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BY MATT BRUCE matthew@theitem.com Lambert Green Jr. grew up the youngest of two children in a singlestory, wood-frame home along Floride Street in Sumter. His cousin, Morris Workman, grew up on the same street, and the two spent countless hours as kids hunting birds and squirrels in their neighborhood. On Tuesday, the two spent their final moments together as a house fire gutted Green’s childhood home and left the 60-year-old Sumter man charred with fatal injuries from which he died early Wednesday morning. “I grew up in that place,” Workman said. “My grandmother lived right next door, my uncle lived in the house right next to that one, and then my mother and I were in the next house down. So I’m lost right now.” The fatal blaze ignited just before 5 a.m. Tuesday. Green suffered burns to 40 percent of his body during the fire. The vicMORRIS WORKMAN tim was airlifted to Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta, Georgia, on Tuesday. Sumter County Coroner Harvin Bullock said he died there just before 4 a.m. Wednesday. Bullock noted Green suffered cardiac arrest and cranial edema from the injuries he sustained in the fire. Pathologists are expected to perform an autopsy today. Workman returned to Sumter about five months ago after living for several years in Washington, D.C. He and Green lived together in the home at 616 Floride St. as Workman saved up to buy a nearby family business. Sumter fire authorities determined the blaze started from Green smoking in bed and accidentally igniting his mattress. It was a habit about which Workman said he often fussed at his cousin, cautioning him that he could burn the house down. Those warnings proved ominous this week. Green was awake when the fire initially began and was apparently confined to the mattress. Workman said he twice retrieved water for his cousin to douse the blaze. He said he

“It’s like Christmas around here,” said Susan Trautsch, the center’s administrative assistant. “You don’t know what a tremendous difference this makes.” The way it works is the corporate office donates $1,200 worth of materials, said Sam Corley, one of the coordinators for this year’s team. Then the local office supplies the manpower. The team also recruited eight local vendors to donate materials

Attorneys and representatives from Tuomey Healthcare System will attend a hearing Friday to find out the next chapter in a case that was first filed in 2005. The federal government accused the hospital of violating Stark Law, which governs physician self-referral for Medicare and Medicaid patients, and now faces the prospect of having to pay $237 million in federal fines which current president and CEO Michael Schwartz said in a September public forum were “impossible” to pay without facing SCHWARTZ bankruptcy. The nine-digit total was calculated by tripling the $39.3 million in unlawful Medicare claims the hospital received between 2005 and 2009, added on to a $5,500 penalty for each of the 21,730 false claims. Stark Law calls for a penalty between $5,500 and $11,000 for each count of fraud, meaning the fine could have been as much as $350 million if it had been fully enforced. “Tuomey is the appellant in a Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals case which will be argued Friday morning in front of a three-judge panel,” Schwartz said in a statement to The Sumter Item. The hearing is expected to last about an hour. Tuomey Public Relations Director Brenda Chase said the hospital’s legal team will be appealing items from the first and second trials but could not be specific for legal reasons. She added a final decision of this appeal could take months and said a decision Friday is not expected. At the root of the argument is a 2005 contract the local hospital signed with 19 doctors, requiring the physicians to perform procedures only at Tuomey’s facilities. The government said that after agreeing to those terms, the doctors in question received a percentage of the money the hospital would receive from Medicare and private insurance companies through referral fees. Dr. Michael Drakeford was offered one of the contracts in question but declined and later reported the violations to

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Lowe’s Hero John Allison puts up a shutter on a window at Advocacy, Parenting and Pregnancy Resource Center in Sumter. The “heroes” were Lowe’s employees who took a vacation day and donated their time to fixing up the center.

Home-improvement ‘heroes’ spruce up pregnancy center BY JADE REYNOLDS jade@theitem.com A team of 17 volunteers descended on the Advocacy, Parenting and Pregnancy Resource Center on Wednesday to spruce up the place. The Sumter Lowe’s decided to use its 2014 Lowe’s Heroes grant on the nonprofit that aims to help women with unplanned pregnancies with a variety of free and confidential services.

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County to legislators: Back local funding BY JOE KEPLER joe@theitem.com Sumter County Council passed a resolution Tuesday to formally request that local state legislators support the Local Government Fund program rather than continue to cut back spending or do away with the program altogether. During a Sept. 10 meeting, County Administrator Gary Mixon told council that the state Legislature is exploring the possibility of eliminating local government funding, and at Tuesday’s meeting, the group heard from a representative of the South Carolina Association of Counties. Timothy C. Winslow, assistant general counsel for SCAC, spoke about the value the fund brings, the risks involved with continued cuts and what can be done to fully fund the program.

“It’s an important component of revenue for local government,” Winslow said. “I’m discovering more and more that not only does the general assembly not necessarily understand the Local Government Fund, but I find that often county council and municipal members don’t understand why it exists and how it operates.” Local government funds are taken from the total tax dollars collected from cities and counties that go to the state government. The formula used in the past was that 4.5 percent of the previous year’s general fund would be returned to counties so they can run state functions within each county, such as the Department of Social Services and the Department of Health and Human Services. Without the funding, these operations could be closed or taxes would need to be increased on the re-

spective county’s residents to make up the difference. “Eventually, you’ll have to start carving into your services,” Winslow said. “That’s your only answer, and eventually you’re going to start running out of services to cut into, especially since counties are required to perform certain state functions, and statutorily they cannot cut into those functions.” Council vice chairman Eugene Baten asked how the general assembly can legally skirt the 4.5 percent that is required by law. Winslow explained that it issued a temporary proviso, otherwise known as a stipulation or condition, that allows it to suspend any state law it desires. He cited a proviso in the early 2000s that suspended a law that sent $20 million in personal tax relief for cars to every county. With that proviso renewed every year, the law

has effectively been nullified. The SCAC fears a similar proviso could eliminate or cripple local government funds as well. Winslow explained that the 4.5 percent agreement was fair because it would fluctuate with the general fund, but when lawmakers began cutting into it in 2009 — thanks in part to the recession faced nationwide — the ball started rolling in the wrong direction. In the seven periods since then, Sumter County has seen a loss of $6.88 million in taxpayer money that was kept back from the cuts. “This is a sustainable formula as written,” Winslow said. “Four-point-five percent of the general fund just means we get a percentage of the fund, even if it increases or it decreases.” Winslow said that the cuts made back in 2009 weren’t needed then and are even less so today, as the general assem-

bly enjoys a normal budget. But the cuts still exist. “They’re at roughly $7 billion in the state budget, while the local government fund has been held at the same level for the last three or four years,” he said. “What we’re arguing is that it’s time to see a net increase, and here’s why: Local governments are limited in the amount of revenue that they can raise,” Winslow said. He explained that tax increases are capped, and if there isn’t enough of a tax increase to make up the difference in money lost through local government fund cuts, local governments will struggle financially. “It’s unsustainable,” Winslow said. He encouraged county council to start lobbying its state representatives now ahead of the final decision in June.

Man charged in crash that hurt passenger BY MATT BRUCE matthew@theitem.com A Sumter man was arrested during the weekend after a crash that left one woman seriously injured. Willie Gaymon, 30, of 1025 Manchester Circle, was charged with felony driving under the influence resulting in great bodily injury, open container and littering in connection with the incident. According to reports from South Carolina Highway Patrol, the wreck occurred after 10:30 p.m. Sunday along Pinewood Road near Kolb Road. Gaymon was driving a 2012 Toyota fourdoor vehicle when he veered off the road and the car overturned several times. Highway Patrol records indicate there were three passengers in the vehicle at the time of the crash. A female passenger, who was sitting in the backseat unrestrained, was ejected during the incident. Authorities airlifted her to Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia to be treated for life-threatening injuries. Her condition was not clear as of Wednesday. Reports noted Gaymon was arrested at the scene of the crash and transported to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center, where he submitted to a breath test. He registered a 0.22 blood-alcohol content level, nearly three times the state’s legal limit of 0.08.

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Brittney Isaac, a computer specialist student at Central Carolina Technical College, writes a supportive letter for a fellow CCTC student fighting cancer. Letters from Isaac and other students will be mailed to the student, who is going through chemotherapy.

‘Pink Out’ raises breast cancer awareness BY RAYTEVIA EVANS ray@theitem.com As a middle school student living in Sumter, Cassandra McKenzie became familiar with how family members go through medical treatment for cancer. In 1989, she was just a child when she lost her father to bone cancer — a loss she said she still mourns 25 years later. “I was close with my father, and he was a major part of my life. I don’t know if I ever really dealt with it because even now I cry about it sometimes when I’m alone,” McKenzie said. Cancer hit home again when McKenzie supported her mother and mother-inlaw after they were each diagnosed with breast cancer. Both survived the fight in recent years. Because of how their family members were affected by cancer, McKenzie and her husband, Robert Nelson — both students at Central Carolina Technical College — showed their full support during the CCTC Pink Out event Wednesday.

After classes, McKenzie and Nelson quickly purchased pink attire from the bookstore to show their support and bring awareness of a disease that has touched and taken the lives of many. Nelson, who said he was unaware that his grandmother also had breast cancer, said his mother didn’t share the news with many before undergoing surgery. McKenzie agreed that about 30 years ago, people didn’t speak up about the topic, and it was important for them to be there to speak out about being informed and supporting those who have survived and those who have succumbed to the disease. “They have a lot going on today when it comes to breast cancer. Back in the days, they just wouldn’t speak about it, and they told people how long they had to live,” McKenzie said. “Nowadays, they give you a fighting chance.” “My mother only told a certain amount of people. At the time, my nieces were living with her, and she didn’t want them to worry, and she wasn’t worried,” Nelson

said. “But a lot of people are not aware of this, or they don’t go to hospitals or visit the doctor to get checked out.” Austin Floyd, student life coordinator, said Wednesday’s event was mostly organized by student organizations Men in Motion and Phenomenal Women. Multiple groups were interested in doing something to recognize Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so they joined forces to show their support. Students were also given the opportunity to write letters to a CCTC student who is going through chemotherapy. Floyd said they will mail the letters to the student at a later date to show their support. Throughout the day, students, faculty and staff signed pink ribbons “in memory of” or “in honor of” those who lost the fight to breast cancer and those who survived. The organizations also sold wristbands and pink sugar cookies prepared by faculty and staff. A percentage of the proceeds will be donated to the American Cancer Society.

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Company: DHEC ignored landfill hazards Kestrel says state agency was warned about possible leaks at toxic dump BY SAMMY FRETWELL The State COLUMBIA — A company charged with overseeing an abandoned hazardous waste dump at Lake Marion said it warned state regulators about possible leaks from the 279-acre landfill, but they dismissed the concerns and forced the company to resign. Kestrel Horizons LLC found evidence of hazardous waste outside approved burial areas and that toxic leaks could be occurring in places state regulators paid little attention to, according to correspondence between Kestrel and the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control. Some of the concerns Kestrel shared with DHEC date to 2004, soon after Kestrel became manager of the site, records show. DHEC officials hotly disputed Kestrel’s contentions Tuesday. The department has taken precautions to contain waste at the landfill, protect the lake, keep the public safe and hold down costs, the agency said. But Kestrel said DHEC was unwilling to take steps that could better protect Lake Marion, a drinking water source that is also popular among boaters and anglers. The state could find it hard to stop leaks without better pollution control systems, Kestrel said in correspondence with DHEC. “After months of concentrated effort trying to work with department managers and staff to fully and finally address what we believe to be serious environmental, technical, legal, regulatory, financial and economic issues, we have reached an impasse,” Kestrel managing partner Bill Stephens wrote in a July 25 letter to DHEC. The letter said the company’s goal of preventing pollution — rather than re-

HEROES FROM PAGE A1 and services to the center. “The community installers want to give back because of all the business they get,” said Patrick Flaherty, an assistant store manager at Sumter’s Lowe’s. “Sam researched the place. This is where the community is at and what the community needs. It was really a no-brainer for us.” The project included: • Replacing carpeting; • Putting up new blinds in the classroom; • Painting two counseling rooms; • Painting bathrooms and installing new toilets; • Adding ceiling fans in the “baby room,” where moms-tobe can pick out free items; • Possibly adding an air-conditioning unit to the same room; • Spreading fresh pine straw; • Adding planters; • Hanging shutters; • Painting doors; and • Possibly adding some new fencing. “It provides a better environment for our clients, and it allows us to concentrate on our

acting to it after leaks occur — was “incompatible with the department’s preferred approaches.” Stephens, whose company’s last day as site manager is Friday, declined comment, saying the record speaks for itself. Kestrel became trustee of the Pinewood landfill about 10 years ago after the property’s owner, Safety-Kleen, filed for bankruptcy and left South Carolina. The company, headquartered in Greenville, had a team of professionals with decades of experience in environmental cleanups and managing pollution at landfills. During its tenure, Kestrel and its contractors closed out remaining burial pits and shored up the property in an effort to keep hazardous material from getting out of the landfill. This past summer, however, DHEC director Catherine Templeton forced the company to resign as trustee, saying management of the property could be done at a lower cost. At the time, she cited millions of dollars in overhead expenses Kestrel claimed reimbursement for. The company later quit and is being replaced by an interim manager next month. Separately, DHEC is seeking an outside consultant to assess the site after Kestrel leaves. DHEC insists the landfill is not leaking, but Kestrel noted in documents filed with the agency that pollution associated with hazardous waste exists “in substantial quantities and concentrations ... outside of landfill containment” and around the perimeter of the landfill’s oldest section. Templeton’s push to oust Kestrel followed what the company said was its effort to alert the public about potentially dangerous conditions at the old Laidlaw/Safety Kleen landfill, which was established in 1978 with few questions from DHEC. The landfill is about 1,200 feet from Lake Marion, which is about 45

clients instead of maintenance items that we couldn’t always afford or didn’t have the skills to do ourselves,” said Barry Vanderpool, chairman of the center’s board. “We don’t receive government grants. Our donors come from the community and a number of churches who support us financially and prayerfully.” He described the center’s budget as “shoestring,” saying the program has only one paid employee, and the rest are volunteers. “We couldn’t do it without community volunteers,” Vanderpool said. “We’ve been around since 2008, and we’ve been blessed through the years by what the community has done to make sure our needs are met.” They also hold baby bottle fundraisers and recently joined AmazonSmile, a program that allows you to shop the Internet-based company and donate part of the purchase cost to the organization, Vanderpool said. “When we speak to different clubs, organizations or churches, we give out baby bottles,” Trautsch said. “A lot of people put in checks or bills, but coins add up. We took a basketful of

bottles of change to the bank the other day, and we have more than $500.” Besides offering pregnancy tests, prenatal classes and counseling, the center also provides parenting classes. “We had a father in one class recently say our way of disciplining children really works,” Trautsch said. “He said, ‘I love my little boy. I don’t want to yell at him or whip on him.’ It breaks the cycle. If that’s all you’ve ever known and all you’ve been taught, that’s what you do. It meant a lot to see and hear that.” On average, she said they see 40 to 50 clients a month. “We’re here to listen and pray with you, to cry and talk with you,” Trautsch said. “We see fathers, mothers, grandparents. We see women who thought their family was done. Their careers are set, and their kids are out of the house and gone off to college. Then they learn they’re pregnant, and they don’t know what to do. We talk to them about their options.” For more information on the Advocacy, Parenting and Pregnancy Resource Center, visit sumteradvocacycenter.com or call (803) 774-5600.

down to the bottom, Kestrel said. DHEC has long projected leaks to go through the landfill’s bottom. Plowden didn’t dispute DHEC’s resistance to installing some of the systems at the landfill that Kestrel was pushing for. But he said the agency is hesitant to do that when it isn’t proven that any leakage has occurred. Instead, the agency prefers to use a series of monitoring wells rather than French drains at this time, he said. If DHEC detects leaks to groundwater, it then would act to stop the pollution, agency officials said. Kestrel said it had included environmental concerns about the site in its 2014 hazardous waste permit application Kestrel needed for the property. DHEC, however, told the company to take the concerns about the landfill out of the permit application, according to the report Kestrel prepared and sent to DHEC in September. The agency’s David Scaturo said Kestrel needed to certify its allegations, which it would not do — or drop them from the permit. The information deleted from the permit included “information on releases of hazardous waste constituents, potential risks to the environment” and cost data showing the site was running out of money to manage the waste, according to a document Kestrel filed with DHEC in September. Kestrel said not including information in the permit would have been unethical and possibly illegal. Another point Kestrel made is that hazardous materials appear to be outside “containment” areas and that landfill gas was leaking into soil. Gas that pollutes soil can eventually pollute groundwater. “Don’t confuse cost cutting with sound management of economics,” Stephens said in his Sept. 18 report. “Any fool can walk in and say, ‘Stop doing that, it costs money.’”

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miles southeast of Columbia. At one time, the landfill was one of only a few like it in the nation. A Columbia law firm that is following the issue said Kestrel’s revelations about the landfill are alarming and do not speak well of DHEC. “It appears (Kestrel officials) have done everything they were supposed to do, and it appears they have gone out of their way to tell DHEC what really needs to be done on this site,” said Rick Detwiler, an attorney with Callison, Tighe and Robinson law firm in Columbia. Detwiler said he is providing free legal work to several interested parties but declined to name them. DHEC spokesman Mark Plowden said his agency has done the right thing. It wants to both protect the environment and save money, he said. “We would vehemently disagree ... that we have resisted any effort to improve the landfill — that’s just not true,” Plowden said Tuesday, noting that Kestrel’s own consultants disagreed with the company on some of the issues raised with DHEC. “We have resisted any additional expenditure of funds that were not scientifically warranted.” Kestrel Horizons told DHEC in 2005 that the property needs a more extensive system of French drains to capture any pollution leaking from the landfill, according to a Sept. 18 report to the public filed by Kestrel with DHEC. Drains that do exist have done the job, but not enough of them encircle the vulnerable parts of the dump, the company said. The drains would help capture toxins that could leak from the sides of the landfill’s oldest section and the one most prone to seepage, Kestrel said. Contaminants could seep out the side of the landfill, in part because waste is buried in layers, which would force water toward the sides rather than all of it trickling

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Let’s pray for enemies as terror group fights to form Islamic state

ince I have lived in Sumter, war is not theoretical to me. Every time our country faces a threat, my neighbors, my friends and my fellow Christ followers answer the call. Once again a threat has arisen from a group that calls itself ISIS or ISIL. The stated goal of ISIS is to form an Islamic state, to restore a caliph who is a worthy successor to Mohammed and to force adherence to Islamic jurisprudence. Jesus did not come to start a country. He re- Clay sisted every ef- Smith fort to make him king. When Pilate asked him if he was a king, he declared that his kingdom was not of this world. His kingdom would not be about control, taxes, laws, policy and edicts. His kingdom would be a movement that started in human hearts and would command allegiance to change the world. Jesus did not appoint a successor. Instead, he gave a mission to everyone who would follow him. The mission would start with openness: They would receive power when the Holy Spirit came upon them. Then they would carry out their mission — to tell what they had seen and heard. They were to be Jesus to a dark and broken world. Every one of his followers is his successor. Jesus did not get caught up in enforcement of a code or a law.

He set standards to be sure, but he recognized that what went on in a person’s heart mattered more than his or her conduct. So he taught us to aim for inner transformation, which only he could do. Jesus followers have not always gotten this right. We have lusted after power — sometimes with armies arrayed against each other and sometimes with small factions facing off in a church conference. We have fought over who is going to be in control and who is going to have power. Legalism is a comforting temptation; it reduces relationships with Jesus to rules about Jesus. We have not room for self-righteousness. But do not blame our savior for the failing of his followers. From time to time, people say, “It doesn’t matter what you believe. All religions are the same.” No thoughtful person can make this statement with integrity. What is true is that the way you believe governs your conduct. For ISIS, its beliefs have led to war and terror. For Jesus followers, our beliefs led to his kingdom, where one of the values is to love your enemies. I pray for our country, for our leaders to be wise. I pray for our soldiers, my friends and neighbors, for their protection and safety. But in my prayers, I also remember to pray for my enemies. Jesus died for them, too. Clay Smith is the lead pastor of Alice Drive Baptist Church. He may be reached at wcsmith@ adbc.org.

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Panelists take part in a discussion during the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission National Conference on Tuesday in Nashville, Tennessee. From left are Sam Allberry, associate pastor of St. Mary’s Maidenhead, in Berkshire, England; Rosaria Butterfield; and Christopher Yuan. Southern Baptists organized the three-day event to strengthen the resolve of Christians preaching the increasingly unpopular view that gay relationships are sinful.

Event buoys those preaching against same-sex relationships NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — More than a thousand evangelical pastors and others — gathered for a three-day conference to steel the resolve of Christians who preach that gay relationships are sinful — were asked a simple question: How many live in a state that recognizes same-sex marriage? Hands rose all across the convention hall. “This moral revolution is happening at warp speed,” said the Rev. Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. “This is a real challenge to us on biblical authority.” Speakers at the event said they understood they were on the losing end of the culture war on marriage. But they were prepared to be the voice of a moral minority because gay marriage is a “rejection of God’s law,” according to Mohler. He said evangelicals needed to have “a lot of agonizing conversations” about how to move forward. The conference, called “The Gospel, Ho-

mosexuality and the Future of Marriage,” is taking place not only against the backdrop of expanding gay marriage, but also amid a small but vocal movement of evangelicals who publicly advocate greater acceptance of gays. Several of the advocates attended the conference and held behind-the-scenes meetings with evangelical leaders to seek common ground. “My goal here is to meet as many people as I can who disagree with me and talk over coffee,” said Justin Lee, founder of the Gay Christian Network, during a break at the opening session Monday. His organization brings together Christians who differ about whether gays faithful to the Bible should remain celibate or can have same-sex relationships. Southern Baptist leaders said they would be expressing their views in a way that was humble and compassionate but rooted in the theological belief that marriage is only between a man and a woman.

CHURCH NEWS Agape Outreach Ministries, 328 W. Liberty St., announces: * Friday-Sunday — Fourth pastoral / church anniversary celebration as follows: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Pastor Wand Barnett will speak; 6 p.m. Saturday, gospel concert at 6 p.m. featuring Frankie L. Smalls and the Gospel King as well as the Spiritual Caravans; and 3 p.m. Sunday, Bishop Dr. Casandra Smith will speak. Bethesda Church of God, 2730 Broad St., announces: * Saturday — Relay for Life craft fair “Crafts for a cure” from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Forty vendors, both local and out of town. Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church, 4319 Rowe Drive, Summerton, announces: * Sunday — Church anniversary at 3 p.m. The Rev. Michael Collins will speak. Dinner will be served. Calvary Baptist Church, 459 Calvary Church Road, Bishopville, announces: * Saturday — Mid-Carolina singing at 6 p.m. featuring the Praisemen Quartet and Cedar Creek Quartet. Canaan Missionary Baptist Church, 774 Douglas Ave., announces: * Friday — Trunk for Treats at 6 p.m. Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 1275 Oswego Highway, announces: * Sunday — Homecoming at 11 a.m. * Sunday, Nov. 16 — Ninth pastoral anniversary celebration for the Rev. Daniel Bennett Jr. at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Clark United Methodist Church, 2980 U.S. 401 N., Oswego Highway, announces: * Sunday, Nov. 9 — Veterans Day program at 11 a.m. * Sunday, Nov. 16 — Older adult ministry service at 11 a.m. * Sunday, Nov. 23 — The hanging of the greens at 11 a.m. Concord Baptist Church, 1885 Myrtle Beach Highway, announces:

* Saturday, Nov. 8 — Gospel concert at 6 p.m. featuring Midnight Cry. A love offering will be received. * Thursday, Nov. 20 — Gospel concert at 7 p.m. featuring the LeFevre Quartet. A love offering will be received. Dalzell United Methodist Church, 3330 Black River Road, Dalzell, announces: * Friday — Community-wide annual Halloween trunk-or-treat at 6 p.m. Elizabeth Baptist Church, 4829 Alex Harvin Highway, U.S. 301 South, Manning, announces: * Sunday, Nov. 9 — Family and friends day at 3 p.m. Pastor George P. Windley Jr. will speak. Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 421 S. Main St., announces: * Thursday-Sunday, Nov. 13-16 — 150th anniversary celebration. Theme: “Remembering, Rejoicing, Recommitting.” Sunday school will begin at 10 a.m. followed by 11:30 a.m. worship. Fellowship Outreach Ministries, 1981 Florence Highway, announces: * Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 6-8 — Revival at 7:15 nightly. Prophetess Ella Ingram will speak. Grace Cathedral Ministries Inc., 60 Oswego Road, announces: * Tuesdays and Thursdays through Nov. 13 — Orders for One Harvest Food Ministries are being accepted 4-7p.m. at the church or you may view the program and packages as well as place your order online at www.oneharvest.com by 11:50 p.m. Nov. 16. This program is open to everyone in the midlands area and is a way to help you provide nutritious meals to your family at a low cost. Grace Full Gospel Church, 1540 Bradham Blvd., announces: * Sunday-Friday, Nov. 7 — Revival services as follows: 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Sunday; 7:30 nightly Monday-Friday. The Rev. Greg Roberts will speak. Grant Hill Missionary Baptist Church, 5405 Black River Road,

Rembert, announces: * Tuesday-Thursday, Nov. 4-6 — Bible seminar: “Our Christian Journey — A Path to Redemption” at 7 nightly. Apostle Robert L. Sanders Sr. will speak.

Hearts is a community-wide, multidenominational women’s ministry that meets on the second Saturday of each month in the fellowship hall of Bethesda Church of God. www.knittingheartsministry.org

Greater St. Phillip RMUE, 4574 Old River Road, Pinewood, announces: * Sunday — The renowned gospel choir of Mount Chapel Baptist Church will provide music for a pre-conference “Pack the Pews” program at 3:30 p.m.

Manning United Methodist Church, 17 E. Rigby St., Manning, announces: * Saturday, Nov. 15 — Fall Bazaar 9 a.m.-4 p.m. in the church gym.

New Fellowship Covenant Ministries, 316 W. Liberty St., announces: * Saturday, Nov. 8 — Clothes giveaway 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Mount Sinai AME Church, 5895 Mt. Sinai Church Road, Lynchburg, announces: * Saturday, Nov. 8 — Trustees’ banquet at 6 p.m. The Rev. A. Frierson will speak.

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

Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 325 Fulton St., announces: * Sunday — The Rev. Johnnie M. Gist will speak at 6 p.m. * Sunday, Nov. 9 — Youth choir anniversary worship celebration at 10:45 a.m. The Rev. Samuel McMahand will speak. * Wednesday, Nov. 19 — Golden Age Pre-Thanksgiving fellowship / luncheon at 10:30 a.m. The Rev. James Johnson will speak. * Tuesday, Nov. 25 — Youth night of praise at 7 p.m. Minister Daryl Cunningham will speak. * Sunday, Nov. 30 — Sumter Baptist M&E Association Convocation at 5 p.m.

Pinewood Baptist Church, S.C. 261, Pinewood, announces: * Tuesday, Nov. 25 — Community Thanksgiving service at 7 p.m. with and at Pinewood United Methodist Church. Free dinner will be served at 5:45 p.m. Special music and nursery provided. Call (803) 452-5373 or visit www.pinewoodbaptist.org for details.

High Hills Missionary Baptist Church, 6750 Meeting House Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday — Holy communion will be observed following the morning worship. * Sunday, Nov. 9 — Installation services for the Rev. Donald Amis at 4 p.m. The Rev. Anthony L. Taylor Sr. will speak. * Sunday, Nov. 16 — Deacon and deacon’s wives anniversary program during 10:15 a.m. worship. Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church, 803 S. Harvin St., announces: * Saturday, Nov. 8 — 32nd anniversary celebration banquet for Pastor Marion H. Newton at 6 p.m. at the M.H. Newton Family Life Center, 415 Manning Ave. Tickets: $30 for adults; $15 for children 18 and under. * Sunday, Nov. 9 — 32nd anniversary celebration worship for Pastor Marion H. Newton. Pastor Lucious Dixon will speak at 7:45 a.m. and Pastor Linda Speed will speak at 10:45 a.m. Joshua Baptist Church, 5200 Live Oak Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday, Nov. 9 — Morris College Day during morning worship. Church school begins at 9 a.m. followed by 10 a.m. worship. * Sunday, Nov. 16 — Adult choir anniversary program at 4 p.m. * Sunday, Nov. 30 — Youth service. Knitting Hearts Ministry, meets at Bethesda Church of God, 2730 Broad St., announces: * Saturday, Nov. 8 — Knitting Hearts Café will meet from 10 a.m. to noon. Daniel and Ruth Krawchuch will speak. Knitting

Mulberry Missionary Baptist Church, 1400 Mulberry Church Road, announces: * Sunday — Gospel singing at 4 p.m. On the program: The Freedom Five; House of Joy; William Nelson and the Gospel Four; and others. New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, 3249 U.S. 15 S., announces: * Saturday — Friends and family celebration / 140th anniversary at 6 p.m. The Rev. Leroy Blanding Sr. will speak. The Freddie Folston Ensemble will provide music. * Saturday, Nov. 8 — Funfest celebration / 140th anniversary at 11 a.m. * Friday, Nov. 14 — Formal ban-

quet / 140th celebration at 6 p.m. The Rev. Hazel L. Charles will speak. The Freddie Folston Ensemble will provide music. * Sunday, Nov. 16 — Worship service / 140th celebration at 10 a.m. The Rev. Dr. Charles H. Davis will speak.

Providence Baptist Church, 2445 Old Manning Road, announces: * Saturday — Russell Elmore prayer breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Fall festival will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. St. Jude Catholic Church, 611 W. Oakland Ave., announces: * Saturday — The 75th anniversary of the church will be celebrated as follows: 4 p.m., social hour, library; 5 p.m., mass at the church; and 6:30 p.m. reception at 22 Council St. (Lincoln High School). Summerton Southern Methodist Church, 1107 Felton Road, Summerton, announces: * Sunday — Homecoming with special music at 11 a.m. A covered dish dinner will follow in the fellowship hall. Wise Drive Church of the Nazarene, 302 N. Wise Drive, announces: * Saturday — Christmas bake sale and craft fair featuring homemade baked goods and crafts 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

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or Halloween this year, my husband and I are going as exhausted parents of a newborn and toddler. It’s an easy, natural choice for us, and we already have our costumes. My husband will have baby spit-up running down the back of his shirt, while my shirt will be backward and inside out. No wardrobe change needed. Maybe I shouldn’t say we celebrate Halloween because we don’t really indulge in those traditions tied to Faith Matters the occult or scary JAMIE H. practices. We, like many other WILSON believers, have adopted a rough adaptation that suits our beliefs. Rather, we celebrate in a dress-up-in-costumes, gradually-eat-your-child’s-trick-or-treatcandy-by-hiding-it-on-top-of-the-refrigerator kind of way. There are perennial topics that seem to crop up and dominate conversation

throughout the calendar year, including Halloween. Many believers have made peace with celebrating this holiday by offering an alternative such as a fall festival or fall family day complete with copious amounts of candy and miniature, costumed pirates and princesses. Free to participate in the festivities, many believers join the ranks of the millions searching for that perfect costume. I’m not telling you anything new when I tell you much is left to be desired in the commercially produced costume market. As I perused my own options for a costume, I was bombarded, not surprisingly, by costumes that left little to the imagination. I ended my search when I stumbled across a costume that can only be described as a sexy mustard bottle. Plain ole mustard, not even that of the spicy brown variety. To be honest, I’ve never rated the condiments according to their sex appeal, but I’m not sure mustard lands at the top. I mean, it’s no ketchup, but I’m fairly certain it out-

‘ ... There are some traditions to steer clear from. If we profess to the power and love of the Almighty, then we must bear witness to that fact in how we act, including how we dress.’ ranks mayonnaise. It wasn’t just the women’s (and sometimes children’s) costumes that proved inappropriate. What the men’s costumes may have lacked in skin exposure, they made up for in crassness. The point is that there are some traditions to steer clear from. If we profess to the power and love of the Almighty, then we must bear witness to that fact in how we act, including how we dress. I know that the very word “modesty” conjures up images of colo-

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

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

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

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s surely as a pumpkin can be carved into various and unforgettable expressions, we carve out a future for our children through example and instruction. Unlike carving the pumpkin, when we have only one chance to get it right, our job as parents is to constantly work and rework toward molding the character of our children. Raising children of good character is our most important job…it can change the world. Our greatest help comes from God; He will help us shape our family as we worship together each week. It’s never too soon to begin. Isaiah 33.10-24

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

nial-length hemlines, chin-high collars and school marms, but in reality, it’s a much bigger concept in terms of our spiritual integrity. It lets others know that we want nothing to distract from our testimony of faith. I watched a mother usher her teenager into the dressing room at one of those ad-hoc costume stores that pop up specifically to sell Halloween attire. Her T-shirt bore the emblem of a local church and had a Bible reference embroidered on the back. The child emerged from the room with what I’ll describe as a naval uniform unsanctioned by the government. I cringed as mom hesitantly approved her daughter’s choice. She would look like any other participant in the Halloween festivities. I know that some believers choose not to celebrate or acknowledge Halloween, but the lesson is the same: Be different. There are those around you who need to know the power of your faith.

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

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

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

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

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

First Presbyterian Church of Sumter 9 W Calhoun St (at Main St.) (803) 773-3814 • info@fpcsumter.org Interim Pastor Rev. Ray Fancher Sunday School - All Ages 9:30 a.m. Hospitality/Fellowship 10:10 a.m. Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday Night Program Schedule 4:45 p.m. - Children & Youth 5:00 p.m. Adults 6:30 p.m. Supper (all ages)

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Hagel approves 21-day Ebola isolation for troops WASHINGTON (AP) — All American troops returning from Ebola response missions in West Africa will be placed in supervised isolation for 21 days, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Wednesday. The U.S. military has nearly 1,000 troops in Liberia and just more than 100 in Senegal supporting efforts to combat the virus. The total could grow to 3,900 under current plans. None is intended to be in contact with Ebola patients. In explaining his decision, Hagel noted the military has more people in Africa helping with the Ebola effort

than any other segment of the U.S. government. “This is also a policy that was discussed in great detail by the communities, by the families of our military men and women, and they very much wanted a safety valve on this,” he said at a public forum in Washington. The move goes beyond precautions recommended by the Obama administration for civilians, although President Obama has made clear he feels the military’s situation is different from that of civilians, in part because troops are not in West Africa by choice. Hagel acted in response to a recom-

mendation sent to him Tuesday by Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on behalf of the heads of each of the military services. They cited numerous factors, including concerns among military families and the communities from which troops are deploying for the Ebola response mission. Pentagon officials said it was too early to know exactly how the quarantine-like program will work. Hagel said he directed the Joint Chiefs to provide him within 15 days a detailed implementation plan. A Pentagon spokesman, Col. Steve

Warren, said it is yet to be determined whether the new policy applies to Defense Department civilians returning from Liberia and to military air crews who fly in and out of the area without staying overnight. As originally envisioned, Pentagon policy called for troops returning to their home bases from Ebola response missions to undergo temperature checks twice a day for 21 days to ensure they are free of Ebola symptoms and to be prohibited from traveling widely during that period. But they were not to be quarantined and kept from contact with others.

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Spectators in Chincoteague, Virginia, watch the fireball from the explosion of the unmanned Orbital Sciences Corp.’s Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo capsule seconds after liftoff at Wallops Island, Virginia, on Tuesday. No injuries were reported after the first catastrophic launch in NASA’s commercial spaceflight effort.

Russian craft reaches space station after U.S. supply rocket’s explosion ATLANTIC, Va. (AP) — The company behind the dramatic launch explosion of a space station supply mission promises to find the cause of the failure and is warning residents to avoid any potentially hazardous wreckage. Orbital Sciences Corp.’s unmanned Antares rocket blew up just moments after liftoff Tuesday evening from the Virginia coast. Meanwhile, early Wednesday, the Russian Space Agency launched its own cargo vessel from Kazakhstan, and the spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station six hours later with 3 tons of food. The smooth flight was in stark contrast to the Orbital Sciences’ failed launch and had been planned well in advance of the incident. The Orbital Sciences rocket was carrying a Cygnus capsule loaded with 2½ tons of space station experiments and equipment for NASA. No one was injured when the rocket exploded moments after liftoff, shooting flaming debris down onto the launch area and into the ocean.

Ground crews were ready to access the firestricken area of NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility at daybreak Wednesday to search for debris. The company’s Cygnus cargo ship was carrying 5,000 pounds of experiments and equipment for NASA, as well as prepackaged meals and, in a generous touch, freeze-dried Maryland crabcakes for a Baltimore-born astronaut who’s been in orbit for five months. All of the lost materials will be replaced and flown to the 260-mile-high space station, NASA’s station program manager Mike Suffredini said. The six-person space station crew has enough supplies to last well into spring. The incident is sure to draw scrutiny to the space agency’s growing reliance on private U.S. companies in the post-shuttle era. NASA is paying billions of dollars to Virginia-based Orbital Sciences and the California-based SpaceX company to make station deliveries, and it’s counting on SpaceX and Boeing to start flying U.S. astronauts to the orbiting lab as early as 2017.

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individual has stated publicly she will not abide by the protocols. We are very concerned about her safety and health and that of the community,” said Gov. Paul LePage, who canceled his campaign events to follow the developments. Hickox, who volunteered in Sierra Leone with Doctors Without Borders, was the first person forced into New Jersey’s mandatory quarantine for people arriving at Newark Liberty International Airport from three West African countries. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo were sharply criticized for ordering mandatory quarantines as Hickox spent the weekend in a tent. Now in Maine, Hickox arrived Tuesday night at the off-campus home of her boyfriend, who’s a senior nursing student at the University of Maine at Fort Kent. “I am not going to sit around and be bullied by politicians and forced to stay in my home when I am not a risk to the American public,” she said. Fort Kent is in far northern Maine, across the river from Canada, and has 4,300 residents. About 1,000 students attend the university there. Across the country, litigation seems unavoidable as health officials grapple with how to manage public health concerns once Ebola reached the U.S.

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GREEN FROM PAGE A1 then went to sleep, thinking the situation was under control. Suffocating layers of smoke woke him up moments later as the fire had spread

to 30 percent of the home and engulfed the back bedroom where Green slept. When crews from Sumter Fire Department pulled Green from the burning structure, he was unconscious and unresponsive. Firefighters performed CPR on the

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man and revived him before EMS transported him to Tuomey Regional Medical Center. That was the last time Workman saw him. Now he must grapple with finding a new place to live, as the fire made their residence uninhabitable.

CANCER FROM PAGE A1 U.S. Army, though, this would be nothing more than another fight, another mission to complete: Beat cancer. The discovery was made during nothing more than a routine checkup in October of 2013, and it caught her completely by surprise. “I don’t have anybody in my family that has had it. I’m the first one,” said Taylor, who works in communications security for U.S. Army Central at Shaw Air Force Base. “I was always thinking that, OK, that’s one cancer that no one in my family has ever had so there’s no way I can get it. But there are a whole lot of ways that you can get breast cancer.” The tumor was approximately 2½ inches and had metastasized into lymph nodes around her left breast. Doctors at Tuomey Healthcare System surgically removed the lymph nodes and the breast in November. Taylor had very few family members nearby, but her brother came down from just outside Camp Lejeune in North Carolina to take her to surgery and care for her children while she was recovering. Her father, mother and stepsister followed. “I never really got worried or depressed or down,” Taylor said. “It seemed like a cancer that was very treatable. Unless it had spread throughout the body, it’s very treatable. I knew that I was going to make it through.” Tuomey is convenient for

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Sgt. 1st Class Christine Taylor is now a year removed from her initial diagnosis of breast cancer, still taking treatment to make sure no new growths are found. The Pennsylvania native is a 17-year veteran of the U.S. Army, serving three tours of active duty in the Middle East. her, as she lives off base in downtown Sumter with her two daughters, ages 14 and 5. She also has a son who lives with his father in Fayetteville, North Carolina. While Christine was able to remain at peace in a trying time, she admitted one of the most difficult aspects was helping her oldest daughter reconcile with the physical changes she endured during the surgical and chemotherapy process. “She took it hard, especially when my hair started to fall out,” Taylor said. “I used to have really long hair, and it started to fall out, and I would have piles of hair in the bathtub.”

The stoic Taylor admitted that the loss of her hair was a psychological setback for her. “It continued to keep falling out, and I didn’t like walking around looking like I

“I’m not worried about me right now; I’m just upset about my cousin. That wasn’t called for,” said Workman, a Vietnam War veteran. “Lambert Green was a fine person. He was always honest. Just a good guy, generous and very nice.”

was sick because I didn’t feel like I was sick,” she explained. “One day my daughter and I were at Walmart, and I said, ‘Let’s just go buzz it all off.’ She was sad. She said, ‘I’ve never seen you without hair,’ but I told her, “Hey, I’ve never seen myself without hair either.” “I told her maybe I got this because someone else couldn’t handle it, and maybe see if she could look at it as something more than just a disease.” Taylor has been deployed three times, twice to Iraq and once to Kuwait, serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. She came to Shaw in 2011 after being stationed in Italy. She was proud to say she never missed a day of work during the recovery process, a point of satisfaction for a staunchly independent spirit who welcomes challenges and prefers to face them alone, whether it’s serving in active duty or enduring an energy-sapping chemotherapy session. “I don’t know if it’s just the way I’ve grown up, but I really don’t like to go ask for a lot of help,” Taylor said. “If I can do it on my own, I’m going to. It seems like I take the hard

way rather than the easy way out.” She looks forward to the day where her hair grows back to its original length and she is finished with all the reconstructive surgeries but more so being able to return to her regular fitness level. The level of steroids used in the chemotherapy coupled with the recovery from surgical procedures has left her out of shape. “That’s the thing that bothers me most,” she said. “Not the surgery or the scars or not looking the same, its just the weight gain.” Though the tumor that changed her life a year ago no longer remains, Taylor is not officially in remission and still needs to have reconstructive surgery on the area. She is still on a strict regimen of daily and weekly medicinal treatments and will remain on them for the next 5-10 years — the time period doctors use to pronounce patients cancer free. During those years, doctors will run regular blood tests to catch it early if the cancer has spread. Taylor has won the first battle and hopes it ends the war.

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little tired.” That’s how Barbara Jaco, of WWJ LLC, described Mannington Place Apartments when her company acquired the complex in January. On Tuesday, after more than $1.2 million in renovations, company officials, Manning dignitaries and residents celebrated a ribbon cutting for the Mill Street facility. Jaco said the apartments were totally refurbished. “We put in new energy-efficient appliances, new flooring, new paint, new pavement, new plumbing, just about everything,” she said. Clarendon County Commission Chairman Dwight Stewart said the building looks “brand new.” “It’s a great feeling to see this,” he said. According to a handout provided by Boyd Management, the parent company of WWJ, the company acquired the 40unit apartment complex by assuming $1.5 million debt from the original U.S. Department of Agriculture loan and the purchase of Federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits, generating $2 million in capital. Besides simply renovating, the complex has a new picnic and grilling area, as well as a computer lab and fitness center, according to the handout, and is also now fully ADA compliant. Other improvements listed are garden spaces, energy efficient windows, storm doors and safety features including oven-top fire extinguishers, synchronized smoke detectors and installed new GFI electrical sockets. All 40 apartments will be eligible for Section 521 Rental Assistance provided by the USDA Rural Housing Service, the material said. Jaco said the rehabilitation ending up costing about $23,000 per unit. She praised Flournoy Construction Co. for doing the job in a hurry. “We were doing eight units per day,” she said. She said she was grateful for the cooperation of the residents. “They deserve a big round of applause,” she said. “They had to do a lot of packing up.” Jaco said Mannington Place is one of 150 apartment complexes the company has renovated in the past five years, and announced that Manning Lane Apartments, also in Manning, would be renovated beginning in the spring of 2015.

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A ribbon cutting ceremony at the refurbished Mannington Place Apartments on Tuesday marked the completion of the $1.2 million project.

Election appeal denied, outcome still unclear BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com It remains unclear if Julius “Jay” Dukes will be able to take a seat as the District 5 councilman on the Manning City Council at its next regularly scheduled meeting Nov. 17. It has been more than three months since Dukes and Gloria Frierson were the top-two candidates in a special election held July 8 to fill the District 5 council seat left empty by the

death of Gregory Witherspoon. Since none of the candidates in that election received more than 50 percent of the vote, a runoff between the two was needed on July 22. After the runoff, the Manning Election Commission declared Dukes the winner by a single vote at a meeting on July 24, but Frierson filed a protest. At a subsequent hearing to listen to Frierson’s concerns, the commission affirmed Dukes as the winner —

still by a single vote. Frierson then appealed that decision to Circuit Court. Judge Jeffrey Young heard arguments in the case Sept. 10. Frierson’s attorney David Weeks argued that votes had been cast in the election by ineligible voters who live outside the district, and since the election was decided by a single vote, the result should be thrown out and a new election held. Shaun Kent, attorney for

Dukes, said at the appeal that while voters who were not eligible may have received ballots, it had not been proven those voters actually cast votes in the election. Young was apparently not persuaded by Week’s argument that the election should be thrown out, and decided against Frierson, apparently paving the way for Duke’s swearing in. Frierson said Wednesday she is uncertain if she will contin-

ue to press the case. “Will it make a difference?” she said. “It’s a 50-50 case, I’m not sure.” She said she had spoken with her attorney about the matter, yet remained undecided. Manning City Administrator Scott Tanner said he hoped the case would not be appealed further. “We’ll just wait and see what happens,” he said. “If there is not, we will probably swear Dukes in on Nov. 17.”

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BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: OCT. 30, 2014 TRICK OR TREAT ON MAIN STREET Come downtown to Trick or Treat on Friday from 4 to 6 p.m. Participating businesses will have a “Trick or Treat Here” poster in the window. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Only visit participating businesses. Brooks, Mills and Boyce streets will be closed from 3 to 6 p.m. in the vicinity of downtown for the event. For more information, call City Hall at (803) 435-8477.

CHRISTMAS CARD CONTEST Registration is open for the Clarendon County Recreation Department Christmas Card Contest for Clarendon County students in kindergarten through third grade. Information sheets have been delivered to the art teachers in local schools. The Christmas cards are to be handmade by the student only and will need to be turned in at the schools or dropped off at the recreation office, 3057 Raccoon Road (the ball fields) by Nov. 17. Children interested in participating may pick up an information flier at the recreation office or from the art teacher of their respective school. Home school students may call the recreation department and request a flier or drop by the office on Raccoon Road to pick one up. For more information, call (803) 473-3543 or (803) 433-0103.

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

Hayrides are $6 per person, and tickets are sold separately for other activities. For more information, call the school at (803) 435-2114.

HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIR The Holiday Craft & Vendor Fair will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at Clarendon Community Center Complex, behind Weldon Auditorium off Maple Street in Manning. Vendor spaces are available on a first-come, first-served basis for $10 per space. Set up begins at 6:30 a.m. Displays must be set up by 7:30. For more information, call Bridgett Epperson at (803) 433-0103 or (803) 473-3543.

MANNING YOUTH COUNCIL The Manning Youth Council is now accepting applications. Applicants must be Clarendon County residents attending Laurence Manning Academy or Manning High School, or home-schooled students in grades 9 through 12. The Youth Council will serve Manning by planning and implementing social, educational, recreational and other activities for the youth and community. Students will also learn about the city government in a fun environment. For more information and to obtain an application, contact City Hall at (803) 435-8477.

MENTORING PROGRAM Rural Leadership InstituteClarendon is beginning a mentoring program, called Operation Generation, for atrisk youth in Clarendon County School District 1. Initially, the program will focus

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PETS OF THE WEEK on students at Summerton Early Childhood Center and St. Paul Elementary School. The board members of Rural Leadership Institute Clarendon are asking adult members of the Clarendon community to volunteer to become mentors. For more information, call Bea Rivers at (803) 485-8164, Lesley Dykes at (803) 707-4901 or email rliclarendoncounty@ gmail.com.

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT WORKSHOP Carrie Sinkler-Parker will present her final monthly workshop on The Affordable Care Act at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10, at Harvin Clarendon County Library, 215 N. Brooks St. The program is free and open to the public. No registration required. For more information, call (803) 435-8633.

LIBRARY CLOSES FOR VETERANS DAY The Harvin Clarendon Library, 215 N. Brooks St., will close for Veterans Day, Tuesday, Nov. 11. The library will reopen from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12. The book drop will be available for return of unrestricted materials.

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HORSE SHOW The Sumter County Walking Horse Association and Manning Feed Mill Barnyard Buddies will host a benefit horse show for Clarendon County Relay for Life at 3 p.m. Saturday at Dillon Park in Sumter. There will be no charge for admission, but donations will be accepted. The show will start with the Stick Horse Class, open to any child who enjoys riding a stick horse. Children can bring their own stick horses or purchase them at the park. There will also be a Lead Line Class for those who bring their own real horse or pony. All participants will receive a prize. The Barnyard Buddies will be there with special prizes and gifts. The association will raffle off a variety of items throughout the show, and novelty items will be for sale. The concession stand will open at noon. The S.C. Pork Board has donated barbecue, and there will be food and drinks. Sponsorships and advertising opportunities are available. For more information, call Joanne Overstreet at (803) 720-7721.

LET’S MOVE MANNING WALKERS The Let’s Move Manning Walkers Club meets every Saturday at 7:30 a.m. at the Gazebo on Church Street. For more information, call (803) 435-8477.

LMA CATFISH COOK-OFF / CATFEST Laurence Manning Academy, 1154 Academy Drive, is hosting a Catfish Cook-off on Saturday starting at 6 p.m. on its football field. Guests are invited to share their ghoulish creations and heat things up with some barbecue, stews and more. Prizes will be awarded, and paper products will be provided for serving. Judging starts at 6 p.m. For more information, call Wendy Davis at (803) 435-2114, extension 118, or email wdavis@ lmaedu.org. LMA’s Catfest will also be held at 6 p.m. on the field. The event will include games, inflatables, a country store, bingo, food including barbecue, funnel cakes and cotton candy, and a haunted hayride. There will also be a nonscary version of the hayride until dark. To enter the gates, it’s $6 for adults and $4 for student-age children. Children 2 and under get in free.

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CLARENDON POLICE BLOTTER CLARENDON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE BURGLARY / BREAKING AND ENTERING 10:45 p.m. Oct. 20: A deputy responded to a report of breaking and entering in the 1000 block of Linden Street, New Zion. Complainant said she returned to her residence and found a rear window broken out. She reported a yellow necklace and two yellow bracelets were missing, as well as a jar containing an estimated $25 in coins. Value of missing items was placed at $335. 12:14 p.m. Oct. 24: A deputy was dispatched to the 1000 block of Billups Road, Summerton, in reference to a burglary. Complainant said she found her front door open and the knob damaged after she had been away for several hours. The deputy observed the house appeared to have been ransacked. Complainant said missing items include a Samsung phone, an iPhone, an Xbox 360 and some change. Value of damage and missing items was estimated at $1,256. 1:15 p.m. Oct. 24: A deputy responded to a report of a burglary in the 1500 block of Pinecrest Acres, Manning. Complainant said someone pried open his front door and took a 42-inch television, a speaker box with two 12-inch speakers, an 800-watt amplifier, a Toshiba laptop computer, a Kindle Fire HD and a .22-caliber rifle. Missing items were valued at $1,900. 2:16 p.m. Oct. 25: A deputy responded to a report of a burglary in the 3100 block of Arlen Road, Manning. Complainant said her home was secure but unoccupied since a fire occurred a week ago. She discovered on Oct. 25, someone had broken the glass to the rear door and entered the residence. Missing items, valued at $520, include several cooking utensils, pots and pans, a PlayStation, baby clothes and a pinkand-black .380 handgun with a small bag of ammunition. 1:17 p.m. Oct. 26: A deputy responded to a report of a burglary in unit No. 23 of the Extended Stay Motel on Alex Harvin Highway. Complainant said someone entered his residence by pushing the air conditioner into the room. He said the residence was in disarray, and several items were missing including a new pair of coveralls, 10 DVDs, $400 in currency, packaged meats, a PlayStation, a Nintendo 64, coins, a knife collection, two laptop computers, a tablet computer, a diamond ring, diamond earrings and a herringbone necklace. Missing items were valued at $3,730.

VANDALISM OF A VEHICLE 9:25 a.m. Oct. 20: A deputy responded to a report of vandalism to an abandoned vehicle on Wilson Road, Alcolu. The officer observed a red Chevrolet Impala on the side of the road with windows and lights knocked out and with numerous key scratches and dents. The deputy could not make contact with the owner. Damage was estimated at $2,000. 6:10 p.m. Oct. 21: A deputy responded to a report of vandalism to a vehicle in the 3000 block of Paxville Highway. Complainant said she parked her 2012 Toyota Camry in the rear parking lot of a truck stop at 6 a.m., and when she returned someone had scratched the rear passenger door and part of the rear panel above the tire. Damage was estimated at $800. 9:06 a.m. Oct. 22: An officer responded to a complaint of vandalism in the 1000 block of Cellisia Road, Manning. Complainant said someone marked and scraped the paint on her 2005 Chrysler 300 from front to back between 1:30 and 8 a.m. Damage was estimated at $1,500. 7:12 p.m. Oct. 22: An officer was dispatched to the 2900 block of American Avenue, Turbeville, in response to a report of vandalism. Complainant told police his girlfriend’s son’s car had been vandalized. The officer observed the vehicle’s taillights, headlights and side rearview mirrors had been damaged. Damage was estimated at $1,000.

LARCENY 1 p.m. Oct. 19: An officer responded to a report of a stolen lawnmower in the 3200 block of Corbett Road, Pinewood. Com-

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plainant said someone took his green 42-inch Craftsman lawnmower from the rear of his residence. The missing lawnmower was valued at $500. 6:27 a.m. Oct. 25: A deputy was dispatched to a truck stop in the 3000 block of Paxville Highway. Complainant said he fueled his vehicle at the truck stop, and as he slept overnight someone took approximately 100 gallons of fuel out of the tank. Estimated value was $380.

MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT 1:25 p.m. Oct. 22: A deputy was dispatched to the 3500 block of Walker Gamble Road, Gable, in reference to a stolen vehicle. Complainant said her green 1977 Ford Grenada was taken from her residence sometime after Oct. 17. The missing vehicle was valued at $2,500.

MALICIOUS DAMAGE TO VEHICLE 5:51 p.m. Oct. 24: A deputy was dispatched to mile marker 111 of Interstate 95. Complainant said he saw two males standing on Furman Road Bridge, and one tossed a chunk of concrete off the bridge striking his vehicle, causing damage. Deputies could not locate any suspects. Damage was estimated at $800.

Board members of the Cypress Foundation give the keys to a new ambulance to board members of the Clarendon Health System, Thursday, Oct. 23, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital in Manning. Another ambulance donated by the foundation was reportedly already in service. The two ambulances cost a total of $136,000, and will be used by Cypress Transport Service according to a Clarendon Healh Systems press release.

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Bonaparte Candidacy for District 1 Board is Official!

John Bonaparte Former Clarendon School District 1 board chairman John Bonaparte will run as a write-in candidate to retain his seat on the board. Four ﬁled for three seats open on the board, including incumbent Tony Junious, newcomers Cindy Risher, Keith Bowman and James Parson. “For the past 12 years, I have been working hard for the community on the board, however, didn’t ﬁle for reelection. I thought the community wanted change. But, by the request of the community, I was asked to run as a write-in candidate.” This personal message is to inform the citizens of district one that I would be honored to continue representing them. Therefore, I need help to get the word out that “John Bonaparte” needs all the citizens of Clarendon School District One to come out to support him on November 4, 2014.

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Walk for Brain Health raises more than $8000 BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Margaret Robertson of the Clarendon Pilot Club said the Walk for Brain Health on Oct. 25 was a great success. “We felt like we did a lot better,” Robertson said. “Last year, we did $5,300 and this year we earned over $8,000. We very pleased because it was an increase.” She said she especially appreciated the support the walk received from high school groups such as Manning High School FFA and Laurence Manning Academy’s Anchor Club. Robertson said the club may move the event to later in the day and earlier in the year in 2015. “I hope to have the event in late September or early October,” she said. Funds raised during the march and other supporting activities will go to local causes, she said. “All of the money will come back to the county,” Robertson said. “Last year we gave to the Council of Ministries and the Council on Aging; we gave to the Rotary Club Alzheimer’s Research Program — they give grants to hospitals that are doing research on Alzheimer’s; we

gave to the Christian Learning Center and we might give something to Christian Athletes. The group is looking for another program that deals with Alzheimer’s. “We thank everybody for supporting us, and hopefully they will do so again next year,” she said. “We couldn’t have done it without them.” Robertson said anyone seeking more information or wanting to make a donation may call her at (803) 435-8289.

Clarendon NAACP disputes president McFadden’s status BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Dwight James Sr., executive director of the NAACP’s South Carolina State Conference, said he would consider any statement by Republican House District 64 candidate Robert McFadden saying he is currently president of the Clarendon Branch NAACP Chapter to be inaccurate. “He currently has no duties,” he said. “McFadden relinquished his position when he became a candidate. As vice president, Mary Cooper assumed those duties as acting president.” James said that it is the policy of the NAACP for officers to relinquish their positions when they become candidates for public office. Cooper hand delivered a statement to The Sumter Item on Thursday disputing the accuracy of McFadden’s statements. “The many public statements McFadden has made as being the current president of the Clarendon County Branch

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of the NAACP are not accurate,” she said. “On April 21, Robert McFadden had to relinquish the office of chair due the policy of the NAACP,” When contacted about Cooper’s comments, McFadden suggested The Sumter Item contact the South Carolina State Conference. “She (Cooper) is not the authority on that,” he said. “She is just trying to create confusion in the community, that’s all.” James said that if McFadden is elected to office, the chapter can consider his reinstatement, but if he is not elected to public office he will be able to fill out his term as chapter president, which would end on Dec. 31, he said. Though Cooper indicated the local committee had voted for McFadden’s “immediate” removal, James said the committee does not have the prerogative to remove him from office if candidacy for public office is not successful. “They may wish to do that, but they do not have that power,” he said.

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The Manning High School FFA marches in the Walk for Brain Health on Oct. 25 in Manning. The Clarendon Pilot Club, below, marches in the walk also..

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‘Tis the season to shop BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Anyone needing help finding the perfect gifts to fill out their Christmas lists will be able to find inspiration from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, in Manning and Summerton as more than a dozen stores participate in Clarendon County’s annual Holiday Open House. Shoppers looking for oneday sales, gift ideas and a festive atmosphere can enjoy light refreshments and register for door prizes at participating merchants. A sampling of just a few of the merchants involved in the open house offers a glimpse into what to expect during the open house. Linda Mills from Flowers de Linda’s says she will have her shop fully decorated for the event with door prizes and refreshments for guests. Trendy items for the season include lime green and traditional red, with “a little more gold.” “Mesh wreaths are still very popular,” she said. Samples of gourmet foods will be on the menu at Wen Lily’s in Summerton said owner Brian Hacker. “We sell all kinds of baked desserts and gourmet sauces,” he said. “We’ll have all of our Christmas items on display as well.” Ellen Artis at Ginger’s Flowers & Gifts in Summerton said shoppers should stop by and learn what is hot this year. “One thing is burlap,” she said, “and glittery red and green.” At CJ’s Creations in Manning, Carol Jackson said she has added some boutique items to her monogramming and apparel lines. “We now have Elves on the Shelf and designer Santa Claus,” she said. Guests will be able to taste some of the food items she offers, as well. Jackson also finds burlap to be the trendy item for the giftgiving season. Lorre Coker at Sa’ Shay on Mill Street in Manning said she hasn’t noticed any particular trends for the holidays, but said black is always popular. She said she hopes shoppers will come by and visit. “This will be our first holiday season,” she said. So don’t just sit at home on Sunday, Nov. 2, venture out and enjoy a taste of the holiday season without traveling far from home.

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n the United States, one of the most popular and familiar nuts is the peanut. Peanuts are actually not true nuts, but rather the shell-enclosed seeds of a leguminous plant that’s related to peas and beans. Peanut pods grow below the ground, and both the shell and kernel are soft until the peanuts are dried. Nutritionally speaking, it could be said that peanuts have as many Nancy good attriHarrison butes as bad. CLEMSON They are EXTENSION packed with nutritional benefits, high in protein as well as vitamin E, folate, niacin, and magnesium. They also provide a good amount of fiber and are low in saturated fat and rich in beneficial fats (mono- and polyunsaturated fats). They have no cholesterol, (or contain cholesterol-lowering plant sterols), yet they are high in calories. The old adage of “all things in moderation” aptly applies to peanuts. They’re a great snack choice, but snack on them sensibly since one ounce of raw nuts has around 160 calories, 7 grams of protein

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You can have boiled peanuts all year round by canning or freezing them. and 13 grams of fat. Peanuts have long been grown in the Southern states, although they originated in South America. There are numerous types of peanuts available, but three main ones are grown in our state: Valencia types (most often used for boiling), Virginia types (good for boiling and roasting) and runner types (most often used for making peanut butter). All peanuts can be used for canning. There are different varieties available within each of these categories, and each variety has its own special characteristics. Once harvested, peanuts should be dried on the vine for about a week. After that, remove them from the vine and spread the nuts out in a cool,

dry area for continued curing for two to three weeks. Thereafter, the nuts can be kept for longer storage by simply bagging them in loosely woven containers and hung in a cool, dry area free of pests. Stored in this manner, peanuts can be kept for several months without a significant loss in quality. Just remove the amount you need when you’re ready to roast or boil them. There are two camps when it comes to boiled peanuts: Love them or hate them. Rarely do you find someone who wavers between the two. For those of you who love them, here are the easy instructions on how to boil OR can your own peanuts at home.

BOILED PEANUTS Fill a 6-quart pot ¾ full with peanuts, cover with water and add ¼ cup salt. Boil 1 ½ to 2 hours. Taste test for tenderness. Continue to cook and taste in 30 minute intervals until you are satisfied with the texture. Cool and drain. The longer the peanuts sit in the water, the saltier they taste. This is the simplest version of boiled peanuts. The recipe can be jazzed up by adding seasonings such as bay leaves, seafood boil seasoning, or cayenne pepper. Any of these extra seasonings should be put

in the pot the same time the salt is added. And the same rule applies to the seasonings as for the salt — the longer the nuts stay in the water the more pronounced the flavor of the seasonings will be.

CANNING GREEN PEANUTS Hot pack: Select fully mature, green peanuts, clean and wash. Soak in fresh water for one hour. Discard water, cover with fresh water and soak for another hour. Repeat this soaking process one more time, for a total soaking time of three hours, using fresh water each time. Then parboil the peanuts for 10 minutes in fresh water and drain. Pack the hot peanuts into hot jars, leaving ½ -headspace. Fill jar to ½ inch from the top with boiling brine (1 cup salt per gallon of water). Remove air bubbles. Wipe jar rims. Adjust lids. Process in a Dial Gauge Pressure Canner at 11 pounds pressure OR in a weighted Gauge Pressure Canner at 10 pounds pressure: Pints – 45 minutes; Quarts – 50 minutes.

FREEZING GREEN PEANUTS Select fully mature peanuts; thoroughly clean and wash. A mild detergent may be used for washing. Rinse the peanuts in clean water. Blanch peanuts in boiling water 10 minutes. Drain and cool. Package in freezer containers. Seal and freeze. NOTE: Green peanuts may be partially cooked prior to freezing by boiling in brine (brine is 1 cup salt per gallon water) for 30 minutes. Both peanuts and brine should be cooled before packing for freezer. When you are ready to serve, remove the peanuts from the freezer, partially thaw and boil in brine until tender. Enjoy! Nancy S. Harrison is a retired Food Safety and Nutrition Educator with Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service. Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service offers its programs to people of all ages, regardless of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital or family status, and is an equal opportunity employer.

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

Estate: Earl Joseph Sargent #2014ES1400240 Personal Representative: James Michael Sargent 1970 Veterans Highway Apt. L-5 Levitown, PA 19056 Attorney William Ceth Land Post Office Box 138 Manning, SC 29102 10/23/14 - 11/06/14

Estate: Miriam Green McFadden #2014ES1400225 Personal Representative: Robert Scott McFaddin 3077 Black River Road Gable, SC 29051 10/16/14 - 10/30/14

Estate: Warren E. Hatcher #2014ES1400231 Personal Representative: Mary Hatcher-Milton 1142 Hatcher Road Pinewood, SC 29125 10/16/14 - 10/30/14

Estate: Garnet Smith Thompson #2014ES1400246 Personal Representative: Donna T. Simpson 2526 WR Simpson Road Manning, SC 29102 Brenda T. Harrelson 6538 Sumter Hwy. Alcolu, SC 29001 10/30/14 - 11/13/14

Estate: Clarence Ollie Thigpen #2014ES1400236 Personal Representative: Julius E. Thigpen 1304 Medfield Road Raleigh, NC 27607 10/23/14 - 11/06/14

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such metes and bounds as reference to said plat will show, all measurements being a little more or less.

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

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INCLUDED HEREWITH that certain 20' (twenty foot) access easement extending from the subject property to an existing 40' (forty foot) right-of-way easement to Copper Kettle Lane as shown on the aforesaid plat. This being the identical property conveyed to the Charles D. Pate by deed of Marian Hodge n/k/a Marian H. Worrell dated April 12, 2007 and recorded April 13, 2007 in the Office of the Clerk of Court, RMC Department for Clarendon County in Deed Book A655, at Page 163.

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RENTALS of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff's debt in the case of noncompliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at the time of the bid or comply with the other terms or the bid within twenty (20) days, then the Special Referee may resell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the former highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 9.64% per annum.

Physical Address: 1364 Fannie Lane, Manning SC, 29102

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Talented cast is wasted on ‘The McCarthys’ BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH There are good sitcoms and bad sitcoms — and then there are sitcoms that remind you why you stopped watching sitcoms. Arriving tonight as part of the four-sitcom bloc that announces CBS’ return from football, “The McCarthys” (9:30 p.m., CBS, TV-PG) falls into the lamentable latter category. Tyler Ritter stars as Ronny McCarthy, the gay son in a sports-crazed Boston family. Ritter closely resembles his father, the late John Ritter (“Three’s Company), and shares his skill for bringing engaging effervescence to punch line-laden dialogue. Ronny’s basketball coach dad, Arthur (Jack McGee), loves his family but loves basketball more. An Archie Bunker-type given to unfiltered utterances, Arthur doesn’t have a problem with his son’s sexuality, but he wishes Ronny knew more about a sport that he refers to as “the basketball.” The pilot’s first act revolves around the death of the assistant coach of the high school team. His death is played for laughs. He’s seen in his open casket with a basketball glued to his hands. That morbid comedic choice makes sense until we later learn that Ronny’s slightly slutty sister, Jackie (Kelen Coleman), had an intimate relationship with the dead man. In that light, her jokey behavior before and during the memorial makes no sense; it just shows us that “The McCarthys” is the kind of sitcom where character is sacrificed on the altar of the punch line. The great comedic actress Laurie Metcalf (“Roseanne”) makes the most of her role as Ronny’s mom, Marjorie. But she’s not given terribly much to work with here except her devotion to “The Good Wife” and “The Closer.” The fact that she watches both shows with Ronny and considers him her best friend demonstrates the somewhat suffocating nature of their relationship. And it explains why Ronny seems so eager to leave Boston for a new job in Providence — an act that his family sees as a betrayal. The death of the assistant coach leaves an opening on the team bench that Ronny’s goofy jock brothers Gerard and Sean (Joey McIntyre and Jimmy Dunn) are eager to fill. Ar-

thur’s choice comes as a dumbfounding surprise to these two knuckleheads, but will not shock a single viewer.

Bang Theory” (8 p.m., CBS, TV14) * Homecoming looms on “The Vampire Diaries” (8 p.m., CW, TV-14) * Rebecca serves on jury duty on “Bad Judge” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14) * Religious civil wars erupt on “Reign” (9 p.m., CW, TV-14) * Andrew and Zelda throw a combined Halloween party on “A to Z” (9:30 p.m., NBC, TV-PG).

TONIGHT’S SEASON PREMIERES • Christy’s inability to handle finances irks Bonnie on “Mom” (8:30 p.m., CBS, TV-14). • After a Halloween health scare, Walden takes stock on “Two and a Half Men” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14). • Designers gather in Manhattan on the fourth season of “Project Runway All Stars” (9 p.m., Lifetime, TV-PG). • Holmes returns from London with renewed vigor on “Elementary” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

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From left, the cast of “The McCarthys” includes: Joey McIntyre as Gerard, Tyler Ritter as Ronny, Jack McGee as Arthur, Laurie Metcalf as Marjorie, Jimmy Dunn as Sean and Kelen Coleman as Jackie. “The McCarthys” premieres at 9:30 p.m. today on CBS.

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • A forensics convention becomes a crime scene on “Bones” (8 p.m. Fox, TV-14). • Linus celebrates an eccentric tradition on “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-G). • The town loses patience

with Jack on “Gracepoint” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14). • Olivia defends an accused assassin on “Scandal” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-14). • Crosby spends a slow day at the luncheonette on “Parenthood” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-PG).

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Spoon performs on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” (11 p.m., Comedy Central) * Jake Gyllenhaal, Judy Greer and The War on Drugs are on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS) * David Miliband is on “The Colbert Report” (11:30 p.m., Comedy Central) * Brian Williams and Perfume Genius appear on “Late Show With David Letterman” (11:35 p.m., CBS) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes Gordon Ramsay and Little Big Town on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Scott Foley, Smokey Robinson, Aloe Blacc and JC Chasez are on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (11:35 p.m., ABC).

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SUNDAY ALCOHOL SALES WILL ONLY CREATE MORE SORROW My opposition to Sunday alcohol sales is an extension of my opposition to the sale of alcohol anytime. My reasons are twofold. First, I am against the sale of alcohol from a Biblical conviction. Proverbs 20:1 says, “Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.” Proverbs 23:29-30 says, “Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.” Secondly, I am opposed to the sale of alcohol from a family perspective. Homes are wrecked from abusive alcoholics, and homes are destroyed when drunken drivers kill someone in the family. The statistics are staggering, but yet the statistics are ignored by society while alcohol continues to mock and deceive as Proverbs 20:1 says it would. What is my reply to those who say it would help the economy? 1 Timothy 6:10 says, “For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.” Do we place money (the economy) above the families that are destroyed from alcohol? When we as a society have our priorities wrong we “pierce ourselves through with many sorrows” as this verse predicts. Sunday alcohol sales will only add more sorrow that comes from more crime. Placing a higher value on money than on the well-being of the families in our community cannot be a wise choice. RON DAVIS Pastor, Sumter Bible Church Administrator, Sumter Christian School

COMMANDMENT IS REASON ENOUGH TO OPPOSE ALCOHOL ON SUNDAY I join my brother, Wallie Jones, in his opposition to Sunday alcohol sales. I, too, look to the Fourth Commandment in the Holy Bible. Sunday is the Sabbath and should be different in honor of God. For me, that is reason enough. I particularly appreciate the courage my brother demonstrated in speaking up on the basis of his faith. Men like Wallie lead the rest of us to say what we want to say but are too timid to do so. Indeed, by bringing Christ into this debate, exactly where He should be, He is never relegated to only a dimension or compartment of our lives. He is relevant to every pursuit. RICHARD C. JONES Attorney at Law Sumter

we really need to spend millions to build another one? Voting ‘yes’ for the Penny for Progress tax on Nov. 4 means you will spend millions for the unneeded gym whether you want it or not. Voting ‘no’ would tell our government officials to use our money more wisely. DAVE and NANCY McDUFFIE Sumter

SHEHEEN’S COMMENTS ABOUT HALEY CHILDISH First let me say that I am an independent voter with no ties to any political party. I vote for whatever candidate I feel is the most moral and would represent my views and interests the best. After seeing a video of him speaking to a crowd in Florence recently, I am forced to ask myself what kind of trash is this man, Vincent Sheheen, to make off-color comments about Gov. Nikki Haley, laughing about it, and then trying to say it was a slip of the tongue? It appeared to be some sort of subliminal messaging to me, not a Freudian “slip of the tongue.” She is a wife and a mother with children. That is a terrible thing to call her. It reminded me of a school child taunting another. If he is representative of the character of the Democratic Party, no wonder their symbol is an ass. I don’t believe I want a man who participates in such childish things as name-calling representing me. JOE E. MOORE Jr. Dalzell

DEPENDING ON GOVERNMENT IS THE TRUE WAR ON WOMEN Isn’t it funny that we are not hearing the horrible name Sen. Sheheen called Gov. Haley in Florence in The State newspaper? This is not surprising since The State endorsed him for governor over Gov. Haley. Even more fishy is the fact that Tom Ervin dropped out and endorsed Sheheen and the state media has chosen to avert the awful name old Vincent called Haley, our sitting governor, in front of a crowd. This is similar to Harpootlian’s, “Let’s send her back where she came from” comment a few years ago when introducing Vice President Biden in Columbia. While Democrats claim there is a Republican war on women (catchy hashtag) there is a reality that needs to be understood here and that is the state Democratic Party has done nothing but create issues for women through their own blind faith in unions, DNC taking points and how the party of Jim Crow has only done anything but further suppression in the name of social justice. The true war on women is the one that hopes you are dependent upon the government and need someone to provide for you. Democrats won’t say this. ERIC GANN Retired Air Force tech sergeant, Sumter

SPENDING MILLIONS TO BUILD NEW GYM IS FRIVOLOUS

A VOTE FOR SHEHEEN IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

Voters of Sumter: Please, carefully examine the projects to be funded by the Penny for Progress tax. Some have merit while some are a frivolous use of our resources. The county proposes to renovate the gymnasium at the corner of Haynsworth and North Purdy streets — excellent idea. However, it also proposes to build a new gymnasium adjacent to the existing one. This will create excessive traffic in our residential area and will eliminate the only convenient green space that is frequently used by children and adults in the neighborhood. It will also create an additional financial burden, for this new facility will have ongoing utility, maintenance and personnel expenses that are not covered by the Penny for Progress tax. Think back to the articles in The Sumter Item a few months ago when the county was having to work creatively to balance its budget. Why call this project frivolous? The county already has three gyms and the city has three at the HOPE centers. Surely, our local governments could work cooperatively to use these six gyms to attract the desired basketball tournaments. Do

I am all in favor for alcohol in restaurants, no penny sales tax and raising the minimum wages. A vote for Vincent Sheen/Bakari Sellers is a vote for all South Carolinians. I’m a registered voter in South Carolina, and I want to see this state grow, improve and create more better-paying jobs for maintenance, custodians, grounds keepers and material handlers. Together, I know we all can make a difference and can do better. We can move this state forward and in the right direction. With Nikki Haley we all are going backward. A vote for Vincent Sheheen is a step in the right direction for all of South Carolinians. JAMES CABBAGESTALK Sumter

OBAMA’S ADMINISTRATION IS JUST ONE HUGE SCANDAL This is like “preaching to the choir,” so to speak, as those who need to be informed will neither see nor read this. It is past time to wake up and pay attention or has all good common sense disappeared from America? Will you wake up in time to make a difference and set our country back on the path to greatness or will your

children and grandchildren grow up in a country where pathological lying, no moral compass, and corruption are the norm, and where they are totally controlled by Big Government? Will they grow up in a country where common sense is dead and excellence/hard work are punished, where mediocrity and laziness are rewarded and where total dependency on the government is honored? This is the most corrupt, unethical, deceitful, “know nothing,” destroyer of everything America stands for, big spending, administration in the history of our country. For the past six years our country has been run by an unprepared, inexperienced, community organizer with a narcissistic personality and a socialist agenda who is totally unwilling to work with others of differing opinions and much prefers the golf course, vacations, and campaigning to working in the Oval Office. It would seem that the “clear and present danger” to our country resides at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., and he is aided and abetted by his brainwashed minions in Congress who follow him without question. Each and every day a new scandal or news of corruption is discovered. Each and every day another agency is caught up in lies, deceit, the cover up of wrong doing and the failure to uphold their sworn oaths of office for their job duties, all of which are routinely ignored by those in power. This administration is one huge scandal and is sending our country into financial, moral, spiritual and political ruin. Our country has been divided by those who profess positive change yet endlessly trample on the Constitution they swore to uphold and defend and habitually attack the rights guaranteed our citizens. Editor’s note: Because this letter exceeded the 350-word length as stated in our Editorial Page Policies which appears regularly on this page, it can be read in its entirety under Opinion on The Sumter Item’s website, www. theitem.com. LINDA PARKER Summerton

YATES WOULD BE AN OUTSTANDING ADDITION TO CITY COUNCIL I have known Colleen Yates for over 40 years. Most good things that have happened in Sumter, Ms. Yates has been a part of. Colleen is a confident, energetic person who has spent her life in public service and will make an outstanding city council person. I am certain that Colleen will be an asset to Sumter, and I encourage you to vote for her. JOHN E. MILES Sr. Sumter

HILTON’S SKILLS MAKE HIM BEST CHOICE FOR SCHOOL BOARD As a former president of the Millwood PTA and member of the School Improvement Council, I had the opportunity to witness Dr. Hilton’s educational as well as his managerial skills. The interest of the children at Millwood was always given top priority, whether it came from the teachers, the front office or the cafeteria staffs. With Dr. Hilton’s input, the PTA was very much involved in projects that enhanced the overall educational process as well as the infrastructure of Millwood. It was easily recognized that Dr. Hilton wanted Millwood to be a happy learning environment. It’s hard to imagine, but I believe he actually knew the names of every child at Millwood. My major reason for believing that Dr. Hilton is the best choice for the school board is his managerial and leadership skills. He knows when to cut the debate and make a decision. In addition, he has the uncanny skill of knowing how to defuse tense situations. Moreover, his relationship with parents was exceptional. Therefore, I am proud to state publicly that I am voting for Dr. Johnny Hilton to represent area 4 on the school board because I am confident that he is not only the best qualified but he will bring an exceptional quality to the board. W. HARRISON BROWN Sumter

YATES WILL BE COMMITTED, DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANT On Tuesday, Nov. 4, the voters of Ward 4 will have an opportunity to elect Ms. Colleen Yates, an experienced public servant, to Sumter City Council. I have known Colleen Yates for over 20 years. In working with her on several committees and projects, I have discovered that she has no small enthusiasms. She will work for the greater interests of all the citizens of Sumter. Having previously served on city council for 12 years and three terms as mayor pro tem, Ms. Yates is very knowledgeable of the workings of city government and she will be a team player. A vote for Colleen Yates will be a vote to elect a committed and dedicated public servant. Your vote will be greatly appreciated. THE REV. JAMES B. BLASSINGAME Sumter

YATES A STRONG BELIEVER IN TAKING A STAND FOR WHAT IS RIGHT I have known Mrs. Colleen Yates for many years and was so excited when she told me she was a candidate for a seat on city council. She has served on city council in the past and did an outstanding job. Yates is a strong believer in taking a stand for what is right. She is an excellent community leader and works well with other community leaders to help Sumter grow. Yates displays her passion for helping others in need and will do all she can to make a difference. I encourage those who live in her district to get out and support her by casting a vote for her. Let us continue our path of positive images and efforts on city council for our fine city of Sumter and allow God to bless us all. I am a Sumter native, and I worked at the Wateree Community Actions Inc. for 31 years. I am very proud to be a part of the Sumter community, and I look forward to great things happening in Sumter in the days to come. FRANCES D. HILL Sumter

QUILTS MADE SUMTER COUNTY FAIR FESTIVE THIS YEAR Did you go to the Sumter County Fair? Did you see the quilts hanging upstairs in the Sumter County Civic Center? They made the fair look festive. I want to thank Sharon Sisson of Treadle Pushers and her friends for hanging those quilts. I heard many favorable comments, among them were, “We can see the names?” Thank you, Sharon. ALICE FOXWORTH Fancy Work Superintendent Sumter

QUICK RESPONSE FROM FIRST RESPONDERS HELPED SAVE LIVES We would like to take a moment to thank all individuals who helped in saving our children and her friends’ lives on Wednesday, Oct. 22. We appreciate the quick response from firefighters, police, paramedics, neighbors and First Presbyterian Church. Your dedication to our children during this emergency has touched our lives in so many ways. We have learned a very valuable lesson through all of this. If this accident can prevent one person from making the same mistake that we did then something good will come from this situation. We believe our children’s lives and her friend’s lives were saved because God shielded them from serious harm. Prayer from our friends, our church family and individuals whom we may never meet were felt and appreciated. The power of prayer along with the quick response from all emergency services could not have been any better. “Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” 1 Thessalonians 5:18 In Christ we thank you, ROBIN and FURMAN THAMES Sumter

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AROUND TOWN The Shepherd’s Center will offer Church fellowship hall. Parking available in the parking free public information classes area nearest the fellowship 11-11:50 a.m. each Thursday crime investigation interest hall entrance. Call Ann Drigthrough Does Nov. 13 at 24scene Council gers at (803) 460-5572. St. On you? the schedule: today, Crime Scene Investigation (CSI); The Clarendon County DemoNov. 6, Healthy Aging: The cratic Party’s executive commitimportance of good nutrition tee will meet at 6 p.m. on and movement in promoting Thursday, Nov. 6, at the Manhealthy living as we age; and ning Restaurant, 476 N. Nov. 13, Peace of Mind Brooks St., Manning. Dinner through Meditation. will be served at 6:30 p.m. followed by the regular Clarendon School District One meeting at 7 p.m. This will be will conduct free vision, hearthe final meeting of the year. ing, speech and developmental screenings as part of a child The Sumter County Veterans find effort to identify stuAssociation will hold its annual dents with special needs. Veterans Day program at 11 Screenings will be held from a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 11, at 9 a.m. to noon at the Sumthe lawn of the courthouse, merton Early Childhood Cen- Main Street. Col. Stephen F. ter on the following ThursJost, commander of the 20th days: Nov. 13; Dec. 11; Jan. 8, Fighter Wing of Shaw Air 2015; Feb. 12, 2015; March 12, Force Base, will speak. Fol2015; April 9, 2015; and May lowing the program, 35 local 14, 2015. For more informabusinesses will have booths tion, call Sadie Williams or set up behind the courtAudrey Walters at (803) 485house for veterans to see 2325, extension 221. what the businesses have to offer them. The Sumter County Library Wesmark Branch, 180 W. WesThe Sumter Chapter of the Namark Blvd., will host its annual tional Federation of the Blind Halloween Spooktacular from 4 will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesto 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 31. day, Nov. 11, at Shiloh-RanChildren can drop by for dolph Manor, 125 W. games, crafts, food, candy Bartlette St. Jonathan Pent and facepainting. Call (803) will speak. The spotlight will 469-8110 or email jpgalus@ shine on Erieka Myers and spiritcom.net to register for the associate member is this event. Ruth Pressley. Transportation provided within coverThe Sumter Branch NAACP will age area. If you know a blind hold its 31st Annual Freedom or legally blind individual, Fund Banquet at 7 p.m. on Fricontact Debra Canty at Debday, Oct. 31, at GarrickraCanC2@frontier.com or at Boykin Human Development (803) 775-5792. For pertinent Center, Morris College. The information about their upRev. Gill L. Ford will speak. The Shepherd’s Center will hold coming gala, call the 24/7 reits annual flea market and bake corded message line at (206) 376-5992. sale from 7 a.m. to noon on The Overcomers Stroke Support Saturday, Nov. 1, at TrinityLincoln Center, 24 Council St. Group will meet at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 13, in the liThe Sumter County Walking Horse Association and Manning brary of Alive Drive Baptist Church, 1305 Loring Mill Road Feed Mill Barnyard Buddies will at Wise Drive. Call Wayne host a benefit horse show at 3 Hunter at (803) 464-3003 or p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 1, at Dillon Park. Donations will be Joyce at (803) 464-7865. Take your leashed pets out for a appreciated for this Clarenday of music, food and fun at don County Relay for Life the Sumter SPCA Mutt Strut fundraising event. There will 2014 on Saturday, Nov. 15, bebe a concession stand with food and drinks available for ginning at noon. The event will be held at 1100 S. Guigpurchase. nard Drive (next to the Sumter County Citizens for Life will sponsor the Life Chain from SPCA). “Strutters” are needed to help raise money for 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, the Mutt Strut, which is a Nov. 2, on Broad Street. The community animal day celeLife Chain is a peaceful probration. You can help raise life rally meant to serve as a voice for the unborn. Contact money by visiting the SPCA, 1140 S. Guignard Drive, from Hugh Wilson at (803) 46811 a.m. to 5 p.m. any day ex6509 or Brandi Hall at (803) cept Wednesday or Sunday 464-1918 for information. to pick up a registration The Sumter Benedict Alumni packet. The registration fee Club will meet at 6 p.m. on is $10 per person and inMonday, Nov. 3, at the North cludes a free event T-shirt. HOPE Center. Call Shirley M. The person who raises the Blassingame at (803) 506most money will win a new 4019. 2014 Apple MacBook Air. Second place winner will reThe Sumter Branch NAACP will ceive $400 and third place provide rides to the polls from winner will receive $200. Call 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Election (803) 773-9292. All proceeds Day, Tuesday, Nov. 4. Call benefit the Sumter SPCA. (803) 775-9215 or (803) 9684464. Drivers needed. The Sumter Combat Veterans Group will meet at 10 a.m. on Jordan Crossroads Ministry Friday, Nov. 21, at the South Center - Haven of Rest will hold HOPE Center, 1125 S. Lafayits monthly meeting at 10 a.m. ette Drive. All area veterans on Wednesday, Nov. 5, at are invited. New Covenant Presbyterian

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Aiken 72/40

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Charleston 72/49

Today: Not as warm with a shower in spots in the morning. High 69 to 73. Friday: Partly sunny and pleasant. High 67 to 72.

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PICTURES FROM THE PUBLIC Kim Jolly comments on her photo submission, “Abbiella Hodges, a third-grader in Mrs. Kelly Brown’s class at Laurence Manning Academy, performed with the Junior Topcats on Sept. 13 at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. She cheered during the pre-game festivities on opening day of the Carolina Panthers vs. Detroit Lions professional football game in front of 80,000 fans!”

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Stallions among teams that need postseason help BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com Lee Central High School’s varsity football game against Andrews that was postponed last month after the murder of two teenagers will not be played and will go down as a forfeit loss for Lee Central, according to Stallions head coach Baron Turner. While disappointed the

game won’t be played and his team has to take it as a loss, Turner supported the decision then and does so as well now. “It was a very difficult situation for all of us,” Turner said. The (Lee County School District) superintendent (Dr. Wanda Andrews) made the right decision then not to play the football game. It was the right thing for the school, the

community and the city (of Bishopville).” Shakez Bracey, a 17-year-old senior at Lee Central, and 18-yearTURNER old Dontrell Fortune, a 2013 graduate, were both murdered, which led to the arrest of seven more involved in the murders. Dr. Andrews decided to postpone the

game and homecoming festivities because of the impact the murders had on the community. The loss means the Stallions are 2-7 on the season, but more importantly, 1-3 in Region VII-2A. In order to have a chance to earn the No. 4 spot in the region and make the state playoffs, Lee Central needs Kingstree to defeat Johnsonville on Friday.

The Stallions travel to St. Stephen on Friday to face 10-0 region champion Timberland. Win or lose that game, Lee Central won’t have a chance to advance unless Kingstree wins.

NEW COVENANT (N.C.) AT EAST CLARENDON East Clarendon will be trying to even its record at 5-5 on

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SCISA playoff prequel Swampcats look to clinch No. 2 seed with win over rival

Barons keep familiar mindset ahead of regular season finale BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER michaelc@theitem.com

BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER michaelc@theitem.com The Laurence Manning Academy football team has seen a lot of Wilson Hall over the course of the past few seasons and usually every game was very meaningful. Friday’s contest against its rival at Billy Chitwood Field will be no different. Both teams are on a 3-game winning streak and will look to earn the No. 2 playoff seed in BRIGGS the SCISA 3A state playoffs with a victory. No matter the outcome, both WH and LMA have already assured themselves of a home game in the first round of the playoffs. However, who wins between the Barons and Swampcats on Friday will secure a home game in the semifinals should they win their playoff opener. “The real part of the season starts this week, and I think everybody knows that,” Laurence Manning head coach Robbie Briggs said. “This game will not define our season and it will not define our playoffs. Every time we play them they’re going to get our best effort, not only as a coaching staff, but as players too.” The Swampcats, who are 8-2 overall and 6-1 in 3A play, will line up with perhaps the healthiest team they’ve thrown out against their rival in awhile. “Last year when we played them (in the regular season) we fumbled at the 4-yard line with a chance to win the game,” Briggs said. “The second time we played them (in the playoff semifinals) that SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO was with the second-string quarterback. I’m just thankful Laurence Manning’s TyShawn Epps (4) tries to break free of a tackle by Wilson Hall’s John Ballard during

Wilson Hall head football coach Bruce Lance knows the situation his team is facing on Friday, and that’s why he is sticking with the same mentality he always has: It’s just another game. “When you hit Week 10 and you’re playing for something, whether it be homefield advantage or pride, it’s important and it’s meaningful because we’d like to be the (No.) 2 LANE seed, which means we’d host a few playoff games,” Lane said. The Barons, 7-2 on the season and 5-2 in SCISA 3A play, will take on rival Laurence Manning Academy at Billy Chitwood Field for the No. 2 seed in the state playoffs. Both teams will host firstround games in the state playoffs, but the second seed will get the chance to host a semifinal game should it win its opener -- likely against its opponent on Friday. Lane likes where his team is at heading into the game against the Swampcats, who are 8-2 and 6-1. “I thought last week our second half was about as good as we’ve played all year,” Lane said of a 38-21 victory over Heathwood Hall. “We’re down a touchdown at half (21-14) and came out and played really well in the second half with 24 points and didn’t allow a point. Hopefully that’s a good sign of what we’re capable of on a consistent basis. “We’ve lost two football games by a total of 10 points,” he explained. “I think we’re playing pretty well, and I think folks have a tendency to compare this year’s team to

last year’s game at Spencer Field. The two teams meet today in Manning with the No. 2 seed in the SCISA SEE LMA, PAGE B5 3A playoffs on the line.

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WORLD SERIES

Giants, Royals tied 2-2 after 3 innings in Game 7 BY BEN WALKER The Associated Press

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San Francisco’s Brandon Crawford hits a sacrifice fly during the second inning of Game 7 on Wednesday in Kansas City, Mo. The Giants and Royals were tied 2-2 after three innings. For a recap, visit www.theitem.com.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — San Francisco starter Tim Hudson got pulled right away as manager Bruce Bochy took no chances in Game 7 of the World Series, and the Giants and Kansas City Royals were tied 2-2 after three innings Wednesday night. After a Series full of lopsided results, this shaped as something much more tight and tense. Looming from the

start, too: The possibility the Giants would turn to ace Madison Bumgarner in relief. Bochy spent a lot of time on the field. Along with pulling Hudson in the second, Bochy became the first manager to win a video review challenge under Major League Baseball’s expanded replay format. Eric Hosmer was initially ruled safe by first base umpire Eric Cooper while making a headfirst dive to beat out a doubleplay relay in the third.

But after a review that took 2 minutes, 57 seconds, Hosmer was called out, completing a slick play started by rookie second baseman Joe Panik’s dive and glove flip to shortstop Brandon Crawford. The crowd noise at Kauffman Stadium was constant and loud. The fans cheered when Billy Butler singled and hustled home on a double by Alex Gordon, then booed when Salvador Perez

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Kansas City’s Omar Infante, left, slides safely past San Francisco catcher Buster Posey during the fifth inning of the Royals’ 10-0 victory on Tuesday in Game 6 of the World Series in Kansas City, Mo.

Royals rout Giants 10-0 to force Game 7 BY RONALD BLUM The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A couple hundred fans stood behind the Royals dugout for more than a half-hour after the final out, screaming and waving white rally towels. Bring on Game 7! Yordano Ventura, a 23-yearold rookie pitching with a heavy heart and the initials of late St. Louis outfielder Oscar Taveras on his cap, allowed three hits over seven stifling innings. Kansas City’s batters

broke open the game with a seven-run second and battered the San Francisco Giants 10-0 Tuesday night to tie the World Series at three games apiece. “This is what we all prepared for. This is why we play the game,’’ Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer said. As bouncers rolled by infielders and bloops dropped in front of outfielders, the raucous roar at Kauffman Stadium swelled with every hit in the second and then got louder the rest of the night. Lorenzo Cain looped a two-run sin-

gle — one of eight Royals to get hits in the seven-run burst — and Hosmer chopped a tworun double over shortstop. “Guys stepped up in a big way tonight,’’ Cain said. Kansas City can be comfortable in this bit of history: Home teams have won nine straight Game 7s in the Series since Pittsburgh’s victory at Baltimore in 1979, including the Royals’ 11-0 rout of St. Louis in 1985. And the Giants have lost all four of their World Series finales pushed to the limit.

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“I had a very, very strong feeling that whoever won Game 6 was going to win Game 7,’’ Royals manager Ned Yost said. “We have to wait to see if my theory’s correct.’’ Teams with the home-field advantage have won 23 of the last 28 titles, including five in a row. This Series has followed the exact pattern of the only other all-wild card matchup in 2002, when the Giants won the opener, fell behind 2-1, took a 3-2 lead and lost the last two games at Anaheim.

Kansas City out-hit the Giants 15-6 in another blowout in the first Series in which five games were decided by five runs or more. All nine Royals had hits by the third, matching the mark set by Arizona against the Yankees in Game 6 in 2001. Cain drove in three runs and was among six Royals with two hits each. Mike Moustakas homered in the seventh against Hunter Strickland, ending a 36-inning homerless streak in the Series, the longest since 1945.

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Skipper collects win, bounty at speedway BY CODY TRUETT Special to The Sumter Item

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Linebacker Luke Kuechly (59) and the rest of the Carolina Panthers look to grab control of the NFC South division tonight when they host New Orleans.

Saints, Panthers battle for NFC South lead BY STEVE REED The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints have to find a way to win on the road if they plan to take over first place in the NFC South. That’s something they haven’t been able to do this season. The Saints are 3-0 at home but 0-4 away from the Superdome entering tonight’s critical division game at Carolina (3-4-1). It’s not that the Saints haven’t been close. Three of their four road losses have been by three points or less. Their only lopsided effort was a 21-point loss at Dallas.

“If it was something where we could say that is the reason and cause, it would be easy to turn around and fix,’’ Saints right tackle Zach Strief said. “There are a lot of things that are going to go into it. ... If it was as simple as the beds are different or the food is different, we would just change those things. But it’s not that simple.’’ Drew Brees said the Saints have felt good about their game plan on the road, but simply aren’t executing as well as when they play at home. That is a continuing trend for the Saints, 6-14 on the road the past three seasons. The Saints and Panthers split last year’s season series in two completely different

GAME 7 FROM PAGE B1 was hit in the leg and knocked to the dirt — that all happened in a span of three pitches. Small ball was the story early, with three sacrifice flies in the second inning alone. Michael Morse drove in Pablo Sandoval with the bases loaded and no outs off Jeremy Guthrie, and Crawford drove in Hunter Pence with another fly to make it 2-0. The Royals rallied back fast. After Omar Infante’s sacrifice fly tied it at 2, Alcides Escobar singled

December games. Brees threw for 313 yards and four touchdowns in the Saints’ 31-13 win over the Panthers at the Louisiana Superdome. Two weeks later, the Panthers intercepted Brees twice and limited him to 281 yards passing on a wet outdoor field in Charlotte and won 17-13. Linebacker Luke Kuechly had 24 tackles in Carolina’s win. “I haven’t quite figured it out,’’ Kuechly said of the Saints’ struggles on the road. “But the one thing you know is they show how good they can be at home. I don’t know what the deal is on the road, but anytime you have Drew Brees you can be dangerous.’’

with two outs and that was all for Hudson. At 39, Hudson was the oldest pitcher to start Game 7 in the Series. He had signed with the Giants in the offseason as a free agent, hoping to reach the World Series for the first time, and maybe win a championship. This was his chance and instead, he had the shortest start in Game 7 of a Series since Bob Turley of the Yankees lasted only one inning against Pittsburgh in 1960. Home teams had won the last nine Game 7s to clinch the championship, and neither manager wanted to wait too long before things slipped away.

The division champions for the 2014 season were honored on Saturday at Sumter Speedway, but it was perhaps Wade Skipper who had the most fun. Skipper left with another win under his belt and took home a bounty as well in the chaotic Super Street feature. After an eventful heat race, Skipper started the feature from the outside pole, but had his hands full as the green flag flew. After just one lap, the aggression from the heat race carried over to the main event as Robbie Disher and James Stephens made contact in the exit of Turn 4, which resulted in Disher turning Stephens around. Throughout the feature, both Disher and Stephens exchanged blows, damaging both cars. Skipper avoided the altercations and took over the lead on Lap 3 and never looked back. Keith Wells looked to give Skipper a run for his money, but he and Disher made contact in turns 1 and 2 and continued beating and banging down the back stretch before Wells finally spun. Finally, a little order was gained and Skipper led the field around the track lap after lap with Disher a distant second. Skipper took the checkered flag, picking up the win and the bounty that had been placed on Disher. Disher settled for a rough second-place finish with Stephens third. Extreme-4 points champion Bucky DeBerry picked up the win in the di-

vision’s race on Saturday, leading flag to flag. Russell Thomas was second with Jessica Stephens third and Chelsea L’Huillier fourth. Matt Lawson picked up an easy win in the Crate Late Model division, leading from start to finish. Drew Shealy was second and points champion Gene Kinard was third. Brittany Johnson picked up the win in the Rookie division and David Duke was the winner of the Stock V8 division. Banjo Duke dominated another Stock-4 feature, nearly lapping the entire field. Allen Ridgeway finished second and was the only other car on the lead lap with Ashley McHenry third and Taylor Geddings fourth. Jason Potts picked up his first win in the Street Stock division in dominant fashion. Potts started the feature from the front row and jumped into the lead as the green flag flew. Potts cruised on to take the win with James Stephens second and Randall Roberts third. Sumter Speedway’s season finale will take place on Saturday, Nov. 8, with what is expected to be the biggest event of the season. There will be racing in all divisions with increased winning purses along with other special planned events. Gates will open at 3 p.m. with racing starting at 5. Grandstand passes will be $15 for adults and pit passes will be $25 for adults. Active duty military will be admitted to the grandstands free of charge with military identification.

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Chicago at New York, 8 p.m. Detroit at Denver, 9 p.m. Houston at Utah, 9 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Phoenix, 10 p.m. Golden State at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Oklahoma City at Portland, 10:30 p.m.

TODAY

TODAY’S GAMES

6 a.m. -- Professional Golf: European PGA Tour BMW Open First Round from Shanghai (GOLF). Noon -- PGA Golf: CIMB Classic First Round from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (GOLF). 4:30 p.m. -- Senior PGA Golf: Charles Schwab Championship First Round from Scottsdale, Ariz. (GOLF). 6:05 p.m. -- Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXYFM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 7 p.m. -- Women’s College Soccer: Vanderbilt at Florida (SEC NETWORK). 7:30 p.m. -- College Football: Florida State at Louisville (ESPN). 7:30 p.m. -- College Football: Troy at Georgia Southern (ESPNU). 8 p.m. -- College Football: St. Joseph’s at Indianapolis (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 8 p.m. -- Major League Soccer: Eastern Conference Playoffs Knockout-Round Match -- Kansas City at New York (ESPN2). 8 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: New York at Cleveland (TNT). 8 p.m. -- NFL Football: Carolina at New Orleans (NFL NETWORK, WWFN-FM 100.1, WPUB-FM 102.7). 9 p.m. -- Professional Boxing: Danny O’Connor vs. Andrew Farmer in a Light Welterweight Bout and Sharif Bogere vs. Fernando Garcia in a Lightweight Bout from Plymouth, Mass. (FOX SPORTS 1). 9 p.m. -- Women’s College Soccer: Arkansas at Missouri (SEC NETWORK). 10:30 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Oklahoma City at Los Angeles Clippers (TNT). 11 p.m. -- PGA Golf: CIMB Classic Second Round from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (GOLF). 3 a.m. -- LPGA Golf: LPGA Taiwan Championship Second Round from Taipei, Taiwan (GOLF). 4:30 a.m. -- International Soccer: Australian League Match from Melbourne, Australia -- Adelaide vs. Melbourne City (FOX SPORTS 2).

Washington at Orlando, 7 p.m. Detroit at Minnesota, 8 p.m. New York at Cleveland, 8 p.m. Utah at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

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Junior Varsity Football Conway at Sumter, 7:30 p.m. Lakewood at Crestwood, 6 p.m. Manning at Marlboro County, 6:30 p.m. Timberland at Lee Central, 6:30 p.m. Robert E. Lee at Trinity-Byrnes, 6:30 p.m. Clarendon Hall at Andrew Jackson Academy, 6:30 p.m.

FRIDAY

Varsity Football Sumter at Conway, 7:30 p.m. Crestwood at Lakewood, 7:30 p.m. Marlboro County at Manning, 7:30 p.m. Lee Central at Timberland, 7:30 p.m. New Covenant (N.C.) at East Clarendon, 7:30 p.m. Scott’s Branch at C.E. Murray, 7:30 p.m. Wilson Hall at Laurence Manning, 7:30 p.m. Thomas Sumter at Cardinal Newman, 7:30 p.m. Trinity-Byrnes at Robert E. Lee, 7:30 p.m. Carolina at Clarendon Hall, 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY

Varsity Cross Country Sumter in 4A Middle State Qualifier (at Sandhills Research Center, Columbia), 9 a.m. Crestwood, Manning in 3A Lower State Qualifier (at Darlington Middle School), 9:30 a.m.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL By The Associated Press TOP 25 SCHEDULE TODAY

No. 2 Florida State at Louisville, 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY

No. 1 Mississippi State vs. Arkansas, 7:15 p.m. No. 4 Auburn at No. 7 Mississippi, 7 p.m. No. 5 Oregon vs. Stanford, 7:30 p.m. No. 6 Notre Dame vs. Navy at Landover, Md., 8 p.m. No. 9 Georgia vs. Florida at Jacksonville , 3:30 p.m. No. 10 TCU at No. 20 West Virginia, 3:30 p.m. No. 11 Kansas State vs. Okla. State, 8 p.m. No. 12 Baylor vs. Kansas, 4 p.m. No. 13 Ohio State vs. Illinois, 8 p.m. No. 14 Arizona at No. 25 UCLA, 10:30 p.m. No. 15 Arizona State vs. No. 18 Utah, 11 p.m. No. 17 Nebraska vs. Purdue, 3:30 p.m. No. 19 Oklahoma at Iowa State, Noon No. 21 East Carolina at Temple, Noon No. 24 Duke at Pittsburgh, Noon STATE Charleston Southern (5-3) at Monmouth (NJ) (5-2), 1 p.m. Savannah St. (0-8) at S.C. State (5-3), 1:30 p.m. Furman (2-6) at VMI (1-8), 1:30 p.m. Liberty (5-3) at Presbyterian (5-3), 2 p.m. Coastal Carolina (8-0) at Gardner-Webb (4-4), 3:30 p.m. The Citadel (2-6) at Mercer (5-4), 4 p.m. Tennessee (3-5) at South Carolina (4-4), 7:30 p.m.

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(Best-of-7) San Francisco 3, Kansas City 3 Oct. 21: San Francisco 7, Kansas City 1 Oct. 22: Kansas City 7, San Francisco 2 Oct. 24: Kansas City 3, San Francisco 2 Oct. 25: San Francisco 11, Kansas City 4 Oct. 26: San Francisco 5, Kansas City 0 Tuesday: Kansas City 10, San Francisco 0 Wednesday: San Francisco at Kansas City, late

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

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Arizona at Dallas, 1 p.m. Philadelphia at Houston, 1 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Kansas City, 1 p.m. Washington at Minnesota, 1 p.m. Tampa Bay at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Jacksonville at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. San Diego at Miami, 1 p.m. St. Louis at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m. Oakland at Seattle, 4:25 p.m. Denver at New England, 4:25 p.m. Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 8:30 p.m. Open: Atlanta, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Green Bay, Tennessee

MONDAY’S GAME

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

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Cleveland at Cincinnati, 8:25 p.m.

SUNDAY, NOV. 9

San Francisco at New Orleans, 1 p.m. Kansas City at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Miami at Detroit, 1 p.m. Tennessee at Baltimore, 1 p.m. Pittsburgh at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. Dallas vs. Jacksonville at London, 1 p.m. Denver at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Seattle, 4:25 p.m. St. Louis at Arizona, 4:25 p.m. Chicago at Green Bay, 8:30 p.m. Open: Houston, Indianapolis, Minnesota, New England, San Diego, Washington

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Carolina at Philadelphia, 8:30 p.m.

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CHARLOTTE — Kemba Walker made a 21-footer from the top of the key with five seconds left in overtime to lift Charlotte to a 108-106 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night, providing a winning conclusion for fans celebrating the return of the Hornets name after a 12-year absence. Walker finished with 26 points, including a tying 3-pointer with 1.6 seconds left in regulation as the Hornets erased a 24-point third-quarter deficit. Marvin Williams had 19 points, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist scored 17 and Al Jefferson finished with 14 points and 10 rebounds for Charlotte. Lance Stephenson had seven points, 13 rebounds and eight assists in his Hornets debut. Down 74-50, the Hornets battled back to send it to overtime after Khris Middleton missed 1 of 2 free throws in a late trip to the line, leading to Walker’s big basket. PACERS 103

NHL STANDINGS ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W Montreal 10 8 Tampa Bay 10 6 Ottawa 8 5 Detroit 8 4 Boston 11 5 Toronto 9 4 Florida 7 2 Buffalo 10 2 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W N.Y. Islanders 9 6 Pittsburgh 8 5 Washington 8 4 N.Y. Rangers 9 5 Philadelphia 9 4 New Jersey 9 4 Columbus 9 4 Carolina 8 0

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New Orleans 101, Orlando 84 San Antonio 101, Dallas 100 Houston 108, L.A. Lakers 90

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Philadelphia at Indiana, 7 p.m. Milwaukee at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Washington at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Atlanta at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Brooklyn at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Minnesota at Memphis, 8 p.m.

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INDIANAPOLIS — Roy Hibbert had 22 points, eight rebounds and seven blocks, leading the short-handed Indiana Pacers to a 103-91 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night.

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Detroit at Washington, 7:30 p.m. Nashville at Edmonton, 10 p.m.

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Boston at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Winnipeg at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Chicago at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Arizona at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Anaheim at St. Louis, 8 p.m. San Jose at Minnesota, 8 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Colorado, 9 p.m. Montreal at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Toronto at Columbus, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Anaheim at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Nashville at Calgary, 9 p.m.

around every day.’’ The game will be secondary to the spectacle surrounding James’ homecoming. In the hours before tipoff, Nike will unveil a new 10-story-banner of James where a previous one of his likeness became a treasured city landmark before being removed in the days after he left. A free concert featuring hip-hop artist Kendrick Lamar and the rock band Imagine Dragons will take place across from the arena, and bars and restaurants will be overflowing with fans, thousands of whom can’t get a ticket but want to celebrate something that in some ways feels bigger than a title. “This is going to be one of the biggest nights ever,’’ said Jasmine Latorres, a bartender at the Clevelander Bar and Grill, which only hand a handful of patrons on a gray, late fall afternoon but will be packed wallto-wall on Wednesday night. “LeBron’s back. It’s going to be nuts.’’

dropped an assault and battery charge involving an employee at a Marriot hotel in East Lansing. Authorities have said that Taylor attacked his girlfriend and the employee Sept. 25. LATE TUESDAY SPURS 101 MAVERICKS 100 SAN ANTONIO — Tony Parker had 23 points, including a big 3-pointer late in the game, and the San Antonio Spurs opened their title defense with a thrilling 101-100 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night. ROCKETS 108 LAKERS 90

LOS ANGELES — James Harden scored 32 points, Dwight Howard added 13 points and 11 rebounds before getting into a shouting match with Kobe Bryant, and the Rockets spoiled Bryant’s return to the Lakers. Bryant’s comeback game got even worse when Lakers rookie forward Julius Randle seriously injured his right leg in the fourth quarter. It was announced Wednesday that he is done for the season.

HORNETS’ TAYLOR PLEADS GUILTY TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

PELICANS 101

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Charlotte Hornets forward Jeffery Taylor pleaded guilty Wednesday to a domestic violence charge and admitted he pushed his girlfriend at a hotel in Michigan. In exchange for the plea, prosecutors

NEW ORLEANS — Anthony Davis had 26 points, 17 rebounds and nine blocks, leading New Orleans to the season-opening win.

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NBA season on Thursday night against the New York Knicks at Quicken JAMES Loans Arena. This is the night Cleveland has been waiting for. More than 20,000 fans, some paying more than $1,000 per ticket, will welcome James back home to where he began his basketball career. He’ll again play before family, friends from Akron and the Cavs fans who feared he would never return after the 29-year-old bolted for Miami in 2010 to chase championships. There’s never been a night like it in this city’s tortured sports history, and it promises to be emotional for everyone, including James. “It means everything to be able to open our NBA campaign here in Cleveland with these fans. It’s going to be a special moment,’’ James said after practice at the Q. “We can’t take it for granted. You don’t get moments like this, they don’t come

Walker lifts Charlotte past Milwaukee 108-106 in OT

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SOUTHWEST DIVISION Houston New Orleans San Antonio Memphis Dallas NORTHWEST DIVISION

Carolina New Orleans Atlanta Tampa Bay NORTH

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Boston Brooklyn New York Philadelphia Toronto SOUTHEAST DIVISION

Dallas Philadelphia N.Y. Giants Washington SOUTH

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CLEVELAND — This will be a season opener unlike any other — one that also brings closure. Part homecoming, part family reunion, part revival meeting and a huge party rolled into one. When LeBron James takes the court on Thursday night wearing a No. 23 Cavaliers uniform in a regular-season game for the first time in four years, an entire city will be able to wash away a painful past. Any lingering bitterness will give way to forgiveness and excitement about the future. “For these fans,’’ James said Wednesday, “it means everything.’’ That’s because he means everything to them. James and a Cavaliers team transformed over the summer by his return — plus the signing of AllStar guard Kyrie Irving to a contract extension and the acquisition of power forward Kevin Love — will open their

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Realigned ACC aims to snap Final Four drought BY AARON BEARD The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — For years, the Atlantic Coast Conference built its basketball reputation on nearly annual appearances in the Final Four. Now, as the league is adding another marquee program and touting itself as the best in the country, it’s trying to snap a four-year Final Four drought. That is an unusually long dry spell for the traditionrich league boasting Hall of Fame coaches and plenty of national championships. “I think the league prepares you for that, but you still have to do it,’’ Virginia coach Tony Bennett said Wednesday during the league’s preseason media day. “I’m not speaking against the ACC but there’s parity in college basketball. ... And just because we come from the ACC doesn’t guarantee us to steamroll three teams into the Elite Eight. You’ve got to play.’’ No ACC team has reached the Final Four since Duke won Mike Krzyzewski’s fourth NCAA championship in 2010. That matches the league’s longest drought, though the last time was from 1958-61, according to STATS. Now the ACC is stronger on paper through realignment, first by adding Syracuse, Pittsburgh and Notre Dame last year and with the latest addition: Rick Pitino’s Louisville squad. The question now is whether that group of ACC and former Big East schools can produce a Final Four team to help the league live up to its claim as the nation’s best. Armed with a talented freshman class, Duke is the preseason favorite to win the Atlantic Coast Conference. Mike Krzyzewski’s Blue Devils received 41 of 65 first-place votes from media members at Wednesday’s league media day, outdistancing North Carolina, ACC newcomer Louisville and reigning champion Virginia atop the standings. Syracuse was picked fifth, followed by Pittsburgh, Notre Dame, Florida State, North Carolina State, Miami, Clemson, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, Boston College and Virginia Tech.

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The defensive lapses that plagued South Carolina safety Chris Moody (6) and the rest of the Gamecock defense against Texas A&M have repeated themselves throughout the season.

Miscues still plague Carolina D BY DAVID CARAVIELLO Post and Courier COLUMBIA — Only four games remain in the season, but for South Carolina’s defense it seems little has changed since opening night more than two months ago. Many of the same issues which allowed Texas A&M to pass for more than 500 yards on Aug. 28 were still present last Saturday night, when Auburn rushed for nearly 400. They’ve tried simplifying the playbook, they’ve tried shortening the rotation, they’ve tried moving the defensive coordinator up to the coaches’ box — yet for the Gamecocks, the problems continue to persist. And perhaps the most maddening thing about these prolonged defensive lapses is that so many of them are rooted in fundamentals, and appear — even now, at this late date — to be correctable. “No question. No question,” said defensive line coach Deke Adams. “We’ve got to do our job, and we’ve got to continue to play hard. The kids have played hard. That hasn’t been an issue. But we do have some young

kids in some certain positions, and we’ve just got to continue to work, and continue to stress being where you’re supposed to be when you’re supposed to be there.” If there’s a common thread running from the strafing at the hands of Texas A&M, to the unstoppable wildcat at Kentucky, to Auburn scoring almost at will last Saturday night, it lies in the missed tackles and defensive assignments which turned all three of those games into defeats. Assignment football in particular is a cornerstone of any defense, demanding players plug gaps that are their responsibility. That’s easier said than done — gaps grow, move or even shift position when an opposing offense runs a motion formation, linebackers often must drop into pass coverage, and typically taller and heavier offensive linemen are standing in the way. Even so it’s a necessity in stopping any offense, and it’s perhaps the one area in which South Carolina has struggled the most this year. “It’s all assignments. It’s all an assignment thing,” said linebacker Marcquis

season in over a decade. The decisive finishing stretch begins with a 7:30 p.m. home game Saturday against Tennessee (3-5, 0-4), whose struggles have been on the offensive side of the ball, and has yet to name a starting quarterback for this weekend. Regardless of whether it’s Nathan Dobbs or Justin Worley behind center for the Volunteers, the mission for the Gamecocks will remain the same — try and tackle, try and maintain assignments, try and finally correct those seemingly correctable errors which have created a defensive slide now eight games in the making. “It’s just the little things that are stopping us from being a good defense,” said defensive end Gerald Dixon. “We’ve got to make plays when the opportunity is there, and we’ve got to make tackles.”

BACK IN BLACK Spurrier confirmed that the Gamecocks will wear black jerseys — and maybe even black pants, too — for Saturday’s 7:30 p.m. game against Tennessee at Williams-Brice Stadium.

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Georgia RB Gurley hit with 4-game suspension BY PAUL NEWBERRY The Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia was hoping to get Todd Gurley back on the field. Looks like the No. 9 Bulldogs will have to wait two more games. The NCAA announced Wednesday that Gurley, once a leading Heisman Trophy contender, must sit out until Nov. 15 for accepting more than $3,000 for autographed memorabilia and other items over a twoyear period. Gurley already missed the Bulldogs’ last two games, and the school had petitioned for him to be reinstated in time for Saturday’s Cocktail Party rivalry against Florida. But the NCAA ruled that Gurley must serve a fourgame suspension — about 30 percent of the regular season — and said it “strongly considered’’ a harsher punishment given the extent of the violations. The junior running back was found to have taken cash from multiple individuals, even though he received “extensive rules education about the prohibition of receiving payment

Roberts. “Just getting all 11 players to do their job. Once we get all 11 players doing their job, we’ll be good.” How often are USC defenders effectively manning their assigned gaps? “You want to be perfect. You know there’s going to be mistakes, but you want to be perfect,” said linebackers coach Kirk Botkin. “That’s what we strive for. That’s what we’re looking for. But we’ve got to keep working. It’s one guy here, it’s one guy there. It’s a group effort.” Roberts estimated a sobering number: “Right now, it’s probably 50 percent of the time,” he said. That’s partly due to the number of new defensive starters trying to find their way, and partly due to a snowball effect. “Things start going bad, and people start getting out of their gaps and looking in other gaps,” said the fifthyear sophomore, “and it just opens up other running holes and things like that.” It’s all placed South Carolina (4-4, 2-4 SEC) in a tenuous situation, one where the Gamecocks must split their final four games to achieve bowl eligibility, not to mention avoid their first losing

Hillcrest, Bates to play for title at Sumter Memorial Stadium Undefeated Hillcrest Middle School will take on Bates in the Sumter Middle School Conference championship football game on Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Sumter Memorial Stadium. The Wildcats will bring a 7-0 record into the contest while Bates is 5-2. Hillcrest advanced with a 60-0 victory over Chestnut Oaks on Monday, while the Bantams beat Mayewood 20-14 in overtime. Admission is $3 per person.

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Georgia running back Todd Gurley (3) was suspended for four games by the NCAA on Wednesday for accepting more than $3,000 for autographed memorabilia. for autographs.’’ “The university’s due diligence in its investigation and the student’s full disclosure of his involvement in the violations were factors in not imposing a more severe withholding condition,’’ the NCAA said in a statement. The school announced an immediate appeal, which will

be heard this week by an NCAA committee that can reduce or remove the sanctions imposed by the staff but can’t increase them. After practice, coach Mark Richt steadfastly refused to comment on severity of the penalty. He said repeatedly that his team is only going to focus on “things we can control.’’

LAKE VIEW — East Clarendon’s volleyball team defeated Lake View 3-0 on Wednesday in the 1A lower state quarterfinals at the LVHS gymnasium. ECHS won by scores of 25-20, 25-22 and 25-17. The Lady Wolverines, who are now 21-4-2 on the season and have won 13 straight, will host Charleston Charter at 6 p.m. on Tuesday at the ECHS gymnasium. EC was led by senior captain Jesse Beasley’s 11 service points. Taylor Cusaac had eight service points, an ace and two kills. Makayla Anderson had eight service points and an ace. Ty’Quasha Kennedy led the team with five blocks and added two kills. Ansley McElveen also added an ace in the victory.

CORRECTIONS Quinn Hipp was the starting quarterback for Manning High School in its 14-6 varsity football victory over Crestwood on Friday. He was incorrectly identified in Saturday’s edition of The Sumter Item. Sumter High School football player Ky’Jon Tyler has been selected to play in the Shrine Bowl. A story in Wednesday’s edition said Tyler was selected to play in the Touchstone Energy Cooperatives North-South allstar game. LONG-TIME MISSOURI ICON KADLEC DIES AT 86

COLUMBIA, Mo. — John Kadlec, the University of Missouri sports icon whose Tigers career spanned more than a half-century as player, coach, administrator and broadcaster, has died. He was 86. The school said Kadlec, known as “Mr. Mizzou,’’ died early Wednesday. Football coach Gary Pinkel said in a statement that Kadlec “was a ball coach, plain and simple.’’ Kadlec played for coach Don Faurot in the 1940s and served as assistant under Dan Devine and Al Onofrio. He was a radio game analyst for 16 seasons and was also long-time director of the Tiger Scholarship Fund. From staff, wire reports

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LMA FROM PAGE B1 to play them when we’re healthy.” LMA boasts the league’s top defense in points allowed per game with a mere 10.4 while averaging 36.3. Briggs credits several factors for the success of his team. “No. 1, we’re a year older; No. 2, the kids worked real hard in the offseason; No. 3, Coach (Elmer) Bench on the defensive staff has been a big plus for us,” Briggs said. “I think me being here for another seven months is also a big plus to whereas before we were kind of just starting out. I didn’t really start until June of last year and just being here for a complete year I think tells the story.” Offensively the Swampcats rely on their running game to get them going. “Tyshawn Epps is the guy for us that makes things happen, and he’s had a good year for us thus far,” Briggs said. “J.T. Ep-

BARONS FROM PAGE B1 last year’s (state championship) team and they’re different teams.” WH, which is just 2-2 on the road and a perfect 5-0 at home, will be facing the league’s top defense, but counters with a very balanced offense. LMA, is allowing 10.4 points a game. “It’s an important game because it’s the last regular- season game, and you’re playing for seeding in the playoffs,” Lane said. “But I would wonder how they’re planning defensively to play a team that rushes for 370 yards one week (against Heathwood) and throws for 300 the week before (against Pinewood Prep)? So I think any questions that we have about the excellence they’ve had

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pley is our quarterback, and he’s just a senior that has played quarterback for three years and worked his tail off, and had a really good season for us. Adam Lowder brings another dimension to us offensively because he’s more of a physical runner. He was out last week and will be back this week.” LMA will face a 7-2 WH team that is 5-2 in league play and is averaging 32.3 points while allowing 15.1. “Offensively they remind me a lot of a Furman University-type team in that it’s a quarterbackdriven offense,” Briggs said. “They make you defend the entire field, and they’re very balanced. They’re so balanced it’s scary. “We need to secure the football and have to get off to a fast start,” Briggs said. “The last couple of games offensively we have not gotten off to a fast start. Defensively, we can’t allow them to have big plays because they have big plays every week, and we need to be sound in our

special teams play.” No matter what happens on Friday, the teams could meet again in two weeks should each team win their playoff opener. Eppley is confident that’s what’s going to happen. “We’ll see them again in two weeks, but we want to have a home playoff game so it’s a big game,” he said. “Especially, offensive-wise, we’ve just got to get clicking. I feel like what we’ve been practicing on this week is going to help our offense. “It’s all about confidence this Friday night and we have confidence within ourselves,” Eppley said. “If we do our jobs offensive and defensive-wise, just read our keys and making changes on offense when we need to. we have everything we need to win this game we just have to do our jobs.” Oddly enough both teams are opposites of one another when it comes to success on the road and at home. WH is 5-0 at Spencer Field while LMA is 5-0 on the road.

on defense, I would hope our balance on offense is going to present some questions for them as well.” Sophomore quarterback McLendon Sears leads the Barons offense with 1,339 passing yards and 16 touchdowns, completing 92 of 129 passes while throwing eight interceptions. He is also the team’s leading rusher with 642 yards and 14 touchdowns on 107 carries. Junior John Ballard is the second-leading rusher with 538 yards and two scores on 95 totes. Robert James also has 269 yards and three TDs on 51 totes. Junior Brent Carraway and James lead the team in receiving with 336 and 334 yards, respectively, and seven combined touchdowns. Senior Cody Hoover and Ballard are the next

big targets with 244 and 240 yards, respectively, and also a combined seven touchdowns. “Our offensive line has matured and played well,” Lane said. “We have a young quarterback who has come in and the offense has expanded each week and then we’ve had a lot of different skill people that touch the football.” Wilson Hall senior middle linebacker John Wells Baker, who leads the team with 121 total tackles, including three for a loss and has three quarterback sacks, said the Barons defense is just as good as the Swampcats. “I would say we all play together,” Baker said. “We each play our responsibilities, and I think if we play like the way we can on Friday we can give them a tough battle.”

PLAYOFF FROM PAGE B1 Friday when it plays host to New Covenant out of North Carolina. However, the Wolverines’ hopes for making the 1A Division I state playoffs will all depend on what happens a few miles down U.S. Highway 378 in Pamplico. The Wolverines are finished with play in Region VII and are 2-2. Hannah-Pamplico, 3-0 in the region, is playing host to 2-1 Timmonsville, and EC needs H-P to win the game. That would leave East Clarendon and Timmonsville tied for second in the region and since the Wolverines beat Timmonsville, they would be deemed the second-place team. That would give EC extra points in the convoluted 1A points system, enough to earn a spot in the playoffs.

SCOTT’S BRANCH AT C.E. MURRAY Although Scott’s Branch is just 1-8 on the season and 0-3 in Region VII-1A, it still has a chance at making the playoffs due to the points system. It can still make the playoffs win or lose against 3-6 C.E. Murray, depending on the outcome of some other contests.

THOMAS SUMTER AT CARDINAL NEWMAN Thomas Sumter Academy clinched the No. 4 spot from SCISA

Region I-2A in the state playoffs with a 46-0 victory over The King’s Academy last week. The 3-6 Generals will just try to build some momentum going into the playoff matchup against Region II champion Northwood by defeating 3A Cardinal Newman, which is 2-7.

TRINITY-BYRNES AT ROBERT E. LEE Robert E. Lee Academy knows for certain that if it beats TrinityByrnes at McCutchen Field on Friday, it is in the playoffs. The Cavaliers could be seeded second, which would bring a home playoff game, third or fourth, depending upon the outcome of the game between Holly Hill and Dillon Christian. REL, 5-4, can still make the playoffs should it lose, but it could also miss out, again depending upon the Holly Hill-Dillon Christian outcome.

CAROLINA ACADEMY AT CLARENDON HALL Clarendon Hall will be the No. 2 seed from SCISA 8-man Region II regardless of whether it wins or loses against Carolina Academy, but it would much rather go into the playoffs with a 9-1 record and on a 6-game winning streak. The Saints will open the playoffs at home next week against the No. 3 team from Region I, which will likely be Cathedral Academy.

OBITUARIES CARRIE W. SCARBOROUGH Carrie Wilson Scarborough was born on Jan. 24, 1944, in St. Charles, to proud parents the late Leo and Louise Scott Wilson. Carrie departed this life on the morning of Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014, at her home. She attended Lee County public schools and SCARBORgraduated from OUGH Mount Pleasant High School. Later she continued educational studies in early childhood development at the University of South Carolina. Mrs. Scarborough was previously employed by Bishopville Lee Day Care Center and retired from Becton-Dickenson after more than 20 years of service. Carrie was a loving wife, mother and servant. Carrie joined Mount Moriah United Methodist Church at an early age. While there, she joined the Mt. Moriah inspirational choir, directed the children’s choir and was a member of the usher board. She later joined her husband at St. Mark Baptist Church, where she was a member of the St. Mark jubilee choir, St. Mark inspirational choir, Vacation Bible School instructor, senior citizen ministry and president of the Rev. T.O. Everett children’s choir. Mrs. Scarborough was also a member of the NAACP and Willing Works Club of Sumter. Deaconess Scarborough had a craft in which she received certifications in designing floral arrangements and baking/cake decorating in Sumter. With this craft, she became the leader of the floral committee at St. Mark Baptist Church, where she either completed or arranged the flowers of the church. Carrie leaves to cherish loving memories to her husband of 53 years, Deacon Levi Scarborough of the home; five children, Michael Tyrone (Marilyn) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Levi Jr. (Bertha) of Kennesaw, Georgia, Jennifer Levonde (Thomas) Traylor of Marietta, Georgia, Christopher Lamont of Decatur, Georgia, and Tavarres Obguwan of Charlotte, North Carolina; two sisters, Georgia Evans and Frances Wilson of St. Charles; three brothers, Robert Lee Wilson (Dorothy

Hudson) and Joseph Wilson of St. Charles and Sam Commander of Sumter; one sisterin-law, Irene Matthews of Baltimore, Maryland; two grandsons; one great-grandson; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by one brother, Maxwell Wilson. Public viewing will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. on Friday at Job’s Mortuary. A wake service will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday at St. Mark Baptist Church, 510 Manville-Wisacky Road, Bishopville. The body will be placed in the gym of Lee Central Middle School at noon on Saturday for viewing until the hour of service. Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Lee Central Middle School, 1800 Wisacky Highway, Bishopville, with Pastor Darren Dixon officiating and the Rev. Byron Wilson, eulogist. Interment will follow in Levi & Carrie Scarborough Memorial Garden, Mayesville. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Lord’s Supper Ministry of St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church. The family is receiving friends at 1290 Swimming Pen Road, Mayesville. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements. Online memorials may be sent to the family at jobsmortuary@sc.rr.com or visit us on the web at www.jobsmortuary. net.

META E. ESENWEIN Meta Elizabeth Esenwein, 84, departed this life on Monday, Oct. 27, 2014, at her residence. She was born on Jan. 11, 1930, in Stuttgart, Germany, a daughter of the late Otto and Maria Musch Frey. Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Job’s Mortuary Inc.

of Sumter.

MINNIE L. JACKSON Minnie Loyd Jackson, 90, widow of Louie Jackson, died on Monday, Oct. 27, 2014, at Sumter Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born on Sept. 20, 1924, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of Eddie and Minnie Keith Loyd. The family is receiving friends and relatives at the home of Edward Loyd, 707 Brockington St., Sumter. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

MICHELL E. CUNNINGHAM Michell E. Holmes Cunningham, 54, died on Monday, Oct. 27, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born on Dec. 3, 1954, in Linden, New Jersey, she was a daughter of Arthur and Lillie Mae McLaughlin Holmes. The family is receiving friends and relatives at the home of Gloria McLaughlin, 52 Carrol Drive. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

CYNTHIA L. SINGLETON SUMMERTON — Cynthia L. Singleton, age 49, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital, Manning. Born on Friday, Oct. 1, 1965, in Clarendon County, she was a daughter of DuVall “W.C.” and Mary R. Singleton. The family is receiving friends at the home of her mother, 1197 Clifton Road, Summerton. Professional services entrusted to Dyson’s Home for Funerals of Summerton.

HUGH S. BRUNSON JR. MANNING — Hugh Stephen “Rick” Brunson Jr., 85, widower of Martha Adelaide Shorter and Vivian Kelly

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Brunson, died on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital. Born on June 23, 1929, in Manning, he was a son of the late Hugh Stephen Sr. and Viola Adelaide Barrineau Brunson. He was a retired farm mechanic and a member of Bethlehem United Methodist Church. He is survived by a daughter, Rhonda “April” Johnston of Manning; two stepdaughters, Debra Richbourg and Sharon Cales (Pete), both of Manning; a stepson, Will Kelly of Manning; five stepgrandchildren; a number of step-great-grandchildren; two brothers, Raymond Brunson (Kanda) of Greenwood and Ashley Brunson (Daisy) of Cades; three sisters, Gladys Griffin of Manning, Agnes Pittman (Jerry) of Cayce and Kathryn Harrington of Sumter; a sister-in-law, Mildred “Midge” Brunson of Greenwood; and a number of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a brother, Duward Brunson. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday in the chapel of Stephens Funeral Home with the Rev. John Patrick officiating. Burial will follow in Jordan United Methodist Church cemetery. Pallbearers will be Don Brunson, C.W. Brunson, Gibby McNair, Jimmy Davis, Steve Brunson and Edward Brunson. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home of C.W. and Margaret Lynn Brunson, 2830 Plowden Mill Road, Alcolu. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 128 Stonemark Lane, Columbia, SC 29210 or to the Alzheimer’s Association, SC Chapter, 3223 Sunset Blvd., Suite 100, W. Columbia, SC 29169-3496. Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St.,

Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome.org

MARION TISDALE BISHOPVILLE — Marion Janie Mabry Tisdale passed away quietly on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014, at home surrounded by her family. She was born in 1917 to the late Herman Watson Mabry and Janie Davenport Mabry of Greenwood. She graduated from Winthrop College in 1938. She worked as a home demonstration agent for the state of South Carolina. She taught school at Myrtle Beach High School, Shaw Air Force Base Primary, Hillcrest Primary, West Hartsville Elementary and Bishopville Primary. She was a dedicated member of Bethlehem United Methodist Church. She attended the Constance Herbert Sunday School Class and served as a teacher for this class for many years. She was also a member of the Eva Woodham Circle and the Forever Young Seniors group. She was preceded in death by her husband, Woodrow Wilson Tisdale; three sisters, Bertha, Beatrice, and Lydia; and two brothers, Howard and Watson. She is survived by two daughters, Angelle Horton (Roderick) and Miriam Laney (Brig); five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Graveside services will be held at 4 p.m. on Friday in the Bethlehem United Methodist Church cemetery with the Rev. Larry Watson officiating. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the home, 529 N. Main St., Bishopville. Memorials may be made to Bethlehem United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 167, Bishopville, SC 29010. Hancock-Elmore-Hill Funeral Home of Bishopville is in charge of the arrangements.

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it. But recognize that if you don’t, it will distance you from her. If your friend’s relationship is dysfunctional now, just wait until after she and her fiance are married, because it isn’t going to magically get better. This young woman is going to need all the support she can get from her friends in the years ahead. DEAR ABBY — Every year, my children choose to attend Thanksgiving with their inlaws or friends rather than come to our home. Then they ask me to prepare a celebration the day after or another day. My husband and I feel left out. It’s plain that we are considered “second” and the kids come only because they feel guilty. Preparing a meal is expensive and time-consuming.

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Fall Sale Palmetto Cornish Chickens (2nds) $12.00/box (12 birds a box) Palmetto Farm Supply 335 Broad St. Sumter, SC 29150 Oct. 27 - Nov 8, 2014 While supplies last. Flowers Farm Produce 2037 Summerton Hwy 1 mi. N of Summerton, Hwy 15 M-F 9-5 Sat 9-3. Homegrown fresh vegetables. U pick tomatoes.

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Estate Sale 516 N Nettles St Bishopville SC Sat Nov 1, 2014 7am-? Furniture, hshld items, clothes & home for sale. Contact 803-229-0368 for more info.

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Bristol General Contractors, LLC has openings for both Carpenters and Laborers located at Shaw Air Force Base, SC. This is a regular, full-time, benefit-eligible position and is expected to last approximately 18 months.

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NEWMAN'S TREE SERVICE Tree removal, trimming & stump grinding. Lic & Ins. J.B. McLeod, Sr. Earthly Sunrise 10-30-1948 Earthly Sunset 03-17-2013 You left precious memories Death could not steal. Tho, it left a heartache That will never heal.

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Senior Living Apartments for those 62+ (Rent based on income) Shiloh-Randolph Manor 125 W. Bartlette. 775-0575 Studio/1 Bedroom apartments available EHO

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W. Calhoun 2BR//1.5BA, newly renovated. Full kit, C//H//A. water incl, $525. Prudential 774-7368. HOLLY COURT APARTMENTS located in Manning, currently have spacious one and two bedroom apartments for rent. Fully carpeted with central air and heat, water and sewer included. Please call to inquire about our Move in Special. ( 803) 435-8786 or (803) 983-9281.

Unfurnished Homes 304 Haynsworth 3BR 2BA , Hrdwd flrs, fenced yard. $795/mo + $1,000 Dep. Good credit needed. Agent owned 468-1612 4 br, 2 ba, Living/Dining rm. Den & Laundry rm. dble carport. 200 Crestwood. $900 mo. w/ 1 yr lease. Will owner finance to qualified buyer. h- 775-8840 or c- 491-4026 N. Guignard 3BD 2BA lg. back yard,. $900 + $900 dep. 41 Inglewood Dr. 3BD 1BA $750 + $750dep All are like new brick homes include, washer/dryer hookup, hardwood floors, appliances. Call 803-773-1838 or 803-316-7958 3BR 1BA lrg rooms, C/H/A, $600 Mo. Pet OK. Off Hwy 441 803-983-8172 LV msg No Sec. 8

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1989 Palm Harbor MH- brick foundation, 3BR 2BA All Kit Appliances, on 2 acre corner lot, 1797 Sq Ft. $68,500 Call 236-0865 3BR 1BA on 1 acre of land $49,000 Call 803-775-5638 Furmished 14x70 MH w/Florida Room facing water on deeded water front lot, boat house, owner may finance. Call 803-473-4382

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1987 Singlewide, 2 br, 1.5 ba, on rented lot, make offer. Call 803-607-9301.

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Land & Lots for Sale 2 ac, Manning, Lake Marion. Will perk, 5 mins. to water. M.H. welcome. Paved road, lightly wooded. $19,900. Owner will finance. Down payment. $2,000. Payment, $202. Call anytime. 473-7125 For Sale by Owner 31ac. farm 5 miles from Sumter call 803-427-3888

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To be considered for any available Foreclosure Intervention, you may communicate with and otherwise deal with the Plaintiff through its law firm, Korn Law Firm, P.A., Post Office Box 12369, Columbia, SC 29211, or call (803) 252-5817. Korn Law Firm, P.A., represents the Plaintiff in this action and does not represent you. Under our ethical rules, we are prohibited from giving you any legal advice.

UNITS FOR AUCTION A-8 - LAKEISHA BROGDON B-30 - PATSY MOORE C-22 - MARIE MACK C-28 - GWENDOLYN BENJAMIN C-33 - JOHN W. SUMTER C-37 - SHAIKEENAN MCDOWELL C-38 - JUQUIETTA MCFADDEN D-2 - ASHLEY STUKES F-6 - MARGARET JOHNSON F-18 - NASHAWN DAVIS F-25 - ROYAL PRIESTHOOD

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Reconditioned batteries $35. New batteries, UBX 75-7850. Golf cart batteries, 6V. exchange $300 per set, while they last. Auto Electric Co. 803-773-4381

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