October 23, 2014

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Arguments about a proposed project at the corner of South Lafayette Drive and Manning Road continued Tuesday evening at Sumter City Council’s meeting, and the project’s next step in due diligence was met with a vocal public hearing. The land is scheduled to become a gas station and

convenience store with a wholesale liquor store, but residents of the area and Ward 3 councilman Calvin Hastie expressed concerns and frustration with the project.

The request on the agenda was for first reading and public hearing for the rezoning of three parcels of land at 1026 Manning Ave. and 10 and 16 Maxwell Ave. from residential to commercial. The 1.63 acres of land would join with parcels to

the north that are also owned by West & Joyce LLC with the plan to create the station and store on the block of land that sits at the South Lafayette Drive and Manning Road intersection. The three parcels in question Tuesday night would be used as additional space for the business. In a breakdown, the business would consist of 11,500 square

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BY RAYTEVIA EVANS ray@theitem.com Ten or 15 years ago, middle schools had hallways filled with young students learning math, science, social studies, English and language arts — just the basics.

Electives for most of those schools included music, art and physical education, but education has taken a turn, and schools in Sumter County are steadily implementing programs, extracurriculars and other opportunities that better serve students and prepare them for the new demands of today’s economy.

Alice Drive Middle School’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics program is doing just that by providing more electives to introduce students to STEM projects in areas such as technology, aeronautics and robotics that could lead to careers in those fields. Lori Smith, district coordinator for science and fine arts, said Alice Drive Middle School is a designated STEM school, and the school provides these courses as electives to students, and the school has a schedule that allows for more elective options.

The program, now waiting for accreditation and maybe even more grant funding to help it move from pilot program to full-blown STEM school, is a “fun and interesting way to introduce STEM to students,” said Principal Jeannie Pressley.

“This is what teaching and education in the 21st century looks like,” Pressley said. She explained the vision for STEM education for the school is to engage its students in integrated STEM-based education to increase the number of

Students in a STEM-based class at Alice Drive Middle program a drone to follow a path of initials they hid with baking soda on a blanket. youth who recognize a real value and reward in studying STEM. Smith said more students in the U.S. becoming interested in engineering, technology and math is also important to the country as engineers and scientists who work for federal entities prepare to retire and the government looks to replace them with skilled and knowledgeable employees.

Pressley said teachers volunteer to teach classes for the STEM program, and they come up with different ideas to keep students engaged. The teachers receive appropriate training and assistance from a STEM specialist to make sure the work covered in the courses simultaneously focuses on education and

learning. The school also partners with Clemson 4H, which provides robots and laptops and has a tech wizard teacher — Cheryl Dillon — in the middle school three times a week working with the students on robotics and engineering.

“Formally, STEM learning at our school will be promoted through a variety of mediums that all play an integral part in the teaching of the whole child,” Pressley said. “The integration of iPads adds a technology component by providing a creative and innovative way to problem solve, reinforce learning and apply what has been learned.”

Dillon, along with Marcia Oliver

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Religious community honors 2 of its own

BY JADE REYNOLDS jade@theitem.com Two Sumter ministers have retired from full-time work but have not stopped helping their community.

On Friday, the Rev. Joshua Dupree will be honored with the Pathfinder Award, and the Rev. Betty Gainey will be recognized with the Trailblazer Award.

“I was kind of shocked,” Dupree said. “It wasn’t something I was trying to achieve.

When I got the DUPREE information, I was like, ‘wow’ that someone thought of me to put my name in the hat to be selected. My thing is serving in any capacity I can to make the commu-

nity better. I thank the Lord I can do a little something good.”

Gainey had a similar reaction.

“I’m surprised, GAINEY and I’m honored,” she said. “I don’t know what I’ve done to deserve it.

To God be all the glory. I’m excited.”

The two will be formally

honored by Tuomey Chaplaincy Services, Sumter Concerned Clergy and Sumter Ministerial Alliance at a luncheon that starts at 12:30 p.m.

Friday and is being held at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

The Pathfinder Award is given to an individual who represents the highest standard of clerical professionalism by working to make Sum-

ter a city where all people are valued, said Kenneth Smith, Tuomey’s chaplaincy manager. This pastoral professional has consistently used his office to influence and support the hospital, the schools and the church.

“While caring for his ailing brother, Willie Dupree, and his brother-in-law, the late

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Road resurfacing officially underway Winning bids awarded

BY JOE KEPLER joe@theitem.com Sumter City Council passed a pair of resolutions Tuesday night at its final meeting of the month, providing for vital resurfacing of city- and stateowned streets.

Both passed unanimously, allowing for almost $600,000

worth of work to go into local roads. Both bids were awarded unanimously to Palmetto Corp., which surpassed initial estimates by city officials to offer the lowest bid.

Palmetto Corp.’s winning bid was $160,800.30, beating the closest bid by nearly $11,000 and was below the city’s estimated cost of $189,400. There are seven projects total, the biggest project being North Salem Avenue in Ward 4, where sewer

lines were recently replaced. Al Harris, assistant city manager of public services, said the road will now be resurfaced from Broad Street south to West Calhoun.

In total, city resurfacing will cover 4,798 feet of roads across the city, just short of one total mile, with Ward 1 having three projects, Wards 4 and 5 having one each and Ward 6 with two projects.

The state road project also

was lower than city officials’ estimates, as the project’s initial estimate of $633,600 was awarded to Palmetto Corp. for just $437,527.45. Almost 3.5 miles of resurfacing will be included in this project, covering 11 roads. The biggest project on the list is Highland Avenue, which splits between Wards 1 and 4.

The road will have 4,675 feet of work done at a cost of $166,400.

Palmetto Street is a close second in scope and scale, as 3,250 feet of road will be paved for $107,500.

The road, which runs behind Bates Middle School, is split between Wards 2 and 3.

In the state street breakdown, Ward 1 will see the most work, with six projects. Wards 2 and 3 will each have two roads completed, and Ward 4 and 6 each feature one project.

FALL FOR THE ARTS The Sumter County Cultural Commission’s 2nd Annual Fall for the Arts begins Friday, bringing a wide variety of entertainment to the Sumter County Cultural Center complex.

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ummerton children showed their support for children around the

world on Tuesday. Students from Scott’s Branch Middle, Scott’s Branch High and St. Paul Elementary schools partnered with Save the Children Action Network to raise awareness of critical issues facing children in the world today.

The event provided an opportunity for more than 400 students to advocate for more educational opportunities for all children. In addition to running laps in the Run for Kids event, students participated in a letter-writing campaign to elected officials.

Save the Children Action Network is working in South Carolina and throughout the United States to increase access to high-quality early education. This event was part of Save the Children’s broader “Race for Survival,” which included participants from more than 60 countries.

In the month of October, thousands of children internationally ran toward a total goal of 5,000

miles. The event mirrored how many miles children around the world have to walk to access education, health care, food and other critical services each year.

By age 5, a child’s brain is already 90 percent developed, yet two out of five American children are not enrolled in preschool. These children enter school unprepared to succeed.

“Every child in this country deserves a fair start in life, but without early learning opportunities, many kids fall behind,” said Mark Shriver, president of Save the Children Action Network. “It is time we come together as a country to invest in early learning and ensure that every child enters school ready to succeed.”

• 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Art Tent with the Sumter County Gallery of Art (Gazebo) • 11 a.m.-2 p.m., SLT Acting Workshops (Sumter Little Theatre) • 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Gospel Concert — singers from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, New Bethel Praise Team, and Crestwood High School Gospel Choir (Patriot Hall Auditorium) • Noon, Allen Hinnant (outdoor stage) • 1 p.m., Pretty (outdoor stage) • 2 p.m., Soulfood Jazz featuring Dwayne Johnson (outdoor Stage) • 2:30-3:30 p.m., Story Squad — Storytelling (Patriot Hall Auditorium) • 2:30-3:30 p.m., poetry workshop conducted

by Coastal Carolina P.E.A.C.E. Club (Booth Room) • 3 p.m., Live music (outdoor stage) • 3:30-4 p.m., music and spoken word (Booth Room) • 4 p.m., Live music (outdoor stage) • 4-5 p.m., Spiritual Gumbo — Poetry and Drumming (Booth Room) • 5 p.m., Community Concert Band Selections Low Brass Quintet and Woodwinds Section (Patriot Hall Auditorium) • 5 p.m., Live music (outdoor stage) • 6 p.m., Just Sweet Karma with Robert Gibbs (outdoor stage) • 7 p.m., The Power Company Collaborative — SEED — A site-specific installation dance • 8 p.m., Live music (outdoor stage) • Dusk, Lickety Split — Visual presentation by New York artist Jen Pepper

SUNDAY, OCT. 26 • 2 p.m., Jazz Time with William Gerald performing selections from Duke Ellington Sacred Art series and Jazz Selections with Sean Hackett and Kay Rasmussen

ONGOING: • Sumter County Gallery of Art presents Aldwyth: Ebb and Flow • Chalk Drawing with Michael Hodge • How Does your Garden grow? — Community Art Installation (all weekend) • Artists on the grounds (Saturday) * Adults only

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3 charged after fight at wedding

BY JADE REYNOLDS jade@theitem.com

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When the fabric was taking over Flo Arrington’s home, she knew something had to change.

So after 15 years of operating The Heirloom Child out of her home, she opened a place at 532 Bultman Drive.

“One of the women who used to come to my home saw the sign and turned around in the middle of the road,” Arrington said.

“She thought, ‘They have stolen her name,’ so she came in. Then she was like, ‘Oh. It’s you. I’m so glad.’”

Though she’s been in operation almost a month, the grand opening and ribbon cutting will take place at 10 a.m. Friday.

The seed for this business started when she wanted to make a smock Christmas ornament.

Smocking is a type of heirloom work that requires hand-embroidering on pleats, Arrington said.

But the class she took was for making smock dresses. So she made one for a co-worker’s granddaughter.

Soon the orders were pouring in for Arrington to do more.

“They would buy the fabric and bring it to me,” she said.

“Then some liked my stash fabric, so I bought a couple of bolts of red and green.”

She retired after 34 years working at the health department.

That’s when the projects moved to her home and expanded. Soon she was carrying heirloom fabric and quilting fabric.

After awhile, she had 900 bolts of fabric taking over half the house.

“And I still have not made a smock ornament,” Arrington said with a laugh.

She considered building a studio onto the back of her home, but after talking to her financial adviser, she decided to open the shop.

The reception so far has been great, Arrington said.

“I have had people come in and say, ‘It’s a real quilt shop,’” she said. “‘We’re so glad you’re here.

Keep it open.’”

Besides offering fabrics, cutters, needles, threads and patterns for crafting projects, The Heirloom Child will soon offer classes.

A trio of suspects that included two Sumter County men was arrested during the weekend after a drunken brawl at a wedding celebration in Charleston County.

Nathan Rivers, 34, of 1035 E. Brewington Road and Leo Garcia III, 41, of 1305 Nature Trail, Wedgefield, were both charged with attempted murder in connection with the incident. Justin McKeithan, a 35-year-old Raleigh, North Carolina, man, was also booked on the felony count.

The confrontation unfolded outside a Mount Pleasant bar just after 1:45 Saturday morning and left at least three men with stab wounds. According to a Mount Pleasant Police Department report, the North Carolina suspect told officers he was in town with his girlfriend for a wedding party at the bar. As they were leaving the tavern, he said two men — later identified as Rivers and Garcia — attacked him from behind without provocation. He told police he had no idea why the men began assaulting him but admitted he was armed with a knife that he always carries for protection.

A club bouncer, who did not witness the fight, told investigators he was drawn to the scene by the screams of several customers shouting that people had been stabbed. The bouncer said he jumped on top of McKeithan, kicked the suspect’s knife out of his hand and detained him until officers arrived.

Police noted McKeithan had a swollen lip and several cuts to his knuckles. He did not, however, suffer any stab wounds during the incident, reports indicated.

The two Sumter County suspects were hospitalized, as was a 40-year-old Charleston man, all of whom officers spotted outside the restaurant. Rivers suffered a deep cut to his right arm while Garcia had a puncture wound to the left side as well as a partially severed ear.

Bar employees said McKeithan’s girlfriend was the only person to witness the entire knife fight. Reports indicate she was uncooperative, telling police she saw her boyfriend get stabbed — although he did not suffer any stab wounds.

Surveillance videos at the bar could not shed light on the incident, as it took place just outside the range of cameras. Several witnesses interviewed said Garcia and the Charleston man were in the bar trying to instigate a fight most of the night before the stabbing. Both had been kicked out earlier and returned.

POLICE BLOTTER CHARGES Shameka Waldon, 28, of 27 Newberry Ave., was charged with criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature in connection with an incident Monday afternoon in the 300 block of Pinson Street, during which she reportedly cut a 28-year-old man during a dispute about child care issues.

Roosevelt Ford, 50, of Sumter, was charged with voyeurism Monday. According to reports, he was being booked at Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center because of a previous arrest for petit larceny. A correctional officer at the jail found Ford apparently masturbating as he looked out the window in a bathroom cell.

Olga Johnson, 36, of 277 Poulas St., was arrested Oct. 15 and charged with criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature in connection with reports she struck a man with her car in a yard near her home.

STOLEN PROPERTY A new air-conditioning unit valued at $3,000 was reportedly stolen from a home in the 100 block of Shannon Street between 9 a.m. Friday and 7 a.m. Monday.

A 50-inch flat-screen TV valued at $2,000 was reported stolen from a home in the 1000 block of Belmont Drive at 9:50 a.m.

Tuesday.

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Flo Arrington, owner and operator of The Heirloom Child, shows off a Christmas quilt in her new store at 532 Bultman Drive. She also displays other local crafters’ work and will soon hold classes for quilters.

Smocking is hand-embroidering on pleats, such as on this dress Arrington won a ribbon for recently at a fair competition. She is the owner and operator of The Heirloom Child that will have a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday.

“I’m lining up the teachers right now,” Arrington said. “I can’t tell you how much I appreciate the support of the Swan Lake Quilt Guild.”

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were reported stolen from a home in the 1000 block of Babette Road about 11:15 a.m. Tuesday.

A stainless steel stove valued at $800, a microwave valued at $250 and a dishwasher valued at $600 were reported stolen from a Dalzell residence in the 1200 block of Raccoon Road between Oct. 11 and 2 p.m.

Tuesday.

days, she said, but normal business hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays.

“If someone is running late, especially if they get off at 5:30 p.m. or so, they can give me a call, and I’ll stay open,” Arrington said.

Starting the first of the year, Arrington hopes to offer blocks of the month. These are kits with the fabric and pattern to make a quilt block, she explained.

For more information, call the shop at (803) 305-1545.

A 2003 GMC Yukon Denali of an undetermined value was reported stolen from a yard in the first block of Wilder Street about 4:15 p.m. Tuesday.

A 2002 Ford F-250 was reportedly vandalized and sustained about $2,000 in damage about midnight Tuesday while parked at a Wedgefield home in the 4600 block of Bum Hill Lane.

An outdoor air-conditioning unit valued at $2,500 was reported stolen from a residence in the first block of Sweetbriar Court about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday.

A 42-inch flat-screen TV valued at $800 and a 50inch flat-screen TV valued at $1,000 were reported stolen from a home in the 5000 block of Christine Dive about 5 p.m. Tuesday.

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New youth minister joins Church of Holy Comforter

BY JADE REYNOLDS jade@theitem.com David Marten planned to be an engineer, but God had other plans.

The 25-year-old officially started as the youth minister at Church of the Holy Comforter on Oct. 1.

“As a youth minister, my main focus is the spirituality of students in the church,” Marten said.

“How to do that is trickier than providing answers in the Sunday school classroom or memorizing verses.

Not to say that that isn’t valuable, but it’s not speaking their lanMARTEN guage. You have to have a relationship. So I go to a lot of basketball games and eat a lot of pizza. That sounds like living the high life, but that is where honest heart-to-heart conversations take place with students. That’s where you really see them and develop that relationship.”

Originally from Independence, Kansas, he grew up Lutheran.

He attended Kansas State University with plans of designing airplanes for companies such as Boeing.

“I found out most likely I’d end up working at a paint company all day,” Marten said. “So at that point, I was working a lot with student ministries on campus. I began to try to follow up praying about it, getting my friends to pray about it and talking to my parents. Is this legitimate or a phase? Is this what God is calling me to do? And I’ve been pursing it ever since.”

So he transferred to Concordia University in Nebraska to finish his undergraduate studies before finishing up his higher education at Gordon–Conwell Theological Seminary in Charlotte.

“It was nondenominational, so we had interesting class discussions when you’d get an Anglican or Lutheran, Pentecostal and Baptist talking,” Marten said. “It was quite fun and a good experience.”

Then he spent about a year liv-

ing in Charleston and serving as an intern youth minister at St. Andrews Church in Mount Pleasant before taking the job at Church of the Holy Comforter.

As a youth minister, Marten works with sixth-graders through high school seniors.

“Middle schoolers and high schoolers are very much different in how they communicate and how they think,” Marten said. “One of my biggest challenges is communication style. Youth use Instagram, Snapchat and such predominantly over face to face. So if you grab frozen yogurt with a freshman, how he’s trained to process, to think, can lead to a lot of awkward conversation. You have to be OK with a little awkward communication.”

Being closer age wise to the generation he works with doesn’t provide him with an advantage when it comes to technology, he said, nor is it a particular disadvantage.

“I don’t think it gives me a particular edge,” Marten said. “I may be a little more open. It can be (a challenge). I’ve not run into it. I think it depends on your leadership style. If it comes up, you just address it as best you can.”

Another big challenge is self-image.

“In youth ministry in general, you sit down and are eating together,” Marten said. “You are watching others eating. So there is a concern about eating disorders, but you look not so much for an eating disorder as they don’t know how to express it and what to do with it.”

But right now his biggest focus is just getting to know the congregation of parishioners.

“It is a process,” Marten said. “I want to get a feel for the culture. I want to get my fingers on the pulse and go from there.”

And he plans to be in Sumter awhile.

“In general, in the role of a youth minister, you have to be around five years to have a strong influence,” Marten said. “It takes a couple of years of them warming up to you.”

A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints holds a package containing the “temple garment,” two-piece cotton clothing worn by church members.

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Mormon church addresses mystery about its followers’ undergarments SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church is addressing the mystery that has long surrounded undergarments worn by its faithful with a new video explaining the practice in depth while admonishing ridicule from outsiders about what it considers a symbol of Latter-day Saints’ devotion to God. The four-minute video on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ website compares the white, two-piece cotton “temple garments” to holy vestments worn in other religious faiths such as a Catholic nun’s habit or a Muslim skullcap.

The footage is part of a recent effort by the Salt Lake City-based religion to explain, expand or clarify some of the faith’s more sensitive beliefs. Articles posted on the church’s website in the past two years have addressed the faith’s past ban on black men in the lay clergy; its early history of polygamy; and the misconception that members are taught they’ll get their own planet in the afterlife.

The latest video dispels the notion that Latter-day Saints believe temple garments have special protective powers, a stereotype perpetuated on the Internet and in popular culture by those who refer to the sacred clothing as “magical Mormon underwear.”

“These words are not only inaccurate but also offensive to members,” the video says. “There is nothing magical or mystical about

The “temple garment,” a white, twopiece set of cotton clothing worn by church members, is seen. temple garments, and church members ask for the same degree of respect and sensitivity that would be afforded to any other faith by people of goodwill.”

The video and accompanying article feature more detailed information about the garments than has ever before been released to the public, Mormon scholars say.

The video, also available on YouTube, says the undergarments are worn daily by devout adult Latterday Saints as a reminder of their commitment to God to live good, honorable lives.

The garments, which resemble a T-shirt and shorts, are shown laid out on a table in what marks a rare public glimpse at clothing that normally is hidden from outsiders.

Members are taught not to hang the garments in public places to dry or display them in view of people “who do not understand their significance.”

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: * Today-Sunday — Word and Worship Conference “Know Better Do Better Have Better” as follows: 7 p.m. today, 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” from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Forty vendors, both local and out of town.

Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church, 4319 Rowe Drive, Summerton, announces: * Sunday, Nov. 2 — Church anniversary at 3 p.m. The Rev. Michael Collins will speak. Dinner will be served.

Calvary Baptist Church, 459 Calvary Church Road, Bishopville, announces: * Saturday, Nov. 1 — Mid-Carolina singing at 6 p.m. featuring the Praisemen Quartet and Cedar Creek Quartet.

Canaan Missionary Baptist Church, 774 Douglas Ave., announces: * Sunday — Fifth pastoral anniversary celebration for Pastor

Jerome and Evangelist Patricia Sumter at 3:30 p.m. Pastor George P. Windley Jr. will speak. * Friday, Oct. 31 — Trunk for Treats at 6 p.m.

Chapel Hill Baptist Church, 8749 Old Highway Six, Santee, announces: * Sunday — “Pink Sunday” will be observed for breast cancer awareness at 10 a.m. An offering will be received for breast cancer research.

Concord Baptist Church, 1885 Myrtle Beach Highway, announces: * Saturday — Fall festival 4-8 p.m. featuring carnival games, hayride, music, food and more. * Saturday, Nov. 8 — Gospel concert at 6 p.m. featuring Midnight Cry. A love offering will be received. * Thursday, Nov. 20 — Gospel concert at 7 p.m. featuring the LeFevre Quartet. A love offering will be received.

Dalzell United Methodist Church, 3330 Black River Road, Dalzell, announces: * Friday, Oct. 31 — Communitywide annual Halloween trunkor-treat at 6 p.m.

Full Proof Deliverance Ministry, 2758 S.C. 341 S., Olanta, announces: * Saturday — “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. Dr. Cartrell Woods and Apostle Johnnie L. Gilliam will speak.

Grace Cathedral Ministries Inc., 60 Oswego Road, announces: * Tuesdays and Thursdays, Oct. 28-Nov. 13 — Orders for One Harvest Food Ministries are being accepted 4-7 p.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. This program is open to everyone in the Midlands area and is a way to help you provide nutritious meals to your family at a low cost.

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.

Joshua Baptist Church, 5200 Live Oak Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday, Nov. 9 — Morris College Day during morning worship. Church school begins at 9 a.m. followed by 10 a.m. worship. * Sunday, Nov. 30 — Youth service.

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

The Rev. Major Lloyd, pastor of the Faith Center of Manning, will speak.

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. * Saturday, Nov. 15 — Fall Bazaar 9 a.m.-4 p.m. in the church gym.

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

Mount Moriah United Methodist Church, 1379 Swimming Pen Road, Mayesville, announces: * Sunday — 44th annual homecoming, celebrating 138 years,

at 2 p.m. The Rev. Dr. Clyde A. Anderson will speak.

with sharing the gospel for children and families at 3 p.m.

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

Mulberry Missionary Baptist Church, 1400 Mulberry Church Road, announces: * Sunday — Homecoming worship service at 10:45 a.m. Pastor Nate Brock will speak.

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.

New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, 3249 U.S. 15 S., announces: * Saturday, Nov. 1 — Friends and family celebration / 140th anniversary at 6 p.m. The Rev. Leroy Blanding Sr. will speak. The Freddie Folston Ensemble will provide music. * Saturday, Nov. 8 — Funfest celebration / 140th anniversary at 11 a.m. * Friday, Nov. 14 — Formal banquet / 140th celebration at 6 p.m. The Rev. Hazel L. Charles will speak. The Freddie Folston Ensemble will provide music. * Sunday, Nov. 16 — Worship service / 140th celebration at 10 a.m. The Rev. Dr. Charles H. Davis will speak.

Providence Baptist Church, 2445 Old Manning Road, announces: * Sunday — Pastor’s appreciation reception will follow evening worship at 7:30 p.m. * Saturday, Nov. 1 — Russell Elmore prayer breakfast at 7:30 a.m.

New Israel Missionary Baptist Church, 5330 Old Camden Highway, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday — “Pink Sunday” will be observed for breast cancer awareness at 10 a.m. An offering will be received for breast cancer research.

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

New Start Community Church of the Nazarene, 4686 J.W. Rhames Road, Manning, announces: * Saturday, Nov. 1 — Horse show

St. James United Methodist Church, 720 Broad St., announces: * Sunday — Women’s Day program at 11 a.m. The Rev. Mary Cynthia Levy Meyers will speak.

Theme will be “And What Does the Lord Require of You?” St. John Baptist Church, 3944 Brewer Road, Manning, announces: * Sunday — Appreciation program for the Rev. Ruth Pugh at 4 p.m. Evangelist Latashia Wilson will speak.

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. (Lincoln High School).

Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, 155 Wall St., announces: * Sunday — 105th church anniversary culminating service at 10 a.m. The Rev. L.W. Walker Jr. will speak.

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Stand up for your religious beliefs but with love

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ast week, I wanted to write an op-ed piece about the situation in Texas wherein Houston city officials subpoenaed Houston pastors for any sermon content that dealt with various issues, most notably, homosexuality. It’s somewhat rare to have an event that so clearly flouts the constitutional right of religious freedom and freedom of speech, which is most likely why the public outcry was immediate.

As I sat down to write, I felt the anger welling, which I’ve learned is an indication that I need to step back. Nothing approached purely from a sense of unabated anger provides meaningful solutions.

The event had already drawn the ire of people of faith and religious freedom advocates, as it should have. But my column — had I written it last week — would have been purely reactionary, which is why I’m glad it wasn’t written. I had time to pray, which, rather than indulge my anger, should be my first impulse.

If you are like me, you have a hard time finding a footing on the appropriate level of righteous indignation. At what point does one cross the line between a careful defense of one’s faith into belligerency?

Public opinion on this matter would render answers that fall all over the spectrum.

For example, some religious groups find it completely appropriate to murder those who oppose their faith.

Others perceive any type of apologetics, Faith Matters delivered in even the most passive of JAMIE H. vehicles, to be an atWILSON tack against them.

It leaves most of us asking the question: Can I stand up for what I believe while still emanating God’s love?

Houston Pastor Chris Seay of Houston’s Ecclesia Church penned an open letter to Mayor Annise

‘That is how we are different: Others will know us by our love (John 13:35).

Sometimes it’s as much how we present as what we present.’

Parker which put, succinctly, the heart of what many of us feel about the situation in Houston, only stripped of any anger: “ … our wholehearted belief is that the Scriptures, which are interpreted in many different ways according to our traditions, serve as a guide and an authority for us.

That means that our teaching will at times stand in stark contrast to the views of our culture when it comes to serving the poor, loving immigrants, protecting all children

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

Baptist - Independent 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

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

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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

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)

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

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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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and contentious topics such as sexuality and human identity. As religious leaders, if we begin to change our teaching to accommodate popular opinion, we have failed to practice faithfulness to what we believe is our God-given call. We cannot and will not walk that path.”

I am firmly behind the content of Pastor Seay’s letter, but I also agree with how that content was given.

He wrote the letter to Mayor Parker addressing her as “friend,” which might have been the last label someone in his position would have given her. Seay addressed the issue but spoke to another: How we are to stand up for what we believe.

I think as believers we have an obligation to stand up for our beliefs but an even bigger responsibility to do so in the context of love.

That is how we are different: Others will know us by our love (John 13:35). Sometimes it’s as much how we present as what we present.

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

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Trinity United Methodist Church 226 W Liberty St • 773-9393 Rev. Regi Thackston Blended Worship 8:45 am Traditional Worship 11:00 am Sunday School 9:45 am trinityumcsumter.org

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Paxville native Tiffany Johnson, Soles4Souls outreach coordinator, tells a story to children at Manning Early Childhood Center on Friday. The singer/songwriter, who now resides in Nashville, Tennessee, picked up more than 400 pairs of shoes donated by students for children in need. Johnson sang a song about her first pair of shoes she performed in and said it inspired her to be a part of the Soles4Souls program. Clarendon and Sumter counties combined donated thousands of shoes.

A pair of tattered shoes worn by a child in Haiti are shown to children at Manning Early Childhood Center on Friday.

Johnson, right, lifts her foot to show off her shoes as she tells a story to the children.

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BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Simpson Hardware has moved across Brooks Street to the building that formerly housed Geddings Hardware at 110 N. Brooks St. in Manning.

General manager Shawn Matthews said he is excited about the new location.

“We have had so many loyal customers over the years, and we wanted to offer them a bigger, better shopping experience,” he said.

To celebrate the move, Simpson Hardware is having a Grand Opening Sale through Saturday, with special offers continuing into next week, he said.

“We have been in Manning for 21 years,” Matthews said. “We had an opportunity to buy the building across the street. We probably doubled in size.”

He said one of the key advantages of the new location is the amount of usable outdoor space — something the former location couldn’t provide.

“Next spring, we anticipate a strong live-goods business and things like more outdoor furniture, grills and that sort of thing.”

Matthews said the move took about six months and went smoothly.

He said Simpson Hardware is a family owned business and will have family oriented events during the grand opening with attractions such as popcorn and balloons.

“We will have plenty of additional special offers announced on Saturday, he said.

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The large saber-tooth tiger inflatable is a popular bouncy house at Laurence Manning Academy’s annual Catfest. Other popular activities include hayrides, bingo and cake walk.

Roar into fun with LMA’s Catfest

BY JADE REYNOLDS jade@theitem.com

Laurence Manning Academy is gearing up for its annual fall festival.

“We’ve been doing it for years,” said Wendy Davis, coordinator. “I remember coming when I was a little girl. It used to be held in the gym, but it’s grown over the years, and now we have it on the football field.

“Each class is responsible for a booth and games. We do a country store, and we’ve added a cook off. Parents sign up to fix barbecue, perleau and stews. We have a variety of different foods

available at the canteen as well such as funnel cakes and cotton candy. And we’ll have lots of inflatables.”

Set for the Saturday after Halloween, Nov. 1, the carnival kicks off at 6 p.m. To enter the gates, it’s $6 for adults and $4 for studentage children. Children 2 and under get in free.

The festival also features a haunted hayride.

“It’s very popular,” Davis said. “We have a non-scary version until dark. It’s for the young ones and the young at heart. It’s a hayride through the woods, and the characters just kind of wave. When it gets good and

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dark, we crank it up. It gets good and scary. There are shot guns and chainsaws.”

Hayrides are $6 per person, and tickets are sold separately for other activities.

Other popular activities include the cake walk and bingo. Many people donate prizes for these, Davis said.

There will be a DJ as well as plenty of baked goods and homemade crafts such as bows and Christmas ornaments for sale.

“You never know what people are going to donate,” Davis said. “I know some staples — canned vegetables, pies, jellies, cakes, jams

— but the actual crafts, you never know until they start bringing them in.”

Vendors will also be selling their merchandise.

All proceeds from the event support the school’s capital campaign.

“We’re always growing, adding buildings and renovating,” Davis said. “The money goes toward our new high school building. Hopefully we’ll be remodeling the gym in the near future.”

The LMA football field is located behind the campus, 1154 Academy Drive, Manning.

For more information, call the school at (803) 435-2114.

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The 2015 Clarendon Scholarship Pageant was held Saturday night at Weldon Auditorium. From left are Miss Clarendon Teen Addison Hicks, Miss Clarendon Ariana Ruiz and Miss Clarendon Preteen Eaddy Osteen. 2014 Miss Clarendon Hannah Henshawstands, right, with her sister and Princess, Emma Henshaw, at the competition on Saturday night. The Clarendon Scholarship Pageant is a preliminary pageant to Miss South Carolina and the Miss America Organization, and Miss Clarendon and Miss Clarendon Teen are sponsored by the Junior Ambassadors of Clarendon County. For more information about The Miss America Organization, visit www.MissAmerica.org and www.MAOTeen.org.

POLICE BLOTTER DAMAGES A 2004 silver Ford Taurus reportedly sustained an estimated $9,000 in damage on Oct. 11 between 11 p.m. and 12:20 a.m. on Bacon Hill Road in Pinewood. The car broke down on the road and had been left hours earlier by the owner.

A white 2006 PT Cruiser sustained $1,500 in damage Oct.16 on Pioneer Road, Manning.

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STOLEN PROPERTY A 2001 red Mazda B3000 pickup truck valued at $5,000 was reported stolen Oct. 16 from a residence in the 4700 block of Kenwood Road, Manning.

Six cars were broken into at a repair shop in the 6000 block of Alex Harvin Highway, Manning, during the night of Oct. 10. A total of $1,050 of property was stolen, $950 of which is vehicle parts and $100 is in music CDs. An estimated $2,300 in decking tools were stolen from a residence in the 1000 block Atlas Drive, Summerton, on Oct. 9. Decking boards and a wheel barrow were stolen from the unoccupied house.

Three TVs valued at a combined $1,300, a laptop valued at $300 and a PlayStation 3 game console valued at $300 were stolen from a residence in the 2000 block of Governor Richardson Road, Summerton, on Oct. 16. The complainant left the house at 7:20 a.m. and noticed the items were missing upon his return at approximately 6 p.m.

ASSAULT An assault by a group of individuals was reported at the liquor store at the corner of Dreamers Lane and Governor Richardson Road in Summerton in the early morning of Oct. 18. The victim reported that an unknown group of people assaulted him and stole his wallet.

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Bring your own blankets and chairs. The movie will start when the sun sets, weather permitting. For more information, call City Hall at (803) 435-8477.

The Clarendon County Democratic Party will caucus at 6 p.m. Monday at Shiloh Baptist Church, 16 Mazyck St., Summerton.

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The Robbie Hodge Chapter No. 960 of the Vietnam Veterans of America meets at 7 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 68, 526 Sunset Drive in Manning.

Anyone interested is welcome to attend. For more information, call Dennis Reynolds at (803) 460-8551.

Come downtown to trick or treat on Friday, Oct. 31, from 4 to 6 p.m. Participating businesses will have a “Trick or Treat Here” poster in the window. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Only visit participating businesses. For more information, call City Hall at (803) 435-8477.

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Clarendon Health System will present a community health forum on Ebola from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. today at the Clarendon Memorial Hospital cafeteria, Manning.

Participants will hear a physician’s perspective on Ebola, learn about the hospital’s readiness, see a protective equipment demonstration and find out how to protect themselves and their families. For more information, contact Dana Mitchell at Clarendon Health System at (803) 435-3294.

Registration is open for the Clarendon County Recreation Department Christmas Card Contest for Clarendon County students in kindergarten through third grade. Information sheets have been delivered to the art teachers in local schools.

The Christmas cards are to be handmade by the student only and will need to be turned in at the schools or dropped off at the recreation office, 3057 Raccoon Road (the ball fields) by Nov. 17.

Children interested in participating may pick up an information flier at the recreation office or from the art teacher of their respective school. Home school students may call the recreation de-

MOVIE IN THE PARK Come to downtown Manning for a showing of “Monsters Inc.” on Friday at the City Park on the corner of

partment and request a flier or drop by the office on Raccoon Road to pick one up.

For more information, call (803) 473-3543 or (803) 433-0103.

DISTRICT 1 LITTER PICK UP The litter pick up for Manning City Council District 2 will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, at Brotherly Love Lodge, 531 W. Huggins St. Bags and vests will be provided. For more information, call (803) 435-8477.

HORSE SHOW TO BENEFIT RELAY FOR LIFE The Sumter County Walking Horse Association and the Manning Feed Mill Barnyard Buddies will host a benefit horse show for Clarendon County Relay for Life at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, at Dillon Park, Sumter. There will be no charge for admission, but donations will be accepted.

The show will start with the Stick Horse Class, open to any child who enjoys riding a stick horse. Children can bring their own stick horses or purchase them at the park.

There will also be a Lead Line Class for those who bring a real horse or pony. All participants will receive a prize.

The Barnyard Buddies will be there with prizes and gifts.

The association will raffle off a variety of items throughout the show, and novelty items

will be for sale.

The concession stand will open at noon. The S.C. Pork Board has donated barbecue, and there will be food and drinks. Sponsorships and advertising opportunities are available.

Contact Joanne Overstreet at (803) 720-7721 for more information.

LET’S MOVE MANNING The Let’s Move Manning Walkers Club meets every Saturday at 7:30 a.m. at the Gazebo on Church Street.

For more information, call (803) 435-8477.

CATFISH COOK-OFF Laurence Manning Academy is hosting a Catfish Cookoff on 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 (803) 435-2114, extension 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 Clarendon Community Center Complex, behind Weldon Auditorium off Maple Street

in Manning. Vendor spaces are available on a first-come, first-served 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) 433-0103 or (803) 473-3543.

MANNING YOUTH COUNCIL The Manning Youth Council is now accepting applications. Applicants must be Clarendon County residents attending Laurence Manning Academy or Manning High School, or home-schooled students in grades 9 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.

HAVEN OF REST PUBLIC MEETING Jordan Crossroads Ministry Center-Haven of Rest will hold it’s public monthly meeting at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5, at New Covenant Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall. Parking is available in the parking area nearest the entrance to the fellowship hall. For additional information, call Ann Driggers at (803) 460-5572.

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LEGAL NOTICES Public Hearing NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS GIVEN that the Clarendon County Council will conduct a public hearing relating to an Ordinance "PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF NOT EXCEEDING, IN THE AGGREGATE, $650,000 IN GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, IN ONE OR MORE SERIES, TAX-EXEMPT OR TAXABLE, TO BE USED TO FUND ONE OR MORE CAPITAL PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE PURCHASE OF FIRE PROTECTION VEHICLE AND RELATED EQUIPMENT; AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO PRESCRIBE THE FORM AND DETAILS OF THE BONDS; PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE BONDS AND THE DISPOSITION OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE BONDS; PROVIDING FOR BORROWING IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS; PROVIDING FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF A GRANT RELATED TO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS RELATED TO THE BONDS; AND OTHER RELATED MATTERS." The hearing will be held in the Council Chambers of the Clarendon County Administration Complex, located at 411 Sunset Drive, Manning, South Carolina 29102, beginning at or after 6:00 p.m. on November 10, 2014. At the time and place fixed for this public hearing, all taxpayers, residents or other interested persons who appear will be given an opportunity to express their views for or against the matters contemplated by the Ordinance above-referenced.

Any persons wishing to submit written comments may submit them to the Clerk to County Council no later than 12:00 p.m. (noon) on November 3, 2014.

Individuals who may need auxiliary aids effective participation and communication concerning the above public hearing should contact Thomas Harvin, the ADA Compliance Coordinator, at (803) 433-3223 or via email at tlharvin@clarendoncounty.org no later than 24 hours prior to the scheduled hearing.

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

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 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

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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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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.

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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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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

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Clarendon County Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 13, 2014 in the Clarendon County Planning Commission conference room located at 411 Sunset Drive in Manning, SC. All persons having any interest in the following variance should attend: Variance #VAR-14-01 submitted by Martha Enzor for a variance from Section V (Minimum Front Yard Setback) of the UDC to allow the location of a residential carport to be a minimum of 2.43 feet from the front property line located at 1499 Waters Edge Drive in the Lake Vue Subdivision, Summerton, South Carolina, TM# 104-09-01028-00. For information regarding this case prior to the public hearing, please contact the Clarendon County Planning Commission office located at 411 Sunset Drive in Manning or telephone (803) 435-8672.

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Clarendon school districts meet state expectations

BY RAYTEVIA EVANS ray@theitem.com Clarendon School District 3 led the school districts in Clarendon County with 80.9 overall weighted points in 2014, according to recent federal report cards. The S.C. Department of Education released the information in regard to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act on Tuesday, also showing Clarendon School District 2 received a grade of C with 73.6 points, and Clarendon District 1 also received a grade of B with 80.5 overall points.

Overall, the state of South Carolina received a B with 85.4 points this year — a 1.6-point increase from 2013. This year, Clarendon School District 1’s Summerton Early Childhood Center received 87 overall points, exceeding the state’s average points, although it did see a drop in points from its score of 98.4 in 2013. Schools in Clarendon 1 all met or exceeded state expectations this year, according to the recent reports. However, Clarendon 1 did see a decrease in points overall in 2014, dropping from 87.8 points in 2013 to 80.5 in 2014.

Despite being located in a rural county and being a high-poverty area, Dr. Rose Wilder — superintendent for Clarendon 1 — said the district performed well and the faculty and staff have gone beyond the requirements and what they’re accustomed to in order for their students and schools to succeed.

“I appreciate the hard work and dedication from the entire Clarendon 1 family. As a result of Common Core standards, teaching and learning are evolving at a level that has required all of us in the educational arena to move beyond our comfort zone. I am of the opinion that the future is now.

It is exciting to think that we are preparing our students for jobs that do not yet exist,” Wilder said in a statement. “We realize that the challenge of addressing the achievement rate of high-poverty students in poor rural districts such as CSD1 is complex and demands many approaches to rectify the problem. Our staff understands that poverty is not an excuse, but a condition to overcome through quality education. I am pleased that we were able to maintain our overall district

rating of B.” Most of the schools in Clarendon County received a B or C grade, meaning they met and/or exceeded the expectations for the state. According to the report cards, Walker-Gamble Elementary School in Clarendon was the only public school in the county to receive a grade of A for 2014. The S.C. Department of Education reported that 62 of 82 districts, or 76 percent, and 919 of 1,136 schools, or 81 percent, met or exceeded the state expectations by obtaining a total composite score of 70 or above on a scale of 0-100. These school districts received a grade of A, B or C. State Superintendent Dr. Mick Zais acknowledged that the entire state is making steps in a positive direction with the improvements it has been making in education. However, he said the ratings decline for middle schools in the state is something that still needs some attention in the future, mentioning that the grade of F for some schools in the state is unacceptable.

“We’re making progress and heading in the right direction in our elementary and high schools,” Zais said.

“I am concerned about the performance declines in our middle schools.

I encourage parents of middle school children to address their concerns with principals and their school board members. The stellar improvements shown in our high schools in this report card serve as a model for what can be achieved.”

The method used to calculate the 2014 federal report card was modified by the South Carolina Department of Education in the spring and approved by the U.S. Department of Education.

ESEA scores are calculated to include English and language arts, math, science and biology, social studies, graduation rate (for high schools), percentage tested for math and percentage tested for English language arts.

In surrounding counties, Lee County School District received 32.7 overall weighted points for 2014, decreasing from 33.8 in 2013 and receiving an F rating, and Sumter School District received a C rating with 72.9 overall points in 2014. To see the federal report cards by district and school, visit the state Department of Education at http://ed.sc.gov/.

Bobby Richardson to speak at Relay Kick-off Dinner

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com The Clarendon County Relay for Life will have its Kick-off Dinner at 6 p.m. Monday in the gymnasium of Manning First Baptist Church, 49 W. Boyce St. RICHARDSON Former New York Yankee and 1960 World Series MVP

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Bobby Richardson will be guest speaker. He is a cancer survivor and a Fellowship of Christian Athletes national leader. A limited number of tickets are available free to the public.

“The Kick-off Dinner is intended to get the community involved in Relay for Life and make everyone aware of what Relay for Life does for the community and the county,” said event coordinator Karen Reit.

She said Debbie Alexander, a Relay for Life specialist from Columbia, will explain what Relay for Life does and how anyone can get involved.

Reit said the Clarendon Relay for Life raised $88,000 this year, and the goal in 2015 is $90,000.

“We want to invite everyone to get involved,” Reit said.

The buffet-style dinner menu will include two flavors of chicken, banana pudding and green beans and possibly sweet

The City of Manning will hold a Public Meeting on Monday, November 17th, at Manning City Hall, 29 W. Boyce Street at 6:30 PM. The purpose of the meeting is to give an opportunity to become acquainted with the project as described below:

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The City of Manning has filed an application with the United States Department of Agriculture- Rural Development (USDA-RD) for a Community Facilities Grant for Roadway Additions to its Alcolu Water, Sewer & Stormwater Extension.

The Alcolu Water, Sewer & Stormwater Extensions currently includes 1,800 linear feet of water mains, 3,000 linear feet of gravity sewer lines, 2,030 linear feet of sewer force main, a wastewater pump station, 1,100 linear feet of storm drains, and a detention pond to support ongoing development in the Alcolu Community being undertaken by the non-profit Have Faith Community Development Corporation.

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The United States Department of Agriculture-Rural Development (USDA-RD) is already providing funding assistance to the City through a long-term low interest Rural Utility Service Loan and a Rural Business Enterprise Grant. The City also received a grant from the SC State Budget & Control Board for the project. Bids were received in April 2014 and construction began in early July 2014 on the water, sewer, and stormwater extensions. Additional grant funds in the amount of $49,000 are being sought to allow for the addition of the roadway work to the construction contract and to have a modest contingency as construction progresses. All required permits have been issued, and there is no impediment to completing the roadway work other than sufficient funding. Citizens will have the opportunity to comment on such items as economic and environmental impacts, service area and alternatives to the project.

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Mindy is an 11-week-old cocker spaniel/Jack Russell mix. She is a sweet girl and full of energy. She has had her age-appropriate shots and has been spayed.

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from the sales raise funds for Relay for Life, Reit said.

Registration forms for the Survivors for Relay for Life, May 8, 2015, will be available at the event.

“We hope to be registering cancer survivors for the upcoming relay in 2015,” Reit said.

For more information or to obtain tickets, contact Reit at (803) 410-0080 or reitk@yahoo. com or Sharron Haley at (803) 460-1725.

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The evening should last about two hours, Reit said.

“We will be selling luminaries if anyone wants to start buying luminaries, and we’ll also be taking orders for T-shirts,” she said.

Luminaries in honor of, or in memory of someone are $10 apiece, she said. Reit said the T-shirts, sweatshirts and hoodies can be ordered in a variety of styles at the dinner at a range of prices. Proceeds

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The DIY network goes truly old school “The Shatner Project” (10 p.m.) not only engages in the celebrity home makeover genre, but stars one of television’s most enduring figures. As TV legends go, Shatner is right up there with Cloris Leachman and Betty White, having appeared on the small screen since the 1950s.

The six-episode series stems from a YouTube video blog by the same name. This makes Shatner one of the few TV stars to have traveled from the era of live television to Internet clips. Shatner’s small-screen breaks came with NBC’s Western “Outlaws” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” as well as “The Twilight Zone,” and then making television and pop culture history as Capt.

James T. Kirk on “Star Trek” during its run from 1966-69.

Speaking of William Shatner — the journey from celebrity to punch line is a curious one, but the smartest talents know when they have arrived. Neil Patrick Harris made the most of his quasifame from “Doogie Howser, M.D.” in such films as “Starship Troopers” and “Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle,” goofing off of his image and playing it straight. Now he has “How I Met Your Mother” in his rearview mirror, and he’ll be hosting the Academy Awards in 2015.

Billy Ray Cyrus has had any number of renewals of the 15 minutes of fame allotted to him for the 1992 hit “Achy Breaky Heart.” Now he appears on the spoof news series “Newsreaders” (midnight, Adult Swim, Cartoon Network, TV-14), an over-the-top take on fair and balanced journalism from the team that brought you “Childrens Hospital.”

Among the fake correspondents, Alan Tudyk appears as Reagan Biscayne. In addition to Miley Cyrus’ dad, the second season’s guest stars include Jenna Fischer, Rob Huebel, Tom Lennon, Randall Park, Danny Pudi, Rob Riggle, Martin Starr, James Urbaniak and David Hasselhoff.

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U.S. will track travelers from nations with cases of Ebola WASHINGTON (AP) — Stepping up their vigilance against Ebola, federal authorities said Wednesday that everyone traveling into the U.S. from Ebola-stricken nations will be monitored for symptoms for 21 days. That includes returning American aid workers, federal health employees and journalists, as well as West African travelers.

The program will start Monday in six states that represent 70 percent of people arriving from Liberia, Sierra Leone and New Guinea, said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

CDC Director Tom Frieden said monitoring would extend to other states in coming days and reach “every person coming back to the country for the 21 days they are at risk for Ebola.” He said it would continue until the outbreak in West Africa is controlled.

“We have to keep our guard up,” Frieden told reporters on a conference call.

Local and state officials will perform the daily monitoring, which may consist of keeping up with people by phone or visits. The first states are New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey and Georgia.

Individuals arriving from West Africa will receive “care kits” that include thermometers, detailed information on how take their temperature twice a day and logs for recording the information. Temperatures must be reported to health officials at least once per day, he said.

Frieden said the message to travelers is: “If you become sick, get care quickly because that could save your life and protect your family.”

The kits also will include information on whom to call if symptoms occur and a card the traveler can present to health care providers if he or she seeks care.

CDC already was telling its own employees and other health professionals working in the outbreak zone to monitor their temperature for 21 days upon return, so Wednesday’s announcement adds another step to their ongoing fever watch.

The new program comes after authorities announced Wednesday plans to funnel all visitors from the three nations through five airports where fever checks and other Ebola screening measures have been put in place.

An American video journalist who has recovered from Ebola left the hospital Wednesday and headed home to Providence, Rhode Island.

“Today is a joyful day,” Ashoka Mukpo said in a statement released by the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.

The hospital said testing found him free of the virus now.

“I feel profoundly blessed to be alive, and in the same breath aware of the global inequalities that allowed me to be flown to an American hospital when so many Liberians die alone with minimal care,” said Mukpo, who arrived at the Nebraska hospital Oct. 6.

The virus has killed more than 4,500 people in West Africa, nearly all in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Mukpo caught it while working in Liberia as a freelance cameraman for NBC and other media outlets.

Two American nurses remain hospitalized after catching the virus from a Liberian man who traveled to the U.S. before exhibiting symptoms and dying at a Dallas hospital. Because of their cases, the CDC issued more stringent safety guidelines this week and is working with states to spread them to health care workers across the country.

Debra Berry, the mother of Dallas nurse Amber Vinson, said Tuesday her daughter is “doing OK, just trying to get stronger” while being treated at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.

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Catherine Devine, 22, reads instant messages on her laptop at her home in Kings Park, New York, in 2011. Devine had her first of several brushes with online harassment in seventh grade. A report released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center found that nearly threequarters of American adults who use the Internet have witnessed online harassment.

Survey confirms harassment is common part of online life NEW YORK (AP) — A new study confirms what many Internet users know all too well: Harassment is a common part of online life.

The first-of-its-kind report by Pew Research Center found that nearly three quarters of American adults who use the Internet have witnessed online harassment. Forty percent have experienced it themselves.

The types of harassment Pew asked about range from name-calling to physical threats, sexual harassment and stalking. Half of those who were harassed said they didn’t know the person who had most recently attacked them.

Young adults — people 18 to 29 — were the most likely age group to see and experience online harassment.

Women ages 18 to 24 were disproportionately the victims of stalking and

sexual harassment, according to the survey. And people who have more information available about themselves online, work in the tech industry or promote themselves on the Internet were also more likely to be harassed.

Starting this summer, people involved in an online campaign termed “Gamergate” have been harassing several prominent women in the video game industry and their supporters for criticizing the lack of diversity in games and how women are portrayed.

One of the targets is Brianna Wu, a software engineer and founder of game developer Giant Spacekat. Wu, who is in her mid-30s, said she has frequently been harassed online, but it’s gotten worse this year.

Earlier this month, people threatened her and her husband with rape,

death and castration on Twitter and posted her address online, she said, and they have been trying to impersonate her on the Internet to smear her reputation. She got so frightened that she left her home in Boston.

Wu went to the police, but most people harassed online don’t. According to Pew, just 5 percent of those who were harassed reported the incident to law enforcement, while nearly half confronted the person online. Forty-four percent said they unfriended or blocked the person.

But victims of harassment often don’t know where it’s coming from.

Thirty-eight percent of people who were harassed online said a stranger was behind the threats, and an additional 26 percent didn’t know who the person was.

Blackwater guards found guilty in Iraq shootings WASHINGTON (AP) — Four former Blackwater security guards were convicted Wednesday in the 2007 shootings of more than 30 Iraqis in Baghdad, an incident that inflamed antiAmerican sentiment around the globe and was denounced by critics as an illustration of a war gone horribly wrong.

The men claimed self-defense, but federal prosecutors argued that they had shown “a grave indifference” to the carnage their actions would cause. All four were ordered immediately to

jail. A lawyer for one of them quickly said he expected to appeal.

The federal jury found Nicholas Slatten guilty of first-degree murder, the most serious charge in a multi-count indictment. The three other guards — Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Dustin Heard — were found guilty of multiple counts of voluntary manslaughter, attempted manslaughter and gun violations.

The outcome after a summer-long trial and weeks of jury deliberation appeared to stun the defense.

cles operated in risky environments where car bombs and attacks by insurgents were common.

On the murder charge, Slatten could face a maximum penalty of life in prison. The other three defendants could face decades behind bars.

The trial itself focused on the killings of 14 Iraqis and the wounding of 17 others.

During an 11-week trial, prosecutors summoned 72 witnesses, including Iraqi victims, their families and former colleagues of the defendant Blackwater guards.

David Schertler, a lawyer for Heard, said, “The verdict is wrong, it’s incomprehensible. We’re devastated.

We’re going to fight it every step of the way. We still think we’re going to win.”

The shootings on Sept. 16, 2007, caused an international uproar about the role of defense contractors in urban warfare.

The State Department had hired Blackwater to protect American diplomats in Baghdad, the Iraqi capital, and elsewhere in the country. Blackwater convoys of four heavily armored vehi-

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Norman China, the Rev. Dupree helped spearhead the ‘Stop the Violence’ campaign, assists and feeds the homeless at Mount Pisgah breakfast and leads the crusade, ‘All God’s Children Has Shoes,’ which gives shoes to those without,” Smith said. “He is very involved in our community and does not seek recognition.”

Past winners of this award include Marion Newton, James Blassingame and Al Sims.

The Trailblazer Award is given to a clergy person who represents the highest standard of clerical professionalism by exhibiting community involvement and is a person who seeks to work to make Sumter a city where all people are valued. This award-winning person consistently volunteers in the hospital, schools, community and church, Smith said.

“Rev. Gainey has been a hospital chaplain, both volunteer and employee, for more than 20 years,” he said.

“She worked for the children’s home in Sumter for years and continues to serve as a community pastor.”

Past winners of this award include Eliza Black, Greg Pressley and Vilma Horne.

The luncheon message will be “The Power of Spirituality in Times of Crisis and Challenge,” and is based on 2 Chronicles 20:1-30. The presenter will be Edward Sanders of Calvary Baptist Church in Pinewood.

of the school, recently taught the students how to program robots to do certain commands — a skill that can be used in careers for industries coming to South Carolina such as Continental Tire the Americas.

The school also dips its toes into the criminal justice field with students learning about crime scene investigation and hearing from speakers such as Carlotta Stackhouse, director of the Forensic Center at Morris College.

Pressley said they recently received a visit from Georgia educators who chose to visit the school and take a look at its STEM program because, unlike others, it is a public school offering the opportunities instead of a school that specializes in that area.

LIQUOR STORE FROM PAGE A1 feet for the liquor, beer and wine store with a 2,400-squarefoot convenience store.

While the liquor store was approved at the June 11 Zoning Board of Appeals meeting, the fight over the area has continued at the recent City-County Planning Commission and in the Oct. 9 city council meeting, where Hastie voted against the city’s plan to annex the property. Sumter resident Joshua Dupree spoke at the hearing and said that “we have enough liquor stores in South Sumter to support everybody that wants to buy liquor. I’m just questioning the 11,500 square (feet) for a liquor store.

That’s a lot of liquor.” Hastie asked Dupree to name liquor stores that he knows of in the area, and Dupree listed off three and added “there’s a number of liquor

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stores in South Sumter.”

“It just makes no sense for such a small neighborhood,” Hastie said.

“Hopefully that will encourage someone else to bring a restaurant or fastfood chain up in the area,” Ward 2 councilwoman Ione Dwyer said. She added that with the proposed store, more business will be interested in the area knowing that the investment has already been made and new needs will develop.

“What I get from my constituents is that this is another racially based decision,” Hastie said. “None of us would have a fourth or fifth liquor store put in an area where our children go to school. That makes no sense.

It’s put in the most impoverished area in the city where we already have crime. Economically it’s a great thing,

but sometimes we have to look beyond economics and what is the right thing.”

Mayor Joe McElveen bristled at Hastie’s comment that it was a racially based decision, saying that he has been fighting for development of any kind for the South Sumter area.

“Initially I was opposed to this, but it’s on a major thoroughfare. There are at least six places within five or six blocks of my house that sell beer. These decisions are not made by city council; they are made by the market. I’m not advocating a liquor store.

Don’t tell me it’s race based.

I’m not voting for this to hold down anybody. I want development on Manning Avenue more than anyone.”

The mayor added that between this project and the proposed capital penny sales tax projects aimed to improve Manning Avenue, the area will be better primed for future business interest, but it

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high school students.

Pressley and Smith said they encourage their students to pursue college careers after graduation but also think introducing them to robotics and engineering opens the doors for them to think about different options instead of just your standard four-year college opportunity.

The program, which receives funding and support from the South Carolina Coalition for Mathematics and Science, is the beginning of what they hope will continue to grow throughout the district to promote the interest in science and mathematics for all students at all school levels, explained Smith.

In the future, they hope to receive official accreditation and more funding for the program and to start an after-school LEGO robotics team to compete in national challenges.

“When you choose science, it’s so wide open. We need to make sure our children are back up to par with global standards in science,” Dillon said Wednesday afternoon.

“We want them to be excited about engineering and science and possibly go into these fields in their careers.”

The school, as well as the entire Sumter School District, continues to try to guide students in the direction of successful careers and jobs that are not yet created but that the economy will need in the future. The middle school offers STEM aeronautics, engineering, robotics and technology. With a partnership with Central Carolina Technical College, the school district has started a mechatronics program at the Sumter Career and Technology Center and is starting a pharmacy tech program for

Charles Burns seconded it. In the ensuing vote, only Hastie voted against the first reading.

Greg Walker, the agent representing West & Joyce LLC, clarified after the meeting that the intended value of the property is the gas station and convenience store and said that the liquor store is “further down the road.” With the property sitting at a key thoroughfare, the gas station was seen as valuable to tractor trailers and other commuters who would be buzzing around the new Continental Tire the Americas plant on U.S. 521. He added that any liquor store plans were for wholesale rather than single bottles or cans and countered that you can buy singles at nearly any gas station. When Walker was called upon at the meeting to directly answer questions from council, none were asked.

had to start somewhere.

“Stores go where people are that spend money. So far we have been unable to get a Target because we do not have the proper median income. We have not been able to get an Olive Garden for the same reason,” McElveen said. “I’m sorry it’s that way.

I have tried to recruit stores to South Sumter. I have tried to get food stores to go there.

It’s not going to happen until we get more folks living out there and get the demographics up. ” He said also that the per capita income that is needed to draw new businesses to Sumter has been on the rise, saying “it has gone up the last four years on a percentage basis larger than anywhere in the state. We’re working on it, and we’re getting there.”

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014

AROUND TOWN The Sumter Unit of the National will be held at the Lee CounAssociation of Parliamentarians ty Library, 200 N. Main St., Bishopville, and at the main will meet at 6:30 p.m. today at the Sumter School District branch of the Sumter County Library, 111 N. Harvin St. For Administrative Building, 1345rules Interested in the of democracy? details, call (803) 799-3853.

Wilson Hall Road. Douglas Wilson will present a proThe Clarendon County Demogram on incidental motions. cratic Caucus will meet at 6 Meetings are open to the p.m. on Monday, Oct. 27, at public and visitors are welShiloh Baptist Church, 16 Macome. For information, conzyck and Tindal St., Summertact Laura LeGrand at (803) ton.

775-0830 or lauralegrand@ The Sumter Branch NAACP will sc.rr.com. hold its 31st Annual Freedom The Shepherd’s Center will offer Fund Banquet at 7 p.m. on Frifree public information classes day, Oct. 31, at Garrick11-11:50 a.m. each Thursday Boykin Human Development through Nov. 13 at 24 Council Center, Morris College. The St. On the schedule: today, Rev. Gill L. Ford will speak.

Veterans talk about their war The Sumter County Walking experiences; Oct. 30, Crime Horse Association and Manning Scene Investigation (CSI); Feed Mill Barnyard Buddies will Nov. 6, Healthy Aging: The importance of good nutrition host a benefit horse show at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 1, at and movement in promoting healthy living as we age; and Dillon Park. Donations will be appreciated for this ClarenNov. 13, Peace of Mind don County Relay for Life through Meditation. fundraising event. There will The Shepherd’s Center will hold be food and drinks available a spaghetti dinner fundraiser 11 for purchase. a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, at The Sumter County Veterans Swan Lake Presbyterian Association will hold its annual Church, 912 Haynsworth St. Tickets are available for pur- Veterans Day program at 11 chase at the Shepherd’s Cen- a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 11, at the lawn of the courthouse, ter office and are $6 for Main Street. Col. Stephen F. adults and $3 for children.

Jost, commander of the 20th Call (803) 773-1944.

Fighter Wing of Shaw Air The American Red Cross will Force Base, will speak. Foloffer the following classes at lowing the program, 35 local the Sandhills Service Center, businesses will have booths 1155 N. Guignard Drive: 9 set up behind the courta.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, Govhouse for veterans to see ernmental Operations Liaiwhat the businesses have to son course, lunch will be offer them. provided; and 6 p.m. ThursThe Sumter Chapter of the Naday, Oct. 30, Shelter Fundamentals class. Call (803) 775- tional Federation of the Blind will meet at 7 p.m. on Tues2363 to register. day, Nov. 11, at Shiloh-RanThe Sumter High Steppers horse dolph Manor, 125 W. trail will be held at 10 a.m. on Bartlette St. Jonathan Pent Saturday, Oct. 25, at 6850 will speak. The spotlight will Brohum Camp Road, Wedgeshine on Erieka Myers and field. Lunch available for $5 the associate member is and will consist of grilled Ruth Pressley. Transportachicken, hot dogs, chips and tion provided within coverdrink. Horse riders eat free. age area. If you know a blind There will be a hay ride and or legally blind individual, fun games for the children. contact Debra Canty at DebCall Ronnie Scott at (803) raCanC2@frontier.com or at 468-3550 or email ron_n_ (803) 775-5792. For pertinent tm@yahoo.com. information about their upcoming gala, call the 24/7 reTake the kids to the Elks Lodge corded message line at (206) for trunk or treat 5-6 p.m. on 376-5992.

Saturday, Oct. 25, 1100 W. Liberty St. Clarendon School District One will conduct free vision, hearThe Sumter Branch NAACP will ing, speech and developmental meet at 5 p.m. on Sunday, screenings as part of a child Oct. 26, at St. Luke AME find effort to identify stuChurch, 2355 N. St. Paul dents with special needs.

Church Road.

Screenings will be held from The Cooperative Ministry will 9 a.m. to noon at the Sumhost Coverage to Care workmerton Early Childhood Censhops in Lee and Sumter counties from noon to 1 p.m. ter on the following Thursdays: Nov. 13; Dec. 11; Jan. 8, on Monday, Oct. 27, to ad2015; Feb. 12, 2015; March 12, dress questions people may 2015; April 9, 2015; and May still have about the Market14, 2015. For more informaplace and healthcare.gov.

The events are free and open tion, call Sadie Williams or to the public. The workshops Audrey Walters at (803) 4852325, extension 221.

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WEATHER

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Winds: NNE 6-12 mph

Winds: ENE 4-8 mph

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Gaffney 69/41 Spartanburg 70/42

Greenville 70/43

Florence 69/44

Bishopville 71/43 Columbia 72/45

Temperatures shown on map are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

Sumter 70/44

IN THE MOUNTAINS

Myrtle Beach 68/49

Manning 71/44

Today: Sunshine. Winds west-southwest becoming west 3-6 mph.

Friday: Sunshine. Winds light and variable.

Aiken 72/41

ON THE COAST Charleston 71/49

Today: Mostly sunny; pleasant. High 68 to 72.

Friday: Sunny; pleasant. High 70 to 75.

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SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

Temperature High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

68° 47° 73° 48° 86° in 1993 24° in 1974

River Black River Congaree River Lynches River Saluda River Up. Santee River Wateree River

0.00" 0.72" 2.58" 31.34" 43.49" 39.82"

NATIONAL CITIES Today Hi/Lo/W 71/47/s 59/46/pc 80/60/pc 58/43/s 81/55/s 85/63/s 75/56/s 58/49/r 80/60/s 57/49/r 94/67/s 75/60/pc 64/51/pc

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Moonrise 7:12 a.m.

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Taking a short trip or doing something you enjoy will ease tension. A serious matter concerning an older family member is best dealt with cautiously.

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Matters that concern a pet must not be left unattended. You will pick up interesting information if you ask questions, do research or sign up for a seminar. Don’t fold under pressure.

refrain from being pushy.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You will intrigue the people you encounter if you share your thoughts, experience and wisdom. Don’t shy away from an opportunity to have a conversation with someone you admire. Your thoughts will be appreciated and a friendship will develop.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Be cautious of anyone who is too complimentary. Ulterior motives are present, and you must protect your reputation and your assets.

Secret information is being withheld, making it impossible for you to make a well-informed decision.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Plan to get out and take part in activities that are work-related. If you are fun to be with, everyone will want to spend time with you. Making positive changes at home will boost your morale and your relationship with loved ones.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Don’t be fooled by appearances. Be cautious when sharing information.

You don’t want anyone to take over or take credit for something that belongs to you. Love is in the stars, and positive change at home will lift your spirits.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Take a pass if someone pushes you in an undesirable direction. Trouble will develop if you get into a deep discussion with someone who doesn’t feel the same way you do about religion, politics or other issues. Focus on fun, not debate.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You may think you have everything under control, but before you jump to conclusions, do your homework.

Not everyone will be upfront and honest with you, leaving you in an awkward and costly position. Cover your tracks.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Step into the spotlight and make it count. Talk about your concerns, desires and intentions, and you’ll be surprised how many people support your efforts. Travel, communication and partnerships will lead to prosperous deals. Love is on the rise.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Make things happen and you will leave a lasting impression. You will be offered an opportunity that is too good to ignore. A partnership will undergo a shift, but in the end it will bring you closer together. Put time aside for romance.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You’ll have lots to think about. Look at your community and the people you are surrounded by and you will recognize the problems and the solutions required to make life better. Encourage change, but

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Someone will surprise you or offer a gift or proposal you cannot refuse. Let your intuition guide you and you will find a way to please others as well as yourself. Don’t expect everyone to be pleased with your choices.

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UK, Florida men picked to lead conference

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014

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PREP FOOTBALL

Wilson Hall working on playing its best football

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com Six sacks, a fumble recovery, an interception and four blocked punts.

After two weeks of letting leads slip away in the second half, Wilson Hall’s defense and special teams made sure history wouldn’t LANE repeat itself a third time.

The Barons’ 41-12 win over Pinewood Prep is something head coach Bruce Lane hopes is a sign of things to come SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO with the final two weeks of Wilson Hall’s Sam Watford, bottom, and the rest of the Barons’ dethe regular season looming. fense and special teams executed better during last Friday’s 41-12 vic“You always want to be tory over Pinewood Prep. The Barons hope the trend continues this playing your best football at week against Heathwood Hall. the end of the season, and I

think we took a step in that direction last week,” Lane said.

“But we’re not looking back and we’re not looking ahead.

We’re concentrating on this week, but this is a very important game in terms of solidifying home field advantage in the playoffs.”

Wilson Hall hits the road for the final two weeks of the regular season, starting on Friday at 7:30 p.m. in Columbia against Heathwood Hall. The Barons are 6-2 overall and 4-2 in SCISA 3A play. That puts them in third place at the moment behind 6-0 Hammond and 5-1 Laurence Manning Academy – their opponent next week.

Wilson Hall has a 17-game home winning streak to boot, so securing one of the top seeds would bode well for

Lane and company.

That begins with a victory over the Highlanders. Heathwood is 3-4 overall and 2-4 in 3A with losses to LMA, Porter-Gaud, Ben Lippen and Pinewood.

Heathwood has allowed an average of 23 points per game, and the number drops to 14.8 without lopsided losses to Laurence Manning and Porter-Gaud.

“They’ve played (most) everybody really closely,” Lane said. “They’re a really good defensive team. Their defensive front is very quick and the linebackers like to blitz and bring pressure.

“We’ll have to be good up front in order to be successful.”

SEE BARONS, PAGE B4

LMA looks to solidify a top playoff seed

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com

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Sumter’s Rodney Pitts (21) runs upfield during the Gamecocks’ 17-7 victory over West Florence last week. After capturing its first Region VI-4A victory against the Knights, SHS will look to improve overall as it travels to Myrtle Beach to take on Carolina Forest this Friday.

Focusing on the present Gamecocks aiming to improve after earning first Region VI-4A victory

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com The Sumter High School head football coach isn’t looking forward nor is it looking back, according to head coach John Jones. The Gamecocks’ focus is only on what is next and that is a trip to Myrtle Beach on Fri-

day to face Carolina Forest.

“Our only concern is staying the course and worrying about Sumter High football,” said Jones, whose team snapped a 3-game losing streak last week with a 17-7 victory over West Florence.

“We’re just working to make our football team better.”

While SHS was evening its

WORLD SERIES

Butler, Escobar rally Royals to early lead in Game 2

BY RONALD BLUM The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Billy Butler and Alcides Escobar had run-scoring hits off Jake Peavy, and the Kansas City Royals took a 2-1 lead over San Francisco after three innings Wednesday night as they tried to even the World Series at a game apiece.

Gregor Blanco started the game with a home run for

the Giants off hard-throwing rookie Yordano Ventura, but the Royals came back with runs in the first and second innings to take their first lead of the Series.

After the ceremonial first pitch from retired Royals star George Brett, Blanco drove Ventura’s eighth pitch, a 98 mph fastball, into the Kansas City bullpen for his first home run since

SEE ROYALS, PAGE B3

overall record at 4-4 and its Region VI-4A mark at 1-1 against West Florence, the Panthers were dropping a 55-49 decision to South Florence. CF actually led 42-13 at halftime and took a 49-34 lead into the fourth quarter before the Bruins scored 21 unanswered points to pull out the win.

This is the same South Florence team which handled Sumter 44-21 two weeks ago. Jones isn’t worried about point differential, points allowed or the such as he prepares the Gamecocks for Friday.

“Scores of games can be

SEE PRESENT, PAGE B4

San Francisco’s Joe Panik, back tags out Kansas City’s Alcides Escobar trying to steal second during Game 2 of the World Series on Wednesday in Kansas City, Mo. Escobar’s RBI double gave the Royals an early 2-1 lead after three innings.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Laurence Manning Academy head football coach Robbie Briggs points to the Hammond game as a wakeup call.

“That loss sort of got everyone’s attention,” Briggs said of the 37-7 rout. “We played really poorly for two quarters and that’s what happened. I think it refocused everyone.”

Hard to argue that point with the way the Swampcats have played the last BRIGGS two weeks. LMA has rolled past Orangeburg Prep and Ben Lippen by a combined score of 117-24 and appears to have righted the ship just in time for perhaps the toughest 2-game stretch of the season.

The Swampcats travel to Charleston on Friday at 7:30 p.m. to take on Porter-Gaud.

LMA then hosts rival Wilson Hall the following week to close out the regular season.

The current SCISA 3A standings have LMA second at 5-1, WH third and P-G fifth – meaning the next few weeks will likely decide who stays at home and who does not in the state playoffs.

“We’re pretty locked in to being a No. 2 or No. 3 seed,” Briggs said. “We’d like to be in the bracket where we stay at home, even though our guys play well on the road. But we like the home-crowd advantage, and in order to get that, we have to win our next two ball games.”

LMA, which is 7-2 overall, has outscored opponents this season by a whopping 348-94 margin – scoring at least 45 points in all but three games.

The Swampcats have relied on a bruising ground game that reached its peak last week when Ty’Shawn Epps, The Sumter Item Offensive Player of the Week, scored eight touchdowns and ran for 366 yards on 21 carries.

“We tweaked some things after the Hammond game and really focused on what our strengths were,” Briggs said.

“Since then, we’ve played very well. We’ve tried to be a little more diverse in our formations this year.

“The biggest thing has just been all the guys have given tremendous effort every game and you can see that they want to win.”

The defense has been equally stout. The Swampcats have

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SPORTS

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014

SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO TODAY

9 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Perth International First Round from Perth, Australia (GOLF).

1 p.m. – International Soccer: Euoropa League Match from Lille, France – Everton vs. Lille (FOX SPORTS 1).

1 p.m. – International Soccer: Europa League Match from Liege, Belgium – Sevilla vs. Standard Liege (FOX SPORTS 2).

2 p.m. – PGA Golf: McGladrey Classic First Round from Sea Island, Ga. (GOLF).

3 p.m. – International Soccer: Euoropa League Match from London – Asteras Tripolis vs. Tottenham (FOX SPORTS 1).

3 p.m. – International Soccer: Europa League Match from Glasgow, Scotland – Astra vs. Celtic (FOX SPORTS 2).

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

7 p.m. – College Football: Connecticut at East Carolina (ESPNU).

7 p.m. – Women’s College Soccer: Florida State at North Carolina (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

7 p.m. – Women’s College Soccer: Mississippi State at Auburn (SEC NETWORK).

8 p.m. – College Football: Miami at Virginia Tech (ESPN).

8 p.m. – High School Football: Cedar Hill (Texas) vs. DeSoto (Texas) from DeSoto, Texas (ESPN2).

8:25 p.m. – NFL Football: San Diego at Denver (WLTX 19, NFL NETWORK, WNKT-).

9 p.m. – Women’s College Soccer: Santa Clara at Brigham Young (BYUTV).

9 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Carolina at Calgary (SPORTSOUTH).

11:30 p.m. – Amateur Golf: Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship Second Round from Melbourne, Australia (ESPN2).

11:30 p.m. – LPGA Golf: Blue Bay LPGA Second Round from Hainan Island, China (GOLF).

Midnight – NHL Hockey: Chicago at Nashville (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

PREP SCHEDULE

FRIDAY

Varsity Football Sumter at Carolina Forest, 7:30 p.m.

Manning at Crestwood, 7:30 p.m.

Lakewood at Hartville, 7:30 p.m.

Lee Central at Johnsonville, 7:30 p.m.

East Clarendon at Scott’s Branch, 7:30 p.m.

Wilson Hall at Heathwood Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Laurence Manning at Porter-Gaud, 7:30 p.m.

The King’s Academy at Thomas Sumter, 7:30 p.m.

Robert E. Lee at Williamsburg, 7:30 p.m.

Clarendon Hall at Jefferson Davis, 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY

Wilson Hall, Laurence Manning, Thomas Sumter in SCISA 3A State Meet at Heathwood Hall in Columbia, TBA

NASCAR

By The Associated Press

Dallas at Orlando, 7 p.m.

New York vs. Toronto at Montreal, Quebec, 7:30 p.m.

Minnesota vs. Chicago at St. Louis, MO, 8 p.m.

Miami at Memphis, 8 p.m.

San Antonio at Houston, 8 p.m.

Phoenix at Utah, 9 p.m.

Sacramento vs. L.A. Lakers at Las Vegas, NV, 10 p.m.

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

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

NFL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press AMERICAN CONFERENCE EAST W 5 4 3 1

New England Buffalo Miami N.Y. Jets SOUTH Indianapolis Houston Tennessee Jacksonville NORTH

W 5 3 2 1 W 5 3 4 3

Baltimore Cincinnati Pittsburgh Cleveland WEST Denver San Diego Kansas City Oakland

W 5 5 3 0

L 2 3 3 6

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .714 .571 .500 .143

PF 187 135 147 121

PA 154 142 138 185

L 2 4 5 6

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .714 .429 .286 .143

PF 216 155 121 105

PA 136 150 172 191

L 2 2 3 3

T 0 1 0 0

Pct .714 .583 .571 .500

PF 193 134 154 140

PA 104 140 162 139

L 1 2 3 6

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .833 .714 .500 .000

PF 189 184 142 92

PA 121 114 121 158

Dallas Philadelphia N.Y. Giants Washington South Carolina New Orleans Atlanta Tampa Bay North Detroit Green Bay Chicago Minnesota West Arizona San Francisco Seattle St. Louis

W 6 5 3 2

L 1 1 4 5

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .857 .833 .429 .286

PF 196 183 154 151

PA 147 132 169 183

W 3 2 2 1

L 3 4 5 5

T 1 0 0 0

Pct .500 .333 .286 .167

PF 158 155 171 120

PA 195 165 199 204

W 5 5 3 2

L 2 2 4 5

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .714 .714 .429 .286

PF 140 199 157 120

PA 105 147 171 160

W 5 4 3 2

L 1 3 3 4

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .833 .571 .500 .333

PF 140 158 159 129

PA 119 165 141 176

TODAY

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

SUNDAY

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

SPRINT CUP LEADERS

NBA PRESEASON

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE L 1 1 3 3 5

Pct .833 .750 .571 .400 .286

GB – 1 11/2 21/2 31/2

L 2 3 3 4 4

Pct .600 .500 .500 .429 .429

GB – 1/2 1/2 1 1

L 1 2 3 3 4

Pct .800 .667 .571 .500 .333

GB – 1/2 1 11/2 21/2

THURSDAY, OCT. 30

New Orleans at Carolina, 8:25 p.m.

SUNDAY, NOV. 2

Arizona at Dallas, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia at Houston, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

Washington at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

San Diego at Miami, 1 p.m.

St. Louis at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.

Oakland at Seattle, 4:25 p.m.

Denver at New England, 4:25 p.m.

Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 8:30 p.m.

Open: Atlanta, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Green Bay, Tennessee

MONDAY, NOV. 3

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

NHL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W Montreal 7 6 Tampa Bay 7 4 Ottawa 5 4 Detroit 6 3 Boston 8 4 Toronto 7 3 Florida 6 2 Buffalo 6 1 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W Washington 5 3 N.Y. Islanders 6 4 N.Y. Rangers 7 4 New Jersey 6 3 Pittsburgh 4 3 Columbus 5 3 Philadelphia 6 1 Carolina 5 0

L 1 2 1 1 4 3 2 5

OT 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 0

Pts GF 12 22 9 21 8 14 8 12 8 20 7 20 6 9 2 8

GA 21 14 10 10 20 21 14 22

L 0 2 3 2 1 2 3 3

OT 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2

Pts GF 8 18 8 22 8 21 7 20 6 16 6 15 4 17 2 11

GA 11 20 23 20 10 12 25 18

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WESTERN CONFERENCE L 2 2 3 2 4

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L 2 2 2 5 5

Pct .714 .600 .500 .286 .286

GB – 1 11/2 3 3

L 1 2 4 4 5

Pct .750 .714 .333 .200 .167

GB 1/2 – 21/2 3 31/2

Minnesota 107, Indiana 89 Utah 105, Oklahoma City 91 Miami 90, Houston 85 Portland 93, Denver 75 Phoenix 114, L.A. Lakers 108, OT Golden State 125, L.A. Clippers 107

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Nashville 6 4 0 2 10 16 11 Chicago 5 4 0 1 9 16 7 Dallas 6 3 1 2 8 21 20 St. Louis 5 2 2 1 5 12 9 Minnesota 4 2 2 0 4 10 4 Winnipeg 6 2 4 0 4 11 16 Colorado 7 1 4 2 4 12 24 PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 6 5 1 0 10 21 13 Los Angeles 6 4 1 1 9 15 10 San Jose 7 4 2 1 9 23 20 Calgary 8 4 3 1 9 20 19 Vancouver 5 3 2 0 6 16 16 Arizona 5 2 2 1 5 16 22 Edmonton 6 1 4 1 3 14 27 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Nashville 4, Arizona 3, SO Boston 5, San Jose 3 N.Y. Rangers 4, New Jersey 3, OT Toronto 5, N.Y. Islanders 2 Montreal 2, Detroit 1, OT Winnipeg 3, Carolina 1 Chicago 4, Philadelphia 0 Dallas 6, Vancouver 3 Florida 4, Colorado 3, OT Tampa Bay 2, Calgary 1, OT

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Toronto at Ottawa, ppd.

Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m.

Washington at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Anaheim, 10:30 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAMES

AREA ROUNDUP

EC volleyball advances to second round of playoffs TURBEVILLE – East Clarendon’s varsity volleyball advanced to the second round of the 1A state playoffs with a 3-0 victory over Hemingway on Wednesday at the ECHS gymnasium.

The Lady Wolverines, who improved to 19-4 on the season, will host the Cross/ Bethune-Bowman winner on Monday at 6 p.m.

Jesse Beasley led the EC offense with seven aces, 17 service points and three assists. Taylor Cusaac had four aces and 13 points while Ansley McElveen had three aces and seven points.

LaDiamond Shaw and Jordan Welch each had one kill for EC.

VARSITY BOYS CROSS COUNTRY MANNING WINS REGION VI-3A MEET MANNING – The Manning High School boys cross country team hosted and won the Region VI-3A cross country meet on Tuesday at Ramsey Stadium.

It was the second straight year the Monarchs captured the region crown as they beat out Darlington, Hartsville and Crestwood in that order.

Manning’s Jose Zuniga was the overall winner with a time of 16:39. Josh Ladson placed second with a time of 16:44; Seth Harvin placed fourth with a time of 17:09; Traevion York came in ninth with a time of 18:34 and Caleb Elms was 13th with a time of 18:47.

Zuniga was selected the region runner of the year and he, Ladson and Harvin were selected to the all- region team.

MHS returns to action on Nov. 1 in Darlington at the 3A lower state qualifying meet.

SHS FINISHES 4TH AT REGION MEET

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Washington at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Through Oct. 19 Points 1, Joey Logano, 4,000. 2, Kevin Harvick, 4,000. 3, Ryan Newman, 4,000. 4, Denny Hamlin, 4,000. 5, Matt Kenseth, 4,000. 6, Carl Edwards, 4,000. 7, Jeff Gordon, 4,000. 8, Brad Keselowski, 4,000. 9, Kyle Busch, 2,197. 10, Jimmie Johnson, 2,174. 11, Kasey Kahne, 2,169. 12, AJ Allmendinger, 2,163. 13, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 2,149. 14, Greg Biffle, 2,147. 15, Kurt Busch, 2,146. 16, Aric Almirola, 2,101. 17, Kyle Larson, 967. 18, Clint Bowyer, 885. 19, Austin Dillon, 878. 20, Jamie McMurray, 877.

Money 1, Brad Keselowski, $6,966,450. 2, Jeff Gordon, $6,553,191. 3, Joey Logano, $6,245,476. 4, Jimmie Johnson, $6,102,391.

5, Kevin Harvick, $5,976,125.

6, Matt Kenseth, $5,888,750. 7, Jamie McMurray, $5,747,817. 8, Kyle Busch, $5,676,298.

9, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $5,560,905. 10, Denny Hamlin, $5,092,199. 11, Greg Biffle, $4,936,544. 12, Austin Dillon, $4,899,972. 13, Kyle Larson, $4,865,065.

14, Clint Bowyer, $4,764,463. 15, Brian Vickers, $4,641,104. 16, Aric Almirola, $4,614,682.

17, Paul Menard, $4,557,438.

18, Carl Edwards, $4,538,498. 19, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., $4,356,145. 20, Marcos Ambrose, $4,283,675.

TUESDAY’S GAMES

FRIDAY’S GAMES

EAST

Junior Varsity Football Carolina Forest at Sumter, 7:30 p.m.

Crestwood at Manning, 6:30 p.m.

Hartsville at Lakewood, 6 p.m.

Johnsonville at Lee Central, 6 p.m.

Heathwood Hall at Wilson Hall, 7 p.m.

Gray Military at Laurence Manning, 7:30 p.m.

B Team Football Heathwood Hall at Wilson Hall, 5 p.m.

Clarendon County Recreation Department at Laurence Manning, 6 p.m.

Middle School Football Robert E. Lee at Calhoun Academy, 6:30 p.m.

SOUTHWEST DIVISION W Houston 4 New Orleans 4 Dallas 3 San Antonio 1 Memphis 1 NORTHWEST DIVISION W Utah 5 Minnesota 3 Portland 2 Denver 2 Oklahoma City 2 PACIFIC DIVISION W Phoenix 3 Golden State 5 L.A. Lakers 2 Sacramento 1 L.A. Clippers 1

TODAY’S GAMES

Indiana at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Dallas vs. New Orleans at Bossier City, LA, 8 p.m.

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

TODAY

ATLANTIC DIVISION W Toronto 5 Brooklyn 3 Boston 4 New York 2 Philadelphia 2 SOUTHEAST DIVISION W Orlando 3 Atlanta 3 Washington 3 Charlotte 3 Miami 3 CENTRAL DIVISION W Cleveland 4 Detroit 4 Chicago 4 Milwaukee 3 Indiana 2

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Houston at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Brooklyn at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Minnesota at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

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

Portland vs. L.A. Lakers at Ontario, CA, 10 p.m.

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

N.Y. Islanders at Boston, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Vancouver at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Arizona at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Carolina at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Buffalo at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

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FLORENCE – The Sumter High boys cross country team finished fourth at the Region VI-4A meet on

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East Clarendon’s Jesse Beasley prepares to serve during Wednesday’s 3-0 win over Hemingway during the 1A state volleyball playoffs at the ECHS gymnasium in Turbeville.

Wednesday in Florence.

The Gamecocks’ Brandon Poston finished third overall with a time of 16:59 to earn all-region honors.

VARSITY GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY LADY MONARCHS PLACE 3RD MANNING – Manning’s varsity girls cross country team came in third place on Tuesday at the Region VI-3A meet at Ramsey Stadium.

Darlington was first followed by Hartsville.

Andrea Liddell came in third overall to lead MHS. Larsen Fralix finished 11th; Shannon Coleman finished 16th; Lakel McFadden came in 18th and Shayquitta Smith followed in 19th place.

Liddell was selected to the all-region team.

MHS returns to action on Nov. 1 in Darlington at the 3A lower state qualifying

meet.

B TEAM FOOTBALL LAURENCE MANNING 36 ORANGEBURG PREP 6 MANNING – The LMA B team improved to 6-1 on the season on Tuesday with a 36-6 victory over Orangeburg Prep at Billy Chitwood Field.

Wyatt Rowland had three touchdowns while rushing for 147 yards and passing for 81 for the Swampcats.

Shayne Stephens recorded a 6-yard touchdown while AJ Nelson added two scores of 7 and 16 yards.

Tripp Joye added a 2-point conversion reception while Justin Lowder totaled 66 receiving yards.

Dalton Huggins had 67 rushing yards on five carries.

LMA returns to action next Thursday at home against Clarendon County at 6 p.m.

SPORTS ITEMS

Nine UNC employees fired or disciplined in academic scandal CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The scale of an academic scandal involving bogus classes and inflated grades at the University of North Carolina was far more widespread than previously reported and included about 1,500 athletes who got easy As and Bs over a span of nearly two decades, according to an investigation released Wednesday.

At least nine university emCUNNINGHAM ployees were fired or under disciplinary review, and the question now becomes what, if anything, the NCAA will do next. Penalties could range from fewer scholarships to vacated wins.

Most of the athletes involved were football players or members of the school’s cherished basketball program, which won three of its five national titles during the scandal (1993, 2005, 2009).

Athletic director Bubba Cunningham wouldn’t speculate on any possible sanctions.

In all, about 3,100 students enrolled in classes they didn’t have to show up for in what was deemed a “shadow curriculum” within the former African and Afro-American Studies (AFAM) department from 1993 to 2011, the report by former high-ranking U.S. Justice Department official Kenneth Wainstein found.

NBA OWNERS FAIL TO PASS LOTTERY REFORM

NEW YORK — One of the biggest issues on the agenda when the NBA’s owners arrived in New York for the board of governors meetings was thwarting the tanking strategy employed most brazenly by the Philadelphia 76ers.

A proposal that would reduce the incentive for teams to lose games on purpose in an effort to get a better pick in the draft appeared to be gathering momentum earlier in the week.

All that momentum disappeared almost overnight, with enough skittish owners un-

able or unwilling to sign off on significant reforms that could have widened the gulf between small and big-market teams.

The proposal needed 23 votes for approval but only received 17, with 13 lining up to vote against it on Wednesday.

RIVERA: NFL SAYS KUECHLY WRONGLY EJECTED

CHARLOTTE— Panthers coach Ron Rivera says the NFL has informed him that Luke Kuechly was wrongfully ejected from Sunday’s game against the Green Bay Packers for contact with an official.

Rivera said Wednesday he received a memo from the league that also indicated the middle linebacker will not be fined.

Rivera says, “I’m definitely in agreement with that. ... I appreciate what the league’s response was. It doesn’t help us, but it makes sense and it’s a learning experience for everyone in the league.”

REQUEST DENIED TO REMOVE JUDGE ON PETERSON CASE

CONROE, Texas — A prosecution request to remove the judge handling the felony child abuse case against Minnesota Vikings star Adrian Peterson was denied on Wednesday.

Montgomery County state District Judge Kelly Case will continue handling the case following a recusal hearing in which he was accused of being biased against prosecutors.

Retired Tarrant County District Judge Jeff Walker, who presided over the recusal hearing, ruled against prosecutors, saying they had not met the high standards required for recusing a judge.

GOODELL TOLD TO TESTIFY IN RICE APPEAL

A person familiar with the case has told The Associated Press that an arbiter has ruled that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell should testify in Ray Rice’s appeal of his indefinite suspension.

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Bumgarner, Giants stop Royals 7-1 in WS opener

BY BEN WALKER The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo.— By the time Madison Bumgarner took the mound to throw his first pitch, the San Francisco Giants already held a threerun lead.

It might as well have been 100 with the way MadBum and this orange-and-black bunch play in the World Series.

Bumgarner carried a shutout into the seventh inning, Hunter Pence homered early and the Giants showed off their October poise, putting a sudden stop to the Kansas City Royals’ perfect postseason roll by romping 7-1 in the Series opener Tuesday night.

“They’ve obviously been on a great run. You don’t get here without that,” Bumgarner said. “I think our team is concentrating on what they need to do, not what the Royals are doing.”

From the get-go, the Giants simply did everything right to win their seventh straight World Series game. There’s a reason they’re trying for their third title in five years.

“I can’t say I’m surprised by these guys,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said.

The Royals, meanwhile, looked nothing like the fresh team that had become baseball’s darlings by starting the playoffs with eight wins in a row — back on the field after a five-day layoff, their pitching, hitting and fielding all deserted them.

The fates seemed to change from the very first batter, in fact. Gregor Blanco led off with a soft line drive to center field and AL Championship Series MVP Lorenzo Cain

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San Francisco pitcher Madison Bumgarner, left, throws during the Giants’ 7-1 victory over Kansas City on Tuesday during Game 1 of the World Series in Kansas City, Mo. charged, then backed off as the ball fell for a single. It would’ve taken a near miracle to catch it, but that’s the kind of play the Royals had been making on a routine basis.

Moments later, Pence’s homer highlighted a three-run burst in the first inning against James Shields. Nicknamed “Big Game James,” he once again failed to live up to that billing and left in the fourth when the Giants made it 5-0.

“It just wasn’t my night tonight,” Shields said.

By then, Royals fans who had waited since 1985 for the Series to return to town had gone silent. Or, worse, they were booing while small “Let’s go, Giants!” chants echoed

ROYALS FROM PAGE B1 Sept. 22. It was the 10th home run by the opening batter of a Series game, the first since Boston’s Johnny Damon in 2004.

Escobar reached on an infield hit leading off the bottom half, a hard one-hopper that popped out of the glove of shortstop Brandon Crawford, who tried for a backhand stop.

Escobar was caught stealing second by catcher Buster Posey, but Lorenzo Cain doubled with two outs, Eric Hosmer walked and Butler bounced a single past the outstretched glove of a diving Crawford, ending Kansas

City’s 0-for-17 slide with runners in scoring position dating to Game 2 of the AL Championship Series against Boston.

Butler is a .441 hitter (15 for 34) against Peavy.

Making his first start since Oct. 11, Ventura showed the heat that made him the starting pitcher with the highest average velocity in the major leagues this year. He reached 100 mph on his first pitch to Posey in the first.

Omar Infante pulled a double with one out in the second and scored with two outs when Peavy left a first-pitch fastball over the plate and Escobar

through Kauffman Stadium.

Just like that, what many figured would be a tight matchup had turned into a mismatch. And it was a good omen for the Giants — the Game 1 winner has won 15 of the last 17 World Series.

The Royals gave rookie Yordano Ventura the start against veteran Jake Peavy.

“We didn’t expect to come in here and sweep the San Francisco Giants,” Kansas City manager Ned Yost said.

Bumgarner added to his sparkling World Series resume, improving to 3-0 and extending his scoreless streak to 21 innings before Salvador Perez homered with two outs in the seventh.

“I would tell you I wasn’t

sliced an opposite-field double inside the right-field line.

San Francisco, which opened at home en route to titles in 2010 and 2012, was trying to become the first team to win the first two Series games on the road since the 1999 New York Yankees on the way to their sweep of Atlanta. Fortytwo of 53 teams to take 2-0 leads went on to win the title, including nine straight since the 1996 Braves lost to the Yankees in six games.

Peavy, a 33-year-old righthander with the word “outsider” tattooed on his left forearm, has made 337 regularseason starts. Ventura, a 23-year-old righty, has made 33.

thinking about it, but you know,” Bumgarner said.

“There’s no way around it.

You know. There’s so much talk about it. Obviously, a World Series game is not something you tend to forget.”

The 25-year-old left-hander was in trouble only once.

Down 3-0 in the third, the Royals loaded the bases with a two-out walk and cleanup man Eric Hosmer stepped to the plate, but grounded out on the first pitch.

Bumgarner went on to stretch his road postseason scoreless streak to a record 32 2-3 innings as the Giants cruised. He pitched three-hit ball for seven innings, struck

out five and walked one.

Michael Morse hit an RBI single that finished Shields, and reliever Danny Duffy walked Blanco with the bases loaded.

Rookie Joe Panik hit an RBI triple that bounced past usually reliable right fielder Nori Aoki in the seventh and scored on a single by October force Pablo Sandoval. The MVP of the 2012 World Series triumph, Sandoval also had an RBI double in the first that extended his postseason streak of reaching base to 24 straight games.

Pence also doubled and walked twice.

“We’re ready to move on tomorrow,” Shields said. “We have a lot of positive attitude right now, we’re tracking at an all-time high. We just faced a good pitcher tonight.”

Before the game, the mood at the ballpark was positively giddy. Ushers greeted fans with “Welcome to the World Series!” and some hot-dog vendors high-fived each other behind the counter.

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No SEC surprise: Kentucky, Florida picked 1-2

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press CHARLOTTE— Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings believes the Southeastern Conference can play with any of the socalled best basketball leagues in the country.

Leading the way once again this season will be the SEC’s Final Four teams of Kentucky and Florida.

The star-filled Wildcats and defending champion Gators were picked by the media to finish 1-2 in the league in voting released Wednesday.

“It’s a great league. Anybody that wants to say we’re a two-team league, they can say it, but at least our two teams are in the Final Four,” Stallings said Wednesday at the league’s media day.

The SEC has taken its share of hits for its lack of depth behind Kentucky and Florida.

Tennessee, which advanced to the final eight, was the only other SEC team that qualified for the NCAA tournament. It was the second straight season — and third time in the past six years — that only three teams from the conference were chosen for the NCAA field.

Florida won the SEC regular-season and tournament crowns last year, winning 30 straight games and becoming the first team to go 18-0 in league play. The Gators fell in national semifinals to champion Connecticut, which defeated Kentucky in the title game.

Stallings said Florida and Kentucky’s NCAA success helped gain attention for all league teams.

“Success breeds success, but it’s the responsibility of the rest of us to close up some of that gap,” he said. “The rest of us have to make it interesting and make it where it’s not those two and the rest of us.”

Preseason voting did little to shake that view.

Kentucky got all 20 firstplace votes from the media panel for 280 points with Florida just behind at 258.

Arkansas was third, followed by LSU, Georgia, Mississippi and Missouri. Auburn and new coach Bruce Pearl was eighth, followed by Texas A&M, Alabama, Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Tennessee and Mississippi State.

Wildcats guard Aaron Harrison was selected the preseason player of the year and made the all-SEC first team along with Florida guard Michael Frazier II, Mississippi guard Jarvis Summers, Arkansas forward Bobby Portis and LSU forward Jordan Mickey.

The SEC second team looked more like Kentucky coach John Calipari’s planned five-man platoons he insisted he’ll use — four of the five players were Wildcats, including Harrison’s twin brother

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Kentucky head coach John Calipari answers a question during the Southeastern Conference men’s college basketball media day in Charlotte on Wednesday. The Wildcats are expected to repeat as champions followed by Florida.

ALL-SEC MEN’S BASKETBALL PRESEASON TEAM

By The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — The preseason all-SEC men’s basketball team released Wednesday as voted on by the media: SEC Player of the Year: Aaron Harrison, Kentucky All-SEC First Team Bobby Portis, Arkansas Michael Frazier II, Florida Aaron Harrison, Kentucky Jordan Mickey, LSU Jarvis Summers, Mississippi

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Florida’s Michael Frazier II, left, answers a question as teammate Dorian Finney-Smith, right, listens during Wednesday’s SEC men’s basketball media days in Charlotte.

Andrew. Seven-footer Willie Cauley-Stein, forward Alex Poythress and 6-11 freshman Karl-Anthony Towns from Kentucky were also on the second team. Georgia guard Charles Mann was the only non-Wildcat in that group.

“It’s pretty cool,” Aaron Harrison said. “I’m just happy for my teammates. It’s an honor to be picked for player of the year, I guess. But it doesn’t really mean anything because we haven’t played a game yet.”

Once league games start, Donovan expects to be chal-

PRESENT FROM PAGE B1 deceiving,” Jones said. “All you can do is go week to week and prepare for who you’re playing. Different people play other teams differently. All you can do is worry about what you can do.”

Jones said Carolina Forest, which is 2-6 and 0-2, is a runfirst team with running back Michael Culbreath and quarterback Will Brunson.

“They’ve gotten better every week,” Jones said of the Panthers. “They’ve got a running back who does a great job running the football and a quarterback who can run and throw the ball.

Their offense goes through those two guys.

“They’re going to force you to stop the run; if you don’t it could be a very long night.”

The SHS defense had one of its best performances of the season against West Florence. Sumter limited the Knights to 200 yards of total offense, only 73 of it coming on the ground.

“Our defense did a great job in that game,” Jones said.

“Even though we’ve had

some struggles, the defense has never lost its focus. The defensive coaches need to be commended for the job they’ve done with them.

“We’ve put our defense in some short-field situations, and we can’t do that,” he added. “Also, we can’t let the defense be out there for so many plays.”

The Sumter offense had its moments against West Florence, but it still posted just 17 points. It did run for 182 yards with Rodney Pitts running for 81 yards on 14 carries and Deonte Lowery for 68 yards on 17 attempts.

They got so much action because starter Russell Jenkins went down with a leg injury in the first quarter. Pitts later injured his back. Jones said Jenkins and Pitts with be game-time decisions. If they can’t go, Lowery and Destin Wise, who had five carries for 14 yards against West Florence, will see most of the action along with a couple of junior varsity players who will travel with the team.

lenged by all SEC teams. He believes the SEC is hurt when teams lose nonconference matchups in November and December.

Alabama lost games to Drexel and South Florida last season. Auburn fell to Northwestern State. Georgia started 1-4 a year ago with losses to rival Georgia Tech, then Davidson, Temple and Nebraska in the Charleston Classic.

“What’s happened is you go into league games and the league gets labeled,” Donovan said. “One of the things we’ve talked about as a league is

we’re going to start measuring our nonconference schedule in terms of strength of schedule where there’s almost this thought process now where we want to play the most challenging non-conference schedule.”

South Carolina has gotten that message with games against Big 12 opponents Baylor, Oklahoma State and Iowa State. Gamecocks coach Frank Martin, in his third year, said his program is ready for games like that.

What Martin’s not ready for are those who brand the

BARONS FROM PAGE B1

All-SEC Second Team Charles Mann, Georgia Willie Cauley-Stein, Kentucky Andrew Harrison, Kentucky Alex Poythress, Kentucky Karl-Anthony Towns, Kentucky

league lacking because the SEC doesn’t get half its teams in the NCAA tournament.

“There are 11 coaches in this league that have coached teams to the round of 32 or won national championships,” he said. “I think it’s a little insulting when you continue to tell coaches that have that on their side that their teams and their league isn’t any good.”

Martin’s first two teams at South Carolina were 14-18 and 14-20, his only losing seasons in seven years as a college head coach.

The Barons’ passing game was in sync much of last week with WH amassing more than 300 yards through the air and four touchdowns.

Quarterback McLendon Sears now has 1,281 yards passing and 16 TDs through the air this season.

Wilson Hall was not as effective running the ball though. The Barons gained just 30 yards on 30 carries against the Panthers – their

first game of the season without registering 100 yards rushing.

“We threw the ball extremely well, but we do want to be able to run the ball better than we did,” Lane said. “That’s been a strong point for us all season and I think it will be the rest of the year.”

Heathwood’s offense has been tailored to exploit the other team’s perceived

weakness on a game-bygame basis, Lane said.

“They’ve spread some teams out and have thrown the ball and other times they’ve gotten in the TripleI formation and tried to run it straight at the other team,” he said. “So I think defensively we have to be prepared for whatever they throw at us.”

The Highlanders are averaging just over 20 points a game (20.7) while the Barons are giving up just 14.4 per contest.

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sive unit than we were.”

LMA will face a similarstyle offense in PorterGaud. The 5-4 Cyclones are 3-3 in league play, but could have easily been 7-2 and 5-1, Briggs said.

“They’ve a got a tremendous dual-threat quarterback (Chris Johnson) who runs and throws the ball well and they’ve got a great receiver (Donte Smith) and a good running back (Jeremy Hunt),” he said.

“They’re similar to us ex-

cept that they like to spread you out and then run the ball.

“So we have to play gap control and our linebackers have to do a good job on their keys.”

The Cyclones have scored an average of 29.4 points a game while giving up 22.2.

“We have to stay on our blocks offensively and the big thing for us like always is to avoid turnovers,” Briggs said.

only allowed double-digit points in two games – once against Hammond and once last week against Ben Lippen when LMA was cruising along to a 69-21 victory.

“We haven’t had to blitz as much this season,” Briggs said. “Only about 15 percent of the time this year as opposed to maybe 65 percent last year. So we’re a much better defen-

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Insecure Lady DEAR INSECURE — Please quit putting yourself down. Sometimes we women can be our most severe critics. If you stop looking for reasons men won’t like you and start concentrating on why they WILL, you may have better luck.

Men like women who are fun to be around, who are kind, intelligent, honest and who don’t play games. A man who would reject you because of scars on your legs isn’t a person you need for a lasting, meaningful relationship.

DEAR ABBY — My dog got my neighbor’s dog pregnant, and my neighbor kept it secret so she can sell the pups and

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keep all the money. I know this because her son told me so.

My dog died this week and I really want one of the puppies. I can’t afford to buy one at $300. Does the family of the father of the pups have any rights?

Missing my doggie DEAR MISSING YOUR DOGGIE — Pets are supposed to be spayed or neutered to prevent this sort of thing from happening. I’m sorry for the loss of your beloved dog. If the pregnancy was unplanned, the owner of the female is not obligated to provide a puppy or compensation to the owner of the male. Perhaps out of compassion your neighbor will relent and give one to you.

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Georgia to ask for Gurley’s reinstatement

BY CHARLES ODUM The Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia will file a request with the NCAA on Wednesday for tailback Todd Gurley’s eligibility to be reinstated.

Gurley has been suspended for the last two games while Georgia investigated allegations he broke NCAA rules by receiving improper benefits.

Coach Mark Richt has GURLEY confirmed the allegations involved autographs.

Georgia said it “hopes for and expects” a prompt ruling by the NCAA after submitting the request later Wednesday.

In the statement released by Geor-

gia, Gurley acknowledged making mistakes.

“I want to thank the university, coaches, teammates, and the Bulldog Nation for their patience and support,” Gurley said. “I take full responsibility for the mistakes I made, and I can’t thank the university, my coaches, and teammates enough for supporting me throughout this process.

I’m looking forward to getting back on the field with my teammates.”

After reviewing Georgia’s request, the NCAA could either accept the twogame suspension of Gurley imposed

by Georgia as sufficient or announce a longer suspension and possible additional penalties.

After an off week, No. 9 Georgia plays Florida in Jacksonville on Nov. 1.

Richt said Wednesday he hopes to

learn “as soon as possible” if Gurley will be eligible against Florida.

“So that’s what we’re hoping for, a relatively quick turnaround here,” Richt said. “But you know I have no idea how long it will take.”

Gurley has continued to practice with Georgia during the suspension.

Richt said his game plan for Florida “really and truly won’t change whether Todd plays or not” but added Gurley’s role in the practices would change next week if he were cleared by the NCAA. “This week for us is a little bit like spring ball or like camp in that we really re-emphasize fundamentals and don’t do an awful lot of things schemewise,” Richt said. “The repetitions for who we think are going to play really doesn’t go into play as much this week

as it would next week when you’re inserting the plan and trying to get a lot of repetitions with the guys who are going to play.”

Gurley has been represented by attorney William King during the process.

“Todd has taken responsibility for his actions and is ready to rejoin his teammates,” King said. “The university has been great throughout the past two weeks and has done everything it can to support Todd.”

King thanked University of Georgia president Jere Morehead, athletic director Greg McGarity, and coach Mark Richt “for standing by Todd.”

McGarity said earlier this month there is “a lot of misinformation” in reports about Gurley’s alleged ties to a merchandise dealer.

OBITUARIES GEORGE W. STRICKLAND MANNING — George Wier Strickland, 82, husband of Jean Thomas Strickland, died Tuesday, Oct. 21, STRICKLAND 2014, at McLeod Hospice House.

Born July 14, 1932, in Corinth, Mississippi, he was a son of the late Paul Tate Strickland and Mary Lou Frances McCarley Strickland.

He was of the Methodist faith, and he was a member of the Clarendon County Disabilities and Special Needs Board.

He is survived by his wife of Manning; a daughter, Susan S. Haas of East Hartford, Connecticut; three grandsons; a granddaughter; four great-grandchildren; and a sister, Marian Morton of Charlotte.

He was preceded in death by two daughters, Debra Lynn Strickland and Pamela Jean Strickland.

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Stephens Funeral Home with the Rev. Kenneth Phelps officiating.

Burial will follow in Manning Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Cecil Rowell, David Baker, Joel Jones, Bob Robinson, Paul Whitley and Baryn Haas.

Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the residence, 1097 Crave Road, Manning.

Memorials may be made to the Clarendon County Disabilities and Special Needs Board, PO Box 40, Manning, SC 29102, or the American Cancer Society, 128 Stonemark Lane, Columbia, SC 29210, or the American Heart Association, 520 Gervais St., Suite 300, Columbia, SC 29201.

Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome. org

CATHERINE LOWERY Catherine Lowery, 47, wife of Jimmy Lowery Sr., died Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014, at McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence. Born in Sumter County on Dec.17, 2014, she was the daughter of Martin Vanburen Burroughs and Jessie Mae Anthony Burroughs.

The family is receiving friends and relatives at the

home, 1 Andrena Drive, Sumter.

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

HUBERT S. GLOVER Hubert Sherome Glover, 50, entered into eternal rest on Monday, Oct. 20, 2014, at Palmetto Health Richland, Columbia. He was born to Moses Hue Glover and the late Ophelia Jones Glover in Sumter County on July 1, 1964.

He graduated from Mayewood High School and received a bachelor’s degree from Morris College. He was a member of Mulberry Missionary Baptist Church in his youth.

Survivors are: his father, Moses Hue Glover of Sumter; one brother, Leon Glover of Chesapeake, Virginia; one sister, Sherry Glover (Richard) Jackson of Sumter; two nieces, Charnell Jackson and Courtney Glover; two nephews, Laton Glover and Lee (Nakiya) Glover; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Mr. Glover can be viewed today from 2 to 7:30 p.m. at Community Funeral Home.

Funeral services will be held on Friday at 1 p.m. in the chapel of Community Funeral Home, and burial will follow in Bradford Cemetery with Elder Dr. Emerald Glover Jr. officiating.

The family is receiving visitors at the home of his sister, 1896 River Birch Drive, Sumter.

Online memorials can be sent to comfhltj@sc.rr.com.

Community Funeral Home of Sumter is in charge of arrangements.

THEODIS ‘OTIS’ COULTER Theodis “Otis” Coulter, 73, died Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014, at his home.

Born in Sumter, he was a son of the late Burnie James Coulter and Ida Lee Ardis Coulter. He attended Faith Outreach Assembly Church and was an ordained minister.

He was a United States Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He served as a foster parent with the S.C. Youth Advocate Program for almost 20 years.

Survivors include his wife, Sara Truett Coulter of Sumter; four children, Theodis Beauford Coulter (Kimberly) of Sumter, Eleanor Leigh Bogdany (Kevin) of Lexington, Susie Lyles (Jim) of Sumter and Valirie Rae Risinger (Josh) of West Columbia; 11

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grandchildren, Ryan Marcella, Amber Coulter, Bradley Coulter, Brandon Bogdany, Austin Bogdany, Caitlyn Bogdany, Courtney Lyles, Alexis Risinger, KayLeigh Risinger and Thomas Risinger; two brothers, Bernie J. “B.J.” Coulter (Carolyn) of Tennessee and James “Jimmy” Coulter (Gladys) of South Carolina; and three sisters, Bernice “Chris” Marcoux (Frenchie) of Texas, Dora Biron of Missouri and Frankie Edwards of South Carolina.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Annie Lou Ford, and one brother, Alvin Lee Coulter.

Graveside services with military honors will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in Fort Jackson National Cemetery with the Rev. Tim Shull officiating.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at 1290 Airport Road.

Memorials may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project, PO Box 758517, Topeka, Kansas 66675.

Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements. www.ecsfuneralhome.com

MARY LEE BRUNSON Mary Lee Adams Brunson, devoted wife of 53 years to Willie Thomas Brunson, exchanged time for eternity Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Sumter.

Born on Oct. 12, 1945, in Clarendon County, she was a daughter of the late Franklin and Mary Watson Adams.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the residence, 1213 Pringle Road, Pinewood.

Funeral services are incomplete and shall be announced

by Fleming & Delaine Funeral Home & Chapel.

KATHERINE CHANDLER GLEN COVE, New York — Katherine Baker Chandler, 87, passed away Monday, Oct. 20, 2014, at Glengariff in Glen Cove, where she had been a resident since May. She was born Feb. 4, 1927, to Annie Timmons Baker and Sanford Cleveland Baker, then of Tampa, Florida. She was married to Ray E. Chandler Sr., on June 9, 1945. She is survived by: Ray and Sandra Chandler of Georgetown; Ann and David Frankel of Roslyn,

New York; Graham Frankel Smith and Harrison Smith of Birmingham, Alabama; and Max and Kristen Frankel of Roslyn; and two great-grandchildren, Cohen and Patton Smith.

A longtime resident of Abbeville, Mrs. Chandler received her undergraduate degree in education from Erskine College and her master’s in special education from Clemson University.

She went on to become an assistant professor of education at Erskine College.

Mrs. Chandler was an early advocate for special needs education beginning in 1966.

Among her many accomplishments on behalf of learningdisabled students include the development of the first education program for mentally challenged students in Abbeville County schools. She created the first model behavioral management laboratory for special needs students in Upstate South Carolina. The following year, she obtained federal funding for classroom behavioral management in Abbeville County school system.

In 1971, she organized the first Special Olympics in Abbeville County, which she directed for three years. At Erskine College, in addition to her full teaching load as a special education professor, she developed and administered a learning disability program for special-needs children to obtain a college degree. This was one of the first such programs in the nation.

Mrs. Chandler was awarded Erskine College’s Excellence in Teaching Award. She was twice named Erskine College’s Woman of the Year. She received Rotary’s Distinguished Service Award and was recognized by the South Carolina Orton Society for a career of excellence in special education.

The Chandler School for special-needs children in Greenville is named in her honor.

A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in Grove Hill Cemetery in Darlington.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be sent to The Chandler School, 2900 Augusta St., Greenville, SC 29605.

Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome.org

ROSA ELIZABETH HODGE Rosa Elizabeth Way Hodge, 96, widow of John Calvin Hodge, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014, at the home of her daughter in Greenwood.

Born May 5, 1918, in Clarendon County, she was the eldest child of the late Edgar Francis Way and Lillian Marie Frierson Way. A graduate of Pinewood High School, she served as postmistress for Rimini Post Office and later worked for Brooklyn Cooperage. After completing two years of business college, she worked payroll at Courtright Chevrolet in Sumter. In later years, she worked with her husband handling the payroll and bookkeeping for his local service station.

She was a member of New Salem Baptist Church and the Faithful Workers’ Sunday School class. For many years, she also served the church as one of its youth directors, was active in the Women’s Missionary Union and sang in the church choir.

Rosa was preceded in death by her husband of nearly 57 years, her parents and two brothers, Francis Edward Way and John Adam Way. Survivors include her daughters, LaVonne Hodge Bailey (Tommy) of Greenwood and Connie Hodge Cuthbertson (DeWayne) of Rutherfordton, North Carolina; three grandchildren, the Rev. Michael Thomas Bailey (Lauren) of Lexington, Alicia Bailey Keely (Nick) of Easley and Caely Elizabeth Cuthbertson of Rutherfordton; a brotherin-law, Dargan A. Hodge of Manning; a niece, Marlene Hodge of Manning; and a nephew, Keith L. Hodge of Manning.

Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery with the Rev. Kevin Massey officiating.

Pallbearers will be Michael Bailey, Nick Keely, Keith Hodge, Ken Nutter, Chuck Mangham and Martin Broadway.

The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Thursday at Elmore-CannonStephens Funeral Home and other times at the home.

Memorials may be made to New Salem Baptist Church, 2500 W. Oakland Ave., Sumter, SC 29154.

Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements. www.ecsfuneralhome.com

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COMMENTARY

Bears, wolves find a voice in the wilderness W

ASHINGTON — If politicians preying upon your attentions this season fail to inspire, you might seek common cause with the beasts — the fourlegged variety rather than those running for office.

Ballot initiatives aimed at protecting bears and wolves from hounding, trapping and other inhumane hunting practices are up for a vote in two states — Maine and Michigan.

Oh, be still thy twitching trigger finger. This isn’t an anti-hunting column; it’s a prohumanity column. Ours.

And the referendums, driven by the Humane Society of the United States, are aimed only at minimizing Kathleen animal sufferParker ing and restoring a measure of decency and fair play in our dealings with creatures.

First the bears. Maine is the only state that still allows bear baiting, hounding and trapping. More than half of the 32 states with legal bear hunting allow hounding, a dozen allow baiting, and only Maine allows trapping for sport.

For clarification, hounding refers to the use of dogs that have been trained to chase bears relentlessly and then to corner or fight the poor beast.

The bears have no choice but to turn to face a murderous pack or, exhausted, escape up a tree.

That’s when the hunter, who, thanks to electronic tracking equipment, has been able to follow at a leisurely pace and safe distance, points his rifle and shoots the bear from a tree limb. Frances Macomber, the cowardly hunter of Hemingway’s short, unhappy story, looks like a Maasai warrior by comparison.

Baiting means that a hunting guide strews rotting food in the woods and places a 55-gallon drum filled with jelly doughnuts, pizza, grease, fish guts and rotting beaver carcasses in a target spot. The “hunter,” who likely has paid a fee to the “guide” for a “guaranteed kill,” is provided a comfy seat to wait for the bear.

Bam! It’s ironic — or something — that the same state fish and wildlife agency folks who post signs warning tourists not to feed the bears will allow other tourists to feed them for about $2,000-$4,000 a pop. New signage might read: Kill what you feed.

The problem with baiting, beyond the obvious, is that it perpetuates an unhealthy cycle that only creates more problems — growing the bear population and making the bruins too comfortable around human areas — that hunters then use to justify more baiting and shooting.

Avid hunter and writer Ted Williams, who wrote about bear baiting for Audubon magazine in 2005, calls it “garbaging for bears.”

Other states, such as Colorado, Oregon and Washington, meanwhile, have managed to maintain mostly stable bear populations without these inhumane practices. Plus, bearhunting licenses in these states

‘The problem with baiting, beyond the obvious, is that it perpetuates an unhealthy cycle that only creates more problems — growing the bear population and making the bruins too comfortable around human areas — that hunters then use to justify more baiting and shooting.’ for fair-chase hunts have doubled or tripled.

A fair hunt may be more dangerous and require greater courage than shooting Winnie in a tree, but isn’t that at least part of the point? It should be noted that the Maasai warrior, who carries a shield and a spear to hunt a lion, does sometimes lose.

In Michigan, wolves are the designated prey.

The Humane Society is campaigning there to stop the reopening of a wolf hunt, which has been deemed necessary largely because of humanwolf stories that were found to be false. In one true case, a farmer who lost several cattle to wolves had left several rotting cattle carcasses lying around. Talk about a baited field. Was he expecting squirrels?

Otherwise, the stories are mostly myths — wolves staring at humans through windows, stalking little girls in red capes, that sort of thing.

Although wolves have been removed from the endangered species list in Michigan, they number fewer than 650. Humane Society President and CEO Wayne Pacelle fears that wolves will suffer the inhumane hunting practices — hounds and traps — seen in other states that are part of what he describes as “antiwolf hysteria sweeping the Midwest.”

Rather than leaving power in the hands of legislators and commissioners, Pacelle is urging voters to speak up through ballot initiatives. “We need to make a statement that the public — and not just trophy hunters — has a right to have a say in the protection of wildlife.”

The referendum, by circumventing heavily lobbied legislators, sought to resonate with people who are disgusted with politics or who abhor cruelty to animals as sport. And, yes, often for food, but that’s a subject for another day. In the meantime, we can safely say that nobody eats wolf. And nobody eats bear — twice.

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

LETTER TO THE EDITOR PENNY SALES TAX LIST IS RIDICULOUS After seeing the list of proposed projects, I think it is time to weigh in on the vote. I’m against all the “pork” in the proposal. Lexington County has a much better idea. Use the funds for local and county roads only and fund it for four years.

Most of the proposed uses sound to me like more Democrat tax and spending ideas. Tax money should not be spent to upgrade personal property; use the tax for projects already covered in city and county tax programs or for updating or maintaining city and county buildings. These projects are scheduled in other funding. The money saved by the penny tax is being used to give pay raises to county and city employees. People on fixed incomes don’t get pay raises, and if

our leaders can’t spend the tax money they collect and aren’t making proposals for major expenditures in their 5-10 year plans, we need to replace them, not burden taxpayers with “wish list” proposals.

The last time the penny tax was proposed, there were some definite improvements that needed to be done. The new list is ridiculous.

Who is on the committee that has a relative in the road construction business that would prosper from a roundabout instead of a stopand-go light? There is a roundabout being built on Pinewood Road that wasn’t needed but is being constructed now.

A better idea for the tax would be to upgrade schools and teacher salaries not “wasted” on wish lists.

THOMAS MARTIN Pinewood

COMMENTARY

Kentucky’s constitutional moment

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OUISVILLE, Ky. — Barack Obama lost Kentucky in 2012 by 23 points, yet the state remains closely divided about re-electing the man whose parliamentary skills uniquely qualify him to restrain Obama’s executive overreach. So, Kentucky’s Senate contest is a constitutional moment that will determine whether the separation of powers will be reasserted by a Congress revitalized by restoration of the Senate’s dignity.

Even counting Justice Louis Brandeis as a Kentuckian — at 18 he defected to Harvard and New England — Mitch McConnell, 72, is second only to Henry Clay as the state’s most consequential public servant. McConnell’s skills have been honed through five terms. He is, however — let us say the worst — not cuddly. National Review has said he has “an owlish, tight-lipped public demeanor reminiscent of George Will.” Harsh. But true.

On only one significant matter — McConnell opposes increasing the minimum wage, a symbolic issue of negligible economic imporGeorge tance -- is he at odds with a Will large majority of Kentuckians. Thus he surely would be leading by more than a few points if he were less austere and more telegenic.

Democrats selected McConnell’s opponent, Alison Lundergan Grimes, 35, Kentucky’s secretary of state, largely to further their “Republicans loathe women” fable. McConnell, however, is running even with Grimes among women, partly because of the persuasiveness of his wife, Elaine Chao, the longestserving labor secretary since World War II (2001-2009).

In 1952, a Republican member of the Phoenix City Council, Barry Goldwater, defeated U.S. Senate Majority Leader Ernest McFarland. For the next 52 years, until the defeat of Tom Daschle, D-S.D., in 2004, no party’s Senate leader was defeated. But political polarization has increased leaders’ conspicuousness and vulnerabilities. McConnell, who in 2002 won with 65 percent, won in 2008 with just 53 percent.

Grimes’ cringe-inducing campaign has depended on a migraine-inducing argument: She broadly disagrees with her party’s leader, but it is important that she help perpetuate Harry Reid’s iron-fisted shutdown of the Senate for Obama’s convenience. Her campaign has raised more money than McConnell’s in three consecutive quarters, but money is not magic, which would be needed to make her candidacy coherent.

Although Senate races in many states re-

main close — McConnell remembers Republicans losing control of the Senate in 1986 by about 25,000 votes in five states — he anticipates a Republican majority in 2015. Then, he says, “a lot of institutional repair” will begin.

Since Republicans won control of the House in 2010, the Democratic-controlled Senate’s function has been obstruction. Reid has prevented bills passed by the Republican House from coming to a vote, and has prevented Republicans — and Democrats, too — from proposing amendments to Senate bills that would be awkward for Democrats to oppose or for Obama to veto. Obama has cast only two vetoes, both for technical reasons on minor matters. Since July 2013, McConnell says, there have been only 22 Senate roll call votes on amendments — and says Alaska Democrat Mark Begich has never in his six Senate years had a roll call vote on an amendment of his.

Such paralysis of the Senate leaves Obama uninhibited in his use of executive orders and bureaucratic mission-creep to advance goals that should require legislation. Last January, in the most statesmanlike Senate speech in years, McConnell explained how, under Republican leadership, the Senate would be restored as the creator of consensus: “An executive order can’t (create consensus). The fiat of a nine-person court can’t do it. A raucous and precarious partisan majority in the House can’t do it. The only institution that can make stable and enduring laws is only one we have in which all 50 states are represented equally, and where every single senator has a say in the laws that we pass.”

Beneath McConnell’s chilly exterior burns indignation about the degradation of the institution to which he has devoted much of his life. The repair of it, in the form of robust committee and amendment processes — and an extended workweek — will benefit Democratic members, too.

Kentucky’s Senate election is 2014’s most important, for a reason rich in irony: Although Grimes considers McConnell the architect of gridlock, electing her to inevitably docile membership in Reid’s lockstep ranks would perpetuate this. But a re-elected McConnell, with a Republican majority, would, he says, emulate his model of majority leadership — the 16 years under a Democrat, Montana’s Mike Mansfield. He, like McConnell, had a low emotional metabolism but a subtle sense of the Senate’s singular role in the nation’s constitutional equilibrium.

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

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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS (NON-JURY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE) C/A NO: 2014-CP-43-01480 Deficiency Waived STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Trustmark National Bank, Plaintiff, vs.

Anthony E. Liebert,

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Do you have questions about lower back pain?

BY SHAWN BRENNAN Director of Rehabilitation Clarendon Memorial Hospital I was at my daughter’s soccer match this past weekend when another parent started a conversation with me. When she learned I am a physical therapist, she asked the question I most often get: “What exercises should I do for my lower back?”

As any good therapist would do, I began to ask her history and what symptoms she was experiencing. She told me that she has been having pain for the past year that started in her lower back and both hips. The pain in her lower back has improved with chiropractic care, but she continues with pain in both groin regions that the chiropractor told her would improve with “core strengthening exercises.”

Hence, the reason she posed her question to me.

After discussing her pain further, we came to the conclusion that her current pain was most likely hip joint related, and she should pursue a more detailed workup with an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in this region. She learned a valuable lesson this weekend regarding the depth of knowledge of the physical therapy profession, and the benefits of a detailed, individualized assessment.

Now, I know you probably began reading this article with the hopes of gaining some knowledge regarding lower back pain, so I will try not to disappoint. But, the truth of the matter lies with the example set forth by this lady as described above, in that everyone is a little different, and the exercises that help one person may not necessarily benefit another.

Some people have very stiff lumbar spines that would benefit the most from mobility (stretching) exercises.

For example, if you are sitting in a chair, and cannot reach forward and touch the ground, this may be the category you fit in. Some people have very mobile spines that would benefit from strengthening and stabilization exercises. If you have ever watched the circus, people who can bend and contort their bodies into crazy positions require amazing strength and stability to control these motions and prevent pain.

There are also people who have relatively good motion

and strength of their spine, but sit long periods during the day in poor posture contributing to pain. If you are sitting in a static position for more than 15 minutes, you should stand up and walk around to help your back. If that is not possible, one needs only to rock their hips back and forth, and side to side in the chair to keep their back from stiffening up, and eventually creating pain.

One last group of people are those who also have good spinal mobility and strength, but use poor lifting techniques and body mechanics performing workrelated or household activities, and require the proper education to maintain a proper safe spine position while using their arms and legs to do the work.

It is also not uncommon to incorporate all four categories in a comprehensive treatment plan of stretching, strengthening, postural education and proper lifting techniques to maximize a successful outcome.

Prevention and treatment of lower back pain can further be enhanced with regular cardiovascular exercise such as walking at least 30 minutes per day, body weight management (every extra pound of weight in our abdomen places extra stress on the spine), and maintaining healthy habits such as not smoking (studies have shown an increased incidence of lower back pain in the smoking population due to constriction of blood vessels near our spinal disks and ligaments causing poor nutrition and healing when injured).

This information was meant to briefly summarize typical lower back pain patterns and physical therapy treatment options. There are certainly other patterns not mentioned in this article that could be contributing to pain, as well as other treatment options.

If you have any questions regarding whether physical therapy is appropriate for your condition, or general

questions regarding lower back injuries and pain, please contact me by phone at (803) 435-3161 or by email at sbrennan@clarendonhealth. com.

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According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, lower back pain is the foremost cause of job disability around the world. The NINDS study, in which researchers examined data from 117 studies conducted in 47 different countries, found that one in 10 people suffer from lower back pain, a discovery that no doubt startles many people, especially when considering the global scope of the study. A condition that affects 10 percent of the world may seem impossible to prevent, but there are steps men and women suffering from back pain can take to make their condition more manageable.

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When One Size Doesn’t Fit All:

The New Way to Use Prescription Medications

BY DR. JASON LEONARD Colonial Family Practice

Nearly two million patients are admitted to hospitals for medication side effects every year, and adverse reactions to medications are the fourth leading cause of death in the United States annually. In fact, adverse medication reactions cause more deaths each year than COPD, diabetes, pneumonia, and motor vehicle accidents. The estimated cost of medication side effects in the US each year is $136 billion dollars. Additionally, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) estimates that 20 percent to 50 percent of medications given to patients by their doctors are ineffective.

Each person is born with a unique genetic code, and this code not only controls gender, eye color and the risk for developing certain diseases, but it also controls how the body reacts to many medications. A new scientific field called Pharmacogenomics focuses on an individual’s response to medications based on his or her specific genetic code. As people differ in their natural hair color, height, eye color, and many other features, they also differ in their reaction to prescription drugs.

Most medications that doctors prescribe are broken down by one of six pathways in the liver, which is the organ responsible for digestion and metabolism. Certain genetic changes in these liver pathways cause a slower-thannormal breakdown of medications, while other changes lead to a more rapidthan-expected breakdown of medications. Genetic factors actually account for up to 90 percent of the variations between two people’s effects from the same medication. In the same way that two people who drink more than one alcoholic drink in a short period of time might have considerably different reactions to the alcohol depending on how rapidly or slowly their liver processes alcohol, people may also have different reactions to medicines based on the speed their liver processes those medicines. For decades, doctors have been prescribing medications believing that they will have a similar response in all patients. Just like people wear different sizes of clothing based on their height and weight, medical science has now proven that people need different types and strengths of medications based on their genetics. The one-sizefits-all approach to prescribing medications is no longer acceptable and actually harmful in many instances.

A good example of this new field of Pharmacogenomics relates to pain medications.

Opioid pain medications include morphine, oxycodone, and hydrocodone. 90 percent of adults have been prescribed an opioid at some point in their life. Half of all patients who have taken an opioid have had at least one side effect from the medicine. The majority of patients experiencing side effects from this class of medicine have a genetic alteration in one specific liver pathway that is responsible for the body’s metabolism of opioids. More than half of the population has some sort of variation in this pathway, so the number of people who have had side effects from these medications is not surprising. Nearly 45 percent of the population has a genetic change that prevents their liver from using oxycodone or hydrocodone properly, at times leading to significantly less than expected pain relief from these medications. Doctors who prescribe oxycodone or hydrocodone to patients with this genetic variation may mistakenly believe that their patients are showing signs of addiction if they complain that the medication is ineffective when in reality their bodies

are simply not processing the medication normally. Knowing a patient’s genetic profile regarding this important pathway can help physicians more appropriately prescribe medications with a lower chance of side effects and a higher likelihood of adequate pain control.

Depression affects one out of 10 Americans, and it is another example of the importance of knowing a patient’s genetic profile to more successfully prescribe medications. More than 23 million Americans are taking medications for depression, yet 63 percent of patients fail to get significant improvement in depression symptoms with the first medication they are prescribed. This poor response can lead to worsening mood, suicide attempts, or undesirable side effects. There are two major liver pathways that break down most

antidepressants. If someone has a genetic alteration causing the breakdown of medication to be slower than normal, that patient is more likely to have side effects due to a toxic build-up of the drug in their body. If a patient has an alteration where his or her medicine breakdown is faster than normal, then he or she is likely to have little effect from the medication because the body is metabolizing it too rapidly. Testing a patient’s genetics to understand the likelihood of a favorable response to an antidepressant before prescribing it will often lead to a more effective firsttime treatment.

One of the most widely used anti-clotting medications is a third example illustrating the need to identify a patient’s individual genetics before taking a prescription drug.

Clopidogrel (Plavix) prevents blood clotting and is used for

patients with heart attacks, strokes, peripheral vascular disease, and for those who have recently received a stent an artery. Almost 28 percent of the population is at increased bleeding risk due to a genetic alteration in the liver pathway that breaks down this medicine. In addition to these patients, another 38 percent of the population either can’t use the drug at all or needs a higher than normal dose due to a different genetic alteration in the same liver pathway. This second group of patients is at risk of a new heart stent failing or their vascular disease worsening, even when taking clopidogrel as prescribed. The medication has a strong warning from the FDA advising doctors to know a patient’s genetics when prescribing it. Despite this warning and the fact that only 39 percent of people metabolize this drug normally, clopidogrel is still the most widely used medication in its class and patients’ genetics are rarely tested prior to receiving a prescription. If doctors perform the appropriate genetic testing on patients

before prescribing clopidogrel, they can avoid giving this medication to the more than 50 percent of the population who would either have a high bleeding risk or get less effect from the drug.

Recently, scientists have developed the ability to easily perform Pharmacogenomic testing to determine how a person will respond to medications. Many primary care physicians’ offices are now able to test patients with a simple cheek swab. Patients are encouraged to talk with their health care providers to determine if this type of genetic testing is recommended for them, especially if they take more than two medications or have had either poor results or side effects from medications.

Considering that more than 100,000 people die each year from an adverse drug reaction, knowing a patient’s genetic profile can help doctors prescribe medications that have a higher likelihood of success and less chance of a potentially serious drug reaction. *Dr. Leonard is board certified in Family Medicine and has been practicing medicine at Colonial Family Practice for more than 7 years. He was the first physician in Sumter to use genetic testing in his patients to help better manage their medical conditions. Dr. Leonard speaks nationally on utilizing Pharmacogenomic testing to improve patient’s medication effectiveness and minimize medication

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Foods with healthy reputations Without a degree in biology or nutrition, it can be difficult to determine just which foods are healthy and which are better left at the grocery store.

The list of foods you should and should not eat seems forever subject to new research that tends to debunk once conventional wisdom regarding diet and nutrition. Eggs go from unhealthy to healthy, while the reputation of caffeine seemingly changes with the daily winds. Making sense of old and new data is seldom easy, leaving many people in the dark about which foods are truly healthy.

But eating healthy does not have to be a big mystery. The following widely available foods have long been considered healthy, and that reputation does not figure to change anytime soon.

• Red tomatoes: If you aren’t adding tomatoes to everything you eat, perhaps you should.

Estimates suggest the average person eats around 80 pounds of tomatoes per year. Tomatoes are more than just a garnish for salads or sandwiches. In fact, red tomatoes are a healthy fuel for the body that earn their superfood status thanks in large part to lycopene.

Lycopene is a powerful antioxidant with cancerfighting properties. Like other antioxidants, lycopene destroys free radicals in the body that may otherwise damage cells.

One eight-ounce serving of red, ripe and raw tomatoes is a good source of vitamins A, C and K and a great source of folate and potassium, which can boost the immune system and other

Making sense of old and new data is seldom easy, leaving many people in the dark about which foods are truly healthy. functions of the body. Tomatoes also are naturally low in sodium, saturated fat,

cholesterol and calories. Due to their high water content, tomatoes can fill you up,

making it less likely that you will overeat.

• Yogurt: Yogurt is arguably at the peak of its popularity, with dozens of varieties, from creamy creations to low-fat alternatives to thick and rich Greek yogurts, available at many grocery stores. Yogurt is a great source of protein, calcium and key vitamins that support strong bones and a healthy metabolism. Yogurt also boosts the immune system by providing tons of beneficial

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bacteria that swarm in the digestive tract and aid with digestion by using nutrients more efficiently. Furthermore, these bacteria have the potential to lower cholesterol.

Studies to test the efficacy of these bacteria with regard to fighting certain types of gastrointestinal illness, certain infections and even cancer are ongoing.

• Dark, leafy greens: Spinach, kale and chard contain iron and carotenoids, an antioxidant that protects cells against damaging free radicals. In addition to fiber, which helps you feel full and cleans cholesterol from the blood, leafy greens also contain abundant amounts of calcium.

Calcium is integral in building and maintaining healthy bones and teeth and reducing the risk of osteoporosis. It also is key in regulating the heart’s rhythm, the transmission of nerve impulses and the blood clotting functions in the body. Raw, leafy greens offer more of a nutritive punch than cooked veggies, but both are good to include in a diet.

• Salmon: Fish is often naturally low in fat and cholesterol, making it a smart choice for those watching their waistlines. But the benefits do not end there. Oily fish like salmon is particularly nutritious because it is packed with omega-3 fatty acids, a group of essential polyunsaturated fats. These fats are considered essential because the body cannot create them, meaning they can only be obtained through food. Scores of benefits are attributed to essential fatty acids, which are believed to improve cognitive abilities, reduce risk of depression, protect against cardiovascular disease and reduce bodily inflammation.

• Carrots: The carotenoids found in carrots are fat-soluble compounds that reduce the risk for a wide range of cancers and help ease inflammatory diseases, such as asthma and rheumatoid arthritis. Four ounces of carrots per day makes a low-calorie snack, and this includes all the carotenoids you need. Beta-carotene, also found in sweet potatoes and tomatoes, helps protect skin against sun damage. It may make the skin less sensitive to UV light, helping to protect against premature wrinkling.

Carrots also are high in vitamin A, which is essential for good eyesight and may help reduce your risk of cataracts and macular degeneration.

• Berries: Blueberries, raspberries and blackberries are among the most nutritionally dense foods you can eat. Each berry contains a substantial amount of antioxidants, fiber, vitamins, and minerals that improve the body’s antioxidant capability and contribute to brain health.

Blueberries, in particular, pack more antioxidants than any other North American fruit.

Strive to eat one cup of fresh berries per day.

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Prepare your Skin for a Fabulous Fall!

BY NICOLE MARLOWE Licensed Esthetician Cypress Esthetics & Spa at the Zone Clarendon Health System Welcome to fall, y’all. I love this time of the year - the cooler temperatures, football games, the smells of pumpkin and cinnamon and anticipation of the upcoming holidays and celebrations.

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1. ANALYZE YOUR SKIN

How does your skin look from the summer? Is it oilier, or drier? Your skin care regimen may need to change for the upcoming season.

2. REASSESS YOUR SKIN CARE PRODUCTS

Cooler temperatures are a signal that you need to switch your lightweight moisturizers to something richer and with more nourishment. Some of your skin care products may need to change with the seasons. Speak with a skin care professional to help you make these changes.

3. POST SUMMER EXFOLIATION

Now is the time for more aggressive treatments if your skin’s in need of it.

Slough off layers of dead skin cells left by the summer sun, sand and chlorine to give your skin a fresh start to the new season ahead.

Professional treatments such as a microdermabrasion and/or chemical peel are great services to have done to freshen up your skin.

4. INTENSIFY SKIN TREATMENTS

Now is a good time to introduce a collagen or elastin to your nighttime routine.

Clayton Shagal has a wonderful Colhy and Elasty in-depth treatment. Collagen or elastin treatments help your skin to rebuild and retain the moisture that has been lost over time.

year, and it’s also the time when we clean up and clean out. We tend to forget that we need to “tidy up” our skin, too. As the seasons change, so does our skin. Here are some tips that can help make this change easier on your skin:

The Glytone Antioxidant System is a great line to help reduce the visible signs of aging.

yourself of dry skin. Follow with a moisturizer recommended by your aesthetician.

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If you are prone to dry lips in the winter, moisturizing them on a daily basis can help prevent dryness and cracking as winter slowly approaches. Eye and lip peels are a great way to rid

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Try switching to moisturizers that are loaded with antioxidants to neutralize free radicals and keep your skin plump and supple. Topical vitamins C and E are a great additive to your skin care regimen – they help prevent and protect the skin from premature aging.

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EYES ON HEALTH: What your eyes can tell doctors People who have been putting off eye examinations may want to call their opthalmologists to schedule an appointment. That’s because vision checkups can do more than protect your eyes. By examining the eyes, doctors may have a window into health problems affecting other areas of the body.

Researchers recently discovered a link between detected retinal amyloid plaques and the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.

While evidence was found in lab mice, autopsies of at least eight Alzheimer’s disease patients have also shown amyloid plaques, which are known to interfere with memory and other mental functions, present in the retinas. Doctors at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, Calif., are gearing up for larger studies of humans to determine if an Alzheimer’s imaging technique can be perfected.

Dementia is not the only thing that doctors may be able to detect through an eye exam.

Jaundice in the whites of the

Certain medical conditions can be detected early during routine eye examinations.

ers,” also may indicate certain allergies. When clogged sinuses cause a blockage of blood flow in the nasal passages around the eye, darkness may result.

This symptom in conjunction with persistent nasal congestion could be a sure sign of allergies.

of the brow (the part closest to the ear) begins to disappear on its own, this is a common sign of thyroid disease. The thyroid helps regulate metabolism, and thyroid hormones are essential to hair production. Hair loss may occur elsewhere, but is much more visible in the brows.

High cholesterol

Clogged arteries

The presence of bumpy, yellowish patches on the eyelid, known as xanthelasma palpebra, is a warning sign of high cholesterol, which is often initially diagnosed during a routine eye exam.

Cancer eyes may indicate liver disease, and early warning signs of diabetes may be detectable in the eyes. The American Academy of Opthalmology says the eye is the only place where doctors can see veins, arteries and a nerve without surgery, and eye examinations are increasingly being relied on to gauge overall health.

The following are a few additional conditions that may be detected through the eyes.

Allergies

Patients may be referred to an allergy specialist if they exhibit dark under-eye circles.

While this can be a sign of aging, dark circles, sometimes referred to as “allergic shin-

Some cancer metastases can be detected during an eye exam. The presence of a bump or brown spot on the eyelid also may be indicative of skin cancer. Many malignant eyelid tumors are basal-cell carcinoma. If the spot is brown, it’s more likely to be malignant melanoma.

Thyroid issues

When the outer one-third

Blockages in the smaller veins in the retina may indicate clogs caused by arterial plaque.

This will show up as a retinal occlusion in a visual exam. If blood vessels in the eyes are blocked, clogged arteries may be present elsewhere in the body, so a cardiology workup may be ordered.

Bell’s palsy

The inability to close one eye or to control tear production in that eye may be a sign of Bell’s palsy. This is a condition of the nervous system that controls facial muscles, causing temporary paralysis in one side of the face. Sometimes Bell’s palsy follows a viral or bacterial infection.

Reduce your risk of severe hearing loss Though it’s difficult for many people to imagine living in a world in which their hearing has been compromised, hearing loss is a significant medical issue that affects millions of people across the globe. According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, among adults ages 65 and older in the United States, 12.3 percent of men and nearly 14 percent of women are affected by tinnitus, a ringing or buzzing in the ears that can be intermittent or continuous and can vary in loudness.

Some are quick to assume hearing loss is a natural side effect of aging, and while the relationship between age and hearing loss is strong, that does not mean men and women cannot take steps to protect their hearing and maintain it well into their golden ears.

• Limit workplace exposure to noise. Overexposure to noise while on the job is a leading cause of severe hearing loss, yet millions of people encounter hazardous levels of noise during a typical workday. For example, mechanics are routinely exposed to loud noise that stems from power tools or motor vehicle engines. This does not mean mechanics should take up a new trade, but they should approach the workday with a goal of protecting their hearing. Mechanics and other professionals who are routinely exposed to workplace noise can wear protectors that cover their ears or earplugs that reduce the impact of noise on their ears.

• Discuss side effects of medications with your doctor before taking them. Many people may be surprised to learn that certain medications can cause hearing loss. Some cancer drugs and certain antibiotics can cause hearing loss, including loss that may be permanent. In addition, when used regularly, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, aspirin and acetaminophen can increase a person’s risk of hearing loss. Some side effects related to hearing loss may disappear when a person stops taking the medication that is contributing to those side effects, but that’s not always the case, so it’s best to discuss any potential side effects of medications with your physician before taking anything.

• Be especially careful when enjoying recreational activities that put hearing in harm’s way. Some celebratory activities are augmented by fireworks, and while fireworks may provide some stunning visual appeal to celebrations, that appeal could be coming at the expense of your hearing. Hearing loss is sometimes caused by exposure to loud and sudden noises, such as those made by fireworks. When attending celebrations that include fireworks, stay as far away from the fireworks as possible and wear earplugs if necessary.

Shooting enthusiasts may also be putting themselves in harm’s way. When visiting a shooting range or going on a hunting trip, protect your ears with headphones or ear plugs. The sudden pop of a gun or rifle can cause irreparable ear damage if you

Overuse of earbuds could be putting you at greater risk of hearing loss. haven’t already taken steps to protect your ears.

• Limit use of personal music players. Though it’s hard to predict how many of today’s young people will suffer hearing loss down the road, it’s fair to assume hearing loss figures will be on the rise. That’s thanks in large part to increased usage of personal music players and smartphones and their accompanying earbuds and headphones that allow music fans to crank up their favorite tunes at all hours of the day regardless of location.

The louder and longer a person listens to music through headphones or earbuds, the greater that person’s risk of hearing loss may be. Those who want to protect their hearing for the long haul should limit their use of headphones and earbuds, and be sure to keep the volume down when they are using such devices.

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A budding issue is growing across our country

BY JOHN HOLLADAY Pharmacist/Co-Owner of Sumter Cut Rate MEDICAL AND RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA

A budding issue is smoldering across our country, and it is time for us to pass it around our state so we can make an educated decision on how to handle it. Not many issues are as complex and confusing as the recent surge to legalize the use of marijuana in diseased and healthy adults in America.

Most of us already know our stance on marijuana and these recent developments. But are our views based on facts and science, or do we rely on what we have been told by those in authority or in the pulpit? It is time we all stop and think about marijuana in South Carolina.

The purpose of this article is to introduce contemporary medical and recreational marijuana issues. There is a distinct difference between medical marijuana and recreational marijuana. Medical marijuana is used as an adjunct therapy in many severe or life-threatening diseases. Recreational marijuana is used for leisurely pleasure.

MEDICAL MARIJUANA

Evidence accumulated through decades of marijuana use suggests this plant has many medical benefits. Marijuana is known to relax muscle tension and reduce spasms.

This effect is being explored as a potential new therapy in multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease to reduce involuntary muscle tremors.

Marijuana is also widely known to reduce nausea and vomiting. Those patients on cancer chemotherapy who suffer from excruciating bouts of nausea often turn to marijuana for relief. At that point in their lives, the legality of marijuana is inconsequential.

Appetite stimulation is another facet of marijuana use that is appealing to those coping with cancer and AIDS. Arguably the most common medicinal use of marijuana is in the treatment of chronic nerve pain. These patients smoke marijuana to escape the pain of damaged vertebrae, amputations, multiple sclerosis and HIV complications. Regardless of its dubious nature, marijuana does seem to have utility in crippling and deadly diseases

(visit www.drugabuse.gov).

As with many plants with medicinal uses, marijuana has several constituents to consider. The main psychoactive compound in marijuana is tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).

This chemical is the primary portion of marijuana responsible for anti-nausea effects and the famous euphoria high of marijuana. Cannabidiol (CBD) is the component of marijuana that is believed to provide the most medical promise in the treatment of illnesses such as multiple sclerosis, AIDS, cancer and chronic pain. Naturally, some strains of marijuana are high in THC content and some are high in CBD content.

Most of medical marijuana tends to be higher in CBD and most of the recreational marijuana tends to be higher in THC content.

Unfortunately, the medical community is running into the same troublesome question with marijuana as it has with tobacco. When is anything smoked good medicine?

Television commercials graphically portray how inhaling smoke will lead to loss of limbs, eyesight and limiting of daily routines.

The inescapable fact is that combustion of leaves yields carcinogenic hydrocarbons, hydrogen cyanide and other toxins. Ask any third-grade student if it is a good idea to run over to a pile of burning leaves and inhale the smoke.

Intuitively, everyone knows this is not a good idea.

Each month it seems a television advertisement for a class-action lawsuit appears against a pharmaceutical company that has investigated and produced a novel drug that treats a disease but may have harmed a few patients.

Can you imagine the class-action suit against a drug that is smoked? It would be indefensible. The bottom line is smoked marijuana is not good medicine.

Currently, marijuana is scheduled by the Food and Drug Administration as a Class I controlled substance.

This means, in the view of the FDA, marijuana has no legitimate medical use and the potential for abuse and dependence is high.

Thus, its consumption is illegal. Despite this, some states

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allow patients to use marijuana for certain diseases if 1) a physician recommends marijuana, and 2) a medical marijuana card is obtained from the state.

Why is our country subtly legalizing medicinal marijuana? Let’s put aside the strong argument that smoked anything is not good medicine.

Why is the established process for FDA approval being subverted? Alas, the reason is that smoked marijuana would not survive the drug approval process.

One of the many pieces of data the FDA demands from a company marketing a new drug is proof of identical potencies of the active ingredient in random batches of product. But, um, which active ingredient? THC or CBD? Some varieties contain much more THC or CBD than others.

When one strain is crowned most worthy, this marijuana plant would continue through the rigorous drug approval process: Is it safe and effective? Which diseases will marijuana be used to treat?

What are the established doses and dosage frequencies? What are side effects? How will the fact that marijuana is smoked be addressed? Will insurance companies pay for marijuana?

Can the FDA be convinced to reclassify marijuana as a Class II controlled substance (same class as Oxycontin)?

Good luck.

RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA

Now the route to legalizing recreational marijuana begins to make more sense. Less medical red tape means an easier path for consumers to get their product. The State of

Colorado is certainly the most interesting case study to see how recreational marijuana is changing society and sales tax figures. Marijuana that is used for medical purposes has no additional taxes other than usual tax rates that are assessed on sales. Recreational marijuana, however, has an additional 25% tax levy. For Colorado, this may yield an extra $3 million per month.

Why make marijuana illegal and make nothing on it when it can be legalized and taxed?

Recreational-legal states with similar tax projections seek to use the extra money for school construction and drug education initiatives.

In this scenario, the issue of medicine and health are ignored, and marijuana simply becomes a taxable commodity with the same problems as alcohol sales. One of the most problematic situations in Colorado is the forging and deception of medical marijuana cards by healthy citizens attempting to avoid the extra 25% tax. Including this tax, an ounce of marijuana sells for nearly $200. All you need is a valid ID and to be 21 years of age or older. In fact, permits are available to allow you to grow up to six plants in your home.

How will this look in South Carolina if recreational marijuana is legalized? If we follow the model of other states, pot shops will have to sell marijuana instead of traditional retail stores or even drugstores.

How will law enforcement officers determine whether someone is driving while impaired by marijuana?

What types of advertisements will we tolerate by pot shops to lure potential customers or introduce novice customers to the product?

WHERE ARE WE NOW?

The legal use of marijuana is confusing in terms of federal and state laws. Consider a scenario of a National Football League player for the Denver Broncos. Federal law lists marijuana as an illegal substance. Colorado State law has legalized its use. If Smokin’ Joe from the Broncos goes into a licensed pot shop in Colorado, purchases marijuana, pays state tax on the product, goes to his private residence and smokes it up, he will face a four-game suspension from the NFL if caught. He has not broken any state laws but has committed several felonies and violated workplace policies.

The legal boundaries are as hazy as marijuana smoke.

As previously mentioned, marijuana does seem to be beneficial medically, but smoked marijuana cannot be the answer. Dronabinol (MarinolÂŽ) was marketed more than two decades ago as an oral capsule form of THC as a Class II controlled prescription drug.

Unfortunately, oral administration of THC led to disappointing results due to extensive drug degradation by the liver and meager sales. Marijuana is much better absorbed by inhalation route. Several new options exist to achieve this end. First, “vapping� the oils distilled from the marijuana plant seems to yield similar therapeutic effects as smoking marijuana. More intriguing is an investigational drug, SyqeŽ, that is undergoing Phase I clinical trials (visit syqemedical.com). This novel metered-dose inhaler delivers a mixture of THC and CBD. If SyqeŽ and similar dosage forms become a success, medical marijuana may become a non-issue.

Marijuana use in healthy and diseased adults is an emerging issue nationwide. The medical community must find ways to harness the benefits of marijuana and avoid combustion if cannabis is to be used as a drug. Society must find ways to harness the use, promotion and tolerance of recreational marijuana. Most importantly, federal and state authorities must find common ground on the legality of marijuana use and sales.

It will be interesting to see how South Carolina voters decide on this issue. What say ye?

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How men can naturally boost testosterone levels Testosterone plays a vital role in men’s health. A hormone that regulates the sex organs, testosterone also impacts metabolism and bone loss, and low testosterone can compromise men’s health.

According to the Urology Care Foundation, roughly 20 percent of men in their 60s have low testosterone, a figure that increases to 30 percent among men in their 70s. While a gradual decline in testosterone levels is part of the aging process, low testosterone can have a negative impact on the body.

Low testosterone levels increase body fat and reduce muscle mass, and low testosterone can even lead to depression. Difficulty concentrating is another potential side effect of low testosterone. Men with low testosterone may also experience weakened bones, a symptom that could leave them more susceptible to osteoporosis.

While there are prescription medications designed to boost testosterone, oftentimes low testosterone levels are a byproduct of the lifestyle choices men make. That means men might be able to increase their testosterone levels naturally by making certain lifestyle changes.

• Maintain a healthy weight. Men who are obese or overweight are more susceptible to various ailments or conditions, including low testosterone.

When a body is carrying

Low testosterone affects millions of men across the globe. While lower testosterone is often a byproduct of aging, many men could be making lifestyle choices that are negatively affecting their testosterone levels.

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• Make time for sleep.

Poor sleeping habits affect many hormones in the male

body, and testosterone is no exception. Men who don’t get enough sleep each night may suffer from low testosterone. According to the National Sleep Foundation, sleep needs vary depending on a person’s age, but research has shown that men over the age of 18 need between seven and nine hours of sleep per night to perform at their peak. Younger men whose bodies should not yet be experiencing the gradual decline of testosterone levels common to aging should examine their sleeping habits if their testosterone levels have started to decline. The solution could be as simple as getting more sleep.

• Get off the couch. Men who live sedentary lifestyles could be suffering from low testosterone because they’re spending too much time on the couch. Testosterone adapts to the body’s needs, so a man who isn’t active is unknowingly letting his body tell his brain that it doesn’t need as much testosterone to

build muscles and bones.

More active men’s bodies are sending a signal to the brain that the body needs more testosterone. Therefore, adopting a more active lifestyle can help men naturally restore their testosterone levels.

• Work to reduce stress.

Men who are overly stressed may also suffer from low testosterone. That’s because the body responds to stress by producing more of the hormone cortisol. The more cortisol the body produces, the less capable it is of producing testosterone. Men who work long hours might want to cut back on their work schedules, while those whose stress comes from other sources might want to find ways to more effectively manage that stress.

Low testosterone affects millions of men across the globe. While lower testosterone is often a byproduct of aging, many men could be making lifestyle choices that are negatively affecting their testosterone levels.

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Death and Dying in America

BY PAUL TRUESDALE One of your Hometown Hospice Team members

Death and Dying in America; this is a fact that we all must face at some point in our lives. Did you know that we spend 50 billion dollars a year to keep people alive their last 60 days on this earth? I know this is an astonishing figure. Especially when you consider that this figure is higher than the budgets of the departments of homeland security and education. We, as Americans, have come to think that death is some sort of obligation that we can fulfill when we are ready. I know when I think about my own mortality I do not want to spend the last days of my life plugged up to machines and having clinicians poking and proding on me trying to keep me alive at all costs.

Americans have a “fix it when it breaks” motto. I want

to be able to live my life to the fullest. I want my family to come and see me at my home; I want to hear my grandchildren playing in the living room while my son and daughter are with me in the kitchen. I want to lay in front of my fireplace with my old trusted bird dog. I want friends to come and see me without having to feel awkward about seeing me plugged up in some clinical room.

You all may ask how do you expect to accomplish this? Who gets to decide how they want to end this journey. Well it’s quite simple; you take preventative steps to make your wishes known. You have a power of attorney that no matter what your family says, they keep your wishes. You also utilize a Medicare benefit called Hospice. Hospice was initiated by congress to save our healthcare system billions of dollars while providing comfort care for

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You see 80 percent of us want to die at home in peace, but only 28 percent actually achieve this measure.

Hospice is not what people think. They are not the grim reaper. People believe that when Hospice comes on Friday that the Funeral home is there Monday to pick you up. Let me assure you that is not the case. I have looked into so many people’s eyes over the last year, which have swelled tears of joy and thanked our team for making there last month’s here so peaceful, comfortable, and joyful. I have had people tell me ”you just do not know what you have done for us and my

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I know that we here in Clarendon County feel like we sometimes do not have the resources that folks in the big city have. Let me assure you that we do. We just have to reach out.

Programs like Hospice are available here. Hospice is undoubtedly the best option

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in the last months of life because it offers a whole variety of benefits, not only to those who are dying, but to those who we leave behind.

Help save our health care system. Tell someone about Hospice and break the myths that surround this wonderful program. I would like for each of you to remember this famous quote by Margaret Meade, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.”

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