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SHS makes big improvements on SAT Crestwood, Lakewood scores drop BY RAYTEVIA EVANS ray@theitem.com College Board and the S.C. Department of Education recently released the 2013-14 school year SAT and Advanced Placement scores for the state,

which show that South Carolina is continuing to improve and increase the number of public school students taking the AP exams each year. In Sumter County, Sumter High School showed huge improvements in SAT scores — making a 29-point gain from

an average composite score of 1374 in 2013 to 1403 in 2014 — and meeting the national average of 57 percent of students who scored a 3 or higher on AP exams. “Sumter High School is proud of the improvements made on the SAT scores. We have had numerous SAT workshops for the students, and our first session this year is scheduled for December,” said Principal Dana Fall.

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“Other strategies we have incorporated within the daily instructional plan are the SAT Word of the Day during the daily announcements, consistent reminders of test dates and strategies for improving scores, rigorous coursework in all classes and more writing across the curriculum to improve writing skills. We have recently purchased a

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SUMTER COUNTY FAIR SCHEDULE TODAY, OCT. 9 4 p.m. — GATES, MIDWAY OPEN Judging: 5 p.m. — Beef show Free performances: 5 and 8 p.m. — The Shots 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. — Barnyard Review 6 and 8:30 p.m. — Rosaire’s Royal Racers 6:30 and 9 p.m. — Lady Houdini 7 and 9:30 p.m. — Lance Gifford 10 p.m. — Exhibits close Midnight — Midway closes

FRIDAY, OCT. 10 4 p.m. — GATES, MIDWAY OPEN 4 to 10 p.m. — All exhibits on display 4 to 10 p.m. — Midway open Free performances: 5 and 8 p.m. — The Shots 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. — Barnyard Review 6 and 8:30 p.m. — Rosaire’s Royal Racers 6:30 and 9 p.m. — Lady Houdini 7 and 9:30 p.m. — Lance Gifford 10 p.m. — Exhibits close Midnight — Gates close

SATURDAY, OCT. 11 10 a.m. — GATES, MIDWAY OPEN 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. — All exhibits on display 10 a.m. to midnight — All rides open Judging: Noon: Pony and horse show Free performances: 10:30 a.m. — Boots and Buckles Band Noon, 3 and 6 p.m. — The Shots 1, 3 and 6:45 p.m. — Barnyard Review 1:30, 4 and 8 p.m. — Rosaire’s Royal Racers 2, 4:30 and 8:30 p.m. — Lady Houdini 2:30, 5 and 9:15 p.m. — Lance Gifford 6 to 9 p.m. — One Man Band in Sumter County Civic Center 10 p.m. — Exhibits close Midnight — Midway closes

Airman First Class Jeremy Ashley, front, takes a pumpkin pass from Master Sgt. Donna Cox on Monday outside Aldersgate United Methodist Church. The annual pumpkin patch opens at 10 a.m. and will run until 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday in October. Cameron Miller, 3, left, arranges the pumpkins to his liking Monday. He was helping his mother, Staff Sgt. Amanda Miller, outside the church. PHOTOS BY JADE REYNOLDS / THE SUMTER ITEM

Pair juggles work, school and triplets As Stacy Grooms adjusts her 3-year-old daughter’s pants in the living room of their Sumter home Monday morning, her husband, Allen,

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Allen and Stacy Grooms have been married for almost five years and have a set of 3-year-old triplets. On top of providing for Tabitha, Tyler and Elizabeth, the couple is enrolled in Central Carolina Technical College’s criminal justice program.

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SUNDAY, OCT. 12 1:30 p.m. — Gates open to the public, $6 general admission 1:30 to 9 p.m. — All rides open 6 a.m. — Livestock removed 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. — Commercial exhibits removed 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. — Poultry and baby animals removed 2 to 3:30 p.m. — Individual entries removed 2 to 3:30 p.m. — Premium checks picked up Free performances: 2 and 4 p.m. — Barnyard Review 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. — The Magic of Lance Gifford 3 and 5:15 p.m. — Lady Houdini

peeks around the corner to find out what the other two-thirds of their set of triplets are getting themselves into. It’s only just past 9 a.m., and Stacy and Allen have already cleaned

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Sumter bows out of regional water authority City council members also pass 3 resolutions Tuesday BY JOE KEPLER joe@theitem.com Along with a trio of resolutions passed, Sumter City Council agreed Tuesday evening at its meeting to withdraw the city from the Lake Marion Regional Water Authority. The water authority was first formed in 1997 to supply water directly from a treatment facility at Lake Marion. The original group was made up of 16 original members ranging from entire counties to individual towns and cities that stretches down into Summerville. It was funded by a federal grant, which built a treatment facility in Orangeburg County on the south side of Lake Marion. “We stayed in it out of respect for our congressman and to see what was going to happen,” Sumter Mayor Joseph McElveen said at the meeting. “It’s pretty obvious at this point that nothing is going to happen that will benefit Sumter, and I feel it’s time for us to withdraw from that.” The water authority has requested the withdrawal of Sumter, according to city attorney Eric Shytle, because the inactive voters from Sumter have affected the group’s quorum, which is

the minimum number of members necessary to conduct the business of a group. Sumter is not currently a customer that has bought water from the group and has been inactive for a number of years. Shytle said the city can rejoin the group in the future if there was ever a need for water, but it would be best to leave now. “The only thing we lose by withdrawing as a member now is we won’t have representation on the board, but that representation would be a very small minority interest,” Shytle said. “At the end of the day what will happen is if we need it (water), they’re going to want the money for it, and we’ll have to raise it one way or the other.” The city of Sumter relies on ground water rather than lake water, so it would only need additional resources in the event of an emergency. “We hung in there for support for the region as well as there’s always value to additional water, but we have no need for it now,” added City Manager Deron McCormick. “It’s very valuable to have a backup at some point.” “It’s not closing the door forever, it’s just saying for now we’ll stand down,” Shytle said. Council voted unanimously for the withdrawal. It then heard a trio of resolutions, starting with the authorization for a

contract for the Second Mill Pond Sewer Rehabilitation project. The winning bid was awarded to B&B Construction in Sumter, which submitted a bid of $1.24 million to beat out fellow Sumter businesses Lee Construction Co. and CNA Construction Inc. Al Harris, assistant city manager of public services for Sumter, said the project will begin in the first few weeks of January and is expected to be done in April 2015. The resolution passed unanimously. The next resolution was a proposal to use $90,200 to bring in URS Corp., a consulting service for Geographic Information Systems software. The city is putting in a new software program, and this consulting service will aid in the transition. GIS is designed to store and analyze geographical data for an area. “It’s a massive project, but we’re looking forward to getting started,” said McCormick. The resolution also passed unanimously. The final resolution was authorizing a contract for an investment-grade energy audit for the city. A state law enables a government to enter into a guaranteed energy savings project. Local governments can hire a company to do a comprehensive audit of facilities and its water and electricity use, among other things. After the audit, the group will offer a proposal that the government can choose to do

that is guaranteed to save that government more money in the long term than it will spend conducting the study and even fixing the issues found. Shytle said Sumter has hired Pepco Energy Services Inc. of Arlington, Virginia, to conduct the audit. The group will analyze 33 buildings and areas across the city, totaling 459,189 square feet. A total of $184,620 will be spent to conduct the audit itself, which breaks down to roughly eight cents per square foot that is inspected. That total does not include the actual changes made based on the group’s recommendations. The amount used to hire the company will be reflected in the city’s 2016 budget. The resolution also passed unanimously. In other business, the city annexed five parcels of land at 1014 and 1016 Manning Road, 10 and 16 Maxwell Ave. and 1025 Pocalla Road. The annexation was made so the city could supply the properties with utilities. It is proposed that a gas station and liquor store will be built on the corner of Manning and Pocalla roads, which is a heavily wooded area with an abandoned church on it. The liquor store proposal has been a point of contention at past meetings. Ward 4 representative Calvin Hastie was the lone dissenting vote at meeting, as the resolution passed 6-1. Council will meet again Oct. 21.

Walking for their health, education Students participate in annual, global event BY RAYTEVIA EVANS ray@theitem.com Sumter School District students, faculty and staff joined schools around the world in celebrating International Walk to School Day on Wednesday morning. The event — created to advocate and support healthier choices and safety — includes participation from students at schools in more than 40 countries. On Wednesday, Crosswell Drive Elementary School was one of 12 schools in Sumter School District registered with the Safe Routes to School organization to participate in the global movement. In July, the Sumter Planning Department was approved for a $400,000 grant from the Safe Routes to School program of the U.S. Transportation Department to spend on improving pedestrian safety surrounding the neighborhood elementary school. Jenny Knopf, a teacher at Crosswell who helped with organizing the Wednesday event, said the school has a lot of walkers and cyclists

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With the help of crossing guards and Crosswell Drive Elementary School faculty and staff, students walk and bike to school during International Walk to School Day on Wednesday morning, holding a banner to support safe routes and procedures for walking to school.

PARTICIPATING SUMTER SCHOOLS Alice Drive Elementary School Alice Drive Middle School Cherryvale Elementary School Chestnut Oaks Middle School Crosswell Drive Elementary School High Hills Elementary School Lemira Elementary School Millwood Elementary School Oakland Primary School Pocalla Springs Elementary School Wilder Elementary School Willow Drive Elementary School

who have to cross Lafayette and Bowman drives to get to the school. Although cross-

ing guards are on site at both intersections for arrival and dismissal, Knopf said Lafayette is a busy street and is one of their main concerns. “We’ve talked to the Planning Department about our concerns with Lafayette being a busy street for walkers,” Knopf said. “But for improvements so far, we had a sidewalk put in for walkers going directly into the library, and that sidewalk will be covered. We also have changed procedures where no one who isn’t a student or Crosswell staff member can come through the main gate and entrance until after 7:30 (a.m.).” For Wednesday, Knopf said

they also had Walk to School wristbands and some fruit snacks to provide for students as well as a banner for the event. The Crosswell Drive family also used the event to coincide with the curriculum with teachers talking to students about possible improvements and having non-walking students look at maps of the area to determine what routes would be the safest for them if they were to walk to and from school. Previously, Principal Anne McFadden said they would focus on using the grant funds for improving the school’s surrounding infrastructure for safety purposes including improving the side-

walks and adding more road signs. The school is also planning to have a bike rodeo to raffle off bikes and to give away helmets and other safety gear. Some schools either organized a walk at school or walk around school in support of safe routes to school. According to the district, Millwood Elementary School will start the safety walk audit process in preparation for possibly applying for a grant for future improvements as well. Walk to School Day began in 1997 as a one-day event and over time became a yearround movement encouraging safe routes to school for children everywhere.

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Pair arrested in robbery, shooting Sumter police arrested two men Tuesday tied to a reported shooting and stick-up in the Hickory Hollow apartment complex Monday night. Rayquan Dean, 18, of 1185 Mineral Circle, was charged with armed robbery, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and criminal conspiracy in connection with the incident. Sumter Police Department said he turned himself in Tuesday morning, and he was transported to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center. Quentin Hamlin, 19, of 610 Brown St., was one of seven people arrested when Sumter police responded to a call along Purdy Street on Tuesday afternoon. He was implicated in Monday night’s incident and faces charges of armed robbery and conspiracy stemming from those allegations. According to reports, the victim — a 22-year-old Lynchburg man — was in the parking lot at Hickory Hollow when two men approached him. One of the men was identified as Dean. Reports indicate Dean pointed a gun at the victim and demanded his possessions. Dean allegedly shot the victim when the man pushed the gun away, and the suspects fled the scene. The Lynchburg man was treated at Tuomey Regional Medical Center for non-life threatening injuries.

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Fairgoers check out some of the amusements offered at the Sumter County Fair on Wednesday afternoon. The fair, presented by American Legion Post 15, has more than 30 rides this year and lasts through Sunday. The fair also offers free shows every day and many options for “fair food” if you’re feeling hungry. See more photos from the fair on page A5.

4 charged after baby reportedly abducted Four Lake City residents were arrested Tuesday after a baby was reportedly abducted in Sumter. Roy Godfrey, 65, Janice Hickson, 43, Ann Prince, 64, and Londall Prince, 34, were each charged with a count of kidnapping in connection with the incident. According to a Sumter County Sheriff’s Office report, the four suspects arrived at the victim’s house about 8:30 Tuesday morning. The victim told deputies Londall Prince had very recently been released from jail and said he came to visit his infant son. The mother allowed Prince to visit with the child but said he attempted to take the baby from the residence. When a man tried to stop him from leaving, she said Prince’s entourage began beating the man until she came out with a .38-caliber pistol and fired four shots into the air. The suspects then got into their vehicle and left the scene with the child. Deputies issued a BOLO alert for the vehicle and were able to capture the suspects a short distance from the residence, reports indicated. The child was removed and released to a family member.

School seeks applications for its class of 2017 The Governor’s School for Science & Mathematics is now accepting applications for its class of 2017 through Feb. 15. Online applications are available at www.scgssm.org/applynow. GSSM is one of 12 schools of its kind in the nation, and it is a two-year public residential high school specializing in the advanced study of science, technology, engineering and math.

Salters teen will appear on TV show, at fair Ashley Nicole Mabry, 19, of Salters was selected in May to join the cast of the Oxygen Network TV series “Bad Girls Club Atlanta.” One of only eight girls chosen from more than 7,000 entries from the Southeast, MABRY Mabry is also the only “Bad Girl” from South Carolina. She is now filming in Atlanta for the new season that begins in January. Mabry, who also uses the name Mz. Hershey professionally, will appear at the Sumter County Fair from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday to meet and greet fans in the Sumter County Civic Center.

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Fourth-grade students at Thomas Sumter Academy enjoy the 2014 My Community and Me event Tuesday morning. Sumter volunteers visit multiple schools throughout Sumter County to do community circles where representatives from local businesses and organizations talk to students about their careers, and the students have the opportunity to learn a little about Sumter County history.

The Sumter County Cultural Commission announces a call for third-quarter grant applications for Sumter County artists, arts organizations and arts programming. The third-quarter grant funds are for activities and projects that start during the months of January, February and March 2015. Funded projects must be completed by June 30, 2015. The Sumter County Cultural Commission with matching funds from the South Carolina Arts Commission offers a small grant program to support artists and arts programming in Sumter County. The 2014-15 Sumter County grant program will provide up to $18,000 in matching (1:1) grant funds to support professional and/or amateur artists, arts organizations and other organizations engaged in arts programming in Sumter County. Priority will be given to organizations and individual artists, and all grant applications are competitive and judged on their artistic and/or cultural merit. Grant awards will generally range from $150 to $1,000.

The grant program has set a 4 p.m. Nov. 7, 2014, deadline for third-quarter projects starting from January through March 2015 and a Feb. 6, 2015, deadline for fourth-quarter projects starting during the months of April, May and June 2015. Deadline for completion of all funded projects is June 30, 2015. The grant money is distributed as a reimbursement upon receipt of a completed final report and necessary receipts. Organizations and individuals can submit grant applicants for each of the four quarters and can receive up to a total of $2,000 during each annual grant period. Grant applications can be picked up at the business office of the Patriot Hall Performing Arts Center. Interested artists and organizations can also request a grant application by email. Send your request to: cbryan@sumtercountysc.org. An application (PDF) will be sent by return email. There is no fee for applying. Hand deliver or mail completed grant applications to: Patriot Hall Performing Arts Center, Attention: Carmela Bryan, 135 Haynsworth St., Sumter, SC. 29150.

DHEC director says state needs better Ebola alert system COLUMBIA (AP) — South Carolina needs a way to send an immediate alert to a variety of agencies if a case of Ebola is found, the director of the state’s public health agency said Wednesday. In an interview with The Associated Press, Department of Health and Environmental Control director Catherine Templeton said she wants to ensure that health care providers, as well as first responders and coroners, are all informed quickly if any suspected cases are identified in the state. Templeton spoke a day before she was set to address a meeting of the Senate Medical Affairs committee. South Carolina Hospitals Association president Thornton Kirby is also set to testify, and lawmakers said they set the meeting to determine if the state is prepared to fight the disease and if the state’s hospitals can manage it. A Liberian man being treated for Ebola at a Dallas hospital died Wednesday. He was the only known case in the United States. With a mortality rate of 50 percent, Templeton said prevention is the most important key in containing any potential Ebola outbreak. “This is one that you have to prevent,” she said. “It’s concentric circles. ... It gets to be a real, potentially unmanageable problem.” What Templeton said she

wants is the ability to push out alerts simultaneously to people whose professions might put them on the front lines of

identifying a potential Ebola case. As it stands now, Templeton said her agency can, and does, send health alerts to a

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Xander Brooks reacts to a shot he made in a pingpong toss game at the Sumter County Fair on Wednesday.

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Drug agency sued over fake Facebook account same social media platforms that can serve as valuable resources in criminal investigations also can raise sensitive privacy implications that are at times difficult for law enforcement and the courts to navigate. “How do you fit a new technology under your old rules? How do we think about a phone? How do we think about a Facebook account?” said Neil Richards, a privacy expert at the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis. Arquiett, who is now asking for $250,000, was arrested in July 2010 on charges of possession with intent to distribute cocaine. She was accused of being part of a drug distribution ring run by her boyfriend, who had been previously indicted. She could have faced up to life in prison. Court records show that in February 2011, Arquiett pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute cocaine base. She was sentenced in January 2012 to time served and given a period of home confinement. In the plea agreement Arquiett, who also was identified by the last names Prince and Arquiette, acknowledged that from 2008 to 2010 she was part of a drug conspiracy in Watertown, New York. The records also show she participated in jailhouse telephone calls with co-conspirators and at times made threeway telephone calls connecting jailed co-conspirators with others. The court records do not show whether Arquiett agreed to testify against any other members of the conspiracy.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Drug Enforcement Administration set up a fake Facebook account using photographs and other personal information it took from the cellphone of a New York woman arrested in a cocaine case in hopes of tricking her friends and associates into revealing incriminating drug secrets. The Justice Department initially defended the practice in court filings but now says it is reviewing whether the Facebook guise went too far. Sondra Arquiett’s Facebook account looked as real as any other. It included photos of her posing on the hood of a sleek BMW and a close-up with her young son and niece. She even appeared to write that she missed her boyfriend, who was identified by his nickname. But it wasn’t her. The account was the work of DEA Agent Timothy Sinnigen, Arquiett said in a federal court lawsuit. The case is scheduled for trial next week in Albany, New York, although a mediator has now been selected for the dispute, court records show. Justice Department spokesman Brian Fallon said in a statement Tuesday that officials were reviewing both the incident and the practice, although in court papers filed earlier in the case the government defended it. Fallon declined to comment further because the case was pending. Details of the case were first reported by the online site BuzzFeed News. The case illustrates how legal standards of privacy are struggling to keep pace with constantly evolving technologies. And it shows how the

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Garrett Clanton, a constable working with the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, trains in Boyles Pond on Wednesday afternoon. The dive team pulled several motorcycle parts from the bottom of the pond during the training exercise.

Marriage license application for gay S.C. couple approved CHARLESTON (AP) — A South Carolina court approved a same-sex marriage application Wednesday and plans to issue a license despite the state’s constitutional ban against the practice and the attorney general’s pledge to defend it. Charleston County Probate Judge Irvin Condon said he would issue a license for Charleston County Councilwoman Colleen Condon and her partner, Nichols Bleckley, after the state’s required 24-hour waiting period unless overruled by the courts. By Wednesday afternoon, 15 same-sex couples had applied for their licenses in Charleston County. Attorney General Alan Wilson could ask the state Supreme Court to halt the license. If he does nothing, any couple who gets a license would be free to marry, said Malissa Burnette, a lawyer working with gay rights groups in the state.

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Colleen Condon, a distant relative of the judge, said she had expected the application to be rejected. “It’s an exciting day for South Carolina to have a marriage license application accepted for the first time,” she said. A small group of reporters gathered at the Charleston County Courthouse as the couple signed the paperwork. Colleen Condon, an attorney, noted that while the language on the Charleston County application used to ask for the names of the husband and wife, now it simply asks for the names of the two applicants. The U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday not to hear an appeal of a ruling allowing same-sex marriage by a federal appeals court with jurisdiction over South Carolina. Judge Condon said in a statement that, as a result, his court is required to accept and issue marriage licenses.

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school-wide test-prep license to continue to assist the students with preparation for college entrance exams.” Crestwood High School’s average composite score for the SAT dropped from 1346 in 2013 to 1330 in 2014, and Lakewood saw the biggest decrease in its average SAT score, going from 1277 in 2013 to 1239 in 2014. Sumter School District Superintendent Frank Baker commended Sumter High for the recent improvements and also acknowledged that as a district they will continue to work toward consistent gains across the board. “I commend Sumter High School for achieving a 29-point gain on the SAT and for scoring at the national average on the AP exams,” Baker said. “While our students are making improvements, we also recognize the need to achieve consistent gains across the board. Our teachers, administrators and instructional leaders continuously look at ways to strengthen initiatives that are in place to ensure our students are highly competitive in the college admissions process.” Wilson Hall students also excelled in recent SAT and AP testing, according to Headmaster Fred Moulton. With 91 students taking a total of 127 AP exams this past year, the school reports that students passed 109 of the total exams administered, and 77 percent of the students tested passed at least one of the exams. Moulton said in a recent email that College Board also recognized 23 Wilson Hall students for their outstanding achievement. Recent scores also show Wilson Hall seniors saw a small gain in SAT scores, increasing from an average score of 1770 in 2013 to 1773 in 2014. This year, 26,002 students in South Carolina took the SAT, and 1,672,395 students took the test nationwide. On the SAT, students in South Carolina public schools increased the state’s average critical reading score from 479 in 2013 to 483 in 2014. Math scores increased from 484 in 2013 to 487 in 2014. The writing score decreased by one point from 460 to 459. Last year, 42.6 percent of SAT test takers nationwide met the SAT college- and career-readiness benchmark. According to the State Department of Education, 25,526 South Carolina public school students took a total of 40,122 AP exams in the 2013-14 school year. This year, five districts — Charleston County School District, Dorchester School District Two, Florence School District One, Horry County School District and Fort Mill School District-York Four — were named to the 2013 AP District Honor Roll for increasing the number of students taking AP courses and maintaining or improving percentage of students who score 3 or higher on the exams. “South Carolina students showed gains this past year on their Advanced Placement exams and SAT scores,” said State Superintendent of Education Mick Zais. “We must build upon these gains as we prepare students for life after high school, whether they’re joining the military, entering the workforce or seeking higher education at one of our state’s superb technical colleges or a four-year degree. While these are positive gains, we must do more to ensure the college- and careerreadiness of South Carolina students.”

up three spills caused by the triplets. The couple, married for almost five years, constantly juggle work, home and school along with a lot of activity and absolutely no dull moments thanks to Tabitha, called “Tabby”; Tyler; and Elizabeth, also known as “Lizzie.” “This one is the ringleader,” Allen said, pointing to Lizzie. “This one (Tyler) is the muscle. Whatever they need to be moved or picked up, he helps with that. One time they picked up part of the couch and flipped it over.” “Tabby has dexterity,” Stacy said. “She can pick a lock, and she knows technology and can get into iPads, iPhones and Kindles.” “Yeah, I’ve turned on my Kindle before, and it says, ‘Thanks for purchasing five ALLEN GROOMS books.’ So Amazon loves us,” Father of triplets Allen said jokingly. Stacy, 27, and Allen, 29, are in their second year in the criminal justice program at Central Carolina Technical College with Allen on a slightly different track to graduation because he also works at BD in Sumter. The couple said the triplets keep their lives in motion, and one way to keep their sanity is through humor. “I laugh to keep from crying,” Allen said jokingly Monday morning after getting off work at 8 a.m. The triplets, conceived through intrauterine insemination, are all very different and take up the majority of the couple’s time. Stacy and Allen have become partners in every sense of the word, balancing everything together, including keeping them busy

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with trips to museums and to Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia. On a typical day, the triplets wake up about 8 a.m. if they haven’t already gotten out of bed and ambushed Mom and Dad. Stacy said when Allen works the night shift, she sleeps in the room with the kids because she’s a hard sleeper, and they will wake up with mischief on the brain, and she’d never know it. “You never know what you’re going to wake up to. It could be running water or anything,” Allen said. The triplets dress themselves, then Allen and Stacy prepare to get them to day care before going to school, work or returning home to complete homework assignments or catch up on sleep after working the night shift. The couple, who met in high school, said they never get too comfortable in a routine because the kids can change everything, including their sleep patterns. Besides school, Stacy and Allen are keeping up with their rambunctious trio financially as well — something Allen explained all goes into being an adult and can get interesting when you’re parents of triplets. Stacy said clothing is also different because if you have a “singleton” — or one child at a time — then another child after, hand-medowns may be an option, but with triplets, “you need three of those things all at one time.” When they were in diapers, Stacy and Allen said, diapers alone were a huge part of their finances, with the three children going through a total of at least 24 diapers a day or about 8,760 diapers a year. “They’re costly, and it’s a lot more expensive than some people even know. But it’s all about money man-

‘... But it’s all about money management, and we’ve sunk in the negative before, but we do what we have to do. Our kids are always well fed and well clothed.’

agement, and we’ve sunk in the negative before, but we do what we have to do,” Allen said. “Our kids are always well fed and well clothed. With some of the stuff they’ve gotten themselves into, I’ve had to do some home repairs myself, and that’s another way we save money.” After getting her degree, Stacy said she is interested in crime-scene investigation, and Allen is also interested in different law-enforcement options after graduation. The couple is enrolled in one of Christopher Hall’s classes at CCTC, and they say he has been very helpful and understanding about their schedules and their responsibilities as parents of triplets. “Mr. Hall is really helpful, and he gives us advice. Just knowing he’s willing to work with us is a great help,” Stacy said. Allen added that his experience with CCTC on both occasions — first as an industrial maintenance (now mechatronics) student — has been positive. Stacy and Allen are enrolled in Hall’s judicial process course, and Stacy is also taking his ethics class. Hall said Stacy and Allen are two of his best students. “Their situation is what a lot of our students are dealing with. They’re balancing work, and they’re full-time students,” Hall said. “And they’re parents — of triplets. I just think it’s interesting how they balance it all.” The Groomses run around all day, taking care of their home and children who have all different personalities and interests. On top of that, they have Elsa, Panther and Tank, their two cats and a dog, and pet fish which are also part of their everyday life. And although some of the bigger incidents have included the triplets spilling flour and multiple condiments from the fridge all over the living room carpet, frying an Xbox hard drive, flipping the couch, tagging the walls with their beautiful art and pulling on Tank’s tail, the Grooms home is filled with love and lots of future family anecdotes waiting to happen. And Stacy and Allen wouldn’t have it any other way.

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malcy — we often panic rather than seek out the one who is in control of the chaos that seems to overwhelm. Those of us spiritually minded profess a faith in a divine being who ultimately orchestrates the goings-on around us. We say that God is in control of everything that happens in this world. We even testify Faith Matters that nothing escapes his JAMIE H. knowing, WILSON from the blooming of the lily to the key decisions in a military conflict. What’s strange is those with a professed fear in an all-powerful God are often the ones with the deepest

e are living in a season of fear, and I’m not talking about Halloween and all its accoutrement of thrills and chills. Forget the haunted houses; just read the headlines if you want a chill to run down your spine. The threat of a terrorist strike; lethal, communicable viruses; corrupt political leaders; and a seeming lack of leadership at the helm that doesn’t seem to exhibit the acumen to offer any comforting solutions. That’s why it’s not the phantom or specter that we catch in our peripheral that is the most frightening: It’s the fear we can see plainly in front of us, the fear of what could actually happen. When something threatens that which we hold most dear — our livelihood, our family or a sense of nor-

‘We can indulge the fear elicited by living in a world filled with terrifying headlines, or we can live in the peace of knowing that God is still in control.’ worry wrinkles. Fear acts as a paralytic in the life of a believer because it replaces our trust in God’s hand with an anxiety about the unknown. We spend so much of our time teetering on the edge of worry and reason that we forget who holds the future. It clouds our faith in God’s promises. If ever there was an emotion that renders a believer ineffective, it is fear. So why then do we fret about what we can’t control? It’s a clever trick of the darkness to distract us from

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our role as believers. If we are consumed with the fears that our modern world affords us, then we forfeit opportunities to show others our faith. Because of this, “ ... God has not given us a spirit of fear…” (2 Timothy 1:7, NLT). Further, the Bible records God commanding those who believe in Him to thrive in the midst of adversity, uncertainty or calamity. The creator repeatedly told his followers to shirk the worldly bonds of fear in favor of a courage that only he could give them. Those

who obeyed changed the world in some way, not to mention built a foundation of trust in their God. The same responsibility is upon us now. We can indulge the fear elicited by living in a world filled with terrifying headlines, or we can live in the peace of knowing that God is still in control.

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CHURCH NEWS Alice Drive Baptist Church, 1305 Loring Mill Road, announces: * Friday — L2: Learn-Lead Simulcast of Sumter leadership development event 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Speaking live: Lefford Fate, Ryan Avery and Craig Valentine. On the simulcast: John Maxwell, Linda Kaplan Thaler and Tim Sanders. Bethesda Church of God, 2730 Broad St., announces: * Saturday, Nov. 1 — Relay for Life craft fair “Crafts for a cure” 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Forty vendors, both local and out of town. Canaan Missionary Baptist Church, 774 Douglas Ave., announces: * Sunday, Oct. 26 — Fifth pastoral anniversary celebration for Pastor Jerome and Evangelist Patricia Sumter at 3:30 p.m. Pastor George P. Windley Jr. will speak. * Friday, Oct. 31 — Trunk for Treats at 6 p.m. Concord Baptist Church, 1885 Myrtle Beach Highway, announces: * Saturday, Oct. 18 — Gospel concert at 6 p.m. featuring Believers Quartet, Men of Faith and Dennis Benton. A love offering will be received. * Saturday, Oct. 25 — Fall festival 4-8 p.m. featuring carnival games, hayride, music, food and more. Corinth Missionary Baptist Church, 25 Community St., announces: * Saturday, Oct. 18 — Rainbow tea at 4 p.m. Tickets are $10. Dalzell United Methodist Church, 3330 Black River Road, Dalzell, announces: * Saturday, Oct. 18 — Fourth annual holiday bazaar 9 a.m.-2 p.m. featuring vendors selling everything from Christmas crafts to warm winter scarves, dazzling jewelry and artwork. A silent auction will also be held and “Trash n’ Treasure” for those who love a good bargain. Have lunch at the Rockin’ Faith Café. Vendors are needed and should call Nikki at (803) 3161765 as soon as possible. * Friday, Oct. 31 — Communitywide annual Halloween trunkor-treat at 6 p.m. Goodwill Freewill Baptist Church, 1329 Goodwill Church Road, Manning, announces: * Sunday — Seventh pastoral anniversary celebration of Elder Renel Trevol at 4 p.m. The Rev. David Pugh will speak. For more information, call Deaconess Ora Nelson at (803) 566-1098. House of Judah Worship Center, 3890 White Oak Drive, Davis Sta-

tion, announces: *Today, Friday and Sunday — Celebration of the pastor’s first anniversary at 7 nightly todayFriday and 4 p.m. Sunday. Speakers will vary. Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church, 803 S. Harvin St., announces: * Sunday, Oct. 26 — Unity Day worship service at 7:45 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Knitting Hearts Ministry, meets at Bethesda Church of God, 2730 Broad St., announces: * Saturday — Knitting Hearts Café 10 a.m.-noon. Pam and Darren Tisdale will speak. Visit www.knittingheartsministry. org. Land Flowing with Milk & Honey Ministry, 1335 Peach Orchard Road, announces: * Saturday, Oct. 18 — Women of Exertion Conference 2014 “Hear the Command.” Registration 8-8:30 a.m. with workshops 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Pastor Dorothy Maple and Evangelist Tonya Mack will serve as morning facilitators. Prophetess Rose Summers will speak at 6 p.m. Liberty Free Will Baptist Church, 2761 Liberty Church Road, Manning, announces: * Sunday — Homecoming services as follows: 10 a.m., old time gospel singing and testimonies; 10:30 a.m., steeple dedication; 11 a.m. worship service; noon, dinner; and 1:30 p.m. Generations for Christ. The Rev. Kenneth Upright will speak. Macedonia Fire Baptized Holiness Church, 9788 Silver Road, Silver community, Manning, announces: * Sunday, Oct. 26 — Seventh pastoral anniversary at 3 p.m. The Rev. Major Lloyd will speak. Manning United Methodist Church, 17 E. Rigby St., Manning, announces: * Through Oct. 31 — The pumpkin patch will be open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. * Saturday, Nov. 15 — Fall Bazaar 9 a.m.-4 p.m. in the gym. Mount Carmel Freewill Baptist Church, 207 Reardon St., Manning, announces: * Sunday, Oct. 19 — Second pastoral anniversary of Elder Rhonda B. Keels at 4 p.m. The Rev. Ronnie McFadden will speak. Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church, 7355 Camden Highway, Rembert, announces: * Sunday — 17th pastoral ap-

preciation service for Pastor Anthony L. Taylor Sr. at 9:30 a.m. The Rev. Willie Dennis will speak. * Monday — Golden Circle workshop. Vickie Williams will speak on Social Security and home repairs.

New Israel Missionary Baptist Church, 5330 Old Camden Highway, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday — The 10th anniversary of the church will be observed at 1 p.m. The Rev. Benny McCants will speak. Dinner will be served.

Mount Zero Missionary Baptist Church, 7827 S.C. 261, Manning, announces: * Sunday — Friends and family day at 3 p.m. The Rev. George P. Windley Jr. will speak.

New Salem Baptist Church, 2500 W. Oakland Ave., announces: * Saturday, Oct. 25 — Fall festival 3-6 p.m. with games, prizes and food. Children need to be accompanied by an adult.

Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 325 Fulton St., announces: * Sunday, Oct. 19 — Deacon / Deaconess anniversary worship at 10:45 a.m. * Sunday, Oct. 26 — Mass choir anniversary worship at 10:45 a.m.

One Step Christian Ministries, 125 S. Nettles St., Bishopville, announces: * Sunday — Third church anniversary and pastoral anniversary of Pastor Sheila B. Neal. Services will be held at Dennis Community Center, 410 W. Cedar Lane, Bishopville, as follows: 11:15 a.m., Dr. Myra Pearson will speak; and 3:30 p.m., the Rev. Dr. Aurelia Hill will speak.

Mount Zion United Methodist Church, 130 Loring Mill Road, announces: * Friday-Sunday — 152nd church anniversary celebration as follows: 7 p.m. Friday, one night revival, the Rev. Jake Sanders will speak; 11 a.m. Saturday, fun day featuring food, games and gospel singing; and 4 p.m. Sunday, the Rev. Geneva Stafford will speak. Mulberry Missionary Baptist Church, 1400 Mulberry Church Road, announces: * Saturday-Sunday — Fifth pastoral anniversary celebration as follows: 5 p.m. Saturday, “An Evening of Praise through Songs;” and 10:45 a.m. Sunday, Dr. Sammie D. Simmons will speak. New Gospel Tones announces: * Sunday — Gospel appreciation program at 5 p.m. On the program: Justified of Sumter; Sumter Violinaires, Spiritual Caravans of Sumter and more. New Harmony Presbyterian Church, 1474 New Harmony Church Road, Alcolu, announces: * Sunday-Wednesday, Oct. 15 — Revival beginning at 9:45 a.m. Sunday and continuing at 7 nightly through Wednesday. Pastor Patrick Womack will speak. Visit www.newharmonypca.org. New Hope AME Church, 18808 Panola Road, Pinewood, announces: * Sunday — Pastor appreciation service at 2 p.m. The Rev. Donald Hurston will speak. * Saturday, Oct. 18 — Free health screenings of cholesterol, glucose and blood pressure from 8 to 11 a.m.

Orangehill AME Church, 3035 S. King Highway, Wedgefield, announces: * Saturday, Oct. 18 — One night sing out revival at 4 p.m. Pinewood Baptist Church, S.C. 261, Pinewood, announces: * Wednesday, Oct. 29 — Community fall festival in the gym 6-8 p.m. for ages birth to 18. There will be games, prizes, food and an old-fashioned country store. Adult chaperones need to accompany children. Call (803) 452-5373 or visit www.pinewoodbaptist. org. Providence Baptist Church, 2445 Old Manning Road, announces: * Saturday — Silent auction building fund fundraiser at the Shrine Club. Doors open at 4 p.m. * Sunday — Baby dedication ceremony at 11 a.m. * Tuesday, Oct. 14 — Ladies prayer walk at 6:30 p.m. * Wednesday, Oct. 15 — Wilma DuBose Mission Group will meet at 10 a.m. at the home of Joyce Hodge. Quinn Chapel AME Church, 2400 Queen Chapel Road, announces: * Sunday, Oct. 19 — 26th anniversary of the adult choir at 4 p.m. Sheppard Ministries, 8490 Two Mile Road, Lynchburg, announces: * Friday, Oct. 17 — Benefit singing and pounding at 7 p.m. at Shiloh Pentecostal Holiness Church, 240 Myrtle Beach Highway, featuring the Sims Family,

Carla Stone, Promise Land, and more. Please bring a bag of canned food. St. James United Methodist Church, 720 Broad St., announces: * Friday-Saturday — Fifth annual community health fair as follows: 7 p.m. Friday, Zumba fitness; 8 a.m. Saturday, “Prayer Walk” followed by health fair exhibits at 10 a.m. Lunch will be provided. * Sunday, Oct. 26 — Women’s Day program at 11 a.m. The Rev. Mary Cynthia Levy Meyers will speak. Theme will be “And What Does the Lord Require of You?” St. Jude Catholic Church, 611 W. Oakland Ave., announces: * Saturday, Nov. 1 — The 75th anniversary of the church will be celebrated as follows: 4 p.m., social hour, library; 5 p.m., mass at the church; and 6:30 p.m. reception at 22 Council St. (Lincoln High School). St. Mark United Methodist Church, 1093 Oswego Highway, announces: * Saturday — Domestic violence abuse and awareness program 10 a.m.-noon. Taw Caw Missionary Baptist Church, 1130 Granby Lane, Summerton, announces: * Sunday, Oct. 19 — Deacon’s anniversary celebration during 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. services. Ordination services will also be held at 11 a.m. for Deaconelect Willie Jackson and Deaconess-elect Linda Jackson. Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, 155 Wall St., announces: * Sunday, Oct. 19 — 105th church anniversary events: 10 a.m., family and friends worship experience, the Rev. Milton Biggham will speak; and 5 p.m., concert featuring gospel recording artist the Rev. Milton Biggham and the Georgia Mass Chair. * Sunday, Oct. 26 — 105th church anniversary culminating service at 10 a.m. Victory Full Gospel Interdenominational Church, 601 Pitts Road, announces: * Sunday — Gospel appreciation program to honor the New Gospel Tones of Sumter at 5 p.m. On the program: Justified; Gospel Jubilee; Voices of Victory Praise Team; and more. Walker Avenue Church of God, 100 Walker Ave., announces: * Wednesday-Friday, Oct. 15-17 — Revival at 7 nightly. Elder Isaac V. Cropp Jr. will speak.

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TV season begins with a whimper, not a bang BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Is anybody surprised that “Gracepoint” did not exactly explode out of the gate? According to the ratings wizards at tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com, the highly promoted import couldn’t retain its “Bones” lead-in audience last Thursday, and didn’t even do as well as “Rake” did in its premiere last season. You all remember “Rake”? “Gracepoint” is a slow-tobuild, brooding crime drama with a compelling lead (David Tennant) who has less-thanHollywood good looks. It’s got “cable” written all over it — particularly since it’s a remake of a British series that already aired on American cable. I guess the folks at Fox thought “Broadchurch” was so good and smart it cried out to be remade and marketed to an audience who hadn’t bothered to see it in the first place. ABC’s “Resurrection” has many similarities to the excellent French miniseries “The Returned,” a critical 2013 hit for Sundance. But it’s not a remake and it looks and feels like a network series, something that has earned it a second season on ABC. It doesn’t help that “Gracepoint” opened up against both football on CBS and baseball playoffs on TBS. One might argue that the complex crime drama is not for a sports audience. But if Fox doesn’t want to attract sports fans, why is it pre-empting its whole schedule to broadcast post-season baseball? Fox is hardly alone. NBC’s “Bad Judge” debuted to bad ratings last week because it is, well, bad. It attracted considerably fewer viewers than last year’s premiere of the illfated “The Michael J. Fox Show.” One good thing about “Bad Judge” is that its ratings improved from its leadin, “The Biggest Loser.” And that, kids, is what you call damning with faint praise. And speaking of faint, the audience numbers for this season’s CW lineup debuts defy easy analysis. Fewer than 2 million people watched “The Vampire Diaries” rev up the undead melodrama. But more than half of them were in the coveted 18-49 age bracket. “Reign,” the teen take on Mary Queen

of Scots, barely attracted a million viewers of any age. Sometimes it seems the only reason for the CW Network to exist is for folks at Fox and NBC to say, “Hey, at least we’re not the CW!” But Fox’s numbers for “Utopia” (exiled to Fridays) are getting mighty close. • Speaking of numbers: Apparently, just 15 percent of homicide detectives are female. Three women detectives, Summer Benton, Jenny Luke and Jennifer Mitsch, are the “stars” of “Inside Homicide” (10 p.m., ID, TV-14). • No detectives of any gender can protect you from the gruesome creatures profiled on “Monsters Inside Me” (10 p.m., Animal Planet, TV-PG). Entering a new season, “Monsters” explores the bugs, germs, parasites and other tiny critters behind terrifying medical mysteries. • The offbeat “Regular Show” (7:30 p.m., Cartoon Network, TV-PG) returns for a sixth season, following the unlikely friendship of a talking 6-foot blue jay and nervous raccoon. Listen for the voices of Linda Cardellini, Katey Sagal and Ed Begley Jr. as well as series creator JG Quintel.

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • A radio host goes down the drain on “Bones” (8 p.m. Fox, TV-14). • The Houston Texans host the Indianapolis Colts on “Thursday Night Football” (8:25 p.m., CBS). • Roadside assistance and romance just might mix on “Bad Judge” (9 p.m., NBC, TV14). • Andrew dates another girl while trying to figure out his feelings about Zelda on “A to Z” (9:30 p.m., NBC, TV-PG). • The search for Danny’s

(11:35 p.m., CBS) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes Steve Carell, Julianne Hough and Philip Selway on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Michael Pena, Tinashe and SchoolBoy Q appear on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (11:35 p.m., ABC) * Robert Downey Jr., Emmy Rossum and Chris Gethard visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Simon Pegg and Jamie Chung are on “The Late Late Show” (12:35 a.m., CBS, r).

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Toby Regbo stars as King Francis II and Adelaide Kane as Mary, Queen of Scotland and France, on “Reign” airing at 9 p.m. today on The CW. killer throws unwanted attention on his sister’s secret life on “Gracepoint” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14). • Joe Morton, Portia de Rossi, Sonya Walger and George Newbern guest-star on “Scandal” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-14). • Julia and Joel take stock on “Parenthood” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-PG). • A seemingly normal soccer mom needs legal aid on “How to Get Away With Murder” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-14).

SERIES NOTES “The Biggest Loser” (8 p.m., NBC, TV-PG) * Jealousy con-

sumes Jo on “Grey’s Anatomy” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-14) * Elena needs Alaric’s help on “The Vampire Diaries” (8 p.m., CW, TV-14) * Mary feels the heat on “Reign” (9 p.m., CW, TV14).

A widow (Gene Tierney) bonds with the spirit of a departed sea captain (Rex Harrison) in the 1947 romance “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir” (9:45 p.m., TCM). The inspiration for a TV series (1968-70) starring Hope Lange and Edward Mulhare. Copyright 2014, United Feature Syndicate

LATE NIGHT Jeremy Renner is booked on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” (11 p.m., Comedy Central) * Megan Fox and Todd Glass are on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS, r) * Robert Plant is on “The Colbert Report” (11:30 p.m., Comedy Central) * Robert Duvall, Elle Fanning and Rival Sons appear on “Late Show with David Letterman”

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Words to the wise

ASHINGTON — Words have a way of seeping into our vocabulary and, through overuse or distortion, soon begin to lose their meaning. Who could have imagined that the word “beheading” would become commonplace, as though we were discussing a sport or a new product? “Another American was beheaded yesterday,” the newscaster explains. And then, “On a brighter note, a lost little kitten found her way home in a shocking way. We’ll tell you about that ... right after this.” Who doesn’t love a kitten story? But thus juxtaposed, the beKathleen heading, so Parker atrocious and mind-boggling at first, now becomes nearly routine-ish and banal in the way that evil can become. Online, our eye wanders to an array of sensational stories. Suddenly, our attention is averted from the horror of what-they-did to the 10 worst celebrity plastic surgeries, or Hollywood actresses who look terrible in a bikini, or suburban kangaroo street fight! In the blink of an eye, we flit from the unflinching courage of a young man facing a most savage death to the trivial pursuits of a mindless voyeur. The brain absorbs and files these images, where? Are they different, or do we perceive them as more or less equal — titillations not dissimilar to what we observe in any random R-rated movie or video game? Sex and violence are the horse and carriage of modern culture. But it isn’t just the media that cause these passive psychic blendings of the obscene and the absurd. Public servants — officials, leaders and presidents — do it, too. We’re all fluent in the language foretold by George Orwell, where messages are designed to be vague or meaningless, the better to inoculate the people against thought or understanding. But actions do speak louder than words. This is why so many found it jarring that President Obama blandly condemned the beheading of American journalist James Foley just minutes before hopping into a golf cart. Message: Beheading bad; golf good. If your mind doesn’t spin, then the spin must be working. Reasonable people might protest: Do we really mind if the president can be worried sick about an American’s murder and also play golf ? Many a golfer will extol the virtues of the game as a way both to relax and to focus one’s mind. Yet reasonable people are also justified in wondering whether the president is really present in his job. Forget the optics. The relevant question is, where is his mind? Is he engaged? Does he care?

If Iran gets a nuke, if the Islamic State takes over more territory or is allowed to flourish here at home, it’s everyone’s necks on the line. This is the grisly truth, the meaning of which should be clear.’ COMMENTARY It is unfair to ascribe nefarious motives to the president, as many on the far right have done. Still, effective leadership requires that one not only speak the truth but speak it with conviction and authentic passions natural to events. Obama’s remarkable dispassion, punctuated occasionally by a brilliant smile that seems attached to a timer, has the effect of no affect whatsoever. What is really going on? His demeanor conveys a lack of involvement that is both disconcerting and potentially dangerous. For whatever reasons, he is resistant to decision-making (destroy, not manage, that JV team the Islamic State), slow on the uptake when conditions are dire (Ebola), dismissive of his own lack of follow-through (the red line for Bashar alAssad) and quick to blame others for his failings (he knew nothing about fill-in-the-blank until he read it in the papers). While he brandishes incompetence, America’s friends and foes stroke their chins. Is this guy for real? We have now had a case of Ebola in the U.S. despite the president’s assurances that chances of an outbreak were “extremely low.” More beheadings are promised and presumably will continue until we prevail in a battle that is more likely to last decades rather the two or three years that the administration has suggested. The worst things imaginable aren’t just possible, they’re already happening. Not to be a party pooper for End Timers, who are doubtless giddy right now, but we can prevail over the pestilence of savages and the plague of Ebola. But government is only as good as we are, and we have work to do. Next month, vote because you can — and vote only for those who understand what’s really at stake. If Iran gets a nuke, if the Islamic State takes over more territory or is allowed to flourish here at home, it’s everyone’s necks on the line. This is the grisly truth, the meaning of which should be clear. Kathleen Parker’s email address is kathleenparker@washpost.com. © 2014, Washington Post Writers Group

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keep from overrunning Kobani. he power to declare war, inThe United States, too, designates both cluding the power of judging the Islamic State and the PKK as terrorist the causes of war, is fully and exclusively vested in the organizations. Which terrorist organization do we want legislature.” to win this battle? With this citation from Madison, Cong. Who do we want to win the war between Walter Jones is calling for a debate and decision on whether America should go to war ISIS and the al-Qaida-linked al-Nusra front on one side, and Assad’s regime, which in Syria and Iraq, when Congress reconObama and John Kerry wanted to bomb in venes after Nov. 4. Last week’s events make Jones’ request a August of 2013? Whose side are we on in Lebanon? national imperative. This weekend, al-Qaida’s Syrian wing, For former Defense Secretary Leon PanetJabhat al-Nusra, lost 16 jihadists in an inta says we are heading into a “30-year war” cursion into the Bekaa Valley. Who defendagainst the Islamic State and the emerging ed Lebanon and fought the terrorist intrudthreats in Nigeria, Somalia, Yemen, Libya ers? and elsewhere. Hezbollah, which we have declared a terHe faults Obama for not bombing Syria rorist organization. when Assad crossed his Whose side are we on in the Hezbollah vs. “red line” and used chemial-Qaida war? cal weapons. U.S. credibiliIn Yemen last week, al-Qaida in the Arabity was damaged, says Panetta. “There’s a little ques- an Peninsula, whom the United States has been attacking for years, sent a suicide tion mark to, is the United bomber in an explosives-laden car into a States going to stick this hospital used by Houthi rebels, who have out?” This new war is the taken over the capital of Sanaa. opportunity “to repair the Are the Houthis America’s allies? damage.” Pat Probably not, as they have plastered Yet consider the man PaBuchanan Sanaa with their slogans, “Death to Amerinetta wants to lead the ca, death to Israel, a curse on the Jews, and United States into a war to victory to Islam.” restore America’s credibility. The Houthis fighting al-Qaida, like HezThe president’s “most conspicuous weakbollah fighting al-Qaida, are Shia, supported ness” is “a frustrating reticence to engage by Iran, which is on our side against ISIS in his opponents and rally support for his Syria and on our side against the Islamic cause,” says Panetta. Too often, he “relies State in Iraq. on the logic of a law professor rather than But to Bibi Netanyahu, speaking at the the passion of a leader.” He “avoids the batU.N. last week, Iran is the great enemy: tle, complains and misses opportunities.” “1/8T3/8o defeat ISIS and leave Iran as a But with Hamlet as your commander in threshold nuclear power would be to win chief, why would you start a war? the battle and lose the war.” And consider our allies in this new war. Hence, the neocon war drums have begun Joe Biden has been forced to apologize to to beat for U.S. strikes on Iran if negotiaTurkey and the United Arab Emirates for tions on Iran’s nuclear program conclude saying at Harvard that both had been proNov. 24, with no deal satisfactory to the viding huge infusions of money and weapUnited States. ons to the ISIS terrorists who have beheadBut no matter how olfactory its regime, ed Americans. why start a war with an Iran that is a de But what was Joe guilty of, other than facto, and perhaps indispensable, ally in blurting out the truth? The terrorists of ISIS are closing in on the preventing ISIS from establishing its caliphSyrian-Kurdish city of Kobani on the Turk- ate in Damascus and Baghdad? Are we better off now than we were 30 ish border, having overrun scores of villagyears ago, with the Middle East today on es. A hundred thousand Syrian Kurds have fire with civil, sectarian, tribal and terrorist fled into Turkey. Yet though ISIS warriors are visible right wars? Congress should vote no on any new Thiracross the border, and Turkey has the second largest army in NATO, with 3,500 tanks ty Years’ War. Privately, Barack Obama would probably and 1,000 aircraft, the Turks are sitting on their hands, awaiting what may be a massa- be grateful. cre. Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of the new Why? David Stockman quotes Turkish book “The Greatest Comeback: How Richard President Erdogan this weekend: “For us, Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New ISIL and the (Kurdish) PKK are the same.” Majority.” Erdogan is saying a plague on both their houses. To Istanbul, the PKK are terrorists, as are the ISIS fighters the PKK is trying to © 2014 creators.com

LETTER TO THE EDITOR 5K BRINGS AWARENESS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Four years ago, in response to South Carolina leading much of the nation in homicide of women as it relates to domestic violence, Sumter’s mayor, Joseph T. McElveen Jr., officially proclaimed the month of October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. This was the same time the seventyfive year old Gamma Iota Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Inc. responded. Most recently, prominent fraternal organization’s members, county/city coun-

cilmembers Calvin Hastie and Eugene Baten, Jack Spann, Sheriff Anthony Dennis, Chief Deputy Hampton Gardner, Captain Jeffery Jackson and school board member the Rev. Ralph Canty and several other strategic members such as Marvin Boykin and Vincent Ferguson meticulously came together with many other Sumterites to help form the backbone of the “Stop The Violence — One Community Campaign.” Needless to say, the fraternity has also raised funds to donate to victims of domestic violence by organizing a

5K Fun Run/Walk at Dillon Park. This year will mark the fourth annual event as the Chapter’s Keeper of Records, U.S. Army Major Dexter McLendon, prepares to retire from over twenty years of military service. However, he remains committed to working diligently to keep his local chapter on the forefront in technology internationally. He also assists by helping to successfully have a liaison link with Shaw Air Force Base. For example, he single handedly constructed a Web page (ques-gammaiota.org) in which anyone can quickly

see how the organization is giving back to Sumter and the surrounding area. These events solidify the chapter’s core values and enhance activities in which it donates funds. Most importantly, it expeditiously helps donors make contributions and helps patrons register and make payments for the upcoming 5K. The 5K will be held at 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, at Dillon Park. Please meet at the large Gazebo to pick up T-shirts or for sameday registrations. DARRYL L. PRESSLEY SR. Sumter

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AROUND TOWN The Mayesville Area Community College. Coalition will sponsor its sevThe South Main Street neighenth breast cancer walk on borhood watch will meet at 6 Show yourup supportp.m. for breast cancer Saturday, Oct. 11. Sign on Monday, Oct. 13, at will beginawareness at 7:30 a.m. at St. the South Sumter Gym. All Mark UME Church of Mayesinterested neighbors are ville and the walk will be welcome. along Mary McLeod Bethune The Sumter Chapter of the NaNature Trail, which is a 3 tional Federation of the Blind mile distance. A short prowill meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesgram and free brunch will day, Oct. 14, at Shiloh-Ranfollow the walk. T-shirts will dolph Manor, 125 W. be available for purchase. Call Margie Jefferson at (803) Bartlette St. October is “Meet the Blind and Blind 453-5441 or (803) 453-6078. Awareness Month” and Oct. The Devine Sistas of PrettyGirl15 is “White Cane Safety sRock will hold a “Pink Heel Day.” Transportation providWalk / Charity Ride” in obsered within the coverage area. vance of breast cancer Contact Debra Canty at Debawareness month on SaturraCanC2@frontier.com or at day, Oct. 11. Registration for (803) 775-5792. the charity ride will begin at The General George L. Mabry Jr. 10 a.m. with kick stands up Chapter 817 Military Order of at 11 a.m. at High Rollers the Purple Heart will meet at 6 Club House. Cost is $10 per p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 16, at rider or $15 with passenger. the Elks Lodge, 1100 W. LibRide ends at Patriot Parkerty St. All Purple Heart reway. Registration for the cipients are invited. For inpink heel walk will begin at formation, call (803) 50611 a.m. with walk beginning at 11 a.m. at Patriot Parkway. 3120. The Sumter Combat Veterans All donations accepted. ReGroup will meet at 10 a.m. on freshments will be served. Friday, Oct. 17, at the South Call (803) 406-5917 or (803) HOPE Center, 1125 S. Lafay406-9621. The Shepherd’s Center will offer ette Drive. The Lincoln High School Preserfree public information classes vation Alumni Association will 11-11:50 a.m. each Thursday through Nov. 13 at 24 Council sponsor a dinner fundraiser 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 17, St. On the schedule: today, Self Defense for Women; Oct. at the Lincoln High School 16, Genealogy: Research and gymnasium, Council Street. Cost is $7 per dinner and inrecord your family history cludes grilled chicken or barusing the computer; Oct. 23, Veterans talk about their war becue turkey, seasoned rice, sweet peas, roll and a drink. experiences; Oct. 30, Crime Dine in or take out. Call Scene Investigation (CSI); James L. Green at (803) 968Nov. 6, Healthy Aging: The importance of good nutrition 4173. and movement in promoting Good Samaritans for All People healthy living as we age; and will host a free Halloween giveNov. 13, Peace of Mind away from 8 to 10 a.m. on through Meditation. Saturday, Oct. 18, at the old Bishopville High School gymClarendon School District One nasium, 600 N. Main St., Bishwill conduct free vision, hearopville. School uniforms, ing, speech and developmental supplies and holiday approscreenings as part of a child priate items will be availfind effort to identify stuable, and a drawing will also dents with special needs. take place. Call the Rev. Screenings will be held from Eddie Thomas, president, at 9 a.m. to noon at the Summerton Early Childhood Cen- (803) 459-4989 or the Rev. Raymond Cook Jr., vice presiter on the following Thursdays: today; Nov. 13; Dec. 11; dent, at (803) 469-6294. Jan. 8, 2015; Feb. 12, 2015; The Sumter Chapter of the InMarch 12, 2015; April 9, 2015; ternational Association of Adand May 14, 2015. For more ministrative Professionals information, call Sadie Wil(IAAP) will host the South liams or Audrey Walters at Carolina Division’s Fall Pro(803) 485-2325, extension 221. fessional Development Seminar from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on The Stroke Survivors Support Saturday, Oct. 18, at USC Group will meet at 6 p.m. Sumter. Call Mary Sutton at today at the Alice Drive Bap(803) 938-3760 for details. tist Church library, 1305 Loring Mill Road at Wise Drive. The Lincoln High School PreserCall Wayne Hunter at (803) vation Alumni Association will 464-3003 or (803) 464-7865. meet at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 19, at the Lincoln High The Mary McLeod Bethune School cafeteria, Council Council of Negro Women, Sumter Section, will meet at 5 p.m. Street. Call James L. Green at (803) 968-4173. on Friday, Oct. 10, at Morris

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014

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PREP FOOTBALL

No time to celebrate for Knights with Hartsville up BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com Crestwood High School head coach Roosevelt Nelson hasn’t spent a lot of time celebrating his first coaching victory. Region VI-3A will do that to you. “We’ve put (last week’s 21-12 NELSON victory over Darlington) in the rear view mirror already,” Nelson said. “We’ve got a very good team in Hartsville to prepare for.” The Knights’ reward for picking up their first victory under Nelson (1-5) is a date in Kelleytown on Friday at 7:30 p.m. with the 6-0 Red Foxes. Both squads are 1-0 in the region. “They’re probably one of the top two or three teams in the state,” Nelson said. “They’re very good at what

they do and it’s going to be a challenge for us on Friday.” What the Red Foxes do is run the Wing-T to perfection. Hartsville has three players who have already eclipsed 400 yards rushing on the season in Shy McPhail, A’yron Dudley and Brian Rivers. “It’s misdirection,” Nelson said as to why Hartsville has been so tough year-in and year-out in recent seasons. “They force you to play assignment football on every play. You have to have blinders on. You can’t focus on the scoreboard or anything else. You have to make sure you do your job on every play and that’s what we have to do Friday.” The Red Foxes have averaged 47.5 points per game running the Wing-T this season – and have been held under 48 points in just two contests. “A lot of people think it’s a grind-it-out offense, but they’re up tempo,” Nelson

said. “They run a play about every 15-20 seconds.” To counter, the Knights will need another solid effort from their defense, which has shown marked improvement as of late. Crestwood has allowed an average of over 34 points a game this year, but has given up an average of just 20 the last four weeks. Coincidently, that’s also the same number of the games the Knights have scored a defensive touchdown as well, Nelson said. “We’ve played really solidly on run defense the last few games,” he said. “We’ve had some injuries that have forced three new starters in and those guys have stepped up. “We’ve also had very good special teams in terms of kickoffs, punts and kick coverages. I’ve been very pleased with what we’ve done special teams-wise the last few

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Crestwood senior running back Ty’Son Williams (5) looks to help lead the Knights to their second straight Region VI-3A victory on Friday at Hartsville. Last week’s win was the first under head coach Roosevelt SEE KNIGHTS, PAGE B2 Nelson.

Heightened focus

COLLEGE TENNIS

Three aim to defend NSCC titles BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com

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Wilson Hall’s John Ballard (20) takes down a Ben Lippen player during a recent game. The Barons are putting more emphasis on the fundamentals this week after a 26-21 loss to Cardinal Newman on Friday in Columbia.

Barons putting emphasis on fundamentals after loss to CN BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com The Wilson Hall football team stresses fundamentals in practice every week, but there’s been an added emphasis on it this week in particular. It was a breakdown in fundamentals – across the board – that contributed to

the Barons’ stunning 26-21 to previously winless Cardinal Newman last Friday, head coach Bruce Lane said. “Football is still a simple game, even with all the formations and motions and whatever else a team might do,” Lane said. “It still comes down to blocking and tackling and we did not do a very good job of that last

week. “But give Cardinal Newman all the credit in the world. I’m sure they’d say they played their best game of the year, and I’d say it was probably our poorest performance of the year.” Wilson Hall, now 4-2 overall and 2-2 in SCISA 3A, will look to right the ship on Friday at Spencer Field when

Porter-Gaud (4-3, 2-2) comes to town. Penalties and turnovers also hindered WH’s efforts against the Cardinals. The Barons were called for 11 violations and there were about 25 flags thrown in all during the game, Lane said. “I thought we moved the

Two of the players and one of the teams who won their respective Super Bowl championship in the 2013 USTA/ ITA National Small College Championships will be looking to defend their titles when play in this year’s Small College Championships begins today at Palmetto Tennis Center. Valentine Confalonieri of NCAA Division II Lynn University won last year’s women’s singles Super Bowl and Linda Fritschken and Emma Onila of DII Barry University won the women’s doubles. Embry-Riddle University’s Deni Zmak won the men’s singles Super Bowl last year and also teamed up with Simon Felix to win the doubles Super Bowl as well. Zmak is the top NAIA seed this year in singles as well as in doubles, but has a new partner in Jaime SanchezCanamares Rios. The top men’s and women’s singles players and doubles teams from NCAA divisions II and III, NAIA and the junior and community college levels will compete for a chance to

SEE NSCC, PAGE B6

SMALL COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIPS WHERE: Palmetto Tennis Center WHEN: 8:30 a.m. (Women’s Singles) followed by Men’s Singles at 10:30 a.m. Women’s Doubles matches start at 1 p.m. with Men’s Doubles beginning at 3 p.m. ADMISSION: Free

SEE FOCUS, PAGE B6

CLEMSON FOOTBALL

Jones, Tigers defense weren’t going to let shutout slip away from grasp BY AARON BRENNER Post and Courier CLEMSON -- They just don’t hand out shutouts against the ACC’s leading offense. It requires 60 minutes of solid play, usually from more than the 11 starters. Case in point: The first play of the fourth quarter this past Saturday with Clemson crushing N.C. State 41-0 and

the backups starting to filter into the Tigers’ defense against the Wolfpack’s first-stringers, no doubt aching for some measure of dignity in the JONES form of points on the scoreboard. On third-and-one from the N.C. State 21-yard-line, the Wolfpack’s Shadrach Thornton found a

gap, rushing for another first down against a Clemson defense that has struggled to close out games in the fourth quarter. Here they go again. Except Kellen Jones, the Tigers’ third-string weakside linebacker, wouldn’t let recent history repeat itself. Jones ran down Thornton and stripped the ball clean. B.J. Goodson, the strong-side linebacker who only checks in for heavy

packages (he logged just one snap the previous week vs. North Carolina), scooped up the ball at the 34-yard line and started running, something he hadn’t done in a game since he was a two-sport star at Lamar High School as a football running back and basketball power forward. As Jones attempted to throw a block

SEE TIGERS, PAGE B4

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014

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6:30 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Portugal Masters First Round from Vilamoura, Portugal (GOLF). 10 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Portugal Masters First Round from Vilamoura, Portugal (GOLF). 2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: European Championship Qualifying Match – Slovakia vs. Spain from Zilina, Slovakia (ESPN2). 5 p.m. – College Field Hockey: North Carolina at Wake Forest (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 5 p.m. – PGA Golf: Frys.com Open First Round from Napa, Calif. (GOLF). 5:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Nationwide Series Blue Cross Blue Shield Drive For The Cure 300 Practice from Concord, N.C. (ESPN2). 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 7 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series Bank of America 500 Pole Qualifying from Concord, N.C. (ESPN2). 7 p.m. – Women’s College Soccer: Boston College at Virginia (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 7 p.m. – Women’s College Soccer: Alabama at Louisiana State (SEC NETWORK). 7:30 p.m. – College Football: Brigham Young at Central Florida (ESPN). 8 p.m. – College Football: Minnesota State-Mankato at Winona State (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 7:30 p.m. – College Football: Hampton at North Carolina A&T (ESPNU). 8 p.m. – Women’s College Soccer: Portland at Brigham Youn (BYUTV). 8 p.m. – NBA Exhibition Basketball: Memphis at Houston (NBA TV). 8:25 p.m. – NFL Football: Indianapolis at Houston (WLTX 19, NFL NETWORK, WNKT-FM 107.5). 8:55 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexico vs. Honduaras from Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico (ESPN2). 9 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Colorado at Minnesota (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 10:30 p.m. – NBA Exhibition Basketball: Golden State at Los Angeles Lakers (NBA TV). 11:30 p.m. – LPGA Golf: Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia Second Round from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (GOLF). Midnight – NHL Hockey: Ottawa at Nashville (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 4 a.m. – International Soccer: Euro 2016 Qualifying Match – England vs. San Marino (FOX SPORTS 1).

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SOUTH Hampton (1-4) at NC A&T (4-2), 7:30 p.m. BYU (4-1) at UCF (2-2), 7:30 p.m. Tennessee Tech (2-3) at UT-Martin (15), 7:30 p.m. Friday FAR WEST Washington St. (2-4) at Stanford (32), 9 p.m. San Diego St. (2-3) at New Mexico (23), 9:30 p.m. Fresno St. (3-3) at UNLV (1-5), 10 p.m. Saturday EAST Rice (2-3) at Army (2-3), Noon Dayton (3-1) at Marist (1-5), Noon Robert Morris (0-5) at Sacred Heart (4-1), Noon Florida St. (5-0) at Syracuse (2-3), Noon Tulsa (1-4) at Temple (3-1), Noon St. Francis (Pa.) (2-3) at Wagner (2-3), Noon Holy Cross (2-4) at Brown (1-2), 12:30 p.m. Bucknell (4-1) at Lehigh (0-4), 12:30 p.m. Duquesne (3-2) at CCSU (2-3), 1 p.m. Princeton (2-1) at Colgate (3-2), 1 p.m. Penn (0-3) at Fordham (5-1), 1 p.m. Cornell (0-3) at Harvard (3-0), 1 p.m. Columbia (0-3) at Monmouth (NJ) (41), 1 p.m. Rhode Island (0-5) at Villanova (4-1), 1 p.m. Dartmouth (2-1) at Yale (3-0), 1 p.m. Richmond (3-2) at Albany (NY) (4-1), 3:30 p.m. Elon (1-4) at Delaware (3-2), 3:30 p.m. Georgetown (2-4) at Lafayette (2-3), 3:30 p.m. VMI (1-5) at Navy (2-4), 3:30 p.m. William & Mary (4-1) at New Hampshire (4-1), 3:30 p.m. Maine (2-3) at Stony Brook (2-4), 7 p.m. SOUTH Butler (3-2) at Campbell (2-3), Noon Louisiana-Monroe (3-2) at Kentucky (4-1), Noon Middle Tennessee (4-2) at Marshall (5-0), Noon Cincinnati (2-2) at Miami (3-3), Noon Duke (4-1) at Georgia Tech (5-0), 12:30 p.m. Towson (2-4) at James Madison (3-3), 12:30 p.m. Jacksonville (4-1) at Morehead St. (23), 1 p.m. Southern U. (3-3) at Alabama A&M (1-5), 2 p.m. Arkansas St. (3-2) at Georgia St. (1-4), 2 p.m. Delaware St. (1-5) at Norfolk St. (2-4), 2 p.m. Coastal Carolina (6-0) at Presbyterian (3-2), 2 p.m. NC Central (2-3) at SC State (4-2), 2 p.m. Charlotte (3-3) at The Citadel (1-4), 2 p.m. Alcorn St. (5-1) at Grambling St. (3-3), 3 p.m. MVSU (0-5) at Jackson St. (3-3), 3 p.m. Jacksonville St. (4-1) at Tennessee St. (4-2), 3 p.m. New Mexico St. (2-4) at Troy (0-5), 3 p.m. Liberty (3-3) at Appalachian St. (1-4), 3:30 p.m. Louisville (5-1) at Clemson (3-2), 3:30 p.m. Auburn (5-0) at Mississippi St. (5-0), 3:30 p.m. Boston College (3-2) at NC State (42), 3:30 p.m. North Texas (2-3) at UAB (3-2), 3:30 p.m. Wofford (3-2) at W. Carolina (3-2), 3:30 p.m. Howard (1-5) at Bethune-Cookman (4-1), 4 p.m. Austin Peay (0-5) at Mercer (4-2), 4 p.m. SE Missouri (4-2) at Murray St. (1-4), 4 p.m. Chattanooga (3-2) at Tennessee (23), 4 p.m. Savannah St. (0-5) at Florida A&M (05), 5 p.m. E. Illinois (1-4) at E. Kentucky (5-0), 6 p.m. Idaho (0-5) at Georgia Southern (4-2), 6 p.m. Houston (2-3) at Memphis (3-2), 7 p.m. Stephen F. Austin (3-2) at Nicholls St. (0-6), 7 p.m. Incarnate Word (1-5) at Northwestern St. (2-3), 7 p.m. East Carolina (4-1) at South Florida (2-3), 7 p.m. LSU (4-2) at Florida (3-1), 7:30 p.m. Charleston Southern (5-0) at Vanderbilt (1-5), 7:30 p.m. UConn (1-4) at Tulane (1-4), 8 p.m. MIDWEST Indiana (3-2) at Iowa (4-1), Noon Northwestern (3-2) at Minnesota (41), Noon Georgia (4-1) at Missouri (4-1), Noon Illinois (3-3) at Wisconsin (3-2), Noon Buffalo (3-3) at E. Michigan (1-4), 1 p.m. Miami (Ohio) (1-5) at Akron (3-2), 2 p.m. Davidson (1-5) at Drake (2-3), 2 p.m. UMass (0-6) at Kent St. (0-5), 2 p.m. S. Illinois (5-1) at N. Dakota St. (5-0), 2

p.m. Bowling Green (4-2) at Ohio (3-3), 2 p.m. Missouri Baptist (0-1) at Valparaiso (1-4), 2 p.m. Portland St. (2-3) at North Dakota (24), 2:30 p.m. W. Michigan (2-3) at Ball St. (1-4), 3 p.m. Illinois St. (4-0) at Indiana St. (4-1), 3 p.m. Toledo (4-2) at Iowa St. (1-4), 3:30 p.m. North Carolina (2-3) at Notre Dame (5-0), 3:30 p.m. Michigan St. (4-1) at Purdue (3-3), 3:30 p.m. Oklahoma St. (4-1) at Kansas (2-3), 4 p.m. N. Iowa (2-3) at South Dakota (2-3), 4 p.m. Cent. Michigan (3-3) at N. Illinois (41), 5 p.m. Penn St. (4-1) at Michigan (2-4), 7 p.m. Missouri St. (3-2) at S. Dakota St. (32), 7 p.m. W. Illinois (2-4) at Youngstown St. (41), 7 p.m. SOUTHWEST Texas (2-3) vs. Oklahoma (4-1) at Dallas, Noon West Virginia (3-2) at Texas Tech (23), Noon Ave Maria (1-4) at Abilene Christian (3-3), 3 p.m. Alabama St. (4-2) at Prairie View (14), 3 p.m. TCU (4-0) at Baylor (5-0), 3:30 p.m. McNeese St. (3-1) at Sam Houston St. (2-3), 4 p.m. Alabama (4-1) at Arkansas (3-2), 6 p.m. Houston Baptist (1-4) at Cent. Arkansas (3-3), 7 p.m. SE Louisiana (4-2) at Lamar (4-2), 7 p.m. FIU (3-3) at UTSA (1-4), 7 p.m. Old Dominion (3-3) at UTEP (2-3), 8 p.m. Mississippi (5-0) at Texas A&M (5-1), 9 p.m. FAR WEST Cal Poly (2-3) at Weber St. (0-5), 3 p.m. E. Washington (5-1) at S. Utah (1-5), 3:05 p.m. Sacramento St. (3-3) at N. Colorado (2-3), 3:30 p.m. Oregon (4-1) at UCLA (4-1), 3:30 p.m. Simon Fraser (1-4) at Idaho St. (2-3), 4:35 p.m. Stetson (2-3) at San Diego (3-1), 5 p.m. Washington (4-1) at California (4-1), 6 p.m. Montana St. (4-2) at UC Davis (1-4), 7 p.m. Air Force (4-1) at Utah St. (3-2), 10:15 p.m. Southern Cal (3-2) at Arizona (5-0), 10:30 p.m. Colorado St. (4-1) at Nevada (3-2), 10:30 p.m. Wyoming (3-2) at Hawaii (1-4), 11:59 p.m.

NASCAR By The Associated Press SPRINT CUP LEADERS

Through Oct. 5 Points 1, Joey Logano, 3,048. 2, Kyle Busch, 3,042. 3, Carl Edwards, 3,039. 4, Ryan Newman, 3,039. 5, Denny Hamlin, 3,037. 6, Kevin Harvick, 3,033. 7, Matt Kenseth, 3,031. 8, Jeff Gordon, 3,031. 9, Kasey Kahne, 3,023. 10, Brad Keselowski, 3,009. 11, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 3,006. 12, Jimmie Johnson, 3,004. 13, AJ Allmendinger, 2,110. 14, Greg Biffle, 2,101. 15, Kurt Busch, 2,075. 16, Aric Almirola, 2,074. 17, Kyle Larson, 901. 18, Clint Bowyer, 843. 19, Jamie McMurray, 825. 20, Paul Menard, 816. Money 1, Brad Keselowski, $6,548,499. 2, Jeff Gordon, $6,177,174. 3, Joey Logano, $5,951,399. 4, Jimmie Johnson, $5,826,929. 5, Kevin Harvick, $5,540,049. 6, Matt Kenseth, $5,533,608. 7, Jamie McMurray, $5,445,069. 8, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $5,379,084. 9, Kyle Busch, $5,360,531. 10, Denny Hamlin, $4,889,023. 11, Greg Biffle, $4,686,184. 12, Austin Dillon, $4,625,065. 13, Kyle Larson, $4,603,540. 14, Clint Bowyer, $4,500,321. 15, Brian Vickers, $4,407,183. 16, Aric Almirola, $4,388,885. 17, Paul Menard, $4,369,040. 18, Carl Edwards, $4,325,622. 19, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., $4,241,730. 20, Marcos Ambrose, $4,048,340.

NBA PRESEASON By The Associated Press SCHEDULE TUESDAY’S GAMES

Indiana 103, Minnesota 90 Orlando 108, Miami 101, OT Detroit 111, Chicago 109, OT Houston 111, Dallas 108 Utah 92, Portland 73 Sacramento 113, Toronto 106 Golden State 112, L.A. Clippers 94

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Charlotte at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Washington vs. New Orleans at Jacksonville, FL, 7 p.m. New York vs. Boston at Hartford, CT, 7:30 p.m. Memphis vs. Milwaukee at Green Bay, WI, 8 p.m. Oklahoma City at Denver, 9 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Milwaukee at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Memphis at Houston, 8 p.m. Utah at Portland, 10 p.m. Golden State at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Orlando at Indiana, 7 p.m. Washington vs. Charlotte at Greenville, SC, 7 p.m. Boston at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Oklahoma City at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Denver at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

NHL SCHEDULE The Associated Press TUESDAY’S GAMES

No games scheduled

TODAY’S GAMES

Columbus at Buffalo, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Montreal at Washington, 7 p.m. Boston at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Florida at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Ottawa at Nashville, 8 p.m. Chicago at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Colorado at Minnesota, 9 p.m. Calgary at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. Winnipeg at Arizona, 10 p.m.

SPORTS

THE SUMTER ITEM

AREA ROUNDUP

WH boys finish 2nd, girls 3rd at OP cross country invitational ORANGEBURG — Wilson Hall’s boys cross country team placed second and its girls finished third at the Orangeburg Prep Invitational on Wednesday. Conner Curtis led the boys by finishing sixth overall. Layton Creech was seventh, Rhett Howell eighth, Bryce Lyles ninth and Patrick Bell 18th. On the girls side, Amanda Dotseth was the top finisher at fifth overall. Aubrey Yarborough was sixth, Jessica Tetterton finished 18th, Bethany Jennings was 20th and Cori Moore finished 28th. The Barons will host the SCISA Region II-3A championships at Patriot Park on Oct. 15.

VARSITY VOLLEYBALL

points with three aces while Delaney Johnson and Danielle deHoll finished with four kills each. Courtney Clark had nine points and 28 assists.

JUNIOR VARSITY VOLLEYBALL WILSON HALL 2 CALHOUN ACADEMY 1 ST. MATTHEWS – The Lady Barons JV volleyball squad improved to 9-8 overall (4-3) with a 2-1 victory over Calhoun Academy on Tuesday at the CA gymnasium. Game scores were 25-10, 18-25 and 25-4. Madison Sliwonik had six points with three aces and three kills to lead Wilson Hall. Ingrid Singleton had eight points and two aces.

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CALHOUN ACADEMY 0 ST. MATTHEWS – Wilson Hall’s varsity volleyball team improved to 13-6 overall (6-1) with a 3-0 victory over Calhoun Academy on Tuesday at the CA gymnasium. Game scores were 25-14, 25-23 and 25-11. Caroline Clark led WH in serving, scoring 16 points with six aces and four kills. Simmons deHoll finished with 14 kills and two aces. Haley Hawkins had four kills and 15

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WALTERBORO – Clarendon Hall improved to 10-0 on the season with a 2-0 victory over Colleton Prep on Tuesday. Game scores were 25-7 and 25-10. The Lady Saints were led by Madison Kidd, Sydney Wells and Mallory McIntosh with 10 service points each. Chloe Anderson and Brystal Shuler added five points each. CH will travel to Holly Hill today for a 5 p.m. match.

SPORTS ITEMS

Thomas fined $8,286 for chop block ENGLEWOOD, Colo.— Arizona Cardinals coach Bruce Arians didn’t want to talk about Julius Thomas’ chop block anymore and apparently neither did the Denver Broncos’ Pro Bowl tight end. A person with knowledge of the penalty said Thomas was fined $8,286 for his chop block on Cardinals defensive end Calais Campbell last weekend. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Wednesday because the fine hadn’t been announced yet by the NFL. ESPN first reported the fine, the first of Thomas’ four-year career. Arians, who had called the chop block Sunday the worst play he’d seen in 37 years of coaching and refused to believe it wasn’t intentional, told reporters in Tempe, Arizona, he had no reaction to the fine. Thomas, who expressed remorse Monday for hurting Campbell and said it was a matter of miscommunication, not malice, wasn’t in the locker room during the media’s 45-minute window Wednesday. On Monday, Arians called for Thomas to be suspended for as long as Campbell is out. Campbell is expected to miss up to three weeks with a strained right MCL. DODGERS’ BECKETT RETIRES

LOS ANGELES — Dodgers pitcher Josh Beckett, facing surgery for a torn labrum in his left hip that caused him to miss most of the last three months of the season, has retired at 34, ending a 14-year career that included two World Series championships. He threw a no-hitter in May, but landed on the disabled list for the third time in early August with a left hip impingement after being on the DL in July for

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Arizona defensive end Calais Campbell (93) leaves the game after being chop blocked by Denver tight end Julius Thomas during a loss to the Broncos in Denver. Thomas was fined $8,286 for his block according to a source close to the NFL. the same injury. He was 6-6 with a 2.88 ERA in 20 starts, including the no-hitter May 25 at Philadelphia. TENTATIVE DECEMBER TRIAL DATE SET IN PETERSON CASE

CONROE, Texas — Adrian Peterson is hoping to go to trial as soon as possible. Whether the star running back for the Minnesota Vikings returns to the playing field any time soon is another question entirely. A Texas judge on Wednesday set a tentative Dec. 1 trial date for Peterson to face a felony charge of child abuse after using a wooden switch to discipline his 4-year-old son in suburban Houston earlier this year. Defense attorney Rusty Hardin said after the hearing that Peterson is “chomping at the bit” to defend himself publicly. NFL OWNERS’ MEETINGS FOCUS ON PERSONAL CONDUCT

NEW YORK — There hasn’t been much football talk at the NFL owners’ meetings Wednesday. Instead, the focus has been on the personal conduct policy, and on educating everyone involved in the league about domestic

violence. After approving the sale of the Buffalo Bills to Terry and Kim Pegula in the morning, the owners listened to a presentation on domestic violence that included a video by a former player appealing for recognition and action. They also began intense discussions on potential changes to the personal conduct policy and how to discipline players, executives, and even their peers, should they make missteps. BRAIN INJURY EXPERT FAULTS NFL CONCUSSION DEAL

PHILADELPHIA — A scientist studying the brains of deceased athletes with head trauma criticized the proposed NFL concussion settlement, saying it would not compensate retirees who exhibit mood swings, aggression, depression or other aberrant behavior. Boston University researcher Robert Stern said that many of the 76 deceased NFL players found to have the brain decay known as CTE would not have qualified for awards under the settlement. From wire reports

TRANSACTIONS The Associated Press BASEBALL

American League LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Claimed OF Alfredo Marte off waivers from Arizona. SEATTLE MARINERS — Announced DH Corey Hart declined outright assignment and chose free agency. TEXAS RANGERS — Announced 3B Kevin Kouzmanoff declined outright assignment and chose free agency. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Assigned OF Brett Jackson, LHP Joe Paterson and C Bobby Wilson outright to Reno (PCL). COLORADO ROCKIES — Announced the resignations of executive vice president, chief baseball officer/general manager Dan O’Dowd and assistant general manager/senior vice president of major league operations Bill Geivett. Named Jeff Bridich senior vice president/general manager. LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Announced the retirement of RHP Josh Beckett.

KNIGHTS FROM PAGE B1 weeks.” CHS will need both if it expects to pull off the upset, but another mistake-free game from the offense will be key as well. For the first time this season, the Knights did not have a turnover against Darlington. “We were averaging about three a game, so that was huge,” Nelson said. “We have to take care of the ball against Hartsville. We can’t

put ourselves in bad situations or short fields.” Crestwood will also need more consistency. The Knights have averaged 17.5 points a game this season despite having solid numbers rushing. “We were able to move the ball a little more consistently last week,” Nelson said. “We made some key first downs and some key receptions in the passing game.

We’ve been improving every week and we look for that to continue.” Hartsville won’t make it easy, though. While the offense might get the most praise, the Red Foxes have allowed just 10.7 points per game all year. “They’re a 3-4 and they’re very aggressive,” Nelson said. “You never see them in the same coverage on the same drive twice, so they’re very good at disguising what they want to do.”

MLB POSTSEASON

THE SUMTER ITEM

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014

Homegrown talent keys another Cards run BY R.B. FALLSTROM The Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Changing cast, same old hit show for the St. Louis Cardinals. In the NL Championship Series for the fourth straight year, the Cardinals used just five players from their 2011 World Series champions in the just-completed four-game Division Series victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Sixteen players carried over from the roster in last year’s World Series loss to Boston. “We wanted to make sure we could do this internally and have the depth to be successful and build from within,” general manager John Mozeliak said Tuesday night amid the ruckus of yet another champagne spraying celebration. “You’re seeing that pay off now.” Fifteen of the 25 players active against the Dodgers were Cardinals’ amateur draft picks, the most among the 10 playoff teams. Along with the savings of carrying so much youth, there’s camaraderie, too, with players who came up together. “We’ve got something special going on right now,” said leadoff man Matt Carpenter, a 13th-round selection in 2009. “Guys expect to win. It’s just real fun.” The 23-year-old Shelby Miller made his first career postseason start in the clincher. He’s been a part of three postseason teams. “Day in and day out, they tell us not to take it for granted,” Miller said. “This thing never gets old.” Matt Adams, a 23rd-round

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St. Louis first baseman Matt Adams celebrates after hitting a 3-run home in the seventh inning of Tuesday’s NLDS Game 4 against the Los Angeles Dodgers in St. Louis. Building largely from within in the freeagent era, St. Louis topped the 10 postseason teams with 17 homegrown players on its 25-man division series roster according to STATS. Adams cost just $25,000 to sign when the Cardinals drafted him on the 23rd round in 2009. pick in 2009, is in his first full season as the starting first baseman. Extra work hitting off the curveball machine paid off when he pounced on a Clayton Kershaw pitch for a go-ahead, three-run homer Tuesday. Even the departure of threetime NL MVP Albert Pujols is

helping. Besides using the compensation pick from the Los Angeles Angels to draft pitcher Michael Wacha with the 19th overall slot in 2012, Mozeliak spent the money that otherwise might have gone to Pujols to fund a payroll that includes just four salaries of $8 million or more: ace pitcher

Adam Wainwright ($19.5 million), All-Star outfielder Matt Holliday ($17 million), Gold Glove catcher Yadier Molina ($15 million) and slugging shortstop Jhonny Peralta ($15 million). “That’s why I signed with the Cardinals. For sure I want

to be a champion,” said Peralta, among just three big league free agents on the 25-man roster. Carpenter led a playoff power surge from a team which hit just 105 homers during the season — 29th in the majors and ahead of only Kansas City. He homered in each of the first three games against the Dodgers. “I’m thinking Stan Musial is somewhere rolling around in that body,” Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said Monday during an in-game TV interview with Fox Sports 1. The Cardinals’ core includes several players who progressed rapidly through the farm system. “We’ve had a couple of them that are high picks, a couple that have been guys that have flown in below the radar,” manager Mike Matheny said. “That’s pretty good motivation for the kids in our system. Let them know it’s not just the high picks that are going to get the looks.” Lefty Marco Gonzales, a first-rounder in 2013, was 2-0 in relief in the division series. Wacha made his debut last season, less than a year after he was drafted, and became the NLCS MVP. Rookie second baseman Kolten Wong (2011) and infielder Pete Kozma (2007) also were first-round picks, and Lance Lynn (2008) was a supplemental first-rounder. Outfielder Jon Jay (2006) was a second-rounder, utilityman Daniel Descalso (2007) was taken in the third round and Molina (2000) was a fourth-round pick.

Giants advance to NLCS with 3-2 win over Nats BY JANIE MCCAULEY The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — After their summer slide and a September stumble, the San Francisco Giants have that old October swagger back. Every other year, it sure seems to work for manager Bruce Bochy’s boys. Joe Panik scored the goahead run in the seventh inning on Aaron Barrett’s bases-loaded wild pitch, and the Giants edged the Washington Nationals 3-2 Tuesday night to return to the NL Championship Series. The wild-card Giants, with their cast of rookies and homegrown stars, won 3-1 in the best-of-five Division Series by also scoring on a walk and a groundout. Hunter Pence turned in a defensive gem in right field that helped hold the Nationals at bay as San Francisco won for the 11th time in its last 12 postseason games. “It’s been a remarkable journey. I wouldn’t trade it for the world,” Pence said. “If it was easy, it wouldn’t be as fun.” San Francisco travels to St.

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LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

(Best-of-7) American League All AL games televised by TBS Friday: Kansas City (Shields 14-8) at Baltimore (Tillman 13-6), 8:07 p.m. Saturday: Kansas City (Ventura 1410) at Baltimore, 4:07 p.m. Monday, Oct. 13: Baltimore at Kansas City, TBA Tuesday, Oct. 14: Baltimore at Kansas City, TBA x-Wednesday, Oct. 15: Baltimore at Kansas City, TBA x-Friday, Oct. 17: Kansas City at Baltimore, TBA x-Saturday, Oct. 18: Kansas City at Baltimore, TBA National League Saturday: San Francisco (Bumgarner 18-10) at St. Louis (Wainwright 20-9), 8:07 p.m. (Fox) Sunday: San Francisco at St. Louis, TBA (FS1) Tuesday, Oct. 14: St. Louis at San Francisco, TBA (FS1) Wednesday, Oct. 15: St. Louis at San Francisco, TBA (FS1) x-Thursday, Oct. 16: St. Louis at San Francisco, TBA (FS1) x-Saturday, Oct. 18: San Francisco at St. Louis, TBA (Fox) x-Sunday, Oct. 19: San Francisco at St. Louis, TBA (FS1)

Louis for Game 1 on Saturday night. It’s a rematch of the 2012 NLCS, when the Giants rallied from a 3-1 deficit to beat the Cardinals on the way to their second World Series championship in three years. Santiago Casilla walked Bryce Harper with two outs in the ninth, then retired Wilson Ramos on a grounder to end it. Casilla was mobbed on the mound as fireworks shot off from the center-field scoreboard. “I just talked about their will. These guys, they’re relentless,” Bochy said. “They were warriors on the road. We had to win at Pittsburgh, we got two in Washington.” Harper splashed a tying home run into McCovey Cove in the seventh, but Washington’s season ended with three one-run losses, including that excruciating 2-1 defeat in 18

innings Saturday in Game 2. The Nationals’ offense never got on track, lacking the power that carried them to an NL East title and the best record in the league at 96-66. “It’s tender and it’s bitter and all of those things, but I’m proud of them,” rookie manager Matt Williams said. Just like a night earlier when Giants ace Madison Bumgarner’s one miscue cost his team the game, Barrett blew it this time. After his wild pitch snapped a 2-all tie, Barrett got set to intentionally walk Pablo Sandoval. But the right-hander sailed a toss way over the head of Ramos, who quickly retrieved the ball near the backstop. Ramos threw to Barrett covering the plate, where he tagged out a sliding Buster Posey.

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FOOTBALL

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ACC FOOTBALL

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SEC FOOTBALL

Defensive statistics can be misleading in ACC BY KAREEM COPELAND The Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Impressive defensive numbers may no longer be a significant indicator of success. At least not in the ACC. The Atlantic Coast Conference has five teams ranked in the top 20 in total defense, but not a single one is ranked in the AP Top 25 poll. The league does have two teams in the poll — No. 1 Florida State and No. 22 Georgia Tech — but neither is in the top 35 in total defense. The idiom is that “Numbers Never Lie,” but they don’t tell the entire truth in the ACC. “With the way offenses are spreading it out and getting the ball out in open spaces, I don’t know that total defense is that big a factor anymore,” North Carolina coach Larry Fedora said. “The way the game has changed ... you’re putting the ball in a playmaker’s hand out in open space and if a defender doesn’t make that tackle right then, it turns into an explosive play. So, it makes it much tougher to keep your numbers down on your total defense.” The undefeated Seminoles have had significant issues with their defense through the early parts of the season — against all levels of competition. N.C. State rolled up 520 yards of total offense against Florida State, Clemson had 407 and Oklahoma State finished with 364. Even FCS school The Citadel reached 322 yards. Florida State showed a marked improvement when it held Wake Forest to 126 yards last weekend. Louisville (5-1, 3-1 ACC) is the No. 1 total defense in the country and is the main reason they’re winning. Pitt ranks

No. 6 in total defense, Clemson is No. 10, Boston College sits at No. 13 with Miami just three spots behind at No. 16. Nonetheless, all of those teams have at least two losses and are 12-10 combined. Undefeated Georgia Tech is the No. 64 total defense in the country, allowing 391.4 yards per game. Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher said it’s an important stat, but there’s much more at play than baseline yardage numbers. “It’s a team sport. Y’all get too caught up in offense and defense,” Fisher said. “Look at what the team does and how one side plays to the other. And who’s the dominant side that sets up the other side so they can be successful. “Look at the team and situations, third down and red zone and how specials teams play. And what kind of team are they? No huddle teams generally have a higher number of yardage on defense because they give the other team more plays and opportunities. All that ties together.” Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson echoed Fisher’s thoughts. Johnson isn’t as concerned with total defense as turnover margin, third- and fourthdown efficiency, red zone offense and defense and explosion plays. Johnson also stressed metrics like points per possession and the number of three-and-outs on both sides of the ball. “I know offensively that 7 percent of our possessions have been three-and-outs,” Johnson said. “That’s pretty good, but we’d like to get more on the other side. In points per possession, I’d be hard pressed to think there’d be many people in front of us.”

TIGERS FROM PAGE B1 on a Wolfpack offensive lineman, Goodson’s instincts kicked in. He spun around and scampered 24 yards to the Clemson 10-yard line, delighting the Memorial Stadium masses who’d stuck around. “I’m about to blind-side the O-lineman, he decided to spin off of him, so I’m like, dang, OK B.J., do your thing. Go back to your running back days,” Jones said. “We’re always messing with him about, like you might be our thirddown running back. He’s like, ‘Nah, man, I like to deliver hits, not get hit.’” Here’s how Goodson described his big moment: “It was pretty natural. My teammates were there to block for me the rest of the way, and if it wasn’t for them, it wouldn’t have looked as good.”

When the game was over, the zero hadn’t moved from N.C. State’s side of the scoreboard. The shutout was sweet redemption, a month after S.C. State’s only points came on a defensive touchdown. “It pretty much deflated North Carolina State,” said Jones, a junior from Houston, Texas. “They hadn’t had much success throughout the game. After that turnover on their side of the ball, it took the life out of them.” Clemson had its first shutout in Dabo Swinney’s 79 games as head coach. It’s the first time the Tigers blanked an ACC foe in 16 years. And while star defenders Vic Beasley, Stephone Anthony and Mackensie Alexander played well, they needed those little-used backups to hold up their end.

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Georgia wide receiver Michael Bennett (82) can’t reach a pass as Tennessee defensive back Todd Kelly Jr. (6) defends during a recent SEC East game. The East division has gotten little respect in the latest polls as the West division continues to dominate.

SEC East overshadowed by more powerful West BY CHARLES ODUM The Associated Press

week include No. 2 Auburn at No. 3 Mississippi State and No. 3 Mississippi at No. 14 Texas A&M. Also, No. 7 Alabama plays at Arkansas. Meanwhile, the SEC East race is up for grabs. Missouri (4-1, 1-0) is the division’s only team without a SEC loss. Florida, Georgia and Kentucky are 2-1 in the SEC. Tennessee is 0-2 in the conference, but the Vols believe they’re still in the East race. That’s an advantage to playing in the SEC’s weaker division. “I just know that we still have a good chance of winning the East,” said Tennessee safety Brian Randolph. “I think almost every team on our side has a loss, so it’s not out of the question for us to make a comeback toward the end of the season. “It definitely gives us a little bit more motivation each day coming in.” Asked to explain the power shift to the SEC West, Tennessee coach Butch Jones said “I think some of it is cyclical.” Jones said that doesn’t mean the East is packed with pushovers. “Really, I believe the East is extremely competitive as well,” Jones said. “It’s just the nature of the SEC. ... Every team is good. Every team is physical. Every team is well-coached, and every program has very good fan support, so when you go on the road, every away game is a hostile environment.” Kentucky (4-1) is trying to take advantage of the wide-open race in the East. It has back-to-back conference wins over Florida and South Carolina and is moving closer to becoming bowl-eligible for the first time since 2010.

ATHENS, Ga. — An important Southeastern Conference Eastern Division showdown is being overshadowed this week by another deluge of compelling SEC West games. The only ranked teams from the SEC East will meet on Saturday when No. 13 Georgia visits No. 23 Missouri in a game which could provide some clarity in the muddled East race. The game has been set for an early 11 a.m. CDT kickoff as if to serve as a warm-up for offerings from the West — the nation’s most powerful division. Georgia receiver Michael Bennett insists he’s not insulted by the powerful West overshadowing the East in the regular season. He said the East will have its chance to shine in the SEC championship game. Bennett said he hopes the heavyweights in the West bludgeon each other before the Dec. 6 title game in Atlanta. “They can have all their fun right now, but all that matters is once we get to Atlanta, whoever wins that game is going to get the attention,” Bennett said. “I’m glad they’re all really good over there and beating each other up. Someone is going to come kind of bruised and battered into the SEC championship game. Hopefully we’ll be there and be able to get the win and go on to the playoffs.” The West boasts four of the nation’s top seven teams in the Top 25. Having those four teams come from only two states, Mississippi and Alabama, only makes the drama more difficult to ignore. The must-see SEC West showdowns this

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Panthers like no-huddle as ‘a change of pace’ BY STEVE REED The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — Cam Newton likes when the Panthers go to a no-huddle offense and step up the tempo. “It’s been our edge,” the two-time Pro Bowl quarterback said Wednesday. The first-place Panthers (3-2) have utilized the no-huddle offense for at least NEWTON one play on seven drives this season with six of those resulting in touchdowns, according to STATS. Down 21-7 on Sunday to the Bears, the Panthers turned to the no-huddle offense looking for a spark — and it worked. Newton led the Panthers to touchdowns on back-to-back possessions. He completed 8 of 11 passes for 124 yards and a score, and the Panthers battled back to beat Chicago, 31-24. But coach Ron Rivera said

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The Fourth Annual Omega Men against Domestic Violence 5K Fun Run/Walk will be held on Oct. 18 at Dillon Park. The event, sponsored by the Gamma Iota Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, has a registration fee of $20 for runners 17 years or older and $15 for those 16 and under. Registration will be taken on the day of the race. Registration will also be taken online at ques-gammaiota.org/. TURKEY TROT

The 32nd Annual Turkey Trot 5K and Gobbler Dash will be held on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 27. Early registration for the event will run through Nov. 24. The entry fee is $20 per individual, while the cost for a family is $20 for the first member and $10 for each additional family member from the same househould age 10 or older. The fees increase by $5 for those who register Nov. 25-27. People can register online at www.ymcasumter.org. For more information, call the Sumter Family YMCA at (803) 774-1404.

TRIATHLON TRISUMTER TRIATHLON

The TriSumter Triathlon will be held on Saturday, Oct. 18, beginning at 8:30 a.m. at the City of Sumter Aquatics Center. The event starts with a 300yard pool swim in the outdoor heated pool at the aquatics center with a stagger start with one person starting every five seconds. There will be a 16-mile bike course and a 5K running course that will travel throughout Sumter. All of the events will start and end at the City of Sumter Aquatics Center. Ten age groups will be available from 12 to 60 and

that while Newton looks comfortable operating without a huddle, he doesn’t see the Panthers using it on a fulltime basis but rather as “a change of pace.” “I think it helps the team,” Rivera said. “We’ve shown that we do handle the no huddle nicely.” Rivera thinks using it all of time would be too much. He prefers to be control the ball and allow his defense a chance to rest between possessions on the field rather than get in a track meet. That probably won’t change Sunday when Carolina travels to Cincinnati to take on the Bengals (3-1). The Panthers have used the no-huddle offense sparingly since Newton came into the league as the No. 1 overall pick in 2011. He’s only attempted 110 passes working out of the nohuddle offense with one touchdown pass and one interception for a QB rating of 78.7, about 10 points below his

average when working out of a huddle. But more NFL quarterbacks are finding success this year working out of a no-huddle set. Newton is one of eight quarterbacks with a QB rating of 98.7 or better in the league running the no-huddle offense. “Often times the defense dictates to the offense, meaning when you come to the line and you see a certain look you have the check off” and audible, Newton said. “Whereas if you’re in the no huddle and playing fast, the defense has to react to the offense. I feel as if we can get in that situation more times than not, success is bound to happen.” Newton had plenty of experience running the no-huddle offense in college. In 2010, Newton won the Heisman Trophy and led Auburn to the BCS National Championship working almost exclusively without a huddle in an up-tempo style offense.

“They never huddled,” Panthers offensive coordinator Mike Shula said. “He never called a play at the line of scrimmage. I don’t know if he ever had a snap count. They had all those signs up (on the sideline). He just looked over and the rest of the team looked over, got the signal, then he lifted his leg and got the ball.” Said Newton: “I am familiar with a few no huddle situations or philosophies in my resume, and it has done me great.” Shula said the no-huddle seems to fit Newton’s natural instinctive skills as a quarterback and allows him to react to what’s going on. “When things seem to be going 100 miles an hour, they slow down even better for him,” Shula said. “Sometimes, that’s a really good thing. ... Sometimes it helps make the defense react quicker than they want to.” Center Ryan Kalil said Newton “takes over” when run-

ning the no-huddle offense. “He takes it over,” Kalil said after Sunday’s game. “He does a good job in recognizing the defense and he does a good job in keeping it going. I thought obviously we were able to get into more of a rhythm.” Newton said he likes how it can change the tempo of the game. Shula agrees with Rivera, saying it wouldn’t be a good idea for the Panthers to use the no-huddle offense for an entire game. But he left little doubt the Panthers won’t hesitate to use it in the future if the offense begins to struggle, saying that the team is “adding to the inventory” of plays they already have installed in the no-huddle offense. “You have to have a good mix,” Shula said. “I don’t think you want to go to it the whole game. (But) if we weren’t good at it, we probably wouldn’t be doing it at all.”

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per team or $40 per player. The tournament is limited to the first 20 teams. Prizes will go to the top three teams and prizes will be given to closest to pin on all par 3 holes. Money raised from the tournament goes to K.A.T.’s Special Kneads. For more information on the organization, check it out on Facebook or go to katsspecialkneads@ yahoo.com. For more information on the tournament, call Kathy Stafford at (803) 469-3906, Teresa Durden at (803) 917-4710 or Mike Ardis at (803) 7751902.

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Registration is being taken for the Sumter Family YMCA Church League Basketball. Registration will run through Oct. 25. The cost is $50 for members and $75 for non-members. It will be an extra $10 for late registration. Practice begins on Nov. 10 with the season starting on Dec. 5.

SOCCER KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS SOCCER CHALLENGE

The Knights of Columbus Soccer Challenge will be held on Saturday, Oct. 18, beginning at 9 a.m. at Patriot Park SportsPlex Field No. 6. The competition is open to boys and girls ages 9-14. Winners will have a chance to progress from the local competition to district competition to the state level. International champions are announced by the K of C international headquarters in New Haven, Conn., based on scores from the state-level competitions. Participants are required to furnish proof of age and a written parental consent. For entry forms or additional information, contact Jim Smith at (803) 840-1121 or visit the website http://kofck-

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Week of Sept. 28 Industrial Mixed: Earl Fronabarger 238; Evvie Prioleau 235-596; Dennis Nickens 588. Friday Night Mixed: Richard Roarick 266-617; Tim Jenkins 269-639; Tyrone Bailey 259-729; Gregg Anderson 278736; Marc Harton 278-757; Charlie Boykin 709; Edwardo Allen 729; Dandrel Dukes 623; Leroy Pringle Jr. 510; Kenny Smith 628. Bumper Bowlers: Cooper Johnson 98170; Sydnie Vohs 128. Bantams/Preps: Victor Knezevich 162408; Liam Dickson 90-240; Matt Bickley 52-122; Mia Sims 121-298; Haley Carter 284; Payton Frye 298. Jr./Maj./Sr.: Joseph McColgin 136-351; Justin Yates 155-401; CKody Lambert 176; Connor Batey 161-447; Jordyn Griffin 143-336; Rachel Williams 148389; Brooklyn Horner 132. Sunday Night Mixed: Don Brown 233640. Hot Shots: Eulinda Pinckney 201; Katie Berry 168-386; Annie Strickland 388; Irene Richardson 447. Holy Bowlers: Hugh Lofton 192-459; Francis Simmons 190-470; Roberta Martin 178; Sherry Black 476; Fred Kubala 472; Dani Cullum 431. Tuesday Night Mixed: Tim Hudnall 269686; Tony Friday 244-645; Dave Fanning 277-783; Thomas Jackson 268681; Phillip June 258-693; Kenneth Smith 258-689; Billy Prioleau 234-599; Wendell Rogers 235-639; Nick Urban 230; Felicia Blake 235-554; Katrina Mellerson 205-528; Byron Phillips 761; Bobby Hagood 585; Les Gravermoen 525; Scott Keisling 662; Richard Roarick 605; Loisann Horner 655; Loretta Friday 502. Close Encounters: Johnny Evans 222; Stan Griggs 197; Tim Smith 201-506; Kyle Johnson 171; Marilyn Adams 164-401; Brooklyn Ruighaver 420; Chris Berry 608; Ann Timmons 190; Dana Mills 199; Donna Reid 413. Afternoon Delight: Les Delahunt 192; Sly McMillan 223-566; Bill Cockerill 548. Possibilities: Marie Anderson 469; Rosa Davis 539. Thursday Night House: Von Carraway 585, Kevin Drost 633.

GOLF PAR 4 PETS TOURNAMENT

The Par 4 Pets 3rd Annual Golf Tournament will be held on Saturday, Oct. 18, at Crystal Lakes Golf Course. The format for the tournament is 4-Man Captain’s Choice. The entry fee is $160

LAKEWOOD TEE IT UP CLASSIC

Lakewood Baseball’s First Tee It Up Classic will be held on Dec. 6 at The Links at Lakewood. The format for the tournament will be 4-man Captain’s Choice and will begin at 8 a.m. with a shotgun start. The cost is $200 per team or $50 per player. Lunch will be provided. The registration and payment deadline is Nov. 21. For more information, call Lakewood baseball head coach Mike Chapman at (843) 685-0568 or (803) 506-2700 (Ext. 1001) or email him at Chapmonis@gmail.com.

The Links at Lakewood Golf Course will host a 4-person scramble every Thursday. The cost is $25 per person and includes golf, prizes and food following the scramble. Call the pro shop at (803) 481-5700 before 4 p.m. on Thursday to sign up.

FOOTBALL SUMTER TOUCHDOWN CLUB

The Sumter Touchdown Club will meet each Friday at the Quality Inn located at 2390 Broad Street Extension from 7:15 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. The 13-week program features a guest speaker, a devotional, a high school coaches corner, the recognition of The Item Players of the Week, a catered breakfast and a pick’em contest. The speakers will include people involved in different aspects of football on the high school, college and professional levels. The club is accepting members at a price of $100 per membership. It is also looking for sponsorships at a cost of $200. Sponsorship and membership forms are on the club’s website, www.sumtertdclub. com.

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FOCUS FROM PAGE B1 ball well at times,” he added. “But then you’d look up and it would be third (down) and 29 (yards to go). We just kept hurting ourselves on drives. “We also had a couple of turnovers and just didn’t do a good job of taking care of the ball.” Still, the Barons were leading 21-20 late before a final scoring drive gave the Cardinals the victory. Working out of a two tight-end set, CN was able to run the ball effectively against a WH defense that had been stingy against the run all season. “I think we’ve concentrated a little more on being physical in practice this

week,” Lane said. “We’ve stressed the fundamentals, blocking and tackling, and just being more physical than the other team and the kids have responded well to that.” Being physical, especially on defense, will be key this week against the Cyclones and quarterback Kris Johnson. Johnson was a wide receiver in P-G’s pass-happy offense a year ago, but took over the reins at QB this year. Because of that, the Cyclones are more of a runoriented team now, but can still throw the ball, Lane said. “They’re a big jet sweep, zone-read type of team

NSCC FROM PAGE B1 play in the National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships to be held Nov. 6-9 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y. There are eight players or teams in each category of each division. The winners of the divisions will advance to the Super Bowl and compete against each other for the spots in the indoor championships. On the men’s DII side, one Super Bowl participant is back in Benas Majauskas of Concordia College. Majauskas advanced into the doubles Super Bowl draw last year as well and is seeded fourth this year with a new partner, Lorenzo Montegiorgi. The DIII men’s draws are led by players from Emory University and Johns Hopkins University. Emory’s Alex Ruderman takes the top seed in singles, and Johns Hopkins’ Michael Buxbaum is seeded second. In

‘I think we’ve concentrated a little more on being physical in practice this week.’ BRUCE LANE Wilson Hall head coach now,” he said. “(Johnson) is a big kid and has a big hand in everything they do offensively so we have to do a good job of tackling him.” Porter-Gaud has averaged 29.9 points per game this season, scoring at least 27 each time out. The Barons

the doubles draw, the players swapped seeds; Buxbaum and partner Emerson Walsh are seeded first, while Ruderman and Ian Wagner are seeded second. Caroline Ward of ClaremontMudd-Scripps is the top seed in DIII women’s singles and in doubles with Kate Kuosman. In NAIA women, one Super Bowl participant is back in doubles, but with a new partner. Hui-I Huang of Embry-Riddle is teaming up with Paula Ortiz-Couder this year as the fourth- seeded tandem. In NAIA women’s singles, Nour Abbes of Xavier (La.) is seeded first. Four different schools are represented by No. 1 seeds in the Junior/ Community field. Hironori Koyanagi of Ventura Community College hold the top spot for men’s singles, while Celestin Nkoueleu and Sam Slade of Georgia Perimeter College form the top doubles team. For the women, Natella Nabieva from State College of Florida is No.

THE SUMTER ITEM defense meanwhile has only allowed an average of 12.7 per game – and still has yet to allow more than 26 in any contest. Wilson Hall’s offense is still putting up an average of 30.7 points per game, but the Barons have been held to 21 or fewer in each of their last two contests. The Cyclones defense has allowed 21.7 points per game this year. “I think it’s really just a matter of maintaining drives and not putting ourselves in bad situations like we did last week,” Lane said. “We don’t want to operate from behind the sticks. We want to keep our third downs manageable and rely on our skill players and offensive line to make plays.”

PREP SCHEDULE TODAY

Junior Varsity Football Sumter at South Florence, 6 p.m. Hartsville at Crestwood, 6:30 p.m. Lakewood at Marlboro County, 7 p.m. Manning at Darlington, 6:30 p.m. Lake Marion at Lee Central, 6 p.m. Wilson Hall at Porter-Gaud, 7 p.m. Orangeburg Prep at Laurence Manning, 7 p.m. Clarendon Hall at Holly Hill, 6:30 p.m. B Team Football Sumter at Richland Northeast, 6 p.m. Wilson Hall at Porter-Gaud, 5 p.m. Orangeburg Prep at Laurence Manning, 5 p.m. Middle School Football Spartanburg Christian at Thomas Sumter, 6 p.m. Pee Dee at Robert E. Lee, 6 p.m. Varsity Girls Golf River Bluff at Sumter (at Beech Creek Golf Club), TBA Varsity Girls Tennis Carolina Forest at Sumter, TBA Thomas Sumter at Orangeburg Prep, 3:30 p.m. Varsity Volleyball Crestwood at Marlboro County, 6 p.m. Colleton Prep at St. Francis Xavier, 5 p.m. Varsity and JV Volleyball Sumter at West Florence, 6:45 p.m. Darlington at Lakewood, 5:30 p.m. Orangeburg Prep at Wilson Hall, 5 p.m. Calhoun Academy at Thomas Sumter, 4 p.m. Clarendon Hall at Holly Hill, 4:30 p.m. Walnut Grove Christian at Sumter Christian, 5 p.m.

1 in singles and the team of Paula Lopez and Paula Coyos from Seward County Community College is No. 1 in doubles. In Wednesday’s DIII play-in matches, Sofia Vega of Texas Lutheran University beat Courtney Lawless of Whitman College 6-2, 6-3 in women’s singles, while Adam Krull of Trinity University beat Zach Hewlin of Whitman 7-5, 4-6, 6-1. In men’s doubles, Trinity’s Jordan Mayer and Aaron Skinner beat Whitman’s Hewlin and Jake Hoeger ) 6-2, 6-7(5), 1-0(11) and Liza Southwick and Marie Lutz of Trinity beat Courtney Lawless and sister Morgan Lawless of Whitman 6-4, 3-6, 1-0(7). The women’s singles matches in each division will begin today at 8:30 a.m. with the men’s singles matches scheduled to start at 10:30. The women’s doubles matches begin at 1 p.m. with the men’s matches starting at 3. Admission is free.

FRIDAY

Varsity Football South Florence at Sumter, 7:30 p.m. Crestwood at Hartsville, 7:30 p.m. Marlboro County at Lakewood, 7:30 p.m. Darlington at Manning, 7:30 p.m. Lee Central at Lake Marion, 7:30 p.m. C.E. Murray at East Clarendon, 7:30 p.m. Scott’s Branch at Hannah-Pamplico, 7:30 p.m. Porter-Gaud at Wilson Hall, 7:30 p.m. Laurence Manning at Orangeburg Prep, 7:30 p.m. Thomas Sumter at Spartanburg Christian, 7:30 p.m. Robert E. Lee at Pee Dee, 7:30 p.m. Clarendon Hall at James Island Christian, 7:30 p.m. Varsity Volleyball Sumter in Wando Invitational, TBA

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OBITUARIES DARREN ANDREWS NEW YORK, New York — Darren Andrews, age 49, husband of Catherine Jones Andrews, entered into eternal rest on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014, at Queens Hospital, New York, New York. Born on March 20, 1965, in New York, he was a son of John Andrews and the late Tisha Mae Britton Andrews. The family will receive friends at the home of his father, John Andrews, 1106 Locust Way, Manning. Professional services entrusted to Dyson’s Home for Funerals of Summerton.

SHIRLEY WILSON BISHOPVILLE — Shirley Wilson entered eternal rest on Oct. 3, 2014, at Providence Hospital - NE, Columbia. Visitations will be held from 1 to 7 p.m. today at the mortuary. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday at Mt. Pleasant AME Church, Lynchburg, with the pastor, the Rev. Earnest Brown, officiating. Burial will follow in the churchyard cemetery. Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville, is in charge of arrangements.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday in the Chapel of Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with the Rev. Jimmy Holley and the Rev. Mark Barnette officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery. Pallbearers will be grandchildren and John Touchberry. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and other times at the home. The family would like to extend special thanks to the staff of McElveen Manor and Caris Hospice for their loving care. Memorials may be made to Northside Memorial Baptist Church, 1004 N. Main St., Sumter, SC 29153. 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.

LISTON H. BAILEY JR. Liston Hallie Bailey Jr., 85, widower of Florence Reynolds Bailey, died on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014, at McElveen Manor. Born in Florence, he was a son of the late Clyde Edward and Viva Agnes Touchberry Thomas. Mr. Bailey was a member of Northside Memorial Baptist Church. He retired from McLaughlin Ford. Surviving are a son, Thomas L. “Tommy” Bailey (LaVonne) of Greenwood; two daughters, Elaine B. Huggins of Sumter and Susan B. Dennard (Brad) of Cottontown, Tennessee; six grandchildren, Kyle Huggins, Becky Barnette (Jordan), Michael T. Bailey (Lauren), Alicia B. Keely (Nick), Jeremy Dennard and Joshua Dennard; one greatgrandchild, Kenleigh Barnette; two special friends, Margaret and Sollie Till; and his faithful dog, Peanut. He was preceded in death by a brother, Marion E. Bailey; a sister, Mary Elizabeth Dickerson; and a son-in-law, Kenny Huggins.

DELORES I. GREEN Delores Inez Green, 51, died on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014, at Palmetto Health Richland hospital, Columbia. Born on Nov. 23, 1962, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Willie Lewis Sr. and Inez Prince Ludd. She was educated in the public schools of Sumter County. “Pam,” as she was affectionately called, was a caring, loving and devoted mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. She was always willing to share her love with others and give a helping hand whenever she could. She leaves to cherish her memories: three children, Latonya Ludd, Alexander (Machelle) Rudd and Lola Jeffery, all of Sumter; one brother, Willie Lewis Ludd Jr. of Jacksonville, Florida; 12 beautiful grandchildren; one greatgranddaughter; two nieces; and a host of other relatives and friends who will miss her dearly.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Richard Earl Ludd; and one sister, Janie Ludd Livingston. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday at the John Wesley Williams Sr. Memorial Chapel, Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter, with the Rev. Jeff Searson officiating. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 3357 Ebenezer Road, Dalzell. The processional will leave at 10:30 a.m. from the home. Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@sc.rr. com. Visit us on the web at www. williamsfuneralhomeinc.com. Services directed by the staff and management of Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter.

Maxine (Hector) Bush, Judy Sweat and Rhunette (Randolph) Douglas, all of Columbia. Celebratory services for Ms. Sweat will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday at the Hayes F. & LaNelle J. Samuels Sr. Memorial Chapel, 114 N. Church St., Manning, with the Rev. Terry Johnson presiding, Minister Scott Kirkpatrick officiating and Bishop Anthony Gibson and Elder Matthew Smith assisting. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday at Hayes F. & LaNelle J. Samuels Memorial Chapel, 114 N. Church St., Manning. The family is receiving friends at the home of her mother, Jeanette Sweat, 1226 Travis Lane, Manning. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

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Gladys Ludd Johnson, 99, widow of Eugene Johnson, entered eternal rest on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014, at her home, 130 Dollard Drive, Sumter. Born on May 10, 1915, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Rubin Ludd and Sara Ann Ludd Jones. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home. Funeral plans will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

Marie Dennis, 82, died on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014, at Sumter Health and Rehabili-

MARIE SWEAT COLUMBIA — Marie Sweat, 50, died on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014, at her residence,1315 Bentley Court, Columbia. She was born on May 26, 1964, in Manning, a daughter of Jeanette Scott Sweat and the late Ike Sweat. She was a 1985 graduate of Manning High School. She was a member of the Monarch Marching Band and a part time bus driver. She also attended Columbia Junior College. She was a member of Columbia Church of Christ, Columbia. Survivors are her mother, Jeanette Sweat; four brothers, James (Geneva), Larry, Johnnie and Ronnie Sweat, all of Manning; and seven sisters, Lillie A. Sweat, Vera (Willie) Robinson and Carolyn (Larry) Dennis, all of Sumter, Lilllie M. Sweat of Manning, and

tation Center. Born on Feb. 12, 1932, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of Arthur and Eva Pollard Floyd. The family will be receiving friends and relatives at the home, 5535 Dais Road, Rembert. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

JASPER DAVIS SR. Jasper Davis Sr., 87, husband of Dessie Harris Davis, died on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born on May 8, 1927, in Lee County, he was a son of the late Arthur Sr. and Annie Walker Davis. The family will be receiving friends and relatives at the home, 352 Ferrell Road, Sumter. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

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Dad who took on fatherhood finds title taken away DEAR ABBY — About two years ago, a close female friend, “Carla,” had her first child. The biological faDear Abby ther is from another ABIGAIL country. VAN BUREN When she told him she was pregnant, he refused to have anything to do with the child, so I decided to take over the role as a father. I have been with Carla and my son since she found out about the pregnancy. When she was in her last trimester, we decided to give a shot to the relationship and become a couple. Everything was great. She

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had our child. When he was born, I really became a father. But after two years, everything didn’t go as we planned and we broke up. Now Carla says I’m not the father, and she won’t give my son my last name. I don’t know what to do. I really want him to be known as my son, but without my last name, everyone sees me only as the guy who is raising another guy’s son. The breakup took a huge toll on me. During our last fight, she said I should forget about being the father and accept that I’m only the godfather. Please tell me what I can do. Sad dad in El Savador DEAR SAD DAD — There’s a saying, “No good deed goes unpunished,” and I think it ap-

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plies to you. You appear to be a wonderful, loving person, and I can see how emotionally wrenching this has been for you. However, the legal father of that little boy is the person whose name is on the birth certificate. While you have loved Carla’s child and have assumed the role of father, legally you may not be. A lawyer can explain this to you, and tell you if you have any options other than being a positive, stable, masculine presence in the child’s life. But I suspect the mother’s wishes will prevail. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www. DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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Kestrel Horizons, LLC, current Trustee for the Pinewood Site Custodial Trust, has resigned effective October 31, 2014. As a result, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to vendors who are interested in serving as Trustee. Vendors will submit information on the most efficient and cost-effective manner to fulfill the responsibilities of Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Pinewood Site Custodial Trust Agreement. DHEC is not seeking to contract with vendors at this time. A Request for Proposal (RFP) for Trustee services may be solicited at a future date. Qualified vendors will be invited to make a brief presentation during a Public Meeting on October 14, 2014 at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History located at 8301 Parklane Road, Columbia, SC. Interested persons are invited to come hear vendor presentations beginning at 9:00 a.m. and participate in a general discussion about the Pinewood Site at 11:00 a.m. Written comments about Trustee services or the RFI will be accepted by DHEC through October 24, 2014. For more information about the Pinewood Site and the RFI process, visit our website at www.scdhec.gov/Pinewood. For questions about the Public Meeting or how to submit written comments, please contact: David Scaturo at (803) 898-0290 or Donna Moye at (803) 898-1382. Please share this with others you know who may be interested.

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Federal National Mortgage Association ("Fannie Mae"), a Corporation Organized and Existing Under the Laws of the United States of America, PLAINTIFF, vs. Amy Lewis a/k/a Amy Myers Lewis Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Gregory A. Lewis a/k/a Gregory Alan Lewis; Tuomey Healthcare System; Branch Banking & Trust Company; and Asset Acceptance, LLC, DEFENDANT(S). TO THE NAMED:

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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, 4000 Faber Place, Suite 450, P.O. Box 71727, North Charleston, South Carolina, 29415, or to otherwise appear and defend the

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Summons & Notice action pursuant to applicable court rules, 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 such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint or otherwise appear and defend within the time aforesaid, 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 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) RESIDE(S) 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. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Rule 53(b) SCRCP, as amended effective September 1, 2002, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference to the Master in Equity for Sumter County, 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. If there are counterclaims requiring a jury trial, any party may file a demand under rule 38, SCRCP and the case will be returned to the Circuit Court.

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 July 24, 2014 at 2:26 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. If you wish to be considered for a foreclosure intervention program, you must contact Finkel Law Firm LLC, 4000 Faber Place Drive, Suite 450 (29405), P.O. Box 71727 (29415), North Charleston, SC 29405, or call (843) 577-5460 within thirty (30) days from the date of this notice. Finkel Law Firm LLC represents the Plaintiff in this action. Our law firm does not represent you and is not authorized to provide you any legal advice. IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION PROCESS, THE FORECLOSURE MAY PROCEED. NOTICE PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT (15 U.S.C. § 1692 et seq.): This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information you provide will be used for that purpose. However, if you have previously received a discharge from bankruptcy, this message is not and should be construed as an attempt to collect a debt, but only as a requirement pursuant to the administrative order. FINKEL LAW FIRM LLC THOMAS A. SHOOK Post Office Box 71727 North Charleston, South Carolina 29415 (843) 577-5460 Attorney for Plaintiff

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