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BY BRADEN BUNCH bbunch@theitem.com Tuomey Healthcare System has been ordered to pay more than $276 million in fines and penalties as a result of a judge’s ruling stemming from an eight-year-old federal lawsuit against the local hospital.

Shortly after the ruling was announced Tuesday, officials

with Tuomey declared their lawyers were already in the process of filing an appeal.

In her ruling released Tuesday, Senior U.S. District Judge Margaret B. Seymour said Tuomey must pay more than $39.3 million for false Medicare claims, as well as more than $237.4 million in False Claims Act penalties. In addition, Seymour declared the local hospital must pay .1

percent interest on the $39.3 million from this point forward. As part of her ruling,

Seymour also rejected Tuomey’s various motions for a new trial, saying in each case it was reasonable for the jury to come to the conclusion they did.

The judgment by Seymour does not preclude the possibility of a settlement but now makes it possible for Tuomey to appeal the recent trial’s results to the Court of Appeals.

After about a 90-minute

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emergency meeting Tuesday afternoon by the Tuomey Board of Trustees, John Brabham, chairman of the board, announced the hospital’s intention to do just that.

“Tuomey respectfully disagrees with the ruling. Our attorneys are filing a notice of appeal today, and we will also ask for a stay of the judgment, SEE TUOMEY, PAGE A8

Arrest made in shooting deaths in Cherryvale

BY BRISTOW MARCHANT bmarchant@theitem.com Almost six months after an early morning shooting left two men dead in a Cherryvale home, law enforcement has made an arrest in the case.

Arsenio Donta Colclough, 26, of 355 Praire Circle, was arrested Tuesday and charged with two counts of murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.

COLCLOUGH Colclough is accused of killing cousins Reyshaun Sherrod Holmes, 24, and Willie Jermaine Chatman, 35, inside the home the two shared at 4303 Confederate Road.

Deputies with the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office responded to the home about 2 a.m. April 12 and found both men dead on the floor, having been shot several times. There were reportedly signs of a struggle inside the home, and marijuana and pills were found “scattered” around the bodies.

Sheriff Anthony Dennis said Colclough, a known acquaintance of Chatman and Holmes, was a person of interest from early in the investigation, but investigators

ABOVE: Duff Wilson teaches his son Bennett, 8, how to load and shoot a shotgun during the Freemasons’ skeet shoot on Saturday off Dinkins Mill Road. The event served as a fundraiser to introduce the Masons to the community.

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State and federal agencies were working to fix the sites, which represent the biggest expansion in coverage in nearly 50 years. There

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Domestic violence victim shares ‘nightmare’

Man walking home robbed by masked man

BY MEG KINNARD Associated Press

A man was reportedly robbed at gunpoint early Tuesday morning walking home from Waffle House.

At 12:25 a.m., a 25-year-old man was walking into an apartment building in the 900 block of Miller Road with his food when he was reportedly approached by two unknown men from around the corner.

One of the men was reportedly wearing a black hoodie and a white bandanna over his face. The masked man reportedly pulled a revolver on the man and made him pull his shirt up over his face so he couldn’t see them and demanded money.

The robbers reportedly made off with $900 in cash, as well as a cellphone, a gold chain valued at $4,200 and the victim’s car keys.

COLUMBIA — Four years ago, Sandra Dayse was severely beaten by a man she loved.

On Tuesday, she told an audience gathered to honor victims of domestic violence that escaping that situation has given her a new lease on life.

“I learned the hard way that domestic violence does not discriminate,” Dayse told a crowd of several hundred gathered at the Statehouse in Columbia. “There were red flags that rose ... but I chose to ignore them.”

Dayse shared her story as part of this year’s Silent Witness Domestic Violence ceremony. The annual event, hosted by Attorney General Alan Wilson, honors the South Carolina men and women killed because of domestic violence the year before.

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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and a number of local organizations are sponsoring various events. Read about these events and the different ways that you can help in Thursday’s edition of The Item.

For additional information on domestic violence in S.C., visit www.scag.gov/criminal-domestic-violence-in-south-carolina On Tuesday, Wilson read the names and stories of 39 women and nine men killed by their partners last year. A bell tolled for each person, and life-size silhouettes representing each victim were held up.

The event, part of national Domestic Violence Awareness Month, comes on the heels of a report issued last week by the Violence Policy Center in Washington that showed South Carolina ranks first in the country in the rate of women killed by men.

The rate of 2.54 per 100,000 was more than double the na-

tional average, according to the report. South Carolina has ranked in the top 10 states every year for the past decade.

Living in Charlotte in 2002, Dayse met a man she initially described as “very charming and smooth.” But as the couple moved in together and eventually married, Dayse said her mate became increasingly jealous, irrational and, eventually, verbally and physically abusive toward her.

“I had to always walk on eggshells because I never knew what would tick him off,” she said.

SFS JAIL AND BAIL U.S. Air Force Technical Sgt. Antwan Sibley, 20th Security Forces Squardon patrolman, prepares to uncuff Col. Scott Arcuri, 20th Mission Support Group commander, during the SFS Jail and Bail fundraiser held Thursday on Shaw Air Force Base. The fundraiser for the Defender’s Association handcuffed 57 airmen and soldiers and raised $1,464.

2 charged in case of man found in burned truck Two Santee brothers are charged with murder in the death of a 61-yearold Orangeburg man.

Orangeburg County Sheriff Leroy Ravenell said Monday the charges stem from the death of Mike Carter, even though the body presumed to be Carter’s found shot in a burned-out vehicle last week has not been positively identified.

Ravenell said 25-yearold Leroy Glover and 23-year-old Jason Glover are charged with arson, murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. It was not immediately known if they had attorneys.

Ravenell said the victim rented a mobile home to Leroy Glover.

Authorities said Carter went out late in the afternoon of Sept. 23, to collect rent. That evening, Santee firefighters put out a fire in a vehicle by a road and found the body inside.

‘Shag Night’ tickets are still available Tickets for the Sumter Jaycees “Shag Night” — which starts at 7 p.m. Friday at the Elk’s Club Lodge No. 855, 1100 W. Liberty St. — are still available at Mary Ann’s Deli, 584 Bultman Drive, Suite No. 4. They will also be sold at the door Friday.

Tickets are $15 per individual and $25 for couples. All proceeds will go to the Children’s Shopping Tour to benefit underprivileged youth.

Brett Bishop will serve as DJ providing beach music. There will be a cash bar, heavy hors d’oeuvres and door prizes.

For more information, contact Stephanie Griffin, president of Sumter Jaycees, at (803) 469-8997 or at stephaniegriffin2014@ yahoo.com.

By 2009, the couple had two children together, and Dayse said she knew she needed to f find a way out of the relationship. One January day, as she r recuperated from gallbladder surgery, Dayse said her husb band beat her with a baseball b and dragged her downbat stairs and outside their home.

Her surgical stitches burst. Her children looked on in horror.

“I felt numb,” she said. “I saw a living, breathing monster.”

Neighbors came to Dayse’s rescue and called 911, caring for her children as she healed.

Her husband was eventually found not guilty on assault charges, but Dayse said she fled with her children to a Columbia shelter and is forging a new existence.

“I escaped the nightmare that was him,” she said. “I am very excited about my new life.”

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n Tuesday, many Americans were outraged as our elected officials failed to stop an impending shutdown of many federal services. As a result of the congressional stalemate, the leaders of our political parties immediately started finger wagging the opposite side of the aisle. Each political party lobbed insults at each other, which, in light of how potentially threatening this event could be, seems to be a step backward in fight for the problem’s solution. It will be interesting to see how this event affects our nation in the coming weeks as we struggle to understand what the shutdown means for our future.

I imagine if your faith is totally vested in public office, the news is incredibly upsetting, devastating, some might say. Some might feel as though this event is an indication of how broken our government is given the fact they couldn’t keep the lights on. At its very core, the shutdown makes us re-evaluate how much stock we put in the powers that be.

I think a lot of us long for security in one way or another. As a nation, it’s why we prize our strong military. As adults, it’s why we pursue financial success. As kids, it’s why we tell our schoolyard friends that our dad can beat up their dad.

We want a strong advocate, someone who will ensure not only our safety but our prosperity as well. The author of Psalms is said to have looked to a neighboring country that had put its hopes of

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“Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. (Psalms 20:7, NIV).”

It’s a good motto for the faith community given our current situation. Our modern day take-away from this verse echoes the sentiment originally communicated by the psalmist: Don’t put your faith in the fallible. History has taught us that regimes will crumble and cultural movements will die out. As believers, we hold true to the fact that the Almighty has never failed us and never will. If this is your view of your Creator then you feel no threat to your security. The event of a government shutdown means a shift in, not a complete personal meltdown.

When entities fail you, you will have lost very little because your ultimate hope is in God. Our government’s ineptitude is disappointing, but it is only devastating if it is the only thing you rely on. As believers this is the benefit of walking in faith. We hold fast to the belief that no matter what happens, an all-knowing God is ever present.

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Like I mentioned a few weeks ago in the recent crisis over Syria, the temptation for the faith community is to join in the name-calling. I encourage you to, once again, pray for your leaders. It is one of my great hopes that one day the prayers of believers will drown out the voices of dissension. Instead of complaining to one another, we should take our concerns before the throne of God. In closing, I can’t help but think that what has happened is an opportunity to minister to someone. You could spend your time decrying our government’s actions or you could look at ways to reach others. Our government provides its citizens with a lot of amenities, some of which many depend on. Should the shutdown last for a longer period of time, there will most certainly be those adversely affected by the shutdown. This list includes everyone from federal employees to those who partake in social services such as the WIC program. Perhaps there are some federal employees in your community or church who are now faced with days, weeks and maybe months of uncertainty.

They need assurance that they will be OK. There are some who depend on government assistance for nutrition. Believers could take up the mantle of seeing the hungry fed.

Whatever you do, put your faith in the one who will never fail.

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BACKYARD JAMBOREE LEFT: Black Hat Diva Trish Booke shares a laugh with Hank Janis at the Backyard Jamboree, a big annual fundraiser for Sumter Senior Services that offers music, whole-hog barbecue and a variety of other traditional and nontraditional foods and beverages to those attending.

BELOW: Jane Collins sports her black hat as she helps serve up some grub during the Friday night event.

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RIGHT: The band Haggard Halo with Sumter native Becki McLeod, center, Kevin Key and Sara Montgomery provided a wide variety of music for the Jamboree.

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Join prayer walk for Clarendon schools Sunday

BY ROBERT J. BAKER bbaker@theitem.com MANNING â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Clarendon County residents who believe in the power of prayer are being sought to take a threemile trek around four of Clarendon School District 2â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s schools on Sunday.

The Clarendon Christian Learning Center will set off on its third annual Prayer Walk at 3 p.m.

Sunday at its office on North Boundary Street in Manning. Administrator Erie Brown said the previous two walks have been moderately successful, with more than 75 participants each year at least. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yes, of course, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hopeful we get many more this year,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our first year, we had probably more than 100, but last year we had a conflict from doing it later with the Christmas Open Houses.â&#x20AC;?

Those who choose to walk the full three miles

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More than 100 participants, young and old, came out for the first Clarendon Christian Learning Center Prayer Walk in 2011, and organizers are hopeful even more will participate in this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s walk on Sunday.

will begin at the CCLC office, 116 N. Boundary St., and then meander through Manning, passing Manning Primary

Though the Clarendon Christian Learning Center Prayer Walk on Sunday will feature a three-mile walk, participants who want to be less mobile are encouraged to go to Manning Junior High School, Manning High School, Manning Primary School or Manning Elementary School and join walkers in prayer as they stop by.

and Elementary schools and then wind all the way down Paxville Highway to cross over to Manning Junior High School.

After passing Manning High School, walkers march back up Paxville Highway to end back at the CCLC office. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The purpose is to pray, yes for the community, but primarily for the schools,â&#x20AC;? Brown said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re praying for the teachers, the students, the administrators and all of the staff. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s our main focus â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all the people involved in and at the schools.â&#x20AC;?

Walkers can stop along the way to pray with those stationed at the specific schools. Brown said the

stations will also provide those who would rather not walk with prayerful opportunities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Anyone is welcome, definitely, and if they are not able to walk the three miles, they are welcome to either go to a particular school and pray, or they may come to the office and pray for the other schools that we wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be passing by that day, like those in Clarendon 1 and 3 and Laurence Manning Academy and Clarendon Hall,â&#x20AC;?

Brown said.

Non-walkers can also

pray for these schools that are not on the walk at the Clarendon Eye Center parking lot.

Brown said others will be stationed at Farmers Telephone on Paxville Highway to give out water to walkers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to walk can join those at Farmers and give out water,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want as many people to participate as possible. The main point is prayer. They can pray even if theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not walking.â&#x20AC;?

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2011, center teacher Kim DuRant said the walk is one of the best ways residents can support their schools. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to ask for a good and safe year for our students, our teachers and our schools,â&#x20AC;? DuRant said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The power of prayer is evidence, and we are all coming together to seek Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wisdom during the coming year.â&#x20AC;?

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DOJ, state reach settlement over HIV inmate policy COLUMBIA (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The federal government on Tuesday settled a dispute with South Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prisons over a policy segregating HIV-positive inmates, making the state the last in the nation to formally take steps to end such a practice.

The settlement follows the Corrections Departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s July announcement it would stop the practice. At that time, officials gave no date for that process to begin, and agency Clark Newsom said Tuesday the department is in the process of training and educating staff.

South Carolina had been one of two states that separated HIV-positive inmates. Last year, a judge struck down a similar policy in Alabama following a lawsuit by several inmates supported by

the American Civil Liberties Union.

The federal government had been preparing a complaint accusing the agency of violating the Americans With Disabilities Act by denying its 350 HIV-positive inmates the opportunity to participate in certain programs and activities, such as drug treatment, food preparation and work release. Officials said inmates live in special dorms and wear special clothing and badges to indicate to staff, visitors and other inmates that they are HIV-positive. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The otherwise confidential HIV status of inmates with HIV is therefore affirmatively publicized to all staff, visitors, other inmates and members of the public,â&#x20AC;? government attorneys said in court documents.

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Air Force Staff Sgt. Joshua Holloman, 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron emergency management craftsman, turns on a radiological air-sampling device at the scene of an exercise at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia on Sept. 20. The air sampling is part of the response procedures for emergency management personnel. Holloman calls Sumter home and is deployed from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.

POLICE BLOTTER CHARGES:

Allen Williams Jr., 28, of 918 Black Swamp Road, Lynchburg, was charged with the following after an incident that reportedly occurred about 7:43 p.m. Saturday in the 2000 block of Shiloh Raccoon Road: firstdegree burglary; driving under the influence, first offense; driving under suspension, first offense; seatbelt violation; violating open container law; use of license plate on vehicle other than it was issued to; and failure to maintain proof of insurance in motor vehicle. Law

| enforcement responded to a wreck in the area, and the suspect was transported to Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

According to the report, further investigation connected the suspect to burglary from earlier in the evening.

Steven Devon Dickey, 21, of 3391 Pleasant Grove Road, Lynchburg, was charged with first-degree burglary following law enforcementâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s response to a wreck that occurred about 7:43 p.m. Friday in the 2000 block of Shiloh Raccoon Road.

The suspect was transported

to the hospital, and further investigation connected the suspect to a burglary from earlier in the evening.

Anthony Nashawn Williams, 21, of 918 Black Swamp Road, Lynchburg, was charged with first-degree burglary following law enforcementâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s response to a wreck that occurred about 7:43 p.m. Friday in the 2000 block of Shiloh Raccoon Road. Further investigation of the vehicle connected the suspect to a burglary from earlier in the evening.

Tonya Lynn Ray Fort, 50, of 2375 Peach Orchard Road, was arrested Tuesday and charged with driving under suspension, second offense.

At 2:34 a.m., Fort was reportedly stopped on Peach Orchard Road near Edgehill Road for driving without headlights on.

was transported to Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

At 3:12 p.m. Monday, a 27-year-old man reportedly punched a woman in the 4600 block of Wrangler Trail, then broke the womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s laptop computer in half. The computer is valued at $900.

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INSURANCE Haley: Opening day from Page A1 for exchange a mess many people actually succeeded in signing up for coverage. They gave inconsistent answers on whether a common problem had been cleared up or was still being corrected.

By Tuesday afternoon, at least 2.8 million people had visited the healthcare.gov website, said Medicare administrator Marilyn Tavenner, whose office is overseeing the rollout of the Affordable Care Act. The website had seven times the number of simultaneous users ever recorded on the medicare.gov site.

In Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home state, dozens of people who came to a Champaign, Ill., public health office to sign up for coverage found computer screens around the room flashing an error message: â&#x20AC;&#x153;System is unavailable.â&#x20AC;?

Kimberly Shockley â&#x20AC;&#x201D; logging in from Houston, Texas â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and Mike Weaver, who lives in rural southern Illinois, ran into the same glitch as many others: They could not get past the security questions while trying to set up their personal accounts through healthcare.gov. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m frustrated, very frustrated,â&#x20AC;? said Shockley, a self-employed CPA. She spent more than an hour trying to get the security questions to work without success. When she clicked on a drop-down menu of suggested security questions, none appeared. She then tried to create her own questions, but that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work either.

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BY SEANNA ADCOX The Associated Press COLUMBIA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Gov. Nikki Haley said Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opening day for enrolling in health insurance through the federally run online marketplace is a mess.

The Republican governor has actively opposed the federal health care law and its implementation. But Haley said her office is trying to help people who are calling in with questions and their problems with signing up. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re frustrated. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re wondering if theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing something wrong because theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re getting error messages, or theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re calling for information. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s both,â&#x20AC;? she said about the dozens of people who directly called her office. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to triage.â&#x20AC;?

Haley said while she fought the Affordable Care Act, it is the law, and people deserve answers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our job is to get the information out there.

The fedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s job is to make it work. Unfortunately, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not working,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to continue doing what we can, but this is continuing to be the mess we thought it would be.â&#x20AC;?

The stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Medicaid agency is also fielding questions. It has ramped up two call centers to handle residentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; questions, both expanding its existing call center for Medicaid patients and launching a new one last month specifically for health reform questions.

A combination of high demand and technical glitches seemed to overwhelm the online system early in the day, leading to long waits through a federal call center. But state Medicaid Director Tony Keck said its operators were able to easily handle their call load. ployed photographer, said he also ran into problems with the dropdown menus. And when they started working, he still wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t able to set up his account. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The first day of something that you know is going to have a lot of bugs, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not that frustrating,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If it was the last day to sign up ... then Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be terribly frustrated.â&#x20AC;?

Shockley has health insurance but is looking for a better plan. Weaver is uninsured.

State-operated sites also experienced trouble.

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Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, with House GOP leaders, speaks briefly to reporters just after 1:00 a.m. Tuesday morning. The federal government staggered into a partial shutdown Monday at midnight after congressional Republicans stubbornly demanded changes in the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health care law as the price for essential federal funding and President Obama and Democrats adamantly refused. Joining Boehner, from left, are House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va.; House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.; and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., the Republican Conference chair.

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Minnesota got its site running after a delay of several hours. Rhode Islandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s site recovered after a temporary crash.

A spokesman for the New York Department of Health blamed difficulties on the 2 million visits to the website in the first 90 minutes after its launch. Washington stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s marketplace used Twitter to thank users for their patience.

WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; First slowed, then stalled by political gridlock, the vast machinery of government clanged into partial shutdown mode Tuesday and President Obama warned the longer it goes â&#x20AC;&#x153;the more families will be hurt.â&#x20AC;? Republicans said it was his fault, not theirs.

Ominously, there were suggestions from leaders in both parties that the shutdown, heading for its second day, could last for weeks and grow to encompass a possible default by the Treasury if Congress fails to raise the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s debt ceiling. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is now all together,â&#x20AC;? said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill..

Speaking at the White House, the president accused Republicans of causing the first partial closure in 17 years as part of a non-stop â&#x20AC;&#x153;ideological crusadeâ&#x20AC;? to wipe out his signature health care law.

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, gave as good as he got. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The president isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t telling the whole story,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; he said in an opinion article posted on the USA Today

website. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The fact is that Washington Democrats have slammed the door on reopening the government by refusing to engage in bipartisan talks.â&#x20AC;?

He spoke in a Capitol closed to regular public tours, part of the impact of a partial shutdown that sent ripples of disruption outward â&#x20AC;&#x201D; from museums and memorials in Washington to Yellowstone and other national parks and to tax auditors and federal offices serving Americans coast to coast.

Officials said roughly 800,000 federal employees would be affected by the shutdown after a half-day on the job Tuesday to fill out time cards, put new messages on their voicemail and similar chores.

Late Tuesday, House Republicans sought swift passage of legislation aimed at reopening small slices of the federal establishment. The bills covered the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Park Service and a portion of the Washington, D.C., government funded with local tax revenue.

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Are guns the problem?

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very time there’s a shooting tragedy, there are more calls for gun control. Let’s examine a few historical facts. By 1910, the National Rifle Association had succeeded in establishing 73 NRAaffiliated high-school rifle clubs. The 1911 second edition of the Boy Scout Handbook made qualification in NRA’s junior marksmanship program a prerequisite for obtaining a BSA merit badge in marksmanship. In 1918, the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. established its own Winchester Junior Rifle Corps. The program grew to 135,000 members by 1925. In New York City, gun clubs were started at Boys, Curtis, Commercial, Manual Training and Stuyvesant high Walter schools.

WILLIAMS With so many guns in the hands of youngsters, did we see today’s level of youth violence?

What about gun availability? Catalogs and magazines from the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s were full of gun advertisements directed to children and parents.

For example, “What Every Parent Should Know When a Boy or Girl Wants a Gun” was published by the National Shooting Sports Foundation. The 1902 Sears mail-order catalog had 35 pages of firearm advertisements.

People just sent in their money, and a firearm was shipped. For most of our history, a person could simply walk into a hardware store, virtually anywhere in our country, and buy a gun.

Few states bothered to have even age restrictions on buying guns.

Those and other historical facts should force us to ask ourselves: Why — at a time in our history when guns were readily available, when a person could just walk into a store or order a gun through the mail, when there were no FBI background checks, no waiting periods, no licensing requirements — was there not the frequency and kind of gun violence that we sometimes see today, when access to guns is more restricted? Guns are guns. If they were capable of behavior, as some people seem to suggest, they should have been doing then what they’re doing now.

Customs, traditions, moral values and rules

of etiquette, not just laws and government regulations, are what make for a civilized society, not restraints on inanimate objects.

These behavioral norms — transmitted by example, word of mouth and religious teachings — represent a body of wisdom distilled through ages of experience, trial and error, and looking at what works. The benefit of having customs, traditions and moral values as a means of regulating behavior is that people behave themselves even if nobody’s watching. In other words, it’s morality that is society’s first line of defense against uncivilized behavior.

Moral standards of conduct, as well as strict and swift punishment for criminal behaviors, have been under siege in our country for more than a half-century. Moral absolutes have been abandoned as a guiding principle. We’ve been taught not to be judgmental, that one lifestyle or value is just as good as another. More often than not, the attack on moral standards has been orchestrated by the education establishment and progressives. Police and laws can never replace these restraints on personal conduct so as to produce a civilized society.

At best, the police and criminal justice system are the last desperate line of defense for a civilized society. The more uncivilized we become, the more laws are needed to regulate behavior.

What’s worse is that instead of trying to return to what worked, progressives want to replace what worked with what sounds good or what seems plausible, such as more gun locks, longer waiting periods and stricter gun possession laws. Then there’s progressive mindlessness “cures,” such as “zero tolerance” for schoolyard recess games such as cops and robbers and cowboys and Indians, shouting “bang bang,” drawing a picture of a pistol, making a gun out of Lego pieces, and biting the shape of a gun out of a Pop-Tart. This kind of unadulterated lunacy — which focuses on an inanimate object such as a gun instead of on morality, self-discipline and character — will continue to produce disappointing results.

Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. © 2013 creators.com

LETTER TO THE EDITOR America is paying price for voting in demagogue America has a president who “habitually makes use of popular prejudices and makes false claims and promises to gain more power and control. He appeals directly to the emotions of the poor and uninformed, pursuing more power by telling lies to stir up hysteria, exploiting any crisis to intensify popular support for calls to immediate action and increased authority while accusing opponents of disloyalty to the nation.” This is the definition of a demagogue. This is what millions of Americans voted for, and now the entire country is paying the price.

The Narcissistic Demagogue of D.C. is a man filled with anger, hate and total disdain for anyone who has an opinion

other than his and demands total allegiance, power and control over those in his party who appear to worship him and have no thoughts of their own. He and his minions refuse to listen to all of the people; they refuse to compromise on the smallest of things, and then in turn play the blame game.

The Democratic Ideology versus the Will of the People has and is dividing our once respected and great country. Why is it that in our country we have millions of people who believe in balancing a budget (if the president ever chose to sign one), sticking to the meaning of the Constitution and listening to the will of the people (not a select few) are called “extremists”? How far has this country fallen in the last few years from what our Founding Fathers intended for this nation? When

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will our citizens become informed, or do they simply not care as long as the government takes care of all of their needs?

The “my way or the highway” and the “I will not negotiate” attitudes of this demagogue will backfire on him, and the repercussions will not be to his liking. The problem with our country is the government — too much government led by those who have been there too long, don’t care and don’t want to know what their citizens think.

LINDA PARKER Summerton Editor’s note: Because this letter exceeded the 350-word length as stated in our Editorial Page Policies which appears regularly on this page, it can be read in its entirety under Opinion on The Item’s website, www. theitem.com.

EDITORIAL ROUNDUP Recent editorials from South Carolina newspapers: SEPT. 30

The Greenville News on excuses for delays in database: It is unfathomable that South Carolina still does not have a computer system in place to track delinquent child support payments 25 years after a federal law was passed requiring such a system. The state is the only one in the nation that has not complied with this law.

The federal law requiring that states create a system that make it easier to track those who are delinquent in child support payments was passed in 1988. South Carolina was given a deadline of 1997 to have its system active and has yet to have it operational. The state just fired its most recent contractor, the third that has worked on developing the system.

Since the deadline was missed, South Carolina has managed to rack up more than $100 million in federal penalties, though thanks to agreements with vendors, it is responsible for only $66 million. ...

The state earlier this year fired the most recent contractor, Hewlett Packard State and Local Enterprise Services. The state claims HP breached its contract by “failing to timely complete the system test, failing to properly test the application, failing to properly staff the project, failing to properly document project work, failing to maintain and estimate the project schedule,” according to a recent report by Greenville News reporter

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Tim Smith. HP disputes the allegations and said the state is at fault for the delays and mismanaged the project.

It is difficult to imagine that three separate contractors would have been unable to complete work on this computer system. ...

Testing on the system began last year, and at the time some state officials were expressing relief that the project was done. We now know that it was not done, and it still is not. The state has not decided exactly how it will proceed with getting the system up and running, but that, too, needs to be a priority because federal penalties still are being assessed as long as the system is not in place.

South Carolina needs to find a cost-effective way to fulfill its obligations under the 1988 law, and soon. A lot of money already has been wasted, and we need to be careful to not throw good money after bad. Finally, lawmakers and taxpayers need to hold accountable those who were responsible for finishing this project in a timely manner.

SEPT. 29

The Herald-Journal of Spartanburg on domestic violence: South Carolina again finds itself at the top of a deplorable list. And it’s past time for the people of the Palmetto State to do something about it.

According to the Violence Policy Center’s annual report, South Carolina leads the nation in the rate of women killed by men, up from No. 2 the previous year. The state’s rate of 2.54 women killed per 100,000 peo-

ple in 2011 was more than twice the national average.

Of the 61 victims who died in South Carolina in 2011, 33 were killed by their husband, common-law-husband, ex-husband, boyfriend or ex-boyfriend. Four of those reported deaths occurred in Spartanburg County.

Domestic violence has long plagued our state. Business is booming at SAFE Homes Rape Crisis Coalition, which received 6,000 referrals for assistance last year. The agency sheltered 340 women and children in 2012, a 9 percent increase over 2011.

August was a record month, with 45 people staying at the shelter.

There are social and cultural reasons for the blight of domestic violence in this state. ...

Compounding the problem are deals that allow offenders to plead guilty to lesser offenses.

While such deals are great for conviction rates, they allow potentially dangerous people to get back on the streets much sooner.

Lawmakers return to Columbia in January, and they should be compelled to pass legislation creating sentencing guidelines that recognize victims of domestic violence for what they are. ...

It’s past time for South Carolina residents to stop shrugging off these numbers year after year. We must push our lawmakers to change the laws regarding domestic violence. We must demand better from our social institutions, and as a society, we must hold each other accountable for making sure that male South Carolinians aren’t killing female South Carolinians.

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TUOMEY from Page A1 pending appeal. The board is and will continue to be open to settlement,” Brabham said.

“Please know that patient care, safety and the health of the Sumter community remain Tuomey’s No. 1 focus. Our employees do an incredible job of taking care of our patients, and that will not change.”

United States District Attorney Norman Acker, the lead prosecutor in the federal lawsuit, said he could not comment on the case but could only confirm the figure reached in Seymour’s judgment.

The judge’s ruling comes less than a week after Tuomey announced its CEO, Jay Cox; vice president, Gregg Martin; and Nexsen Pruet — the law firm representing Tuomey — had all announced their planned departures from the hospital. At the time, this was viewed as a move possibly clearing the way for a settlement in the case.

All of this comes some four months after a federal jury found Tuomey violated Stark Law and the False Claims Act and collected more than $39.3 million in fraudulent Medicare claims between 2005 and 2009.

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Dr. Michael Drakeford, stemmed from lucrative part-time contracts to which Tuomey signed 19 local doctors in exchange for those doctors’ exclusive services. It was these contracts, Tuomey argued during the trial, that were offered based on the advice the hospital received from Nexsen Pruet, that the jury ultimately found were illegal and therefore caused the Medicare fraud.

Drakeford could not be reached for comment Tuesday.

And while the judgment calls for a $276 million payment, there is a possibility that figure could decrease, even without a potential settlement. Previously, federal prosecutors had sought only the $237 million figure.

“The Government contends that it does not seek duplicative relief and states that, once the Government’s judgment under the FCA becomes final and unappealable, $39,313,065 of the alternative judgment under Counts IV and V, as well as the associated interest payment, would be subsumed within the FCA judgment,” Seymour recognized in her ruling.

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officers outside the home and told them she thought her son and nephew were dead.

The sheriff said investigators had recently identified a “corroborating witness” who lead them to bring the charges against Colclough and said he hopes others will now come forward to shed more light on the incident.

“I commend our investigators on their diligence in this case,” he said, “but we’re still investigating, so people should contact us” if they have more information on Chatman and Holmes’s deaths.

Dennis said he spoke to the victim’s mother earlier Tuesday to inform her of Colclough’s arrest for the death of her son.

“Of course, it can’t replace their loved ones, but it gives the family some closure in the case,” Dennis said.

Anyone with information about the killing of Reyshaun Holmes and Willie Chatman is asked to contact the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office at (803) 436-2000.

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“Without giving away too much, we were able to get some new information that led to an arrest,” Dennis said, adding the investigation into the killings is still ongoing.

“We don’t rule out the possibility of other arrests being made,” Dennis said.

Investigators think the killings were drug related because of the presence of drugs inside the house, which at the time of the shooting had no electricity and sat in an area with several abandoned homes.

Dennis thinks the crime may have been a robbery gone wrong.

“It’s not uncommon to see robberies in places where drugs are distributed, but killing them is,” he said.

Law enforcement was initially called to the scene when a 23-year-old man, who was also inside the home, fled the scene after he said he heard a loud disturbance and gunshots in the living room and called Holmes’ mother. She flagged down

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Martin excited about team’s spirit

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press COLUMBIA — Frank Martin pleased with new players and the renewed spirit he’s seen early on at South Carolina basketball workouts.

The second year coach brought in seven freshmen to the roster and will add Villanova transfer guard Tyrone Johnson in MARTIN mid-December. And so far, Martin likes the upgrade in ability and potential he sees from the younger players. He’s also enjoying the spirited workouts filled with chatter and

shouting among players, something the Gamecocks didn’t have much of at times during a 14-18 season.

“I went home and I was extremely excited about our possibilities,” Martin said Tuesday. “There were times during our first season that you thought you were in a morgue. And that’s not taking a shot at guys, that’s the truth because they trying to figure out what I want.”

These guys, especially the handful of returnees, understand Martin and his system much better than a year ago and have prepped the new players on that throughout the offseason.

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South Carolina guard Brenton Williams (1) is one of only two seniors on the Gamecock roster this year.

Head coach Frank Martin has brought in seven freshmen after going 14-18 last season, his first year at the school.

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Williams, McGinnis, Lee earn POTW honors

BY DENNIS BRUNON dennisb@theitem.com

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South Carolina quarterback Connor Shaw, left, who injured his right throwing shoulder in the first quarter of the Gamecocks’ 28-25 victory over Central Florida on Saturday could play against Kentucky this weekend. USC head coach Steve Spurrier would not say whether Shaw or Dylan Thompson, right, will start against the Wildcats.

USC has QB questions Shaw practicing after injury, could play against UK

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press

SEC SHOWDOWN

COLUMBIA — Injured South Carolina quarterback Connor Shaw could play when the 13thranked Gamecocks against Kentucky on Saturday night.

At least coach Steve Spurrier believes he could.

Shaw, who injured his shoulder SPURRIER against Saturday against UCF, was expected to be out up to three weeks. But Shaw practiced Monday night and Spurrier said he watched the QB throw the ball about 60 yards. If his progress continues, Shaw

WHO: University of Kentucky (1-3, 0-1 SEC) at South Carolina (3-1, 1-1 SEC) WHEN: Saturday, 7:30 p.m.

WHERE: Williams-Brice Stadium TV/RADIO: ESPN3, WIBZ-FM 95.5, WNKT-FM 107.5

could start when the Gamecocks (3-1, 1-1 Southeastern Conference) host Kentucky (1-3, 0-1).

Spurrier had no explanation for Shaw’s quick return other than maybe the QB’s injury was not as serious as initially believed.

“Our trainer had him out two to three weeks,” Spurrier said.

“You’ll have to ask our trainers how he made such a miraculous recovery.”

Shaw left the UCF game early, was taken to the locker room and returned with his right, throwing arm in a sling and ice on what looked like a badly damaged shoulder. But like several other times in the senior’s college career, it appears that Shaw will shake off any pain and get back to work.

He had sustained an injury to the same shoulder in the 2012 season opener at Vanderbilt, yet returned late in the game to lead SEE USC, PAGE B4

Stallions turn focus to Andrews in region play

BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER mchristopher@theitem.com Lee Central High School’s offense has been stagnant the past couple of football games and that will have to change if it wants to start its Region VII-2A schedule with a victory.

TURNER LC is coming off a 21-0 shutout at the hands of Central Pageland after scoring just six points in a loss to Lakewood and being shut

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

WILLIAMS Offensive Player Name: Ty’Son Williams School: Crestwood Position: Running Back Highlights: Williams rushed for 208 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries in the Knights’ 41-13 victory over Lake City. Williams also caught one pass for 32 yards.

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Defensive Player Name: Sullie Lee School: East Clarendon Position: Linebacker Highlights: Lee had nine solo tackles, seven assists and one quarterback sack in the Wolverines’ 42-6 victory over Creek Bridge.

Offensive Lineman Name: Thomas McGinnis School: Wilson Hall Position: Tackle Highlights: McGinnis graded out at 92 percent and had two knockdown blocks in the Barons’ 49-0 victory over Porter-Gaud.

WH had 489 yards of total offense, including 328 on the ground.

The players will be honored at the weekly breakfast meeting of The Sumter Touchdown Club on Friday. The meeting will be held at the Quality Inn on Broad Street beginning at 7:15 a.m.

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press

FRIDAY Thomas Sumter at Hilton Head Christian, 7 p.m.

Sumter at Richland Northeast, 7:30 p.m.

Crestwood at Darlington, 7:30 p.m.

Lakewood at Manning, 7:30 p.m.

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

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

Wilson Hall at Orangeburg Prep, 7:30 p.m.

Laurence Manning at Augusta Christian, 7:30 p.m.

Robert E. Lee at Trinity-Byrnes, 7:30 p.m.

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

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SEE STALLIONS, PAGE B6

SEE HONORS, PAGE B6

Swinney pleased with Clemson’s balance

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out by defending 3A state champion Hartsville.

“I thought the defense

After losing to South Florence 54-7 for its first defeat of the football season, Crestwood High School couldn’t wait to get back on the field last Friday against Lake City.

“We didn’t expect that,” Knights running back Ty’Son Williams said of the blowout loss after starting the year 3-0. “We didn’t come out prepared for that game.

“We played good against Lake City and it started with the week of practice we had.”

And it ended with the game that Williams had. The junior running back rushed for 208 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries and had one reception for 32 yards in Crestwood’s 41-13 victory. Because of his efforts, Williams has been selected as The

Item Offensive Player of the Week.

East Clarendon outside linebacker Sullie Lee is the Defensive Player of the Week, while Wilson Hall offensive tackle is the Offensive Lineman of the Week. The trio will be honored at weekly meeting of the Sumter Touchdown Club on Friday at the Quality Inn at 2355 Broad Street beginning at 7:15 a.m.

The guest speaker will be Penn Wagers, the director of officials for the Southeastern Conference.

Williams is off to an outstanding start, averaging 160 yards a game. He has rushed for 800 yards and nine TDs on 81 carries. The junior is getting interest from North Carolina State, Florida State, Tennessee, Duke and Appalachian State.

“He played well for us (against Lake City),”

Clemson running back Zac Brooks (24) runs for a touchdown in the Tigers’ 56-7 victory over Wake Forest on Saturday. The third-ranked Tigers have established a balance on both sides of the football in their 4-0 start.

Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables knows what it means when he sees a complete effort on all sides of the ball like the third-ranked SWINNEY Tigers displayed against Wake Forest.

“In my experiences, when you’re like that you’re hard to beat when you complement each other,” Venables

said.

Right now, Clemson (4-0, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) looks awfully hard to beat.

The Tigers led 21-0 less than 8 minutes in, 35-7 at the half and the backups closed out their fifth straight win over the Demon Deacons.

Clemson held Wake Forest to 222 yards, just 80 of that in the second half.

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said Sunday he’s grateful for victory whether it’s by a point or SEE TIGERS, PAGE B4

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SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO TODAY 1 p.m. -- NASCAR Racing: K&N Pro Series East North American Power 100 from Loudon, N.H. (FOX SPORTS 1).

2:30 p.m. -- International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Match from Donetsk, Ukraine -- Manchester United vs. Shakhtar Donetsk (FOX SPORTS 1).

2:30 p.m. -- International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Match from Turin, Italy -- Galatasaray vs. Juventus (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

5:45 p.m. -- Middle School Football: Fairfield Central at Lugoff-Elgin (WPUB-FM 102.7).

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

7 p.m. -- Women’s College Volleyball: Missouri at Arkansas (ESPNU).

8 p.m. -- NHL Hockey: Buffalo at Detroit (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

8 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: American League Playoffs Wild Card Game -- Tampa Bay at Cleveland (TBS).

9 p.m. -- Women’s College Volleyball: Texas at Baylor (ESPNU).

3 a.m. -- LPGA Golf: Reignwood Classic First Round from Beijing (GOLF).

PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Varsity Cross Country Manning, Wilson Hall, Thomas Sumter at Heathwood Hall, 5 p.m.

Middle School Football Furman at Bates, 5 p.m.

Mayewood at Chestnut Oaks, 5 p.m.

Ebenezer at Hillcrest, 5 p.m.

Varsity Girls Tennis Trinity-Byrnes at Robert E. Lee, 4 p.m.

Manning at Spring Valley, 4:30 p.m.

Varsity Volleyball Sumter at Brookland-Cayce, 7 p.m.

Lake City at Lee Central, 6:30 p.m.

Williamsburg at Robert E. Lee, 5 p.m.

Junior Varsity Volleyball Sumter at Brookland-Cayce, 7 p.m.

Lakewood at East Clarendon, 5:30 p.m.

Williamsburg at Robert E. Lee, 4 p.m.

TOP 25 SCHEDULE The Associated Press (Subject to change) Thursday, Oct. 3 No. 12 UCLA at Utah, 10 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 5 No. 1 Alabama vs. Georgia State, 12:21 p.m.

No. 2 Oregon at Colorado, 6 p.m.

No. 3 Clemson at Syracuse, 3:30 p.m.

No. 4 Ohio State at No. 16 Northwestern, 8 p.m.

No. 5 Stanford vs. No. 15 Washington, 10:30 p.m.

No. 6 Georgia at Tennessee, 3:30 p.m.

No. 7 Louisville at Temple, Noon No. 8 Florida State vs. No. 25 Maryland, Noon No. 10 LSU at Mississippi State, 7 p.m.

No. 11 Oklahoma vs. TCU, 7 p.m.

No. 13 South Carolina vs. Kentucky, 7:30 p.m.

No. 14 Miami vs. Georgia Tech, 3:30 p.m.

No. 17 Baylor vs. West Virginia, 8 p.m.

No. 18 Florida vs. Arkansas, 7 p.m.

No. 19 Michigan vs. Minnesota, 3:30 p.m.

No. 20 Texas Tech at Kansas, Noon No. 21 Oklahoma State vs. Kansas State, 3:30 p.m.

No. 22 Arizona State vs. Notre Dame at Arlington, Texas, 7:30 p.m.

No. 23 Fresno State at Idaho, 5 p.m.

No. 24 Mississippi at Auburn, 7 p.m.

NASCAR LEADERS The Associated Press Through Sept. 29 Points 1, Matt Kenseth, 2,149. 2, Jimmie Johnson, 2,141. 3, Kyle Busch, 2,137. 4, Kevin Harvick, 2,110. 5, Jeff Gordon, 2,110. 6, Greg Biffle, 2,108. 7, Ryan Newman, 2,101. 8, Clint Bowyer, 2,098. 9, Kurt Busch, 2,094.

10, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 2,092. 11, Carl Edwards, 2,084. 12, Joey Logano, 2,083. 13, Kasey Kahne, 2,071. 14, Jamie McMurray, 819. 15, Brad Keselowski, 799. 16, Martin Truex Jr., 781. 17, Paul Menard, 768. 18, Aric Almirola, 741. 19, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 727.

20, Jeff Burton, 724.

Money 1, Jimmie Johnson, $7,544,503. 2, Kyle Busch, $5,892,739. 3, Matt Kenseth, $5,731,234. 4, Kevin Harvick, $5,247,766. 5, Brad Keselowski, $5,199,768. 6, Carl Edwards, $4,935,804. 7, Jeff Gordon, $4,789,347. 8, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $4,718,583. 9, Ryan Newman, $4,714,365.

10, Joey Logano, $4,666,561. 11, Martin Truex Jr., $4,561,214. 12, Clint Bowyer, $4,550,370. 13, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., $4,431,202. 14, Kasey Kahne, $4,392,339.

| 15, Kurt Busch, $4,254,548. 16, Aric Almirola, $4,167,034. 17, Greg Biffle, $4,116,524.

18, Jamie McMurray, $4,047,418. 19, Juan Pablo Montoya, $4,032,230. 20, Paul Menard, $3,932,757.

NFL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 4 0 0 1.000 89 57 Miami 3 1 0 .750 91 91 N.Y. Jets 2 2 0 .500 68 88 Buffalo 2 2 0 .500 88 93 South W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis 3 1 0 .750 105 51 Tennessee 3 1 0 .750 98 69 Houston 2 2 0 .500 90 105 Jacksonville 0 4 0 .000 31 129 North W L T Pct PF PA Baltimore 2 2 0 .500 91 87 Cleveland 2 2 0 .500 64 70 Cincinnati 2 2 0 .500 81 81 Pittsburgh 0 4 0 .000 69 110 West W L T Pct PF PA Denver 4 0 0 1.000 179 91 Kansas City 4 0 0 1.000 102 41 San Diego 2 2 0 .500 108 102 Oakland 1 3 0 .250 71 91 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Dallas 2 2 0 .500 104 85 Philadelphia 1 3 0 .250 99 138 Washington 1 3 0 .250 91 112 N.Y. Giants 0 4 0 .000 61 146 South W L T Pct PF PA New Orleans 4 0 0 1.000 108 55 Carolina 1 2 0 .333 68 36 Atlanta 1 3 0 .250 94 104 Tampa Bay 0 4 0 .000 44 70 North W L T Pct PF PA Detroit 3 1 0 .750 122 101 Chicago 3 1 0 .750 127 114 Green Bay 1 2 0 .333 96 88 Minnesota 1 3 0 .250 115 123 West W L T Pct PF PA Seattle 4 0 0 1.000 109 47 San Francisco 2 2 0 .500 79 95 Arizona 2 2 0 .500 69 89 St. Louis 1 3 0 .250 69 121 Thursday’s Game San Francisco 35, St. Louis 11 Sunday’s Games Kansas City 31, N.Y. Giants 7 Seattle 23, Houston 20, OT Buffalo 23, Baltimore 20 Arizona 13, Tampa Bay 10 Indianapolis 37, Jacksonville 3 Cleveland 17, Cincinnati 6 Detroit 40, Chicago 32 Minnesota 34, Pittsburgh 27 Tennessee 38, N.Y. Jets 13 Washington 24, Oakland 14 San Diego 30, Dallas 21 Denver 52, Philadelphia 20 New England 30, Atlanta 23 Open: Carolina, Green Bay Monday’s Game New Orleans 38, Miami 17 Thursday, Oct. 3 Buffalo at Cleveland, 8:25 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 6 Detroit at Green Bay, 1 p.m.

New Orleans at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Kansas City at Tennessee, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

New England at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

Seattle at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

Baltimore at Miami, 1 p.m.

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

Carolina at Arizona, 4:05 p.m.

Denver at Dallas, 4:25 p.m.

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

San Diego at Oakland, 11:35 p.m.

Open: Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay, Washington Monday, Oct. 7 N.Y. Jets at Atlanta, 8:40 p.m.

WNBA FINALS The Associated Press (x-if necessary) FINALS (Best-of-5) Sunday, Oct. 6: Atlanta at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 8: Atlanta at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 10: Minnesota at Atlanta, 8:30 p.m. x-Sunday, Oct. 13: Minnesota at Atlanta, 8 p.m. x-Wenesday, Oct. 16: Atlanta at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2013

Cashman: Yankees want Girardi back

BY RONALD BLUM The Associated Press NEW YORK — If anything, the Yankees like Joe Girardi even more now than when they hired him to manage the team six years ago.

General manager Brian Cashman praised Girardi’s handling of the team during a disappointing season and is about to offer him a new contract.

“He knows we’d like to have him stay and continue as manager of the New York Yankees as we move forward,” Cashman said Tuesday. “I feel we hired a good one. He’s been a world champion player for us. He’s been a coach, a broadcaster and obviously a world champion manager. So we’ve benefited from having him and we’d like to do that going forward, but we’ll have to speak with him and see how it plays out.”

Girardi has led the Yankees to a 564-408 record and a World Series title. Crippled by injuries, New York had its poorest season since 1992, missing the playoffs for the second time in 19 years and finishing tied for third in the AL East at 8577.

Cashman met Girardi for coffee on Monday, a day after New York’s season ended, and plans to have lunch Wednesday in New York with Girardi’s agent, Steve Mandell.

“We’re entering the sensitive conversations that will either lead to a deal or lead us to the understanding that there won’t be a deal,” Cashman said.

Girardi won out over Don Mattingly to replace Joe Torre after the 2007 season and was given a $7.8 million, three-year contract. He is completing a $9 million, three-year deal.

The Chicago Cubs may be interested in Girardi after firing manager Dale Sveum. Girardi grew up in Illinois, went to Northwestern and played for the Cubs. But Girardi is under contract through October, and Cashman wouldn’t say whether he would give the Cubs permission to speak with the manager.

“I think he likes it here,” Cashman said. “We’re going to give him a real good reason to stay, and he’s earned that through his six years with us so far.”

Heading into the offseason, the Yankees face numerous

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New York Yankees relief pitcher Mariano Rivera, left, talks to manager Joe Girardi in the dugout. Now with Rivera and Andy Pettitte retired the Yankees will look to bring back Girardi as their manager by offering him a new contract soon. Girardi has led the Yankees to a 564-408 record.

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questions, especially about their pitching staff and infield.

Mariano Rivera and Andy Pettitte are retiring. Second baseman Robinson Cano is a free agent, as are pitcher Hiroki Kuroda and outfielder Curtis Granderson.

Shortstop Derek Jeter played just 17 games this year after breaking an ankle last October and third baseman Alex Rodriguez didn’t return from offseason hip surgery until August, and he may have to serve a lengthy drug suspension next season.

Cano, a five-time All-Star who turns 31 on Oct, 22, can become a free agent after the World Series and may be seeking a 10-year deal worth $305 million or more.

Cashman will meet with the Yankees’ professional scouts starting Monday to formulate his offseason plan.

“We’d love to have Robby back,” Cashman said. “He’s been a great Yankee. I think if he stays he has a legitimate chance to experience what you just saw for instance a little bit from Mariano, where maybe he has a chance to be the first Dominican-born player to be in

Monument Park.”

Cashman also said it’s unclear whether the Yankees will be able to get under next year’s $189 million luxury tax threshold, which includes about $177 million for player salaries.

“It’s not a mandate. It’s a goal that we have if it’s possible,” Cashman said. “There’s a lot of benefits to staying under that, but it’s not a mandate if it’s at the expense of a championship run. It just depends on what the opportunities are before us, and the costs associated with it.”

He also plans to address the Yankees’ lack of power this season. Injuries and the departures of Raul Ibanez, Nick Swisher, Russell Martin and Eric Chavez as free agents caused home runs to dropped from a team-record 245 last year to 144, the Yankees’ fewest in a non-shortened season since they hit 130 in 1989. Not counting strike years, it was the largest falloff in baseball history, topping a decrease of 96 for the 1988 Chicago Cubs.

“We love guys with plate discipline and power from the offensive side. And that’s been our history, and that’s been our philosophy for a long time that’s worked,” he said. “We got derailed this year by decisionmaking as well as injuries.

They’re all my responsibility, and the best we could produce unfortunately was an 85-win team. That’s not Yankee standards.”

Dover defeat leaves Earnhardt with bitter taste

BY JENNA FRYER The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — Dale Earnhardt Jr. chased Jimmie Johnson around Dover International Speedway, only to see his teammate grab his record-setting eighth victory at the Monster Mile.

Earnhardt settled for second, his winless streak swelling to 48 races. For those keeping track, that’s just two wins in the 207 races since Earnhardt joined Johnson at Hendrick Motorsports in 2008.

So as Johnson grabbed that milestone victory, pulling within eight points of leader Matt Kenseth in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship, more than one skeptical fan wondered if Earnhardt had given less than 100 percent in the closing laps to allow his teammate to win.

Not a chance.

Disappointment oozed from Earnhardt immediately after the race. It was in his voice as he crossed the finish line, and he sounded deflated as he radioed the No. 88 team.

“He’s just so damn fast around here. I don’t know what else I could have done,” Earnhardt said. “I hate losing ‘em like that.”

He should.

He doesn’t get many chanc-

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Dale Earnhardt Jr. was left with a runner-up finish on Sunday at Dover after winning the pole while his teammate Jimmie Johnson won for the a record-setting 8th time.

es like he had Sunday.

Prior to Sunday, he’d led only 165 laps this season and had just five other top-five finishes.

But at Dover, crew chief Steve Letarte gave him a fast Chevrolet from the very start: Earnhardt was the surprising pole-winner and was in control the first half of the race. Earnhardt led 80 laps at Dover and clearly had a car capable of winning.

Then came his own error — one that cost him dearly.

Earnhardt was headed to pit road for a routine stop under green when he missed the commitment cone to pit lane,

and was unable to make his scheduled stop. He had to take an extra lap around the track, and the miscalculation dropped him from first to eighth, a whopping 9.3 seconds behind Johnson.

“We had the lead, gave up the lead. Jimmie had the lead and was able to take advantage of that clean air when it counted,” Earnhardt lamented. “If I had not given up that track position, had a smart enough race to keep the lead when it counted right at the end, we might have won the race. It would have been hard to get by us, just like it was to get by Jimmie.”

That’s part of the reason why

Earnhardt took Sunday’s defeat so hard. You don’t have to be perfect to win races, but you have to be pretty darn close.

Self-inflicted errors are going to hurt every single time.

Johnson, with his five Cup titles, doesn’t make many mistakes. Especially not when the stakes are at their highest. He pounced when Earnhardt erred, and when a debris caution with 29 laps to go sent everybody to pit road one last time, a strategic call by Letarte still didn’t make a difference.

Johnson crew chief Chad Knaus called for only two new tires, but Letarte gave Earnhardt four. The No. 88 crew made the change fast enough to get Earnhardt off pit road in fourth, and the excitement in their voices was palpable as they realized they were the first car with four new tires.

Maybe, just maybe, Earnhardt could run down Johnson for his first victory since Michigan in 2012.

“I thought that four tires were going to be enough to get him,” Earnhardt said. “But he is just that fast around here.”

But had he ever made it to Johnson’s bumper?

“I was definitely going to do whatever I could to win if I could get within reach. I just couldn’t get to him,” Earnhardt shrugged.

The upside is that it was the second consecutive strong run for Earnhardt, who opened the 10-race Chase with a blown engine at Chicago. He rallied last week with a sixth-place finish at New Hampshire, where he led 17 laps, and his runner-up finish at Dover has moved him to 10th in the 13-driver Chase field.

He won’t win the championship this year. But there’s no shame in that — it’s practically a three-driver race already, with Kenseth, Johnson and Kyle Busch in a different league from the rest of the field.

But this is Earnhardt’s 14th full season at NASCAR’s highest level and he’ll celebrate his 39th birthday next week qualifying at Charlotte Motor Speedway, where he couldn’t race last season because of a concussion.

He’s got a lot of pride, and he knows the clock is ticking on a career that has failed to live up to the expectations set by his rabid fan base.

Earnhardt, though, is never going to be a seven-time champion like his father, the 76-race winner.

He’s just going to be Dale Earnhardt Jr., a guy who fights hard for what he can get on the race track, and shows us just how much it hurts when he comes up short.

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Braves reclaim once-familiar title: division champ

BY PAUL NEWBERRY The Associated Press ATLANTA — This used to be the norm.

The Braves winning a division title was ho-hum news.

Not anymore.

For the first time in eight years, Atlanta heads into the postseason as a division champion, having coasted to the top of the NL East while the Washington Nationals stumbled and three other rivals — Philadelphia, the New York Mets and Miami — finished a combined 68 games under .500.

The Braves certainly benefited from weak competition, but they deserve plenty of kudos for going 96-66 despite a rash of injuries (seven players are out for the year) and hideous seasons from two of their key offensive players.

Dan Uggla and B.J. Upton, who between them are making more than $25 million this season, both hit under .200 and lost their starting jobs. Journeyman Elliot Johnson, acquired on waivers back in August,

and rookie slugger Evan Gattis are expected to start when the Braves host the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the NL Division Series on Thursday night.

“I’m proud of a good season,” manager Fredi Gonzalez said. “It’s a hell of an accomplishment for our club. Now the fun begins. I think we’re going to be OK.” The Braves’ blueprint was roughly the same as their unprecedented run of 14 straight division titles, which began in 1991 and finally ended after the 2005 season.

Pitching has always been the name of the game in Atlanta.

No different this season.

The Braves had the best ERA in baseball (3.18), relying heavily on young starters Kris Medlen, Julio Teheran and Mike Minor and perhaps the most surefire closer in the game, Craig Kimbrel, who had a NLleading 50 saves.

“Hey, they’re young, but they’re going to have to grow up sooner or later,” Gonzalez said. “I don’t think there’s a No. 1 ace, and I’m OK with it.

Maybe we have five No. 3s.”

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Atlanta catcher Gerald Laird, left, and pitcher Craig Kimbrel (46) celebrate after the Braves’ 12-5 victory over Philadelphia on Sunday to end the regular season. The Braves won the National League East title for the first time in eight seasons.

Medlen (15-12, 3.11) is expected to start Game 1.

He is riding a streak of five straight wins, even as the Braves stumbled down the stretch.

“I feel like he can go toe to toe with anybody,” Braves third baseman Chris Johnson said.

Atlanta made the division championship a priority after losing to the St. Louis Cardinals in a disputed, one-and-done wild-card game last season. But the franchise’s reputation for postseason flops remains very much in play.

The Braves captured

only one World Series crown while winning all those division titles. They are currently mired in a streak of seven straight playoff series losses since 2001, and a poor final month — 13 wins in 27 games — has most of the so-called experts picking the Dodgers to keep that misery going.

Atlanta will certainly need solid pitching against a Dodgers staff that had baseball’s second-best ERA (3.25) and features an imposing trio at the top of the rotation: Game 1 starter Clayton Kershaw (16-9, 1.83), fol-

Dodgers undecided on Ethier’s playoff role

BY BETH HARRIS The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Andre Ethier may be limited to pinch-hitting duties in the National League division series because of a left ankle ETHIER injury, leaving the Los Angeles Dodgers undecided on whether to include the outfielder on the playoff roster.

Ethier threw and hit but didn’t run during Tuesday’s workout at Dodger Stadium before the team departed for Atlanta, where they will face the Braves in Game 1 on Thursday.

He hasn’t played in the field since Sept. 13 because of an issue similar to shin splints. Ethier said he feels great when he wakes up but as he begins moving around he experiences pain a few inches above his ankle bone.

“We’re just trying to figure out a way for me to contribute anyway I can this first series,” he said. “We’re hoping it’s a hitting role right now.”

Ethier was 1 for 8 as a pinch hitter this season, hitting a tying, two-

run homer in the ninth inning against the Mets on Aug. 14.

“I can hit and throw,” he said.

“Not sure I can hit the way I want to.”

The Dodgers are already down one outfielder for the postseason.

Matt Kemp is out with complications from a sprained left ankle that has him wearing a boot and on crutches for the next month.

Manager Don Mattingly said the team will wait as long as possible to see whether Ethier is healthy enough to run the bases or play the outfield. They could find out at Wednesday’s workout in Atlanta.

“What are we willing to accept and are we willing to set our roster accordingly?” Mattingly said.

If Ethier isn’t ready, Skip Schumaker would likely replace him, having made 17 starts in center field this season.

“I haven’t been told anything yet and Ethier looked pretty good today,” Schumaker said.

Injuries plagued the Dodgers the first few months of the season, when they fell 9 ½ games behind first-place Arizona before getting healthy and rallying to win the NL West with a torrid stretch in July and August. Ethier was playing during that spurt while Kemp was hurt.

Injuries have caught up with them again, though.

Besides Kemp and Ethier, starters Yasiel Puig (bruised left shin) and Hanley Ramirez (back) have nagging concerns. Bench players Jerry Hairston Jr. (back) and Nick Punto (toe) missed games last week, too.

“Everything is just fluid as far as how are you going to use your guys,” Mattingly said.

The pitching staff is intact, with Clayton Kershaw set to start on Thursday followed by Zack Greinke on Friday in the Dodgers’ return to the postseason for the first time in four years.

“They got weapons for all different kinds of hitters,” Mattingly said.

The Dodgers went 2-5 against the Braves, including a threegame sweep in Atlanta in May, when the bullpen gave up leads in each game. Both series were played before the Dodgers’ tear began in late June, not long after Puig was called up from the minors in a move that sparked the spurt.

The Cuban defector hit .319 with 42 RBIs and 19 homers in 104 games, although he tailed off in September.

“The last couple weeks of the season wasn’t as I had hoped, but I hope I can go back to the player I can be,” he said through a translator.

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2013 MLB POSTSEASON The Associated Press WILD CARD Both games televised by TBS Tuesday, Oct. 1: NL: Cincinnati (Cueto 5-2) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 16-8), late Today: AL: Tampa Bay (Cobb 11-3) at Cleveland (Salazar 2-3), 8:07 p.m.

DIVISION SERIES (Best-of-5; x-if necessary) American League Boston vs. Cleveland-Tampa Bay winner Friday, Oct. 4: Cleveland-Tampa Bay winner at Boston, 3:07 p.m. (TBS) Saturday, Oct. 5: Cleveland-Tampa Bay winner at Boston, 5:37 p.m. (TBS) Monday, Oct. 7: Boston at ClevelandTampa Bay winner x-Tuesday, Oct. 8: Boston at ClevelandTampa Bay winner x-Thursday, Oct. 10: Cleveland-Tampa Bay winner at Boston Oakland vs. Detroit Friday, Oct. 4: Detroit at Oakland, 9:37 p.m. (TBS) Saturday, Oct. 5: Detroit at Oakland, 9:07 p.m. (TBS) Monday, Oct. 7: Oakland at Detroit x-Tuesday, Oct. 8: Oakland at Detroit x-Thursday, Oct. 10: Detroit at Oakland National League St. Louis vs. Cincinnati-Pittsburgh winner Thursday, Oct. 3: Cincinnati-Pittsburgh winner at St. Louis, 5:07 p.m. (TBS) Friday, Oct. 4: Cincinnati-Pittsburgh winner at St. Louis, 1:07 p.m. (MLB) Sunday, Oct. 6: St. Louis at CincinnatiPittsburgh winner x-Monday, Oct. 7: St. Louis at CincinnatiPittsburgh winner x-Wednesday Oct. 9: Cincinnati-Pittsburgh winner at St. Louis Atlanta vs. Los Angeles Thursday, Oct. 3: Los Angeles at Atlanta, 8:37 p.m. (TBS) Friday, Oct. 4: Los Angeles at Atlanta, 6:07 p.m. (TBS) Sunday, Oct. 6: Atlanta at Los Angeles x-Monday, Oct. 7: Atlanta at Los Angeles x-Wednesday Oct. 9: Los Angeles at Atlanta LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) American League All games televised by Fox Saturday, Oct. 12: Oakland-Detroit winner

at Boston or Cleveland-Tampa Bay winner at Oakland-Detroit winner Sunday, Oct. 13: Oakland-Detroit winner at Boston or Cleveland-Tampa Bay winner at Oakland-Detroit winner Tuesday, Oct. 15: Boston at Oakland-Detroit winner or Oakland-Detroit winner at Cleveland-Tampa Bay winner Wednesday, Oct. 16: Boston at OaklandDetroit winner or Oakland-Detroit winner at Cleveland-Tampa Bay winner x-Thursday, Oct. 17: Boston at OaklandDetroit winner or Oakland-Detroit winner at Cleveland-Tampa Bay winner x-Saturday, Oct. 19: Oakland-Detroit winner at Boston or Cleveland-Tampa Bay winner at Oakland-Detroit winner x-Sunday, Oct. 20: Oakland-Detroit winner at Boston or Cleveland-Tampa Bay winner at Oakland-Detroit winner National League All games televised by TBS Friday, Oct. 11: Atlanta-Los Angeles winner at St. Louis or Cincinnati-Pittsburgh winner at Atlanta-Los Angeles winner Saturday, Oct. 12: Atlanta-Los Angeles winner at St. Louis or Cincinnati-Pittsburgh winner at Atlanta-Los Angeles winner Monday, Oct. 14: St. Louis at Atlanta-Los Angeles winner or Atlanta-Los Angeles winner at Cincinnati-Pittsburgh winner Tuesday, Oct. 15: St. Louis at Atlanta-Los Angeles winner or Atlanta-Los Angeles winner at Cincinnati-Pittsburgh winner x-Wednesday, Oct. 16: St. Louis at Atlanta-Los Angeles winner or Atlanta-Los Angeles winner at Cincinnati-Pittsburgh winner x-Friday, Oct. 18: Atlanta-Los Angeles winner at St. Louis or Cincinnati-Pittsburgh winner at Atlanta-Los Angeles winner x-Saturday, Oct. 19: Atlanta-Los Angeles winner at St. Louis or Cincinnati-Pittsburgh winner at Atlanta-Los Angeles winner WORLD SERIES (Best-of-7) All games televised by Fox Wednesday, Oct. 23: at AL Thursday, Oct. 24: at AL Saturday, Oct. 26: at NL Sunday, Oct. 27: at NL x-Monday, Oct. 28: at NL x-Wednesday, Oct. 30: at AL x-Thursday, Oct. 31: at AL

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BY TOM WITHERS The Associated Press CLEVELAND — Sporting sunglasses, a teal shirt and a backpack hanging from his shoulder, Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon looked like a tourist as he arrived late for his news conference.

Maddon didn’t have time to slip into his uniform and had a valid excuse. The Rays have been on the road.

In the past week, they’ve gone from Tampa to New York to Toronto to Texas to Cleveland, a journey covering 3,627 miles.

On Wednesday night, the Rays hope to book a trip to Boston.

Getting a complete game from starter David Price, Tampa Bay beat Texas 5-2 in a tiebreaker on Monday night, earning the Rays a wild-card spot for the third time in four years and a chance to face the Indians, making their first appearance in October since 2007.

Forced to win almost every day down the stretch as they went neck-and-neck-and-neck with the Indians and Rangers in a thrilling wild-card scramble in the final weeks of September, the Rays won in Toronto on Sunday before traveling deep in the heart of Texas and

lowed by Zack Greinke and Hyun-Jin Ryu. “It’s going to boil down to pitching,” Gonzalez said. “We have to milk out a run here or there.”

There’s no doubt about the ace of the Braves offense.

First baseman Freddie Freeman should be in the hunt for MVP after the best season of his career — .319 with 23 homers and 109 RBIs to lead an offense that heavy on strikeouts (1,354, tied for third-most in baseball) and batted just .249 overall.

Chris Johnson was the

biggest surprise, hitting .321 with 68 RBIs after being a throw-in to the trade that brought Justin Upton from Arizona. Gattis was close behind in that category, surprisingly making the team as a non-roster player in spring training and leading all rookies with 65 RBIs while hitting 21 homers.

Identifying the biggest disappointments is easy.

Upton, who signed a five-year, $75.25 million contract last winter and was united with his younger brother in what was supposed to be a potent 1-2 punch, couldn’t have been much worse.

He hit .184 with a puny nine homers and 26 RBIs, one of the worst seasons ever from such a prominent free-agent signee.

Then there was Uggla, who was so desperate to turn things around that he had eye surgery late in the season. It didn’t help. His average was even lower than Upton’s (.179), though he did account for 22 homers and 55 RBIs on those rare times he got his bat on the ball.

Both played so poorly that Gonzalez had little choice except to drop them from the lineup.

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surviving a win-or-go-home scenario.

“I’ll tell you what,” said Maddon, whose team went 14-5 after Sept. 12. “We’ve already played this wild-card game a couple times. We did it in Toronto a couple days ago. We did it yesterday in Texas, and we’re going to come here tomorrow and do it again. I don’t know if there’s a battle-tested component to that, if you get immune to whatever that pressure is and you go play.”

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE The Associated Press (Subject to change) Thursday, Oct. 3 SOUTH W. Kentucky (3-2) at Louisiana-Monroe (2-3), 7:30 p.m.

MIDWEST Texas (2-2) at Iowa St. (1-2), 7:30 p.m.

FAR WEST UCLA (3-0) at Utah (3-1), 10 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 4 FAR WEST BYU (2-2) at Utah St. (3-2), 8 p.m.

Nevada (3-2) at San Diego St. (1-3), 9 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 5 EAST Air Force (1-4) at Navy (2-1), 11:30 a.m.

E. Michigan (1-3) at Buffalo (1-2), Noon Lehigh (4-0) at Fordham (5-0), Noon Valparaiso (0-3) at Marist (2-2), Noon Louisville (4-0) at Temple (0-4), Noon New Hampshire (1-2) at Towson (5-0), Noon West Liberty (2-2) at Duquesne (1-2), 12:10 p.m.

Colgate (0-4) at Cornell (1-1), 12:30 p.m.

Army (2-3) at Boston College (2-2), 1 p.m.

St. Francis (Pa.) (1-3) at CCSU (1-4), 1 p.m.

Harvard (2-0) at Holy Cross (2-3), 1 p.m.

Robert Morris (2-2) at Monmouth (NJ) (2-3), 1 p.m.

Dartmouth (1-1) at Penn (1-1), 1 p.m.

Columbia (0-2) at Princeton (0-1), 1 p.m.

Wagner (1-4) at Sacred Heart (5-0), 1 p.m.

William & Mary (3-1) at Villanova (2-2), 1 p.m.

Bucknell (1-2) at Lafayette (0-3), 3:30 p.m.

Delaware (4-1) at Maine (3-1), 3:30 p.m.

Clemson (4-0) at Syracuse (2-2), 3:30 p.m.

Rhode Island (2-3) at Brown (1-1), 6 p.m.

Bryant (3-1) at Stony Brook (1-3), 6 p.m.

SOUTH North Greenville (4-0) at Charleston Southern (4-0), 11 a.m.

Maryland (4-0) at Florida St. (4-0), Noon Gardner-Webb (4-1) at Charlotte (2-2), Noon Ball St. (4-1) at Virginia (2-2), Noon Georgia St. (0-4) at Alabama (4-0), 12:21 p.m.

North Carolina (1-3) at Virginia Tech (4-1), 12:30 p.m.

Morehead St. (1-4) at Campbell (1-2), 1 p.m.

NC Central (2-2) at Howard (1-3), 1 p.m.

Florida A&M (1-3) at Morgan St. (0-5), 1 p.m.

Savannah St. (1-4) at Norfolk St. (1-3), 1 p.m.

South Alabama (2-2) at Troy (2-3), 1 p.m.

Elon (1-4) at Furman (2-2), 1:30 p.m.

Albany (NY) (1-4) at James Madison (3-2), 1:30 p.m.

Presbyterian (1-2) at Wofford (2-2), 1:30 p.m.

MVSU (0-4) at Alabama A&M (2-3), 2 p.m.

Bethune-Cookman (3-1) at Delaware St. (1-3), 2 p.m.

UTSA (2-3) at Marshall (2-2), 2 p.m.

Appalachian St. (1-2) at The Citadel (1-4), 2 p.m.

Warner (0-3) at Alcorn St. (3-2), 3 p.m.

Georgia Southern (3-1) at Samford (2-2), 3 p.m.

FAU (1-4) at UAB (1-3), 3 p.m.

Jacksonville St. (4-0) at UT-Martin (3-1), 3 p.m.

Georgia Tech (3-1) at Miami (4-0), 3:30 p.m.

East Carolina (3-1) at Middle Tennessee (3-2), 3:30 p.m.

NC A&T (3-0) vs. SC State (2-2) at Atlanta, 3:30 p.m.

Georgia (3-1) at Tennessee (3-2), 3:30 p.m.

North Texas (2-2) at Tulane (3-2), 3:30 p.m.

NC State (3-1) at Wake Forest (2-3), 3:30 p.m.

Tennessee Tech (3-2) at Murray St. (2-2), 4 p.m.

FIU (0-4) at Southern Miss. (0-4), 4 p.m.

UCF (3-1) at Memphis (1-2), 4:30 p.m.

W. Carolina (1-3) at Chattanooga (2-2), 6 p.m.

Austin Peay (0-4) at E. Kentucky (2-3), 6 p.m.

Liberty (3-2) at Old Dominion (3-2), 6 p.m.

Mississippi (3-1) at Auburn (3-1), 7 p.m.

Arkansas (3-2) at Florida (3-1), 7 p.m.

Ark.-Pine Bluff (0-4) at Jackson St. (3-2), 7 p.m.

Texas St. (3-1) at Louisiana-Lafayette (2-2), 7 p.m.

LSU (4-1) at Mississippi St. (2-2), 7 p.m.

Cincinnati (3-1) at South Florida (0-4), 7 p.m.

SE Missouri (0-4) at Tennessee St. (3-1), 7 p.m.

Kentucky (1-3) at South Carolina (3-1), 7:30 p.m.

Missouri (4-0) at Vanderbilt (3-2), 7:30 p.m.

Incarnate Word (3-2) at SE Louisiana (2-2), 8 p.m.

MIDWEST Penn St. (3-1) at Indiana (2-2), Noon Michigan St. (3-1) at Iowa (4-1), Noon Texas Tech (4-0) at Kansas (2-1), Noon Illinois (3-1) at Nebraska (3-1), Noon Stetson (1-3) at Butler (3-2), 1 p.m.

Davidson (0-4) at Dayton (2-2), 1 p.m.

Cent. Michigan (1-4) at Miami (Ohio) (0-4), 1 p.m.

Ohio (3-1) at Akron (1-4), 2 p.m.

Jacksonville (2-3) at Drake (1-3), 2 p.m.

W. Illinois (2-2) at Illinois St. (1-3), 3 p.m.

S. Illinois (2-3) at S. Dakota St. (3-1), 3 p.m.

Missouri St. (1-4) at South Dakota (1-2), 3 p.m.

W. Michigan (0-5) at Toledo (2-3), 3 p.m.

Youngstown St. (4-1) at Indiana St. (1-3), 3:05 p.m.

UMass (0-4) at Bowling Green (4-1), 3:30 p.m.

N. Illinois (4-0) at Kent St. (2-3), 3:30 p.m.

Minnesota (4-1) at Michigan (4-0), 3:30 p.m.

N. Iowa (4-0) at N. Dakota St. (3-0), 3:30 p.m.

Ohio St. (5-0) at Northwestern (4-0), 8 p.m.

SOUTHWEST

Rutgers (3-1) at SMU (1-3), Noon Kansas St. (2-2) at Oklahoma St. (3-1), 3:30 p.m.

Rice (2-2) at Tulsa (1-3), 3:30 p.m.

McNeese St. (4-1) at Cent. Arkansas (2-2), 4 p.m.

Prairie View (3-2) vs. Grambling St. (0-5) at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

TCU (2-2) at Oklahoma (4-0), 7 p.m.

Alabama St. (3-2) at Texas Southern (0-4), 7 p.m.

Notre Dame (3-2) vs. Arizona St. (3-1) at Arlington, Texas, 7:30 p.m.

Louisiana Tech (1-4) at UTEP (1-3), 7:30 p.m.

West Virginia (3-2) at Baylor (3-0), 8 p.m.

FAR WEST UC Davis (1-4) at S. Utah (3-1), 3:05 p.m.

Portland St. (3-2) at Montana (3-1), 3:30 p.m.

Washington St. (3-2) at California (1-3), 4 p.m.

Mercer (4-0) at San Diego (2-2), 4 p.m.

North Dakota (1-2) at Idaho St. (2-2), 4:05 p.m.

N. Arizona (3-1) at Montana St. (2-2), 4:05 p.m.

Fresno St. (4-0) at Idaho (1-4), 5 p.m.

Yale (2-0) at Cal Poly (2-2), 5:05 p.m.

Oregon (4-0) at Colorado (2-1), 6 p.m.

New Mexico St. (0-5) at New Mexico (1-3), 7 p.m.

Weber St. (1-4) at E. Washington (2-1), 7:05 p.m.

N. Colorado (1-3) at Sacramento St. (2-3), 9:05 p.m.

Washington (4-0) at Stanford (4-0), 10:30 p.m.

San Jose St. (1-3) at Hawaii (0-4), 11:59 p.m.

Well-rested Orange prep for Boyd, third-ranked Clemson

BY JOHN KEKIS The Associated Press SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse coach Scott Shafer has been thankful for a lot of things during his rookie season.

Namely, his team has bounced back from SHAFER a poor start to win consecutive games. And his program has a lot of buzz around it as ACC play looms.

But don’t forget the schedule makers. They gave the Orange a muchneeded bye as they prepare for their league opener against No. 3 Clemson.

Shafer is definitely thankful for that.

“We’re,” he said Tuesday, “right where we need to be.”

As is Clemson.

The impressive Tigers (4-0, 2-0 ACC) and their leader, Tajh Boyd, come to town on Saturday brimming with confidence. Boyd, just the second ACC quarterback to account for 100 career touchdowns, is shooting this year for a conference

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Syracuse wide receiver Christopher Clark battle for position against a Tulane player. The Orange are looking forward to hosting the third-ranked Clemson Tigers in the Carrier Dome for the first time.

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The Tigers have won their first four games for the second time in Boyd’s three seasons as the starter, and he’s back in sync after two subpar games. He threw for three touchdowns and ran for another in a 56-7 victory over Wake Forest on Saturday. His 311 yards passing and 69 running moved him past Charlie Whitehurst as Clemson’s career total offense leader.

USC from Page B1 a go-ahead touchdown drive in South Carolina’s 17-13 victory.

“I think we all know that he’s the toughest guy a lot of us have seen,” said Dylan Thompson, Shaw’s backup who was expected to start the next two games.

Thompson came in led a secondhalf rally as South Carolina went from trailing 10-0 to grabbing a 28-10 lead.

UCF almost pulled off a comeback of its own, drawing within a field goal with two fourth-quarter touchdowns.

Still, the Gamecocks missed Shaw.

He is fourth in SEC pass efficiency and has thrown six touchdowns without an interception.

Spurrier said he wouldn’t decide on a starting quarterback until later in the week after Shaw’s had more time to work out. Shaw is 20-4 during his career as the Gamecocks’ starter and is only one of two South Carolina quarterbacks (1970s-era quarterback Jeff Grantz is the other) to throw for 3,000 yards and rush for 1,000 yards in a career.

No matter who’s under center, Kentucky coach Mark Stoops knows his defense will have to stop South Carolina’s run game. Tailback Mike Davis leads the SEC with 127 yards rushing a game. His six touchdowns rank second in the league. And the Gamecocks had the SEC offensive lineman of the week its past two games, center Clayton Stadnik against Vanderbilt and left guard A.J. Cann against UCF. “I think if you just look at us as a program, you know, as a defensive guy, if you can’t stop power running teams in this league you got zero chance to win,” Stoops said.

Shaw playing would be a bit of good news for Spurrier after a troubling few

“He’s a great one,” Shafer said. “I don’t think you treat it different than any other game.

It takes a little bit of balance, in my opinion. It’s focusing in and controlling the controllables in an environment where it would be easy to get overly excited to play outside the framework of who you are as an individual player. A lot of teams make the mistake of treating it as a world championship.”

days.

The Gamecocks will be without reserve receiver Shaq Roland for two more games for what the school said is a suspension for violating university rules.

No. 2 tailback Brandon Wilds dislocated is elbow against UCF and is out three-to-four weeks, Spurrier said.

Freshman David Williams, who the team had planned to redshirt, will likely see some action against Kentucky.

Spurrier was again unhappy about South Carolina surrendering points late and the Gamecocks needing to recover an onside kick to hold off UCF. A game earlier, South Carolina led Vanderbilt 28-0 before the Commodores cut the final margin to 35-25.

The coach also wasn’t happy about two of his top defenders in All-American end Jadeveon Clowney and cornerback Victor Hampton being critical of the defense as a whole following the UCF win. Clowney and Hampton didn’t call out individuals, but said the defense was not the same as a year ago and needed to improve.

Spurrier countered Tuesday that unless anyone played a perfect game, they should leave the critiques to coaches. Spurrier said he spoke with the two about that upon returning to campus.

Spurrier, the 1966 Heisman Trophy winner as Florida’s quarterback, said he’d work with defensive backs this week on keeping receivers in front of them.

And Spurrier, sounding very serious, said if South Carolina is holding a two-score lead in the final three minutes or so of the game, he’d take a knee on offense to drain the clock and prevent teams mounting comebacks like he’s seen the past two games.

“We all live and learn,” he said.

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney runs on to Frank Howard Field at Memorial Stadium in Clemson prior to the Tigers’ 56-7 victory over Wake Forest on Saturday. Swinney announced Clemson’s Oct. 19 home game against Florida State will be designated a Breast Cancer Awareness game.

Tigers-Seminoles contest to be breast cancer awareness game CLEMSON (AP) — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney says the third-ranked Tigers game against No. 8 Florida State on Oct. 19 will be designated a Breast Cancer Awareness game.

Swinney and his wife, Kathleen, were on hand Tuesday to announce the initiative. The Swinneys’ All-In Foundation is also selling Awareness Tiger Paw pins this month with pro-

ceeds going to breast cancer research at Clemson and Anderson universities. Kathleen Swinney says funds would also help the St. Francis Hospital Mobile Mammography Unit which provides screening services throughout South Carolina’s upstate region.

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month.

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Swinney also is happy to have a game tape where he can prove to players, “’Hey, when you put it all together, we can be a really good football team guys,’” the coach said.

“It’s how they execute from week to week,” Swinney continued.

“That consistency is what all coaches are looking for.”

The Tigers will need that same stepped-up level of play to continue on a schedule with several road bumps. They travel to Syracuse and its imposing Carrier Dome for the first time this week. There’s a home game with Boston College on Oct. 12 before consecutive showdowns with undefeated, ranked ACC teams — No. 8 Florida State on Oct. 19 and No. 25 Maryland a week later.

“I do think we’ve improved from the first game as a team,” Swinney said. “When we look back over the next month, we’d like to say, ‘Hey, we’ve improved even more.’”

Clemson was playing at peak efficiency against Wake Forest. Senior quarterback Tajh Boyd threw for three touchdowns and ran for a fourth to give him 102 TDs in his career — and

join former North Carolina State star Phillip Rivers as the only ACC passers to reach the century mark.

Boyd also set a Clemson record for total offense in a career, surpassing former Tigers quarterback Charlie Whitehurst in that category.

And it didn’t take Boyd long to get going.

On Clemson’s third play he found Sammy Watkins for a 64-yard scoring throw that got the rout underway. Unlike Clemson’s previous two games, Boyd’s level of play didn’t sag. He kept on firing and the Tigers kept scoring.

“I think all we needed was that spark,” said Watkins, who appears back to his freshman All-American form with his second 100-yard receiving game this year.

Venables, the second-year defensive coordinator hired after 13 successful seasons at Oklahoma, was pleased his players got going quickly with early stops and Clemson’s offense made it stand up with touchdowns.

Wake Forest briefly got some traction with its lone touchdown and a subsequent drive that threatened to cut things to 21-14, but Clemson’s defense forced Demon

Deacons quarterback Tanner Price into a third-down fumble and the Tigers regained momentum.

Boyd was glad to get the offense back on track. He was even happier, he said, with the defensive showing that he knows Clemson will need to fulfill its championship hopes.

“Those guys went out and competed every play,” Boyd said. “I’m really proud of them.”

Linebacker Spencer Shuey had lived the past two years with the Tigers defense in fans’ cross-hairs for its shortcomings. Game after game, Shuey said Clemson’s defenders are playing with higher intensity and skill, making it a unit people can take pride in instead of being looked at harshly.

“We’ve got work ahead of us,” he said.

“But we’re getting there.”

Swinney was satisfied with Clemson’s backups and their showings, too.

Starting receiver Martavis Bryant didn’t play the first half because of a throat-slash gesture he made after a touchdown catch at North Carolina State on Sept. 19. Freshman Mike Williams stepped in and caught the last of Boyd’s touchdown throws, a sliding 14-yard grab to put the Tigers ahead by 28 points.

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Royals manager Yost agrees to 2-year extension KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Royals and manager Ned Yost agreed to a two-year contract extension Tuesday after wrapping up an 86-76 seaYOST son, the best finish for the franchise in 24 years.

Yost’s contract was set to expire after the season.

Yost has been the manager in Kansas City for the past four years, and has been instrumental in helping to bring along one of the youngest rosters in the major leagues. Progress was evident after the AllStar break this season, when the Royals went 43-27 down the stretch.

That allowed the Royals to get into playoff contention. They were eliminated from the AL wild-card race in their penultimate series of the season, but still were 14 wins better than last season.

Yost is 741-831 in 10 seasons as manager of the Brewers and Royals.

ACADEMY SPORTS ON HOLD

WASHINGTON — Army, Navy and Air Force might be forced to skip their football games next weekend because of the partial government shutdown.

The Defense Department temporarily suspended sports competition at the service academies Tuesday as a result of the budget impasse in Congress.

A Pentagon spokesman, Army Col. Steve Warren, said the decision was being reviewed by lawyers considering a series of legal questions, including whether money that comes from sources other than Congress could be used to pay for sports during the government shutdown.

USC-ARKANSAS GAME ON SEC TV

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The University of Arkansas football team’s homecoming game against South Carolina will be broadcast by SEC TV. The game in Fayetteville on Oct. 12 is to kick off at 12:20 p.m.

TIGERS’ ALEXANDER TO REDSHIRT

CLEMSON — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney says freshman defensive back Mackensie Alexander is likely to

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redshirt this season after having surgery to facilitate healing of a nagging groin injury.

Alexander was considered the top prospect in last year’s signing class and figured to have the best chance at making a quick on-field impact for the third-ranked Tigers (4-0, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference). Instead, Alexander injured his groin right during camp in August and has not played.

Swinney said Tuesday the surgery was successful and Alexander is rehabbing. But that will take another two-tothree weeks and Swinney says it made more sense to hold him until next season.

Swinney says that could change if Clemson is hit with additional injuries in the secondary.

Alexander, 5-foot-11 and 185 pounds, is from Immokalee, Fla. LARSON TO MAKE SPRINT DEBUT

CHARLOTTE — Kyle Larson will make his Sprint Cup Series debut next week at Charlotte Motor Speedway driving for Phoenix Racing.

Larson will drive Oct. 12 and he is also scheduled to drive the No. 51 Chevrolet at Martinsville Speedway on Oct. 27.

The two races are a warm-up for Larson as he prepares to move full-time to the Sprint Cup Series next season for Chip Ganassi Racing.

He’ll drive the No. 42 Chevrolet next season as Juan Pablo Montoya’s replacement.

Larson is in his first full NASCAR season this year and ranks ninth in the Nationwide Series.

He’s got 15 top-10 finishes and is coming off a second-place finish last weekend to Joey Logano at Dover.

NASCAR FINES PIQUET JR. FOR SLUR

CHARLOTTE — NASCAR fined Nelson Piquet Jr. $10,000 on Tuesday and ordered him to attend sensitivity training for using an anti-gay slur on social media.

The Nationwide Series driver posted the remark on Instagram Sept.

25 in a post that has since been deleted.

Piquet apologized in a statement.

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Members of the International team pose for a photo before a practice round for the Presidents Cup golf tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club on Tuesday in Dublin, Ohio. Members are, first row, left to right: Jason Day, Adam Scott, Ernie Els, Angel Cabrera, Charl Schwartzel and Marc Leishman. Second row: Mark McNulty, Richard Sterne, Branden Grace, Graham DeLaet, Brendan de Jonge, Nick Price, Hideki Matsuyama, Louis Oosthuizen, Tony Johnstone and Shigeki Maruyama.

Els has paved way for South Africans

BY DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press DUBLIN, Ohio— Ernie Els remembers them as being a big part of his junior golf foundation in South Africa.

He referred to Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel as leaders on his junior team that traveled the country, with strong voices and a game to back it up.

Oosthuizen went on to win a British Open at St. Andrews, and Schwartzel won the Masters.

Branden Grace was another youngster who came through his foundation, a kid from the Garden Route with raw power who needed some polish.

Grace was perched on a sand dune at Fancourt in fading light 10 years ago watching Els, his hero, make a tense 6-foot par putt against Tiger Woods to end the Presidents Cup in a tie.

“That is when I knew I wanted to play golf,” Grace said.

Now they’re together on the same International team at the Presidents Cup. It’s a dream for Oosthuizen and Grace, and it’s a

bit uneasy for the Big Easy.

“We just kind of ... blended,” Els said Tuesday after a day of team pictures and practice at Muirfield Village. “They’re pros now. They were juniors and then they were amateurs and now we’re professionals and now we’re playing together. It’s very weird. It’s hard to explain.

“Louis and Branden and Charl, I’ve known them since they were so young,” he said.

“And now they’re playing on the big stage. It’s quite nice.”

Oosthuizen, whose swing is regarded as one of the best in golf, is making his debut and happy to do so. He missed the past three months with pain in his lower leg, back and neck and only returned to competition last week at the Dunhill Links in Scotland.

Oosthuizen and Schwartzel were on the wrong end of a bad haircut Monday night, providing more than a few laughs in the International team room.

Then, they played together against Els and showed that there might be plenty of fight from this

team that looks outmatched on paper.

“They won all the money today, the two little rascals,” Els said, choosing his words carefully in front of the cameras. “We had a ton of money we played for and they won the most money.

Maybe they can grow their hair with that.”

The matches start Thursday at the course Jack Nicklaus built, the third time Muirfield Village has hosted an international competition — The Ryder Cup in 1987, the Solheim Cup in 1998 and now the Presidents Cup. It looks like a mismatch on paper.

The International team has seven rookies in the Presidents Cup and only one player — Masters champion Adam Scott — in the top 10 in the world. The only American without Presidents Cup or Ryder Cup experience is 20-year-old Jordan Spieth, who is playing so well that he is at No. 21 in the world.

The Americans have never lost on home soil since this event began in 1994.

Brees leads Saints to 38-17 victory over Dolphins

BY BRETT MARTEL The Associated Press THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW ORLEANS — Drew Brees made his latest claim to the moniker of Mr. Monday Night.

He also gave the Miami Dolphins another reason to regret not making a harder push to sign him when they had the chance seven years ago.

Brees passed for 413 yards and four touchdowns, and the New Orleans Saints turned a clash of unbeaten teams into a lopsided affair, beating Miami 38-17 on Monday night.

“I felt like we found our rhythm,” Brees said.

“Every time we touched the ball, it felt like we were going to go down and score points.”

Two of Brees’ touchdowns went to Jimmy Graham for 27 and 43 yards as the tight end had at least 100 yards receiving for the third straight game.

Brees’ other scoring strikes went to Benjamin Watson and Darren Sproles, who also rushed for a touchdown.

“He plays out of this world,” Graham said. “This

New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees (9) passes as Miami outside linebacker Koa Misi (55) rushes him in the Saints’ 38-17 victory in New Orleans on Monday.

team is so dynamic, we have so many weapons and Drew knows exactly where to go with the ball.”

Sproles’ 5-yard scoring run on the game’s opening series gave the Saints a lead they would not relinquish en route to their first 4-0 start since their Super Bowl championship season of 2009. It also further accentuated what a turnaround the Saints have made since coach Sean Payton served his bounty ban last season, which New Orleans opened with four losses.

“We like this a lot better,” Brees said of the 4-0 start. “Everything that could have gone wrong for us went wrong. Fortunately we’re having the ball bounce our way this year. We’re playing good football.”

Price working to fix Kidd-Gilchrist’s jumper

BY STEVE REED The Associated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C — Bobcats assistant coach Mark Price said fixing Michael Kidd-Gilchrist’s jump shot is akin to performing major reconstructive surgery: It’s going to take some time.

“There are a lot of different areas that need some work,” Price said.

Price was one of the NBA’s best shooters during his 13-year career, which is why Bobcats owner Michael Jordan hired him to correct Kidd-Gilchrist’s flawed mechanics.

Kidd-Gilchrist’s shortcomings include not squaring his shoulders to the basket, turning his elbow in awkwardly when

he shoots and often times releasing the ball on his descent rather than his ascent.

It’s still early in the process and the changes in the former Kentucky star’s jump shot may not be recognizable in the preseason.

But Price said he’s encouraged with the subtle progress Kidd-Gilchrist has shown as well as the second-year pro’s eagerness to learn — which he said can be half of the battle when dealing with NBA players.

“He wants to get better,” Price said Tuesday following Charlotte’s first training camp practice at UNC-Asheville.

Price said he’s amazed that nobody fixed Kidd-Gilchrist’s jump shot at some point before

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Charlotte Bobcats assistant coach Mark Price, right, looks on as Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, left, takes a shot during practice at the Bobcats’ training camp in Asheville, N.C., on Tuesday. Price is working with Kidd-Gilchrist in hopes of helping him gain a better shot this season.

he helped Kentucky win a national championship and became the second overall pick in last year’s NBA draft.

“Absolutely, that’s the first

thing that comes to your mind,” Price said. “But I think he’s been physically superior at every other level and he’s gotten away with it somehow.”

Now it’s Price’s job to fix it.

He started working with Kidd-Gilchrist this summer and in the short time he’s had to spend with him — MKG’s participation with USA Basketball and the NBA Summer League limited the time they could work together — his focus has been on trying to improve the second-year pro’s footwork.

Price said good, consistent shooters keep their shoulders squared to the basket.

Kidd-Gilchrist doesn’t.

“He was almost pointed sideways to the basket when he shoots,” Price said. “He’s not all the way there yet, but we’re slowly getting it moved around to where the shoulders are squared up. It’s a process.”

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NFLPA checking if Bucs leaked info on Freeman

BY FRED GOODALL The Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The NFL Players Association wants to determine if the Tampa Bay Buccaneers leaked information about quarterback Josh Freeman being in the NFLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s substance abuse program.

NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith said Tuesday, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are sufficiently concerned about what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard to begin an investigation.â&#x20AC;?

Freeman said in a statement released by his agent late Monday that he voluntarily entered the substance-abuse program and submitted to random testing more than a year ago after he mistakenly took Ridalin instead of Adderall to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

The Bucs benched the fifth-year pro last week after Freeman played poorly in the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first three games, all losses. The quarterback believes someone within the Bucs organization leaked information about him being in the leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drug testing program.

Smith was in town Tuesday to meet with Tampa Bay players as part of a league-wide tour to discuss player benefits and other union matters.

Meanwhile, coach Greg Schiano said he was â&#x20AC;&#x153;absolutely notâ&#x20AC;? the source for an ESPN report that Freeman is in Stage I of the substanceabuse program.

Freemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s statement, released through agent Erik Burkhardt, said he has passed all 46 drug tests heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s taken for the league since entering the program.

The quarterback said he is â&#x20AC;&#x153;prescribed and permitted to take medicationâ&#x20AC;? to treat ADHD for the entirety of his NFL career and that he has never tested positive for â&#x20AC;&#x153;any illegal drugs or related substances.â&#x20AC;?

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Tampa Bay head coach Greg Schiano, left, talks to quarterback Josh Freeman (5). The Buccaneers have benched Freeman and replaced him with rookie Mike Glennon. The NFLPA is now investigating a leak that reports Freeman was in the NFLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s substance abuse program.

While Schiano said league rules donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t permit him to comment on the situation, he did respond to questions about whether he was involved in leaking any information. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to get into what Joshâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s thoughts are about how things got out. I know what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m 100 percent comfortable with my behavior,â&#x20AC;? the coach said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Certainly thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not what you want to happen at all. But, alluding to the accusations, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t appreciate that either when someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s accused of something thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not true,â&#x20AC;? Schiano said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At the end of the day, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a good thing, and we need to just keep moving forward beyond it.â&#x20AC;?

HONORS from Page B1 Crestwood head coach Keith Crolley said of Williams. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He did some big things for us; we played a little better as a team and we picked each other up.

He ran well and he blocked pretty well too.â&#x20AC;?

Williams creditied his offensive line and the other running backs for his big night.

In East Clarendonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 42-6 victory over Creek Bridge, Lee had nine solo tackles, seven assists and a quarterback sack. Wolverines head coach Dwayne Howell said Leeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance was nothing out of the ordinary. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been our leading tackler all season,â&#x20AC;? Howell said of Lee, who has 32 solo stops, 35 assists, three sacks and a fumble recovery this season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We biltz him a lot because heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got a good nose for the football. We move him around a lot to give people different looks.â&#x20AC;?

Lee likes the way he is used by the EC coaching staff. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like it because no one knows where Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m coming from,â&#x20AC;? Lee said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because of that they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be expecting me to be in one place.â&#x20AC;?

In Wilson Hallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 49-0 victory over Porter-Gaud, McGinnis graded out at 92 percent and had two knockdown blocks. The Barons, who improved to 5-0 on the season, had 489 yards of total offense, 328 coming on the ground and 161 through the air.

McGinnis said the Barons are starting to click on offense. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the team has really just started to come together,â&#x20AC;? McGinnis said.

McGinnis is playing left tackle after starting five games at right guard last season. He said it hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been that big of an adjustment for him. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve played every position on the line throughout my career, so it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that big of an adjustment,â&#x20AC;? said McGinnis, who played left tackle on the junior varsity.

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STALLIONS from Page B1 played well,â&#x20AC;? Lee Central head coach Baron Turner said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got some guys coming around on offense too, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re finally lining up right. The game was 7-0 about until the end of the third (quarter) until we did some boneheaded stuff and it got away from us, and we ended up losing 21-0.â&#x20AC;?

The Stallions, now 2-3 on the year, opened the season with a 46-36 win over Marion and followed that up with a 26-17 victory over Buford. Since then, the offense has been lacking as the team is averaging just 15.6 per contest while allowing 30.6. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not going to sit here and cry about it, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re only returning three starters on both sides of the ball,â&#x20AC;? Turner said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just want to get back in the zone (offensively) again and see what it feels like to get back in the end zone again.â&#x20AC;?

Lee Central will travel to Andrews on Friday to take on the 4-1 Yellowjackets, who are on a 3-game winning streak. Andrews opened the season with a win over St. James then lost 28-6 to Georgetown.

Since then itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beaten Carvers Bay 18-8, C.E. Murray 34-18 and Stall 26-21.

The Yellowjackets are averaging 20.8 points offensively per game and allowing 17.8. Senior quarterback Ethan Wright leads the team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(Wright) was there last year and what they do, they do well,â&#x20AC;? Turner said of Andrews. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They run some option and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what they do best. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to do our best to stop them.â&#x20AC;?

The message to his team this week has been simple â&#x20AC;&#x201D; weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been there before. Turner said the Stallions experienced success last year and this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team should have the mentality it will experience success going forward. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We stressed to our kids the season is 0-0 (in the region), so weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re starting back over from scratch and entering a new season,â&#x20AC;? Turner said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got six teams starting a new conference season and now these games count and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to be ready to play.â&#x20AC;?

LC is coming off its best season in school history with an 8-4 record, playing for a region title, getting a bye in the first round of the Division II playoffs and then getting to the third round of the playoffs.

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OBITUARIES

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2013

MARION DARGON Jr. Marion Dargon Jr., 74, departed this life on Monday, Sept. 30, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

He was born June 11, 1939, in Sumter, a son of the late Marion Sr. and Everlena James Dargon.

The family will receive friends at the home of his daughter, Linda (Edward) Wilson, 3390 Ashlynn Way, Sumter, SC 29150.

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

JIMMY A. GARDNER KINGSTREE — Jimmy Augusta Gardner, 69, died Monday, Sept.

30, 2013, at his residence, 701 Anderson St., Kingstree.

He was born May 2, 1944, in Kingstree, a son of the late Johnny Matthew Gardner Sr. and Carrie Anderson Gardner.

The family is receiving friends at the residence.

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

ROBERT S. DeWITT Sr. Memorial services for Robert Stevenson DeWitt Sr., husband of Barbara A. DeWitt, will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday at Promiseland Ministries Church with the

Rev. James McElveen officiating.

Mr. DeWitt died Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013.

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

FLORENCE M. HILBOLT Florence M. Hilbolt, age 93, beloved wife of the late Newton Hilbolt, died on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

She was born in Elwood, Ind., a daughter of the late Walter and Margaret Turner Ward.

She was a former member of the Eastern Star and the Shaw Flying Square Dance Club. She enjoyed flower gardening, reading, and taking her daughter, Betty, on rides through the country. She was a member of Aldersgate United Methodist Church.

Surviving are two daughters, Elizabeth L. Berry and Sandra S. Reed and her husband, Archie Reed Jr., all of Sumter; a brother, Robert Ward of Indiana; two grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and two great-greatgrandchildren.

She was predeceased by two sisters and one brother.

A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday in the Bullock Fu-

neral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Bullock Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 211 Alice Drive, Sumter, SC 29150.

You may sign the family’s guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com.

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

AUDREY S. FELDER Audrey Scott Felder, widow of Henry Felder, entered eternal rest on Monday, Sept. 30, 2013, at her home.

Born June 23, 1949, in Clarendon County, she was a daughter of David Scott and Adrie Washington.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 710 Brown St., Sumter.

Funeral plans will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

LUCILLE F. TINDAL Lucille Felder Tindal, widow of Roosevelt Tindal, entered eternal rest

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on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born Sept. 6, 1935, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Charlie and Sadie Buckman Felder.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home of her daughter, Shirley Foy, 681 Caroland Drive.

Funeral plans will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

HENRY LEE CONYERS Henry Lee Conyers, husband of Gwendolyn Bowers Conyers, died Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born May 17, 1957, he was a son of Alma Kelly Conyers and the late Henry George Conyers. He was a dedicated worker at Eaton Corp., Sumter. He was a member of the Paxville Congregation Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witness. He attended the public schools of Sumter County and graduated from Furman High School in 1977.

Survivors are his wife, Gwendolyn Bowers Conyers of the home, Pinewood; one son, Henry Antoine Conyers of Pinewood; his mother, Alma Kelly Conyers of Pinewood; eight sisters, Winnie F. Brown of Charlotte, N.C., Jenny K.

Conyers of Orlando, Fla., Geter (Lawrence) Vaughn of Robersonville, N.C., Iretha Conyers and Dianne Conyers, both of Pinewood, Mazzie (Wilbur) Dyer and Eunice (George) Rogers, both of Sumter, and Loretta (Frankie Lee) Whittleton of Paxville; his mother-in-law, Dorristeen Bowers of Little Mountain; a host of other relatives and friends.

Family viewing will be held at 1 p.m. today with public viewing from 2 to 7 p.m.

Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at 8574 Summerton Highway, Jehovah Witness Paxville Congregation, with Brother Edward Ross. Private burial at Bradford Cemetery, Sumter.

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

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

GERTRUDE S. McDONALD MANNING — Gertrude Stukes McDonald, 93, widow of Willis “Bill” McDonald, died Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, at Sumter Health and Rehabilitation Center.

She was born Dec. 3, 1919, in Clarendon County, a daughter of the late Rufus and Mary Boykin Stukes.

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The family is receiving friends at the home of her nephew, Romie and Willimena Bennett, 31 W. Patricia Drive, Sumter.

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

CARL A. JENSEN Carl Andrew Jensen, age 24, beloved son of Carl P. Andrew and Sherry L. Jensen, died on Monday, Sept. 30, 2013, at his residence.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced

by Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter.

DAVID FRANKLIN MANNING — David Franklin died Monday, Sept. 30, 2013, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital.

Born March 5, 1946, in Alcolu, he was a son of the late James Lesesne Sr. and Queen Franklin Monroe.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the residence of his daughter, Belinda Franklin, 10784 Plowden Mill Road, Alcolu.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Fleming & Delaine Funeral Home and Chapel.

AREA SCOREBOARD ETC. SUMTER SPORTS HALL OF FAME

Nominations are being accepted for candidates for the 2013 Sumter Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

The ceremony, which is sponsored by the Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club of Sumter, will be held on Nov. 21 at the Sumter High School Commons Area.

Nomination forms are available in editions of The Item.

Nomination forms must be postmarked by Oct. 8 to be considered for this year’s class.

For anyone who was nominated in 2009 or before and was not selected, nominations are asked to be resubmitted for consideration for this class.

To be eligible for consideration, each inductee must be either retired or out of active competition in his particular sport for a minimum of two years. The athlete must meet the following criteria: Be a native of Sumter Coun-

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ty, or •Have attended four years of school in Sumter County, three of which were at the senior high level, or •Be a resident of the Sumter area for a sufficient period of time to be considered a permanent resident, or •Meet one of the above requirements and have been a coach for a minimum of 10 years.

For those wishing to nominate someone, the nominations can be sent to the Sumter Sports Hall of Fame Selection Committee at either P.O. Box 2229, Sumter, 29151, or c/o The Item, 20 North Magnolia Street, Sumter, 29151.

ROAD RACING TURKEY TROT

Registration is being taken for the 31st Annual Turkey Trot 5K and Gobbler Dash to be held on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28.

The fee is $20 for a runner

MARTIN from Page B1 “Now, the guys who’ve been around they don’t shut up and that’s the way it should be,” Martin said.

Martin’s was about the only voice you heard last season as the team endured its fourth consecutive losing season and the first ever for Martin as a college head coach.

Martin vowed things

would change and during the offseason four players from the tenure of former coach Darrin Horn transferred, meaning the Gamecocks will enter the season with senior Brenton Williams as the team’s lone upperclassmen.

The Gamecocks figure to get a bit more experience when Johnson be-

who registers by Nov. 25 and $10 for each additional family member. Late registration (Nov. 26-28) is $30 per individual and $15 for additional family members. The race is free for children ages 4-9.

There will be prizes for all participants and awards to the overall top three finishers. Tshirts are only guaranteed for the first 300 early registrants.

Check-in will be at 8 a.m. with the races starting at 9.

There will be special prizes and awards for the craziest hat, ugliest shots, most decorative water bottle, oldest and youngest finishers, first dog and first stroller across the finish line, the person that traveled the farthest and the Stan DuBose Award for the oldest finisher.

To register online, go to www.ymcasumter.org. For more information, call (803) 774-1404 or go to www.facebook.com/ SumterYmca.

comes eligible after this semester and point guard Bruce Ellington finishes his duties on the football field. Still, it’ll be Martin and the young guys attempting to move up in the Southeastern Conference.

“We’re not there, but we’re further ahead in some respects,” he said.

The other side of the coin for Martin comes when he turns on practice footage and sees the

BASKETBALL YMCA CHURCH LEAGUE

Registration for the YMCA of Sumter Church Basketball League is under way and runs through Oct. 25.

There are leagues for boys and girls ages 3-15. For children ages 3-4, the cost is $25 for a member and $40 for a potential member. For ages 5-15, the cost if $40 for a member and $75 for a potential member.

Practice begins in November with the season running from December through February.

For more information, call the YMCA at (803) 773-1404 or visit www.ymcasumter.org.

OFFICIATING CLASSES

The Wateree Basketball Officials Association is holding South Carolina High School League Basketball Officials Association training classes for prospective officials on Mondays at 6:30 p.m. at the Sumter County Recreation Department located at 155 Haynsworth Street.

mistakes in effort, placement, technique and fundamentals that all come with young players.

Martin says all the errors are and will be corrected, but he sees something he can build on with the Gamecocks.

“I see from the freshman a courage to make a play that you’ve got to have to be good,” Martin said.

The young Gamecocks include freshman

The classes are necessary to officiate middle school, junior varsity and varsity high school games. Each training class will cover National Federation rules for high school basketball, South Carolina Basketball Official Association mechanics, and SCBOA exam preparation.

The state wide clinic and exam will be held on Nov. 16 at Lexington High School.

For more information, contact Granderson James, at (803) 968-2391 or by email at grandersj@aol.com.

GOLF KUBALA TOURNAMENT

Registration is now open for the Charlie Kubala Memorial Golf Tournament, which is set for Oct. 14 at Beech Creek Golf Club.

For more information or to register, go to www.sumtersheriff.org where online registration and payments are available or call Lt. Lee Monahan (803) 4362161.

Sindarius Thornwell, a 6-foot-5 guard who played at Oak Hill Academy last season and was considered the top prospect from the state of South Carolina. South Carolina added size with 6-9 forwards Desmond Ringer and Demetrius Henry.

The biggest addition, once eligible, might be Johnson, a savvy guard who’s been a leader since starting workouts with

the Gamecocks last season. Martin says Johnson’s been instrumental in teaching young guards defensive technique.

The Gamecocks returning players also took significant steps forward.

Martin said energetic 6-6 forward Michael Carrera, the team’s top returning rebounder, is healthy after dealing with a hip injury through much of his freshman season a year ago.

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Latonya Benjamin, Vanessa Rivers, Jerome Vaughn, Ashley Williamson, Hattie Vaughn, Keyonta McKnight, Roger Prince and Shateja Rivers,

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See you next year!

Fair brings out kids of all ages

KEITH GEDAMKE / SPECIAL TO THE ITEM

ABOVE: Serenity Howard, 6, Jenuary Montgomery, 5, and his sister Brianna Dargan scream and hold on while riding the Music Express. There was a variety of kids’ rides on the fairgrounds, many adult rides and some suitable for both, like this one.

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ABOVE: Ducks cluster in their pool, waiting for children to pick them up and win prizes.

KEITH GEDAMKE / SPECIAL TO THE ITEM

RIGHT: The Lakewood High School marching band performs for the opening of the Sumter County Fair last week. Many local groups performed for the crowds, who also watched Swifty Pigs racing, magician Lance Gifford, Hermann’s Royal Lipizzan Stallions and more.

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Even the cartoon kids were looking forward to riding the horses at the Sumter County Fair last week.

LEFT: The Sumter County Fair lit up the grounds each night, as the crowds walked around sampling corn dogs, pizza, burgers, corn dogs, Potato House fries, Italian and Polish sausage dogs, red velvet funnel cakes, cotton candy and more. The Giant Ferris Wheel afforded an aerial view of downtown Sumter.

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These delightful Duck Dynasty effigies were made from recycled materials.

USC announces writers for Fall Literary Festival COLUMBIA – The University of South Carolina’s Fall Literary Festival will feature writers Susan Cheever, M.T. Anderson and Cassandra King in October.

While on campus, the writers will read from their work, talk with audience members and be available to sign copies of their books.

Each writer also will work with USC students in a master class.

The Fall Literary Festival, now in its 14th season, is sponsored by the English Department and USC Libraries. This program brings three major authors to campus over the course of a few weeks in the fall. The festival is sponsored by a generous anonymous donor, allowing each program to be free and open to the public. Events will be held in the program room of the Ernest F. Hollings Special Collections Library, which is accessible through USC’s Thomas Cooper Library.

For more information about the Fall Literary Festival, including directions and parking information, go to http://library.sc. edu/fallfestival.html.

SUSAN CHEEVER – will read at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15.

Cheever has authored a number of nonfiction books, including the memoir “Home Before Dark: A Biographical Memoir of John Cheever by His Daughter.” Her behind-the-scenes story of the Transcendentalists, “American Bloomsbury: Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry David Thoreau,” was released in 2007 and spent many months on the Boston Globe bestseller list. She also has written for many publications, including The New Yorker, The New York Times and Newsday. Her newest book, “Louisa May Alcott: A Personal Biography,” is slated for release on Nov. 4.

Cheever’s work has been nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award and she has won a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Boston Globe Winship Medal, and an Associated Press Award. She currently teaches in the M.F.A. program at Bennington College in Vermont. She lives in New York City with her family.

M.T. ANDERSON – will read at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22.

Anderson is the author of several award-winning books for children and young adults. In 2002, his young-adult novel “Feed,” which creates a world where computer chips are implanted into babies at birth and everyone is plugged into the same computer network, was a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. In 2006, his American historical novel, “The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Volume 1: The Pox Party,” won the National Book Award in Young People’s Literature. The story is set in 1700s Boston and chronicles the life of a gifted boy who discovers he’s an African captive raised for an experiment.

A former instructor at the Vermont College of Fine Arts, he now serves on its board. He also is on the board of the National Children’s Book and Literacy Alliance, a national non-profit organization that advocates for literacy, literature and libraries. He currently lives in Cambridge, Mass.

CASSANDRA KING –will read at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29.

King is the author of short fiction, essays and novels. Her newest novel, “Moonrise,” has just been released. Her first novel, “Making Waves in Zion,” was published in 1995. Released in 2002, her second novel, “The Sunday Wife,” was a Booksense Pick, a People magazine Page-Turner of the Week, a Literary Guild Book-of-the-Month selection, a Books-a-Million President’s Pick, and a South Carolina State Readers’ Circle selection. Her third novel, “The Same Sweet Girls,” was released in 2005 and became a No. 1 Booksense Selection and Booksense bestseller, a Southeastern Bookseller Association bestseller, a New York Post Required Reading selection and a Literary Guild Book-of-the-Month Club selection.

King’s short fiction and essays have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. A native of Alabama, King currently lives in the Lowcountry of South Carolina with her husband, novelist Pat Conroy, whom she met when he wrote a blurb for “Making Waves in Zion.”

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White Chicken Chili with Lime Plate it, wrap it or eat it over rice

BY SARA MOULTON Associated Press The first time I ate white chicken chili, it was wrapped in a burrito. And I fell instantly in love.

Of course, I’d always been a fan of tomato-based red chili, but the white version — flavored with green chili peppers and thickened with sour cream — struck me as cleaner. And I didn’t miss the sometimes cloying sweetness that tomatoes bring to red chili.

So here is my lightened-up version of white chicken chili. It can be eaten straight up by the bowl, over rice (preferably brown), or spooned into a whole-wheat tortilla. To make this dish creamy without any cream, I thickened it by mashing up some of the white beans.

Combined with a tiny bit of reduced-fat sour cream, the mashed beans provide this impeccably slimmed-down chili with an unexpectedly luxurious texture.

Good flavor and thickening ability aside, white beans also happen to be a powerhouse of good nutrition.

They’re a terrific source of fiber — which means this chili will fill you up — and a very good source of folate and manganese.

The list of ingredients in this recipe is longish, but good chili requires a fair amount of flavors. On the other hand, this version, unlike the traditional one, doesn’t need to simmer for hours, which makes it quite do-able on a weeknight.

Then again, if you happened to cook it on a weekend and didn’t serve it until a few days later, the flavors would only improve.

The base of this chili is ground chicken and white beans, both of which are affordable. If you can’t find ground chicken, use ground turkey. And if you’re not a fan of either, you’re welcome to swap in lean ground beef.

As written, this recipe isn’t especially spicy. To save time, I call for canned green

chili peppers (which are quite mild) and generic chili powder (a blend of ground chili peppers and spices, often oregano and cumin).

But if you wanted to heat it up, you can lose the canned chilies in favor of fresh ones.

Poblanos — roasted, peeled and chopped — would be perfect, as would chopped and sauteed jalapenos and serranos. Or you can use pure chili powder made from ground dried chilies, such as chipotles. Or just finish the dish with your favorite hot sauce.

And please don’t forget the garnishes. Even though they require extra work, I can’t recommend them highly enough. They add so many layers of flavor and texture to the finished bowl of chili.

WHITE CHICKEN CHILI WITH LIME

Start to finish: 1 hour (30 minutes active) Servings: 6 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 cup finely chopped yellow onion 1 red bell pepper, cored and chopped 1 pound ground chicken or turkey 1 tablespoon minced garlic 1 1/2 tablespoons chili powder 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1 teaspoon dried oregano 1/2 cup white wine (optional) 1 1/2 cups low-sodium chicken broth (use 2 cups if not using the wine) Two 15 1/2-ounce cans white beans, drained and rinsed 4 1/2 -ounce can chopped green chilies (use less if you prefer a very mild chili) 1/2 cup reduced-fat sour cream Salt and ground black pepper To serve: Chopped scallions Chopped fresh cilantro Grated low-fat Monterey Jack cheese Lime wedges In a large nonstick or

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White beans are a good source of fiber, which means this chili will satisfy the biggest of appetites.

stick-resistant skillet over medium, heat the oil. Reduce the heat to medium-low, add the onion and red pepper, then cook for 5 minutes, or until the onion is softened.

Add the chicken and cook, breaking up the any large pieces, until the chicken is no longer pink, about 5 minutes.

Add the garlic, chili powder, flour, cumin and oregano

and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add the white wine, if using, and the broth in a stream, whisking. Bring the mixture to boil and simmer for 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, use a fork to mash 1 cup of the beans. Add both the whole and mashed beans and the chilies to the chili and simmer for 10 minutes. Stir in the sour cream and cook until hot. Season

with salt and pepper.

Ladle the chili into bowls and accompany at the table with scallions, cilantro, cheese and lime wedges.

Nutrition information per serving: 410 calories; 120 calories from fat (29 percent of total calories); 13 g fat (4.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 75 mg cholesterol; 41 g carbohydrate; 9 g fiber; 3 g sugar; 29 g protein; 430 mg sodium.

Hispanic and Asian flavors combine in this quick dish

BY J.M. HIRSCH AP Food Editor A robust chili that’s on the table in just 30 minutes? Thanks to a blending of Hispanic and Asian flavors, it’s easy.

I started with the base of an average turkey chili — some onions, jalapenos, garlic, ground turkey and white beans. Nothing unexpected there. But all those basics get a serious flavor boost from an unexpected ingredient — sweet white miso. It’s the same stuff used in the soup you slurp at the sushi bar.

Miso is an underappreciated ingredient. It effortlessly amps the savory-salty flavor of anything it touches, particularly in wet rubs and other sauces for meat.

In this recipe, it replicates in just minutes a depth of flavor you’d normally need a long simmer to attain. And don’t be put off by the “sweet” in the name.

Sweet white miso isn’t really sweet, just milder than darker miso.

The chili is finished with corn kernels cut from the cob and just barely heated, preserv-

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Turkey and Corn Chili with Sweet White Miso is ready in 30 minutes.

ing their fresh flavor and texture. And to tie everything together, the chili is finished with cilantro and lime juice.

TURKEY AND CORN CHILI WITH SWEET WHITE MISO

Start to finish: 30 minutes

Servings: 8 2 tablespoons canola oil 1 large yellow onion, diced 1 to 2 jalapeno chilies, finely chopped (for less heat, discard the inner ribs and seeds) 4 cloves garlic,

minced 1 teaspoon ground cumin 2 1/2 pounds (40 ounces) lean ground turkey 15-ounce can white kidney or navy beans, drained 1 quart low-sodium

chicken broth 1/2 cup sweet white miso 6 ears corn, husks and silk removed (or 3 cups frozen corn kernels, thawed) Salt and ground black pepper 2 limes, cut into

wedges, to serve Chopped fresh cilantro, to serve In a large saucepan over medium-high, heat the oil. Add the onion, chilies, garlic and cumin, then saute until the onion is just starting to brown, about 8 minutes. Add the turkey and saute, breaking up any large clumps, until browned, about 10 to 12 minutes. Add the kidney beans, chicken broth and miso. Bring to a simmer, stirring often to dissolve the miso, then cook for 5 minutes.

Meanwhile, one at a time stand each ear of corn on its wide end.

Use a serrated knife to saw down the length of the cob to remove the corn kernels. Add the corn to the chili, then return to a simmer and cook for another 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Serve with lime wedges and cilantro.

Nutrition information per serving: 370 calories; 120 calories from fat (32 percent of total calories); 14 g fat (3 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 80 mg cholesterol; 28 g carbohydrate; 4 g fiber; 7 g sugar; 36 g protein; 610 mg sodium.

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Chicken brined in sweet tea? Now, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Southern cuisine

BY ELIZABETH KARMEL Associated Press

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Brining infuses both moisture and flavor into lean cuts of meat, such as pork, poultry and fish. Sweet Tea-Brined and Grilled Chicken makes use of a Southern favorite.

a raw interior and a burned exterior.

When you use this brine, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see that besides delicious chicken, the brine also promotes a beautiful caramelized color thanks to the sugar and the tea that is absorbed by the chick-

en. Since we all eat with our eyes first, that is a win-win chicken dindin in my book.

SWEET TEA-BRINED AND GRILLED CHICKEN

Start to finish: 2 hours 15 minutes (30 minutes active)

Servings: 8 4 cups hot water 1 cup kosher salt 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1 cinnamon stick 12-ounce can frozen lemonade concentrate 4 cups strong freshly brewed black tea,

Š 2013 by Vicki Whiting, Editor

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chicken there.

Remove the chicken from the brine. Pat it dry with paper towels, then brush it lightly all over with oil. Arrange the chicken on the grill grate, bone side down.

Cover and grill for 35 to 45 minutes, or until the meat reaches 170 F at the thickest part. There is no need to turn the chicken during cooking.

Remove the chicken from the grill and let it rest for 5 to 10 minutes before serving. If grilling the lemons, do this while the chicken rests and squirt the hot grilled lemon juice over the chicken pieces before serving.

Nutrition information per serving: 240 calories; 160 calories from fat (67 percent of total calories); 18 g fat (4.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 80 mg cholesterol; 3 g carbohydrate; 0 g fiber; 3 g sugar; 16 g protein; 790 mg sodium.

The skin of an elephant is rough and wrinkled. In fact, the creases in the lower part of their legs can be used to tell elephants apart. Like fingerprints, every elephant has its very own crease pattern.

Which picture comes next in each pattern below?

Elephants are the largest land animals in the world. But not all elephants are the same.

Most scientists divide elephants into two main groups: African elephants and Asian elephants.

(Some scientists say that the forest and grassland elephants of Africa are so different that there should be three groups of elephants â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Asian and two groups of African. What would you call the different African elephants?)

Standards Link: Life Science; students know there is variation among populations.

African elephants are than Asian elephants. They have large ears shaped a little like the continent of . Large ears help keep the elephant on the African plains.

African elephants have a sway back and very skin. They also have a rounded head without any big bumps.

Standards Link: Math/Reasoning: Extend simple paterns.

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3. Elephant trunks contain bones similar to the human spine.

Standards Link: Life Science; animals have different structures to help them survive.

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The Shepherd’s Center will offer public information classes at 24 Council St. 1111:50 a.m. each Thursday as follows: Oct. 3, Patty Patterson will discuss emergency preparedness; Oct. 10, David LePage will discuss green energy choices; Oct. 17, Lt. Don Florence will discuss scams / scammers as well as identity theft; Oct. 24, Jesse Bornin will discuss gardening tips for fall and winter; Oct. 31, Tracy Pender will discuss Native Americans in South Carolina, their history and culture; Nov. 7, Dr. Carolyn Brown will discuss dental health and its impact on overall health; and Nov. 14, Pearl Fryer will speak.

The Salvation Army will accept applications for the 2013 Christmas assistance program 9 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m. through Friday, Oct. 4, at 16 Kendrick St. Extended hours offered today until 6 p.m. You must have with you: proof of all income; all monthly bills; picture identification; long form birth certificate for each child; clothing sizes for all children in home 12 years and younger; and name and birth date for each person in home over age 12.

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The Clarendon County Democratic Party will meet Thursday, Oct. 3, at the Manning Restaurant, 476 N. Brooks St., Manning.

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Transatlantic Brides and Parents Association (British Wives) will meet at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 4, at the Spectrum Senior Center, Pinewood Road. All British expats are welcome. Call Josie at (803) 775-8052.

The Sumter Jaycees and Elks Lodge No. 855 will hold a “Shag Night” at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, at the Elks Club, 1100 W. Liberty St. Tickets: $25 per couple or $15 per individual and may be purchased at Rascal’s or Mary Ann’s Deli. Proceeds will benefit the Jaycees’ Christmas Shopping Tour for area children in need. Call Stephanie at (803) 968-9415.

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BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Will “Super Fun Night” (9:30 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) be embraced as a comedy breakthrough?

Dismissed as mean-spirited? Or both?

Australian actress Rebel Wilson (“Pitch Perfect”) stars as Kimmie, a quirky and insecure lowlevel lawyer elevated to the big time who harbors a serious crush on a new colleague, the British lawyer Richard Royce (Kevin Bishop). Any resemblances to the Jane Austen-inspired “Bridget Jones” movies are strictly intentional. Last year’s standout comedy “The Mindy Project” did pretty much the same thing.

Only Kimmie is a super-sized Bridget Jones, who takes the self-mortification humor of “Mindy” to grotesque extremes. An unabashed fan of geeky movies, Kimmie has trouble engaging in the grown-up, professional world. She limits her social life to girls’-night-ins with similarly awkward friends Marika (Lauren Ash) and Helen-Alice (Liza Lapira). Together, these pals form a trifecta of highly stereotyped losers: Kimmie, the fat fan-girl; Helen, the Asian dork; and Marika, the tomboy whose lesbian inclinations remain a secret only to herself. These characterizations are shot through with vicious condescension — much more than with the ensemble on “The Big Bang Theory.”

Some may argue that it’s time a big woman got to work the territory that plus-size male comics have dominated, from Jackie Gleason to John Belushi to Kevin James. But rather than infuse “slob” humor with a female sensibili-

ty, Wilson often resembles a drag performer.

And the sight of a woman imitating a man playing a woman is more about a gender minstrel show than “empowerment” — and frequently more disturbing than amusing.

• The new “Ironside” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14) resembles its classic TV namesake about as much as the new “Goldbergs” does — not much at all.

Blair Underwood stars as Robert Ironside, a detective who lost the use of his legs after being shot on duty. In the original series that starred Raymond Burr, Ironside was the victim of a sniper’s bullet. The shooting was evoked every week during the show’s credit sequence. Here, we learn about the fateful shooting in prolonged flashbacks.

Unlike Burr’s Ironside, who lived by his wits and detective skills, Underwood’s character remains a powerful physical specimen. He won’t let his paraplegic status keep him from roughing up suspects. Underwood and too many of his colleagues possess moviestar good looks. I miss the days when TV cops looked like Lennie Briscoe or Andy Sipowicz.

• An inexperienced physician arrives in a small village in the thick of the Russian Revolution in the new series “A Young Doctor’s Notebook” (10 p.m., Ovation),

starring Jon Hamm and Daniel Radcliffe.

Tonight’s Other Highlights • Miles goes missing on “Revolution” (8 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

• Axl’s absence liberates Sue on “The Middle” (8 p.m., ABC, TVPG).

• A celebrity chef (Cybill Shepherd) worries about a stalker on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

• Gloria’s superstitions emerge on “Modern Family” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).

• A killer hand on “CSI” (10 p.m., CBS, TV14).

• A reality TV nightmare on “Nashville” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).

• The search for a new pet turtle on “Duck Dynasty” (10 p.m., A&E, TV-PG).

• Charlotte meets a stranger who knows too much on the season finale of “The Bridge” (10 p.m., FX, TV-MA).

• “Miley: The Movement” (10 p.m., MTV) profiles an overexposed “talent.”

• Joel McHale answers fan’s questions on “The Soup Investigates” (10:30 p.m., E!, TV-14).

Cult Choice Cary Grant retired after making the 1966

comedy “Walk, Don’t Run” (10:45 p.m., TCM), set at the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Series Notes Family squabbles on “Survivor” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-PG) * “The X Factor” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Terry seeks independence on “Back in the Game” (8:30 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * Ritualistic slaughter on “Criminal Minds” (9 p.m., CBS, TV14) * “Whose Line Is it Anyway?” (9 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., CW, r, TV-PG).

Late Night Sandra Bullock is scheduled on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” (11 p.m., Comedy Central) * Cee-Lo Green, Stephen Merchant and Goodie Mob appear on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS) * Jenna Dewan-Tatum, Michael Yo, Arden Myrin and Josh Wolf are booked

on “Chelsea Lately” (11 p.m., E!) * Hannibal Buress is on “Totally Biased With W. Kamau Bell” (11 p.m., FXX) * Chris Matthews sits down on “The Colbert Report” (11:30 p.m., Comedy Central) * Kerry Washington, Ariel Tweto and Yoko Ono and Plastic Ono Band appear on “Late Show With David Letterman” (11:35 p.m., CBS) * Jay Leno welcomes Kathy Griffin, Newt Gingrich and Demi Lovato on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Tim Allen and Kenny Rogers appear on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (11:35 p.m., ABC) * Paul Giamatti, Anthony Mackie and MS MR visit “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Craig Ferguson hosts Robin Williams on “The Late Late Show” (12:35 a.m., CBS). © 2013, United Feature Syndicate

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Hearty meals for chilly evenings

BY FAMILY FEATURES Brisk autumn evenings call for warm, homemade meals that bring the family together around the dinner table.

Dishes that deliver savory flavors are sure to win over their hearts, as well as warm them.

If your taste buds call for a fall classic, cuddle up with a piping hot bowl of chili. The sweetness of brown sugar complements the blend of fresh garlic and Italian sausage in this recipe for Chiliville Chili.

Because it’s made with Johnsonville Italian Ground Sausage, you can customize the robust flavor of this dinnertime staple by picking your favorite of the mild, sweet or hot varieties. The best part — it’s all natural with no fillers, artificial flavors or colors, so you know you’re feeding your family the best. For more recipes, visit www.johnsonvillekitchens.com.

Warm up the family with their favorite Italian dishes that feature the bold and savory flavors of Johnsonville Ground Sausage and Sausage Links. You can’t go wrong with this kid favorite for Easy Sausage Pizza, which is served up without the hassle and fuss of standard homemade pizza recipes. Grab the garlic

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You’ll need them for these delicious recipes for Italian Sausage Rigatoni, Italian All Natural Ground Sausage Lasagna and Italian Meatballs.

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For those looking to add more flavor to their meals, head over to the sausage section at the local grocer. Here are some great tips and reasons for adding this hearty, bold protein to your family’s favorite dishes: • Swap for spice Add more flavor to your favorite meat meals by replacing half the ground beef with ground sausage.

• Go for convenience For those looking for added flavor without the hassle, go with ground sausage. Since there’s no need to remove the casing it has added convenience.

• Find your flavor Many ground sausages come in additional flavors, so pick your favorite. Look for hot, mild or sweet varieties of ground Italian.

• Choose an affordable option When compared with other meats, ground sausage saves consumers money with more consumer-friendly pricing.

Easy Sausage Pizza Yield: 6 servings 8 ounces Johnsonville Ground Italian Sausage (Mild, Sweet or Hot) or 8 ounces Johnsonville Italian Sausage Links 1 cup pizza sauce 1 pre-baked packaged pizza crust (12-inch) 1 1/4 shredded mozzarella cheese, divided 1/2 cup green pepper, chopped 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, optional If using ground sausage, pinch sausage into dime-size pieces. If using links, remove casings and also pinch into dime-size pieces. Spread sauce over crust; sprinkle with 1 cup cheese. Add Italian Sausage pieces and green pepper. Top with remaining cheese. Bake according to crust package directions or until sausage is no longer pink (160°F) and cheese is melted. For finishing touch, drizzle with olive oil before cutting, if desired.

Italian All Natural Ground Sausage Lasagna

Italian Sausage Rigatoni Yield: 6 servings 1 package (19 ounces) Johnsonville Mild Italian Sausage Links, grilled 1 pound rigatoni pasta 3 tablespoons olive oil 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 large sweet red pepper, chopped 1 jar (26 ounces) pasta sauce of your preference 2 tablespoons Italian parsley, chopped Cook sausage links according to package directions. Meanwhile, cook rigatoni according to package directions; drain and set aside. In a large skillet, heat olive oil until hot. Add garlic; sauté for 30 seconds or until golden. Add red peppers; sauté for 2 minutes or until crisp-tender. Cut sausage into 1/4inch coin slices; add to skillet. Stir in pasta sauce; heat through. Add pasta; toss to combine. Sprinkle with parsley. Serve immediately.

Yield: 12 servings 12 lasagna noodles, uncooked 1 package (16 ounces) Johnsonville Italian All Natural Ground Sausage 1 medium onion, chopped 1 tablespoon garlic, chopped 1 large container chunky pasta sauce 1 container (15 ounces) ricotta cheese 1 egg 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated 3 cups fresh spinach, chopped and packed 2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded Prepare noodles according to package directions; drain and set aside. Sauté Italian sausage, onion and garlic in a skillet until sausage is browned; drain. Add pasta sauce to the sausage mixture and set aside. In a medium bowl, blend ricotta cheese, egg and 1/4 cup of Parmesan cheese and set aside. Coat a 9 x 13-inch baking dish with non-stick spray and spread 1 cup of the sauce mixture on the bottom. Top with 3 lasagna noodles. Spread 1/4 cup of the ricotta cheese mixture on the noodles and layer on 1 cup of the sauce mixture. Sprinkle 1 cup of spinach and 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese. Repeat this whole process 3 more times starting with the noodles; top with 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese to finish. Bake uncovered in 350°F oven for 45 minutes until hot and bubbly. Let stand 10 minutes before cutting.

Italian Meatballs Yield: 6 servings 1 egg, lightly beaten 1/3 cup dry bread crumbs 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese 1/4 cup milk 1/4 cup onion, finely chopped 1 package (16 ounces) Johnsonville Mild Ground Italian Sausage or 1 package (19 ounces) Johnsonville Italian Sausage Links Preheat oven to 350°F. In a large bowl, combine the egg, bread crumbs, cheese, milk and onion. If using sausage links, remove from casings. Add sausage to bread crumb mixture and mix well. Shape into 20 meatballs; arrange on shallow baking pan. Bake for 20 minutes or until meatballs are cooked through (160°F). Serve with favorite sauce and spaghetti.

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