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Suspect in shootings behind bars Richland County man accused in car wash shootout faces long list of charges

BY MATT BRUCE matthew@theitem.com A Columbia man faces several serious charges after being tied to a spell of recent violence in Sumter County.

Sumter police arrested Rainey Crosby, 38, of 1300 Longcreek Drive, during a traffic checkpoint last week at the intersection of Fulton and Brooklyn Streets. Officers

took him into custody after finding a handgun in the vehicle he was driving. Police charged him CROSBY with driving under suspension, unlawful carrying of a handgun and possession of a firearm of ammunition by a person convicted of a violent felony in con-

nection with that incident.

According to a report from Sumter Police Department, Crosby gave officers a false name during the Sept. 15 traffic checkpoint. He was later identified when police transferred him to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center, where officials learned he has an extensive criminal record in both North Carolina and South Carolina.

That record got padded with a litany of charges last week after Sumter police filed 16 criminal counts against Crosby. He remains behind bars at the center as bond was denied on burglary, criminal conspiracy, kidnapping and armed robbery charges, jail records indicated.

“By continuing proactive measures — some visible like the traffic checkpoints that

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led to Crosby’s arrest — we hope to further minimize criminal actions that put innocent residents at risk,” Sumter Police Chief Russell Roark III said Monday.

Crosby’s slate of charges stem from a pair of shootings late last month. Authorities received information after the suspect’s recent arrest that

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Put down that fried pork chop Learn about good, bad cholesterol this month

BY JADE REYNOLDS jade@theitem.com Southerners love their fried chicken, fried pork chops and, really, anything battered and cooked up in hot grease.

But too much of this lifestyle can wreak havoc on your health.

“Previous research does show that there is a direct relationship between consuming traditional Southern foods and increased cholesterol levels,” said Missy Corrigan, associate executive director of Sumter Family YMCA. “In fact, research showed that the risk for heart disease, stroke and heart attacks — all of which can be caused by the effects of high cholesterol — is 41 percent greater for those who consume a traditional Southern diet most days of the week.”

September is National Cholesterol Education Month.

“High cholesterol levels lead to heart disease which is the No. 1 cause of deaths in the United States,” Corrigan said.

“Known as the silent killer, most people don’t know they have high cholesterol until they have a heart attack or stroke, so it is important to get your cholesterol levels checked by a doctor regularly.”

Catherine Ramsey, director of communications and marketing with the American Heart Association, agreed.

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Members of the Little German Band entertain the large crowd at Oktoberfest on Saturday evening on Main Street.

Shaw’s Weather Squadron visits Bates Service members teach students about role weather plays in military

BY RAYTEVIA EVANS ray@theitem.com Members of the Shaw Air Force Base Weather Squadron spent a day at Bates Middle School helping science teachers Jermaine White and Ronald Flowers bring their recent lessons about weather to life when the squadron gave a presentation to

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the sixth-grade students on observing weather and using the observations for military purposes.

Mark Gillard, career specialist with Bates, said service members dedicated their whole day for the presentation in which they explained the importance of weather and their responsibilities.

“At the beginning of the year, I

asked teachers to let me know what I can do to tie in with their lessons,” Gillard said. “This is our first year doing this, but they’re taking the whole day to talk to them about weather, reading weather maps and the different tools they use to observe weather. When I was in school,

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Voter rights, ID laws topic at tonight’s meeting

BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com Today is National Voter Registration Day, and the League of Women Voters of Sumter, in partnership with voter registration offices of Sumter, Lee, Clarendon and Kershaw counties, will sponsor a Voter Advocacy Workshop from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. tonight at the North HOPE Center. Presentations at the workshop will be made by the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, League of Women Voters, the American Civil Liberties Union and others.

Barbara Brown, president of the League of Women Voters of Sumter, said tonight’s workshop is the first of three in the state.

“Aunna Dennis, one of the attorneys with the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights out of Washington, D.C., is a presenter,” Brown said.

“Also on the program is Susan Dunn, South Carolina’s represenDENNIS tative for the S.C. ACLU.” She said Patricia Jefferson of the Sumter Voter Registration Office and representatives from other voter offices in the area will be present.

“We are going to actually register citizens to vote, too,” Brown said.

She added, “This voter advocacy effort is new. It rose out of the new voter ID laws

in 2013.”

The LWV South Carolina received an $11,000 Public Advocacy for Voter Protection grant from the national LWV, which is being used to develop a network and database of non-partisan organizations throughout the state. They will organize and present workshops such as tonight’s, aimed at ensuring that eligible citizens can register to vote and understand the voter identification laws.

Brown said many states had some voter issues during the last election because of the voter ID laws.

“We think people have a lot of questions about the law,” she said. “By making sure they know what’s required of them by the laws, it should encourage them to vote.”

According to the SC Voter Advocacy Initiative, “It’s unknown how many registered voters who lack an approved ID are discouraged and give up on voting entirely. Monitoring of local and special elections in 2103 reveals a disturbing lack of understanding about election administration and voting procedures in general, including on the part of county and precinct-level election officials.”

Following the presentations, there will be opportunity for questions and answers, Brown said, and light refreshments will be served. Literature will be available on requirements for voting, provisions for voters with disabilities, how to use the voting machines and on the League of

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Women Voters.

The North HOPE Center is located at 904 N. Main St., Sumter. For more information, call (803) 968-0388.

The League of Women Voters was established in 1920, after winning voting rights for women. The League is nonpartisan and does not endorse candidates, but encourages citizens to vote. Its mission “encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.”

Men and women can join LWV. For more information online, visit www.lwv.org; facebook.com/leagueofwomenvoters; Twitter @LWV.

A good time, a good cause Nine-year-old James Hiott serves food to the large crowd that came out to enjoy knockwurst, bratwurst, sauerkraut and more at Oktoberfest held Saturday in Downtown Sumter. Money raised from the event will help support United Ministries.

BY JADE REYNOLDS jade@theitem.com On Thursday, the people of Sumter will gather to remember those lost to violence.

For the past four years, members of the community have participated in the national and state Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims by holding a vigil on the crash under investigation Gable man acussed Fatal courthouse lawn. of sexual assault This year, a new group will be participating, the Sumter Sumter County authorities are inveschapter of the Parents oftigating Mur- a fatal crash that occurred this A Clarendon County man was ardered Children. The event is weekend in Rembert. rested Sunday following reports he also sponsored by TuomeyThe wreck occurred shortly after duct-taped a woman and sexually asChaplaincy Services andnoon the Sunday in the 5900 block of TB saulted her.

Victims Advocates of theWright Sum- Road, near the intersection of Chad Clemmons, 30, of Gable, was ter Police Department and Dennis Road. Officials from Sumter charged with first-degree criminal Sumter County Sheriff Office.

County Coroner’s Office identified the sexual conduct in connection with A march will begin at deceased 5:30 as John Michael Norwood, a the incident. p.m. Thursday at Central33-year-old CarRembert man.

According to a statement from where Clemmons allegedly olina Technical College’s Legal According to Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, the bound her wrists and ankles Studies Center, 111 S. Main St. from a report victim told deputies she and Clemtape at and sexually Interested parties are asked to Coun- FROM STAFF REPORTS Sumter monswith wereblack together a bar along assaulted her, they the statement gather by 5:15 p.m. so thety Sheriff’s OfBroad Street when began arguindicated.

Deputiesleft noted group can leave on time fice, and Norwood Gable man accused ing. The two reportedly the bar bruises on the wrists, get to the Sumter Countywas driving a 2000 Ford Ranger extend- and were en route to victim’s the victim’s of sexual assault anklesshe andsaid knees as well as Courthouse lawn, said Maggie ed-cab pickup truck at the time of the home when Clemmons hit and The Richardson, president and incident. The vehicle blew through a man her onscratches the right on sideher of legs the face.

A Clarendon County on her face. founder of the local POMC stop sign at the intersection bar- followallegedbruising attack continued as Family the suswas arrestedand Sunday members the woman told chapter. reled more thaning 100reports feet into wood theof vehicle at a shooting hea duct-taped apect stopped her shorts andthe underThe vigil, which this year line is at the northwoman end of and Dennis Road.assaultrange officers in a wooded area near vicsexually garments wereofficers. also bloody. themed “From Heartache to Records indicated the pickup’s owner tim’s house, she told That is ed her.

Hope,” will start at 6 p.m. at law enforcement called and reported Chad Clemmons, 30, of where Clemmons allegedly bound the courthouse. It will include her wrists and ankles with black tape that Norwood took thewas vehicle without Gable, charged with firstFatal crash under prayer, singing, Scripture permission fromdegree a home in the 4800 criminal sexual con-and sexually assaulted her, the stateinvestigation reading and a candle lighting Deputies noted bruisblock of Dennisduct Roadinabout 15 to 20with thement indicated. connection ceremony. es on theSumter victim’sCounty wrists,authorities ankles and minutes before the crash. He was seen incident.

“We cordially invite you to knees are as well as scratches on her legs reportedly traveling northbound along According to a statement investigating a fatal crash join with us as we remember and bruising on her face.

Family in Dennis Road at from a highSumter rate of County speed moSheriff’s that occurred this weekend the families of the victims and before the of the woman told officers Office, thewent victim ments vehicle intotold thedepu-members Rembert. honor the memory of their her shorts and undergarments were ties she and Clemmons wooded field, according to the sheriff’s were The wreck occurred shortloved ones,” Richardson report. said also bloody. together at a bar along Broad ly after noon Sunday in the in an open letter to the comStreet when they began argu5900 block of TB Wright Road, munity. “Your presence would ing. The two reportedly left near the intersection of Denbe gratefully appreciated and the bar and were en route to nis Road. Officials from Sumwould be an added blessing the victim’s home when she ter County Coroner’s Office and a source of support and said Clemmons hit her on the identified the deceased as encouragement in the healing right side of the face. The alJohn Michael Norwood, a process.” leged attack continued as the 33-year-old Rembert man.

For more information, consuspect stopped the vehicle at According to a report from tact Richardson at (803) 236a shooting range in a wooded Sumter County Sheriff’s Of9086 or at sumterpomc2014@ area near the victim’s house, fice, Norwood was driving a gmail.com. she told officers. That is 2000 Ford Ranger extended-

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Fatal crash under investigation Sumter County authorities are investigating a fatal crash that occurred this weekend in Rembert.

The wreck occurred shortly after noon Sunday in the 5900 block of TB Wright Road, near the intersection of Dennis Road.

Officials from Sumter County Coroner’s Office identified the deceased as John Michael Norwood, a 33-year-old Rembert man.

According to a report from Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, Norwood was driving a cab pickup truck atextended-cab the time 2000 Ford Ranger pickup pond just off Dais Road in oftruck the incident.

The at the time ofvehicle the incident.the The5600 vehiblock of Rabbit blew through a stop sign sign at at the cle blew through a stop intersecRun Road. A dive team from the intersection and barreled tion and barreled more than 100Sumter feet intoCounty a Sheriff’s more feetnorth into aend of Dennis woodthan line 100 at the Road.

Office recovered the dewood line atindicated the norththe end of Records pickup’s owner who was reported ceased, Dennis Road. called law enforcement and reported thatby family members missing Records indicated the pickNorwood took the vehicle without permisFriday. up’s en- 4800 blockSheriff’s sionowner from acalled homelaw in the of Den- officials said forcement and reported that nis Road about 15 to 20 minutes before the no apparent there were Norwood vehicle crash. Hetook wasthe seen reportedly traveling signs of foul play involved without permission from a Road at northbound along Dennis high in athe incident. home inspeed the 4800 block ofbefore the vehicle rate of moments Sumter County Sheriff Dennis Road 15 to 20 according went into theabout wooded field, to the Anthony Dennis described minutes before the crash. He Hunter as an avid fisherwas seen reportedly traveling man and lifelong Sumter northbound along Dennis County resident.

Road at a high rate of speed Investigators said Hunter moments before the vehicle was fishing alone on the went into the wooded field, banks of the pond, which according to the sheriff’s rewas on a friend’s property port. near his house. Officials, who indicated the man treaded out into the pond to Drowning thought fish from within the waters, to be accidental warned against such a fishing strategy. “I wouldn’t enInvestigators think a courage anyone to do that,” weekend drowning of a Dennis said. “You never 71-year-old Rembert man know how deep a pond is. was accidental.

The body of Allen Hunter And we think that’s what it was, that he underestimatSr. was found Saturday ed the depth of the pond.” morning at a residential

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Bishopville man’s sunrise photo wins state park contest Photographer has only been behind the lens for 6 years

Bishopville photographer Justin Sharp’s award-winning photo, which he took at Goodale State Park, is seen. The photo was taken during a sunrise at Grist Mill Pond.

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arly morning visits to Goodale State Park, northwest of Camden, have paid off for Bishopville photographer Justin Sharp. Sharp has been announced as a first-quarter winner in the South Carolina State Parks Service’s “Making Memories” photo contest. Sharp’s photo of a sunrise reflected on Grist Mill Pond at the state park was the winner in the Landscape/Environmental category.

Sharp said he visits the park often during the summer.

“As the sun rises, it is absolutely gorgeous out there looking across the water at the trees and, of course, the wildlife. It’s just always a great place real early in the morning. You are always out there by yourself with nobody to bother you, and you can relax and take pictures.”

Sharp, who works as a photographer for Carolina Sports, said he uses a Nikon D7100 for his personal photography and a Cannon D6 at work. He said he took this photo with an 18105 f4/5.6 lens.

He said Carolina Sports, based in Camden, does sports portraits for state high schools and middle schools, as well as for Clemson University and University of South Carolina.

Sharp said he does not enter many contests, but his love of

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“Photography is one of the things I like to do,” he said. “I used to play golf, but photography has beat it out.”

He said he didn’t make many adjustments to the photo.

“The only thing that I do is basic adjustments,” he said. “I don’t even use Photoshop. I use Lightroom, which gives you the basic tools.

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Sharp, who is a member of Sumter Digital Camera Club, said he has only been taking photos for about six years.

“I never went to school for it,” he said. “The great group of people I have come in contact with at Carolina Sports and Sumter Digital Camera Club, we try to help each other out to make each other better photographers. You pick up little things here and there. You kind of self teach how to do things and get the results that you are looking for.”

His advice for other photographers?

“Play as much as you can, take as many shots as you can, and learn the basics,” he said.

“The basics are huge when it comes to nature photography.”

According to a news release, other winners for the firstquarter summer season of the photo contest were April Holliday of Myrtle Beach in the “Wildlife” category and Mary Wall of Irmo in the “People in the Parks” category.

Each winner receives a prize package valued at $200, including a $100 gift certificate to

Mast General Store for a pair of Keen hiking shoes, a State Park Service Park Passport Plus and an official Guide to South Carolina State Parks, the release said. Each winner is entered into a contest for a grand prize — an outdoor adventure package worth $1,000.

The South Carolina Park Service is accepting photo submissions for the second quarter. For more information, visit www.scmakingmemories.com or call (803) 734-1370. For more information on South Carolina State Parks, visit www.southcarolinaparks.com.

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BY RAYTEVIA EVANS ray@theitem.com The Sumter community will have the opportunity to meet the candidates running for seats for Sumter School District board of trustees. The Sumter branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is sponsoring a forum from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Central Carolina Technical College’s Health Science Center, 133 S. Main St. Ferdinand Burns, president of the local NAACP branch, said they have developed a number of questions to ask the 13 candidates during Thursday’s event.

“We came up with questions for the candidates, and we have a lot of them so we’re hoping there will be time left for questions from the community,” Burns said.

Burns explained that they will ask those in attendance to write down their questions and turn them in, and the organization will go through those questions to exclude any regarding personal information before asking the question of the school board candidates. As of Monday afternoon, Burns said the majority of the candidates confirmed they would participate in Thurs-

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day’s forum.

The event organized by NAACP will not be the last for the candidates hoping to be elected to four different seats on the board of trustees. The Sumter School District Teacher Forum has also scheduled a forum for school board candidates on Oct. 9 at Sumter High School, which will also allow the community to meet the candidates running to represent their areas on the board before voting Nov. 4.

Four of the seven seats/ areas are open this year, and three of the four current board members — Karen Michalik, Patty Wilson and Keith Schultz — are running for re-election.

Larry Addison, who represents area 1, announced earlier this year that he would not run for re-election on the board but would continue to contribute to public education in Sumter.

All 13 candidates who have thrown their hats in the race for school board are Brian Alston, Linda Alston, Daniel Cook, Caleb Kershaw and Philip Marlowe for area 1; Michalik and Jeremiah Sumpter for area 2; Lamar Atkins, Lucille McQuilla, Wilson and Michele Reese for area 3; and John Hilton and Schultz for area 4.

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Tim Anderson, District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler, left, swears in Justin Smith, second from left, as Exalted Ruler of Sumter Elk’s Lodge 855 last week. Assisting is Robert Ressler, Special Deputy, Past National Treasurer, Elk’s USA. At 31, Smith is the youngest Sumter ER ever elected. He said he hopes to get the lodge even more active in the community, not only through charitable work, but through activities such as biking, kayaking, camping and fun events at the lodge.

POLICE BLOTTER CHARGES Corey McKnight, 31, of 514 Red and White St., was charged with his fifth driving under suspension offense following a reported traffic stop at 10:50 p.m.

Thursday along Carter Road.

STOLEN PROPERTY Various items valued at $3,200 were stolen from a Sumter car wash in the 2000 block of Thomas Sumter Highway between 2 p.m. Wednesday and 2 p.m.

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A Ford F-350 pickup truck valued at $33,000 was reportedly stolen from a work site at a hotel in the 2500 block of Broad Street between 9 p.m. Thursday and 5 a.m. Friday.

An estimated $800 worth of items were reportedly stolen from a home in the 200 block of Best Street on Friday between 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. The home also

sustained $200 in reported damage.

A Florence man reportedly stole $3,000 from a hotel room in the 2400 block of Broad Street between 8 p.m. Friday and 3:30 a.m.

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An estimated $5,000 worth of copper metals was reportedly stolen from a home in the 700 block of Flamingo Road between Sept. 4 and noon Friday.

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Wayne Hogon celebrates a birdy putt he sunk on the ninth hole at the 34th Annual Rub O’ the Green Golf Tournament on Friday at Sunset Country Club. The annual golf tournament, which averages about 160 players, is put on by the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce.

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NASA’s Maven explorer arrives at Mars after a year

BY MARCIA DUNN The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Maven spacecraft arrived at Mars late Sunday after a 442 million-mile journey that began nearly a year ago.

The robotic explorer fired its brakes and successfully slipped into orbit around the red planet, officials confirmed.

“I think my heart’s about ready to start again,” said Maven’s chief investigator, Bruce Jakosky of the University of Colorado. “All I can say at this point is, ‘We’re in orbit at Mars, guys!’”

Now the real work begins for the $671 million mission, the first dedicated to studying Mars’ upper atmosphere.

Flight controllers in Colorado will spend the next six weeks adjusting Maven’s altitude and checking its science instruments, and observing a comet streaking by. Then in early November, Maven will start probing the upper atmosphere of Mars. The spacecraft will conduct its observations from orbit; it’s not meant to land.

Scientists think the Martian atmosphere holds clues as to how Earth’s neighbor went from being warm and wet billions of years ago to cold and dry. That early wet world may have harbored microbial life, a tantalizing question yet to be answered.

NASA launched Maven last November from Cape Canaveral, the 10th U.S. mission sent to orbit the red planet. Three earlier ones failed, and until the official word came of success

late Sunday night, the entire team was on edge.

“I don’t have any fingernails any more, but we’ve made it,” said Colleen Hartman, deputy director for science at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. “It’s incredible.”

The spacecraft was clocking more than 10,000 mph when it hit the brakes for the so-called orbital insertion, a half-hour process. The world had to wait 12 minutes to learn the outcome, once it occurred, because of the lag in spacecraft signals given the 138 million miles between the two planets on Sunday.

“Based on observed navigation data, congratulations, Maven is now in Mars orbit,” came the official announcement. Flight controllers applauded the news and shook hands; laughter filled the previously tension-filled room.

Noted NASA project manager David Mitchell: “Wow, what a night. You get one shot with Mars orbit insertion, and Maven nailed it tonight.”

Maven joins three spacecraft already circling Mars, two American and one European.

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In this artist concept provided by NASA, the MAVEN spacecraft approaches Mars on a mission to study its upper atmosphere. Late Sunday, NASA’s Maven entered orbit around Mars for an unprecedented study of the red planet’s atmosphere following a 442 million-mile journey that began nearly a year ago.

And the traffic jam isn’t over: India’s first interplanetary probe, Mangalyaan, will reach Mars in two days and also aim for orbit. Jakosky wished the team well.

Jakosky, who’s with the University of Colorado’s Labora-

tory for Atmospheric and Space Physics in Boulder, hopes to learn where all the water on Mars went, along with the carbon dioxide that once comprised an atmosphere thick enough to hold moist clouds.

The gases may have been stripped away by the sun early in Mars’ existence, escaping into the upper atmosphere and out into space. Maven’s observations should be able to extrapolate back in time, Jakosky said.

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Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, left, and Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tennessee, say they’ll draft a bill repealing what they call outdated authorizations for the use of force and replace them with a new one. start somewhere,” Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., told Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel at a hearing.

November’s elections will have a significant impact. If Republicans win the Senate majority, they may delay reauthorization until January when newly elected senators are in place and they are able to leverage concessions from Obama on foreign and domestic policy matters, including possibly a new round of sanctions on Iran.

If they fail to net six seats and remain in the minority, Republicans may emerge less determined to cooperate with

the president.

For Obama, Democrats also are unsteady allies. Most in close Senate races voted for the Syrian training mission, but several leading doves bucked the trend. And many said they hoped to revisit the issue when Congress reconvenes.

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For months, the company said at least 13 people died in crashes linked to the faulty switches, but GM acknowledged that the death toll would go higher. Some lawmakers have estimated that it’s close to 100.

Feinberg has said GM has not limited the total amount he can pay in compensation. GM has estimated the cost of compensating victims at $400 million, but says it could rise to $600 million.

A Feinberg spokeswoman said Monday that his office is in the process of sending out letters telling people how much money he is offering. Those filing claims can reject Feinberg’s offer and seek compensation through lawsuits.

DETROIT (AP) — The death toll from crashes involving General Motors small cars with faulty ignition switches is at least 21.

Attorney Kenneth Feinberg, who was hired by the company to compensate victims, said Monday in an Internet posting that he received 143 death claims as of Friday, and 21 of those have been deemed eligible for payments.

A spokeswoman said the rest of the claims are under review, and not all will be eligible. The death toll rose from a week ago, when Feinberg had determined 19 claims would get payments.

The website also said that Feinberg received 532 injury claims as of Friday. Of those, 16 are eligible for compensation thus far. The others are still being reviewed.

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BRADLEY KLAPPER AND DONNA CASSATA The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Obama’s Mideast war strategy isn’t in the clear yet in Congress.

The president got what he wanted this past week when the House and Senate overwhelmingly approved arming and training moderate Syrian rebels to fight Islamic State militants. But the go-ahead is good for less than three months. And many lawmakers want a say over the rest of a plan featuring some 1,600 U.S. military advisers in Iraq and airstrikes expanding into Syria.

Congressional authorization for military action is “long overdue,” said Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Senate Democrat and the most senior member of Congress to question Obama’s legal basis for intervening in the Middle East. “We are living on borrowed time, and we are traveling on vapors.”

A showdown looms when lawmakers return to the Capitol after midterm elections — and no one knows yet how it’s going to play out.

Permission to prepare vetted Syrian opposition units as a ground force to complement U.S. airstrikes expires Dec. 11, at which point the training effort won’t even have begun.

American military leaders say the operation needs up to five months to get off the ground.

Authorization for the training program is also included in a version of this year’s defense policy bill, but its passage is not guaranteed.

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DSS names new county director COLUMBIA – The South Carolina Department of Social Services has named Robin “Holly” Layton as director of Clarendon County DSS. Robin has been with DSS for 18 years, starting her agency career as a Sumter County caseworker, later working in foster care, assessment, family preservation and intake before becoming supervisor. She obtained her master of social work degree while working at DSS through the DSS/USC program. Layton supervised LAYTON foster care, foster home licensing, intake and family preservation in both Sumter and Clarendon counties before being promoted to program coordinator in Clarendon County. Most recently Layton served as Human Service Program Coordinator for five years. A Clarendon resident, she is married and has four children.

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Manning businesswomen ensure success of Main Street Y

esterday marked the first day of fall. I let out a huge sigh of relief.

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soon.

Fall festivals, pumpkin patches and school events will keep us busy through October.

Tonight is also the annual Main Street Manning event. This year MSM is honoring all the women who made Main Street successful. Whether you are a business owner or a manager, your Gail Mathis role has been a vital imTHE portant role in Main CLARENDON Streets all over the state.

SUN I began my career at The Item in 1987. My job has afforded me the opportunity to work with a lot of great women. Some have become my very best friends, others are also there to help get events planned and organized.

Tammy Tidwell Johnson and I went to school together and lived in the same neighborhood, raising our boys along the way. We were walking buddies and church mates. She bought the Sandwiche Castle, a great restaurant, 30 years ago.

She made it a successful business. In my book, she has the best steak and cheese sub, along with homemade chocolate pie around.

Linda Mills, owner of Flowers de Linda, was one of my first clients. She has owned her business for 29 year. I wonder if she remembers how many flower arrangements she has made and delivered?

Jennifer Casselman has been a longtime manager of City Laundry. When I first met her, we did not know each other, only who each other was. Over the course of time, my son and her daughter became high school friends and later on, fell in love and were married. Little did we know in the beginning, we’d not only become in-laws but great friends as well.

Lisa Bair Rentals just celebrated 10 years.

To Dot Witherspoon, Brandi Wheeler, Linda Lane, Carol Jackson, Stephani Henshaw, Jennie Lee, Dawn Strickland, Kayla Matthews, Kelli Nash Tumbleton, Stephanie Williams, and the many other who have put in countless hours, energy and a great love of Main Street, I wish you all the best.

From all the finance institutions and real estate agents, we couldn’t move forward without you. To all the physical therapists and counselors, your jobs and the work you do is so important to all of us.

To everyone who is not listed, I wish you all the best, and congratulations for making Manning’s Main Street one to be proud of. There are so many successful women and not enough space to list everyone.

The giant slide was a big favorite among those attending Kid’s Day.

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he weather was perfect for the annual Kid’s Day at Ramsey Stadium in Clarendon County on Sat-

urday, pleasing both participants and organizers. John Tindal, superintendent of Clarendon County District Two, which sponsored the event with Character Development superintendent, said the event is designed for the young people, and there were plenty of them there enjoying the music, fun and games. Tindal said he hopes for even more vendors and young people next year. Tonia Smith, coordinator of special projects for CCD2, said she enjoyed watching everyone have a great time. The one-day event offered face painting, games, hot dogs, music and Emma and Hallie Casselman slide down the bouncing castle during Saturday’s fetivities.

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Children work off some energy in the bounce house at Kid’s’ Day in Manning on Saturday.

Many of the children attending the Kids Day event received bicycle helmets, courtesy of The Clarendon County Pilot Club, which also gave out information on other aspects of bicylcing safety. With a balloon sword and a helmet made by Joe the Balloon Dude, this Kid’s Day participant, left, is ready for some fun.

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Come by the shelter and see these precious pups.

Meet Scamp, Patch and many other cats and dogs at A Second Chance Animal Shelter, 5079 Alex Harvin Highway (U.S. 301), which has numerous pets available for adoption. Adoption hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. To drop off an animal, call (803) 473-7075 for an appointment. If you’ve lost a pet, check www.ccanimalcontrol. webs.com and www.ASecondChanceAnimalShelter.com.

The Clarendon County Republican Party will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, at the Cornerstone Free Will Baptist Church, 2116 Greeleyville Highway, Manning.

Supper will be served at 6:30 p.m., the program will begin at 7 p.m. Scheduled guest speakers include Commissioner of Agriculture Hugh Weathers, Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom, Rep. Murrell Smith, SCGOP Third Vice Chair Nse Ekpo, candidate for state representative Robert McFadden, Clarendon County School District One (CCSD1) board member Tony Junious and CCSD1 school board candidate Cindy Rish.

Anyone interested is invited to attend.

MAIN STREET MANNING Main Street Manning is honoring women in business at their annual meeting today at the former Belk Building, 34 N Brooks St. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. The winners of the Best of Main Street Manning Awards will be announced at that time.

For more information, call 435-8477.

JORDAN CROSSROADS MINISTRY CENTER The center will hold its public monthly meeting at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 1 at New Covenant Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall. Parking is available in the parking area nearest the entrance to the Fellowship Hall. For more information, call Ann Driggers at (803) 460-5572.

HIT THE PAVEMENT WALK End the Silence on Domestic Violence with a 3-mile walk, “Somebody’s Listening,” hosted by Jordan Crossroads Ministry Center - Haven of Rest Domestic Violence Crisis Women Center. The event on Saturday, Oct. 4, begins and ends at the gazebo across from John Land Courtyard on Keitt Street in Manning.

For more information call Deborah Delong, (803) 4107724, or Ann Driggers (803) 460-5572.

HUNTER EDUCATION CLASSES A hunter education class will be held at the Santee National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center on Saturday, Sept. 27.

The South Carolina Hunter Education Class is recommended for motivated students 12 years of age and

older with good reading and comprehension skills who have some firearm and hunting knowledge or experience.

Course materials are on a sixth-grade reading level.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is committed to providing access to these events for all participants. Persons needing reasonable accommodations should contact the Refuge Manager at (803) 4782217 or marc_epstein@fws.gov at least two weeks prior to the event.

For additional information or to register, contact the SCDNR at 1-800-830-2268 or visit http://www.register-ed. com/programs

WALKER-GAMBLE REUNION The Walker Gamble High School Alumni Association Inc. reunion committee will hold a reunion weekend Sept.

26-28 at Walker Gamble Elementary School, New Zion.

For further details, write to WGHS Alumni Assoc. Inc., P.O. Box 335, New Zion, SC 29111.

MANNING YOUTH COUNCIL The Manning Youth Council is now accepting applications. Applicants must be Clarendon County residents attending Laurence Manning Academy or Manning High School, or home-schooled students in grades nine through 12. The Youth Council will serve Manning by planning and implementing social, educational, recreational and other activities for the youth and community. Students will also learn about the city government in a fun environment.

For more information and to obtain an application contact City Hall at 435-8477.

MENTORING PROGRAM Rural Leadership InstituteClarendon is beginning a mentoring program, called Operation Generation, for atrisk youths in Clarendon County School District 1. Initially, the program will focus on students at Summerton Early Childhood Center and St. Paul Elementary.

The board members of Rural Leadership Institute Clarendon are asking adult members of the Clarendon community to volunteer to become mentors.

For more information, call Bea Rivers at (803) 485-8164, Lesley Dykes at (803) 707-4901 or email rliclarendoncounty@ gmail.com.

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BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Tarlika Patel v. JAMIVA, LLC, et al., the undersigned Special Referee for Clarendon County, South Carolina, will sell on October 6, 2014 at 11:00 a.m., at the Clarendon County Administration Building, 411 Sunset Drive, Manning, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: All that piece, parcel or lot of land, with buildings and improvements located thereon, lying, being and situate East of I-95 frontage road and SC Highway S-14-102 in the Town of Summerton, School District 1, Clarendon County, South Carolina, containing 1.15 acres, more or less, and bounding and measuring as follows: On the North by an easement of right of way and measuring thereon 32.02 feet and by lands now or formerly of Thomasine C. Harvin, et al and measuring thereon 167.84 feet; on the East by lands now or formerly of Thomasine C. Harvin, et al and measuring thereon 250.10 feet; on the South by lands now or formerly of Thomasine C. Harvin, et al and measuring thereon 199.68 feet; on the West by the right of way of I-95 frontage road and measuring thereon 250.14 feet.

ALSO, an Easement for purposes of constructing and maintaining a sign in an area located North of the above-described property and situate where the above-described property adjoins the right of way of the northbound lane of US Interstate 95.

Said Easement for the maintenance of a sign (or construction of a replacement thereof) not to exceed 32 feet in width with support columns placed in the ground 15 feet apart (or on center) with the further right to place such crossbar sufficiently deep into the ground so as to give such support as necessary. This Easement is for the maintenance of one (1) sign (and construction of any replacement thereof) and, except for the Easement for said purpose, saving and serving unto H & H Associates, a predecessor in title, its Successors and Assigns, full use of the property for other uses inclusive of other signs not inconsistent with the Easement herein granted or the use of the Easement for the Grantee's sign.

For a more particular description of said lot reference may be had to a plat made by DuValle W. Elliott, RPLS, dated 20 July, 1998, recorded in the Office of the RMC for Clarendon County in Plat Book A-42 at Page 06.

Subject to an easement of right of way of the Town of Summerton for the purpose of maintaining a sewer line across said premises above described extending from the northeastern property line of said lot in a southwesterly direction as reflected on a plat made by H. F. Oliver and Associates dated September 18, 1972, recorded in the Office of the RMC for Clarendon County in Plat Book 18 at Page 159.

Estate Notice Clarendon County

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bid at the rate of 6% per annum.

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

The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record, and any other senior encumbrances.

In the event the Plaintiff or the Plaintiff's representative does not appear at the scheduled sale of the mortgaged property, the within property shall be withdrawn from the sale; and in the event that the sale is nevertheless conducted, then such sale will be null, void and of no force and effect. In such event, the sale will be rescheduled for the next or some subsequent sale date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Order and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set forth in a supplemental order.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

William H. Johnson, Esquire Special Referee for Clarendon County Manning, South Carolina

Estate: Ransom Richardson, Sr. #2014ES1400193 Personal Representative: Lillie R. Jordan 3112 Longleaf Drive Sumter, SC 29154 09/16/14 - 09/30/14 Estate:

Ricci Land Welch, Esquire Land, Parker & Welch, P.A. Post Office Box 138 Manning, South Carolina 29102 Attorney for Plaintiff

Elouise Graham Gamble aka Eloise Gamble #2014ES1400201 Personal Representative: Victoria McCoy 9305 Hobart Street Springdale, MD 20774 09/16/14 - 09/30/14

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Estate:

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

Gregory Witherspoon #2014ES1400177 Personal Representative: Kendra R. Parker 211 Dickson Street, Apt. 2L Manning, SC 29102 Attorney: William Ceth Land P.O. Box 138 Manning, SC 29102 09/16/14 - 09/30/14 Estate: Lottie Mae Hodge Hill #2014ES1400198 Personal Representative: Barbara K. Hill 2170 Lefty Lane Sumter, SC 29153 09/16/14 - 09/30/14

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Estate: Mattie J. Walters #2014ES1400215 Personal Representative: Jacqueline Evans 2400 Hunter Avenue #25E Bronx, NY 10475 09/16/14 - 09/30/14

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The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master-in-Equity at conclusion of the bidding, five (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, the same to be applied on the purchase price in case of compliance with the bid, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder, or his assignee, fail or refuse to make the required deposit at the time of the bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days after the date of sale, then the Master-in-Equity may re-advertise the premises for sale on the next, or some other subsequent sales day, at the risk of the former highest bidder, and from time to time thereafter until a full compliance shall be secured.

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Manning teacher wins FSI award Leila McCoy, who teaches English at Manning High, was selected as teacher of the week by FSI Office Supplies.

According to Manning High Principal Neshunda Walters, “Mrs. McCoy thought that she was being pranked (Wednesday) MCCOY when the FSI representative arrived with a gift box of school supplies.”

The unidentified person who nominated McCoy recommended her for the award because “She is a teacher that

cares. She sends 2-3 texts and emails every week to make sure the parent is aware of everything. I think this is special, since this is high school. High school is kind of hard for some kids, but with weekly updates a single, working mom can be involved without taking off for conferences. I can come home and make sure the assignments she sent are complete.”

In addition to the school supplies, McCoy is also eligible to win tickets to a Carolina Panthers football game in December, provided she gets the most online votes. To vote, visit the FSI website, www. fsioffice.com/tow.

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Vernon Tanner, also known as Mingo Big Bear Claw, chief of Chaloklowa Chickasaw, presented a program on early Native American life in South Carolina to sixthgrade history students at Laurence Manning Academy.

Vernon Tanner, also known as Mingo Big Bear Claw, chief of Chaloklowa Chickasaw, came to speak to the sixth-graders at Laurence Manning Academy as a part of their South Carolina history class. He is from Indiantown in rural Williamsburg County.

The students learned how the Native Americans lived many years ago in this area. Mingo Big Bear Claw described how the people hunted for their food and showed them tools used in hunting and cooking. His display included the real skins of a bear, a skunk, a possum, a coyote and other animals native to this area.

The sixth-graders had a wonderful time listening to the history of the Native Americans in South Carolina.

Tanner made history come alive for them.

POLICE BLOTTER MANNING POLICE DEPARTMENT POSSESSION OF CRACK/ MARIJUANA 11:19 p.m. Sept. 8: Solomon Jermaine McBride, 32, 204 Brunson St., Manning, was arrested and charged with possession of crack with intent to distribute and possession of marijuana, second offense on Winfield Street, Manning.

POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA/UNLAWFUL CARRY OF A HANDGUN 9:31 p.m. Sept. 9: Devon Lamar Thompson, 24, 2109 Malett Road, Manning, was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and unlawful carry of a handgun at Boyce and Mill streets, Manning.

CRIMINAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 11:52 p.m. Sept. 9: Officers responded to a report of domestic violence in the 200 block of Dixon Street. Complainant said the suspect was intoxicated and throwing items around the house. Complainant said when she called police the suspect got a knife and told her he was going to stab her when police arrived. Donnie Oliver Mack, 37, was arrested and charged with criminal domestic violence.

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POSSESSION OF CRACK/DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE 11:13 p.m. Sept. 12: Charles E. Sweat was arrested and charged with possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute and driving under the influence at Boyce and Mill streets, Manning.

DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE/OPEN CONTAINER 1:41 a.m. Sept. 13: Cedric D. Burgess, 2550 Trinity Road, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence near Boyce and Boundary streets.

CLARENDON SHERIFF’S OFFICE THEFT/VANDALISM 2:43 P.M. Sept. 14: Complainant reported two coin-operated washing machines were vandalized and the coin carriers stolen in the 4800 block of Moses Dingle Road. Damage was estimated at $500 and stolen property was estimated at $75.

BURGLARY/BREAKING AND ENTERING 8:30 a.m. Sept. 15: Complainant told police someone broke into a utility trailer in the 1700 block of Brown Road, Manning, between midnight and 8 a.m. by cutting a lock. Missing items included several power tools. Missing items were valued at $1,000.

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FROM PAGE A1 “We recommend that all adults age 20 or older have their cholesterol and other traditional risk factors checked every four to six years and work with their health care providers to determine their risk for cardiovascular disease and stroke,” she said. “To determine how your cholesterol levels affect your risk of heart disease, your doctor will also take into account other risk factors such as age, family history, smoking and high blood pressure.”

Then you and your doctor can decide the best strategy for your health situation, Ramsey said.

The waxy substance called cholesterol comes from two sources — your own body and the food you eat. Animal products such as meat and fulldairy items tend to be high in cholesterol, Ramsey said, and when your diet is high in saturated and trans fats, your liver produces even more cholesterol. “Excess cholesterol can form plaque between layers of artery walls, making it harder for your heart to cir-

CROSBY FROM PAGE A1 implicated him in the incidents, a police spokesperson said. The first of them allegedly occurred Aug. 22 in broad daylight at a car wash along North Main Street, during which two people reportedly suffered gunshot wounds.

According to a police statement issued Monday afternoon, Crosby was charged with two counts of attempted murder, shooting into an occupied vehicle, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and possession of a firearm or ammunition by a person convicted of a violent felony in connection with the shootout at Chatman’s Car Wash.

He became the second suspect charged in the shooting.

Diquandrae Rhabb, a 22-yearold Sumter man, was arrested two days afterward when au-

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In recognition of National Cholesterol Education Month, here are a few facts and tips.

• Cholesterol is a waxy substance that comes from two sources, your body and the food you eat.

• There are also two types of cholesterol, HDL and LDL. HDL is what is known as “good cholesterol,” while LDL is the “bad cholesterol.”

• Too much of one type — or not enough of another — can put you at risk for heart disease, heart attack or stroke.

• The American Heart Association recommends people 20 and older get their cholesterol checked every four to six years.

• Some people’s family history means they have

culate blood,” she said. “Plaque can break open and cause blood clots. If a clot blocks an artery that feeds the brain, it causes a stroke. If it blocks an artery that feeds the heart, it causes a heart attack.”

Saturated and trans fat are often found in processed foods, Corrigan said, and even processed foods labeled “high fiber,” “low-cholesterol” or “fat

to be more careful with their diet and may lead to the necessity for medication.

• Cholesterol is found in animal food products such as meat and full-dairy items. It’s recommended that consumption of these type foods is limited, especially for those with a family history of high cholesterol.

• Foods high in saturated and trans fat can also lead to higher levels of cholesterol and should be limited or avoided.

• Regular exercise as well as eating vegetables, fruits, oats and beans can help raise the good cholesterol and lower the bad.

• Quitting smoking and avoiding excessive drinking can also be beneficial.

free” can be high in these types of fats. They also often contain large amounts of sodium and sugar, which can also contribute to high cholesterol.

“Consuming high fiber foods such as vegetables, fruits, oats and beans can lower LDL and raise HDL,” she said. “Quitting smoking and avoiding excessive alcohol intake can also help

ities noted the investigation remains ongoing as they try to determine his involvement in the shooting.

Nine days after the car wash incident, according to Monday’s statement, Crosby was involved in a second shooting, which unfolded during a burglary/kidnapping along Corbett Street. Among the cluster of charges he faces in connection with that Aug. 31 break-in are armed robbery, three counts of kidnapping, first-degree burglary, conspiracy, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and possession of a firearm or ammunition by a person convicted of a violent felony.

Crosby is the third man

thorities spotted him at a local apartment complex. Rhabb was booked on attempted murder and a pair of weapons charges in connection with the gun battle.

Both victims in the car wash shootout suffered non lifethreatening injuries. Police described one of the victims, a 58-year-old man, as an innocent bystander who got caught in the crossfire as he drove into the car wash and gunmen opened fire. The other wounded man was identified as 29-year-old Arterrell Marques Witherspoon. Police indicate he was one of the shooters in the encounter, but he currently faces no charges in connection with the incident. Author-

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improve cholesterol levels. Exercising most days a week including both aerobic activity and strength training can help lower LDL levels and raise HDL levels.”

LDL is the abbreviation for low-density lipoprotein, according to heart. org. It’s also known as “bad cholesterol.” Similarly, HDL is the abbreviation for high-density lipoprotein and is often referred to as “good cholesterol.”

“Good cholesterol, or HDL, is known to carry the bad cholesterol away from the arteries to help prevent heart attacks and strokes,” Corrigan said.

“Bad cholesterol, or LDL, connects to fats and other substances in the blood which causes plaque build-up (that) can clog the arteries and reduce blood flow, which can result in a heart attack or stroke.”

While diet is a primary factor in improving cholesterol levels and steps such as exercise and quitting smoking can help, family history also plays a significant role, she said.

“For those who have inherited genes that cause the body to make too much, some medication may be required,” Corrigan said.

For more information, visit heart.org.

charged in the incident. Shantell Harris, 20, turned himself on Sept. 8, and authorities nabbed Darkus Ford, 21, on Sept. 3. Both Sumter men face burglary, kidnapping and weapons charges stemming from the home invasion.

No one was injured during the incident. A victim told officers three gunmen approached him and demanded money as he was entering his car to drive to work early the morning of the ordeal. The robbers then forced him back into his home — where two women and a baby were sleeping — ransacked the residence and demanded money. As the suspects were leaving, they fired shots at two vehicles in the

driveway, including one in which two passengers were riding.

The suspects in the two incidents could soon face even more charges as investigators have information that ties many of them to a number of shootings earlier this year, according to Monday’s statement. Officials indicated the shootings primarily center around South Sumter and noted the individuals involved appear to be engaged in illegal drug activity.

Residents with information are urged to report it to Sumter Police Department by calling (803) 436-2700 or through Crime Stoppers at (803) 4362718 and 888-CRIME-SC.

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WEATHER FROM PAGE A1 we tried to think of how we would actually use what we learned in calculus. What we found is it helps when we tie in information about actual careers and opportunities.”

White said Bates’ sixthgrade students have been learning about the weather and different materials used in meteorology to track weather patterns. One of the goals of the presentation was to make it very clear to students — some of whom plan to go into the military — that what they’ve learned recently is something they can pursue as a career if they’re interested.

“This ties in great, and it gives them the idea that this is a viable option for the future,” White said. “It also makes science fun and interesting for them.”

Staff Sgt. Jared Hall said that throughout the day Bates’ students surprised them with the information they already knew about weather, stating that he and the other two presenters were impressed that some of the students knew some advanced material. In addition to the importance of the need for more of a focus on STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) activities in curriculum in American schools, Hall said it’s just as important for children to know the basics about weather for their day-to-day lives.

“I think it’s important to encourage STEM because it’s important to the United States, and it’s also important for them to understand how it’s going to affect them and their communities,” Hall said.

Senior Airman Travis Bauer said the squadron at Shaw is responsible for observing and reporting on the weather for the entire Middle East. Bauer, Hall and Airman 1st Class Zachariah Holloway explained to the students how weather can affect military missions and how significant it is for them to know the possible weather conditions — including everything from thunderstorms to dust storms — when other members of the military are on the ground in different parts of the U.S. and overseas.

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drive to the stores hopeful, enter the dressing room skeptical and exit the stores frustrated. Welcome to the official decade of ugly ladies clothing. That may sound a tad bit strong, but seriously, what are the designers thinking?

Fashion school these days goes like this: first, they recruit color-blind clowns to design the fabric. Pink, red, orange, polka dot, stripes and floral all get splashed onto one bolt of fabric. Then, they have blind, one-armed seamstresses sew up the final product, with exposed seams, unfinished hems and crooked necklines all being called “stylish.”

I‘m in a dying clan of women who still like to wear a real dress to church, and store buyers don’t even know this category of women exLeslie Anne ists. Current Harrison choices in the stores are either made for Granny who whacks Sylvester the Cat over the head with a broom to free Tweety Bird or for a “saucyprofessional” girl. (I’m not talking about a Tabasco Co. executive).

After a grueling hunt to find a regular old church dress that didn’t look “regular” nor “old,” I finally found a pretty frock and fell in love with the soft green color — only to spin it around and see a gaudy oversized gold zipper running down the back. “What are they thinking?” I asked the sales woman. “Don’t they know I can’t lean back on the pew with jumbo metal teeth gouging my spine?” The saleswoman shook her head and said “I know, everyone complains about them, but after the giant zipper has been around a while, the ladies will warm up to it and start to accept it as stylish.”

So that’s their plan. The fashion houses are playing a version of “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” If they can force us to wear something hideous by limiting our choices, we’ll eventually say we like it in order to justify the purchase ... or maybe we won’t.

Now I understand why people hang on to their old clothes and wear things from past decades. It’s because they can’t find anything better.

After you’ve lived a while, you learn that if you spend a few extra dollars on a well made, timeless item, you’ll save money in the long run. I discovered this lesson years ago when my mother, who knew I needed a little treat, phoned and said I could use her Gayfer’s charge card to buy myself a new dress.

Knowing there was nothing better in this world than a

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‘I‘m in a dying clan of women who still like to wear a real dress to church, and store buyers don’t even know this category of women exists.

Current choices in the stores are either made for Granny who whacks Sylvester the Cat over the head with a broom to free Tweety Bird or for a “saucy-professional” girl. (I’m not talking about a Tabasco Co. executive). new dress from Gayfer’s, I dashed over to the large department store after work and found the perfect navy blue, double breasted, fully lined sleeveless dress with a full circle skirt. It had a double row of embossed gold buttons down the front and wasn’t even part of the Moonlight Madness sale.

That was 20 years ago, and thanks to the invention of multiple holes in the belt, I still fit in the dress, although I haven’t worn it in a few years for fear someone from 20 years ago will recognize it.

When my husband suggested I replace the frock, I began to hunt for a newer version, and do you know there’s no such thing as a classic navy blue, double breasted, fully lined sleeveless dress with a full circle skirt anymore? The closest thing I’ve found has been a much cheaper version that didn’t look like it would hold up in the rain, let alone for another 20 years. It also had pink piping on the hem and a big gold zipper down the back.

And don’t get me started on shoes. I think the designing clowns have been hard at work on those as well.

Leslie Anne Harrison is a contributing writer for The Sumter Item and Gulf Coast Newspapers — www.gulfcoastnewstoday.com. She also has a popular website — Fairhope Supply Co. — which can be found at www.fairhopesupply.com.

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Fashions have taken a turn for the wild side lately, and a classic look is difficult to find.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR GIVING THE CONSTITUTION THE RESPECT IT DESERVES

LEE COUNTY COUNCIL NOT INTERESTED IN OUR CHILDREN’S EDUCATION

How refreshing it is to see Mrs. Mahon and Morris College give the Constitution the respect it deserves.

The Washington power players obviously have no regard for it. The Supreme Court and the Obama gang make their own laws.

ED MCDILL Sumter

Once again it is time for our children to embark on a new educational journey. And once again it is time for the parents, the aunts and uncles, the grandparents, the pastors and their congregations and the community to take this journey with our children, to whom God has entrusted their nourishment. My mother would always tell me no matter how much things change, they remained the same. When I started school in Lee County in the 1960s we had a separate but unequal system in many ways that was legal under the law. In 1969 the U.S. Supreme Court forced Lee County’s school system to dismantle the separate and unequal system. I was a part of that first group of students to integrate the schools of Lee County. How we survived that unequal and second-rate system was that our parents and our community knew that in order for us to succeed we had to be well educated, be twice as good and be twice as determined. Our parents, our families, our teachers, our churches and our community made sure that we had the necessary educational instructional material and they came to PTA meetings, teacher conferences and visited our schools. When Lee County schools were integrated that first year, it was also the first year of the only private school in Lee County to open, and 1969 was also the year the Lee County integrated school system started it turn to a separate and unequal system once again.

But as the school system changed we lost the support of county council because their children did not go there and they do have that choice. County council in 2012 even went as far as to break an agreement in the local option tax with the school system that cost our children over $300,000 right before they asked us to pass an $8 million penny sales tax. County council is more interested in building centers (2) than if little Johnny and Mary can read, write or do math.

Editor’s note: Because this letter exceeded the 350-word length as stated in our Editorial Page Policies which appears regularly on this page, it can be read in its entirety under Opinion on The Sumter Item’s website, www. theitem.com.

FRANK BRENT MILLICAN Woodrow

KNOWING YOUR NEIGHBORS COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE My daughter’s family lives in a hectic neighborhood with a lot of school-age children and toddlers. For the most part, they know their neighbors mainly because of the children. On the evening of Sept. 8, my 5-year-old grandson choked on his dinner meal. This is not the first time he has done this. His parents know to do the Heimlich maneuver, and in the past this has worked. This time was different.

They couldn’t get the obstruction out of his throat.

The neighbor across the street, Monica Burgess, an RN at Tuomey Regional Medical Center, just happened to be in her car leaving her residence when my daughter ran over there and asked for help. Ms. Burgess jumped out of the car and met my sonin-law in the front yard, and she started working on my grandson. He was blue, passed out and his eyes were rolled back in his head. My daughter was so shook up, she could hardly dial 911.

Finally, Ms. Burgess got the object out of his throat, and he began breathing again.

She was afraid that so much time had gone by that she was not going to be successful, but with God’s strength, through Monica, a miracle happened.

Please know your neighbors, and make it a point to treat their children as your own.

Also, call 911 before you even start working on your child or anyone else. That way if you are not successful, the EMS can take over. They need time to get there, and seconds count. Look after your neighbors, and make it a point to know what is going on in the neighborhood. One day your neighbor may save your life.

God bless you, Nurse Monica.

STARR AUSTIN Sumter

WHO REPRESENTS YOU SUMTER COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 Naomi Sanders 5605 Borden Road Rembert, SC 29128 (803) 499-3947 (home) DISTRICT 2 Artie Baker 3680 Bakersfield Lane Dalzell, SC 29040 803-469-3638 (home) DISTRICT 3 Jimmy R. Byrd Jr. 1084 Broad St. Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 778-0796 (office) (803) 775-2726 (Fax) countycouncil3@ftc-i.net DISTRICT 4 Charles T. Edens 760 Henderson St. Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 775-0044 (home) DISTRICT 5 Vivian Fleming-McGhaney 9770 Lynches River Road Lynchburg, SC 29080 (803) 437-2797 (home) (803) 495-3247 (office) DISTRICT 6 Larry Blanding Chairman P.O. Box 1446 Sumter, SC 29151 (803) 775-8518 (home)

DISTRICT 7 Eugene Baten Vice chairman P.O. Box 3193 Sumter, SC 29151 (803) 773-0815 (home)

WARD 6 David Merchant 26 Paisley Park Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 773-1086 STATE LAWMAKERS

SUMTER CITY COUNCIL MAYOR Joseph T. McElveen Jr. 20 Buford St. Sumter, SC 29150 803-773-0382 jmcelveen@sumter-sc.com WARD 1 Thomas J. Lowery 829 Legare St. Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 773-9298 WARD 2 Ione Dwyer P.O. Box 1492 Sumter, SC 29151 (803) 481-4284 WARD 3 Calvin K. Hastie Sr. 810 S. Main St. Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 774-7776 WARD 4 Charlie Burns 422 W. Calhoun St. Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 773-8859 WARD 5 Robert Galiano 608 Antlers Drive Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 469-0005

Rep. Grady Brown, D-Bishopville District 50 420 S. Main St. Bishopville, SC 29010 (803) 484-6832 Columbia: (803) 734-2934 Rep. Joe Neal, D-Hopkins District 70 P.O. Box 5 Hopkins, SC 29061 (803) 776-0353 Fax: (803) 734-9142 Columbia: (803) 734-2804 jn@schouse.org Rep. Dr. Robert L. Ridgeway III, D-Clarendon District 64 117 N. Brooks St. Manning, SC 29102 (803) 938-3087 Columbia: (803) 212-6929 Rep. Ronnie A. Sabb, D-Greeleyville District 101 P.O. Box 311, Greeleyville, 29056 (843) 355-5349 Columbia: (803) 212-6926

Rep. Murrell Smith Jr., R-Sumter District 67 P.O. Box 580 Sumter, SC 29151 (803) 778-2471 Fax: (803) 778-1643 Columbia: (803) 734-3042 murrellsmith@schouse.gov Rep. J. David Weeks, D-Sumter District 51 2 Marlborough Court Sumter, SC 29154 (803) 775-5856 Columbia: (803) 734-3102 Sen. Gerald Malloy, D-Darlington District 29 1216 Salem Road Hartsville, SC 29550 (843) 339-3000 Columbia: (803) 212-6148 Sen. Kevin L. Johnson, D-Manning District 36 P.O. Box 156, Manning, 29102 (803) 435-8117 Columbia: (803) 212-6108 Sen. J. Thomas McElveen III, D-Sumter District 35 P. O. Box 57, Sumter, 29151 (803) 775-1263 Columbia: (803) 212-6132

NATIONAL LAWMAKERS Rep. Mick Mulvaney — 5th District 1207 Longworth HOB Washington, D.C. 20515 (202) 225-5501 531-A Oxford Drive Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 327-1114 Rep. Jim Clyburn — 6th District 319 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 (202) 225-3315 1703 Gervais St. Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 799-1100 jclyburn@hr.house.gov Sen. Lindsey Graham 290 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-5972 Midlands Regional Office 508 Hampton Street, Suite 202 Columbia, SC 29201 Main: (803) 933-0112 Sen. Tim Scott 167 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-6121 (202) 228-5143 (fax) 1301 Gervais St., Suite 825 Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 771-6112 (803) 771-6455 (fax)

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Does ‘New Orleans’ take ‘NCIS’ one step too far?

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Isn’t it strange how murder mysteries have become our “comfort food”? We could blame Jerry Bruckheimer (“CSI,” “NCIS”), but the phenomenon dates back to Agatha Christie, if not Arthur Conan Doyle.

People can’t get enough of their “NCIS.” New episodes attract audiences on the order of 20 million. It runs incessantly on cable and has now inspired a second spin-off.

Terms like “comfort food” and “franchise” best describe “NCIS: New Orleans” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14). Both the city’s culture and the detective genre’s familiar touchstones have been boiled down to bland, touristfriendly fare, something not unlike the cuisine at highway mall restaurants like Cracker Barrel or Olive Garden. You know what you’re gonna get.

The use of New Orleans-related clichés is relentless, if not laughable. When agent Dwayne Pride (Scott Bakula) isn’t solving crimes, he’s whipping up a batch of shrimp etouffee and andouille sausage in his kitchen, located in his “home,” a huge warehouse space roughly the size of my grammar school.

He’s an amateur stride pianist, a buddy to all of the French Quarter’s jazz greats and is even heard whistling “When the Saints Go Marching In.” He’s not alone in evoking Crescent City favorites like beignets, bread pudding, Mardi Gras parades and hurricanes (the Bourbon Street cocktail, not Katrina). His right-hand man, Christopher LaSalle (Lucas Black), is as local as a crawfish boil. Newcomer Meredith Brody (Zoe McLellan) is more street-smart than her buttoned-down manner indicates. CCH Pounder plays the wise, warm medical examiner, and Rob Kerkovich plays the standard-issue forensic geek who wants to be one of the gang, but will never quite fit in.

“New Orleans” may take the “NCIS” one step too far. It’s one thing to cater to a dependable audience. It’s another to take advantage of them and serve up something very close to parody.

• What if Sherlock Holmes lived forever? And, no, he wouldn’t be a vampire. You’d have “Forever” (10 p.m., TV-14), ABC’s new supernatural mystery.

Dashing New York City medical examiner Dr. Henry Morgan (Ioan Gruffudd) knows a lot about death. That’s because he’s died and returned dozens of times over the past 200 years. And he has no idea why.

His peculiar condition is only known to his friend and sidekick, a crusty New Yorker named Abe (Judd Hirsch), who seems like a father figure to Henry, but it was actually Henry who rescued Abe (from the Holocaust, no less).

Henry’s accent, keen insights and peculiar habits earn him the attention of a fetching widow, Detective Jo Martinez (Alana De La Garza), who will play Watson to his Holmes.

TONIGHT’S SEASON PREMIERES • Gibbs escorts a genius home from Russia on “NCIS” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-PG).

• “Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates Jr.” (8 p.m., PBS) offers more genealogical sleuthing.

• Up from the ashes on “Mar-

Girl” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Mindy prepares to meet Danny’s mother on “The Mindy Project” (9:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14).

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The team investigates the murder of a former gang member turned upstanding petty officer on the season premiere of “NCIS: New Orleans” airing at 9 p.m. today on CBS. vel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).

• New identities on “Person of Interest” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

• The firehouse team confront the bombing’s aftermath on “Chicago Fire” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14).

• A new alliance forms on “Sons of Anarchy” (10 p.m., FX, TV-MA) • “Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel” (10 p.m., HBO, TV-PG) examines fantasy sports and chewing tobacco.

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Gen. Tony Zinni is booked on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” (11 p.m., Comedy Central) * Kirsten Dunst and Ike Barinholtz appear on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS) * Naomi Klein is on “The Colbert Report” (11:30 p.m., Comedy Central) * Denzel Washington and Lenny Kravitz appear on “Late Show With David Letterman” (11:35 p.m., CBS) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes Kerry Washington, Carson Daly, Julian Casablancas and the Voidz on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Patrick Wilson and Jennifer Hudson visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Craig Ferguson hosts Lauren Graham and Ed Weeks on “The Late Late Show” (12:35 a.m., CBS).

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AROUND TOWN Saturday, Sept. 27, Feeding In recognition of National HisFundamentals; and 1-4 p.m. panic Heritage Month, a “Fiesta Saturday, Sept. 27, Logistics. of ESL, Family Literacy and Celebrate yourbeHispanic heritage To register for classes, call Strengthening” event will (803) 775-2363. held from 4 to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 24, at Lee The Little Miss Teen Miss SumCounty Adult Education, 123 ter-Manning preliminary pagCollege St., Bishopville. Free eant will be held at 3 p.m. on food and fun. Sign up now.

Sunday, Sept. 28, at KingsCall (803) 484-4040. bury Elementary School. ParThe Shepherd’s Center will offer ticipants do not have to be a resident of Sumter or Clarenfree public information classes don county to compete. Call 11-11:50 a.m. each Thursday (803) 468-0251 or email jpbeginning Sept. 25 through privette@sc.rr.com for inforNov. 13 at 24 Council St. On the schedule: Sept. 25, Health mation.

Care Power of Attorney, LivThe Sumter Branch NAACP will ing Wills, DNR Orders; Oct. 2, hold a general membership Fall Lawn Care and Pest Premeeting at 5 p.m. on Sunday, vention; Oct. 9, Self Defense Sept. 28, at Bethany Fellowfor Women; Oct. 16, Genealo- ship Baptist Church, 350 E. gy: Research and record your Red Bay Road. family history using the comCaris Healthcare will hold its puter; Oct. 23, Veterans talk about their war experiences; semi-annual memorial service at 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 6, Oct. 30, Crime Scene Investiat Elmore-Hill-McCreight Fugation (CSI); Nov. 6, Healthy neral Home. This service is to Aging: The importance of honor all hospice patients of good nutrition and moveCaris Healthcare as well as ment in promoting healthy living as we age; and Nov. 13, all clients of Elmore-Hill-McPeace of Mind through Medi- Creight who died in the previous 12 months. This event tation. is open to the public and Clarendon School District One anyone who has lost a loved will conduct free vision, hearing, one in the previous 12 speech and developmental months, even if the loved one screenings as part of a child was not served by Caris find effort to identify stuHealthcare or Elmore-Hilldents with special needs.

McCreight. To attend, call Screenings will be held from Caris Healthcare at (803) 7749 a.m. to noon at the Sum8400 with the name of your merton Early Childhood Cendeceased love one. ter on the following ThursThe Stroke Survivors Support days: Oct. 9; Nov. 13; Dec. 11; Group will meet at 6 p.m. on Jan. 8, 2015; Feb. 12, 2015; Thursday, Oct. 9, at the Alice March 12, 2015; April 9, 2015; Drive Baptist Church library, and May 14, 2015. Call Sadie 1305 Loring Mill Road at Wise Williams or Audrey Walters Drive. Call Wayne Hunter at at (803) 485-2325, extension (803) 464-3003 or (803) 464221.

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The Sumter Branch NAACP will Enjoy Dog Day at Patriot Park sponsor a candidates forum for Sumter School Board candidates from 2 to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 21, brought to you by 6-8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sumter Stormwater Solutions Sept. 25, at Central Carolina Technical College, Health Sci- in partnership with Sumter County Public Works and the ence Center, 133 S. Main St. Sumter County Recreation The Sumter Unit of the National Department. Celebrate the Association of Parliamentarians installation of four new pet will meet at 6:30 p.m. on waste stations to help park Thursday, Sept. 25, at Sumter visitors pick up after their School District, 1345 Wilson pets. Bring your furry friend Hall Road. Helen McFadden dressed in his or her favorite will conduct the educational Halloween outfit (optional) program “Scripting Your to enter the costume conAgenda – (What not to do).” test. Free items will include Call Laura LeGrand at (803) pet bandanas, Frisbees, 775-0830 for details. water bottles, etc. For information, contact Jolie Brown The American Red Cross, Sandat (803) 773-5561 or jolie2@ hills Chapter, will offer the following classes at 1155 N. Guig- clemson.edu. nard, Suite 2: 9 a.m.-noon

PUBLIC AGENDA CLARENDON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES Today, 6 p.m., hospital board room SUMTER COUNTY COUNCIL Today, 6 p.m., Council Chambers GREATER SUMTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Wednesday, noon, chamber office SUMTER CITY-COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION Wednesday, 3 p.m., fourth floor,

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Deal with EUGENIA LAST minor health issues or pet concerns. Getting along with your peers will be easy if you listen to complaints and offer creative suggestions. Showing stability and responsibility will counter a confrontation with someone in an influential position.

The last word in astrology

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Beefing up what you know about something relating to your work or a job you want to apply for will lead to opportunities. Romance and sharing your thoughts and plans for the future with someone special will improve your life.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You will meet with opposition if you make personal changes. Do your research so you are able to counter any negativity that comes your way.

Plant the seed and let everyone have time to adjust to the possibilities you are considering.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You mean well by offering a helping hand, but don’t expect those you help to be pleased or to reward your assistance. A mini trip will result in an unusual situation that must be monitored closely. Don’t make an impulsive move.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Incorporate something into your day that will lead to a positive professional change. Getting your resume updated or discussing an idea with a superior at work will have a favorable impact on your future and promote a new ally at work.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Slow down and take a closer look at what everyone around you is doing. Avoid conflicts by focusing on what you can do to improve physically, emotionally and personally. An unexpected financial gain is apparent.

Sumter Opera House, Council Chambers SUMTER COUNTY DEVELOPMENT BOARD Thursday, 7:30 a.m., Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce boardroom, 32 E. Calhoun St. SUMTER COUNTY VOTER REGISTRATION / ELECTION COMMISSION Thursday, 5:30 p.m., registration / election office, 141 N. Main St.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Avoid making changes at home. You will end up overspending or taking on something you cannot finish. Stick to what’s important to you personally. Relationships must be handled with care. An impulsive move or decision will pay off.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Raise your profile by offering your services. Your skills will be appreciated and might help you land a position that allows you to forge ahead and achieve your goals. Take control and ask for favors. By including others in your plans, you will win respect.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Don’t underestimate the competition. An emotional tactic can cause a derailment in your professional life if you aren’t swift to counteract any negativity thrown your way. Look for any opportunity to speak your mind and present your ideas.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Improve your earning potential by using your skills and experience in an unusual manner. Don’t be afraid to try something new. It may cause controversy, but it will at least make others take notice. Love is on the rise.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Take care of health, wealth and legal issues before they have a chance to escalate into something unmanageable. A deal you come across is worth considering, but make sure you negotiate to include anything you feel will sweeten matters.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your interests are changing, but that doesn’t mean you should take a risk or do something that can jeopardize your current status.

Disillusionment is apparent and will lead to some unexpected problems at work or at home.

Protect your assets.

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Gaffney 71/53 Spartanburg 74/54

Greenville 73/55

Columbia 76/59

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Sumter 72/58

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ON THE COAST

Charleston 76/61

Today: Rain at times; cooler. High 72 to 78.

Wednesday: A couple of thunderstorms, but rain in northern parts. High 72 to 76.

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CLEMSON FOOTBALL

COMMENTARY

Getting his turn

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shown more poise than perhaps any true freshman in college football in recent years in rival environments.

Against the Bulldogs and Seminoles, Watson was 21for-32 passing with 325 yards and a touchdown, plus a 2-yard rushing score which gave the Tigers a fourthquarter lead against the topranked Seminoles.

pon watching what transpired during the Clemson-Florida State football game on Saturday, I came to a couple of conclusions.

Conclusion No. 1: Jameis Winston is an idiot. Well, I may have already thought that before the Seminoles’ Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback performed his antics on national television, but I quickly gained clarity, that yes, Winston is an idiot.

Conclusion No. 2: Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher is also an idiot. What other reason is there for Winston to have even been on the sidelines with the exception Dennis of Fisher not Brunson giving a flip what anyone thought — and one can’t help but wonder if that wasn’t the case.

There should have never been a reason for Winston to even have to ponder the idea that even though he was suspended for the game that he dress out and take part in pregame warm-ups. Whether his uniform was in his locker or not, Winston should have never been in the locker room.

He forfeited that opportunity with his vile, vulgar degradation of women that he chose to share in the school’s student union while standing atop a table.

Then, after the pads and helmet come off, he comes out with his FSU baseball cap on sideways, clapping, running all over the place, “supporting” his team and drawing attention to himself. The entire

SEE WATSON, PAGE B4

SEE IDIOTS, PAGE B4

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney, center, talks with freshman quarterback Deshaun Watson, left, in the Tigers’ 23-17 overtime loss to Florida State on Saturday in Tallahassee, Fla. Swinney named Watson as the Tigers’ starting QB on Sunday.

Freshman QB Watson tabbed as starter by Swinney

BY AARON BRENNER Post and Courier TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — It’s Deshaun Watson time.

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney officially announced on his conference call with team reporters Sunday evening, when asked if he’d name a starter, that Watson will trot out with the first-team offense for the Tigers’ opening drive Saturday

against North Carolina at Memorial Stadium.

A true freshman who turned 19 a week ago, Watson will make his first career start, replacing senior Cole Stoudt after three games.

“That’s the decision I had to make based on what I saw,” Swinney said. “Had Cole played well like he played the first couple games, or Deshaun didn’t

play well when he went in, we’d kind of continue to evaluate. But Deshaun really separated.”

Indeed, Stoudt had his moments at home vs. S.C. State, but also struggled to sustain momentum in road losses to Georgia and Florida State.

Stoudt completed 19 of 34 passes for 184 yards and an interception in those two losses.

Meanwhile, Watson has

USC FOOTBALL

Special teams gets more attention

BY DAVID CARAVIELLO Post and Courier COLUMBIA – Joe Robinson will retain all his duties as South Carolina’s special teams coordinator, but he’ll have a new assistant.

The Head Ball Coach.

ROBINSON After watching Vanderbilt return two kickoffs for touchdowns in the Gamecocks’ 48-34 victory Saturday night in

Nashville, Tenn., South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier said he would personally oversee the kickoff return team. He amended those comments Sunday, but only slightly, saying on his weekly teleconference that he would become more personally involved with the unit.

“I have reinstated coach Joe Robinson for all special teams duties, but I am the assistant kickoff cover coach,” Spurrier

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Vanderbilt’s Darrius Sims (6) runs past South Carolina defender Damiere Byrd (1) on the way to returning the opening kickoff 91 yards for a touchdown during the Gamecocks’ 48-34 victory on Saturday in Nashville, Tenn. The Commodores had two kicks returned for scores, resulting in USC head coach Steve Spurrier promoting himself as an assistant to special teams coach Joe Robinson.

NASCAR

Logano wins at New Hampshire in 2nd Chase race LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — Make it 2 for 2 for Team Penske in the Chase.

Joey Logano helped Team Penske strengthen its grip as the organization to beat for the championship, pulling away on an overtime restart to win Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and advance to the second round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS “We’re doing what we’ve got Driver Joey Logano holds the prize lobster as he celebrates in Victory to do to win this thing right now,” Logano said.

Lane after winning the Sylvania 300 on Sunday at New Hampshire Raised in Connecticut, Joey Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H.

Logano always considered New Hampshire his home track, the one where he dreamed of being bathed in confetti in Victory Lane and flocked by family and friends.

For Logano, the track about 75 miles outside Boston was his version of Daytona. Winning at New Hampshire could mean a bit more to him than a boyhood fantasy fulfilled when the season ends — it could be Logano’s launching pad for his first NASCAR championship.

Logano and teammate Brad

Keselowski, who won the Chase opener at Chicagoland, have advanced to the next round. Four drivers will be eliminated after every third race, and a win guarantees a driver an automatic berth into the next round. The first cutoff race is next week at Dover International Speedway.

Team Penske will be playing with house money at the Monster Mile. Roger Penske’s crew is rolling, winning four of the last five races dating to Bristol

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Braves fire GM Wren after missing playoffs

BY PAUL NEWBERRY The Associated Press ATLANTA— The Atlanta Braves fired general manager Frank Wren on Monday, less than 24 hours after being eliminated from the NL playoff race.

The move was announced by team president John Schuerholz, who called it a “cumulative” decision based on the team’s performance and troubling signs in player development.

Former Cleveland and Texas general manager John Hart replaces Wren on an interim WREN basis. While the 66-year-old Hart said it wasn’t his desire to take the job permanently, Schuerholz said it’s possible he would be considered.

“It is our goal and our emphasis to find that Braves’ way again, to reinvigorate it and make it better than it’s ever been before,” Schuerholz said at a Turner Field news conference.

The Braves put together a search committee of Schuerholz, Hart and retired manager Bobby Cox to conduct the search for the next general manager. The team also dismissed Wren’s right-hand man, assistant general manager Bruce Manno.

Still to be determined is the fate of the team’s manager, Fredi Gonzalez.

Schuerholz said the new GM would likely have a big say in determining if Gonzalez returns in 2015, though the fact that no change was made at manager clearly indicates he still has the support of the threeman search committee.

Cox, in fact, said he believes Gonzalez has done an “outstanding” job in his four years as manager, leading the Braves to a wildcard berth in 2012 and an NL East title last season.

“The team has not quit at all,” said Cox, who has been an adviser to Schuerholz

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since retiring after the 2010 season. “I’m still familiar with the clubhouse, and it’s as high energy as you could get under the circumstances. I think Fredi has done a remarkable job since taking over for me.”

Wren was in his 15th season with the Braves and his seventh as the club’s general manager. He was appointed to the GM post after the 2007 season, when Schuerholz gave up the job to become team president.

While the Braves made the playoffs three times during Wren’s tenure, he drew heavy criticism for the big-money contracts of second baseman Dan Uggla and center fielder B.J. Upton.

Uggla was released in July, even though he was still owed $13 million this season and the next. Upton is looking like one of the biggest free-agent busts in baseball history, with three more years remaining on a $75.25 million, five-year contract. The outfielder was hitting .207 with 11 homer and 34 RBIs, which is actually an improvement on his first year with Atlanta.

The Braves have been one of baseball’s biggest disappointments this season. A halfgame behind the Washington Nationals for the NL East lead on July 29, Atlanta plummeted out of contention by winning just 18 of its next 49 games.

Wren and Manno didn’t help their cause with what some perceived as a dictatorial style, causing key people in player development to leave the organization.

“In this job, you’ve got to be able to delegate, you’ve got to be able to encourage, you’ve got to be the guy who walks in the door when you’ve lost four straight and picks your manager up,” Hart said.

Going into the final week of the regular season, the Braves were 15 games behind the Nationals and eliminated from the wildcard race after losing 14 of their last 18 games, a slump that has included five shutouts. Atlanta has gone nine straight games without scoring more than three runs.

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Sunday At Kapolei Golf Club Course Kapolei, Hawaii Purse: $2.2 million Yardage: 7,001; Par: 72 Final Paul Goydos (330), $330,000 66-63-68–197 Scott Dunlap (176), $176,000 65-68-65–198 Fred Funk (176), $176,000 67-62-69–198 Russ Cochran (131), $130,900 67-66-66–199 Jeff Maggert (105), $104,500 67-66-67–200 Wes Short, Jr. (88), $88,000 67-66-68–201 Mark Brooks (64), $64,240 67-67-68–202 Doug Garwood (64), $64,240 69-63-70–202 Jay Haas (64), $64,240 66-68-68–202 Corey Pavin (64), $64,240 70-61-71–202 Tom Pernice Jr. (64), $64,240 60-72-70–202 Michael Allen (0), $46,200 64-68-71–203 Vijay Singh (0), $46,200 66-65-72–203 David Frost (0), $33,244 69-66-69–204 Barry Lane (0), $33,244 69-68-67–204 Chien Soon Lu (0), $33,244 70-69-65–204 Kevin Sutherland (0), $33,244 67-69-68–204

OWNER: ‘NO MISINFORMATION’ BY RAVENS ON RICE

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti criticized a report that suggests he and other team officials tried to persuade the NFL to be lenient on Ray Rice after the running back was arrested for knocking out his then-fiancee in an Atlantic City elevator.

Bisciotti held a news conference Monday to reBISCIOTTI spond to an ESPN report last week that he, president Dick Cass and general manager Ozzie Newsome pushed Commissioner Roger Goodell for leniency for their star running back.

SILVER: NBA WILL REVIEW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE POLICIES

NEW YORK — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Monday his league will “take a fresh look” at its

GOYDOS WINS IN HAWAII

KAPOLEI, Hawaii — Paul Goydos won the Hawaii Championship on Sunday for his first Champions Tour title, breaking out of a tight pack with four straight birdies.

Making his fifth start of the 50-and-over tour since turning 50 in June, Goydos closed with a 4-under 68 at Kapolei Golf Club for a tournament-record 19under 197 total. He opened with rounds of 66 and 63 for a share of the second-round lead with Fred Funk.

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N.Y. Yankees 5, Toronto 2 Boston 3, Baltimore 2 Chicago White Sox 10, Tampa Bay 5 Cleveland 7, Minnesota 2 Kansas City 5, Detroit 2 Houston 8, Seattle 3 Texas 2, L.A. Angels 1 Oakland 8, Philadelphia 6, 10 innings

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Baltimore (U.Jimenez 5-9) at N.Y. Yankees (McCarthy 7-4), 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Ventura 13-10) at Cleveland (Salazar 6-7), 7:05 p.m.

Seattle (F.Hernandez 14-5) at Toronto (Dickey 13-12), 7:07 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Sale 12-4) at Detroit (D.Price 14-12), 7:08 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 11-12) at Boston (Ranaudo 3-3), 7:10 p.m.

Houston (Oberholtzer 5-12) at Texas (N.Martinez 4-11), 8:05 p.m.

Arizona (Chafin 0-0) at Minnesota (Gibson 12-11), 8:10 p.m.

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Washington 2, Miami 1 Pittsburgh 1, Milwaukee 0 N.Y. Mets 10, Atlanta 2 L.A. Dodgers 8, Chicago Cubs 5 Oakland 8, Philadelphia 6, 10 innings Colorado 8, Arizona 3 San Diego 8, San Francisco 2 Cincinnati 7, St. Louis 2

TODAY’S GAMES

N.Y. Mets (Gee 7-8) at Washington (Roark 14-10), 7:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Fiers 6-3) at Cincinnati (Cueto 18-9), 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Hamels 9-7) at Miami (H.Alvarez 11-6), 7:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Cole 10-5) at Atlanta (A.Wood 11-10), 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis (S.Miller 10-9) at Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 7-2), 8:05 p.m.

Arizona (Chafin 0-0) at Minnesota (Gibson 12-11), 8:10 p.m.

Colorado (J.De La Rosa 14-11) at San Diego (Erlin 4-4), 10:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Bumgarner 18-9) at L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 15-8), 10:10 p.m.

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Varsity Cross Country Sumter at South Florence, 5:30 p.m.

Crestwood at Darlington, 5 p.m.

Middle School Football Alice Drive at Furman, 5 p.m.

Mayewood at Bates, 5 p.m.

Chestnut Oaks at Ebenezer, 5 p.m.

Elloree at Manning, 6 p.m.

Varsity Girls Golf Sumter in Lady Patriot (at Wescott Plantation in Summerville), TBA Varsity Girls Tennis Sumter at Carolina Forest, TBA Hartsville at Manning, 5:30 p.m.

Wilson Hall at Laurence Manning, 3:30 p.m.

Orangeburg Prep at Thomas Sumter, 4 p.m.

Junior Varsity Girls Tennis Robert E. Lee at Trinity-Byrnes, 4 p.m.

Varsity Volleyball Marlboro County at Crestwood, 6 p.m.

East Clarendon at Scott’s Branch, 6 p.m.

St. Francis Xavier at Colleton Prep, 5 p.m.

Varsity and JV Volleyball West Florence at Sumter, 6 p.m.

Lakewood at Darlington, 5:30 p.m.

Wilson Hall at Orangeburg Prep, 5 p.m.

Laurence Manning at Florence Christian, 4 p.m.

Thomas Sumter at Calhoun Academy, 4 p.m.

The King’s Academy at Robert E. Lee, 4 p.m.

Clarendon Hall at Andrew Jackson Academy, 5 p.m.

Sumter Christian at Northside Christian, 4 p.m.

ASHBURN, Va. — DeAngelo Hall made his way around on crutches with a walking boot on his leg, his season over with a ruptured left Achilles.

The Washington Redskins lost their three-time Pro Bowl cornerback for the rest of the 2014 when an MRI confirmed what was suspected after Hall was hurt in the third quarter of Sunday’s loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.

Backup safety Duke Ihenacho is also done for the season with a broken bone in his left foot.

Junior Varsity Football Dutch Fork at Sumter, 7:30 p.m.

Crestwood at Lake City, 6 p.m.

Lakewood at Camden, 6 p.m.

Manning at Beaufort, 6:30 p.m.

Lee Central at Timmonsville, 6 p.m.

Wilson Hall at Heathwood Hall, 7 p.m.

Cardinal Newman at Laurence Manning, 7 p.m.

Clarendon Hall at Patrick Henry, 6:30 p.m.

B Team Football Dutch Fork at Sumter, 6 p.m.

Wilson Hall at Heathwood Hall, 5 p.m.

Cardinal Newman at Laurence Manning, 5 p.m.

Middle School Football Thomas Sumter at Trinity-Byrnes, 6 p.m.

Robert E. Lee at Dillon Christian, 6:30 p.m.

Varsity Girls Tennis West Florence at Sumter, TBA Laurence Manning at Holly Hill, 4 p.m.

Thomas Sumter at Carolina Academy, 4 p.m.

Junior Varsity Girls Tennis Carolina Academy at Thomas Sumter, 4 p.m.

Varsity Volleyball Crestwood at Hartsville, 6 p.m.

St. Francis Xavier at Dorchester, 5 p.m.

Varsity and JV Volleyball Conway at Sumter, 6 p.m.

Marlboro County at Lakewood, 5:30 p.m.

East Clarendon at Carvers Bay, 5 p.m.

Wilson Hall at Gray Collegiate, 4:30 p.m.

Laurence Manning at Thomas Sumter, 4 p.m.

Clarendon Hall at Patrick Henry, 4:30 p.m.

B Team Volleyball Robert E. Lee, Timmerman at Hammond, 4:30 p.m.

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Jung Hur was finally able to relax for a couple of holes after matching topranked Stacy Lewis stroke for stroke Sunday in the final round of the Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic.

The 24-year-old South Korean player never gave up the last-day lead on her way to a tournament-record 21-under 267 total. Hur birdied four of the final eight holes to beat Lewis by four strokes for her second LPGA Tour victory. The each shot 6-under 66.

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Lady Barons volleyball team wins Carolina Challenge silver bracket domestic violence procedures in the wake of the NFL’s rash of incidents.

Silver said during a community service event in Staten Island that the league has been discussing with the NBA Players Association ways to further educate players and provide programs to them and their families.

The NBA’s collective bargaining agreement calls for a minimum 10-game suspension for a first offense of a player convicted of a violent felony.

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KERSHAW — The Wilson Hall varsity volleyball team won the silver bracket in the Carolina Challenge on Saturday at the North Central High School gymnasium.

The Lady Barons, who are 9-3 on the season, picked up pool play victories over Indian Land and Andrew Jackson High to earn the top seed.

They then defeated Crestwood 2-0 by the scores of 2514, 25-12 to advance to the championship match.

Wilson Hall defeated Gilbert 2-1 to claim the title, winning by the scores of 1825, 25-22, 15-11.

Wilson Hall’s Simmons deHoll finished the tournament with 31 kills. Haley Hawkins and Caroline Clark each had 11 and Danielle deHoll had seven.

Hawkins led the serving, finishing with 32 points and eight aces. Lauren Hill accumulated 36 digs and scored 22 service points.

Delaney Johnson finished the tournament with six kills and four blocks.

Courtney Clark contributed 61 assists.

Crestwood at Scott’s Branch, 5 p.m.

Lee Central at Johnsonville, 6:30 p.m.

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Bell, Blount carry Steelers past Panthers

BY STEVE REED The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — Move over, Walter Abercrombie and Earnest Jackson.

Step aside, Franco Harris and Rocky Bleier, there’s a new running back tandem in the Steel City.

Le’Veon Bell ran for 147 yards and LeGarrette Blount added 118 yards on the ground Sunday night as the Steelers defeated the Carolina Panthers 37-19.

Bell and Blount became the first Pittsburgh tandem to rush for 100 yards each since Abercrombie and Jackson accomplished the feat in 1986, and only the eighth time it has been done in team history. Harris and Bleier did it three times, but never combined for as many yards as Bell and Blount did against a very good Carolina defense.

“That’s awesome,” quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said.

“I’m sure that Steeler fans back home are going crazy because we ran the ball for 100 and had two guys do it. That’s just awesome. I think it shows what we can do if we put our minds to it.”

The Steelers finished with 264 yards rushing and averaged 7.8 yards per carry, a number that was aided by an 81-yard burst from Bell and a 50-yard jaunt by Blount.

“We stuck to our game plan and eventually just started popping off runs,” Bell said.

What’s even more impressive is it came against a Carolina defense that ranked second in the league last season in total defense and features the 2013 AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year in Luke Kuechly.

“Our offensive line came out and played well and they created some holes too,” Blount said. “They were amazing, they are great.”

Blount said that is one of the reasons he signed with the Steelers as a free agent this offseason, even though they already had Bell.

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Pittsburgh running back Le’Veon Bell (26) tries to get away from Carolina’s Robert Golden (21) during the Steelers’ 37-19 victory on Sunday in Charlotte. Bell ran for 147 yards and teammate LeGarrette Blount had 119.

“I knew that I was going to come here and get the football,” Blount said. “The first couple weeks weren’t big weeks for me but I knew when my time came I was going to be able to contribute and we came out here and did well.”

Some things we learned from the Steelers’ 37-19 win: PROTECTION CONCERNS

Coach Ron Rivera was concerned about the lack of protection given to Cam Newton.

The offensive line, which lost a number of veteran starters in the offseason, was viewed as the weak link coming into the season. They were exposed by the Steelers, who got to Newton at times with only

three rushers.

Newton was sacked three times, fumbled once and hit at least a dozen more in the loss.

“The Steelers did some things that were a little bit different,” Rivera said. “They hadn’t done these things in their previous two games.

They really did. If you go back and look at it, they did a really nice job of game planning and mixing some things up.”

PANTHERS BACKS ARE HURTING

The Panthers have issues to contend with moving forward at running back. They came into the game without starting running back DeAngelo Williams (hamstring) and third-string back Fozzy Whit-

taker (hamstring) due to injuries. Jonathan Stewart, who replaced Williams, injured his knee and did not return. Fullback Mike Tolbert left the game with leg injury.

The Panthers elevated Darrin Reaves from the practice

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SUNDAY’S GAMES

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Baltimore 23, Cleveland 21 Detroit 19, Green Bay 7 Indianapolis 44, Jacksonville 17 New England 16, Oakland 9 Arizona 23, San Francisco 14 Seattle 26, Denver 20, OT Kansas City 34, Miami 15 Pittsburgh 37, Carolina 19

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Chicago at N.Y. Jets, late

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Philadelphia at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m.

Atlanta at Minnesota, 4:25 p.m.

New Orleans at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

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squad last week and Rivera said “he many have to oil it up and get ready to play football” against Baltimore next Sunday.

The Panthers are averaging just 72.3 yards per game on the ground this season.

You are cordially invited to attend Dog Day at Patriot Park, Tuesday, October 21st from two o’clock to four o’clock in the afternoon. Sumter Stormwater Solutions is hosting this fun event to celebrate the installation of four new pet waste stations. The pet waste stations were purchased and will be installed to help pet owners remember to pick up after their pets while visiting the park. The stations will be equipped with bags and a trashcan to dispose of the used bags.

SSS will have a table and tent set up with water quality information, including information on our Carolina Yards program. We will also have free giveaways! There will be a pet Halloween costume contest, so bring your canine friend dressed to impress in their favorite costume! Petco and Guignard Feed Store have partnered with SSS to sponsor the costume contest prize! Join us for a great day to celebrate dogs at

It is important to note that you should always pick up after your pet whether you are visiting Patriot Park, Dillon Park, or are in your own backyard. Did you know that your dog’s waste contains two and a half times the amount of bacteria as human waste. When it rains, the rainwater will runoff and take with it bacteria from your pet’s waste if it is left lying on the ground. The water will run to the nearest storm drain or body of water. Pet waste in lakes, rivers, and streams can make it unsafe for people to swim, boat, and fish in the water. Please be responsible and pick up after your furry friend! Remember, we all live downstream!

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

IDIOTS FROM PAGE B1 situation was an embarrassment for the entire school — not just Winston, Fisher or the football program — the school.

Fisher should have told him, at the very least, that he could go the president’s box at the stadium and view the game from there. In reality, he should have told Winston that he could watch the game from his residence.

Again, Winston had forfeited the right to be on the sideline with his teammates due to his actions. I would have loved for one of his teammates he came running toward to hug or “impart his wisdom” upon would have let him know he wasn’t welcomed at that particular time. No player should have had to be in the position to do that though; that was Fisher’s duty as

WATSON FROM PAGE B1 “True freshman in that environment, he made some big-time plays, and the receivers made some great plays as well,” Swinney said. “Made some awesome runs, extended some plays, and I’m really proud of him.

He gave us a chance to win the game.”

Clemson (1-2, 0-1 ACC) plays its next three games at home, which will give its fans plenty of time to voice its adulation for the ballyhooed freshman.

“I’ve been dreaming about this moment since I was a little kid,” Watson said Saturday night. “Now that the moment’s here, I just go out there and play.

Obviously, there’s more

ATTENTION FROM PAGE B1 said. “We’ve given up three kickoff returns for touchdown in the last five games – Wisconsin got one at the end of the (Capital One Bowl) game. We’re not doing it very well, and I’m going to help out. I’m the assistant special teams coach, and I have not done a real good job helping out.

Because we’re pitiful on that one right there.”

Vanderbilt’s Darrius Sims returned the opening kickoff 91 yards for a

the head coach and he failed at it miserably.

I feel sorry for the other FSU players. Like it or not, they are being lumped in with Winston and Fisher when they shouldn’t be.

There was no contriteness on Winston’s part. There appeared to be no embarrassment on his part as to why he wasn’t playing. I don’t even think he was worried about whether he would be the goat or not should the Seminoles lose as some of the announcers suggested. In his mind, he was the one being victimized.

Yes, I’m completely irritated by all of this. If there is a way I could make this column scream at you, I would do it, because I’m screaming every word I type.

If I’m offended by this,

every woman — young, old and those in between — should be offended as well.

This was total disrespect for women, to have someone who said such vile things about women and was supposedly being punished for it to be allowed on the sideline and given more face time than anyone actually playing the game. Oh, yeah, kudos to ESPN, ABC, Disney — whatever your name is — for that.

Would Fisher or anyone there with a wife, daughter, sister or just a female friend want Winston to refer to them in such terms? I hope not. And they should feel that way about any woman.

After the game, Fisher said he hoped Winston had learned something from the situation. Based on what I saw, the only thing he learned is he can pretty much say or do what he wants and get away with it.

What a disgusting shame.

AMWAY TOP 25 POLL The Amway Top 25 football coaches poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 20, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Fla. State (36) 3-0 1494 1 2. Alabama (11) 4-0 1466 2 3. Oklahoma (12) 4-0 1425 4 4. Oregon (3) 4-0 1403 3 5. Auburn 3-0 1316 5 6. Baylor 3-0 1213 6 7. Texas A&M 4-0 1197 7 8. Notre Dame 3-0 1022 9 9. Michigan State 2-1 920 11 10. UCLA 3-0 899 10 11. Mississippi 3-0 875 12 12. Arizona State 3-0 792 13 13. Georgia 2-1 768 14 14. Stanford 2-1 657 15

15. S. Carolina 3-1 630 16 16. Miss. State 4-0 523 NR 17. Wisconsin 2-1 518 17 18. LSU 3-1 514 8 19. Nebraska 4-0 433 22 20. Ohio State 2-1 407 18 21. BYU 4-0 381 23 22. So. California 2-1 309 21 23. Duke 4-0 155 NR 24. East Carolina 3-1 153 NR 25. Kansas State 2-1 128 20 Others receiving votes: Oklahoma State 110; Penn State 67; Clemson 63; Washington 62; Arizona 45; TCU 44; Marshall 31; GeorgiaTech 27; Oregon State 20; Arkansas 17; Cincinnati 13; Missouri 13; Utah 8; Boston College 7; North Carolina State 7; Louisville 6; Boise State 5; Memphis 3; West Virginia 3; Iowa 1.

people watching, it’s a louder crowd and a bigger experience. I just go out and have fun.”

Swinney said Stoudt has been supportive of the freshman Watson throughout the summer, fall camp and first month of the season. Watson has remained humble as the backup,

though clearly is excited for prolonged playing time.

“I don’t take a backseat to no one. I just go out there and work every day,” Watson said. “If it’s my time, then I’m up for it.”

Stoudt wasn’t made available for interviews after the FSU loss Saturday, but he won’t be benched for good.

touchdown Saturday, and later added a 100-yard return for a score in the third quarter. In the bowl game to close last season, Kenzel Doe of Wisconsin returned a fourth-quarter kickoff 91 yards for a touchdown.

“We’d not had a kickoff return for a touchdown in the 10 years I’ve been here, and we’ve given up three in the last five games,” Spurrier said. “So there’s something wrong. We’re doing something fundamentally wrong, so we’re going to change. I can’t say what the changes are, but we’re

going to do something different.”

Spurrier added the problem is twofold. “It’s a scheme thing, and it’s players not doing their assignments,” he said. “I tell our coaches all the time, ‘They represent you. Whatever type of coach you are is how your players play. Simple as that.’ And we think we’ve got good players, and they’re not playing very well. It goes back to coaching. It really does. You get out of them what you put into them. We need to do a better job coaching, especially me.”

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LOGANO FROM PAGE B1 away before. It was just too cool.”

Keselowski and Logano are 1-2 in the points standings.

Denny Hamlin, Greg Biffle, Kurt Busch and Aric Almirola are in the bottom four of the 16-driver field and at risk of getting cut next Sunday at Dover.

Chase drivers took seven of the first 10 spots at New Hampshire. Harvick was third, Jimmie Johnson fifth, Almirola sixth, Kyle Busch eighth, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. 10th.

“It’s not all about winning and losing at this point. It’s about advancing,” said Harvick, who led a race-high 104 laps.

Some things of note at the New Hampshire race: CAUTION!: The staggering number of cautions slowed the 300-mile race and wrecked the chances for several Chase drivers to contend for a win.

Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Hamlin and Matt Kenseth; Hendrick Motorsports drivers Jeff Gordon and Kasey Kahne; and Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kurt Busch all finished outside of the top 20.

Tony Stewart was 30th in his first race since he learned a grand jury will decide his fate in the fatal sprint car crash in upstate New York.

Other Chase drivers included: AJ Allmendinger was 13th, Roush Fenway Racing drivers Biffle and Carl Edwards were 16th and 17th, Ryan Newman 18th, Kenseth 21st, Kahne 23rd, and Gordon 26th.

and snagging the early lead on the scorecard against Hendrick Motorsports.

“Confidence is high through the 22 team right now, all of Team Penske,” Logano said.

“All of Team Penske. We feel like we’ve got some championships to win, not only on the Cup side, but Nationwide side.

And you’ve got IndyCar. We’re just trying to catch up to them.”

Will Power won the IndyCar Series championship for Penske last month.

Logano raced to his fourth victory of the season, leading 73 laps and surviving a NASCAR season-high 15 cautions that wrecked results for several Chase drivers. He took the lead from Kevin Harvick with 27 laps left and went on to his seventh career Cup victory.

Logano attended his first NASCAR race at New Hampshire when he was 5, made his first career Cup start at this site and won his first race in 2009. But that was a rainshortened win that always gnawed at Logano. Until he became a regular winner, it was considered a bit of a fluke and the rain meant Logano was denied a traditional victory celebration.

This time, he took No. 22 Ford for the celebratory burnouts and a spin around the track holding the checkered flag.

“I didn’t know where Victory Lane was, actually,” Logano said. “I just didn’t want to come in. I want to stay out. I never got out in front of all the fans on the front straight-

SYLVANIA 300 RESULTS The Associated Press Sunday At New Hampshire Motor Speedway Loudon, N.H. Lap length: 1.058 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (7) Joey Logano, Ford, 303 laps, 130.4 rating, 47 points, $290,581.

2. (10) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 303, 99.1, 42, $216,670.

3. (3) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 303, 133, 43, $186,858.

4. (2) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 303, 108.1, 40, $155,864.

5. (6) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 303, 103.5, 39, $160,686.

6. (21) Aric Almirola, Ford, 303, 88.2, 38, $141,876.

7. (1) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 303, 113.7, 38, $147,223.

8. (5) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 303, 94.9, 36, $138,906.

9. (11) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 303, 94.7, 35, $101,765.

10. (12) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 303, 110.6, 35, $131,490.

11. (22) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 303, 76.4, 33, $136,751.

12. (32) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 303, 65.6, 32, $119,173.

13. (27) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 303, 70.8, 31, $108,223.

14. (14) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 303, 79.7, 30, $123,831.

15. (23) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 303, 73, 29, $116,254.

16. (26) Greg Biffle, Ford, 303, 62.5, 28, $128,590.

17. (8) Carl Edwards, Ford, 303, 82.4, 27, $102,640.

18. (9) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 303, 82.7, 26, $94,740.

19. (18) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 303, 79.7, 25, $94,440.

20. (24) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 303, 61.1, 24, $111,498.

21. (16) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 303, 90.1, 23, $131,426.

22. (25) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 303, 65, 22, $107,698.

23. (17) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 303, 67.2, 21, $101,215.

24. (20) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 303, 68.3, 20, $111,360.

25. (30) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 303, 53.3, 0, $85,315.

26. (13) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 303, 99.2, 18, $128,151.

27. (34) David Gilliland, Ford, 301, 48.4, 18, $103,848.

28. (35) Alex Bowman, Toyota, 301, 48, 16, $93,437.

29. (38) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 301, 44.6, 15, $83,515.

30. (28) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 301, 51.6, 14, $118,923.

31. (37) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 300, 42.2, 13, $82,565.

32. (40) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 300, 35, 12, $79,790.

33. (39) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 297, 34.9, 11, $79,565.

34. (42) Mike Wallace, Toyota, 296, 30.4, 0, $87,365.

35. (43) Timmy Hill, Ford, 295, 27.3, 9, $79,165.

36. (15) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 268, 61.1, 8, $78,935.

37. (4) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 265, 97.7, 8, $87,217.

38. (31) Cole Whitt, Toyota, 264, 39.1, 6, $73,655.

39. (19) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, accident, 263, 63.9, 5, $105,480.

40. (36) David Stremme, Chevrolet, 228, 35, 4, $65,655.

41. (41) Corey LaJoie, Ford, 201, 30.3, 0, $61,655.

42. (29) David Ragan, Ford, accident, 177, 35.8, 2, $65,655.

43. (33) Clay Rogers, Toyota, overheating, 45, 27.4, 1, $54,155.

and Maggie Wilson Anderson.

The family will be receiving friends and relatives at the home, 1655 S.C. 527, Elliott.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc.

OBITUARIES MILTON D. CARR Milton Donald Carr, 66, husband of Annie Bell McCray Carr, died Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014, at McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence.

He was born Jan. 26, 1948, in Newport News, Virginia, a son of the late Ulyesses and Adell Craig Carr.

He was precedCARR ed in death by one sister, Diane Elizabeth Carr, and one brother, Richard Randolph Carr.

Milton obtained his education in Newport News at Huntington High School. He worked at Saks Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York, for many years until he moved to Manning. He worked at Federal Mogul until he retired.

He was baptized as a Jehovah’s Witness on Aug. 8 1980, and he humbly and faithfully served Jehovah until his death.

Survivors are his wife, Annie Bell Carr of Manning; two sons, Kenneth (Shuncey) Carr of Columbia and Donell Carr of Atlanta; one daughter, Kendra Carr of Manning; three brothers, Ulysses (Mary) Carr of Newport News, Randolph (Shirley) Carr of Newport News and Eugene (Christine) Carr of East Orange, New Jersey; three sisters, Rosetta Carr of

Manhattan, Marie Draughn of Newport News and Geraldine Jegede of Newport News; and two aunts, Ruth Barrett of Manhattan and Mary Craig of Newport News.

Funeral services for Mr. Carr will be held at 11 a.m.

Wednesday at Manning Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, 4343 Greeleyville Highway, Manning, with the funeral discourse by Frederick Reginald Levy Jr., Brother Jeff Wilkins, Brother Jesse Washington and Brother Don Scribner assisting.

Mr. Carr will lie in repose one hour prior to service time.

The family is receiving friends at his residence, 2029 LH Pearson Road, Manning.

These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

ALLEN HUNTER SR. Allen Hunter Sr., 71, husband of Ora Mae Dinkins Hunter, died Thursday, Sept.

18, 2014, in Rembert. Born May 24, 1943, he was the son of the late Charlie Hunter and Mary Pringle Hunter.

The family is receiving friends and relatives at the home of his daughter, Catherine Hunter, 5165 Dais Road, Rembert.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Williams Funeral Home Inc.

JAMES C. JONES James Carl Jones, 71, widower of Barbara Rae Richey Jones, died Wednesday, Sept.

17, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Services will be announced by the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter. (803) 775-9386.

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Mother battles her fears while raising daughter DEAR ABBY — I had an awful childhood. After I was finally taken into state custody, I cycled through six Dear Abby different foster homes.

ABIGAIL Because of it VAN BUREN I have struggled with mental health issues for as long as I can remember.

I’m 28 now and have a 4-year-old daughter who is everything to me. The problem is, I’m terrified of strangers.

As a child I saw firsthand how evil people can be, and I am almost paralyzed with fear because of my hyper-vigilance. I fight the battle every day.

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I am in counseling and I’m trying, but I am afraid I am going to make my daughter fear the world. She’s in Head Start and loves it. Anyone who meets her comments on how happy and outgoing she is, but I don’t know how to walk the tightrope between keeping her safe and making her afraid.

Any advice would be appreciated.

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You may need counseling for some time to avoid becoming overprotective and to allow

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HOW TO PLAY: Each row, column and set of 3-by-3 boxes must contain the numbers 1 through 9 without repetition.

ACROSS 1 Reduce to mist 8 Insubstantial stuff 11 Intro deliverers 14 Short outing for a jogger 15 From A to Z 16 The smile on a smiley face, say 17 Green gem 18 Where to leggo your Eggo?

20 Period of meaningful interaction 22 Having the wherewithal 26 Take to court 27 From square one 28 “That’s using your head!”

33 Detach from the dock 34 Sharply delineated, as a contrast 35 Egyptian snake 36 Actress Charlotte 38 __ Lanka 39 Scooby-__ 42 Living thing 44 Make responsible for, as chores 46 Planck’s Nobel prizewinning formulation 48 Insulting remark 50 Equal: Pref.

51 Carnivorous dinosaur, briefly 52 Small musical interval sung in choral warmups 57 Let go 58 Movie equipment 63 “O, __ fortune’s fool!”: Romeo 64 Start to practice?

65 Surreptitiously ... and a hint to 20-, 28-, 46- and 52-Across 66 8-Down treaters: Abbr.

67 Get at a store 68 Traditional Yuletide quaff DOWN 1 Soul, to Zola 2 “A Christmas Carol” boy 3 Bullfight “Bravo!”

4 Debussy’s “La __” 5 Syria neighbor 6 Last letter of a pilot’s alphabet 7 Mark similar to a hyphen 8 Waiting room waiters 9 Very much 10 Be in the game 11 Checking conclusively, in chess

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