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Shaw joins ISIS fight F-16’s will be deployed to Middle East FROM STAFF REPORTS

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Shaw Air Force Base will be joining the fight against the Islamic State terrorist group, deploying one of its three squadrons of F-16 Fighting Falcons AIR FORCE STAFF SGT. CHRISTOPHER WILLIS / SPECIAL TO THE SUMTER ITEM to the Middle East. The specific squadron and day of deployOne of three squadrons of Fighting Falcons from Shaw Air Force Base will be deploying to the Mid- ment will not be released, and no official deployment ceremodle East to fight the Islamic State militant group.

ny will be held at the base.

At full strength, the base holds 82 F-16 fighter jets and comprises three squadrons: the 55th, 77th and 79th.

The Islamic State, otherwise known as ISIS or ISIL, is an extremist group fighting in Iraq and Syria. The U.S. bombing campaign began the night of Sept. 22.

Locals take advantage of health fair

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Prayer event a response to shootings

BY MATT BRUCE matthew@theitem.com A Bishopville church will be hosting a community prayer Sunday after a pair of teen shooting deaths that have rocked Lee County.

The event will be held between 4:30 and 5:30 p.m. at Tabernacle of Champions Church, 29 Mendy Lane. The prayer gathering, which is dubbed “Purification Before Action,” is free and open to the public.

Local pastors, Lee County school board members, government leaders, community activists and residents are expected to be in attendance. Organizers said the gathering is a response to recent violence that sent

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Mary “Lisa” Canty, right, a health literacy coordinator with Care Reach, shows Jaylyn Archer, a kindergartner, how to use an inhaler at Sumter Rotary Club’s health fair Thursday. She also talked about avoiding allergen triggers.

Vendors aim to educate at free Sumter Rotary event

BY JADE REYNOLDS jade@theitem.com More than 200 people came out to the Sumter Rotary Club health fair Thursday, but vendors and organizers alike wish it had been even more.

“It’s been great,” said Travis McIntosh, president of Sumter Rotary Club and one of the event’s directors. “We’ve had a good turnout. I think people still didn’t know it was for all ages.”

Called “A Family Affair,” the event aimed to offer services for young children, the elderly and anyone in between.

Alex Getz, a member of Central Carolina Technical College’s Student Nurses Association, was checking blood pressures.

“It’s going good, I think,” she

said during the fair. “We’re helping a lot of people. It’s not as many as we’d like at a free thing like this, but it’s been all right.”

If someone’s blood pressure was in the normal range, Getz told them to “keep up the good work.”

If it was high, she talked to them about the dangers of hypertension and gave them pamphlets with more information.

Massage therapy students from CCTC were also on hand to give free massages. Lauren Wilson and Sarah Cottone said they were meeting a lot of people and getting a lot of practice.

Dr. Tim Garrity with Live Oak Aesthetic and Family Dentistry was giving oral cancer screenings by looking for ulcers on the soft tissues of the tongue and cheeks.

“I hadn’t seen anything, thank

goodness,” he said Thursday. “You never want to find cancer, but you have to check. I’m also hoping to help dispel the myth that you have to drink or smoke to get mouth cancers.”

Education was the aim of many vendors.

Mary “Lisa” Canty, a health literacy coordinator for Care Reach, talked to children and their families about asthma.

“A lot of the children in our program are asthmatic,” she said. “We help them understand what it is, how to use the medicine prescribed and making sure they use it correctly.”

She had inhalers and a nebulizer at her station to help her demonstrate.

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You can get a free smoke detector Fire department will install it for you

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install smoke detectors to anyone in the county who requests one during National Fire Prevention Four people have died Week, which begins Sunin Sumter County fires day and runs through this year, said Battalion Chief Johnnie Rose of the Oct. 11.

“We also install free Sumter County Fire Debatteries,” he said. partment.

With the help of a For him and his fellow $40,000 grant, the departfirefighters, that is four ment will start a new protoo many, he said.

“We want zero,” he said. gram this year, going door to door in selected areas.

That’s one reason his “This year, we are partdepartment is kicking off nering with the Red Cross a drive to give away and

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Firefighters battle a blaze at a Sumter home in February.

Sumter County Fire Department will give away and install free smoke detectors during National Fire Prevention Week, which begins Sunday. and picking areas where there are a lot of fires,” he said. “We will be in Wedgefield at 9 a.m. (today) going door to door to install free smoke de-

tectors. We are going to Wedgefield because there have been a lot of recent fires in the area.”

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Stormwater Solutions announces student video contest FROM STAFF REPORTS Sumter County students are invited to enter the Sumter Stormwater Solutions Video Contest for a chance to use their creativity and help the environment — and win prizes in the process.

The contest asks students in grades K through 12 to make short videos based on assigned themes.

Students can enter as teams or as individuals. Those whose videos are judged to be most creative, informative and best in quality and best in creativity will win.

There are three categories: • Elementary — K-5 students must enter as a class and must base their 30-second video on the theme “We All Live Downstream.” The winning team will get a

pizza party.

• Middle-school students — Grades 6-8 can enter as a group or as individuals. Their theme is “Litter,” and the prize for winner(s) is a pizza party for up to 30 people.

• High-school students — Grades 9-12 can also enter in groups or as individuals using the theme “Fecal Coliforms: Pet Waste.” The prize for the winning individual or group is a $200 Amazon gift card.

The video that receives the most “likes” out of all the videos on the Midlands Stormwater Consortium’s Facebook page will be featured on SCETV’s “Making It Grow” and will be honorably mentioned as the People’s Choice.

For a registration form or for more information, contact Jolie Brown at (803) 773-5561 or Jolie2@clemson.edu.

SUMTER STORMWATER SOLUTIONS COMPETITION GUIDELINES • No purchase is necessary. This contest is open to all Sumter County students and is free to enter. The only requirement is the submission of a registration form by Oct. 21, 2014.

• Entrants must reside in and attend a school in Sumter County (public, private or homeschool). Entrants must also be within grade levels kindergarten through grade 12.

• Entrants must return the registration form to the Clemson Extension Office in Sumter County by mail or in person by Oct. 21. Entrants must also create a YouTube account and submit a link to their video or bring a flash drive containing the video to the Clemson Extension

Office in Sumter County by the deadline date, Nov. 21, to officially be entered into the contest.

• The video will be open to public viewing on the Midlands Stormwater Consortium’s Facebook page after submission. Understand that any and all videos submitted will become property of Clemson Extension.

The video may be used in public media including but not limited to websites, social media and television.

• Judging of the videos will begin promptly after the deadline. Judging of the videos will be done by members of Sumter Stormwater Solutions Consortium.

• The winner(s) of each category will be notified through mail.

COMPETITION RULES • The video must be approximately 30 seconds in length.

• The video must be original and not used in a previous contest.

• The video must be based on the theme in your category.

• The video must be suitable for viewing by all ages.

• The video cannot infringe or insult another’s party, gender or ethnicity.

• The video cannot contain any copyrighted music. Music used must either be original or in the public domain.

• The video cannot advertise a specific company or product. No logos on T-shirts, etc.

• A group cannot have more than four members (middle and high school categories).

• All members of the group must be in grade levels within the selected category.

Juice bar going strong 1 year after its opening in Sumter

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Kimberly Field, owner of Johnny’s Garden Juice Bar, waits on a juicer to finish its job Friday. She and her husband own the eatery off Miller Road that has now been open a year.

JOHNNY’S GARDEN JUICE BAR Where: 504A Miller Road When: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Wednesday; 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday and Fridays; and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays Phone: (803) 774-0218

FAVORITE CONCOCTIONS • Sweet Surprise: pineapple, strawberry, grape, banana and agave nectar • Boot Camp Blast: a choice of mango or pineapple, fresh peanut butter, almond milk, plant protein, banana and agave • Team Robinson Power Shake: spinach, pineapple, plant protein, banana and optional agave • Keishi Krush: cacao, peanut butter, spinach, almond milk, chia seeds, flaxseed, plant protein, banana and agave • Coming soon — Apple Pie Protein Shake: almond milk, gluten free organic oats, all natural peanut butter, organic apple, plant protein, banana, spices and organic agave nectar

After a year, not only is Johnny’s Garden Juice Bar still around, but it’s also thriving.

“It’s been going well,” said owner Carll Field. “We get a lot of people from the gyms. We’d still like to get some who really need it, yet we get more who are on the journey already.”

For example, Heather Rowell likes to come in after physical training.

“I love smoothies, (and) I love fresh fruit, mainly pineapples,” said the senior airman. “I really got into them when I was in the desert. They’re easier to carry around, and it’s not heavy like toast and eggs. I come in at least two or three times a month.”

Her favorite is a modified Tropical Treat, Rowell said. She takes out the banana and adds strawberries and pears.

“It’s been really good,” said Kimberly Field, co-owner with her husband, Carll Field. “It’s been exciting seeing Sumter getting more into raw fruits and vegetables, more into God’s food.”

The two were motivated to open the health-focused spot after her own health complications, and the restaurant’s name comes from Carll Field’s late grandfather, Johnny Gowdy. He kept a garden but never ate from it and just gave the produce away, Carll Field said.

“Education is key,” he said. “I just think people think because it’s healthy, it won’t taste good. Come in and try a sample. Once you get them in the door and to try it, most people like it.”

Since opening in September 2013, the bar has added new sizes and drink flavors. The most popular ones are Boot Camp Blast, Team Robinson Power Shake, Sweet Surprise and Keishi Krush.

“I come in here all the time,” said Frederick Boatwright. “It’s something really healthy. I lost 90 pounds last year, and I’m trying to stay healthy.

Boot Camp Blast is my favorite.”

The Fields continue to use honey and organic agave nectar to sweeten

the drinks, and they’ve also added stevia.

The salad bar is no longer available, but the eatery offers muffins most Mondays and now has a prepared meal section that features dishes such as Mediterranean pasta salad, cranberry quinoa and herb potato salad, which is Kimberly Field’s favorite, she said.

“Juices and smoothies are still the big thing,” Carll Field said. “It’s what people come in for.”

The drinks are certainly what drew Ataya Wallace in Friday for the first time.

“I like smoothies,” she said. “I was over at the Y, and I kept passing by. It also popped up when I was looking for restaurants to go to, so I thought I’d try it. I’ll be back.”

A new station set up inside will now let you make your own peanut butter, and the bar is offering a ginger shot, something Jan Whitaker slugged back Friday.

“I come in every day,” she said.

“Sometimes twice a day. It’s a healthy meal in a cup. It’s all your fruits and vegetables in a cup. That’s what’s so nice about it. And it’s local. You’re putting back into the community.”

The eatery also supports two new positions.

Karen Miles started working there about three months ago.

“I was addicted to the drinks first,” she said. “This was a good way to taste them all.”

At the end of this past school year, the joint prepared treats for 100 children from a nearby school, Carll Field said. That led them to serve businesses during the last two months.

“We want to get into schools,” Carll Field said. “If you can get kids eating healthy younger, it’s better. You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Well, you can, but it’s a lot harder and takes a lot longer.”

Before the year is out, they hope to be selling straight organic produce, Carll Field said.

Call ahead orders are welcome.

“Call 15 to 20 minutes ahead, and we’ll have it ready to go,” he said.

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‘Nature’s Beauty’ at Covenant Place gallery FROM STAFF REPORTS The collaboration between the Sumter County Gallery of Art and Covenant Place has produced five quality art exhibitions during the past two years, and the sixth promises to be just as interesting. SCGA Director Karen Watson described the exhibition opening Thursday as comprising the work of “two of the best artists in Sumter.”

Carole Carberry and Laura Cardello: Nature’s Beauty opens Thursday with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. in Mezzanine Gallery at Covenant Place.

The public is invited to attend.

Watson noted that “Not only do (Carberry and Cardello) create art, but they are both tireless promoters of the arts in Sumter. As I speak, Laura is single-handedly organizing the annual Art In The Park event at Memorial Park on Oct. 11 that will feature over 35 local artists. This is in addition to her job as curator of the University of South Carolina Sumter art galleries. Carole is the president of the Sumter Artists’ Guild, which has over 75 members. Carole is a working artist and travels to Charleston once a month as a member of an artist co-op. She recently won third place in the Sumter Artists’ Guild show in June. We are excited to present the nature-based work of both these artists at Covenant Place.”

Carberry grew up in Great Falls, Montana, a state known for its beauty. Her formal art training includes specialized instruction in fine-art pencil and egg-tempera methods, art studies at Montana State University and graduate and undergraduate printmaking at the University of South Carolina. Carberry has taught college-level art appreciation and instructed workshops in callig-

WANT TO GO? WHAT: Carole Carberry and Laura Cardello: Nature’s Beauty WHERE: Mezzanine Gallery, Covenant Place, 2825 Carter Road WHEN: Opening reception is from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday; exhibit runs from Oct. 9 to Jan. 11 COST: Admission is free PHONE: (803) 775-0543

Purple Passion, a photograph

by Laura Cardello, above, is one of her works in the joint exhibition with watercolorist Carole Carberry.

Swans are a favorite of Carberry, whose Splashdown, right, shows a trio landing on the water.

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raphy and in watercolor. As a Member in Excellence of the South Carolina Watermedia Society, her work has been included in the SCWS Annual Show and the SCWS Traveling Show. She is a longtime exhibitor in the South Carolina juried showcase festivals, Atalaya and Piccolo Spoleto Outdoor Art Exhibition. She is a member of Courtyard Art Gallery in Charleston and an exhibiting member and board member at Sandpiper Gallery, Polson, Montana.

As a child growing up in the vast state of Montana, Carberry said, “I had a great appreciation for nature’s beauty — the shapes of distant mountains, the color of the sky, the graceful arch of a swan’s neck. It is that beauty of shape, color and line, pleasing to my eyes and soul, which I attempt to share through my work. I love draw-

ing with pencil and have been doing so since early childhood.

Artistic expression is in my blood, coming from a family where grandparents, siblings and cousins all share a natural ability for drawing and painting.”

It has been more than 30 years since Cardello began taking photos. She has been a photography stringer for The Sumter Item and has been published in magazines such as USC Sumter’s Sandhill, and

Imagine That. Her other love is pottery. As the resident potter for Sumter County Gallery of Art, she has been teaching adult and youth pottery classes since 1995. She has also taught REACH students in Sumter School District’s gifted and talented program. She first took a pottery class in Yellow Springs, Ohio, in 1990 and has not taken her hands out of clay since.

Cardello said she has always had a camera ready to record her travels and her moves to

the seven different places she has lived as an adult.

However, she said, “It wasn’t until I moved to Sumter that a friend took me to different locations in South Carolina and told me to look at nature through the lens of my camera.

He taught me about microphotography to capture the details of flowers and other things.

Nature is always changing; fortunately, the camera can capture a facsimile of its beauty and make it last a little longer.”

With her pottery, Cardello said, “I am known as a functional potter, but every once in a while I have an image in my head and want to make it out of clay. I have made several octopi, and Hootie, my blowfish, was one of those imaginary creatures I just had to make. It is the type of piece that just makes you want to smile.”

Carole Carberry and Laura Cardello: Nature’s Beauty is “the sixth in a partnership between Sumter County Gallery of Art and Covenant Place Assisted Living facility that began two years ago at the suggestion of SCGA and Covenant Place board member Sue Fienning.

The permanent art that had hung in the mezzanine had been there for years,” Watson said.

Watson, Melissa Linville and Jane Ours said they were eager to work together to feature unique shows in the Covenant Place mezzanine gallery featuring local artists to provide visual art opportunities for the residents and the public that contribute to a richer quality of life. Many of the residents are current and former members of the gallery, but many can no longer travel to the gallery. By creating a “‘satellite gallery’ at Covenant Place,” Watson said, “the gallery travels off-site to bring top-notch art to the residents and the public.”

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GM issues 2 more recalls for SUVs, mini cars

BY TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT — General Motors announced two more recalls Friday, pushing its total for the year to 71, affecting almost 30 million vehicles in North America.

The biggest of the new recalls covers just more than 430,000 Cadillac SRX and Saab 9-4X SUVs, mainly in North America. The company says some rear suspension nuts may not have been tightened properly. That could cause the toe link adjuster to separate from the suspension, possibly causing a crash.

Another covers the Chevrolet Spark mini car because the hoods can unexpectedly fly open.

GM also confirmed Friday that it has told dealers to stop selling Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon midsize pickup trucks that went on sale about two weeks ago until an air bag problem is repaired.

The SUV recall covers SRXs from the 2011 through 2015 model years and Saabs from the 2011 and 2012 model years. GM says the problem has caused three crashes and two injuries.

Dealers will inspect the SUVs and install a new assembly if needed. Unsold SRXs are being checked to make sure the nuts are tightened properly.

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People look at the Saab 9-4X Crossover during the 89th European Motorshow at Brussels’ Expo in Belgium in January 2011. General Motors announced two more recalls, pushing its total for the year to more than 70.

The other recall covers nearly 94,000 Chevrolet Spark mini-cars from 2013 through 2015 in the U.S. and Canada.

Rust can cause a secondary hood latch to stick, and the

hood can open unexpectedly, blocking the driver’s vision and causing a crash. GM says it knows of no crashes or injuries from the problem.

Dealers will replace the

Cameraman’s parents say he’s in good spirits despite Ebola

Illinois Department of Corrections employment recruiter Forrest Ashby, left, speaks Sept.

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Surge of hiring cuts U.S. jobless rate Nationwide unemployment sits at 5.9 percent, lowest since 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) — In a burst of hiring, U.S. employers added 248,000 jobs in September and helped drive down the unemployment rate to 5.9 percent, the lowest since July 2008.

The Labor Department’s report Friday also showed that employers added a combined 69,000 more jobs in July and August than the government had previously estimated.

The unemployment rate fell from 6.1 percent in August and is now close to 5.5 percent, which many economists consider a healthy level for the United States. The lower rate, combined with the surge in hiring, will intensify debate within the Federal Reserve on whether to raise its benchmark interest rate earlier than expected. Most economists have predicted that the Fed would start raising rates in mid-2015.

The Fed might now feel heightened pressure to raise rates to prevent a strengthening economy from igniting inflation. On the other hand,

inflation remains so low — even lower than the Fed’s 2 percent target — that it might decide to maintain ultra-low rates well into next year to try to further propel the economy. The Fed’s low-rate polices have helped keep borrowing rates low for consumers and businesses.

Average hourly wages dipped last month, a surprising trend in light of the healthy job growth.

“Policymakers will certainly be worried by the lack of wage growth,” said Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit. “The fear is that households will pull back on consumption if interest rates and borrowing costs start rising.”

September’s robust hiring eased fears that a tepid job gain in August might have signaled the start of a slowdown. But the 142,000 gain that was initially reported for August was revised up Friday to 180,000. In addition, July’s job gain was upgraded from 212,000 to 243,000.

Stock prices jumped after the release of the jobs report. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 139 points in early-afternoon trading.

Woman says she dug up her father’s grave ‘with respect’ LANCASTER, N.H. (AP) — A lawyer for a woman accused of ransacking the New Hampshire grave of her father in search of his “real will” wants a judge to suppress her written statement to police that she dug it up “with respect” and he “would be OK with it.”

Prosecutors allege Melanie Nash, 52, conspired with others to remove her father’s remains from the Colebrook Village Cemetery in May. The vault of businessman Eddie Nash, who died in 2004, was found cracked with the casket opened and his remains searched through.

The Caledonian Record reported Melanie Nash’s lawyer, William Albrecht, filed a mo-

latch when parts are available. GM has told dealers not to sell about 13,000 cars on their lots until the repairs are made.

On the pickup trucks,

spokesman Alan Adler said dealers nationwide were told Thursday to stop selling them because the air bags weren’t wired properly at the factory in Wentzville, Missouri. A recall is pending. The company is still working on a remedy, which may be a software update, he said.

Most of the trucks remain on dealer lots or at the factory, but GM reported that it sold 47 last month, according to Autodata Corp. GM says that because of the problem, driver air bags won’t work as designed.

GM is calling customers and sending out FedEx letters to notify them, and it’s offering free loaner vehicles while repairs are being made. The company knows of no crashes or injuries from the problem.

The stop-sale order was first reported Friday by the trade publication Automotive News.

The new trucks are an important launch for GM, which is re-entering a market that Detroit had ceded to Toyota and Nissan. At an investor event this week, a GM executive said the company expects the trucks and the new Chevrolet Trax subcompact SUV to boost annual sales by about 200,000.

The spate of recalls, while troubling for the company, also shows a willingness to address safety problems quickly.

tion last month arguing statements made after her arrest and before she was advised of her Miranda rights should be excluded because they violate her right against self-incrimination.

Coos County Attorney John McCormick said Nash showed her “free will” in coming to police and waiving her Miranda rights.

Police think the casket was pulled out after Melanie Nash commented about her father being buried with “the real will.” A police affidavit said she didn’t find a will, only a pack of cigarettes in her father’s hand.

Nash told police she did not

receive anything when her father died and had been thinking of digging up the grave for years to prove her sister, Susie Nash, “hid the will.” Susie Nash has said there was only one will when her father’s estate plan was done in 1995 and everyone involved knew about it.

In her June 11 written statement to police, Melanie Nash wrote that she met up with others to go to the cemetery to dig up her father’s grave. Four people have been indicted in the case.

She wrote: “All this was done for the right reasons, and I know my father would be OK with it.”

NEW YORK (AP) — The parents of an American freelance cameraman diagnosed with Ebola said Friday that their son was in good spirits.

“Obviously he is scared and worried,” Dr. Mitchell Levy said of his son, Ashoka Mukpo, who was hired Tuesday to be the second cameraman in Liberia for NBC’s chief medical editor and correspondent Dr. Nancy Snyderman.

Mukpo has been “seeing the death and tragedy, and now it really hit home for him. But his spirits are better today,” added Levy, who appeared on NBC’s Today show with his wife, Diana Mukpo.

Their 33-year-old son was being treated in the Liberian capital of Monrovia and was scheduled to return to the United States during the weekend for treatment, his mother said.

“I think the enormous anxiety that I have as a mother or that we share as parents is the delay between now and him leaving on Sunday,” she said, adding

she hopes his symptoms do not worsen rapidly. The couple lives in Providence, Rhode Island.

Snyderman and her team also were returning to the U.S. and being placed in quarantine for 21 days “in an abundance of caution,” NBC News President Deborah Turness said Thursday.

In a phone interview with “Today” on Friday, Snyderman said all the gear she and her crew used was being disinfected because they all shared work space and vehicles.

She thinks she and her team were at a low risk because they have been “hyper-vigilant.”

Mukpo has been working in Liberia for three years for Vice News and other media outlets.

Before the Ebola outbreak, he had been doing nonprofit development work in Liberia, said Philip Marcelo, a Boston-based Associated Press reporter who met Ashoka Mukpo last year while on assignment in Liberia for The Providence Journal.

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Chucky needn’t worry about ‘Annabelle’ doll in new movie LOS ANGELES (AP) — Inanimate objects are deployed to endless wouldbe scary effect in “Annabelle,” and it’s not just the supremely creepy doll that is its star. In this prequel to last year’s hit “The Conjuring” — one of the most effective haunted house movies of recent years — cheap jolts are provided by an errant sewing machine, a record player spinning The Association’s hit “Cherish,” heavy books, a malfunctioning elevator and even an unattended Jiffy Pop popcorn pan.

The filmmakers literally throw in everything but the kitchen sink.

Usually, movie spin-offs attempt to up the ante — witness this summer’s “The Purge: Anarchy,” which considerably ramped up the scale of its lowbudget predecessor. Here, director John R. Leonetti (“Mortal Kombat: Annihilation”) and producers Peter Safran and James Wan have taken a low-rent approach, with a cast of unknowns substituting for such estimable performers as Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga and Lili Taylor. It’s as if they thought the doll alone could carry the movie, but Annabelle is no Chucky.

Set in the late 1960s, the story concerns young married couple John (Ward Horton) and Mia (Annabelle Wallis). Mia is heavily pregnant (and is the character’s name a sly homage to the star of “Rosemary’s Baby”?), and her husband gifts her with the large-sized doll she’s apparently been coveting to complete her collection.

The fact that the horrific-looking thing resembles Bette Davis in “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?” doesn’t seem

to concern them in the slightest.

Before Mia gives birth, the kindly elderly couple next door is murdered by their wayward daughter Annabelle and her boyfriend, members of a Manson Family-type satanic cult. In the film’s best and most truly terrifying scene, the intruders subsequently break into John and Mia’s house, with the boyfriend shot dead by police and Annabelle slashing her own throat while clutching the doll.

The understandably rattled couple quickly moves into a creepy apartment building in Pasadena, but the shift in locale doesn’t prevent things from inevitably going bump in the night. The doll, which John had dumped in the trash, makes a miraculous reappearance in one of the moving boxes and assumes a place in the infant’s bedroom.

Although we never see the doll orchestrating any of the mayhem — it remains steadfastly immobile throughout — Mia is soon subject to a series of increasingly terrifying events, with even a pair of neighboring children contributing to the air of dread via some crudely monstrous drawings. Looking for answers in a local bookstore, Mia tells the friendly proprietress (Alfre Woodward) that “I think we’re being haunted by a ghost.”

Her crisp reply: “Aisle four — follow me.”

Eventually they call in the neighborhood priest (Tony Amendola) who, after delivering a quick primer on the nature of evil, helpfully takes the doll off their hands. You can guess how

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Annabelle Wallis, left, as Mia, is seen with the Annabelle doll in New Line Cinema’s supernatural thriller “Annabelle,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. The movie opened Friday. well that turns out.

Gary Dauberman’s haphazard screenplay merely piles on the cheap scares, with director Leonetti cranking the volume up to 11 to accentuate the frequent jolts. It all adds up to a compendium of horror-movie cli-

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A ranger named Talion and his ghostly companion invade an orc fortress in a scene from video game “Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor.”

BY BROOKE LEFFERTS The Associated Press

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‘Shadow of Mordor’ grabs the gold ring

BY LOU KESTEN The Associated Press “The Lord of the Rings” has inspired hundreds of video games, but there’s never been a great one based directly on J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic. Until now.

“Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor” (Warner Bros., for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, $59.99) is the most satisfying virtual adventure ever set in Tolkien’s world. And one big reason it’s so successful is that it jettisons so much of what you might expect from a “Rings” game.

It’s not a “Dungeons & Dragons”-style role-playing game. There are no hobbits.

Gandalf, Legolas and Gimli are nowhere to be seen (although Gollum plays a key role). Most of the time, you’re dealing with orcs — nasty, smelly, brutish orcs.

chés, including fleeting images of a demon-like figure. Despite the gimmicky nature of the proceedings, they’re undeniably effective, especially in a packed theater filled with genre fans essentially begging to be terrified.

“Shadow of Mordor” takes place in between the events of “The Hobbit” and “The Fellowship of the Ring.” The protagonist, a ranger named Talion, is killed in the prologue, but his corpse is reanimated by an angry spirit named Celebrimbor. He’s the elf who forged the Rings of Power, including the One Ring that made the evil Sauron such a terror. Celebrimbor’s goal is to exact vengeance by using the now-immortal ranger to tear apart Sauron’s army.

Talion is armed with a sword, dagger and bow and arrow, but he’s too weak initially to take on Sauron’s vicious Uruk war chiefs. Instead, he has to battle his way through their hierarchy, honing his skills by battling lesspowerful captains.

Combat in Mordor is mostly face to face and will feel familiar to anyone who enjoyed the melees in WB’s Batman-star-

ring “Arkham” games. Taking out one orc is easy enough, but the action gets frenetic when 20 or so of the beasts gang up on you. You can improve your odds before battle by sneaking up on enemies and taking them out quietly or by shooting arrows into them from afar. But if you can’t get into the rhythm of attacking, dodging and deflecting up-close blows, you won’t last long.

What elevates “Mordor” above a generic hack-andslash adventure is the Nemesis System created by developer Monolith Productions. The Uruk war chiefs and captains have personalities: Some are afraid of fire, for example, while others are impervious to long-distance arrow attacks. They have memories, too, so if you lose a fight to one, it becomes more powerful and remembers you the next time you show up looking for trouble.

It’s her brazen willingness to bare all that drives Lena Dunham’s work, and readers of the collection of smart, funny and poignant essays in the memoir “Not That Kind of Girl” will thank her for it.

Divulging secrets, character flaws and embarrassing mistakes in her writing has become Dunham’s trade.

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Poll: Half think U.S. at high risk of terror attack WASHINGTON (AP) — Half of Americans think there’s a high risk of a terrorist attack on U.S. soil, yet only a third are closely following news of U.S. airstrikes against Islamic extremists in the Middle East.

Most people do think the airstrikes are a good idea.

Two-thirds of those questioned for an Associated Press-GfK poll say they favor the offensive by the U.S. and allies. And, despite more than a decade of costly war, about one-third favor going beyond that and putting American military boots on the ground in Iraq or Syria.

President Obama says he has no plans to send ground troops to either country. A lit-

tle more than a third say they are opposed to the idea, and about one in four say they neither favor nor oppose it.

That’s thousands of miles away. What about concern at home?

According to the poll, most think there’s a high risk of a terrorist attack inside the United States, 53 percent, though just 20 percent call it an “extremely high risk.” And 32 percent say the nation is at moderate risk of a terrorist attack, and 12 percent say it faces a low risk of terror attacks.

The poll has not asked that specific question in the past.

However, the finding tracks with Pew Research Center data from July indicating that

concern had ebbed somewhat since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

This summer, the Pew survey said 59 percent of Americans were “very” or “somewhat worried” that there would soon be another terrorist attack in the United States.

That’s lower than the 73 percent that Pew found were concerned, after 9/11, that another attack was imminent and about the same as the 58 percent who were worried about another attack after the April 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.

There hasn’t been a massive terrorist attack on U.S. soil since 9/11.

Those in the AP-GfK survey are split on whether they ap-

prove of the way Obama is handling the threat from terrorism and specifically the threat posed by the Islamic State group. About half approve and about half disapprove of Obama’s actions to confront the threat. Still, those figures are better than Obama’s approval ratings for handling top domestic issues.

Just 40 percent approve of his handling of the economy, 41 percent approve of his work on health care, and 34 percent approve of the way he’s handling immigration.

Douglas Dowden, 49, a native of San Diego who now lives in central California, said he thinks the threat from the Islamic State group is overblown. He doesn’t sup-

port Obama’s decision to launch airstrikes.

“How many terror threat attacks happen in countries like say Spain, Italy, the U.S.?

It’s not that often. I have more fear of what some whack job locally is going to do — that’s more of a concern to me than some potential threat from some extremist group,” Dowden said.

Dowden is among the 37 percent surveyed who said they were following news about the airstrikes “somewhat closely.” About 32 percent of those surveyed are paying close attention to the military action, and 30 percent say they’re barely monitoring the U.S. military action.

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Branding experts say an unfortunate association with a name, such as businesses and brands who share the name “Isis” with the notorious Islamic militant group, can scar a company’s reputation with customers even if the connection is just coincidental.

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Unfortunately, that’s life for a small-business owner whose shop — Isis Bridal and Formal — shares a name with ISIS, the acronym of a notorious Islamic militant group that the United States is fighting in Iraq and Syria.

“I’m just like, ‘Come on!’” she says. “I get what’s going on, but can you see it’s a store?”

Brent says she wants to rename her store in southern California to avoid any confusion with the group sometimes called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.

“Isis” is part of more than 270 product, service or business names among active federal trademarks, according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. But businesses are not required to register their names, so it is difficult to say how many companies use “Isis,” which is also the name of an Egyptian and pagan goddess.

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Branding experts say an unfortunate association with a name can scar a company’s reputation even if the connection is coincidental.

Take Isis Collections Inc., a New Jersey company that makes weaves, wigs and hair pieces. CEO Phillip Shin says stores have told him that customers will put his company’s products back on the shelf after noticing the Isis label. In the United Kingdom, he’s heard that competitors have joked at trade shows about his business being tied to terrorists.

“It’s so stressful,” Shin says,

noting that he has spent 20 years building the company’s reputation. “I’ve lost all the benefit of the brand image.”

Shin, who named his company after the Egyptian goddess, started removing the Isis label from some packages. But he’s reluctant to give up on such an established brand. He says he wishes the U.S. and European media would stop referring to the militant group as ISIS. Isis Collections has had no sales problems in South Korea, where the media only refers to the group as the Islamic State.

Another company, technology startup Isis Wallet, announced in September that it would change its name to Softcard. The joint venture involving AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless launched late last year with an app that allows people to use their smartphones while checking out at a store to get discounts and use credit or loyalty cards.

By June, company leaders were thinking about rebranding to avoid confusion with the militant group, which had taken over large swaths of Iraq and later filmed the beheadings of some U.S. journalists and a British aid worker.

“However coincidental, we have no desire to share a name with this group, and our hearts go out to those affected by this violence,” CEO Michael Abbott said in a Sept. 3 blog post announcing the new name.

Softcard, which also picked its original name to reflect the Egyptian goddess, partners with major companies such as American Express. The startup’s executives were worried about asking those partners to continue promoting a product named Isis.

“We didn’t want to put anybody in a bad situation,” says Cie Nicholson, senior vice president of marketing.

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PRAYER FROM PAGE A1 shock waves through the small community this week. Shakez Bracey, 17, and Dontrell Fortune, 18, were both found shot dead during a 12-hour span. Eight Bishopville teens and nine people

total have been arrested since the killings.

Marcus Benjamin, bishop of Tabernacle of Champions, said Sunday’s gathering would give the residents a chance to pray together before taking action to address the issue of violence among teens in the community.

“We recognize that any action

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that isn’t preceded by prayer will ultimately be unfruitful,” he said.

“Secondly, we are gathering to prepare ourselves for direct spiritual, communal and political action, for we also realize that prayer without action is an act of irresponsibility.”

For more information, call the church at (803) 483-0500.

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BY MEG KINNARD The Associated Press

HEALTH FAIR FROM PAGE A1 Care Reach is a program of The Tuomey Foundation that works with school nurses in Sumter and Lee counties to get children the medical attention they need regardless of their families’ ability to pay.

Other vendors, such as SC Thrive, offered information on services provided by their organizations.

A nonprofit, SC Thrive has a program called the Benefit Bank that helps connect people with resources to overcome barriers to health care, said Kendra Mallett-Brunson; the group has about 400 active sites across the state.

Other groups, such as Department of Health and

FIRE SAFETY FROM PAGE A1 Rose said a similar visit to the Bethel Church area is planned for sometime next month.

With cooler weather and the holiday season just around the corner, this is the right time of year for people to be made aware of fire safety, he said.

Rose said there are several tips the department wants people to be aware of.

“With the weather starting to change, we want people to know they should change the filter before using their kerosene heaters,” he said. “The filter is like the lung for the heater, and it collects dust the whole summer.

Small Engine Repair gives all seniors a discount on changing filters. Kerosene heaters cause a lot of fires.”

Rose also said it is important to have a chimney sweep clean your chimney before lighting a fire in the fireplace.

“If your fireplace is blocked, when you start that fireplace, smoke and heat does not vent out,” he said. “The brick will swell, and the fire will leak into the attic. A fire in the attic is the worst thing for firefighters.”

Environmental Control, provided vaccinations.

“It’s been really good,” said Linda Johnson, region health director. “We’re offering immunizations as well as information on WIC and preventive health care. I wish there was more foot traffic, but it’s still early in the flu season.”

She also shared information about the services offered daily at the local health department.

This was the first health fair the Sumter Rotary Club has provided, and it was funded by a Rotary Foundation grant administered by Rotary District 7770. The civic service organization partnered with Coastal Plain Rural Health Network to host the event.

Rose also recommended space heaters be placed at least 3 feet from anything flammable.

“That means on all sides,” he said.

He also said the holiday season is fire season.

“There are more fires in November and December. Lots of people are getting visits from out-of-town relatives,” he said.

“They will start cooking and then go to the store and run into somebody they know. Before you know it, a 15-minute trip can turn into an hour or two, and suddenly you have a house fire.”

Rose said firefighters try to get their message out to schoolchildren and seniors.

“All four of the deaths this year have been senior citizens, and three of them did not have smoke detectors,” he said.

Rose said firefighters visit all the senior centers in Sumter to teach fire prevention and safety.

“We tell them not to try to cook after taking medications that make them sleepy or drowsy,” he said. “We tell our seniors not to use a chair to check their smoke detectors; they should use a broom handle or a walking cane. If they need a new smoke detector or a new battery,

they should call us.”

Rose said the department wants a smoke detector in every house.

Anyone who needs one or needs a smoke detector checked should call the department at (803) 436-2600 to apply over the phone.

“We will not turn anybody down,” he said. “When you call us to apply we will show up and install the smoke detector within 24 to 48 hours, free of charge.”

He emphasized that everyone should take fire safety seriously all year, not just during Fire Prevention Week.

“Fire prevention keeps us busy, but we know we are making a difference in the community,” Rose said.

Chief Mike Bedenbaugh said his department will be visiting schools to teach fire safety and will celebrate Law Enforcement Day on Nov. 15.

In Manning, Chief Mitchell McElveen said the department would be going to various schools on Friday mornings beginning Oct. 10 and will have Career Day Oct. 24.

A firefighter at the Clarendon County Fire Department will visit schools and will have a fair, but he was unsure of the dates.

COLUMBIA — Outlining plans to add 221 employees to help protect South Carolina’s abused and neglected children, the acting Department of Social Services director told lawmakers Friday that she is working to make substantial changes without entirely altering the agency’s infrastructure.

“I’m not going to completely restructure the agency right now,” Amber Gillum told a special Senate panel that has been reviewing DSS. “I’ve been really focusing on trying to get staff in the field what they need.”

Gillum took over this summer for Lillian Koller, who for years said the agency didn’t need more money or manpower. Last month, the panel led by Sen. Tom Young, R-Aiken, asked the department to submit a plan to quickly hire and retain workers in the high-stress, high-turnover jobs, rather than wait until after the next budget is passed.

On Thursday, Gillum released a $6.4 million plan aiming to do just that, saying the agency is streamlining hiring, increasing salaries and creating opportunities for workers to get promoted to leadership positions. The plan is to add 221 employees, including eight supervisors and 67 assistants, positions that Gillum said are designed to free caseworkers from paperwork and other tasks that take their attention away from children.

That hiring will start in November, according to Gillum. County caseworkers and supervisors are getting a 10 percent raise, starting with their Nov. 2 paycheck, boosting a caseworker’s starting salary by $3,140 to $34,580, Gillum said.

Gillum said the agency has already hired 139 child welfare employees since June 2, for a net gain of 74 people after filling vacancies caused by turnover. Sen. Katrina Shealy, R-Lexington, expressed concerns about ongoing retention problems.

“Do you really think we’re going to find 220 qualified people and not lose any people?” she asked Gillum.

Saying perhaps retired caseworkers could be used to ease the transition of new employees, Sen. Joel Lourie, D-Columbia, thanked Gillum for her quick response.

“We have done a poor job over the last several years, and it’s about time that we start putting a new sense of energy and urgency into this matter,” Lourie told Gillum.

Of the 221 jobs, 50 are additional caseworkers the Legislature gave the agency permission to hire in the current budget. So far, 17 of those positions have been filled, and eight others have been selected for the job.

OBITUARIES DR. RICHARD P. MEASE Dr. Richard Phillip Mease, age 83, beloved husband of the late Sylvia Lee Keefer Mease, died on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014, at Agape Hospice House in Columbia.

He was born in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, a son of the late Phillip George and Irene MEASE Garthwaite Mease. Dr. Mease was president of Full Gospel Businessman in Indiana, Pennsylvania. He was a professor of speech pathology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, and there he served as the Chi Alpha advisor. In addition, he had a private speech pathology practice that served the Western Pennsylvania community.

In his pastime, he was a private pilot who loved to fly; he loved church softball; and was an avid Pittsburgh Steelers fan. He was a longtime member of the Assembly of God Church.

Surviving are a son, Dr. Michael Richard Mease and his wife, MaryAnn, of Sumter; a daughter, Pamela Ann Slansky and her husband, Dr. Barry, of Columbia, Missouri; four grandchildren, Christina Iski and her husband, Glenn, Aaron Mease, Rachel Slansky and Heather Johnson and her husband, Corey; three greatgrandchildern, Noah Ford, Luke Iski and Ryan Iski.; and one sister, Bonnie Lee Keefe and her husband, Jack, of Elmira, New York.

A funeral service will be held at 4 p.m. on Sunday in the Bullock Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Mark Yoder officiating. Burial will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.

The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service on Sunday from 3 to 4 p.m. at Bullock Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Sumter SPCA, 1140 S. Guignard

Drive, Sumter, SC 29150 or to Central Missouri SPCA, 616 Big Bear Blvd., Columbia, MO 65202.

The family would like to extend their heartfelt gratitude to Comfort Keepers, McElveen Manor, and Agape Hospice for their loving care.

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

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

St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105, www.stjude.org.

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

Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.

EZELL H. WILLIAMS BEVERLY H. HAWKS COLUMBIA — Beverly Hughes Hawks, 79, died on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014, at the Heritage at Lowman Home in Chapin.

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, she was a daughter of the late J. Clarke and Helen Stone Hughes.

Mrs. Hawks was a graduate of Edmunds High HAWKS School, Gulf Park Junior College in Gulfport, Mississippi, and the University of South Carolina, where she was a member of Chi Omega Sorority. She retired from the S.C. Department of Corrections as an administrative assistant to the commissioner’s office.

Surviving are two sons, Mark Tiffany Hawks of Atlanta, Georgia, and Kyle Christopher Hawks (Libby) of Orlando, Florida; one daughter, Lisa Hawks Jacobs (Ron) of Malaysia; one sister, Barbara H. Gulledge of Sumter; and four grandchildren, Whit Jacobs, Reed Jacobs, Grant Hawks and Davis Hawks.

Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday at the Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.

Memorials may be made to

BISHOPVILLE — Ezell Holliman Williams entered eternal rest on Oct. 3, 2014, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, 2994 Youngs Bridge Road, Bethune.

The family is receiving friends at this location.

Funeral arrangements will be announced by Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville.

WILLIAM L. POULOS CHAPIN — William L. “Bill” Poulos, 78, husband of Betty Reardon Poulos, died on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014, at Palmetto Health Baptist Parkridge in Columbia.

Born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, he was a son of the late Harry and Anna Jantina Lybering Poulos. Mr. Poulos was a U.S. Air Force veteran; a graduate of FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia; and retired after 49 years of service to the City of Sumter/ Sumter County Sheriff’s Department. He was a member of Riverland Hills Baptist Church in Irmo and a charter member of Crosspoint Baptist Church in Sumter.

He is survived by his loving wife of 54 years, Betty Lou, currently living in Chapin; two daughters, Sharon P. Odom and husband, Alan

Odom, of Chapin and Elizabeth Ann Poulos of West Columbia; three grandchildren, Daniel Alan Odom, Anna Marie Odom and McKinley Louise Odom; a brother, Harry Poulos of Bonney Lake, Washington; and a sister-in-law, Virgie Poulos of Shallotte, North Carolina.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Spiro Poulos and Egbert Poulos; two sisters, Margareta Poulos and Marie Poulos; a grandson, Samuel Alexander Odom; and an aunt who raised him, Gertrude Lybering.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday in the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Ron Richardson officiating. Burial will be in Sumter Cemetery.

Honorary pallbearers will be current and former members of the Sumter Police Department and the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office.

The family will receive friends from 2 to 3 p.m. on Sunday at Elmore-CannonStephens Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to Alzheimer’s Association, Palmetto Chapter, 4124 Clemson Blvd., Suite L, Anderson, SC 29621 or the American Parkinson Disease Association, 135 Parkinson Ave., Staten Island, NY 10305.

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

GERTRUDE PAGE Gertrude Page, age 89, beloved wife of Remburt Page, died on Friday, Oct. 3, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter.

MARTHA M. MCELVEEN Martha Mims McElveen, 85, widow of James Wesley McElveen, died on Oct. 3, 2014, at Agape Hospice House in Columbia.

Born on Dec. 8, 1928, in Turbeville, she was a daughter of the late Edward William and Janie E. Coker Mims. She was a retired employee of Safe Federal Credit Union.

Surviving are a granddaughter, Jamie Katlin Ayers of Sumter; a son-in-law, David W. Ayers of Sumter; and a number of nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by a daughter, Linda McElveen Ayers; four brothers; and three sisters.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday in the Chapel of Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with the Rev. Billy Lewis and the Rev. Paul Howell officiating.

Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.

Nephews will serve as pallbearers.

The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and other times at the home of Emery and Nancy McElveen.

The family would like to thank all of the Agape staff for their loving care.

Memorials may be made to Epworth Children’s Home, 2900 Millwood Ave., Columbia, SC 29205 or to Camp Burnt Gin, 1980 Burnt Gin Road, Wedgefield, SC 29168.

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

Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.

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FYI 938-3760.

Hillcrest High School Class of 1977 will hold a 37-year class Having cancer is hard. Finding reunionIscelebration Oct. holding help shouldn’t be. Free help for your high on school a class reunion?

11 at Catchall Masonic cancer patients from the Lodge. Contact EleanorAmerican Cancer Society.

Olden@gmail.com, VanessaTransportation to treatment, playland@yahoo.com or help for appearance related lin.5580@hotmail.com. side effects of treatment, nutrition help, one-on-one Sumter High School Class of breast cancer support, free 1979 will hold a 35-year class housing away from home reunion Oct. 24-25. Contact during treatment, help findRamona Middleton McFading clinical trials, someone den at (803) 778-2668 or lmcfadden003@sc.rr.com or Joan to talk to — all free from your American Cancer SociHoward Davis at (803) 773ety. Call (800) 227-2345.

5240 or davisjh@jdavis065. jg@gmail.com.

Navy and Marine Corps shipmates who served on the USS Sumter High School Class of Columbus CA-74/CG-12 from 1975 will hold a 40-year class 1944 through 1976 and the USS reunion celebration May 29Columbus (SSN-762) past and 31, 2015. Send all addresses present, to share memories to cindyd27@juno.com. and camaraderie with old The Rembert Area Community friends and make new ones, Coalition (RACC) is accepting contact Allen R. Hope, presiapplications for the 2014-15 dent, 3828 Hobson Road, Fort after school program. ApplicaWayne, IN 46815-4505; (260) tions can be obtained at the 486-2221 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; fax main office, 8455 Camden (260) 492-9771; or email at Highway, Rembert, SC 29128. hope4391@verizon.net.

For information, call (803) Hospice Care of Sumter LLC is 432-2001. in need of volunteers in SumAre you a breast cancer surviter and surrounding counvor? Maggie L. Richardson is ties. Opportunities available seeking other survivors to form a music group and give for you to use your time and talents to be of assistance back to the community. If you are interested in joining, include reading, musical talents, companionship, light contact her at mlrminstry2012@gmail.com or (803) housekeeping, etc. Contact Joyce Blanding at (803) 883236-9086.

5606 or hospicecareofsumThe Rembert Area Community ter@yahoo.com.

Coalition (RACC) offers a senior Agape Hospice is in need of volcitizens program 10 a.m.-noon unteers. Whether your paseach Monday and Wednession is baking, knitting, readday at 6785 Bradley St. (being, singing, etc., Agape Hoshind community car wash), Rembert, SC 29128. Transpor- pice can find a place for you.

Contact Thandi Blanding at tation is available. Call (803) (803) 774-1075, (803) 260-3876 432-2001. or tblanding@agapsenior.

Belly dancing classes are held com. at 6 p.m. every Monday at the Parks and Recreation De- Hospice Care of South Carolina is in need of volunteers in Sumpartment, 155 Haynsworth ter County. Do you have one St. Only $20 per month. extra hour a week? OpportuThe Second (Indianhead) Divinities are available for pasion Association is searching tient/family companionship, for anyone/everyone who administrative support, meal served in the 2nd Infantry Di- preparation, light household vision. Visit www.2ida.org or projects, student education contact Mike Davino at MDa- and various other tasks. vino@yahoo.com or (919) Contact Whitney Rogers, re498-1910. gional volunteer coordinator, at (843) 409-7991 or whitney.

Zumba classes will be held at rogers@hospicecare.net.

6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at the Parks Amedisys Hospice is in need of and Recreation building on volunteers. Volunteer opporHaynsworth Street. Classes tunities include 1) special are $5 each. No registration projects of baking, sewing, required. Contact Deanne knitting, crafts, carpentry Lewis at zumbadeanne@ and yard work; 2) adminisgmail.com. trative/office duties of copyThe Palmetto Singles Club holds ing, light filing and answering phones; and 3) patient a dance from 7 to 10 p.m. on companionship — develop the first and third Fridays of one-on-one relationships each month at the VFW on Gion Street. Call Sarah Short- with hospice patients (training provided). Contact Rhoda er at (803) 847-3288.

Keefe, volunteer coordinator, Sumter Area Toastmasters at (803) 469-3047 or rhonda. meets at 7 p.m. each Tueskeefe@amedisys.com. day at the Sumter Mall comHospice Care of Tri-County is in munity room, 1057 Broad St. need of volunteers. Volunteers The group helps in developoffer support, companioning speaking and leadership skills. Call Douglas Wilson at ship and care to the caregiver by running errands, read(803) 778-0197 or Rebecca ing to patients, listening and Gonzalez at (803) 565-9271. just being there for patients The Sumter Chapter of the Inwho need companionship. ternational Association of AdAll you need is a willing ministrative Professionals heart and some time to give (IAAP) meets at 5:30 p.m. on the second Thursday of each to others. No medical background is required. Hospice month in the Bultman Conference Room at USC Sumter. Care of Tri-County will proAdministrative professionals, vide you with the tools you need to become a hospice assistants and secretaries volunteer. Call Carol Tindal are encouraged to attend. at (803) 905-7720.

Call Mary Sutton at (803)

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Have a garage EUGENIA LAST sale or give stuff you no longer use to someone in need.

Taking a proactive approach to life and making a point to help organizations you believe in will lead to new beginnings and greater opportunities.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Emotional matters will come to a head. Avoid getting trapped in a conversation that can have a negative influence on your relationship with a lover or friend.

Find out who you’re dealing with before you start talking.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your fun-loving attitude and friendly demeanor will capture attention.

Use your coy way of displaying your skills and present what you have to offer, and someone will want to hire you or pursue you personally.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Open up the lines of communication. If you don’t iron out some of the problems you have with someone, your nerves will be frazzled and your stress level will skyrocket. Do yourself a favor and eliminate whatever is weighing you down.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’ll be entertaining, but don’t overdo it or someone will be upset with your antics. Focus on physical fitness and a change to your surroundings.

A day trip will open your eyes to unfamiliar new possibilities.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Not everyone will agree to do what you ask, but as long as you’re polite, you’ll be free to carry out your plans without feeling guilty. Check out a career path that interests you

The last word in astrology

and see if it’s a good fit.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You’ll attract plenty of attention if you share your thoughts and feelings. A change in the way someone treats you will bring new interest to your relationship. Any means to enhance your looks will draw compliments.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Don’t let emotions run wild. Problems at home will escalate if you overspend, overindulge or overreact. Take a step back and keep your thoughts to yourself until you are in a position to win.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Do something out of the ordinary that will satisfy your adventurous mood and push you to the limit physically, mentally or emotionally.

Passionate acts will lead to a connection with someone special.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Watch your back. Someone will try to outmaneuver or outsmart you.

Put your radar on and tune your intuition toward whatever is said or done. Being prepared to take alternative routes will keep the competition guessing.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Use actions to get your way.

Discussions won’t satisfy your needs or get you any closer to the results you’re striving to achieve. A commitment to someone you love should be honored, and plans to celebrate put into play.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Not everyone will be trustworthy, but if you use intuition, you’ll make the right choice. A partnership will need an adjustment if you’re going to be able to pursue the same destination. A money matter can be resolved.

DAILY PLANNER

THE SUMTER ITEM

WEATHER

Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2014

AccuWeather® five-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

TONIGHT

SUNDAY

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Decreasing clouds and breezy

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Sunny and delightful

Mostly sunny

Partly sunny and pleasant

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68° / 47°

76° / 54°

79° / 60°

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Chance of rain: 5%

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Chance of rain: 25%

Winds: WNW 10-20 mph

Winds: NW 4-8 mph

Winds: SW 3-6 mph

Winds: SSW 4-8 mph

Winds: S 4-8 mph

Winds: SW 4-8 mph

TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Gaffney 64/38 Spartanburg 65/40

Greenville 65/41

Columbia 73/45

Temperatures shown on map are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

Sumter 75/45

IN THE MOUNTAINS Aiken 70/40

ON THE COAST

Charleston 77/49

Today: Decreasing clouds, but some sun in southern parts. High 76 to 80.

Sunday: Sunny; pleasant in southern parts.

High 67 to 71.

LOCAL ALMANAC

LAKE LEVELS

SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

Today Hi/Lo/W 64/45/s 48/37/c 78/58/s 51/39/sh 78/55/s 100/67/s 74/57/s 70/49/r 85/60/t 71/46/r 98/69/s 84/60/s 69/47/pc

SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest.

356.56 75.39 75.17 97.12

24-hr chg -0.03 -0.07 -0.08 +0.04

Sunrise 7:18 a.m.

Moonrise 4:27 p.m.

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

0.00" 0.00" 0.39" 30.62" 40.74" 37.63"

NATIONAL CITIES City Atlanta Chicago Dallas Detroit Houston Los Angeles New Orleans New York Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix San Francisco Wash., DC

Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

82° 60° 78° 56° 96° in 1986 33° in 1974

Precipitation 24 hrs ending 4 p.m. yest.

Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date

Sun. Hi/Lo/W 70/53/s 55/44/c 85/66/s 54/44/c 85/69/s 93/65/s 79/67/s 62/50/s 78/58/s 62/47/s 94/68/s 78/58/pc 65/50/s

Myrtle Beach 78/50

Manning 76/44

Today: Mostly sunny and breezy. Winds west 10-20 mph. Mainly clear.

Sunday: Sunshine. Winds southwest becoming south-southwest 3-6 mph.

Temperature High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low

Florence 76/46

Bishopville 75/43

Flood 7 a.m. stage yest.

12 4.87 19 2.85 14 3.65 14 2.16 80 76.24 24 6.04

Sunset Moonset

7:02 p.m.

2:54 a.m.

Full

Last

New

First

Oct. 8

Oct. 15

Oct. 23

Oct. 30

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AT MYRTLE BEACH

Today Sun.

High 5:31 a.m.

6:18 p.m.

6:35 a.m.

7:16 p.m.

Ht. 3.2 3.6 3.4 3.7

Low 12:15 a.m.

12:32 p.m.

1:14 a.m.

1:36 p.m.

Ht. 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.0

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

Today Hi/Lo/W 56/37/s 64/42/s 70/41/s 77/50/pc 75/57/sh 77/49/pc 66/40/s 66/44/s 73/45/s 74/44/pc 77/47/sh 74/46/pc 74/45/pc

Sun. Hi/Lo/W 63/45/s 68/48/s 70/43/s 70/50/s 65/53/s 71/51/s 64/47/s 69/51/s 70/48/s 67/46/s 65/48/s 66/46/s 66/47/s

Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 76/46/pc Gainesville 80/50/pc Gastonia 65/40/s Goldsboro 74/45/pc Goose Creek 77/47/pc Greensboro 63/40/s Greenville 65/41/s Hickory 61/39/s Hilton Head 77/51/pc Jacksonville, FL 78/50/pc La Grange 67/43/s Macon 69/41/s Marietta 62/42/s

Sun. Hi/Lo/W 68/47/s 72/49/s 64/46/s 65/46/s 70/49/s 62/46/s 65/48/s 62/44/s 68/55/s 71/49/s 73/50/s 71/47/s 69/51/s

Today City Hi/Lo/W Marion 61/37/s Mt. Pleasant 77/50/pc Myrtle Beach 78/50/pc Orangeburg 73/45/pc Port Royal 77/50/pc Raleigh 68/42/pc Rock Hill 65/40/s Rockingham 72/40/pc Savannah 76/48/pc Spartanburg 65/40/s Summerville 76/50/pc Wilmington 78/48/pc Winston-Salem 62/40/s

Sun. Hi/Lo/W 64/43/s 70/52/s 68/52/s 68/47/s 70/49/s 64/47/s 65/46/s 67/42/s 71/48/s 66/46/s 69/54/s 68/48/s 61/45/s

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She adores lots of attention and is great with other cats. Blanca is a little purring machine who is loving and affectionate. The Sumter 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 the website at www. sumterscspca.com.

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PREP FOOTBALL

Swamp stompin’ Gators blank Monarchs in Region VI-3A opener 41-0

FROM STAFF REPORTS

BY EDDIE LITAKER Special to The Sumter Item Ball security was the undoing of Manning High School’s varsity football team on Friday as Lakewood took advantage of five lost Monarch fumbles to cruise to a 41-0 homecoming victory at J. Frank Baker Stadium.

It looked to be a long night for the Monarchs from the start as a PARKS Khafari Buffalo punt pinned Manning at its 3-yard line. On the Monarchs’ first play from scrimmage, the Gators were able to force the first of many fumbles on both sides, giving Lakewood the ball at the Monarch 9. Four plays later, Latheron Rogers-Anderson ran up the middle for three yards and a score, with Blake Carraher’s PAT kick giving the Gators a 7-0 lead with 6:57 left in the MATT WALSH / THE SUMTER ITEM opening quarter.

Latheron Rogers-Anderson (8) celebrates with Dominique Rose (42) after scoring a touchdown The teams punted the ball

during the Gators’ 41-0 shutout win over Manning in Friday’s Region VI-3A opener at J. Frank SEE GATORS, PAGE B3 Baker Stadium.

LEGION BASEBALL

Johnson resigns as P-15’s coach

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com Curtis Johnson has resigned as the head coach of the Sumter P-15’s American Legion baseball team, citing a need to spend more time with his family as the reason.

“I talked about it with my wife and I just felt like it was the thing to do,” said Johnson, who turned in his resignation on Friday after three years as the P-15’s head coach.

“I’ve got three young children (ages 11, 8 and 3), and I just felt like I needed to spend more time with my family. My wife is working in the (Sumter School) district now, so we’re on the same schedule and we’d be able to have a lot of family time in the summer.

“With me coaching football and baseball in high school (at Sumter High), there just wasn’t a lot of time for family.”

Johnson, who was a

Hammond too much for Swampcats

standout pitcher for the P-15’s before going on to Florence-Darlington Technical College and the University of South Carolina, was hired to replace Wallie Jones, who resigned after 25 years as head coach.

Johnson’s first season was in 2012, and he led the P-15’s to a 25-10 record and a League III title.

Sumter earned a spot in the state tournament in Greenwood, going 1-2. The Southeast Regional was played at Riley Park, and the P-15’s went 2-2 in the tournament.

Sumter was 29-7 in ‘13, again winning the league title and earning a spot in the state tournament. It went 2-2.

The P-15’s were 28-10 this past season, winning another league title. It finished second in the state tournament to Florence.

Post 15 athletic officer

SEE JOHNSON, PAGE B3

MANNING — The tight high school football game that many people expected when Hammond visited Laurence Manning Academy on Friday never materialized. The Skyhawks took control of the game from the outset and never looked back.

Hammond scored 20 points in the first quarter and led 30-0 at halftime on the way to a 37-7 victory at Billy Chitwood Field.

Hammond improved to 6-0 on the season and 5-0 in SCISA 3A with the victory. The Swampcats fell to 5-2 overall and 4-1 in 3A play.

The Skyhawks received the opening kickoff and took about a minute to get on the scoreboard. Hammond running back T.J. Brady broke off a 60-yard touchdown run to put the Skyhawks on top 7-0.

Hammond pushed the lead to 13-0 with around nine minutes left on a 48-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Nick Garrett.

Brady scored on a 3-yard run just before the end of the first quarter to make it 20-0. Brady scored on a 30-yard run with around 10 minutes to go in the first half to make it 27-0.

The Skyhawks got a field goal just before halftime to push the lead to 30-0.

The Swampcats received the second-half kickoff and drove for their only score of the game.

Tyshawn Epps, who was lined up at quarterback, scored on a 29-yard run with 8:11 remaining in the third quarter. Josh Martin added the extra point to make it 30-7.

Laurence Manning forced Hammond to turn the ball over on downs on its ensuing possession. However, the Swampcats could only pick up one first down as it also turned the ball over on downs.

Hammond scored its final touchdown with about eight minutes left in the game.

FRIDAY NIGHT SCORES Crestwood 21 Darlington 12 Lakewood 41 Manning 0 East Clarendon 40 Timmonsville 6 Gray Collegiate 47 Scott’s Branch 28 Cardinal Newman 26 Wilson Hall 21 Hammond 37, Laurence Manning 7 SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO

Curtis Johnson, right, announced on Friday he had resigned as the head coach of the Sumter P-15’s after three seasons to spend more time with his family. The P-15’s were 28-10 this past season, finishing second to Florence Post 1 in the state tournament.

Florence Christian 40 Thomas Sumter 0 Clarendon Hall 40 Greenwood Christian 30

USC FOOTBALL

CLEMSON FOOTBALL

Kentucky looking for rare win against Gamecocks

Wolfpack, Tigers ready for QB showdown

BY GARY B. GRAVES The Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky.— Other than a 2010 upset that sparked a wild celebration at Commonwealth Stadium, Kentucky has usually come up STOOPS short against South Carolina.

The Wildcats (3-1, 1-1 Southeastern Conference) have lost three in a row to the Gamecocks

SOUTH CAROLINA (3-2, 2-2) AT KENTUCKY (3-1, 1-1) WHERE: Commonwealth Stadium, Lexington, Kentucky WHEN: Today, 7:30 p.m.

TV/RADIO: SEC NETWORK, WIBZ-FM 95.5, WNKT-FM 107.5)

(3-2, 2-2) and 13 of 14 in trailing the series 7-171. South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier is 20-1 against Kentucky, one of two conference schools he has beaten that many times along with Vanderbilt.

Kentucky aims to

deny Spurrier that 21st victory with an effort that would also put the Wildcats above .500 in the Eastern Division for the first time in a while.

It’s a tall task given their struggles against

SEE GAMECOCKS, PAGE B4

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press CLEMSON— Clemson’s counting on freshman quarterback Deshaun Watson to keep the victories coming at Death Valley while North Carolina State is relying on first-year signalcaller Jacoby Brissett.

The Tigers (2-2, 1-1 WATSON Atlantic Coast Conference) bounced back from a rough start to defeat North Carolina 50-35 last week. Clemson rolled to the win behind a record-setting debut from true freshBRISSETT man Watson, the fivestar QB who threw for a school-best six TDs. But Watson is coming up against a quarterback who’s just as hot in

N.C. STATE (4-1, 0-1) AT CLEMSON (2-2, 1-1) WHERE: Clemson Memorial Stadium WHEN: Today, 3:30 p.m.

TV/RADIO: ESPNU, WWBD-FM 94.7, WPUB-FM 102.7)

Brissett, the Florida transfer who’s transformed the Wolfpack (4-1, 0-1) this season.

Brissett leads the ACC in total offense and touchdowns accounted for this season. He helped North Carolina State build a 24-7 lead on No. 1 Florida State before falling 56-41 last week.

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said while the Tigers escaped facing suspended Heisman Trophy

SEE TIGERS, PAGE B4

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SCOREBOARD TV/RADIO TODAY

8 a.m. -- Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Alfred Dunhill Links Championship Third Round from St. Andrews, Angus and Kingsbarns, Scotland (GOLF).

9:55 a.m. – International Soccer: Barclays Premier League Match from Liverpool, England – West Brom vs.

Liverpool (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

10 a.m. – NASCAR Racing: K&N Pro Series East Drive Sober 150 from Dover, Del. (FOX SPORTS 1).

11 a.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 Practice from Kansas City, Kan. (FOX SPORTS 1).

Noon – College Football: Ohio State at Maryland (WOLO 25).

Noon – College Football: Ball State at Army (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

Noon – College Football: Texas A&M at Mississippi State (ESPN).

Noon – College Football: Purdue at Illinois (ESPN2).

Noon – College Football: Southern Methodist at East Carolina (ESPNU).

Noon – College Football: Iowa State at Oklahoma State (FOX SPORTS 1).

Noon – College Football: Marshall at Old Dominion (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

Noon – College Football: Florida at Tennessee (SEC NETWORK).

12:30 p.m. – International Soccer: Barclays Premier League Match from Birmingham, England – Manchester City vs. Aston Villa (WIS 10).

12:30 p.m. – College Football: Virginia Tech at North Carolina (WACH 57).

1:30 p.m. – College Football: The Citadel at Wofford (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240).

3:30 p.m. – College Football: Stanford at Notre Dame (WIS 10).

3:30 p.m. – College Football: Alabama at Mississippi (WLTX 19).

3:30 p.m. – College Football: Wake Forest at Florida State (WOLO 25).

3:30 p.m. – College Football: Oklahoma at Texas Christian (WACH 57).

3:30 p.m. – College Football: Navy at Air Force (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

3:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Nationwide Series Kansas Lottery 300 from Kansas City, Kan. (ESPN, WEGX-FM 92.9).

3:30 p.m. – College Football: Wisconsin at Northwestern (ESPN2).

3:30 p.m. – College Football: North Carolina State at Clemson (ESPNU, WWBD-FM 94.7, WPUB-FM 102.7).

4 p.m. – College Football: Kansas at West Virginia (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

4 p.m. – College Football: Vanderbilt at Georgia (SEC NETWORK).

4:30 p.m. – Horse Racing: Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity, TCOA Stakes and Shadwell Turf Mile from Lexington, Ky. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

5:30 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: National League Playoffs Division Series Game Two – San Francisco at Washington (FOX SPORTS 1).

6 p.m. – College Football: Tuskegee vs.

Morehouse from Columbus, Ga. (ASPIRE).

6 p.m. – Major League Soccer: Houston at New York (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

7 p.m. – College Football: Memphis at Cincinnati (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

7 p.m. – College Football: Louisiana State at Auburn (ESPN).

7 p.m. – College Football: Texas Tech at Kansas State (ESPNU).

7:30 p.m. – College Football: Arizona State at Southern California (WACH 57).

7:30 p.m. – College Football: Miami at Georgia Tech (ESPN2).

7:30 p.m. – College Football: Pittsburgh at Virginia (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

7:30 p.m. – College Football: South Carolina at Kentucky (SEC NETWORK, WIBZ-FM 95.5, WNKT-FM 107.5 8 p.m. – College Football: Nebraska at Michigan State (WOLO 25).

8 p.m. – College Football: UNLV at San Jose State (ESPNEWS).

9 p.m. – Professional Boxing: Dominic Wade vs. KeAndre Leatherwood in a Middleweight Bout, Chad Dawson vs.

Tommy Karpency in a Light Heavyweight Bout, Willie Nelson vs. Vanes Martirosyan in a Junior Middleweight Bout, and Rances Barthelemy vs. Fernando David Saucedo for the IBF Junior Lightweight Title from Mashantucket, Conn. (SHOWTIME).

9:30 p.m. – Major League Baseball: National League Playoffs Division Series Game Two – St. Louis at Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB NETWORK).

10 p.m. – Women’s College Volleyball: Santa Clara at Brigham Young (BYUTV).

10 p.m. – College Football: North Carolina A&T vs. South Carolina State from Atlanta (ESPNU).

10:30 p.m. – College Football: Boise State at Nevada (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

10:30 p.m. – College Football: Utah at UCLA (ESPN).

11 p.m. -- LPGA Golf: Reignwood LPGA Classic Final Round from Beijing (GOLF).

11 p.m. – Major League Soccer: Portland at San Jose (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

1:30 a.m. -- Formula One Racing: Japanese Grand Prix from Suzuka, Japan (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

PREP SCHEDULE TODAY

Varsity Cross Country Sumter in Darlington Carnival, TBA Varsity Swimming Sumter in Region VI-4A Meet at Francis Marion University in Florence, 8 a.m.

Wilson Hall, Thomas Sumter in SCISA State Meet (at Augusta Aquatics Center in Augusta, Ga.), TBA

COLLEGE FOOTBALL The Associated Press SCHEDULE TODAY

SPORTS

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2014

EAST Ball St. (1-3) at Army (1-3), Noon Harvard (2-0) at Georgetown (2-3), Noon Princeton (1-1) at Columbia (0-2), 12:30 p.m.

Yale (2-0) at Cornell (0-2), 12:30 p.m.

Villanova (3-1) at Maine (2-2), 12:30 p.m.

Bucknell (4-0) at Bryant (3-1), 1 p.m.

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

West Liberty (2-2) at Duquesne (2-2), 1 p.m.

Brown (0-2) at Rhode Island (0-4), 1 p.m.

Penn (0-2) at Dartmouth (1-1), 1:30 p.m.

Monmouth (NJ) (3-1) at Robert Morris (0-4), 3 p.m.

Stony Brook (1-4) at Towson (2-3), 3 p.m.

Sacred Heart (3-1) at Delaware (3-1), 3:30 p.m.

Kansas (2-2) at West Virginia (2-2), 4 p.m.

James Madison (2-3) at Albany (NY) (4-0), 6 p.m.

Alderson-Broaddus (3-1) at Wagner (1-3), 6 p.m.

Michigan (2-3) at Rutgers (4-1), 7 p.m.

SOUTH SMU (0-4) at East Carolina (3-1)), Noon Marshall (4-0) at Old Dominion (3-2)), Noon Ohio St. (3-1) at Maryland (4-1), Noon Southern Miss. (2-3) at Middle Tennessee (3-2), Noon Texas A&M (5-0) at Mississippi St. (40), Noon Florida (2-1) at Tennessee (2-2), Noon Virginia Tech (3-2) at North Carolina (2-2), 12:30 p.m.

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

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

Campbell (1-3) at Morehead St. (2-2),

1 p.m.

New Hampshire (3-1) at Elon (1-3), 1:30 p.m.

Charlotte (3-2) at Gardner-Webb (23), 1:30 p.m.

The Citadel (1-3) at Wofford (2-2), 1:30 p.m.

Howard (1-4) at NC Central (1-3), 2 p.m.

W. Carolina (3-1) at Presbyterian (22), 2 p.m.

Norfolk St. (1-4) at Savannah St. (0-4), 2 p.m.

Grambling St. (2-3) at Alabama A&M (1-4), 3 p.m.

Mercer (4-1) at Samford (2-2), 3 p.m.

NC State (4-1) at Clemson (2-2), 3:30 p.m.

Wake Forest (2-3) at Florida St. (4-0), 3:30 p.m.

Alabama (4-0) at Mississippi (4-0), 3:30 p.m.

NC A&T (4-1) vs. SC State (3-2) at Atlanta, 3:30 p.m.

Delaware St. (1-4) at Bethune-Cookman (3-1), 4 p.m.

VMI (1-4) at Chattanooga (2-2), 4 p.m.

Vanderbilt (1-4) at Georgia (3-1), 4 p.m.

UT-Martin (1-4) at Jacksonville St. (31), 4 p.m.

Northwestern St. (2-2) at SE Louisiana (3-2), 4 p.m.

Morgan St. (2-3) at Florida A&M (0-4), 5 p.m.

South Alabama (2-2) at Appalachian St. (1-3), 6 p.m.

Butler (2-2) at Stetson (2-2), 6 p.m.

Ark.-Pine Bluff (1-3) at Southern U. (2-3), 6:30 p.m.

LSU (4-1) at Auburn (4-0), 7 p.m.

E. Kentucky (4-0) at Austin Peay (0-4), 7 p.m.

Coastal Carolina (5-0) at Furman (23), 7 p.m.

Prairie View (0-4) at Jackson St. (3-2), 7 p.m.

Richmond (2-2) at Liberty (3-2), 7 p.m.

UTEP (2-2) at Louisiana Tech (2-3), 7 p.m.

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

Nicholls St. (0-5) at McNeese St. (2-1), 7 p.m.

UAB (2-2) at W. Kentucky (2-2), 7 p.m.

Miami (3-2) at Georgia Tech (4-0), 7:30 p.m.

South Carolina (3-2) at Kentucky (31), 7:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh (3-2) at Virginia (3-2), 7:30 p.m.

Murray St. (1-3) at Tennessee Tech (1-3), 8 p.m.

MIDWEST Purdue (2-3) at Illinois (3-2), Noon Marist (0-5) at Valparaiso (1-3), 1 p.m.

E. Michigan (1-3) at Akron (2-2), 2 p.m.

Tennessee St. (4-1) at SE Missouri (32), 2 p.m.

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

UMass (0-5) at Miami (Ohio) (0-5), 2:30 p.m.

Montana (3-2) at North Dakota (2-3), 2:30 p.m.

S. Dakota St. (3-1) at Illinois St. (3-0), 3 p.m.

N. Iowa (2-2) at Indiana St. (3-1), 3 p.m.

Youngstown St. (3-1) at Missouri St. (3-1), 3 p.m.

Buffalo (3-2) at Bowling Green (3-2), 3:30 p.m.

Ohio (3-2) at Cent. Michigan (2-3), 3:30 p.m.

Wisconsin (3-1) at Northwestern (22), 3:30 p.m.

NASCAR The Associated Press SPRINT CUP LEADERS

Through Sept. 28 Points 1, Brad Keselowski, 3,000. 2, Jeff Gordon, 3,000. 3, Joey Logano, 3,000. 4, Jimmie Johnson, 3,000. 5, Kevin Harvick, 3,000. 6, Matt Kenseth, 3,000. 7, Denny Hamlin, 3,000. 8, Kyle Busch, 3,000. 9, Ryan Newman, 3,000. 10, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 3,000. 11, Carl Edwards, 3,000. 12, Kasey Kahne, 3,000. 13, AJ Allmendinger, 2,077. 14, Kurt Busch, 2,073. 15, Greg Biffle, 2,072. 16, Aric Almirola, 2,061. 17, Kyle Larson, 859.

18, Clint Bowyer, 817. 19, Jamie McMurray, 805. 20, Paul Menard, 781.

Money 1, Brad Keselowski, $6,412,706. 2, Jeff Gordon, $6,029,628. 3, Jimmie Johnson, $5,696,528. 4, Joey Logano, $5,587,043.

5, Kevin Harvick, $5,385,031.

6, Matt Kenseth, $5,377,787. 7, Jamie McMurray, $5,308,170. 8, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $5,290,619. 9, Kyle Busch, $5,138,435.

10, Denny Hamlin, $4,762,553. 11, Greg Biffle, $4,539,799. 12, Austin Dillon, $4,466,759.

13, Clint Bowyer, $4,363,520. 14, Kyle Larson, $4,340,240.

15, Brian Vickers, $4,264,963. 16, Aric Almirola, $4,260,539. 17, Paul Menard, $4,230,456.

18, Carl Edwards, $4,176,917. 19, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., $4,104,795. 20, Marcos Ambrose, $3,920,385.

NFL STANDINGS

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

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W 3 3 2 1

L 0 1 2 2

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Pct 1.000 .750 .500 .333

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Pct PF PA .750 102 63 .667 75 67 .500 102 79 .000 51 103

PF 80 103 97 74

PA 75 97 90 96

PA 33 60 99 77

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

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Pct PF PA .500 131 113 .500 73 96 .250 95 110 .250 72 119

W 3 3 2 2

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PA 45 66 89 85

THURSDAY’S GAME

Green Bay 42, Minnesota 10

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Cleveland at Tennessee, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 1 p.m.

Houston at Dallas, 1 p.m.

Chicago at Carolina, 1 p.m.

St. Louis at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.

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

Buffalo at Detroit, 1 p.m.

Baltimore at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.

Arizona at Denver, 4:05 p.m.

Kansas City at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at San Diego, 4:25 p.m.

Cincinnati at New England, 8:30 p.m.

Open: Miami, Oakland

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Harvick shatters Kansas record to capture pole

BY DAVE SKRETTA The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Kevin Harvick is the one to beat once again at Kansas Speedway.

Harvick shattered his own track record and won the pole to start the second round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship Sunday. After setting the mark at 197.773 mph in his second round of qualifying, he turned a lap of 197.621 in the final round to earn the pole.

The previous record of 194.658 was set by Harvick in the spring.

“For whatever reason this fits everything I have going on with my driving style,” said Harvick, who won his third straight pole at Kansas and also won last year’s Chase race.

“In the end it comes down to having a fast car. We have a fast car.”

He has had that most of the season, too. The pole was Harvick’s eighth this year.

“With a little bit of good luck we can beat every car on the race track any given week at any style of race track, and that’s really positive feeling to have as a driver,” he said. “If the chips fall right we have the cars and the speed to do what we need to do.”

Brian Vickers qualified second with a lap of 196.307.

Aric Almirola was third.

Joey Logano began a run of five Chase contenders by qualifying fourth. Jeff Gordon was next, followed by Brad Keselowski, Kyle Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Tony Stewart qualified ninth, his best effort since returning to the track following the Sprint Car accident that killed Kevin Ward Jr. at a track in upstate New York.

Chase contenders Ryan Newman and Denny Hamlin were tied to the thousandth of a second for the final transfer spot in the first round of qualifying, each turning a lap of 193.736 mph.

Newman, who drives for Richard Childress Racing, wound up winning the tiebreaker based on owner’s points over Hamlin, who drives for Joe Gibbs Racing.

Newman improve his positioning by eight spots and will start 17th, while Hamlin will start 25th.

His teammate, Matt Kenseth, will start 27th.

“Our cars just don’t have

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Kevin Harvick poses outside his hauler after he won the pole position during qualifying for the Hollywood Casino 400 on Friday at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Del.

HOLLYWOOD CASINO 400 LINEUP The Associated Press After Friday qualifying; race Sunday At Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kan. Lap length: 1.5 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 197.621 mph.

2. (55) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 196.307.

3. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 196.15.

4. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 196.05.

5. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 196.05.

6. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 196.021.

7. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 195.972.

8. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 195.702.

9. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 195.518.

10. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 195.362.

11. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 194.974.

12. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 194.721.

13. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 195.27.

14. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 195.164.

15. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 195.08.

16. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 195.059.

17. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 195.016.

18. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 194.918.

19. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 194.868.

20. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 194.833.

21. (51) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 194.679.

any speed,” Hamlin said.

“Balance is fine, just threetenths, fourth-tenths off consistently, all of our cars.

Just disappointing we can’t have any more speed out of our cars. We’re doing the best we can to move up.”

Defending series champion Jimmie Johnson spun out during his first qualifying effort and will start 32nd, the lowest he has started a Chase race since 2005 at Homestead.

It is also the worst Johnson has qualified this season.

The race at Kansas kicks off the three-race contender round of the Chase, which

22. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 194.609.

23. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 194.259.

24. (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 194.021.

25. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 193.736.

26. (13) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 193.653.

27. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 193.611.

28. (95) Michael McDowell, Ford, 192.678.

29. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 192.096.

30. (36) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 191.993.

31. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 191.198.

32. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 191.123.

33. (23) Alex Bowman, Toyota, 190.988.

34. (98) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 190.84.

35. (40) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 190.799.

36. (7) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 190.725.

37. (34) David Ragan, Ford, Owner Points.

38. (83) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, Owner Points.

39. (26) Cole Whitt, Toyota, Owner Points.

40. (33) Timmy Hill, Chevrolet, Owner Points.

41. (37) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, Owner Points.

42. (32) Joey Gase, Ford, Owner Points.

43. (66) Mike Wallace, Toyota, Owner Points.

will whittle the field from 12 drivers to eight. The round continues at Charlotte, another fast intermediate track, and finishes at the crapshoot known as Talladega.

With all the uncertainty that accompanies the restrictor-plate superspeedway in Alabama, Harvick and the rest of the Chase contenders want to get off to a good start this weekend.

“Our cars are fast, we’re qualifying well, our pit stops are good, cars are reliable. Everything is good,” Harvick said. “We just need a little good luck.”

SPORTS ITEMS

Broncos cut ties with kicker Prater ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Just 300 days after putting his name in the record books with the longest field goal ever, Matt Prater is history.

At least in Denver.

The Broncos cut ties Friday with the eighth-year kicker who’s about to come off his four-game suspension.

That means first-year kicker Brandon McManus has turned his temp job with the AFC champs into a full-time one.

From the moment the Giants traded him to the Broncos PRATER in late August, McManus looked at Denver not as a stopover but as a destination. He said last month that his aim was to convince the Broncos he, and not Prater, was their man.

Still, he was surprised he’d done just that.

GM John Elway said releasing Prater, the longest-tenured member of the team, was “a very difficult football decision.”

But perhaps an easy financial choice: Prater was due $2.294 million in base salary this season and $3.25 million next year. McManus is making $420,000 this season and $510,000 next year.

BIRONAS’ BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT AT 0.218

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The toxicology report shows former Titans kicker Rob Bironas had a blood alcohol content more than twice the legal limit for driving in Tennessee when he died in a one-vehicle crash.

Testing released Friday by the Davidson

County Medical Examiner’s Office shows Bironas had a blood alcohol level of 0.218 percent. Tennessee’s limit for driving under the influence is 0.08 percent. The toxicology report also says a low level of Diazepam or Valium also was detected, but at a level so low to have a “negligible effect” according to a release.

The autopsy report finalized Friday shows the 36-year-old Bironas died of blunt force trauma after his SUV went off the road and crashed into a line of trees Sept. 20.

BYRD HAS SEASON-ENDING KNEE SURGERY

METARIE, La. — The New Orleans Saints’ struggling defense was dealt a significant setback Friday when the team learned that three-time Pro Bowl safety Jairus Byrd will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury.

Byrd injured his lateral meniscus during practice on Thursday, coach Sean Payton said, and had surgery on Friday — two days before New Orleans’ home game against Tampa Bay. LEWIS TAKES 2-STROKE LEAD IN CHINA

BEIJING — Top-ranked Stacy Lewis birdied the final hole Friday for a 5-under 68 and a two-stroke lead over fellow Texan Brittany Lang after the second round of the Reignwood LPGA Classic.

Lewis had a 12-under 134 at Reignwood Pine Valley.

From wire reports

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AREA ROUNDUP

Cardinal Newman stuns Wilson Hall 26-21 COLUMBIA — Previously winless Cardinal Newman scored a touchdown with about a minute remaining in its high school football to upset Wilson Hall 26-21 on Friday at George Watson Field.

The Barons fell to 4-2 overall and 2-2 in SCISA 3A play.

The Cardinals, who lost to Laurence Manning Academy 45-0 last week, improved to 1-6 overall and 1-5 in 3A play.

VARSITY VOLLEYBALL SOCASTEE 3 SUMTER 0 Sumter High School lost to Socastee 3-0 on Thursday at the Sumter gymnasium.

Socastee won by the scores of 25-12, 25-15, 25-22.

Aubrey Rickard had 15 assists and five aces to lead the Lady Gamecocks. Zuri Smith had eight kills and two locks and Courtney Price had four kills and three aces.

WILSON HALL 3 LAURENCE MANNING 0

MANNING – Wilson Hall improved to 5-1 in SCISA Region II-3A with a 3-0 victory over Laurence Manning Academy on Thursday at Bubba Davis Gymnasium.

The Lady Barons won by the scores of 25-18, 25-20, 25-14.

Simmons deHoll led WH, which is 12-6 overall, with 10 kills, 11 service points and two aces. Haley Hawkins had six kills, Caroline Clark had five kills and a block, Danielle deHoll had three kills, nine points and two aces and Courtney Clark had 8 points

Knights top Darlington 21-12 DALZELL -- The Crestwood High School varsity football team needed to get to Region VI-3A play to pick up its first victory of the season.

The Knights, who started the season with five straight and 17 assists.

Courtney Beatson led LMA with nine kills and seven blocks. Sara Herbert had eight kills, four blocks and five points, Megan Grams had five kills and seven points and Maia Grams had six kills and seven points.

On Wednesday in Sumter, WH lost to Gray Collegiate 3-0 with Gray winning by the scores of 25-19, 25-22, 25-14.

Simmons deHoll had six kills, six points and two aces, while Lauren Hill had three kills, six points and two aces.

On Tuesday in Sumter, Wilson Hall lost to Thomas Sumter Academy 3-2. Simmons deHoll had 17 kills, Caroline Clark had eight points, two aces and four kills and Courtney Clark had 12 points and 23 assists.

VARSITY GIRLS TENNIS ORANGEBURG PREP 5 LAURENCE MANNING 4 ORANGEBURG – Laurence Manning Academy lost to Orangeburg Prep 5-4 on Thursday at the OP courts.

SINGLES 1 – Bozarat (OP) defeated Newman 6-2, 6-2.

losses, defeated Darlington 21-12 on Friday at Donald L. Crolley Memorial Stadium to give head coach Roosevelt Nelson his first victory.

Crestwood is 1-5 overall and 1-0 in region play. Darlington fell to 4-2 and 0-1.

2 – Walter (OP) defeated Ridgill 6-1, 6-3.

3 – Mac. Ham (LMA) defeated Riser 6-2, 6-0, 4 – Robinson (OP) defeated K. Johnson 6-1, 6-2.

5 – Mas. Ham (LMA) defeated Patel 6-1, 6-2.

6 – Altman (OP) defeated A. Johnson 6-0, 7-5.

DOUBLES 1 – Walter/Bozarat (OP) defeated Newman/Ridgill 8-1.

2 – Mac. Ham/Mas. Ham (LMA) defeated Robinsoin/Riser 8-3.

3 – Collins/K. Johnson (LMA) defeated Altman/Frierson 8-0.

JV FOOTBALL CLARENDON HALL 52 ANDREW JACKSON 6

SUMMERTON – Clarendon Hall improved to 5-1 on the season with a 52-6 victory over Andrew Jackson Academy on Thursday at Robinson Field.

The Saints rushed for 310 yards. Quarterback Josh Black led the way, running for 88 yards and a touchdown on five carries. Dylan Way ran for 76 yards and two scores and completed five of seven passes for 62 yards and a score.

Kameron Earles ran for 70 yards and scored a touchdown and Ben Corbett caught two passes for 73 yards and two TDs. Micheal Bolston also scored a touchdown.

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Buddy Suitt said steps are already being taken to see who might be interested in the job. He hopes to have a new coach in place within a month.

“We’re looking for something to take care of us in the long run, not a shortterm solution,” Suitt said.

Suitt said he understands the decision Johnson made.

“He has three small children, and you can spend a lot of time out here (coaching American Legion baseball),” Suitt said. “He just felt he needed to spend that time with his family.”

Johnson said he enjoyed his three years in charge of the program.

“It’s just great any time you can come back and coach the team that you played for,” Johnson said.

“I got to coach a lot of good players and work with a lot of good coaches.”

back and forth through the remainder of the quarter before Manning’s second lost fumble of the night came on the second play of the second quarter. Lakewood would cash in once again, this time going 42 yards in seven plays.

The capper was a 2-yard run by quarterback Roderick Charles, with Charles running for the 2-point conversion and a 15-0 Gator lead after a botched snap on the PAT attempt.

The Monarchs once again put the ball on the turf on the first play of their next possession, allowing Lakewood to take over at the Manning 38. Charles would be hit from behind on the next play, forcing a Gator fumble and giving the ball back to Manning at its 32.

After the teams traded punts, Lakewood forced another fumble and took possession at the Monarch 24.

Two plays later, Rogers-Anderson broke free for a 19yard scamper to the end

Drew Hill recovered a fumble and Black had an interception.

DARLINGTON 14 CRESTWOOD 6

DARLINGTON – Crestwood High School fell to 1-6 on the season with a 14-6 overtime loss to Darlington on Thursday at the Darlington field.

Javarius Bradley scored on a 25-yard run for the Knights.

JV VOLLEYBALL LAURENCE MANNING 2 WILSON HALL 0 MANNING – Laurence Manning Academy defeated Wilson Hall 2-0 on Thursday at Bubba Davis Gymnasium.

LMA won by the scores of 25-18, 25-22.

Ashton Rogers had eight kills and six service points for the Lady Swampcats.

Cameron Duffy had seven points, three aces and a kill for Wilson Hall, which is 8-8 on the season, and Becka Noyes had six points, two aces, two kills and two blocks.

On Wednesday in Sumter, Gray Collegiate beat Wilson Hall 2-0 by the scores of 25-19, 25-6. Diamond Crawford finished with four points and an ace.

On Tuesday in Sumter, Thomas Sumter Academy beat Wilson Hall 3-2. Chandler Curtis had 11 points, four aces, and five assists.

CLARENDON HALL 2 ANDREW JACKSON 0

SUMMERTON – Clarendon Hall remained undefeated on

the season with a 2-0 victory over Andrew Jackson Academy on Thursday at the CH gymnasium.

The Lady Saints, who improved to 9-0 on the season, won by the scores of 25-20, 2516.

Madison Kidd led Clarendon Hall with 13 service points and three aces. Mackenzie Norman had 11 points and three aces and Sydney Well had 10 points and three aces.

B TEAM FOOTBALL SUMTER 20 WESTWOOD 16 Sumter High School improved to 5-0 on the season with a 20-16 victory over Westwood on Thursday at Sumter Memorial Stadium.

Dajon Butts and Crashad Jett both scored on 20-yard runs for the Gamecocks.

Zykiem Jackson scored on a 1-yard run and Javonta Singletary had an interception to lead the defense.

HAMMOND 44 LAURENCE MANNING 24

COLUMBIA – Laurence Manning Academy suffered its first loss of the season with a 44-24 defeat at the hands of Hammond on Thursday at the Hammond field.

Wyatt Rowland accumulated 287 yards of total offence for the Swampcats, who fell to 5-1 on the season. Rowland scored on runs of four yards and three yards. Justin Lowder had a 72-yard TD reception from Rowland.

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Lakewood’s Latheron-Rogers Anderson attempts to haul in a touchdown pass during the Gators’ 41-0 victory over Manning on Friday at J. Frank Baker Stadium. zone, making the score 21-0 with 3:12 left in the half.

Manning had its best scoring opportunity of the night after the opening kickoff of the second half. The Monarchs started at their 34 and Ra’Quan Bennett broke off a 56-yard run to the Lakewood

10. A fumble two plays later ended the threat and set up a 6-play, 87-yard scoring drive that was highlighted by a 30yard run by Rogers-Anderson and a 45-yard touchdown run from Terry Singleton.

The Gators’ other two scores came on a 19-yard

Charles run with 1:05 left in the third quarter and a 5-yard Malyk McGee run with 9:22 left in the game.

For the game, Manning fumbled the ball seven times while Lakewood put it on the ground three times, losing two.

MARK MY WORDS

Maintaining momentum is crucial key to success

R

ecently, I was watching a high school tennis match with a friend. As often happens, we were chatting away about competition and all the things it teaches, as well as how a player progresses developmentally.

“When will she begin to use her good service motion in a match? I wonder what is going on in her head right now?”

There is such a wonderful array of topics that will Mark come up, esRearden pecially when watching adolescents compete in sports.

During this particular match, the player we were watching had won the first set in solid fashion, but had quickly found herself down in the second set. Her body language had changed, her facial expressions showed stress (and some agitation,)

and worse yet, the player on the opposite side had now become energized and showed the same upbeat sense of enthusiasm that our player had shown in the first set. Yes, our player. She is his daughter and my student, so it was more than a casual interest.

The good news in this story is that she managed to right the ship and regain her sense of purpose. She began do what Michael Pereira (one the Palmetto Tennis Center professionals) says every single day he teaches: “Make balls.” In a nutshell, that means keep the ball in play first. Anything extra you can do after that is gravy.

One of the best players of all time, Bjorn Borg, took that to the bank every time he stepped on the court. Oh, in case you were wondering, our girl eventually weathered the storm and won the match. My friend and I do love talking about this sort of stuff, so naturally we could not merely leave it as “our girl won so let’s go get an ice cream.”

I told him if I could control

one thing on the court, it would be momentum. I also admitted that many years later, after coaching kids from one end of the spectrum to the other, I am still not quite sure how good a job I do at helping players control momentum.

My years of watching and coaching have allowed me to identify the small momentum swings that occur over just a few points where a player can sense a slight shift his or her way. They have an “aha moment” where they figure something out that gives them a new purpose. There are those swings that occur over the course of a set that either allow them to close it out or get closed out. And, of course, the momentum that exists over the entire course of a match, the 10,000-foot view as they say.

Without batting an eye, he said he believed it was tied to confidence. On that point we agreed immediately. He even said competitive fishermen get on rolls where they are pulling them in hand over fist and go

on a tear for several weeks.

WHAT???? How can that be?

I asked,” How can the fish be impacted by whether the fisherman is feeling it or not.”

“Because”, he said, “when the fisherman is feeling confident he puts the lure right where he wants it more often and the more time the lure spends in the water (and, more importantly, in the right spot) the better chance he has for catching a fish.” OK, point taken.

The real question for me though is why is it so fleeting? Why does it seem to ebb and flow without anything bad happening out there?

Even the best in the world, the ones who have worked their games to a razor’s edge, don’t seem to be immune.

And, for the most part, these people have left nothing to chance. Even we rank-andfile players can see it happening to them on television when if occurs. At times even they cannot control the beast.

There are a couple of things for sure. The more one prepares, the less chance there is

for your game to break down under duress and therefore give up control of the momentum somewhere in the contest.

The reason is exactly what my friend told me, confidence.

Another is the ability to compartmentalize, that unique ability to set aside what someone else may be doing and focus only on the elements that you control. I think this is something we can all learn to do better, but I really do think it takes a special person to do just that. The reason is we are emotional creatures. It beats us up between the ears when someone is getting the better of us and it is truly tough to turn that off and merely stay on task.

So I am not sure if we are closer to any answers than when we began, but the quest will continue because the beast we know as momentum will continue to raise its head and confound us. Mark my words on that. Oh, and as always, shoot me a line and let me know if you have any thoughts on the matter at markrearden@ftc-i.net.

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GAMECOCKS FROM PAGE B1 South Carolina and Spurrier, but the Wildcats enter hopeful after beating Vanderbilt to end a 17-game SEC losing streak dating back to the 2011 season.

“We’re excited,” Kentucky coach Mark Stoops said.

“Guys are ready to play and really had a pretty good week of practice. We’re just worried about our preparation and how we go out and execute and how we go play.”

Another SEC win by the Wildcats could vault them into the division title discussion, but Stoops won’t go there yet. He’s trying to keep his young team focused on improving each game and letting things take care of themselves.

The coach added, “If you take care of your business, then we can have that conversation as we move forward.

We’re a long way from there.”

Spurrier meanwhile is trying to get his Gamecocks to put last week’s 21-20 upset loss to Missouri behind them.

The defeat knocked South Carolina from the rankings for the first time since the second week of the 2010 season.

The Gamecocks fell to just 2-1 in the East but face an urgency to stay alive in a division they were favored to win.

For Spurrier that means taking nothing for granted against a Kentucky team he has owned, especially with the Wildcats showing improvement.

“Stoops and his staff have done an excellent job,” Spurrier said. “This is only his second year he’s been there, and they play a lot differently than the Kentucky teams 10 years ago, 15 years ago.

They’re a fast team, no question.”

Here are some other things to watch on Saturday night: GAMECOCKS’ DEFENSE

South Carolina yielded its lowest yardage total this season against Missouri last week (280), but gave up 119 in two fourth-quarter TD drives resulting in the upset loss.

TIGERS FROM PAGE B1 winner Jameis Winston two weeks ago, Brissett presents a similar challenge for his defense.

“He’s big. He looks a lot like Jameis Winston,” Swinney said. “He breaks tackles and extends plays.”

Much like the Tigers’ newest passer in Watson, who took over for senior starter Cole Stoudt early against Florida State and has barely come out since. Watson was one of the top dual-threat quarterbacks in the nation coming out of Gainesville High in Georgia and has fit in perfectly with the Tigers’ fast-paced attack.

North Carolina State coach Dave Doeren hasn’t had much film to watch on Watson, yet sees a similarity to Clemson’s starter the past three years, Tahj Boyd. “Tajh was a guy that could throw it down the field and he could run. We know what this guy (Watson) was like in high school,” Doeren said.

Things to watch for when North Carolina State plays Clemson on Saturday: QB PLAY

North Carolina State’s Jacoby Brissett and Clemson’s Deshaun Watson have brought poise and stability to the quarterback positions of their teams. Only Heisman winner Jameis Winston has thrown for more yards per game than Brissett’s 272-yard average while Watson leads the ACC in pass efficiency and has thrown 10 touchdowns in 77 pass attempts this season.

IMPROVED ‘PACK ATTACK

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The Gamecocks enter as the SEC’s worst defense with 440 points allowed per game. Defensive tackle J.T. Surratt nonetheless believes improvement is possible if they stay focused, saying, “We’re going to try to put everything together — hopefully put a whole game together.”

THIRD DOWN

Vanderbilt was just 2 of 12 on third down against a Kentucky defense that ranks fourth in the SEC at 26.3 percent on the pivotal down. The Wildcats’ offense meanwhile is converting at a nearly 45 percent rate and faces a South Carolina defense that has allowed opponents to convert 43 percent, slightly better than the Gamecocks’ offense (41 percent).

SIDELINED WILDCATS

Running back/kick returner Stanley “Boom” Williams and wide receiver Dorian Baker are suspended for this game for shooting air pistols and BB guns on campus Sunday night. The two freshmen had combined for three touchdowns with Williams’ 279 all-purpose yards leading Kentucky.

DANGEROUS DAVIS

Injuries and ineffectiveness have hampered Gamecocks RB Mike Davis this season, but last week’s 22-carry, 104yard effort with a TD against Missouri was a reminder that he can still impact games. He had 106 yards rushing and two TDs against Kentucky last season and Wildcats defensive coordinator D.J. Eliot remains wary of Davis, saying, “he’s one of the top backs in the SEC and we’re definitely going to have our (work) cut out for us this week.”

BLACK-OUT

Kentucky is asking fans to dress in black for the game, setting the stage for the Wildcats to break out their allblack alternate uniforms as well after playing in a gray and blue combination last week against Vanderbilt.

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The Wolfpack have also scored 40 or more points in its past four games, including in a 56-41 loss to topranked Florida State last week. That’s the first time they’ve ever had more than back-to-back contests with at least 40 points. “We’re just ready to get back out there and prove this offense is for real,” North Carolina State runner Shadrach Thornton.

WHERE’S BEASLEY?

North Carolina State’s offensive line has to be aware of that with the tear Clemson senior defensive end Vic Beasley is on. He leads the ACC with six sacks. In the Tigers past two games with the Wolfpack, Beasley combined for six sacks and two forced fumbles. Beasley’s next sack will tie Clemson’s career mark of 28, shared by Michael Dean Perry and the late Gaines Adams.

NC STATE’S GROUND GAME

The Wolfpack are averaging more than 231 yards on the ground this fall and their 14 rushing TDs are second most in the ACC. North Carolina State’s top three backs of Shadrach Thornton, Matt Dayes and Tony Creecy have been tackled for loss just three times in 124 rushes.

Clemson’s defense will provide a strong test, allowing just 108 yards a game on the ground this year.

DEATH VALLEY STRUGGLES

North Carolina State has lost its past five games at Clemson’s Memorial Stadium, its last victory coming in 2002 when Philip Rivers led the Wolfpack to a 38-6 victory at Death Valley in a Thursday night showcase. Two years ago in their last trip, the Wolfpack defense surrendered 62 points and 754 yards of offense, the second most in program history.

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Arizona quarterback Anu Solomon (12) runs with the ball during the Wildcat’s 31-24 upset victory over No. 2 Oregon on Thursday in Eugene, Ore.

Arizona upsets highly ranked Oregon again

BY ANNE M. PETERSON The Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. — The look on Marcus Mariota’s face was unmistakable: He was stunned.

Oregon’s star quarterback lingered on the field late Thursday night following his team’s 31-24 loss to Arizona, shaking hands with the Wildcats after they upset the heavily favored Ducks for the second consecutive season.

Later, he shouldered the blame for a loss that left No. 2 Oregon with a tough hill to climb if it wants an invite to college football’s first postseason playoff.

And he credited the unranked Wildcats, who were 24-point underdogs.

“They’re undefeated,” he said. “It’s obviously a testament to our conference. If you’re not prepared each week, if you’re not ready to play, you’ll lose.”

Oregon offensive coordinator Scott Frost told reporters after the game that Mariota was not 100 percent after he was sacked seven times in the Ducks’ 38-31 victory at Washington State in their previous game Sept. 20.

True freshman Nick Wilson ran for two touchdowns and caught a scoring pass from quarterback Anu Solomon to help the Wildcats (5-0, 2-0 Pac-12) open the season with five straight victories for the first time since 1998.

Terris Jones-Grigsby plowed into the end zone from a yard out for the tiebreaking touchdown with 2:54 left, and Arizona held on after sacking Mariota and recovering his fumble.

It was the third time since 2007 that an unranked Wildcats team upset an Oregon squad ranked in the top 5.

“They’re probably having a good time in Tucson, Arizona, right now,” Wildcats coach Rich Rodriguez said.

With his team trailing 24-14 going into the final quarter, Oregon’s Matt Wogan made a 21-yard field goal. Mariota then hit Keanon Lowe with a 9-yard scoring pass to tie it with 8:21 left.

With Arizona driving downfield, the Ducks (4-1, 1-1) sacked Solomon on thirdand-8, but Tony Washington was called for unsportsmanlike conduct to give the Wildcats a first down.

A pass interference call got Arizona closer for Jones-Grigsby’s go-ahead touchdown.

And on Oregon’s ensuing series, Mariota was sacked by Scooby Wright, who stripped the ball from the Heisman Trophy hopeful and recovered it himself.

“It was a good play by him, honestly,” Mariota said.

Arizona then gained a clinching first down on the ground and ran out the clock, silencing Autzen Stadium’s 100th straight sellout crowd.

“Last year it was really heartwarming because it was the seniors’ last home game and it was improbable, of course,” Rodriguez said. “This one, I don’t know if anybody picked us. I don’t know how many people were talking about us, but I bet you most of them weren’t thinking this was going to happen, not on the road.”

Mariota, who hugged Rodriguez after the game, threw for 181 yards and a touchdown.

The quarterback also caught a TD pass, but was sacked three times and turned the ball over for the first time all season.

“I thought we played hard, for the most

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Louisville at Syracuse (late)

TODAY

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(3) Alabama at (11) Mississippi, 3:30 p.m. (WLTX 19) (5) Auburn vs. (15) LSU, 7 p.m. (ESPN) (6) Texas A&M at (12) Mississippi State, noon (ESPN) (13) Georgia vs. Vanderbilt, 4 p.m. (SEC NETWORK) Florida at Tennessee (SEC NETWORK)

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(WOLO 25) (16) Southern Cal vs. Arizona State, 7:30 p.m.

(WACH 57) (17) Wisconsin at Northwestern, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN2) (20) Ohio State at Maryland, noon (WOLO 25) (21) Oklahoma State vs. Iowa State, noon (FOX SPORTS 1) (22) East Carolina vs. SMU, noon (ESPNU) (23) Kansas State vs. Texas Tech, 7 p.m. (ESPNU)

part. We came out ready to play; we didn’t play cleanly enough or smart enough,” Oregon coach Mark Helfrich said.

Last November, the No. 5 Ducks lost to Arizona 42-16 in Tucson, dashing any hopes Oregon had of winning a national championship.

The blowout victory was Arizona’s first over a top-5 team since knocking off No. 2 Oregon in 2007.

Solomon, a redshirt freshman, threw for 287 yards and a touchdown for Arizona.

The Ducks appeared to still be struggling with their unstable offensive line, with Tyler Johnstone, Andre Yruretagoyena and Jake Fisher all still out with injuries. True freshman Tyrell Crosby and former walkon Matt Pierson started for the second game at tackle.

Oregon got creative to start the second quarter with Mariota handing off to freshman running back Royce Freeman, who lobbed the ball back to Mariota for a 28yard touchdown. After a review for what appeared could be a fumble at the goal line, the TD stood to put the Ducks up 7-3.

The Ducks weren’t the only ones making unusual plays. Solomon threw a 21-yard pass to himself — helped by a carom off Oregon defensive end DeForest Buckner. The Wildcats made it to the red zone, but JonesGrigsby fumbled and the Ducks recovered on their own 10.

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Orioles rally past Tigers 7-6, take 2-0 lead Trailing 6-3 in 8th, Baltimore awakens versus Detriot bullpen BALTIMORE— The Baltimore Orioles once again battered Detroit’s shaky bullpen and pushed the Tigers to the brink of playoff elimination.

Pinch-hitter Delmon Young delivered another big postseason hit, lining a three-run double during a four-run rally in the eighth inning that sent the Orioles over the Tigers 7-6 Friday for a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five AL Division Series.

J.J. Hardy made a nifty slide home, touching the plate with his hand barely ahead of the tag, for the go-ahead run. A Camden Yards crowd that saw the O’s fall behind Justin Verlander 5-2 in the early going erupted in an orange wave.

Now Baltimore will try for a sweep in Game 3 Sunday at Detroit, when Miguel Gonzalez starts against the Tigers’ third straight Cy Young winner in David Price.

A day after the Orioles battered Detroit relievers while scoring eight runs in the eighth for a 12-3 win, they came back from a three-run deficit.

Orioles fans cheered when Joba Chamberlain came in to pitch the eighth with a 6-3 lead — the crowd knew that Detroit’s bullpen was beleaguered.

Chamberlain hit Adam Jones with a pitch and gave up a single to Nelson Cruz, setting up Steve Pearce’s RBI single.

Joakim Soria entered and walked J.J. Hardy to load the bases for Young.

Young quickly cleared them

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Detroit catcher Alex Avila, left, reaches for, but can’t make the tag in time on Baltimore’s J.J. Hardy, who scored on a double by Delmon Young in the eighth inning of the Orioles’ 7-6 victory in Game 2 of the American League Division Series on Friday in Baltimore. with a liner into the left-field corner. J.D. Martinez bobbled the carom for an instant, and Hardy never broke stride in scoring.

Young went 10 for 20 as a pinch hitter during the regular season. He also was the AL championship series MVP in 2012 — for the Tigers — when they swept the Yankees.

In the top of the eighth, baserunning also was a key point. Miguel Cabrera was thrown out at the plate when he tried to score on Victor Martinez’s RBI double with no outs.

Zach Britton got three straight outs for the save.

Soria wound up with the loss.

The defeat left Detroit’s bid to reach the ALCS for a fourth straight year in serious jeop-

ardy. The Tigers wasted home runs by J.D. Martinez and Nick Castellanos, along with a solid start by Verlander.

MOUSTAKAS’ HR IN 11TH LIFTS ROYALS OVER ANGELS 3-2

ANAHEIM, Calif. — When Mike Moustakas smacked a high fly into right field in the 11th inning, the Kansas City Royals’ No. 9 hitter had no idea whether it had enough juice to get out of the Big A. Although this group of Royals only has two crazy games of playoff history, it’s becoming clear that good things happen to Kansas City in October.

The Royals went a few more extra innings, withstood a few more scares and figured out another dramatic way to win a playoff game — thanks to the local boy.

Gonzalez to remain as manager of Braves

BY PAUL NEWBERRY The Associated Press ATLANTA — Fredi Gonzalez figured it would be a while before he learned his future with the Atlanta Braves.

Instead, the word came quickly — he’ll be the manager next year.

Less than a week after the end of a disappointing season, interim general manager John Hart announced Friday that Gonzalez will continue to manage the team in 2015, ending speculation about a possible change in the dugout.

“I’m excited to get going again,” Gonzalez told The Associated Press GONZALEZ in a telephone interview on Friday.

“Obviously, I think the organization giving me another opportunity is terrific. We’ll see if we can get back to our winning ways.”

The Braves finished 79-83, a daunting 17 games behind Washington in the NL East and only their third losing season in the last 24 years.

GM Frank Wren was fired with a week to go in the season, after the team was eliminated from contention, and Gonzalez thought his status would be on hold until the hiring of Wren’s permanent replacement.

But, with no timetable for making that decision, the Braves decided to stick with Gonzalez for at least one more season. He is under contract through 2015.

“I guess they felt it was good to keep me, give me another year, and work from there,” Gonzalez said.

There have been no talks about a contract extension, at least for now, but he doesn’t think that will put him in an uncomfortable situation next season.

“All of my coaching career, other than my managing career, I was always on one-year

By The Associated Press x-if necessary WILD CARD Tuesday, Sept. 30: Kansas City 9, Oakland 8, 12 innings Wednesday, Oct. 1: San Francisco 8, Pittsburgh 0 DIVISION SERIES (Best-of-5) American League All AL games televised by TBS Baltimore vs. Detroit Thursday: Baltimore 12, Detroit 3 Friday: Baltimore 7, Detriot 6 Sunday: Baltimore (Gonzalez 10-9) at Detroit (Price 15-12), 3:45 p.m.

Los Angeles vs. Kansas City Thursday: Kansas City 3, Los Angeles 2 Friday: Kansas City (Ventura 14-10) at Los Angeles (Shoemaker 16-4), late Sunday: Los Angeles (Wilson 13-10) at Kansas City (Shields 14-8), 7:37 p.m.

National League Washington vs. San Francisco Friday: San Francisco at Washington TODAY: San Francisco at Washington (Zimmermann 14-5) (FS1), 5:37 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 6: Washington (Fister 16-6) at San Francisco (FS1 or MLBN), TBD Los Angeles vs. St. Louis Friday: St. Louis (Wainwright 20-9) at Los Angeles (Kershaw 21-3) (FS1), late TODAY: St. Louis (Lynn 15-10) at Los Angeles (MLBN), 9:37 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 6: Los Angeles at St. Louis (Lackey 3-3) (FS1 or MLBN), TBD

contracts,” Gonzalez said.

“That doesn’t bother me one bit.”

While the manager is staying, there will be some changes on his staff.

Two more coaches were let go as part of Friday’s announcement: third-base coach Doug Dascenzo and assistant hitting coach Scott Fletcher.

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Moustakas homered leading off the 11th, and the Royals kept rolling in their first postseason in 29 years with a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels in their AL Division Series opener Thursday night.

Kansas City had managed just two baserunners since the fifth inning when Moustakas hit the first extra-inning homer in postseason history for the Royals, a high shot off Fernando Salas that barely reached the elevated rightfield stands at Angel Stadium.

Game 2 in the best-of-five series is Friday night at the Big A, with Angels 16-game winner Matt Shoemaker taking on fellow rookie Yordano Ventura.

Alcides Escobar had an early RBI double for the Royals, and their bullpen repeat-

edly escaped trouble in Kansas City’s first game since that spectacular, 12-inning comeback victory over Oakland in the wild-card playoff Tuesday night at Kauffman Stadium.

Chris Iannetta and David Freese homered early in the Angels’ first playoff game since 2009, but the majors’ most productive offense stranded eight runners in the five innings before Greg Holland’s perfect 11th.

Winning pitcher Danny Duffy worked the 10th for Kansas City, and Holland picked up the save after arriving at the ballpark around the fourth inning. He went to North Carolina on the Royals’ off day to attend his child’s birth.

From wire reports

NLDS ROUNDUP

Peavy, Giants edge Strasburg, Nats in opener

BY HOWARD FENDRICH The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Never much of a postseason performer, Jake Peavy sure outpitched Stephen Strasburg in the former No. 1 pick’s playoff debut.

Guess that October aura the San Francisco Giants proudly own has rubbed off on Peavy.

The intense right-hander took a no-hitter into the fifth inning, San Francisco’s bullpen barely held onto a lead, and the wild-card Giants won their ninth consecutive postseason game by beating Strasburg’s Washington Nationals 3-2 on Friday in an NL Division Series opener.

Peavy won the 2007 Cy Young Award but was 0-3 with a 9.27 ERA in five previous starts beyond the regular season. This time, the 33-year-old right-hander threw 5 2-3 scoreless innings, allowing only two hits.

Buster Posey, Joe Panik and Brandon Belt drove in San Francisco’s runs.

Game 2 is Saturday, with Washington’s Jordan Zimmermann — who threw a no-hitter in the regular-season finale — facing Tim Hudson.

Peavy was lifted after his third walk, then screamed and cursed as he stomped toward the dugout with two runners aboard in the sixth.

Reliever Javier Lopez walked his only hitter, load-

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San Francisco starting pitcher Jake Peavy outdueled Stephen Strasburg in the Giants’ 3-2 victory on Friday in the opening game of their National League Division Series. ing the bases.

Giants manager Bruce Bochy turned to Hunter Strickland, a rookie with all of seven innings on his major league resume. Calm as a 10-year veteran, Strickland took care of Ian Desmond — 8 for 12 with a grand slam and 17 RBIs with the bases full this season — on four pitches: 99 mph ball, 98 mph swingand-miss, 99 mph called strike, 100 mph swing-andmiss.

But in the seventh, Strickland allowed Bryce Harper’s upper-deck homer to right on a 97 mph fastball and, one out later, Asdrubal Cabrera hit pretty much the same pitch over the wall in right, too, making it 3-2.

Reliever Jeremy Affeldt for the last out in the seventh. The Nationals put runners on first and second with one out in the eighth against Sergio Romo, but he struck out Desmond and got Harper on a grounder.

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Starz offers up edgy, interesting ‘Survivor’s Remorse’

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH “Survivor’s Remorse” (9 p.m. Saturday, Starz, TV-MA) doesn’t sound like a comedy. This edgy half-hour series follows basketball phenomenon Cam Calloway (Jessie T. Usher) from the moment he signs a multimillion-dollar contract with an Atlanta NBA franchise.

Cam goes nowhere without his cousin, manager and mentor, Reggie (RonReaco Lee), who sees it as his first job to keep Cam from blowing his money on real estate and bling or bestowing it on the outstretched hands of relatives and fake friends stretching back to their shared youth in the projects. Cam also owes much to his tough, gay, older sister, MChuck (Erica Ash). And she knows it.

Cam’s relationship with his mother (Tichina Arnold) is even more complicated. In his introductory press conference, he thanks her “for not aborting me.” She later throws out a trove of childhood mementos that fall into the hands of a blackmailing drug dealer from Cam’s youth.

While plagued a bit by an uneven tone, “Remorse” presents an interesting mix of humor and pathos, imminent violence and over-the-top celebration. It has many more ragged edges than HBO’s “Entourage,” another half-hour series about a young star and his hangers-on. But the stakes are higher and the characters more interesting.

• In an interesting twist, “Remorse” shares the night with the stand-up special “Jerrod Carmichael: Love at the Store” (10 p.m. Saturday, HBO, TVMA), directed by Spike Lee. While Cam’s character on “Remorse” worries about “giving back” to the community, Carmichael, a remarkably low-key and composed black comic in a white shirt and a sweatshirt, dismisses that notion. “What did I get from the community?” he muses.

“The community stole my bike.”

Deliberately provocative to the point of discomfort, he challenges his audience to admit that national and international tragedies, even 9/11, don’t impact any of us as much as we pretend they do. In his sneaky, dry, downbeat manner, he pushes the boundaries of good taste, exploding the kind of smug shared pieties found so often on Facebook and social media.

Carmichael’s approach may not be for everyone. And he knows that. His gruesomely frank and flagrantly individualistic, even selfish, philosophy offers the perfect antidote to shows like ABC’s “black-ish.” He’s obviously a black man, but has no desire to speak for The Black Man. The fact that he knows he will always have to provides the tragic backdrop to his off-putting approach.

STARZ ENTERTAINMENT

Jessie T. Usher stars as Cam Calloway in “Survivor’s Remorse,” premiering at 9 p.m. today on Starz.

• An ensemble comedy about a terminally immature comedian that begins every episode with his stand-up observations, “Mulaney” (9:30 p.m.

Sunday, Fox, TV-14) faces immediate comparisons to “Seinfeld.” And that’s fatal.

For starters, Jerry Seinfeld’s observational humor was always presented in the third person, or even the second. (“Did you ever wonder why ... ?”)

John Mulaney speaks only in the first person, making it all about himself.

And he’s just not that interesting.

Mulaney (as himself) writes jokes for Lou Cannon (Martin Short), a pompous and neurotic game show host. His relationships include a nonromantic friendship with Jane (Nasim Pedrad), a flake with anger issues; his roommate and fellow comedian, Motif (Seaton Smith); Andre (Zack Pearlman), a needy, nerdy drug dealer; and Oscar (Elliott Gould), an old gay man living next door given to telling very long stories. Think of him as the anti-Kramer.

Gould and Short all but steal the show, not only because of their experience and talent, but because even their thinly drawn, old-guy comic foil characters are more fleshed out than those of Mulaney and his buddies.

• “Homeland” (9 p.m. Sunday, Showtime, TV-MA) returns for season four.

How much more can Carrie Mathison endure?

Not to give too much away, but if the first three seasons explored Claire Danes’ character at the edge of sanity, season four puts the focus on the morality of her actions. She’s lost her lover and, for the time being, her baby, but has Carrie Mathison lost her soul?

And if she has, what does that say

about her mission and her central place in the “war on terror”?

Few shows about an American-led war would be daring enough to show the other side in such a sympathetic light. But few dramas of any nature are as smart, audacious, challenging and rewarding as “Homeland.”

SATURDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS • College football action includes LSU at Auburn (7 p.m., ESPN), Arizona State at USC (7:30 p.m., Fox) and Nebraska at Michigan State (8 p.m., ABC).

• A town’s secrets unfold on the season finale of “Cedar Cove” (8 p.m., Hallmark, TV-PG).

• A woman leaves an abusive marriage in the 2014 shocker “Run for Your Life” (8 p.m., Lifetime, TV-14).

• An inhuman creature escapes its secret team of minders in the 2014 shocker “Dark Haul” (9 p.m., Syfy, TV14).

• The 10th season of “Ghost Adventures” (9 p.m., Travel, TV-PG) begins.

• Terror rocks Cheyenne on “Hell on Wheels” (9 p.m., AMC, TV-14).

• Denzel Washington, Peter Capaldi, Gemma Arterton, and George Ezra appear on the 16th season premiere of “The Graham Norton Show” (11 p.m., BBC America, TV-PG).

• Sarah Silverman hosts “Saturday Night Live” (11:30 p.m., NBC, TV-14), featuring Maroon 5.

SUNDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS • Reports scheduled on “60 Minutes” (7 p.m., CBS): an interview with the FBI’s James Comey; a look at canine intelligence.

• Elizabeth faces a hostile press on

“Madam Secretary” (8 p.m., CBS, TVPG).

• A visitor from Paris sparks controversy on “The Paradise” on “Masterpiece Classic” (8 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings).

• “Angkor Revealed” (8 p.m., Smithsonian) explores a medieval Cambodian civilization.

• The New England Patriots host the Cincinnati Bengals on “Sunday Night Football” (8:30 p.m., NBC).

• A case faces faith-based arbitration on “The Good Wife” (9 p.m., CBS, TV14).

• “Masterpiece Mystery” (9 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings) presents the seventh season of “Inspector Lewis.”

• An unhappy Chalky returns on “Boardwalk Empire” (9 p.m., HBO, TVMA).

• Emily goes to extremes to find Victoria on “Revenge” (10 p.m., ABC, TVPG).

• Strangers try to escape the wilderness while tied together on the new reality series “Tethered” (10 p.m., Discovery, TV-14).

• Eph takes on the Master on the season finale of “The Strain” (10 p.m., FX, TV-MA).

• The spy hunt gathers momentum on “Manhattan” (10 p.m., WGN, TV-14).

CULT CHOICE A ballerina (Moira Shearer) becomes possessed by her art in the 1948 Technicolor fantasy “The Red Shoes” (8 p.m. Sunday, TCM), filmed by the subject of the 2010 documentary “Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff” (10:30 p.m.).

SATURDAY SERIES The governor is desperate on “Scorpion” (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * Murder at a biker bar on “The Mysteries of Laura” (8 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14) * A sicko burns his victims on “Stalker” (9 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (9 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14) * A killer wife on “48 Hours” (10 p.m., CBS) * A vintage helping of “Saturday Night Live” (10 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14).

SUNDAY SERIES A family at sea on “The Simpsons” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-PG) * Elsa puts Emma on ice on “Once Upon a Time” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * Holt’s nemesis arrives on “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (8:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Between covers on “Family Guy” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Fear of Caleb’s return on “Resurrection” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * A pot shop robbery ends in murder on “CSI” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

Copyright 2014, United Feature Syndicate

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BIZARRO

SOUP TO NUTZ

ANDY CAPP

GARFIELD

BEETLE BAILEY

BORN LOSER

BLONDIE

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MOTHER GOOSE

DOG EAT DOUG

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JEFF MACNELLY’S SHOE

Reader encourages girls to embrace independence DEAR ABBY — I read your column often and find it deeply troubling when girls write you lamenting that Dear Abby they are “still single.”

ABIGAIL I’m 18, in my VAN BUREN freshman year of college and I have never dated.

I’m perfectly OK with this.

I’m not writing to bash girls who are in high school relationships, but rather to show there’s an alternative.

Abby, please remind them that it’s fully acceptable for us to spend our teenage years single if we prefer. No one should feel pressured

THE SUMTER ITEM

into a relationship because “everyone else is dating.”

Girlfriends, if you’re not ready for dating, then focus on discovering your beliefs, your purpose and what your talents, passions and values are. If you choose to do it accompanied by a partner, that’s fine. But if you prefer to journey alone or with your friends, that’s JUST as valid.

Independent in Racine, Wis. DEAR INDEPENDENT — I agree!

You are a self-confident, mature young woman, and you’re delivering an important message to your contemporaries. I hope they’ll give your message the consideration it deserves.

DEAR ABBY — I recently read

THE DAILY CROSSWORD PUZZLE

an idea that I think should be shared with every parent in the world. You and your child/grandchild should establish a family password to be used if the child is ever approached by a stranger who says, “Your mother is sick and she asked me to come and get you.” By asking for the password, the child throws the would-be kidnapper off guard, and the child has an opportunity to flee.

Vigilant in Virginia DEAR VIGILANT — That suggestion is one that appears on many child safety websites, and it’s certainly worth mentioning here. I’m sure many parents and grandparents will thank you for submitting it.

JUMBLE

SUDOKU

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

HOW TO PLAY: Each row, column and set of 3-by-3 boxes must contain the numbers 1 through 9 without repetition.

ACROSS 1 1961 Jerry Lewis film, with “The” 10 In its entirety 15 Peach variety 16 Indiana state flower 17 Availability indicators 18 Certain candle 19 Activist gp. with a clenched fist in its logo 20 Super Bowl highlight, for many 21 Heavy-duty soap brand 22 Open court hearing, in law 23 Monk music 24 Certain NCO 25 Pacer and Medallion 28 1963 Top 10 hit for Paul Petersen 30 Function opening?

31 Speculator of a sort 33 Early business language 35 “Define your world” online reference 37 ‘50s-’60s civil rights activist 38 Saturn, for one 39 Sched.

maker 40 Eyelashes 41 ID’ed 42 Org. chaired

by Reince Priebus 43 Scribble 44 Year Columbus began his fourth voyage 46 Corresponds 48 Bandy words 49 Mint 52 Tanks, so to speak 53 Distinct 55 “So Much in Love” pop group, with “The” 56 Non-profit whose corporate sponsors include Purina 57 Words often evoking 58-Across 58 Common reaction to 57-Across DOWN 1 Boundaries 2 Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy 3 Colortrak TVs, e.g.

4 SSTs flew over it 5 Smart 6 Annoyed big time 7 Bit 8 Linear, briefly 9 “Roundabout” band

10 In the brain, to a Brit 11 In proximity 12 Competitor of NYC’s Latin Quarter 13 Like much of the Mariana Trench 14 Innsbruck’s state 21 Hunk’s asset 22 Very hot celestial orbs 23 Male cartoon character voiced by Nancy Cartwright 25 Together, musically 26 Posthumous 1987 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee 27 Phishing, e.g.

29 Modeling accessory

30 French address 32 Shot providers, briefly 33 S.A. country 34 Suffix with electro36 Tweetbot and GoodReader 40 Nasdaq listings 42 They may be rubber 43 Aaron’s “Breaking Bad” role 45 Steamed 47 B or C, but not A or D 48 Faction 49 View from behind?

50 Nice summers 51 Moistens 53 Brooklynese pronoun 54 Appeared in print

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 04, 2014

Mayo’s Suit City “Think Pink in October!”

With any purchase of $100 or more, get get PINK tie and handkerchief set FREE!

Wesmark Plaza • 773-2262 • Mon-Sat 10-7 • www.MayosDiscountSuits.com

Garage, Yard & Estate Sales

Unfurnished Apartments

Autos For Sale

ANNOUNCEMENTS

2200 Lloyd Dr Sat 8-1 All must go! Furn, hshld goods, some tools,

2BR 1BA on Quiet St- Adults only $550 Mo + Sec. Dep. Call 803-773-2557

For Sale 1993 Grand Prix, 2 door, low miles, $1000. Call after 10am 803-499-5120 or 803-840-1214

Lost & Found

2440 Highview St. Neighborhood sale. Sat. 7 am - 1 pm. Longaberger baskets, Avon, Home & Garden party, furniture, more.

Unfurnished Homes

Antiques / Classic Cars

304 Haynsworth 3BR 2BA , Hrdwd flrs, fenced yard. $895/mo + $1,000 Dep. Good credit needed. Agent owned 468-1612

1974 MGB Engine & transmission pulled. Ready for restoration. $1,000.

Call 803-494-4825

Found Small Dog in Dalzell Area.

Call 904-557-65711 Found brwn & white chihuahua, Dalzell area.Call 803-565-5084

BUSINESS SERVICES Demolition, Hauling, Dumping We haul small or large loads. All kinds of dirt & rock. All types of mulch, firewood or loads of uncut wood. Great prices!

Call 803-983-2459 Dirtworks -Dirt And Rock Hauling Tree & Stump removal & Demolition.

Cheapest in town!

Call 803-406-7996

Community Yard Sale, Winter Park/Hidden Bay (Joyce St / Keels Rd,) 10+ familis. Sat 7-12. 847-2378 40 Pyramaid Ct. (Magnolia Courtyard off Patriot Pkw) Sat 7:30-12. No Early Birds. Moving Sale Multi-family.

Furniture, household goods, electronics, billiards equip, golf clubs, ect. Nice Stuff.

60 Pyramid Ct Sat 7-1 TV's, Furniture, Misc Electronics Rain or Shine Multi-Family Yard Sale at Wards Child Care on McCrays Mill Rd. Sat 7-12.

2221 Gingko Dr. Saturday toys, books, jewelry, clothes, home decor, hshld items & misc

Lawn Service

101 Georgetown Rd., Manning, Sat 7:30-? Furniture, computers, tv, household items and collectibles.

Four Seasons Lawn Care Serving Sumter for almost 20 yrs!

Free est. 494-9169/468-4008

365 W Wesmark Blvd. (Sumter Eye Center) Multi-Family 8-12. Toys, child. cloths, furniture, home decor.

Septic Tank Cleaning

Huge Sale 2920 & 2930 Ithica Dr. Sat. 7:30-? Everything priced to sell.

Everything must go.

Ray Tobias & Company Septic tank pumping & services.

(803) 340-1155. Ask about other discounts. $10 off for new customers when you mention this ad! www.raytobiasseptic.com

Tree Service Ricky's Tree Service Tree removal, stump grinding, Lic & ins, free quote, 803-435-2223 or cell 803-460-8747.

Mention this ad & get 10% off.

STATE TREE SERVICE Worker's Comp & General liability insurance. Top quality service, lowest prices. 803-494-5175 or 803-491-5154 www.statetree.net A Notch Above Tree Care Full quality service low rates, lic./ins., free est BBB accredited 983-9721

NEWMAN'S TREE SERVICE Tree removal, trimming & stump grinding. Lic & Ins.

803-316-0128

House for Rent 3BR 2BA located in Manning 1247 James Martin Rd. Call 803-473-2946

2 Bedroom house on Rast St. $600 mo. Call 803-968-0939 3BR/2BA Brick home w/garage. Lg fncd yard. No pets $750/mo + $750/dep. Call 803-968-5816

Mobile Home Rentals Oaklawn MHP: 2 BR M.H.'s, water /sewer/garbage pk-up incl'd. RV parking avail. Call 494-8350 2 br, 1 ba S/W in Windsor City for rent. $450 mo. + dep. Will accept Section 8. 464-5559 or 469-6978 DALZELL 2BR 1.5 BA quiet family park, 5 min from Shaw/Sumter $425 mo. 499-2029 LV msg.

LARGE GARAGE SALE 1st & 3rd Weekend Tables $2

STATEBURG COURTYARD

Open every weekend.

905-4242 2316 Harper St. (behind WalMart) Sat. 8-? Furniture, cloths, misc. 214-995-6694.

3521 Cains Mill Rd. Fri 2-6 Sat 8-12 Household items, tools, lots of misc.

Liberty St. (beside Odds & Ends) Sat. Lots of everything.

Furn.,cloths.,dishes. All Must Go. 202 Vonview Dr. Sat. 7:30-? Lots of items from toys to what not's and household items.

For Sale or Trade Cemetery Plots- Two plots with vaults, opening/closing fees and granite marker with vase in Evergreen Memorial Park , Sumter, SC. Save thousands. Call 803-469-9763

2 & 3 BRs 803-494-4015

Business Rentals N. Main St. Restaurant, Some fixtures. $800 mth.

Call 803-968-0006

REAL ESTATE Homes for Sale On 88 acres of Farm and wooded land, Monte Carlo Ln., 4BR 2BA, Heat pump, carpet & vinyl floors, Contact: R. Davis 270-839-0459 Must Sell Was $144,900 Now $134,500. 3455 Oleander Dr. 3BD 2BA Fire Place, Immaculate. Call 803-494-8956 or 803-406-9188

Martin's Used Appliance Washers, Dryers, Refrig., Stoves.

Guarantee 464-5439 or 469-7311

Chihuahua puppies 2M 14 wks old. $195 Each. CKC . Call Tina 803-305-7287

MERCHANDISE Auctions ESTATE AUCTION Estate of Jeffie McDonald 905 N. Guignard Dr., Sumter Home & all contents Sat. October 11th @ 10 am Rain or shine.

Preview Fri. Oct. 10th, 1 - 5 pm. www.rickwattsauctions.com or call Rick Watts SCAL #124 843-669-5717 or 843-687-1499

Farm Products For sale Sweet Potatoes Call 803-473-3355.

Garage, Yard & Estate Sales 410 W Huggins St. ( Manning) Sat 8-3. Dinning rm set, kitchen items, dyer. ect. Everything must go!

Neighborhood Sale Highview St. Sat. 7-3 Tools, trampoline, lots of houseware and school supplies.

Extreme Sports Yamaha Polaris 405 W Wesmark Blvd Sat 7-12 Huge Multi Family Sale!

Annual Church Wide Estate Indoor Yard Sale: St. John UM Church 136 Poinsett Dr. (behind Crosswell Elem) Sat Oct. 4th, 8-12. Estate & household items, toys, holiday decor. Come get great deals.

Auction Estate Of William Dudley 2190 Greystone Rd Oct 4, 2014 9AM 1107 N Main St Sumter SC Conducted by T. Atkinson SCAL 3879 assisted by Bill's Furniture & Antiques. Contents of house to be moved to auction location.

Furn, fridge, washer & dryer Lots more! Go to auctionzip.com for photo's and details.

Multi-family sale, 1807 Queen Chapel Rd. off Jefferson, near BD & 15 North. Sat & Sun 7 am - 5 pm Bridgepointe Neighborhood Sale; (Off Keels Rd), Sat. 7-12. Hshld items, clothes, toys, furn., etc.

Help Wanted Full-Time Car Wash Tech, Exp. Window Tinter, Exp. Stereo Installer. Apply in person at 620 Manning Ave., Sumter 803-305-1237.

Kennel help Apply in person at 87 Market St. Total Pet Care.

Ding Dong Avon Calling Avon by Vi, ISR. $15 to start. Let's talk 803-934-6292 or join online today! www.startavon.com Ref: Viola Seeking Skilled Construction Crew Rapidly expanding Real Estate Firm is seeking skilled construction crew for housing repairs.

Must have experience in the following area: cement finishing, painting, dry wall, plumbing, electrical, tile/stucco, framing and roofing.

Serious inquires please contact Ted Wilson at 803-983-7448.

Resumes can be emailed to cjames@ubimf.com

SUMMONS AND NOTICES IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO: 14-CP-43-1410 (NON-JURY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE) STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER CitiMortgage, Inc., vs.

The Estate of DeLeon Holland; Ericka Holland, as possible Heirs of the Estate of DeLeon Holland, and any other Heirs, and all others claiming any right, title or interest in the real estate known as 822 Club Lane, Sumter, SC 29154, any adults or persons in the Military Service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe, and any minors or persons under legal disability, being a class designated as Richard Roe, DEFENDANT(S).

TO THE NAMED:

DEFENDANTS

ABOVE

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or to otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscribers at their office, P.O. Box 71727, North Charleston, South Carolina, 29415, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, or otherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

TO THE MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff.

PETS & ANIMALS EMPLOYMENT Dogs

Summons & Notice

PLAINTIFF,

4125 E Brewington Rd Sat 7-12 clothing, dvds, TV, dishes & more

FLEA MARKET BY SHAW AFB

LEGAL NOTICES

W. Hampton Ave 2BR, 1BA, LR, kitchen area, CH/A, Rent $500 mth Call 803-968-0006

2 & 4 Br S/W & D/W Mobile homes & houses, located in Manning & Sumter. 1 - 3 Br, 2 Ba D/W in Pinewood. No Sect. 8. Rent + dep. req. Call 803-225-0389.

Summons & Notice

Twin Lakes S/D Nice home priced to sell. 3 br, 2 ba, approx. 1600 sq ft on 0.45 acre lot.

Great location. Call 803-468-8985.

Land & Lots for Sale 2 ac, Manning, Lake Marion. Will perk, 5 mins. to water. M.H. welcome. Paved road, lightly wooded. $19,900. Owner will finance.

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YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference to the Master in Equity for Sumter, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(b) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this action.

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above entitled action, together with the Summons, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on August 21, 2014 at 2:40 P.M. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to the Supreme Court of South Carolina Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, you may be eligible for foreclosure intervention programs for the purpose of resolving the above-referenced foreclosure action.

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ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading and filing of the Petition of the Plaintiff for the appointment of Kelley Woody, attorney in Columbia, South Carolina, as Guardian ad Litem Nisi for all unknown minors, and for all persons who may be under a legal disability, it is ORDERED that Kelley Woody, Attorney at Law, be and she is hereby appointed Guardian ad Litem Nisi on behalf of unknown minors or persons under a legal disability, all of whom may have an interest in or claim to have some interest in the real property known as 822 Club Lane, Sumter, SC 29154; that she is empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and represent said Defendants, unless the said Defendants, or someone on their behalf, shall within thirty (30) days after service of a copy hereof as directed, procure the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem for the said Defendants; AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order shall forthwith be served upon the said Defendants by publication thereof in the The Item, a newspaper of general circulation published in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, once a week for three consecutive weeks, together with the Summons in the above entitled action.

James C. Campbell Clerk of Court for Sumter County Sumter, South Carolina September 25, 2014 FINKEL LAW FIRM LLC Thomas A. Shook P.O. Box 71727 North Charleston, SC 29415 (843) 577-5460 Attorney for Plaintiff

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT C/A #: 2014-CP-43-1776 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER SOUTH CAROLINA STATE HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, Plaintiff, vs.

SAMUEL JONES, III, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE ESTATE OF SAMUEL JONES, JR. AND LOU ELLEN JONES, BOTH DECEASED, AND AS HEIR AT LAW OF SAMUEL JONES, JR. AND LOU ELLEN JONES, BOTH DECEASED, AND ANY OTHER HEIRS-AT-LAW OR DISTRIBUTEES OR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND THEIR SPOUSES, IF ANY THEY HAVE, AND ALL OTHER PERSONS UNKNOWN WITH ANY RIGHT, TITLE, ESTATE, INTEREST IN OR LIEN UPON THE REAL ESTATE DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT HEREIN; ALSO ANY UNKNOWN ADULTS AND THOSE PERSONS WHO MAY BE IN THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ALL OF THEM BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS JOHN DOE; AND ANY UNKNOWN MINORS OR PERSONS UNDER A DISABILITY BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS RICHARD ROE; SPRINGLEAF FINANCIAL SERVICES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INC. F/K/A AMERICAN GENERAL FINANCE; and AIS RECOVERY SOLUTIONS, LLC AS AGENT FOR ASSET ACCEPTANCE, Defendants.

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ABOVE

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint upon the subscribers, at their office, 1703 Laurel Street, Post Office Box 11682, Columbia, South Carolina 29211, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint in the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above entitled action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on August 26, 2014.

NOTICE OF ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI AND ATTORNEY

TO: THE DEFENDANTS HEREIN, NAMES AND ADDRESSES UNKNOWN, INCLUDING ANY THEREOF WHO MAY BE MINORS, IMPRISONED PERSONS, INCOMPETENT PERSONS, UNDER OTHER LEGAL DISABILITY OR IN THE MILITARY SERVICE, IF ANY, WHETHER RESIDENTS OR NON-RESIDENTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND TO THE NATURAL, GENERAL, TESTAMENTARY GUARDIAN OR COMMITTEE, OR OTHERWISE, AND TO THE PERSON WITH WHOM THEY MAY RESIDE, IF ANY THERE BE: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Motion for an order appointing Kelley Y. Woody, Esquire, as Guardian ad Litem Nisi, for all persons whomsoever herein collectively designated as Richard Roe or John Doe, defendants herein, names and addresses unknown, including any thereof who may be minors, imprisoned persons, incompetent persons, or under other legal disability, and as Attorney for said parties who may be in the military service, whether residents or non-residents of South Carolina, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County.

YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that unless the said minors or persons under other legal disability, if any, or someone in their behalf or in behalf of any of them, shall within thirty (30) days after service of notice of this order upon them by publication, exclusive of the day of such service, procure to be appointed for them, or either of them, a Guardian ad Litem to represent them for the purposes of this action, the appointment of said Guardian ad Litem Nisi and Attorney shall be made absolute.

AMENDED LIS PENDENS TO THE NAMED:

DEFENDANTS

ABOVE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action will be commenced in this Court upon the Complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendants for the foreclosure of that certain Mortgage of Real Estate given by Samuel Jones, Jr. and Lou Ellen Jones, both deceased, to The National Bank of South Carolina, its successors and assigns, dated December 9, 1994, and recorded on December 9, 1994, in the office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina in Book 614 at Page 961 (the "Mortgage").

By Mortgage Assignment (the "Assignment"), The National Bank of South Carolina assigned the Mortgage to the Plaintiff, and the Assignment was recorded December 9, 1994, in Book 614 at Page 969 in the office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina.

At the time of the filing of this notice, the premises affected by the said action were situated in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, and are described as follows: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with improvements thereon located in the City and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina being shown as the northern half of Lot No. 7 on a plat prepared by Ben J. Makela, RLS, dated December 7, 1994 recorded in Plat Book 94 at Page 1566 in the Office of the RMC for Sumter County. Said Lot having the following boundaries and measurements according to the aforementioned plat; to wit: On the Northeast by Lot No. 6 whereon it measures 199.95 feet; On the Southeast by Lot No. 1 and a portion of Lot No. 2 whereon it measures 59.73 feet; on the Southwest by the Southern half of Lot No. 7 whereon it measures 199.97 feet; and on the Northwest by Carolina Avenue whereon it measures 60.25 feet.

This being the same property conveyed to Samuel Jones, Jr. and Lou Ellen Jones by deed of William F. Magboo and Julie L. Magboo dated December 9, 1994 and recorded December 9, 1994 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina in Volume 614 at Page 956.

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For a complete description of the property encumbered by the Mortgage, the undersigned craves reference to the Mortgage, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.

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PHOTOS BY JADE REYNOLDS / THE SUMTER ITEM Barbara Kenawy, clinical nursery manager at Tuomey Regional Medical Center, holds a tiny diaper and wrap for a premature baby.

The woman who makes them lost a baby and now creates these items for the pictures Kenawy and others take for the Touching Hearts program.

Footprints and handprints, as seen above, are just some of the mementos taken by Barbara Kenawy and others with the Touching Hearts program. She has worked with mothers and babies the majority of her nearly 40 years with Tuomey Healthcare System.

BY JADE REYNOLDS Jade@theitem.com With nearly 40 years working at Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Barbara Kenawy has made quite an impact.

Though she has served everywhere from the emergency room to the psych area of the Sumter hospital, her passion has always been mothers and their little ones.

“My love is to be in the unit with the babies,” said the clinical manager for the nursery.

Kenawy estimates she’s worked with probably more than 54,000 babies during the years. In the past, she even kept nursery at her church, Shaw Heights Baptist.

She and Toby Shuler also head up the Touching Hearts program for families grieving the loss of an infant.

“We mostly see stillbirths,” Kenawy said. “Most, if they are born too premature, are transferred to Columbia. I follow up with them and still interact with the family.”

She works part-time at the Neonatal ICU Richland, too, so the staff is familiar with her.

“They know how to find me if someone has had a loss,” Kenawy said.

In the family support room, they create as many mementos for the family as possible. They take pictures of the babies with outfits, blankets and toys. They make footprints and handprints in ink or plaster. Sometimes they even have a service in Tuomey’s chapel.

“We collect memories,” Kenawy said. “There is a whole range of emotions when someone has lost a child, so we do things to help them be able to move through the grief. You never forget. You never get over it.

“Toby and I meet one on one with them, and we do a lot of followup. We contact them again to see how they are doing, where they are at. We’ll go to doctors appointments with them. You need that support person.”

They create scrapbooks and give the family discs with the pictures. They work with siblings, grandparents and extended family to help them understand the situation and cope.

“It’s pretty amazing. She is incredibly intuitive.

She knows what the family needs almost before they know they need it. She is very compassionate and intelligent. She makes everything peaceful,” Shuler said.

She first met Kenawy when she was a nurse tech in the nursery in 2011.

“The Touching Hearts program provides more than just nursing care,” Shuler said. “It’s for moms and families that have lost babies. It supports them emotionally, and it also provides mementos like a lock of hair. If there are any special requests, we try hard to help them out with that.”

After her own tough experiences, she knows how important such a program is.

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“I had dealt with infertility and losses,” Shuler said. “One was a really bad experience, and one was a more complete experience. Whenever I came to the nursery, I knew that might be part of my job. I sought it out. (Kenawy) took me under her wing. She’s taught me so much. Being with her is like being with a kindred soul. I absolutely look up to her in every aspect.”

After 25 years working with Kenawy, Carla Smith also has high praise.

“I can’t say enough nice things about her,” said the clinical manager for labor and delivery. “We have been co-managers for about 10 years. Barbara is a wonderful person both professionally and personally. She is the kind of person that will come running to help whether she is called or not, any time, day or night, and never question why.

She truly is called to counsel and assist patients and their families in time of loss. She goes the extra, extra mile for them and makes a sad experience the best it can be. She is a very good listener and always puts others’ needs first. So many people are comforted just knowing that she is nearby or that they have her number in case they need to call her.”

Kenawy is married to Ali Kenawy, a soccer coach and referee with the Sumter County Parks and Recreation. Her stepson, Ahmed Kenawy, is a senior at Sumter High School.

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BY JOE KEPLER joe@theitem.com Whether she wants to admit it, there is something extraordinary about Lynn Kennedy and the work she does for her hometown.

“I’m not an extraordinary person; I’m just a dedicated person,” said Kennedy, the festivals and events coordinator for the City of Sumter.

While she was hesitant to accept the recognition, she agreed that at the very least she was an extraordinary woman in an equally extraordinary community.

Kennedy has served in her role as coordinator since 2006 and was named events manager in 2011. The list of committees, groups and boards she has sat on could be as long as this story itself.

Estimating that she has been actively serving as a volunteer for the community since her early 30s, she joked that it’d be great to have those years credited toward her eventual retirement.

Despite that claim, it seems hard to fathom that she would ever be ready to leave a job she loves so dearly.

“I feel like the luckiest person in the world,” Kennedy said. “I have the best job.”

She worked at a number of businesses before working for the city, including stops at Hallgren & Ingersoll Inc., Peoples Natural Gas Co., SCE&G and Suburban Propane. She also was the coowner of Danny’s Trophy Shop.

“I’ve had the experience of writing the check, watching the check or spending the check,” Kennedy said. “I think I’ve just about experienced every rung on the ladder. You don’t always have to be at the top to be successful. I consider myself successful just at the amount of friends and support that I have out in the community.”

Working those jobs, which required customer service and community support, helped foster an alreadystrong sense of duty to the community that had been instilled in her by her parents. Kennedy has spent her entire life in Sumter, attending Thomas Sumter Academy for high school and Central Carolina Technical College.

“I was raised here, and I had a father that was very involved in the community, and he always instilled in me that ‘you are your community,’” Kennedy said.

“If you want to be proud of your community, you need to

be involved.”

Her father was involved in the Knights of Pythias, served in the National Guard and volunteered with the police department. On top of his volunteer work, he held a job at Sumter Machinery for 59 years.

“I saw my father not be able to hardly get out of bed, but he got up and went to work,” Kennedy said. “He instilled into me that you’ve got responsibilities, and you need to live up to it. I always tried to strive to help somebody, because whenever you do something like that, it always comes back tenfold.”

The Sumter Iris Festival, which is approaching its 75th anniversary in May, has been a personal point of pride for Kennedy, who enjoyed the festival from her earliest days.

“I remember when the visitor’s center was just a pavilion, and a nonprofit organization used to fix red chicken stew,” Kennedy said.

“I can remember sitting under that pavilion with my dad. He was there directing traffic and parking cars, but we would sit together and have a bowl of that stew. If I make it someday to an old folks’ home, that’s something I’ll be sitting out in a rocker remembering.”

Kennedy is looking to make new memories every year now, as she sits as the chairwoman of the festival’s committee.

“The Iris Festival is the biggest event that we have in Sumter, across the city, county or any private event we might have. It’s what Sumter is known for. It’s known all over the world.”

She remembered a recent visit to the festival from a couple that came all the way from Australia. They were Master Gardeners who were up to study the Japanese iris.

“You get to meet the most unique people doing these events,” Kennedy said.

While the Iris Festival draws a wide crowd, Kennedy takes personal pleasure from her Sumter Green Fall Feast, which was held Sept. 18 at USC Sumter’s Nettles Building. Kennedy concocted the idea after attending the Taste of Clarendon. The event sparked her imagination, despite assurances that it was nearly impossible to make it work in Sumter.

“What I’m most proud of is how the Fall Feast has turned out. I was told you could never build this in Sumter, it

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will never work,” she said, proudly. “And look at us now.”

SAFE Federal Credit Union provided volunteers for the event, headed up by Penny Pratt, the credit union’s senior vice president of lending and sales. A transplant to Sumter in 2007, Pratt first met Kennedy while working on the Sumter Green committee and was immediately drawn to her infectious spirit.

“When you see how committed she is to it, how much she believes in the activities and her dedication, you get excited. Her enthusiasm is contagious.

Everyone wants the events to be a success,” Pratt said. “I

think it’s amazing that she gives so much of herself for these events. She has this undying energy to make every event the best it can be.”

Not one to rest on her laurels or take too much time enjoying the success of Fall Feast, Kennedy’s work has already started on her next project, the annual Fantasy of Lights Christmas display at Swan Lake-Iris Gardens.

“It’s almost the equivalent of what we do for the Iris Festival. We started back in August with our workers going seven days a week trimming trees and hanging lights,” Kennedy said. “We hang millions of lights from Sept. 1 to Dec. 1 at no charge.

It brings a lot of tourism from all over. The guys that take the time to hang those lights are the unsung heroes.”

“No one person can do any of this; it’s the whole committee that deserves the pat on the back,” she added.

While a glance at the calendar may lead you to think she never has a break, Kennedy has some experience in getting away and recharging her batteries.

“I’ve learned to go out on the cruise ships where the cellphones don’t work,” she said with a smile.

Don’t worry, though, she won’t be out of the office for long. There’s always another call to make and an event to plan.

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IVY MOORE / THE SUMTER ITEM Jo Anne Morris, executive director of Sumter Volunteers Inc., has been leading the organization since it was started by the Junior Welfare League of Sumter 38 years ago.

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BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com She might have been a farmer or a businesswoman — and she did both for a while — but Jo Anne Morris’ true calling lies in working with volunteers. She’s been doing it for 38 years as executive director of Sumter Volunteers Inc., but she’s been a hard worker all her life.

Born in the small community of Elam in Florence County to Earl and Edith Myers, Jo Anne Myers Morris started working in her father’s general store in Shiloh when she was very young.

“I was in charge of the sodas, the candy and the ice cream. I had to take care of the icebox,” she said. “I worked on commission. I could sell.”

“I had a good growing up,” Morris continued. “I grew up in Shiloh United Methodist Church; it was fun, and I was active. It was a beautiful ‘uptown country church,’ where neighbors and friends met and supported each other.”

As a child, Morris helped some of those neighbors work tobacco.

“We lived in the country, and I was one of the hands putting in tobacco,” Morris recalled. “I loved to string tobacco. I could pop it on that stick!”

When she got married after high school graduation, Morris’ father gave her and her new husband a small tobacco plot, so she then raised tobacco from planting to market.

“I’ve done it all,” Morris said, laughing, “merchant’s daughter to farmer’s daughter.”

Her secret childhood desire was to become an interior decorator, she said.

“I arranged and rearranged furniture and bric-a-brac when I was very young,” she said.

“Now my granddaughter is an interior designer. She’s also my namesake.”

SUMTER VOLUNTEERS INC. In 1976, the bicentennial of the United States, the Junior Welfare League of Sumter, seeing a need for a permanent and coordinating volunteer organization, founded Sumter Volunteers Inc. and asked Morris to take the director’s position. She remains the only employee.

It’s a job she still enjoys, Morris said, and at 80, she’s still going strong and has no desire to retire.

“What would I do?” she asked.

While she won’t take credit for the accomplishments by Sumter Volunteers Inc. during the past 38 years — she insists on using the third person “they” or the first person plural “we” — it’s what Morris has done and is still doing and who she is that make her an extraordinary woman.

As head of Sumter Volunteers, she said she’s very proud of what her volunteers have accomplished and continue to accomplish.

During the country’s bicentennial, “they” started “My Community and Me,” the program that educates fourth-graders about the different areas of their own community, from government, religion and business to media, the military and the arts.

Make-A-Difference Day, started 24 years

ago and held annually on the fourth Saturday in October (“Sunshine Saturday”), recruits volunteers to clean up blighted areas, visit the homebound, donate to food banks and other charities and generally “give something special back to the place we call home,” Morris said.

LENDING A HAND Other projects include Shower Shaw with Cookies with the Chamber of Commerce, the Honor Roll of Sumter Women recognizing those who have made significant contributions to the area’s history, directing the King and Queen Iris scholarship program each year and much more.

Sumter Volunteers assisted the Red Cross in many areas after Hurricane Hugo — “We used to refer to ‘Before Hugo’ and ‘After Hugo,’” she said. She also worked with former city manager Talmadge Tobias to “beautify downtown Sumter.” In addition, Morris and her volunteers sponsored “Keep the Home Fires Burning” during Desert Shield and Desert Storm, established Volunteer Park on the corner of North Magnolia and Calhoun streets, sponsored Military Appreciation Days, worked on the board of Sumter Green “in the early days” to erect the signs at the city’s entryways, worked with Habitat for Humanity and much, much more.

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‘THE REAL DEAL’ Her hard work and dedication have influenced many, including her daughter, Rosanne Prescott, who was instrumental in starting the My Community and Me program.

Prescott said Morris instilled the same values, especially concern for others and the community, in her as she was growing up.

“She set such a good example,” Prescott said. “She has always been there for me, as well as for many others. She made sure I was in Sunday school and church on Sundays, Monday nights and Wednesday nights.

“She lives what she exudes; she’s quite a woman. She’s the real deal, she deserves to be honored.”

After a health scare and triple bypass heart surgery in May, Morris is back at work in her office in The Liberty Center.

“I think Mama’s got enough ‘stubborn’ to keep her going,” Prescott said. “When you have a will, your faith is strong, and you do for others, you’ve got the recipe for a long life.”

Morris said, “I just love the joy of working with people. You just don’t meet any mean people working with volunteers. All volunteers are nice.”

If you’re looking for volunteer opportunities, call Morris at (803) 775-7423 or visit her in The Liberty Center, 12 W. Liberty St., Suite H, Sumter.

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BY RAYTEVIA EVANS ray@theitem.com Suzanne Koty didn’t know she wanted to be a teacher. After graduating from Spring Valley High School in Columbia and then from Francis Marion University, Koty was an ophthalmic assistant for five years, and then she was a stay-at-home mom for some time after her children were born. But when her children became old enough to attend school, it all fell into place for her — leading her into what is now her 11th year as an educator in South Carolina and also leading to her being the 2014-15 Sumter School District Teacher of the Year.

“After my oldest children went to school, that’s when I figured it out,” Koty said. “I was volunteering there, and I was there most of the time anyway. So I started subbing at the elementary school.”

Koty eventually became a part of the S.C. Department of Education’s Program of Alternative Certification for Educators, which is a rigorous, selective program that enriches education across the state by certifying and preparing applicants with different educational backgrounds and experiences for the classroom.

Although she didn’t end up teaching at the elementary level, Koty said watching the children’s smiles and seeing them when they actually understand something is a special experience that really pushed her to be able to see that on a daily basis. As a teacher at Sumter High School, Koty arrives 45 minutes early to her class to prepare to make a huge impact on students. She still has the opportunity to experience those moments in her English and Theory of Knowledge classrooms when a student “gets it” and enjoys learning.

What I’ve learned is that we’re teaching and instilling in them skills and work ethic. I want to be a role model for children, and it’s an honor I’ve never expected.

“The joy of seeing the children learn, I just loved seeing that. It wasn’t fair for me not to be able to see that all the time.

I wanted to be a part of that,” she said jokingly.

Koty enjoys the classroom and every aspect of her career, but she doesn’t want the curriculum or her job to be restricted to the classroom. Her goal is to be a role model for her students in other areas including work ethic. She knows that, as a teacher, she is also able to impact her students by teaching them life-long skills.

Now that she is the 2014-15 Sumter School District Teacher of the Year, Koty is learning a new aspect of her profession.

She said her involvement with Teacher Forum — even though it’s still very early in the school year — has been educational for her, stating that it’s important to always be a student.

Through Teacher Forum, she is becoming even more familiar with legislation that will possibly affect students and teachers alike in South Carolina in the near future.

“What I’ve learned is that we’re teaching and instilling in them skills and work ethic,” Koty said. “I want to be a role model for children, and it’s an honor I’ve never expected.”

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BY ADRIENNE SARVIS Special to The Sumter Item Whether it be because of a positive attitude, faith or the support of others, some Sumter women have refused to let breast cancer keep them down.

A short time after she began working at Tuomey Regional Medical Center in 1989, Maggie Richardson had her first mammogram and discovered that she had a tumor about the size of a pea.

After her surgery, Richardson later stopped her chemotherapy because she could not tolerate the treatments and decided to let her faith take over. “I said, Lord, you have the body, and it’s yours. And I’m cancer free 25 years,” Richardson said.

While living in Georgia after her treatment, Richardson joined a Breast Cancer Survivor Mass Choir and wanted to start one here when she returned to Sumter.

Although the choir eventually disbanded, Richardson has not given up. “I see that information for breast cancer choir singers is still being run in the paper. One day we’re going to get more committed, and then we can take off,” she said.

As well as working in the Chaplaincy Department at Tuomey, Maggie Richardson now speaks to students about breast cancer, stressing that it is a danger to both women and men.

Denise Christmas-Robinson was diagnosed with breast cancer in July of 2006 and was later told that she had a very small chance of ever having children.

After finding a lump during a breast self-exam, Christmas-Robinson brought it to her doctor’s attention at her next physical. The abnormality was not found during a mammogram, but it did show up on an ultrasound.

When she completed her treatment, Christmas-Robinson had to face more hard news.

“The specialist said that we probably had less than a one percent chance of ever conceiving,” she said.

Treatment allowed her to defeat breast cancer, and her faith kept her positive while facing a discouraging probability — and now Denise ChristmasRobinson is the mother of a little girl.

Throughout her treatment, Susan Parnell continued to work and live her life as she did the day before she had been diagnosed with breast cancer in February of 2007.

“I remember my physician telling me I could be cured of this. And that’s how you get through it. You need to remember that you can be cured,” Parnell said.

A co-worker was diagnosed with breast cancer after Parnell completed her treatment, and the two started meeting to discuss treatment and life with the disease.

They realized that there were other women who needed the same support, and with the help of Tuomey Healthcare System and staff members, the Breast Cancer Support Group began to flourish.

Parnell is still involved with the support group alongside her sister, Phyllis Buckner.

The members of the support group are kind-hearted and could be described as a tight-knit family.

“We had a lady who told us that she probably wouldn’t get to come anymore because time would soon be changing and she couldn’t drive at night. And a new member of the group told her, ‘I’ll be glad to pick you up,’” Buckner said.

The Breast Cancer Support Group meets the third Monday every month at Tuomey, and all cancer patients and survivors are invited to attend.

It is estimated that more than 220,000 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer each year.

In efforts to stay ahead of the disease, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that average-risk women ages 50 to 74 schedule mammography screenings every other year.

For information about Tuomey Healthcare System’s Breast Cancer Support Group call (803) 774-8678 or (803) 774-9047.

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While most women are aware of the disease, many fail to take steps to detect breast cancer in its early stages, say the experts at the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

As such, each year in October, women are encouraged to create an “Early Detection Plan.” The benefits are proven; when breast cancer is detected early in what is known as a “localized stage,” the five year survival rate is 98 percent, according to the National Cancer Institute. Having a plan is all about creating reminders to conduct breast self-exams, and to schedule clinical breast exams and mammograms based on your age and health history.

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JIM HILLEY / THE SUMTER ITEM Tiffani Burgess, who is a seventh-grade English and language arts teacher at Manning Junior High School, received the Clarendon School District 2 Teacher of the Year Award for 2013.

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BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com As the child of an educator, Tiffani Burgess said she has always been around schools and involved in school activities such as sports. It is no surprise, then, that at an early age she decided she wanted to teach.

“I had a teacher in sixth grade, Mrs. Sullivan,” she said. “I knew at that point this is what I really want to do. My mom was an educator for 30-plus years, and I have three siblings who are educators as well.”

Her passion for education has paid off: Burgess, who is a seventh-grade English and language arts teacher at Manning Junior High School, received the Clarendon School District 2 Teacher of the Year Award for 2013.

It hasn’t always been easy, she said, but she has found teaching rewarding, even in difficult times.

“My first year I had a rough group of students,” she recalled.

“I had one student in particular who had a rough background and just didn’t know which way to go,” she said. “I saw a major change in her that year. She was one of five low-performing students, but by the end of that year, things changed around tremendously for her. She became more vocal, academically she did a lot better, and just her personality, she just blossomed.

“That right there was a turning point for me, and I knew what I wanted to do as a career.”

Burgess grew up in Alcolu, she said, and graduated from Manning High School before attending the University of South Carolina and earning a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and a master’s degree in post-secondary education.

She said she has recently attained her second master’s degree, in

educational administration.

She taught school for one year in Sumter and has now been in Clarendon School District 2 for nine years, she said.

“She is a dedicated, hard-working teacher,” said the school’s Principal Terry T. Ard. “One of the things that really stands out for me is the relationship she has with her students and her parents.”

Burgess said she thinks those relationships are a key element of being a teacher.

“I think it’s important for teacher to know their students and be able to relate to their students,” she said.

“They are children. They make mistakes, but they can grow, they can change.”

When her students are successful, she is successful, Burgess said.

“I believe everybody wants some type of success, and I believe pushin them in that direction is what every teacher should do,” she said.

Ard said Burgess is always willing to go the extra mile.

“Whether it is helping a student during recess time or after school with her work, or seeing something at the school where we need an extra set of eyes or extra help, she is always willing; she’s always that teacher who will say, ‘I’ll do it,’ or, ‘I’ll help’ “As a principal, I just feel lucky and fortunate to have her on my faculty,” Ard said.

Burgess has two children, Brandon, a ninth-grader at Manning High School; and Erica, a sixthgrader at Manning Elementary School.

“I love working with children and seeing them grow,” she said. “I just have a passion for it.”

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