October 3, 2015 by The Sumter Item

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ered to their homes. “We do not want to put our independent contractors in harm’s way, and we trust that our customers will understand,” he said. During the weather emergency, The Sumter Item will remove the pay wall to its website, www.theitem.com, so that it can keep all residents informed of the latest developments.

Find extensive emergency weather information on page A2 of today’s Sumter Item, including where to find emergency shelter and what to do in emergency situations. Also, keep an eye on www. theitem.com for updates on closings and postponements and other weather-related developments.

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Forecasts call for nearly a foot of rain to fall through Monday

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Robert Baugh, an employee of Sumter Lowe’s, loads bags of sand onto a cart for a customer Friday afternoon. The store sold almost all of its 900 bags Friday but will have more arriving today.

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In what is being called a “possibly catastrophic” event, forecasters are predicting more than 10 inches of rain in the Sumter area through Monday morning, according to Doug Anderson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Columbia. “Most of the models are in good agreement in showing a tropical plume of moisture being transported right through the center of the state,” he said. A complex pattern has set up that is creating the potential for flooding, he said. “What has set up is a strong upper level low that is continuing to deepen over the Florida Panhandle region,” he said. “We have a large high pressure system well to our north that is acting as a blocking high.

“What that is doing, is that as that upper level low continues to strengthen, we have a front that is stalled offshore, and it is beginning to tap tropical moisture off of Hurricane Joaquin, and it is transporting moisture across that front and into South Carolina,” Anderson said. The specific location of the heaviest rain is still difficult to determine, he said. “Subtle changes in the position of the hurricane, the upper level low and the blocking high above can adjust that swath of moisture,” he said. He said heavy rains were expected to begin in Sumter after sunset Friday night. Speaking Friday afternoon, he said there have already been heavy rains in eastern North Carolina, the northeastern part of South Carolina and along the coast.

Shaw braces for inclement weather BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com With a foot or more of rain heading to the Sumter area, Shaw Air Force Base must make preparations just as the surrounding communities, said Lt. Jennifer Hyden of the base’s public affairs office. “Through our commanders, we are really encouraging our people to be aware this weekend and take the appropriate actions ahead of time knowing that we could have flooding this weekend,” she said. The base, which as of Friday was posting “hurricane condition four” (HURCON 4, as hurricane conditions get closer, the HURCON number gets lower), which indicates the possibility of 58 mph winds within 96 hours, is required by law to use the National Hurricane Center when designating its hurricane condition, Hyden said. These are separate ratings from the National Weather Service’s

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It’s not too late to prepare for storm

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It’s hard to know if Cynthia Brown’s household is typical of area residents, as far as preparing for the extreme weather meteorologists are forecasting. Walking to her car after shopping at the Piggly Wiggly on Friday afternoon, Brown said she was “just buying regular groceries.” “We already have a family plan,” she said. “We all sat down when they first started talking about how bad it could get, and we decided what we needed to do if we do have a flood and lose power.” Because they prepared, Brown and her 10-year-old daughter, Destiny, weren’t overly concerned. “We have (emergency) lights and candles, pretty much everything we need if the lights go out.” “There’s nothing we can do to prevent it,” she said. Having done all they can, Brown said — “We’ve got (nonperishable) food and a second place to go if

Sumter city and county officials are urging people to use extreme caution while traveling around town this weekend in response to warnings of flash flooding in the area. The City of Sumter is asking residents to expect road closures or delays this weekend because of the anticipated six to 12 inches of rain expected to fall, according to a news release from Sumter Communications Director Shelley Kile. The city also asks that flooded areas and roadways blocked by debris be reported to City Public Works at (803) 436-2558. Residents should never try to cross or wade into flood waters, states the release. Sumter Police Department will also monitor roadways, neighborhoods and business districts throughout the flood watch period. Local law enforcement and the city will keep the community up to date through the city’s website, www.sumtersc. gov and various social media outlets. Sumter Public Works Director Al Harris said the depart-

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While bread seemed to be in good supply before 5 p.m. Friday, many grocers said they expected customers to buy a supply for the duration of the storm as well as items such as peanut butter and canned tuna.

ment is prepared for whatever the weather brings. He said storm drains in low lying areas of the city may overflow because of the heavy rain, but the water will go down in time. He said public works staff will be monitoring the drain systems during the weekend and any issues should be reported to the department. Calls can be made day or night, and a truck will be dispatched, Harris said. Sumter County Assistant Public Works Director Karen Hyatt said the department hopes the multiple inches of rain predicted to fall this weekend will not come down in one day. If the rain falls during the three day period, we should be fine, she said. However, Hyatt said if any roads do get washed out, residents can call Sumter County Sheriff’s Office dispatch center, (803) 436-2774, and the information will be relayed to public works employees. Hyatt said employees will attempt to fix any issues but if nothing can be done this weekend because of the rain, roads will be closed off until

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2015

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Sumter County Fair set to stay open 9 a.m.-2 p.m. — Commercial exhibits removed 2-3:30 p.m. — Individual entries removed 2-3:30 p.m. — Premium checks picked up 3, 5 and 7 p.m. — Bear Mountain Wildlife Shows 9 p.m. — Midway closes

FROM STAFF REPORTS The American Legion Post 15 Fair has no plans to close, said fair secretary Kimberly Geddings. “We plan to stay open,” she reiterated, noting that it was not raining at 3:30 p.m. Friday. “The carnival (Reithoffer Shows) said they will continue to be open, too,” Geddings said.”We plan to be open Saturday and Sunday. Come out and see us.” The fair will close if it rains for more than three hours straight.

Today, Oct. 3 10 a.m. — Gates open to public 10 a.m.-9 p.m. — Exhibits on display Noon — Judging: Pony and horse show Noon, 6 and 8 p.m. — Bear Mountain Wildlife Shows Midnight — Midway closes

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Riders yell as they ride the Pharaoh’s Fury at the Sumter County Fair.

ALL DAY, EVERY DAY • Rockin’ a Ranch Petting Zoo • Lawton Trout Farm • Red Dragon Laser Tag • Farm and Garden Show • Sports Expo • Art Show • Flower Show

LAST DAY – Sunday, Oct. 4 1:30 p.m. — Gates open to public 6 a.m. — Livestock removed

Officials offer tips Unseen hazards of flooding may prove difficult to clean up on how to stay ‘I wouldn’t leave it safe this weekend ( flood water) BY RICK CARPENTER rick@theitem.com

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com Sumter County Emergency Management Director Erik Hayes is recommending everyone stay indoors this weekend, with rain expected to reach as many as 20 inches in some parts of the state. Hayes said he has been in contact with emergency and law enforcement departments who are prepared for potentially inclement weather. He said the city and county water and sewer departments have been checking drainage systems to make sure they are cleared of debris. Sumter Fire Department Battalion Chief Joey Duggan said the department is adding life vests and floatation devices to its fire trucks, as a precautionary measure. Duggan said the department also has access to boats should it become necessary. South Carolina’s electric cooperatives are issuing a reminder about possible flooding of electrical equipment that could come in contact with water. “Water and electricity don’t mix,” Duggan said. “We recommend turning off the main breaker or fuse box and unplugging appliances if your house floods.” Other safety tips include: • If you see a downed power line, stay away and call 911. If you’re driving and a power line falls across your vehicle, stay inside until help arrives. • If water covers electrical outlets or plugged-in cords, stay away. The same goes if you hear crackling or popping sounds. • Before entering a flood-

damaged WANT TO home or LEARN building, MORE? make sure the power is Visit off and don’t www.ecsc.org/ attempt to storm-center reset circuit breakers until all water has receded. • If your home loses power, call your local electric cooperative to report the outage, and make sure your utility has your current phone number and an email address. Local law enforcement officials said they have programs in place in which officers and deputies check up on senior citizens. Sumter Police Department has two programs in place, one in which seniors living alone call in on a daily basis, and another program in which officers go out to residences to assist homeowners, said Spokeswoman Tonyia McGirt. Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Spokesman Braden Bunch said the sheriff’s office is prepared for the potentially inclement weather and will bring in extra deputies to work this weekend if it becomes necessary. Bunch said the office also has a monitoring program of senior citizens. Sumter Police Department’s number is (803) 436-2700 and Sumter County Sheriff’s Office number is (803)-436-2000. To report power outages, called Duke Power at (800) 769-3766 or Black River Electric Cooperative at (844) 4312732. Additional safety and storm related information is available at www.ecsc.org/stormcenter.

If you experience flooding in your home, the owner of the local ServPro franchise says to shut off electricity immediately. Electrocution is the number one danger from floods, Lee Prushan said. Prushan of the ServPro in Sumter said most people he’s dealt with do not have flood insurance. But even though flood victims may not have the financial means to replace damaged floors, furniture and personal belongings, so he suggests calling a professional to get rid of the damaged material. He said flood waters are particularly unhealthy because they contain fecal matter, pesticides from

under any circumstance. ... I wouldn’t wait until it stops raining.’ LEE PRUSHAN ServPro in Sumter lawns, materials from drainage ditches and other things “you don’t want in your house.” “I wouldn’t leave it in my house under any circumstance,” Prushan said. For those who live in a flood zone, he suggested

people with two-story homes may want to move belongings from the first to the second floor to minimize damage. And once water starts coming in a door, there’s not much you can do, he said. Prushan said the minute you get damage in your home and you think you might need flood damage control and restoration, you should call to get on a waiting list because the lists can get long. “I wouldn’t wait until it stops raining,” he said. ServPro mobilizes service trucks to highly damaged areas and if Sumter gets hit hard as expected, Prushan will have support from other areas. To get on the ServPro waiting list, call (803) 7734331.

No plans to open emergency shelters BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Sumter County Emergency Management Director Erik Hayes said there are no current plans to open the public emergency shelters listed below. He said it is possible one or more shelters could be opened if a particular area or neighborhood is impacted to the point people must leave their residences. He said any information concerning the status of shelters would be announced to local media and by local law enforcement on social media and on their websites, www.sumterpd.com or www.sumtersheriff. org. Information is also be available through the American Red Cross at (803)540-1200. In the event public shelters are opened, they are listed as: • Mandatory Shelter — Sumter High School, 2580 McCrays Mill Road.

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• Reserve Shelters: — Alice Drive Middle and Elementary schools, 40 Miller Road; • Furman Middle School, 3400 Bethel Church Road; • Hillcrest Middle School, Highway 521 West, Dalzell; and • Mayewood Middle School, 4300 E. Brewing-

ton Road. Meanwhile, Sumter United Ministries homeless shelter, 320 W. Oakland Ave., will remain open all day Saturday and possibly into Sunday, depending on weather conditions and staffing ability. For more information and to find out if the shelter is open beyond its regular hours — 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. daily — call Shelter Director Walter Robertson at (803) 775-0024 or email walter@sumterunitedministries.org.

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Students describe horror of Oregon shooting BY JEFF BARNARD and GOSIA WOZNIACKA The Associated Press ROSEBURG, Ore. — Armed with multiple guns, a 26-yearold man walked into a morning writing class at a community college in a rural Oregon town and opened fire, hitting some students with multiple gunshots. One witness said the attacker demanded to know students’ religion before shooting them. Students in a classroom next door heard several shots, one right after the next, and their teacher told them to leave. “We began to run,” student Hannah Miles said. “A lot of my classmates were going every which way. We started to run to the center of campus. And I turned around, and I saw students pouring out of the building.” At least nine people were

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Harrell considers response to order CHARLESTON — Former House Speaker Bobby Harrell said he’ll decide in the coming weeks whether to pay more than $113,000 the House Ethics Committee ordered him to hand over. The Charleston Republican told The Post and Courier of Charleston that he’s considering his options. Harrell missed a midnight Thursday deadline that his former colleagues imposed on Sept. 1. The committee decided Harrell improperly paid his attorneys last year with campaign money, so Harrell must pay that amount to the state. Harrell pleaded guilty last fall to misusing campaign money for his private plane and had to resign. Committee Chairman Kenny Bingham said using campaign donations for legal defense is permitted if the lawmaker is ultimately cleared. If Harrell doesn’t pay, the committee will discuss its next step at an upcoming meeting.

Volvo hopes to invest $1B in S.C. by 2030 RIDGEVILLE — Volvo hopes to create 4,000 jobs and invest $1 billion at its Berkeley County automobile plant by 2030. The State newspaper reported that documents it obtained through the Freedom of Information Act show the company has promised to invest $600 million and hire 2,000 workers by the end of 2023. In return, the company is getting more than $200 million

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Meriah Calvert, left, of Roseburg, Oregon, and another woman pray by candles spelling out the initials for Umpqua Community College after a candlelight vigil Thursday in Roseburg, Oregon. A man opened fire at the school before dying in a shootout with police. killed and seven others wounded Thursday, the fourth day of classes at Umpqua Community College in this former timber town 180 miles

south of Portland. The worst mass shooting in recent Oregon history was raising questions about security at the college with about 3,000 students.

“I suspect this is going to start a discussion across the country about how community colleges prepare themselves for events like this,” former college president Joe Olson said. The killer was identified as Chris Harper Mercer, according to a government official who was not authorized to speak publicly and provided the name on condition of anonymity. Mercer died after a shootout with police, who were not saying whether they knew of any motive. He had body armor and was armed with three pistols, a rifle and five additional magazines, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said in an incident report obtained by The Associated Press. The guns included a 9mm Glock pistol and a .40-caliber Smith & Wesson, both traced to the suspect. He also had a .40-caliber

Taurus pistol traced to someone in Portland and a .556-caliber Del-Ton. Mercer is not thought to have a criminal history. Investigators think he may have been a student at the college because a receipt found at the scene showed he purchased textbooks from the campus bookstore two days before the shooting. He lived in an apartment complex in nearby Winchester, where investigators found a number of firearms, Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin said Friday. A neighbor, Bronte Harte, told The Associated Press that Mercer “seemed really unfriendly” and would “sit by himself in the dark in the balcony with this little light.” Harte said a woman she thought to be Mercer’s mother also lived upstairs and was “crying her eyes out” Thursday.

Students plant a fall garden

in incentives from the state, Berkeley County and the state-owned utility Santee Cooper. Volvo broke ground at the facility near Ridgeville on Sept. 25. The plant is the company’s first auto manufacturing operation in North America. The company expects to begin hiring in 2017 and plans to produce its first cars in 2018.

Charleston schools face $18M shortfall CHARLESTON — Charleston County school board members said the school district is facing an $18 million shortfall after overestimating property-tax revenues and miscalculating payroll costs. District officials told Charleston local media on Thursday that the district will freeze hiring and curb out-ofdistrict travel. School board member Todd Garrett said the $18 million shortfall represents about 2 percent of the district’s budget. Garrett said the board’s Audit and Finance Committee is meeting Monday to discuss further cuts. Officials said the cuts are not expected to lead to layoffs or furloughs. Board member Chris Collins blamed the error, in part, on Chief Financial Officer Michael Bobby having been overloaded with wide-ranging responsibilities. Bobby declined The Post and Courier’s request to comment on the shortfall.

Above, Jennifer McCutchen, left front, assists Lower Lee Elementary School teacher Samantha Shaw’s fifth-graders in planting a garden of collard and cabbage plants at the school. At left, Shaw, center, and community member Ruby Gibbs, left, work with fifth-graders to plant a garden of collard and cabbage plants at the school. PHOTOS PROVIDED

AD-CLARENDON COUNTY INVITATION FOR BID-REAL PROPERTY Clarendon County is accepting SEALED BIDS on behalf of the FLC (Forfeited Land Commission) for the sale of FLC owned real property that was sold under tax execution for delinquent taxes at a County public auction.

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Art imitates life imitating art on ‘90210 Story’ BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH I’m always amused, and a little terrified, when real life imitates “The Simpsons.” Lifetime has outdone itself by casting Dan Castellaneta (the voice of Homer Simpson) to play TV legend Aaron Spelling in “The Unauthorized Beverly Hills, 90210 Story” (8 p.m. Saturday). Need I really say more? Actually, this is a case of art imitating life imitating art. Castellaneta portrayed Spelling once before in the 2004 NBC movie “Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of ‘Charlie’s Angels.’” The latest in a string of made-for-TV re-enactments, “90210” allows a cast of young performers to portray 1990s teen hotties now old enough to be stay-at-home moms and Lifetime audience members. Look for Samantha Munro (“Degrassi”) as Shannen Doherty and Abby Ross (“Once Upon a Time”) as Tori Spelling. The few clips made available feature scenes where the frisky teen thespians defy the network censors and grope one another on camera, provoking their TV daddy, Spelling, or his lieutenant, Darren Star (Adam Korson, “Hot in Cleveland”), to yell, “Cut!” Tiffani-Amber Thiessen is played by Alyssa Lynch, a relative newcomer. Her most notable credit is for appearing in “The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story.” I’m still waiting for “Charles in Charge Redux,” but I’m not holding my breath! • Miley Cyrus hosts and performs on “Saturday Night Live” (11:30 p.m., NBC, TV-14). It’s never healthy for a satire when its host and star is the show’s biggest punch line. • Has “Masterpiece” found a winning formula? Or is it stuck in a bit of a cozy rut? “Home Fires” (8 p.m. Sunday, PBS, TV-PG, check local listings) becomes the latest in a string of imported U.K. costume dramas set during war, when the absence of men challenged women to cast off class labels and gender assumptions and reach their full potential. Opening in August 1939, “Fires” stars Samantha Bond (“Downton Abbey”) as Frances Barden, a forward-thinking society woman who wants to wrest control of the local

Women’s Institute. The service organization has been controlled by the tradition-bound snob Joyce Cameron (Francesca Annis). Cameron is first seen trying to deny a woman a teaching job because she’s “too urban” and then trying to shut down the institute for the duration of the war, lest it fall prey to an undesirable sort and, worse, alien new ideas. She’s not the only heel in this handsome drama. Pat Simms (Claire Rushbrook), a fellow clubwoman, is bullied by her husband (Mark Bazeley), who demands that she limit her aspirations to serving him and him alone. In a nice twist, he’s cast not as a Neanderthal brute, but as a pretentious artiste wearing James Joyce spectacles, a failed author who vents his frustrations on his submissive wife. You can practically hear the audience at home hissing every time he appears on screen. With villains like those, “Fires” asks viewers to exult in small triumphs, such as women from every class banding together to make blackberry jam for the war effort. People watch series like this as much for the costumes and wallpaper as the plot. Perhaps that’s how “Fires” can recycle themes of solidarity and empowerment touched on in “Downton Abbey,” “The Bletchley Circle,” “Foyle’s War,” “The Paradise,” “Call the Midwife” and “Island at War,” among others. • After a harrowing year in Pakistan, “Homeland” (9 p.m. Sunday, Showtime, TV-MA) opens its fifth season with Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) on much safer ground. She’s in Germany. And in the first scene, she’s in church. After watching the intrepid CIA agent don a hijab and sneak into mosques so many times, it’s curious to see her receiving communion from a priest. What does this signify? Has the amoral agent turned a new page? Or has the war she has come to symbolize moved to Europe itself ? A place once referred to as Christendom? At first, “Homeland” seems to be about the new Carrie. She’s left the agency, taken a job with a big German philanthropy and settled down with a nice guy. She’s even being a doting mother to that baby

tain and The Weeknd appear on “The Graham Norton Show” (10 p.m., BBC America, TV-14).

SUNDAY’S SEASON OPENERS • Elizabeth assumes great authority when Air Force One goes missing on “Madam Secretary” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-14). • Alicia confronts her loss of elite status on “The Good Wife” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14). • Tourists are drawn to a Texas town’s curious reputation on “The Leftovers” (9 p.m., HBO, TV-MA). • Russell (Ted Danson) transfers from Las Vegas on “CSI: Cyber” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14). • Noah and Helen’s divorce plans do not go smoothly on “The Affair” (10 p.m., Showtime, TV-MA).

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Claire Danes stars as Carrie Mathison in “Homeland,” which begins its fifth season at 9 p.m. Sunday on Showtime. she’s ignored for so long. But that doesn’t last long. “Homeland” has a spooky way of mirroring and anticipating real events in the war on terror. And season five not only touches on a Snowden-like leak of classified material, it travels to the Middle East, where chaos in Syria threatens Europe itself with an ocean of refugees. Who’da thunk that? Some years back, President Obama said he was a big fan of “Homeland.” You have to wonder if he’s still watching. In one scene, Carrie’s weary confederate Peter Quinn (Rupert Friend) is being debriefed after two years in Syria by military brass and CIA brass, including Carrie’s estranged mentor Saul (Mandy Patinkin). When a general wonders if “our strategy is working,” Quinn snaps, “What strategy?” It’s not clear how long “Homeland” can go on with Carrie and Saul not on speak-

ing terms. For the record, she’s sober now, too. And there isn’t one shot of her downing antipsychotic drugs in the first two episodes. Has she been cured of her demons? Or is she just on her way to the mother of all breakdowns?

SATURDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS • Ricardo Montalban outShatners William Shatner in the 1982 adventure sequel “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” (8 p.m., IFC). • Rob Morrow stars in the 2015 shocker “Night of the Wild” (9 p.m., Syfy), about a meteor strike’s effect on a small town’s dog population. • Walter helps Rosalie find her husband on “Blunt Talk” (9 p.m., Starz, TV-MA). • An injured Cam makes a new friend on “Survivor’s Remorse” (9:30 p.m., Starz, TVMA). • Matt Damon, Jessica Chas-

• Scheduled on “60 Minutes” (7 p.m., CBS): Google’s driverless car; a search for unmarked graves from the Holocaust; the Kennedys and alcohol. • The New Orleans Saints host the Dallas Cowboys in “Sunday Night Football” (8:20 p.m., NBC). • Released in 1958, “The Big Country” (8 p.m., TCM) has, arguably, the best Western theme music of all time. • “Art Breakers” (8 p.m., Ovation) discusses collecting art as culture and as an investment. • Wick covers up his misdeed on “Blood & Oil” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-PG). • Civil strife provides an opening for the shuffling hordes on “Fear the Walking Dead” (9 p.m., AMC, TV-MA). • Alex must hide from her former classmates on “Quantico” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).

SUNDAY SERIES The mysteries of barbecue on “The Simpsons” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-PG) * Regina shields Emma on “Once Upon a Time” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * Shifting personnel on “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (8:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * A Father’s Day hunt on “Family Guy” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Phil and Carol scramble to find each other on “Last Man on Earth” (9:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14). Copyright 2015, United Feature Syndicate

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‘Sit and reflect’ at USC Sumter exhibitions BY JANE G. COLLINS Special to The Sumter Item Two exhibits at University of South Carolina Sumter offer a delightful opportunity to sit and reflect. Dave Robbins and David Sanders, both members of Sumter Artists’ Guild, bring a strong affinity for nature although they differ in their approach. In the Upstairs Gallery in the Williams-Brice-Edwards Administrative Building, “If Only It Were A Dream,” by Columbia artist Robbins, serves as a strong testimony to his background as a landscape designer at Woodley’s Garden Center. The Elephant Ear webpage quotes Robbins’ fascination with “the magic hour just as day turns to dusk.” His compositions seem to revisit the Impressionists’ desire to grab their newly developed oil tubes and head outside during various times of day to capture the impact of time on their surroundings. His artistic statement stresses the sense of “the unnatural in the natural landscape ... creating a scene (that) feels both familiar and unknowable (and) forces us to slow down and consider the elements of our own reading of the natural world.” His compositions certainly encourage reflection. Painting No. 1 establishes Robbins’ recurring images — barren branches against differing hued skies, water and minimally defined shoreline. He places the silver gray limbs reaching out against a beautiful turquoise sky to create a picture that is both restful and cold. Landscape No. 5 uses an almost monochromatic color scheme, covering the extensive water and minute shoreline with a gray haze. Robbins’ dramatic No. 6 pictures a dark blackish-gray-colored sky where the clouds seem to boil from the horizon into the upper atmosphere. The water is dark, tinged with blue, black and gray, the shoreline even darker. The same basic composition in No. 9 exudes a different feel.

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David Sanders’ small paintings in his USC Sumter exhibition “reflect his detailed, intricately executed shapes and vivid colors to emphasize energy and motion.” The show in the Umpteenth Gallery can be seen through Oct. 15. Admission is free, and the public is invited to view the exhibit during regular business hours. Although the skyline is still dark, the turquoise blue water and expansive sky, a mixture of flowing white, pale blue and delicate peach, give the painting an expansive, open, restful appeal. Two small but effective works, No. 10 and No. 11, charge the atmosphere with emerging darkness, stretching branches in No. 10 across the small emotive canvas. His large painting No. 12 presents a strong contrast, using the same basic fea-

tures but managing to make them appear almost surreal with intensity. Located in the Umpteenth Gallery in the Arts and Letters Building, “Wood and Color Creations,” by local artist Sanders, also underscores the artist’s strong appreciation of nature through his use of wood. Sanders thinks “the recognition of the aesthetic beauty, the joy, the sadness, the triumphs and failures inherent in everyday life as well as my own

lighting the area with variexperiences informs my art ous shades of brown, orange and affirms my passionate yellow and a green — to give space on the planet.” He manages to capture the qual- great character to “Face Jug ity of wood texture and form, for Ms. Watson.” Form and movement are transforming these natural major components of Sanditems into exotic and evocaers’ paintings as well. Vivid tive sculptures. colors undulate into forms Sanders’ carefully chosen contrasted by the vase (or wood becomes “Demon Walk bowl) and round orange fruit Among Us,” as the sculpture seems to erupt from the base, at the base in “Rare Fields.” His large painting “Sometwisting into the reddish thing for Mustafa,” perhaps flame at the top. “Remnant” reflective of appears althe name most human common to in form, the the Muslim two-toned world and wooden base meaning the torso “the chosen and the one,” round, conmorphs into crete shape forms: a a head. wide-eyed Sanders’ face at the mixture of bottom, a leg the two elein the midments seems dle. The disnatural and jointed figuncontrived. In Dave Robbins’ painting No. 9 “skyline is still dark, the turquoise ure is sur“Totem” rounded by uses layered blue water and expansive sky, a mixture of flowing white, pale blue creatures: a tiers accenand delicate peach, give the paint- snake that tuated by ing an expansive, open, restful ap- swirls and dots of yelpeal.” Robbins’ work can be seen in moves low, orange, USC Sumter’s Upstairs Gallery throughout black, tan through Oct. 16. the composiand brown tion, a forceto create a fully colored figure dominated at the top with smooth, chicken head. His smaller paintings are two-toned wood and a face with vivid, almost cherry red intricately detailed and filled with design and movelips. Small “Uraeus,” named ment. “Crucifixion” gains after the sacred asp repregreat impact from Sanders’ sented on headdresses of anuse of design, encompassing cient Egyptian deities to the central figure in a red symbolize power, gains great circular shape and surpower from the face at the base to the almost tormented rounding the remaining composition with other reshape extending to the top. lated shapes but in different The combination of the colors. “Culture” is a clear form, shaped as though rendering of African culture ready to close like a clam or — the shield and mask make Venus flytrap, and the figure a clear statement. His other splayed against the back is small pictures reflect his deappropriately titled tailed, intricately executed “Trapped.” The deceptive shapes and vivid colors to simplicity of “Bewildered” emphasize energy and moexudes a special aura. The tion. head, looking slightly askew, Admission to the USC and dress delicately tinted in pink and teal, combine into a Sumter galleries is free. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., serene shape. By contrast, Monday through Friday. Sanders executes a fascinatRobbins’ paintings remain ingly carved nose, parted until Oct. 16, and Sanders’ eyes and open area where works leave on Oct. 15. the brain would be — high-

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Migrants now face cold temperatures First wave of bad weather hits Balkans BERKASOVO, Serbia (AP) — Afghan asylum seeker Asina Ansari stood ankledeep in mud on the border between Serbia and Croatia, clutching her feverish and shivering 2-year-old son Mohtar in a blanket. Their dream is to reach Sweden where she has an uncle. But as the teacher from Kabul stood in a cornfield with hundreds of other asylum seekers waiting for hot soup, that dream seemed far away. “I just want to get somewhere dry and warm,” she said feebly. “My boy is sick.” The journey for Ansari and thousands of asylum seekers hoping to find sanctuary in rich European Union nations took a turn for the worse this week. The onset of fall weather in the Balkans sent temperatures plummeting and brought relentless rain and biting winds. The weather spread despair among people on long and perilous journeys from war and poverty in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Aid

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A group of migrants head to cross a border line between Serbia and Croatia on Tuesday. Refugees from countries such as Syria, Iraq and Eritrea are used to warm climates without sudden weather changes. workers help the exhausted and the frightened, many with small children, like Ansari’s boy. The situation will get worse. Temperatures can drop below freezing as soon as November. “The refugees are not used to this,” said Davor Rako of the U.N. refugee agency. “They arrive here wearing shorts and no socks, shaking

with cold.” Refugees from countries such as Syria, Iraq and Eritrea are used to warmth without sudden weather shifts. The majority passing through the Balkans started their months-long journeys in the summer, unaware it would take so long to reach Western Europe. Many have traveled from

Turkey to Greece, and then set off on foot, walking north to Macedonia and Serbia. Those with children, in particular, have needed extra time. Several aid and medical groups were helping this week at Serbia’s border with Croatia, offering hot soup and tea, food and water. Volunteers handed out rain ponchos

and blankets. More than 87,000 people have entered Croatia from Serbia in the past two weeks, and the flow is not expected to wane, part of a human wave of more than 500,000 so far this year. There are volunteers and aid groups, but they can only do so much. Just a few hours spent near the border where migrants were crossing offered a searing snapshot of misery. As they lined up for warm drinks and food, the asylum seekers blinked in the rain or kept their heads low. Some carried infants on one arm and plastic bags of belongings on the other. Syed Ghadeer, a 16-year-old who traveled from Afghanistan, rolled up his trousers to the knees to avoid the mud, treading carefully on his tiptoes. “There is not so much rain in Afghanistan,” he said. A pregnant woman shivered with fever, covering her round belly with her hands and pushing through the crowd to reach a tent with doctors offering help. Children were crying, the tears on their faces mixing with raindrops on their cheeks. Those that cried the hardest had accidentally dropped their stuffed animals in the mud. They had to leave them behind, now too dirty to be carried on.

Again? Health care debate expands for 2016 WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s health care debate has been called an unhealthy political obsession. But if the 2016 presidential hopefuls have any say, it’s about to get bigger. The candidates in both parties are offering options across the political spectrum, from a system wholly run by the federal government to dialing back Washington’s commanding role. Behind the rhetoric, each approach has its pitfalls. On the left, part of the appeal of Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders is his years-long advocacy of “single payer,” a tax-supported, Medicare-like plan for all. The idea is in the political DNA of liberals, and Sanders as president would lead a movement to make it happen, his campaign says. On the right are the Republicans, united on repealing President Obama’s health care law but unable to agree on what should replace it. They wouldn’t stop with the Affordable Care Act either. Republicans also want curbs on Medicaid, to reduce spending and let states, not Washington, set the tone. Medicaid covers low-income and disabled people. In the middle — if one still exists on such a polarized issue — is Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton. She would keep the basic structure of Medicare, Medicaid and the Obama health law while making incremental changes. “The only person not in favor of ‘repeal and replace’ is Hillary Clinton,” quips Republican economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin. “There is a debate being presented to the American people: Do you want to go further left, or do you want to go in the direction conservatives are advocating? The person who is basically arguing for the status quo is Hillary Clinton.” This week Clinton proposed repealing an insurance tax in the health law that’s opposed by unions and big business but seen by experts as a needed brake on costs. She also wants to curb

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Presidential candidates from left, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Donald Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speak at various campaign stops across the country this week. After seven years of “Obamacare,” you might think voters would be tired of big ideas for revamping health care, but the candidates seem to have missed the memo. prescription drug prices and limit insurance cost shifting to consumers. A look at the three approaches and their potential drawbacks:

SINGLE PAYER If Sanders keeps gaining traction, the wonkish term for a governmentrun health care system could become a household word. His supporters say Obama’s hard-fought health overhaul hasn’t done nearly enough. “People are still one illness away from becoming bankrupt,” said Dr. Deb Richter, who practices near Montpelier, Vermont, and focuses on addiction treatment. “Obamacare was hyped as this savior, and it has not been that.” Supporters say having the government take charge of health care finances would slow the growth of spending, keep things affordable for patients and improve overall quality. A major pitfall is the switch from employer-based and private coverage to the single-payer plan. Money that employers and individuals now pay for premiums would have to be diverted to government coffers — a massive tax increase. “It’s a dead end,” said Princeton sociologist Paul Starr, a historian of the U.S. health care system. Supporters “don’t face up to the significant tax changes that would be necessary.”

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REPEAL AND REPLACE The Supreme Court upheld Obama’s law, and the president won re-election in 2012. That didn’t settle the debate but 2016 may. “For Republicans it’s their last chance to litigate the Affordable Care Act,” said Jim Capretta, an expert on entitlement programs at the conservative Ethics & Public Policy Center in Washington. “If they lose the election, the ACA is likely to become even more entrenched.” “Repeal” is a winning issue with the GOP’s political base, but the “replace” part gets tricky because Republicans don’t agree on an alternative. In the general election, the GOP counterproposal will be measured against the health care law’s progress in reducing the number of uninsured. A plan that repeals federal mandates and reduces insurance subsidies would probably leave more people uncovered. Republican front-runner Donald Trump says his replacement plan would be different. He’d make sure everybody in the country is covered, something not even Obama accomplishes. Trump says he’d make a deal with hospitals, and most people would still have private coverage. “There is not nearly enough to go on from Trump’s statements to assess

what he actually has in mind,” Capretta said. But the biggest pitfall for Republicans could be Medicare, not “Obamacare.” The party has previously advocated privatizing the insurance program for older Americans. In 2016, that would be asking for trouble. “Seniors have been tilting Republican in the last elections,” said Robert Blendon, a public opinion expert at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. “The only thing that could get them to tilt the other way is a Medicare proposal.”

CONTINUITY, MOSTLY Hillary Clinton established her credentials on health care in the 1990s, although she and her husband, thenPresident Bill Clinton, failed to pass the overhaul legislation they proposed. She lost the 2008 Democratic nomination to Obama, but he adopted key parts of her health plan. This time, Clinton is promising to build on Obama’s coverage expansion and smooth its rough edges while keeping Democrats’ traditional commitment to Medicare and Medicaid. The drawback is that Clinton’s middle way may be seen as uninspiring. “I think there is a hunger among Democrats to see something more happen,” Blendon said.

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FROM PAGE A1 rankings of the severity of hurricanes. “Our weather flights monitor the storm, but every declaration they make from a weather standpoint to move from one hurricane level to another is mandated by federal law, so we monitor the National Hurricane Center. We don’t make a move until they make a move,” she said. Hyden said an inclement weather page is available on the base’s webpage at www.shaw.af.mil. “It kind of walks you through some of the steps we take and what each condition level is,” she said. It is important to keep all base personnel informed, she said. “We take our personnel safety very seriously, so even in conjunction with following the National Hurricane Center we provide a bunch of information ahead of time. We know these storms can change in a matter of hours.” Hyden said commanders do recalls to

we need it — We’re just praying and hoping for the best. Prayer always works. “And my husband has a boat in the yard.” Less-prepared households still have some time to get ready. While most have some items needed in emergencies, such as flashlights, food and water, it’s a good idea to put together an emergency kit, put it in an easily accessible spot and let everyone in the house know where it is. Keep cellphones charged, as cordless and corded phones might not work in a power outage.

BASIC EMERGENCY KIT Here are some items to include: • Water — one gallon per household member per day (more if you have pets); • Food — canned food (tuna, peanut butter, for example), energy bars, dried food, crackers, etc.; • Pet food and supplies; • Manual can opener; • Wind-up or battery-powered flashlight and radio, with extra extra batteries; • First aid kit; • Special items such as prescription medications, infant formula and equipment for people with disabilities; • Extra house and car keys ; • Cash in smaller denominations, as ATMs and credit card readers may be out of order; and • A copy of your emergency plan and contact information in a waterproof container. Other helpful items: • A change of clothes for each family member; • Toilet paper and paper towels; • Hand sanitizers; and • Garbage bags for personal needs.

make sure they know where their personnel are. In a recall, commanders will make phone calls down their chain of command, she said. “The commander will call their superintendent, the superintendent will call some front line supervisors and the front line supervisors are responsible for getting in touch with their airmen to make sure everybody is OK and determine what their needs are,” Hyden said. “Then, that is all reported back up the command chain. “We have commanders do what we call ‘touch communications,’ and they reach out and make sure they have a plan in the event the roads are flooded,” she said. In the event the base access is limited, the base has communication channels established for commanders, she said. “If our base is cut off, we need to be able to get our people back on as soon as possible because our mission here and our mission overseas is 24-seven every day, 365 days a year,” Hyden said.

TRAVEL FROM PAGE A1 conditions are better. Except in the case of emergencies, Hyatt urges people to stay off the roads. But for those who plan to travel she said not to attempt to drive through flooded areas, no matter how shallow drivers think the water may be, and to be cautious driving down dirt roads. Harris said drivers should take caution while traveling the following roadways: • South Pike; • The intersection of Calhoun Street and North Lafayette Drive; • The intersection of Bultman Drive and Broad Street; and • The intersection of Wesmark Boulevard and

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Hayden said Friday it was her understanding the base is preparing for heavy flooding but exactly what conditions to expect were still unclear. “We are just making sure our personnel are equipped and ready if flooding does occur,” she said. She said airmen are asked to make sure they have secured their personal property and established communication via telephone. “We have areas on base that can flood, so we tell them if they have a vehicle in these areas to be sure they are moved to a higher location,” she said. She said there are cases where Air Force assets might be moved, but the public would not be informed until afterwards. “That is dictated by the weather,” she said. “If there were going to be winds so strong they could pick up and move millions of dollars of government assets, we are going to be sure to have those moved ahead of time. We want to make sure it is safe for us and the community.”

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Alice Drive. City officials encourage residents to: • Slow down and avoid entering sections of roads that appear flooded; • Disconnect electrical equipment, appliances and other items that could come into contact with rising water. If advised, gas and power should be turned off at the switch or valve; • Make sure you have emergency supplies such as flashlights, battery powered radios and adequate food and water; • Seek a safe place for your pets; and • Check on family members, neighbors and friends.

Anderson said it is fortunate the rains will not come in one long downpour. “Initially, we are looking at a flash flood threat as the heavy rains onset, but after that it is going to be spread out in bursts over that two-day timeframe,” he said. “It’s not going to be in six hours or 12 hours; it will be over 28 hours or longer.” The rains are expected to taper off late Monday and into Tuesday he said. As of Friday, he said the heaviest rainfall totals were expected to fall just south of the Sumter area. “We are expecting the heaviest rain from just south of Charleston up through Orangeburg, Bamberg and on up into Saluda and Greenwood,” he said. “Sumter is just on the

north side of where we expect the heaviest rainfall to be, but we are expecting a total through Monday of 10.8 inches.” Anderson said managers have already increased flows out of lakes Wateree and Murray to increase storage capacity when the heavy rains begin. He said the Congaree River is expected to get into flood stage by midday Saturday. “Up on the Wateree River, up near Camden, it’s going up rather quickly right now, and people need to be aware river levels are already rising as managers release water,” he said. “We are looking at the Wateree to go into minor flood stage by probably mid morning on Sunday.” He advised anyone seeking weather information to tune to weather radio or visit www. weather.gov/cae.

OBITUARIES ROY TEDDER JR. Roy Tedder Jr., 56, husband of Peggy Jean Griffin Tedder, died on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015, at Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. Born on Nov. 30, 1958, in Myrtle Beach, he was a son of Emilie Parker and the late Roy Tedder Sr. He was a former employee of Exide Battery in Sumter. He is survived by his wife and his mother; a son, Remington Tedder (Amy); a TEDDER daughter, Hollie Waters (Mikey); five grandsons, Noah, Nathan, Eli, Gauge and Wesson; a brother, Daniel Tedder; three sisters, Angela Russ, Rebecca Dixon, all of Sumter, and Ruth Osteen of Elloree. He was preceded in death by two grandchildren, Isabella and Kalib. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday in the chapel of Stephens Funeral Home with the Rev. Dale Turner officiating. Visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m. today at Stephens Funeral Home. Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome.org

SAMMIE LEE BRISBON CAMDEN — Sammie Lee Brisbon entered eternal rest

on Sept. 29, 2015, at KershawHealth Medical Center, Camden. The family is receiving friends at 107 Egypt Road, Camden. Visitation will be held from 1 to 6 p.m. today at the funeral home. Funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday at Mt. Calvary Holiness Church, Camden, with Evangelist Maggie Williams officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Calvary Holiness Church cemetery, Rembert. Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville, is in charge of arrangements.

DIANNE M. KELLY Dianne Montgomery Kelly was born on Dec. 20, 1953, to the late Sammy Dunham and Elloree Montgomery Lowery. She departed this life on Sept. 29, 2015, at her residence in Alcolu. Dianne accepted Christ at an early age and joined Westminister UP Church, where she served diligently as a deacon and president of the Spiritual Ensemble Choir. She was a graduate of Mayewood High School and Sumter Area Technical College, where she obtained her CNA certification. Dianne previously worked at Tuomey Hospital and National Healthcare of Sumter. She was later employed by Sumter Health and Rehab for more than 35 years, until her health declined.

She leaves to cherish her precious memories: two loving sons, Jerry Kelly of Sumter and Keith (Melissa) Kelly of District Heights, Maryland; two sisters, Thelma (Rubin Jr.) Billie of Gable and Ivory McCoy (Ernest) Rose of Alcolu; one brother, Richard (Shirley) Lowery of Alcolu; one aunt, Gloria Harrison of Baltimore, Maryland; three grandchildren, JerKeista Kelly, Jerrell Kelly and Keirel Kelly; special friend, Roger Jones; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, James Montgomery, Terry Lowery and Jimmy Lowery; one sister, Cynthia Wilson; one granddaughter, Madison Kelly; and one brother-in-law, John McCoy Sr. Public viewing will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. today at Job’s Mortuary. Ms. Kelly will be placed in the church at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday for viewing until the hour of service. Funeral service will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Alcolu, with Pastor Samuel Sparks officiating and Dr. Ella Busby, eulogist. Interment will follow in Wells Cemetery, Alcolu. The family will be receiving friends at the home, 4060 Relief Road, Alcolu. 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.

REMBERT SANDERS JR. Rembert Sanders Jr., 75, widower of Hattie Sanders, died on Friday, Oct. 2, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born in Rembert, he was a son of the late Rembert Sr. and Rosa Dennis Sanders. The family will receive friends at 1415 N. Kings Highway (S.C. 261). Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Palmer Memorial Chapel Inc.

ALFRED L. WASHINGTON The Rev. Alfred L. Washington, 63, husband of Dora McCants Washington, entered eternal rest on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. He was born on Jan. 28, 1952, in Charleston, to the late Deacon Abraham Louis and Minnie Lee Barker Washington. He graduated from Lincoln High School and later obtained a bachelor of science degree in business administration and a master’s degree in education from South Carolina State University, before earning a master’s degree in theology from Christian Life School of Theology, Florence. A retired educator with 33 years

of service, he taught in the Darlington County school system, Sumter School District 2 and, during the last 11 years, he taught youth offenders at Turbeville Correctional institution. Committed to serving, the Rev. Washington was ordained as a deacon in 1984 and serviced at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church, Sumter, before being licensed as a minister in 2004. He was ordained by the Sumter Baptist Missionary and Education Association. The Rev. Washington was a volunteer chaplain at Tuomey Healthcare System, Northwood’s Senior Memory Care, and Mt. Zion Enrichment Center. In addition to his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Tamara M. Washington (Winston) and Monica D. Wilson (Earl); one sister, Verlyn G. Hargrove; one brother, Deacon Marvin L. Washington (Wanda); a host of other relatives and friends. Viewing will take place from noon to 6 p.m. on Saturday. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church with the pastor, Dr. James Blassingame. Burial will follow in Hillside Memorial Park. Online memorials can be sent to comfhltj@sc.rr.com. Community Funeral Home of Sumter is in charge of these arrangements.

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AROUND TOWN craft booths, food and The Campbell Soup friends drinks will be available. lunch group will meet at Cost to reserve a space is 11:30 a.m. today at Golden lunch group Vernessa Contact Corral. Campbell Soup friends$20. meets Baker at (803) 883-9251 or The 19th Annual Mental IllBlessvee@yahoo.com or ness Awareness Week CanJames Green at (803) 968dlelight Vigil at 6:30 p.m. today in the Recovery Gar- 4173. den on the grounds of San- The 2015 2nd Annual Sumpter tee-Wateree Mental Health High Steppers Trail Ride and Center, 215 N. Magnolia St. Festival will be held on Saturday, Oct. 10, at 6705 The public is invited to come and light a candle to Horseheaven Lane, Wedgefield. The trail ride will celebrate hope and to begin at 10:30 a.m. and the raise awareness for individuals and families suffer- horse competition will be held at 1:30 p.m. Overnight ing from mental illness. riders are welcome (Friday Refreshments will be served afterward. Call Fred and Saturday). Bring chairs and tents. Food vendors Harmon at (803) 905-5620. Clarendon School District One will be available. Admiswill conduct free vision, hear- sion: $2; free for children under age 5. Event will feaing, speech and developmenture: youth and other comtal screenings as part of a petitions; walking horse child find effort to identify competition; pettit horse students with special competition; trophy needs. Screenings will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at awards; mechanical bull; bouncy house; barrel racthe Summerton Early ing; and pole bending. Call Childhood Center, 8 South St., Summerton, on the fol- Ronnie Scott at (803) 4683550 or Robert Scott at lowing Thursdays: Oct. 8; (803) 464-5861. Nov. 12; Dec. 10; Jan. 14, Old McCaskill’s Farm will hold 2016; Feb. 11, 2016; March 10, 2016; April 14, 2016; and its annual fall family farm day from 1 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, May 12, 2016. Call Sadie Oct. 11, at 377 Cantey Lane, Williams at (803) 485-2325, Rembert. Activities will inextension 116. The Lincoln High School Class clude games, firing up the forge, grinding grits, of 1964 will meet at 11 a.m. pumpkin patch, wagon on Monday, Oct. 5, at the ride, panning for gold, Sumter Resource Center, 337 Manning Ave. Call Fran- horse rides and more. Admission: $5 per person; ces Woods at (803) 773free for children under 2. 3804, Lillie Wilson at (803) 775-9088 or Bertha Willis at Visit www.oldmccaskillfarm.com. (803) 775-9660. The Pioneer Dress (Petty Bell) The Sumter Chapter of the National Federation of the retirees will meet at 11:30 Blind will meet at 7 p.m. on a.m. on Monday, Oct. 5, at Tuesday, Oct. 13, at ShilohGolden Corral. Call (803) Randolph Manor. Joyce 495-2117 or (803) 775-2008. Blanding will speak. OctoThe Clarendon Section Naber is “Blind Awareness” tional Council of Negro month. Transportation is Women will meet at 5 p.m. provided within the alloton Monday, Oct. 5, at the ted mileage area. If you Council of Aging, 201 S. know a blind or sight imChurch St., Manning. paired person, contact The Sumter Benedict Alumni Debra Canty, chapter presClub will meet at 6 p.m. on ident, at DebraCanC2@ Monday, Oct. 5, at the frontier.com or at (803) North HOPE Center. Call 775-5792. Add us to your Shirley M. Blassingame at contacts for updated infor(803) 506-4019 for details. mation on the recorded message line at (206) 376The Sumter Overcomers 5992. Stroke Support Group will meet at 6 p.m. on ThursAre you interested in learning day, Oct. 8, at the Alice about the art of quilting? A Drive Baptist Church libeginners quilting class brary, corner of Loring Mill will begin on Friday, Oct. Road and Wise Drive. 16, and will be held each Friday through Nov. 20 The Shepherd’s Center will from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at hold a spaghetti lunch from Lake Marion Artisans Gal11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, lery, 108 Main St., SummerOct. 9, at Swan Lake Presbyterian Church, 912 Hayn- ton. Etta Bitterman will serve as the class instrucsworth St. Cost is $6 for tor. Basic sewing skills and adults and $3 for children. a sewing machine are reCall (803) 773-1944. quired. Fee is $25 for the The Lincoln High School Pres- six week course and class ervation Alumni Association size is limited to five or six will hold an indoor sale from students. Call Etta at (803) 7 a.m. to noon on Saturday, 478-6603 or Sharon at (803) Oct. 10, at 24 Council St. 478-4446. Vendors, yard sale items,

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Today Sun. City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Atlanta 63/58/r 72/61/r Chicago 57/51/c 61/56/sh Dallas 79/57/pc 82/59/pc Detroit 56/49/r 66/56/c Houston 82/58/s 83/61/pc Los Angeles 84/66/s 73/61/r New Orleans 78/63/s 79/68/s New York 56/52/r 64/52/c Orlando 84/66/pc 83/68/pc Philadelphia 59/54/r 65/52/c Phoenix 95/70/s 94/68/s San Francisco 69/57/s 75/59/pc Wash., DC 61/57/r 66/54/r

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

Today Hi/Lo/W 63/61/r 63/60/r 67/61/r 72/65/r 82/74/t 77/68/r 65/63/r 65/63/r 70/67/r 77/69/r 82/71/t 81/71/r 80/67/r

Flood 7 a.m. stage yest. 12 2.47 19 5.48 14 3.20 14 2.41 80 75.24 24 11.31

Sun. Hi/Lo/W 68/58/r 71/62/r 74/62/r 75/63/pc 80/74/r 79/63/sh 69/58/r 71/64/r 72/65/r 75/63/r 79/69/r 76/65/r 76/65/r

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7:04 p.m. 1:06 p.m.

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24-hr chg +0.32 +1.45 +0.15 +0.08 +0.24 +4.44

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Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 80/69/r Gainesville 77/62/pc Gastonia 66/64/r Goldsboro 81/70/t Goose Creek 78/68/r Greensboro 64/59/r Greenville 63/61/r Hickory 63/60/r Hilton Head 74/67/r Jacksonville, FL 74/62/pc La Grange 65/59/r Macon 64/58/r Marietta 63/58/r

Sun. Hi/Lo/W 76/64/r 77/62/pc 68/61/r 77/66/r 78/63/sh 66/55/r 69/59/r 68/57/r 75/66/pc 76/63/pc 71/64/sh 74/60/c 71/61/r

High 1:44 a.m. 2:13 p.m. 2:43 a.m. 3:12 p.m.

Ht. 3.2 3.5 3.1 3.4

City Marion Mt. Pleasant Myrtle Beach Orangeburg Port Royal Raleigh Rock Hill Rockingham Savannah Spartanburg Summerville Wilmington Winston-Salem

Low 8:26 a.m. 9:14 p.m. 9:23 a.m. 10:14 p.m.

Today Hi/Lo/W 64/62/r 79/69/r 82/71/r 72/68/r 73/65/r 71/65/r 69/65/r 75/67/r 71/61/r 66/64/r 77/68/r 83/73/t 62/59/r

Ht. 0.1 0.6 0.4 0.8

Sun. Hi/Lo/W 67/59/r 78/64/sh 76/64/r 75/63/r 75/64/pc 70/60/r 71/61/r 74/62/r 74/62/pc 69/61/r 78/63/sh 77/67/r 65/55/r

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Do whatever EUGENIA LAST it takes to raise your standard of living. Send out your resume or pick up a part-time job. Find a way to use your skills in different capacities. Spend time with someone who motivates you to be your best.

The last word in astrology

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): If you aren’t happy, do something about it. Standing around waiting for someone else to make a move will not bring about positive change. Expand your interests, friendships and knowledge, and you will make headway. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your emotional state of mind will confuse those around you. Make a point to say what’s on your mind and to clarify your feelings. The less you leave to chance, the better. Misunderstandings will be difficult to rectify.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Try something new and exciting. The changes you bring about will help you see your situation clearly and give you the strength to reach goals you never thought possible in the past. Believe in yourself and make things happen. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Easy come; easy go. You may want to help the world, but making donations and lending to friends will not bode well in the end. Concentrate on saving, budgeting and protecting your interests. Charity begins at home, so put your needs first. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Don’t rely on anyone but yourself. Take the initiative to tie up loose ends before you decide to go out and play. You’ll have a much better time if you are free and clear of any responsibilities you owe to others.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Do what feels right or is best for you. A CANCER (June 21-July 22): Express unique opportunity must be taken your creative talent by doing advantage of regardless of what something out of the ordinary. Your others think or do. Avoid actions will bring positive unpredictable people and attention. Avoid open discussions situations and let your heart and with people who are critical or intuition be your guide. threatened by the changes you are AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Look making personally or over your personal papers and professionally. renew some of the promises and LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Get involved commitments you’ve made to the in community events or gatherings people you love and care about. with peers, relatives or neighbors. There is plenty to be thankful for, What you learn will change the and spending time showing way you advance on a home gratitude will be rewarding. A gift improvement project or move. A physical improvement will turn out is heading your way. well. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Work by yourself and you will accomplish the most. Someone will try to meddle in your affairs. Don’t share your feelings or get involved with someone who has disappointed you in the past. Anger is a waste of time. Move forward.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Avoid anyone using emotional manipulation to get you to do things his or her way. Busy yourself with creative endeavors and sharing good times with someone who accepts you as you are. Keep life simple and don’t let others complicate matters.

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LOTTERY NUMBERS PALMETTO CASH 5 FRIDAY

POWERBALL WEDNESDAY

MEGAMILLIONS FRIDAY

2-11-12-22-30 PowerUp: 3

21-39-40-55-59 Powerball: 17; Powerplay: 3

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PICK 3 FRIDAY

PICK 4 FRIDAY

LUCKY FOR LIFE THURSDAY

1-6-4 and 8-8-8

7-1-3-5 and 2-9-5-9

4-24-33-41-46; Lucky Ball: 4

SUMTER SPCA CAT OF THE WEEK Sophie, an 8-year-old brown and white female American long hair, is available for adoption at the Sumter SPCA. She is sweet, affectionate, and loves to be petted and scratched. Sophie loves attention and would make an excellent lap cat. The SPCA is located at 1140 S. Guignard Drive, (803) 773-9292, and is open 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. every day except Wednesday and Sunday. Visit www.sumterscspca.com.

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

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Spieth voted as Tour’s top player B2

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CLEMSON 5 KEYS TO VICTORY

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2015

USC 5 KEYS TO VICTORY

Tigers, ND look to keep Gamecocks in need of more pace in hunt for playoff progress from defense, Nunez BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com Today’s matchup in Death Valley between No. 12 Clemson and No. 6 Notre Dame is the type of game that makes college football special. You’ve got the most storied program in college football history going up against one that has such a rabid fan base. Notre Dame’s the one with the storied history, in case you didn’t know. That being said, this is a game where each team can prove a lot about itself. While both are undefeated — Notre Dame 4-0 and Clemson 3-0 — neither has been awe-inspiring in any of its games. The

CLEMSON GAMEDAY WHO: (6) Notre Dame (4-0) at (12) Clemson (3-0) WHEN: 8 p.m. WHERE: Memorial Stadium, Clemson TV: WOLO 25 RADIO: WWBD-FM 94.7, WPUB-FM 102.7

Fighting Irish did beat Georgia Tech in an easier-than-it-sounds 30-22 game, but the Yellow Jackets fell to Duke the following week. Clemson’s first test was a tough

SEE CLEMSON, PAGE B4

USC GAMEDAY

South Carolina’s 31-14 victory over Central Florida didn’t do much to alleviate most of the fears of Gamecock Nation, but one has to think there were some things that offered some hope as well. First and foremost was the play of true freshman quarterback Lorenzo Nunez. He settled in in the second half and had a solid debut in his first start. And the defense easily played its best game, being responsible for just one of UCF’s two scores. Now the Gamecocks will be in the middle of the country facing Missouri. These teams have split the last two games, each winning a road

WHO: South Carolina (2-2, 0-2 SEC) at Missouri (3-1, 0-1 SEC) WHEN: Noon WHERE: Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Mo. TV: SEC Network RADIO: WIBZ-FM 95.5, WNKT-FM 107.5

game in which it made a miraculous rally. Like the Gamecocks, the Tigers are having their issues as well. They’ll be starting a true freshman quarterback in Drew Lock.

SEE USC, PAGE B4

PREP FOOTBALL

Soaked but still standing Barons defense stops Cardinals at goal line to preserve 27-20 win BY EDDIE LITAKER Special to The Sumter Item For Wilson Hall and Cardinal Newman’s varsity football teams on Friday, it was an early 6 p.m. start on a soggy Spencer Field with intermittent showers that intensified around halftime. Throw in about a 1-hour lightning delay and a field that resembled a slip-and-slide in the fourth quarter and the table was set for a forgettable game full of errors and miscues. But a game-saving goal-line stand with 19 seconds left and the Barons clinging to a 7-point lead made this one an instant classic for the few brave souls who were left in the stands to savor Wilson Hall’s eventual 27-20 win. “I’m proud of the whole group,” said Wilson Hall head coach Adam Jarecki of his defense’s clutch stop. “That was a really big stop there at the end. They were kind of moving the ball up and down the field on us. There was one quarter where we kind of shut them down, but they moved it on us pretty good all night. There were some adjustments that we had to make because of the rain, but we were proud of the way that they dug in there at the end. It got down to the last two plays of the game, and that made the difference.” The result pushed the Barons’ record to 5-1 overall and 4-1 in SCISA 3A play while CN fell to 3-4 and 2-4. Needing a score and PAT kick to tie or a 2-point conversion to win, CN took over at its 37 after Sam Watford struggled to get off an 18-yard punt in RICK CARPENTER/THE SUMTER ITEM

SEE STANDING, PAGE B3 Wilson Hall quarterback McLendon Sears (7) throws during the Barons’ 27-20 victory over Cardinal Newman on Friday at Spencer Field.

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Thomas Sumter Academy’s Kyle Decker (44) catches a pass as Florence Christian’s Connor Stokes pursues during Friday’s game at General Field in Dalzell. The game was tied 7-7 in the third quarter when it was postponed because of inclement weather. It will resume on Monday at 6 p.m.

Generals-Eagles postponed Game to resume on Monday with scored tied 7-7 in 3rd quarter BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER michaelc@theitem.com DALZELL — Looking to build some positive momentum off a tough 2-point loss, the Thomas Sumter Academy varsity football team showed some grit through 2 ½ quarters of play against Florence

PREP FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Thursday Hammond 36, Laurence Manning 0 Friday Wilson Hall 27, Cardinal Newman 20 Gray Collegiate Academy at Scott’s Branch, cancelled Florence Christian at Thomas Sumter, postponed Crestwood at Darlington, postponed Lakewood at Manning, postponed Lee Central at Andrews, postponed Timmonsville at East Clarendon, postponed Shannon Forest at Robert E. Lee, cancelled Greenwood Christian at Clarendon Hall, postponed Monday Crestwood at Darlington, 6 p.m. Lakewood at Manning, 6 p.m. Lee Central at Andrews, 7 p.m. Timmonsville at East Clarendon, 7 p.m. Florence Christian at Thomas Sumter, 6 p.m. Greenwood Christian at Clarendon Hall, 6 p.m.

Christian School on Friday. The teams were locked up in a 7-7 tie at General Field when

the game was stopped for a lightning delay. The game was never resumed and called around 9 p.m. It will

be finished on Monday at 6 p.m. The Eagles were facing second down and eight yards to go from its 28-yard line with 5:52 remaining in the third quarter. “I felt like we needed to call this,” Thomas Sumter Academy head coach Troy Kessinger said. “It (was) getting dangerous. People have to drive home and then you’ve got the kids in the locker room for an hour and a half then

SEE GENERALS, PAGE B3

SPORTS

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2015

SPORTS ITEMS

Spieth voted PGA Player of the Year PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Jordan Spieth was voted PGA Tour player of the year Friday, giving him a sweep of all the significant awards. The PGA Tour does not disclose how many votes Spieth received from the players, though the 22-year-old Texan removed any suspense last week with his fourshot victory in the Tour Championship to win the Fed Ex Cup. Spieth had five wins this year, including the Masters and U.S. Open. He is the youngest player since Tiger Woods (21) to win the Jack Nicklaus Award as player of the year. Spieth also won the Arnold Palmer Award by topping the money list with a record $12 million, and the Vardon Trophy for having the lowest adjusted scoring average.

RAIN AT DOVER WASHES OUT QUALIFYING; KENSETH ON POLE DOVER, Del. — Matt Kenseth has the pole for the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Dover after rain wiped out qualifying on Friday. With the field set on points, Kenseth starts first and is followed by Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Denny Hamlin and Carl Edwards. Hamlin and Kenseth have advanced into the second round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship with wins in the first two races. The 16-driver field is sliced to 12 following Sunday’s race at Dover International Speedway. Reigning series champion Kevin Harvick is 15th in the standings and will likely have to win to advance and remain in championship contention. Kyle Busch, Paul Menard, Harvick and Clint Bowyer are in the bottom four and most at risk of elimination on Sunday.

LOUISVILLE PROBING CLAIM STAFFER HIRED ESCORTS LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville said Friday it has launched an investigation into allegations that former Cardinals staffer Andre McGee paid an escort service to provide sex for recruits. The allegations by Katina Powell are in an upcoming book, “Breaking Cardinal Rules: Basketball and the Escort Queen,’’ from a publishing arm of the Indianapolis Business Journal. Some details of the book were published on the Journal’s web site, and said that McGee hired Powell to provide strippers and prostitutes for recruits and some of their fathers during a 4-year period. Louisville said it learned of the allegations in August and immediately notified the NCAA. McGee left Louisville in 2014 to become an assistant at Missouri-Kansas City. That school put McGee on paid leave Friday night and said it was taking the allegations seriously.

MULLEN LEADS DUNHILL LINKS CHAMPIONSHIP ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — England’s Jimmy Mullen shot a 3-under 69 at St. Andrews on Thursday to maintain a share of the lead in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in his pro debut. The 21-year-old Mullen turned professional after going 4-0 last month in the Walker Cup to help Britain and Ireland beat the United States. England’s Anthony Wall had a 68 at St. Andrews to join Mullen at 11under 133.

FLORIDA QB ILL, MIGHT NOT START VS. MISSISSIPPI GAINESVILLE, Fla. — No. 25 Florida could be without quarterback Will Grier against thirdranked Mississippi today. Grier has been dealing with an illness this week and might not start

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Jordan Spieth was voted the PGA Tour Player of the Year on Friday. Speith won The Masters and the U.S. Open as well as the Tour Championship. against the Rebels, according to a person familiar with the situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Friday because Florida (4-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) has not disclosed Grier’s illness. Florida had about a dozen players miss practice this week because of a virus, but coach Jim McElwain said Wednesday that he thought the bug had ran its course.

SAINTS, PAYTON EXPECT QB BREES TO START VS COWBOYS METAIRIE, La. — Drew Brees is expected to return as starter for New Orleans against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night in the Superdome, Saints coach Sean Payton said Friday. Brees missed the Saints’ 27-22 loss in Carolina last Sunday because of a bruised rotator cuff in his right (throwing) shoulder. The injury occurred on a hit in the second quarter of New Orleans’ Week 2 loss to Tampa Bay. Brees never took himself out of that game, but did not appear to perform at his normally high standard, finishing 24 of 38 for 255 yards, a touchdown and an interception. Brees then did not throw during practice in Week 3, but started taking first-team snaps at practice again this week, saying on Wednesday that he planned to steadily expand the variety of throws he attempted as the week wore on.

YANKEES CLINCH PLAYOFF SPOT AFTER 2-YEAR ABSENCE NEW YORK — The New York Yankees clinched an AL wild-card spot Thursday night, ending a twoyear absence from the postseason by beating the Boston Red Sox 4-1. Carlos Beltran and rookies Greg Bird and Rob Refsnyder all homered for the Yankees in the franchise’s 10,000th regular-season win. CC Sabathia (6-10) won for the second time since the All-Star break. Putting behind the venerated generation of Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera, the Yankees open the playoffs with a winner-take-all game on Tuesday, most likely against Houston or the Los Angeles Angels. New York had failed to reach the playoffs in consecutive years for the first time since its 1982-93 drought, just before the start of a golden age that included five World Series titles and seven AL pennants from 1996-2009. From wire reports

AAA 400 LINEUP The Associated Press Sunday At Dover International Speedway Dover, Del. Lap length: 1 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, owner points. 2. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, owner points. 3. (19) Carl Edwards, Toyota, owner points. 4. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, owner points. 5. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, owner points. 6. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, owner points. 7. (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, owner points. 8. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, owner points. 9. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, owner points. 10. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, owner points. 11. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, owner points. 12. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, owner points. 13. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, owner points. 14. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, owner points. 15. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, owner points. 16. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, owner points. 17. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, owner points. 18. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, owner points. 19. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, owner points.

20. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, owner points. 21. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, owner points. 22. (13) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, owner points. 23. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, owner points. 24. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, owner points. 25. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, owner points. 26. (9) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, owner points. 27. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, owner points. 28. (55) David Ragan, Toyota, owner points. 29. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford, owner points. 30. (51) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, owner points. 31. (35) Cole Whitt, Ford, owner points. 32. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, owner points. 33. (40) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, owner points. 34. (34) Brett Moffitt, Ford, owner points. 35. (7) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, owner points. 36. (33) Alex Kennedy, Chevrolet, owner points. 37. (83) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, attempts. 38. (46) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, attempts. 39. (23) Jeb Burton, Toyota, attempts. 40. (98) Reed Sorenson, Ford, attempts. 41. (32) Josh Wise, Ford, attempts. 42. (26) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, attempts. 43. (62) Timmy Hill, Chevrolet, attempts.

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SCOREBOARD

Boston (Breslow 0-3) at Cleveland (Kluber 8-16), 7:10 p.m. Detroit (Verlander 5-8) at Chicago White Sox (E.Johnson 3-1), 7:10 p.m. Houston (McHugh 18-7) at Arizona (Hellickson 9-11), 8:10 p.m. Oakland (Nolin 1-2) at Seattle (Elias 5-8), 9:10 p.m.

TV, RADIO TODAY

7:40 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – West Brom vs. Crystal Palace (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 8 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Alred Dunhill Links Championship Third Round from St. Andrews and Carnoustie, Scotland (GOLF). 9:30 a.m. – International Soccer: Bundesliga League Match – Wolfsburg vs. Monchengladbach (FOX SPORTS 1). 9:55 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Newcastle vs. Manchester United (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 10 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – West Ham vs. Sunderland (USA). 11 a.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series AAA 400 Practice from Dover, Del. (CNBC). Noon – College Football: Texas at Texas Christian (WOLO 25). Noon – College Football: Houston at Tulsa (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). Noon – College Football: Iowa at Wisconsin (ESPN). Noon – College Football: Central Florida at Tulane (ESPNEWS). Noon – College Football: Purdue at Michigan State (ESPN2). Noon – College Football: Army at Penn State (ESPNU). Noon – College Football: West Virginia at Oklahoma (FOX SPORTS 1). Noon – NASCAR Racing: Camping World Truck Series Rhino Linings 350 Practice from Las Vegas (FOX SPORTS 2). Noon – College Football: Pittsburgh at Virginia Tech(FOX SPORTSOUTH). Noon – College Football: South Carolina at Missouri (SEC NETWORK, WIBZ-FM 95.5, WNKT-FM 107.5). Noon – College Football: Kansas at Iowa State (SPORTSOUTH). 12:30 p.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Southampton vs. Chelsea (WIS 10). 12:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: XFINITY Series Hisense 200 Pole Qualifying from Dover, Del. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 12:30 p.m. – College Football: Louisville at North Carolina State (TIME WARNER 1250). 1 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Los Angeles Angels at Texas(WACH 57). 2 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series Practice from Dover, Del. (CNBC). 2 p.m. – College Football: Alabama A&M at Coastal Carolina (WWFN-FM 100.1). 3 p.m. – Professional Golf: Web.com Tour Web. com Tour Championship Third Round from Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (GOLF). 3:30 p.m. – College Football: Alabama at Georgia (WLTX 19). 3:30 p.m. – College Football: Ohio State at Indiana (WOLO 25). 3:30 p.m. – College Football: Air Force at Navy (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 3:30 p.m. – College Football: Florida State at Wake Forest (ESPN). 3:30 p.m. – College Football: Texas Tech at Baylor (ESPN2). 3:30 p.m. – College Football: North Carolina at Georgia Tech (ESPNU). 3:30 p.m. – College Football: Boston College at Duke (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 3:30 p.m. – College Football: Western Kentucky at Rice (SPORTSOUTH). 3:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: XFINITY Series Hisense 200 from Dover, Del. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK, WEGX-FM 92.9). 3:30 p.m. – College Football: Elon at New Hampshire (TIME WARNER 1250). 4 p.m. – College Football: East Carolina at Southern Methodist (ESPNEWS). 4 p.m. – College Football: Kansas State at Oklahoma State (FOX SPORTS 1). 4 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Teams To Be Announced (MLB NETWORK). 4 p.m. – College Football: San Jose State at Auburn (SEC NETWORK). 5 p.m. – Horse Racing: Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series Races from Lexington, Ky. – Shadwell Mile and Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity (WIS 10). 5:55 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – Jaguares vs. America (UNIVISION). 7 p.m. – College Football: Vanderbilt at Middle Tennessee State (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 7 p.m. – College Football: Mississippi at Florida (ESPN). 7 p.m. – College Football: Arkansas at Tennessee (ESPN2). 7 p.m. – College Football: Eastern Michigan at Louisiana State (ESPNU). 7 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Camping World Truck Series Rhino Linings 350 Pole Qualifying from Las Vegas (FOX SPORTS 2). 7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: St. Louis at Atlanta (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 7 p.m. – College Football: Louisiana-Lafayette at Louisiana Tech (TIME WARNER 1250). 7:30 p.m. – College Football: Arizona State at UCLA (WACH 57). 7:30 p.m. – College Football: William & Mary at Delaware (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 7:30 p.m. – College Football: Mississippi State at Texas A&M (SEC NETWORK). 7:30 p.m. – College Football: Eastern Kentucky at Kentucky (SEC NETWORK +). 7:55 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – Leon vs. Monterrey (UNIVISION). 8 p.m. – College Football: Notre Dame at Clemson (WOLO 25, WWBD-FM 94.7, WPUB-FM 102.7). 8 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Teams To Be Announced (MLB NETWORK). 10 p.m. – College Football: Oregon at Colorado (ESPN). 10 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Camping World Truck Series Rhino Linings 350 from Las Vegas (FOX SPORTS 2, WEGX-FM 92.9). 10 p.m. – Professional Boxing: Adrien Broner vs. Khabib Allakhverdiev for the WBA Super Lightweight Title from Cincinnati (SHOWTIME). 10:15 p.m. – College Football: Hawaii at Boise State (ESPN2). 10:15 p.m. – Professional Boxing: Lucas Matthysse vs. Viktor Postol for the WBC Super Lightweight Title from Carson, Calif. (HBO). 10:30 p.m. – College Football: Fresno State at San Diego State (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 10:30 p.m. – College Football: Bethune-Cookman at North Carolina Central (ESPNU). 3 a.m. – Amateur Golf: Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship Final Round from Hong Kong (ESPN2).

MLB STANDINGS By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE

x-Kansas City Minnesota Cleveland Chicago Detroit WEST DIVISION

W 92 87 78 78 78

L 67 72 81 81 81

Pct .579 .547 .491 .491 .491

GB – 5 14 14 14

W 92 83 78 74 73

L 67 76 80 85 85

Pct .579 .522 .494 .465 .462

GB – 9 13 1/2 18 18 1/2

L 72 75 76 84 93

Pct .547 .528 .522 .472 .415

GB – 3 4 12 21

W z-Texas 87 Houston 84 Los Angeles 83 Seattle 75 Oakland 66 z-clinched playoff berth x-clinched division y-clinched wild card

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

NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W 89 81 69 64 62

L 70 78 90 95 97

Pct .560 .509 .434 .403 .390

GB – 8 20 25 27

W 100 96 94 68 63

L 59 63 65 91 96

Pct .629 .604 .591 .428 .396

GB – 4 6 32 37

W x-Los Angeles 89 San Francisco 83 Arizona 78 San Diego 74 Colorado 66 x-clinched division y-clinched wild card

L 70 76 81 85 93

Pct .560 .522 .491 .465 .415

GB – 6 11 15 23

x-New York Washington Miami Atlanta Philadelphia CENTRAL DIVISION x-St. Louis y-Pittsburgh y-Chicago Milwaukee Cincinnati WEST DIVISION

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Philadelphia 3, N.Y. Mets 0 Chicago Cubs 5, Cincinnati 3 L.A. Dodgers 3, San Francisco 2 San Diego 3, Milwaukee 1 Tampa Bay 4, Miami 1 Washington 3, Atlanta 0 Arizona 8, Colorado 6

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. Miami at Philadelphia, ppd., rain Washington at New York, ppd., rain St. Louis at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. Houston at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. Colorado at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Washington (G.Gonzalez 11-8) at N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 9-7), 1:10 p.m., 1st game Colorado (Rusin 6-9) at San Francisco (Peavy 7-6), 4:05 p.m. Miami (Koehler 11-14) at Philadelphia (Harang 6-15), 4:05 p.m., 1st game Cincinnati (Finnegan 1-2) at Pittsburgh (Burnett 9-6), 7:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 7-7) at Milwaukee (Wagner 0-1), 7:10 p.m. St. Louis (Lackey 13-9) at Atlanta (S.Miller 5-17), 7:10 p.m. Washington (Scherzer 13-12) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 13-7), 7:10 p.m., 2nd game Miami (Nicolino 4-4) at Philadelphia (Asher 0-5), 7:35 p.m., 2nd game Houston (McHugh 18-7) at Arizona (Hellickson 9-11), 8:10 p.m. San Diego (Erlin 1-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 18-3), 9:10 p.m.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 3:05 p.m. Colorado at San Francisco, 3:05 p.m. Miami at Philadelphia, 3:05 p.m. St. Louis at Atlanta, 3:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 3:10 p.m. Houston at Arizona, 3:10 p.m. San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 3:10 p.m. Washington at N.Y. Mets, 3:10 p.m.

NFL STANDINGS By The Associated Press AMERICAN CONFERENCE EAST New England Buffalo N.Y. Jets Miami SOUTH Indianapolis Jacksonville Houston Tennessee NORTH Cincinnati Pittsburgh Cleveland Baltimore WEST Denver Oakland San Diego Kansas City

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Baltimore 6, Toronto 4 N.Y. Yankees 4, Boston 1 Tampa Bay 4, Miami 1 Minnesota 4, Cleveland 2 Texas 5, L.A. Angels 3 Kansas City 6, Chicago White Sox 4

FRIDAY’S GAMES

N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, ppd., rain Boston at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m. Toronto at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m. L.A. Angels at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Detroit at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m. Kansas City at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m. Houston at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. Oakland at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

W 3 2 2 1

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T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .667 .667 .333

PF 119 100 68 51

PA 70 68 41 74

W 1 1 1 1

L 2 2 2 2

T 0 0 0 0

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PF 56 49 56 89

PA 80 91 60 77

W 3 2 1 1

L 0 2 2 3

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .500 .333 .250

PF 85 96 58 93

PA 56 75 72 104

W 3 2 1 1

L 0 1 2 2

T 0 0 0 0

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PF 74 77 66 79

PA 49 86 83 89

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

EAST DIVISION x-Toronto y-New York Baltimore Boston Tampa Bay CENTRAL DIVISION

SUNDAY’S GAMES

W 2 1 1 1

L 1 2 2 2

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .667 .333 .333 .333

PF 75 78 55 58

PA 75 72 59 63

W 3 3 1 0

L 0 0 2 3

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 1.000 .333 .000

PF 71 89 49 60

PA 48 72 80 84

W 3 2 0 0

L 0 1 3 3

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .667 .000 .000

PF 96 60 56 46

PA 68 50 83 105

W 3 1 1 1

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PF 126 50 45 74

PA 49 67 93 61

THURSDAY’S GAME

Baltimore 23, Pittsburgh 20, OT

SUNDAY’S GAMES

N.Y. Jets vs. Miami at London, 9:30 a.m. Oakland at Chicago, 1 p.m. Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Carolina at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. Philadelphia at Washington, 1 p.m. Houston at Atlanta, 1 p.m. Kansas City at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Cleveland at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. Green Bay at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m. St. Louis at Arizona, 4:25 p.m. Minnesota at Denver, 4:25 p.m. Dallas at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m. Open: New England, Tennessee

MONDAY’S GAME

Detroit at Seattle, 8:30 p.m.

THURSDAY, OCT. 8

Indianapolis at Houston, 8:25 p.m.

SUNDAY, OCT. 11

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

MONDAY, OCT. 12

Pittsburgh at San Diego, 8:30 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

N.Y. Yankees (Nova 6-10) at Baltimore (W.Chen 10-8), 12:05 p.m., 1st game Kansas City (Ventura 12-8) at Minnesota (Milone 9-5), 1:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Santiago 9-9) at Texas (Lewis 17-9), 1:05 p.m. Toronto (Estrada 13-8) at Tampa Bay (Archer 12-13), 6:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (L.Severino 5-3) at Baltimore (U. Jimenez 12-10), 7:05 p.m., 2nd game

WNBA FINALS (Best-of-5)

MINNESOTA VS. INDIANA

Sunday: Indiana at Minnesota, 3 p.m. Tuesday: Indiana at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Friday: Minnesota at Indiana, 8 p.m. x-Oct. 11: Minnesota at Indiana, 8:30 p.m. x-Oct. 14: Indiana at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

PREP SPORTS

THE SUMTER ITEM

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2015

AREA ROUNDUP

Lakewood, Crestwood among games postponed until Monday The high school football games between Lakewood and Manning in Manning and the Crestwood game at Darlington scheduled for Friday were postponed due to the heavy rain that is coming through the state. The Region VI-3A contests have both been rescheduled for Monday at 6 p.m. Clarendon Hall also postponed its home game against Greenwood Christian on Friday and rescheduled it for 6 p.m. on Monday. Lee Central will travel to Andrews on Monday for a 7 p.m. game and East Clarendon will play host to Timmonsville at 7 p.m. on Monday. Scott’s Branch and Gray Collegiate Academy tried to play their game on Friday in Summerton. Gray Collegiate was leading 14-6 at halftime when the game was stopped. The game will not be completed. Robert E. Lee’s home game against Shannon Forest of Greenville scheduled for

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today has been cancelled. It will not be rescheduled.

JV FOOTBALL

LAKEWOOD 12 Lakewood suffered its first loss of the season, falling to Manning 22-12 on Thursday at J. Frank Baker Stadium. Kevin Carson had a 45-yard touchdown reception for the Gators. Javonte Jones and Malick Richardson each had a score. Defensively, Juwan Purdue had an interception.

B TEAM FOOTBALL

LAURENCE MANNING 35 HAMMOND 0 MANNING — Laurence Manning Academy had four rushing touchdowns in a 35-0 victory over Hammond on Thursday at Billy Chitwood Field. Jared Black had two touchdowns rushing to lead the Swampcats’ scoring while Jake Jordan and Justin Lowder each had a rushing TD. Wyatt Rowland had a punt return for a score. Luke DeCosta kicked four extra points and Cameron Molina added the fifth.

LAURENCE MANNING 22 HAMMOND 18 MANNING — Laurence Manning Academy improved to 4-0 with a 22-18, come-frombehind victory over Hammond on Thursday at Billy Chitwood Field. Bennett Stephens rushed for 91 yards on 12 carries, scoring touchdowns of runs of 49 yards and 2 yards. Nolan Osteen rushed for 75 yards and 2 two-point conversions. Gable Harris rushed nine times for 72 yards. Defensively, Jonathan

Griffith had 12 tackles, three quarterback sacks and two forced fumbles for LMA. Dalton Huggins and Cody Embree each recorded nine tackles. WESTWOOD 8 SUMTER 6

BLYTHEWOOD — Sumter High School fell to 1-4 with an 8-6 loss to Westwood on Thursday at the Westwood field. Andre Amaker scored on a 3-yard run for the Gamecocks.

GIRLS

THURSDAY

CLARENDON HALL 2 PATRICK HENRY 0 SUMMERTON — Brynne Baxley and Stephanie Zeigler each had 11 service points to lead Clarendon Hall to a 2-0 victory over Patrick Henry Academy on Thursday at the CH gymnasium. CH, which improved to 8-5, won by the scores of 25-23, 26-24. Sara James added nine points.

B TEAM VOLLEYBALL

PATRICK HENRY 3

CLARENDON HALL 2

CLARENDON HALL 0

PATRICK HENRY 0 SUMMERTON — Clarendon Hall finished its season with a 6-0 record with a 2-0 victory over Patrick Henry Academy on Thursday at the CH gymnasium. CH won by the scores of 2514, 25-4. The Saints were led by Whitney Avins with 21 service points and Amberly Way with 12.

SUMMERTON — Clarendon Hall fell to 6-9 on the season with a 3-0 loss to Patrick Henry Academy on Thursday at the CH gymnasium. Patrick Henry won by the scores of 25-15, 25-14, 25-12. The Lady Saints, who are 4-9 in SCISA Region III-1A, were led by Shannon Corbett with 12 service points and

GENERALS FROM PAGE B1

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Wilson Hall’s Robert James, center, makes a cut to get away from a host of Cardinal Newman defenders during the Barons’ 27-20 victory on Friday at Spencer Field. sulted in an 11-yard gain and a first down at the 33. On the next play, James took a triple-option handoff from Sears and exploded down the right sidelines and into the end zone untouched. While fielding kickoffs was not a problem early, punts were another issue. Wilson Hall attempted to field three punts in the first half and the ball ended up on the turf after each attempt. Fortunately for the Barons, they were able to get the recovery in each instance. A freak play that saw a Watford punt attempt bounce off the back of teammate Michael Lowery set up a second Cardinal score just before the half. After the ill-fated punt attempt resulted in a 7-yard loss, CN took over at the Barons’ 40. Nine plays later, Winterstein took it in from three yards out, cutting the Wilson Hall lead to 21-14 with 44 seconds left in the half. Winterstein was the workhouse on the drive, rushing four times for 29 yards. By halftime, James had rushed seven times for 117 yards and all three Baron scores. As a team, Wilson Hall ran 22 times for 224 yards in the half, with Watford adding 10 rushes for 63 yards and Justin Timmons breaking off a 38-yard run that came two plays before James’ third score. The second half began with DuBois

returning the kickoff 54 yards to Wilson Hall’s 44. Winterstein added three more rushes for 17 yards and Tarence Tyler Jr. ran four times for 25 yards, setting up a third-and-goal at the 1 as the Cardinals were seemingly about to tie the score. Then, at the 6:55 mark of the third quarter, a lightning sighting forced the game to be halted. That strike occurred at 7:15, with multiple strikes taking place over the next 30 minutes. By rule, officials must halt play for 30 minutes from the last lightning sighting. On the first play after the hour-long delay, CN was flagged for a false start. Now at the 6, Winterstein ran for two yards and caught a 4-yard fourth-down touchdown pass from Tringali. The PAT attempt was blocked, but the Barons were flagged for a false start. Given a second opportunity, CN placekicker Jack Patten still could not get the kick off ahead of the rush as Watford got the block to preserve a 21-20 Wilson Hall lead. The Barons answered with a 9-play, 59-yard drive that culminated in a 1-yard quarterback sneak for Sears. The conversion attempt failed after a bad snap as placekicker Andrew McCaffrey was left to attempt a pass, then run before being tackled well short of the end zone.

PREP FOOTBALL SCORES Andrew Jackson 16, Lamar 14 Ben Lippen 35, Spartanburg Christian 14 Blythewood 38, South Florence 34 Broome 17, Clinton 14 Buford 26, Cheraw 13 Camden 27, A.C. Flora 12 Carvers Bay 33, Creek Bridge 6 Central 20, Indian Land 0 Chesnee 35, Liberty 21 Chesterfield 27, North Central 0 Dillon 42, Aynor 0 Emerald 49, Blue Ridge 28 Fort Dorchester 29, West Ashley 6 Georgetown 28, St. James 21 Great Falls 16, C.A. Johnson 12 Hammond 36, Laurence Manning Academy 0 Lancaster 33, Chester 13 Latta 16, Hemingway 0 Lexington 41, Lugoff-Elgin 6 Midland Valley 36, Gilbert 23 Myrtle Beach 42, Wilson 28 North Myrtle Beach 42, Lake City 28 South Pointe 17, Union County 14 Spartanburg 17, James F. Byrnes 7 Stratford 20, Summerville 6 Thomas Heyward Academy 27, Orangeburg Prep 6 Westwood 47, West Florence 7 White Knoll 28, Spring Valley 21, OT

JV VOLLEYBALL

VARSITY VOLLEYBALL

STANDING FROM PAGE B1 the wet, slick conditions. The Cardinals kept it on the ground throughout what would be an 18-play drive. As CN drew closer to the goal line and the seconds continued to drain off the clock, fans on both sides of the field were on the edge of their soaked seats in nervous anticipation. Facing fourth down and four yards to go at the Wilson Hall 20-yard line, CN’s Parker DuBois broke off the right end for five yards. A 3-yard Nicky Winterstein run and runs of three and five yards from DuBois set up a first-andgoal at the 4. The next two plays saw DuBois get tackled for a 3-yard loss and Greyson Sonntag break through the line to sack quarterback Cam Tringali for a 9-yard loss. CN was rescued by an offside penalty against the Barons, making it thirdand-goal from the 11. Winterstein took it to the 5, then DuBois was left pounding the drenched turf in frustration as the Baron defense swarmed in on fourth down to tackle him at the 2. The defenses seemingly missed the early start time as both offenses raced down the field at will in the early going. At the 4:49 mark of the opening quarter, the Barons held a 14-7 lead, with Robert James breaking off scoring runs of 59 and 33 yards. An Evans Boyle fumble recovery set up a third James touchdown run, this one for nine yards on a play that saw the senior running back start right and then break it back to the left to cross the goal line untouched. The game’s fast start was partly due to strong contributions from the kick return units of both teams. Brent Carraway returned the opening kickoff 22 yards to set the Barons up at their 35, with James’ romp coming on the drive’s second play. Tyler returned the ensuing kickoff 43 yards to the Barons 43, setting up a 7-play drive that saw Tyler rush five times for 30 yards, including the final 12 for the tying score at the 4:49 mark. Carraway contributed a 20-yard return on the next kickoff, putting the ball at the Wilson Hall 24. While the first Baron scoring drive took just 53 seconds, this one was a little more methodical, going seven plays and taking 2:54 off the clock. Quarterback McLendon Sears completed two passes on the drive, including a scramble and toss to James that re-

Brittany Pack had six.

FRIDAY

Andrew Jackson Academy 58, Francis Hugh Wardlaw Academy 26 Batesburg-Leesville 40, Crescent 13 Belton-Honea Path 56, West Oak 0 Blacksburg 13, Carolina High and Academy 7 Boiling Springs 52, Riverside 0 Calhoun County 33, Blackville-Hilda 0 Chapin 28, Richland Northeast 8 Christ Church Episcopal 28, Whitmire 6 Colleton Prep 30, Hilton Head Prep 22 Dillon Christian 32, Pee Dee Academy 0 Dutch Fork 35, Irmo 0 Greenwood 51, Greenville 14 Greer 48, Eastside 7 J.L. Mann 33, Wade Hampton (G) 6 Lake View 34, Green Sea Floyds 8 Laurens Academy 55, Newberry Academy 22 Newberry 28, W.J. Keenan 7 Ninety Six 18, Saluda 13 North Augusta 24, Ridge View 18 Powdersville 42, Landrum 7 Southside 21, Travelers Rest 14 Southside Christian 55, Calhoun Falls 0 Strom Thurmond 20, Abbeville 7 Wagener-Salley 51, North 8 Williston-Elko 32, Hunter-Kinard-Tyler 8 Wilson Hall 27, Cardinal Newman 20 Wren 14, D.W. Daniel 7

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS

Whale Branch vs. Bishop England, ppd. to Oct 5. Edisto vs. Woodland, ppd. to Oct 5. Military Magnet vs. Lincoln, ppd. to Oct 5. Beaufort vs. Berkeley, ppd. to Oct 5. Baptist Hill vs. St. John’s, ppd. to Oct 5. Battery Creek vs. Garrett Academy of Technology, ppd. to Oct 5. Academic Magnet vs. North Charleston, ppd. to Oct 5. Orangeburg-Wilkinson vs. R.B. Stall, ppd. to Oct 5. Kingstree vs. Timberland, ppd. to Oct 5. Beaufort Academy vs. Charleston Collegiate, ppd. to Oct 5. Ridge Christian vs. John Paul II, ppd. to Oct 5. Colleton County vs. South Aiken, ppd. to Oct 5. Aiken vs. Brookland-Cayce, ppd. to Oct 5. Burke vs. Cross, ppd. to Oct 5. Timmonsville vs. East Clarendon, ppd. to Oct 5. Wando vs. Bluffton, ppd. to Oct 5. Loris vs. Marion, ppd. to Oct 5. Hanahan vs. Hilton Head Island, ppd. to Oct 5. Palmetto Christian Academy vs. Hilton Head Christian Academy, ppd. to Oct 5. Mullins vs. Waccamaw, ppd. to Oct 5. Johnsonville vs. Lake Marion, ppd. to Oct 5. Silver Bluff vs. Ridgeland-Hardeeville, ppd. to Oct 5. Lee Central vs. Andrews, ppd. to Oct 5.

let them go back out there slipping and sliding; it’s just dangerous. I know we wanted to get it in, but it is what it is.” The Generals head coach mentioned a slight possibility of playing on Sunday if the weather would cooperate and the field was drained. Tuesday was also mentioned as a date the game could be played if the teams cannot resume on Monday. TSA is looking for its first win of the season and stands at 0-5 overall and 0-1 in SCISA Region I-2A play. FCS is 3-2 overall and 2-1 in league play. The Eagles took an early 7-0 lead on a 91-yard touchdown reception by Alex James from John Weldon. Facing third and nine and backed up on its own 9, Weldon threw a screen pass to James who then used his speed to beat defenders out on the edge and give FCS an early lead. TSA tied the game with 25 seconds left before halftime on an Austin Hudson 5-yard TD run. The Generals were set up at their 44 and put together a 9-play, 56yard drive that took nearly three minutes off the clock. Generals quarterback Ryan Dixon completed three of five passes, a 17-yard catch by Devin Harwell, a 13-yard catch from Hudson and a 5-yard reception from Kyle Decker. Ty Cressionne converted a third and 1 with a 3-yard run to set up TSA with a first down at the FCS 13. After an incomplete pass, Hudson ran for eight yards out before scoring on a 5-yard run. Kessinger said he saw signs of improvement in Friday’s game that carried over from last week’s 35-33 loss to Trinity-Byrnes when the Generals scored on all four of their offensive possessions in the second half. “I was telling our kids the other day, we have the most enthusiastic, spirited bunch of 0-5 football players you can have. Zero-5 at times can get ugly, and really they’re a joy to be around and we feel like if we can get one (win) it’ll keep going, but we’ll see.” TSA had two offensive possessions in the first quarter, but managed only one first down. In the second quarter things starting clicking. The Generals took their first possession of the second quarter down to the FCS 22 only to turn the ball over on downs. Dixon led the Generals with 109 total yards of offense, including 75 passing and 34 rushing yards. He was 7 of 10 passing. Hudson had four carries for 30 yards. James led the Eagles with 183 total yards of offense, including 91 receiving and 92 rushing on 14 totes.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2015

USC / CLEMSON

THE SUMTER ITEM

CLEMSON FROM PAGE B1 20-17 victory over Louisville, not exactly what was hoped for against a winless team. Still, a win in this game keeps Clemson in the hunt for a 4-team playoff bid; a loss will greatly damage its hopes. Notre Dame can take a loss and still get a bid because … well … it’s Notre Dame. Why the Irish is No. 6 in the country after going a pedestrian 8-5 last year is beyond me. Following are five things Clemson needs to do to come away with a win today.

1. USE THE HOMEFIELD ADVANTAGE

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson looks to justify the early Heisman Trophy hype today when the Tigers take on Notre Dame in a top 25 showdown today in Death Valley.

Tigers’ Deshaun, Irish’s DeShone aim to shine BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press CLEMSON — Clemson’s Deshaun Watson and Notre Dame’s DeShone Kizer share similar names, the leadership of two high-performing offenses — and the pressure to succeed when the sixthranked Fighting Irish (4-0) and 12th-ranked Tigers (3-0) play today. Both Watson and Kizer have played well, although neither has faced the quality defense — or the enormous hoopla — they will at Death Valley this week. “There’s always some sort of hype. We’re Notre Dame,’’ Kizer said. “Every game is going to be a big game in its own sense, and obviously this is the first time that I’ll really be playing in front of 90,000plus screaming fans from down South.’’ Watson is accustomed to those crowds, bringing a 5-0 record at Memorial Stadium into the contest. The preseason pick for Atlantic Coast Conference player of

the year considered a Heisman Trophy contender when the season began, Watson has completed nearly 75 percent of his passes this year for 641 yards and seven touchdowns. This game won’t impact Clemson’s chances to win the ACC, win or lose. Still, Watson understands the bigger picture out there with Notre Dame. “It’s kind of just another stepping stone to what we’re capable of, being one of those teams in the playoff,’’ Watson said. “Just embrace the moment and know your priorities and what you really have to focus on.’’ Kizer got thrown into the lineup with the injury to Fighting Irish starter Malik Zaire, out for the year with a fractured ankle. Kizer rallied Notre Dame to victory at Virginia on a TD pass to Will Fuller with 12 seconds left. Kizer has continued his strong play since, completing 67.7 percent of his throws for 541 yards and five touchdowns this year.

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney is duly impressed by Kizer’s play, calling him “an ice-water in his veins kind of guy.’’

SOGGY FIELD The fast, clean track these two high-powered offenses expected at Memorial Stadium will likely be a slick field with several inches of rain forecast to fall on Clemson on Friday and Saturday. Hurricane Joaquin is lurking off the South Carolina coast and the storm’s uncertain track could mean an even wetter outlook. Clemson officials are consulting with the National Weather Service to monitor the storm.

BACKUP TO STAR Notre Dame running back C.J. Prosise has gone from defense to wide receiver to the fastest-starting tailback in school history. Prosise has run for 600 yards this season, the most ever for an Irish player through the first four games of the season. By contrast, Clemson has run for just 564 yards this fall.

Inexperienced quarterbacks to start for Gamecocks, Missouri BY JADE WASHBURN The Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. — South Carolina visits Missouri today in an SEC game that matches two of the nation’s most experienced coaches and two of the nation’s most inexperienced quarterbacks. Gary Pinkel and Steve Spurrier are the only active head coaches who hold career victory records at two different schools. Pinkel is 116-67 at Missouri and 73-37-3 at Toledo. Spurrier is 86-47 at South Carolina and 142-40-2 at Florida. Winning has not come easily for either in 2015. Both will rely on relatively untested freshmen quarterbacks helping to get their school’s first conference victory of the season. Lorenzo Nunez will make his second start after leading the Gamecocks (2-2, 0-2 SEC) to a 31-14 victory against Central Florida in his debut last week. He threw for two touchdowns and was 12 of 22 for 184 yards along with 18 carries for 123 yards. “As coaches, you’ve just got to let them play and see what happens,’’ Spurrier said of Nunez, his third starter in three games. “He threw the ball very well. He threw a lot of completions, and of course

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Both South Carolina and Missouri will start inexperienced quarterbacks this week in Lorenzo Nunez (19) for the Gamecocks and Drew Lock for the Tigers.

ran the ball well also.’’ Drew Lock will make his first start for the Tigers (3-1, 0-1) in place of junior Maty Mauk, who was suspended for violation of team policies. In limited duty, Lock has completed 60 percent of his passes

with one touchdown and an interception. Both teams have struggled to score thus far. South Carolina is ranked 108th nationally with 22.5 points per game, while the Tigers are 115th (20.8).

Here’s hoping that the heavy rain that is predicted stays away from Clemson for the 3 1/2 hours it will take to play the game. Somehow though, I believe that is wishful thinking. Even if there is a heavy downpour, the stadium should be rocking. The Tigers need to take advantage of that. Now Notre Dame is used to getting everyone’s best shot; whether good, bad or mediocre, it’s a big deal when Notre Dame is on the schedule and notching a line in the W column against the Irish is a nice thing. Still, Clemson is easily the best team ND has faced this year, and this is only its second road game. The other was against Virginia, not exactly the same as Clemson.

backs so far this season. Even with the threat of soggy conditions though, defensive coordinator Brent Venables needs to have Clemson attacking, not on its heels. The Irish have allowed five quarterback sacks and the Tigers have seven; Clemson needs to get after QB DeShone Kizer.

3. KEEP RUNNING THE BALL The Tigers have been getting the ball into the hands of running back Wayne Gallman with regularity, almost 18 times a game for an average of 103.3 yards. That trend needs to continue today, perhaps with even more emphasis. If the Tigers can run the ball with success, that will make things a bit easier for quarterback Deshaun Watson, not that he needs much help. However, effectively running the ball could have a detrimental effect on Notre Dame.

4. WIN SPECIAL TEAMS Again, depending upon the weather, this could mean just don’t make any mistakes. No mishandled snaps, no muffs or fumbles receiving kicks, make the extra points and any short field goal attempts. If the weather is good, then it’s the normal things.

5. WIN THE TURNOVER BATTLE

This will easily be the Clemson defense’s best test of the season. The Tigers are allowing just 12.3 points a game and less than 300 yards of total offense, but that came against Football Championship Subdivision school Wofford, mid-major Appalachian State and Louisville, which has started something like 15 quarter-

This is an interesting statistical matchup. Clemson has forced six turnovers, but has also committed six turnovers. The Irish have only committed three turnovers, but forced just three. Of course, it often depends on where on the field or when in a game a turnover is committed, but who commits fewer turnovers will likely win the game.

USC FROM PAGE B1

3. LOOSEN THE REINS ON NUNEZ

2. ATTACK ON DEFENSE

Following are five things USC needs to happen to win today.

1. WIN THE FIRST HALF South Carolina has yet to go to the locker room at halftime with a lead. In reality, USC is probably lucky to be 2-2 at this point. One has to think if the Gamecocks can do that and continue to play like it has in the second half of each game with the exception of Georgia, they have a good shot at a victory. Whether a change in routine, a change in ways to motivate, whatever is needed Carolina needs to find the magic that has it ready to play from the beginning. One would think getting a win over the 2-time defending Southeastern Conference Eastern Division champion would be enough.

2. STAY AGGRESSIVE ON DEFENSE South Carolina certainly improved its lot on defense last week with some personnel moves, but that was against a team that was pretty lousy on offense. Fortunately for the Gamecocks, the Tigers have been no great shakes offensively, averaging just 20 points a game. Mizzou will be without suspended quarterback Maty Mauk and will go with Lock behind center. One could look at that as an advantage, but Mauk really hasn’t been that good this season. With him, you knew what you were facing. With Lock, you’re not sure what’s coming his way even though he has some time under his belt. South Carolina needs to stay off its heels on defense.

While Nunez wasn’t tremendous throwing the football against UCF, he wasn’t anywhere close to what at least I expected him to be throwing the football. And running the football, well, there’s no doubt that’s where his strength lies at this time. While this will be his first start on the road in the SEC, Nunez seems to have a level head. The Gamecocks don’t need to go crazy with him, but letting him do even more this week would be a good thing.

4. GO TO PHAROH Pharoh Cooper showed why he is the best player on the USC roster on his 29-yard touchdown run against Central Florida. Catching a lateral from Nunez, Cooper was supposed to throw the ball, but the receivers were covered. He reversed his field, avoiding two tacklers who had the angle on him, then used a block from Nunez to spring him for a touchdown that really turned the momentum. Still, Cooper had just four catches and three rushes against UCF. He needs to have the ball in his hands between 10-15 times a game. Very good things normally happen when he touches the ball, the fumbled punt on the goal line last week notwithstanding.

5. WIN SPECIAL TEAMS What may seem unusual to many Carolina fans is the fact the Gamecocks have been most consistent on special teams. Placekicker Elliott Fry and punter Sean Kelly have been outstanding so far. However, Missouri has been solid in special teams. In what will probably be a tight game, it could come down to who is better in this area.

FOOTBALL

THE SUMTER ITEM

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2015

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

AP PHOTOS

The result of today’s big SEC matchup between Alabama and Georgia could come down to the play of Bulldogs quarterback Greyson Lambert, left, and Tide QB Jake Coker, right.

QBs could be key to ’Bama-Georgia matchup BY PAUL NEWBERRY The Associated Press

COLLEGE SCHEDULE STATE

ATHENS, Ga. — They are viewed as nothing more than caretakers, a pair of quarterbacks who mainly need to get their teams in the right play, avoid big mistakes, and let all those talented players around them shine. So far, Greyson Lambert is handling that role just fine for No. 8 Georgia. Jake Coker is still a work in progress at No. 13 Alabama. In a game that is essentially mustwin for the Crimson Tide, the Coker vs. Lambert matchup could go a long way toward determining which team comes out on top today in this Southeastern Conference showdown. “The quarterback has got to play well in games like this,’’ Georgia coach Mark Richt said. Alabama (3-1, 0-1 SEC) is coming off an upset loss at home to Mississippi two weeks ago, a game in which the Crimson Tide committed five turnovers. Coker threw three touchdown passes but also had a pair of interceptions. He’s been picked off four times already this season, hardly providing

Today (6) Notre Dame at (12) Clemson, 8 p.m. (WOLO 25, WWBD-FM 94.7, WPUB-FM 102.7) South Carolina at Missouri, noon (SEC NETWORK, WIBZ-FM 95.5, WNKT-FM 107.5) Presbyterian at Western Carolina, 3:30 p.m. Wofford at Mercer, 6 p.m. South Carolina State at Furman, 7 p.m. Alabama A&M at Coastal Carolina, 2 p.m. (WWFN-FM 100.1) Newberry at Catawba, 1:30 p.m. North Greenville at Mars Hill, 1:30 p.m. Kentucky State at Benedict, 2 p.m. Limestone at Wingate, 1:30 p.m.

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Thursday Cincinnati 34, Miami 23 Today (11) Florida State at Wake Forest, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) Pittsburgh at Virginia Tech, noon (FOX SPORTSOUTH) Louisville at North Carolina State, 12:30 p.m. (TIME WARNER 1250) Boston College at Duke, 3:30 p.m. (FOX SPORTSOUTH) North Carolina at Georgia Tech, 3:30 p.m. (ESPNU)

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the sort of stability that coach Nick Saban was hoping to get out of the 6-foot-6 transfer from Florida State. But Saban insisted that Coker’s numbers are better than they appear. “It’s more `Did you do what you

(3) Mississippi at (25) Florida, 7 p.m. (ESPN) (8) Georgia vs. (13) Alabama, 3:30 p.m. (WLTX 19) (9) LSU vs. Eastern Michigan, 7 p.m. (ESPNU) (14) Texas A&M vs. (21) Mississippi State, 7:30 p.m. (SEC NETWORK) San Jose State at Auburn, 4 p.m. (SEC NETWORK) Arkansas at Tennessee, 7 p.m. (ESPN2) Vanderbilt at Middle Tennessee State, 7 p.m. (CBS SPORTS NETWORK) Eastern Kentucky at Kentucky, 7:30 p.m. (SEC NETWORK+)

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Today ( 1) Ohio State at Indiana, 3:30 p.m. (WOLO 25) (2) Michigan State vs. Purdue, noon (ESPN2) (4) TCU vs. Texas, noon (WOLO 25) (5) Baylor vs. Texas Tech, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN2) (7) UCLA vs. Arizona State, 7:30 p.m. (WACH 57) (15) Oklahoma vs. (23) West Virginia, noon (FOX SPORTS 1) (16) Northwestern vs. Minnesota, noon (18) Stanford vs. Arizona, 10:30 p.m. (19) Wisconsin vs. Iowa, noon (20) Oklahoma State vs. Kansas State, 4 p.m. (FOX SPORTS 1) (22) Michigan at Maryland, noon (24) California vs. Washington State, 4 p.m.

were supposed to do on the play? Did you throw the ball where you were supposed to? Did you manage the team?’’’ Saban said. “I think in all those areas he has gotten better and better and better.’’

Georgia (4-0, 2-0) didn’t decide on a starting quarterback until a week before the opener, but Lambert — a transfer from Virginia — has justified his selection by completing 33 of his last 35 passes, including a 24-of-25 showing against South Carolina to set an NCAA record. Of course, this might be the toughest defense he faces all season. Alabama has the top-ranked run defense in the SEC, allowing less than 57 yards per game, and will look to make things tough on Nick Chubb, who has rushed for 100 yards in 12 straight games. Even Chubb thinks Lambert will have to play a leading role against the Crimson Tide. “Being able to pass the ball will be key,’’ Chubb said. Then again, Richt doesn’t want his quarterback to feel like he has to win the game all by himself. “Sometimes making the right play is just doing what you always do,’’ Richt said. “Rarely do guys have to do something acrobatic or beyond the call of duty. Do the job, do it well. That’s what gives you a chance.’’

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Panthers CB Norman out to prove he’s elite BY STEVE REED The Associated Press

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Baltimore running back Justin Forsett, left, is hit by Pittsburgh defensive end Cameron Heyward during the Ravens’ 23-20 overtime victory on Thursday in Pittsburgh.

Ravens revitalized after OT victory BY WILL GRAVES The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — John Harbaugh considered going for it. Joe Flacco had other ideas. Why risk extending the worst start in Baltimore Ravens’ history when you have a kicker with one of the best legs in the game waiting to go do his job? So Harbaugh — not for the first time — listened to his quarterback. And Justin Tucker — not for the first time — sent the Ravens sprinting off the field in triumph. Tucker drilled a 52-yard field goal through the tricky Heinz Field winds with 5:08 left in overtime Thursday night to give

Baltimore its first victory of the season, 23-20 over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Tucker’s 42-yarder with three seconds left forced the extra period, and his winner was good all the way. “It’s one of the most electric stadiums to play in in the NFL,’’ Tucker said. “So to be able to come in and win in such a dramatic fashion with just a consummate team effort, it’s really special.’’ The Ravens, desperately trying to avoid a hole that would all but end their playoff hopes a quarter of the way into the season, responded emphatically while rallying from a 13point second-half deficit. Justin Forsett ran for 150 yards for Baltimore. Flacco threw a

touchdown pass and did just enough late, though Baltimore (1-3) got plenty of help from the Steelers (2-2). “The finish is what counts,’’ Harbaugh said. “The finish is what our guys were able to accomplish.’’ The Steelers, not so much. Kicker Josh Scobee, acquired from Jacksonville in August after injuries to Shaun Suisham and Garrett Hartley, had two chances to give Pittsburgh some cushion late in the fourth quarter only to pull both kicks wide left. “It’s pretty frustrating,’’ Scobee said. “I feel like I let the team down. It’s not something I ever want to remember doing. It’s just a bad feeling.’’

CHARLOTTE — Josh Norman told everyone who’d listen in July that he’s one of the elite cover men in the NFL. Now the Carolina Panthers fourth-year cornerback is beginning to back up those bold claims. The former fifth-round pick is off to a fast start, being named NFC Defensive Player of the Month on Thursday after helping the Panthers start 3-0 for the first time since 2003. “I’m trying to make an impact every time I step on the field to help my teammates out,’’ Norman said. He’s done just that. He has 15 tackles, five pass breakups and two interceptions, one of which he returned for a momentum-turning touchdown in Week 1 against the Jacksonville Jaguars and another last Sunday with 1:09 left that helped seal Carolina’s 27-22 win over the New Orleans Saints. He’s also forced and recovered a fumble. Panthers coach Ron Rivera said Norman is “on his way’’ to living up to his claim of being one of the game’s elite cornerbacks. Norman hasn’t backed off his comments, adding Thursday that, “I’m not going down, I’m only

going to continue to get better and go up higher.’’ He climbed the ladder on Sunday. NORMAN Norman’s leaping interception in the end zone as he was falling backward against Luke McCown on Sunday turned some heads around the country. It turns out Norman made almost the same catch in a recent practice against Cam Newton. Newton said that play left him angry at the time, but now he’s glad it happened. “I think it is safe to say that I gave him his preparation for (Luke) McCown trying to throw the fade to him,’’ Newton joked. “It is incredible to see practice carry over to the game.’’ Said Rivera: “He practices the way he plays.” Rivera said Norman’s strength is his outstanding vision, which allows him to pick up where the ball is quickly. It helps too that he has great leaping ability, long arms and outstanding hands for a cornerback. While a freelancer of sorts earlier in his NFL career — something that cost him a starting job in 2013 — Norman has learned to play within defensive coordinator Sean McDermott’s system.

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Beck a chorus director with colorful personality BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com

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he life of the school.” That’s how Frances Suggs, a sixth-grade student at Furman Middle School, described

chorus director Linda Beck. “Every time you walk into Ms. Beck’s classroom, she lifts your mood; she knows how to make learning fun,” Suggs said. Beck’s colorful personality can be seen every day through different costumes she wears for traffic duty, everything from a human banana to Peg Bundy from the sitcom “Married ... with Children.” Beck, a native of Concord, North Carolina, said she’s always enjoyed playing musical instruments and singing. For about 30 years, she has shared that talent through teaching students with some from generations of families. She has students in her current classes whose parents she taught. Beck has also had students who have gone on to careers in theater or music. “All of the children I’ve had over the years, I carry them with me in my heart. They’re like my own children,” she said. Growing up, Beck wanted to be a concert pianist, playing the piano for as long as six hours a day. As a student at University of North Carolina-Greensboro, where she received a bachelor’s in music with a double major in piano and percussion, she knew how to play as many as 11 instruments. Beck said she fell in love with teaching at her first job in Wadley, Georgia, after graduating from college. “I was teaching K-12,” she said. “At the time, they had no music program there; we found some musical instruments at the school and got the program going.” Today, Beck has as many as 130 students, grades sixth through eighth, in her chorus classes at Furman. Chorus is an elective class at the school that students take year round. “Chorus encompasses several subject areas that makes a person more well rounded,” she said. “It

allows students to express themselves and develop their creative side.” Besides singing, students learn music history and study famous composers. Every year, her students participate in several concerts in the community. Beck also directs a musical involving high school and middle school students. This year’s will be “The Lion King,” with performances scheduled for late January. “Ms. Beck makes you feel welcome,” said Destiny Casper, a seventh-grade student at Furman. “She really has a sweet heart.” Nicole Moran, also a seventhgrade student, said Beck can be both fun and serious about learning at the same time. “She’s a great teacher and always encourages us until we get it right,” Moran said. Sumter School District Superintendent Frank Baker said Beck is an asset to the district’s music program, starting events such as the National Anthem project, which she brought to Sumter many years ago. She coordinates the event every year. “It has grown into a large event that highlights patriotism and brings pride to the entire community,” Baker said. “In addition to her daytime job, she is very active in many community events. Her stamina and devotion to music and the fine arts in Sumter have earned her the nickname of ‘the Energizer Bunny.’ We are very fortunate to have a talented person like Ms. Beck in our district.” Beck has also played piano for numerous schools, churches and theaters in North Carolina and South Carolina.

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eraldine Singleton doesn’t think she’s particularly

extraordinary. In fact, she only consented to this story because, she said, “it might help me to help other people.”

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Geraldine Singleton stands with John Holladay, co-owner of Sumter Cut Rate Drugs & Soda Fountain. Singleton credited Cut Rate with helping her feed thousands of local people at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Holladay said Singleton is “truly an extraordinary woman.”

Helping is what she’s been about for most of her life. Now 72, Singleton moved to Sumter from Kingstree with her mother, Littery Teal, and siblings when she was 2. She’s one of nine of the 13 still living. “We lived on the south side of Sumter,” Singleton said, “playing in the street when

Harvin was just dirt, going to Bethlehem Baptist Church, going for Sunday afternoon walks or to a show at the Lyric Theater if something good was playing. We always had to go in a group.” Despite the large family, she said she never felt like they were in great need. “We were always expected to be helping others,” Singleton said. “My grandmother was a midwife, and she had us going to help people whose babies she delivered. We helped with housework, yard work and with the babies — whatever they needed. I loved it. I always used to do it willingly.” Singleton thinks it’s a strong possibility she got that willingness from her grandmother, who also delivered three of Singleton’s own four children.

“My grandmother raised a lot of adopted children, too,” she said. While she works to feed upward of 1,000 people Thanksgiving and Christmas meals each year, Singleton said it is her volunteer helpers and the people who donate food who deserve much of the credit. “I’ve already had a call from a lady wanting to help,” she said. “Most of the food and money donations come from individuals, and a lot of people come to the dinners to volunteer.” Businesses, too, contribute to the dinners that are served free to “anyone who needs one,” Singleton said. She visits Sumter Cut Rate Drugs & Soda Fountain “every morning, Monday through Friday. I sit in the same corner every day.”

She laughed. “I call it my office. People meet me there to make donations for the dinners.” Singleton said Cut Rate contributes substantially to her project each year. “I never have to ask them,” she said, “and there are others, too, like Evergreen, Piggly Wiggly, Sherry’s (Treasure Chest), Liberty Seafood. (The Church of the) Holy Comforter offered to let me use their kitchen to cook turkeys. I can cook eight at a time there.” Singleton routinely cooks 60 to 70 turkeys herself for each year’s Thanksgiving dinner — they’re stored in the freezers of friends all over town — as well as many of the side dishes, although “a lot of people help by bringing cooked foods on the

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A tip of the hat to Amanda McNulty ‘Making It Grow’ host finds her niche BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com

manda McNulty is an agent for Clemson University Ex-

tension Service in Sumter, but most people in the area probably know her as the host of “Making It Grow,” a popular TV program produced at ETV in Sumter. For her work on TV, she received the Zone VIII Horticulture Commendation from the Garden Club of America. McNulty said one challenge she faced in her career is that she did not start to work professionally until she was “kind of old.” “I had never had a professional job till I started with Clemson,” she said. “I had worked as a gardener, which was in my field, and I had worked doing events, but I had not worked in a regular office job for 30-something years.” She was not as up to date on

technology as many of her coworkers, she said. “It was a steep learning curve,” she said. McNulty said she went to college when she finished high school in the late ’60s. “It was very exciting, but I didn’t finish,” she said. “I did finish when I was in my late 20s.” “I was a non-traditional student but not really that nontraditional,” she said. She said waiting to finish school ended up being a blessing. “When I first started at the University of South Carolina, I was in international studies,” she recalled. “Then I got married and went to Atlanta and worked as a secretary.” Her husband became a graduate student at Clemson, and there she took a horticultural class. “I found what I should have been in all along,” she said. “Who knows what they want to do when they are 18 and 19 years old?” She later got a master’s degree and tried teaching. “My temperament and mid-

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Amanda McNulty is seen on the set of “Making it Grow.” dle schoolers did not mesh very well,” she said. She now lives in Saint Matthews. “I really wanted to teach sci-

ence,” she said. “That again was fortuitous because I do teach hands-on science.” She said she now teaches science to a different audience.

“They’re a little bit better behaved,” she said, laughing, “but Master Gardeners are so exuberant they often have the enthusiasm of middle-school children.” Her career in TV was unexpected, she said. “‘Making it Grow’ has always been based out of the Sumter regional ETV office studio, and Roland Austin was the host when I got a job as an extension agent in Sumter,” she said. “I like to joke because everybody who knows Austin knows he is very careful with funding, and since I was right there in Sumter, he didn’t have to pay any travel to put me on the show.” “He’d say, ‘You can come over, you’re already here.’” She said being in front of the camera did not make her nervous. “I was on town council for 12 years in Saint Matthews, so I’ve tried to stay busy and involved in the world and not just be within my own small world,” she said. Isn’t she famous for her hats? “Infamous is probably more like it,” she said, chuckling. “At one time, one of the Clemson vice presidents said, ‘That woman is an embarrassment to the extension service,’ but I think he is gone now.” She said she loves plant material, and it was just a way to have a little more fun every week. “I hope my hats make more people see the world around them,” she said.

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n interest in community growth and a passion for business are two factors

that led Eliza Buxton to Sumter Economic Development. In 1986, Buxton received an art history degree from Princeton University in New Jersey and started her own appraisal company in her hometown of Richmond, Virginia. “I have always been interested in business,” she said. And that interest in business began to grow as she continued her business and later decided to pursue a degree in international business. She earned a master’s in international business studies with a concentration in French from University of

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Eliza Buxton was recently promoted to manager of operations for Sumter Economic Development. South Carolina in 2002. Buxton had been involved in volunteer work in almost every place that she has lived, and her family’s move to

Sumter in 2010 gave her a new perspective on volunteering and her career. She said some of her friends said Sumter would be too small for someone who has lived in so many different places. But after speaking with Chuck Fienning, former owner of Sumter Packaging Corp., Buxton saw her new city situation in a different light. “Chuck summed it up by saying when he moved here he felt like he should ‘bloom where he was planted.’ I think that is a terrific attitude and one that I believe will take you far,” Buxton said. Buxton said she too wanted to make the most of her new home and to have a hand at improving the quality of life in the area. When she learned about a position with the local economic development board, she was thrilled. Working in economic development would be a way to get involved with the community,

Buxton said. She said the position provided a rapid learning curve about economic development and the opportunity to interact with community members and business leaders. The mission of Sumter Economic Development is to serve as the galvanizing force of Sumter County’s economic development effort by increasing per-capita income and supporting the creation of well-paying jobs, she said. After being on staff for five years, Buxton was recently promoted to manager of operations. Along with working at Sumter Economic Development, she is also the public relations director for Sumter Rotary Club and chairwoman of Sumter County Museum. “What I’ve seen from the beginning is a community that believes in itself, invests in itself and is prepared to win the deal,” Buxton said.

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Logan-Owens thanks others for pushing her to succeed BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com

eing able to inspire people is a special gift. So it is not surprising that Tu-

omey Healthcare System President and CEO Michelle LoganOwens doesn’t dwell on the obstacles she has had to overcome in her career but would rather talk about the blessing she has received in her life. “Obstacles are such a strong term,” she said. “I feel like I’ve been remarkably blessed in my life,” she said. “I’ve been reared by two incredible parents, very nurturing. I’ve had the blessing of being exposed to incredible people growing up. People who were nurturing and kind and appropriately willing to discipline or chip in and help with restructuring when it was necessary.” Despite growing up in the small community of Pinewood, she said she doesn’t see any part of her youth as an obstacle. “I am certain there were struggles that my parents had to overcome to get me to where I needed to go in terms of my academic career, but they never ever put those barriers in front of me,” she said. “All I could see was them behind me pushing.” She knew from an early age she wanted to get into health care, inspired by the nurses who took care of her ailing grandfather. Logan-Owens acknowledges she had the normal challenges that anyone faces getting through school and college. Her perseverance and determination took her

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Michelle Logan-Owens is Tuomey Healthcare System’s president and CEO. beyond that, however. “The greatest challenge for me would have been completing my doctoral work, being married and having two children under the age of 10, and accomplishing that and working 50-plus hours a week,” she said. At times, she said, she wondered if it was worth it. “But I knew that my girls were watching and that if I wanted to let them know it is important to persevere even when things were difficult, that example had to start with me,” Logan-Owens said. Once you make up your mind to do something, make sure you are committed to doing it, she said. “People need to realize that things aren’t going to come easy,” she said. “You have to make sacrifices along the way.” It is not surprising that people look up to Logan-Owens and seek out her advice. “One of the greatest things that has happened is I have talked to people about their role in taking care of

patients even if they are not professionally trained,” she said. “I have had a number of people — particularly in the housekeeping department — talk to me about how they are going back to school; one young lady is pursuing her master’s degree.” She said people have seen her grow up through the grassroots of the hospital, she said, and they find it inspiring. “Our business is taking care of patients, but if we can help our people reach their fullest potential, just imagine the quality of care we can deliver,” she said. She said she feels blessed to be in her capacity as president and CEO at Tuomey. “It is deeply humbling, and I appreciate everyone in my Pinewood community and my Sumter family who has contributed to help me get where I am today,” she said. “I am a product of my environment, and so many people have been able to pour into me, and I thank them for that.”

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day of the dinner. A lot of people volunteer to help at the dinner, too.” Singleton starts working on the Thanksgiving dinner “around the end of September or the first of October,” she said. “It’s still hard to ask people for contributions,” she said, “even though most of them thank me for letting them help. They say it makes them feel good. I see all the people who come to the South Sumter Gym for a holiday dinner they wouldn’t have otherwise. Homeless people, elderly people, families. “It makes me feel good, too.” Singleton is especially proud that those attending the dinners, always held on the Sunday before the holidays — the only Sunday she misses church — are a diverse group, representing several ethnic groups. Does she ever get tired of the hours and hours she spends getting ready to feed the hundreds of people? “I get tired,” she said, “but never tired of helping. I keep thinking I’ll stop, but then I think ‘Maybe I’ll do a New Year’s dinner with Hoppin’ John and collard greens.’ But now we have more volunteers. Last year, a group of Sumter High students and others volunteered, so I wasn’t quite as busy on the day of the dinner. I got to supervise!” What keeps her going, Singleton said, is “seeing the people coming in who really need the meal. Homeless people, the elderly. That’s what makes it all worthwhile.” In addition to helping the homeless and the elderly, Singleton also serves on the local juvenile arbitration board. “We meet at the (Sumter County) courthouse.” The program, she said, “works with 17-year-olds that get in trouble with the law for the first time. If they go through the program successfully, it doesn’t go on their record. A lot of them come back to thank us, to let us know how they’re doing.” The Church of the Holy Comforter will donate half of the funds raised between Oct. 4 and 25 for their mission to Turkey to Singleton’s Thanksgiving dinner project. Donations can be sent to the church, 213 N Main St, Sumter, SC 29150. Call (803) 773-3823 for more information. If you’d like to donate food or money or volunteer to help serve or deliver meals to the homebound to help with the annual Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners, you can catch Geraldine Singleton at Cut Rate from about 9:30 a.m. weekdays for an hour or two; or call her at (803) 775-2047.

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‘Enthusiastic educator’ engages students BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com

rista Jennings has achieved many successes in her life. She was the first

person in her family to go to college, and in August she was named Sumter School District’s 2015 Teacher of the Year. “I’ve always wanted to be a teacher,” said Jennings, a curriculum resource technology teacher at Pocalla Springs Elementary School. “I had teachers when I was in school who inspired me, and I wanted to follow in their footsteps and hopefully to do the same.” Jennings is originally from Rockport, New York, and received a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and a master’s degree in education from State University of New York at Geneseo. Her career started out at Batavia Middle School in Batavia, New York. After vacationing in South Carolina several times, Jennings said she was attracted by the Southern climate and hospitality. She landed a job with the former Sumter School District 17 in 2000 and has been in Sumter ever since. Before her current position, Jennings taught second grade at Pocalla Springs Elementary School and second and third grade at Shaw Heights Elementary School. She was named teacher of the year at Pocalla Springs for the

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Krista Jennings leads a discussion of “Henry P Baloney” with a group of third-graders at Pocalla Springs Elementary School recently. 2014-15 school year and teacher of the year at Shaw Heights for the 2004-05 school year. She was also teacher assistant of the year at Batavia Middle School. Jennings said there have been many changes in the education field since she first started teaching 24 years ago. There were no computers or limited access to computers at her first teaching job at school in Batavia. Today, her position as a curriculum resource technology teacher has her working with computers daily.

Her position also involves working with students who may have difficulties with certain skills in small group settings. She said another thing that has changed through the years is the transition of a teacher from a lecturer to more of a facilitator role. “I’ve always had teachers who taught like that, so for me it was natural to approach teaching with that type of concept,” Jennings said. Jennings said one of the challenging parts of education is coming up with

lesson plans that engage the students on a consistent basis. “One of the things I’ve learned over the years is you have to be open to new ideas and new approaches of how the students learn,” she said. Jennings said what she enjoys the most about teaching is working with students and inspiring them to learn. Laura Brown, principal of Pocalla Springs, described Jennings as “a bright young educator who reflects the best of the teaching profession.” “She is dedicated, driven and has a high need to achieve,” Brown said. “Her commitment to learning is evident in her interaction with students and adults. If I could create the model elementary school, there would be a Krista Jennings in every classroom.” Sumter School District Superintendent Frank Baker said that in addition to Jennings’ classroom duties at Pocalla Springs Elementary School, she is involved in numerous extracurricular activities. She holds the school record for fundraising with the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life efforts and also serves on the countywide Relay for Life committee. “Mrs. Jennings is a vivacious, enthusiastic educator who loves working with students and whose love for learning is contagious,” Baker said. “She is a testament to the devoted educators we have in Sumter School District and is a positive role model for the students she teaches.” She is married to James, and they have two children and six grandchildren.

Free clinic director has always been one to help others Mariah McKellar, Sumter United Ministries Health Clinic director, has always had an interest in medicine.

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ltruism, doing good for others without

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thing in return, is a character trait that many strive to possess. Of course, it should not come as a shock that Sumter United Ministries Health Clinic Director Mariah McKellar has had altruistic beliefs ever since she was young. “I have always been interested in medicine,” she said. In 2001, McKellar received a degree in respiratory therapy from Trident Technical College in Charleston and started working at Tuomey Regional Medical Center that same year. McKellar’s passion for helping others can also be seen in her volunteer work with United Ministries. Other members of McKellar’s family are also charitable and involved with United Ministries. McKellar’s sister used to run the construction ministry that now her father is in charge of. Outside of the shelter, McKellar is involved with her children’s school and helps out with the Parent Teacher Organization.

McKellar was excited to get involved with the clinic when she heard that United Ministries would eventually open a free clinic. Volunteering is such a great way to get in touch with the community, she said. McKellar is now a full-time employee with United Ministries and works at the Crisis Ministry on the days when the clinic is not open. She said she still does work at Tuomey when she can. She said the people who volunteer at the clinic are local medical professionals who gladly give their time to help those who are in need. McKellar described her du-

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As clinic director, McKellar does not provide medical assistance to patients, but she does provide comfort for patients through conversation and prayer. Every Tuesday, the clinic is

opened with a prayer, she said. McKellar said she sometimes jumps in to help whenever she is needed, but most of the time she makes sure everything runs smoothly throughout the evening. She said it is easy to bond with the patients as she listens to their stories. “Usually, I’m the one that ends up feeling blessed,” she said. Meeting patients is not always a fun experience because some people wait until they are very sick before seeking medical help, she said. McKellar said she and the clinic volunteers get through the tougher times with the help of prayer. Overall, McKellar has found her niche in volunteering as she spreads her compassion and giving nature with others.

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