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Scenes of damage and loss were common across the tri-county area during a three-day period of heavy rain that affected South Carolina in early October 2015.

Historic flooding teaches preparedness, perseverance

he National Weather Service had predicted a unique weather pattern that could gener-

FEMA process continues for city, county

ate as much as a foot of rainfall over areas

of South Carolina for the weekend beginning on Friday, Oct. 2, 2015. NWS Meteorologist Doug so significant, the NationAnderson, based in Columal Weather Service called bia, said a tropical plume of it a once-in-a-1,000 year moisture would be transevent. South Carolina Gov. ported right through the Nikki Haley repeated that center of the state from the term, calling it the 1,000remnants of Hurricane Joa- year flood. And the predicquin. tion that it could turn into At the time, he predicted a catastrophic event came Sumter would true for many receive 10.8 residents in MAKING HISTORY inches of rain The Sumter over a two-day Item readerRead more about the 1,000period, but he ship area. year flood inside this warned that it In today’s edition. could be a edition, The Electric company considers “catastrophic” Sumter Item buying boats to keep on event. looks at the hand in case of future The heaviest state of the redisasters. A2 rains came on covery across Homeowners still coping Saturday and the area, inwith damage a year later. Sunday, Oct. cluding the A2 3-4. status of road, 1st responders take When the bridge and opportunity to learn from sun came out, dam repairs; flood. A4 Sumter had what governMeadowfield Apartments received 21.3 ment officials residents, management inches of rain learned from reflect on process of with Manning the experireturning to complex. A5 and Summerence; how a ton receiving utility compa19.75 and 19.27 ny responded inches, respectively. Bishto the event; and what’s hapopville received 11.43 inches pened to an apartment comof rain. plex that was heavily damRainfall in the area was aged in the flood.

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BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com One year after the flood, city and county officials in Sumter continue to make repairs and fill out paperwork to receive reimbursement from Federal Emergency Management Agency. Sumter County Administrator Gary Mixon said most of the county government’s expenses after the flood involved road repair and debris pick-up. He said the county is still submitting project worksheets for completed projects and will continue to do so for eight months to a year before

7 roads still closed in area; many dams not repaired BY BRUCE MILLS bruce@theitem.com After the devastating flooding and millions of dollars in damage in the tri-county area from last October, a total of seven roads remain closed, according to local and state officials.

DEATHS, A7 and A9 Julius T. Simmons Leroy Gooden Greg D. Glazier Filomena P. Rowland John Rivers Jr. Ila D. McElveen

Kayden Francis Kenneth D. Sigmon Sr. Ronnie Burgess Joan W. Henderson James Sargent Sr. Amanda W. Smith

the recovery and reimbursement process is complete. Sumter County Emergency Management Director Erik Hayes said the average recovery to completion time after an event like the flood is three to five years. The county closed on the ice storm event of February 2014 about one month ago, he said. For the October 2015 flood, Hayes said the county requested $114,496.78 for emergency repairs made during and immediately after the flood and received approximately $85,800, or a

SEE FEMA, PAGE A5

A gap about six feet wide opened up on U.S. 521 near Rembert and three motorists crashed into the gap. Five closures are state-maintained roads in Clarendon County. Sumter and Lee counties each have one county road still closed. No city-maintained roads in the three counties remain closed. In Clarendon, of the five

state-maintained road closures, one was because of a bridge failure, and four resulted from dam failures. A bridge failure at U.S. 301 from North Brewington Road to Rainbow

SEE REPAIRS, PAGE A5

WEATHER, A10

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Complete neighborhoods were flooded Oct. 4, 2015, as more than 20 inches of rain fell in a three-day period. Golfair Court is seen above left, while a neighborhood off Alice Drive and Oriole Court is seen at right.

Homeowners still coping with damage from rains BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Damage to homes in Sumter County totaled more than $9.1 million, according to the South Carolina Action Plan for Disaster Recovery, prepared for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The plan also said the Federal Emergency Management Agency verified losses in Clarendon County totaling more than $1.8 million and $902,395 in Lee County. Among applicants for federal disaster relief with verified losses, the average loss was $1,896 in Sumter County, $912 in Clarendon County and $836 in Lee County, the plan said. Sumter County had 4,812 applicants with verified losses, while Clarendon County had 2,007, and Lee County had 1,079.

John Brabham of Berkshire Hathaway Home Services said most homeowners had either flood insurance or some type of protection, but many did not. “We had some people we know of who just walked away from the houses,” he said. Brabham said he thinks people who did have insurance came out OK, but not everything was covered. “I understand the flood insurance did not cover all the contents and that sort of thing,” he said. Aaron Koenig, construction ministry director for Sumter United Ministries, said FEMA disaster aid took care of most damage for a lot of people, but many had damage from roof leaks that was not covered by the federal disaster aid program. “We had a lot more roof leaks than

actual flood damage,” Koenig said. Sumter United Ministries has been among the leading non-governmental organizations working to aid flood victims. “We have a ton that we are still working on; so, we are kind of behind the eight ball,” Koenig said. “There’s a lot we are working on now. “The people SUM did repair work for got everything they needed,” he said. Brabham said he did not anticipate any changes to federal flood maps, which determine who must purchase flood insurance. “There already had been changes in the flood maps within the last five years,” Brabham said. “They had been redone, and I haven’t heard of any plans (for changes) in the near future.” He said he did not see a need to up-

date the maps after the flood. “I think most of the areas that were flooded were probably within the designated flood areas,” he said. Areas in the Wateree River Basin will see an updated map effective by August 2017, according to Sumter Senior Planner Helen Roodman, but those updates have been in the works for several years, she said. Roodman said FEMA has changed its planning from county based to watershed based, and the Wateree is the first watershed in the area to be updated that is in Sumter County. The proposed maps for the Wateree Basin can be seen at Sumter City Planning Office, 12 W. Liberty St. Brabham echoed the thoughts of many in the area. “I hope we never see it again,” he said.

Utility company restored power to most within 2 days of flood BY RICK CARPENTER rick@theitem.com After what the National Weather Service called a 1,000-year flood last October, finding access to roadways presented the biggest challenge for Black River Electric Cooperative linemen trying to restore service. Rain began falling with a vengeance on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015, and many residents woke up to floodwaters in or surrounding their homes. In many areas, more than 20 inches fell within a four-day period, flooding roadways and bridges and breaching dams, which made conditions worse. Black River CEO Charlie

Allen said that while Black River had routinely trimmed trees and branches next to power lines, the flood eroded land near ditches, dams and river beds. Washed-out areas downed trees and utility poles. Fallen trees and debris filled drainage areas designed to handle high water but not a 1,000-year flood. More than 11,000 homes lost power in the Black River Electric Coop. service area, which includes Clarendon, Lee, Sumter and Kershaw counties. The storm hit Sumter County the hardest, with 7,450 people without power, followed by Clarendon County with 2,300 and Lee County with 700. Allen said employees used

South Carolina Department of Transportation road closure information as well as the company’s private radio service to talk to each other to maneuver the maze of closed roads and bridges. Employee ingenuity impressed Allen the most as they restored service to homeowners. With many roads and bridges washed out, linemen had to figure out how to get to individual homes on side streets. Allen said he remembers a call from a woman who said linemen amazed her by walking into her property around pools of water to re-establish power to her home. At other times, employees brought personal jon boats to

get to people’s homes. In fact, that’s one thing the co-op might consider purchasing if a similar flood hits the area in the future. “We don’t normally keep boats, but I would consider making a requisition for some,” Allen said. The company bought a skidsteer loader that has an attachment to carry a utility pole and has an auger attachment that can drill a hole. The piece of equipment allowed employees to replace poles rapidly. Allen said the skid-steer loader allowed the crews to set poles in tight places. Black River employees worked long hours to repair service.

Within two days, Black River restored power to all but a few unserviceable homes. Black River employees’ biggest problem surfaced at the intersection of U.S. 378 and U.S. 521, which held more than 2 feet of water at the main roads to the office building at 1121 N. Pike West in Sumter. The flood damage cost Black River $92,000 in employee and material costs in Sumter County. The Federal Emergency Management Agency reimbursed the electric co-op $69,000 or 75 percent of the cost. Allen said the flood damage wasn’t as severe as that from an ice storm that hit the area a few years ago.

City Council to meet Tuesday to consider appointments, other vacancies Sumter City Council will meet in regular session at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in City Council Chambers on the fourth floor of the Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St. Council will consider appointments and other vacancies. The Council will consider the final reading of an ordinance to allow amending the permitted uses in Sumter West Planned Development to per-

mit mini-warehouse storage as a use on a specific 7.90-acre parcel on the south side of Patriot Parkway; and an ordinance to permit a change in tower setbacks in non-residentially zoned properties. The final reading of an ordinance providing for the Issuance and Sale of a Tax Increment Revenue Bonds will also be considered. In new business, the council will re-

ceive an update from the planning department regarding the Sumter Pride Program, the Neighborhood Initiative Program and demolition enforcement activities and will consider an ordinance authorizing a contract for the elevated water tank maintenance project. City Council will also receive reports from Council members of their recent activity on organizations, a re-

port from City Manager Deron McCormick and a legislative update report. A period for public comment will also be taken before council will meet in executive session. Council may take action after the executive session. For more information, call City Clerk Linda Hammett at (803) 4362578.

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was one size too small. She said to herself, “I am going to exercise every waking hour that I have available to lose weight and fit into this dress. If the biggest loser contestants can do it, so can I!” So she joined a 24-hour fitness center to make this happen. While fitness centers are not the cause of excessive exercise, they are prime locations for this practice. “From treadmills to kettlebells to weights, I knew that to get results I had to put in some serious effort. I spent approximately five hours a day exercising, splitting it up throughout the day,” she said. In theory, the more exercise you do, the more cal-

ories you burn so the more weight you lose. But the reality is that excessive exercise does not result in faster or greater weight loss. When exercise is pushed to extremes, the body is thrown out of balance, which can actually slow progress. In a study at the University of Louisiana, hundreds of overweight women were put on a specific exercise program for six months. There were four different groups that were assigned a specific Missy amount of time to exercise weekly: Corrigan 72 minutes, 136 minutes and 194 minutes. The fourth group maintained their normal routine. At the end of the study, there was no significant difference in weight loss, and some had even gained weight, supporting the fact that exercise is not an effective method for weight loss. Angela says, “after one week, I was more tired and sore than feeling fit and slim. If I wasn’t working, I

was exercising; and if I wasn’t exercising, I was sleeping. But I was determined to make this work.” Overdosing on exercise puts a tremendous strain on the body. Heart problems, osteoporosis, severe dehydration and stress fractures can result from a lack of rest and recovery time for joints, bones and muscles. Compulsive exercise may burn more calories but it can lead to malnourishment that depletes the body of essential vitamins and minerals, increasing risk of fatigue and infections. “Expecting a positive outcome, I was severely disappointed in the fact that at the end of my two weeks my results did not reflect the effort that I had put in. I was physically exhausted, frustrated and mentally drained. I couldn’t fit into my dress, and I was so deeply depressed that I didn’t even go to my reunion,” shares Angela. Procrastinating weight loss and using exercise as your sole means for it is not an effective strategy. To avoid going to extremes, set goals ahead of time and use a balanced approach of moderate activity and healthy eating to be successful.

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1st responders take opportunity to learn from flood BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com As local first-responder agencies continue normal operations after the 1,000year flood in October 2015, officials are using the event as a learning tool to prepare for future storms. No one expected 24 inches of rain, Sumter County Emergency Management Director Erik Hayes said. “We were all caught off guard,” he said. “Now that we have that experience, we can learn from it.” Now emergency management and first responders know which areas can hold more water and which areas to keep a closer watch on, Hayes said. However, even with the additional monitoring, there is not much that can be done when the roads are covered with water, he said. Hayes said one of the biggest concerns during the flood was to keep peo-

ple from driving down damaged or flooded roads. The barricades are there to protect the public, not to inconvenience people, he said. “Turn around, don’t drown,” he said. Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis said the agency lost three patrol vehicles during the flood. Two have been replaced so far, he said. Dennis said the department’s Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle and Humvees were extremely helpful in moving residents from flooded areas. Those vehicles were also used to help residents of Lee County, he said. He said the sheriff’s office also used three boats, used by the agency’s dive team, when the rain started to fall. Dennis said the agency monitored the storm before the flooding started and had 50 personnel at the office ready to react when it was anticipated that the rain would not slow down.

Sumter Police Department Chief Russell Roark III said work didn’t end once the water receded. It was an ongoing process, he said. He said there is nothing specific that the department would do differently if another storm were to hit the area again. It’s all based on the situation, he said. Roark said residents in the area are more used to ice storms and preparing for hurricanes, so first responders and residents learned a lot from the flood. Capt. Michael Evans with the police department said the department lost about $341,000 in equipment and vehicles during the flood. He said seven new vehicles have been purchased to replace the ones that were lost, and they should be delivered soon. Sumter County Emergency Medical Services Director Bobby Hingst said the department did not really suffer any losses during the flood.

He said he received about $3,000 in reimbursement from FEMA for overtime and the cost to bring in more personnel to handle the increased calls for service. It’s really a small amount in the big scheme of things, he said. Sumter Fire Department Chief Karl Ford said the department fared well during the storm except for the water damage caused to the department’s training center and the equipment that was damaged inside the building. He said construction of the approximately $469,000 project began on Wednesday. If another storm similar to the October 2015 flood were to happen again, Ford said the department will be more prepared to move people to safety with its increased inventory of boats. Even though the flood was devastating, it made us stronger and smarter, Ford said. You live and you learn, he said.

Hundreds of relief loans issued to tri-county business owners BY RICK CARPENTER rick@theitem.com After the October 2015 flood, many businesses owners affected by the disaster looked for ways to finance or refinance their businesses. While the Federal Emergency Management Agency dealt with infrastructure and emergency support for cities and towns, for those who lost their homes and businesses, the U.S. Small Business Administration offered disaster relief loans in three categories: business physical disaster

loans, economic injury disaster loans and home disaster loans. Business physical disaster loans were geared to assist businesses that needed to repair or replace disaster-damaged property, according to information from the SBA. That could include real estate, inventory, supplies, machinery and equipment. Nonprofits, churches and charities are also eligible for this category of loan. Economic injury disaster loans were designed to help small businesses, small agriculture cooperatives, small

businesses engaged in aquaculture and nonprofit organizations of all sizes meet their financial obligations that couldn’t be met as a direct result of the disaster. Home disaster loans were for homeowners or renters to repair or replace disasterdamaged real estate and personal property including automobiles. Interest on the disaster loans ranged from 1.875 to 6 percent, depending on whether credit was available through other resources. Loans were set for as long as 30 years.

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FEMA FROM PAGE A1 75 percent reimbursement from FEMA. The state will provide the remaining 25 percent, he said. He said $220,900 in damage was covered by insurance, and the county had to pay its normal deductible. Hayes said FEMA reimbursed the county for the deductible. Sumter County Assistant Public Works Director Karen Hyatt said FEMA approved the department’s request of approximately $1,048,000 for reimbursement for personnel, equipment, material costs and repairs and has already sent approximately $803,400 of that amount.

The only remaining projects for county public works are to repair Second Mill Pond dam and a portion of Bracy Mill Road in Rembert, which is closed, she said. Hyatt said repairs to Second Mill Pond dam will include adding automated gates to control the water level and adding a second emergency spillway on the back side of the dam in case the water overflows again. Employees had to manually turn a crank to lower the gate during the flood, she said. Hyatt said the estimated cost of $1.4 million to repair the dam is not included in the reimbursement funds already approved by FEMA. She said the county will seek reimbursement for the repairs once the

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project is complete and a project worksheet is filled out. Hyatt said about one mile of Bracy Mill Road needs to be completely repaired. She said the county needs to bury pipes, and the road needs to be graded, shaped and paved. City of Sumter Manager Deron McCormick said the city has received approximately $143,000 in reimbursement for repair projects, of a total of about $359,000, from FEMA. He said the city has also received about $319,000 from insurance. The city has about $2.5 million in project worksheets that are still being prepared and reviewed to be submitted to FEMA for reimbursement, he said. He said two significant projects — to

rebuild the Fire Department Training Center for approximately $469,000 and repair two damaged dams near Shaw Air Force Base for about $864,000 — also still have to be completed. Sumter City Council approved a contract for the construction of the training center during its Sept. 6 meeting. McCormick said filing the paperwork to receive assistance from FEMA is a very extensive yet necessary task that is long to ensure that information is correct for future reference. Assistant City Manager of Public Services Al Harris said no roads in the city sustained significant damage during the flood, but the city is constantly working to make repairs.

City works to improve its drainage systems BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com When it rains, all of the water has to go somewhere. Assistant City Manager Al Harris said the city has worked hard on improving drainage since the 1,000-year flood a year ago. “In the recent rains, areas have not had the flooding problems they’ve had in the past, and it’s because of how much we’ve done on the drainage system,” Harris said. He said the city is better prepared than a year ago, but

keeping the drainage system in good shape is a never-ending job. “You never have done enough because with aging infrastructure and especially drainage, it is a nonstop cycle to keep it up and going.” Harris said much of the city’s drainage infrastructure is 60 or more years old. “I think we saw very positive results after the rain with the tropical storm and some of the other rains we have had lately,” he said. “Most of it is working pretty good, and that is because we are on top of the never-ending process.”

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Dorothy Parson, a resident of Meadowfield Apartments in Summerton, wipes down a table in her apartment one year after the flood that resulted in two feet of water in the building and forced all of the residents to evacuate.

Meadowfield Apartments residents reflect on damage BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com SUMMERTON — Dorothy Parson remembers waking up to a neighbor’s knock on her door as water steadily rose outside her apartment on Oct. 4, 2015.

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New Hope Church Road in Rembert is repaired along with broken water lines after the flooding.

REPAIRS FROM PAGE A1 Lake Road has required a full bridge replacement, which is under construction. The projected opening date for that section of road is Nov. 14, according to S.C. Department of Transportation. For the four other roads still closed because of dam failures, DOT has still not issued projected opening dates for any of them. These roads include Rainbow Lake Road from U.S. 301 to S.C. 527, Gunter Road from Jackson Road to Stone Road, Old River Road from Lilly Martin Road to Liberty Hill Road and Puddin Swamp Road near Cypress Lake Dam to Sandhill Road. In Sumter County, Bracy Mill Road in the northern part of the county remains closed, but Sumter County Public Works officials expect it to reopen before Thanksgiving. In western Lee County, Eddie Watkins Road remains closed, according to county officials. Regarding dams in the tricounty area, Clarendon again suffered the brunt of the damage, with eight state-regulated dams that were confirmed as breached or failed under the pressure of rushing water during the historic flooding, according to S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control. For a dam to be regulated under South Carolina law, it must be at least 25 feet tall, hold back at least 50 acrefeet — or 16.3 million gallons — of water or be classified as high hazard regardless of size. Those that don’t meet these requirements are not regulated. Many smaller, unregulated dams also failed in

STATE-REGULATED DAM BREACHES / FAILURES BY COUNTY: Clarendon (8) O. E. Rose Dam Cuttino Pond Dam Dogwood Lake Dam dam off Fox Tindal Road Cypress Lake Dam dam off Old River Road Wards Pasture Pond Dam Lakewood Pond Dam Sumter (5) Ellerbees Millpond Dam Black Crest Farm Pond Dam Boyle Pond Dam McCray Lake Dam Touchberry Lower Pond Dam Lee (1) Clyburn Source: S.C. DHEC

the three counties. Five state-regulated dams in Sumter were breached and one in Lee County. (A full listing of the 14 state-regulated dams that were breached or failed in the area in the historic flooding is provided.) Because of various circumstances, only one dam in the tri-county area has completed repairs — Lakewood Pond Dam in Clarendon. According to DHEC, the process of repairing dams is protracted. Before a permit can be issued, the dam owner must submit an application with an engineering report outlining repairs. Then, a DHEC staff review is conducted, followed by the engineer’s revisions. “Repairing dams is always on a case-by-case basis,” said Mary-Kathryn Craft of DHEC. “There is a focus on the individual needs for each dam. The process involves the dam owner, engineers and DHEC staff.”

A few minutes later, the power was cut off, and law enforcement personnel were evacuating people from Meadowfield Apartments, a subsidized housing complex in Summerton. About 150 residents from 48 units were evacuated from the complex as floodwaters rushed in. Parson and six other residents packed themselves into one vehicle and somehow were able to drive out of the parking lot, filled with waistdeep floodwaters. “It was dark outside; you couldn’t see anything,” she said. “I don’t know how my friend was able to get her car running.” Her nephew, who is blind, was sound asleep in his apartment, next door to Parson’s. He did not hear the evacuation orders, and law enforcement was forced to break down his door to rescue him, she said. Parson lost all of the items on the first floor of her twofloor apartment in the flood. Her furniture was stained with mold and had to be thrown away, as did her kitchenware. Her clothes, which she was able to save from the flood by taking them to a friend’s house, were destroyed in a house fire a few weeks later. Residents were taken to a temporary emergency shelter set up at Scott’s Branch Middle-High School, and some later went to Camp Bob Cooper in Summerton, where they stayed for several weeks. Parson said Camp Bob Cooper helped her with stress relief. “I could fish and just look at the lake and take my mind off things,” she said. “That was relaxing.” Parson also spent two weeks at a motel in Summerton. After that, she moved in with her brother for a few months. Most of the apartment complex’s residents received

assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for items lost in the flood, but how much each person received is not clear. She moved back in to her apartment in February. Parson received furniture donations from organizations such as The Salvation Army. Furniture was also provided by Manning Mayor Julia A. Nelson, who was able to receive a donation of items from a hotel in Atlanta. Donated furniture included mattresses, couches, chairs and lamps. Parson also purchased furniture for the apartment herself. Gary Livingston, another resident of the apartment complex, was in the hospital for an extended period of time when the flood hit because of the amputation of both of his legs. He also lost all of his furniture and items in the flood. Livingston said he was not able to receive any FEMA assistance for items lost or damage because he missed the December 2015 deadline to apply for benefits, as he was in the hospital. He said he is in need of a couch and a chair.

cess involved removing drywall, cabinets, insulation, carpet and flooring. Everything inside was then pressure washed to get rid of the mold and disinfected. About 147 tons of debris was removed from the facility. After everything dried out, 864 sheets of drywall were installed. Other organizations donated labor and materials to assist with the renovation efforts. Jaco said their efforts saved Meadowfield. Boyd Management staff worked seven days a week for two months at the facility, she said. They also installed new flooring, doors, cabinets, sinks and faucets. Appliances destroyed as a result of the flood, such as refrigerators and stoves, were replaced. Jaco said because of free labor and materials provided at a reduced cost, they were able to get a project that initially cost about $2 million, complete with $400,000. Most residents were able to return to their homes in midDecember 2015, less than two months after reconstruction efforts began.

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Jaco said the flooding of the apartment complex was because of the amount of water that fell during the flood and a ditch across the street that was not large enough to handle the volume and was also filled with debris. That ditch is not part of the company’s property but is maintained by the South Carolina Department of Transportation and has since been cleared and expanded, she said. Houses in the same neighborhood as the apartment complex were also flooded, she said. Jaco said the company is better prepared if a threat of a flood were to happen again. “We have flood insurance now, which is something we did not have in the past as we’re not in a flood plain,” she said. As for Parson, she said she still gets nervous each time it rains and has recollections of the flood in her memory. “The experience has made me stronger, however,” she said. “If you place God first, your battle will be much easier.”

Immediately after the flood, the subsidized apartment complex was on the verge of being shut down after sustaining an estimated $1.5 million in flood damage, plus another half a million dollars for cost of labor, said Barbara Jaco, vice president of Boyd Management Inc., which manages the property. Boyd Management did not have enough resources to pay for the complex’s repair costs, Jaco said. Jaco said just when she thought the complex would have to shut down, she accidentally met Summerton Baptist Church Associate Pastor Bob Ashba and Bobby Jackson of Southern Baptist Disaster Relief while having lunch at the local diner. Southern Baptist Disaster Relief agreed to take on the “mudding out” project along with AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps and other organizations and churches offering free labor. The “mudding out” pro-

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Trump can’t control himself W ASHINGTON — Only in the strangest-ever presidential election could a former beauty queen’s weight be considered a deal-breaking issue of, if I may, gargantuan proportions. Pretend it’s two weeks ago: Who is Alicia Machado? Now: How happy is Alicia Machado? If I weren’t paid by the word, I’d be speechless. The former Miss Universe of 1996 has risen from the ashes of former fame to become the nom du jour thanks to some delight-inducing opposition research by the Clinton campaign. As everyone now knows, Donald Trump was once nasty to Machado, whose coronation as the most beautiful figure in the world apparently coincided with the arrival of her appetite. According to Machado, who has appeared on numerous talk shows, Trump called her “Miss Piggy,” “eating machine,” and “Miss Housekeeper,” by which we are to infer that he was cruel, lacking in compassion — though he says he interceded when pageant officials wanted to fire her — and a classist, racist, misogynist ogre. I’m sorry. Who didn’t know? More baffling than the fact of the political twist we’ll naturally call “weightgate” is the breathless, hand-over-mouth reaction, primarily, it must be said, among the media and the Clinton campaign — not that Trump hasn’t participated in giving this story rather good legs. News flash: Donald Trump was mean to a beauty queen, who, contra her contract, according to him, gained too much weight. Pardon, but have The Deeply Offended been circling the moon the past 20 years? Trump didn’t suddenly become a jackass; he didn’t suddenly begin treating women as chattel; he didn’t suddenly show his nasty attitude toward those he considers beneath him. If his long-ago comments to Machado, resurrected by a very clever Hillary Clinton during the first presidential debate, have provided enlightenment to anyone over the age of, say, 10, well, then, just awesome sauce. For the rest of the polity, this is hardly revelation. It’s just ol’ Donald being ol’ Donald — then, still and always. What makes this dusty offense resonate now? Ostensibly, it’s because our daughters, our granddaughters, wives, sisters and selves have body-image issues. Thus it has always been, though lately (meaning the late 20th century to the present), we’ve become more attuned to how girls and women feel about

their bodies — and, of course, what the president of the United States can do about it. This isn’t to make light of Kathleen eating disorParker ders, which are serious health concerns. But this episode in political un-reality demands perspective. Plainly, Clinton tossed in the Machado tidbit knowing that Trump would seize the bait and get tangled in the nets. He can’t help himself, as any witness to recent history knows. That he would double- and triple-down, tweeting in the middle of the night four days later, is more than Clinton could have hoped for. Early Friday morning, Trump apparently couldn’t sleep for thinking about it and tweeted that Clinton had been duped into mentioning his comments about the “disgusting” Machado. Keep it up, Donnie, and Machado will have her own reality show before you get yours back. Clinton’s expectation, which is somewhat sexist in itself, was to capture the women’s vote by exposing Trump’s bullying of Machado. This expose would be especially effective, presumably, because every woman in America has uttered the words: “Does this make me look fat?” I once asked my father this question when, three months after giving birth and still wearing 30 extra pounds, I donned a cashmere poncho with Western-ish markings to greet friends I hadn’t seen in years. He sized me up and replied: “No, you look like three Indians in a teepee.” We died laughing. The old man raised us to survive a harsh world but not so much with sensitivity training. Clinton also hoped to gain the support of millennials, who, we’re told, are more recent to the body-image struggle — just possibly exaggerated by constant self-documentation? — and are also more sensitive to older generations’ attachment to stereotypes and -isms. Whether voting-age women will clamor to vote Clinton because of remarks Trump made nearly 20 years ago will keep the commentariat chewing the fat for a bit. The meat of the matter, meanwhile, is what Trump’s remarks then and now tell us what is crucial in a presidential election: The man can’t control himself. This should be enough. Kathleen Parker’s email address is kathleenparker@washpost.com. © 2016, Washington Post Writers Group.

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Truth a casualty of unrest

ne of the casualties in the recent outbreak of unrest in the country, punctuated by the riots in Charlotte, has been the truth, bolstered by facts and reliable statistics, not outright falsehoods that have sprung up from violent protesters more interested in looting and pillaging than resolving conflicts. Case in point is the inaccurate portrayal of conflicts involving American police, blacks and the deadly use of force as reported by respected Manhattan Institute scholar Heather MacDonald. She says this: “When it comes to the subject of American police, blacks and the deadly use of force, here is what we know: A recent deadly force study by Washington State University researcher Lois James found that police officers were less likely to shoot unarmed black suspects than unarmed white or Hispanic ones in simulated threat scenarios; Harvard economics professor Roland Fryer analyzed more than 1,000 officer-involved shootings

EDITORIAL across the country and he concluded that there is zero evidence of racial bias in police shootings; in Houston, he found that blacks were 24 percent less likely to be shot by officers, even when the suspects were armed or violent … An analysis of federal police crime statistics and the Washington Post police database shows that fully 12 percent of all whites and Hispanics who die of homicide are killed by cops … in contrast, only 4 percent of black victims are killed by cops … police shootings occur more frequently where officers confront armed or violently resisting suspects. Those suspects are disproportionately black. According to the most recent study by the Department of Justice, although blacks were only about 15 percent of the population in the 75 largest counties in the United States, they were charged with 62 percent of all robberies, 57 percent of murders and 45 percent of assaults. And in New York

City alone, blacks commit over three quarters of all shootings although they represent only 25 percent of the city’s population, truly disheartening numbers when contrasted with the fact that whites in that city commit only 2 percent of all shootings even though they comprise 34 percent of the population. The myth of “Hands up, don’t shoot, “ created by the Black Lives Matter movement has only added fuel to the fire of unrest in many of the nation’s larger cities, We are fortunate here in Sumter that such upheaval is not roiling our community, thanks to the dedicated and responsible law enforcement officers among us in the police department and sheriff’s office. We live in a law and order community, made possible by those who wear badges and take seriously their mission of keeping the peace. Because of that, we have been spared of being tarnished by the statistics that have infected other cities, such as the fine city of Charlotte in our neighboring state.

Fair has long, colorful history

ccording to The Sumter Item’s excellent coverage and several eyewitnesses I’ve spoken with, it was another good year at the Sumter County Fair. I missed the fair this year, so obviously I missed the Potato House. The thing I miss the most, however, is the Wall of Death motorcycle show. Not sure when that act last came to Sumter, but it remains my most vivid Sumter County Fair memory going back to the 1960s and early 1970s. I’m guessing it was some version of “The American Wall of Death” — www. americanwallofdeath.com — billed as a “vintage live action thrill show featuring a motor drome, a silo-shaped wooden cylinder 30 feet in diameter. Nothing compares to seeing the show in person at the top of the 14 foot board wall, where you can smell the rubber burn and feel the wind as the motorcycles race just inches from you!” That’s exactly how I remember it. Back then we would walk or ride bikes to the fair in the afternoon and our parents would pick us up in the evening. Some of us had what was called the “Golden Pass,” which allowed unlimited free access to rides. I suppose my father got one since he was the editor of the local newspaper. My

neighborhood buddies Milton and Bill Schwartz got them because their father, Ramon, Graham was our Osteen state House representative in Columbia. Some of our other friends had them also, so we were all able to waste our meager lawn-mowing and odd-jobs savings on food, games and the human freak shows, which were always a sad and disappointing spectacle. At least we knew how to have fun and entertain ourselves without technology, unless you consider that attaching a playing card to your bike wheel spokes with a clothesline pin was a feat of engineering. I once saw two carnies get into an argument, which led to a fistfight, which led to one of them grabbing a big, heavy chain and hitting his co-worker with it. The cops came and took them both away. That was the first time I saw an actual, bloody fight between two grown men, and it was terrifying. Speaking of carnies: In the late 1980s, we did a photographic series in The Sumter Item about the carnival life in which our photographer lived with them at the fair-

grounds for a few days. The pictures caused quite a stir, if I remember correctly, mainly because there was an interracial couple involved. Clearly our always adventurous “liberal media” newsroom was ahead of the times when it came to recognizing the changing faces of society. Still looking for that one in the archives. That same archive search turned up a 1972 story by reporter Van King, detailing how “17-year-old carnival worker Robert Lee Knapp” was sentenced to 35 years for shooting Sumter County Deputy Sheriff John B. Lewis twice in the head — http://bit.ly/2d49HsN. I was just 11 years old at the time, but I remember such a high-profile case. Finally, these fair-related searches brought up Sumter native John Everett’s column from May 2011 — http://bit.ly/2d41Hb3. Like all of the columns John has done for us periodically, “Evenings to remember at the fair” was funny, thoughtful and irreverent. Send him a note at johneverettai@gmail.com. Tell him to write some more columns for The Sumter Item. Graham Osteen is Editor-AtLarge of The Sumter Item. He can be reached at graham@ theitem.com. Follow him on Twitter @GrahamOsteen, or visit www.grahamosteen.com.

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GREG D. GLAZIER JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee — Greg D. Glazier, 37, of Johnson City, died on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016, at Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Sumter, a son of the late Dana Charles Glazier and Dee Glazier Dewil. He was a retired C&C operator and machinist in the medical supply industry. Greg was a member of Clifton View GLAZIER Baptist Church. He enjoyed hunting and fishing with his children and building projects around the house. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by a sister, Tonya Christine Glazier; infant daughter; twins, Meghan Christine and Morgan Reed Glazier; and his maternal grandfather, David Ross Stidd. Survivors include his wife, Shannon Litz Glazier of the home; two sons, Austin Gregory Glazier and Liam Ross Glazier, both of the home; a daughter, Abbigail Madison Glazier of the home; his mother and her husband, Dee and Bill Dewil of Sumter; a brother, Matt Glazier of Sumter; maternal grandmother, Christine Stidd; mother-in-law and father-in-law, Theresa and Raymond Litz; three sisters-in-law, Amanda and Emily Litz of Owego, New York, and Kirsten Litz of Johnson City; several uncles, aunts, cousins and a niece, Ava. A memorial service was conducted at 1 p.m. on Saturday under the direction of the Rev. Ron Richardson at the Dogwood Chapel of the Morris-Baker Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to The March of Dimes, 2313 Browns Mill Road, Johnson City, TN 37601. Memories and condolences may be shared via www.morrisbaker.com. Morris-Baker Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 2001 E. Oakland Ave., Johnson City, is serving the Glazier family, (423) 282-1521.

FILOMENA P. ROWLAND DALZELL — Filomena Pagdilao “Sally” Rowland, 78, wife of John Mitchell Rowland Jr., died on Friday, Sept. 30, 2016, at Providence Health in Columbia. Born on June 7, 1938, in Pangasinan, Philippines, she was a daughter of the late Jose and Genoveva Corpus Pagdilao. She was of the Catholic faith. She is survived by her husband ROWLAND of Trenton, Florida; a son, Mike Rowland (Apryl) of Boonsboro, Maryland; two daughters, Sue Reynolds (Jody) of Pinewood and Wendy Rowland Howard (Cody) of Palmer, Alaska; a brother; seven sisters; 10 grandchildren, Kyle Rowland, Kera Kersten, Jordan Stone, Kasey Stone, Eryn Rowland, Duncan Rowland, Parker Reynolds, Peyton Reynolds, Cooper Reynolds and Torrence Howard; and two great-grandchildren, Hendrix Hines and Calliope Hines. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday at Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the residence in Dalzell. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at the Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 128 Stonemark Lane, Columbia, SC 29210 or to the Vietnam Veterans of America, 8719 Colesville Road, Suite 100, Silver Spring, MD 20910 or www. vva.org. Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of ar-

rangements, (803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome.org

JOHN RIVERS JR. John Townsend “Bud” Rivers Jr., 87, husband of Margaret Ann Fidler Rivers to whom he was married for 63 years, died Friday, Sept. 30, 2016, at his home surrounded by his family on his farm. Born in Sumter, he was a son of the late John Townsend Rivers Sr. and Augusta Jennings Rivers Neyle. Mr. Rivers was a member of Hebron Presbyterian Church where RIVERS JR. he served as Sunday school superintendent, deacon and elder. He was co-owner and president of Rivers Farms.He was a former vice-chairman of Sumter County Council; chairman of the Production Credit Association Board; member of the Soil Conservation Commission; was elected Sumter County Young Farmer of the Year; and served on numerous farm association committees. He was a U. S. Army veteran serving in the Korean Conflict. Surviving are his wife of Sumter; two sons, John Townsend Rivers III (Donna) of Sumter and U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Ray F. Rivers, chaplain, (Paula) of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; 10 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Mary Margaret Hiller; and two brothers, L.D. Rivers and Malcolm R. Rivers. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday at Hebron Presbyterian Church with U.S.Navy Lt. Cmdr. Ray F. Rivers, chaplain, and the Rev. Jeremy Howell officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Honorary pallbearers will be E. M. Dubose, David Dubose, Ricky McDaniel, Donald Blanton, William James, Whit James, Ken Reese and Kelly Jackson. The family will receive friends at a celebration of his life immediately following the graveside service at Bethel United Methodist Church Family Life Center, 5575 Lodebar Road, Sumter. Memorials may be made to Salvation Army, P. O. Box 2229, Sumter, SC 29151; to United Ministries of Sumter, P. O. Box 1017, Sumter, SC 2915; or to a charity of one’s choice. Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals. com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.

ILA D. MCELVEEN BISHOPVILLE — Ila Delores “Tootsie” Partin McElveen, 81, widow of Thomas Wade “T.W.” McElveen, died Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016, at McCoy Memorial Nursing Center in Bishopville. Born March 29, 1935, in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Howard Coy and Ila Belle Myers Partin. She was a member of Mayesville Baptist Church. She attended Mayesville High School and Riverside High School. Tootsie was a Martha Stewart-caliber homemaker and was an accomplished selftaught pianist. She had a special way with animals and dearly loved her pets. Survivors include a daughter, Lisa McElveen Ramsing

of Bishopville; a sister, Tiny Killinger of Sumter; a brother, Howard Francis Partin (Brenda) of Conway; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years and a son-in-law, State Trooper Paul Ramsing. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday at Elmore-CannonStephens Funeral Home. The burial will be private. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

KAYDEN FRANCIS MANNING – Baby boy Kayden Francis, 7 months, died Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016, at the Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, Georgia. He was the son of Christopher and Colea Rosado-Melendez Francis. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Monday at FRANCIS Elizabeth Missionary Baptist Church, Manning. The Rev. Terry Johnson, pastor, will officiate. The family is receiving friends at the home of his grandparents, Freddie and Diane Bethea, 2220 Jerro Road, Manning. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

KENNETH D. SIGMON SR. Kenneth David Sigmon Sr., husband of the late Mary Patricia Scott Sigmon, died Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey. Born July 17, 1942, in Sumter, he was a son of the late Russell M. and Bessie Bumgardner Sigmon Sr.. He attended New Salem Baptist Church and retired from Georgia-Pacific. Survivors include two nieces, Brenda Gilpin (Terry) of Ohio and Susie Timmons (Glen) of Sumter; and a nephew, Allen Jayroe of Ohio. He was preceded in death by a brother, Russell M. Sigmon Jr.; and two sisters, Drucilla Jane Jayroe and Barbara Ann Cook. A graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. on Tuesday in Sumter Cemetery with the Rev. Kevin Massey officiating. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

RONNIE BURGESS Mr. Ronnie Burgess entered eternal rest on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016, at the Carolinas Hospital System, Florence. The family is receiving friends at 141 River Road, Lamar. Visitation will be held from 1 until 6 p.m. on Monday at the funeral home. The funeral

service will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday at Mt. Pleasant African Methodist Episcopal Church, Lynchburg, with the pastor, the Rev. Earnest Brown officiating. Interment will follow in the churchyard cemetery. Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville, is in charge of arrangements.

JOAN W. HENDERSON Joan Wilkerson Henderson, age 70, died on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016, at her residence. Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Bullock Funeral Home.

JAMES SARGENT SR. James Sargent Sr., 88, departed this life on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016, at his home. Born in Dalzell, Dec. 25, 1927, he was the son of the late Stephen and Christina Curtis Sargent. At an early age, he accepted Jesus Christ as his personal savior and united with Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church, where he faithfully served on the gospel choir, trustee ministry, usher’s ministry and male chorus until his health failed. James was educated in the public schools of Sumter County. He was employed by Georgia Pacific in Sumter for 25 years and at Square D in Columbia for 17 years prior to retiring in 1990. He leaves to cherish his memories two sons, James Sargent Jr. of Sumter and Lionel O’neal (Clementine) Sargent of Charlotte, North Carolina; four daughters, Barbara Sargent Johnson of Dalzell, Deborah (Willie) Hall of Jacksonville, Florida, Adell Sargent Jackson of Rembert, and Carnise (Frank) Dennis of Sumter; one sister, Alethia Robinson of Marietta, Georgia; two sisters-in-law; 11 grandchildren; nine greatgrandchildren; one greatgreat-grandchild; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Home-going services will be held at noon on Tuesday at Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church, 3285 Peach Orchard Road, Dalzell, with the Rev. Richard Addison, pastor, eulogist. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 3415 Providence Hill Road, Dalzell. The remains will be placed in the church for viewing at 11 a. m. The procession will leave from the home at 11:20 a. m. Floral bearers will be the Senior Missionary Ministry, family and friends.

Amanda White Smith, 61, entered into eternal rest peacefully on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, at Palmetto Health Richland Hospital, Columbia. Born in Sumter County, Aug. 6, 1955, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Inell Moore White. She was educated in the public schools of Sumter County. She worked diligently at the Sumter Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility for nearly five years; and several years at TJ Maxx department store in Sumter until her health began to fail. Amanda accepted God as her personal savior at an early age and joined Beulah AME Church where she served with pride as a member of the women’s missionary society, the ladies’ club and the lay organization. Her memories will be cherished by three children, Annette White and Kelvin J. Smith, both of Columbia, and Marion Smith of Sumter; five sisters, Bessie (Isido) Kind, Annie (Willie) Vance, Polly (the Rev. George) Johnson, Carrell (Charles) Davis, all of Sumter, and Amy Spears of Columbia; three brothers, Thomas (Caroline) White of Columbia, Willie White of Mayesville and James White of Sumter; 14 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Monday at Beulah A. M. E. Church, 3175 Florence Highway, Sumter, with the Rev. Dr. Dwayne Bruce, pastor, eulogist. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 3002 Prosser Ave., Sumter. The remains will be placed in the church at 2 p.m. The procession will leave from the home at 2:20 p.m. Floral bearers and pall bearers will be family and friends. Burial will be in Beulah A.M.E. Churchyard Cemetery, Sumter. Services directed by the management and staff of Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter. Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@sc.rr. com . Visit us on the Web at www.williamsfuneralhomeinc. com.

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FYI Sumter County AARP Foundation profit organization, accepts veTax-Aide is in need of volunteers hicle contributions. To comVolunteers tax season for the upcoming taxneeded season.for plete a vehicle donation, call No tax preparation experi(800) 544-1213 or log onto ence is needed. Volunteers www.mdff.org and click on only need to have minimum the automobile icon to comcomputer experience and the plete an online donation apdesire to help local taxpayplication. ers. Volunteer at www.aarpThe Purple Heart Chapter of foundation.org/taxaide. Call Sumter is sponsoring a project Ms. King at (803) 316-0772. to have all Purple Heart The National Kidney Foundation medal recipients inducted of South Carolina is in need of into the National Purple unwanted vehicles — even ones Heart Hall of Honor located that don’t run. The car will be in New York. An enrollment towed at no charge to you application must be completand you will be provided with ed by the medal recipient or a possible tax deduction. The next of kin if the veteran is donated vehicle will be sold deceased. Proof of the award at auction or recycled for sal- of the medal is required and, vageable parts. Call (800) if possible, a photograph of 488-2277. the recipient. Call Willie Washington at (720) 203-2112 The Muscular Dystrophy Family for details and assistance. Foundation Inc. (MDFF), a non-

SANTEE-LYNCHES REGIONAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Monday, 7 p.m., Santee-Lynches Board Room, 36 W. Liberty St.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Sometimes it’s EUGENIA LAST best to let things go. It’s in your best interest to calm down and avoid blowing situations out of proportion. Try to be patient instead of making poor choices. A peaceful approach will keep you grounded.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Love and emotion will be heightened. Pick and choose your words and actions carefully. The right move can bring you happiness and a better understanding between yourself and someone special. A romantic gesture will pay off. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): A creative outlet will help you find balance and calm your nerves. An old idea with a new twist will help you find additional income. Doing without some of the extras will help you save money. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Do your best to put everyone at ease and you will be rewarded for the effort. Love and romance are highlighted, and surprising someone with an unusual suggestion will bring you closer together. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Follow through with plans. Don’t expect everyone to agree with you. Negotiate on your own behalf and don’t falter if someone attacks your position or decision. You’ll come out on top if you adhere to your strategy. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A situation you can’t control will push you to make a change before you’re ready. Do your best to stay within budget, and don’t feel obligated to

SUMTER CITY COUNCIL Tuesday, 5:30 p.m., Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St. BISHOPVILLE CITY COUNCIL Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., Colclough Building TOWN OF LYNCHBURG PLANNING COMMISSION Wednesday, 4 p.m., town hall

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AccuWeather® ﬁve-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

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TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Gaﬀney 82/57 Spartanburg 82/58

Greenville 84/59

Columbia 86/62

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Keep everything in perspective. Getting all worked up over nothing will give someone else the edge. Listen to what’s being said or offered and counter with something that you feel is fair. Compromise will pay off.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Make plans that will give you the opportunity to try something new. A chance meeting with someone from your past will provide you with information that will help you make an important decision. Don’t reveal personal secrets. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Remember what you are trying to achieve. Refuse to let an emotional situation ruin your plans. Offer an out to anyone you feel is more trouble than you care to deal with. Take care of your needs first.

Charleston 87/66

Today: Humid with times of clouds and sun. High 83 to 88. Monday: Mostly cloudy; a thunderstorm in southern parts. High 82 to 87.

SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

Today Hi/Lo/W 83/62/s 68/54/c 86/64/s 69/54/c 88/63/s 77/58/pc 87/72/pc 67/59/c 88/73/t 73/60/c 93/69/s 67/54/pc 77/61/pc

Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest. 355.43 74.87 74.76 98.73

24-hr chg -0.04 none none +0.19

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

0.00" 0.00" 0.13" 39.12" 30.71" 37.50"

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84° 55° 79° 56° 92° in 1986 39° in 1967

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Mon. Hi/Lo/W 86/64/s 68/57/pc 88/67/s 68/56/c 87/67/s 76/57/pc 89/73/s 73/59/c 86/73/t 76/59/pc 87/60/s 65/56/r 76/60/s

Myrtle Beach 84/65

Aiken 84/57

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Keep your plans doable. Refuse to let anyone talk you into taking on responsibilities that will make your life difficult. Focus more on personal gains and making your life stress-free. Do things your way.

Sumter 85/63 Manning 86/60

Today: Sunny. Winds light and variable. Partly cloudy. Monday: Brilliant sunshine. Winds eastnortheast 3-6 mph.

Temperature High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low

Florence 86/64

Bishopville 85/61

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Flood 7 a.m. stage yest. 12 8.11 19 2.71 14 3.90 14 1.86 80 75.74 24 4.38

24-hr chg -0.15 -0.33 -0.38 -0.31 -0.04 -0.05

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Ht. 3.4 3.2 3.3 3.1

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

Today Hi/Lo/W 78/52/s 86/56/s 87/56/s 88/67/pc 83/70/pc 87/66/pc 84/59/s 85/61/s 86/62/s 84/62/pc 84/63/sh 84/62/pc 85/63/pc

Mon. Hi/Lo/W 78/56/pc 88/61/s 88/61/c 87/69/c 81/69/c 86/69/c 83/62/pc 86/66/s 87/66/c 83/64/c 80/61/sh 83/65/c 84/65/pc

Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 86/64/pc Gainesville 90/69/t Gastonia 82/58/s Goldsboro 84/63/pc Goose Creek 87/66/pc Greensboro 82/60/s Greenville 84/59/s Hickory 80/57/s Hilton Head 85/69/pc Jacksonville, FL 88/70/t La Grange 83/57/s Macon 90/55/s Marietta 81/58/s

Mon. Hi/Lo/W 85/66/c 86/71/pc 82/61/s 82/63/pc 86/68/c 80/61/s 84/62/s 81/60/s 84/70/c 88/70/pc 86/62/s 89/60/pc 85/62/s

Today City Hi/Lo/W Marion 80/55/s Mt. Pleasant 86/69/pc Myrtle Beach 84/65/pc Orangeburg 85/61/pc Port Royal 87/68/pc Raleigh 84/61/s Rock Hill 83/58/s Rockingham 83/59/s Savannah 89/66/pc Spartanburg 82/58/s Summerville 86/65/pc Wilmington 83/64/pc Winston-Salem 80/59/s

Weather(W): s–sunny, pc–partly cloudy, c–cloudy, sh–showers, t–thunderstorms, r–rain, sf–snow ﬂurries, sn–snow, i–ice

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Listen to the voice of reason and consider how you can make the information you gather work to your benefit. Taking a hands-on approach to whatever you do will give you the control you need to reach your goal unscathed.

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Mon. Hi/Lo/W 79/57/s 85/71/c 83/67/c 85/65/c 86/69/c 80/61/pc 83/62/pc 82/62/pc 87/68/c 82/62/s 86/67/c 81/67/c 79/60/s

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REGIONAL CITIES

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You will be forced to do more if you want to avoid a setback. Someone will want too much too fast, leaving you in an awkward position. Say “no” and make an offer that’s reasonable.

THE NEWSDAY CROSSWORD MATERIAL WITNESS: Some common fabrications By Gail Grabowski

WEATHER

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PUBLIC AGENDA LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS BOARD MEETING Monday, 5:30 p.m., Sumter Sheriff’s Office conference room

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Across) was founded in 1914 as a tractor engine maker, under the name Bull Tractor. Numerous breeds can have the coloring of the CALICO CAT (23 Across), such as the Manx, Persian and Turkish Angora. “Festoon” (80 Across) is derived from an Italian word meaning “decoration for a feast,” and is thus related to “fiesta.”

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Crestwood coasts past Darlington BY EDDIE LITAKER Special To The Sumter Item

63-28 homecoming victory at Donald L. Crolley Memorial Stadium. DALZELL — When a footWith the win, Crestwood ball team’s offense sputters, moves to 4-3 overall while sometimes it takes a big play opening Region VI-4A play by the defense or special teams with a win. to provide a spark. The loss dropped Darlington In Crestwood High School’s to 0-7 and 0-1. case on Friday, it was two firstThe Falcons had driven from quarter red-zone defensive their 28-yard line to the Creststands against Darlington that wood 1 before the Knights led to better things in the secwould come away with an inond quarter. terception, but then fumble After a scoreless opening the ball back on the same play. quarter, both teams more than Darlington took over at the 11, made up for it in a 49-point but could not put it in the end second quarter that left Crest- zone after three incompletions wood up 28-21 at the half. The and a sack for a 9-yard loss. RICK CARPENTER/THE SUMTER ITEM lead was 42-21 after three beThe Falcons were once Crestwood quarterback Tylas Green (3) takes off on a touchdown run fore three more fourth-quarter again on the move on their in the Knights’ 63-28 win over Darlington on Friday in Dalzell.. scores left the Knights with a next possession as time ex-

USC FOOTBALL

So close, so far

pired in the opening quarter. Darlington had driven from its 44 to the Crestwood 2 before, on the second play of the second quarter, Sheddrick Ervin recovered a fumble on what appeared to be a Darlington touchdown and returned it to the Knights’ 45. “The defense set the tone in the first quarter and early in the second by making those two goal-line stands,” Crestwood head coach Roosevelt Nelson said. “Forcing two turnovers down there at the goal line is always a good thing, and then they got the ball to the offense and we scored some points.”

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Tigers lead Louisville 28-10 at halftime

Defense holds No. 9 Aggies in check, but special teams miscues and passing game woes doom USC in 24-13 loss

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Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson (4) delivers a pass in the Tigers’ game against Louisville on Saturday in Clemson. The game was not completed at press time. For a story, go to www.theitem.com

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U.S. take 3-point lead at Ryder Cup BY DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press

ball team,” USC head coach Will Muschamp said of A&M. “I’m really proud of our guys and the way they competed in the game. They continued to fight and battle, and we were just having a hard time with explosive plays offensively to create some vertical balls.” Part of that was due to the absences of wide receivers Deebo Samuel and Bryan Edwards, who did not play. Freshman WR Chavis Dawkins got his first career start and freshman running back Rico Dowdle also made his debut later in the contest. “Those two guys (Samuel and Edwards) are the guys you have to account for as a play-caller,” Muschamp said. “It changes how the game is called. It changes a lot of things. “...But we’re going to have to continue to have young guys step up.”

CHASKA, Minn. — Patrick Reed took over his match with putting and passion, and the rest of the Americans followed suit Saturday afternoon in a pivotal fourballs session that left them on the verge — again — of winning back the Ryder Cup. Reed and his bullish attitude was at his best, starting with a wedge he holed out for eagle. That was the centerpiece of a fourhole stretch that carried he and Jordan Spieth to a 2-and-1 victory in the final match of another raucous and at times rude afternoon at Hazeltine. The Americans had a 9½-6½ lead over Europe. They need to REED win only five of 12 singles matches to reclaim the Ryder Cup for the first time since 2008, and only the third time over the last two decades. Europe trudged off the course with only recent history on its side. It trailed by a slightly larger margin, 10-6, four years ago at Medinah with Davis Love III at the helm of the U.S. team and then put together a staggering display of putting to produce the largest comeback by a visiting team in Ryder Cup history. “We’re going to have to play tomorrow, as we’ve done before from a worse deficit,” European captain Darren Clarke said. Most painful for Clarke was watching his best friend and captain’s pick, Lee Westwood, miss crucial short putts on the back nine in the only match that reached the 18th hole. Westwood and Masters champion Danny Willett never trailed until they both made bogey on the par-3 17th. Westwood missed a 5-foot par putt to stay all square, and then with a chance to earn a halfpoint for Europe, he badly missed a 2-foot birdie on the final hole to give J.B. Holmes and Ryan Moore a 1-up victory.

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Texas A&M defensive back Armani Watts, center, celebrates an interception with Priest Willis during the first half of the Aggies’ 24-13 win on Saturday’ at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia.

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com COLUMBIA — It’s a resultsbased business, and University of South Carolina tight end Hayden Hurst knows that. “We’re very, very close,” he said. “A couple of miscues on special teams and we’re right there with the No. 9 team in the country.” Close, but not there yet. Despite holding Texas A&M to nearly 20 points below its season average, the Gamecock offense was unable to find the end zone for most of Saturday’s Southeastern Conference showdown at Williams-Brice Stadium. The normally reliable Elliott Fry also missed two field goals and Carolina fumbled a late punt. That combination was more than USC could overcome in a 24-13 loss to the Aggies. A&M improved to 5-0 overall for the third straight season and 3-0

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South Carolina running back A.J. Turner (25) had a 75-yard touchdown run against Texas A&M on Saturday. in SEC play. Carolina fell to 2-3 and 1-3. It was the third straight victory in the series by the Aggies and second straight loss overall for the Gamecocks. “They’ve got a really good foot-

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SCOREBOARD

MLB ROUNDUP

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New York Mets leftfielder Michael Conforto (30) prepares to make a catch of a fly ball hit by Philadelphia’s Aaron Altherr for the final out in the Mets’ 5-3 victory on Saturday in Philadelphia. The Mets secured a wild card playoff spot with the win.

Mets top Phillies to clinch playoff spot PHILADELPHIA — The New York Mets clinched a playoff spot Saturday, beating the Philadelphia Phillies 5-3 to secure the top National League wild card. The defending NL champions will host San Francisco or St. Louis on Wednesday night at Citi Field, with the winner advancing to face the Chicago Cubs. James Loney hit a tworun homer to back 43-yearold Bartolo Colon (15-8), and Jeurys Familia closed for his major league-high 51st save. T.J. Rivera, Jose Reyes and Asdrubal Cabrera each had an RBI single. The only other time the Mets made the postseason in consecutive years was 1999-2000. GIANTS 3 DODGERS 0

SAN FRANCISCO — Rookie Ty Blach outpitched ace Clayton Kershaw, and the San Francisco Giants held onto their lead for the last NL playoff spot going into the final day of the regular season, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-0 Saturday. The Giants stayed one game ahead of St. Louis for the second NL wild-card slot. NATIONALS 2 MARLINS 1

WASHINGTON — Rookie Trea Turner hit his 13th homer, Tanner Roark tuned up for the playoffs with 5⅔ innings of one-run ball and the Washington Nationals beat the Miami Marlins 2-1 while clinching home-field advantage for the NL Division Series. NL East champion Washington’s third trip to the postseason in five years will begin Friday at home against the NL West champion Los Angeles Dodgers, with Max Scherzer slated to face Kershaw. CARDINALS 4 PIRATES 3

ST. LOUIS — Jedd Gyorko hit a go-ahead home run in the eighth inning, Matt Holliday provided another big boost and the St. Louis Cardinals pushed the play-

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off race to the final day of the regular season, holding off the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 Saturday. Adam Wainwright is set to start Game No. 162 for St. Louis today. Either the Cardinals or Giants will play at the New York Mets on Wednesday night in the wild-card game. BRAVES 5 TIGERS 3

ATLANTA — Freddie Freeman and Nick Markakis homered, rookie Aaron Blair had a career-high 10 strikeouts and the lastplace Atlanta Braves damaged the Detroit Tigers’ playoff hopes with a 5-3 victory Saturday night. Detroit began the day a half-game behind Toronto for the second AL wild card. The Blue Jays were still playing in Boston. The Tigers will have ace Justin Verlander on the mound Sunday. Depending on the playoff scenario, Detroit’s regular season might extend with a makeup home game Monday against Cleveland. REDS 7 CUBS 4

CINCINNATI — Lefthander Jon Lester failed to become a 20-game winner, struggling for the first time since mid-July as the Cincinnati Reds pulled away to a 7-4 victory over what’s likely to be the Chicago Cubs’ lineup for the first game of the playoffs. YANKEES 7 ORIOLES 3

NEW YORK — On the verge of assuring at least a tiebreaker for a playoff berth, the Baltimore Orioles stumbled. Austin Romine and Brett Gardner drove in two runs each in the eighth and the New York Yankees rallied from a three-run deficit to beat the Orioles 7-3. Baltimore (88-73) and Toronto (87-73) lead for the AL’s two wild cards, with Detroit (86-74) and Seattle (86-74) a game behind the Blue Jays. From wire reports

6 a.m. – Women’s Professional Tennis: China Open Early-Round Matches from Beijing (TENNIS). 6:55 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Stoke City vs. Manchester United (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 9:10 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Manchester City vs. Tottenham (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 9:30 a.m. – NFL Football: Indianapolis vs. Jacksonville from London (WLTX 19). 9:30 a.m. – International Soccer: Bundesliga League Match – Mainz vs. Wolfsburg (FOX SPORTS 1). 9:55 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Southampton vs. Leicester City (CNBC). 11:20 a.m. – International Soccer: Bundesliga League Match – Borussa Monchengladbach vs. Schalke 04 (FOX SPORTS 1). 11:25 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Arsenal vs. Burnley (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 11:30 p.m. – Professional Tennis: Shenzen Open Final Match from Shenzen, China (TENNIS). Noon – International Golf: Ryder Cup Day Three Matches from Chaska, Minn. (GOLF). Noon – Women’s College Volleyball: Tennessee at Florida (SEC NETWORK). 12:45 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – Jaguares vs. UNAM (UNIVISION). 1 p.m. – NFL Football: Buffalo at New England (WLTX 19). 1 p.m. – NFL Football: Carolina at Atlanta (WACH 57, WWFN-FM 100.1, WPUB-FM 102.7). 1 p.m. – Major League Soccer: Montreal at Orlando (ESPN). 1 p.m. – Women’s College Soccer: North Carolina at Virginia (ESPNU). 1:30 p.m. – Women’s College Volleyball: Minnesota at Purdue (ESPN2). 1:30 p.m. – International Soccer: Futsal World Cup Third-Place Match from Cali, Colombia – Iran vs. Portugal (FOX SPORTS 2). 2 p.m. – LPGA Golf: Reignwood LPGA Classic Final Round from Beijing (GOLF). 2 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series Citizen Soldier 400 from Dover, Del. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK, WEGXFM 92.9). 2 p.m. – Women’s College Volleyball: Missouri at Louisiana State (SEC NETWORK). 3 p.m. – WNBA Basketball: Playoffs Semifinal Series Game Three – Los Angeles at Chicago (ESPN). 3 p.m. – Women’s College Soccer: Oklahoma at West Virginia (ESPNU). 3 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Detroit at Atlanta (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 3 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco (MLB NETWORK). 3 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Toronto at Boston (TBS). 3:30 p.m. – International Soccer: Futsal World Cup Final Match from Cali, Colombia – Russia vs. Argentina (FOX SPORTS 2). 4 p.m. – NFL Football: Dallas at San Francisco (WACH 57). 4 p.m. – Women’s College Volleyball: Alabama at Mississippi State (SEC NETWORK). 5 p.m. – WNBA Basketball: Playoffs Semifinal Series Game Three – Minnesota at Phoenix (ESPN). 5 p.m. – NWSL Soccer: Playoffs Semifinal Match – Western New York at Portland (FOX SPORTS 1). 6 p.m. – Women’s College Volleyball: Arkansas at Mississippi (SEC NETWORK). 6:55 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – Pachuca vs. Puebla (UNIVISION). 8 p.m. – Major League Soccer: Seattle at Vancouver (FOX SPORTS 1). 8 p.m. – NBA Preseason Basketball: Shanghai Sharks at Houston (NBA NETWORK). 8:20 p.m. – NFL Football: Kanas City at Pittsburgh (WIS 10, WWFN-FM 100.1, WNKT-FM 107.5). 10 p.m. – Professional Tennis: ATP Tokyo Matches, ATP Beijing Matches or WTA Beijing Matches (TENNIS).

MONDAY

5 a.m. – Professional Tennis: ATP Tokyo Matches, ATP Beijing Matches or WTA Beijing Matches (TENNIS). 7 a.m. – Women’s Internaitonal Soccer: FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Group Play Match from Al Zarqa, Jordan – Ghana vs. Japan (FOX SPORTS 2). 8:55 a.m. – Women’s International Soccer: FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Group Play Match from Irbid, Jordan – New Zealand vs. Spain (FOX SPORTS 2). 11:55 a.m. – Women’s International Soccer: FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Group Play Match from Amman, Jordan – Canada vs. Germany (FOX SPORTS 2). 2 p.m. – Women’s International Soccer: FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Group Play Match from Amman, Jordan – Cameroon vs. Venezuela (FOX SPORTS 2). 2:30 p.m. – NBA Preseason Basketball: Oklahoma City at Real Madrid (NBA TV). 4 p.m. – Women’s International Soccer: FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Group Play Match from Irbid, Jordan – Mexico vs. Jordan (FOX SPORTS 2). 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 8 p.m. – NBA Preseason Basketball: Milwaukee at Chicago (NBA TV). 8:15 p.m. – NFL Football: New York Giants at Minnesota (ESPN, WWFN-FM 100.1, WNKT-FM 107.5). 10 p.m. – Professional Tennis: ATP Tokyo Matches, ATP Beijing Matches or WTA Beijing Matches (TENNIS). 10:30 p.m. – NBA Preseason Basketball: Utah at Portland (NBA TV). 3 a.m. – Professional Golf: Ladies European Tour Shinhan Donghae Open Third Round from Incheon, South Korea (GOLF).

LOCAL PREP SCHEDULE MONDAY

Varsity Girls Tennis

Johnsonville at Manning, 4:30 p.m. Robert E. Lee at Palmetto Christian, 3:30 p.m. Varsity and JV Volleyball Williamsburg at Thomas Sumter, 4 p.m. Robert E. Lee at Calhoun Academy, 4 p.m. B Team Volleyball Wilson Hall at Orangeburg Prep, 5 p.m. Middle School Volleyball Furman at Alice Drive, 5 p.m. Chestnut Oaks at Mayewood, 5 p.m. Hillcrest at Ebenezer, 5 p.m.

TUESDAY

Varsity Cross Country Crestwood at Hartsville, 5 p.m. Lugoff-Elgin at Lakewood, 5 p.m. Scott’s Branch, Hanahan, Lake Marion, Bishop England at Manning, 5 p.m. Varsity Girls Golf Cardinal Newman at Wilson Hall, 4 p.m. Varsity Boys Soccer Sumter Christian at Northside Christian, 4 p.m. Varsity Girls Tennis Sumter at West Florence, 5 p.m. Hannah-Pamplico at East Clarendon, 5 p.m. Varsity and JV Girls Tennis Laurence Manning at Wilson Hall, 4 p.m. Junior Varsity Tennis Williamsburg at Thomas Sumter, 4 p.m. Varsity Volleyball Cheraw at Lee Central, 6 p.m. Scott’s Branch at Cross, 6 p.m. Governor’s School of Math & Science at Robert E. Lee, 6 p.m. North Walterboro Christian at Sumter Christian, 5 p.m. Varsity and JV Volleyball Sumter at West Florence, 5:30 p.m. Lakewood at Hartsville, 5:30 p.m. East Clarendon at Lake View, 5 p.m. Wilson Hall at Laurence Manning, 4 p.m. Clarendon Hall at Dorchester, 4 p.m.

SATURDAY’S GAMES

N.Y. Mets 5, Philadelphia 3 St. Louis 4, Pittsburgh 3 San Francisco 3, L.A. Dodgers 0 Washington 2, Miami 1 Cincinnati 7, Chicago Cubs 4 Detroit at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m. Milwaukee at Colorado, 8:10 p.m. San Diego at Arizona, 8:10 p.m.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

L.A. Dodgers (Maeda 16-10) at San Francisco (Moore 12-12), 3:05 p.m. Miami (Koehler 9-13) at Washington (Scherzer 19-7), 3:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Ynoa 1-0) at Philadelphia (Eickhoff 11-14), 3:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 16-8) at Cincinnati (Stephenson 2-3), 3:10 p.m. Detroit (Verlander 16-8) at Atlanta (Teheran 6-10), 3:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Nelson 8-16) at Colorado (Marquez 1-1), 3:10 p.m. San Diego (Clemens 4-5) at Arizona (Koch 1-1), 3:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Vogelsong 3-7) at St. Louis (Wainwright 13-9), 3:15 p.m.

WILD CARD STANDINGS By The Associated Press

AMERICAN LEAGUE

AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION

W 93 88 87 84 66

x-Boston Baltimore Toronto New York Tampa Bay CENTRAL DIVISION

L 67 73 73 77 94

Pct .581 .547 .544 .522 .413

GB — 5½ 6 9½ 27

W 93 86 81 78 57

L 67 73 80 82 103

Pct GB .581 — .541 6½ .503 12½ .488 15 .356 36

W x-Texas 95 Seattle 86 Houston 83 Los Angeles 73 Oakland 67 x-clinched division

L 65 74 77 87 93

Pct .594 .538 .519 .456 .419

x-Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Chicago Minnesota WEST DIVISION

GB — 9 12 22 28

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Baltimore 8, N.Y. Yankees 1 Boston 5, Toronto 3 Detroit 6, Atlanta 2 Texas 3, Tampa Bay 1 Chicago White Sox 7, Minnesota 3 Cleveland 7, Kansas City 2 L.A. Angels 7, Houston 1 Seattle 5, Oakland 1

SATURDAY’S GAMES

N.Y. Yankees 7, Baltimore 3 Cleveland 6, Kansas City 3 Detroit at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m. Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 7:10 p.m. Toronto at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Houston at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m. Oakland at Seattle, 9:10 p.m.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Baltimore (Gausman 8-12) at N.Y. Yankees (Cessa 4-3), 3:05 p.m. Houston at L.A. Angels, 3:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Whitley 0-0) at Texas (Perez 10-11), 3:05 p.m. Toronto (Sanchez 14-2) at Boston (Price 17-9), 3:05 p.m. Detroit (Verlander 16-8) at Atlanta (Teheran 6-10), 3:10 p.m. Minnesota (Berrios 2-7) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 17-9), 3:10 p.m. Oakland (Manaea 6-9) at Seattle (Hernandez 11-7), 3:10 p.m. Cleveland (Tomlin 12-9) at Kansas City (Kennedy 11-10), 3:15 p.m.

MONDAY’S GAMES

Cleveland at Detroit, 1:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION x-Washington y-New York Miami Philadelphia Atlanta CENTRAL DIVISION

W 94 87 79 70 66

L 67 74 81 91 93

Pct GB .584 — .540 7 .494 14½ .435 24 .415 27

NFL STANDINGS By The Associated Press

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

Houston Indianapolis Tennessee Jacksonville NORTH Baltimore Pittsburgh Cincinnati Cleveland WEST Denver Kansas City Oakland San Diego

W 3 1 1 1

L 0 2 2 2

T Pct PF PA 0 1.000 81 45 0 .333 62 78 0 .333 64 67 0 .333 71 68

W 2 1 1 0

L 1 2 2 3

T 0 0 0 0

W 3 2 1 0

L 0 1 2 3

T Pct PF PA 0 1.000 57 44 0 .667 65 66 0 .333 56 75 0 .000 54 84

W 3 2 2 1

L 0 1 1 2

T Pct PF PA 0 1.000 84 57 0 .667 69 49 0 .667 80 79 0 .333 87 73

Pct .667 .333 .333 .000

PF 42 81 42 54

PA 53 95 57 84

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

W 3 2 2 1

L 0 1 1 2

T Pct PF PA 0 1.000 92 27 0 .667 77 60 0 .667 63 61 0 .333 68 92

W 2 1 1 0

L 1 2 2 3

T 0 0 0 0

W 3 2 1 0

L 0 1 2 3

T Pct PF PA 0 1.000 64 40 0 .667 75 67 0 .333 81 85 0 .000 45 83

W 2 2 1 1

L 1 1 2 2

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .667 .333 .333 .000

Pct .667 .667 .333 .333

PF PA 104 91 70 101 76 70 79 96

PF 46 52 73 79

PA 63 37 83 63

MONDAY’S GAMES

Atlanta 45, New Orleans 32

THURSDAY, SEP. 29

Miami at Cincinnati, 8:25 p.m.

SUNDAY, OCT. 2

Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 9:30 a.m. Carolina at Atlanta, 1 p.m. Tennessee at Houston, 1 p.m. Seattle at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Detroit at Chicago, 1 p.m. Buffalo at New England, 1 p.m. Cleveland at Washington, 1 p.m. Oakland at Baltimore, 1 p.m. Denver at Tampa Bay, 4:05 p.m. Los Angeles at Arizona, 4:25 p.m. New Orleans at San Diego, 4:25 p.m. Dallas at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m. Kansas City at Pittsburgh, 8:30 p.m.

MONDAY, OCT. 3

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

WNBA By The Associated Press

W 102 85 78 71 68

L 58 76 82 89 93

Pct GB .638 — .528 17½ .488 24 .444 31 .422 34½

W x-Los Angeles 91 San Francisco 86 Colorado 75 San Diego 68 Arizona 67 x-clinched division y-clinched wild card

L 70 75 85 92 93

Pct GB .565 — .534 5 .469 15½ .425 22½ .419 23½

x-Chicago St. Louis Pittsburgh Milwaukee Cincinnati WEST DIVISION

Pct WCGB .547 — .544 — .541 ½ .538 1

W L Pct WCGB 86 75 .534 — 85 76 .528 1

San Francisco St. Louis

New England N.Y. Jets Miami Buffalo SOUTH

By The Associated Press

L 73 73 73 74

NATIONAL LEAGUE

EAST

MLB STANDINGS

W 88 87 86 86

Baltimore Toronto Detroit Seattle

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Miami 7, Washington 4 N.Y. Mets 5, Philadelphia 1 Chicago Cubs 7, Cincinnati 3 Detroit 6, Atlanta 2 Colorado 4, Milwaukee 1 St. Louis 7, Pittsburgh 0 Arizona 5, San Diego 3 San Francisco 9, L.A. Dodgers 3

THIRD ROUND

(Best-of-5) (x-if necessary) Minnesota 2, Phoenix 0 Wednesday Minnesota 113, Phoenix 95 Friday Minnesota 96, Phoenix 86 Sunday Minnesota at Phoenix, 5 p.m. x-Tuesday, Oct. 4 Minnesota at Phoenix, TBA x-Thursday, Oct. 6 Phoenix at Minnesota, TBA Los Angeles 2, Chicago 0 Wednesday Los Angeles 95, Chicago 75 Friday Los Angeles 99, Chicago 84 Sunday Los Angeles at Chicago, 3 p.m. x-Tuesday, Oct. 4 Los Angeles at Chicago, TBA x-Thursday, Oct. 6 Chicago at Los Angeles, TBA

AREA ROUNDUP

Coleman, Etling propel Thomas Sumter to 37-14 win over Florence Christian FLORENCE — Astin Coleman and Jonathan Etling both scored two touchdowns to lead Thomas Sumter Academy to a 37-14 varsity football victory over Florence Christian School on Friday at the FCS field. The Generals improved to 2-1 In SCISA Region II-2A and 3-3 overall. The Eagles dropped to 2-5 and 1-2. Devin Harwell returned an interception 45 yards for a score for TSA. John Bracewell kicked a 17-yard field goal and was 5-for-5 on extra point attempts.

LEE CENTRAL 46 NORTH CENTRAL 19 KERSHAW — Lee Central remained undefeated on the season with a 46-19 victory over North Central on Friday at the NC field. The Stallions, who are 7-0 overall and 3-0 in Region IV2A, trailed 19-6 at halftime before outscoring North Central 40-0 in the second half. Michael Weston rushed for 119 yards and two TDs for LC. MANNING 28 HANAHAN 23

MANNING — Manning High School won its Region

VII-3A opener on Friday, topping Hanahan 28-23 at Ramsey Stadium. Alex Coleman scored all four touchdowns for the Moanrchs (5-2). MHS forced and recovered a fumble at its 10-yard line with 15 seconds left in the game to secure the win. BEN LIPPEN 28 LAURENCE MANNING 27

MANNING — Laurence Manning Academy failed to convert a 2-point conversion on the final play in a 28-27 loss to Ben Lippen on Friday at Billy Chitwood Field.

LMA fell to 4-2 on the season and 2-2 in SCISA 3A play. The Falcons moved to 4-2 and 3-2. Brandon Hutson rushed for 129 yards and two touchdowns on 20 carries to lead the Swampcats. He also returned a kickoff 97 yards for a score. Colton Ardis rushed for 114 yards on eight carries. Taylor Lee caught four passes for 77 yards and a score. At the end of the game, Laurence Manning was playing without Hutson and starting quarterback Braydon Osteen. Both were out with injuries. Maleke Davis had 13 tackles and four tackles for loss.

MIDDLE SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL MAYEWOOD 3 EBENEZER 1 Mayewood improved to 8-1 on the season with a 3-1 victory over Ebenezer on Saturday at the Ebenezer gymnasium. Sabrina Scarborough Victoriana led the Lady Vikings with 10 service points and eight aces, while Trelaija Dennis had seven aces and five points. Hannah Allen had six aces and four points, Karema Scarborough had five aces and six points and Ca’Nayla Washington had five aces.

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RYDER

“We’re one closer than we were at Medinah,” Rose said. FROM PAGE B1 “It’s going to be a monumental challenge tomorrow. We’re Phil Mickelson, in his 11th going to put out our lineup and straight Ryder Cup, showed he we’re going to look at each can deliver on the golf course other man-to-man tomorrow. as well as he can run a task It’s going to be eyeball-to-eyeforce meeting. Lefty produced ball on the first tee, no parttimely wedges and key putts ners, no friends out there on down the stretch as he and the golf course. Just go out and Matt Kuchar combined for try to put a point on the board. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS That’s everybody’s mission.” nine birdies in a 2-and-1 victoPatrick Reed of the United States ry over Sergio Garcia and Rose and Stenson had a celebrates with teammate Jordan front-row seat to an exhibition Martin Kaymer. Spieth after making his putt to The final hour turned solid by Reed, who whipped the red on the scoreboard, enough win the match on the 15th hole crowd into even more of a during a four-ball match in the to overcome the undefeated frenzy than it already showed. Ryder Cup on Saturday. tandem of Rory McIlroy and One down after four holes, Thomas Pieters. They won all Reed played the next four three matches, and they were concentration out there. It’s holes in 5 under, winning never more dynamic than been a long day and somethem all for a 3-up lead. fourballs when they were 11times emotions run high. ... Spieth, who started the year under par through 17 holes. The more they shouted, the at No. 1 in the world, was Pieters drove the par-4 fifth better we played. I hope they along for the ride green and made eagle, and Mc- shout at us all day tomorrow.” “I know he has that in him,” Ilroy stared down the hostile Europe will need all the help Spieth said. “We’ve all seen it American crowd with every it can get. Ian Poulter, who before. He’s Captain America birdie that left Dustin Johnson sparked Europe to its “Miracle for us.” and Brooks Koepka no chance. at Medinah” in 2012, is only at Their victory was even more “It’s a tough environment Hazeltine as an assistant capimportant considering they let for us to come and play in. We tain. McIlroy and Pieters have a sure point get away in fourexpect that,” McIlroy said. shouldered a big load, and somes Saturday morning, lead“It’s same for the U.S. guys they need contributions on ing 4 up with six holes to play when they come to play in Eu- Sunday from a team that feauntil Garcia and Rafa Cabrera rope. You have to keep your tures six rookies. Bello rallied to earn a halve.

RYDER CUP RESULTS AND SCHEDULE SATURDAY’S RESULTS By The Associated Press At Hazeltine National Chaska, Minn. Yardage: 7,628; Par: 72 Saturday UNITED STATES 9½, EUROPE 6½ Foursomes Europe 2½, United States 1½ Rory McIlroy and Thomas Pieters, Europe, def. Rickie Fowler and Phil Mickelson, United States, 4 and 2. Brandt Snedeker and Brooks Koepka, United States, def. Henrik Stenson and Matt Fitzpatrick, Europe, 3 and 2. Justin Rose and Chris Wood, Europe, def. Jimmy Walker and Zach Johnson, United States, 1 up. Sergio Garcia and Rafa Cabrera Bello, Europe, halved with Patrick

Reed and Jordan Spieth, United States. Fourballs United States 3, Europe 1 Rory McIlroy and Thomas Pieters, Europe, def. Brooks Koepka and Dustin Johnson, United States, 3 and 1. J.B. Holmes and Ryan Moore, United States, def. Danny Willett and Lee Westwood, Europe, 1 up. Phil Mickelson and Matt Kuchar, United States, def. Martin Kaymer and Sergio Garcia, Europe, 2 and 1. Patrick Reed and Jordan Spieth, United States, def. Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson, Europe, 2 and 1.

SUNDAY’S PAIRINGS

Singles 12:04 p.m. — Rory McIlroy, Europe, vs. Patrick Reed, United States. 12:15 p.m. — Henrik Stenson, Eu-

rope, vs. Jordan Spieth, United States. 12:26 p.m. — Thomas Pieters, Europe, vs. J.B. Holmes, United States. 12:37 p.m. — Justin Rose, Europe, vs. Rickie Fowler, United States. 12:48 p.m. —Rafa Cabrera Bello, Europe, vs. Jimmy Walker, United States. 12:59 p.m. — Sergio Garcia, Europe, vs. Phil Mickelson, United States. 1:10 p.m. — Lee Westwood, Europe, vs. Ryan Moore, United States. 1:21 p.m. — Andy Sullivan, Europe, vs. Brandt Snedeker, United States. 1:32 p.m. — Chris Wood, Europe, vs. Dustin Johnson, United States. 1:43 p.m. — Danny Willett, Europe, vs. Brooks Koepka, United States. 1:54 p.m. — Martin Kaymer, Europe, vs. Matt Kuchar, United States. 2:05 p.m. — Matt Fitzpatrick, Europe, vs. Zach Johnson, United States.

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Hur leads by stroke in Reignwood LPGA Classic BEIJING — Mi Jung Hur birdied the par-5 18th hole for a 6-under 67 and a one-stroke lead over Brooke Henderson on Saturday in the Reignwood LPGA Classic. Hur was 5 under on the back nine at Reignwood Pine Valley to take a 20-under 199 total into the final round of the Asian Swing opener. The 26-year-old South Korean player had a bogey-free round after shooting a tournamentrecord 63 on Friday for a share of the second-round lead with

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From there, it took just two plays for Crestwood to finally get the scoring started. After a holding penalty resulted in a 17-yard loss, Knights quarterback Tylas Green found Julius Pearson for a 72-yard catchand-run touchdown. Aaron Griffin’s PAT kick made the score 7-0 with 10:47 left in the half. That score would open up a scoring binge for both teams, with Darlington taking just 1:13 to drive 67 yards in six plays. Quarterback Joseph Scott hooked up with Jordan English on consecutive plays, with the first going for 45 yards and the second for 21 as English lost his footing at the 6 on what would have likely been a touchdown. Two plays later, Scott went back to English for a 5-yard scoring pass. After being pushed back by a penalty on a 2-point conversion attempt, Falcons placekicker Garrett Dove was wide left on the kick, leaving the score at 7-6. Another quick drive, this one 70 yards in four plays, put Darlington up 14-7. An 11-yard Montrel Timmons run, followed by a 45-yard Dontae Jackson run, set up a 19-yard scoring pass from Scott to Phache Richardson. A pass from Scott to English pushed to seven what would prove to be the Falcons’ only lead of the night. Crestwood answered shortly after with a 51-yard Green scoring scamper, then got the ball back after recovering a fumble on the ensuing kickoff. Three plays later, the Knights were back on top, 21-14, after a 23-yard touchdown pass from

Henderson. The fourth-ranked Henderson shot a 68, saving par on 18 for a bogey-free day. China’s Shanshan Feng, the bronze medalist in the Rio Olympics, had a 69 to drop three strokes back along with South Koreans Mirim Lee and In-Kyung Kim.

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Green to Pearson. The teams traded scores heading into the half, with Scott tying the score on a 41yard pass to Javorius Williams. Green and Pearson hooked up once again, this time for 30 yards, with 2:44 left in the half, before Green closed the half by throwing an interception to Martrez Hunter. “We were able to get open more in the second quarter,” Nelson said. “We had a few drops early on and had a few breakdowns, but we got things cranked up. At halftime, we made a few adjustments on some routes with the run to kind of get our skill guys some one-on-one matchups and they did their part.” Crestwood took the secondhalf opening onside kickoff attempt at the Darlington 42 and stretched its lead to two scores in just four plays, with Green and Pearson connecting for a fourth score, this one for 35 yards. After a Falcon punt, both teams would come away with interceptions on the next two series. Green was picked off by Altareak Williams at midfield. Darlington would take the ball from its 47 to the Crestwood 19 before Tiric Gadson would end the threat with an end-zone interception. The next points would come on yet another Gadson interception. The senior celebrated his last Crestwood homecoming game in style with a 52yard pick six that pushed the Knights’ lead to 42-21 with 1:04 left in the third quarter. “That’s something that we definitely practice every single day,” Nelson said of the contributions from defense and special teams. “We definitely want to be able to win that phase of

will be a Dover doubleheader Sunday. The second-tier series race will start at 10 a.m. at Dover International Speedway. The NASCAR Sprint Cup race is scheduled for 2:15 p.m. Chase for the Sprint Cup championship drivers Joey Logano, Kyle Busch and Austin Dillon are scheduled to pull double duty. Erik Jones is on the Xfinity pole in the series’ Chase race. From wire reports

the game. If you can win two out of three phases of the game, most of the time you’re going to win the game and that was true today.” Crestwood added three more fourth-quarter scores, with the first coming on a 21-yard Green pass to Anthony Bradley. The Knights got the ball back on another kickoff-return fumble by the Falcons, only to hand the ball back with a fumble of their own on the next play. That miscue set Darlington up for a 10-play, 69-yard drive that would end with a 5-yard Javorius Williams run. The Falcons recovered an onside kick attempt, but Jamar Holliday would pick off a pass by Darlington back-up quarterback Silas Barr and return it 19 yards to the Falcons 42. Three plays later, TreShawn Scarborough bolted for a 27-yard run that padded the Crestwood lead to 56-28 with 5:40 to go. The final score of the night came on a 9-yard Mitchell Pollard run with 1:20 on the clock. Nelson said he took nothing for granted despite playing a winless team in the Knights’ region opener. “We knew that they were going to be able to put up a little fight early on, which they did early keeping us scoreless in the first quarter and forcing two turnovers on us,” Nelson said. “They definitely had some momentum at times, but you just have to keep playing and keep fighting and you’re going to bounce back and take control of the game. That definitely was a game that we had to have, so it was encouraging to see the guys come out and play so well.” Region play continues Friday as Crestwood plays host to Lugoff-Elgin.

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Earnhardt at Dover to offer his support BY DAN GELSTON The Associated Press DOVER, Del. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. watched his ol’ No. 88 Chevy roll onto pit road and felt a tinge of melancholy knowing Jeff Gordon would slide into the seat. Earnhardt was back at a NASCAR track, yet far removed from EARNHARDT a NASCAR comeback. “It’s hard not to climb in the car before Jeff does,” he said. Without a ride, Earnhardt instead took a temporary spot as NASCAR’s most popular crew member. He wore a hoodie and a hat instead of a firesuit as he made one of his few public appearances at a track since his season ended in July because of a concussion. Earnhardt posed for selfies with fans and seemed in good spirits watching practice from the pit box on Saturday at Dover International Speedway. Earnhardt enjoyed being one of the guys again at Hendrick Motorsports. He assisted with his No. 88 team and took an interest in helping crew chief Greg Ives during Gordon’s practice run on a session interrupted by rain. The 41-year-old Earnhardt said he was feeling better, though he didn’t know when he would be

cleared to return to racing. Earnhardt has used a race simulator to aid in his rehabilitation, which helped him work on his motor skills, and he’s added more exercises to his daily routine. But the symptoms linger. “Walking through the garage and signing autographs is tough,” he said. “Your balance gets bad. A lot of it is visual, a lot of the things happening with your peripheral (vision) and stuff. That’s something that’s going to challenge it. That’s pretty much it. My eyes got a lot better. I didn’t really notice issues with my eyes quite as much anymore. The balance stuff is still needing some work.” Earnhardt, long NASCAR’s most popular driver, has said he hoped to be cleared for the 2017 Daytona 500. But when that date might come? He has no idea. “I’m not ready, I know that. I’ll know when I’m ready,” he said. “It’s not one of them things that has a schedule. You don’t know when you’re going to be like, ‘all right, I’m good. Let’s go do this.’ ” Gordon will substitute for him in one more race in the 88. Alex Bowman will drive in the other races left this season. With a boost from a twotime Daytona 500 champion, Gordon topped the speed chart with a lap of 160.514 mph. Kyle Larson was seventh on the speed chart and the fastest of the 16 Chase drivers at 158.898.

CITIZEN SOLDIER 400 LINEUP By The Associated Press After Friday qualifying; race Sunday At Dover International Speedway Dover, Del. Lap length: 1 mile (Car number in parentheses) 1. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, Charter Team-Owner Point 1. 2. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, Charter Team-Owner Point 2. 3. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, Charter Team-Owner Point 3. 4. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, Charter Team-Owner Point 4. 5. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, Charter Team-Owner Point 5. 6. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, Charter Team-Owner Point 6. 7. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, Charter Team-Owner Point 7. 8. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, Charter Team-Owner Point 8. 9. (24) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, Charter Team-Owner Point 9. 10. (19) Carl Edwards, Toyota, Charter Team-Owner Point 10. 11. (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, Charter Team-Owner Point 11. 12. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, Charter Team-Owner Point 12. 13. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, Charter Team-Owner Point 13. 14. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, Charter Team-Owner Point 14. 15. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, Charter Team-Owner Point 15. 16. (34) Chris Buescher, Ford, Charter Team-Owner Point 16. 17. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, Charter Team-Owner Point 17. 18. (88) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, Charter Team-Owner Point 18. 19. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, Charter Team-Owner Point

19. 20. (21) Ryan Blaney, Ford, Open Team-Owner Point 20. 21. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, Charter Team-Owner Point 21. 22. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, Charter Team-Owner Point 22. 23. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford, Charter Team-Owner Point 23. 24. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, Charter Team-Owner Point 24. 25. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, Charter Team-Owner Point 25. 26. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, Charter Team-Owner Point 26. 27. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, Charter Team-Owner Point 27. 28. (15) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, Charter Team-Owner Point 28. 29. (13) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, Charter Team-Owner Point 29. 30. (95) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, Charter Team-Owner Point 30. 31. (38) Landon Cassill, Ford, Charter Team-Owner Point 31. 32. (23) David Ragan, Toyota, Charter Team-Owner Point 32. 33. (7) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, Charter Team-Owner Point 33. 34. (44) Brian Scott, Ford, Charter Team-Owner Point 34. 35. (83) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, Charter Team-Owner Point 35. 36. (98) Timmy Hill, Chevrolet, Open Team-Owner Point 36. 37. (46) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, Charter Team-Owner Point 37. 38. (32) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Ford, Charter Team-Owner Point 38. 39. (55) Reed Sorenson, Toyota, Open Team-Owner Point 39. 40. (30) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, Open Team-Owner Point 40.

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Heels stun Seminoles on last-second FG

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Tennessee wide receiver Jauan Jennings (15) is carried by teammates after catching a Hail Mary touchdown pass on the final play of the game to defeat Georgia 34-31 on Saturday in Athens, Ga.

Tennessee shocks Georgia on final play Hail Mary ATHENS, Ga. — Jauan Jennings hauled in a 43-yard Hail Mary from Joshua Dobbs on the final play, giving No. 11 Tennessee a stunning 34-31 victory over No. 25 Georgia after the Bulldogs appeared to win the game on a long TD pass of their own with 10 seconds remaining Saturday. The Vols (5-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) rallied from a double-digit deficit for the fourth time in five games, but this was their most improbable comeback yet. The SEC East rivals packed a whole game’s worth of action into the closing minutes as Tennessee went ahead for the first time all afternoon by recovering a fumble by Georgia (3-2, 1-2) in the end zone with 2:56 to go. Then, after the Bulldogs threw an interception but got the ball back one more time, Jacob Eason tossed a 47-yard touchdown pass to fellow freshman Riley Ridley. With the Sanford Stadium crowd in a frenzy, Tennessee took the kickoff into position to take one shot at the end zone. Dobbs hurled a towering pass that the 6-foot-3 Jennings didn’t really have that much trouble bringing down . He leaped above the scrum to

make the catch, and then landed on his back for the score that sent the Tennessee bench charging on the field to celebrate. “I just know to go get it,” Jennings said. “I just grabbed the ball and brought it in.” (20) ARKANSAS 52 ALCORN STATE 10

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Austin Allen completed 13 of 18 passes for 206 yards and three touchdowns to help Arkansas win for the 10th time in 12 games. Following a loss to No. 9 Texas A&M last week, the Razorbacks (4-1) led 24-0 after the first quarter and had few struggles afterward against the Football Championship Subdivision Braves (1-3). Devwah Whaley ran for a career-high 135 yards on nine carries, and Rawleigh Williams added 126 yards on 13 carries. Jared Cornelius had two touchdown catches and finished with four receptions for 106 yards. (23) FLORIDA 13 VANDERBILT 6

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jordan Scarlett had a 4-yard touchdown run and Eddy Pineiro made two field in Flori-

da’s victory. Florida (4-1, 2-1 SEC) came up with two interceptions and two sacks on a day where the defense otherwise struggled against one of the nation’s worst offenses with three starting linemen missing most of the game. Ralph Webb ran for 110 yards as Vanderbilt outgained Florida 265-236 in total offense. The Commodores (2-3, 0-2) had a final chance to force overtime, but Nick Washington intercepted Wade Freebeck’s pass with 54 seconds left. AUBURN 58 LOUISIANA-MONROE 7

AUBURN, Ala. — Sean White threw for 239 yards and two touchdowns, Kerryon Johnson rushed for 146 yards and a pair of scores, and Auburn steamrolled LouisianaMonroe on Saturday 58-7. Auburn (3-2) kept the momentum from last week’s win over LSU going, as the Tigers scored touchdowns on eight of their 11 drives against the overmatched Warhawks (1-3). Auburn raced out to an early 28-0 lead. The Tigers outgained Louisiana-Monroe 688-251. From wire reports

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Panthers looking to regroup against Falcons BY CHARLES ODUM The Associated Press ATLANTA — When Carolina made its most recent visit to Atlanta, all the talk was about the 14-0 Panthers’ try for a perfect season. Now that the Panthers are 1-2, they’re hearing more questions about their imperfections as they enter Sunday’s game against the Falcons. Quarterback Cam Newton says the Panthers weren’t perfect even before their undefeated regular season was spoiled by the 20-13 loss to the Falcons late in 2015. “It’s not that we didn’t have mistakes happen last year,” Newton said. “We had a lot of mistakes. The fact we were winning kind of blew it under the rug, so to speak. Now that we’re 1-2, it just feels like we can’t get in a rhythm of winning. A lot of things have been magnified. ... What trumps that is when we just find ways to win football games.” Among Carolina’s mistakes in last week’s 22-10 loss to Minnesota were allowing eight sacks . Newton said he must improve his “pressure recognition.” “Just getting the ball out of my hands,” he said. “That’s what it comes down to.” Newton wasn’t in the mood for too many questions this

REBOUND FOR JULIO After All-Pro receiver Julio Jones shared the NFL lead with 136 catches in 2015, it’s notable when he had only one reception last week against the Saints. His quiet day came after he was limited all week by a calf injury. Jones was more active in practice this week. He will be looking to move back into his normal prominent role and could be covered by Panthers rookie cornerback James THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Bradberry.

Carolina quarterback Cam Newton (1) and the Panthers are just 1-2 entering today’s game against Atlanta.

week about last season’s loss in Atlanta. “Not talking about last year,” he said. “I’m sorry, I just can’t. ... I’m just focused on trying to get to 2-2. ... As far as talking about last year, I could really care less about it.” The Falcons (2-1) lead the NFC South after Monday night’s 45-32 win at New Orleans. Quarterback Matt Ryan said the Falcons haven’t talked about their previous home game against Carolina. “Last year was last year,” Ryan said. “It’s different teams. We’ve got a lot of different players and they’ve got some different players, too. I’m sure they’ll be ready to play. There’s no question about that.”

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Nick Weiler made a 54-yard field goal as time expired to give North Carolina a 37-35 win over No. 12 Florida State on Saturday, snapping the Seminoles’ 22-game home winning streak. It was the first field goal make by either team after their respective kickers missed their first four attempts. Weiler also atoned for a blocked extra point that allowed the Seminoles to take a late lead. “I knew it was within his distance. That wasn’t the issue,” North Carolina coach Larry Fedora said. “He had something to prove. After the extra point got blocked I talked to him on the sideline and said he had to get it out of his head. He got his mind right and we gave him his shot.” After Florida State took a 35-34 lead with 22 seconds remaining on a Deondre Francois 2-yard touchdown run, the Tar Heels were able to drive 38 yards in three plays. They also took advantage of a pass interference call on Florida State’s Tavarus McFadden to get them in range. UNC’s Mitch Trubisky had his third straight 400yard game, completing 31 of 38 passes for 405 yards and three touchdowns. Ryan Switzer had 14 receptions for 158 yards. The Tar Heels (4-1, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) took a 34-28 lead on a 34yard touchdown reception by Thomas Jackson, but Florida State’s Wally Aime blocked Weiler’s point-after attempt. Florida State (3-2, 0-2) then drove 75 yards in nine plays, culminating in Francois’ score. Dalvin Cook had 140 yards rushing and 106 receiving and three touchdowns for FSU. (14) MIAMI 35 GEORGIA TECH 21

ATLANTA — Shaquille Quarterman and Joe Jackson each returned fumbles by Georgia Tech quarterback Justin Thomas for touchdowns in a span of less than 1 minute in the second quarter and No. 14 Miami beat the Yellow Jackets 35-21. Miami (4-0, 1-0 ACC) led 28-7 after the fumble returns of 17 yards by Quarterman and 18 yards by Jackson. Georgia Tech (3-2, 1-2) cut the deficit to 28-21 before Miami’s Brad Kaaya answered with a 31-yard TD pass to Stacy Coley late in the third quarter. Georgia Tech freshman running back Dedrick Mills scored three touchdowns.

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North Carolina placekicker Nick Weiler watches his 54yard, game-winning field goal as time expired in UNC’s 37-35 victory over Florida State on Saturday in Tallahassee, Fla. NOTRE DAME 50 SYRACUSE 33 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — DeShone Kizer threw for a career-best 471 yards to help Notre Dame overcome another shaky performance by its defense and special teams and beat Syracuse 50-33 Saturday. The Irish (2-3) snapped a two-game losing streak, but allowed more than 30 points for the fourth time this season. VIRGINIA 34 DUKE 20

DURHAM, N.C. — Kurt Benkert threw for 336 yards and three touchdowns, and Virginia forced six turnovers in beating Duke 34-20. Albert Reid also had a short TD run to help the Cavaliers (2-3, 1-0 ACC) snap their 17-game road losing streak. Daniel Jones threw five interceptions for Duke (2-3, 0-2). BOSTON COLLEGE 35 BUFFALO 3

BOSTON — Patrick Towles threw for two touchdowns, Davon Jones and Jon Hilliman each ran for one and Boston College coasted past Buffalo, 35-3. It was the second straight win for the Eagles (3-2). Towles completed 14 of 25 passes for 234 yards with no interceptions. NORTH CAROLINA STATE 33 WAKE FOREST 16

RALEIGH, N.C. — Ryan Finley threw for 300 yards and three touchdowns to help North Carolina State beat Wake Forest 33-16 in its ACC opener. Matt Dayes ran for 125 yards and a score for the Wolfpack (3-1). John Wolford threw for 263 yards and a touchdown for the Demon Deacons (4-1, 1-1). From wire reports

BOUNCE-BACK FOR BENJAMIN Panthers wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin was targeted only once by Newton last week against the Vikings and failed to register a catch. “That can’t happen,” Newton said. “If I am speaking for it, that won’t happen again. He’s too good of a player.”

STILL NO STEWART With running back Jonathan Stewart missing his second straight game with a hamstring injury, coach Ron Rivera said he expects that his running back rotation will be similar to last week. Cameron Artis-Payne had 12 carries for 47 yards against Minnesota. Fozzy Whittaker was used more as a change-ofpace back with five carries for 22 yards and five catches for 34 yards.

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Charleston Southern tops Coastal in 2 OTs

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Michigan cornerback Jourdan Lewis (26) intercepts a pass intended for Wisconsin wide receiver George Rushing in the fourth quarter of the Wolverines’ 14-7 win on Saturday’in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Unbeaten No. 4 Michigan slips past No. 8 Wisconsin ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Wilton Speight threw a tiebreaking, 46-yard touchdown pass to Amara Darboh midway through the fourth quarter and Jourdan Lewis had a spectacular, one-handed interception as No. 4 Michigan held on to beat No. 8 Wisconsin 14-7 on Saturday. Jim Harbaugh helped the Wolverines (5-0, 2-0 Big Ten) beat a top-10 team for the first time since their Rich Rodriguez-led team rallied to beat the ninth-ranked Badgers in 2008. Wisconsin (4-1, 1-1) had the ball at their 8 with 2:59 and no timeouts left with a chance to beat a third team ranked in the top 10. The Badgers went for it on fourth-and-10 from its 8, with no timeouts left, and Alex Hornibrook’s deep pass was picked off by Lewis. Lewis leaped to snatch the ball out of the air with his right hand and pinned it against his hip for an interception near midfield with 2:15 left to play. (2) OHIO STATE 58 RUTGERS 0

COLUMBUS, Ohio — J.T. Barrett broke the Ohio State record for career touchdown passes with the third of his four Saturday, and the No. 2 Buckeyes forced Rutgers to punt on all 10 drives a 58-0 win. Giving Rutgers coach Chris Ash a rude welcome in his return to The Horseshoe, Barrett was 21 for 29 for 238 yards before giving way to backup Joe Burrow near the end of the third quarter. Barrett has 59 TD passes in 27 career games for Ohio State (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten). Freshman tailback Mike Weber ran for 144 yards on 14 attempts. The Scarlet Knights (2-3, 0-2) never got deeper than the Ohio State 38. (13) BAYLOR 45 IOWA STATE 42

AMES, Iowa — Chris Callahan made a 19-yard field goal as time expired to lift Baylor

past Iowa State. Down 42-28, the Bears (5-0, 2-0 Big 12) rallied to it with scoring drives of 86 and 84 yards. Seth Russell drove Baylor 83 yards to set up Callahan’s chip shot. Russell was 12 of 22 for 178 yards. Joel Lanning threw for 261 yards and two touchdowns for Iowa State (1-4, 0-2). (15) NEBRASKA 31 ILLINOIS 16

LINCOLN, Neb. — Terrell Newby ran for 113 of his 140 yards and scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, and No. 15 Nebraska got a scare from Illinois before winning 31-16 on Saturday. Newby touched the ball on 18 of Nebraska’s last 21 plays from scrimmage and the Cornhuskers (5-0, 2-0 Big Ten) won after being down 16-10. Illinois (1-3, 0-1) has lost 14 straight and 23 of 24 against Top 25 opponents. OKLAHOMA 52

first half. (10) WASHINGTON (7) STANFORD

SEATTLE — Jake Browning threw for 210 yards and three touchdowns, Myles Gaskin added 100 yards and two scores, and No. 10 Washington was dominant on both sides, overwhelming No. 7 Stanford 44-6 on Friday night. Washington (5-0, 2-0 Pac-12) showed it was ready for their return to the national stage. And it did it emphatically against Stanford (3-1, 2-1). From wire reports

CONWAY — Shane Bucenell threw two touchdown passes in overtime and Charleston Southern blocked Coastal Carolina’s final PAT attempt to take a 59-58 victory Saturday night. Bucenell, who had to leave the game in the second half because of cramps before returning, finished with four TDs on nine completions. Charleston Southern (3-2) used up 7:29 with Robert Mitchell scoring on a 13yard run for a 45-42 lead with 42 seconds remaining. But the Chanticleers (3-2) used those remaining seconds to get a 35-yard field goal by Granger. The lead changed hands eight times and was tied twice with the teams combining for 885 yards of offense. Mike Holloway finished with 140 yards on 22 carries with a touchdown and became the Buccaneers’ alltime leading rusher. Coastal’s De’Angelo Henderson rushed for 164 yards on 18 carries and scored a school-record-tying four touchdowns, three on the ground. He extended his Division I record for consecutive games with a touchdown to 31 and became one of five active D-I players to go over 4,000 rushing yards. CITADEL 37

to running back Tyler Renew. Renew also had 77 yards on the ground for the Bulldogs (4-0, 3-0 Southern Conference), who ran for 513 yards as a team. Western Carolina fell to 1-3, 0-2. SAMFORD 28 WOFFORD 26

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Devlin Hodges threw four touchdown passes and Samford (3-1, 1-1 Southern Conference) withstood a Wofford comeback bid to escape with a 28-26 win on Saturday. Wofford’s Lorenzo Long scored his second rushing touchdown of the day with 3:24 left to make it a twopoint game, but the conversion attempt was intercepted by Brandon Goodson to preserve the lead. Wofford fell to 3-2, 1-1. KENNESAW STATE 52 FURMAN 42

GREENVILLE — Kennesaw State’s first-quarter touchdowns on runs by Myles White, Chandler Burks and Darnell Holland held up as the Owls withstood a comeback and beat Furman 52-42 on Saturday. Kennesaw State (3-1) led 49-14 at the break. Furman (0-5) hasn’t started a season with five straight losses since 1979. GARDNER-WEBB 45

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CULLOWHEE, N.C. — Reggie Williams ran for 133 yards on 17 carries, Rod Johnson had three rushing touchdowns, and The Citadel cruised to a 37-14 win over Western Carolina. Johnson finished with 69 yards on just six carries. Cam Jackson added 85 yards on the ground and also threw a 75-yard touchdown pass on a trick-play

BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. — Khalil Lewis had 112 yards on 15 carries and three scores as GardnerWebb routed NCAA Division II member Benedict College 45-0. A 21-point second quarter for Gardner-Webb (2-3) sealed the win over Benedict (3-2). From wire reports

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FORT WORTH, Texas — Baker Mayfield made up for two lost fumbles with four touchdowns, running for two and throwing two to Dede Westbrook, and Oklahoma won its Big 12 opener. After giving up 21 points in the first quarter for the first time in 20 years, the Sooners (2-2) went ahead to stay with 28 consecutive points in the second quarter. Kenny Hill threw for 449 yards and five touchdowns for the Frogs (3-2, 1-1 Big 12) OKLAHOMA STATE 49 (22) TEXAS 31

STILLWATER, Okla. — Mason Rudolph threw for 392 yards and three touchdowns, and Justice Hill ran for a 135 yards and a score for Oklahoma State. Jalen McCleskey added 109 yards and two touchdowns receiving for the Cowboys (3-2, 1-1 Big 12). They had lost eight straight home games against the Longhorns (2-2, 0-1). Oklahoma State blocked three extra points during the

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Saturday (3) Louisville at (5) Clemson (late) (9) Texas A&M 24, South Carolina 13 Kennesaw State 52, Furman 42 Samford 28, Wofford 26 Citadel 37, Western Carolina 14 Charleston Southern 59, Coastal Carolina 58, 2OT Newberry 35, Catawba 14 North Greenville 56, Mars Hill 21 Gardner-Webb 45, Benedict 0 Wingate 45, Limestone 26

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Saturday North Carolina 37, (12) Florida State 35 (14) Miami 35, Georgia Tech 21 Notre Dame 50, Syracuse 33 Virginia 34, Duke 20 Boston College 35, Buffalo 3 North Carolina State 33, Wake Forest 13 Marshall at Pittsburgh (late)

SEC

Saturday (1) Alabama 34, Kentucky 6 (11) Tennessee 34, (25) Georgia 31 Memphis at (16) Mississippi (late) (20) Arkansas 52, Alcorn State 10 (23) Florida 13, Vanderbilt 6 Auburn 58, Louisiana-Monroe 7 Missouri at Louisiana State (late)

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Thursday (6) Houston 42, Connecticut 14 Friday (10) Washington 44, (7) Stanford 6 Saturday (2) Ohio State 58, Rutgers 0 (4) Michigan 14, (8) Wisconsin 7 (13) Baylor 45, Iowa State 42 (15) Nebraska 31, Illinois 16 (17) Michigan St. at Indiana (late) California 28, (18) Utah 23 (19) San Diego State at South Alabama (late) Oklahoma 52, (21) TCU 46 Oklahoma State 49, (22) Texas 31 Utah State at (24) Boise State (late)

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Texas A&M 7 0 7 10—24 South Carolina 7 0 3 3—13 First Quarter SC—Turner 75 run (Fry kick), 14:47 TXAM—Knight 4 run (LaCamera kick), 12:31 Third Quarter TXAM—Tr.Williams 49 run (LaCamera kick), 11:37 SC—FG Fry 43, 3:14 Fourth Quarter TXAM—J.White 2 run (LaCamera kick), 11:40 SC—FG Fry 43, 3:14 TXAM—FG LaCamera 35, 1:41 TXAM SC First downs 23 21 Rushes-yards 39-209 35-161 Passing 206 217 Comp-Att-Int 23-40-1 22-35-1 Return Yards 99 22 Punts-Avg. 5-44.2 5-36.8 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-1 Penalties-Yards 5-40 3-20 Time of Possession 28:13 31:47 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Texas A&M, Tr.Williams 14-98, Knight 12-77, J.White 9-27, Kirk 2-7, Ford 1-3, (Team) 1-(minus 3). South Carolina, Turner 10-113, Dowdle 9-47, McIlwain 12-7, Da.Williams 2-3, J. Smith 1-2, Zandi 0-0, Orth 1-(minus 11). PASSING—Texas A&M, Knight 2340-1-206. South Carolina, Hurst 1-1-0-9, Kelly 1-1-0-36, McIlwain 9-15-1-34, Orth 11-18-0-138. RECEIVING—Texas A&M, Kirk 1261, Tabuyo 4-89, J.Reynolds 3-29, Tr.Williams 2-14, Iheanacho 2-13. South Carolina, Hurst 5-90, Dawkins 5-17, Crosby 4-51, Turner 4-22, Googer 3-25, Charleston 1-12. MISSED FIELD GOALS—Texas A&M, LaCamera 44. South Carolina, Fry 44, Fry 43.

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South Carolina running back Rico Dowdle (23) looks for running room against Texas A&M during USC’s 24-13 loss on Saturday in Columbia.

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Gamecocks came of the first play from scrimmage. RunFROM PAGE B1 ning back A.J. Turner found a hole and made two cuts while Muschamp even brought se- rumbling 75 yards to the end nior quarterback Perry Orth zone to send the crowd of in during the fourth quarter in 78,245 into and early frenzy. an effort to jump-start the “It was an outside play and passing game. It worked in the line blocked really good, so part as Orth finished 11 for 18 give them credit for that,” said for 138 yards. He started three Turner, who finished with 113 drives -- all of which wound up yards on 10 carries. “I just saw in A&M territory. One ended a hole and hit it, decided to cut in a field goal, another a it back. Then I saw a defender missed field goal and the final try and come get me while I one was a turnover on downs was on their sideline, so I just at the TAM 35. made another cut and made a “I always get ready to play play and scored.” no matter what,” Orth said. “I It was hard sledding from worked my butt off during the then on though as USC manweek to get ready to play and I aged just two Fry field goals always cherish the opportunithe rest of the way. However, ty to do that.” despite the offensive woes, the Muschamp isn’t switching score was tied 7-7 at the half from true freshman Brandon and Carolina was within eight McIlwain just yet though. Mc- points with just over three Ilwain was 9-for-15 for just 34 minutes remaining and a yards and an interception and chance for at least a game-tyrushed 12 times for 26 yards. ing drive. “Brandon did some good But special teams miscues things in the game,” Mushurt -- especially in the second champ said. “There are things half. Fry missed from 44 yards to the naked eye that people out in the third quarter and don’t notice he creates with again from 43 in the fourth. He his legs in the run game.” made his final attempt, howevThe only touchdown for the er, and pulled USC to within

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Flo Arrington, right, serves up her signature shrimp and grits with assistance from Juanita Williams during a past Porches of Sumter event in the historic Sumter neighborhood. She and Larry Baum will again open their porch for Thursday’s event and will no doubt serve the popular dish again.

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SUMTER 2016 Quint & Cleo Klopfleisch 202 N. Salem Ave. Curtis & Croft 325 W. Calhoun St.

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Larry Baum & Flo Arrington 316 W. Calhoun St.

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Mark & Amy Gibson 344 W. Calhoun St.

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Billy & Bonnie Taylor 20 Harby Ave.

virtual shut-ins during those hot months, and many new homes were built with no porches at all. From left, Ellis and Lynda O. Parker sit with Keith and Lynn Charpentier on the front steps But not all of them, fortunately. On Thursday night, the Greater Sum- of 202 N. Salem Ave. during a past Porches of Sumter walking tour. The porch will be on this year’s tour, as well, from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday. ter Chamber of Commerce sponsors, for the 6th consecutive year, its Porches of Sumter event. Twelve homeowners Man Mark’s BBQ and Oyster Shooters. Spirits will host a wine tasting; Yahni’s living near or adjacent to Memorial Other caterers will include Porch spon- will provide a craft beer tasting. Park in the city’s historic district will sors Christi & Company Catery, Baker’s Once again, the appropriately named open their porches to bring back the Sweets, Buffalo Wild Wings, Lube Man Front Porch Junkies will be on hand pre-A/C tradition. They invite particiMark, Willie Sue’s, NHC Healthcare, playing their acoustic music at Curtis & pants to stop in for a variety of food and Pilgrim’s Inc., Buffalo Wild Wings and Croft. New to Porches of Sumter will be beverages while visiting with neighbors the new KayDeAeis Authentic Cajun DJs Susan and Shane White at the and friends. Cuisine, along with Lucy’s Traditional home of Mark and Amy Gibson, Quint Local caterers and cooks, some of Southern Bake House and Malley Jenand Cleo Klopfleisch will host the bluethem the homeowners themselves, pre- nings. Sylvia Lawler is also a Porch grass group Lonesome Road, and guipare the food. sponsor, and Gateway Mortgage Group tarist Stevie Harris will play soul, blues Favorites back for this year include and Heirloom Child are Silver sponsors. and jazz on Nan Cannarella’s wrapinclude Larry & Flo’s shrimp and grits, Beverages donated by H&S Wholearound porch. Whit Whitaker’s fruit fondue, Stevie sale, Yahnis and Pepsi will be available SEE PORCHES, PAGE C6 Pack’s fresh fried catfish, and Lube throughout the event, and Mac’s Place

Sylvia Lawler 21 Harby Ave. Michael & Leslie Riggins 11 Harby Ave. Whit & Jean Whitaker 324 W. Calhoun St. Mike Tucker & Laura Cardello 122 N. Salem Ave. Doug & Lori Grimm 121 N. Salem Ave. Nan Cannarella 24 Park Ave.

Rural police smash stills; free peanuts at Triple C Farm 1991 — Tracy Miller of Waldenbooks at Jessamine Mall phones customers to tell them their reserved copies of “Scarlett” have arrived. The book by Alexandra Ripley is recognized by the estate of Margaret Mitchell as the sequel to “Gone with the Wind.” SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO

75 YEARS AGO – 1942 Feb. 24 - March 2 The matter of an Iris Festival for 1942 has been turned over to the Chamber of Commerce committee on special events, according to the executive secretary of the chamber. This committee, headed by J. Cliff Brown, comprises R.G. Haddon, K.E. Ward, Hugh Humphries, W. B. Levy, S.K. Nash, H.Q. Heath, F. Jenkins Knight, Ben E. Ness and J.J. Brennan. Also discussed and referred to the Sumter post of the American Legion were plans for Sumter’s representation in a beauty festival in Columbia in which a winner will

be chosen to compete in the Miss America contest in Atlantic City. • This morning at Edmunds Yesteryear High School in Sumter the modern problems SAMMY WAY classes, under the supervision of Mrs., Pretto H. Brunson, presented to all seniors and senior teachers a most interesting speaker, C.M. McCracken, a special agent of the F.B.I. McCracken was in-

troduced by Policeman Evans of the local force. In his talk McCracken very forcefully impressed the fact that each boy or girl has a definite part to play in national defense now by making for himself or herself the very best reputation in school and out of school. • City Council, in a special meeting at which officers from Shaw Field were present, approved Sunday movies for Sumter in view of the fact that soldiers wanted more entertainment. A full report was given in the city council minutes appearing elsewhere in

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Snyder-Hilton COLUMBIA — Page Preston Snyder of Jacksonville, Alabama, and John Bingley Hilton III of Sumter were united in marriage at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at Eastminster Presbyterian Church. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Snyder of Jacksonville, Alabama, and the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Forbes Snyder of Easthampton, Massachusetts, and the late Mr. and Mrs. John Preston of Mountain Lakes, New Jersey. She graduated from Clemson University with a bachelor's degree and from the University of South Carolina with a juris doctor. She is employed as chief counsel at the South Carolina State Accident Fund. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. John Hilton Jr. and Ms. Susan Hilton, and the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Hilton and Mrs. Margaret Hunter and the late Mr. Samuel Hunter, all of Sumter. He graduated from the University of South Carolina with a bachelor's degree and a juris doctor. He is a real estate entrepreneur and an attorney. Officiating at the ceremony were the Rev. Mark Durrett of Eastminister Presbyterian Church; the Rev. Frances Preston of Christ United Methodist Church, aunt of the bride; and Mr. Samuel Hunter Jr., uncle of the bridegroom. The bride was escorted by her father. Shelby Pope served as maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Margaret Hilton, sister of the bridegroom, and Tracie

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Wescott, Allyson Drysdale, Kelly Nix and Kate Wilkinson. Anna Louise and Delaney Spigner, cousins of the bridegroom, served as junior bridesmaids. The bridegroom's father served as best man. Groomsmen were Brandon Burke; Jonathan Flinchum; Jeffrey Spigner Jr., cousin of the bridegroom; Jeffrey Fralick Jr.; William Snyder, brother of the bride; Thomas Price; Michael Byrne; and Oscar Nelson. Jeffrey Spigner III, cousin of the bridegroom, served as ring bearer. The bride's parents held the reception at 1208 Washington Place in Columbia. The bridegroom's parents held the rehearsal party at the Millstone at Adam's Pond. The couple will take a wedding trip to Belize.

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DEAR ABBY — My 9-year-old granddaughter was invited to a birthday party for a friend. Dear Abby The invitation said ABIGAIL “cash and VAN BUREN gift cards only, please.” My daughter bought a card for her daughter and said she would put $20 in it. I’m Scottish; when she told me, I fainted. Then she said she had two $10s and would discuss it with her hubby. What is an acceptable amount in this case? I’m glad I’m old. I appreciate it if someone still thinks enough of me to send a card. Scotsman in Nova Scotia DEAR SCOTSMAN — Pass the smelling salts my way, because I, too, was taken aback when I read that a guest had been instructed on what kind of gift to bring to a birthday party. How rude! Ask your daughter how she arrived at the amount of money she’s considering sending as birthday loot. The suggestion on the invitation was only that — a suggestion. She should determine an amount that suits her budget. That’s the amount she should give.

Culture, Human Geography, Latin, Music Theory, Physics C, Spanish Language and Culture, Studio Art (drawing), Studio Art (2-D design), Studio Art (3-D design), U.S. Government and Politics, and U.S. History. — Sean Hoskins

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DEAR ABBY — I have been living with my boyfriend for 11 months. Things are mostly good, but there are a few things I need your advice on. He still hasn't introduced me to his grown daughter, and he stays in contact with his ex-wife. When he gets drunk, he texts her and tells her he loves her and wants to go back home to her, but when he's sober, he insists he loves only me and wants us to spend our lives together. Do you think he's still in love with her, or does he really love me? I have talked to his friends. They say he loves me and not her because he wouldn't be with me if he didn't. Loves me, loves me not DEAR L.M.L.M.N. — Do I think your boyfriend is still in love with his ex? Let me put it this way — he still has feelings for her, but whether they are strong enough that she's a threat to your relationship I can't be sure. What does need addressing because you and he have been living together for nearly a year is why you haven't met the daughter and the fact that this man may have a drinking problem. Once you do, you'll find the answers you're looking for. DEAR ABBY — Please encourage businesses to consider the benefits of hiring senior

FALL FUNDRAISER Thomas Sumter wrapped up its fall fundraiser with Charleston Wraps. Kason Carter was recognized as the top seller for the Lower School, and Logan Oxendine was recognized as the top seller for the Upper School. Mrs. Tori Johnson’s fifth-grade class was recognized as the top-selling Lower School class. — BJ Reed

adults. They tend to be empty nesters and have skills that one can learn only from years of experience in the job market. Seniors are prompt, nondemanding and without a sense of self-entitlement. The baby boomer generation already knows the computer basics. They can be taught about software related to the job at hand, and they don't have a tendency to "job hop." Thanks for letting me have my say. Believes in senior work ethics DEAR BELIEVES — What you say about senior workers is true. They are hardworking, dedicated and motivated. However, it is up to each employer to decide what qualities he or she want and need while hiring, and I wouldn't presume to suggest employers discriminate against a younger job-seeker. TO MY JEWISH READERS — As the sun sets tonight, Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, begins. As we begin this time of solemn introspection, let me wish you all "L'shana tova tikatevu" — may you be inscribed in the Book of Life for a good year. For everything you need to know about wedding planning, order "How to Have a Lovely Wedding." Send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $7 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby, Wedding Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. (Shipping and handling are included in the price.)

Ryan Stapler • Manning — Hannah Baker; Ami Patel; Franklin Skoler • New Zion — Hannah Yarborough • Rembert — Avin Sanders-Spann; Elizabeth Teague • Summerton — Shaneel Bivek • Olanta — Aden Cheek • Shaw Air Force Base — Kelly Green — Misty Hatfield

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Wilson Hall seniors Lane Herlong and Sam Hilferty were named Commended Students.

NATIONAL COMMENDED STUDENTS Seniors Lane Herlong and Sam Hilferty have been named Commended Students in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program. About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. These students placed among the top 5 percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the competition by taking the 2015 Preliminary SAT.

ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES The College Board’s Advanced Placement is a global academic program in more than 100 countries, and most of the nation’s colleges and universities award credit, advanced placement or both for grades of 3 or higher on an exam. AP Exams, which students take after completing challenging college-level courses taught at their high school, are graded on a fivepoint scale (5 being the highest). To qualify to teach an AP course, teachers must attend an intensive AP workshop held during the summer. This past summer, 69 Wilson Hall students performed well enough on at least one AP Exam to receive a combined total of 351 hours of college credit. The value of the college credit hours earned by Wilson Hall’s most recent graduates is $284,037. In addition to South Carolina colleges and universities, members of the class of 2016 were awarded credit hours from a variety of out-of-state institutions including Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania State University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Virginia Tech University and Wake Forest University. Ninety-six percent of the class of 2016 enrolled in at least one AP course. Wilson Hall offers the following 18 AP courses: Biology, Calculus AB, Chemistry, Computer Science A, English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, European History, French Language and

Each month the Generals at Thomas Sumter Academy focus on one character trait that should be instilled in the lives of all young people. This is done through class discussions, Scripture, posters and daily living. The following Generals were recognized for exemplifying the September trait of respect: • K4, Epps Newman; • K5, Stella Lindler and Alannah Schrank; • first grade, Arabella Jones and Riley Carnes; • second grade, Boone Hitch and Amy Spivey; • third grade, Isaiah Bright and Andrew Conyers; • fourth grade, Diya Patel and Reed Dollard; • fifth grade, Addison Thornton and Miriam Roberson; • sixth grade, Ethan Brannon and Rebekkah Gurley; • seventh grade, Clay Marshall and Madeliene Britton; • eighth grade, Mckenzie Willard and Clara Burnette; • ninth grade, Michael Conte and Karleigh Young; • 10th grade, Tyler Millwood and Karin Brannon; • 11th grade — Dazjuan Butler and Liam Miller; and • 12th grade — Christopher Poythress and Karli Hudson.

University of South Carolina Sumter FALL II COURSES AVAILABLE TO ALL Whether you want to try out a college course or get ahead in your studies, USC Sumter’s Fall II selection is packed with classes that interest just about everyone. With more than 20 to choose from in both online and in class formats, finding a match or a time that fits will not be hard. Fall II courses are set up in an 8-week format and are a great way to experiment with college. For more information, call Admissions Services at (803) 775-8727, or visit uscsumter.edu for a listing of available courses.

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Morris College MID-SEMESTER EXAMS Mid-semester examinations will be administered Monday through Thursday.

VOLLEYBALL GAME The Morris College Lady Hornets will play Bluefield State College on Saturday at 11 a.m. in the Human Development Center.

SAVE THE DATE The college will observe its Honors Day Convocation at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 13. Dr. Garth Cook of Boeing South Carolina will be the keynote speaker. — Melvin Mack

Jeremy Butler’s Something for Everyone and Enlivened Space exhibits will be on display in the University Gallery in the Anderson Library at USC Sumter through Oct. 31. As a part of the exhibit, a lecture by Butler and brief reception will be held in the University Gallery on Friday from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Light refreshments will be provided. The lecture and reception, as well as the exhibits on campus, are open to all and free to the public.

Children grow so much when they have the opportunity to unleash their imagination and creativity. St. Paul Elementary School students are experiencing the world of art through visual and performing arts. A strings, dance and band class have been implemented for students in grades 4-6 to celebrate creativity, individuality and new artistic experiences.

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Fourth- and fifth-grade students at Thomas Sumter Academy are partnering with the Sumter chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution to start a Junior American Citizens club. They are called the General JACS and will be doing a variety of historical and service programs throughout the year. On Sept. 16, fifth-graders LaRaya Suazo, Keegan Distlezwieg, Miriam Roberson, Austin Foddrill, Jake Marshall, Crickette Chmiel and Olivia Diller went to Sumter Mayor Joe McElveen’s office to witness the signing of the proclamation declaring Sept. 17-23 as Constitution Week in Sumter.

To qualify for inclusion on the Silver Medallion list, students must have completed at least 30 hours at a University of South Carolina campus with a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.00 and have achieved a 3.53.94 grade-point average for the fall 2015 and spring 2016 semesters while being registered each semester for 12 or more hours on the Sumter campus, of which at least six hours must be USC Sumter courses. The following were named to the list: • Alcolu — Aaliyah Johnson • Sumter — Jason Adams; Ahmed Atta; Betty Avins; Anna Babb; James Boswell; Patrick Brown; Mary Cornwell; Jesse Davis; Julia Davis; Joseph Frazier; Mekeisha Gibbons; Bryce Gulledge; Allison Harrison; Julanda Jackson; Bethany Jones; Elliott Jones; James Maher; Richardson Marks; Savannah McCause; Rebekah McLendon; Ashlyn Mcleod; Cameron Menser; Sophie Mobius; Hung Nguyen; Steven Phillips; Amanda Redfoot; Sean Robinson; Julia Sorrells; Kristen Stringer; Serena Taylor; Teleshia Toney; Jonathan Van Dusen; Mary Vannatter; and Lashawnda Wilson • Dalzell — Lauren Coughlin and

Scott’s Branch New Tech High School and Scott’s Branch Middle School began the Million Parent March on Sept. 16. The march began with Donuts for Dads, the school’s first parental event of the year. Dads met at Spann Stadium at 7:30 a.m. for doughnuts, juice and water. After breakfast and hearing the instructions, dads were off to begin their first leg of the Parent March. The initial idea was conceived by Clarendon School District 1 Superintendent Rose Wilder as a desire to see more parents involved in their children’s education. Parents, school administration and even students took the challenge as they briskly walked one lap around the stadium. There were a few late-comers who did not begin with the crowd, but most of them still walked to show their support for their children and their school. Following Donuts for Dads, moms and other guardians will join the Million Parent March with Muffins for Moms at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday.

SCISA ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Anita Cookey Gam was recognized by SCISA as one of the Athletes of the Week for her exemplary performances during the past three volleyball games. Anita has accumulated 89 kills and 11 service aces in the three-game stretch. She has accumulated 177 kills and 88 service points won with 28 of the points coming from service aces on the season leading the varsity volleyball team to a 9-0 start.

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YESTERYEAR FROM PAGE C1 the Item. K.E. Ward, manager of the theaters said that he did not approve of the idea of having shows open during evening church services and that only two shows would be held in the afternoon from 2 to 6 and one at night, beginning about 9 o’clock. The theaters would be opened at 8:45 for the final show. This plan was approved by council affording all the opportunity of attending evening church services. • Sixty members of the Red Cross canteen class in Sumter visited Shaw Field to observe how food is prepared and served to a large group of soldiers. The class is being trained to take over the feeding of people in this community in case of an emergency, and they wanted to see firsthand how it is done. Capt. George E. Sargent, post special services officer, was in charge of the tour. The consolidated mess officer, Capt. Carl D. Stier, Jr., took the women through the butcher shop, the refrigerator and store rooms, the kitchen where the food was being prepared, and through the cafeteria where the men were being served. After the inspection, the members of the canteen class were escorted around the field, and at the chapel Sgt. J. B. Greenshields gave them a short concert on the Hammond organ. • Sumter High’s basketball team chalked up its 11th straight triumph against Dreher High of Columbia. The final score was 40 to 30. Charles Propst, Gamecock guard, easily led all scorers getting 18 points. Big Tex Trembly, playing his final basketball game at home, collected seven points for the Gamecocks. Also making their final bow were Propst, Jack Bradford, Charlie Tomlinson and Barnes Boyle. • The Navy is seeking skilled laborers from the Sumter area and men who can qualify for shipbuilding assignments are requested to enlist immediately. Most urgently needed are coppersmiths, boilermakers, caulkers and chippers, and electric crane men, pneumatic drillers, H.P. enginemen, lofts men, machinists, gas plant operators, punchers and shearers, riveters, sheet metal workers, shipfitters, shipwrights, toolmakers and holder oners. • Second Class Seaman Ed T. Lewis of Sumter, 19, whose mother Mrs. W.M. Lewis of North Salem Avenue, received notification of his safety, is probably among the five survivors of the ill-fated destroyer Traxton which went aground off the rocky east coast of Newfoundland and was pounded to pieces in a roaring gale along with the supply ship Pollux. At least 189 officers and men were reported lost in the disaster, which the Sumter boy may have escaped, among them the commander of the destroyer. Seaman Lewis, who came to Sumter from Manning three years ago and attended Sumter High School, had been in the service a little more than a year. • Two stills were destroyed in the Borden section of the county yesterday by Officers Bradshaw and Geddings of the rural police and Sheriff Mabry. The first, a three-barrel outfit, was raided about 12:30 o’clock. With the barrels of

mash were two steel drums, and two buckets. A slightly larger still was destroyed at about 3:30. The outfit contained six barrels of mash, two steel drums, a doubling keg and two buckets. • The late Gov. J.E. Harley, who died Friday, granted clemency to eight convicts before he died. R.G. Pittman, who with his wife was convicted on a murder charge, was among those granted clemency. The Pittmans were sentenced to life from Sumter County in July 1938. They were charged with the murder of Dr. E.M. Davis, Mayesville physician. Pittman’s sentence was commuted to expire Dec. 31, 1942. 50 YEARS AGO – 1966 Dec. 26 - Jan. 2 The Rev. George H. Nichols Jr., pastor of St. John’s Methodist Church, was elected chairman of the Sumter County Chapter of the American Red Cross at a recent meeting. In addition to serving on the local board, he is a former member of the board of the Columbia Red Cross Chapter. Named as first vice-chairman was Francis E. Carey, who is associated with the Electric Storage Battery Company. He has been active in Red Cross work for 25 years in Orange, New Jersey. • Thieves broke into Clayton Lowder’s Store in Oswego Sunday night, peeled open the safe and made off with $8,300 in cash. Sheriff I. Byrd Parnell said today that also missing from the store were two .22 caliber pistols and an undetermined number of hammers and screwdrivers. The thieves left behind two sledge hammers, two crowbars and two screwdrivers they used in peeling the safe. • Clemson University granted 250 degrees at its mid-year Commencement. Four students from the Sumter area were among the graduates. They included Harvey Jurecek with a degree in Agronomy in Industrial Management; Joseph Jackson Jr., Biology; Peter B. McKoy, Animal Science; and Carl O. Rowe Jr., Arts and Sciences. • The Edmunds High School Band, under direction of Robert Simmons, left at 1 o’clock by charter bus for St. Augustine, Fla., where they will remain until Sunday. Four nights will be spent at the Linda Vista Motel, St. Augustine, by the 76 band members and their chaperones, who are Mr. and Mrs. Simmons, Ward Yarborough and Scott Flounders. The band will march in the Gator Bowl Parade in Jacksonville, Fla., on Saturday. 25 YEARS AGO 1991 Sept. 26 – Oct. 2 Heterogeneous grouping of students is “the way to go,” according to Alice Drive Middle School Principal Ellison Lawson. But the change from homogeneous classes won’t occur this year. While Bates Middle School Principal Lloyd Hunter made the move to heterogeneous grouping this year, Lawson said he decided to hold off. The disparity in the way students are grouped at the two Sumter School District 17 middle schools has angered parents, many of whom have attended meetings with school officials and school board members to voice their displeasure. •The recent rash of area convenience store robberies has prompted local law enforcement officials to cre-

ate an educational program to show convenience store employees how to prevent thefts and protect themselves. “We’ve had a recent rash of crime and cannot stand by as a government and watch this happen,” Sumter County Councilman Chuck Fienning said. Sumter County Sheriff Tommy Mims and police department officials have armed themselves with videos and begun an educational program that focuses on the prevention of robberies and thefts in convenience stores. • A collection of photographs and postcards that show Sumter street scenes, churches, buildings and schools is on exhibit at the Sumter County Museum. The exhibit, “Remember When,” features more than 25 photographs and postcards of Sumter collected during the past three years by W.A. “Bubba” McElveen, a local historian and former Sumter mayor. The exhibit comes to the museum from the collection of Young, Young & Reiter law firm. • Shaw Air Force Base’s Lt. Gen. Charles A. Horner may be sent back to Saudi Arabia to oversee increased Air Force activity in the region, but base officials are tight-lipped about the 9th Air Force commander’s plans. Tensions are mounting again in the region because Iraq is reportedly interfering with the work of the United Nations inspection team. • Sumter County’s unemployment rate fell by 2.5 percentage points in August from July’s all-time high of 11.8 percent to 9.3 percent. The August decline marked the first time the local jobless rate has dropped in five months. “The number of plants that have rehired – Carolina Golden (Products) and Westinghouse – have certainly helped to reduce unemployment figures,” said Jim Alexander, Sumter County’s general manager of economic development. • Sumter scorched Fairfield Central with three first-half lightning strikes and then ground the visiting Griffins into submission in the second half en route to a 37-0 win in its Region IV-4A opener at Memorial Stadium. The Gamecocks, ranked No. 1 in the state and 12th in USA Today’s national poll, ran their record to 5-0 with the victory. • This fine old church began 121 years ago and was a place where the blacks of the community came to worship. The land donated for the church came from the Anderson family, owners of historic Borough House, which stands near the church. These early churchgoers came from the white church and were the pioneers of what is today known as Wayman Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church. • Construction has begun on a new health science building at Sumter Area Technical College. Groundbreaking ceremonies were held Sept. 26, at the building site at 501 Bultman Drive, next to the current nursing building. The new structure will be a two-story, 27,000-square-foot facility. The current building is a converted funeral home which the program has used for several years. • Local businessman Jule Eldridge has made money during the past three years by attracting golfers to Sumter. Now, he’s hoping to keep some of them here. Eldridge, the president of ELCO Development Co. and the bro-

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ker in charge of Eldridge Realty Co., believes that Sumter’s affordable real estate, varied recreational opportunities, warm climate and quality of life can make up for what it lacks in beaches and palm trees. • It has been operating continuously since 1929 with only one interruption. Thousands of Sumterites and citizens from neighboring counties enjoy it each year. 4-H’ers, farmers, homemakers and businesses use it every year to display their products, projects and crafts. It is the Sumter County Fair. The fair has come a long way since its inception by a group of farmers in 1929. The first fair was held on Bartlett Street. Area farmers drove their cattle to town. Whether this was due to the Great Depression or just to educate city folks could be debated. • Sumter School District 2’s board of trustees has pushed back the date for hiring a new superintendent by about two weeks, Board Chairman Andy Muller said. A new superintendent will be named around Nov. 15, instead of the originally planned date of Nov. 1, Muller said. The delay is due to the amount of paperwork involved in the hiring process. Beginning today, local motorists who wear their seat belts and properly restrain their children in safety seats may be ticketed at license and registration checkpoints. But the tickets won’t include a hefty fine. It will simply say, “Thank You.” As part of a statewide campaign to promote the use of safety belts, Sumter’s county and city law enforcement officers will be handing out thank you tickets that may even be worth some cash. Accident victims who are wearing seat belts are also eligible to receive a thank-you ticket. • This is a story about why Sumter High’s undefeated football team is averaging 35 points and 248 yards rushing per game. Keith Atkinson, John Williams, Tyrone Carter, Kenny Simon, Curt Ackerman, Chad Smith are the individual cogs in the unit, but just call them the Sumter High offensive line. They think of themselves almost as a single entity. • South Carolina hospital costs continued their upward climb last year as industry revenues reached $2.3 billion – up almost 60 percent from four years earlier. But while costs and revenues continued to increase, hospitals were treating fewer inpatients, according to a new state report. • Manning High quarterback Mo York and Sumter High linebacker Robert Smith have been named area high school offensive and defensive players of the week, respectively, by the Sumter Touchdown Club. • Triple C Farm is giving peanuts away to the public; boiling or roasting is not included. Owner James Burrows has harvested his peanut field and is inviting the public to come and “get on their hands and knees” to pick up the peanuts that fell during harvesting. He said he won’t dig up the 100-acre field until people are tired of picking. The only thing he asks is that pickers don’t litter his property. Reach Sumter Item Archivist Sammy Way at waysammy@yahoo.com or (803) 774-1294.

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Suitt presenting a program on her trip to Mackinac Island, Winners for August were: Michigan. Our June 12 Connie Aug. 3 – 1st – Jimmie Ann Suitt hosted a salad supper; Anderson and Barbara James BLAND GARDEN CLUB LuAnn Richardson hosted the The club met at the Alice 2nd – Lila Cobb and Marie May 10 meeting and salad soBoyle Garden Center on Hill cial, at which Beverly Phillips Thursday, Sept. 15.There were Aug. 10 – 1st –TIE – Jimmie received the Torchbearer rituAnn Anderson and Pat Lauter- nine members present. The al, the highest degree of the meeting was opened by a debach sorority. votion on John 15:11 by Hugh Cook and Marie Mills Officers elected for 2016-17 Donna Sinqefield emphasizAug. 17 – 1st – Winnie Field are Connie Suitt, president; ing joy in Jesus. She introand John Mills Beverly Phillips, vice presi2nd – Jimmie Ann Anderson duced our speaker Fair Eddent; LuAnn Richardson, remunds, who gave us suggesand Paula Hannon cording secretary; and Barbations and ideas for flower deAug. 24 – 1st – Stan Kohli ra Harbath, treasurer. Barbara signs for the upcoming Sumand Marvin Chin Harbath hosted the April 19 2nd – Hugh Cook and Marie ter County Fair Flower Show. PHOTO PROVIDED meeting. She presented a proThe business meeting was Mills gram on the Cockney dialect. From left are members of Xi Eta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi sorority: conducted by our new presiAug. 31 – 1st – Jimmie Ann Connie Suitt was named Irene LePage, Connie Suitt, Heide Johnson and LuAnn Richardson. Anderson and Barbara James dent, Gay Nelson. The Sumter Johnson received the Golden Circle Ritual and award for being a Woman of the Year at the 2nd – TIE – Winnie Field and Garden Club Council will April 27 meeting. Heide Johnmember of the sorority for 50 years. hold a garage sale on SaturJohn Mills son was honored with the Stan Kohli and Marvin Chin day, Nov. 5. Horticulture exGolden Circle ritual and 50ger Jones opened the meeting hibits were judged, and year pin. about her enjoyment of her with a devotional based on the lifelong hobby of sewing and Donna Sinquefield received 5 Sandee Heredia hosted the NU MASTER CHAPTER book “Fresh Encounter” by blue ribbons and 6 red ribquilting and displayed a num- March 15 meeting, and a PotaOF BETA SIGMA PHI Henry Blackaby. bons, and Karen Mouradjian to Party was the March social ber of her beautiful fabric Chapter members attended Corresponding secretary received a blue ribbon for her at the home of LuAnn Richcreations. She is nationally Beginning Day on Aug. 18, Dotty Lyles read a letter from artistic design. ardson. Guest Amanda Miller certified as a judge and aphosted by Xi Eta Chapter at Karen Watson, director of the was the guest at the Feb. 16 praiser of quilts. In addition, SUMTER ART ASSOCIATION Sumter County Gallery of Art, she serves as costume misthe Boykin Grill. Theme for meeting at the home of Connie The initial meeting of the this year is “We Put Our thanking the Art Association tress at the Sumter Little The- Suitt; she presented a program Hearts Into It.” Business meet- Sumter Art Association for for its donation to the Galon financial planning. atre. the 2016-2017 year was held ings will be held from 1:30 to lery’s summer art camp scholConnie Suitt was crowned Xi XI ETA CHAPTER OF BETA 4:30 p.m. on the first and third Sept. 20 in the parish hall at arship fund. Eta’s Valentine queen at the SIGMA PHI SORORITY the Church of the Holy ComThursdays of each month Kathy Creech announced Valentine Ball held at the Elks The chapter hosted Nu Mas- Club. forter. from September 2016 through various cultural events being ter chapter for 2016-17 BeginPresident Floride McKoy May 2017. offered in the Sumter area, Barbara Harbath received ning Day on Aug. 18 at the welcomed 59 members and The Sept. 1 business and mentioning in particular the the Master degree ritual, and two guests and gave a special luncheon meeting was held at current exhibits at the Gallery Boykin Mill Store. The Aug. 16 Mary Huff the Rituals of Jewmeeting was at the home of welcome to new members Kip- of Art and at USC Sumter. the home of Toni Burkhart. els degree on Jan. 12 at the per Ackerman, Randa EdCommittee chairwomen disLinda Brown introduced the Barbara Harbath with guest meeting hosted by LuAnn Lorena Pate. cussed plans for the upcoming munds, Kay Fort, Betsy Lynch, afternoon’s guest speaker, Richardson. A pot luck was Heide Johnson hosted the Margaret Moses, Bunni Russorority year. Sumter United award-winning quilter Sylvia held Sept. 19 at the home of July 20 meeting with Connie sell and Patti Sosnowski. GinMinistries will continue to be Pickell. Mrs. Pickell talked Connie Suitt. a service project for the year. Barbara Smith hsoted the Sept. 15 meeting.

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Sumter County Fair has long history of serving community

esearch in The Sumter Item archives shows that

the Sumter Fair was in existence by 1880 as an event featuring displays of household products such as “breads, cakes, preserves, pickles and etc.” There is also mention of “Needle and Fancy Work, exhibitions of cotton, hay, vegetables also cattle and poultry.”

The fair of the Agricultural Association was noted as “an institution who favored the development of our Sammy Way Agricultural and MechaniREFLECTIONS cal resources.” The fair encouraged the “mutual contact of farmers and mechanics; the discussion of subjects, and exchange of views and experiences in connection with various industries; the interest excited by a large exhibition of natural and artificial produce; will be of material advantage to many, as individuals, while new energy will be awakened by turning the public mind in this direction.”

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A young boy checks out a white cat on display at the Sumter County Fair, probably in the 1970s.

tion work in Sumter County, had encouraged their students from the local schools to exhibit samples of their work. Many of the booths at the TODAY’S COUNTY FAIR agricultural exhibition were On Oct. 11, 1916, a special artistically designed and discommittee formed by the Sumplayed a wide variety of prodter Chamber of Commerce aducts. The exhibits included opted a mission statement of preserved and canned fruits sorts to present to the total and vegetables, needlework, membership concerning their examples of manual training thoughts on the creation of a school work and farm prodcounty fair. “With a little of ucts were in an abundant supeverything that goes to make a ply. Many visitors from varicounty fair. Some fun and a ous cities were heard to comvaried line of attractions, ment that the exhibits at the some educational, some amus- THE INITIAL FAIR Sumter fair were as good as DECLARED A SUCCESS ing, all wholesome, clean and any they had seen in the state. Sumter’s first county fair instructive, but a county fair Sumter County farmers closed Nov. 29, 1916, with evpure and staple, something to proudly placed samples of eryone involved declaring it a interest the old, middle aged their labors including grains, and the young, that is the kind great success. Those in attenvegetables, fruits, nuts and of a county fair Sumter Coun- dance were pleased with the other products grown on the exhibits, and the general conty is going to pull off somenumerous farms in the display sensus was that the fair should bends for all to view. One parwhere along about the third week in November, regardless be an annual event. The judgticular exhibit had nearly 150 ing officials were extremely of whether cotton sells for fifdifferent articles produced by teen of fifty cents per pound.” pleased as they received not one farmer and his family. The one word of criticism from the farm exhibits proved to be one The committee was adparticipants or spectators. The of the most visited sites, as journed and did not meet the exhibits and the exhibitors re- many of the visitors shared a next day because of the death ceived high praise for their or- common interest in agriculWilliam B. Boyle, the former ganization and the excellent chairman of the county fair ture. quality of their presentations. committee of the Chamber of The exhibits were neatly arThe large number of exhibits Commerce and a member of ranged in the center of the required the judging officials this special committee orgabuilding while those placed on nized to arrange the 1916 Sum- to spend an additional day in the sides of the building were order to complete their work. ter County Fair. those sponsored by “manufacHundreds of visitors were The goal of the fair committurers, merchants and dealers seen pouring in and out of the in a wide variety of articles. tee was to provide a “first class” exhibition of agricultur- large building on West Liberty The artwork, fancy work and al products, livestock, poultry, Street, which housed Sumter’s other kinds of sewing were homemade fruit products (jel- first county fair. The building displayed in an elaborate set lies, jams etc.), vegetables and opened at 9 a.m.; by 10 the of booths.” Other departments a wide variety of home demon- building was completely filled. of the fair included livestock strations. Also featured would It was virtually impossible to and poultry raisers; however, determine the size of the be articles from 35 city and limited space was available for crowds; however, estimates rural domestic science clubs, displaying horses and cattle. place the number at 3,500 spec- The poultry exhibit proved to boy’s pig and corn clubs and tators who had arrived by numerous exhibits provided be an excellent one; however, noon on the first day of activi- only pens were allowed which by the large number of modty. There were 15 school ern farms located in the Sumheld a large and varied numbooths competing for the ter area. ber of birds including geese, Local manufacturing plants grand prize which was to be ducks, guineas, pigeons and all presented to the winning were encouraged to construct manner of chickens. exhibits that were expected to school at the conclusion of the fair. Misses Lemmon and Pitts, THE JUDGES impress Sumter residents as The school booths and home the sponsors of the Canning well as the thousands of visidemonstrations were judged Club and Home Demonstrators projected to attend the festivities. It was the committee’s contention that every county in South Carolina had some form of fall festival or county fair with the exception of Sumter County. The committee also issued a statement affirming that “when Sumter county and Sumter city bunch together the ‘made in Sumter County’ commodities that are raised, grown and manufactured within the city limits of the Greater Gamecock City and county will be worth traveling miles to see.”

The Sumter County Fair still displays agricultural items, as shown in this photo from the late 1960s or ’70s, and there is still competition among growers for ribbons and prizes.

by Misses Edith Parrott, State Home Demonstration agent and her assistants, Miss Smith and Miss Catherine Richardson. The farm exhibits were judged by E.E. Hall, demonstration agent for Richland County; Mr. Clark, demonstration agent from Clarendon County; and R.N. Welch, demonstration agent from Lee County. The poultry exhibits were judged by Mr. Hare, poultry expert from Clemson College and the Department of Agriculture. The exhibit that drew special interest from the local farmers was the standard cotton grades as were determined by the Department of Agriculture under the direction of C.E. Killingsworth, an expert cotton grader sent to Sumter by the Department of Agriculture. Killingsworth explained the cotton grades to numerous farmers and answered thousands of questions about the process of grading cotton. The fair exceeded the expectations of all involved, and organizers immediately began to make preparations for the 1917 sequel. This edition of the fair was scheduled to begin the week of Nov. 13, 14, and 15 with the 16th being reserved for black patrons. Additional civic activities were planned in conjunction with the fair including a football game between Sumter High School and Columbia High and an Education Day when all schoolchildren were granted free admission. These events were planned for Wednesday, and free admission was to be granted to the schoolchildren if they formed ranks at Sumter graded school buildings (Washington, Hampton and Central) and marched with their teachers to the fairgrounds located less than a hundred yards away (grounds located slightly southwest of the current Trinity United Methodist Church site).

The food on the midway has always been popular with both children and adults. This photo was taken decades before the advent of deep-fried butter, Milky Ways and other unusual choices. Cotton candy and candy apples were still the royalty of fair food in the 1970s.

On Thursday the prize-winning stock were scheduled to be paraded in front of the grandstand. This was the culmination of the Fair and a special program was planned and presented by black residents on Friday with black residents from the surrounding communities being invited to participate. The Sumter County Fair Association “realized the importance of advancing with the times”; therefore, in 1923 a purchase was made that would allow the fair to reach new levels of growth. The association purchased a 28-acre tract of land “beautifully situated on a paved road just outside the city limits (current location of the Sumter County Civic Center) on West Liberty Street.” The plans included the construction of a fair building, cattle barns, hay barns, poultry building, athletic grounds, football field, race track and “everything that goes with a first-class fair.” Building was scheduled to begin Jan. 1, 1923, with completion anticipated before the opening of the fair. With the opening of the 2016 edition of the county fair on Sept. 26, the Sumter County Fair realized 100 years of bringing excitement and joy to countless Sumter residents, both young and old. The smell of cotton candy and a visit to the Potato House draw people from all venues of life. The primary goals of that group of Sumterites who shared a vision in 1916 still are being realized, as the county fair provides people the opportunity to showcase their wares, indulge their appetites, entertain their children and visit with their friends. All quotes from The Sumter Item archives. Reach Sumter Item Archivist Sammy Way at waysammy@ yahoo.com or (803) 774-1294.

Still a great favorite in 1954, the merry-go-round attracts many young fair visitors. At right, a crowd gathers to hear Earl Chambers describe Herman, the racing monkey, in his special car. Perched on Chambers’ shoulder is Bobo, a small monkey from the show.

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CLARENDON 1 FROM PAGE C2 The march will be cumulative and last throughout the school year as parents attend ongoing conferences, meeting and school events. Each time a parent attends a march event, the parental count accumulates. The goal of the march is to bring parents and school together as a powerful force for student success. We are excited and invite all parents and guardians to get even more engaged in their child’s education and join in the Million Parent March. — Beverly Spry

Sumter School District MILITARY CHILD EDUCATION COALITION TRAININGS SCHEDULED Sumter School District is part of a pilot program, held in Sumter and Beaufort, to bring training to educators and parents regarding issues facing children of military men and women. On Thursday and Friday, the Military Child Education Coalition will train 50 educators per day during daylong workshops titled “Helping Military Children Discover their S.P.A.R.C. (Strength, Potential, Aspiration, Resourcefulness, Confidence).” Also included in the pilot program are six hour-long seminars for parents. Any parent in the Sumter community, regardless of what school a child is enrolled in, may register to attend one or more of the free workshops. Parents who are in the Guard or Reserves would benefit, and civilian parents may also attend as much of the information is helpful to all. Each session can have a maximum of 75 participants, and registration is open until all slots are filled. The public is asked to sign up as soon as possible to ensure the availability of materials and a seat in the desired workshop. The parent sessions scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 20, are described by the Military Child Education Coalition as follows: • 8:30-9:30 a.m., Building Resilience, at Oakland Primary School, 5415 Oakland Drive This workshop will help parents understand the importance of raising resilient children. We will identify opportunities to build and strengthen resiliency skills during a deployment cycle and how parents can utilize proven strategies to help their children cope effectively with these challenges. • 10–11 a.m., How to Have a Successful Parent-Teacher Conference, at Oakland Primary School, 5415 Oakland Drive Just in time for school conferences. Get the most out of your parent-teacher conference. Learn how to communicate effectively during a parent-teacher conference. We will share ideas on how to plan for the conference, stay in touch with your child’s teacher after the conference and a team-building approach to resolving any issues that might arise. • 2-3 p.m., Chart Your Course for Success in High School and Beyond, at Hillcrest Middle School, 4355 Peach Orchard Road, Dalzell Mapping out an academic plan with middle and high school students serves two purposes — on-time graduation despite multiple PCS moves and building a resume’ for college applications. Participants will receive a wealth of information. The sessions scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 17, are as follows: • 8:30-9:30 a.m., Tackling Homework Hassles, at Oakland Primary School, 5415 Oakland Drive Research reinforces the value of homework, with the support and encouragement of engaged parents, as a contribution to good study habits and ultimately improved academic success. This workshop will explore ways to encourage good study habits, provide support and motivation at home and how to work with your child’s teacher to help your child get the most out of homework. • 12:30-1:30 p.m., Bully Proofing, at Hillcrest Middle School, 4355 Peach Orchard Road, Dalzell The first line of defense against bullying is to build activities and discussions into our family life that create awareness and enhance resiliency. Join us to learn more about what we can do as parents to promote the social skills, values and behaviors that “bully proof” our children. We will discuss specific tools and strategies for navigating this issue at both school and online. • 2-3 p.m., Time Management, at Hillcrest Middle School, 4355 Peach Orchard Road, Dalzell. Now that school and after-school activities are in full swing, it is time to get organized. We all know it takes careful planning for parents and kids to accomplish all the necessary tasks that are required of school, sports and activities during the course of a 24hour day. This workshop will provide parents with a range of tools and techniques they can use to help their children manage time to accomplish specific tasks, projects and goals.

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To reserve a seat in one or all of these workshops, visit our website at www.sumterschools.net to view the fliers and connect with a convenient link or log on directly to the registration form at http://goo.gl/a0JDlH. (Note: The link is case sensitive. Please note that the 0 is a zero, and the l is a lower case L.) For questions or further information, contact Mary Sheridan, public information coordinator at Sumter School District, at mary.sheridan@ sumterstudents.net or at (803) 469-6900, extension 103.

WALK TO SCHOOL DAY WEDNESDAY Students and faculty members from many Sumter School District schools will join students from around the world to celebrate International Walk and Bike to School Day on Wednesday. The annual event is organized by the Partnership for a Walkable America and began in 1997. In 2000, it became an international event when Canada and the United Kingdom joined forces with the United States. Walk and Bike to School Day raises awareness of the need to create safer routes for walking and bicycling. It promotes fun, healthy habits, a cleaner environment, safety and other issues such as traffic congestion, building a sense of community and improving neighborhood connections. The event’s website, http://walkbiketoschool.org, states the day is “the first step to change the community culture and create options for getting around that are more inviting for everyone, both young and old.” Some of the schools who plan to participate include, but may not be limited to, Alice Drive Elementary, Chestnut Oaks Middle, Crosswell Drive Elementary, High Hills Elementary, Lemira Elementary, Millwood Elementary, Oakland Primary, Wilder Elementary and Willow Drive Elementary. The schools will have a variety of levels of participation. Some will meet at designated locations and walk together. Some will walk around their campuses at a specific time. Some of the locations of the schools make it difficult for walking or biking to school because of busy highways or distance traveled by students so many have opted for a variation of the theme. Although members of the community are always encouraged to be mindful of school traffic and students during the school year, drivers are asked to be even more cautious on Wednesday when many young people plan to walk or bike to school. — Mary B. Sheridan

Lee County School District BISHOPVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL Bishopville Primary School at Dennis held its Annual Title I meeting on Sept. 15. Gwen Frederick provided information regarding the role of Title I and had parents fill out surveys. Parents were asked to provide input on what they felt was going well with the school and district and what changes they would like to see. Kelvin Williams, the district social worker, explained the district policy on bullying, the procedures for investigating reports and the appropriate procedures for reporting. Lamont Moore, the principal of BPS at Dennis, spoke briefly with parents and asked those interested to sign up to serve on the PTO board and School Improvement Council. Parents then attended sessions in the classrooms to discuss grade-level curriculum and talk with teachers. Grandparents were honored on Sept. 20. Grandparents filled the cafeteria as they ate breakfast with their grandchildren. Grandparents and other family members had the opportunity to meet and speak with Moore during this time.

LOWER LEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Interactive notebooks are a fun and engaging way for students to learn and interact with new information, as well as review and practice skills already introduced. Students in Wanda Frederick’s and Tasi Kennedy’s firstgrade class are benefiting from using interactive notebooks this year. These interactive notebooks promote organization and serve as a useful learning tool. Students are using pictures and words to record their learning. They also serve as an authentic assessment tool. The notebooks are meant to be referred to throughout the year to solidify their knowledge of skills learned. They are currently being used in all core subjects. Fifth-grade students at Lower Lee Elementary School are writing textbased analysis essays. Students are enjoying the narrative piece that they started this week about a tattooed mummy from the pyramids of Peru. When everyone has completed their writing and it is a published piece, they will be able to place it on the “mummy” bulletin board outside the classroom. The class cannot wait to see the final product. In math, fifth-graders are practicing multiplication skills. Students grasped

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Lower Lee Elementary School fifth-grader Kendyl Nelson uses an interactive notebook. the concept quite easily on the very first day and were able to move on to multiplication by a two-digit number. Students used a discovery method and were placed in groups to read different books. From the stories they were able to garner key concepts about multiplication such as: If we multiply a number by zero we get zero, and multiplication is the same thing as repeated addition. Students are also working cooperatively in groups to ensure that each member of their group understands how to multiply by a two-digit number. In science, students learned a rap song about force and motion. On Sept. 16, Lower Lee Elementary School celebrated All Pro Dads. Dads and positive male figures feasted with their children on ham, turkey and roast beef sub sandwiches with all the fixings, chips, fresh fruit, cookies and drinks. There was a packed cafeteria with more than 80 in attendance as we recognized these All Pro members of our students’ families.

WEST LEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Damon Officer and the West Lee PTO would like to congratulate Arlene Henry’s fourth-grade class on being the first class to reach 100 percent PTO membership. Henry’s class will receive a popcorn party celebration. In Guidance, the month of September has been all about getting to know Delphine Thomas, who is in her first year as school counselor at West Lee Elementary School. Thomas gave a presentation about what a school counselor does and how a counselor helps students. In fifth grade, students are learning about ecosystems in science. Students have researched the various ecosystems found in nature as well as our local ecosystems in South Carolina. Clifford Broderick and Camella Graham have also done an excellent job providing instruction in math with place value. They have integrated the social studies unit on westward expansion into language arts as well. The teachers have provided writing assignments that correspond to the westward expansion curriculum.

LEE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL We have gotten off to a great start at Lee Central High School. Kimberly King and Flossie Johnson’s students have been learning about measurement, public communication and completing a budget. The class kicked off its first Service Learning Project with team pillows. The students had the opportunity to learn how to measure fabric, learn the components of inspecting the pillows that were made and taking orders and deliveries. Through the budget process, the students were taught how to budget to make a profit as well as maintain a thriving business. If you have not gotten a pillow, come by Room 510 to see Johnson, and keep your eyes and ears open for our next project coming soon. Congratulations to our football team on their 6-0 record. Stallions remain undefeated. The Lee Central Varsity Football Team has moved up from No. 13 to No. 10 in the 2A classification according to the High School Sports Report as of Sept. 19. The Lee Central High School Choral Department will present a “Choir Festival of Praise” at 5 p.m. today in the Lee Central High School auditorium. The theme of this program is “Getting Back to Choir Basics.” Featured on this program will be the LCHS Concert Choir as well as other area choirs. The Allen University Choir will be the featured guest. All seats are $5 for this event. Proceeds will benefit chorus students who have been selected to attend statewide choral festivals and competitions this school year. Please come out and support the Singing Stallions on their first performance of the year as well as the entire event. For more information, contact

Thomas Slater at (803) 413-9945. Please join us for the Principal’s Brunch at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the media center. Principal Jean Graddick will have the opportunity to introduce herself and share some information about the great things happening at Lee Central High School. — Kara Fowler

Central Carolina Technical College 66 STUDENTS REGISTER TO VOTE On Sept. 19, CCTC’s Financial Aid Office and Student Life held Constitution Day celebrations at three campus locations: Main Campus, Kershaw County Downtown Campus and F.E. DuBose Campus in Manning. There were Constitution-related activities including games, quizzes, voter registration and a presidential mock election. This Constitution Day was the most successful in CCTC history, registering 66 students to vote. — Becky H. Rickenbaker

Wofford College SPARTANBURG — Members of the Wofford College Orientation Staff welcomed the Class of 2020 on Aug. 31. The Orientation Staff leadership team helps plan, organize and manage activities designed to help firstyear college students make the transition from high school to college. They foster supportive relationships, serve as role models and offer peer mentoring. Members of the orientation staff included: Kirkland Elizabeth Dickson from Olanta and Drake Harrison McCormick from Sumter.

The Citadel CHARLESTON — The Summerall Cup, named for The Citadel’s president from 1931-53, is donated by the European Citadel Association. It is awarded annually to the cadet company with the best overall academic achievement. Companies are rated on average grade point ratio for the fall and spring semesters. India Company achieved an overall company grade point ratio of 3.2. The following cadets from India Company have been recognized for their outstanding academic achievements during the 2015-16 school year: • Sumter — John Baker; Colby Harker; Keelan Kane-Yearman; and John Shaddrick The Milton A. Pearlstine Award is presented annually by The Citadel Alumni Association in honor of Milton A. Pearlstine, Citadel Class of 1919 and past president of the CAA, to the cadet company achieving the highest freshman class grade point ratio for the previous school year. Jared Hair of Olanta was among 65 other cadets in Romeo Company that were recognized for their outstanding academic achievements and peer leadership during the 2015-16 school year. Papa Company has been awarded the President’s Cup for the 2015-16 school year. The President’s Cup was established by General Hugh P. Harris, president of The Citadel from 1965-70. It is awarded annually to the cadet company that establishes the highest combined score in academic achievement, military performance, extracurricular participation and fourth class retention during the previous academic year and is the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a cadet company. William Richardson of Sumter was among 67 other cadets in Papa Company that were recognized for their contributions to the company’s success during the 2015-16 school year. For the year after the company’s achievements, this group of cadets is designated as the honor company for the Corps of Cadets, serving as ambassadors of The Citadel at special functions.

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Covenant Place shows ‘American Configurations’ FROM STAFF REPORTS The Sumter County Gallery of Art and Covenant Place Continuing Care Retirement Community are in the fourth year of a rich partnership that brings fine art exhibitions to senior residents of Covenant Place and the general public. Four years ago, Sue Fienning, a gallery board member and member of the Covenant Place board noted that the art that hung in the Mezzanine had remained unchanged for years. Her suggestion was to create a “satellite gallery” where SCGA would curate and install three annual exhibitions. Fienning’s idea has been met with an overwhelming positive response, and the opening receptions have grown with each passing show. Karen Watson, director of SCGA, and Melissa Linville and Jane Ours of Covenant Place work together to present unique shows in the Mezzanine Gallery featuring traditional art by local artists, thus providing a rich visual art environment for the residents. This will be the first Covenant Place exhibition that Gardner “Cole” Miller, the new curator at the Sumter County Gallery of Art will design and install. Watson said the shows have been a “resounding success.” Many of the residents are current and former members of the gallery, but many can no longer travel to the gallery. By traveling off-site to bring top-notch art to the residents, the gallery has found a creative way to further serve the community. The upcoming exhibition, “American Configurations,” features the work of two active Sumter Artists Guild members, Julie Watts and Philip Williams. Both artists are painters. Watts’ haunting portraits of Native Americans, landscapes and still lifes are beautifully and realistically rendered, Watson said. Williams’ interest in painting has taken off in the past two years. His paints many different subjects, from old houses to fighter, with the eye and style of a folk artist. Julie Watts is a South Carolina native, and works as a counselor at The Santee-Wateree Community Mental Health Center in Sumter. She first fell in love with painting as a student of Mrs. Malone, her high school art teacher, at Chapin High School about 30 years ago. When Watts’ children were young, she painted occasionally as time and energy allowed. After they grew and became more independent, she decided to once again focus on painting and took a paint class from Mary Ann Reames at The Sumter County Gallery of Art. Five years ago, Watts enrolled in an oil painting class taught by Gloria Pounds, and has remained under her mentorship ever since. Watts is a member of The Sumter Artists Guild and has had work in their annual show for the past several years; she also had an exhibit as The Sumter Artists Guild Artist of the Month at SCGA in September 2014. Also a Native American and a member of The Chicora Indian Tribe of South Carolina. Her pride as a Native American is expressed in her passion for painting. Watts said her favorite subject is people, quoting Vincent van Gogh, who said, “There is nothing more truly artistic

Porches like this on Park Avenue have long been important to Southern homeowner. They are places to enjoy coffee in the mornings, iced tea in the evenings and visiting with friends at any time. Welcoming porches in the Heart of Sumter will be on tour Thursday night as the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce presents Porches of Sumter. SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO

than to love people.” “In my work as a counselor, and just in everyday life, I find people to be most fascinating, and the most interesting subject to paint,” she said. “A person’s soul, how they are doing, how they are feeling is clearly exhibited on their face. Every line and feature has a story to tell, and I find great joy in trying to key in to that and illustrate each person’s journey.” Watts also is influenced by her Native American heritage, which has led her to find others, “who are very passionate about their heritage, customs and traditions.” The colorful Native American regalia with its handmade craftsmanship and decorations of nature-based origin influences Watts’ painting as well. “As a painter,” she said, “I also strive to capture the colorful essence of Native American people, as they strive to keep their traditions alive. My hope is that my work not only showcases the beauty of their dress and customs, but their pride as a people.” Phil Williams is mostly a selftaught artist, who had a renowned Asian-American artist, Dominic Pangborn as a mentor and friend. With his guidance and direction, he has

ABOVE: Julie Watts’ painting is titled “Good Friends are Hard to Keep.” She returned to painting after her children were grown and has studied with Mary Anne Reames. See Watts’ paintings at Covenant Place on Thursday through Jan. 20, 2017. LEFT: This untitled painting is among those of Philip Williams that will be in the exhibition titled American Configurations. It opens at Covenant Place on Thursday with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. PHOTOS PROVIDED

managed to develop a style of painting that suits who he is. Williams remembers being told by a curator that his painting style was “simple,” a comment that initially disappointed him. “However, the more he thought about it the more Williams realized he was right,” Watson said. Williams doesn’t create elaborate or intricate paintings, but paints things the way he sees them, in a straightforward and unadorned way. According to Watson, therein lies the charm of his work. Buildings, street scenes and land-

scapes are what Williams enjoys painting most. He observes that when he paints buildings or street scenes, he always paints something inside the windows. “Maybe there is a story behind the glass,” Watson said. Williams said he likes to think of his paintings as representations of what he sees. “I have never wanted to paint something exactly as it appears,” he said. “That is what cameras do. I want the viewer to see it the way I do, simple.” “Julie Watts and Philip Wil-

PORCHES FROM PAGE C1 FTC is the presenting sponsor, Platinum sponsors are Curtis & Croft LLC, Frontier Communications and Mac’s Place Spirits, and Silver sponsors include Gateway Mortgage Group and Heirloom Child. Parking and check-in will be at Grace Baptist Church, 219 W. Calhoun St., this year, said Nicole Milligan, vice president for operations at the Chamber, as well as maps showing all the houses, beverages, caterers and music. “We will also have can koozies from presenting sponsor FTC and souvenir wine glasses from Fron-

liams: American Configurations” opens with a 5-to-7 p.m. reception on Thursday, Oct. 6, at the Mezzanine Gallery at Covenant Place, 2825 Carter Road. Both artists will be in attendance. The reception will be catered by Covenant Place’s chef, and there will be live music. As with all the Covenant Place exhibitions, the public is encouraged to attend. The exhibition can be seen through Jan. 20. For more information call Melissa Linville at (803) 4697007 or the Sumter County Gallery of Art at (803) 775-0543.

tier,” Milligan said. Restrooms will be available at Memorial Park, with portable facilities at Grace Baptist Church and Curtis & Croft. Milligan noted that Porches of Sumter “is a rain or snow event ... and ... right now the forecast looks gorgeous, and I am hoping it stays that way. If not, bring out your rain boots!” Tickets for the 6-to-9 p.m. Thursday Porches of Sumter are $25 in advance and $35 at the door, if any remain. Sales are limited to 300. They are available online at www.sumterchamber. com or at the Chamber of Commerce, 32 E. Calhoun St., from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday. For more information call (803) 775-1231.

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Arthur Dwight of Carolina Filters Inc. displays a cross section of coils that cool the air tempertature as air blows over the fins that surround the coils. When the fins fill with debris, air cannot flow over the cooling coils. Dwight says his company has developed a technology, Coil Flow Max, to clean coils as deep as 16 inches. The jars in the photo are samples of debris cleaned from the coils and fins.

Sumter filter expert develops cooling unit cleaning system BY RICK CARPENTER rick@theitem.com For more than 20 years, Arthur Dwight visited industrial and health care facilities to see the inner workings of their local air-conditioning units. With an undergraduate engineering degree and architectural experience, the intricate and often unique systems amazed him. From the first time he replaced and cleaned filters in air-conditioning units, he realized that the great service he provided extended the lifeblood of the units — coils that fed coolant through a series of thin fins that air blew through to provide cool air. Now, after years of trial and error, he may have solved a major issue with cleaning larger units with deeper coils that will extend the life of those coil and fin systems, too. Dwight's filter work initially focused on how to clean the air that circulated through the large industrial and hospital systems while they also sucked in fresh air from outdoors. Changing filters to improve the length of service of those units became routine maintenance because those filters kept fine debris from hitting the large HVAC coils that are surrounded by thin layers of fins that when filled with debris quit allowing air to flow over the coils. Even with a two-filter system at most large locations — the first filter catches most large particle debris and the second one, the most important one in the system, catches smaller and more fine debris — some debris still finds its way to the fins surrounding the coils. Filters protect the longevity of the fin and coil system. For home units, those coils typically run 1 to 2 inches deep, while industrial units range from 8 to 16 inches deep. And larger industrial buildings and hospitals may have multiple units. When the units build up too much debris, they quit working. Most coils last between 15 and 20 years depending on how often the filters are changed. “Maintenance and engineering departments and contractors have been challenging the standard coil-cleaning

technologies and procedures for years," Dwight said through a news release. "We have found that many of these ‘new’ procedures, including steam cleaning, can do more harm than good. The most common unwanted results are the damaging of coil fins and the driving of contaminants further into coils, actually making coil performance worse and making the job of successfully cleaning coils harder." Current cleaning methods only allow cleaning coils as deep as 4 inches. Coils larger in depth often require total replacement, meaning industrial production downtime, construction costs, temporary cooling units and other factors totaling as much as $250,000. "I have been in the air filtration business for industrial and health facilities my whole career and had seen so many coils having to be replaced because there was no way to clean them, I knew there was a need there," Dwight said. Dwight tried to figure out how to reach deeper into the crevices of the coils to thoroughly clean them without damaging the sensitive fins, often as many as 14 fins per inch. And cleaning the coils could serve as another income stream for the business that his father, Richard Dwight, started as Carolina Filters Inc. in 1968 and he and his brother, Coles Dwight, purchased from him. Arthur Dwight said he and Coles Dwight both completed engineering degrees in college and had gone on to careers in architecture and construction, respectively. When they discussed the company's succession plan with their father, he told them bluntly that the only way they were going to put in the hours necessary to make the company run successfully would be to own it. Coles Dwight jumped in first in 1988 and realized he needed his brother's full-time commitment to it as well. Arthur Dwight joined his brother in 1989, and the two took over the company in the mid-1990s. By cutting up pieces of the coils with fins in them, Arthur Dwight and Rudy Singleton and Dave Spencer, employees who were also trying to solve the coil-

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This cross cut example of a cooling unit illustrates how debris can collect between fins that cover the coils. The coils are the round holes cut from the unit, and the dark spots represent debris that has collected between the fins. cleaning problem, experimented with new cleaning methods. They finally developed a system that they say can clean the coils as deep as 16 inches. That's four times deeper than the previous technology. Arthur Dwight, Singleton and Spencer spent six weeks starting last November finalizing a method for removing the hard-to-reach areas of the thick coils. In the meantime, they tested their method on more than 20 units. Arthur Dwight said the method worked 95 percent of the time, and they're analyzing the one 30-year-old unit that couldn't be cleaned. The method has been sent to the U.S. Patent Office to get patented before Arthur Dwight feels comfortable speak-

ing about methods used in the process. But he said the new method, called Coil Flow Max, will use technology and equipment designed and built inhouse in Sumter. "The cost to have one of these cleaning systems built by an engineering group would be extremely high due to its complexity," Arthur Dwight said. "The current plan is to keep the design and manufacturing of this equipment in-house." Arthur said he will disclose the method once the patent has been approved, but for now, he's confident Coil Flow Max will breathe fresh air into the industry. For more information about Coil Flow Max, go to www.coilflowmax.com.

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THE SUMTER ITEM MARRIAGE LICENSES • Travis Anthony Adams and Anne Louise Bennett • Willie James Herring and Jennifer Michelle Williams • Ibn-Shaheed Al Mumin Dixon and Techina Syteria Harry • Eric Lashun Harrison and Michallie Kimberly Davis • Hubert Stanley Benenhaley and Vanessa Smith Brogdon • Jeffrey Winn Dennis and Jennifer Pollard Blythe • Garnett Nelson Davis III and Laquinta Antoinette Brown • Preston Joseph Goodman and Hannah Elizabeth Felt • Lavasha Antonio Harris of Charlotte, North Carolina, and Tanya Denise Gravely • Hunter Sheldon Marshall and Mimi Right • Nathan Paul Prince and Elizabeth Francis Black • Kenneth Eugene Thomas and Mackenzie Smith, both of Dalzell • Christopher Lee Godfrey and Lisa Marie Partin • Michael Raleigh Lowder of Turbeville and Brittany Michelle Huggins of Lynchburg • Andrew Earls Harvin of Daniel Island and Amber Leigh Hamm of Dalzell • Johnny Ray Barwick and Misty Michelle Appleby • Dewayne Leshawn McBride and Renea Moses • Brayden Keith Scott and Mattie Kay Bonner • Richard Elray McCormick and Stephanie Kay Sims • Anthony Ashley-Napolitano Butler and Nichole Julia Cureton • Thomas Lever Mayer and Kathrine Bernadette Marsh • Peter Alexander Richards of Columbia and Hallie Lynn Barber • Jalen Chevell Brown and Maricia Lynette Williams • Darrus Alonzo Salmond and Shanyce Nicole Dennis, both of Rembert • Andrew Service and Deborah Cominsky • Shavvon Richie Braxton of Rembert and Tiara Mahogany Crump • Maurice Allen Washington and Andrea Nicole Davis • Aaron Glen Rudder and Cortney Denise Adams • Nathaniel James Toney Jr. of Bishopville and Bianca Corine Renee Nelson • Kenneth Edward Graham and Rachelle Spann Lloyd • Phillip O’Donald Austin Jr. and Erika Yukie Mizell, both of Gable • Jared Kieran Barela and Tabitha Ann Cook of Dalzell • Benjamin Alan Barfield and Susan Melissa Chavey • Daniel J. Earich and Verna A. Lafferty • Donte Walter Grant and Ashley Noel Sherman • Gregory Scott Newell and Beth Erin Franciscovich • Jonathan David Prince and Caitlin Nicole Welch • John H. Schwedler and Ashley Jane Champagne • Michael Allen Cole and Lisa Mary Stottlar • Jonathon Castillo and Amelia Marie Bunnell • Justin Michael Pack and Harley Rae Simms • Christopher James Miller and Dominique Darryl Atkins • McKenzie Quinton Knight and Sarah Rose Bitsky • Perez Antwon Brooks Sr. and Roslyn Latrice Rouse • Evan Steve Fazekas and Cynthia Morgan Taylor • Trevor Alyn McClintock and Jaimie Lyn Sheridan • William Allen McCoy and Mozelle Jones • Bradley Dale Bays and Tiffany Lauren Jackson of Wedgefield • Rodney Richard Rickburg Sr. and Pamela Marie Tisdale • Brian Michael Bulter and Linda Gail Baker • Michael Patrick Tilton of Shaw Air Force Base and Veronica Maria Perez-Fidalgo of Cibolo, Texas • Refugio Sebastian Banuelos and Monica Elizabeth Thomas, both of Lynchburg • Benjamin Anthony Ramaekers of Dalzell and Crystal Dawn Reading of North Judson, Indiana • Christopher McKnight and Tiffany Danielle Dukes • Wes Robert Ramey and Tommy Kaye Ramey, both of Dalzell • Michael Anthony Whitaker Jr. and Leanna Marie Atkkinson • Richard Prothro Jr. and Marshella Delores Dikcs • Chris Lemont Rantin and Betty Ann Wortherly-Rose • Orlando Jovon Wilson of Rembert and Tiffany Montgomery

BUILDING PERMITS • Island Investments of Sumter, owner, G&S Sign Co., contractor, 575 Broad St. (A), $650 (change face of wall sign — Sam’s Savoury Grill, commercial); Island Investments of Sumter, owner, G&S Sign Co., contractor, 575 Broad St. (A), $650 (change face of freestanding sign — Sam’s Savoury Grill, commercial). • George A. and Charlotte L. Moore, owners, Knepp Roofing Carpenter, contractor, 5800 Brookland Drive, $3,515 (roof replacement on back of house, residential). • John Wayne Baker, owner, Richard H. Nelson, contractor, 2656 Hodge St., $3,850 (remove / replace shingles, residential). • Sharon L. Reno or Jerry L. Reno, owners,

PUBLIC RECORD Jerry L. Reno, contractor, 469 Loring Drive, $50 (residential utility building demolition, residential). • Jametris Lindsay, owner, Harvey McDonald, contractor, 77 Somerset Drive (A) (mobile home, residential); Jametris Lindsay, owner, Harvey McDonald, contractor, 103 Somerset Drive (A) (mobile home, residential); Jametris Lindsay, owner, Harvey McDonald, contractor, 206 Sussex Drive (B) (mobile home, residential); Jametris Lindsay, owner, Harvey McDonald, contractor, 337 Picardy (A) (mobile home, residential); Jametris Lindsay, owner, Harvey McDonald, contractor, 81 Somerset Drive (mobile home, residential); Jametris Lindsay, owner, Harvey McDonald, contractor, 1 Somerset Drive (C) (mobile home, residential). • Southland Properties of Sumter, owner, J. Henry McLeod Jr. dba McLeod Landscaping, contractor, 2160 Avenue A, Mayesville, $450 (replace two sheets of plywood on roof / replace two square shingles, residential). • James Walter Griffith Jr. and Cha, owners, Jason Josey dba Josey Builders, contractor, 445 Veranda Drive, $2,465 (replace siding on dormers, residential). • Joseph and Kathy Fennell, owners, Shelwood China dba China Home Improvements, contractor, 2831 Stratford Drive, $4,000 (reroof only, residential). • Willie Singleton Jr., owner, Crescent Construction LLC, contractor, 405 Stark St., $7,510.65 (tear off roof and reroof, residential). • Linda S. Robinson, owner and contractor, 744 Meadow Circle, $3,000 (enclose existing porch, residential). • Verle D. and Rosemary Habberstad, owners, South Coast Solar, contractor, 940 Shadow Trail, $51,136 (install solar panels, residential). • Woodrow J. Mills Jr., owner, James Robert Byrd Jr., contractor, 111 Wactor St., $1,700 (six foot wood fence, residential). • Charlie Lawson Jr., owner, Randolph Wells dba Wells Builders, contractor, 101 Carolina Ave., $8,000 (enlarge front porch / windows / siding / drywall, residential). • Lucius and Hattie Lee Burns, owners, Ralph Brown, contractor, 115 E. Brewington Road (mobile home, residential). • Christopher E. and Alex Oldhouser, owners, Shelwood China dba China Home Improvement, contractor, 2155 Tanglewood Road, $8,000 (sheetrock and trim, residential). • Joann Reap, owner, C&S Construction, contractor, 1807 Millwood Road, $12,000 (water damage repairs / complete addition of utility room, residential). • Wilkes Builders Inc., owner, Ronnie Wilkes dba Wilkes Builders Inc., contractor, 1321 Blankenship Place, 1,600 heated square feet and 400 unheated square feet, $102,000 (new dwelling, residential); Wilkes Builders Inc., owner, Ronnie Wilkes dba Wilkes Builders Inc., contractor, 2930 Wise Drive, 2,000 heated square feet and 500 unheated square feet, $127,500 (new dwelling, residential). • Palmetto Properties of Sumter, owner, J. Henry McLeod Jr. dba McLeod Landscaping, contractor, 1079 Cherryvale Drive (1081-1087), $525 (replace 10 sheets T-111 siding, residential); Palmetto Properties of Sumter, owner, J. Henry McLeod Jr. dba McLeod Landscaping, contractor, 5135 Christine Drive, $850 (repair roof — three sheets plywood, three square shingles, ridge vent, residential). • Joseph B. and McKenzie A. Brockett, owners, Joseph B. Brockett, contractor, 5470 Randolph St., Rembert, 900 unheated square feet, $8,186 (detached garage / workshop — enclosed, residential). • Moore Rental LLC, owner, Harvey McDonald, contractor, 1154 Belmont Drive (mobile home, residential). • Billy Tolson, owner, Baxley’s Bestway Transportation, contractor, 3535 Hiperformance Lane (mobile home, residential). • Katelyn Tindell, owner, Harvey McDonald, contractor, 1360 Race Track Road (mobile home, residential). • Santee Print Works, owner, Atkins Roofing & Maintenance LLC, contractor, 140 Shaw St., $26,330 (complete reroof — office, commercial). • Sumter’s First Promise Land, owner, Howard Wayne Rogers, contractor, 1880 Myrtle Beach Highway (new metal building, commercial); Sumter’s First Promise Land, owner, Howard Wayne Rogers, contractor, 1880 Myrtle Beach Highway, $150,000 (detached metal building for activity use, commercial). • Minal Patel, owner and contractor, 2040 Tudor St., 325 unheated square feet, $8,000 (family room addition, residential). • Christina Williams Hodge, owner, John Taylor, contractor, 4340 Nazarene Church Road (4350) (mobile home, residential). • Joan Vetter Lang* and Dana Hutson, owners, Larry Timmons dba T&T Metal Roofing, contractor, 1785 Bar-Zee Drive, $3,200 (install metal roof, residential). • Sandra Deborah Young, owner, Square It Up Roofing Inc., contractor, 404 Haynsworth St., $9,000 (reroof, residential). • Johnnie Mae Gist, owner, Michael Partin dba Partin Construction, contractor, 1064 Marian Lane, $7,265 (roof, plumbing, smoke detector, residential). • John Dickey, owner, Robert Burleson, contractor, 321 W. Hampton Ave., $2,000 (repair roof over front porch, residential). • Margie F. McLeod, owner, J. Henry McLeod Jr. dba McLeod Landscaping, contractor, 212 E. Bee St., $2,200 (replace shingles, residential). • Jerry Lee Steele, owner, Larry Timmons dba T&T Metal Roofing, contractor, 2053 Columbia Circle, $4,200 (install metal roof, residential).

• Carey and Barbara Cook, owners, G&S Sign Co., contractor, 2935 Stamey Livestock Road, $2,500 (new freestanding sign — Dalzell Self Storage, commercial). • Ronald F. and Karen Pau Underwood, owners, Ronald F. Underwood, contractor, 6593 Francis Marion Ave., Dalzell, 576 unheated square feet, $15,000 (attached enclosed garage — attached by breezeway, residential). • Joe Roosevelt, owner, Suncrest Solar Inc., contractor, 1038 Porter St., $1,000 (main service panel upgrade, residential). • Gainey Construction Co. LLC, owner and contractor, 2300 Autumn Terrace, Dalzell, $3,000 (replace shingles, residential); Gainey Construction Co. LLC, owner and contractor, 519 Waterlily Drive, $114,711 (new dwelling, residential). • Henry Jacob Tipton, owner, Cherokee Builders LLC, contractor, 1791 Ketch Ave., $6,500 (detached enclosed garage with concrete slab, residential). • Pamela D. Shorter, owner, David B. Trapp, contractor, 2695 Nicholson Drive, 200 unheated square feet, $15,682 (add screen porch and roof, residential). • James McElveen Jr. and Sarah McElveen, owners, Timothy Kelley dba Kelley Construction, contractor, 538 McCrays Mill Road, $4,000 (install new roof, residential). • Crystal Leviner, owner, Harvey McDonald, contractor, 3435 Nazarene Church Road Number 4 (mobile home, residential). • Cassandra Miller Peay, owner, Harvey McDonald, contractor, 2915 Pelfrey Road (mobile home, residential). • Carolinas Homebuilder LLC, owner, A&A International Inc., contractor, 2972 Girard Drive, $3,000 (six foot brick fence, residential). • Great Southern Homes Inc., owner and contractor, 3164 Daufaskie Road, 2,587 heated square feet and 440 unheated square feet, $134,800 (new dwelling, residential); Great Southern Homes Inc., owner and contractor, 2972 Girard Drive, 2,477 heated square feet and 452 unheated square feet, $149,980 (new dwelling, residential); Great Southern Homes Inc., owner and contractor, 3156 Daufaskie Road, 2,477 heated square feet and 452 unheated square feet, $143,525 (new dwelling, residential); Great Southern Homes Inc., owner and contractor, 20 Minutemen Lane, 1,401 heated square feet and 339 unheated square feet, $79,380 (new dwelling, residential); Great Southern Homes Inc., owner and contractor, 324 Wendemere Drive, 1,866 heated square feet and 382 unheated square feet, $96,205 (new dwelling, residential); Great Southern Homes Inc., owner and contractor, 320 Wendemere Drive, 1,866 heated square feet and 382 unheated square feet, $92,717 (new dwelling, residential). • Daniel O. and Amy M. Lyles, owners, Gainey Construction Co. LLC, contractor, 2465 U.S. 521 South, 2,512 heated square feet and 725 unheated square feet, $181,017 (new dwelling, residential). • BPD Sumter LLC, owner, Flagship Sign Designs Inc., contractor, 1177 Broad St., $3,775 (awnings, commercial). • Paul and Mary Jean B. Steinburg, owners, Dale Shope Construction Inc., contractor, 4915 Ridgewood Drive, Rembert, $36,000 (roof mount solar panel installation, residential). • Lynn M. MacEwen, owner, Robert W. Nunnery dba Robert W. Nunnery, contractor, 42 Buford St., $15,000 (roofing, residential). • James D. and Carol B. Burleson, owners, All About Pools and Spas LLC, contractor, 2 Sugarpine Lane, Wedgefield, $20,300 (swimming pool, residential). • Robert L. and Beverly J. Jones, owners, Sears Home Improvement Products Inc., contractor, 6000 Lost Creek Drive, $10,179.86 (roofing — new shingles, residential). • Brian O. Crooks, owner, John Porter Jr. dba JP & Son Construction, contractor, 605 Brutsch Ave., 198 unheated square feet, $4,450 (detached deck, residential). • Roland James Thigpen Jr. and Bren, owners, Shelwood China dba China Home Improvement, contractor, 821 Miller Road, $2,500 (reroof only, residential). • Scott R. and Stephanie G. Smith, owners, Scott Smith, contractor, 2770 Foxcroft Circle, $1,200 (six foot wood fence, residential). • Jake Myers, owner, Cherokee Builders LLC, contractor, 603 McCrays Mill Road, 160 unheated square feet, $2,364 (detached enclosed storage shed, residential); Jake Myers, owner, Cherokee Builders LLC, contractor, 603 McCrays Mill Road, 420 unheated square feet, $1,236.60 (detached carport — no walls, residential). • BPD Sumter LLC, owner, Flagship Sign Designs Inc., contractor, 1177 Broad St., $5,150 (wall sign — The Vitamin Shoppe, commercial); BPD Sumter LLC, owner, Flagship Sign Designs Inc., contractor, 1177 Broad St., $650 (change face of freestanding sign — The Vitamin Shoppe, commercial). • Donna J. Jackson, owner, Richard H. Nelson, contractor, 5519 Oakcrest Road, $5,000 (build deck on front of house with wheelchair ramps, residential). • Thomas Miller, owner, Richard H. Nelson, contractor, 1340 Crowndale Drive, $4,850 (remove / replace shingles, residential). • Margaret K. Burch, owner, James Elbert Euten Jr., contractor, 1385 Pepperidge Drive, $4,800 (roofing, residential). • Jessie and Betty K. Davis, owners, Elijah Johnson dba Johnson and Johnson, contractor, 3500 Wedgefield Road, 128 unheated square feet, $2,100 (build front porch — bottom and top, residential). • Cephus Gregg Jr. and Quentina W. Gregg, owners, Cephus Gregg dba Designer Thoughts, contractor, 514 W. Oakland Ave., $4,000 (brick veneer on house,

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residential). • Mishaun Pearson, owner, Sharon D. Tindal dba Tindal Construction, contractor, 516 W. Oakland Ave., $35,000 (reroof shingles / siding / electric / HVAC / windows / doors / vinyl flooring, residential). • Joseph Daniel and Kasey N. Clive, owners, Precision Fence and Decks, contractor, 2005 Golfair Road, $2,400 (six foot wood fence, residential). • Pauline Shepard, owner, The Home Depot at Home Services, contractor, 241 Alexander Place, $5,200 (replace 1,700 square foot shingles / drip edge / 10 sheets decking, residential). • CP Sumter LLC, owner, Phillips Aluminum Co., contractor, 1175 Loring Mill Road, $7,500 (wall sign — Corner Pantry, commercial). • Cypress Square Associates LLC, owner, John T. Walkup LLC, contractor, 1147 N. Guignard Drive (Suite 6), $874.37 (lighting upfit, commercial). • Mary Colclough, owner, Culler Enterprises dba Culler Roofing, contractor, 4305 Rosewood Drive, $5,866 (reroof shingles, residential). • Jaymaur LLC, owner, Culler Enterprises dba Culler Roofing, contractor, 1725 W. Oakland Ave., $5,000 (reroof shingles, residential). • Raiford Hinton Jr. and Glenda C. Hinton, owners, Culler Enterprises dba Culler Roofing, contractor, 635 Batty Way (665), $9,782 (reroof shingles, residential). • Jonathan Brent Waynick, owner and contractor, 3515 Preserve Court, 1,250 heated square feet, $80,000 (addition of mother-in-law suite — attached, residential). • John W. and Janet P. Adler, owners, Shelwood China dba China Home Improvements, contractor, 623 Henderson St., $9,000 (reroof only, residential). • Eric A. and Antoinette C. Mitchell, owners, Shelwood China dba China Home Improvement, contractor, 2840 Joyce St., $5,989 (reroof only, residential). • Lakewood Apartments SC LLC, owner, WM Strickland dba Strickland&Strickland, contractor, 11 Pocotaligo Drive, $8,200 (remove / replace patio structure / damaged wood on canopy, commercial); Lakewood Apartments SC LLC, owner, WM Strickland dba Strickland&Strickland, contractor, 31 Pocotaligo Drive, $4,100 (remove / replace patio structure / damaged wood on canopy, commercial); Lakewood Apartments SC LLC, owner, WM Strickland dba Strickland&Strickland, contractor, 10 Putter Drive, $4,100 (remove / replace patio structure / damaged wood on canopy, commercial); Lakewood Apartments SC LLC, owner, WM Strickland dba Strickland&Strickland, contractor, 80 Putter Drive (10-176) / 10-57 POC, $8,200 (remove / replace patio structure / damaged wood on canopy, commercial). • Radman M. and Patricia M. Ali, owners, Timothy Kelley dba Kelley Construction, contractor, 134 Henrietta St., $8,092 (install new roof, residential). • Nicolae Mut, owner and contractor, 1340 Broadwater Drive, $3,000 (five foot brick fence, residential). • Lucy C. Gordon, owner, State Tree Co., contractor, 11 Saratoga St., $4,000 (residential demolition of carport, residential). • Gwendolyn McFadden McBride, owner, J.L. Floyd & Sons, contractor, 922 E. Fulton St., $2,800 (residential demolition of old abandoned house, residential). • CP Sumter LLC, owner, Flagship Sign Designs Inc., contractor, 1175 Loring Mill Road, $6,800 (change face of freestanding sign — Tucker Oil, commercial); CP Sumter LLC, owner, Flagship Sign Designs Inc., contractor, 1175 Loring Mill Road, $6,800 (change face of freestanding sign — Tucker Oil, commercial). • Santee Lynches Regional, owner, Hobbs Sutton, contractor, 443 Loring Drive, $10,000 (residential demolition — single family dwelling, residential); Santee Lynches Regional, owner, Hobbs Sutton, contractor, 19 Cleveland St., $10,000 (residential demolition — single family dwelling, residential); Santee Lynches Regional, owner, Hobbs Sutton, contractor, 607 S. Sumter St., $10,000 (residential demolition — single family dwelling, residential); Santee Lynches Regional, owner, Hobbs Sutton, contractor, 166 Hoyt St., $10,000 (residential demolition — single family dwelling, residential); Santee Lynches Regional, owner, Hobbs Sutton, contractor, 1022 S. Main St., $10,000 (residential demolition — single family dwelling, residential); Santee Lynches Regional, owner, Hobbs Sutton, contractor, 553 S. Main St., $10,000 (residential demolition — single family dwelling, residential); Santee Lynches Regional, owner, Hobbs Sutton, contractor, 451 Dogwood Drive, $10,000 (residential demolition — single family dwelling, residential); Santee Lynches Regional, owner, Hobbs Sutton, contractor, 612 S. Harvin St., $10,000 (residential demolition — single family dwelling, residential); Santee Lynches Regional, owner, Hobbs Sutton, contractor, 118 Lawson St., $10,000 (residential demolition — single family dwelling, residential). • Nancy Samples, owner, Baxley’s Bestway Transportation, contractor, 1230 S. Pike East, Lot 97 (mobile home, residential). • Liberty Enterprises II LLC, owner, Jeremiah Moody, contractor, 314 W. Liberty St., $4,500 (concrete block wall, commercial). • Robert and Jennifer Jones, owners, James Robert Byrd Jr., contractor, 510 Vivian Road, $4,800 (six foot wood fence, residential). • Northside Crossing LLC, owner, Advance Signs & Lighting, contractor, 2530 Broad St., $1,100 (canopy letter sign — Tidal Wave, commercial). • Damier Laws, owner, Harvey McDonald, contractor, 395 Country Springs Drive (mobile home, residential).

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hat is the value of a thing? Do we measure value only in economic worth? Or is value measured by the quality of our lives? The two are usually tied together in some way. So, how do we value our outdoor experiences? On a lateseason deer drive a couple of years ago, I had Dan the opportuGeddings nity to reflect on how OUTDOORS we value some things. It was a beautiful morning with golden sunbeams streaming down through the towering pines. The air was frosty but not too cold. A big pack of hounds were running far out in the pinelands to my front, and another pack was coming up on my left. Three shots boomed out in the distance, ahead of the dogs. This was the second drive of the morning. The first hunt had yielded a nice doe and had been a houndsman’s dream. Big packs of hounds had rolled through the woodland thickets, pushing the deer. It was what the old timers called “hound music.” Some of the best races I’ve heard in a while. This second drive was starting out good also. That pack over to my left front was coming closer. Then a shot on my left startled me. I looked in time to see a good buck leap into the logging road. The second shot brought him down. The hounds went on by, obviously chasing a different deer. I had put the standers out just moments before, so I knew the shooters were a grandfather-and-grandson combination. I was glad they got the buck. Later, when the horn blew to end the hunt, I drove back down the road to pick up the standers. I helped the granddad load the 8-pointer on my truck. He proudly told me it was his grandson’s first deer. Back at the clubhouse, we

FISHING REPORTS Information on fishing trends provided courtesy of www. AnglersHeadquarters.com, South Carolina’s premier fishing report source. Customers of the Angler’s Headquarters online tackle store have access to daily updates and fulllength reports on its site. DHEC Fish Consumption Advisories: www.scdhec.gov/environment/water/fish Freshwater Report Santee Cooper - Sept. 20 Crappie: Fair to good. Captain Steve English (843-729-4044) reports that crappie fishing is picking up over middepth brush. Minnows and jigs are both catching fish. Bass: Fair. Steve Harmon reports that we are coming into a period when bass fishing can be really good, as fish move out of their deeper haunts and towards the banks. Frogs, spinnerbaits and plastic worms fished around shallow cover should all catch fish. Bream: Slow to fair. Captain Steve English reports that bluegill are starting to stack up on brush piles where they will take crickets and worms. Catfish: Slow to fair. The catfish bite has been a little tough recently. Try prospecting both shallow and deep with cut bait or dip baits for channel catfish. Midlands Area Lake Wateree - Sept. 23 Crappie: Good. Will Hinson advises that fish are still in brush along the main river channel. Minnows will catch fish but Fish Stalker Jigs have been working very well. Catfish: Fair to good. Captain Rodger Taylor (803-517-7828) reports that the

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Tim Jumper and his grandson Ethan are seen with Ethan’s first buck. learned that the other three shots had resulted in another 8-point buck being taken. The shooter was a young visitor from another state on his first dog drive. That made three deer before lunchtime. Our state is blessed with an incredible natural bounty. We have healthy habitats that provide food, water and cover for a host of wild creatures. We have these things because they offer a value to us, both personal and economic. The economic value of our natural resources has been documented in a study by the University of South Carolina’s Moore School of Business. It was found that our well-managed natural resources are essential for economic development and contribute nearly $30 billion and 230,000 jobs to the state’s economy annually. The study identified how critical our natural resources are to our economy and to our standard of living. The responsibility to manage our resources lies not only with our various agencies and businesses, but also with all our residents. Individuals can, and do, play a part in

maintaining, protecting and managing our forest, fields and waters. The South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism’s surveys have shown that natural resources are the basis for most recreational activities in the state. A major part of outdoor recreation centers on hunting, fishing and other wildlife activities. The Department of Natural Resources realizes that people benefit from contact with nature. The department supports, maintains and enhances outdoor activities as a primary mission. Access to outdoor opportunities and natural assets are important to our economy and quality of life. Protection and enhancement of our natural resources should be a part of our overall economic development strategies and policies. Putting a value on an old hunter’s appreciation of hound music, or a young hunter’s first buck is easy – it’s priceless.

best pattern is drifting along the main channel in the mid-lake area with cut white perch or shad. Some fish can also be caught early and late anchoring in the shallows, and the heat of the day is generally a slow – and uncomfortable – time to fish. Bass: Slow. Dearal Rodgers reports that recent tournament weights have been very low, and there just isn’t very much happening on the bass fishing front. Limits are hard to come by and fishermen are really struggling to get bites. A deep bite continues to be pretty much non-existent, and the fish are being caught around shallow cover on jigs, spinnerbaits or soft plastics Lake Greenwood - Sept. 22 Catfish: Good. Captain Chris Simpson (864-992-2352) reports that the catfish bite has improved on Lake Greenwood. Channel catfish are being caught drifting with cut herring and shad, and flatheads are being caught anchoring with live bream and perch. Bass: Slow to fair. Stan Gunter reports that bass fishing remains pretty tough, and fish are still holding out in fairly deep water. Fishing a buzzbait early or flipping docks with jigs or worms is as good a pattern as any. Bass fishing should improve once temperatures cool. Lake Monticello - Sept. 21 Catfish: Fair. Captain Chris Simpson (864-992-2352) reports that the big fish bite is improving, although it’s still not where it will be soon. Anchoring on humps and fishing cut bait on the bottom is the best technique. Fish can still be caught free-line drifting with small pieces of herring or shrimp. Bass: Slow. Andy Wicker reports that bass fishing is still very tough on Lake Monticello, and unfortunately fishing shouldn’t improve for few more weeks. Some fish can still be picked up around

deeper humps and points on spoons and crankbaits, but there is no known hot pattern right now. Lake Murray - Sept. 21 Striped bass: Good. Captain Brad Taylor (803-331-1354) reports that as temperatures have dropped the fishing has really picked up, and striper are being caught 30-40 feet deep on downlined herring. Catfish: Fair. Captain Chris Simpson (864-992-2352) reports that fishing is starting to pick up, and drifting cut herring on flats is the best way to catch fish right now. Crappie: Slow to fair. Taylor reports that crappie are being caught on minnows fished over brush up the lake along the main river channel. Bass: Slow. Andy Wicker reports that catching fish is very tough right now, and limits have been very rare in recent tournaments. Some bass are being picked up on topwater lures. Piedmont Area Lake Thurmond - Sept. 20 Striper and Hybrids: Very good. Captain William Sasser (864-333-2000) reports that his boat continues to catch nice fish in about 50 feet of water with down-lined live herring. Schooling activity is still only sporadic. Crappie: Fair to good. Captain William Sasser reports that some nice crappie are being caught in about 25 feet of water around brush. Bass: Fair to good. Cody Byers reports that schooling activity is starting to get underway, and while sporadic fish can be seen on top all day long. Flukes are a good lure choice for schooling fish, and buzzbaits and Shad Raps will also catch fish. Lake Wylie - Sept. 23 Catfish: Fair to good. Captain Rodger Taylor (803-517-7828) reports that some

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S.C. Department of Natural Resources, in partnership with the S.C. state chapter of Ducks Unlimited and S.C. Department of Corrections, will continue the construction and distribution of wood duck boxes this winter. Applications are available online at http://www. dnr.sc.gov/wildlife/waterfowl/woodduck/application.html and will be accepted until Nov. 1. About 1,000 boxes will be available for distribution. The South Carolina Chapter of Ducks Unlimited will contribute the cost of predator shield fabrication, and the Wateree Correctional Institute in Kershaw County will assemble the predator shields and construct the boxes. Each unit will consist of a predator shield and assembled box. Applicants will be responsible for providing the hardware and 10foot, 4-by-4-inch posts necessary for properly mounting the box and predator shield. The wood duck is the

most important waterfowl species in South Carolina and is the only duck whose breeding habitat can be managed effectively throughout all geographic regions of the state. The project supplements natural production in tree cavities of forested wetlands by providing artificial nesting sites. Fewer natural cavities are available today because of the impacts of human activity upon bottomland hardwoods. Private landowners wishing to obtain wood duck boxes can download an application. For more information contact the Statewide Wood Duck Box Project at (843) 844-8957. Up to five boxes per applicant (or property) will be available for distribution throughout the state. The application deadline is Nov. 1. The statewide project for construction and distribution of nest box units to requesting landowners began in 1982. Since 1982, more than 35,000 nest box units have been issued to cooperators around the state.

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South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, together with South Carolina Department of Corrections’ Wateree Correctional Institute and Ducks Unlimited will make some 1,000 wood duck boxes available to interested landowners. The deadline to apply is Nov. 1

nice catches of catfish have been taking place. The best pattern has been drifting fairly deep water along the main river channel with cut bait. The anchored bite has been pretty slow, particularly when there is no current. Bass: Slow to fair. Guide and FLW Angler Bryan New (704-421-5868) reports that fishing is still tough, but for the second week in a row the fishing is improving. Sporadic schooling activity can be found scattered all across the lake, and small topwater lures are a good bet for these fish. Charlie’s Worms Finesse Master worms fished on a drop shot rig or shakey head in the same areas where fish are schooling are also effective. Lake Russell - Sept. 22 Bass: Fair to good. Guide Jerry Kotal (706-988-0860) reports that he is catching good numbers of small to medium-sized spotted bass fishing a drop shot around deeper timber. To target largemouth anglers should head to the backs of the creeks. Schooling activity is also starting to get underway. Striped Bass: Fair to good. Guide Wendell Wilson (706-283-3336) reports striper fishing has slowed down a bit but they are still catching some nice fish down-lining with live herring in 25-35 feet of water. Crappie: Fair to good. Guide Wendell Wilson reports that some very nice crappie are being slow-trolling minnows around timber. Catfish: Fair to good. Guide Wendell Wilson reports that channel catfish can be caught off deeper points on cut herring. Mountains Area Lake Hartwell - Sept. 21 Bass: Fair. Guide Brad Fowler reports that bass fishing has finally started to pick up, and fish are starting to eat topwater lures like Spooks and flukes.

There has also been some schooling activity. Striped and Hybrid Bass: Slow to fair. Captain Bill Plumley (864-287-2120) and Guide Chip Hamilton (864-304-9011) report that striper fishing is still a little off but should pick up soon. Fish can be found along the river channel, and while live herring will catch some fish trolling lead core line, jigging spoons and power reeling techniques have been more effective at times. Catfish: Slow to fair. Captain Bill Plumley reports that channel catfish are scattered out in fairly deep water and particularly at night they will eat dip baits, cut bait, worms and more. Crappie: Slow. Captain Bill Plumley reports that crappie fishing is slow but the best bet is fishing around deep brush or at night around lighted bridges. Lake Keowee - Sept. 22 Bass: Fair. Guide Brad Fowler reports that fishing has picked up in the last week or two, and weights in the BFL tournament last weekend were better than expected. A number of patterns are catching fish right now, with anglers fishing everything from deep water with drop shot rigs and shakey heads to buzzbaits in the shallows. Schooling activity is increasing. Lake Jocassee - Sept. 23 Trout: Slow to fair. Guide Sam Jones (864-280-9056) reports that trout fishing is still a little slow, although some fish continue to be caught. Fish are about 80-100 feet deep, and both spoons and live bait are catching fish. Some nice spotted bass have been picked up as a bycatch. South Carolina freshwater recreational fishing regulations: (Pdf file): www.dnr.sc.gov/regs/pdf/freshfishing. pdf

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LEGAL NOTICES Legal Notice RFQ #03-16/17 Request for Qualifications for Professional Engineering Services for Booth Farm Flood Damaged Facilities Response Deadline: Thursday, October 27, 2016 at 3:00PM EST The City of Sumter is requesting statements of qualifications from interested and qualified engineering firms to inspect and then provided engineering services to repair the City of Sumter's Booth Farm flood damaged facilities that occurred on October 4, 2015. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart 4194 Broad Street Sumter, SC 29154 to satisfy a lien on October 18, 2016 at approximately 1:00PM at www.storagetreasures.com Belinda Conyers Cube 148 Pamela Green Cube 106 Laurence Hilton Cube 179

Summons & Notice SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT (Non-Jury) Foreclosure IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT C/A #: 2016-CP-43-01484 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER TRUSTMARK NATIONAL BANK, Plaintiff, vs. JEFFERY D. GONZALES; J.T. CONNER, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE FOR 4470 BIGUM STREET TRUST, A LAND TRUST; MICHAEL BLASSINGAME; IMELDA BLASSINGAME; DISCOVER BANK; AND M&T BANK, Defendants. TO THE DEFENDANT J.T. CONNER, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE FOR 4470 BIGUM STREET TRUST, A LAND TRUST ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint upon the subscribers, at their office, 1703 Laurel Street (29201), Post Office Box 11682, Columbia, South Carolina 29211, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint in the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above entitled action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on August 4, 2016. GRIMSLEY LAW FIRM, LLC P. O. Box 11682 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 (803) 233-1177 Benjamin E. Grimsley Attorney for the Plaintiff

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SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2016-CP-43-01318 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Branch Banking and Trust Company, PLAINTIFF, VS. Jesse T. Moore and Chasity M. Moore, DEFENDANT(S). (161008.00066) TO THE DEFENDANT(S) JESSE T. MOORE ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve copy of your answer upon the undersigned at their offices, 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200, P.O. Box 2065, Columbia, South Carolina 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master in Equity for Sumter County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this cause. TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem to represent said minor(s) within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff(s) herein. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above entitled action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on July 14, 2016. SCOTT AND CORLEY, P.A. ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF Ronald C. Scott, SC Bar #4996 Reginald P. Corley, SC Bar #69453 Angelia J. Grant, SC Bar #78334 Vance L. Brabham, III, SC Bar #71250 Andrew M. Sullivan, SC Bar #100464 Jessica S. Corley, SC Bar #80470 Allison E. Heffernan, SC Bar #68530 Matthew E. Rupert, SC Bar #100740 William P. Stork, SC Bar #100242 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200 Columbia, SC 29204 803-252-3340

Now Hiring Information Technology Administrator City of Manning

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The City of Manning is accepting applications for the position of Information Technology Administrator. Applicants must be able to perform professional and administrative work planning, implementing and directing information systems development, systems administration, network administration and technical support. Directs all information technology operations to meet customer requirements; and supports and maintains existing applications and develops new technical solutions. Qualifications: Certificate or Associate degree required; Bachelor Degree preferred in computer science or related field or equivalent work experience required; or any combination of education, training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the essential functions of the job. Salary will be based on education and/or experience. Applications may be obtained at City Hall, 29 West Boyce Street, Manning, SC, Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:30 am and 5:00 pm. Applications may be dropped off at City Hall or mailed to Attn. of the Human Resources Department, PO Box 546, Manning, SC, 29102. Deadline: Open until filled. This announcement is not a contract. The status of this position may be change at any time. The City of Manning complies with Equal Employment Opportunity Laws and does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, religion, national origin, race, disability or political affiliation. The City of Manning is a drug-free workplace.

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Wyatt (Matt Lanter) is a soldier on a mission that is “Timeless,” an NBC action-adventure series premiering Monday at 10 p.m.

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Traveling Through Time a current ‘Timeless’ puts spin on historical events

there’s so much untold history from a is how things are supposed to be. By Candace Havens FYI Television minority perspective, from a female This is history. We need to keep it.’ I think Wyatt, even though he’s mission perspective. And I think there’s a very Executive producers Eric Kripke intentional, conscious decision that of oriented, being military, he’s going to (“Revolution,” “Supernatural”) and our three time travelers, one is African struggle with that within himself. ‘Do Shawn Ryan (“The Shield”) are behind tions about who you are and being able to be more By Candace Havens American is female, because I follow this mission, than or do one I deviate theTelevision new series “Timeless,” premiertype of person andand alsoone knowing that you FYI we’re really looking for aeven door want in to to from the”mission do moreand whatevolve. I ingExecutive Monday atproducers 10 p.m. onEric NBC.Kripke The (“Revolution, My character doesn’t “Su- andchange leave his desk wejust firsttell meet him. He has met pernatural”) and Shawn (“The Shield”) areinbehind the iconic history that believe my heart, and regrets that whennot mastermind criminal FlynnRyan (Goran these new people and has to go onbefore, these missions the newhas series “Timeless, ” premiering Monday at 10 everyone’s heard but to tell a I can fix?’” Visnjic) stolen a time machine back in time. I thinkreally I represent the everyman p.m. NBC. The mastermind criminal Flynn (Goran excitingmore and fresh history that Smart guy Rufus often provides and isonwreaking havoc with the past, character for the audience. 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And then some expectations about who you are in. “And that’sthat a really rule work, and I really wanted to work with tell a really exciting isted and fresh history isn’thard dusty on Friday, I’m going to be in 1960s wear. So, it’s really and being able to be more thanaone for ourbut show,” Kripkeand says.exciting “Frankly, them,”a Spencer “But”they said, and isn’t school lesson, is violent been beautifulsays. process. and very current us to make comHewill may be the brute As strength of the type team, ofbut person and also knowing that and it’sallows designed to frankly keep a certain self ‘You never be bored.’ an actor, mentary on issues that are really happening today. I there’s Wyatt than lostand his evolve. you“He’s change My character enclosed simplicity to it. Because that is more such ato delicious treat.meets We’re the eye. thecan’t genre youand canredo broach wife,” says Lanter. “You’re going to see that comeeven intowant tothink doesn’t leave what’s his deskgreat about they also goisback the shooting right now the 1865 episode, issues and talk about difficult subjects in a way that play a lot more throughout the next several episodes. when we first meet him. He has met Hindenburg. It’s a rule that we talked and I am in the most glorious getup of you just couldn’t if you were making a straight ahead A big thing for Wyatt, really, as a whole, is what is these new people has to”go on a lot about in the room to create the all timetowith andyou the can change, meant be the andhoop whatskirts things which I anddrama. these missions funconfusing, forward momentum that adoes show pantaloons and corsets. thenthat we TimeI think travelI can be but the show think we can allthe relate to inAnd regrets have in ourback in time. have a rule about the not being go lives. 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