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Council OKs incentives for candy maker No details of arrangement will be made public until second reading on Nov. 8 FROM STAFF REPORTS Sumter County Council approved first reading of an agreement between the county and Mount Franklin Foods for a special revenue credit during its regular meeting on Tuesday.

The county can authorize Special

Source Revenue Credits that allow the county to invest in infrastructure related to specific project needs, according to information on the Sumter Economic Development website. Those credits can be included in fee-in-lieu-of-tax agreements and job tax credits which provide a $1,000 reduction in taxes for

every new job created.

During the first reading of the ordinance 16-859, council gave approval to unspecified economic incentives.

Sumter County Attorney Johnathan Bryan said South Carolina state law allows council to adopt such measures on first reading under the heading of “caption only” to expedite the process, which doesn’t become effective until after council approves the incentives on third reading. He said no details of the agree-

ment are available but will be outlined at the next council meeting on Nov. 8 when the ordinance is up for second reading.

Mount Franklin Foods announced last week that it had purchased the former Au’some candy plant in Live Oak Industrial Park. The El Paso, Texas-based company said it plans to invest $10 million in the 100,000-square-foot building that

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Sumter Item printing last Saturday edition FROM STAFF REPORTS

Housing repairs will meet construction standards, but otherwise, upgrades will not be possible. The office will provide residents with safe, sanitary and secure homes.

The office intends to repair or replace approximately 1,500 homes affected by the October 2015 storm, the release said.

The program is designed to assist low- to moderateincome households and serve the state’s most vulnerable population. The highest priority will be given to households with documented damage and homeowners who are 65 years old or older, persons with documented

The Sumter Item publishes its final Saturday print edition Saturday, and will begin offering a range of new media tools to keep the public informed.

Item Editor and Publisher Jack Osteen announced the move a few months ago to prepare readers for the change.

The Sumter Item will continually publish news online on its website, www.theitem.com, and will also begin sending an email newsletter to readers who have supplied their email addresses to the newspaper.

The Sumter Item email newsletter starts Saturday, Nov. 5, and will offer unique content, breaking news, sports, obituaries, advertising and other relevant information. Clicking on stories will take readers directly to the website.

Many newspapers across the country are transitioning more content online, Osteen said, as a way to reach readers through multiple platforms.

The move aligns The Sumter Item with changes within the newspaper industry, which has been dropping Monday and Saturday editions to reflect readership and advertising patterns.

While the print edition will appear five days per week, Osteen emphasized that The Sumter Item remains a sevenday media company and will utilize its website to fill the gap between print editions.

Pre-paid subscribers to the print edition will have their subscriptions extended to compensate for the move from six to five daily editions a week, and the newspaper will lower its monthly rate to reflect the loss of the Saturday edition.

At the same time, The Sumter Item has added news and features from USA Today and a new Sunday TV and entertainment booklet.

“By adding more content and news coverage on the five remaining print days, readers and advertisers will get even more bang for their buck,” Osteen said. “We’re also planning to offer more video storytelling online in the coming months.”

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Taya Kyle, widow of “American Sniper” Chris Kyle, talks to a full house at Wilson Hall’s Nash Student Center on Wednesday evening. Kyle talked about her faith and the ripple effect our actions can have on other people’s lives.

‘American Sniper’ widow Taya Kyle draws 2,000 to Wilson Hall

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com “My entire life can be described in one sentence: ‘It didn’t go as planned, and that’s OK.’” That’s the famous quote Taya Kyle used to summarize her life journey to an audience of 2,000 people at the Mission Series held at

Wilson Hall on Wednesday night.

“Our plans really show a lack of faith compared to God’s plans for our life,” she said. “I thought about all of the different things that happened in my life, plans versus goals. I realized with every single plan, we’ve had a choice of how we would react to that.”

Kyle is the widow of U.S. Navy SEAL

Chris Kyle, whose story is told in the 2014 Academy Award-winning film “American Sniper,” based on his autobiography of the same name. Chris Kyle is known as the most successful sniper in American military history, with 160 confirmed kills. He served

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State to take applications for 2015 flood repairs FROM STAFF REPORTS South Carolina Disaster Recovery Office will open a fixed intake center at 725 Broad St. at 9 a.m. Tuesday.

The center will accept individual applications for housing recovery related to the October 2015 storm that brought unprecedented flooding and damage to 24 counties in South Carolina, an SCDRO news release said.

The recovery centers are not taking applications related to Hurricane Matthew.

“At this time, the centers are only taking applications for damage from the 2015 event,” said office spokesperson Beth Parks. “That could change.”

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The release said the office will open mobile intake centers on Nov. 7. The mobile offices will change locations each day of the week. During November, the mobile offices will alternate locations among the following counties or combined county areas: Bamberg, Berkeley, Calhoun, Clarendon, Charleston, Darlington-Florence, Dorchester, Georgetown, Greenville-Spartanburg, Horry, Kershaw-Lee, Marion, Newberry-FairfieldGreenwood and Orangeburg.

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Few tickets remain for Sumter Sip and Stroll There are still some tickets remaining for the 10th Annual Sumter Sip and Stroll, according to Janice Williams of Sumter Senior Services, which sponsors the popular wine-tasting event.

The theme for the 6 to 8:30 p.m. Nov. 4 event is Wines around the World.

There will be live music at select locations and hors d’oeuvres at all 10 locations to complement wines from eight different countries.

Tickets are $30 for adults, $25 for military and those 60 years old and older.

At the door, tickets will be $40.

Proceeds will benefit Sumter’s elderly population.

For tickets, call (803) 7735508, visit the website www. sumtersipandstroll.org or go by the Sumter Senior Services administrative building, 119 S. Sumter St.

State spent nearly $1M for mostly empty school buses during storm COLUMBIA (AP) — South Carolina spent nearly $1 million sending 300 school buses to Charleston County on the coast during Hurricane Matthew to evacuate residents, but only 24 of the buses were used, state education records show.

And the only people who rode the buses to inland shelters were residents of a nursing home, according to information from the state Education Department obtained by The Greenville News.

Fuel for the buses, meals and hotels for the drivers and bus aides, the cost of a team from the state Forestry Commission and other expenses totaled $954,779.

State officials said they think federal disaster money should repay much of that cost.

Some residents did go to North Charleston to get on the buses, but were directed to local shelters instead because of a rule that stated the buses couldn’t be used until nearby shelters were at least half full.

Gov. Nikki Haley touted the buses for a few days after ordering evacuations along the coast as the hurricane threatened.

Her spokeswoman, Chaney Adams, said she was relying on county information and the program will now be reviewed.

“When local requests for assistance come in, as the state prepares for a storm, we listen to the needs of local officials,” Adams said. “In the aftermath of a storm, state officials always consid-

Return of Haitian detainees delayed because of Matthew

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Teen struck by vehicle has minor injuries A 13-year-old pedestrian sustained minor injuries when he was struck by a vehicle while crossing at Myers and Liberty streets just after 3 p.m. on Thursday, according to a news release from Sumter Police Department.

Alice Drive turns into Myers Street after passing Liberty Street.

The driver, 66, of Manning was making a left turn onto Liberty Street from Alice Drive and did not see the teenager crossing.

The teen was taken to Palmetto Health Tuomey and was reported to be fine.

An investigation is continuing.

However, no charges are expected.

Sunrise Rotary 5K Run/ Walk set for Saturday The Rotary Club of Sumter Sunrise is hosting its eighth annual 5K Run/Walk at 9 a.m. Saturday, starting at the Rotary Centennial Plaza at the corner of Liberty and Main streets.

Proceeds from this event will support the Rotary International’s Foundation for Polio Eradication as well as local community projects.

The Rotary Club of Sumter Sunrise, meets each Tuesday at 7 a.m. at the Quality Inn, 2390 Broad St. New members are welcome.

For more information, call (803) 491-4003.

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er what worked and what didn’t, and that informs what can be handled better during the next state of emergency.”

Hurricane Matthew killed five people in South Carolina, all connected to inland flooding from heavy rains. The storm killed 42 people in the U.S., more than half of them in North Carolina, and more than 500 people in Haiti.

Hurricane Matthew was a Category 4 storm when the governor ordered evacuations, and officials had to take into account the possibility of a direct hit without any weakening, Education Department spokesman Ryan Brown said.

“It would have been a much worse situation had we been hit with a massive hurricane and not had enough buses there,” Brown said.

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Maddison Brunson, 2, helps her mother, Melody, rake leaves Wednesday afternoon along Salem Avenue.

NORTH CHARLESTON (AP) — About 125 Haitians at the Charleston County jail awaiting deportation won’t be going home any time soon.

Charleston Sheriff’s spokesman Eric Watson tells local news outlets that another 125 are expected this week, but none of them can be sent back to Haiti because of damage there caused by Hurricane Matthew. Authorities say they’ll be deported when conditions improve.

Matthew hammered Haiti this month before moving north and making landfall in Charleston County.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Bryan Cox says the detainees were in this country before the hurricane.

The federal government recently agreed to pay the jail $55 a day for each detainee it houses.

Watson said once immigration officials determine that the detainees will be returned to Haiti, they will be returned to federal custody. Cox said the detainees will be taken to one of three facilities in Georgia before they’re returned to their homeland.

Customs officials say the federal government has space for about 34,000 detainees nationwide.

But currently, there are about 40,000 detainees in custody, which means the agency is looking for more room and other facilities.

Cox said detainees could be coming to Charleston from facilities as far away as Arizona and Texas.

Heating and cooling assistance available ITEM STAFF REPORTS The U.S. Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Families has released $31.6 million to help low-income families in South Carolina stay warm during winter months, cool during summer months and make costeffective home energy repairs.

The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which is run by the Office of Community Services at HHS’ Administration for Children and Families, provides funding to states, the District of Columbia, territories and tribes

to assist households with paying energy bills and weatherize homes for energy improvements.

“Unsafe indoor temperatures are unacceptable conditions for anyone to live in, especially for seniors and families with young children,” said Jeannie Chaffin, director of the Office of Community Services at HHS’ Administration for Children and Families. “With these LIHEAP funds helping households in South Carolina with limited incomes pay their home heating and cooling bills, these families and individuals can use their income to pay for

other critical necessities such as food and medicine.”

LIHEAP funding assists households with meeting home energy needs, including vulnerable households with very young children, individuals with disabilities and older individuals.

LIHEAP funds are administered by local Community Action Agencies.

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Amtrak to pay $265M for crash that killed 8 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Amtrak will pay $265 million to settle claims related to a crash last year that killed eight people and injured more than 200 others when a speeding train derailed on a curve.

The settlement allows victims to have their awards in hand by June instead of waiting years for lawsuits to play out, their lawyers said Thursday.

The deadline to join the settlement program is Nov. 21.

“The program basically allows for a judge, with help from two masters, to hold hearings and evaluate damages,” said lawyer Thomas R. Kline, who led the team of plaintiffs’ lawyers negotiating with Amtrak.

U.S. District Judge Legrome D. Davis of Philadelphia approved the settlement Thursday.

Amtrak had previously taken responsibility for the May 2015 crash in Philadelphia of the Northeast Regional train traveling from Washington to New York. Federal law caps payouts for any one accident at $295 million.

Amtrak has agreed to put up the money by Feb. 28. Individuals may get the full value of their claims — or

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Emergency personnel work at the scene of a derailment in Philadelphia of an Amtrak train headed to New York in May 2015. Amtrak will pay about $265 million to settle claims related to the deadly derailment. more or less — depending on how far the settlement fund stretches. Victims will have the opportunity to testify at

POLICE BLOTTER CHARGES Shawn W. Stancliff, 37, of 4440 Livingwood Drive, was arrested Friday and charged with first degree burglary and possession of tools capable of being used in a crime after he allegedly entered a residence in the 3200 block of Pinewood Road with the intent of committing a crime on Sept. 20. According to a news release from Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, the

property owner found Stancliff inside the residence while checking on the house. Investigators discovered tools in Stancliff’s vehicle capable of criminal use, states the release.

James C. Martin, 52, of 4985 Ridgewood Drive, Rembert, was arrested on Oct. 14 and charged with receiving stolen goods after he allegedly had a stolen tool in his possession while at a business in the 1st block of Liberty Street on Sept. 2.

hearings or submit documents describing their ordeal. Some say they’ve racked up millions of dollars

STOLEN PROPERTY A 40-inch Vizio flat-screen TV valued at $500; a Nintendo WII U valued at $200; $45 in deer meat; and a TracFone valued at $15 were reportedly stolen from a residence in the 1500 block of Norwood Road in Olanta between about 6 p.m. Monday and about 1 a.m. Tuesday.

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Federal investigators have concluded the engineer was distracted by word that a nearby train had been hit by a rock. They say engineer Brandon Bostian didn’t realize where he was and accelerated full-throttle to 106 mph instead of slowing down for the curve’s 50 mph speed limit.

“This was something that never had to happen,” survivor Robert Hewitt, of Nutley, New Jersey, said on the anniversary of the crash as he described being in a medically induced coma for weeks afterward and enduring constant pain from his injuries. “His actions could have been easily prevented.”

Amtrak in a statement said it appreciates the court’s help in resolving the litigation but otherwise did not plan to comment. Bostian, regarded by friends for his safety-mindedness and love of railroading, has been suspended without pay since the crash.

Amtrak installed an automatic speed control at the Philadelphia curve within days of the derailment.

The railroad has since enabled speed technology for all but a small portion of the 450-mile Northeast Corridor.

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A 48-inch flat-screen TV, unknown brand, valued at $1,200 and a VCR player, unknown brand, valued at $50 were reportedly stolen from a residence in the 4700 block of Cane Savannah Road, Wedgefield, on Tuesday.

Various tools valued at approximately $1,295 were reported stolen from a business in the 5500 block of Edgehill Road on Tuesday.

A white 2008 four-door Chevrolet Cobalt valued at $8,000 was reportedly sto-

len from a residence in the 6500 block of Spring Hill Road, Rembert, Tuesday.

A silver 2010 Nissan Maxima valued at $3,500 was reportedly stolen from a parking lot in the 2700 block of Pocalla Road on Tuesday.

An orange and white Husqvarna weed eater valued at $200; a Kobalt air compressor valued at $200; and a nail gun, unknown brand, valued at $130 were reportedly stolen from a residence in the 2600 block of Stirrup Lane, Dalzell.

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Ethics Commission reprimands Loftis COLUMBIA (AP) — State Treasurer Curtis Loftis violated ethics law when he helped in hiring a long-time friend to represent his office in a lawsuit against the Bank of New York, the State Ethics Commission says.

In an order released Thursday, commissioners publicly reprimanded Loftis and told him to pay $500 to help offset the cost of the case. If he doesn’t pay within 90 days, the amount becomes a $2,000 fine, the law’s maximum punishment.

Loftis says he will appeal the decision and fee.

His critics have long questioned a 2013 settlement of $9

million to the state’s two contracted attorneys. Of that, $2 million went to Michael Montgomery, who Loftis helped bring aboard soon after taking office in 2011.

Beyond being Loftis’ longtime personal attorney and fraternity brother, Montgomery was, when the state hired him, a board member of a charity Loftis founded.

The commission found the charity violated state law that bars public officials from using their position to economically benefit an associate. The order notes Loftis testified that his failure to disclose the relationship was “inadvertent

KYLE FROM PAGE A1 four tours in the Iraq War and was awarded several commendations for acts of heroism and meritorious service in combat.

On Feb. 2, 2013, Kyle and a friend, Chad Littlefield, were murdered by Eddie Ray Routh at a shooting range in Texas.

Taya Kyle is an author, political commentator, military veterans’ family activist and mother of two children.

Kyle spoke on the four words that summarized her life, “Love, Service, Faith and Renewal,” described in detail in her book, “American Wife,” about life with her husband and life after his death.

Kyle said early on in her life, she never had plans of getting married.

After graduating college with a degree in business and economics and moving to southern California, she said she was going to enjoy her life as a single woman.

“When I was down pretty far, I realized that God was telling me something, that I was not meant to go this road alone,” she said. “I asked God for someone nice, someone with good character and a good moral compass.”

Just a few week later, she met Chris Kyle in a bar.

“He was not ‘American Sniper,’ he was just a hot guy in the bar,” she said. “I didn’t even know at that time what he did for a living.”

Kyle described her future husband as someone with a humble nature that she was immediately attracted to.

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and unintentional.”

But that doesn’t matter under the law, commissioners wrote, adding that any public official “should err on the side of disclosure.”

Loftis argued Montgomery was not an associate because they worked together at a nonprofit, not a business, according to the order. Commissioners disagreed.

“I fear that letting it stand would impose burdens on the selfless service of thousands of people across the state that devote their time to nonprofit boards and organizations,” he said in a statement.

Montgomery did not re-

“He was so humble, so idealistic and cool. It caught my attention,” she said. “When I found out that he was a Navy SEAL, I thought I knew what that meant. That he was arrogant or egotistical.”

That’s when Kyle said Chris looked at her and said: “I would die for my country; how is that self-centered or arrogant?” she said. “And he meant it with everything he had.”

Kyle spoke on the anxiety she experienced when her husband was deployed.

“Before his first deployment, I would jump and gasp when we were driving somewhere,” she said. “I had this feeling that a car was about to hit us. During his second deployment, I slept with the lights on.”

Kyle said Chris knew the Bible well, “inside and out,” and that he encouraged her to trust in her faith.

“I started to pray like crazy,” she said. “I would ask God to keep him safe and take the anxiety away. Chris would always tell me, though, if it was his time to go, it was his time.”

Kyle said there were times in her marriage when she had to dig really deep to figure it out.

“I learned a lot about struggle and about being grateful for the struggle,” she said. “I learned that becoming stronger and faithful through your hardships is a gift, and you usually can’t get it any other way.”

Kyle said her faith has grown a lot, dealing with everything she had to go through after her husband’s death.

She experienced legal battles, betrayals and lies, she said.

“I felt that God knew me well enough that I was hard-headed, that I would push through and keep going,”

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Sumter Economic Development CEO and President Jay Schwedler said Mount Franklin Foods plans to add 50 to 75 jobs by the end of

FLOOD FROM PAGE A1 disabilities, or households with children 5 years old or younger, the release said.

If a resident has been working with Hearts and Hands Disaster Recovery and provided them personal information, the office will contact that resident directly.

Applicants should prepare by collecting the correct documents before visiting the intake center. The office will have a list of acceptable documents on its website.

The office also has $1 million set aside to help rental property landlords repair their properties. However, the program is limited to a maximum of two properties per landlord and up to $25,000 per property. Following the repairs, the properties will have a five-year lien. The landlord must rent the properties to persons with low- to moderate-income in a HUD program during this time.

For more information, visit the website, www.scstormrecovery.com, which will be online Tuesday.

turn a request from the AP for comment.

The complaint was filed in June 2014 by Sam Griswold, a state retiree who has publicly disagreed with Loftis for years. Griswold said he’s pleased with the finding.

“I don’t think the amount of the fine is of tremendous consequence,” he said.

Loftis said the complaint was filed by the “cronies” of the South Carolina Retirement System Investment Commission, which invests the state’s pension portfolio.

Loftis, a member of the board, has publicly feuded with his fellow commissioners since taking office.

she said. “But he had to overwhelm me to the point where I had no option but to submit. To the point where I had to say, ‘I can’t do it all.’ I was running on adrenaline and shock for about two years after his death.”

Kyle talked about how the foundation in honor of her husband, Chris Kyle Frog Foundation, was formed.

She said it was a challenge of figuring out how to get it started. That’s when she attended an event where a businessman approached her and gave her a $25,000 donation to help start the foundation.

“At that point, I realized that God was sending me a message to start the foundation,” she said.

The Chris Kyle Frog Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping military and first responders and their families reconnect after deployments, military involvement and time spent serving those in crisis, according to its website, www.chriskylefrogfoundation.org.

Kyle said the divorce rate is a lot higher among first responder and military families.

She also talked briefly on PostTraumatic Stress Disorder and the issues veterans face. She said about 22 veterans commit suicide each day throughout the nation, and a majority of those are Vietnam veterans.

She explained the importance of thanking veterans for their service.

“Each time I saw Chris thank veterans for their service, I saw them tear up,” she said. “When you stand for the national anthem it matters to veterans and those who are defending the flag.”

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2017 and as many as 225 by the end of 2019. A salary range for those positions was not available.

In an article on Saturday, The Sumter Item reported

ITEM FROM PAGE A1 The Osteen family has owned The Sumter Item since 1894, and it is the oldest business in Sumter. Illustrating its commitment to the newspaper industry, Osteen Publishing Co. has in recent years purchased newspapers in Alabama, Florida and New Mexico and moved their graphic design to the company’s headquarters in Sumter, maintaining current — and creating new — jobs in the community.

Osteen emphasized the newspaper and publishing company always try to hire local graphic artists and reporters. Local employees know the community well, he said.

“Our staff is more committed than ever to putting out the best news product for the Sumter community, in print and online,” Osteen said.

“We have been putting out a daily news product since 1894, and we have no intentions of changing that,” Osteen said.

“The only difference is that our website is becoming more a part of the equation when it comes to getting your daily news.”

Mount Franklin Foods will receive standard property tax and corporate income tax incentives available to manufacturers coming into the state and Sumter County,

according to Schwedler.

It’s not clear whether the final agreement between the county and Mount Franklin Foods will include additional incentives.

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America divided by many stark differences

BY JERRY SCHWARTZ The Associated Press Though they live about 1,730 miles apart, though they’ve never met, though they are of different races and backgrounds, Lauren Boebert and Dorothy Johnson-Speight speak almost in unison when they lament the fracturing of America.

Americans must “come together, be non-judgmental about people and their opinions,” says Johnson-Speight.

Americans must “come together as one,” says Boebert.

And yet these two women stand squarely at the epicenter of American acrimony — territory explored by The Associated Press in “Divided America,” a series of stories that surveyed a United States that is far from united.

Boebert owns the gunfriendly Shooters Grill in the aptly named town of Rifle, Colorado, and wears a handgun. Johnson-Speight fights for gun control laws after the 2001 murder of her 24-year-old son Khaaliq Jabbar Johnson, shot seven times in a dispute over a Philadelphia parking spot.

Their differences are stark, but their yearning for a more civil and less divided nation is genuine. In that, they mirror other Americans interviewed during the past six months.

They are caught up in a campaign that magnified its disagreements, and left them longing for harmony; they live in a country that cannot square its present with its pedigree as “one nation, under God, indivisible.”

The fact is, America’s differences are real, and cannot be glossed over.

In Missoula, Montana, an effort to welcome dozens of refugees — Congolese, Afghans, Syrians — was met with demonstrations and angry confrontations. “I didn’t do this to be controversial. I didn’t do this to stir the pot,” says Mary Poole, one of the leaders of the refugee project — but she did. Two patriotic visions came into conflict: the America that welcomes the huddled masses yearning to breathe free, and the America still shaken by terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and in the years since, insisting on homeland security above all.

On New York’s Staten Island, police and the policed struggle to coexist. On an island that is home to 3,000 police officers, a black man suspected of selling loose cigarettes died in an encounter with police in 2014. The black community knows the police do an important job, but it is deeply distrustful after the death of Eric Garner and other violent encounters with authority. Police, meanwhile, feel unappreciated, their character impugned. “I think the divide is worse than it should be and more than people think it is,” says retired detective Joe Brandefine.

At the Christian Fellowship Church in Benton, Kentucky, pastor Richie Clendenen tells his congregation, “There’s nobody more hated in this nation than Christians.” Evangelical Christians’ numbers are in decline, their political clout diminished. On signal issues —

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There’s so much more: Americans are split on climate change, between those who say it is an existential threat and those who deny it is happening or at least that man has anything to do with it.

Even as they contemplate electing the first woman president, even as women take on combat roles, Americans are struggling with a misogynistic backlash, online and in real life. Then there’s the gun debate, which Adam Winkler, a constitutional law professor at

UCLA, says is “more polarized and sour than any time before in American history.”

There is common ground.

At the Annin Flagmakers factory in South Boston, Virginia, seamstress Emily Bouldin says Americans “may be divided on some things, but when it comes down to the most important things we come together.” Nearly all Americans, according to surveys, believe in small business, the public schools, helping the less fortunate and caring for veterans.

Some differences, though, are profound and lasting, having less to do with what people think and more to do with where they fall — on which side of the line between prosperity and ill-fortune.

In Logan, West Virginia, in central Appalachia, the de-

cline of the coal industry has brought a population drain, rampant drug abuse, heightened poverty (cremations are up because folks can’t afford caskets) and deep resentment that fed support for Republican Donald Trump.

The recovery from the Great Recession has left behind a lot of rural America. The Washington-based Economic Innovation Group found that half of the new business growth during the past four years was concentrated in just 20 populous counties, and three quarters of the nation’s economically distressed ZIP codes are in rural areas.

The recovery meant little to workers in Hannibal, Ohio, where Chinese competition resulted in the loss of the largest employer, the Ormet aluminum plant.

And it meant little to students in Waukegan, Illinois; poor school districts had no way to make up funding losses when federal stimulus money dried up.

So while the nearby Stevenson district spends close to $18,800 per student, Waukegan spends about $12,600. Its students must cope with a high school that is often badly maintained, where as many as 28 students share a single computer.

That Stevenson is mostly white and Waukegan is mostly minority should come as little surprise. The racial divide endures, at least in some part because minorities continue to be significantly underrepresented in Congress and nearly every state legislature, an AP analysis found.

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Police say Oklahoma man wanted had hit list OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma man who has been on the run since Sunday, wanted in a string of killings, shootings and carjackings, likely intends to attack several people linked to a sexual assault case against him, authorities said Wednesday.

Michael Dale Vance Jr. is wanted on multiple charges, including two counts of firstdegree murder. He was last seen early Monday about 30 miles from the Texas border in western Oklahoma — 165 miles from where the manhunt began Sunday night in Wellston.

Vance, 38, of Chandler, referenced some potential targets in videos he posted live on Facebook on Sunday, while on the run from police shortly before two of his relatives were found nearly decapitated at a mobile home in Luther, Oklahoma County Sheriff John Whetsel told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

“Just based upon his post there, it indicated he knew where he was going, but it doesn’t specifically name them as the object of his

rage, but obviously they turned out to be,” said Whetsel. “That was a rage killing.”

Law enforcement is providing protection for people Vance may be targeting, Whetsel said.

In one of the videos posted to Facebook, Vance mentions the name of a woman and says she knew that “I would get my guns, and I would come ... and you’re so lucky this went down this way.”

Whetsel said some of Vance’s potential targets are connected to a case alleging Vance sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl.

Court records show Vance has a court hearing scheduled Nov. 7 in Lincoln County on a felony charge of child sexual abuse involving the girl.

Wellston Officer Jim Hampton, who was shot in the foot Sunday during a gunbattle with Vance, told Oklahoma City television station KOCO that he shot the suspect twice.

“He fell to the ground again, laid there for a few minutes, got back up. The firefight was on again,” Hampton said. “At one time,

Police start arresting pipeline protesters in North Dakota CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — Armed soldiers and law enforcement officers dressed in riot gear on Thursday began arresting protesters who had set up a camp on private land to block construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline.

Several protesters were led away and put in trucks, including at least one handcuffed, as authorities converged on the camp in North Dakota. Law enforcement officers and soldiers driving trucks, military Humvees and buses began to advance at midday and formed a horseshoe-like loop once they reached the camp, where about 200 protesters were awaiting them — some defiant and other praying.

Officials used a loudspeaker to warn protesters to move out.

Two helicopters and an airplane monitored the operation from the air.

The operation to push out the protesters began a day after they had refused to leave voluntarily. Protesters moved in over the weekend to establish a camp on private land where the developer was working to complete the 1,200-mile pipeline designed to carry oil from western North Dakota to Illinois.

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A photo provided by the Kay County Detention Center shows Michael Vance in June 2010. Authorities are searching for Vance, who is suspected in a double slaying and accused of shooting and wounding multiple police officers Sunday near Oklahoma City. we was actually standing up facing each other, shooting at each other.”

Because there haven’t been any confirmed sightings of Vance since early Monday morning, Whetsel told the AP that Vance “could be anywhere from California to Mexico to Florida.”

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Vance is suspected of later shooting a woman and stealing her vehicle at a mobile home park near Wellston, then driving about 8 miles to his relatives’ mobile home and killing Robert Everett Wilkson, 55, and Valeri Kay Wilkson, 54, said Oklahoma County sheriff’s spokesman Mark Opgrande.

Vance also is suspected of shooting a man in the leg in an attempted carjacking early Monday at a convenience store in Sayre, about 30 miles from the Texas border.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said Vance is believed to be driving a silver 2007 Mitsubishi Eclipse with an Oklahoma license plate of 943LQQ. Vance is described as Native American, standing 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighing 212 pounds.

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Aftershocks demolish weakened structures Quake-prone zone in Italy ‘devastated’ CAMERINO, Italy (AP) — The red brick Amatrice city hall resisted the devastating Aug. 24 quake that collapsed buildings all around it, only to crumble under the one-two punch of lesser jolts Wednesday night.

They also brought down a centuries-old church tower in Camerino that had withstood both a quake in 1997 and the one in August.

The twin aftershocks Wednesday may have exacted a lesser human toll than the August quake that preceded them, with no one killed under rubble and no reports of serious injuries.

But they revealed structural weakness in the mountainous quake-prone zone straddling the Marche and Umbria regions, and added more psychological stress to already traumatized inhabitants.

Premier Matteo Renzi visited the picturesque hilltop university town of Camerino on Thursday and is pledging to rebuild under the slogan: “The future doesn’t collapse.”

His government has earmarked $43.6 million to help house those displaced by the most recent quakes, and he promised to get to work on reconstruction “soon and in a serious way.”

“The earthquake is putting us to the test, but Italy is here and we will not leave citizens alone. We are stronger and we will make it,” Renzi said.

Iraq special forces find IS bomb factory

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A resident carrying his belongings passes in front of the collapsed bell tower of the Santa Maria in Via church Thursday in Camerino, in central Italy, after a 5.9 earthquake destroyed part of the town.

The first quake at 7:10 p.m., with a magnitude of 5.4, sent residents into the streets under heavy rain — which authorities said likely saved lives by getting people outside ahead of the second, much more powerful quake.

That jolt, two hours later and eight times stronger, brought down weakened buildings, like the bell tower in Camerino, and rendered unsafe countless homes, on

top of those damaged in August.

With no time to come up with adequate emergency shelter, thousands slept in their cars. Authorities on Thursday were scrambling to find housing so that no one would have to spend a second night in their vehicles.

In the town of Ussita, Mayor Marco Rinaldi said his town had been “devastated,” with up to 80 percent of the

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Special forces commanders said the operation was proceeding as planned, but that they were waiting for forces in the south to advance further before resuming their push toward the country’s second largest city, which fell to IS in 2014.

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In Visso, the mayor estimated that two-thirds of the town’s 1,500 houses had sustained some damage while the remaining residents preferred not to return home until checks were made to ensure safety.

“Tonight, we are not leaving anyone in the streets,” Mayor Giuliano Passaglini told residents, laying out options for accommodations.

Camerino Mayor Gianluca Pasqui said the town’s historic bell tower of the Santa Maria in Via church, dating from the Crusades, had collapsed, but emphasized that reconstruction work after a 6.1-magnitude quake in 1997, including on the church and tower, appeared to have contributed to the absence of serious injury.

“I can say that the city didn’t have victims. That means that even if there is a lot of damage probably the reconstruction in the historic center was done in a correct and adequate manner. Because otherwise, we would be speaking of something else,” Pasqui told Sky TG24.

The town is home to 7,500 residents and 10,000 students at the Camerino University, one of Italy’s oldest founded in 1336.

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President Obama might go ASHINGTON — to the U.N. and unveil his Last week, the own final status parameters U.N.’s premier of a two-state solution. cultural agency, UNESCO, approved a resolu- These would then be enshrined in a new Security tion viciously condemning Council resolution officially Israel (referred to as “the recognizing a Palestinian Occupying Power”) for varistate on the territory ous alleged trespassIsrael came into poses and violations of session of during the the Temple Mount in 1967 Six-Day War. Jerusalem. Except There is a reason that the resolution such a move has never uses that term been resisted by for Judaism’s holiest eight previous U.S. shrine. It refers to administrations: It and treats it as an exoverthrows the cenclusively Muslim site, CHARLES tral premise of Mida deliberate attempt Krauthammer dle East peacemakto eradicate its coning -- land for peace. nection -- let alone its Under which the Palcentrality -- to the estinians get their state after Jewish people and Jewish negotiations in which the history. parties agree on recognized This Orwellian absurdity boundaries, exchange mutuis an insult not just to Judaal recognition and declare a ism but to Christianity. It permanent end to the conmakes a mockery of the Gospels, which chronicle the flict.

Land for peace would be story of a Galilean Jew replaced by land for nothwhose life and ministry uning. Granting the Palestinfolded throughout the Holy ians an officially recognized Land, most especially in Jestate in advance makes rusalem and the Temple. If peace all the more unthis is nothing but a Muslim achievable -- it removes any site, what happens to the Palestinian incentive to nevery foundation of Christigotiate and strips Israel of anity, which occurred 600 territorial bargaining chips years before Islam even of the kind it used, for excame into being? ample, to achieve peace This UNESCO resolution with Egypt. is merely the surreal exThe result would be not treme of the worldwide camjust perpetual war but incalpaign to delegitimize Israel. culable damage to Israel.

It features the BDS moveConsider but one example: ment (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions), now growing the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem, destroyed and ethnion Western university camcally cleansed of Jews by its puses and some mainline Arab conquerors in the war Protestant churches. And it of 1948-1949. It was rebuilt extends even into some preby Israel after 1967. It would cincts of the Democratic now be open to the absurd Party. judicial charge that the JewBernie Sanders tried to ish state’s possession of the introduce into the DemoJewish Quarter constitutes a cratic Party platform a criminal occupation of anplank more unfavorable to other country.

Israel. He failed, but when a Israel would be hauled couple of Clinton campaign endlessly into courts (both consultants questioned (in national and international) emails revealed by to face sanctions, boycotts WikiLeaks) why she should (now under color of law) be mentioning Israel in her and arrest of its leaders. All speeches, campaign managthis for violating a U.N. maner Robby Mook concurred, date to which no Israeli gov“We shouldn’t have Israel at ernment, left or right, could public events. Especially possibly accede. dem activists.” For whom Before the election, the very mention of Israel is Obama dare not attempt this toxic. final legacy item, to go along And what to make of the with the Iran deal and the White House’s correction to Castro conciliation, for fear a press release about last of damaging Hillary Clinton. month’s funeral of Shimon His last opportunity comes Peres? The original release after Election Day. The one identified the location as person who might deter him, “Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, points out Hannah, is ClinIsrael.” The correction ton herself, by committing crossed out the country Obama to do nothing before identifier -- “Israel.” he leaves office that would Well, where else is Jerusalem? Sri Lanka? Moreover, tie her hands should she become president.

Mount Herzl isn’t even in Clinton’s supporters who disputed East Jerusalem.

It’s in West Jerusalem, with- care about Israel and about peace need to urge her to do in the boundaries of pre1967 Israel. If that’s not Isra- that now. It will soon be too late. Soon Obama will be el, what is? free to deliver a devastating But such cowardly gesparting shot to Israel and to tures are mere pinpricks the prime minister he decompared to the damage Istests. rael faces in the final days of the Obama presidency. As John Hannah of the Founda- Charles Krauthammer’s tion for Defense of Democra- email address is letters@ charleskrauthammer.com. © cies recently wrote (in Foreign Policy), there have been 2016 The Washington Post Writers Group indications for months that

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COMMENTARY

Lewis Grizzard — an appreciation

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ewis Grizzard has been dead for more than 20 years, but for those Sumter Item readers who remember and enjoyed his columns that ran in this newspaper during the ’80s and ’90s, they were treated to a distinctive voice of the South, not just distinctive, but also opinionated, sometimes angry, always funny and never dull.

I was lucky enough to hear him speak, at a newspaper meeting in Florida when laughter filled the room, and on the many recordings he made and the books he wrote. (Buy one — Amazon.com probably has some.) As one reviewer wrote of him, he was a “voice that saw the absurd and hilarious between the sexes to the hypocrisy of political blather to the all-important differences between good ol’ Georgia Bulldog-rooting Southerners and Harvard-attending Yankees.”

What he fought for in his columns was for Americans to keep their sense of humor and against political correctness, firmly believing that it is nearly impossible to smile and be politically correct. To him, the Thought Police in American society were public enemies and needed to be stamped out or laughed off the stage be-

cause of their overbearing pretensions.

If he couldn’t make his readers think, he could at least shake them up. In other words, he was a devout admirer of the First Amendment and followed it religiously. In ThursHubert D. day’s Item, the late Pat Osteen Jr. Conroy was quoted as saying in an open letter to Grizzard that “Your South is the one I loathe,” referencing accusations of racism against him. With all due respect to Conroy, he was full of it.

I never came across any remotely racist remarks in his columns, and I read every one of them while his syndicated column appeared in the Item. He recognized, appreciated and loved the uniqueness of the South, warts and all, without rancor or condescension.

For those of us who grew up in the South, his writings reminded us of who we are and why he was beloved for his wit and wisdom.

Heck, how could anyone not like a guy who would cry when he heard Willie Nelson sing “Georgia on my mind”?

NOTABLE & QUOTABLE From “How to Win the Cyberwar Against Russia”

by James Stavridis, a retired U.S. Navy admiral and NATO supreme allied commander, Oct. 12 in Foreign Policy: The cybersphere is not immune to the universal legal norms that require a nation to respond to an attack in proportional fashion. In other words, you can’t destroy the Russian electric grid in response to email hacks. …

With all this in mind, there are a variety of responses that the Obama administration should be considering against Russia. . . .

The United States could undermine the Russian government’s reliance on a wide variety of cybertools to censor the web within its own country by exposing them to the public. While not actively manipulating the Russian web, the National Security Agency could “out” the code and tool sets used by the Kremlin, thus permitting activists (and citizens) to avoid the manipulation and censorship more effectively. As a response to the Russian attacks on the U.S. democratic system, this would be both proportional and distinctive.

A … more aggressive approach would be to use U.S. cyber-capabilities to expose the overseas banking accounts and financial resources of high-level Russian government officials, up to and including President Vladimir Putin,

who is widely rumored to hold billions of dollars in offshore accounts shielded from his public. While Washington should refrain from destroying or manipulating financial records, which would be an escalation, simply exposing the level of corruption among the officials who authorized the political cyberattacks in the United States would be strategically and morally sound. …

The United States could use its own offensive cyber-tools to punish Russian hackers by knocking them off-line or even damaging their hardware. This response would be open to objections that it represents an unwarranted escalation. But under prevailing international law, if a nation has information of a nexus of offensive activity, has requested it to stop, and the offending nation declines to do so, that offensive center is liable for attack.

••• In “The Lonely Life of a Republican Woman,” S.E. Cupp writes “As a conservative woman who wanted very much to support the Republican nominee, it’s been a deeply disappointing year and a half.” Read it online at www.nytimes.com: After helping the Republican National Committee address some of the troubling deficiencies the party faced after 2012, as outlined in its so-called autopsy report, and witnessing some real progress in our outreach to

women in the ensuing years, I did not expect an egomaniacal arsonist to come along and set all that ablaze.

Mr. Trump has sent the party back to the Dark Ages — or at least the 1950s — with his provincial notions of masculinity and misogynist notions of femininity, his cartoonish bombast, his vulgar jocularity and his open hostility to women who question him. In short, he’s reaffirmed the worst stereotypes about Republicans that Democrats have pushed for decades.

It would be nice to be able to argue that Mr. Trump is an aberration, but clearly he has found a great deal of support. Who will believe us when we say that he does not speak for us?

Conservatism believed that individuals, not bureaucracies, produced the best solutions. And conservatism saw American democracy as a beacon of hope to share with the world’s oppressed, not something to apologize for.

Now that I’m a mother, those ideals matter more to me than ever. In the era of Donald Trump, it’s hard to argue to the women of America that the Republican Party deserves their vote this year. But we must return to our aspirational roots if we’re going to have a party left at all.

Notable & Quotable is compiled by Graham Osteen.

Contact him at graham@ theitem.com.

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AROUND TOWN union meeting at 11 a.m.

The YWCA of the Upper Lowlands needs your help to solve on Monday, Nov. 7, at the PACE Scholarship Academy to be South Sumter Resource the Mystery at Sunset from held Saturday Center, 337 Manning Ave. 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. today at Call Frances Woods at (803) Sunset Country Club, 1005 773-3804, Lillie Wilson at Golf Crest Road. Join them (803) 775-9088 or Bertha for an evening of fun, dinWillis at (803) 775-9660. ner and dancing to a live band to solve the 1920’s The Sumter Branch NAACP whodunit mystery. Enjoy a will provide rides to the polls clue scavenger hunt, cash from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on bar and door prizes. The Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. attire for the evening is 8. Call (803) 775-9215. Drivsemi-formal / cocktail. ers are also needed.

Tickets: $50 per person.

The Sumter Chapter of the Call (803) 773-7158 to reserve and / or pick up your National Federation of the Blind of South Carolina will tickets. meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, PACE Scholarship Academy Nov. 8, at Shiloh-Randolph “Boot Camp 101” workshop Manor, 125 W. Bartlette St. will be held on Saturday, Transportation provided Oct. 29, in the multi-purwithin the coverage area. If pose room of Alice Drive you know a blind person, Middle School. Workshop contact Debra Canty, chaptime for 9th-12th grade stu- ter president, at (803) 775dents is 8:30 a.m.-12:30 5792 or debra.canty@fronp.m. Cost is $25 per person tier.com. Donations are and seating is limited. Visit welcome and can be www.pacescholarshipacad- mailed to: NFB Sumter emy.com for more informa- Chapter, P.O. Box 641, Sumtion. Register online at ter, SC 29151. www.eventbrite.com.

Sumter’s Marine Corps Looking for something safe League Detachment 1202 will for your children to do on Hal- celebrate the 241st USMC loween? Trunk-or-treat will Birthday with a dinner and be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on cake cutting ceremony on Monday, Oct. 31, at the Thursday, Nov. 10, at the Sumter Law Enforcement Carolina Skies Club, Shaw Center, 107 E. Hampton Air Force Base, 487 Myers Ave. St. Gathering time is 6 p.m. with dinner at 7 p.m. The The Sumter Branch NAACP will host its 33rd Annual Free- cost is $25 per person for prime rib and the fixings. dom Fund Banquet at 7 p.m.

Call Ted Jones at (803) 968on Friday, Nov. 4, at the 2196 or Fay Cook at (803) Sumter County Civic Center, 700 W. Liberty St. Hilary 775-5768 before Nov. 1 for reservations and quesO. Shelton, of the NAACP tions.

National Office, will serve as keynote speaker.

The Sumter County Veterans Association will hold its annuThe Shepherd’s Center’s annual flea market will be held al Veterans Day parade and program on Friday, Nov. 11. from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Beginning at 10 a.m., the Saturday, Nov. 5, at Trinityparade will start at the corLincoln Center, 24 Council ner of Main and Bartlette St. streets heading north on A fall festival featuring the Amazing Scavenger Hunt Race Main, turning right onto Calhoun Street and then will be held on Saturday, right onto Harvin, ending at Nov. 5, in the town of the Judicial Center parking Lynchburg. Teams should lot. The ceremony will consist of two people and begin at 11 a.m. on the cost is $20 per team. All front lawn of the courtparticipants and vendors house. There will be nuare asked to register by merous vendors set up beNov. 2. Cost on the day of hind the courthouse disthe race will be $25. Fall playing various benefits festival will begin at 9:30 and information for the a.m. with the race beginning promptly at 10:30 a.m. veterans. The grand marshal of the parade will be For information, call Kim Fortunate at (843) 206-2390, 20th Fighter Wing Commander Col. Daniel Lasica, Greta Gibson at (803) 236who will also serve as the 0187, Kelvin Solomon at keynote speaker for the (803) 565-4173 or Sharon Lowery-Brown at (843) 813- program.

In honor of Veterans Day, the 4859.

The Eastern High School Class Langley Winds Chamber Ensemble will provide a free of 1966 will celebrate its concert at 7:30 p.m. on Fri50th golden anniversary day, Nov. 11, at the Sumter from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Opera House. Visit www.

Saturday, Nov. 5, at Golden SumterOperaHouse.com to Corral in Sumter. Call Hatreserve your seating. tie Hamption McLeod at (803) 495-3083 or Pontheola The Sumter Branch NAACP will hold its biennial election Edwards Wilson at (843) from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on 260-2978.

The Lincoln High School Class Saturday, Nov. 12, at 741 Bultman Drive. of 1964 will hold a class re-

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You’ll improve EUGENIA LAST your financial situation by cutting back on things that aren’t necessary. A problem with a superior at work must be handled delicately. Focus on selfimprovement, not trying to change others. A romantic gesture is encouraged.

The last word in astrology

incident out of proportion.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Put your thoughts, energy and attention into improving your relationships with the people you love. Your sincerity and desire to help will discourage anyone who has a complaint from speaking up.

Romance will brighten your day and your personal life.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Be careful when socializing with the TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Aim for people you do business with. new accomplishments and you will Someone will get the wrong feel satisfied at the end of the day. impression if you are too friendly.

Take an aggressive approach to any You will get the most mileage out physical chore, but when it comes of working on your own to fineto emotional issues, take a moment tune your talents. to breathe before you say SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): something you might regret.

Use all your contacts to help you GEMINI (May 21-June 20): bring about the changes you need Functions that are work-oriented to make and you will be able to will allow you to share your stay under budget. Someone will thoughts and ideas. Mix business with pleasure and you will gain on have ulterior motives, so find out both fronts. Don’t feel like you have what the payback will be before you accept help. to spend money to impress someone. Let your knowledge and expertise be your gift.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t make rash decisions or sudden changes that will affect the way you live or result in a costly debt.

Simplicity and moderation will pay off. Don’t get involved in a risky venture that can disrupt your financial future.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Plan some downtime with the people you enjoy the most. A walk down memory lane will make you realize how lucky you are. Romance is on the rise, and making special plans for two will pay off.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Be careful how you delegate your time. Think matters through and make plans that ensure you get to do something you enjoy. Incentives will help motivate you to accomplish more. Don’t blow an

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Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 82/53/s Gainesville 85/60/pc Gastonia 79/50/s Goldsboro 73/49/s Goose Creek 84/56/s Greensboro 72/50/s Greenville 81/54/s Hickory 77/50/s Hilton Head 81/61/pc Jacksonville, FL 82/61/pc La Grange 85/55/s Macon 87/52/s Marietta 82/54/s

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’ll have to think twice before you get involved in some of the suggestions being made by friends, relatives or peers. Don’t feel obligated to do what everyone else is doing. Make smart choices based on knowledge and experience.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Money, love and adventure are all within your reach. Plan to have some fun with people who you know are just as willing to experiment and set new trends as you are. Romance is encouraged and will improve your personal life.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Someone will take advantage of you if you are too willing to share your talents and expertise. Only offer a nibble of what you have to offer and you will entice someone to make you an offer. Invest in yourself.

The SPCA relies heavily on community support and donations. Currently, the biggest needs are for dry puppy and kitten food; wet cat food; cat litter; and cleaning supplies. The following are also appreciated: Newspapers; stuffed animals; heavy duty trash bags (30 gallon or larger); dishwashing liquid; laundry detergent; bleach; paper towels; sheets and comforters; baby blankets; canned dog and cat food; dry dog food; treats; leashes and collars; disinfectant spray; all-purpose cleaner; air freshener; no scratch scrubbers; two-sided sponges for dishes; litter freshener; and, of course, monetary donations are also gratefully accepted.

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PREP FOOTBALL

Tougher road

After two close region victories, Sumter goes for 3-0 mark at home today against Socastee

CROSS COUNTRY

New-look WH boys ready to defend title Girls aim for high finish

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com

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Sumter quarterback Zykiem Jackson (4) and the rest of the Gamecocks will look to remain undefeated in Region VI-5A when it plays host to Socastee today at 7:30 p.m. at Sumter Memorial Stadium.

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com The Sumter High School football team rolled through Region VI-4A last season on the way to the program’s first region title since 2009. The Gamecocks won their five games by a combined score of 207-24.

SHS is undefeated through its first two games in Region VI-5A – the same five teams just in a new classification – and it has been anything but easy.

Sumter knocked off South Florence 48-41 with quarterback Zykiem Jackson scoring the winning touchdown on a 13-yard run with 36 seconds left in the game. After a 3-week layoff due to Hurricane Matthew, the Gamecocks needed three overtimes last week before beating Conway 38-31.

“We’ve talked to the kids about that we’re getting everyone’s best shot,” said second-year head coach Mark

Barnes, whose team is 6-1 overall and ranked seventh in 5A portion of the S.C. Prep Media Football Poll. “Last year I think we surprised some teams.

It’s different when you’re hunting and when you’re being hunted. Last year, we were hunting; this year, we’re the hunted.”

The next team that will be trying to take down Sumter are the Socastee Braves, who will visit Sumter Memorial Stadium today for a 7:30 p.m. contest.

While Socastee is just 2-6 overall and 0-2 in region play, Barnes believes his team will have its full attention on the Braves. Socastee led 36-27 at halftime before falling 47-44 to South Florence.

“One thing I’ll say for them is they are very resilient,” Barnes said of the Braves, who were playing their first game since losing to Carolina Forest 35-14 on Sept. 30. “They came out

ready to play against South Florence and really should have won the game.

“Our guys know what a good team South Florence is, so them playing South Florence like that makes sure they have our full attention,” Barnes said.

While a triple-overtime game inflates final scores, Barnes said that he was pleased with his defense’s performance against Conway.

“That was really one of our better defenses games, if not our best,” Barnes said. “We gave up 17 points in regulation to a great offensive team.

One reason we were able to do that was we were able to stop their running game with three down linemen and two linebackers. We didn’t have to bring another player in the box, and we needed that against a good passing team like Conway.”

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TSA teams out to impress in 2A meet

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com

make it the No. 5 seed as opposed to the No. 6 seed.

The Barons come into the game reeling though. They have lost their last two games, falling to Hammond 44-0 and to Ben Lippen 41-8. Also, they will be without six regulars because of injuries.

SEE LMA, PAGE B4

SEE TSA, PAGE B4

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com

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Laurence Manning’s Brewer Brunson (3) and Ryan Touchberry (38) and the rest of the Swampcats will play host to Wilson Hall today at 7:30 p.m. at Billy Chitwood Field.

Laurence Manning is playing for a chance at hosting a first-round game in the playoffs. A victory over Wilson Hall and a Pinewood Prep loss to Porter-Gaud today would give the Swampcats the No. 4 seed and a home game next week.

Wilson Hall won’t be able to get itself into position to host a home game.

However, a victory over LMA will

SEE WH, PAGE B4

It started with names like Jacob Crotts, Hunter Jarvis and Josh Ladson as the Thomas Sumter Academy boys cross country team began to gain steam over the last few years.

“I think the younger runners that we have really benefited and learned from those three individuals,” head coach Rob Coursey said. “They saw what it takes to compete at a high level.”

It was a very high level last year as the Generals finished third at the SCISA 3A state meet. Despite losing Jarvis and Ladson, TSA is aiming for more success in the 2A meet this year which will be held on Saturday at Heathwood Hall in Columbia.

The girls are slated to run at 10:10 a.m. followed by the boys at 10:50.

The Generals return seven runners from last year’s third-place squad, which would have been the number of total runners in the program not that long ago, Coursey said.

“I think we had four or five total just a few seasons ago,” he said. “So it’s great to see the growth. I think it’s a school-wide commitment to the program.

Playoff seeding on line in LMA-Wilson Hall rivalry As two of the top six teams, Wilson Hall and Laurence Manning Academy have both had spots in the SCISA 3A state playoffs locked up for the last couple of weeks.

When the two meet today at 7:30 p.m. at Billy Chitwood Field in Manning, all that will be on the line Is seeding for the postseason, which begins next week.

Oh yeah, and a little thing called a rivalry.

“We have all the respect in the world for their program,” LMA head coach Robbie Briggs said of the Barons. “They are well coached and play hard. We know they are going to give us their best shot and we’re going to give them our best shot.

“I’m just thankful that we’ve won two of the last three to make it something of a rivalry. They had won something like 11 of the last 12 before that.”

Both teams will come in with 5-3 overall records. However, LMA and Ben Lippen have played one extra game in 3A than all of the other teams because it was playing a non-3A game the week Hurricane Matthew caused the cancellation of games. The Swampcats bring a 3-3 mark in 3A into the game while the Barons are 2-3.

For the first time in school history, the Wilson Hall boys cross country team will enter Saturday’s SCISA 3A state meet as defending champions.

The Barons aren’t approaching it that way, however.

“Realistically, O’HARE that’s the last thing on this team’s mind,” head coach Tom O’Hare said. “Because it is a very different team.

We lost four of our top six runners from last year. So, I don’t think they have the mentality of a defending champ.

“But they do have the mentality of forming their own identity and having a season that they can be proud of.”

Wilson Hall looks to do just that at Heathwood Hall in Columbia. The 3A girls will start things off at 9 a.m. followed by the 3A boys at 9:40.

The Barons have already had a remarkable season in a lot of ways, O’Hare said. Despite the turnover, WH successfully defended its Region II-3A title for its sixth overall crown in the last seven years.

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Chicago Cubs players work out in the outfield during batting practice for Game 3 of the World Series against Cleveland on Thursday in Chicago.

World Series returns to Wrigley for the first time in 71 years

BY JAY COHEN The Associated Press CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs slugger Kyle Schwarber was followed by fans with cameras and cellphones. A couple of pitchers from the Cleveland Indians played hacky sack in the outfield.

So, no, nothing like the last World Series at Wrigley Field.

The Fall Classic returns to one of baseball’s iconic ballparks on Friday when the Cubs and Indians face off in Game 3 after splitting the first two nights in chilly Cleveland. It’s the first World Series game at Wrigley since Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg helped the Detroit Tigers to a 9-3 victory in Game 7 on October 10, 1945 .

The expectation is, well, even more bedlam than usual. The Cubs, seeking their first championship in 108 years, played in front of packed, frenzied crowds for much of the season, and even the Indians are looking forward to the scene.

“Tomorrow’s going to be unbelievable,” Cleveland slugger Mike Napoli said. “I watched when they

clinched to go to the World Series and how crazy it was and seeing the fans in the streets where they had to have police escorts. You could just see the crowd just part ways.

“So it’s going to be fun.

It’s something that I wanted to be a part of, and thought that it would be an unbelievable World Series,” he said.

It’s been pretty great so far, and it’s only getting started.

Corey Kluber pitched the Indians to a 6-0 win on Tuesday, striking out nine in a dazzling performance.

After Josh Tomlin makes his third playoff start in the Wrigley opener, Kluber looms over Game 4 on Saturday night on short rest.

The Cubs returned to Chicago on a high after working over Cleveland’s pitching staff in a 5-1 victory Wednesday night. Trevor Bauer lasted just 3 2/3 innings, beginning a parade to the mound that included six relievers and a total of 196 pitches.

“That was the plan, to get at least one over there and bring it back home,” second baseman Javier Baez said.

“Everybody is excited to be

here in Chicago. Everybody has been waiting for this moment.”

Schwarber will be relegated to pinch-hitting moments for the next three games after doctors said it was too soon after major left knee surgery to risk putting him in the outfield. The move takes one of Chicago’s best bats out of the lineup after a surprising return by the slugger for the Series.

“We’re going to respect the doctors,” president of baseball operations Theo Epstein said. “They’re the professionals here and move forward. Kyle understands that. He wants to play, he’s the ultimate gamer, but he understands that the doctor’s judgment has to rule the day in this case.”

Schwarber was ruled out for the year after he tore two knee ligaments in an outfield collision with Dexter Fowler in Chicago’s third game of the season. But he had an encouraging checkup with Dr. Daniel Cooper on Oct. 17 in Dallas, clearing the way for a short stay in the Arizona Fall League before serving as the designated hitter in Cleveland.

7 a.m. – Professional Tennis: WTA Finals Matches, ATP Basel Matches and ATP Vienna Matches (TENNIS).

11 a.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series Goody’s Fast Relief 500 Practice from Ridgeway, Va. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

Noon – Professional Tennis: WTA Finals Matches, ATP Basel Matches and ATP Vienna Matches (TENNIS).

12:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Camping World Truck Series Texas Roadhouse 200 Practice from Ridgeway, Va. (FOX SPORTS 1).

2:20 p.m. – International Soccer: Bundesliga League Match – Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Borussia Monchengladbach (FOX SPORTS 2).

2:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Camping World Truck Series Texas Roadhouse 200 Practice from Ridgeway, Va. (FOX SPORTS 1).

2:30 p.m. – PGA Golf: Sanderson Farms Championship Second Round from Jackson, Miss. (GOLF).

3 p.m. – Formula One Racing: Mexican Grand Prix from Mexico City (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

3:55 p.m. – International Soccer: Portuguese League Match – Sporting vs.

Nacional (UNIVISION).

4:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series Goody’s Fast Relief 500 Pole Qualifying from Ridgeway, Va. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

5:30 p.m. – Senior PGA Golf: Champions Tour Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs from Thousand Oaks, Calif. – PowerShares QQQ Championship First Round (GOLF).

6 p.m. – Women’s College Volleyball: Florida State at Louisville (ESPNU).

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

6:30 p.m. – High School Football: North Central at Pageland Central (WPUB-FM 102.7).

7 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Cleveland at Toronto (ESPN).

7 p.m. – College Football: Navy at South Florida (ESPN2).

7 p.m. – Women’s College Volleyball: Tennessee at Alabama (SEC NETWORK).

7 p.m. – College Football: Yale at Columbia (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

7 p.m. – High School Football: Socastee at Sumter (WIBZ-FM 95.5).

7 p.m. – High School Football: Wilson Hall at Laurence Manning (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240).

7 p.m. – High School Football: White Knoll at Lexington (WNKT-FM 107.5).

7:30 p.m. – NHL Hockey: New York Rangers at Carolina (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

7:30 p.m. – High School Football: Newberry at Mid-Carolina (TIME WARNER 1250).

7:30 p.m. – High School Football: Dillon at Lake City (WWFN-FM 100.1).

8 p.m. – Major League Baseball: World Series Game Three – Cleveland at Chicago Cubs (WACH 57).

8 p.m. – College Football: San Diego State at Utah State (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

8 p.m. – High School Football: Grayson (Ga.) vs. Hoover (Ala.) from Hoover, Ala. (ESPNU).

8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Charlotte at Miami (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST).

9 p.m. – Women’s College Volleyball: San Diego at Brigham Young (BYUTV).

9:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Golden State at New Orleans (ESPN).

10 p.m. – High School Football: Friday Night Prep Zone Scoreboard Show (WIBZ-FM 95.5).

10:30 p.m. – College Football: Air Force at Fresno State (ESPN2).

11 p.m. – Women’s College Volleyball: Hawaii at California (Riverside) (ESPNU).

11 p.m. – PGA Golf: WGC-HSBC Champions Third Round from Shanghai (GOLF).

1:30 a.m. – Women’s Professional Tennis: WTA Finals Doubles Semifinal Matches from Kallang, Singapore (TENNIS).

4 a.m. – Women’s Professional Tennis: WTA Finals Singles Semifinal Match from Kallang, Singapore (TENNIS).

NBA STANDINGS

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EASTERN CONFERENCE

With ailing dad in stands, Tribe’s Tomlin takes mound

BY TOM WITHERS The Associated Press CLEVELAND — While his dad sat on a bucket in their backyard catching, little Josh Tomlin pretended he was pitching in the World Series.

He’s about to do it for real.

And his dad, Jerry, recently paralyzed from the chest down following a medical scare that threatened his life, will be there in Chicago watching.

“It will mean everything,” said Tomlin, who will start Game 3 at Wrigley Field.

“We’ve talked about this, shoot, since I was 3 or 4 years old. I can remember having conversations with him — ‘Bases loaded, full count, bottom of the ninth, so and so is up to bat. What are you going to throw him?’”

“Let’s go fastball,” Tomlin said, “and I’d throw a fastball and on strike three we’d jump up and throw our gloves and stuff like that. It was cool to be able to look back and think, man, I was doing that when I was 4 years old and now I’m actually going to live it and he’s actually going to get to see it.

“That’s pretty special to me and something I’ll never forget for the rest of my life.”

Jerry Tomlin is Texas tough, the kind of rugged guy who never missed a day of work and lives life head

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Boston Toronto Philadelphia Brooklyn New York SOUTHEAST DIVISION

Miami Charlotte Washington Atlanta Orlando CENTRAL DIVISION

Indiana Cleveland Chicago Milwaukee Detroit

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As a kid, Cleveland pitcher Josh Tomlin used to pretend he was pitching in the World Series in front of his dad. Today he gets to do that for real. on — sometimes going too hard.

“He played football in high school and he always told me he was the guy on the kickoff who would go down there and break up the wedge. He was just crazy,” said Tomlin, who helped rescue Cleveland’s bandaged rotation with strong performances in the AL Division Series against Boston and AL Championship Series versus Toronto. “He’s been working since he was probably 12 or 13 years old until this incident happened.”

In August, Jerry was working at a power plant in Whitehouse, Texas, when he fell ill, his stomach tied in knots. With the pain worsening, he was taken to a hospital where doctors initially

thought the problem was being caused by his gall bladder.

That’s when things took a critical turn as Tomlin’s body went numb. He underwent an MRI and numerous tests, and the 57-year-old was rushed into surgery after he was diagnosed with arteriovenous malfunction, a condition that affects blood circulation near the spine.

Josh Tomlin, already in the midst of one of the worst months of his career, rushed home after the Indians arranged a private jet so he could get there quickly to see his dad and be there for his mom, Elana.

The pitcher made the trip fearing his dad might not survive.

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W L Pct GB Portland 1 0 1.000 — Oklahoma City 1 0 1.000 — Denver 1 0 1.000 — Minnesota 0 1 .000 1 Utah 0 1 .000 1 PACIFIC DIVISION

W L Pct GB Sacramento 1 0 1.000 L.A. Lakers 1 0 1.000 L.A. Clippers 0 0 .000 ½ Phoenix 0 0 .000 ½ Golden State 0 1 .000 1

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Cleveland 117, New York 88 Portland 113, Utah 104 San Antonio 129, Golden State 100

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Indiana 130, Dallas 121 Miami 108, Orlando 96 Boston 122, Brooklyn 117 Toronto 109, Detroit 91 Charlotte 107, Milwaukee 96 Denver 107, New Orleans 102 Memphis 102, Minnesota 98 Oklahoma City 103, Philadelphia 97 Sacramento 113, Phoenix 94 L.A. Lakers 120 Houston 114

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Washington at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Boston at Chicago, 8 p.m.

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

San Antonio at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Cleveland at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Indiana at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

Orlando at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Miami, 8 p.m.

Phoenix at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

Houston at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Utah, 9 p.m.

Golden State at New Orleans, 9:30 p.m.

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Atlanta at Philadelphia, 12:30 p.m.

Boston at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

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

Orlando at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Indiana at Chicago, 8 p.m.

New Orleans at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Portland at Denver, 9 p.m.

Minnesota at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m.

NHL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 7 6 0 1 13 26 12 Tampa Bay 6 5 1 0 10 24 17 Detroit 7 5 2 0 10 24 17 Ottawa 6 4 2 0 8 21 20 Florida 6 3 2 1 7 18 15 Boston 7 3 4 0 6 17 23 Toronto 6 1 2 3 5 21 26 Buffalo 5 1 2 2 4 14 16 METROPOLITAN DIVISION

GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Rangers 7 5 2 0 10 27 18 Pittsburgh 7 4 2 1 9 16 21 New Jersey 6 3 2 1 7 13 12 Washington 6 3 2 1 7 14 14 Philadelphia 7 3 3 1 7 24 25 N.Y. Islanders 7 3 4 0 6 20 20 Columbus 5 2 2 1 5 13 14 Carolina 6 1 3 2 4 18 24

WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION

GP W L OT Pts GF GA St. Louis 7 4 2 1 9 20 19 Minnesota 7 4 2 1 9 24 19 Dallas 6 3 2 1 7 17 18 Chicago 7 3 3 1 7 25 25 Colorado 5 3 2 0 6 16 16 Nashville 6 2 4 0 4 16 21 Winnipeg 6 2 4 0 4 16 22 PACIFIC DIVISION

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Edmonton 7 6 1 0 12 27 17 Vancouver 7 4 2 1 9 15 17 San Jose 7 4 3 0 8 16 19 Anaheim 8 3 3 2 8 21 19 Calgary 8 3 4 1 7 25 30 Los Angeles 6 3 3 0 6 17 20 Arizona 6 1 5 0 2 17 26 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Montreal 3, N.Y. Islanders 2 N.Y. Rangers 5, Boston 2 Edmonton 4, Washington 1 Anaheim 6, Nashville 1

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Arizona at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

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

Tampa Bay at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

Florida at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Detroit at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

Columbus at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

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

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Chicago at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Carolina, 7:30 p.m.

Ottawa at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Winnipeg at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Edmonton at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Columbus at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Florida at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Boston at Detroit, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Los Angeles at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Colorado at Arizona, 9 p.m.

Washington at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Nashville at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Buffalo at Winnipeg, 3 p.m.

Florida at Detroit, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at Carolina, 5 p.m.

Toronto at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m.

Los Angeles at Chicago, 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

Ottawa at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

Washington at Calgary, 9:30 p.m.

NFL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press

AMERICAN CONFERENCE EAST

New England Buffalo Miami N.Y. Jets SOUTH

Houston Indianapolis Tennessee Jacksonville NORTH

Pittsburgh Baltimore Cincinnati Cleveland WEST

Oakland Denver Kansas City San Diego

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THURSDAY’S GAMES

Jacksonville at Tennessee, 8:25 p.m.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Washington at Cincinnati, 9:30 a.m.

Detroit at Houston, 1 p.m.

Arizona at Carolina, 1 p.m.

Kansas City at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

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

New England at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Seattle at New Orleans, 1 p.m.

Oakland at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.

San Diego at Denver, 4:05 p.m.

Green Bay at Atlanta, 4:25 p.m.

Philadelphia at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Open: Los Angeles, San Francisco, N.Y. Giants, Miami, Baltimore, Pittsburgh

MONDAY’S GAMES

Minnesota at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

THURSDAY, NOV. 3

Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 8:25 p.m.

SUNDAY, NOV. 6

Dallas at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

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

Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

New Orleans at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.

Carolina at Los Angeles, 4:05 p.m.

Tennessee at San Diego, 4:25 p.m.

Indianapolis at Green Bay, 4:25 p.m.

Denver at Oakland, 8:30 p.m.

Open: Washington, Arizona, Chicago, New England, Houston, Cincinnati

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Clemson-Florida State matchup headlines Week 9 in ACC

By The Associated Press Here are some things to watch in the Atlantic Coast Conference for Week 9:

GAME OF THE WEEK No. 3 Clemson at No. 12 Florida State. This may not decide Atlantic Division supremacy, as was widely expected during the preseason, but it’s still a big game that represents the toughest remaining test for the Tigers (7-0, 4-0) in their pursuit of a second straight ACC championship game berth. The Seminoles (5-2, 2-2) are perfect against Clemson in Tallahassee, Florida, since 2006 and they are meeting as Top 25

teams for the sixth straight year. “They are just Florida State — it really never changes when you watch the tape on these guys,” Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said.

“They are incredibly athletic with speed all over the field.”

even the ACC’s worst offenses are pretty productive. Every team is averaging at least 300 total yards, with last-place Boston College gaining 316.6 yards per game. Since 2008, only once has every ACC team averaged 300 or more yards — in 2011.

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Army offense vs. Wake Forest run defense. The Demon Deacons have been stout against the rush, ranking sixth in the conference and holding five of seven opponents to fewer than 150 yards rushing. That may not hold up against a Black Knights offense that averages nearly 360 yards on the ground and ranks second nationally, though at least the Demon

Duke looks like a candidate to spring an upset at Georgia Tech. The Blue Devils — 6½point underdogs — are coming off an idle week that followed an encouraging performance in a loss at No. 5 Louisville.

They’ve already seen the tripleoption once this season, holding Army to 165 yards rushing in a victory earlier this month, and they’ve won two straight against the Yellow Jackets.

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Another Clemson-Florida State matchup in the Top 25, another challenge for Wake Forest¹s tough run defense and a reason to think Duke can upset Georgia Tech headline Week 9 around the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Deacons had an idle week to prepare. “The bye week came at a good time when you play a team like Army,” coach Dave

Compared to past seasons,

You’ll be Spooked

USC looks for balance COLUMBIA -- Cory Helms has a life lesson to share.

“Don’t ever play a quarterback in Madden,” the South Carolina offensive lineman said.

Madden NFL 17 is the latest version of a popular football video game, and Helms recently made the mistake of taking on Gamecocks quarterback Jake Bentley in a game.

“I’ll never do it again,” Helms joked.

Still, he pointed out something that struck him as interesting during the defeat. On a third-and-13 play, Helms called a running play. On first-andgoal at the 2-yard line, Bentley called a pass, thus confirming one of the sport’s oldest truisms: Offensive linemen always want to run. Quarterbacks always want to pass.

South Carolina’s actual football team would like to be pretty much right in the middle of that equation, at least on first

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down, head coach Will Muschamp said.

“I think we are always wanting to be efficient on first down offensively, we want to be playing second-and-6 or less. You don’t want to be second-and-7 plus,” Muschamp said. “We would like to be balanced down the middle, fifty-fifty based on run and pass. I don’t know off the top of my head what our exact numbers are. But that’s, to me, it’s always about balance and what you are doing.”

Until last week’s game against UMass, the Gamecocks were at almost exactly that 50 percent ratio. Through the first six games, South Carolina ran the ball 84 times and threw it 79 times on first down plays (51.5 percent). Against the Minutemen, a game in which Bentley made his first career starter, South Carolina was the most run heavy on first down it has been all season. The Gamecocks ran 23 times and threw nine times on first down in that game.

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(WLTX 19) (15) Auburn at Mississippi, 7:15 p.m. (SEC NETWORK) Kentucky at Missouri, noon (SEC NETWORK) Samford at Mississippi State, 3:30 p.m. (SEC NETWORK) TOP 25 Friday (22) Navy at South Florida, 7 p.m.

(ESPN2) Saturday (2) Michigan at Michigan State, noon (ESPN) (4) Washington at (17) Utah, 3:30 p.m. (FOX SPORTS 1) Northwestern at (6) Ohio State, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) (7) Nebraska at (11) Wisconsin, 7 p.m. (ESPN) (8) Baylor at Texas, 3:30 p.m.

(WOLO 25) (10) West Virginia at Oklahoma State, noon (WACH 57) (13) Boise State at Wyoming, 7 p.m. (CBS SPORTS NETWORK) Kansas at (16) Oklahoma, 7 p.m.

(FOX SPORTS 1) (24) Penn State at Purdue, noon

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Furman at VMI, 1:30 p.m.

Bucknell at Charleston Southern, 11:45 a.m.

Coastal Carolina at Presbyterian, 2 p.m. (WWFN-FM 100.1) South Carolina State at Hampton, 1 p.m. (WSSB-FM 90.3) Lenoir-Rhyne at Newberry, 4 p.m.

Wingate at North Greenville, 2:30 p.m.

Benedict at Albany State, 2 p.m.

(WXLC-FM 103.1) Limestone at Carson-Newman, 3 p.m.

ACC Saturday (5) Louisville at Virginia, noon Duke at Georgia Tech, noon (FOX SPORTSOUTH) Boston College at North Carolina State, 12:30 p.m. (TIME WARNER 1250) Army at Wake Forest, 3:30 p.m.

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Cavs, Generals each look to finish strong

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com Robert E. Lee Academy is looking for clean sweep in SCISA Region II-2A. Thomas Sumter Academy is looking to wrap up its playoff seed -- and gain some momentum heading into the playoffs.

The two will meet today in Dalzell at General Field at 7:30 p.m. in the final regularseason contest for both teams. The 8-2 Cavaliers have already earned the region title with a 5-0 mark while the 4-5 Generals sit at 3-2 and in third place.

Trinity-Byrnes owns a 4-1 region mark and holds the tiebreaker over TSA with a head-to-head victory. Florence Christian School and Augusta Christian are both 2-3 in the region.

Thomas Sumter beat FCS earlier in the year, but lost to AC. Florence plays Spartanburg Christian today while Augusta faces Trinity-Byrnes.

“Big game for us if we can win it because we’ll be guaranteed third (place),” TSA head coach Troy Kessinger said. “We can get it a couple different ways even if we lose, but our mindset is just to play really good football.”

The Generals have played good football on the defensive side of the ball recently.

Over the last 15 quarters, the first-team defense has allowed just three touchdowns, and TSA is allowing 20.2 points game on average.

Offensively, however, Thomas Sumter has scored just one touchdown over its last eight quarters and is mired in a 2-game losing streak. The Generals are averaging 23.8 points a game for the season.

“We’ve got to put both of those together,” Kessinger said. “We want to play a solid game where we get after it and tackle on defense

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Socastee threw the ball pretty well against South Florence. Quarterback Hunter Illing completed 19 of 28 passes for 299 yards and four touchdowns against just one interception. Aenas Green caught three of those TD passes with five overall for 110 yards. Malachi McClendon had three catches for 86 yards and the other score, while Devin Strong had

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FROM PAGE B1 The squad also finished second overall at the Heathwood Hall meet just a few weeks ago and came in third at its own meet held at Patriot Park SportsPlex prior to that.

“Coaches say this all the time, but we really had to almost create a new team,” O’Hare said. “And when you do that, you usually take a step back. But we have not taken the steps back that I realistically thought we would have coming into this season.”

The Barons have maintained that high level of success thanks to their top three returning runners stepping up in a big way.

Drew Reynolds, who was second on the team last year at state, has become the top finisher. Bryce Lyles and Layton Creech – also among the top team finishers at state last year – have been a solid No. 2 and No. 3, O’Hare said.

“It’s been the consistent quality of those three that has really been the key for us hav-

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JV Stallions top Central 8-0 PAGELAND – Lee Central High School closed out its junior varsity football season with a 6-1 record and a Region IV-2A title after beating Central 8-0 on Wednesday at the Pageland field.

JaQuaze Myers scored the only touchdown on a 20-yard run. Naquan Peeples added the 2-point conversion along with 105 yards rushing. Edward Benjamin also rushed for 125 yards.

Defensively, the Stallions held Central to only two first downs. Torian Wright and Jayrie Cohen had two quarterback sacks apiece.

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Robert E. Lee Academy quarterback Bryce Barrett (13) and the rest of the Cavaliers look to go 6-0 in SCISA Region II-2A today when they travel to Dalzell to face Thomas Sumter Academy, who’s fighting for playoff positioning. and get the ball in the end zone on offense.”

That will be easier said than done against the Cavs, who are riding a 7-game winning streak. REL is averaging 36.5 points per game on offense and giving up 20.6 on defense. It has scored at least 34 points per contest during that streak -- including three games with at least 50 points.

“The best offensive team we’ll have played all year, no doubt about it,” Kessinger said. “They’re very smart and very solid across the board. They’re best when they can run off tackle, but they can also throw it and score on you.

“We’re going to face teams like this in the playoffs, maybe early on, so this will be a chance to see where we stack up.”

For the Cavaliers, they have a top seed secured, so the only prize is going undefeated in region and ending the regular season with a win.

“You don’t get to play many of these during a season, so we’re going to go over there and play our

best,” REL head coach David Rankin said. “We’re going to play to win the football game. If we can get some of our guys out we will; if not, they’ll play the whole game.

Whoever’s healthy will play.”

TSA will be a tough challenge, Rankin said, as the Generals like to throw the ball around perhaps more than some of the other teams.

“We feel like we’re prepared, but you never know what can happen when a team likes to throw the ball around,” he said. “They’re a very good offensive team -they’ve just shot themselves in the foot a lot this year.

They’re much better than what their record says.”

A big key to winning will be ball control and slowing down the passing game as much as possible.

“We’ve got to have offensive control with the passing game and not turn the ball over,” Rankin said. “Defensively we’ve got to stop their passing game. We’ve got to stop their inside running game -- the trap and the sweep.”

seven catches for 99 yards.

On the season, Illiing has completed 102 of 174 passes for 1,326 yards and nine TDs against four interceptions.

After Jackson had a big passing game against South Florence, Sumter was back to normal against Conway, relying on its running game.

Rodney Pitts carried the ball 24 times for 118 yards and three scores while Jackson had 96 yards and a score on 23 carries.

“At times we were good on offense,” Barnes said. “It re-

ally felt like we were playing our first game of the season though, so we were having to work some things out.”

With a game and a good week of practice under its belt, Barnes is hoping Sumter is ready for a strong finish.

“We had three really good days of practice where we will able to get back in a routine, get in a groove,” said Barnes, whose team plays host to West Florence on Nov. 4 and travels to Myrtle Beach to face Carolina Forest on Nov. 11.

ing a great season,” he added.

“They’ve made tremendous strides at the top and we’ve also gotten big contributions from runners that maybe weren’t expected to at the beginning of the season.”

That came in the form of Patrick Bell and Paul Choe.

Bell, a senior, did not placed in the top six for the Barons at all last year, but has emerged as their No. 4 runner this season. Choe, an exchange student, is new to the sport, but has been a consistent No. 5 runner all year as well.

“I think this team is at peace with wherever they finish on Saturday,” O’Hare said.

“I think they know they can compete with anybody and they’re going to go out and try to finish as high as they can and see what happens.”

On the girls side, the Lady Barons have placed fourth the last couple of years and the squad believes it can be up there again, O’Hare said.

Even though top runner Madison Elmore was lost in the first meet of the season, he still believes this group could be the best overall collection of runners WH has

ever fielded.

“We’ve had more talented individual runners, but I think collectively as a group they could be the best ever from Wilson Hall to step on a cross country course,” he said. “There’s not a lot of difference from our top runner to our fifth runner.

“They’ve all improved throughout the season and it’s been that consistency that’s carried them this year.”

The Lady Barons won the region meet for the sixth time in the last seven years as well and the time difference between the top runner and the fifth-place runner was less than two minutes.

Molly Moss emerged as a consistent No. 1 followed by junior Kristen Fisher, freshman Emily Reynolds, senior Natalie Ardis and seventhgrader Margaret Briggs Kelly.

“They are all substantially faster than they were last year,” O’Hare said. “We’re hoping that continues on Saturday and we have another quality finish to the season like we’ve had the last few years.”

FROM PAGE B1 “We’re going to go out there and play as hard as we can,” said Wilson Hall head coach Adam Jarecki.

“This has been really tough for us. Having all of these players out really hurts us.”

Jarecki said the Barons are going to have to be tough on defense and efficient on offense. Also, they will have to avoid turnovers.

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FROM PAGE B1 “We’ve got baseball players and basketball players using this as a springboard into their seasons and I think bringing home our first trophy really built a lot of excitement for the program.”

The Generals won the SCISA Region II-2A title this year despite losing their top two runners from a season ago. Josh Fugate has stepped into the lead role followed by Chris Parrish, Jackson Gaulke, David Crotts and Daniel Lasiac among others.

“I think each one brings something different to the table,” Coursey said. “They all have their strengths, but I think they’re also all leaders in different ways. Some are more vocal than others, but they all do a good job of getting their points across, even to the older kids on the team.”

The girls squad has been growing as well, with 11 runners on this year’s team that finished second at the region meet.

It’s a young squad with only one senior in No. 3 run-

VARSITY VOLLEYBALL TSA HAS 4 SELECTED ALL-REGION

Thomas Sumter Academy had four players who were selected to the SCISA II-2A All-Region team.

Making it for the Lady Generals was Anita CookeyGam, Sydney Daniel, Savannah Lujan and Josie Reed.

Head coach Gwen Herod was selected as the region Coach of the Year.

The SCISA North-South All-Star games will be held on Saturday at Nash Student Center at Wilson Hall and Herod will be the coach for the 2A South squad.

“We turned the ball over three times (in the loss to Ben Lippen) and they all turned into points,” he said.

“We can’t be turning the ball over like that.”

Laurence Manning comes into the game off of a 41-15 loss to Porter-Gaud.

“We moved the ball pretty well, but we came up with nothing three times when we got inside of their 20yard line,” Briggs said.

“Then we turned the ball over one time inside our 15.”

ner Tabitha Scruggs -- but a talented one, Coursey said.

“I think like on the boys side, they really have started to learn behind my top two runners, Bella Crowe and Aubrey Stoddard,” he said.

“They’re really pushing themselves to improve and get to that level and also make a name for themselves alongside the boys as well.”

Crowe and Stoddard have been a top combo for the last two seasons, with each holding the school record at one point or another. After Scruggs at No. 3 though, the Lady Generals have several different runners who could finish in the top five Coursey said, including Contesa Davis and Addison Thorton.

“It’s a young team, but one that’s growing and I think can really make a run at being at the top the next few years,” Coursey said.

Class 2A in SCISA is very competitive this year, he added, but a top four finish on both sides and a couple of runners in the top 10 is a realistic goal.

“I don’t think we’ve peaked yet, and hopefully Saturday is the day we’re really going to open some eyes,” he said.

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BY GENARO C. ARMAS The Associated Press MILWAUKEE — The Charlotte Hornets turned up the pressure on the Milwaukee Bucks from the outset of their season opener.

Nicholas Batum disrupted the Bucks on the perimeter.

Center Roy Hibbert had his teammates’ backs in the paint.

The defense helped Charlotte build a big early lead, and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist had 23 points and 14 rebounds in his return from a shoulder injury in the 107-96 victory over Milwaukee on Wednesday night.

“Early, they didn’t get things easy,” Hornets coach Steve Clifford said.

They led by as many as 24 points in the third quarter before fending off a late charge from Milwaukee.

The Bucks, who looked lackluster for much of the game, drew energy from Greg Monroe’s hustle in the paint and Jason Terry’s floater that cut the lead to 93-85 with 5:08 left.

But the Hornets held on down the stretch, getting a straightaway 3 from Marvin Williams for a 12-point lead with 3:21 left.

“They definitely outplayed

us. We just can’t let that happen (any) more,” Bucks forward Jabari Parker said.

Giannis Antetokounmpo led the Bucks with 31 points, nine rebounds and five assists. The 6-foot11 forward, now serving as Milwaukee’s primary ball-handler, showed he was worth the fourKIDDyear $100 million GILCHRIST contract extension he signed before training camp.

“I’m not happy, we all wanted to start this season with a win ... so that’s all I can think about,” Antetokounmpo said.

The Hornets pressed early, and tried to force the Bucks to find other ways to start the offense. The Hornets also had an effective wing defender in the 6-foot-8 Batum.

“Nic set the tone with his ball pressure, trying to disrupt the offense, which not many guys his size could do,” Clifford said.

Williams finished with 13 points and 10 rebounds for Charlotte, a playoff team a year ago following a 48-win season.

TIP INS Hornets: C Cody Zeller,

OBITUARIES SUSAN JACKSON Funeral services for Susan Jackson will be held at noon on Saturday at Hopewell Baptist Church, 3285 Peach Orchard Road, Dalzell, with Pastor Richard Addison officiating.

Public viewing will be from 2 to 5 p.m. today at Palmer Memorial Chapel, 304 S. Main St., Sumter.

JACKSON Ms. Jackson will be placed in the church for viewing at 11 a.m. on Saturday until the hour of service.

Ms. Jackson, 92, departed this earthly life on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey in Sumter.

Born in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Amanda Gransion Jackson and Wilson Jackson Sr. Her professional life was spent teaching elementary education. Ms. Jackson was a devoted member of Hopewell Baptist Church.

Condolences may be made on her tribute page found at www.PalmerMemorialChapel. com.

Palmer Memorial Chapel is in charge of the funeral arrangements.

RUNETTE WHITE-WEBB Runette White-Webb, widow of Cartell Webb, made her departure on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

She was born on April 15, 1926, in Clarendon County, a daughter of the late Alonzo and Elizabeth McCoy White.

Mrs. Webb was employed at Georgia-Pacific for several years. She received her education from the public schools of Sumter County. She was a devoted trustee at Congruity Presbyterian Church in her earlier years. Affectionately known as Mrs. Runette (matriarch), she was the sweetest and precious grandmother to everyone in the community.

Mrs. Webb had many adopted sons, daughters, grandsons and granddaughters through her sweetness and love for her family and community. She always defended Sally and Ron no matter what. Webb had a love for cats. To know her was to love her. She was a devoted member and spiritual leader at Congruity Church, until her health began to decline.

Runette leaves to cherish her precious memories: a loving daughter, Sally Webb of the home; loving grandson, Ron (Tawanda) Webb of Columbia; a host of nieces,

who did not play the entire preseason because of a right knee injury, was 5 of 6 from the field for 15 points in 14 minutes. ... C-F Frank Kaminsky missed the game with a strained right foot.

Kaminsky was a star in college at Wisconsin, where he helped lead the Badgers to two Final Four appearances.

Bucks: Malcolm Brogdon played well in his NBA debut, serving as the point guard when Antetokounmpo and Matthew Dellavedova were off the court. Brogdon, a second-round draft pick, finished with eight points and five assists in 21 minutes.

MOVIN’ IT The Bucks couldn’t keep up with Charlotte’s crisp ball movement in the first half, when the Hornets had 17 assists on 22 field goals to build a 15-point lead.

Kemba Walker finished with eight assists, six coming in the first half.

“We just stuck to our game plan. We made all the right plays. We didn’t turn the ball over too much,” Walker said.

“We got a lot of stops, pushed the tempo, we made shots.”

WRESLEY J. TANNER JR. nephews, cousins, the entire community and other relatives and friends.

Public viewing will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. today at Job’s Mortuary.

Mrs. Webb will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. on Saturday for viewing until the hour of service.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Congruity Presbyterian Church, Gable, with the Rev. Alonza Washington officiating. Interment will follow in Congruity Presbyterian Church cemetery.

The family will be receiving friends at the home, 840 Illery Road, Sumter.

Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements.

Online memorials may be sent to the family at jobsmortuary@sc.rr.com or visit us on the web at www.jobsmortuary. net.

JAMES R. KESLER LITTLE RIVER — James R. Kesler, 70, of Little River, entered eternal rest on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016, at his residence.

Jim was born on Dec. 17, 1945, in Ohio City, Ohio, a son of Russel and Florence (Mohr) Kesler.

Survivors include his widow, Nancy, whom he married on Nov. 20, 2004; three daughters, Lorie of Conway, Jamie of Sumter and Julie of California, Missouri; two granddaughters, Marissa “Dani” and Kaitlyn “Kati,” both of California, Missouri; and four siblings, Susan, Sandra (Jim), Gary (Linda) and Thomas (Nancy), all of Ohio.

He was preceded in death by both parents, a niece and a nephew.

Jim served four years in the U.S. Army, at which time he did three tours in Vietnam.

He moved his family from Ohio to South Carolina in 1983 and retired from Husqvarna Outdoor Products in Orangeburg in June 2012. Jim enjoyed working on cars and was an avid golfer, until his decline in health.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Lee Funeral Home & Crematory in Little River.

In lieu of flowers, family and friends may donate in his name to the American Cancer Society, 950 48th Ave. North, Suite 101, Myrtle Beach, SC 29755.

A guestbook is available at www.leefhandcrematory.com.

Lee Funeral Home & Crematory of Little River / North Myrtle Beach is serving the family.

Wresley James Tanner Jr., age 76, beloved husband of the late Jacqueline Lowder Tanner, died on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016, at Blue Ridge Healthcare.

Services will be held at a later date.

You may go to www.bullockfuneralhome.com and sign the family’s guest book.

The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2016

SHANGHAI — Rickie Fowler dropped by PGA of America headquarters in Florida with the Ryder Cup trophy last week as a way to let the employees share in the U.S. celebration. The trophy stayed behind. Fowler brought memories of Hazeltine all the way to China.

While the Ryder Cup was a team victory, Fowler’s own contributions gave him a shot of confidence going into the HSBC Champions.

He was solid from tee to green, attacked the par 5s and holed one last birdie putt Thursday for a 7-under-par 65, leaving him one shot behind Rikard Karlberg of Sweden, who made an auspicious World Golf Championships debut with nine birdies in his round of 64.

Fowler had never won a match in three previous Ryder Cups before teaming with Phil Mickelson in a fourballs victory in the opening session at Hazeltine. More special was Sunday, when he overcame Justin Rose in a tight match for a 1-up victory.

AMY YANG LEADS LPGA MALAYSIA AT 63 KUALA LUMPUR, Ma-

Salem Chapel and Heritage Center, 101 S. Salem Ave., Sumter.

Repast will be held immediately following service.

The family will be receiving friends at the home, 2170 Avenue A, Mayesville.

Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements.

Online memorials may be sent to the family at jobsmortuary@sc.rr.com or visit us on the web at www.jobsmortuary. net.

ALEX MICKENS JR.

ROBBIE LAWSON SR. Robbie Lawson Sr., husband of Dora Dean Gibson-Lawson, departed this life on Oct. 26, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

He was born on Nov. 13, 1952, in Lee County, a son of the late Hayes and Ella Williams Lawson.

He leaves to cherish his memories: his wife, Dora Dean Lawson; two sons, Robbie (Kathy) Lawson Jr. and Ronald Lawson, both of Washington, D.C.; one stepdaughter, Jackie Carter of Washington, D.C.; three stepsons, Jimmie McDougle of Washington, D.C., and Daniel (Shalonda) Jones and Otis Jones, both of Mayesville; nine grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two sisters, Ellen (Norwood) Brunson of Sumter and Shirley (Willie) Battle of District Heights, Maryland; one aunt, Naomi Brown of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; five brothers-in-law, John (Minnie) Gibson, Amos (Loretta) Gibson, Robert (Rosetta) Hannibal, John (Betty) Hannibal and Elijah (Bessie) Hannibal, all of Sumter; eight sisters-in-law, Jannie Lawson of Washington, D.C., Lucille Jenkins of Philadelphia, Johnnie Mae Lawson of Baltimore, Maryland, Emma (James) Matthews of New York, Ida Speller of Richmond, Virginia, Lula Hudson of Mayesville, and Martha (Dwight) Hannibal and Audrey (Wallace) White of Sumter; a special niece, Florence Costley; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by four brothers and five sisters.

Public viewing will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. today at Job’s Mortuary.

Mr. Lawson will be placed in the church at 10 a.m. on Saturday for viewing until the hour of service.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at

LAKE CITY — Samuels and Richardson Funeral Home announce funeral services for Alex Mickens Jr., who died on Oct. 24, 2016.

He was the husband of Louvella Mickens and son of the late Alex Mickens and Creola P. Mickens.

Funeral service will be held at noon on Saturday at Mt. Clair Missionary Baptist Church. Pastor Ronnie McFadden, of Hickory Grove Baptist Church, will bring words of comfort. Interment will take place at 10 a.m. on Monday at Florence National Cemetery.

W. L. TYLER W. L. “Billy” Tyler, 75, husband of Randy Jean Tyler, was called home on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

Born in Sumter, he was a son of the late James Woodrow and Leatha Olean Coker Tyler. Billy was the owner and operator of Central Machine & Welding for 50 years and was a member of Wise Drive Church of the Nazarene.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by four daughters, Lisa Tyler Beaver of Manning, Charlene Brogdon (George) of Sumter, Amanda Allen (Howard) of Sumter and Leann Tyler (Chris Stroud) of Lexington; two sons, David Tyler of Sumter and Randy Tyler (Ingrid) of Sumter; 10 granddaughters; five grandsons; 12 great-grandsons; two great-granddaughters; and numerous adopted children and grandchildren.

In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by two brothers and three sisters.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday at Wise Drive Church of the Nazarene with the Rev. Sammy Geddings officiating.

Burial will follow in Mayesville Black River Cemetery.

Honorary pallbearers will be past and present employees of Central Welding and Machine.

The family will receive friends from 2 until 3 p.m. on Sunday prior to the service at

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laysia — Amy Yang took the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia lead, and Michelle Wie had her best score in more than a year. Lydia Ko had to fight to get back to even par in her first event since firing her caddie.

Yang shot an 8-under 63 — one off her own course record — in hot and humid conditions Thursday for a two-stroke lead over American Marina Alex. The 27-year-old South Korean player birdied all four par-3 holes at TPC Kuala Lumpur.

“Simple, just keep it simple,” Yang said. “And try to get as much shade as I can.”

Wie opened with a 66 , breaking 70 for only the fourth time in 68 rounds this year. Winless in 57 tournaments since the 2014 U.S. Women’s Open, she’s coming off a season-best 10th-place tie last week in China in the Blue Bay LPGA. “I just had fun out there today,” said Wie, paired with Alex. “I love playing with Marina. She’s a really good friend of mine and she was playing great today, and just kind of feeding off each other’s energy.”

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the church and other times at the home, 2550 Tyler Lane.

The family would like to express their appreciation to the staff at Palmetto Health Tuomey, Dr. James Cain, Dr. Dennis Lang and Dr. Al Jordan.

Memorials may be made to Wise Drive Church of the Nazarene, P.O. Box 1405, Sumter, SC 29150.

Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals. com.

Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.

LISSIE T. BLACKMON Lissie Rhea Timmons Blackmon, 87, widow of Jodis Olin Blackmon, died on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, at Covenant Place.

Born in Timmonsville, she was a daughter of the late Barney and Mary Margaret Johnson Timmons. Mrs. Blackmon was a member of Bible Fellowship Church, where she was a member of the Howell Bible Class. She was the retired owner and operator of Red Bay Grocery.

Surviving are four sons, Jack Harold Blackmon (Marilyn) of Waxhaw, North Carolina, Charles Olin Blackmon (Pam) of Fountain Inn, Earle Murray Blackmon (Dianna) of Lumberton, North Carolina, and James Edward Blackmon (Maria) of Sumter; 10 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by a daughter, Sarah Virginia Blackmon; and five brothers.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Bible Fellowship Church with Chaplin J.R. Taylor officiating.

The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. on Saturday at Bible Fellowship Church. Burial will follow in Sumter Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the Bible Fellowship Church General Fund, 227 Broad St., Sumter, SC 29150.

Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals. com.

Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.

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BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Is the new documentary “Live PD” (9 p.m., A&E, TV14) a provocative series for our times, or a reboot of “Cops,” the granddaddy of reality television? “Live” uses dash cams and handheld cameras to capture six different urban and rural police forces around the country on a typical Friday night. “Live” will also invite viewer feedback via social media.

“Live” arrives at a time when many are calling for more transparency from police forces. For all of the predictability that it gathered over the decades, “Cops” most often portrayed police officers in a sympathetic light, offering viewers a realistic look at the difficulty of their job and the unpredictable situations and out-ofcontrol people they had to contend with on an everyday basis.

• Is Tracey Ullman the most influential person in TV history? No, absolutely not. But her Fox series “The Tracey Ullman Show,” which aired from 1987 to 1990, was the launching pad for “The Simpsons,” the longest-running and arguably best comedy in television history.

Ullman’s Fox series was also famously low-rated.

Back when there were only 88 network shows to rank, hers was consistently 88th.

Watching the “new” HBO series “Tracey Ullman’s Show” (11 p.m., HBO, TV-MA) offers a gentle reminder of why she never caught fire on this side of the Atlantic.

“Ullman” showcases her great talent for mimicry. In the very first sketch, she’s seen as Dame Judi Dench, taking advantage of her acclaim as a “national treasure” to go on a shoplifting spree in a down-market liquor store. Ullman later imitates German Chancellor Angela Merkel, playing the world leader as an arrogant celebrity obsessed with her status as a sex symbol.

Other clever bits include Ullman as an old hippie who’s returned from Thailand after serving decades on drug charges.

There’s also a very smart musical number about the

decline of public libraries, buffeted by both Kindles and budget cuts. Unfortunately, most of the jokes are spoken and sung in Welsh and require familiarity with British politics and personalities.

Nothing ages faster than topical comedy. “Ullman” feels like it has been on the shelf for some time. Jokes mention Alan Rickman, who has been dead for 10 months, as well as David Cameron, who has been out of power since the Brexit vote this summer.

Ullman fans will certainly find this amusing. The real question is why this unabashedly overseas comedy isn’t on BBC America or streaming on Acorn, the home to popular British television series. It seems like an uninspired bit of filler for a premium channel like HBO. • Not to be confused with the new Dan Brown thriller, the documentary “Into the Inferno” (streaming today on Netflix) takes viewers to some of the planet’s most active volcanoes. Werner Herzog (“Grizzly Man”) directs.

• Bill Murray receives the Mark Twain Prize (9 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings) for humor. Lisa Loopner would be so proud.

You can perfectly understand why the recipient won’t be watching this tonight. Murray will be too busy rooting on his Chicago Cubs against the Cleveland Indians in the third game of the World Series (8 p.m., Fox).

CULT CHOICE New kids in town contend with punk vampires in the 1987 horror comedy “The Lost Boys” (8 p.m., VH1), starring Jason Patric, Kiefer Sutherland and Corey Haim.

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • “Caught on Camera With Nick Cannon” (8 p.m., NBC, TV-PG) showcases young filmmakers.

• Linus defends his unorthodox beliefs in the 1966 special “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-G).

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Using only a wrench and rope, MacGyver (Lucas Till) has to diffuse a bomb set near the United Nations by his old nemesis “The Ghost” on tonight’s episode of “MacGyver,” airing at 8 p.m. on CBS. fers a new twist on the potato on “Shark Tank” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).

• Athletic support on “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” (9 p.m., CW, TV-14).

• Danny has doubts about a so-called accident on “Blue Bloods” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

• Mac settles an old score on the season finale of “Quarry” (10 p.m., Cinemax, TV-MA).

SERIES NOTES A wrench and a rope prove sufficient on “MacGyver” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-14) * Enzo becomes a target on “The Vampire Diaries” (8 p.m., CW, TV14) * Nobody predicted a medium’s murder on Halloween on “Hawaii Five-0” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14) * A two-hour “Dateline” (9 p.m., NBC) * “20/20” (10 p.m., ABC).

LATE NIGHT Chelsea Handler hosts Shannen Doherty, Nicole Richie and Florence Williams on “Chelsea” (streaming on Netflix) * Drew Carey, Claire Foy, Matt Smith and Sebastian Maniscalco are booked on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (11:35 p.m., CBS) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes Anna Kendrick, John Lithgow, Iliza Shlesinger and Chick Corea on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Kevin Hart, Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Secretary of Defense Ash Carter visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC, r) * Lucy Liu, Terry Crews and Jack Hanna appear on “The Late Late Show With James Corden” (12:35 a.m., CBS, r).

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Notice of Sale Notice of Sale C/A No: 2012-CP-43-01687

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, successor by merger to Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, f/k/a Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association, solely in its capacity as Trustee for Provident Bank Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 1999-3 vs. Jack Brown, Jr.; Emma Lee Brown, and South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, I the undersigned as Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on 11/7/2016 at 12:00 PM, at the Sumter County Judicial Center, Sumter County, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: Legal Description and Property Address: ALL THAT CERTAIN piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being known and designated as Lots 23, 24, 25, 26, and a portion of Lot 27, as shown on a plat of Washington Park Subdivision recorded in Plat Z-5, Page 54, records of Sumter County.

THIS BEING the same property conveyed to Jack Brown, Jr. and Emma Lee Brown by virtue of a Deed from Marvin B. Poston dated May 14, 1970 and recorded June 2, 1970 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter, South Carolina in Deed Book R-9 at Page 202 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina.

840 Murray Street Sumter, SC 29150 TMS# 250-15-01-052 TERMS OF SALE: For cash. Interest at the rate of Eleven and 25/100 (11.25%) to be paid on balance of bid from date of sale to date of compliance. The purchaser to pay for papers and stamps, and that the successful bidder or bidders, other than the Plaintiff therein, do, upon the acceptance of his or her bid, deposit with the Master in Equity for Sumter County a certified check or cash in the amount equal to five percent (5%) of the amount of bid on said premises at the sale as evidence of good faith in bidding, and subject to any resale of said premises under Order of this Court; and in the event the said purchaser or purchasers fail to comply with the terms of sale within Twenty (20) days, the Master in Equity shall forthwith resell the said property, after the due notice and advertisement, and shall continue to sell the same each subsequent sales day until a purchaser, who shall comply with the terms of sale, shall be obtained, such sales to be made at the risk of

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Notice of Sale the former purchaser. Since a personal or deficiency judgment is waived, the bidding will not remain open but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. If the Plaintiff or the Plaintiff's representative does not appear at the above-described sale, then the sale of the property will be null, void, and of no force and effect. In such event, the sale will be rescheduled for the next available sales day. Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale.

Sold subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record.

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity For Sumter County Sumter, South Carolina Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 8237 Columbia, SC 29202 803-726-2700

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2016-CP-43-00246 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: Wells Fargo Financial South Carolina, Inc. vs. Danny N. Lapalme; Cynthia K. Lapalme; Geico as subrogee of Paulie Archie, the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on November 7, 2016 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: THAT PROPERTY WITH ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON SITUATE IN THAT CITY AND COUNTY OF SUMTER, SCHOOL DISTRICT 17, SOUTH CAROLINA, REPRESENTED AS LOT 2 ON PLAT OF JOSEPH R. EDWARDS, DATED MARCH 16, 1990, RECORDED IN THE SUMTER COUNTY RMC OFFICE IN PLAT BOOK 90 AT PAGE 358.

This being the same property conveyed to Danny N. Lapalme and Cynthia K. Lapalme by Deed of Mark E. Galloway dated November 10, 1998 and recorded November 12, 1998 in Book 723 at Page 436 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 20 Wesley Hall Court, Sumter, SC 29154-5115 TMS: 206-07-02-002 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). Deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not be closed on the day of sale but will remain open for a period of thirty (30) days as provided by law.

Plaintiff is demanding a deficiency, the Plaintiff may waive any of its

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Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 8.25% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances.

In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set forth in a supplemental order.

The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Attorneys for Plaintiff

MASTER-IN-EQUITY'S SALE CASE NO. 2016CP3100037

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY against SHIRLEY W. MCLEOD, et al., I, the Master-in-Equity for LEE County, will sell on November 7, 2016 at 11: 00 o'clock a.m., at the LEE County Courthouse, LEE, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR TRACT OF LAND, LYING AND BEING IN THE COUNTY OF LEE, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, CONSISTING OF ONE ACRE MORE OR LESS, AS SHOWN ON A PLAT OF CLARK DATED AUGUST 17, 1972, AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT FOR LEE COUNTY IN PLAT BOOK "N" AT PAGE 8, AND BOUNDED AND BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: ON THE NORTH BY THE LANDS OF E.B. McCUTCHEN CONSISTING OF AN OLD FARM ROAD; ON THE SOUTH BY THE LANDS OF E.B. McCUTCHEN; AND ON THE WEST

BY LANDS OF WILLIE LEE AND AGNES McLEOD; AND ON THE EAST BY LANDS OF GEORGE WILSON AND MARY B. WILSON. ALSO, RIGHTS OF INGRESS AND EGRESS OVER A FIFTY FOOT RIGHT OF WAY EXTENDING A DEPTH OF 1,693 FEET AS SHOWN ON A PLAT OF CLARK DATED APRIL 26, 1972, AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT FOR LEE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA IN PLAT BOOK "M" AT PAGE 136.

SUBJECT TO THAT CERTAIN RIGHT OF WAY EASEMENT EXECUTED BY SHIRLEY W. MCLEOD TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF H I G H W A Y S A N D TRANSPORTATION DATED MARCH 5, 1990, AS SHOWN RECORDED IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF LEE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA. BEING THE SAME DESCRIBED PROPERTY IN THAT CERTAIN WARRANTY DEED AS SHOWN RECORDED IN BOOK P-2 AT PAGE 41, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF LEE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA. A/K/A: 1141 HERNDON ROAD; BISHOPVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA 29010 PARCEL ID#: 043 00 00 125 000.

TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the plaintiff, will deposit with the Master-in-Equity at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of the bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the 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 non-compliance. If the Plaintiff's representative is not in attendance at the scheduled time of the sale, the sale shall be canceled and the property sold on some subsequent sales day after due advertisement. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within twenty (20) days, then the Master-in-Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder).

As a deficiency judgment is being waived, the bidding will not remain open thirty (30) days after the date of sale.

Purchaser to pay for preparation of deed, documentary stamps on the deed, and recording of the deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 5.560% per annum. Subject to

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assessments, LEE County taxes, easements, easements and restrictions of record, and other senior encumbrances.

On the South by Lot No. 1, said plat, and measuring thereon 150.0 feet; and

The sale will not be held unless either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent is present at the sale and either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent enters the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this captioned matter. In the alternative, Plaintiff's counsel, if permitted by the Court, may advise this Court directly of its authorized bidding instructions. In the event a sale is inadvertently held without Plaintiff's Counsel or Counsel's bidding agent entering the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this specifically captioned matter, the sale shall be null and void and the property shall be re-advertised for sale on the next available sale date.

successful bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within twenty (20) days, then the Master in Equity may resell the property on the same terms and conditions (at the risk of the said defaulting bidder). Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order.

The successful bidder will be required to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed and interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 9.9500%. THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. 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. NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search well before the foreclosure sale date. The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master in Equity Sumter County Riley Pope & Laney, LLC Post Office Box 11412 Columbia, SC 29211 (803) 799-9993 Attorneys for Plaintiff

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 date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 6% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #15-CP-43-02836.

The Geheren Firm, P.C. 4828 Ashford Dunwoody Road, 2nd Floor, Atlanta, GA 30338 October 5, 2016 Attorneys for the Plaintiff.

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BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Ditech Financial LLC vs. Jonathon R. Harris; Superior Performance Investments, LLC, as Trustee for 2540 Lorentz Drive Trust, C/A No. 15-CP-43-02276, The following property will be sold on November 7, 2016, at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder.

All that certain piece, parcel, and lot of land with improvements thereon situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina identified as Lot No. 44 of Amherst Subdivision and being more fully shown on a plat prepared by D.D. Edmunds, R.L.S., dated December 16, 1996 and recorded in Plat Book 96 at Page 1663, records of Sumter County. Aforesaid plat is specifically incorporated herein and reference is craved thereto for a more complete and accurate description of the metes, bounds, courses and distances of the property concerned herein. This description is in lieu of metes and bounds, as permitted by law under Section 30-5-250 of the 1976 Code of Laws of South Carolina, as amended. Be all measurements a little more or less and according to said plat.

Derivation: Book 1049 at Page 369.

2540 Lorentz Dr, Sumter, SC 29154 207-16-09-025 SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit, or comply with his bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at his risk. 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 date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 2.125% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #15-CP-43-02276.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County John J. Hearn Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 014293-01094 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources/Foreclosure Sales)

On the West by Lot Nos. 2 and 31, said plat, and measuring thereon 75.23 feet and 65.01 feet.

Be all dimensions a little more or a little less and according to said most recent plat.

This being the same property conveyed to George W. Johnson and Cynthia Jones-Johnson by deed of Donna M. Wojtak, dated August 11, 1993 and recorded August 16, 1993 in Book 578 at Page 1100 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County.

Thereafter, Cynthia Jones-Johnson a/k/a Cynthia P. Jones Johnson died testate on April 2, 2010, leaving her interest in the subject property to her devisee, namely, George W. Johnson, as is more fully preserved in the Probate records for Sumter County in Case No. 2010-ES-43-00248.

TMS No. 207-01-06-026 Property address: 810 Bay Springs Drive, Sumter, SC 29154 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of said bid is due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, 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 non-compliance. In the event of a third party bidder and that any third party bidder fails to deliver the required deposit in certified (immediately collectible) funds with the Office of the Master in Equity, said deposit being due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding on the day of sale, the Master in Equity will re-sell the subject property at the most convenient time thereafter (including the day of sale) upon notification to counsel for Plaintiff.

Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to comply with the balance due of the bid within 30 days, then the Master in Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder).

Personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will remain open for a period of thirty (30) days after the sale date. The Plaintiff may waive its right to a deficiency judgment prior to sale, in which case the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on Master in Equity's Deed.

The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 4.000% per annum.

The Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale.

The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record.

This sale is subject to all title matters of record and any interested party should consider performing an independent title examination of the subject property as no warranty is given.

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Scott and Corley, P.A. Attorney for Plaintiff AMENDED NOTICE OF SALE 2016-CP-43-00367 BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Structured Asset Securities Corporation Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-SC1 against Sharon Wells aka Sharon G. Wells, Beneficial Financial I Inc., LVNV Funding LLC, Asset Acquisition Group, LLC and Sun Finance, I, the undersigned Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on November 7, 2016, at 12:00 p.m. at County Courthouse in Sumter, South Carolina, to the highest bidder, the following described property, to-wit: All that piece, parcel, or lot of land lying, being and situate in Concord Township, Sumter County, South Carolina said lot being designated as Lot #134 on plat hereinafter referred to and bounding and measuring as follows: On the North

by Lot #135 and measuring thereon 111.1 feet; on the East by the right-of-way of Memorial Avenue and measuring thereon 140 feet; on the South by Lot #133 and measuring thereon 111.1 feet; on the West by Lots #126 and #127 and measuring thereon 140 feet. For a more particular description of said lot, reference may be had to a Plat made

by Hugh F. Longshore, Jr., R.L.S., dated December 7, 1970, of Section 2, Concord Estates Subdivision, recorded in the Office of the RMC for Sumter County in Plat Book Z-29 at Page 112, whereon said lot is designated as Lot #134. Said lot being designated as Sumter County Tax Map Parcel No. 252-03-03-013-000. Being the same property conveyed unto Charles Wells and Sharon G. Wells by deed of Coker Builders, Inc. dated March 17, 1998 and recorded March 17, 1988 in Deed Book 466 at Page 1080 in the RMC/ROD Office for Sumter County, South Carolina. Thereafter, Charles Wells died on October 2, 2014, leaving his interest in the subject property unto Sharon G. Wells by right of survivorship deed. TMS No. 252-03-03-013 Property Address: 215 Memorial Avenue, Sumter, SC 29153 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity at conclusion of the bidding, five per cent (5%) of said bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, 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

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BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Wells Fargo Bank, NA vs. Anthony M. Bagent; Amanda Bagent;, C/A No. 15-CP-43-02836, The following property will be sold on November 7, 2016, at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the City and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being more particularly shown and delineated as Lot 63, in the Knights Village Subdivision, Phase 1, Section III as shown on that certain plat of Louis W. Tisdale, RLS dated March 17, 2005 and recorded in the office of the ROD for Sumter County in Plat Book PB2005 at page 149. The said tract/lot(s) has/have such boundaries, metes, courses and distances as are shown on said plat which are incorporated herein in accordance with the provision of Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of SC, 1976. This property is more generally known as 907 Cadbury Street.

Derivation: Book 1021 at Page 237

907 Cadbury Street, Sumter, SC 29154-7405 226-16-03-006 SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit, or comply with his bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at his risk. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of

Paul Weissenstein for Sumter County John J. Hearn Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 013263-07978 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources/Foreclosure Sales)

MASTER IN EQUITY'S SALE CASE NO. 2016-CP-43-01029

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority against Mildred S. Howell, I, the Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Monday, November 7, 2016, at 12:00 o'clock p.m., at the Sumter County Courthouse, Sumter, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: That lot of land with the improvements thereon situate in the County of Sumter, South Carolina; represented as Lot 34 in the Oakland Plantation Section 3 Subdivision as shown on plat of D.D. Edmunds dated April 30, 1990, recorded in the Sumter County RMC Office in Plat Book PB 90 at Page 689 the boundaries and measurements of which have been confirmed by plat of Ben J. Makela dated August 28, 1997 in Plat Book PB97, Page 1047.

This property is represented on the Sumer County Tax Map as Parcel 134-09-02-010. This property is known as 2411 Hunt Club Road.

This being the same property conveyed to Mildred S. Howell by deed of Michael A. Birnie and Amy J. Birnie dated August 29, 1997 and recorded September 2, 1997 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina in Book 684 at Page 116.

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Property Address: 2411 Hunt Club Road Sumter, S. C. 29154 TMS # 134-09-02-010 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity for Sumter County at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of the bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the 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 non-compliance. If the Plaintiff's representative is not in attendance at the scheduled time of the sale, the sale shall be canceled and the property sold on some subsequent sales day after due advertisement.

Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, the deposit shall be

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BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: The Bank of New York Mellon, f/k/a The Bank of New York, as trustee for the certificateholders of the CWABS, Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-11 vs. George W. Johnson, as Personal Representative, individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Cynthia Jones-Johnson a/k/a Cynthia P. Jones Johnson, Deceased; et.al., I, the undersigned Richard L. Booth, Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Monday, November 7, 2016 at 12:00 PM, at the County Judicial Center, 215 Harvin Street, Sumter, SC 29150, to the highest bidder:

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Neither the Plaintiff nor its counsel make representations as to the integrity of the title or the fair market value of the property offered for sale. Prior to bidding you may wish to review the current state law or seek the advice of any attorney licensed in South Carolina.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

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forfeited and the Master in Equity for Sumter County may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). As a deficiency judgment is being Waived, the bidding will not remain open thirty days after the date of sale. Purchaser shall pay for preparation of deed, documentary stamps on the deed, and recording of the deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 6.75% per annum. The sale shall be subject to assessments, Sumter County taxes, easements, easements and restrictions of record, and other senior encumbrances.

This decription being in lieu of metes and bounds, as permitted under Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina. This being a portion of that property conveyed to Debra Mack Smith by deed of Rosa Lee Rembert Edens a/k/a Rosalie R. Edens by her AIF, Frances Edens McIntosh dated June 30, 1998 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County on July 7, 1998 in Book 710 at page 1752. TMS No. 192-00-01-064.

March 28, 2008 in Plat Book 2008 at Page 110 in the Office of the RMC for Sumter County. Aforesaid plat is specifically incorporated herein and referenced is craved thereto for a more complete and accurate description of the metes, bounds, courses and distances of the property concerned herein. This description is in lieu of the metes and bounds, as permitted by law under Section 30-5-250 of the 1976 Code of Laws of South Carolina, as amended.

Be all of said measurements a little more or less and according to said plat. This being the property known as 504 S. Main Street.

certain plat of Ben J. Makela, EMS dated July 3, 2001 and recorded August 13, 2001 in Plat Book 2001, page 509, in the Office of the RMC of Sumter County, SC. Said lot has such metes and bounds, courses and distances as upon said plat appear.

Derivation: Book 1146 at Page 1676

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SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES.

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County GRIMSLEY LAW FIRM, LLC Edward L. Grimsley Benjamin E. Grimsley Attorneys for the Plaintiff 1703 Laurel Street P. O Box 11682 Columbia, SC 29211 (803) 233-1177

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2016-CP-43-00773 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, As Trustee Under Pooling And Servicing Agreement Dated As Of October 1, 2006 Securitized Asset Backed Receivables Llc Trust 2006-Wm2 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-Wm2 vs.

Virnetta Bennett; Eric Parker; Lakewood Links Property Owners Association, Inc., the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on November 7, 2016 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the Privateer Township, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina and being shown as Lot No. 212, consisting .53 acres as shown on a plat prepared by Joseph R. Edwards, RLS dated November 4, 1999 and recorded in Plat Book 99 at page 1031 in the Office of the RMC for Sumter County. Aforesaid plat is specifically incorporated herein and reference is craved thereto for a more complete and accurate description of the metes, bounds, courses and distances of the property concerned herein. This description is in lieu of the metes and bounds, as permitted by law under Section 30-5-250 of the 1976 Code of Laws of South Carolina, as amended. This being the property known as 3435 Green View Parkway.

ALSO: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the Privateer Township, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina and being shown as Lot No. 212B, consisting .16 acres as shown on a plat prepared by Black River Surveying Co., dated January 25, 2005 and recorded In Plat Book 2005 at page 117 in the Office of the RMC for Sumter County. Aforesaid plat is specifically incorporated herein and reference is craved thereto for a more complete and accurate description of the metes, bounds, courses and distances of the property concerned herein. This description is in lieu of the metes and bounds, as permitted by law under Section 30-5-250 of the 1976 Code of Laws of South Carolina, as amended.

This being the same property conveyed to Virnetta Bennett by Deed of Eric Parker dated May 19, 2006 and recorded May 24, 2006 in Book 1029 at Page 970 in the records for Sumter County, South Carolina.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 3435 Green View Parkway, Sumter, SC 29150 TMS: 222-07-01-003 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding shall not remain open after the date of sale and shall be final on that date, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 2.13% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances.

In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set forth in a supplemental order.

The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Attorneys for Plaintiff

NOTICE OF SALE Docket No. 2016-CP-43-01179 By virtue of a decree heretofore granted in the case of U.S. Bank, N.A., as trustee for Mid-State Trust VIII against Debra Mack Smith a/k/a Debra Mack, I, the undersigned Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Monday, November 7, 2016, at 12:00 P.M., at the Sumter County Judicial Center, 215 N. Harvin Street, Courtroom 1-A, Sumter, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the Township of Providence, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as Lot 1A containing 0.43 acre, as shown on that certain plat prepared for Debra Mack by H.S. Willlson, RLS, dated May 4, 1995, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 98 at page 792, and have such metes and bounds as are shown on said plat.

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SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES, IF ANY. TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at the conclusion of the bidding, Five per cent (5%) of the bid in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the 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 non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master in Equity may resell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said 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.

Purchaser to pay for preparation of the Master in Equity's deed, documentary stamps on the deed, recording of the deed, and interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 8.50% per annum.

Richard L. Booth As Master in Equity for Sumter County Plaintiff's Attorney: J. Kershaw Spong [SC Bar # 5289] ROBINSON, MCFADDEN MOORE, P.C. Post Office Box 944 Columbia, SC 29202 (803) 779-8900 Email: kspong@robinsonlaw.com

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NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2015-CP-43-00901 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: Freedom Mortgage Corporation vs.

William C. Crews IV, the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on November 7, 2016 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: The land referred to herein below is situated in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, and is described as follows: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the township of Sumter, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina being more particularly shown and delineated as Lot No. 88 of Amherst Subdivision as shown on that certain plat of Ben J. Makela, RLS, dated June 14, 1995 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book PB95, Page 567. This said lot has such metes, boundaries, courses, and distances as are shown on said plat, which are incorporated herein in accordance with the provisions of section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976. This being the same property known as 2640 Edmunds Drive Sumter, SC. represented by Sumter County Parcel No. 207-09-06-020 Being the same property conveyed to William C. Crews, IV by warranty deed from Jerry D. Pinzon, dated 8/27/2009 and recorded 9/21/2009 in Bk/Pg 1129/2145.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 2640 Edmunds Drive, Sumter, SC 29154 TMS: 2070906020 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding shall not remain open after the date of sale and shall be final on that date, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 2.5% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances.

In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set forth in a supplemental order.

Derivation: Book 1112 at Page 1023.

504 South Main Street, Sumter, SC 29150 227-05-01-100 SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit, or comply with his bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at his risk. 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 date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 4.75% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #14-CP-43-1381.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County John J. Hearn Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 013225-03564 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources/Foreclosure Sales)

NOTICE OF SALE

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. vs. Phyllis Carmon a/k/a Phyllis Smith Carmon a/k/a Phyllis Gayle Smith, Individually; Phyllis Gayle Smith, as Personal Representative of The Estate of Robert W. Carmon a/k/a Robert Wayne Carmon; , C/A No. 15-CP-43-02596, The following property will be sold on November 7, 2016, at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with improvements thereon, situate lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina and being more particularly shown as Lot 65 on a plat of Hunting Hills Subdivision by Edmunds Land Surveyors, Inc., dated February 3, 1993 and recorded in the Recorder's Office for the above named county in Plat Book 93, Page 196.

Derivation: Book 667 at Page 1138

2885 Ithica Rd, Sumter, SC 29154-8978 This includes a 1987, Champion mobile home with VIN# VIN# 337172N6211AB. The property herein described includes the right, title and interest of the defendant(s) ***MHDefendant*** in, of and to any mobile home, currently situated thereon. The interest(s), if any, of said defendant(s) in the mobile home will be transferred to the successful purchaser "AS IS" WITH NO WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE or otherwise by a non-warranty deed (AND NOT BY A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE).

179-05-03-003 (land), 400-00-20-686(mobile home) SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit, or comply with his bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at his risk. 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 date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 9.35% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #15-CP-43-02596.

Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County

Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Attorneys for Plaintiff

John J. Hearn Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 013263-07728 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources/Foreclosure Sales)

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All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, represented as Lot No. 1C on a plat of Joseph R. Edwards, RLS dated November 5, 2007 and recorded

157-00-04-037 land, 400-00-28-993 Mobile home SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit, or comply with his bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at his risk. 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 date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 9.9% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #2016CP4301017.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County John J. Hearn Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 022294-00025 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources/Foreclosure Sales)

NOTICE OF SALE

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: PHH Mortgage Corporation vs. Tara Haynes; Carl Haynes a/k/a Carl D. Haynes Jr.; , C/A No. 16-CP-43-00292, The following property will be sold on November 7, 2016, at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the Stateburg Township, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, containing 0.45 acres, and shown and designated as Lot No. 123 of Wintergreen Subdivision, Section No. 2, Phase 1, on a plat of Louis W. Tisdale, PLS, dated November 5, 2003, revised February 16, 2004 and filed for record in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 2004 page 71; This said lot has such metes, boundaries, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, which are incorporated herein in accordance with the provisions of Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976. This being the same property known as 1700 Pyracantha Court, Sumter, South Carolina and represented by Auditor's map of Sumter County as tax parcel 187-15-02-034.

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1700 Pyracantha Ct, Sumter, SC 29154 187-15-02-034

TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit, or comply with his bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at his risk. 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 date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 4.5% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #16-CP-43-00292.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

Carolina, being shown and designated as a tract containing 4.32 acres, more or less, on a plat prepared by Ben J. Makela Land Surveyor, dated June 9, 1999 and recorded at Plat Book 99 at Page 533 and was re-recorded at Plat Book 2002 at Page 329 in the ROD Office for Sumter County. Reference to said plat for a more complete and accurate description.

Also included a 2003 Fleetwood, Make ALJO, Mobile Home VIN # NCFL241AB54893-AV13,

5090 Benenhaley Road, Dalzell, SC 29040 TMS # 135-00-02-107 (Land) 400-00-30-012 (Mobile Home) This is the property conveyed to Teresa L. Yeagy by deed of Fannie Mae aka Federal National Mortgage Association, dated January 29, 2015 and recorded February 3, 2015 in Deed Book 1208 at Page 3447 in the RMC Office for Sumter County.

TERMS OF SALE: At the conclusion of the bidding, the successful purchaser, other than the plaintiff, must deposit with the Master five (5%) per cent of the bid in cash or equivalent. Credit will be allowed for this against the purchase price.

Personal/deficiency judgment having been waived, the bidding will not remain open, and compliance with the bid must be made within twenty (20) days thereafter.

Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County

Interest will accrue on the amount of the bid until date of compliance at the rate of three (3%) per annum.

John J. Hearn Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 011227-01540 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources/Foreclosure Sales)

If the successful bidder fails to comply, his deposit will be forfeited and applied in the manner prescribed by law; and the property will be re-advertised and sold on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent sales day at his risk.

NOTICE OF MASTER'S SALE IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NUMBER: 2016-CP-43-00345 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER

The sale will be subject to all accrued and/or delinquent Sumter County ad valorem property taxes and all visible and recorded easements, covenants and rights of way and any senior liens.

The purchaser is to pay for preparation of deed, documentary stamps and recording.

Richard L. Booth Master-In-Equity Sumter, South Carolina

Roy Tanner and Patsy Tanner, Plaintiffs, v.

Charles Yeagy and Teresa Yeagy, Defendants.

By virtue of a Decree of Foreclosure entered in an action entitled, Roy Tanner and Patsy Tanner vs. Charles Yeagy and Teresa Yeagy, Civil Action Case No. 2016-CP-43-00345, the undersigned Master In Equity will sell at public auction to be conducted in Room 1A of the Sumter County Judicial Center in Sumter, South Carolina, on November 7, 2016 at Noon, the following property will be sold to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with any improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South

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NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Nationstar Mortgage LLC vs. Laquan Lowery; SC Housing Corp.; The United States of America, acting by and through its agency The Department of Housing and Urban Development; City of Sumter; Sumter County Community Development Corporation; 1st Franklin Financial; , C/A No. 14-CP-43-1381, The following property will be sold on November 7, 2016, at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder

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