO and implemented a faith-based ethics program that influenced the future administrative practices of companies everywhere.

We all like when the good guy wins, gets the girl and serves justice on a clearly identifiable bad guy.

But more often Faith Matters than not, life doesn’t JAMIE H. pan out that way.

WILSON We aren’t always praised and rewarded for making the decisions that honor our creator because those stories aren’t, as far as general interest goes, remarkable.

Who wants to read about the football star who refused to practice on Sunday and then didn’t go on to

‘If you find yourself in limbo in a decision, choose the one that honors God. You’ll find the applause of the divine a sweeter sound.’ lead his team in a successful bid at the state championship? Is there any real interest in the saga of the stay-at-home mother who spends time in prayer in the wee hours of the morning before her children rise, yet doesn’t go on to fund her own Fortune 500 company?

Even as believers of a bigger purpose in life, we like the stories that end in earthly success. So often it seems like our minute spiritual victories pale in comparison to the accounts of those few celebrities, athletes and other notable figures who are recognized for their adherence to their faiths.

Hebrews 11 is a veritable who’s

Church Directory Adventist Sumter Seventh-Day Adventist 103 N Pike West 775-4455 Pastor Harry Robinson Sat. Sch: 9:15 am, Worship: 11:00 am Tues Bible Study 7 pm www.sumter22.adventistchurchconnect.org

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Church of the Holy Cross 335 North Kings Hwy (Hwy 261 N) 803-494-8101 Father Michael E. Ridgill, C.F.S.B. Sunday School 9:00 am Mass 10:00 am

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Quick, call the fire department! They will save it before the flames spread to the house!” How wonderful to have help to call on when there’s an emergency – when your life depends on it. We all have help whenever we call on our Heavenly Father. He promises us in Isaiah 41.13, “For I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, ‘Do not fear, I will help you.’ ” The better we come to know Him, the closer He will be in times of distress. Won’t you visit God in His Sanctuary this week?

Mon. - Thurs. Chapel 9 am Morning Prayer Wed. Chapel 11:00 qm - Bible Study 12 pm Mass

Baptist - Independent Baptist - Missionary Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church 803 S Harvin St. * 775-4032 Marion H Newton, Pastor Sunday Worship: 7:45 & 10:45 am Sunday Youth Service: 10:45 am Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 pm Salem Missionary Baptist Church 320 West Fulton Street 803-775-8054 Rev. Lei Ferguson Washington Sun. School 9:00 am Praise Worship 9:55 am Worship 10:00 am

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Baptist - Southern Grace Baptist Church 219 W Calhoun St * 778-6417 Dr. Stephen Williams S.S. 9:45 am; Worship 11:00 am Evening Worship/Bible Study 6:30 pm Wed. Prayer Meeting 6:30 pm Wed. Bible Study: 6:30 pm Hickory Road Baptist Church 1245 Cherryvale Dr 803-494-8281 Dr. Ron Taylor Pastor Sunday School 9:45 am Worship 10:55 am Long Branch Baptist Church 2535 Peach Orchard Rd. Dalzell 499-1838 www.longbranch_baptist.com Rev. Brian Benenhaley

Shaw Heights Baptist Church 2030 Peach Orchard Rd 499-4997 Rev. Robert White Pastor Sunday School: 9:45 am Sunday Worship:11 am & 6 pm

Catholic - Roman

The Catholic Community of Sumter, St. Anne Site 216 E Liberty St • 803-773-3524 Fr. Thomas Burke, C.S.S.R. Weekend Masses: Sat Vigil 5 pm Sun. 7:30, 9:00 and 11:30 am Mass

Plaza Church of Christ 1402 Camden Hwy. • 905-3163 Stewart Schnur cell 361-8449 Sunday School: 10 am Sunday Worship: 11 am & 6 pm Wed. Bible Class: 7 pm

St James Lutheran Church 1137 Alice Dr, Sumter 773-2260 / www.stjamessumter.org Pastor Keith Getz Sunday Worship: 10:00 am Sunday School: 9:00 am

Immanuel Lutheran Church 140 Poinsett Drive • 803-883-1049 Pastor Gary Blobaum Worship Service 9:00 am Sunday School 10:30 am Wed Bible Class: 7:00 pm

Interdenominational Methodist - United

City of Refuge Church 16 Carolina Ave 938-9066 Barbara & Johnny Davis Sun School 10:00 am Worship 11:15 am Bible Study (Wed.) 7:00 pm www.cityofrefugeministry.com Love Covenant Church 245 Oswego Hwy • 775-7605 Apostle Tommy Fredrick Prophet Angela Frederick Sunday Worship: 11:00 am Thursday Bible Study: 7:00 pm Spiritual Life Christian Center 4672 Broad St. Ext • 968-5771 Pastors Randolph & Minerva Paige Sunday Worship: 11:00 am Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 pm

Victory Full Gospel Interdenominational Church 601 Pitts Rd • 481-7003 Joann P. Murrill, Pastor Sunday Worship: 11:00 am Youth Bible Study/Respect Monday: 7 pm

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Church of Christ Lutheran - NALC

Anglican

Cherryvale Baptist Church 1502 Cherryvale Dr. * 494-8655 Edward Bowen Sr. Pastor Sun. School 10:00 am Worship 11:00 am & 6:00 pm Wed. Evening Service 7:00 pm

The Catholic Community of Sumter, St. Jude Site 611 W. Oakland Ave • 773-9244 www.stjudesumtersc.org Fr. Charles Michael Donovan, C.S.S.R. Saturday Vigil: 5:00 pm Sun. Euch.: 9:00, 11:30 am, 1 pm (Spanish)

who of faith as it pertains to characters in the Bible. You can read about Noah, Moses and Rahab as well as a dozen others recognized for their actions.

My favorite part of this particular Scripture comes after the litany of such characters. Starting in verse 35, the chapter speaks to those who weren’t granted earthly successes or rewards. The passage lists no names, perhaps because, not unlike today, it’s easy to overlook those without a claim to fame or because so many of us fit into that category.

Here is the best part: “They were too good for this world …” (Hebrews 11:38a, NLT). Those who can keep doing the right thing without promise of earthly praise have earned the accolades of the Almighty.

If you find yourself in limbo in a decision, choose the one that honors God. You’ll find the applause of the divine a sweeter sound.

Aldersgate United Methodist 211 Alice Dr • 775-1602 Dr. Webb Belangia, Reverend Traditional Service 9:00 am Sunday School 10:15 am Contemporary 11:15 am

Bethel United Methodist Church 5575 Lodebar Rd • 469-2452 Rev. Jeremy Howell Sunday Worship: 8:30 & 11 am Sunday School: 10 am www.yourbethel.org BMethodist@ftc-i.net St John United Methodist Church 136 Poinsett Dr * 803-773-8185 www.stjohnumcsumter.com Rev. J. Robert (Bob) Huggins Sunday School 9:45 am Worship 11:00 am Wed. Night Supper/Bible Study 6:30 pm

Christ Community Church(CCC) 525 Oxford St, Sumter 803-934-9718 Sun. Worship 10:00 am (Patriot Hall) First Church of God 1835 Camden Rd • 905-5234 www.sumterfcg.org Ron Bower, Pastor Sunday Worship: 10:30 am Sunday School: 9:30 am

Sumter First Pentecostal Holiness Church 2609 McCrays Mill Rd • 481-8887 S. Paul Howell, Pastor Sunday School: 10:00 am Sunday Worship: 10:45 am & 6:00 pm Wed. Bible Study/Youth Group: 7:00 pm

Presbyterian USA

Greater St. Paul Church 200 Watkins Street 803-778-1355 Sunday School - 10:30 am Worship - 11:30 am Evangelistic Service 7:30 pm Wed. Mid Week Service - 7:30 pm Sumter Bible Church 420 South Pike West, Sumter 803-773-8339 • Pastor Ron Davis Sunday School 10:00 am Worship 11:00 am & 6:30 pm Wed. Bible Study & Prayer 7:00 pm

Pentecostal

Canty Memorial Church of God in Christ, Ministries 873 Woodcrest St. • 773-6226 Superintendent Eugene Canty, SR. Sunday Prayer: 8:00 am Worship: 9:15 am & 5:00 pm

First Presbyterian Church of Sumter 9 W Calhoun St (at Main St.) (803) 773-3814 • info@fpcsumter.org Interim Pastor Rev. Ray Fancher Sunday School - All Ages 9:30 a.m.

Hospitality/Fellowship 10:10 a.m.

Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.

Sunday Night Program Schedule 4:45 p.m. - Children & Youth 5:00 p.m. Adults 6:30 p.m. Supper (all ages)

Presbyterian Lemira Presbyterian Church 514 Boulevard Rd • 473-5024 Pastor Dan Rowton Sunday School 10:00 am Worship 11:00 am Bible Study 6:00 pm October 11, 2014 Semiannual Yard Sale Starts at 7:00 am

First United Penecostal Church 14 Plowden Mill Rd • 775-9493 Pastor Theron Smith Sunday Service: 10:00 am & 6:30 pm Wednesday Bible Study: 7:30 pm

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Peak Project proceeds, e-waste eliminated

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The Clarendon County Council meets at the Clarendon County School District 1 Administration Building Monday in Summerton.

Clarendon County Commissioners — hoping to bring 50 or more new jobs to the county — passed the third and final reading of an ordinance to grant tax incentives to an undisclosed company known as the “Peak Project” at a meeting on Monday night at the Clarendon County School District 1 Administration Building in Summerton.

Chairman Dwight Stewart said the name of the company involved would not be revealed by the council and it would be up to the state development board to make the announcement. He said he did not know exactly when that would be.

“We were asked by the compa-

ny not to reveal their identity,” he said.

To receive the tax benefits, the company must agree to bring 50 jobs to the county and invest $5 million.

The amount of money the Payment in Lieu of Taxes and Infrastructure Credit agreements will cost the county have not been disclosed.

“We conducted a cost benefit analysis,” County Administrator David Epperson said. “The analysis showed that this project would be beneficial to the county.”

In other news, Epperson told the council that for now, the problem of e-waste piling up at landfills and transfer stations

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Turbeville faces funding woes

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com The Turbeville Town Council met Tuesday and wrestled with funding shortfall for an upgrade to the town’s wastewater treatment plant.

Bob Freeman, a consulting engineer, told the council that funding is approximately $450,000 short for the $4.2 million project, which was proposed in 2009 and funded in 2011.

A good option for the additional funding is the South Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA), and the town has applied to the

agency for the money, he said. However, a decision will not be made until the authority meets in early November.

“We feel you guys have a really good shot,” Freeman said.

However, the construction company with the lowest bid on the project, State Utility Contractors, needs approval

by Nov. 16 – before the council’s next scheduled meeting.

Another option to make up the shortfall would be to ask the funding agency for more money or to limit the

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Kent International CEO Arnold Kamler takes Gov. Nikki Haley on a tour of the new bicycle plant near Manning on Wednesday during the plant’s grand opening.

Bicycle plant opens in Clarendon County

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Afternoon delight Co-workers snatch 11-foot 9-inch gator

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Wilbur Brown Jr. had an eventful afternoon on Tuesday, Oct. 7. While hunting for alligators with a friend near Pack’s Landing, he hooked a monstrous 11-foot 9-inch alligator shortly after noon.

“It took about four and a half hours to get him in,” Brown said.

The alligator was missing part of its tail, or it would have been even longer.

“It was missing about 2 feet, but that is just a guess,” Brown said.

He said the missing piece of tail was likely bitten off by a bigger alligator.

“It was all healed over, so

it wasn’t anything recent,” he said.

Brown said he was out in a 14-foot boat with a coworker from Continental Tire the Americas, Curtis Sanders.

They have been out hunting for alligators about eight times this season, which ended Saturday, he said.

“You are allowed one gator at least 4 feet long,” Brown said. “I think this one meets that.”

Having the gator stuffed and mounted was too expensive, he said.

“I’ve spent enough on these trips already,” he said.

Brown said he took the gator to a meat packing house to be processed.

“They said it will be about 200 pounds of meat,” he said.

here were smiles and handshakes all around as Kent International held a ribbon cutting ceremony at the company’s new factory on the Greeleyville Highway east of Manning Wednesday. The plant will employ up to 175 people to make bicycles that will be sold by Walmarts across the country. A press release said they will be the first American-made bicycles to be sold

by Walmart in a decade.

Gov. Nikki Haley was among those in attendance to open the new plant, along with the local congressional delegation and dignitaries from Clarendon County, Kent International and Walmart.

Haley greeted the attendees, and told company CEO Arnold Kamler he would come to understand he had made a great choice in choosing Clarendon County.

Cindi Marsiglio, vice president of U.S. Sourcing and Manufacturing for Walmart, said it was great to see the factory up and running.

“I have the best job at Walmart,” she said. “I get to travel around and see all of

Sumter resident Jennelle Bunter adds brake calipers to bicycle frames at the newly opened plant. these new operations come into being.”

Kamler, whose family has been in the bicycle business for generations, said his company began looking for a location for a plant in the

U.S. several years ago. He said he met Gov. Haley in Florida, and she suggested he look in South Carolina.

“I looked into this location,

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CLUB SPOTLIGHT

Vietnam Veterans report on activities The Robbie Hodge Chapter 960 of Vietnam Veterans of America meets at 7 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at the American Legion Building, 623 W. Huggins St., Manning.

We hold an open meeting for anyone who would like to come; we have a potluck supper.

Although we are a small group, having only about 46 members on the roster, we are a very active chapter. We raise money to help veterans in our area who have a need for such things as money for medications, paying a light or heating bill, to name a few.

Anyone with a need can contact Leon Richburg at the county Veterans Affairs office for information.

Each year the chapter hosts a benefit poker run to provide the funds for assistance to local veterans and their families; the benefit also provides funds for a scholarship program which is open to any senior student who attends any of the high schools in Clarendon County.

We also have an Auxiliary VVA membership of 14 that supports our group in many ways.

We were honored to provide support to the Vietnam traveling wall when it came to our area.

For the past five or six years we have given a $1,000 scholarship to a deserving student. For the 2014 graduating class

Members of the chapter pose for a photo.

An original art work donated by Chelsea Miller of Manning. we were able to give a $1,500 scholarship awarded to Chelsea Miller of Manning High School and a $1,000 scholarship to Regina D. James. also of MHS. Our original scholarship was named in memory of a charter member of the chapter, Robert C. Hodge. This year we added a scholarship that is given to honor our chapter members who have passed away.

We also sell bricks with the veterans’ names on them to be used in the

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On Aug. 7, chapter president Ron Cunningham opened the meeting as usual with prayer and a salute, a moment of silence for our MIAs and POWs. After supper, Cunningham discussed a plea for help by a veteran’s family for burial expenses. The group passed a vote on an amount to contribute to the veteran’s family.

The chapter also had discussion pertaining to the possibility of purchasing a van to use for veterans who do not have a way to get to their doctor or hospital appointments. Other counties have a Veterans Affairs van that is used for this purpose, and the chapter feels there is a need in our county with over 2,000 veterans.

The VA would provide all upkeep for the van. The chapter would only be

BRIEF ENCOUNTERS NAACP CANDIDATE FORUM The Clarendon branch of the NAACP will sponsor a candidate forum for its monthly meeting at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, at St. Mark AME Church in Summerton. All candidates currently running for office are invited to attend.

I-95 INTERCHANGE CLOSURE Officials closed the interchange on Interstate 95 at the junction of U.S. 301 near Santee on Monday. It is expected to be closed for about a year while construction crews build a full cloverleaf interchange between the two highways. Currently, there are no ramps from southbound I-95 to northbound U.S. 301 or from southbound 301 to northbound I-95. Clarendon County Administrator David Epperson said he did not anticipate much impact on the north side of Lake Marion.

“If anything it might cause some cars to stop earlier in Clarendon County to get gas or food or something like that,” he said.

“It will probably have more impact in the town of Santee more than anything else.”

The work, costing $41 million, will require a new highway and railroad bridge. While the interchange is closed, traffic will be rerouted along nearby U.S. 15.

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Meet Ella and Mork and many other cats and dogs at A Second Chance Animal Shelter, 5079 Alex Harvin Highway (U.S. 301), which has numerous pets available for adoption. Adoption hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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required to provide volunteer drivers.

Anyone who would like to volunteer to be a driver may contact any DAV, American Legion, VVA or AVVA member for information. We plan to go before Clarendon County Council to give a report about the van, although there will be no money required of the county to support the use of the van.

Treasurer Dennis Kropf told the group about the child of a local firefighter born with a rare heart disease, and the catastrophic medical expenses the family faces. Fundraising options were discussed on how to help the family.

For more information, contact Clarendon County Veteran Affairs at (803) 425-2527. ............. Submitted by Becky Bryant

The Francis Marion Symposium will be held Friday and Saturday, Oct. 24-25 at the F.E. Dubose Campus of Central Carolina Technical College. Events during the symposium include lectures, a reception, lunch and dinner theaters. Registration is $95 per person or $175 per couple. For more information, call George Summers at (803) 4782645 or visit www.francismarionsymposium.com.

ALCOLU REUNION The Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow Alcolu Reunion will be held at the Clarendon Baptist Church Family Life Center at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18. The event is intended to be a gathering of all who have lived, learned or wor-

shipped in Alcolu. Registration and a social begin at 2 p.m., with attendees meeting in the church sanctuary at 3 p.m. The program includes a video “Alcolu Yesterday-Today” narrated by Janice Richburg and Russell Harrison and a fried chicken dinner catered by D&H Barbecue at 5:30 p.m.

a family friendly Fall Pumpkin Party from 5 to 7:30 p.m. on Halloween, Oct. 31. Come in your favorite costume and ready to decorate pumpkins, enjoy snacks, treats and more. For more information, contact Diane Davis at didavis@hope-health.org or (803) 433-4124 Ext. # 5061.

MEN AND WOMEN CONFERENCE

The Manning Youth Council is now accepting applications. Applicants must be Clarendon County residents attending Laurence Manning Academy or Manning High School, or homeschooled students in grades nine through 12. The Youth Council will serve Manning by planning and implementing social, educational, recreational and other activities for the youth and community. Students will also learn about the city government in a fun environment.

For more information and to obtain an application contact City Hall at (803) 435-8477.

Antioch Missionary Baptist Church (Jordan Community) Manning will hold its Men and Women Conference at 7:30 p.m. nightly on Oct. 22 through 24.

Women will meet on Wednesday, Oct. 22, men will meet on Thursday, Oct. 23, and both will meet on Friday Oct. 24. Evangelist for the week is Apostle Cynthia Powell of Wilmington, North Carolina. The Rev. Sam Livingston Sr. is the host pastor. For more information call (803) 478-4557.

CATFISH COOK-OFF Laurence Manning Academy is hosting a Catfish Cook-off Saturday Nov. 1, starting at 6 p.m. on its football field. Guests are invited to share their ghoulish creations and heat things up with some barbecue, stews and more. Prizes will be awarded, and paper products will be provided for serving. Judging starts at 6 p.m. For more information call Wendy Davis at 4352114, ext. 118 or email wdavis@ lmaedu.org.

HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIR The Holiday Craft & Vendor Fair will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at the Clarendon Community Center Complex, behind Weldon Auditorium off Maple Street in Manning. Vendor spaces are available on a first-come, firstserved basis for $10 per space.

Set up begins at 6:30 a.m. Displays must be set up by 7:30.

For more information, call Bridgett Epperson at (803) 4330103 or 473-3543.

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The board members of Rural Leadership Institute Clarendon are asking adult members of the Clarendon community to volunteer to become mentors.

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scope of the project, Freeman said.

Asking for more money could lead to further delays, and changing the scope could also delay the project, he said.

“You are opening a Pandora’s box,” Freeman said.

“Everything is already approved, and you could spend forever asking to change things and doing specialty studies that may not end up getting anywhere.”

He recommended the town cope with the funding disparity by limiting the scope of zones intended to accommodate future growth.

“On day one, you are not going to have all the flow coming. If you build everything except for a couple of zones, you can build those when the time comes,” he said. “It will already be permitted, and when you need it, you can install a zone.”

After Freeman’s proposal, the council recommended awarding the bid to State Utility Contractors, but contingent on the town having its application for additional funding approved by RIA. In other action, the council approved a contract with Farmers Telephone Cooperative to upgrade the municipality’s phone system. The council also voted to support having Halloween activities on Halloween, which is a Friday, instead of moving them to Saturday so it will not conflict with a high school football game.

The council also heard a concern from Police Chief F. David Jones about legislation in the state legislature that may reduce the amount of funding the town can charge for speeding tickets, an important source of reve-

had been solved.

“The majority of the e-waste has been sorted, packaged and removed from all those recycling centers as well as the transfer stations and the landfill,” he said. “We were able to contract with a vendor to come in and get that all out of there.

It was unsightly and we were able to take care of that.”

He said he would be meeting with staff to determine what steps the county would take next in dealing with the waste.

“There is no need to go back to the way it was,” he said.

He said the county may reduce the number of sites that accept e-waste as well as reducing the number of days e-waste is accepted.

Epperson said the county would need to train attendants to sort and package e-waste so vendors can easily remove it, reducing the cost to the county.

The county administrator also updated the council on the courthouse renovations.

“They’ve started removal and replacement of the damaged trusses,” Epperson said.

“They raised one into the roof last week and replaced an old one, and they are moving around to the other side to replace those.”

He said it is a tedious process.

“They have to take them out and put them in from the inside, so they are having to move slowly and carefully with that,” he said.

Epperson said work on the trusses should continue until the end of October and after that should move faster.

Epperson said county tax bills have been mailed and most people should have received them.

He said those that haven’t should call the county or check the county’s website at www. clarendoncountygov.org.

The Turbeville Town Council met Tuesday to discuss the funding shortfall for the town’s wastewater project. nue for the town.

Jones said he had been told by local legislators the bill had died, but he said he thinks it will come up again in the next session.

He recommended the council get in contact with local representatives and see what their position on the legislation is.

Mayor Dwayne Howell lambasted the proposed legislation, “If we lose this revenue,” he said, “and then have to come up with the $450,000 for wastewater, then we are in trouble.”

He said he believed the state should follow Turbeville’s example instead.

“With the state losing revenues as it is, and everybody looking for a way to fix the highways, why don’t they let everybody do what we do?

We send 50 percent of the money to the state every month. If we can send X

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Bob Freeman of Alliance Consulting Engineers addresses the Turbeville Town Council Tuesday evening. amount of dollars to the state every year, how are they going to replace that revenue?

“Now they are crying for money through the gas tax

and all kind of other ways; here’s a simple solution,” he said. “Everybody uses the highways, if you abuse the law, then you pay the fine.”

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LEGAL NOTICES Notice of Sale AMENDED NOTICE OF SALE IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2014-CP-14-0141 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CLARENDON 21st Mortgage Corporation Plaintiff, -vsCharles D. Pate and Courtney Pate, Defendant(s) BY VIRTUE of a judgment heretofore granted in the case of 21st Mortgage Corporation vs. Charles D. Pate and Courtney Pate, I, Frances Ricci Land Welch, as Special Referee for Clarendon County, will sell on November 3, 2014, at 11:00 am, at the Clarendon County Administration Building, 411 Sunset Drive, Manning, SC 29102, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in Clarendon County, State of South Carolina, containing 1.00 acre, more or less as shown on that certain plat prepared for Charles D. Pate by Robert G. Mathis Land Surveying, dated January 11, 2007, recorded March 15, 2007 in the Office of the Clerk of Court, RMC Department, in Plat book 52, page 527, and having such metes and bounds as reference to said plat will show, all measurements being a little more or less.

INCLUDED HEREWITH that certain 20' (twenty foot) access easement extending from the subject property to an existing 40' (forty foot) right-of-way easement to Copper Kettle Lane as shown on the aforesaid plat.

This being the identical property conveyed to the Charles D. Pate by deed of Marian Hodge n/k/a Marian H. Worrell dated April 12, 2007 and recorded April 13, 2007 in the Office of the Clerk of Court, RMC Department for Clarendon County in Deed Book A655, at Page 163.

TMS #: 260-00-02-039-00 Physical Address: 1364 Fannie Lane, Manning SC, 29102 SUBJECT TO CLARENDON COUNTY TAXES TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Special Referee at conclusion of the bidding, five (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, the same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff's debt in the case of

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noncompliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at the time of the bid or comply with the other terms or the bid within twenty (20) days, then the Special Referee may resell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the former highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 9.64% per annum.

Frances Ricci Land Welch Special Referee for Clarendon County Theodore von Keller, Esquire B. Lindsay Crawford, III, Esquire Sara Hutchins Columbia, South Carolina Attorney for Plaintiff

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Estate Notice Clarendon County

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on FORM #371ES with the Probate Court of Clarendon County, the address of which is 411 Sunset Dr. Manning, SC 29102, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements on the prescribed form (FORM #371ES) indicating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.

All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on FORM #371ES with the Probate Court of Clarendon County, the address of which is 411 Sunset Dr. Manning, SC 29102, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements on the prescribed form (FORM #371ES) indicating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.

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t is an essential nutrient, as important to life as any of the others. In fact, you can survive only a few days without water, whereas a deficiency of the other nutrients may take weeks, months or even years to develop.

The body maintains an appropriate balance and distribution of water with the help of another class of nutrients — the minerals.

In the body, water becomes the fluid in which all life processes occur. Every cell contains fluid that is best for that cell.

Water has many functions: • Carries nutrients and waste products throughout the body.

Nancy • MainHarrison tains the CLEMSON structure of EXTENSION large molecules such as proteins and glycogen.

• Serves as the solvent for minerals, vitamins, amino acids, glucose and many other small molecules.

• Acts as a lubricant and cushion around joints and inside the eyes, the spinal cord, and, in pregnancy, the amniotic sac surrounding the fetus in the womb.

• Aids in the regulation of body temperature (water in sweat cools you when you get hot).

• It protects your body by acting as a shock absorber.

Water is a very important nutrient.

Water constitutes about 60 percent of an adult’s body weight and a higher percentage of a child’s. Water makes up about three-fourths of the weight of lean tissue and less than one-fourth of the weight of fat; a person’s body composition influences how much of the body’s weight is water.

The dieting sources of water are water itself and other beverages, but nearly all foods also contain water.

Most fruits and vegetables contain up to 90 percent water; many meats and cheeses contain at least 50 percent.

Some foods containing about 90 to 99 percent water include strawberries, nonfat milk, watermelons, celery, lettuce, cabbage, spinach, broccoli; 80 to 89 percent water include fruit juice, yogurt, apples, grapes, oranges, carrots; 70 to 79 percent water include shrimps, ba-

nanas, corn, potatoes, avocados, cottage cheese, ricotta cheese; 60 to 69 percent water include pasta, legumes, salmon, ice cream, chicken breast; 50 to 59 percent water include ground beef, hot dogs, feta cheese; 40 to 49 percent water include pizza; 30 to 39 percent water include cheddar cheese, bagels, bread.

The body must excrete a minimum of about 500 milliliters of water each day as urine enough to carry away the waste products generated by a day’s metabolic activities.

Each day, you lose eight cups of water in urine, sweat and exhaled air. To replace the water lost, you need to drink eight cups of water daily. If you exercise or live in a hot climate, you will need more than eight cups.

Don’t wait until you are thirsty to drink water. Thirst is a signal that the water level in your body is already too low. When you do feel thirsty, drink a cup more than your thirst tells you to drink. If a person drinks more water, the urine becomes more dilute. In addition to urine, water is lost from the lungs as vapor and from the skin as sweat; some is also lost in feces. The losses from all of these sources total about 2 ½ liters a day.

Water needs vary, depending primarily on dirt, activity, environmental temperature and humidity.

Fluid needs are best met by water, but milk and juices can account for part of the day’s recommended intake.

In addition to their high water content, these beverages deliver valuable nutrients.

Alcoholic beverages and those containing caffeine, such as coffee, tea, and sodas, however, are not good substitutes for water. Both alcohol and caffeine act as diuretics, causing the body to lose fluid.

In summary, water makes up about 60 percent of the body’s weight. It assists with transportation of nutrients and waste products throughout the body, participates in chemical reactions, acts as a solvent, serves as a shock absorber and regulates body temperature. To maintain water balance, intake from liquids, foods, and metabolism must equal losses from kidneys, skin, lungs, and feces.

Drink your water! Enjoy!

Nancy S. Harrison is a Retired Food Safety and Nutrition Educator with Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service.

The ribbon is cut to celebrate the official opening of the Kent International bicycle plant in Manning.

Natasha Edwards, left, of Sumter installs spokes in bicycle rims at the Kent International plant.

PLANT, FROM PAGE A8 but I told Gov. Haley I could not build bicycles there because it had no natural gas for drying paint,” he said.

“Within six days she called me and said she could get natural gas to the plant if I would locate here.”

“We were concerned when we sold a minority interest in the company to a Chinese firm they might not get behind it, but they have been very supportive, and we could not have done it without their help.”

The facility, which has seen several tenants since it was built, had been sitting idle for several years.

“I know they were looking for a location where the county chairman was a bicycle fan,” jested Clarendon County Council Chairman Dwight Stewart, an avid cyclist. “I’ll take the credit for them coming here.”

Stewart said in honor of the plant’s coming to Clarendon County, in the spring

Kent International CEO Arnold Kamler accepts a picture of the Clarendon County Court House at the grand opening of his company’s plant near Manning Wednesday. there will be a “Tour de Clarendon” from the east side of the county to the west side.

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BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH The notion of justice denied, justice delayed or justice defeated permeates the dial.

An entire generation has grown up watching “Law & Order” and all of its spin-offs.

The Dick Wolf-produced series explores the workings of the criminal justice system, reminding us that the suspect who looks most guilty at the outset may only prove to be a decoy or a red herring for the storyteller. And even when the actual, or connectable, perpetrator is brought to justice in the third act, his or her sentencing may be subject to a frustrating plea bargain. And sometimes the machinery of justice gets so fouled up that the guilty walks free.

The law may forbid double jeopardy, the act of subjecting a suspect to a second trial for the same offense. But that doesn’t stop “Law & Order” creator Wolf and his reality series “Dead Again” (10 pm., A&E, TV-14) from taking a second investigatory crack at old cases, the more controversial the better.

Blending reality TV and documentary, acting and “reenacting,” fact and fictionalization, “Dead” doesn’t so much “solve” crimes as revisit gruesome cases with a troubling lack of resolution and then change names and identities to dramatize what might have happened if a more competent police team (such as series “stars” Detectives Michele Wood and Joe Schillaci) had investigated them in the first place.

Needless to say, these professionals spend a lot of time expressing their wonderment and frustration at how much these cases have been botched.

Does this arise from expertise or hindsight? Or both?

The old “Law & Order” franchise tore its stories from the headlines and fictionalized facts. Along the way it also hired a generation of up-andcoming actors as perps, witnesses, lawyers and creeps. As a cable show, “Dead” rips its narratives from police records and has a budget better suited to re-enactors. Both series are fiction, but “Law & Order” never pretended to be anything but.

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Of course, evading justice is the whole point of “How to Get Away With Murder” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-14). As expected, this has to be considered a hit for ABC. It’s the most popular network series on Thursday nights not involving football players, and the network has already picked up the show for its entire first season. Tonight’s “Murder” features guest-stars Elizabeth Perkins and Sara Paxton.

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • A video game developer washes up in a river on “Bones” (8 p.m. Fox, TV-14).

• Meredith revisits her mother’s journals on “Grey’s Anatomy” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-14).

• The New England Patriots host the New York Jets on

“Thursday Night Football” (8:25 p.m., CBS).

• The truth hurts on “A to Z” (9:30 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

• Mark Solano is caught in a lie on “Gracepoint” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14).

• Fitz needs Olivia’s help on “Scandal” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-14).

• Tim takes the gang to Rome for visual inspiration on “Project Runway” (9 p.m., Lifetime, TV-PG).

• Crosby enters crisis mode on “Parenthood” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

CULT CHOICE Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard star in the 1940 supernatural comedy “The Ghost Breakers” (8 p.m., TCM).

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR CARNIES MAKE 97-YEAR-OLD’S DAY AT THE SUMTER COUNTY FAIR Friday night at the Sumter County Fair was magic for us. My husband and I had taken my 97-year-old spunky-but-frail mother with her walker to see the sights and smells of the fair when she announced she wanted to ride the Ferris wheel. We had no sooner entered the queue when one of the Ferris wheel carnies came up to us and said if she wanted to ride the wheel, she could go in the exit where there was a ramp. The other car-

nies at the Ferris wheel then waited until everyone else who was riding got their turns and had exited, so that there would be no jostling or swaying of the car when she entered. She was given an extra rotation and enjoyed every moment. They then told to keep her tickets in case she wanted another ride. We were given all the time we needed to exit safely, and, as we left, another carnie came up and told her that she’d made their day. They certainly made ours. What nice people.

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ASHINGTON — Now, now, let’s not panic.

Yes, we have a second Ebola patient infected after treating the Liberian man who apparently concealed his exposure to this often-fatal disease, but this is no reason to panic.

“It’s bad news that another person is sick,” Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said Wednesday to MSNBC anchor Jose Diaz-Balart.

Indeed.

It’s actually terrible news to the other 75 health care workers who treated the forever infamous Thomas Eric Duncan before his death. Though there is some good news — the first nurse infected, Nina Pham, is in “good” condition — the bad news likely will continue as health officials anticipate that there will be more cases. The infection of a second nurse, identified by her family as Amber Joy Vinson, 29, is also not such great news for the residents in her apartment complex, where Hazmat workers are now scouring the public areas, or travelers on the Frontier Airlines flight she flew on Monday.

Other passengers are Kathleen being asked to call in.

Parker We are supposed to find consolation, however, in assurances that the second infected health worker followed protocol and went to the hospital as soon as she registered a fever.

Within 90 minutes, we are told, she was in isolation.

Really? It took an hour and a half to isolate someone most likely infected with Ebola?

Next we hear that the “breach” — a “medical term,” Jenkins patiently explained to viewers lest they become unduly concerned — may have been connected to the lack of precision in the wearing of protective gear. A national nurses’ union claims that hospital caregivers’ wrists were exposed between their gloves and sleeves.

Now those tending the two infected Americans are shown on television conspicuously covering the sleeves of their suits with the tops of their rubber gloves and then taping them tight. Two down, possibly 75 to go, and now we’re getting really careful.

But here’s the billboard, REALLY?!

We don’t want to prevent people from horribly infected countries, where cases are predicted in the 10,000-a-week range, from coming to the United States. We’re a country of immigrants after all and it would be, what, mean to turn them away?

Forgive me, I missed my PC booster shot.

The official argument, counterintuitive but seemingly true, is that we can’t kick

Ebola if we don’t keep travel open. Meaning, if we don’t send troops and health workers to nip the disease at its source, we have no chance of stopping it. (Question du jour: How many cases before a place becomes a source?)

A physicist at Northeastern University in Boston, Alessandro Vespignani, has developed a computer model to predict the spread of Ebola via air travel. His model indicates that halting travel won’t stop the spread of Ebola. But applying a common sense model from one’s own noggin, might we prevent more cases from arriving to our shore?

If we dare, it makes exceptionally good sense to treat travelers from infected countries with exceptional scrutiny on this end of the trip.

And, no, laser temperature guns aren’t enough, though they’re really cool. Ditto the questionnaire, which asks people to be super honest and tell us whether they’ve been exposed to Ebola. The Liberian government says Duncan lied on his questionnaire. And he didn’t have a fever until after his arrival in the U.S. But what about people who, though they’ve visited or lived in an infected country, fly to the U.S. from another country, as most do? Every traveler has a passport or travel papers. Flagging those who’ve recently been in an infected country might require a little international cooperation, but this is hardly an impossible proposition.

We know that symptoms present within 21 days, so why not quarantine every traveler who has visited or lived in an infected country (Liberia, Guinea or Sierra Leone) in the past 30 days for three weeks upon arrival?

Undoubtedly, someone will challenge this as a violation of civil rights — or a taxpayer burden (finally, a program to which all citizens would willingly tithe) — but extreme circumstances require extreme measures. Quarantine needn’t be treated or viewed as punishment but as an abundance of caution. Bring in the Club Med folks to make it fun. Have restaurateurs donate meals. Set up high-definition screens for Skyping. Create a PayPal website for donations from Americans wishing to contribute.

Hell, make them heroes. Put them on TV. Bring in the speakers bureaus. But make it less possible for these people, some whom really are heroes, from helping spread a deadly disease. My proposal may not be foolproof, but anything less may prove us fools.

Kathleen Parker’s email address is kathleenparker@washpost.com. © 2014, Washington Post Writers Group

ASHINGTON — Wretched excess by government can be beneficial if it startles people into wholesome disgust and deepened distrust and prompts judicial rebukes that enlarge freedom. So let’s hope the Federal Communications Commission embraces the formal petition inciting it to deny licenses to broadcasters who use the word “Redskins” when reporting on the Washington Redskins.

Using the FCC to break another private institution to the state’s saddle for the satisfaction of a clamorous faction illustrates how the government’s many tentacles give it many means of intimidating people who offend it. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, empowered to ban trademarks that “may” disparage persons, has already limited trademark George protection of Will the Redskins’ name.

The FCC petition argues that broadcasting during prime time of the word “Redskins” has “an adverse impact on impressionable young Indian as well as nonIndian children.” (Today’s sensitivity arbiters say the word “Indian” does, too, but never mind.) Furthermore, uttering “Redskins” is “akin to broadcasting obscenity” and pornography, is “hate speech” and an “ethnic slur” that “keep(s) alive the spirit of inhumanity, subjugation and genocide” and “may” cause violence against Native Americans. Besides, it is a “nuisance,” defined as something “annoying.”

Is the FCC empowered to protect an entitlement to a life without annoyances?

What if the FCC is annoying?

This is complicated.

Professor Eugene Volokh, who specializes in First Amendment law at UCLA’s School of Law and supervises an invaluable website, The Volokh Conspiracy, thinks the petition refutes itself. It argues that “Redskins” is offensive because of the ideas and attitudes the word conveys. But when the Supreme Court upheld restrictions on the broadcasting of certain vulgarities (George Carlin’s “seven dirty words”), it stressed that the mere fact that speech is offensive is not a sufficient reason for suppressing it. And although the court focused on the content of the words, it did not focus on the political content or on the speaker’s opinion. “Indeed,” Justice John Paul Stevens wrote, “if it is the speaker’s opinion that gives offense, that consequence is a reason for according (an utterance) constitutional protection,” because “the government must remain neutral in the marketplace of ideas.”

Volokh adds: “The premise of the criticism of ‘Redskins’

is precisely that it embodies a racist, demeaning message about American Indians (whether or not this is intended by those who use it), and that it offends because of this racist meaning. It thus is the speaker’s imputed opinion and supposed ‘political content’ of the word that gives offense.”

Some say “Redskins” is merely an offensive epithet with a negligible ideological message. Volokh replies that the epithet is offensive to those who are offended “because of its allegedly racist ideology, and the call to suppress it stems precisely from the perception that it conveys this racist ideology.” Anyway, the anti-”Redskins” petition is less legal reasoning than a form of bureaucratic bullying known as regulation by “raised eyebrow.” The petition’s author notes that the FCC sometimes indicates disapproval of this or that, thereby compelling broadcasters, worried about being put out of business, to practice self-censorship. So the petition seems designed to trigger this, thereby succeeding even if it fails — even if the FCC dismisses the petition.

If, however, the FCC under progressives today but conservatives tomorrow, can, in the petition’s words, define and ban particular words as “nuisances” because they “annoy” a “substantial composite” of the population, what other words will appear on an ever-lengthening list?

Today many colleges and universities have “free speech zones” — wee spaces to which the First Amendment is confined. Such institutions are run by educators whose meager educations did not teach them that the Amendment made America a free speech zone. Campuses are habitats for progressives, and the distilled essence of today’s progressivism is the use of power to limit speech.

The fact that censorship is progressivism’s default position regarding so many things is evidence of progressives’ pessimism about the ability of their agenda to advance under a regime of robust discussion. It also indicates the delight progressives derive from bossing people around and imposing a particular sensibility, in the name of diversity, of course.

The petition, which uses “R*dskins” (this typographical delicacy supposedly will help prevent pogroms against Native Americans), says the phrase “colored people,” too, is “now considered derogatory.” If so, some progressive has the awkward duty of notifying the NAACP that its name is “akin to” a disparagement, an obscenity, pornography, a racial slur and hate speech. The language policeman’s lot is not a happy one.

George Will’s email address is georgewill@washpost.com. © 2014, Washington Post Writers Group

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The last word ARIES (March 21-April 19): in astrology Expand your EUGENIA LAST interests and explore places that have relocation potential. Sometimes a change is as good as a rest, so get away for the day and let your mind wander.

Romance is highlighted and will lead to a personal opportunity.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Deal with bureaucracy diplomatically.

Getting paperwork out of the way will help ease stress and get someone off your back who is being demanding or a pest. Try to keep things simple, to the point and well within your budget.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gratuitous gifts or donations will boost your reputation, but you mustn’t let them break the bank.

You can impress someone without doing something out of the ordinary. Use your swagger and finesse to reach your objectives and you will stand out.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Emotional spending on unrealistic products or services will be costly.

Look for ways to improve your selfconfidence by adding new skills to your resume. It’s what you do that will leave a lasting impression, not what you have.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t take on too much or over-indulge. You may be in the giving mood, but limit your generosity. Love is highlighted. Don’t feel you have to buy someone’s affection. If you are fun to be with, that should be enough.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Criticism will not bode well with the person on the receiving end. Keep your thoughts to yourself and you will avoid getting involved in an argument that will ruin your plans.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Pick up the pace and take control of whatever situation you face. Your generous help will buy you favors as well as put you in touch with someone you want to get to know better or work with in the future.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): There is no room for error. If something appears to be farfetched, you are best to take a pass. Working on a creative project or an improvement to your residence will keep you out of trouble and lead to positive accomplishments.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Let your confidence lead the way.

You’ll attract the attention of someone in a position to help you excel. Extra cash will lead to a higher standard of living. Contracts can be negotiated and deals signed. Romance is highlighted.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Unpredictable distractions will disrupt your relationship with a friend or relative. Don’t venture too far from home. Problems will develop if you are too open about your personal goals. Avoid making a rash decision.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Keep your money matters to yourself. If you want to make changes to legal or financial papers, try to do so quickly. The less information you share with others, the less interference there will be. Romance should highlight your evening.

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PREP VOLLEYBALL

No worry on move up for TSA Lady Generals share region crown with Wilson Hall in first year at 3A

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com When the move up to the SCISA 3A classification was announced last year, it left Thomas Sumter Academy’s varsity volleyball team at a crossroads of sorts.

“We knew last year was going to be a rebuilding year,” TSA head coach Gwen Herod said. “But coming into this year, we could have said to ourselves that we’ll never be able to compete, or that we need to do what we have to do to win.”

The latter proved to be the path taken by the Lady Generals, who went 14-3 in their first season at the 3A level and 7-1 in Region II – good enough for a co-champions title with Wilson Hall and a No. 3 upper state seed in the 3A tournament which begins Friday at Sumter County Civic Center.

“We have a lot of individual talent, but that only goes so far,” Herod said. “The biggest key and the best thing that I’ve seen as a coach is that moment where a group of in-

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dividuals gels as a team and everybody understands and executes their role.

“That’s why we’ve been as successful as we have been.”

Herod and TSA are hoping that success lasts a little while longer, too. The Lady Generals face sixth-seeded Ben Lippen on Friday at 2 p.m. in their opening match in the double-elimination tournament. A win will leave little time for celebration as the advancing team must turn right around and face No. 2 seed Cardinal Newman at 3:25 p.m.

Wilson Hall and Laurence Manning Academy are also in the tournament. The Lady Barons are the No. 4 lower state seed and will take on No. 5 Heathwood Hall on Friday at 2 p.m. LMA is the No. 6 lower state seed and will meet No. 3 Hammond at 4:45 p.m. on Friday.

TSA hasn’t faced either opponent this year, but that’s nothing new considering the move.

“That put us out of our

KEITH GEDAMKE / SPECIAL TO THE SUMTER ITEM

Thomas Sumter Academy freshman Anita Cookie-Gam (9) bumps the ball as teammates Emily Nevels (22), Sydney Daniel (12) and Savannah Lujann look on during a recent SCISA Region II-3A match. The Lady GenSEE GENERALS, PAGE B3 erals shared the SCISA Region II-3A title with Wilson Hall this season.

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BY TOM GIBBONS The Associated Press

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com

Both Wilson Hall cross country teams had Wednesday’s SCISA Region II-3A meet at Patriot Park SportsPlex circled on their calendars long before the day arrived.

“That was always one of our goals,” Anna Lyles said. “Win region before you go for state.”

Lyles did her part by taking first place overall on the girls side as the Lady Barons captured three of the top five finishers to cruise to their third straight region title.

Meanwhile the WH boys ended up with seven of the top 10 finishers to win the region crown for the second straight year.

“Based on what we had done prior to today, we felt like both teams should have strong

SEE TITLES, PAGE B4 SCISA REGION II-3A XC MEET BOYS

WILSON HALL Drew Reynolds (2nd, 17:34); Matthew Tavarez (3rd, 17:58); Brayden Fidler (4th, 18:05); Bryce Lyles (6th, 18:32); Rhett Hoover (7th, 18:50).

THOMAS SUMTER Jacob Crotts (1st, 17:14); Josh Fugate (10th, 19:44); David Crotts (11th, 20:00); Zach Fugate (12th, 20:17); Liam Miller (14, 20:57).

LAURENCE MANNING JP Rowland (5th, 18:17); Luke Decosta (13th, 20:55); Bradly Hodge (20th, 23:01); Hunter Dalzell (25th, 23:58); Alex (27th, 25:05).

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WILSON HALL Anna Lyles (1st, 19:32); Madison Elmore (2nd, 19:56); Julia Ladson (3rd, 20:03); Aubrie Yarbrough (6th, 21:37); Amanda Dotseth (8th, 22:00).

LAURENCE MANNING Sarah Knight Nalley (10th, 22:10); Katherine Burns (11th, 23:13); Eaddy Osteen (12th, 23:19); Lexi Bennette (20th, 25:19); Brooke Reed (21st, 25:33).

THOMAS SUMTER Bella Crowe (4th, 20:04); Mary Ross (16th, 24:07); Tabitha Scruggs (17th, 24:22); Julie Coffey (22nd, 26:24); Alyssa Law (24th, 27:14).

great,” said left fielder Alex Gordon, who made another jarring catch. “We’ve been playing pretty good baseball. It’s nothing better than when you win.

Today, same old story: good pitching, good defense and scratch out a win.”

Outfielder Lorenzo Cain was selected MVP of the ALCS, batting .533 and leading an outstanding defense.

After holding the Orioles to three hits in Game 3 on Tuesday night, Jason Vargas and the Royals bullpen nearly turned the trick again. Kelvin Herrera and Wade Davis ushered the game to Holland, who matched Dennis Eckersley’s record by saving his fourth game of the best-of-seven series.

After Holland got J.J. Hardy to ground out to third base for the final out, the Royals spilled onto the infield in a wild

AVONDALE, Ariz.— Dale Earnhardt Jr. has no issues with NASCAR’s championship format, even as he heads to Talladega Superspeedway on the brink of elimination.

A broken shifter at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday night dropped Earnhardt to last in the 12-driver field, and he’ll need a victory at Talladega to advance to the third round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.

He called NASCAR’s new elimination format “dramatic” and said Tuesday during a test session at Phoenix International Raceway the system has “served us well.”

Earnhardt, Hendrick MotorsEARNHARDT ports teammate Jimmie Johnson and Brad Keselowski are all in danger of being eliminated from the Chase on Sunday.

The three are ranked in the bottom of the standings, and NASCAR now cuts four from the field after every third race.

Earnhardt, Johnson and Keselowski combined to win 10 of the 26 regular-season races.

Earnhardt, who has three victories this season, is realistic about his chances. He fell into this hole when he had a tire problem while leading two weeks ago at Kansas, and then the mechanical failure at Charlotte made his situation even worse.

“The facts are the facts,” he said. “We are going to Talladega to try to win. We’ll see what happens from there. We’ve had two pretty bad races, and we

SEE ROYALS, PAGE B4

SEE EARNHARDT, PAGE B4

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Kansas City relief pitcher Greg Holland, left, and catcher Salvador Perez celebrate after beating Baltimore 2-1 in Game 4 of the American League championship series on Wednesday in Kansas City, Mo. The Royals advance to the World Series with a 4-0 sweep of the Orioles.

Royal excitement in KC Kansas City headed to World Series for 1st time since 1985 after sweep of Orioles

BY DAVE SKRETT The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo.— Crown these Royals the American League champions.

After nearly three decades spent trying to return to the playoffs, Kansas City is taking its perfect postseason ride all the way to the World Series.

With more dominant defense, an opportunistic offense that plated two runs in the first inning, and a bullpen that shut down the Baltimore Orioles once again, Greg Holland and the wild-card Royals wrapped up a sweep of the AL Championship Series with a 2-1 victory on Wednesday.

Next stop: The Royals’ first Fall Classic since 1985. They’ll face the winner of the NLCS between the Giants and Cardinals. San Francisco leads that series 2-1.

“It’s been an amazing run. This is

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6:30 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour World Match Play Championship Day Two Group Matches from Kent, England (GOLF).

11:30 a.m. -- Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Hong Kong Open First Round from Fanling, Hong Kong (GOLF).

2:30 p.m. -- PGA Golf: Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open Pro-Am from Las Vegas (GOLF).

4 p.m. – Major League Baseball: American League Championship Series Game Five – Baltimore at Kansas City (If Necessary) (TBS).

5 p.m. -- PGA Golf: Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open First Round from Las Vegas (GOLF).

5:30 p.m. -- High School Football: Sumter Touchdown Club Meeting (FTC NOW 26).

6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240).

7 p.m. -- NHL Hockey: Carolina at New York Rangers (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

7 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Boston at Philadelphia (NBA TV).

7 p.m. -- Women’s College Soccer: Florida at South Carolina (SEC NETWORK).

7 p.m. -- High School Football: East Clarendon at C.E. Murray (FTC NOW 26).

7:30 p.m. -- College Football: Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh (ESPN).

7:30 p.m. -- High School Football: Trinity Christian Academy (Fla,) vs. IMG Academy (Fla.) (ESPNU).

8 p.m. -- College Football: Colorado School of Mines at Fort Lewis (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

8 p.m. -- Major League Soccer: New England at Houston (ESPN2).

8 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: National League Championship Series Game Five – St. Louis at San Francisco (FOX SPORTS 1).

8:25 p.m. -- NFL Football: New York Jets at New England (WLTX 19, NFL NETWORK).

10 p.m. -- NBA Exhibition Basketball: Utah vs. Los Angeles Lakers from Anaheim, Calif. (NBA TV).

11:30 p.m. – LPGA Golf: KEB HanaBank Championship Second Round from Incheon, South Korea (GOLF).

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T 0 0 0 0

Pct .833 .800 .400 .000

PF PA 164 91 147 104 119 101 79 134

Carolina New Orleans Atlanta Tampa Bay NORTH Detroit Green Bay Chicago Minnesota WEST Arizona San Francisco Seattle St. Louis

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Pct 1.000 .750 .500 .500 .250

GB – – 1 1 2

L 1 1 1 2 4

Pct GB .750 – .667 1/2 .667 1/2 .500 1 .000 3

L 0 1 2 2 3

Pct GB 1.000 – .750 – .500 1 .333 11/2 .250 2

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 PA 116 82 161 130 143 144 104 143

W 4 4 3 1

L 1 2 2 4

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .800 .667 .600 .200

PF 116 141 133 101

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PA 106 123 113 150

TODAY

N.Y. Jets at New England, 8:25 p.m.

SUNDAY

Seattle at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

Miami at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Carolina at Green Bay, 1 p.m.

Atlanta at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

Tennessee at Washington, 1 p.m.

Cleveland at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.

Cincinnati at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

Minnesota at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

New Orleans at Detroit, 1 p.m.

Kansas City at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.

Arizona at Oakland, 4:25 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 4:25 p.m.

San Francisco at Denver, 8:30 p.m.

Open: Philadelphia, Tampa Bay

L 1 2 2 3 0

Pct GB .750 – .500 1 .333 11/2 .250 2 .000 1

L 0 1 1 2 3

Pct GB 1.000 – .667 1 .500 11/2 .333 2 .250 21/2

L 0 1 2 3 3

Pct GB 1.000 – .500 11/2 .333 2 .250 21/2 .000 3

THURSDAY, OCT. 23

San Diego at Denver, 8:25 p.m.

SUNDAY, OCT. 26

Detroit vs. Atlanta at London, 9:30 a.m.

St. Louis at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

Houston at Tennessee, 1 p.m.

Minnesota at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.

Seattle at Carolina, 1 p.m.

Baltimore at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

Miami at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.

Chicago at New England, 1 p.m.

Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia at Arizona, 4:05 p.m.

Oakland at Cleveland, 4:25 p.m.

Indianapolis at Pittsburgh, 4:25 p.m.

Green Bay at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m.

Open: N.Y. Giants, San Francisco

MONDAY, OCT. 27

Washington at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

NHL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W Montreal 4 3 Tampa Bay 4 2 Ottawa 3 2 Toronto 4 2 Detroit 2 1 Boston 4 1 Buffalo 4 1 Florida 3 0 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W New Jersey 3 3 N.Y. Islanders 3 3 Pittsburgh 2 2 Columbus 3 2 Washington 3 1 N.Y. Rangers 4 1 Philadelphia 4 0 Carolina 3 0

L 1 1 1 2 1 3 3 2

OT 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

PtsGF 6 11 5 13 4 6 4 14 2 4 2 4 2 8 1 3

GA 14 8 5 14 4 9 17 9

L 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 2

OT 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1

Pts 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 1

GA 6 9 6 7 8 19 16 13

GF 13 15 11 10 10 11 11 9

WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Nashville 3 2 0 1 5 9 6 Minnesota 2 2 0 0 4 8 0 Chicago 2 2 0 0 4 9 4 Dallas 3 1 1 1 3 7 9 Colorado 4 1 2 1 3 4 12 St. Louis 2 1 1 0 2 6 4 Winnipeg 3 1 2 0 2 7 9 PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 3 3 0 0 6 13 5 Anaheim 4 3 1 0 6 16 12 Los Angeles 4 2 1 1 5 12 9 Vancouver 2 2 0 0 4 9 6 Calgary 4 2 2 0 4 11 12 Arizona 2 1 1 0 2 5 8 Edmonton 3 0 2 1 1 7 16 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

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TUESDAY’S GAMES

Anaheim 4, Philadelphia 3, SO San Jose 6, Washington 5, SO Buffalo 4, Carolina 3, SO Calgary 3, Nashville 2, SO N.Y. Islanders 6, N.Y. Rangers 3 Dallas 4, Columbus 2 Toronto 3, Colorado 2, OT New Jersey 2, Tampa Bay 1 Los Angeles 6, Edmonton 1

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Boston at Detroit, 8 p.m.

Calgary at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Edmonton at Arizona, 10:30 p.m.

TUESDAY’S GAMES

New York 84, Philadelphia 77 Cleveland 106, Milwaukee 100 Atlanta 109, Miami 103 New Orleans 117, Houston 98 Oklahoma City 117, Memphis 107

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Brooklyn 129, Sacramento 117, OT Detroit 104, Charlotte 84 Indiana vs. Cleveland at Cincinnati, OH, 7 p.m.

Toronto vs. Boston at Portland, ME, 7:30 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Boston at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Oklahoma City at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Denver vs. Golden State at Des Moines, IA, 8 p.m.

San Antonio at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

Utah vs. L.A. Lakers at Anaheim, CA, 10 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

San Jose at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at Washington, 7 p.m.

Carolina at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

Boston at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

Colorado at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

EAST New England Buffalo Miami N.Y. Jets SOUTH

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

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Ward had eight kills and Tolley Horton had seven points.

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On Tuesday in Manning, Thomas Sumter Academy beat LMA 3-1 by the scores of 25-20, 25-14, 18-25, 25-18.

Maggie Eppley had six assists and 11 points, while Maia Grams had four kills and six points.

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Charlotte at Washington, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.

Toronto vs. Oklahoma City at Wichita, KS, 8 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. Minnesota at Cedar Rapids, IA, 8 p.m.

Golden State vs. Miami at Kansas City, MO, 8:30 p.m.

Utah at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

LMA volleyball closes out regular season with 3-1 victory over OP

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MANNING – Laurence Manning Academy’s varsity volleyball team closed out its regular season with a 3-1 victory over Orangeburg Prep on Wednesday at Bubba Davis Gymnasium.

The Lady Swampcats won by the scores of 25-19, 23-25, 25-22, 26-24.

Maia Grams led LMA with six kills and 15 service points. Courtney Beatson had 11 kills, 13 blocks and eight points, Sara Herbert had 16 kills and eight blocks and Megan Grams

MONDAY, OCT. 20

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GENERALS FROM PAGE B1 comfort zone a little bit,” Herod said. “You get used to playing in a certain conference and knowing what a team has and what they bring back the next year. We were not as familiar with some of the teams we played this year.

“But like I told the girls, you just have to play your game.”

The Lady Generals’ game included a number a matches that went down to the wire. TSA had six that went to the fifth and final game – and came away with victories in all six matches.

“You usually don’t won’t to go to five games,” TSA senior captain Taylor Knudson said. “It’s a shorter game and there’s always that 50-50 chance of winning or losing.

“But I feel like our team responds well to pressure.

We get into close games and we become more focused and push harder and work harder. We don’t want to lose. I don’t know if that really prepares you for the state tournament since it’s a best-of-3, but if we’re ever down in a match, we won’t fold under the pressure.”

Team chemistry has been a strong point since before the season started, Knudson added. Going through an offseason conditioning program and a camp at College of Charleston brought the group together, she said.

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Thomas Sumter’s Olympia Coats, front, digs for the ball as teammate Sarah Moore (4) looks on during a recent match.

“We have seniors and young players and new players,” Knudson said. “During our conditioning workouts, we were able to see and talk to each other pretty much every morning and we just got really close.

“That carried over to the games. We all talk and encourage each other out there. It’s one group, not everybody playing for themselves.”

Knudson, a middle hitter, leads a strong core of five se-

niors that are part of TSA’s winning makeup. Olympia Coats mans the middle as well. Kennedy Roedl has worked her way into a starting role after coming on last year as a junior while Emily Nevels has been a constant

FRIDAY

Match 1 -- (4) Pinewood Prep vs. (5) Orangeburg Prep, 12:40 p.m.

Match 2 -- (3) Thomas Sumter vs. (6) Ben Lippen, 2 p.m.

Match 3 -- Loser Match 1 vs. Loser Match 5, 4:45 p.m.

Match 4 -- Winner Match 1 vs. (1) Porter-Gaud, 3:25 p.m.

Match 5 -- Winner Game 5 vs. (2) Cardinal Newman, 3:25 p.m.

Match 6 -- Loser Match 2 vs. Loser Match 4, 6:10 p.m.

SATURDAY

Match 7 -- Winner Match 4 vs. Winner Match 5, 3 p.m.

Match 8 -- Winner Match 3 vs. Winner Match 6, 4:30 p.m.

Match 9 -- Winner Match 8 vs. Loser Lower State Match 7, 6 p.m.

Match 10 -- Winner Match 7 vs. Winner Match 9, 7:30 p.m.

Match 11 -If Necessary

Thomas Sumter’s Emily Nevels (22) sets the ball for teammate Olympia Coats (7) as Sydney Daniel (12) looks on. The Lady Generals finished the regular season at 14-3 in their first season at the SCISA 3A level and will be the No. 3 upper state seed heading into the state tournament which begins on Friday at Sumter County Civic Center.

Match 3 -- (2) Florence Christian vs.

(7) Calhoun, 11 a.m.

Match 4 -- (3) Robert E. Lee vs. (6) St. Andrew’s, 12:20 p.m.

Match 5 -- Loser Match 1 vs. Loser Match 2, 1:40 p.m.

Match 6 -- Loser Match 3 vs. Loser Match 4, 3 p.m.

Match 7 -- Winner Match 1 vs. Winner Match 2, 1:40 p.m.

Match 8 -- Winner Match 3 vs. Winner Match 4, 3 p.m.

Match 9 -- Winner Match 6 vs. Loser Match 7, 7 p.m.

Match 10 -- Winner Match 5 vs. Loser Match 8, 5:40 p.m.

Match 11 -- Winner Match 7 vs. Winner Match 8, 5:40 p.m.

SATURDAY

Match 12 -- Winner Match 9 vs. Loser Lower State Match 11, 9:40 a.m.

Match 13 -- Winner Match 11 vs. Winner Match 10, 8:30 a.m.

Match 14 -- Winner Match 13 vs. Winner Match 12, 12:40 p.m.

Match 15 -If Necessary

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SATURDAY

Match 7 -- Winner Match 4 vs. Winner Match 5, 3 p.m.

Match 8 -- Winner Match 3 vs. Winner Match 6, 4:30 p.m.

Match 9 -- Winner Match 8 vs. Loser Upper State Match 7, 6 p.m.

Match 10 -- Winner Match 7 vs. Winner Match 9, 7:30 p.m.

Match 11 -If Necessary

TODAY

Match 1 -- (1) Christian Academy vs.

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Match 2 -- (4) Palmetto Christian vs.

(5) Trinity-Byrnes, 12:20 p.m.

Match 3 -- (2) Hilton Head Christian vs. (7) Oakbrook Prep, 1:40 p.m.

Match 4 -- (3) Spartanburg Day vs.

(6) Pee Dee, 3 p.m.

Match 5 -- Loser Match 1 vs. Loser Match 2, 4:20 p.m.

Match 6 -- Loser Match 3 vs. Loser Match 4, 4:20 p.m.

Match 7 -- Winner Match 1 vs. Winner Match 2, 4:20 p.m.

Match 8 -- Winner Match 3 vs. Winner Match 4, 5:40 p.m.

Match 9 -- Winner Match 6 vs. Loser Match 7, 7 p.m.

Match 10 -- Winner Match 5 vs. Loser Match 8, 7 p.m.

Match 11 -- Winner Match 7 vs. Winner Match 8, 8 p.m.

SATURDAY

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Match 1 -- (1) Spartanburg Christian vs. (8) Carolina, 11 a.m.

Match 2 -- (4) Thomas Heyward vs.

(5) Marlboro, 11 a.m.

Match 12 -- Winner Match 9 vs. Loser Upper State Match 11, 8:30 a.m.

Match 13 -- Winner Match 11 vs. Winner Match 10, 8:30 a.m.

Match 14 -- Winner Match 13 vs. Winner Match 12, 11:20 p.m.

Match 15 -- If Necessary

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FRIDAY

Match 1 -- (4) Wilson Hall vs. (5) Heathwood Hall, 2 p.m.

Match 2 -- (3) Hammond vs. (6) Laurence Manning, 4:45 p.m.

Match 3 -- Loser Match 1 vs. Loser Match 5, 7:45 p.m.

Match 4 -- Winner Match 1 vs. (1) Ashley Hall, 6:10 p.m.

Match 5 -- Winner Game 5 vs. (2) First Baptist, 6:10 p.m.

Match 6 -- Loser Match 2 vs. Loser Match 4, 7:45 p.m.

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defensive presence and setter when need be.

Joining the senior class this year is outside hitter Sarah Moore. Moore, who came as part of a military family, helped fill an important need at that position, Herod said.

“She’s a sparkplug,” Herod said of Moore. “She doesn’t know anybody we’re playing, but she just wants to win and that’s been a real asset for us.”

Anita Cookie-Gam is the other outside hitter for TSA – a power hitter that has turned some heads as a freshman, Herod said.

Eighth-grader Sydney Daniel rounds out the main lineup as the setter.

“My ninth- and eighthgraders are leaders on the court too, just like the seniors,” Herod said. “I’ve also got three girls that rotate in that do a fantastic job as well. They all work hard.

“It’s just been a special season with this group of girls. Hopefully it lasts a little while longer.”

Robert E. Lee Academy is playing in the 2A tournament, which begins today.

The Lady Cavaliers are the No. 3 upper state seed and will meet No. 6 St. Andrew’s at 12:20 p.m.

The tournaments for 3A, 2A and 1A will conclude on Saturday and will determine the state championship finalists. The best-of-5 3A and 2A championship matches will be played on Tuesday with the 1A match on Monday.

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BY JANIE MCCAULEY The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Bruce Bochy sat back in his chair, took a deep breath and pondered another wacky October win for his San Francisco Giants.

The wild-card Giants finally got a bunt down, and then the baserunning became a breeze. Because come postseason, this bunch sure finds a way.

Pretty? Hardly. And they don’t care about style points.

An errant throw by reliever Randy Choate on Gregor Blanco’s bunt allowed Brandon Crawford to score the winning run in the 10th inning, lifting the Giants over the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 on Tuesday for a 2-1 lead in the NL Championship Series.

“Is this a rule we can’t hit a home run?” Bochy joked of his club’s non-conventional ways to win.

“We can score runs without hits, we’ve proven that,” third base coach Tim Flannery said, hours after singing the national anthem with the Grateful Dead. “I call us the nitty-gritty dirtbags.”

Crawford drew an eightpitch walk from Choate to begin the inning, ending a stretch of 16 straight Giants retired since Tim Hudson’s two-out single in the fourth.

After failing on two sacrifice attempts, Juan Perez singled to bring up Blanco.

Blanco fouled off a bunt try, too, but then pushed one to the left side of the mound and the left-handed Choate’s sidearmed throw sailed past

TITLES FROM PAGE B1 days,” Wilson Hall head coach Tom O’Hare said. “I was really proud of both teams. We wanted to win region, but we also have our sights sets on doing some things at the state meet.

So we’ll stay humble, get back to work and see if we can’t have another good day in 10 days.”

The Lady Barons took five of the top 10 places to finish with a team score of 21 – beating out Calhoun Academy (47), Laurence Manning 74 and Thomas Sumter Academy (83).

“I definitely wanted to win today,” said Lyles, who paced the field with a time of 19 minutes, 32 seconds. “It’s really good to be familiar with this course. It’s flat and it’s quick.

We thought we could get a lot of finishers in the top 10 and we did, so we ran our best and did really well.

“Now my next goal is to make All-State (top-10 finish).”

The Barons’ Drew Reynolds placed second overall on the boys side with a time of 17:34 as WH tallied 22 points to claim the championship. Thomas Sumter (48), LMA (90), Calhoun Academy (98) and Orangeburg Prep (131) followed.

“Drew’s got two years left in him and he’s going to cross that line first before his career’s over,” O’Hare said. “But I told him he made (Jacob) Crotts a champion, he didn’t let him be a champion. Drew ran this race faster than the winner did last year. But give all the credit in the world to Crotts.”

Crotts, the senior from TSA, took home first with a time of 17:14 – just a little off his personal best on the course (16:59).

But in all, the Generals set nine personal records on Wednesday competing in their first 3A region meet.

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San Francisco’s Gregor Blanco is safe at first as St. Louis second baseman Kolten Wong fails to catch a throw from Randy Choate that led to the winning run in the 10th innings of the Giants’ 5-4 victory in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series on Tuesday in San Francisco. The Giants led the series 2-1 going into Wednesday’s Game 4. lunging second baseman Kolten Wong, who was covering first.

“We had trouble getting the bunt down,” Crawford said.

“So I was happy he got it down. He put it in a great spot and made those guys make a play, and fortunately

“We enjoyed the challenge and I think moving up has definitely helped us improve,” Generals head coach Rob Coursey said. “We’ve gotten better and better each week. There are a couple of runners who have already shaved four minutes off their personal best times already.”

The finish also shows how the still developing program has grown in a just a short time, Crotts added.

“It’s a lot of young eighthand ninth-graders running, so you can see the foundation that’s there,” Crotts said. “This is one of the best teams we’ve ever had here, so it’s just great to see how they’ve taken to it and how they’ve progressed.

“It’s especially rewarding for me since this is my last year with the program.”

The Swampcats managed two third-place finishes despite being without girls top runner Tolly Horton and competing for the first time in a while.

“We kind of had a lot of time off last week unexpectedly,” LMA head coach Maria Rowland said. “But overall I thought we did great. We had a lot of shoes to fill, but we’ve got a lot of young runners chomping at the bit to get into those top-7 spots.

“We have a lot of work to do, but hopefully we can work hard for the next week and a half and finish strong (at state).”

The top finishers also earned all-region honors. Wilson Hall’s Reynolds, Matthew Tavarez and Brayden Fidler earned the honor on the boys side with Lyles, Madison Elmore and Julia Ladson taking the top three spots on the girls side.

TSA’s Crotts and Bella Crowe earned their ways on as did Laurence Manning’s JP Rowland.

(we) saw the throw go wide.”

Choate blamed himself. He has done pitcher fielding practice for decades.

“That’s the stuff you dream about when you’re a kid, besides hitting the homer,” Choate said. “Being out on the mound in a game like

that with a crowd like that on the road, those are the kinds of challenges I look forward to. I love being out there for that. That’s just what makes that all the more disappointing, is that ball would get away from me like that.”

The Giants had a 4-3 lead before Randal Grichuk hit a tying homer with one out in the seventh, chasing Hudson.

Right-hander Ryan Vogelsong, unbeaten in five career postseason starts, tries to pitch San Francisco to a 3-1 lead when he takes the ball Wednesday night in Game 4 against St. Louis and Shelby Miller.

“We want to try and win them all here, and finish this thing up,” Vogelsong said.

A wild pitch, a wide throw and an 18-inning marathon.

That’s how these playoff-tested Giants have done it so far.

“Everybody’s saying: ‘How are the Giants doing it? How are the Giants winning games?’” Blanco said. “We just really believe in each other.”

This San Francisco walkoff win came 12 years to the day after Kenny Lofton’s single in the ninth inning ended the 2002 NLCS against the Cardinals and sent the Giants to the World Series.

It also came on a day Hall of Famer Willie McCovey surprised players with his return to the ballpark after a long stint in the hospital nursing an infection.

“How great is that? Huge.

He really wanted to be here,” CEO Larry Baer said.

In the Division Series clincher only a week earlier

against Washington, Joe Panik scored the go-ahead run in a 3-2 win on Aaron Barrett’s bases-loaded wild pitch. That came after winning Game 2 by a 2-1 score in 18 innings.

The Giants also scored the tying run in the ninth inning of Sunday’s 5-4 Game 2 loss on a wild pitch.

“We are finding ways to do it. We play interesting baseball, especially late in games,” said Jeremy Affeldt, who pitched 1 2-3 innings in relief of Hudson.

Playing without injured catcher Yadier Molina, the Cardinals had their chances.

They squandered Wong’s double in the second before he delivered a wind-aided, two-run triple in the fourth.

A.J. Pierzynski went hitless in four at-bats starting as Molina nursed a strained left oblique. St. Louis returned to AT&T Park in the postseason for the first time since losing Games 6 and 7 of the 2012 NLCS, which it had led 3-1.

Javier Lopez got the first two outs of the 10th before Jon Jay’s single, just the third hit by a left-handed batter against Lopez since he joined San Francisco in 2010. Two of those are by Jay this series.

Sergio Romo entered and retired Matt Holliday on a full-count grounder to third that Pablo Sandoval snared and fired to first.

“We don’t do anything easy,” Bochy said. “We might have got a little lucky there with Perez when he couldn’t get a bunt down and he gets a base hit. But Blanco laid down a beauty.”

ROYALS FROM PAGE B1 celebration. Fireworks shot over the crown-shaped scoreboard in center field, and a blue-clad sellout crowd that included Royals great George Brett let out a roar.

Kansas City will host the first two World Series games beginning Tuesday.

Coincidentally, it was the Cardinals who the Royals beat for their only World Series title in a dramatic seven-game series.

Regardless of the opponent, the Royals will carry an 11-game playoff win streak into the World Series, one shy of the major league record. That includes winning their first eight games this season, something that had never been done in postseason history. Kansas City beat Oakland in the wild card and swept the Los Angeles Angels in the Division Series.

“Man, it’s incredible,” said Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer, who drove in a

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Baltimore’s Nelson Cruz is forced out at second as Kansas City shortstop Alcides Escobar throws to first to complete a double play on Delmon Young during the Royals’ 2-1 victory on Wednesday in Kansas City, Mo. run. “These guys every day come to play. If they’re not doing it offensively, they’re doing it defensively with the glove, just playing complete games and we’ve got guys stepping up right now.”

The Orioles, meanwhile, will limp into the offseason after their first sweep in 21 playoff series, dating to the

EARNHARDT FROM PAGE B1 still have a chance to win it.

We appreciate that.”

The new format has been credited by the drivers for raising the stakes in the Chase. A win in any round automatically advances a driver, and four drivers will go to the season finale eligible to win the championship. The highest finisher at Homestead-Miami Speedway will claim the Cup.

While a driver can save his season with a victory, one bad segment in the Chase can ruin the year.

“No one is safe,” said Jeff Gordon, teammates with Earnhardt and Johnson.

“Once that race is over, we are going to have a lot to talk about and some surprises that we couldn’t have anticipated when the Chase began.”

days when the club was called the St. Louis Browns.

Making his first start in nearly two weeks, Vargas shut down the vaunted Orioles lineup. The only damage he allowed came in the third inning, when Ryan Flaherty led off with a home run that just skirted the foul pole in right field.

Heading into the playoffs, it looked as if it might be a showdown between Team Penske and Hendrick Motorsports for the title. Now Joey Logano might be Penske’s only representative in the third round, while Gordon and Kasey Kahne are currently poised to represent Hendrick, which had four cars in the Chase.

There’s simply no room for error, Clint Bowyer said.

OBITUARIES SAMMY K. 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.

Born in Sumter, Sammy loved to draw BRYANT and tattoos. He lived life to the fullest. He will be remembered as a loving son, brother, grandson and friend.

Surviving in addition to his parents are two sisters, Samantha Nichole Turner and her husband, Keith, of Pinewood and Brittney Alison Bryant of Sumter; grandmother, Mary McElveen of Sumter; three nephews, Caleb, Ethan and Brayden Turner, all of Pinewood; along with a host of family and friends.

He was preceded in death by grandparents, Sammy K. Sr. and Lillie Mae Bryant and Durant McElveen.

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday in the Bullock Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Kenny Griffin officiating.

Burial will follow in Lakeside Outreach Ministries Church Cemetery, Summerton.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday at Bullock Funeral Home and other times at the home.

You may sign the family’s guest book at www.bullock-

funeralhome.com.

The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter for the arrangements.

DOROTHY MAE CAROLINA Dorothy Mae Carolina, 81, died on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014, at Orange Park Medical Cen-

ter, Florida.

Born on Aug. 1, 1933, in Lee County, she was a daughter of Arthur and Cerry McDaniel Robinson.

The family is receiving friends and relatives at the home of Sarah Gardner, 5230 McDaniel Road, Rembert.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

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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 Susan Ragin Oliver.

He leaves behind to mourn his OLIVER passing and cherish his memory: two loving and devoted daughters, Sharon Oliver of Sumter and Esma (Johnny) Dennis of Middletown, Connecticut; two adored grandsons, Kai and Koi Dennis of Middletown; one sister, Comilla Green of Hartford, Connecticut; three sisters-in-law, Viola Whitt of Baltimore, Maryland, Sarah “Red” (Frampton) Mathews of Summerton and Hattie Gamble of New York City, New York; a brother-in-law, Ernest Johnson of Maryland; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

The family wishes to acknowledge the very special devotion given by his nieces, Mary “Mae” Singleton and Rosena “Bee” Briggs, both of Summerton, particularly during the past couple of years.

Funeral services for Mr. Oliver will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday at St. Mark AME Church in Summerton. The Rev. A. Johnson is the pastor and Dr. Leslie J. Lovett will serve as eulogist. Burial will follow in the Historic Liberty Hill AME cemetery. The remains will be placed in the church at noon until the hour of service.

Online condolences may be sent to summertonfuneralhome@gmail.com.

Viewing will be held from noon until 6 p.m. today.

The family will receive friends at the home of his niece, Sadie Junious, 116 Clifton Road, Summerton.

Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Summerton Funeral Home LLC, 23 S. Duke St., Summerton, (803) 485-3755.

WILLIE JACKSON Retired U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Willie Jackson departed this earthly life on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014, at his home in Sumter.

He was born on May 20, 1945, in Jeanerette, Louisiana, to the late John and Gracie Louis Jackson.

JACKSON He was educated in the public schools of Jeanerette. At an early age, he joined Saint John Baptist Church in Jeanerette. In later years, Willie joined Saint Paul AME Church, Sumter, where he served faithfully.

In 1965, Willie joined the United States Air Force and completed tours of duty abroad and stateside including McCoy Air Force Base, Florida; MacDill Air Force Base, Florida; Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana; Langley Air Force Base, Virginia; Shaw Air Force Base; Osan Air Force Base, Korea; Hahn Air Force Base, Germany; and Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.

He received numerous decorations and awards for his outstanding services to include National Defense Service Medal W/1 Service Star; Meritorious Service Medal W/2 Oak Leaf Clusters; Air Force Commendation Medal W/3 Oak Leaf Clusters; Air Force Outstanding Unit Award W/3 Oak Leaf Clusters; Air Force Good Conduct Medal W/Silver and 2 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters; Vietnam Service Medal W/2 Service Stars; and a Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal. He retired in 1992 from Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, after 26 years of service.

Following his retirement from the United States Air Force, Willie was employed by Bosch Braking Systems as a business team leader / supervisor in Sumter. Affectionately known as Mr. Willie, he was an excellent leader and highly respected by all.

Willie was a fun-loving and caring man. He loved helping others and shared his many talents with family and friends.

Willie adored his children and grandchildren and spoiled them at every opportunity.

Precious memories will be shared by his loving wife, Barbara Roman Wilson Jackson;

children, Torri Jackson (Troy) Polk of Orlando, Florida, Corey T. (Suzanne) Jackson of Midlothian, Virginia, McKinley L. (LaKisha) Wilson Jr. of Duluth, Georgia, and Jarvais A. (Nessan) Wilson of Midlothian; grandchildren, Charles Polk, Taylor and Zoe Jackson, and Kennedi, Chase, Aria and Roman Wilson; sister, Barbara J. (Melvin) Preston of Houston, Texas; brothers, Raymond (Juanita) Jackson of Glencoe, Louisiana, and Frank Jackson of St. Louis, Missouri; motherin-law, Jessie L. Green of Orlando, Florida; sisters-in-law, Daisy R. Brogdon, Sadie R. (Willis) White, Mildred R. Jinwright, Flora R. (Thomas) York, Gloria R. (Lucius) Felder and Rebecca Carson, all of Sumter, and Mary Elliott, Ira M. Green and Gloria Green, all of Orlando; brothers-in-law, Johnnie L. (Miriam) Roman Sr. of Sumter, Robert (Eva) Lester of Chicago, Illinois, and Bobby (Mary) Green, Johnny (Mary) Green and Ronnie (Deborah) Green, all of Orlando; 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 10 a.m. on Friday for viewing until the hour of service.

Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday at Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church, 803 S. Harvin St., Sumter, with Pastor Robert Galloway officiating. Entombment will be at Evergreen Memorial Park.

The family is receiving friends at the home, 1510 Radical Road, Sumter, SC 29153.

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.

MARVIN E. MAGAZINE SR. COLUMBIA — The homegoing service for Marvin Edmond Magazine Sr. will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday at Bostick-Tompkins Funeral Home, 2930 Colonial Drive, Columbia, with burial at Serenity Memorial Gardens.

MAGAZINE The visitation for Mr. Magazine will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Born in Columbia, Marvin was the third son of the late Adell and James W. Magazine.

He passed away on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014, at his home. He was 51.

A graduate of A.C. Flora High School, Marvin was employed with Grant Electric for many years, until his passing.

He is survived by two sons, Marvin Magazine Jr. and Terrence Hunter; four sisters, Denise Magazine Ford, Lydia King, Whitney Magazine and Charlene Summers; a stepsister, Vivian Martin; two brothers, Lonnie Summers and Terrell Magazine; two grandchildren, Taylor Magazine and Tray Hunter; four aunts, Rebecca Johnson, Doretha (Kirby) McGee, Eveta Frazier and Corine Ellison; and a host of other loving relatives and caring friends, all of whom will miss him dearly.

Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.bosticktompkinsinc.com.

JAMES JONES MANNING — James “Jim” Jones, 76, husband of Hortense E. “Bay” Oliver Jones, died on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, at his residence, 2626 M.W. Rickenbaker Road, Manning.

He was born on March 23, 1938, in the Potato Creek section of Summerton, a son of the late Wash and Sarah Mellerson Jones.

The family is receiving friends at his residence.

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

GLADYS REMBERT Gladys Rembert, 73, departed this life on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born Jan. 17, 1941, in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late John and Mary Bracey Rembert.

The family will be receiving

friends at 1040 Farmers Circle, Sumter, SC 29154.

Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Job’s Mortuary Inc. of Sumter.

JASPER BENJAMIN Jasper Benjamin, 60, husband of Sandra Weary Benjamin, departed this earthly life on Saturday evening, Oct. 11, 2014, at his home in Sumter.

Born on Jan. 7, 1954, in Sumter County, he was a son of the late Holliman Gregg Jr. and Julia M. Benjamin. He attended the public schools of Sumter County and was a graduate of Maywood High School Class of 1973, where he enjoyed playing basketball and was very good at it. At an early age, he joined Trinity Presbyterian Church, USA, Mayesville, and later made Bethany Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church his place of worship. He retired from Carolina Furniture Works after serving 24 years. He later joined Tuomey Healthcare System as an environmentalist specialist for 11 years and then Stericycle as a service specialist for 10 years, up until the end of his illness.

Precious memories of his life will be cherished by his wife of 37 years, Sandra of the home; three daughters, Sonya (Shaun) Conyers of Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and Jessica (David Clea) Weary and Monica Simmons, both of Sumter; one son, Derrick Weary of Sumter; one godson, Rodriquez Bell of Sumter; 13 grandchildren; one greatgrandchild; seven sisters, Patricia (Landis) King of Rochester, New York, Rosalie Benjamin and Gwendolyn (Timothy) Daniels, both of Sumter, Inell Gregg of Chesapeake, Virginia, Wanda Jefferson and Harline Jefferson, both of Mayesville, Alfreda Glover of Manassas, Virginia; seven brothers, Holliman (Angela) Gregg, Willie (Linda) Jefferson, Alfred Gregg of Charleston, Lewis (Verneice) Jefferson and Derrick (Charlene) Green, both of Sumter; his father-in-law, William Weary of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; three sisters-in-law; two brothers-in-law; a host of uncles, aunts, nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his maternal grandmother, Ruth Benjamin, who reared him in her home.

Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Friday at the Bethany Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, 350 E. Red Bay Road, Sumter, with Pastor Daryl F. McGhaney, pastor, eulogist, the Rev. Daniel McGhaney Jr., presiding, assisted by Elder Othan Franklin, First Lady Minister Vivian McGhaney, the Rev. Leroy Commander and the Rev. Sandra Simmons.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 1050 Tupelo Lane, Apartment 2, Sumter.

Public viewing will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. today in the John Wesley Williams Sr. Memorial Chapel, Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter.

The remains will be placed in the church at 10:30 a.m.

The procession will leave at 11 a.m. from the home.

Floral bearers will be nieces.

Pallbearers will be friends and nephews.

Burial will be in Mayesville Cemetery, Mayesville.

Online memorial messages

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2014 may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@sc.rr. com. Visit us on the web.

Services directed by the management and staff of Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter.

BLANCHE MILLER CAMDEN — Funeral service for Blanche Miller, 98, of Hamden, Connecticut, formerly of Camden, will be held at noon on Friday at Zion Hill AME Zion Church, 1262 Lockhart Road, Camden, with burial in the church cemetery.

She died on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014.

Collins Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

BETTY ALSTON Betty Alston, 61, died on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, at her home.

Born on Dec. 20, 1952, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of Henry Alston and Samuella Dinkins Riley.

The family is receiving friends and relatives at the home, 2718 Powhatan Drive, Sumter.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

CAROLYN BOLDEN Carolyn Bolden died on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born in Sumter County, she was a daughter of Phillis Spann.

The family is receiving friends and relatives at the home of Dwayne Bolden, 70 Annapolis Way, Patriot Village, Sumter.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

DEACON COLEMAN DENNIS Deacon Coleman Dennis, 93, departed this earthly life on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born on Dec. 23, 1920, in Sumter County, he was a son of the late Eugene and Anna Dennis. He grew up in Sumter and attended the public schools of Sumter. He joined the United States Army in 1942 and was honorably discharged in 1945. He worked numerous jobs such as brick layer, construction, electrical work and cement finisher, but his passion was farming.

He accepted Christ at an early age and was baptized and became a member of Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church, where he served as the superintendent of Sunday school, church sexton, member of the choir, usher board and deacon board. He was also a member of the Farmer’s Union, Twelve Tribes of Israel and Wateree Sunday School Congress.

Deacon Dennis was happily married to Daisy Keith Dennis, who preceded him in death. He was later married to the late Marie Floyd Dennis.

He leaves to cherish his memories: three sons, James, Jacob and Milton Dennis, all of Sumter; two daughters, Daisy Dennis of New York and Rosa Canty (Clifford) of Sumter; two sisters, Ella Mae Christon of Saluda and Carrie Dennis of New York City, New York; 13 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; seven sisters-in-law, Mary, Louella, Josephine, Eva, Georgia Mae, Ethel and Alene, whom he raised as his daughter; two brothers-in-law, Arthur and

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Milton; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by five brothers, two sisters and his stepmother, Victoria Dennis.

Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Friday at Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church, 7355 Camden Highway, Rembert, with the Rev. Anthony L. Taylor Sr., pastor, eulogist, assisted by the Rev. Richard Addison, the Rev. Richard James and the Rev. Eugene Myers.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home of his son, James Dennis, 5410 McDaniel Road, Rembert.

The procession will leave at 3 p.m. from the home of his son.

Floral bearers and pallbearers will be family and friends.

Burial will be in Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Churchyard cemetery.

Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@sc.rr. com.

Visit us on the web at www. williamsfuneralhomeinc.com.

Services directed by the management and staff of Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

SAMMIE RICHBURG SUMMERTON — Sammie Richburg, 93, departed this life on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital, Manning.

Sammie was born on Dec. 17, 1920, to the late Harry Sr. and Ellen Colbert Richburg.

He was the widower of Annie Richburg. He received his formal education in the public schools of Clarendon County and later joined the U.S. Army. He was a member of Taw Caw Missionary Baptist Church in Summerton. His most recent job was at the 261 Truck Stop, before retiring.

To cherish his loving memory, he is survived by a special grandnephew, Jewel Walker of Manning; a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday at Taw Caw Missionary Baptist Church, 1126 Granby Lane, Summerton, with Dr. William T. Johnson, pastor. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

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

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

The family will receive friends at the home of Jewel Walker, 1088 William Acres Lane, Manning, SC 29102.

Services have been entrusted to the professional care of King-Fields Mortuary, Summerton, (803) 485-5039.

MARGRET G. MATHIS BISHOPVILLE — Margret Green Mathis entered eternal rest on Oct. 9, 2014, in Camden, New Jersey.

The family is receiving friends at 337 Fat Back Road, Dalzell.

Visitations will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday at Joshua Baptist Church, 5200 Live Oak Road, Dalzell, with the pastor, the Rev. Eugene Dennis, officiating. Interment will follow in the Joshua cemetery. Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville, is in charge of arrangements.

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1st marriage is over, but thoughts of ex linger DEAR ABBY — I have a serious problem that’s consuming my life. I know people say you never really get over Dear Abby your first love, but I ABIGAIL don’t know VAN BUREN why after six years I still think about my ex on a daily basis.

Abby, I am happily married.

My husband is the perfect man for me — understanding, sweet and patient. My ex, “Chad,” cheated on me with other women and recently married the one who effectively ended our relationship.

I thought I had moved on,

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but I can’t seem to stop thinking about him. My ex and I had a strong chemistry — not just a physical one — that my husband and I don’t. Somehow I wonder if, while my husband is the man of my dreams, Chad was my true soul mate.

I don’t want to jeopardize my marriage because of a lurking shadow from my past.

How do I get over this and move on?

Desperate for advice in California DEAR DESPERATE — Old habits are hard to break, and sometimes memories do linger to the point of being intrusive.

While it can be frustrating, this is not an indication that someone who cheated on you multiple times was your “soul

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mate.” If you had been meant to be together forever, you would still be together. Consider yourself lucky that another woman freed you from that unhealthy relationship so you could find the man you married.

What you may miss is tension, drama, uncertainty and pain, and that’s not love. The sooner you quit idealizing your ex, the more clearly you will recognize this. And if the unwanted thoughts persist, consult a therapist because your problem is not unique.

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attentive 49 Big laugh 51 It may need boosting 52 *Bargain for less jail time 56 Capital on the Sava River 58 JosŽ’s “Moulin Rouge” co-star 59 Salvage crew acronym 61 Literary bell town 62 Climactic announcement suggested by the starts of the answers to starred clues 67 Shed tool 68 Quaint oath 69 Antipasto ingredient 70 Span. ladies 71 Feature of some stadiums 72 Green DOWN 1 Aggravate 2 Agnus __ 3 Latvian chess champ of 1960-’61 4 Only woman to outwit Holmes 5 Eccentric sort 6 Reading at the checkout counter 7 Laid-back

sort 8 Indy circuit 9 Kind of surprise kick 10 Confronts rudely 11 Word in two state names 12 White house?

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Sandhills Medical is currently seeking a, licensed LPN to provide direct care in a progressive physician's office in Sumter, SC. We offer 8 to 5 work hours, no weekends, 401k, paid holidays, and excellent health insurance benefits. Please send resumes to Nikki Stokes, 40 Baldwin Ave., Lugoff, SC 29078 or nstokes@sandhillsmedical.org. Fax to 803-408-8895.

Autos For Sale SUPER SALE Chevy Z71 4x4 Dodge Ram 4x4 Ford F-150 Starting at $3,900 Price is Right Auto Sales 3210 Broad St 803-494-4275

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Medical Help Wanted Harkey Chiropractic is hiring a chiropractic assistant.

Experience preferred. Apply in person with Resume on Tuesday Oct. 21 from 10 am-12:15 pm at 429 N Main St Sumter.

REAL ESTATE

Work Wanted

Manufactured Housing

I'm Available to clean your home.

Affordable, reliable 16-17 yrs exp ref's. Call Melissa 803-938-5204

Scenic Lake West- 2BR 2BA No pets Call 499-1500 9am-5pm Only

Farms & Acreage

RENTALS

2 Cemetary plots in Evergreen Cemetary $4500 OBO Please call 904-338-4785

Dogs OBEDIENCE TRAINING Basic Commands, Behavior problem solving, Advanced training. Master Trainer 27 Yrs Exp. Both Military & Law Enforcement Canines. Will train at your home or our training facility.

Call 803-972-0738 or 972-7597

Part-time Assistant needed for a busy office in Manning. Please send all response to P-Box 336 c/o The Item, PO Box 1677 Sumter SC 29151

Martin's Used Appliance Washers, Dryers, Refrig., Stoves.

Guarantee 464-5439 or 469-7311

PETS & ANIMALS EMPLOYMENT

GrassBusters Lawn Maintenance, leaves & pine straw. Pest Control.

Insured and Lic. 803-983-4539, Four Seasons Lawn Care Serving Sumter for almost 20 yrs!

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Mobile Home Rentals

For Sale or Trade

Business Opportunities

Dirtworks -Dirt And Rock Hauling Tree & Stump removal & Demolition.

Cheapest in town!

Call 803-406-7996

Help Wanted Part-Time

Open every weekend.

905-4242

Ray Tobias & Company Septic tank pumping & services.

(803) 340-1155. Ask about other discounts. $10 off for new customers when you mention this ad! www.raytobiasseptic.com

Demolition, Hauling, Dumping

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

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In Loving Memory on Your One Year Anniversary Lucille Maple Jan. 11, 1958 - Oct. 13, 2013

Business for sale.Call 803-494-5613 for details

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Found dachshund / beagle mix, female at corner of Hanesworth / Guignard 803-773-4806

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Land & Lots for Sale

Senior Living Apartments for those 62+ (Rent based on income) Shiloh-Randolph Manor 125 W. Bartlette.

775-0575 Studio/1 Bedroom apartments available EHO

2 ac, Manning, Lake Marion. Will perk, 5 mins. to water. M.H. welcome. Paved road, lightly wooded. $19,900. Owner will finance.

Down payment. $2,000. Payment, $202. Call anytime. 473-7125

Reconditioned batteries $35. New batteries, UBX 75-7850. Golf cart batteries, 6V. exchange $300 per set, while they last. Auto Electric Co. 803-773-4381

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HOLLY COURT APARTMENTS located in Manning, currently have spacious one and two bedroom apartments for rent. Fully carpeted with central air and heat, water and sewer included. Please call to inquire about our Move in Special. ( 803) 435-8786 or (803) 983-9281.

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Autos For Sale R & R Motors has reopened for business.

3277 Broad St. 803-494-2886 10% off all vehicles thru end of October.

For sale or rent to own 4BR/1.5BA, fenced back yard. Flexible monthly payment. Call 803-468-5710 2 & 4 Br S/W & D/W Mobile homes & houses, located in Manning & Sumter. 1 - 3 Br, 2 Ba D/W in Pinewood. No Sect. 8. Rent + dep. req. Call 803-225-0389.

Mobile Home Rentals 4495 Bethel Church Rd. 3BR 2BA, stove, refrig. Lg. yard. $800 mo. Call (803) 506-4600

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RN's/LPN's Needed Immediately Tender Care Home Health Care of SC. Pediatric exp. Highly Desired.

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