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Tornado rips Johns Island BY ANDREW KNAPP Charleston Post and Courier

A tornado with 130-mph wind ripped through Johns Island and West Ashley early Friday, BY KONSTANTIN cutting a 7-mile-long swath of VENGEROWSKY splintered centuries-old oak konstantin@theitem.com trees, nearly leveling a home Areas in Clarendon, Sumand damaging 80 others, and ter and Lee counties received sending mailboxes, plywood between four to six inches of and boats flying through the air. rain and were issued a flash Despite the destruction in flood warning for several communities along Sonny Boy hours Friday evening by the Lane and Old Pond, River and National Weather Service. Fickling Hill roads, the twister The warning was issued spared the most precious thing: about 5 p.m. and lasted until lives. 7:30 p.m. Areas receiving the Families huddled in bathheaviest rainfall resulting in rooms, closets and bedrooms as the warnings included: south their furniture, musical instrucentral Lee County, northments and family albums were eastern Clarendon County sucked from their homes. No and central Sumter County, one was seriously hurt. said Doug Anderson, meteoIt spared the young father rological technician with the who swooped up his sleeping inweather service in Columbia. fant and ducked into a closet The weather services’ Dopjust as the door was ripped from pler radar indicated a thunits hinges. It spared the family derstorm that produced of four who sought refuge in a heavy rainfall near the Clarbedroom only to have the wind endon and Sumter County cut the stilts from under their line, particularly near the inmobile home sending it crashtersection of S.C. 527 and I-95 ing 10 feet to the ground. It about 5 p.m., according to the spared the couple who clung to weather service. their dogs and each other as the BY HARRY BRUNSON / SPECIAL TO THE SUMTER ITEM storm relocated every other Anderson said it would be The damage caused by Friday’s tornado on Sonny Boy Lane on Johns Island is seen. The tornado touched difficult to pinpoint exactly room in their house to the front down about 1 a.m. with maximum winds of 130 mph, according to the National Weather Service. which streets were affected, yard. however. The tornado struck after midA flash flood is a sudden vinight, a time when such storms olent flood that can take from are more likely to endanger minutes to hours to develop. sleeping residents. But almost Anderson said it is possible all of the people in the hardestto experience a flash flood in hit neighborhoods were awakareas not immediately receivened by a Wireless Alert System ing rain. A flash flood warntone that blared over their moing is issued when it is immibile phones four minutes before nent or occurring in the the twister touched down. warned area, he said. It is Many, though, said they initialmore severe than an advisory ly ignored the chime because of or watch, he said. the less serious flash-flood Rainfall intensity and durawarnings they often get. tion, topography, soil condiMost on Sonny Boy Lane tions and ground cover conspent Friday counting their tribute to flash flooding, he blessings and salvaging their said. possessions. The American Red “This occurs when rainfall Cross offered hotel stays to four rates start to increase drafamilies whose homes were unmatically and drainage sysinhabitable. tems are not able to handle About 4,000 homes lost power. the amount of water,” he Berkeley Electric Cooperative said. “Streams and other wahad restored electricity to most, ter-flowing areas can rise but the undertaking to remove suddenly and you could see, trees and fix 40 utility poles will for example, one inch of be immense. BY BROOKE BAKER / SPECIAL TO THE SUMTER ITEM water rise up to a foot in John Bercik sifted through

Sumter native and Johns Island resident Brooke Baker took this photo of one of the more heavily damSEE RAIN, PAGE A11 aged homes on Johns Island near her own home.

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Stateburg church will bless your pets in honor of St. Francis BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com The Church of the Holy Cross will offer the Blessing of Animals at 10 a.m. Saturday in honor of the Feast of St. Francis and God’s love for his creation, said Father Michael Ridgill of the church located at 335 N. King’s Highway (S.C. 261). Many U.S. churches celebrate the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi each year about

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Oct. 4, Ridgill said. He explained, “The feast is held in commemoration of St. Francis of Assisi, a 12thcentury saint associated with animals and the environment. St. Francis wrote a canticle, or song, in celebration of God’s creation and also gave us the tradition of the manger scene now commonly used during Christmas.” Every year, Ridgill celebrates the Feast of St. Fran-

cis by blessing animals at Holy Cross, he said, adding, “Last year we blessed dogs, cats and even a horse. Over the years all types of animals have been blessed with everything from pet frogs to horses and of course, our usual household pets of cats and dogs.” Even more exotic animals, such as snakes and spiders have been brought on occasion, so Ridgill said, “The clergy reserve the right to

bless from a distance.” Also, he said, animals are sometimes too sick or their caretakers are unable to bring them, so children sometimes bring a stuffed animal in their place. “The blessing of animals is a wonderful tradition in the church where we are thankful to God for all of his creation and for our stewardship entrusted to us over pets and furry companions,” Ridgill said.

He invited pet owners to “Come out Saturday morning and don’t forget to bring your pet.” To get to the Church of the Holy Cross, take U.S. 378 toward Columbia, and turn right on S.C. 261. The church is about a mile away on the right side of the road. For more information, call the parish office at (803) 4948101 or visit the website www.holycrossstateburg.com.

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Firefighter completes training academy Alexander Farley of Sumter Fire Department was one of 17 graduates from South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation’s South Carolina Fire Academy on Friday. Farley completed the 320hour training program of classroom and hands-on firefighting skills development. The eight-week program provided in-depth training, including emergency responder first aid training, hazardous materials operations training, auto extrication, flammable liquids and gas firefighting, rescue training and National Fire Protection Association Firefighter I and Firefighter II levels. The Fire Academy provides emergency services training to the municipal fire service — both paid and volunteer — airport crash rescue departments, industrial fire brigades and emergency teams and service organizations including EMS, law enforcement and military from around the state and the world.

Morris prepares for 2nd year of 5-year cybersecurity project BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com This October, Morris College prepares to begin the second year of its five-year cybersecurity project. The college is part of a cybersecurity consortium established by the White House consisting of 13 historically black colleges and universities across the nation, two national laboratories, Charleston County School District and a Department of Defense facility, according to a brochure from Morris College. The focus of the project is to fill a growing need for cybersecurity professionals and diversifying the pipeline for those who enter the science, tech-

nology, engineering, and mathematics career fields. Morris College Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Chairman Radman Ali said the project is in response to recent growth of cybercrime. According to a news release from U.S. Department of Education, the consortium received a $25 million grant from U.S. Department of Energy to support cybersecurity education. Ali said the college received $1.2 million to upgrade its labs with the newest computer science equipment for the project. During classes, students learn the basics of computer science, database design and how to develop security

systems, he said. Ali said the college is preparing to establish a network that the students will use to learn about hacking and to create security programs. He said students who complete the program can expect to find employment protecting sensitive information in the private sector and with federal agencies. He said computer science and cybersecurity will be available as a minor degree in the spring and he hopes to see the courses offered to students of different fields of study in the future. For more information about the Morris College’s cybersecurity project, contact Radman Ali at (803) 9343284 or rali@morris.edu.

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3 workers burned by steam in accident COLUMBIA — Three workers were burned when steam escaped from a wash tank at a plant that assembles nuclear fuel rods and are being treated at a burn center in Augusta, Georgia. The State newspaper reports the workers were injured at the Columbia Westinghouse nuclear fuel production plant near Columbia early Friday. A company spokeswoman told the newspaper there was no public or environmental risk, and a spokeswoman for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the incident did not involve radiation. The company said the release of the steam from the tank was caused by a mechanical problem.

Minimum wage required for state prison labor GREENVILLE — Three companies that had been using S.C. inmate labor and paying below $2 an hour must now pay the inmates minimum wage. The Greenville News reported Saturday that prisoners, who were doing such things as making license plates, refurbishing golf carts and recycling textiles, had not been considered manufacturing workers and did not fall under federal minimum wage laws. The newspaper reported the 315 workers employed in such programs were being paid between 35 cents and $1.80 per hour, something black state lawmakers likened to slavery. State Corrections Director Bryan Stirling has notified the three companies that they must now apply U.S. Justice Department prison industries guidelines.

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Tammy Tolbert, right, an inspector with Sumter Fire Department, talks to students about careers with the fire department on Friday as Engineer Sean Sutton looks on.

More than 50 vendors attend annual event to educate students BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com Lakewood High School hosted about 60 businesses, organizations and colleges at the school’s Career Day on Friday. “It’s important for our students to be exposed to different career fields and opportunities that may be available at local businesses,” said Brenda R. Richardson, Lakewood’s director of school counseling. Students in grades nine through 12 attended the event in different block periods, talking to businesses and a few local colleges. School organizations also set up at the event to encourage their students to join their groups. “This event exposes students to various career fields and allows them to talk face-

to-face with business representatives, to see which careers they may be interested in,” said Alicia Hammett, Lakewood career specialist. Employers included fields such as healthcare, emergency services, banking, law and more. Sumter Fire Department firefighters talked about opportunities available with the department. “There are opportunities for students to become certified firefighters while they are in high school and join the department after graduating,” said Engineer Sean Smith. Bonita Barrett, employment coordinator, for Tuomey Healthcare System, answered students questions about career goals and education options. “We’re here to support the community, promote good healthcare and offer employ-

ment opportunities to the Sumter community,” Barrett said. Stacey McInnis, human resource officer for the Bank of Clarendon, said it was important to expose students to all types of career fields. “This is a good way to expose students to different businesses and we want them to know there may be opportunities available for them in our bank in the future,” McInnis said. There were also several military recruiters on hand. U.S. Army recruiter Tevishiah S. Dinkins-Lucas provided students information on both active and reserve programs. “The Army offers more than 150 military occupation specialties which can correlate into the civilian sector,” Dinkins-Lucas said. Student organizations such as Student Government As-

sociation and Future Business Leaders of America talked about their programs. “We’re hoping to get students involved at an early age in government. Anyone can get involved in local government and be a leader in the community,” said Christian Compton, president of Lakewood’s Student Government Association. Marlon Stukes of Lakewood’s FBLA said the organization is about preparing students for the business world. “FBLA teaches students skills such as communication and business etiquette to prepare them for the business world,” Stukes said. Senior Chris Ridgill, who works part-time at Piggly Wiggly, said going to school and working part-time is a great way for students to see what options are available for them.

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Got the new iPhone? Here’s how to use Live Photos NEW YORK (AP) — If you’re getting one of the new iPhones, you’ll be able to turn still images into video. The iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, which started shipping Friday in the U.S. and other markets, automatically take three-second videos to accompany your regular shots, including selfies. Imagine snapping a shot of your kid blowing out birthday candles — and getting video showing the flame going out as everyone sings “Happy Birthday.” Yes, sound is included. You can also enhance shots of your pets and landscapes, such as a waterfall. You need one of the 6s models to capture these “Live Photos,” but older phones are fine for viewing. This feature takes practice, so check out these tips:

TAKING THE SHOT When you open the camera app, the iPhone continually records video in the background, though it’s immediately discarded if you do nothing. When you snap a shot, the phone saves a second and a half of video leading to that shot and continues recording until you get three seconds in all. Wait a few seconds before snapping your shot so that the video won’t show you moving the phone into position. Like-

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anette Akins, 53, had tried every diet in the book and even those designed by physicians to try to find what she could stick with. “While I enjoyed many of them, I found that sticking to a set program was difficult. I had the desire to get healthy, but I guess I would get bored with it after about six weeks, especially when I wasn’t seeing the results I wanted,” she said. Numerous diets have recently been developed to help reduce Missy obesity and Corrigan health risks, yet they have shown varying degrees of benefits, and the long-term adherence to these diets is reported to be low. Additionally, there is a gap between what clinician’s know and what the average American understands about what it means to eat healthful. A recent survey of patients showed there was a lack of counseling about healthful eating by physicians. Poor diet is a key contributor to the leading cause of chronic disease and death in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control states that “although obesity and chronic disease epidemics have complicated origins, the contribution of our society’s easy access to highly processed foods and low consumption of fresh and whole foods cannot be overemphasized.” Surveys showed that there is a low adherence to healthful lifestyle factors with less than 25 percent of Americans consuming the recommended amounts of fruits and vegetables and even fewer getting the recommended amount of exercise. While following a diet plan may help, adopting a lifestyle of healthy eating can potentially be more beneficial than actually going on a diet. Many professionals think that chronic conditions such heart disease, stroke and diabetes are preventable with healthful foods. Therefore, culinary medicine has been introduced. It is a new practice that combines the science of food, nutrition and medicine to help prevent chronic conditions. By cooking for yourself, you are in control of what is and isn’t in your foods. When you buy prepackaged foods, you

usually find an excess amount of sugar, sodium and fat. Culinary medicine recognizes that food nourishes and heals the body and that a healthful approach isn’t just about calories in, calories out. When you focus on one variable, you miss out on what the human body needs to operate effectively. In the past, physicians did not receive nutrition education during medical school. But since it has been recognized that medical professionals need to know more about nutrition to help their patients, medical school students are being introduced to culinary medicine. Janette said that she found a physician who has received nutrition training and that her health has improved greatly. “But more importantly,” she said, “I am receiving valuable information that I can actually use, and my conversations with my doctor are more meaningful. I feel better, and I have more energy than ever.”

tatives about their studies of Essure, which is made of a nickel-titanium alloy. Because nickel allergies are common, panelists asked why Bayer didn’t do more research on reWASHINGTON (AP) — A actions to the metal. “How can we not have data 13-year-old birth control implant came under new scru- on nickel allergy when you have a device that is 55 pertiny Thursday as federal cent nickel and 20 percent of health experts discussed a women are known to be nickel host of problems reported allergic?” asked Dr. Peter by women implanted with Schalock of Harvard Medical the metallic device, includSchool. “Why is there no data ing chronic pain, bleeding on that in your package?” and fatigue. Representatives for Bayer The Essure implant from said that skin tests for nickel German manufacturer Bayer is frequently pitched allergies do not accurately predict whether a patient will to women as the only nonhave an allergic reaction to a surgical option for permanickel implant. The company nent birth control. added that many medical deBut since 2013, the Food vices contain nickel, including and Drug Administration heart valves and stents. has received thousands of Earlier in the day, more complaints about the dethan 20 women from throughvice from women and docout the U.S. described debilitors. The agency convened a meeting Thursday to have tating symptoms which they its outside experts review attributed to Essure. Essure’s safety and effecElena Mendez received her tiveness. The panel’s recimplant in February 2008 at ommendations are not the recommendation of her binding. doctor. An emergency room While Essure’s label nurse in New York, Mendez warns about pelvic pain, said she liked the idea that it bleeding and allergic reaccould be implanted via a tions shortly after the imquick, in-office procedure. plant procedure, many women say these problems persist and can be so severe they require invasive surgery to remove the device. Panelists said more data is needed on allergic reactions to the device and how to spot signals that women are likely to develop longterm problems. Additionally, the group said doctors need more training on how to properly place and remove the devices, which can sometimes move, shatter or puncture parts of the uterus and bowels. The audience at Thursday’s meeting included dozens of women pushing for the withdrawal of Essure, who frequently applauded critical comments by the panelists. In one exchange, panelists grilled Bayer represen-

But soon afterward, Mendez began experiencing severe, constant pain, especially during sex. “Pain became my norm every day,” Mendez said. “This negatively impacted my marriage, and I could not be the mother my children deserved.” There is no timeline for action by the FDA, which is not required to follow the advice of its outside experts. Essure consists of coils inserted into the fallopian tubes, where they are intended to spur scar tissue that eventually blocks sperm.

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Visitors are seen at Universal Hollywood encountering a creepy character, part of Universal’s Hollywood Horror Nights extravaganza. Halloween is one of the busiest times of year at Universal parks in California and Orlando, Florida, with thousands of visitors coming out to experience elaborately themed scare zones, haunted houses and mazes.

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a few of the themes popping up at this year’s Halloween attractions. But if you’re not up for extreme frights offered by hardcore haunted houses and nighttime theme park events, there are lots of low-key alternatives, with some venues avoiding scary stuff altogether. Disney World in Florida hosts Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party, with a similar Mickey’s Halloween Party at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. Some theme parks host family friendly activities on Saturdays and Sundays, then ramp up thrills and chills at night on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Many Six Flags parks have child-friendly activities during the day, then transition to nighttime Fright Fests, with creepy roaming creatures, haunted houses and scare zones. Carowinds park in Char-

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Elderly prostitutes reveal dark side of South Korea’s rise BY HYUNG-JIN KIM The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — As about a dozen elderly men loiter in a small plaza near a cinema, mostly chatting or watching people pass by, several deeply wrinkled women stroll among them, trolling for customers willing to pay for sex in nearby motels. “Hey, do you want to go with me? I can treat you really well,” a 76-year-old woman with a limp says as a reporter approaches her on a recent sunny afternoon. Despite a police crackdown this spring that resulted in 33 arrests, including an 84-yearold woman, the so-called “Bacchus ladies” can still be seen near the Piccadilly theater in Seoul’s Jongno neighborhood. The nickname comes from the popular energy drink that many of the prostitutes have traditionally sold. The middle-aged and elderly women and their customers — both pitied and scorned in this conservative country — provide a look at the dark side of South Korea’s rapid economic rise and erosion of traditional parent-child roles. As a growing, ultra-competitive middle class has become preoccupied with getting ahead, many elderly and poor people have been left to fend for themselves. Despite the country’s dramatic growth after the 1950-53 Korean War, many older women in South Korea’s male-dominated culture didn’t receive equal education and job opportunities in their youth. Widowed, divorced or abandoned by their children, some now find themselves without a social safety net, and so they are forced to take up prostitution. Some get paid

to drink with older men and only occasionally have sex with them. Elderly widowers and divorced men, meanwhile, seek out the women to fulfill sexual desires or fight loneliness amid lingering prejudice against second marriages and dating among senior citizens. In late 2013 and early 2014, the number of “Bacchus ladies” peaked at about 300-400 in the Jongno neighborhood alone, according to Lee Hosun, a professor at Korea Soongsil Cyber University in Seoul who has interviewed dozens of the women. Now, after the police raid, there are roughly 200, many in their 60s and 70s, Lee said, with about 20 women regularly in the Piccadilly plaza area. Hundreds more “Bacchus ladies” are thought to operate across the country. Prostitution is illegal in South Korea, and traditional red-light zones have been disappearing as urban redevelopment projects encroach on old neighborhoods. Despite occasional raids, however, the sex business still thrives in the shadows. “I know that I shouldn’t do this,” said the elderly prostitute with the limp, “but no one can say that I should starve to death rather than come here.” She agreed to talk with The Associated Press at a nearby coffee shop after she failed to solicit any customers but refused to give her name because her family doesn’t know she’s a prostitute. She started out selling Bacchus drinks about 20 years ago. A couple years later, she began selling sex. She still does it so she can pay for arthritis treatment — about $250 a month. She and her husband live with their son, a low-paid

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manual worker, and his family, relying partly on government subsidies. “Every woman here is keeping this a secret from their families,” said the woman, wearing a checkered blouse and navy blue pants. One of the women says she needs the money to take care of her ailing mother. Another needs cash for her disabled children. One is illiterate. Some don’t talk with their adult children any more. Some are ethnic Koreans from China who came to Seoul trying to find a better life. “It’s a tragedy,” says Lee, the professor. “It’s like our mothers are forced to lift up their skirts to make money because their children won’t feed them.” According to Confucian ideals, parents are to be cherished by their children. For centuries, elder sons took their parents into their homes and cared for them until they died. But as the country modernized, younger generations moved to cities for jobs and

school, leaving many parents behind in the countryside. Others simply stopped looking out for their parents. South Korea has one of the world’s fastest-aging populations, but pension and welfare systems for the elderly lag behind other developed countries. Nearly half of South Koreans aged 65 and older live on less than half the national median income, and the elderly suicide rate has nearly quadrupled during the past 25 years. “My two children took all my money. I bought a house for my son when he got married, and I also spent a lot when marrying off my daughter,” said a divorced 71-yearold “Bacchus lady” at the plaza. “Now, we don’t talk. I’ve been alone for a long time.” The woman, who also declined to give her name out of shame, said she has been a prostitute for many years. “The first year, I felt really ashamed,” she said. “I couldn’t sleep well because I

agonized over whether I should be doing this. Even now, I cannot sleep well.” The woman, dressed in a dark two-piece suit and red shoes, said she hasn’t had a customer in 10 days — a similar refrain at the plaza as the economy cools. “Some women here are skipping meals. How can they buy food when they can’t even pay their rent?” She said most women at the plaza earn about 200,000300,000 won ($168-252) a month, but the very old women sometimes charge as little as 10,000 won ($8) for sex. For the male customers, it is often a matter of staving off loneliness. Many elderly men were taught to sacrifice their personal lives for their companies and to keep their emotions hidden. After retirement, they often struggle to fill their days. A 78-year-old divorced man told the AP that he comes to the Piccadilly plaza every day to kill time. He said he sometimes goes to a quiet back alley with a “Bacchus lady” to chat and pays about $8 to touch her hands and breasts. “I’ve been living alone for a long time so that kind of thing makes me feel refreshed,” said the man, who has virtually no contact with his two adult sons and their families.

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TORNADO FROM PAGE A1 the rubble of his brick house, plucking out a Stratocaster guitar and anything else he could load into a U-Haul truck. The storm had dislodged all but his garage and the bedroom he was in. “None of this really matters,” he said. “When you have all the people you care about, that’s all that matters.” Meteorologists from the National Weather Service surveyed the communities to determine the tornado’s strength and path. Michael Emlaw, who leads the Charleston office, estimated the twister to be an EF-2 with winds on the upper end of a 111- to 135-mph range. In a display of the storm’s power, pieces of plywood torn from one home impaled a palm tree. An air-conditioning unit was hurled 150 feet. “This was obviously pretty significant,” Emlaw said. “These people are very fortunate.”

A WARNING Tornadoes are rarely fatal in the Lowcountry. Funnel clouds that do form typically are weak and short-lived. But at times, a powerful one can strike with short warning. The last time a strong tornado touched down in the area was in May 2008 on Wadmalaw Island. Friday morning’s twister spawned from a thunderstorm that rolled off the Atlantic Ocean near Folly Beach. The storm was moving northwest at 25 mph. Weather Service forecasters detected signs of rotation on radar, and they issued a tornado warning at 12:38 a.m. Distributed by local cellphone towers, the alert urged everyone to take shelter. At 12:42 a.m., the twister touched down near Cane Slash Road, the Weather Service said. It spun north-northwest for 4 miles until turning northwest near the Stono River and lifting at 12:59 a.m. near U.S. 17 and Bees Ferry Road in West Ashley. Bob Scholes, 63, went to bed after watching football only to hear his cellphone go off. On an iPad, he scanned radar images for the signature “hook” that indicates swirling winds. But he could see only rain. Still, Scholes and his wife heeded the warning and gathered in a first-floor laundry room as debris bombarded the house. “The house just started to sway,” he said. “Things just started hitting the house. I just kept listening for the big crack.”

Lacking a better description, other residents said they heard what sounded like a train as the tornado neared. In bed with his wife, Julie, in the single-story house they built 16 years ago, Bercik got the alerts, too. Knowing to seek shelter in an interior room, Julie Bercik opened the bedroom door, hoping to find a haven in the bathroom. She looked out and told her husband, “We don’t have a house.” They collected their corgi and Labrador and opted for the closet. “I’m so scared,” Julie Bercik said, looking for reassurance from her husband. “Yeah,” he said, “so am I.” The twister cut perpendicularly across Sonny Boy Lane. On the other side of the street, Ryan Meadows ignored the first alert that lit up his cellphone. When the second one came across, he thought about his 11-month-old daughter sleeping in another room on the third floor. After a brief quiet, he heard a roar. He scooped up his baby, rain downstairs and ducked into a second-floor closet, covering the infant Madison with his own body as the closet door was ripped away. The wind tossed the contents of his home. “My daughter never cried,” he said. A mile away, on Old Pond Road, Alexandra Arias woke up with her husband. Her son, 10, came out of his room hollering. She woke her daughter, 7. They rushed into the master bedroom. She and her husband covered the children. Then the stilts and cinder blocks meant to hold the mobile home above floodwaters gave way. Some stilts poked through the floor as the home fell 10 feet. “Mommy,” her daughter said. “I want to be a survivor. I don’t want to die.” “We just held on for dear life,” she said. Harry Brunson never received a warning on his phone. He was sitting in his living room with three doors open to the outside of his house when the tornado struck. “The house started moving side to side, and I could hear an extremely loud noise that sounded like a freight train,” Brunson said. “The pressure dropped and it was really intense.” “You see it on television, but you never think it could happen to you,” he said. Konstantin Vegnerowsky of The Sumter Item contributed to this report.

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Public Notice Air Force Seeks Public Input on Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis for Munitions Response Site SR500 at McEntire Joint National Guard Base Eastover, South Carolina PURPOSE: The Air Force, in consultation with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC), announces the public comment period for the Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis (EE/CA) for Old Abandoned Small Arms Range/Shooting-in-Buttress (also known as munitions response site [MRS] SR500), at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina. BACKGROUND: The Old Abandoned Small Arms Range/Shooting-in-Buttress (MRS SR500) occupies approximately 1.80 acres located on the eastern portion of McEntire Joint National Guard Base. Various aircrafts used the shooting-in-buttress, including the P-51 Mustang, F-80 Shooting Star, F-86 Sabre, and the A-7D Corsair. The MRS SR500 area was later used for small arms shooting qualifications during 1977 and 1978. By the end of 1978, the small arms range was permanently deactivated (closed). Due to these previous activities, lead contamination is present in soils within a berm that remains at the MRS. The purpose of the EE/CA is to evaluate alternatives and associated costs to address the lead-contaminated soils. If the lead-contaminated soils are not addressed by implementing the response action selected in the EE/ CA, it may present an unnecessary yet avoidable risk to public health or welfare in the future. The EE/CA describes the proposed remedial action for the site and summarizes information that can be found in greater detail in the Final Military Munitions Response Program – Remedial Investigation Old Abandoned Small Arms Range/Shooting-in-Buttress (MRS SR500), McEntire Joint National Guard, October, 2014. SUMMARY: McEntire Joint National Guard Base, in consultation with the SCDHEC, provides information regarding the cleanup of MRS SR500 to the public through the Administrative Record and announcements published in the local newspapers. Before finalizing the Action Memorandum, McEntire Joint National Guard Base will consider all oral and written comments received during the 45-day public comment period. THE 45-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS FROM 27 SEPTEMBER 2015 TO 11 NOVEMBER 2015

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ASHINGTON — “Oh, so you drank the KoolAid,” my neighbor superciliously sneered from the stoop he occupies each afternoon to sip wine and critique people’s parking skills on our beloved Olive Street. I did, I confessed. I grabbed the pope’s chalice, gulped it down and asked for more. It was magical. Palliative. Heavenly. For a few hours, I felt un-cynical. I wanted to be a better person and say nice things Kathleen about Donald Parker Trump. I wanted to invite strangers into my home, wash their feet and feed them fishes and loaves. I wanted to convert. And then morning came, the dog barked, (no cocks crowing, thankfully) and reality lifted me from the reverie of prayer and pressed me into the friction of deadlines, bills and the blasted construction site behind my house going on two years now. I washed my own feet, ate a gruel of hot oats, and cursed the blithering, bombastic, baying of the anti-pope — You-KnowWho. My snap-back to everydayness is not meant to diminish the joyous occasion of Francis’ visit to the nation’s capital. Long his admirer, I love his kindness, his gentle ways, his genuine affection for the poor and downtrodden. I love his openness, his call for tolerance and inclusivity, his appeal to our better angels. He makes me happy. I also love the Golden Rule, which was Francis’ resounding message to the U.S. Congress. “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” It’s a simple sentiment that pretty well sums up the practices of Christianity. All of the doctrinal debate and theological parsing of Scripture can be reduced to these 11 words. The brilliance of Francis’ address to America’s leadership and to el pueblo — the people — was his nuanced approach to our most divisive challenges — immigration, climate change, the sanctity of life. Careful not to preach, he encouraged thinking of a higher order. Without naming abortion, he said we should protect human life at all its stages. Applying the Golden Rule, would we want to have been aborted, we asked ourselves? The answer lies in the question, which can only be asked of the living. From this subliminal suggestion, Francis segued to the death penalty and his hope that all nations would put an end to it. What else would the Vicar of Christ say? The most consequential state-ordered death penalty in human history created a movement and a faith that beseeched us to forgive those who trespass

‘Most of us can’t dwell in this holy realm in our daily lives, but we can easily remember the Golden Rule, which is decent start to any day.’ against us, to love our enemies and to turn the other cheek. Francis further insisted that rehabilitation should be the goal of our justice system. After all, forgiveness and redemption are fundamental to the Christian faith. Ultimate justice, by which some rationalize the state murder of transgressors, belongs to the heavenly realm. The point is, Pope Francis spoke not of policies but of fundamental Christian as well as universal truths. Those on either side of the political spectrum who sought validation for their own positions might have found them in his words, but they will have looked too hard. The Pope isn’t a socialist, as some might infer from his plea that we not worship money. He’s not a proponent of immigration amnesty in the particular, as some might think. Rather he’s for open hearts and generous spirits. It’s up to us to figure out how to make practicable that which is divinely inspired. Francis referred often to the common good, which can be imagined in a variety of ways, from a society that redistributes wealth to a sublimation of the individual. But church catechism means something else by the common good as “the sum total of social conditions which allow people, either as groups or as individuals, to reach their fulfillment more fully and more easily.” How we ensure the common good is the business of politics — and Francis attempted to provide a moral compass to guide us. In the coming weeks, as analysts dissect the meaning of the pope’s address to Congress, it would be helpful to remember that the pope is a proxy for the Almighty, who has a rather grand view of things. His vision isn’t locked on our southern border but on the heavenly horizon. His aspirations are divinely inspired. Most of us can’t dwell in this holy realm in our daily lives, but we can easily remember the Golden Rule, which is decent start to any day. In this spirit, fine: May Donald Trump have a good hair day. And long may the Pope’s flag wave. Kathleen Parker’s email address is kathleenparker@ washpost.com. © 2015, Washington Post Writers Group

LETTER TO THE EDITOR BUS ROUTE COULD SOLVE HIGHWAY CROSSING PROBLEM Re: the pedestrian traffic on South Pike Road I have a suggestion to take care of the problem, and it won’t cost what building a bridge would cost. Buy a small used bus, and hire an unemployed person who has a good driving record. Schedule the bus to drive back and forth on

each side of the road. The bus could be stopped by a rider simply by standing alongside the road. The bus could schedule its route for every 30 to 45 minutes. This should give anyone who wishes to cross the road ample time to do so. CLIFFORD A. SCHMIDT Sumter

COMMENTARY

Time loves a hero: The Rev. Jesse Jackson BY GRAHAM OSTEEN

had a great time visiting with The Rev. Jesse Jackson and Sumter native James L. “Jim” Felder on Thursday. Former South Carolina Rep. Felder is the man who led the honor guard for President John F. Kennedy’s casket on Monday, Nov. 25, 1963. See Sumter Item Archivist Sammy Way’s proper historical perspective on that here: http://bit.ly/1FnLKJA. Anyway, those two came rolling out of the blue into The Sumter Item offices after a visit to Morris College. I walked in and the first thing I heard was: “Jesse Jackson is in the building. He went back there with Ivy.” They were referring to our own Ivy Moore, Sumter’s cultural arbiter. I made my way to the newsroom, and everybody was standing around all lively and excited, and I said: “Where is he?” Next thing I know, Jim Felder comes walking out of our conference room looking for a Pepsi for Jesse and a Diet Coke for himself, so I grabbed him and showed him where the vending machines were, and we went back to the conference room together and there sat Jesse, chilling out in a black shirt and pants and his trademark Rainbow Push Coalition badge. He’s a great talker, with his unique cadence, rhymes and philosophical musings about how far American racial relations have progressed in his lifetime. As he said in our story: “What delights me is that once the walls came down, legally, they began to come down culturally, and people saw that their fears were not well-founded. To see people socialize so freely in restaurants and bars — that’s a delight.” I first met the Rev. Jackson in person when he was running for president in 1988 at the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta. He was stirring things up and “fighting the power” all over the place down there, and it was my first time at a presidential convention. I did some stories for The Sumter Item, took a lot of pictures and was fascinated by the whole spectacle. Gov. Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts was nominated for president, and Sen. Lloyd Bentsen of Texas was nominated for vice president, and

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The Rev. Jesse Jackson and the author during a visit to The Sumter Item this week. they ultimately lost to George Herbert Walker Bush and Dan Quayle. The bad speller. It was also the same convention in which I took a random picture of my lovely wife, Julie, standing next to Rob Lowe, the actor. Turns out it was later that very same night that Mr. Lowe got into “celebrity trouble” involving an underage girl and sex tapes. Pretty common stuff nowadays, but back then it was a big deal. I still have that picture (of Rob Lowe and my wife, not the sex tapes) somewhere. We figured out it was the same night at the convention because Rob Lowe’s picture was in People Magazine the following week and he had on the exact same ‘80s-style shirt. I’ll have to find that picture. I’m sure it’s in a box somewhere. ••• I was in Athens last Satur-

day night with my brotherin-law at the University of South Carolina-Georgia football game. It was ugly for the Gamecocks, and I was reminded of how much Georgia fans hate USC Coach Steve Spurrier. We left after the third quarter to beat the traffic and tuned in to a local Georgia football radio station. The gleeful announcers never referred to “USC” or “Carolina” or even “the Gamecocks.” It was simply “Spurrier.” “Spurrier had a third and long, and we put it on him.” Or, “Boy did those Dawgs put a whipping on Spurrier tonight.” There’s nothing like college football. Graham Osteen is EditorAt-Large of The Sumter Item. He can be reached at graham@theitem.com. Follow him on Twitter @GrahamOsteen, or visit www. grahamosteen.com.

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RAIN FROM PAGE A1 some spots in a short period of time.” Anderson said it only takes up to six inches of rain, during a flash flood, to knock a person off their feet. Twelve inches of rain could move a car, and 18 inches could move large vehicles, he said. Moving water can also hide many hazards, such as sharp objects, he said. “Most importantly we want to encourage people not to try to drive or walk through any water-covered roads,” he said. In some instances what appears to be

a low amount of water can actually be much deeper and can cause a vehicle to get caught in the water, he said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that more than half of all flood-related drownings occur when a vehicle is driven into hazardous flood water. If your vehicle is caught in a flash flood, find a way to get out of the vehicle, and get on top of it and stay with the vehicle, Anderson said. Anderson said to move immediately to higher ground if you are in a building in a flood prone area and to avoid any contact with electrical objects.

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Mary Ann Jackson-Session entered into eternal rest on Monday, Sept. 21, 2015, in Sumter. She was the wife of Willie B. Session and the daughter of the late James Henry Jackson Sr. and Ethel Jackson. She was born March 21, 1960, in Clarendon County. She attended the public school system in ClarJACKSONendon County, SESSION graduating from Mayewood High School. She also attended Denmark Technical College and was awarded an associate’s degree in cosmetology. Mary Ann was a faithful member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church where she faithfully served on the YWA, Captain’s Ministry, Trustee Wives, Church School and the Hospitality Ministry. She was employed with various salons in Sumter, including Pearls Quick Curls and Today’s Beauty. After leaving Today’s Beauty, she became the owner and operator of her own salon, Mary’s Sheer Image. She leaves to cherish her memories: her husband, Willie B. Session; one son, Ricardo Akeem Jackson; five daughters, Deidre McMillian, Shiryl D. Session, Tonya S. Session, Ciara Sessions and Zebrianna Jackson-Session of the home; six brothers, Ervin (Queen) Jackson, Frank Jackson, Samuel Jackson, David (Lyndia) Jackson, Josiah (Karita) Jackson and Timothy (Barbara) Jackson; mother-inlaw, Louise Session; four brothers-in-law, Deacon Calvin Brisbone, the Rev. Robert (Louise) Galloway, Deacon Jose’ (Lakeshia) Session and Julius Campbell; two sistersin-law, Mary Lee Jackson and Vatrice Session; six grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her father, James Henry Jackson Jr.; brother, Daniel Jackson; two sisters, Minnie Brisbone and Ruth Jackson; one son, Ze’Brian Jackson; one brother-in-law, James L. Jackson; and one sister-inlaw, Diane Campbell. Public viewing will be held today from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Job’s Mortuary, 312 S. Main St., Sumter. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Sumter with Pastor James Blassingame, officiating. Viewing will also be held on Monday at 1 p.m., until the hour of service, at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Ev-

ergreen Memorial Park. The family is receiving friends at 70 Wells Court in Sumter. Job’s Mortuary, Inc., 312 S. Main St., is in charge of arrangements. Online memorials may be sent to the family at jobsmortuary@sc.rr.com or on the web at www.jobsmortuary.net.

HARRIS STEEN CANTY RICH Harris Steen Canty Rich departed this life on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015, in Sumter. She was born in June 1951 in Sumter County. She was the daughter of the late Daniel and Susie Mae Singleton. She received her education in the public schools of Sumter County and was a 1969 graduate of Lincoln High School. Christine, as she was affectionately called, gave her life to Christ at an early age when she joined Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, where she found her true love, singing and playing for the Lord. She then met her husband, the late Thomas Rich, and to this union five children were born. Christine leaves to cherish her memories: five children; Thomas, Tracey, Shaun, Anthony and Danielle Rich; two step-children; Tonya and Abena; 12 grandchildren, five of the home, Risheen Rich, Ty’Jon McBride, Jordan Green, Rhan Rich and Keron Rich; three great-grandchildren; her companion, Johnny Davis; special nephew, Ameer Brown; special niece, Rose Rich; special uncle, Jimmie Canty; and a special aunt, Olivia Johnson. She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; two sisters, Olla Mae Prince and Vermell Brown; and two aunts, Wilma and Ruth. Public viewing will be held from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday at Job’s Mortuary, 312 S. Main St., Sumter. Viewing will also be held from 2 p.m. until the hour of service on Tuesday, at Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, 155 Wall St., Sumter. Funeral Service will be held on Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, with Pastor Larry C. Weston officiating. Interment will follow in Calvary-Zion Hill Cemetery. Family will be receiving friends at the home, 1929 Georgianna Drive, Sumter. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., is in charge of arrangements. Online memorials may be sent to the family at jobsmortuary@sc.rr.com or on the web at www.jobsmortuary.net.

SABRINA B. MCCOWN Sabrina Barnette McCown, 57, beloved wife of 20 years to Joseph Bruce McCown, died

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on Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, at Palmetto Health Richland. Born in Sumter, she was the daughter of Carroll Lee Barnette and Ruth West Barnette. Sabrina worked as the switchboard operator for B.L. Montague Co. after graduating from Midlands Technical College. She later served as the secretary/treasurer and bookkeeper for Barnette’s Auto Parts for more than 26 years. She loved to read and was an avid fan and supporter of Clemson football. Sabrina was a member of Northside Memorial Baptist Church. She will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister and friend. She will be dearly missed by all who knew her. Surviving in addition to her husband and parents are: two sons, Colin C. Davis, and his wife, Tiffany, of Sumter and Wesley R. Davis and his wife, Nicole, of Florence; one brother, the Rev. Mark Barnette and his wife, Doris, of Wedgefield; two sisters, LeAnn Woods and her husband, Michael, of Richmond Hill, Georgia. and Laura Beyer and her husband, Daniel, of Dalzell; three grandchildren, Madelynn and Millie Davis of Sumter and Sage Davis of Florence. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday in the Bullock Funeral Home Chapel, 1190 Wilson Hall Road, with the Rev. Jimmy Holley officiating. Interment will follow in Sumter Cemetery. Pallbearers will be: Jordan Barnette, Daniel Beyer, Josh Hawkins, Mark Hawkins, Joseph McCown, Brandon Woods, Michael Woods and Stephen Woods. The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Bullock Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 128 Stonemark Lane, Columbia, SC 29210 or to the Sumter SCPA, 1140 S. Guignard Drive, Sumter, SC 29150. Bullock Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. The family’s guestbook may be signed at www.bullockfuneralhome.com.

Kaleigh of Sumter; one sister, Anna Maria Knight (Darren) of Sumter; one niece, Tiffany Barrett; one nephew, McKenzie Knight; one great-niece, Peyton; and one great-nephew, Grayden. The family will receive friends at the home of her mother, 2174 Tudor St., Sumter. Services will be private. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Agape Hospice, 434 N. Guignard Drive, Sumter, SC 29150. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium, 515 Miller Road, Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements.

RICHARD H. BOETTEGER JR. Richard Henry Boetteger Jr., 68, died Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, at his home in Sumter. Born in Sumter County, he was the son of the late Richard H. Boetteger Sr. and the late Nonie Bochette Morris. He was a retired carpenter. Survivors include one sister, Linda Griffith of Sumter; one brother, Lee Morris of Georgia; a special friend, Hermona Thompson of Summerville; and a number of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a brother, Lennie Morris. A memorial gathering will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home, 515 Miller Road in Sumter. Memorials may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, Kansas 66675. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

KAREN S. GREEN Karen Smith Green, 49, wife of Lawrence Green, died Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, at her residence, 1377 Clark Road, in Pinewood. She was born Dec. 22, 1965, in Manning. She was the daughter of Estelle Way Smith Wells and the late Arthur Smith and the stepdaughter of the late Robert “Bobby” Wells. Family will be receiving friends at her residence, 1377 Clark Road, Pinewood. Samuels Funeral Home, LLC, 114 N. Church St., Manning is in charge of the arrangements.

CENA L. PACK Cena LaDean Pack, 45, died Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, at her home in Sumter. Born in Clarendon County, she was the daughter of Johnnie Jayroe Trimnal and the late Cecil Pack Jr. Survivors include her mother of Sumter; her daughter,

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Take a closer EUGENIA LAST look at your location and your personal life and consider how you can improve your situation. Starting your own business or joining forces with someone who has as much to contribute as you is favored. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t be fooled by what others say. A lack of information can cost you if you make a decision based on assumptions or hearsay rather than facts. Expand your interests and look for ways to put your skills to better use. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Any contribution you make to your community or a cause will benefit you in some way. Hosting an event will establish you as a leader of sorts and put you in a good position to make a difference. Romance is highlighted. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Take a step back and evaluate any situation you face that is causing emotional stress. Just because someone makes an unexpected change doesn’t mean it has to affect what you do. Don’t get upset, just take over and do what’s best for you. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You have good ideas to share. Love is on the rise, and a chance to impress someone is apparent. A financial problem will result if you are too gullible when given a sales pitch. Choose saving over spending.

feedback before taking action. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Get involved in something that interests you. Explore what’s going on in your community. A retreat or some place where you can learn, experience or get pampered will help ease your stress and lift your spirits. Love is highlighted.

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37 Cultural figure 39 Clumsy one 42 Orange tuber 43 Multi-speaker system 48 NAFTA signer 49 AT&T or AOL 50 Small jazz group 51 Comic Judy 52 Accident investigation agcy. 53 Light-tube gas 55 Unhappy spectator 58 Mathematical subgroup 59 USMC truant 60 NASA attire 62 Top-notch 64 Loosen up between lines, perhaps 66 Hoop group 67 Two or three 70 Not within walking distance 71 Eternal 75 Chopin piece 76 “See, I was right!” 79 __ of the above 80 Bat again 83 Tennis contest 85 Some Wall St.

recruits 86 Possible race pace 87 More absurd 89 Blood-bank supply 91 Neighbor of Mich. 92 Aussie bird 93 Struggle clumsily along 96 Luau instrument 97 Campaigned 98 Rank above viscount 99 Innermost part 100 Copier powder 102 Solo of Star Wars 103 Swindler 105 Make happy 107 Stop up again, as a wine bottle 110 Courtroom worker 111 Early spring flowers 112 Be silly 114 Glutton 118 Brazilian novelist Jorge 119 Three-Pulitzer playwright 120 Do roadwork 121 Exodus author

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Late TD lifts Gators past rival Vols B5

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

Call: (803) 774-1241 | E-mail: sports@theitem.com

USC FOOTBALL

Better with time

Holloman part of big defensive day for USC BY EDDIE LITAKER Special to The Sumter Item COLUMBIA — Junior linebacker T.J. Holloman recorded six tackles, one tackle for loss, two interceptions, two quarterback hurries and a pass breakup for South Carolina during Saturday’s 31-14 victory over Central Florida at Williams-Brice Stadium. His two interceptions both came in the third quarter and give him five for his career. Senior spur T.J. HOLLOMAN Gurley led the team in tackles for the first time this season with 10, falling one short of matching his career high. Freshman defensive end Boosie Whitlow picked up his first career sack in the first quarter. He also added a safety on the first play of the second quarter, the first safety by South Carolina since Sept. 12, 2009, at Georgia. Junior linebacker Skai Moore finished second on the team in tackles with nine, giving him a new season high.

FIRST TIMES Tight end Jacob August’s 13yard touchdown reception in the third quarter was the first of his career. He finished with two grabs for 21 yards and the score. The score also represented the first career touchdown pass for Nunez. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

South Carolina quarterback Lorenzo Nunez, right, avoids the tackle attempt by Central Florida’s Jeremy Boykins during the Gamecocks’ 31-14 victory on Saturday at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia.

Nunez, Gamecocks rebound in second half to roll past UCF 31-14 BY EDDIE LITAKER Special To The Sumter Item COLUMBIA — In three losses to open its season, including a 16-15 home loss last Saturday to Football Championship Subdivision member Furman, the University of Central Florida’s football team scored just 36 points, an average of 12

points a game. The Knights had that number beat before halftime of their game on Saturday at Williams-Brice Stadium as the University of South Carolina, reeling from consecutive Southeastern Conference losses to Kentucky and Georgia, trailed 14-8 at the break to a team that came in as a 14-

point underdog. After being held out of the end zone for one half, the Gamecocks found the promised land on three occasions in the second half and the defense shut down the Knights as USC came away with a 31-14 win to even its record at 2-2. With Lorenzo Nunez, a true freshman from Ken-

nesaw, Ga., becoming the third new starting quarterback of the season for the Gamecocks, anticipation was high for Carolina faithful. By all indications, Nunez exceeded expectations, leading the team in rushing with 123 yards on 18 carries and completing 12

CAREER BEST Junior placekicker Elliott Fry’s 52-yard field goal in the first quarter gave him a new career long. It is tied for the sixth longest field goal in program history and the longest since Ryan Succop’s 54-yarder against Arkansas on Nov. 8, 2008. Frye finished 3-for-4 with makes of 52, 27 and 33 yards, and is now 9-for12 on the year.

HANG TIME Junior punter Sean Kelly averaged 45 yards per punt on four attempts, including a 41-yard

SEE TIME, PAGE B6

SEE HOLLOMAN, PAGE B6

PRO FOOTBALL

NASCAR

Without QB Brees, winless Saints set to face Panthers

Gordon set to become racing’s new Iron Man

BY STEVE REED The Associated Press

LOUDON, N.H. — Jeff Gordon had a knack for pinpointing the unprotected wall when the No. 24 crashed. His car was shot. Gordon rarely was. Sure, he bruised his ribs in 1999 at Texas Motor Speedway. He had a minor headache when the car lost its brakes, sliced through the grass and mud and slammed the wall in 2006 at Pocono Raceway. His 2008 wreck at Las Vegas tore the radiator out of the car and left it a mangled mess. Gordon always walked away. And he always slid back in the seat for the next race. Track after track. Year after year. Gordon’s mettle through a 23-year career long ago solidified him as one of racing’s greats. And he’s first yet again, NASCAR’s new Iron Man.

CHARLOTTE — In a recent TV commercial, New Orleans Saints quarterback Luke McCown somberly ponders the existence of a wireless network provider’s backup generators, saying, “I bet if they had their chance, some of those backups would really shine.’’ McCown hasn’t had his chance to shine in New Orleans because Drew Brees has been so durable, never missing a start with the Saints because of injury since joining the team in 2006. But Brees won’t be keeping that streak alive, and it’s up to McCown to help prevent the Saints from falling into a 0-3 hole to start the season today at Carolina. Brees bruised his right rotator cuff in New Orleans’ 26-19 loss to Tampa Bay in Week 2, and said earlier this week he has “every intention of playing.’’ On Friday, head coach Sean Payton squashed that idea, saying Brees didn’t have

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For the first time since he joined the team in 2006, New Orleans will be without quarterback Drew Brees (9) when it faces Carolina today in Charlotte. Luke McCown will start for the Saints. enough zip on his passes. Panthers safety Roman Harper, who spent eight seasons with Brees in New Orleans, said he’s

seen the 36-year-old Brees hurt before but “he always finds a

SEE BREES, PAGE B4

BY DAN GELSTON The Associated Press

Without much fuss, Gordon will make his 789th consecutive GORDON start today at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, passing Ricky Rudd for the record. Rudd, who once used duct tape to keep his swollen eyes open so he could drive, set the mark in 2002 when he broke Terry Labonte’s streak of 655 consecutive races. “I remember when Ricky Rudd did that and Terry Labonte and other guys that had these incredible records and streaks. I thought, `Man they are old. I will never be around long enough to set that record or achieve that,’’’ Gordon said. “Now here I am. Yeah, I’m old, too, but now I appreciate what those guys did and the effort they put into it and the commitment.’’

SEE GORDON, PAGE B2

SPORTS

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

SPORTS ITEMS

Spieth takes over Tour lead, one round away from $10M ATLANTA — Jordan Spieth already has the best year in golf. He’s one round away from having the richest year in golf history. Spieth battled through a tough, rainy Saturday at the Tour Championship and overtook Henrik Stenson with a 2-under 68. The Masters and U.S. Open champion SPIETH saved par with a 20-foot putt on the 16th hole and took the lead for the first time with a 20-foot birdie on the 18th. Stenson made three bogeys on the back nine for a 72 and was one shot behind. The FedEx Cup finale is today, and it was shaping up as a big one. Rickie Fowler shot a 67, the best score of the third round, and was four shots back. If any of them win, they get the $10 million bonus.

CASTRO LEADS WEB.COM TOUR FINALS EVENT COLUMBUS, Ohio — Roberto Castro shot a 3-under 68 on Saturday to take a two-stroke lead in the Web.com Tour Finals’ Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship. Castro birdied the par-4 15th and 16th holes and closed with two pars to finish at 7-under 206 on Ohio State’s Scarlet Course. The 30-yearold former Georgia Tech player has played the PGA Tour the last four seasons, but slipped to 188th in the FedEx Cup standings to drop into the series that replaced Q-school.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYER DIES AFTER BEING HURT IN GAME WASHINGTON, N.J. — A New Jersey high school star quarterback died after suffering an injury on the field, school officials said Saturday. Three-sport athlete Evan Murray of Warren Hills Regional High School died after he was hurt in a game Friday night. Murray had been the football team’s starting quarterback for three years. A statement from interim Superintendent Gary Bowen said the school

community is “deeply saddened’’ by his death. Bowen declined to take questions from reporters Saturday, saying a cause of death has not yet been determined. Authorities said an autopsy was planned. People who attended the game said the 17-year-old Murray walked off the field under his own power after taking a hit in the backfield late in the second quarter. A short time later, he apparently collapsed. Murray felt “woozy’’ after the tackle but tried reassuring his teammates he would be fine as he was lifted on a gurney and taken to a hospital, witnesses told the New York Daily News.

AUSMUS TO RETURN AS TIGERS MANAGER DETROIT — Brad Ausmus is going to return as the Detroit Tigers’ manager in 2016. General manager Al Avila made the announcement Saturday despite reports that the decision had already been made to fire second year manager. Avila said he understood Ausmus was dealing with severe roster limitations as the Tigers dropped to last in the AL Central after four straight division titles. Detroit has won three straight and seven of 10, but could be officially eliminated from postseason play as early as Saturday night.

CARDINALS SHUTTING DOWN MARTINEZ WITH SHOULDER INJURY ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Carlos Martinez has been shut down for the rest of the season and the postseason with a shoulder strain. The 14-game winner lasted just seven pitches Friday night against the Milwaukee Brewers. General manager John Mozeliak said an MRI showed the damage. Rest rather than surgery was prescribed with a recovery time of between one and two months.

GORDON FROM PAGE B1 The 44-year-old Gordon, married with two young children, will retire this season and shift into the Fox broadcast booth. He has four championships, 92 career wins, spent his entire career in the No. 24 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports and leaves a legacy as the face of the sport as it swept into popularity a generation ago. But before the TV gigs, the charity work and the “Four Time’’ nickname, there was race No. 1. Gordon’s streak began with his Cup debut on Nov. 15, 1992, at Atlanta Motor Speedway. He has never missed a race and holds the record for the longest consecutive starts streak from the beginning of a career. His first race came in the last one for Hall of Famer Richard Petty. The race was won by another Hall of Famer in Bill Elliott, whose son Chase will replace Gordon next season at Hendrick Motorsports. Gordon’s streak is all the more impressive because he started in an era before 36 races a season was the norm. Gordon raced when the schedule was 30, 31, 32, 33 and 34 races before it moved to 36 in 2001. Rudd, who had 23 wins and never won a championship, methodically built his streak in the 1980s with as few as 28 races in a season. “When I retired, I didn’t think anybody would be stupid enough to hang around that long to beat that record,’’ Rudd told “Race Hub.’’ “No disrespect to Jeff. He’s still running good, he’s still winning races.’’ Should Gordon finish the season, he’ll have 797 consecutive starts. Who can catch him?

SCOREBOARD

Atlanta at Miami, 7:10 p.m. Milwaukee at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 8:10 p.m. Arizona at San Diego, 8:40 p.m.

TV, RADIO

TODAY’S GAMES

TODAY

9 a.m. -- Professional Golf: European PGA Tour European Open Final Round from Bad Griesbach, Germany (GOLF). 9:30 a.m. – International Soccer: Bundesliga League Match – Hertha Berlin vs. Eintracht Frankfurt (FOX SPORTS 2). 10:55 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Cyrstal Palace vs. Watford (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 11:20 a.m. – International Soccer: Bundesliga League Match – Darmstadt 98 vs. Borussia Dortmund (FOX SPORTS 2). Noon – PGA Golf: Tour Championship Final Round from Atlanta (GOLF). 12:45 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – Tigres vs. UNAM (UNIVISION). 1 p.m. – NFL Football: Pittsburgh at St. Louis (WLTX 19). 1 p.m. – NFL Football: New Orleans at Carolina (WACH 57, WWFN-FM 100.1, WPUB-FM 102.7). 1 p.m. – WNBA Basketball: Eastern Conference Playoffs Final Series Game Two – New York at Indiana (ESPN). 1 p.m. – Women’s College Soccer: Texas A&M at Georgia (ESPNU). 1 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Atlanta at Miami (FOX SPORTSOUTH, WPUB-FM 102.7). 1 p.m. – Women’s College Volleyball: Kentucky at Florida (SEC NETWORK). 1:30 p.m. – PGA Golf: Tour Championship Final Round from Atlanta (WIS 10). 1:30 p.m. – Professional Golf: Web.com Tour Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship Final Round from Columbus, Ohio (GOLF). 2 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series Sylvania 300 from Loudon, N.H. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK, WEGX-FM 92.9). 2 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Texas at Houston (TBS). 3 p.m. – WNBA Basketball: Western Conference Playoffs Final Series Game Two – Phoenix at Minnesota (ESPN). 3 p.m. – Women’s College Volleyball: Mississippi State at Mississippi (SEC NETWORK). 4:25 p.m. – NFL Football: Chicago at Seattle (WLTX 19). 5 p.m. – Major League Soccer: Seattle at Kansas City (ESPN). 5 p.m. – Women’s College Soccer: Oregon at Arizona (ESPNU). 5 p.m. – Women’s College Soccer: Tennessee at Vanderbilt (SEC NETWORK). 5:55 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – Cruz Azul vs. Puebla (UNIVISION). 6:30 p.m. – Professional Golf: Champions Tour Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach Final Round from Pebble Beach, Calif. (GOLF). 7 p.m. – Major League Soccer: Real Salt Lake at San Jose (FOX SPORTS 1). 8 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs (ESPN). 8:20 p.m. – NFL Football: Denver at Detroit (WIS 10, WWFN-FM 100.1, WNKT-FM 107.5). 9:30 p.m. – Major League Soccer: Dallas at Los Angeles (FOX SPORTS 1).

MONDAY

2:55 p.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Everton vs. West Brom (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: St. Louis at Pittsburgh (ESPN2). 8:15 p.m. – NFL Football: Kansas City at Green Bay (ESPN, WWFN-FM 100.1, WNKT-FM 107.5). 10 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Oakland at Los Angeles Angels or Houston at Seattle (MLB NETWORK).

23. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 135.516. 24. (51) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 135.333. 25. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 135.796. 26. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 135.772. 27. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 135.651. 28. (35) Cole Whitt, Ford, 135.607. 29. (9) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, 135.554. 30. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 135.448. 31. (34) Brett Moffitt, Ford, 135.333. 32. (40) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 135.121. 33. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 135.021. 34. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 134.62. 35. (83) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 134.411. 36. (7) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 134.292. 37. (98) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet, Owner Points. 38. (46) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, Owner Points. 39. (33) B.J. McLeod, Chevrolet, Owner Points. 40. (26) Josh Wise, Toyota, Owner Points. 41. (23) Jeb Burton, Toyota, Owner Points. 42. (32) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Ford, Owner Points. 43. (62) Timmy Hill, Ford, Owner Points.

FAILED TO QUALIFY

44. (30) Travis Kvapil, Chevrolet, 132.6.

Matt Kenseth is second with 565, but at 43 he seems unlikely to race a full schedule until he’s 50 when he could pass Gordon. Many of today’s drivers are starting younger and racing in a time of safer stock cars. Consider Joey Logano, who at only 25 has already started every race since 2009 and has 11 wins, including a Daytona 500 championship. With a ride for an ownership heavyweight in Roger Penske, Logano could cruise toward the mark in about 15 years and would still only be 40. “It’s not really on my radar yet, but at least I’m on track and we’ll see what happens,’’ Logano said, laughing. Injuries have sidelined many of NASCAR’s biggest stars. Kyle Busch could win the championship this season even after missing 11 races with a broken right leg and left foot. Tony Stewart, Denny Hamlin, Kyle Larson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. all have missed races in their careers because of assorted ailments. Gordon’s durability has been as remarkable as anything else. He’s had a balky back for the latter part of his career and it nearly ended the streak last season at the Coca-Cola 600. He cut short his practice runs because of back spasms and there was some concern if he could race. Hendrick even had backup driver Regan Smith on standby. Gordon started and gutted out all 400 laps. “I think that certainly stands out in my mind when I’m lying on a table and they are injecting big long needles into my back so that I could race on Sunday,’’ he said. “When you look back on it you go, `You know that’s kind of crazy. Why did I do that? I probably didn’t need to do that.’’

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x-Kansas City Minnesota Cleveland Chicago Detroit WEST DIVISION

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Chicago White Sox 5, N.Y. Yankees 2 Toronto 5, Tampa Bay 3 Detroit 6, Minnesota 4 Boston 7, Baltimore 0 Cleveland 6, Kansas City 0 Texas 6, Houston 2 Oakland 5, San Francisco 4 L.A. Angels 8, Seattle 4

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Houston 9, Texas 7 Toronto 10, Tampa Bay 8 Boston 8, Baltimore 0 N.Y. Yankees 2, Chicago White Sox 1 San Francisco 14, Oakland 10 Minnesota at Detroit, 7:08 p.m. Cleveland at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m. Seattle at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

MONDAY’S GAMES

Boston at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Toronto at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Minnesota at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m. Detroit at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Kansas City at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m. Oakland at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m. Houston at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W 88 79 67 62 58

L 67 75 87 92 97

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GB – 8 1/2 20 1/2 25 1/2 30

W 97 95 89 65 63

L 57 60 65 89 91

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W L Los Angeles 87 66 San Francisco 80 74 Arizona 74 80 San Diego 72 82 Colorado 64 90 z-clinched playoff berth x-clinched division

Pct .569 .519 .481 .468 .416

GB – 7 1/2 13 1/2 15 1/2 23 1/2

z-St. Louis z-Pittsburgh z-Chicago Milwaukee Cincinnati WEST DIVISION

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Pittsburgh 3, Chicago Cubs 2 Philadelphia 8, Washington 2 Miami 12, Atlanta 11 N.Y. Mets 12, Cincinnati 5 Colorado 7, L.A. Dodgers 4 Milwaukee 4, St. Louis 3 Oakland 5, San Francisco 4 Arizona 6, San Diego 3

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Cincinnati at Washington, 3:05 p.m. St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. Kansas City at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

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

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

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THURSDAY’S GAME

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

MONDAY’S GAME

Kansas City at Green Bay, 8:30 p.m.

NHL STANDINGS By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W Boston 3 3 Toronto 4 3 Detroit 3 2 Buffalo 3 2 Florida 4 2 Ottawa 3 1 Tampa Bay 3 1 Montreal 3 0 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W Philadelphia 4 3 Washington 3 2 Pittsburgh 3 2 N.Y. Isles 5 2 N.Y. Rangers 3 1 Columbus 4 1 New Jersey 4 1 Carolina 2 0

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WESTERN CONFERENCE

Chicago White Sox (E.Johnson 3-0) at N.Y. Yankees (L.Severino 4-3), 1:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Andriese 3-5) at Toronto (Buehrle 14-7), 1:07 p.m. Minnesota (E.Santana 6-4) at Detroit (Wolf 0-4), 1:08 p.m. Baltimore (U.Jimenez 12-9) at Boston (Owens 3-3), 1:35 p.m. Cleveland (Salazar 13-9) at Kansas City (C. Young 10-6), 2:10 p.m. Texas (M.Perez 3-5) at Houston (Keuchel 188), 2:10 p.m. Seattle (Iwakuma 9-4) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 7-12), 3:35 p.m. San Francisco (Heston 11-10) at Oakland (Nolin 1-1), 4:05 p.m.

x-New York Washington Miami Atlanta Philadelphia CENTRAL DIVISION

MONDAY’S GAMES

TODAY’S GAMES

AMERICAN LEAGUE z-Toronto New York Baltimore Tampa Bay Boston CENTRAL DIVISION

Atlanta (S.Miller 5-16) at Miami (Koehler 1014), 1:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (deGrom 13-8) at Cincinnati (Sampson 2-5), 1:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Harang 6-15) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 11-8), 1:35 p.m. Milwaukee (Cravy 0-8) at St. Louis (Lackey 13-9), 2:15 p.m. San Francisco (Heston 11-10) at Oakland (Nolin 1-1), 4:05 p.m. Arizona (Godley 5-1) at San Diego (Shields 13-6), 4:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (A.Wood 11-11) at Colorado (Rusin 5-9), 4:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Burnett 9-5) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 20-6), 8:05 p.m.

N.Y. Giants 32, Washington 21

MLB STANDINGS By The Associated Press EAST DIVISION

From wire reports

SYLVANIA 300 LINEUP The Associated Press After Friday qualifying; race today At New Hampshire Motor Speedway Loudon, N.H. Lap length: 1.058 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (19) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 137.98. 2. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 137.845. 3. (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 137.8. 4. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 137.671. 5. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 137.621. 6. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 137.517. 7. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 137.457. 8. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 137.378. 9. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 137.022. 10. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 136.58. 11. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 136.56. 12. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 136.365. 13. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 136.943. 14. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 136.825. 15. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 136.697. 16. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 136.516. 17. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 136.409. 18. (55) David Ragan, Toyota, 136.36. 19. (13) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 136.306. 20. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 136.082. 21. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 136.048. 22. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 135.951.

THE SUMTER ITEM

Pittsburgh 4, Chicago Cubs 0 Washington 2, Philadelphia 1, 12 innings San Francisco 14, Oakland 10 N.Y. Mets 10, Cincinnati 2

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Nashville 4 3 0 1 7 15 9 St. Louis 3 2 1 0 4 12 5 Minnesota 3 2 1 0 4 8 5 Chicago 3 2 1 0 4 11 9 Colorado 2 1 1 0 2 5 5 Winnipeg 3 0 1 2 2 5 8 Dallas 2 0 2 0 0 2 9 PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Edmonton 4 4 0 0 8 14 8 San Jose 3 2 0 1 5 8 2 Los Angeles 3 2 1 0 4 9 5 Calgary 4 2 2 0 4 8 8 Anaheim 2 1 0 1 3 6 6 Vancouver 3 1 2 0 2 2 8 Arizona 3 0 1 2 2 4 12 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Philadelphia 5, N.Y. Islanders (ss) 2 New Jersey 4, N.Y. Islanders (ss) 2 Chicago 5, Montreal 1 Tampa Bay 4, Florida 1 Buffalo 6, Toronto 4 Edmonton 4, Winnipeg 3, OT Calgary 4, Vancouver 1 Anaheim 2, Los Angeles 1 San Jose 4, Arizona 1, OT

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Columbus at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. N.Y. Islanders vs. Carolina at Halifax, Nova Scotia, 5 p.m. Minnesota vs. Edmonton at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 5 p.m. Boston at Detroit, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Montreal at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at Dallas, 8 p.m. St. Louis at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Anaheim at San Jose, 9 p.m. Calgary at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Ottawa vs. Carolina, 3:30 p.m. Winnipeg at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Los Angeles at Colorado, 8 p.m. Florida at Dallas, 8 p.m.

WNBA PLAYOFFS CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-3)

EASTERN CONFERENCE

New York 1, Indiana 0 Wednesday: New York 84, Indiana 67 Today: New York at Indiana, 1 p.m. x-Tuesday: Indiana at New York, TBA

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Minnesota 1, Phoenix 0 Thursday: Minnesota 67, Phoenix 60 Today: Minnesota at Phoenix, 3 p.m. x-Tuesday: Phoenix at Minnesota, TBA

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AREA ROUNDUP

Cavs top Dillon Christian 21-6 to remain unbeaten DILLON — Robert E. Lee Academy’s varsity football team remained undefeated on the season with a 21-6 victory over Dillon Christian on Friday at the DC field. Nick Stokes led the Cavaliers with three touchdown runs. REL improved to 6-0 overall and 3-0 in SCISA Region I-1A. Dillon Christian dropped to 4-2 and 2-1. BEAUFORT 61 MANNING 14

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Pittsburgh starting pitcher Francisco Liriano worked into the eighth inning of the Pirates’ 4-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday in Chicago.

Liriano, Bucs blank Cubs; Mets clinch N.L. East title CHICAGO — Francisco Liriano pitched four-hit ball into the eighth inning Saturday, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the playoff-bound Chicago Cubs 4-0 for their eighth straight victory. Liriano (12-7) struck out nine and walked three over 7 2-3 innings. Jordy Mercer had a three-run homer off Jason Hammel (9-7), and the Pirates continued to roll. They lead Chicago by 51/2 games for the top wild card with a chance to complete a weekend sweep today. . Chicago clinched its first playoff spot since 2008 when San Francisco lost to Oakland late Friday night. METS 10 REDS 2

CINCINNATI — The New York Mets clinched the NL East title for their first postseason berth since 2006 by beating the Cincinnati Reds 10-2 behind Lucas Duda’s first career grand slam and another dominant start by Matt Harvey.

NATIONALS 2

in the AL West to 3 1/2 games.

PHILLIES 1 WASHINGTON — A season that started with so many soaring expectations for the Washington Nationals crashed with a dreary thud when they were eliminated from playoff contention despite a 2-1 win over the Phillies in 12 innings on Bryce Harper’s RBI double.

BLUE JAYS 10

GIANTS 14 ATHLETICS 10

OAKLAND, Calif. — Rookie Jarrett Parker had three homers and seven RBI, overshadowing the disappointing starts in the feel-good matchup of Tim Hudson and Barry Zito as San Francisco beat the Oakland Athletics 14-10.

RAYS 8

TORONTO — Jose Bautista hit two home runs, David Price won for the ninth time in 11 starts with Toronto and the playoff-bound Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 10-8. YANKEES 2 WHITE SOX 1

NEW YORK — Chase Headley and Alex Rodriguez hit consecutive run-scoring doubles off John Danks in the sixth inning, Adam Warren combined with his bullpen on a 3-hitter and the New York Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox 2-1. RED SOX 8

ASTROS 9

ORIOLES 0

RANGERS 7

BOSTON — First-time starter Craig Breslow and six relievers combined on a 5-hitter and the Boston Red Sox beat Baltimore 8-0.

HOUSTON — Carlos Correa and Jose Altuve hit two homers apiece as the Houston Astros connected a season-high six times in a 9-7 win over the Rangers, cutting Texas’ lead

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PREP SCHEDULE MONDAY

Varsity Girls Tennis Manning at Berkeley, 5 p.m. Laurence Manning at Cardinal Newman, 4 p.m. Trinity-Byrnes at Robert E. Lee, 3:30 p.m. Junior Varsity Girls Tennis Robert E. Lee at Trinity-Byrnes, 3:30 p.m. Varsity and JV Volleyball Trinity-Byrnes at Robert E. Lee, 4 p.m. Holly Hill at Clarendon Hall, 4 p.m. Varsity Volleyball Timberland at Lee Central, 6 p.m.

WEDNESDAY

Varsity Cross Country Lakewood in Pelion Invitational, TBA Manning, Wilson Hall, Thomas Sumter at Heathwood Hall, 5 p.m. Middle School Football Lee Central at C.E. Murray, 6 p.m. Timmonsville at East Clarendon, 5:30 p.m. Varsity Swimming Sumter at Dutch Fork, TBA Varsity Girls Tennis Wilson Hall at Laurence Manning, 4 p.m. Thomas Sumter at Orangeburg Prep, 4 p.m. Varsity Volleyball Andrew at Lee Central, 6 p.m. Varsity and JV Volleyball East Clarendon at Lake City, 5:30 p.m. Wilson Hall at Hammond, 4:15 p.m. Thomas Sumter at Robert E. Lee, 4 p.m.

THURSDAY

Junior Varsity Football Darlington at Crestwood, 6 p.m. Manning at Lakewood, 6 p.m. Andrews at Lee Central, 6:30 p.m.

WARDLAW 70 CLARENDON HALL 52

SUMMERTON — Gavin

SCOTT’S BRANCH 52 MILITARY MAGNET 20

NORTH CHARLESTON — Scott’s Branch picked up its second victory on Friday with a 52-20 victory over Military Magnet at the MM field. Scott’s Branch improved to 2-3 while Military Magnet fell to 2-3.

FRIDAY’S STATE PREP FOOTBALL SCORES Academic Magnet 43, Burke 0 Aiken 28, Barnwell 14 Airport 38, A.C. Flora 37 Andrew Jackson Academy 64, Laurens Academy 16 Andrews 28, Hemingway 7 Ashley Ridge 31, Cane Bay 24 Bamberg-Ehrhardt 28, Blackville-Hilda 6 Batesburg-Leesville 19, Gilbert 6 Battery Creek 55, RidgelandHardeeville 22 Beaufort 61, Manning 14 Beaufort Academy 46, Cathedral Academy 18 Belton-Honea Path 54, Walhalla 0 Berkeley 42, Timberland 32 Bethesda Academy, Ga. 53, Hilton Head Christian Academy 13 Blue Ridge 30, Berea 27, OT Blythewood 28, Irmo 21 Branchville 30, Lincoln 14 Brookland-Cayce 47, Edisto 15 Buford 40, North Central 6 C.E. Murray 21, Carvers Bay 10 Calhoun Academy 25, Florence Christian 2 Calhoun County 43, Gray Collegiate Academy 26 Camden 22, Lakewood 6 Carolina Academy 30, W. Wyman King Academy 0 Central 27, Andrew Jackson 7 Charleston Collegiate 62, St. John’s Christian Academy 0 Charlotte Providence Day, N.C. 69, Grace Christian 0 Chesnee 63, Carolina High and Academy 35 Chesterfield 61, Indian Land 30 Christ Church Episcopal 45, Arden Christ School, N.C. 0 Coastal Christian Prep 72, John Paul II 6 Colleton County 63, R.B. Stall 0 Colleton Prep 20, St. Andrew’s, Ga. 6 Conway 25, Myrtle Beach 22 D.W. Daniel 37, Palmetto 7 Dorman 49, J.L. Mann 0 Dutch Fork 47, Sumter 21 Eastside 31, Chapman 27 Emerald 35, Southside 7 Fairfield Central 47, Columbia 8 Fort Dorchester 63, Wando 0 Francis Hugh Wardlaw Academy 70, Clarendon Hall Academy 52 Georgetown 21, Loris 19 Goose Creek 38, Gadsden, Ala. 35 Greenwood Christian 70, Newberry Academy 38 Greer 41, Travelers Rest 13 Hammond 35, Orangeburg Prep 6 Hillcrest 27, Greenwood 7 Hilton Head Island 28, Bluffton 9 Hilton Head Prep 39, Curtis Baptist, Ga. 12 Holly Hill Academy 14, Williamsburg Academy 6 James F. Byrnes 28, Boiling Springs 23

James Island 41, Bishop England 38 Johnsonville 53, Hannah-Pamplico 13 Kingstree 38, Creek Bridge 16 Lake City 20, Crestwood 14 Lake Marion 26, Cross 23 Lake View 44, Aynor 8 Lancaster 42, Lewisville 12 Landrum 19, Liberty 14 Latta 42, East Clarendon 0 Laurence Manning Academy 44, Cardinal Newman 7 Laurens 27, Easley 14 Lee Central 44, Timmonsville 8 Lexington 41, Carolina Forest 21 McCormick 14, St. Joseph 10 Nation Ford 42, Gaffney 26 Newberry 28, Eau Claire 7 North Charleston 28, Baptist Hill 22 Northwestern 56, Fort Mill 6 Northwood Academy 49, Christian Academy of Myrtle Beach 7 Palmetto Christian Academy 40, Bible Baptist 0 Patrick Henry Academy 32, Ridge Christian 28 Pee Dee Academy 41, King’s Academy 12 Pelion 40, North 6 Pendleton 38, Blacksburg 13 Pickens 38, West Oak 0 Pinewood Prep 31, Heathwood Hall 13 Porter-Gaud 47, Ben Lippen 21 Richard Winn Academy 50, Jefferson Davis Academy 0 Richland Northeast 17, Orangeburg-Wilkinson 7 Robert E. Lee Academy 21, Dillon Christian 6 Saluda 37, Midland Valley 17 Scott’s Branch 52, Military Magnet Academy 20 Seneca 49, Wren 7 South Aiken 48, Spring Valley 42 Southside Christian 24, Fox Creek 14 Spartanburg 55, Riverside 7 St. James 18, Socastee 8 Stratford 10, Hanahan 7 Strom Thurmond 35, North Augusta 13 Swansea 40, Silver Bluff 35 T.L. Hanna 56, Greenville 28 Thomas Heyward Academy 38, Dorchester Academy 19 Thomas Sumter Academy 47, Trinity Byrnes School 13 W.J. Keenan 19, Mid-Carolina 9 Wagener-Salley 36, Great Falls 20 Ware Shoals 22, Calhoun Falls 20 West Ashley 35, Summerville 13 Westside 42, Woodmont 0 Whale Branch 35, Windsor Forest, Ga. 7 White Knoll 24, Lugoff-Elgin 7 Wilson 14, West Florence 13 Wilson Hall 36, Augusta Christian, Ga. 8 Woodruff 40, Powdersville 21 York 31, Rock Hill 12

Memories that last.. .

TUESDAY

Varsity Cross Country Sumter in Pee Dee Invitational (at Freedom Florence), TBA Middle School Football Alice Drive at Hillcrest, 5 p.m. Ebenezer at Furman, 5 p.m. Bates at Chestnut Oaks, 5 p.m. Mayewood at Manning, 5 p.m. Varsity Girls Golf Sumter at Camden, TBA Wilson Hall at Heathwood Hall, 4 p.m. Varsity Girls Tennis South Florence at Sumter, 5 p.m. Varsity Volleyball C.E. Murray at East Clarendon, 6 p.m. Varsity and JV Volleyball South Florence at Sumter, 6 p.m. Hartsville at Lakewood, 5:30 p.m. Orangeburg Prep at Wilson Hall, 4 p.m. Thomas Sumter at Calhoun Academy, 4 p.m.

BEAUFORT — Beaufort High School scored the game’s final 47 points to defeat Manning 61-14 on Friday at the Beaufort field. The game was tied 14-14 after on quarter. Manning fell to 2-3, while Beaufort improved to 3-2.

Allan had another huge game for Clarendon Hall, but the Saints still suffered a 70-52 loss to Wardlaw Academy on Friday at Lonnie Robinson Field. Allan had 201 yards and three touchdowns on 34 carries and caught four passes for 78 yards and a score. He also caught a pass for a 2-point conversion. Matthew Corbett rushed for 209 yards and two TDs on 33 carries and caught two passes for 21 yards. Lance Browder had a 19-yard TD catch. Corbett led the defense with eight tackles, Jarod Schearer had a quarterback sack and 3 1/2 tackles for loss and Hilton Layton caused a fumble,

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Laurence Manning Academy running back Brandon Hutson, left, gets by Cardinal Newman defender Shane O’Connor (15) to score a touchdown during the Swampcats’ 44-7 victory on Friday in Manning. LMA travels to Hammond this Friday for a rematch of last year’s SCISA 3A state championship game. Porter-Gaud at Wilson Hall, 7 p.m. Hammond at Laurence Manning, 7 p.m. B Team Football Porter-Gaud at Wilson Hall, 5 p.m. Hammond at Laurence Manning, 5 p.m. Middle School Football Thomas Sumter at Florence Christian, 6 p.m. Patrick Henry at Clarendon Hall, 6:30 p.m. Varsity Girls Tennis Sumter at Socastee, 5 p.m. Johnsonville at Manning, 5 p.m. Wilson Hall at Hammond, 4 p.m. Varsity Volleyball Crestwood at Lakewood, 5:30 p.m. Varsity and JV Volleyball Sumter at Socastee, 5:30 p.m. East Clarendon at Lake Marion, 5:30 p.m. Laurence Manning at Wilson Hall, 4 p.m. Carolina Academy at Thomas Sumter, 4 p.m. Patrick Henry at Clarendon Hall, 4:30 p.m.

FRIDAY

Varsity Football Crestwood at Darlington, 7:30 p.m. Lakewood at Manning, 7:30 p.m. Lee Central at Andrews, 7:30 p.m. Timmonsville at East Clarendon, 7:30 p.m. Gray Collegiate Academy at Scott’s Branch, 7:30 p.m. Cardinal Newman at Wilson Hall, 7:30 p.m. Laurence Manning at Hammond, 7:30 p.m. Florence Christian at Thomas Sumter, 7:30 p.m. Greenwood Christian at Clarendon Hall, 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY

Varsity Swimming Wilson Hall at First Baptist (at Northbridge Pool in Charleston), TBA Varsity and JV Volleyball Sumter in Thunder In The Valley Tournament (at Spring Valley in Columbia) TBA

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Duke defense dominates Jackets 34-20 DURHAM, N.C. — Shaquille Powell rushed for three touchdowns and Duke’s defense dominated No. 20 Georgia Tech in a 34-20 victory Saturday DeVon Edwards returned a kickoff 100 yards for a score while Powell scored on runs of 1, 4 and 30 yards for Duke (3-1, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference). Thomas Sirk was 17 of 25 for 114 yards with an 11-yard touchdown pass to T.J. Rahming. Justin Thomas pulled Tech to 26-20 with his 12-yard TD run with 8:02 left, and the Yellow Jackets (2-2, 0-1) had two chances after that to reclaim the lead. They were stuffed on four downs deep inside Duke territory, a series before Thomas fumbled at his own 39 after a hit from Jeremy Cash with 2:12 left. Powell then took a fourthand-1 handoff up the middle for the 30-yard touchdown run that iced Duke’s second straight win over a ranked Georgia Tech team.

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Georgia Tech’s Patrick Skov (7) is brought down by Duke’s Breon Borders (31) during the Blue Devils’ 34-20 victory on Saturday in Durham, N.C.

DELAWARE 14

INDIANA 41

yards and two touchdowns, and Indiana improved to 4-0 for the first time since 1990 by holding off Wake Forest 31-24 on Saturday. Jordan Howard added 168 rushing yards and a touchdown for the undefeated Hoosiers, who head into next week’s Big 10 showdown against No. 1 Ohio State riding a five-game winning streak. Sudfeld, who finished 19 of 34 passing, threw touchdown passes of 6 yards to Simmie Cobbs Jr. and 28 yards to Ricky Jones in staking Indiana to a 17-10 halftime lead.

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BOSTON COLLEGE 17

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Nate Sudfeld threw for 205

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been more third-and-long situations, but also forced their offense to become one-dimensional, and by extension, predictable. “If we can run the ball with efficiency, then you end up in different situations; the playbook is a lot harder to defend. There’s a lot more plays, a lot more options,’’ Strief said. With C.J. Spiller’s health improving following his return on a limited basis last week, the Saints hope he’ll join with Mark Ingram and Khiry Robinson to improve run production. But they’ll face a stingy Carolina defense that has allowed the fewest points in the league and is holding opponents to a league-low 3.64 yards per play on first down.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Mitch Trubisky came off the bench and threw four secondhalf touchdown passes to help North Carolina beat Delaware 41-14 on Saturday. Trubisky completed 17 of 20 passes for 312 yards, all career-high marks. He also added 39 rushing yards on six attempts. Mack Hollins caught touchdown passes of 33 and 64 yards for the Tar Heels (3-1), who closed the nonconference portion of their schedule with three consecutive wins.

way to play.’’ So he and Panthers coach Ron Rivera, despite preparing as if Brees would go — “if we get the other guy, then so be it,’’ Rivera noted — now will face McCown. McCown is in his third season as Brees’ backup. His only pass attempt in New Orleans came as a holder on a fake field goal. McCown has started nine games in 12 seasons, the most recent coming in 2011 for the Jacksonville Jaguars. With Brees out, Saints fans might not know what to do. The previous start he missed was in Carolina at the end of the 2009 season, when the Saints were already assured the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs en route to their only Super Bowl triumph. A loss would put them three games behind the unbeaten Panthers in the NFC South.

KUECHLY’S STATUS On the other side of the ball, the Panthers could be without star middle linebacker Luke Kuechly for the second straight week. Kuechly missed practice Wednesday and Thursday while waiting to be cleared by an independent physician from a concussion he suffered in Week 1. A.J. Klein proved to be up to the task of filling in for Kuechly last week, helping the Panthers beat the Houston Texans 24-17. Klein even had an interception that set up Carolina’s final touchdown.

RUN AGROUND Saints right tackle Zach Strief said New Orleans’ running game is probably the club’s No. 1 concern on offense after averaging fewer than 80 yards rushing through two weeks. The result has

BOSTON — Troy Flutie

RECEIVING OPTIONS Panthers rookie secondround draft pick Devin Funchess could see extended playing time on Sunday with veteran wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery nursing a high ankle sprain. Ted Ginn Jr. and Philly Brown are the starters, but Funchess will likely see more reps as the No. 3 receiver.

YOUNG DEFENSE The Saints have had three rookies, as well as a first-year player out of the CFL either starting or playing regularly on defense. And the unit has done enough to keep them in games until the final minutes. Rookie outside linebacker Hau’oli Kikaha has forced fumbles that resulted in turnovers in each of his first two games to go along with a sack. First-round pick Stephone Anthony, who has started at middle linebacker, is among the team’s tackle leaders. Delvin Breaux, who played two years in Canada, has started at cornerback while the Saints await the return of Keenan Lewis.

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threw a touchdown pass in his first career start and Jon Hilliman had a tiebreaking 21yard scoring run to lift Boston College to a 17-14 win over Northern Illinois on Saturday. Flutie, the nephew of 1984 Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie, a Boston College graduate, completed 5 of 11 passes for 92 yards with one interception. It was his second career TD toss. His uncle had 67 from 1981-84. Hilliman carried 24 times for 119 yards for the Eagles (31). EAST CAROLINA 35 VIRGINIA TECH 28

GREENVILLE, N.C. — James Summers accounted for three touchdowns, two

coming on the ground in a huge rushing performance, to help East Carolina beat Virginia Tech 35-28 on Saturday. The backup quarterback ran for 169 yards in a biggerthan-expected role amid rainy conditions, going from the change-of-pace option behind Blake Kemp to the guy powering the Pirates (2-2) to their first home win against the Hokies (2-2) in 23 years. Trevon Brown and Isaiah Jones each had touchdown catches for East Carolina, which ditched its pass-heavy ways and kept the ball on the ground. Summers carried the ball on 21 of ECU’s 43 run plays, more than double their pass attempts in an unusual look under Ruffin McNeill.

LATE FRIDAY BOISE STATE 56 VIRGINIA 14

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Boise State stunned Virginia with 17 points in the first 7 minutes and the resilient Broncos rolled to a 56-14 victory Friday night. Jeremy McNichols padded his Bowl Subdivision touchdown lead by scoring on a 2-yard run and a 10-yard reception, giving him 10 touchdowns for the season. The Broncos (3-1) showed no signs of losing a step after losing starting quarterback Ryan Finley to a broken ankle last week. From wire reports

STATE ROUNDUP

Henderson scores 2 touchdowns to lead Chants past Bryant 31-17 CONWAY — De’Angelo Henderson rushed for 136 yards and two scores, and Coastal Carolina’s defense clamped down in the second half en route to a 31-17 win over Bryant on Saturday. Osharmar HENDERSON Abercrombie’s 22-yard run late in the fourth quarter put the Chanticleers (4-0) up by two scores and capped off a nine-play, 80-yard drive. Henderson scored on a 1-yard plunge to end a 12play drive in the previous quarter. Alex Ross was efficient, hitting on 19 of 24 attempts for 212 yards and a score. Dalton Easton had 291 yards and a touchdown on 25-of-40 passing and Ricardo McCray rushed for 102 yards and a score for Bryant (2-1). Matt Sewall’s 50-yard touchdown reception put the Bulldogs up 10-0 in the

first quarter, but Coastal Carolina scored 31 of the game’s next 38 points. Bryant outgained Coastal Carolina 428-400 and possessed the ball for over 34 minutes.

carries. Hammond had 129 yards on 15 carries. Brown was 17 of 29 with 183 yards and two interceptions, both of which resulted in scores for the Bulldogs (2-2).

CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 33

FURMAN 24

CITADEL 20

VMI 21

CHARLESTON — Mike Hollway ran for three touchdowns, Darius Hammond ran for another and Charleston Southern rallied to beat The Citadel 33-20. Hurt by two interceptions and a missed field goal, the Buccaneers (3-1) were trailing 20-19 in the fourth quarter when Caleb Batchelor recovered a fumble by Dominique Allen. Austin Brown converted on fourth-and-6 with a 10-yard pass to Hammond, and then Hammond ran 21 yards on the next play for a 25-20 lead. Hollway scored his third rushing touchdown on the Buccaneers’ next possession and gained 172 yards on 17

GREENVILLE — Brian Ross blocked a punt and returned it 5 yards for a touchdown, and Jon Croft Hollingsworth booted a 42yard field goal with 4:35 left to help Furman to a 24-21 Southern Conference victory over VMI. The Paladins (2-2, 1-0 Southern Conference) stopped VMI on fourth down at the Furman 45 late in the fourth quarter, then ran the ball to the VMI 27 before turning it over on downs with under a minute to play. Reese Hannon was 22 of 40 for 197 yards passing and ran for a score to lead Furman. From wire reports

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Gators earn 11th straight win over Vols GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Freshman Antonio Callaway’s 63-yard touchdown reception with 1:26 remaining gave Florida an 11th consecutive win against Southeastern Conference rival Tennessee, 28-27 on Saturday. Callaway ran a deep curl on a fourth-and-14 play, caught the pass from Will Grier, turned outside and beat three defenders to the end zone. Fellow receiver Demarcus Robinson threw a key block down the field that allowed Callaway to score. The Gators (4-0, 2-0 SEC) started celebrating wildly. The Volunteers (2-2, 0-1) were stunned. Still, Tennessee had one final chance. Josh Dobbs, who led the Vols in passing, rushing and receiving, moved them into field-goal range. But Aaron Medley missed twice from 55 yards, once just after Florida coach Jim McElwain called timeout and then again — this time just barely. His second kick missed the right upright by less than a foot. (8) LSU 34 SYRACUSE 24

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Leonard Fournette ran for a career-high 244 yards and two touchdowns, Tre’Davious White returned a punt 69 yards for another score, and No. 8 LSU held off fired-up Syracuse 34-24 on Saturday. LSU (3-0), which beat Southeastern Conference rivals Mississippi State and Auburn to start the season, used big plays to hand Syracuse (3-1) its first loss despite being called for 14 penalties for 120 yards. No play was bigger than Travin Dural’s 51-yard catch on a third-and-5 play in the fourth quarter after the Orange moved within a touchdown. Brandon Harris hit Malachi Dupre with an 11-yard TD with 9:14 left to seal it. Fournette gained 48 yards to set up his first-quarter score, White found a seam up

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Florida wide receiver Antonio Callaway (81) runs for yardage past Tennessee defensive back Malik Foreman (13) and defensive back Todd Kelly Jr. (6) during the Gators’ 28-27 victory on Saturday in Gainesville, Fla. the middle and raced untouched into the end zone to give LSU a 17-3 lead in the third, and Fournette tacked on a 62-yard scoring run later in the period for a 24-10 lead. It was the fifth straight 100yard game for Fournette, eighth of his career. (7) GEORGIA 48 SOUTHERN 6

ATHENS, Ga. — Nick Chubb ran for 131 yards and two touchdowns and also caught a TD pass to lead No. 7 Georgia to a 48-6 win over Southern on Saturday. Chubb had scoring runs of

9 and 49 yards in the third quarter. The 49-yarder gave him 12 straight games with at least 100 yards rushing. He scored on a 24-yard pass from Greyson Lambert in the first quarter. Georgia (4-0) led 17-0 in the first quarter and then played in the second quarter as if looking ahead to next week’s visit from No. 12 Alabama. Lenard Tillery’s 16-yard scoring run for Southern (2-2) quieted the Georgia fans on a soggy day. The Bulldogs’ only points in the second quarter came on a field goal. Georgia quickly stretched

the 20-6 halftime lead with four third-quarter touchdowns. (12) ALABAMA 34 LOUISIANA-MONROE 0

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Jake Coker threw three touchdown passes and No. 12 Alabama’s defense limited LouisianaMonroe to 92 total yards in a 34-0 route on Saturday. The Crimson Tide (3-1) had an uneven offensive performance but it didn’t make much difference in a game between No. 3 Mississippi and No. 7 Georgia. The Warhawks (1-2) didn’t

have a first down in the first 23 minutes and were held to 9 yards rushing. They lost 51-14 to the Bulldogs three weeks earlier. It was their first return visit since stunning the Tide 21-14 eight years ago in coach Nick Saban’s first season, which still stands as the low point of his tenure. This one seemed out of reach by the time Alabama went up 14-0 in the second quarter. The Tide racked up six sacks and two interceptions. From wire reports

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Rudock, Wolverines rout BYU 31-0 ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Jake Rudock ran for two touchdowns and threw for another one during a first half in which Michigan did all of its scoring in a 31-0 rout against No. 22 BYU on Saturday. De’Veon Smith ran for 125 yards on 16 carriesbefore leaving the game late in the third quarter after appearing to hurt his right ankle. (1) OHIO STATE 38 WESTERN MICHIGAN 12

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Cardale Jones threw two touchdown passes early on and Adolphus Washington returned an interception 20 yards for a score to lead No. 1 Ohio State to a 38-12 win over Western Michigan. Jones played better than he did a week ago. He finished 19 of 33 for 288 yards with an interception before J.T. Barrett replaced him late in the game.

(2) MICHIGAN STATE 30 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 10

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Gerald Holmes ran for two fourth-quarter touchdowns, and No. 2 Michigan State overcame a sluggish performance to beat Central Michigan 30-10. (3) TCU 55 TEXAS TECH 52

LUBBOCK, Texas — Aaron Green caught a tipped pass in the back of the end zone with 23 seconds left and No. 3 TCU outlasted Texas Tech 55-52.

Sanders scored on a 50-yard punt return to spark Notre Dame to four straight touchdowns and break the Fighting Irish out of a slow start to beat Massachusetts 62-27. (24) OKLAHOMA STATE 30 TEXAS 27

AUSTIN, Texas — Ben Grogan kicked a 40-yard field goal with 6 seconds left to lift No. 24 Oklahoma State to a 30-27 win over Texas, giving the Cowboys their fourth straight win on the Longhorns’ home field.

(5) BAYLOR 70

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RICE 17

(21) STANFORD 42

WACO, Texas — Seth Russell matched a school record with six touchdown passes, three of which went to Corey Coleman, and No. 5 Baylor earned a 70-17 victory over Rice.

OREGON STATE 24 CORVALLIS, Ore. — Kevin Hogan, a game-time decision because of an ankle sprain, threw for 163 yards and two touchdowns as No. 21 Stanford beat Oregon State 42-24.

(6) NOTRE DAME 62 UMASS 27

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — C.J.

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Michigan quarterback Jake Rudock (15) steps into the end zone for a touchdown during the Wolverines’ 31-0 victory over BYU on Saturday in Ann Arbor, Mich.

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Today South Carolina 31, Central Florida 14 Furman 24, VMI 21 Charleston Southern 33, Citadel 20 Chattanooga at Presbyterian (late) Gardner-Webb at Wofford (late) Coastal Carolina 31, Bryant 17 Newberry 38, Tusculum 31 Benedict at Fort Valley State (late) North Carolina-Pembroke at North Greenville (late) Lenoir-Rhyne at Limestone (late)

ACC

Friday Boise State 56, Virginia 14 Today Duke 34, (20) Georgia Tech 20 North Carolina 41, Delaware 14 Indiana 41, Wake Forest 24 Boston College 17, Northern Illinois 14 East Carolina 35, Virginia Tech 28 Samford at Louisville (late) North Carolina State at South Alabama (late)

SEC

Today (3) Mississippi vs. Vanderbilt (late) (7) Georgia 48, Southern 6 (8) LSU 34, Syracuse 24 (12) Alabama 34, Louisiana-Monroe 0 (14 )Texas A&M vs. Arkansas (late) (25) Missouri at Kentucky (late) Florida 28, Tennessee 27 Mississippi State at Auburn (late)

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Friday (21) Stanford 42, Oregon State 24 Today (1) Ohio State 38, Western Michigan 12 (2) Michigan St. 30, Central Michigan 10 (3) TCU 55, Texas Tech 52 (5) Baylor 70, Rice 17 (6) Notre Dame 62, Massachusetts 27 (9) UCLA at (16) Arizona (late) (13) Oregon vs.(18) Utah (late) (17) Northwestern vs. Ball State (late) (19) Southern Cal at Arizona St. (late) Michigan 31, (22) BYU 0 (22) Wisconsin vs. Hawaii (late) (24) Oklahoma State 30, Texas 27

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TIME FROM PAGE B1 of 22 passes for 184 yards and two touchdowns. “I think he played a little better than we anticipated,” said South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier. “We knew he could run, but he hit a bunch of passes. He hit Pharoh (Cooper), he hit Jerell (Adams) a couple of times. I think he threw the ball a lot better than maybe we anticipated. He’s a gamer, I think we learned that.” Cooper closed with six receptions for 69 yards and rushed three times for 27 yards and a score while Adams, the senior tight end and Scott’s Branch High School graduate, had three receptions for 47 yards. Spurrier said he felt 18 rushes for Nunez was probably about right, considering the freshman’s skill set and talent level. “When you have a quarterback that can run, he runs about as much as a tailback. That’s what they tell me, anyway,” Spurrier said. “This is new for me, a quarterback that can run like he can. We’re trying to maximize the talents of our players.” “I just wanted to go out there and see what I could do,” Nunez said. “I think I did a pretty good job. I did way better in the second half, I think. In the first half, I was a little shaky. I just wanted to go out there and compete.” Nunez was hit and miss on his first drive, but did just enough to get the Gamecocks in scoring range. Nunez rushed two times for 13 yards and completed 2 of 5 passes for 26 yards in moving USC from its 26 to the UCF 35. Placekicker Elliott Fry took it from there, nailing a careerbest 52-yard field goal for a 3-0 lead. After a Knight punt, USC took over at its 36 and Nunez broke off a 23-yard run off left end shortly after, giving the Gamecocks a first down at the UCF 35. The drive stalled though and Fry had a 49-yard attempt hit the right goal post. A 41-yard punt by Sean Kelly pinned UCF at its 2 to open the second quarter. On the next play, Boosie Whitlow wrapped up Taj McGowan in the end zone for the safety and a 5-0 USC lead with 14:42 to go in the first half. Perry Orth, the starter in last week’s 52-20 loss at Georgia, made his only appearance under center for USC’s first possession of the quarter, beginning at the Gamecock 33. Three incompletions, including a drop by D.J. Neal and an overthrow of Carlton Heard, brought on Kelly for a 46-yard punt, putting UCF at its 21. UCF couldn’t move the ball and had to punt. Cooper, however, fumbled the punt and T.J. Mutcherson recovered the ball at the USC 1. Nick Patti took it in on the next play, with Matthew Wright’s PAT kick putting the Knights up 7-5. With USC stuffing the run, UCF was successful in the air. Freshman quarterback Bo Schneider connected for 12 yards with Tre’Quan Smith to the USC 34, followed two plays later with an 11-yard completion to Smith. Schneider kept it in the air, going to Tristan Payton for 12 yards and Chris Johnson for 14, setting up a 30-yard touchdown pass to Smith for a 14-5 UCF lead on a 7-play, 93-yard drive. USC still struggled to find any offense on the next drive,

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First Quarter SC — FG Fry 52, 9:47. Second Quarter SC — Safety, 14:42. UCF — Patti 1 run (Wright kick), 11:04. UCF — Smith 30 pass from Schneider (Wright kick), 5:23. SC — FG Fry 27, 1:04. Third Quarter SC — P.Cooper 29 run (Fry kick), 7:41. SC — August 13 pass from Nunez (Fry kick), 4:39. SC — P.Cooper 35 pass from Nunez (pass failed), 1:47. Fourth Quarter SC — FG Fry 33, 2:53. A — 78,411. First downs Rushes-yards Passing Comp-Att-Int Return Yards Punts-Avg. Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Poss.

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING — UCF, C.Jones 9-22, Patti 4-11, McGowan 6-8, Thompson 1-2, Schneider 3-(minus 17). South Carolina, Nunez 18-123, Carson 7-35, Da.Williams 14-32, P.Cooper 3-27, Team 1-(minus 1). PASSING — UCF, Schneider 20-352-189, Patti 3-3-0-15. South Carolina, Nunez 12-22-0-184, Orth 0-30-0. RECEIVING — UCF, Smith 5-82, Payton 5-42, C.Johnson 2-21, Franks 2-17, Patti 2-11, Tiralosi 2-8, Thompson 2-7, Bloom 1-7, C.Jones 1-5, D’. Wilson 1-4. South Carolina, P.Cooper 4-69, Adams 3-47, Heard 2-38, August 2-21, Jeffery 1-9.

starting at its 29, until a 17yard third-down completion from Nunez to Adams. Nunez then took off over left end for a 29-yard run, setting up the Gamecocks at the UCF 24. The drive stalled and USC had to settle for a 27-yard Fry field goal at the 1:04 mark to make the halftime score 14-8. Carolina forced UCF to punt on its first two possessions. USC took over at its 26 following the second one. Nunez broke off another long run, this one for 23 yards. An 8-yard Carson run moved the ball to the UCF 43, with Carson adding 14 yards on the next play. Cooper was going for a halfback pass on the next play, but everyone was covered. Cooper reversed field, made a couple of tacklers miss, picking up his blocks and scampering into the end zone as the Gamecocks retook the lead, 15-14, with 7:41 left in the third. The defense came out determined to build on the offense’s success and T.J. Holloman came away with a ricochet interception at the UCF 40. A 23yard Nunez completion to Carlton Heard helped set up a 13-yard TD pass from Nunez to tight end Jacob August. That made it 22-14 with 4:39 on the clock. Another Holloman interception on the next UCF possession gave the Gamecocks the ball at their 46. “I was just fortunate to get the start, and, first off, I want to thank Coach Spurrier for giving me the opportunity,” said Holloman, a junior linebacker out of Stone Mountain, Ga. “I just felt at home out there. It was my position, and I got a lot of interceptions in.” On third and 10, Nunez broke off a 19-yard run to the UCF 35. Nunez then went back to Cooper for the 35-yard touchdown pass that built the lead to 28-14. Fry nailed a 33-yard field with 8:47 left in the game for the final 31-14 score. USC’s offense finished with 400 yards total offense, rushing 43 times for 216 yards. Meanwhile, the Gamecock defense held UCF to 26 yards rushing on 23 attempts and limited Schneider to 189 yards on 20-of-35 passing. Patti also completed three passes for 15 yards for the Knights.

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South Carolina’s Boosie Whitlow (49) and T.J. Holloman (11) tackle Central Florida running back Taj McGowan in the end zone for a safety during the Gamecocks’ 31-14 victory on Saturday at WilliamsBrice Stadium in Columbia.

HOLLOMAN FROM PAGE B1 punt that was downed at the 2-yard-line and led to a safety. He is averaging 43.4 yards per punt.

MY, HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED When these two teams met two years ago at UCF’s Bright House Networks Stadium, USC held on for a hard-fought 28-25 victory in an afternoon contest that aired nationally on ABC. That would prove to be the only loss that season for a Knights team that featured quarterback Blake Bortles and wide receiver Breshad Perriman, who are now rostered by the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars and Baltimore Ravens, respectively. UCF would close its season with a 52-42 shootout victory over Baylor in the Fiesta Bowl to close out a 12-1 season that placed the Knights at No. 10 in the final Associated Press poll and No. 12 in the Coaches’ Poll. It was the highest respective ranking in each poll in school history. USC capped the third of its three consecutive 11-2 seasons with a 34-24 victory

over Wisconsin in the Capital One Bowl, good enough to vault the Gamecocks to No. 4 in both the AP and Coaches’ final polls, representing the highest final ranking in school history.

LIKE LOOKING IN A MIRROR Spurrier and UCF head coach George O’Leary are two of college football’s longest tenured and most respected head coaches. Spurrier is in his 11th season as the Gamecocks’ Head Ball Coach while O’Leary is leading the Knights for the 12th season. The 70-year-old Spurrier has amassed an 85-47 record, earning the distinction as USC’s winningest coach. Under Spurrier’s leadership, the Gamecocks won the Southeastern Conference’s East Division in 2010 and have a 5-4 record in nine bowl appearances, with wins in each of their last four bowls. Before Spurrier took over the reins, the program had a 3-8 bowl record, including losses in its first eight appearances. O’Leary, 69, holds an 81-66 mark at UCF, including an

0-11 record in 2004, his first season at the school and the school’s last as a member of the Mid-American Conference. The next season the Knights would win Conference USA’s East Division with a 7-1 record and finish 8-5 overall. The 2013 season would mark UCF’s first as a member of the American Athletic Conference. Spurrier’s overall college coaching record entering Saturday’s game is 227-87-2 while O’Leary has a 133-99 cumulative mark. Most of Spurrier’s success came at the University of Florida, where he played quarterback and won the 1967 Heisman Trophy winning quarterback. He is also that school’s winningest head coach, making him one of a select few coaches to hold that distinction at two power conference schools. Spurrier’s Gator teams had a combined record of 127-222 over 12 seasons, winning six SEC championships and the National Championship in 1997. O’Leary’s record includes a 7-year tenure at Georgia Tech, where his teams went 52-33 with five bowl appearances and one Atlantic Coast Conference championship.

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rout fishing, an Outdoor Sportsman’s Expo and laser tag

might not be the stuff of an old-fashioned county fair, and that’s the point. This year’s American Legion Fair of Sumter, S.C., boasts both a name change and a new midway, while keeping the perennial favorites, said Fair Manager Mel Curtis and Assistant Manager Nick Nero. The greatest change to the fair that serves Sumter, Clarendon, Kershaw and Lee counties will be the midway. For the first time in decades, the “Aristocrat of Shows,” Reithoffer Entertainment, will host the midway. “It’s an all-new look, but with even more excitement,” Curtis said. “Reithoffer has more than 100 rides, and we’ve got what we think are the best.” “The quality of the rides is great,” Nero said. “Everybody will see a step up. They’re so clean, so shiny.” The rides are classified Kid-

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Entries for the Amreican Legion Fair Flower Show must be taken to the the Fair Memorial Building on Artillery Drive between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 28. They will be judged the following day. This prize-winning arrangement was designed by Bert Whittle.

die, Thrill and Spectacular, with Spectacular being for the most adventurous fair goers. Nero said the Orbiter is one ride recommended for adults — brave ones at that. Just looking at a video of it made him a little dizzy. “I think it would make me puke if I got on it,” he said. Of course, there will be the must-have rides, including the Gentle Giant Ferris wheel and the Classic Carousel. Other rides have names like Super Slide, Crazy Bus, Railroad Rock, Wiggler Worm, Mini Himalaya, S-2000, Wild Claw and Rock and Ride. There’s a total of around 30 rides of varying intensity for kids and adults, illuminated with LED lights for a cooler, environmentally friendly midway, where fair goers will also find games and a wide variety of concessions. “We’ve got about 22 local vendors, and Reithoffer has several, too,” Curtis said. “We’ll have fried gator, Italian sausage and just about anything you want on a stick and a lot of unusual fried items. Everybody’s favorite fries at the Potato House will be back, and the Shriners and Sumter United Ministries will have burgers, hot dogs and other food.” All the animals will be in the livestock buildings behind the Civic Center, he said, “including baby pigs with their mother. Only the poultry will be missing this year, because of the recent bird flu in the Midwest.” Horse and pony shows, mule and donkey shows, goats and beef and dairy cattle are back, as are the more exotic animals, like the huge brahma bulls. The Bear Mountain Wildlife Show will feature live, trained Kodiak bears, and Red Dragon Laser Tag will use safe, laser light “guns” so that it is suitable for young people and adults. Also new this year will be an Outdoor Sports Expo in the Farmers Market building, Curtis said. “We’ll have ski boats, jet skis, deer stands, fishing and hunting equipment, anything to do with outdoor sports,” he said. Representatives from Simpson Hardware, Xtreme Sports Yamah, Berkeley Outdoors, the Sumter Chapter of the Delta Waterfowl Association, Honda of Sumter will be present with demonstrations and information about their products. Also in the Farmers Market building at the corner of West Liberty Street and Artillery

Get a bird’s-eye view of Sumter from the top of the Gentle Giant Ferris wheel during Sumter’s 99th annual fair, presented by American Legion Post 15. Drive, fairgoers will find a stocked trout pond, where they can catch a “real, live trout.” The Lawton Trout Farm is “a catch and release experience,” Curtis said, “and it will be a lot of fun for kids catching their first fish, or for adults, too.” A petting zoo will feature barnyard animals and more exotic species, as well as pony rides for children. The traditional fair features are also back, he said. These include baked and canned goods, homegrown vegetables, sewn, knitted, crocheted items and other “fancy goods.” The flower show sponsored by the Council of Garden Clubs of Sumter and the art show for all age categories,

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The Claw is one of the most thrilling rides the Reithoffer Shows will bring to Sumter’s fair, beginning Tuesday.

Thieves crack Kress’ safe; Hughes Inc. closes its doors 75 YEARS AGO – 1941

Feb. 17–23 Not much is left but the smoke stack at the sawmill of the Sumter Planing Mills & Lumber Company on Council Street. The fire started at 12:20 in the afternoon and by 1 o’clock the mill was practically destroyed. A high wind was blowing at Yesteryear the time, in Sumter and there SAMMY WAY was little the firemen could do except make sure the flames did not spread to the property of the Sumter Cotton Warehouse Company nearby. • It was announced this morning by W.C. Kirven, chief of city police, that his department has received numerous reports from various sections of Sumter about street lights and windows being broken and barking of dogs at night. Kirven said that

in most cases, the street lights and the windows were broken by young boys with air rifles. Members of the city police have been ordered to confiscate all air rifles that are being used on the streets of the city and bring the owners of these rifles before the city recorder for trial. • Following are the names of the latest contributors to the Greek War Relief Fund, whose contributions were received by the Cut Rate Drug Store in connection with Sunday’s broadcast: Miss Eloise Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Williams, Mr. Ellis, Manning Brown, Mrs. O.J. Knight. • Sumter’s city-wide Dollar Day Sale got off to a flying start this morning and by early afternoon bid fair to equal if not surpass any event of this kind held here in the past. Nearly 30 merchants are taking part in this sale, and all reported excellent results. Shoppers thronged the city from every neighboring community, and buying was brisk in all stores. Even those stores that did not come in on the advertising were sharing in the

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1941 -- Betty Jean Garrington, 15 and a half months old, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G.F. Garrington, was the winner of the Kiddie Contest in the beauty pageant held under the auspices of the Iris chapter of the Eastern Star. increased business. This afternoon at 6:30 three big cash prizes were scheduled to be

given away on the corner of Main and Liberty streets. • Curtis Edens, well known

farmer of nearby Dalzell, yesterday was unanimously elected a member of the county board of commissioners by the Sumter legislative delegation. He will take the place recently made vacant by the resignation of Chairman C.G. Rowland. The delegation also elected J.C. Brogdon, a member of the county board of tax assessment, to take the place made vacant by the death of Joel Davis. • Uncorking a brilliant rally in the last five minutes, Joe Berry’s crack Sumter High five came from behind to trim Presbyterian College’s freshmen, 38 to 33, in a razor edge duel in the PC gym before an enthusiastic crowd of spectators. ... The real heroes of the night were Pap Propst and Foots James. Propst hit the hoop for 8 points and was stingy in his guarding, for he allowed Parrott, the Frosh’s tall forward, only one point during the entire contest. James scored 9 points to pace the Gamecocks’ attack.

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ATHENS, Georgia — Elizabeth Louise Stutz and Robert Shelton Bellew, both of Athens, Georgia, were united in marriage at 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015, at the University of Georgia Chapel. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stanley Stutz Jr. of Sumter, and the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson Hill of Sumter and the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stanley Stutz Sr. of Los Angeles, California. She graduated from Sumter High School and the University of Georgia with a bachelor of arts in comparative literature and a bachelor of fine arts in interior design. She is employed as the merchandising manager at Trader Joe’s in Athens and is an independent design consultant. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Porter Bellew Sr. of Marietta, Georgia, and the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry William Paris of Birmingham, Alabama, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gaines Bellew of Oneonta, Alabama. He graduated from The Lovett School in Atlanta, Georgia, from the University of Georgia with a bachelor of arts in journalism, from Universitá degli Studi di Frenze (University of Florence) in Italy with a master’s in mass communication and marketing, and from the University of Georgia with a Ph.D. in ro-

mance languages. He is employed as assistant professor of romance languages and coordinator of the Modern Languages Department at Brenau University in Gainesville, Georgia. Dr. James B. Mooneyhan officiated at the ceremony. Music was provided by Ms. Carrie Scruggs, harpist; Meghan Ross Amey, vocalist; and Jodi Swint, pianist. Escorted by her father, the bride wore a fitted ivory Italian duchess silk dress with a sweetheart neckline and a full trumpet skirt that flowed into a chapel-length train. It was accompanied by a Spanish lace off-the-shoulder bolero with a scalloped neckline, three-quarter length sleeves and a covered back, and a cathedrallength veil edged in French alencon lace. She carried a hand-tied bouquet of white and blush roses. Mrs. Theresa Stutz Summers, sister of the bride, served as matron of honor. Bridesmaids were Mrs. Christina Leventis Slate, Mrs. Katie Davis Terrell and Amanda Joy White. Junior bridesmaids were Anna Louise Summers and Margaret Elizabeth Summers. Flower girls were Catherine Caldwell Summers, Deborah Madeline Stutz, Elizabeth Raine Stutz, Louisa Charlene Stutz, Matilda Nancy Stutz and Sarah Gracelyn Stutz. Dr. Brian Sydnor Burnes served as best man. Grooms-

EDUCATION NEWS Sumter School District AMY HANSEN HONORED Amy Hansen, the administrative manager to the superintendent and the Sumter School District Board of Trustees, was the 2015 recipient of the annual Superintendent’s Award of Excellence, announced at the district’s opening meeting last month. Dr. J. Frank Baker created the award and determines who receives it. It may be a certified or classified employee of the school district and is someone the superintendent knows went above and beyond in his or her willingness to get the job done during the past school year. Hansen began her career in the former School District 17 in 1998. She started with the school district on a parttime basis when her children were young, and she transitioned to full time at Bates Middle School before moving to the district office as the assistant to the superintendent in 2000. She has worked with the superintendent and the school board in Sumter School District since the consolidation of the two former districts in 2011. When announcing the award, Baker said Hansen “goes above and beyond every day. She has a tremendous job working for the board of trustees and for me. She is at the office late almost every day, and she always has a smile on her face. She pays very close attention to detail, and she is wonderful dealing with employees and parents. She can always be counted on to do her job and do it very well. She is a well deserving recipient of the Superintendent’s Award of Excellence.” Hansen said she was “shocked and amazed” when Baker said her name. She said, “It’s an extreme honor for me, but I don’t feel like I deserve it. It is still unbelievable to me. I enjoy working with Dr. Baker and with everyone in the district, and I truly appreciate being recognized in this way.” Hansen is a native of Sumter and serves on The Salvation Army Board of Trustees. She and her husband, Jeff, have three sons, Britton and twins Bradley and Brandon. Two of her sons are recent Citadel graduates, and the third one is a senior.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WALK SCHEDULED The Sumter High School International Baccalureate students will sponsor the ninth annual Walk Against Domestic Violence event at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 10. The purpose of the walk is to spread awareness of domestic violence in South Carolina. No pledges or fundraising is required to participate. The event will begin in the Sumter County Library parking lot at 111 N. Harvin St. The public is encouraged to walk with the students, and all participants are asked to wear purple or white. In addition to the walk to raise awareness, the students are collecting items for the YWCA domestic violence program. Those who wish to donate may bring their items to the event. Items needed include cleaning products, hand sanitizer, soap, trash bags, deodorant, toilet paper, household products, hand towels, paper products, plastic cups, wash cloths, bath towels, hair

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men were Mr. James Porter Bellew Jr., brother of the bridegroom, Mr. Ian Christopher Hagarty and Mr. Jeffrey Robert Landau. Junior groomsmen were Henry Luis Bellew and James Lowry Bellew. Ushers were Dr. Gary Kenneth Baker, Mr. Curtis Lancing Lowe and Dr. Byron Hilbun Warner III. Ring steward was Claude Victor Brown IV. Also participating were Genevieve Louisa White, Teresa Owen and Mrs. Zoe Terrell. The bride’s parents held the reception at The Foundry Ballroom at Graduate Athens. The bridegroom’s parents and Amy and Jeff Landau held the rehearsal dinner at The Hardeman Sams House in Athens. Following a wedding trip to New Orleans, Louisiana, the couple will reside in Athens.

brushes and combs and baby products.

TEACHER ADVISORY COUNCIL NAMED The Sumter School District Teacher Advisory Council has been selected for the 2015-16 school year. The council meets with Baker at the district office each month to voice concerns, raise questions and offer suggestions. Teachers and other staff members at each school are invited to submit their suggestions and concerns to the school’s TAC representative. The representative then presents them at the monthly meeting. Topics covered include testing, curriculum, discipline, policies and procedures, personnel concerns and a variety of other items. Baker also briefs the TAC on items of interest including decisions made at the monthly board meetings and other issues that affect the school district. Following the meetings, the minutes are sent to each representative to share with the faculty and staff members at the schools. Representatives on the council this year are Brittany Huckeba, Alice Drive Elementary; Katherine Davis, Alice Drive Middle; Cindy Seckel, Bates Middle; Dale Richardson, Brewington Academy; James Boone, Career Center; David Fair, Cherryvale Elementary; Joanna Myles, Chestnut Oaks Middle; Nicole Bowman, Crestwood High School; Kristin Marsh, Crosswell Drive Elementary; Kaneshia Allen, R. E. Davis Elementary; Meredith Partridge, F. J. DeLaine Elementary; Aretha Smith, Ebenezer Middle; John Van Patten, Furman Middle; Theresa Cousar, High Hills Elementary; Robert Easley, Hillcrest Middle; Annette McCaffrey, Kingsbury Elementary; Eric Cooper, Lakewood High School; Barbara Rookstool, Lemira Elementary; Julie Strange, Manchester Elementary; Elaina Lemon, Mayewood Middle; JoLawrence Corbin, Millwood Elementary; Jennifer Bordelon, Oakland Primary; Krista Jennings, Pocalla Springs Elementary; Bridget Bradley, Rafting Creek Elementary; Cynthia Smiley, Shaw Heights Elementary; Kelly Anderson, Sumter High School; Debbie Sweat, Wilder Elementary; and Denise Robinson, Willow Drive Elementary.

Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Joseph Geddings Jr. of Sumter announce the engagement of their daughter, Lauren Abigail Geddings of Mount Pleasant, to Benjamin Scott Linnerud of Charleston, son of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Scott Linnerud of Boiling Springs. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin L. Mathis Sr. and Harriet Loretta Geddings, and the late Bobby L. Geddings Sr., all of Sumter. She majored MISS GEDDINGS, MR. LINNERUD in vocal performance with a minor in communications. She is employed as a public relations and social media associate at The Brandon Agency in Charleston. The bridegroom-elect is the grandson of Ms. Verna Vaness of Green Bay, Wisconsin, and Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Walsingham of Boiling Springs. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science. He is employed as a technical account manager at Blue Acorn in Charleston. The wedding is planned for Jan. 23, 2016, at The Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul in Charleston. ••• The couple is registered at Belk, www.belk.com; and Target & Bed, Bath and Beyond, www.bedbathandbeyond.com.

utilities, volunteerism and other areas. Baker will take part in the Community Circle at most of the schools. The skit lays the groundwork for understanding Sumter’s history and government. Throughout the remainder of the year, the students will have history lessons that teach them about Sumter during the Colonial period, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War and other events up until present day. The program is coordinated by Joanne Morris, director of Sumter Volunteers. For more information or to volunteer to participate in the Community Circle, call Morris at (803) 775-7423.

VETERANS ASSOCIATION HOSTS WING WEDNESDAY FUNDRAISER The Student Veterans Association of Central Carolina Technical College recently held a Wing Wednesday on Sept. 16. Volunteers served a variety of deliciously flavored wings to faculty, staff and students. The event raised more than $500 and the funds will be used to spread awareness about the SVA and support veterans in the community. — Becky H. Rickenbaker

CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER RECEIVES GRANT

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The Sumter Career and Technology Center is the recipient of a Lowe’s Grant for Community Service. Lowe’s awarded a $25,000 grant to the Sumter Career Center’s SkillsUSA Chapter for a live burn training container and building. Because of these funds, students in the fire and emergency service class will train on the techniques of how to enter a burning structure, fight the fire, and exit safely from the structure. Joan Higginbotham, Director of Community Relations at Lowes, said, “Lowe’s is committed to strengthening the communities where we live and work. We are excited to partner with SkillsUSA and the Sumter Career and Technology Center to provide support for students who want to give back to the community through service projects.”

St. Paul Elementary School Boys to Men Mentoring Program will begin on Wednesday and will be facilitated by Harold Brunson during the school day. Brunson is a retired educator who enjoys inspiring young men. The mentoring program is designed to keep students in school, improve self-esteem and give young men the assurance that they are not alone in dealing with day-to-day challenges. Please encourage the young man in your life to sign up and participate in this motivational program.

BOARD MEETS MONDAY NIGHT The Sumter School District Board of Trustees will have a workshop meeting Monday night at the district office, 1345 Wilson Hall Road. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. and is open to the public. — Mary B. Sheridan

Central Carolina Technical College CCTC STUDENTS REGISTER TO VOTE IN CELEBRATION OF CONSTITUTION DAY

SCHOOLS BEGIN MY COMMUNITY AND ME Alice Drive, Cherryvale, R.E. Davis, F.J. DeLaine, Kingsbury, Lemira, Manchester, Millwood, Pocalla Springs and Willow Drive rlementary schools’ fourth-grade students have begun Sumter Volunteers’ My Community and Me series. My Community and Me is a program that teaches area fourth-graders about Sumter County and provides a unique, first-hand learning experience about the Sumter community, its history, its services and the role of citizen volunteers, including fourth-grade students, in the community. The students will be treated to a production at each school titled “The Community Circle,” which features numerous volunteers from all aspects of the community including Shaw Air Force Base personnel, police and firefighters, religious and civic leaders, health care workers, people from the educational arena, many from the helping professions, and persons representing government, business, fine arts, recreation,

tional politicians, as well as enjoy free refreshments.

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SCOTT’S BRANCH MIDDLE / HIGH SCHOOL Even though Scott’s Branch Middle / High School has been a technology-rich school for years, staff and students say technology is really making a difference this year. Teachers say their students worked hard last year and they saw great improvement, but they are convinced that the ongoing use of technology is having a greater impact on student learning. From New Tech classes to across curriculum core contents, teachers are incorporating technology into the learning environment. This kind of environment is possible because teachers are able to extend students’ learning through the use of fully operative computer labs, iPods, interactive blackboards, cell phones, etc. The labs are enhancing reading and writing skills, as well as inquiry and communication skills. — Beverly Spry

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From left, Elizabeth White, financial aid counselor; Teneisha Adams, financial aid counselor; and Austin Floyd, student life coordinator, hosted a Constitution Day event for all Central Carolina Technical College students, faculty and staff on Sept. 17. The Office of Financial Aid and Student Life held an event on Sept. 17 to celebrate Constitution Day. Constitution Day recognizes the adoption of the United States Constitution and those who have become U.S. citizens. Students were able to register to vote, take a Constitution quiz, learn about local and na-

German-born pianist Andreas Klein will present a lecture recital at noon and again at 7 p.m. Tuesday at University of South Carolina Sumter in Nettles Auditorium. The recitals are free and open to the public. A free reception with light hors d’oeuvres will follow the evening recital. Klein has distinguished himself as a dynamic and compelling performer with his command of a wide range of tonal colors and imaginative interpretations. The New York Times declared him “a fascinating artist with all the indispensable qualities: temperament, taste, touch, tone, the four Ts of pianism” and “a pianist who makes silences sound like music.” Klein’s career as orchestra soloist and

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YESTERYEAR, FROM PAGE C1 • A crowd of around a thousand gathered at the Edmunds High School Auditorium last night for “Rollin’ Rhythm,” the home talent variety show presented under the sponsorship of the Junior Welfare League and Bundles for Britain. The show more than came up to expectations, pleasing practically every member of the big crowd. The entire show went off smoothly and without delays, attesting to the faithful practice of the big cast. The show consisted of a series of skits, some musical and some not, but all snappy and fast-moving. 50 YEARS AGO – 1965 Dec. 20-26 The Lincoln High School boys repeated their feat of last year by capturing the championship of the Third Annual Holiday Tournament for Sumter area teams. Lincoln boys came through three games in fine fashion to display their superiority over the neighboring schools. The only time the Bulldogs appeared to be in any trouble was in the finals when the Dennis High team from Bishopville led them in the second quarter of play by a score of 11-6. James Dunbar and Phenis Brockington led the Bulldogs with 24 and 20 pints respectively. • A fire yesterday burned to the ground a one-story frame building housing the Oswego Bait Farm at Oswego. The building housed a cricket- and worm-raising operation owned by Jimmie Altman. Capt. L.B. Wells of the Sumter Fire Department said that apparently there was some fishing equipment also in the structure. • Police Chief Clarence Kirkland recently was appointed a member of the Crime Prevention Committee of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. He received notification of his appointment in a letter from Phillip Purcell, president of the association. Kirkland is known to be particularly interested in the crime prevention aspect of law enforcement and therefore attaches considerable importance to the appointment. • Family Christmas traditions? No, I don’t think there are any special ones. It doesn’t matter much where you spend Christmas, there’s a feeling of sameness.” With these first words, Ilario Carignano of Turin, Italy, Edmunds High foreign exchange student this year, almost had us thinking that maybe there wasn’t a story here after all. However, with a little prompting and further conversation we found out that there are certain ways his family observe during the holiday season that differ from ours. He’ll probably have more comparisons after he has spent Christmas here with his American family, the Joel Elys, with whom he is living this year.

• I was just doing my job,” said a 30-year-old Shaw reconnaissance pilot, Capt. James A. Yeager, this morning after he was awarded three Distinguished Flying Crosses at once – maybe for the first time in military history. He was decorated for valor while photographing missile sites in North Viet Nam under intense enemy ground fire. Maj. Gen. Marvin L. McNickle, commander of the Ninth Air Force, awarded the medals to the stocky blond pilot in a ceremony in the general’s office. • Thieves broke into S.H. Kress and Co.’s five and ten cent store in Palmetto Plaza sometime last night, “peeled” the office safe, and made off with what was estimated at between $2,000 and $3,000. The ripped-open safe was discovered this morning by B.S. Calvert, manager of the store, when he came to work. • Many Shaw men have returned home from Vietnam in time to be with their families for Christmas. Many are receiving decorations for combat in aiding the war effort. But there is another war that cannot be won in the normal sense. That’s the war against poverty. There are no medals for aiding this war. Lt. Col. Willard G. Mattson and his men in a task force in Saigon were not looking for medals, just going about their military duties. But then the unit became appalled at the abject poverty existing in the city of Saigon. They thought they would do something about it – and did. The unit raised funds and collected needed supplies to assist with care of 300 children plus 1,200 grownups housed in a Catholic-run hospital. • State Senator Henry B. Richardson said today he felt that the reapportionment plan approved by the Senate places Sumter County is the “best possible situation” under the circumstances. The plan, which provides for 59 senators in 26 districts, would group Sumter with Clarendon and Lee counties. Under a negative residency clause in the plan, Sumter would be entitled to one senator. • Le Coeurs Cognes marked their 25th anniversary this year at the annual Christmas dance. Held at Sunset Country Club, dinner was served followed by dancing to the music of the Knights. Special guests were last year’s members and officers of the charter group. • Mary Lemmon McCoy, 78, of Lynchburg, died suddenly. Mrs. McCoy, organizer of the first home demonstration club in the world and a Winthrop alumna of 1908, was a retired school teacher. She taught in Lynchburg and in Georgetown. She was a life-long member of the Methodist Church and a teacher of the Lynchburg Ladies Bible Class. At one time she was supervisor of the Area Training Schools and on the

1965 -- Youngsters who brought canned goods to the Sumter Theatre Saturday morning were admitted free to a Roy Rogers movie. The donated items were picked up by the Salvation Army for distribution to the needy at Christmas. Three young Yarboroughs, Ricky, 6, Cheri, 9, and Lynda, 11, are shown making their contributions to W.E. Bynum Jr., chairman of the Kiwanis Boys and Girls Work Committee, sponsoring organization, and K.E. Ward, right, theatre manager and part president of the Kiwanis Club. Methodist Board of Education. 25 YEARS AGO – 1990 Sept. 21-27 Hurricane Hugo’s $6 billion price tag of destruction made it the most expensive disaster in American history. But two Clemson University professors contend that South Carolina’s so-called “storm of the century” a year ago was in fact a manmade financial disaster caused in part by the state’s lax building codes. They say that if standard building codes were in effect statewide, some $3 billion to $4 billion in damage – primarily along the coast – could have been avoided. • Mannequins of children stand surrounded by the tools that help children learn in the Sumter County Museum’s exhibit. The exhibit, “From McGuffey’s to Apple: Practice Makes Perfect,” tries to “compare and contrast the education of the past 100 years,” museum Director Kay Teer said. Authentic school furniture is featured in the sections that recreate the classroom environments of different times. • Sumter Police Chief Harold Johnson unveiled a plan Thursday to open a small branch office at South Sumter Park gymnasium, which is located in one of the highest crime districts in the city. Johnson outlined his plan at a community meeting at the gym, located at the corner of South Sumter Street and Atlantic Avenue. He said at least one officer will be stationed at the office, which will be equipped with a telephone line, police radio and a typewriter for officers to fill out their reports. • Civil Defense leaders in Lee and Clarendon counties fought the effects of Hurricane Hugo with few resources, making clean-up and recovery difficult undertakings. In Clarendon County, more than 1,500 county residents took refuge in dozens of shelters organized by

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1990 -- The Wilson Hall football and track stadium was dedicated Sept. 14 to the memory and life of Gaither Spencer, longtime friend and patron of the school. Bill Calloway, far right, chairman of Wilson Hall’s board of trustees, presents the dedication proclamation to members of Spencer’s family, from left, son Shea Spencer, wife Jeanne Spencer and daughter Clarice Spencer. Looking on from behind are trustees Alvis Bynum and Kathi DuBose.

Civil Defense Director Emilee Hemingway with help from the Department of Social Services, the Red Cross and school officials. Lee County’s Emergency Operations Center was stunned by the magnitude of the hurricane. Recovery work ground to a halt for nearly 48 hours after the storm while staff members went to check on their homes and families – and some stayed away to rest up for the grueling hours they knew were ahead. “That was a ball that dropped that shouldn’t have been,” Lee County Administrator Barry Hickman said. • Wally Richardson threw four touchdown passes, and Kelton Dunnican rushed for 125 yards as Sumter rolled to a 36-13 win over Fairfield Central at the Griffins’ stadium. The win gives the Gamecocks a 3-2 overall record and 1-0 Region IV-4A mark. • Hurricane Hugo created many “unsung heroes,” along with countless individuals and groups recognized for work they did to help their communities recover from the storm. Among emergency response officials, Sumter County’s Vic Jones has become a state and national celebrity since Hurricane Hugo. Besides being named state Civil Defense Director of the Year, Jones has been invited to communities all over the U.S. to talk about Sumter County’s plight after the Sept. 1989 storm. • When Barbara Gulledge closed the doors last week at Hughes Inc. for the final time, it felt a little bit like what it was – the end of another Main Street business in Sumter. But she said it felt a lot more like the end of an era. “Hughes Inc. was always based on service,” Gulledge said of the business started almost 50 years ago by her father, the late J. Clarke Hughes. “In the old days, when your washing machine broke, Daddy would give you a washing machine while yours was being repaired. If your car needed new tires and you had a doctor’s appointment, Daddy would give you his car to go to the doctor’s office. “But the era for those type businesses is gone,” Gulledge said. “All people are concerned with now is finding the lowest prices they can find.” • Two Sumter High School seniors have been selected as semifinalists in the 1991 competition for National Merit Scholarships Program. Charles Davis Jr., son of Ms. Kay Davis, and Daniel Cude, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cude, were two of 15,000 high school seniors from across the United States to be named semifinalists. • Until Saturday, Derrick Witherspoon’s freshman year at Clemson had been nothing special. In the Tiger’s first three games, the Sumter High graduate had carried the football just eight times for 46 yards. “I have not been too satisfied with my performance, so I knew I had to do something big,” Witherspoon said after Clem-

son’s 48-0 blowout of Appalachian State University. • Roland Davey, the chief executive officer and general director of the YMCA of Sumter, has resigned to take a similar position in Kannapolis, N.C., the local YMCA announced Monday. Davey’s resignation is effective Oct. 19, according to a statement from the Y, just one day before he becomes CEO and executive director of the Cannon Memorial YMCA. • Sumter School District 17’s Doug Witherspoon has been named to a committee that will study a statewide survey on alcohol and drug abuse. The Study Committee For Drug-Free Schools and Communities will review the “Youth Survey Regarding Alcohol and Other Drug Use in South Carolina During the 1989-90 School Year” and will recommend ways to reduce youths’ alcohol and drug use. • Three years after a car accident that cost her the use of both of her legs, Willene McFadden is back and ready to get on with life. A Sumter resident and USC Sumter student, the 24-year-old McFadden took second runner-up in the 1991 Ms. Wheelchair South Carolina Pageant earlier this month. “This is my year dedicated to life,” she said after the pageant. Celebrating life, she explained, means actively pursuing her pharmacy degree, dating a new man and traveling around the country. • The Sumter Gallery of Art is offering a two-Saturday workshop in quilting and design for mother-daughter, grandmother-granddaughter, aunt-niece, sister-sister, or any combination of young and older. The workshop will be taught by Sylvia Pickell, a well-known fabric artist. • For the S.C. Forestry Commission, Hurricane Hugo “is a nightmare that’s only just beginning.” “For most people, Hugo’s over, but for the forestry commission, it’s not,” he said. “We’re just getting into it,” said Lee Reaves Jr., Clarendon County’s forestry specialist. Tree limbs damaged by the Sept. 22, 1989, hurricane still hang like skeletons – some as much as 50 feet in the air – in many wooded areas in Sumter, Lee, and Clarendon counties. Reach Item Archivist Sammy Way at waysammy@ yahoo.com or (803) 774-1294.

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‘Would you like to be Queen for a Day’ at Iris Festival?

he Sumter Iris Festival had a relationship with one of

America’s favorite game shows of the 1950’s and ‘60’s. Several of the winning contestants

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came Queen for a Day visited the festival during their reigns. The popular show originated on the Mutual Radio Network in April of

H.C. Bland is shown with Mrs. Edwin Boyle, third from left, and the recently crowned Queen for a Day, Mrs. Melvyn Benninger, sixth from left, along with several members of the Iris Festival committee. They were giving Mrs. Benninger a tour of Swan Lake-Iris Gardens.

1945 in New York. It moved shortly after its inception to Los Angeles where it continued until 1957 before moving to television on NBC and later ABC. “Queen for a Day,” hosted by Jack Bailey, might be considered one of the first reality shows. Bailey opened the show by asking the studio audience “Would you like to be Queen for a Day?” The format for both the TV and radio programs had four female contestants recounting their personal sob stories in an attempt to win the sympathy of the audience. The more emotional the contestant and the sadder her story, the more likely the audience was to vote for her with their applause, indicated by the “applause meter.” Once the winner was selected, she was crowned, draped in a regal, fur-trimmed robe and presented a dozen roses, all while the tune “Pomp and Circumstance” played. She was then awarded prizes to alleviate her problems as much as possible, then more prizes were added on, including, for three years, a vacation in

Sumter for the Iris Festival. Sumter’s involvement probably originated in the mind of Doug Youngblood, who managed Radio Station WFIG. Research indicates that he suggested that the Iris committee offer the Queen for a Day the opportunity to come to Sumter and crown the Queen of the Festival. The city would pay her expenses and provide lodging. The benefit to our community and the festival was that her activities and those of the Iris Festival would be broadcast over the airways courtesy of the numerous radio stations that were sure to follow the Queen’s visit to Sumter. The following data was taken from an article published in The Item on May 21, 1948: “Mrs. Stella Benninger of Los Angeles, California, was chosen yesterday as the ‘Queen For A Day’ on the radio program of the same name. She will be flown next week to enjoy and participate in the South’s most colorful floral festival — the Iris Festival — which will be held May 27. Mrs. Benninger was one of four contenders for the cov-

eted title on the half-hour Mutual network program. Listeners throughout the nation heard the contestant nominated by the applause of the studio audience at Earl Carroll’s theater restaurant in Hollywood.” Mrs. Benninger, accompanied by her husband, will fly to Sumter via Delta airlines scheduled to arrive at the Columbia airport at 7:24 p.m., May 26. There she will meet the state and local delegation including a number of photographers who will record the event. The Benningers will be the guests of Mayor and Mrs. Edwin B. Boyle, who will accompany them to Frank’s Roadhouse where they will be treated to a “lavish dinner party.” On the day of the Iris Festival the queen and her husband will be given a garden tour followed by a luncheon that will be attended by Governor and Mrs. J. Strom Thurmond, Mayor and Mrs. Boyle. The information used to prepare this article was taken from The Item archives. Reach Item Archivist Sammy Way at waysammy@ yahoo.com or (803) 774-1294.

The Howard Andersons dine at Dunndell estate during the 1949 Iris Festival. Dunndell Gardens featured scores of beautiful day lilies and camellias, cultivated by Dr. James Ralph Dunn Sr., left. Mrs. Dunn is at right.

Mayor and Mrs. Edwin B. Boyle greet Mr. and Mrs. Melvyn Benninger (Queen for a Day), third and fourth from right, at the Sumter Airport. Also present were, from left, Ernest Stroman, pilot Billy Lynam, Mr. Roddey, and T. Doug Youngblood in 1948. Mrs. Beninger was feted all over Sumter and attended the Iris Festival, where she crowned Queen Iris.

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Anderson, representing Hollywood’s Queen for a Day, are shown dancing at the Queen’s Ball held at the Armory.

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A reception committee waits to meet the Queen for a Day at the Sumter Airport in 1949. A trip to Sumter for the annual Iris Festival to crown Queen Iris was one of the prizes for the woman who won the Queen for a Day competition on the popular radio (at the time) and later, TV program hosted by Jack Bailey.

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Woman wants to disconnect from her long-winded friend DEAR ABBY — I’m a woman who has always had trouble with women friends who like to call and chat. It Dear Abby has never reABIGAIL ally been my VAN BUREN thing. One of them never asks if I’m busy; she just plunges into a conversation that usually lasts an hour. I never call her. If she asks me to return her call, I’ll wait a day or two. I’m afraid to tell her I don’t like spending that kind of time on the phone because I know it will hurt her feelings. I have lost friends in the past because of this. I think instead of avoiding her calls and feeling guilty, I’d rather not have her as a friend. I’d be happier reading a book or working on my hobbies. Am I being silly? Ambushed in Northern California DEAR AMBUSHED — It’s time to be honest with this woman — to a point. To tell her you would rather not have her as a friend because she’s longwinded on the phone would be unkind. However, it would not be inappropriate to level with her about how uncomfortable long telephone calls are for you, and give her a

chance to amend her behavior. She’s not a mind reader, and she may not be aware that her calls are intrusive. DEAR ABBY — My 24-year-old son, “Nick,” is marrying his fiance next fall. My family loves Nick dearly, but they have never been able to come to terms with the fact that he is gay (he came out 10 years ago). My family is very conservative religiously, and this is tearing us apart. Family members are taking stands about who is coming to the wedding and who isn’t. Those who aren’t coming are wanting to meet with my husband and me to explain their stance. We are saddened that they feel the way they do, but ultimately, it’s their decision. My ulcers are a mess, and my husband isn’t sleeping. We just want to share a wonderful day with our son and his fiance without the joy being sucked out of this special event. How do I keep my family together without losing my sanity? Iowa Mom DEAR IOWA MOM — You can’t plaster over the split in your family because you aren’t the cause. Ensure Nick’s wedding will be the happy occasion it’s supposed to be by celebrating it with friends and relatives who are supportive. You will suffer fewer ulcers and your husband will sleep better if

you stop forcing yourself to listen to the self-justification of family members your son and his husband will likely have little or nothing to do with in the future. DEAR ABBY — I found out I have breast cancer again, except this time I am dying. I do not know when. I have told family and friends about the cancer, but not about the fact that it will be terminal. How can I get some of them to come and visit me while I’m still feeling good? I have asked, but only about three have come. I feel lonely, Abby. I don’t drive, so it’s difficult. I feel life is still good, so what can I do? Living in the present in Maine DEAR LIVING — I’m sorry about your prognosis. While you can still enjoy their company, you should level with the people you care about and tell them what’s going on. That way, fewer of them will procrastinate, and you can have the emotional support you need during this difficult time. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby. com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. To order “How to Write Letters for All Occasions,” send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $7 (U.S. funds) to Dear Abby — Letter Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 610540447. Shipping and handling are included in the price.

USC SUMTER FROM PAGE C2 recitalist has taken him to the world’s most prestigious venues from London’s Wigmore Hall, Berlin’s Philharmonic Hall, New York’s Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall, to Washington D.C’.s Kennedy Center. In Europe as well as in the USA, Mexico and the Middle East, he has gained critical acclaim for his performances in major cities such as Berlin; Rome; Milan; Bern; Leipzig; Dresden; New York; Los Angeles; Chicago; Washington D.C.; Cleveland; Damascus; and Mexico City. Klein is a graduate of the Juilliard School and complemented his studies with the legendary Claudio Arrau and Nikita Magaloff. Copies of his dissertation on the Chopin Etudes are in the libraries of the Chopin Society in Vienna and in Leipzig, as well as downloadable from Rice University Library. USC Sumter Music Instructor Jane Luther Smith is the host of this event and can be contacted at jlsmith@uscsumter.edu or (803) 938-3831 for more information. — Misty Hatfield

Thomas Sumter Academy HILL CHOSEN AS GOLD STAR TEACHER Congratulations to Thomas Sumter Academy’s Karen Hill who was chosen by her colleagues as Gold Star Independent School Teacher of the Month sponsored by Community Broadcasters and Staples. Hill was honored on the radio station WDXY on Monday morning as she talked about her career and working with her students. We’re very proud to call her a General.

HOPE4HOGE GAME SUCCESSFUL Friday night’s Hope4Hoge game was amazing. Thanks so much to everyone who helped in a large or small way. It was truly a night of seeing the best of people as we came together to honor our General Michal Hoge. If you would still like to contribute, send donations to Thomas Sumter Academy, Attn: Development/Hope4Hoge, 5265 Camden Highway, Rembert, SC 29128. Please keep sending prayers for Michal and his family. It’s always good to be a General, but Friday night made us burst with pride to be part of the TSA family.

Sumter Christian School PROJECTS AND CELEBRATIONS Several classes have been busy with special projects and celebrations. Amanda Kish’s second-grade class celebrated Johnny Appleseed Day by creating fun hats to wear, making and eating fresh applesauce and doing several apple crafts and apple-themed worksheets for their classes. The fifth-grade class is collecting nonperishable food items to help Sumter’s needy through Sumter United Ministries. They have collected about 50 items so far with the goal to reach 200 by Thanksgiving. On Wednesday at 10 a.m., Laurance Kannon’s after-school guitar class will perform in the elementary chapel with

a singspiration following their performance.

HIGH SCHOOL PROJECTS With classes well under way, several high school classes have begun to work on their major projects for first semester. The freshman geography class is excited to start their tourism project, in which they must plan a trip to a foreign country by researching costs and scheduling for airfare, accommodations, attractions, historical significance and cuisine. The senior English class has also begun its vocational research project. During the course of the first semester, they will choose a career and thoroughly investigate as many aspects of the vocation as possible including: the general requirements, requisite education/ training, job locations and availability, benefits, finances, prospects and ministry opportunities. With such major life choices ahead of them, these seniors are both eager and anxious as they begin this project. Monetary donations are also being accepted for the “Raise the Roof” campaign which will go toward a new roof for the YWCA building. — Miriam Marritt

Lee County Schools BISHOPVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL Students in first through third grades participated in the Measures of Academic Progress Assessments during the week of Sept. 8 and 16. The MAP Assessment is a computerized test that adjusts the difficulty of the questions presented until the students’ instructional level is determined. Results will be utilized by teachers to provide individualized and small group instruction to meet the needs of all students. MAP will be administered again in the winter and spring to monitor students’ growth and progress throughout the year. During parent conferences, teachers will discuss the results, outline classroom strategies being implemented and provide guidance on how parents can assist their children at home.

LOWER LEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL There are a lot of great things happening in the classrooms at Lower Lee Elementary School. Corey Wells is very proud of his students’ love for music. In Wells’ music class, second-graders are learning to play the recorder. In Jacqueline Helton’s second-grade class, students are learning about weather and creating their very own “cloud book” in science. Several students are interested in becoming meteorologists. Victoria Ghidella’s second-grade students are learning and displaying great character traits. They are interacting, respecting and treating each other with kindness.

LEE CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL On Wednesday, Lee Central Middle School will play C.E. Murray Middle

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Should grown children pay rent to parents? BY SOLVEJ SCHOU The Associated Press Parents whose grown children are living at home — and experts say their numbers are growing — can face a complicated question: whether to charge rent, and how much. Circumstances vary from household to household. For Terri Gifford, a selfemployed mom in New Rochelle, New York, who renovates old homes, it wasn’t an easy decision. Gifford and her husband, Peter, agreed with their 23-year-old son, Brian, that he’ll pay them $300 a month in rent. He has lived in their house for two years, since he graduated from Harvard. At first he didn’t have a job, and now he works as a paralegal in a law firm, gearing up for his marriage in November and taking the Law School Admission Test in October. “He’s not making a ridiculous amount of money,” Gifford said. “I didn’t really want to charge him rent, but Brian wanted me to. He felt better about it. I didn’t think $300 was a crazy amount of money. My son wanted to contribute, and we came up with an amount where he felt like he was contributing, but that he wouldn’t be broke and could save for his future.” According to a Pew Research Center study in July

School in Greeleyville. We are asking for all parents, friends and community members to come out and support the LCMS Stallions Football Team.

LEE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL Lee Central High School will celebrate Homecoming the week of Oct. 5 as it prepares to take on Lake Marion. On Oct. 5, the school will sponsor a canned food drive that will last until Oct. 9. The school is asking all parents, friends and community members to support the students of Lee Central High School as they give back to the community. Donations can be dropped off in the main office at the high school. The 2015 Coronation Ceremony will be held in the LCHS Auditorium on Oct. 6 at 6:30 p.m. Mr. and Ms. LCHS will be recognized during this event, as well as the kings and queens from various clubs represented at the school. This event is open to the public. On Oct. 8 at 7 p.m., there will be a Barn Fire by the Stadium as LCHS builds anticipation for the homecoming game. The LCHS Band and Cheerleaders will perform. The week will conclude on Oct. 9 with the homecoming parade, game and dance. The parade will begin at 5 p.m. on Main Street in Bishopville. This event is open to the public. Following the parade at 7:30 p.m., there will be the homecoming game as the Lee Central High School Stallions take on the Lake Marion Gators. The alumni band will perform during halftime and the Homecoming queen will be crowned. Please come out to support the LCHS Stallion Football Team. A dance will be held in the LCHS gymnasium for all students. It will begin directly after the game. The Homecoming Dance will be at 11:30 p.m.

DISTRICT WIDE The second State of the District meeting will be held in the auditorium at Lee Central High School on Tuesday at 6 p.m. The public is invited to attend. The Lee County School District Intervention Team will host a Title I Parent Camp on Wednesday in the Lee County School District Office, 310 Roland St., Bishopville, at 5:30 p.m. The focus for the Parent Camp will be early literacy and student learning styles. Child care will be provided, along with dinner and door prizes. — Kara Fowler

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analyzing U.S. Census Bureau data, millennials — defined as those ages 18 to 34 in 2015 — are now less likely to be living independently of their families and establishing their own households than they were during the depths of the Great Recession, which began in 2007. In the first four months of this year, the share of young adults living in their parents’ homes has increased from 24 percent to 26 percent, despite the uptick in employment and full-time jobs since 2010, according to Pew. The study doesn’t take into account rent, or an increasing number of Generation Xers — ages 35 to 51 — who have also moved home with baby boomer parents. On the border between millennial and Gen X, Raven Brown, 35, has lived with her mom in her mom’s three-bedroom apartment in Manhattan since 2009. Brown is a PhD student in public and urban policy at the New School, and also works as a researcher. She wanted to help her mom, who has chronic health problems, and she also has huge school loans. She’s been paying more than half of the apartment’s $2,200 a month rent since February. “We talked about it, and it seemed like a good amount. She likes to have me around!” Brown said, laughing.

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INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS Wilson Hall has six international students, three from China and three from South Korea, enrolled in the high school for the 2015-16 academic year. These students attend the school on an F1 visa and are monitored through the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System operated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Wilson Hall had to complete a rigorous screening process with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to receive approval to enroll international students through this program.

PTO FUNDRAISER EXCEEDS GOAL The PTO’s annual fundraiser, Charleston Wraps, exceeded its goal by generating more than $92,000 in sales. The PTO keeps nearly 55 percent of the sales as profit to use for the many programs and projects it sponsors for the school. Amy Wilson served as the chairwoman and Christine Kohl as the cochairwoman for the project.

MENTOR PROGRAM The Baron Mentors, members of the senior class who volunteer to serve as mentors to first-grade students, recently visited the first-grade classrooms to introduce themselves. Each Wednesday, the mentors visit with their first graders in their classrooms during lunch. The purpose of the program, advised by Cheryl Landstrom, is to develop a positive relationship between some of the school’s oldest and youngest students. Betsy Cunningham is the chairwoman of the program, and the co-chairwoman and co-chairmen, respectively, are Nicolette Fisher and Stewart Holler.

NEW FAMILIES WELCOMED Sponsored by the PTO, Baron Buddies is a program that pairs families who are new to Wilson Hall with existing families who serve as hosts. This year the school welcomed 73 new families. The hosts introduce themselves to their new families prior to the start of school and attend the lower school’s Popsicles on the playground party for new students as well as the upper school’s new student ice cream party with them. The purpose of the program is to help new families have a smooth transition to Wilson Hall and, in many cases, to Sumter. Elyn Croft serves as the program’s chairwoman and Anna Jones is the co-chairwoman.

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Wilson Hall raised $1,581 for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society through the Give Green and Green Out campaigns. For the Give Green campaign sponsored by the Key Club, students in preschool through 12th grade donated money to honor the six Wilson Hall students who have or have had leukemia or lymphoma. Students wore green, the color for lymphoma awareness, to the varsity football game for the Green Out on Sept. 4 at which time members of the Key Club collected donations from fans. Ben McIver is the adviser for the club and senior Nicolette Fisher serves as

Adrian Branch, a Christian motivational speaker, visited the campus on Sept. 22 for a student assembly. He played basketball for the University of Maryland and was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the 1985 NBA draft and played for several professional teams. In addition to playing basketball, Branch worked with many Christian sports groups such as Young Life and Youth with a Mission before becoming a sports analyst in 2004. In 2007, he took his talents to ESPN where he is a college basketball analyst. — Sean Hoskins

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FAIR, FROM PAGE C1 amateur and professional, will both be set up in the Fair Memorial Building on Artillery Drive. The theme for the flower show is “Disney Movies.” The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office will be providing security for the fair, and there will be a first aid station with volunteers from Sumter EMS and Sumter Fire Department. Parents can get ID wristbands for their children with information to assist in locating them should they become separated. Curtis said the ticketing for this year’s midway rides will be paperless for the first time. “You’ll get a reloadable card — kind of like an ATM card — with a bar code, that you can take back to the ticket kiosk when you need more ‘tickets,’” he said. “Reithoffer is the first traveling carnival to do that.” All funds raised by the

American Legion Post 15 fair is used to support veterans, Nero said. “The American Legion is the largest service organization in the country,” he said. “The patriotism of our country has changed greatly over the years. America is proud of our veterans. We are veterans here in the American Legion, and we especially help local veterans. That’s why we’re here.” Curtis recommended that people planning to enjoy the rides purchase tickets early to “get a lot of savings, pay $16 instead of $25.” Monday is the last day to save $6; however, there are coupons in The Sumter Item and at the fair’s website, www.sumterfair.com to get $5 off the $25 tickets at the kiosk near the Ferris wheel. More information can be found at the same website. Gate admission to the fair is $4.

SUMTER COUNTY FAIR SCHEDULE Sunday, Sept. 27 9 a.m.-6 p.m.-- Livestock Entries 10 a.m. -- Judging: Art Show 1 p.m. -- Judging: Baked Goods Only 1:30-5 p.m. -- Commercial/Educational Booth Setup Monday, Sept. 28 9 a.m.-6 p.m. --Livestock Entries 9 a.m.-5 p.m. --Flower Show Entries 10 a.m. -- Judging: Adult & Youth Individual Entries 10 a.m. -- Agriculture & Home Gardening OPENING DAY Tuesday, Sept. 29 10 a.m. -- Judging: Commercial/Educational Displays 2:30 p.m. -- Judging: Flower Show 4-10 p.m. -- Exhibits on display 5 p.m. -- Gates open to public 6 p.m. -- Judging Dairy Cattle 7 p.m. -- Judging Sheep & Goat Show 8 p.m. -- Judging Swine after Sheep and Goats Midnight -- Midway closes Wednesday, Sept. 30 4 p.m. -- Gates open to public 4-10 p.m. -- Exhibits on display 5 p.m. -- Judging: Mule & Donkey Show Midnight -- Midway closes Thursday, Oct. 1 4-10 p.m. Gates open to public 4-10 p.m. --All Exhibits on display 6 p.m. -- Judging: Beef Show Midnight -- Midway Closes Friday, Oct. 2 4 p.m. -- Gates open to public 4-10 p.m. -- Exhibits on display Midnight -- Mdway Closes Saturday, Oct. 3 10 a.m. -- Gates open to public 10 a.m.-9 p.m. -- Exhibits on display Noon -- Judging: Pony & Horse show Midnight -- Midway closes LAST DAY – Sunday, Oct. 4 1:30 p.m. -- Gates open to public 6 p.m. -- Livestock Removed 9 a.m.-2 p.m. -- Commercial Exhibits Removed 2-3:30 p.m. -- Individual Entries Removed 2-3:30 p.m. -- Premium checks picked up 9 p.m. -- Midway closes

CLUB DIGEST Sumter’s Home Chapter (SHC), NSDAR, met at Patriot Hall Wednesday, September 16, with 39 members and six guests present. The meeting was called to order by Regent Katherine Barrett. Helen Mahon and Kathryn Ardis reported on SHC’s Constitution Week activities. Helen made Constitution booklets available to members. She also encouraged registration of children in C.A.R. and reported on “My Community and Me.” Councilwoman Colleen Yates read the proclamation signed by Mayor Joseph McElveen Jr., recognizing Constitution Week. Regent Barrett next reported the Archives Project has been completed. The chapter now has 115 years of documents sorted, organized, and filed in acid-free boxes. This information will be indexed as well as photographed, then sent to the State and National Archives. Sumter’s Home Chapter received the following National Recognition awards at Continental Congress over the summer: Celebrate America Committee for serving its community (5,000+ hours); Chapter Achievement Award (for various community projects), Level I (highest level);

and DAR Good Citizen Committee for sponsoring 10 or more local area schools. Member Linda Hawkins received a second place national award for working the most hours as a docent at the DAR headquarters and museum in Washington, D.C. Member April Spradley was selected as the Chapter Outstanding Junior for 2015-16. She has served as both State and National Page, as a Senior Officer with the C.A.R., and as a member of the Steering Committee for the National Junior Doll Project. Member Mary Kay Hurt was presented a certificate for 50 years as a member of the DAR. Registrar Susan Saunders read in six prospective members, who were approved unanimously by the membership. A brief report on the American Heritage program was given by Joan Moon. Sue Pitts and Regent Barrett reported on plans for the Continental Congress National Meeting, June 1319, 2016. Founder’s Day at Tamassee will be Oct. 13 and 14. Registrar Susan Saunders recognized two new members: Mary Johnson and Helen Rearden. Susan followed this with a short program titled DAR 101.

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The carousel, always a favorite of children and adults, will be an integral part of the midway at the American Legion Fair of Sumter.

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Olé promises a sizzling Mexican menu BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Hugo is back. No, not the infamous hurricane that devastated South Carolina more than 25 years ago, but the chef at Olé Mexican Restaurant, 1339 Peach Orchard Road. Victor “Hugo” Hernandez is back behind the grill. He and his wife, Sandra, are the new owners, and Hernandez said he has a lot of ideas to endear his unique Mexican cuisine to South Carolina taste buds. Olé Mexican Restaurant opened two weeks ago and is still planning a grand opening, he said. Everything in the building is new, and the establishment is very clean. Diners at the restaurant can select from $5.25 lunch specials served with iced tea every day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and enjoy a happy hour from 4 to 8 p.m. at the restaurant’s fully stocked bar. Hernandez, who is originally from the southwestern Mexican state of Michoacan, said he has been in the U.S. since 1997 and in South Carolina since 2004. “I decided to come to South Carolina because my uncles opened a restaurant, and (I) decided to do the same thing,” he said. “I wanted to do my own business.” Business has been good since Olé Restaurant opened, he said. Hernandez said he has a lot of plans to liven up the restaurant and the menu during the coming months. Helping Hugo and his wife run the establishment are Paco Juarez and Naomi Garcia. He said they are planning to have a mariachi band and will introduce some menu items with a real flair. “My specialty will be José Cuervo Fajitas,” he said. “It will be brought to the table on fire.” He said the restaurant is going to offer an appetizer plate called the “Olé Platter” with guacamole, taquitos, chicken wings and a quesadilla cut in two. At some point, they will

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Hugo and Sandra Hernandez stand behind the bar at Olé Mexican Restaruant with Paco Juarez and Naomi Garcia. offer menudo, Hugo said, and a salsa bar. “Now, if a person comes in they can choose hot or mild salsa,” he said. “But, we are planning to have a salsa bar where people can choose their own. All Mexican restaurants have the same thing, I am going to try something different.” Francesa Lawson, a regular at the establishment, said she likes Olé Restaurant because it serves good portions of food, and it is not too expensive. “We have many Mexican restaurants, but this is the best in my opinion,” she said. Like many Mexican chefs, Hugo said he learned to cook

from his extended family. “Everyone in the family was a good cook; I grew up with good food,” he said. Hugo lamented that a lot of children don’t get to experience the home cooking that older generations did. “Many children today don’t know good food,” he said. “Only if mama cooks at home do they appreciate good food.” Olé Restaurant is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 11 a.m.to 10 p.m. Friday and noon to 10 p.m. Saturday. It is closed on Sundays. For more information, call the restaurant at (803) 4942484.

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Paco Juarez grills an order of beef fajitas at Olé Mexican Restaurant.

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College savings: 5 things to consider about 529 plans BY ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Saving to cover the ever-rising costs of a university education can be daunting, but one way parents can potentially bridge that gap is by investing through a 529 college savings plan. The plans, named after the federal tax code that created them in 1997, permits savers to invest in mutual funds and withdraw the gains free of federal taxes as long as the money is spent on college expenses. The tax benefits and potential returns from investments can offer a better alternative than simply socking away money in a bank account or certificates of deposit. Assets in 529 plans grew 9 percent last year to $218 billion, fueled by net inflows and market gains, according to investment research firm Morningstar. Still, some two-thirds of Americans are not familiar with the plans, according to a survey earlier this year by financial services firm Edward Jones. “If you have kids or grandkids, and you believe that college education is important, a 529 college savings plan can be a really good option for you,” said Danae Domian, a principal at Edward Jones. Here are a few tips to consider when investing in a 529 college savings plan:

1. FIND THE BEST PLAN FOR YOU Each state offers a 529 college savings plan, and although they differ in some respects, each enables investors to use investment proceeds to pay for college costs without having

to pay federal taxes on those gains. You’re not limited to investing in your own state’s plan, but keep in mind that most states also offer their own residents a state tax deduction or credit. Some also throw in matching grant programs or scholarships. You’ll also want to consider which plan offers the most attractive investment options. Some state plans include a mix of funds from several investment firms, such as Fidelity, Vanguard or T. Rowe Price. Others will only offer plans managed by a single investment firm. Additional information and state-bystate plan comparisons can be found on Morningstar’s website: 529.morningstar.com/state-map.action.

2. GET STARTED EARLY Although no investment plan is without risk, the earlier you begin investing, the greater the likelihood that you’ll be able to weather market swings and reap a larger return. And you’ll need as much time as possible, given the growth in college costs. Consider that the average tuition, fees and room and board for private, nonprofit four-year schools for the 2014-15 school year was $42,419, a 3.6 percent increase from the previous year, according to the College Board. At public four-year schools those costs added up to $18,943, or an increase of 1 percent. That’s faster than the U.S. rate of inflation, which has been at a trickle of 0.2 percent through the 12 months ended Aug. 31. To get an idea of how much your

kids’ college education might cost, try the calculator at Savingforcollege.com. The Department of Education also has tools to help gauge college affordability: collegecost.ed.gov/ catc/.

3. KNOW THE RISKS Historically, stock and bond investments have produced greater long-term returns than bank accounts. But taking the investment approach to saving for college can expose investors to losses. Nearly 90 percent of 529 plan portfolios suffered losses in 2008 when the financial crisis pummeled Wall Street, according to Savingforcollege.com. “With college savings plans you don’t have a guarantee of keeping up with inflation,” said Leo Acheson, an analyst at Morningstar, which puts out an annual ranking of 529 plans. Parents can be more conservative in their investment approach with 529 plans, though the trade off may be that they don’t reach their savings goal. For the set-it-and-forget-it investors, all 529 plans offer investment portfolios that take into account the number of years before the child goes to college. When the child is young, the portfolios invest heavily in stocks and through time transition into less risky holdings. Hands-on investors can select plans that enable them to pick their own funds and rebalance as they see fit. The IRS limits the number of changes you can make to two a year, Acheson notes.

4. CONSIDER PLAN FEES Some plans are “direct-sold,” meaning that parents can open accounts directly through an investment firm or the state plan administrator. “Adviser-sold” plans are available through financial advisers. They generally charge higher fees than direct-sold plans but come with professional advice. Direct-sold plans account for 52 percent of 529 plans, according to Morningstar. College 529 plans also typically charge higher fees than mutual funds. But that gap has narrowed in recent years. About half the plans also charge an annual account maintenance fee which averages less than $20 a year, Acheson said. Investors who withdraw funds from their 529 accounts for anything other than college costs will have to pay federal income tax on the earnings portion of the plan funds as well as a 10 percent penalty, in addition to possible state fees.

5. GET THE FAMILY INVOLVED Anyone can contribute to a 529 plan for a single beneficiary. So parents can set up an account and invite relatives to pitch in. Contributions to a 529 plan are considered gifts by the IRS, which currently limits gifts to $14,000 annually per donor, per beneficiary. For example, two parents can each gift the same child $14,000, or a combined $28,000 per year, without triggering a gift tax. There is a maximum contribution limit per child during the lifetime of a 529 plan. It varies by state, but it’s usually more than $250,000.

STOCKS: THE MARKET WEEKLY REVIEW

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THE SUMTER ITEM

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THE SUMTER ITEM MARRIAGE LICENSES • Deondrikk Jacquez McFadden and Abreshia Nichelle Butler • Anthony Leonardo Alston and Raevene Helen Thomas of Augusta, Georgia • Nicholas Paul Lucius and Tasha Totziette Roe, both of Dalzell • Herbert Wayne Odom Jr. and Kylie Nicole Dennis • Gerald Henry Nicklow and Shannon Reeves Schrader • Demarcus Akeem Miller and Leteaka Delshawn Franklin • Justin Michael Gardner and Sandra Jean Hardy • Ronald Lester Jones and Katherine Lee Kennedy • Jason Earl Coker and Tristina Nicole Hatfield • Joseph Rajvi Johnson and Alisha Laquinn Choice • Robert Gentry Pack and Samantha Marie Wilson • Cid Jack Ovando and Jennifer Marie Guiry, both of Corona, California • Kevin Weston and Joeann Taylor, both of Dalzell • Jared William Howard and Amy Louise Rosen of Las Vegas, Nevada • David Christopher Welch and Katherine Helen Beardsley • Dennis Warrain Reston Wormsley and Denise Browning Davis • Christopher Jameson Baxley and Amanda Kaye Phillips, both of Wedgefield • Raymond Nicholas Bagnato and Ivette Bohannan • The Rev. Lee E. Dingle and Hulene F. Pendergrass of Baltimore, Maryland • Peter Ronald Loos and Katelynn Inman Oakley • Robert Lee Moses Jr. and Katrina Lashawn Singleton • Samuel O’Neal Graham and Barbara Ann Harvin • Timothy Steven Flemmings and Adrienne Nicole Ream • Kyle Lee Chamberlin of Dalzell and Christine Nichol Parsons of Bedford, Virginia • Xavier Earlington Reuben and Terrah Shan Franks • Christopher Gregg Meyer and Courtney Brianne Reese • Evan Daniel Beuk and Emily L. McMullen • Jamie Aycoth Claiborne and Lora Leigh Trimnal, both of Rembert • Jason Leroy Gooden and Katrina Butler of Charlotte, North Carolina • David William Fair II and Corelle Fitrece Goings • Reggie Larry Bennett and Rikki Leann Daniels, both of Conway • Matthew Evan Katz of Hoover, Alabama, and McKinley Rene Puck • Teneuss Ziembalist Land and Brenda Lee Land, both of Dalzell • Lechone Wilson and Doreen Elaine Rookwood • Wayne Patrick Brunson Jr. of Newark, New Jersey, and Cherelle Chantal Washington • Frank William Hutson and Jessica Nicole Wilson • Eric Laron Portee and Alicia Shanice Pasmore • Philip Landon Gibbons and Courtney Noel Cole • Zachary Bernard Hobbs and Ashley Yvonne Evans, both of Dalzell • Joseph Markeith Sigler and Tiffany Monique Wilder • Ronald Anthoniel Cousar of Gable and Alexandria Matrell Cousar of Alcolu • Verlyn Wendell Johnson and Shirley Ann Wilson of Mayesville • Timothy Wade Baxley of Pinewood and Helen Powell Welch of Turbeville • Danielle Tyrell Isaac and Shaquodaylyn Shan Samuel • Warren Davis and Velma Dubose Smith • Frank Williams and Jennifer Lorraine Pearson • Eric Lavelle Singleton and Kioana Vernique Jones • Ladarrell Kevin Bessant of Conway and Christina Anna Lydia Santana of Lithonia, Georgia • De’Andre Kevon Morrow and Victoria Renee Johnson • Jacob Alexander Mullikin of Gray Court and Hannah Beth Chaney • Johnny Servance Jr. and Jacqueline Elaine McKenzie • Lee Otis McDowell Jr. and Roshella Devon Dow

PROPERTY TRANSFERS • David P. and Laurie Abbott to Darryl R. and Cheryl R. Moye, one lot, two buildings, 3620 Katwallace Circle, $250,000. • Susan Dodd to James M. Phillips, one lot, 3120 Brittany Drive, $10,000. • Mungo Homes Inc. to Monique and Michael Thompson, one lot, 3870 Moseley Drive, $247,467. • Kayla M. Fessenden to Kayla M. and Andrew S. Fessenden, one lot, one building, 2535 Merganser Point, $5 etc. • Harry C. Jr. and Mandy L. Wallace to Harry C. Wallace Jr., one building, 1465 Norwood Road, $5 etc. • Harry C. Wallace Jr. to Lessia Crosby, one building, 1465 Norwood Road, $127,900; Harry C. Wallace Jr. to Lessia Crosby, Norwood Road, $127,900. • Sidney L. Christian Estate to Norman Lewis Christian, one lot, one building, 985 Dover Circle, $5 etc. • Darlena M. and Marlene M. Grant (interest of Chris Lee) to Eddie and Betty Richardson, one lot, one building, 2940 Shawside Drive, $15,400. • Mungo Homes Inc. to Thomas A. and Shawana W. Harris, one lot, 875 Cormier Drive, $213,972. • Phillip G. Thompson to Phillip G. and Deborah A. Thompson, one lot, two buildings, 4135 Brabham Drive, $5 etc.

• Broadus A. and Linda C. Pruitt to Linda C. and Michael Aaron Pruitt, one lot, one building, 971 Rockdale Blvd., $5 etc.; Linda C. and Michael Aaron Pruitt to Linda C. and Broadus A. Pruitt, one lot, one building, 971 Rockdale Blvd., $5 etc. • Cynthia Johnston to Sharon E. and Desmond Manning, one lot, one building, 3180 Daufaskie Road, $194,000. • Levi Dawson et al to Levi Dawson et al, one lot, Catchall Road, $5 etc. • Russell R. and Marisha Statham to Russell R. Statham, one lot, one building, 1566 Ruger Drive, $5 etc. • Daniel Lyles to Leland Wendel Kelley IV, one lot, one building, 2750 Tindal Road, $55,000. • Sumter-Lee Community Development Corp. to Miracle Deliverance Temple, one lot, one building, 387 Mooneyhan Road, $5 etc.; Sumter-Lee Community Development Corp. to Miracle Deliverance Temple, two lots, two buildings, 103 Middle St., $5 etc. • South Sumter New Direction Foundation to Miracle Deliverance Temple, Murry Street, $5 etc.; South Sumter New Direction Foundation to Miracle Deliverance Temple, one lot, 241-243 Clement Road, $5 etc. • Lynn A. Caraveo to Trustmark National Bank, one lot, two buildings, 5630 Springlake Drive, $5 etc. • Delesia E. Pierre to Ronz L. Sarvis, one lot, two buildings, 103 Wright St., $5 etc. • Jacquelyn K. Olsen to Jacquelyn K. Olsen (trustee), one lot, one building, 3030 Lowfalls Lane, $5 etc.; Jacquelyn K. Olsen to Jacquelyn K. Olsen (trustee), one lot, one building, 713 Bultman Drive, $5 etc. • Sara M. Rogers to Jennings Melton Rogers Jr. et al, two buildings, 2525 U.S. 521 South, $5 etc. • Robert M. and Wanda I. McIntosh to Citifinancial Servicing LLC, one lot, one building, 3255 Starks Ferry Road, $32,864. • Lisa Pinto to Vijay P. and Lisa M. Pinto, one lot, one building, 3443 Beacon Drive, $5 etc. • Bernon P. and Vicki L. Oakum to Henry J. and Sharon L. Oliver, one lot, one building, 908 Saltwood Road, $170,000. • Gaymon & Associates General Contractors Inc. to Scott N. and Holly L. Wolfe, one lot, one building, Titanic Court / Balclutha Lane, $206,950. • Mark D. and Tomeka Michelle Everist to Rachel R. Ellerbe, one lot, one building, 1745 Pyracantha Court, $136,000. • Scott Howard Knuppe and Evonne Triscell to Marcus Davis, one lot, two buildings, 3705 Katwallace Circle, $254,000. • Swami Investment Corp. LLC to Yogeshwar LLC, two buildings, 2491 Broad St., $4,300,000. • Gainey Construction Co. LLC to Timothy James and Trina Lynn Baker, one lot, 2195 Hobbit Way, $161,120. • U.S. Bank Trust NA (trustee) to Timothy Lucas Bishop, one lot, three buildings, 715 Covington St., $119,000. • Steven Short to Isaiah and Jacquelyn Joe, two buildings, 1845 N. Main St., $58,000. • Jeffrey Atkins to Avon Atkins, $5 etc. • William B. Dollar to Emory J. III and Loran D. Infinger, one lot, one building, 4320 Starks Ferry Road, $24,000. • Robert E. Rink Jr. to Billy R. and Martha A. Brown, one lot, 5624 Oakhill Road, $10,000. • Keith R. Fix II and Donald T. Dunn to Charity and Donald Dunn, one lot, one building, 3025 Temple Road, $5 etc. • Eugene L. and Frances M. Raub to West Point Plantation LLC, Stateburg Township, $17,136. • Gerald W. and Wanda Campagnari to Wanda Campagnari, one lot, 1705 Titanic Court, $5 etc. • Janis Ryles to Carolyn L. and Michael Demore, one lot, one building, 1740 Mossberg Drive, $159,000. • Jimmy W. Floyd Estate to Brenda Crosby, one lot, three buildings, 10 Worthington Court, $5 etc. • Hilda L. Ethridge to Hilda L. Ethridge (lifetime estate), one lot, two buildings, 3420 Pinewood Road, $5 etc. • Brenda Crosby to Wilton F. and Brenda F. Crosby, one lot, three buildings, 10 Worthington Court, $5 etc. • Sammie D. Simmons and Oneal Houck to Oneal Q. Houck, one lot, three buildings, 914 Clay St., $49,000. • Dunlap Properties LP to Mungo Homes Inc., one lot, 1815 Talisker Drive, $26,000. • Johnny Ray Watts Estate to Billie Jean Watts, 1475 Eastern School Road, $5 etc.; Johnny Ray Watts Estate to Billie Jean Watts, Eastern School Road, $5 etc.; Johnny Ray Watts Estate to Billie Jean Watts, three buildings, G Bins, $5 etc.; Johnny Ray Watts and Burke W. Watson to Billie Jean Watts and Burke W. Watson, Shiloh Township, $5 etc.; Johnny Ray Watts and Burke W. Watson to Billie Jean Watts and Burke W. Watson, Shiloh Township, $5 etc. • Rebecca T. Davis Estate to Jerald A. Tindal, one lot, four buildings, 102 Branch St., $5 etc.

BUILDING PERMITS • Robert P. and Frances J. Abbott, owners, Wilkes Builders, contractor, 1285 Summit Drive, $12,000 (brick fence, residential). • Jonathan E. Veno, owner, Square It Up Roofing Inc., contractor, 3701 Beacon Drive, $7,000 (remove / replace shingles, residential). • Linda B. Fraley, owner, Square It Up Roofing Inc., contractor, 3703 Beacon Drive, $7,000 (remove / replace shingles, residential). • Gregory A. Hopkins, owner and contractor, 2300 Lloyd Drive, 624 unheated square feet, $8,000 (add attached carport, residential). • Michael R. and Mary Ann Mease, owners, Keith Oakley dba R&M Holdings LLC, contractor, 707 Pittman Drive, $10,000 (addition to garage — add 13 feet carport off garage, residential). • George K. and Susan R. McGregor, owners, The Home Depot at Home Services,

contractor, 330 W. Calhoun St., $4,253 (replace seven windows size for size, residential). • Timothy R. and Kathleen A. Yaeger, owners, Jason Josey, contractor, 617 Pittman Drive, $3,500 (take out wall in living room, residential). • Jackqueline A. Thomas, owner, Jason Josey, contractor, 2901 Waverly Drive, $1,050 (reroof shed, residential). • James Leon Holladay (lifetime estate), owner, Square It Up Roofing Inc., contractor, 3425 Bart Davis Road, Alcolu, $6,900 (reroof, residential). • Geraldine and Joseph McKenny, owners, Dee & Gee Builders LLC, contractor, 220 W. Bartlette St., $5,000 (remove and install shingles on house only, residential). • Albert and Terry L. Parrott, owners, Craig Drennon dba Storm Team Construct, contractor, 902 Mathis St., $3,841.54 (reroof, residential). • Continental Tire Sumter LLC, owner, Hunter Builders, contractor, 1805 U.S. 521 South, 374 heated square feet, $12,500 (office conversion, commercial). • Bobbie Fullard, owner, Harvey McDonald, contractor, 153 Cessna St. (mobile home, residential). • Ancrum B. Sanders Jr., owner, James Geddings dba Geddings Construction, contractor, 3340 Tobias Road, Alcolu,, 1,646 heated square feet and 480 unheated square feet, $160,000 (new dwelling, residential). • Alfreda Johnson, owner and contractor, 20 Boots Branch Road (60), 816 heated square feet, $20,000 (den and bathroom addition, residential). • Henry Fawcett, owner, Henry S. Fawcett Jr., contractor, 6 Worthington Court, $6,800 (reroof house only, residential). • RNK Investment Properties LLC, owner, Malon L. Snider dba Palmetto Exteriors, contractor, 769 Meadow Circle, $10,000 (new siding / window wood repair, residential). • RNK Investment Properties LLC, owner, Julius David Gainey dba Dream Builder, 2628 Hodge St., $4,000 (replace shingles, residential); RNK Investment Properties LLC, owner, Julius David Gainey dba Dream Builder, 769 Meadow Circle, $3,600 (replace shingles, residential). • Song V. Huynh, owner, James Robert Byrd Jr., contractor, 2790 Bubacz Lane, Dalzell, $3,000 (4 feet chain link fence, residential). • William S. Welch, owner, Rainbow Neon Sign Co., contractor, 434 N. Guignard Drive, $575 (change face of freestanding sign — Agape Hospice, commercial). • Ashley B. Clay, owner, Timothy Kelley dba Kelley Construction, contractor, 617 Sierra St., $10,090 (install new roof and vinyl on shop, residential). • Kenneth and Meredith Lowder, owners, James Robert Byrd Jr., contractor, 4485 Manigault St., Dalzell, $1,800 (6 feet chain link fence, residential). • Bobby J. Geddings Jr., owner, Cherokee Builders LLC, contractor, 715 Lakewood Drive, 648 unheated square feet, $2,799.20 (detached carport, residential). • Brothers Acquiring Net Worth, owner, Monroe Construction Co. LLC, contractor, 5070 Ridge St., Dalzell, $6,608 (reroof, residential). • Bobby J. Geddings Jr., owner and contractor, 1152 Pocalla Road, $50 (residential demolition — open end shed, residential). • Dogwood Properties LLC, owner, Lynn Hawkins, contractor, 4336 Reona Ave., $100 (residential demolition — mobile home, residential). • William J. and Mary C. Osborne, owners, Sharon H. Chapman, contractor, 850 Lucianlake Drive, $8,500 (remove tub / install shower / vanity / flooring / paint, residential). • Archland Property I LLC, owner, Greensboro Refrigeration Services Inc., contractor, 1765 U.S. 15 South, $1,000 (installation of Henny Penny fryer, commercial). • Woods Bay Co. LLC, owner, Greensboro Refrigeration Services Inc., contractor, 5650 Broad St., $1,000 (installation of Henny Penny fryer, commercial). • McDonalds Real Estate Co., owner, Greensboro Refrigeration Services Inc., contractor, 101 N. Lafayette Drive, $1,000 (installation of Henny Penny fryer, commercial). • McDonalds Corp. 39/17, owner, Greensboro Refrigeration Services Inc., contractor, 1060 Broad St., $1,000 (installation of Henny Penny fryer, commercial). • McDonalds Corp. 39/115, owner, Greensboro Refrigeration Services Inc., contractor, 360 Pinewood Road, $1,000 (installation of Henny Penny fryer, commercial). • Benjamin A. and Steele Pack, owners, Pack Construction LLC, contractor, 1944 Millwood Road, 273 heated square feet, $18,750 (add walk in closet / laundry room / master bath, residential). • Frierson Mobile Home Park LLC, owner, J. Henry McLeod Jr. dba McLeod Landscaping, contractor, 3205 Starview Drive, $600 (replace front and rear steps, residential). • Sarah B. Howard, owner, Craig Drennon dba Storm Team Construct, contractor, 770 Eagle Road, $7,892.11 (reroof, residential). • Washington Place Inc. aka, owner, James Robert Byrd Jr., contractor, 14 S. Washington St., $4,600 (6 feet vinyl fence, commercial). • Rudolph Sr. and Lucy Ann Williams, owners, Rufus Turner dba Turner Vinyl Siding, contractor, 3580 Windham Road, $1,150 (vinyl siding trim, residential). • David R. and Joan M. Morte, owners, Jason Josey, contractor, 1100 Burnt Gin Road, Wedgefield, $7,000 (close in detached carport, residential). • Great Southern Homes, owner, Total Interiors & More, contractor, 1353 Blankenship Place, $3,000 (6 feet brick fence, residential). • Ezekiel and Anne Ragin, owners, Dee & Gee Builders LLC, contractor, 122 Maney St., $3,100 (remove / replace roof on

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house only, residential). • Keith J. and Lynn C. Charpentier, owners, Charpy’s Pool Service, contractor, 332 W. Liberty St. (334), $450 (freestanding sign — Charpy’s Pool Service, commercial). • Dorothy W. Kinsley, owner, Larry E. Timmons, contractor, 824 Mathis St., $7,200 (install metal roof, residential). • James C. Russell / Marilyn M. Russell, owners, Newman Builders of Sumter LLC, contractor, 45 Callen Drive, $12,000 (fire damage repairs — sheetrock and kitchen cabinets, residential). • Susannah M. Howard, owner, Craig Drennon dba Storm Team Construct, contractor, 709 S. Guignard Drive, $6,723.35 (reroof, residential). • Christ Community Church of Sumter, owner, Newman Builders of Sumter LLC, contractor, 320 Loring Mill Road, $42,000 (change from residential building to church office, commercial). • The Jaytees Properties LLC, owner, Peach Orchard General Contracting LLC, contractor, 1971 McCrays Mill Road, $39,000 (bring building up to code for new tenant, commercial). • SMV Sumter East LLC, owner, Vulcan Site Services dba Signal Restoration, contractor, 975 Miller Road, $158,365 (commercial demolition — staff break room, commercial); SMV Sumter East LLC, owner, Vulcan Site Services dba Signal Restoration, contractor, 975 Miller Road, $158,365 (remove and replace existing attached building, commercial). • Trinity Methodist Church, owner, Thompson Turner Construction, contractor, 226 W. Liberty St., $55,405 (new sidewalk canopy, commercial). • Sumter County, owner, Nunnery Roofing & Remodeling, contractor, 1281 N. main St. (jail) (1289), $110,025 (remove / replace shingles, commercial). • Brian Renfro, owner and contractor, 1240 Kings Pointe Drive, 100 unheated square feet, $1,500 (attached garage with walls, residential). • Joan W. Scott, owner and contractor, 46 Idaho Drive, $4,000 (vinyl siding on mobile home, residential). • Eric B. Canty, owner and contractor, 18 Monte Carlo Court, $6,500 (roof and minor repairs to hardwood floor, sheetrock, cabinets, residential). • Debra Barfield, owner, Harvey McDonald, contractor, 3486 Ramsey Road (mobile home, residential). • Tyler and Ann Frances Brown, owners, Hawkins and Kolb Construction Co., contractor, 218 Haynsworth St., $30,000 (interior painting / redo floor / replace rotten fascia, residential). • Linwood G. Bradford, owner and contractor, 5275 Dubose Siding Road, $1,000 (repairs to storage building — tear out sheetrock / repair leaks / rewire, residential). • Frank O. and Lisa R. Nine, owners, John Brockington dba Brock Construction, contractor, 491 Pringle Drive, $10,395.32 (replace and wrap 28 windows, residential). • Gayle S. Rubin (trustee) et al, owner, Allison Cribb, contractor, 600 Bultman Drive, $1,000 (move 24 square feet wall sign to different location, commercial). • Gainey Construction Co. LLC, owner and contractor, 2860 Foxcroft Circle, 1,573 heated square feet and 491 unheated square feet, $101,545 (new dwelling, residential). • David P. Jr. and Jennifer Boyce, owners, Square It Up Roofing Inc., contractor, 37 Mason Croft Drive, $2,000 (reroof garage number two, residential); David P. Jr. and Jennifer Boyce, owners, Square It Up Roofing Inc., contractor, 37 Mason Croft Drive, $7,833 (reroof home, residential). • South Carolina Electric & Gas, owner, SCANA Services Inc., contractor, 520 Farmers Telephone Road, $24,000 (add two hard wall offices and one storage, commercial). • Thomas E. and Carmelita S. Denison, owners, Square It Up Roofing Inc., contractor, 1480 Crowndale Drive, $6,910 (reroof home only, residential). • Colin A. Jr. and Melissa McLachlan, owners, Square It Up Roofing Inc., contractor, 3060 Longleaf Drive (3070-3104), $11,974 (reroof home only, residential). • Lockwood J. and Virgini Broussard, owners, Nunnery Roofing & Remodeling, contractor, 3235 Charles Jackson St., Dalzell, $12,840 (reroof home only, residential). • Williamsburg Subdivision LLC, owner, Gainey Construction Co. LLC, contractor, 1800 Duke Drive, 1,646 heated square feet and 495 unheated square feet, $105, 863 (new dwelling, residential). • James B. and Kathy S. Cole, owners, J. Henry McLeod Jr. dba McLeod Landscaping, contractor, 611 E. Liberty St. No. 27, $450 (replace back porch steps, residential). • Great Southern Homes Inc., owner, Total Interiors & More, contractor, 3095 Daufaskie Road, $2,000 (6 feet wood fence, residential); Great Southern Homes Inc., owner, Total Interiors & More, contractor, 1791 Carnoustie Drive, $2,000 (6 feet wood fence, residential). • David A. Lowe, owner, Ralph Brown, contractor, 4124 N. Lake Cherryvale Drive (mobile home, residential). • George F. and Francis J. Waninger, owners, Timothy Kelley dba Kelley Construction, contractor, 3380 Lauderdale Lane, $5,790 (install new roof, residential). • Dickie and Jennifer L. Brunson, owners, Culler Enterprises dba Culler Roofing, contractor, 1296 Fairlawn Drive, $7,703.75 (reroof house, residential). • Heirs of Josh Nelson, owner, Crescent Construction LLC, contractor, 2720 Lowder Road, $4,768.60 (tear off shingles and reroof, residential). • City of Sumter, owner, Roofco Inc., contractor, 1 W. Liberty St., $70,000 (removal of damaged framing and reroofing of building, commercial). • Margaret Brogdon Burton and McKe, owners, Crescent Construction LLC, contractor, 729 Baldwin Drive, $7,458.07 (tear off shingles and reroof, residential).

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THE SUMTER ITEM

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Odd 2 weeks in the blind and a dilemma

’ve been hunting deer for 40-someodd years, and, as a rule, I usually see a bunch of deer in the early season — not this year. Like a good soldier, I jumped right on out there, in the heat, and started deer hunting. I should have kept myself home in the air conditioner. It was a total waste of time. I had strategically placed trail cameras that recorded everything that passed in front of them and there were certainly deer all over the places that I was hunting. It’s just that they were there from about 10:00 p.m. until about 5:00 a.m. I attributed the midnight express to the fact that it was hot and the deer were wearing a fur coat, so they preferred to feed in the cool of the evening. You’ll remember that the first cool front came through about two weeks ago — that’s when things began to change. On Sept. 14th — I remember because it was the day before “doe tags” were usable — I was walking into one of my ground blinds and thinking how nice the afternoon temperatures were. On the way to the blind, I almost fell into a scrape that looked like it was two feet deep. For those who don’t know, a scrape is a circle of dirt that has been pawed clear of debris, leaves, pine straw, etc, by a buck, which then urinates into the fresh dirt. The does can smell the musky urine smell and, if they are in estrous, will hang around the area and wait on the buck

to come back by. This was a big scrape, and as I looked around I noticed that they were everywhere! Most of the early scrapes are abandoned as the rut truly Earle kicks in, but it did tell Woodward me that there was at AFIELD & least one buck in the neighborhood, which AFLOAT increased my attention level. Sitting in the blind, I could visualize the buck walking down the trail that I was set up on and I could visualize making the shot. What showed up were a really big doe and a fawn. Unfortunately, as previously stated, doe tags weren’t legal yet, but at least I was seeing a deer during a time that was early enough for a shot. I’d come back the next day when the tags would be legal and maybe they’d show back up. September 15th found me nestled back in the blind waiting on the deer to show up. At about a quarter to seven, I caught movement out of the corner of my left eye and watched as a small deer came running down the trail, past the blind and right on into a cutover. Interesting — that was earlier than I expected. About a quarter after seven, I again caught movement from the left side and watch the hindquarters of a rath-

er large deer walk behind a thicket; it was followed by three more. Two of the deer came ambling down the trail and I noticed something strange about one of them. It was a little spike buck, and I do mean little. He couldn’t have weighed more than 75 pounds, but the strange thing was that his antlers were still covered in velvet. I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a deer with velvet covered antlers so late in the year; most deer have shed their velvet by the first of September, or very shortly thereafter. Now that I think about it, I did have a buck a couple of years ago, on this same property, that I’m pretty sure carried his velvet all year. He had a really messed-up looking rack and, as far as I could tell in the early evening darkness, he still sported his velvet in December. Must be genetics. While legal, I just couldn’t see shooting 75 pounds worth of deer and having to pay to have it processed; it just didn’t seem worth it. The little guy got a pass. After hunting the blind for two days straight, I elected to give the location a rest for a week or so and moved on to another spot we have. My trail camera was showing plenty of deer, and on the 20th of September, the big boy showed up, albeit at midnight. At least I know he’s there, all eight points of him, five points on the right and three on the left — the left brow tine is missing. He is impressive,

DNR opens Wateree River Heritage Preserve WMA BY S.C. DNR S.C. Department of Natural Resources is adding new hunting opportunities with the opening of the Wateree River Heritage Preserve Wildlife Management Area in Richland County. Wateree River Heritage Preserve Wildlife Management Area is a 3,674-acre tract of land located 17 miles east of Columbia on U.S. 378 near the Eastover community. The property in Richland County is bordered by the Wateree River. In order to access the Wateree River WMA, travel U.S. 378 from Columbia going towards Sumter. About 2 miles after crossing U.S. 601, pass Goodwill Baptist Church on the right. The property entrance is Goodwill Road on the left. Travel about 200 yards down Goodwill Road to the parking area and informational kiosk. Wateree River WMA will

have an archery season for deer this year through Oct. 15. These hunts are the first on the area and will be open to all hunters. Hunters using Wateree River WMA will need a state hunting license and WMA Permit. DNR will also conduct three lottery hunts for deer on the WMA. The deer hunts are scheduled on Oct. 22-24, Nov. 5-7 and Nov. 19-21. Sixteen slots will be available per hunt. Completed applications must be received at the Columbia DNR Office by 5 p. m. on Friday, Oct. 2, for the hunts. Please return all completed applications to DNR, Attn: Willie Simmons, PO Box 167, Columbia, SC 29202 or call (803)-7343898 for more information. At each hunt, there will be a brief discussion of deer biology and the role of hunting in wildlife management along with detailed comments regarding sportsmanship and hunter ethics. A thorough review of firearm safety will be

conducted at each hunt. More detailed instructions and directions to the hunt sites will be provided to applicants who are selected based on a random drawing. Four lottery hunts for waterfowl will also be conducted this year on Nov. 28, Dec. 12, Jan. 9 and Jan. 16. Find out more at dnr.sc.gov/hunting/ drawhunts.html. These hunts are included on the regular waterfowl hunt application for lottery hunts. Applications for the deer and waterfowl hunts are available from the Columbia DNR Office or the DNR website at www.dnr.sc.gov. Applications can also be copied. Wateree River Heritage Preserve WMA was purchased for the people of South Carolina as mitigation for the Haile Gold Mine Project. The S.C. Department of Natural Resources is working to prepare the area for public use. A dedication of the property will be held this fall.

tall, wide and heavy, both in antler and body; he’s big. So, I decided that sooner or later, he, the six point, or one of the big does using the trail to the soybeans would show up before it was too dark to see. It was worth the chance and it gave the other property a rest. I got in the blind a little after 6:00 and began to wait. It didn’t take long to catch motion on my left side. It was turkeys, four poults, about half-grown and their mom. Mom was a pretty nice hen and, like the little buck mentioned above, something was strange about her as well; she was sporting a beard. A beard is a group of specialized feathers that are more hair like and protrude from the chest of a gobbler, it’s one of the features used to differentiate between hen and gobbler, but occasionally a hen will grow a beard, which, as I understand it, makes her legal to shoot during turkey season. This was a rather impressive beard, a little thin, but still close to ten inches long. I’ve only seen one other hen that had a beard and that was almost ten years ago. So the question now is, if she’s legal and if she’s still around this coming season, do I shoot at her or not? She is a turkey, but she is also the one that lays eggs and raises the young, it may be a split second decision. These last two weeks have been weeks for oddities, maybe next week will be a week for shooters. Keep your fingers crossed.

Longleaf pines shedding needles is not unusual BY S.C. DNR Longleaf pine trees are shedding their needles across the sandhills and coastal plain, a normal occurrence this time of year, according to the S.C. Department of Natural Resources. Many folks become alarmed when they see brown needles on longleaf pines, since the trees are, after all, classified as evergreen. But the term evergreen can be a bit misleading. Although longleaf does retain needles year-round, in years with abundant rainfall, individual bundles of needles generally remain on the tree for two growing seasons, and are shed in the fall. The 2-year-old needles on longleaf pine trees are closer to the base of the branches than the younger needles, and so one easy way to tell if browning needles are a cause for concern or not is to note where they are found on the branch. If needles are browning at the base of branches, then likely this is a normal re-

sponse to drought. By dropping needles early, the tree reduces its need for water. Wilting of leaves in many other plants is a similar response to drought, but differs in that the leaves usually remain on the plant. By wilting, the leaves expose less surface to the sun and wind and so the plant requires less water. If the stress is not too severe or of too long duration, wilted leaves can recover when the plant receives additional water. But browned needles do not reverse to green. If the needles are browning at the extreme ends of the branches, the problem might be something other than drought stress. Johnny Stowe, S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) forester and wildlife biologist, said trees are efficient at taking up, conserving and recycling nutrients. A high percentage of the nitrogen and phosphorus in pine needles moves back into the tree before the needles turn brown and fall off.

FISHING REPORTS Santee Cooper System Crappie: Good to very good. Captain Steve English reports that crappie fishing remains very strong with parties loading the boat most days. Crappie can be found around brush in 12-22 feet of water, with 16-18 feet the best range. The upper lake has been better but the lower lake is now coming on strong. Bream: Good. Captain Steve English reports that big bluegill are finally leaving shallow water and starting to show up on brushpiles in 12-14 feet of water where they will eat crickets and other baits. Recently fishing in the lower lake has been better. Lake Wateree Bass: Fair. Tournament angler Dearal Rodgers reports that with Lake Wateree water temperatures still not too far removed from their summer highs bass fishing can still be a little tough, but there are clear signs that a seasonal migration is just getting underway. A lot of shad have moved into the creeks and fish are starting to chase them, and lots of suspended fish can be found roaming around. While bass are still fairly close to the main lake they are starting to head towards the creeks. The best pattern has been fishing for them shallow around most any type of cover, including docks, rocks and grass. Topwater lures have been working pretty well and fish have also been caught on jigs and worms.

Lake Greenwood Largemouth bass: Hit and miss. Fishing around the lake can be tough one moment and productive the next. Check early in the day around docks and sea walls. As temperatures begin to drop over the next few weeks the fish should start moving into creeks. It’s worth a look halfway up creeks right now. Use a floating worm and buzzbaits. Lake Monticello Catfish: Good. Right now, catch fish in the range of 5-40 feet right now, but in the next couple of weeks deep humps with current flowing over them should be ideal spots to locate big, aggressive fish. There have been fish deep for some time, but they have not been feeding as well as the shallower fish. For now the backs of coves and humps and points have been most productive, and drifting or anchoring have both been working. Big cut gizzard shad and white perch are working for big fish, and if you want to put any size fish in the boat small cut herring is tough to beat. Lake Murray White perch: Very good. Lake World reports that the white perch bite is still on fire, with anglers catching fish anywhere from 5-40 feet of water. Fish are schooled up near the bottom, and for the shallower areas worms are working better while in deeper water

jigging spoons have been the best bet. Bream: Good. Lake World reports that smaller bluegills are hanging around shallow cover, although better bluegill have been hard to locate. However, the shellcracker bite is strong fishing worms on the bottom in 4-8 feet of water. Catfish: Fair to good. Captain Chris Simpson reports that the most productive method for catching channel catfish remains anchoring on humps and points and fan-casting dip baits, shrimp and cut herring. Target ledges that allow baits to be scattered between depths of 5-30 feet. As water temperatures drop over the next few weeks the drift bite will improve, but for now it is still inconsistent. Lake Russell Crappie: Fair to good. Go up the creeks more, same places to look for largemouth, where the water is more stained. Not quite as big of fish but the numbers of fish are shallower in 15 feet. Lake Thurmond Crappie: Fair to good. Captain William Sasser reports that with the water cooling a bit the crappie bite is improving. Not a lot of fish are being caught yet, but some really good sized crappie are biting. The best bet is fishing in the backs of tributaries abound 15 feet down with minnows over tree tops/ brush in about 25 feet of water.

Lake Wylie Bass: Slow to fair. FLW Professional and Guide Matt Arey reports that the bite is still pretty tough, but he predicts seasonal improvement as the water temperatures continue to cool in the coming weeks. While early to midSeptember is often a continuation of a later summer pattern, we are approaching a real transition period. While some fish will stay out on the main lake, shad will begin migrating to the backs of creek and the bass will follow them. Shallow fishing should remain strong until the weather cools significantly, and square-billed crankbaits, jigs, and topwater lures will all catch fish. Anglers should also be alert for schooling activity all over the lake. Lake Hartwell Bass: Fair. Guide Brad Fowler reports that this is a transition period on Lake Hartwell and bass are fairly scattered. Good numbers of smaller fish can be caught at mid-depths on shakey heads, drop shots, and flukes, but catching bigger fish is a little tough. The topwater bite is still somewhat hit-or-miss, although in the last couple of weeks it has picked up somewhat. In recent tournaments it seems as if the best catches may be coming up shallow, and on certain days crankbaits off wind-blown points have produced. Before long bait should start

migrating up the creeks. Catfish: Good. Captain Bill Plumley reports that channel catfish are scattered across the lake in 15-35 feet of water, and they will take dip baits, cut bait and night crawlers. Fish are feeding well right now. A few small blues have been caught, but most of the better fish are still out in the trees and relatively uncatchable. Flathead fishing has been pretty good, and at night anglers have been catching flatheads on live bream or perch. Lake Keowee Largemouth and Spotted Bass: Slow to fair. Fish seem to want artificials more than live bait with the lower end of the lake better than the upper. Go with topwater first part of the day. Schools in a bit deeper water, getting bigger. Try drop shotting and shakey head. There are some signs the bait has moved into the creeks. Lake Jocassee Trout: Fair. Trout fishing is still decent on Lake Jocassee with fish concentrated in deep water in the main lake. The best depth range is now 60-80 feet of water, and both spoons and live bait will still catch fish. However, live bait has been more productive. In order to beat the daytime heat it is still worth a try to night fishing around the intakes. Suspending medium shiners and nightcrawlers 30-40 feet down is catching some fish.

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It’s Time to Meet Muppets Go beyond thethe studio into the personal lives of ‘The Muppets’ By Candace Havens FYI Television

Sunday, Sept. 27 - Oct. 3, 2015

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Kermit the Frog (voiced by Steve Whitmire) has his hands full trying produce a television show on “The Muppets,” airing Tuesday at 8 p.m. on ABC.

mocked variety shows because that if you’ve ever dated a pig, but it isn’t was the dominant form of television easy.” at the time. And it struck me that The cameras will be showing a Kermit the Frog (voiced by if the Muppets were on television side of the Muppets that viewers Steve Whitmire), Miss Piggy (Eric now, it would – I don’t know if pardon’t always get to see. Jacobson) andHavens Fozzie the Bear point of view — absolutely a magic trick.That ” will By Candace ody is the correct word,Inbut there’s to Kermit, lead to Miss manyPiggy surprises revela(Jacobson) are back in primetime, addition andand Fozzie FYI Television realitythe issue. tions about the The way Great Muppets spend series regulars include Gonzo along with many of their friends, on a conceptual level ofBear, (Dave Goelz), thedowntime. King Prawn (Bill Barretta), Kermit the Frog (voiced by Steve Whitmire), We took a look at how television is Pepetheir “We want to give their new comedy “The Muppets,” Rizzo thehow Rat (Whitmire), Miss (Eric and Fozziedone the now, Bearand (Ja-thought about viewers Scooter a sense of(David what’sRudman), behind airingPiggy Tuesday at Jacobson) 8 p.m. on ABC. Rowlf (Jacobson) and the house cobson) are back in primetime, alongthe with manywould do Muppets that.(Barretta), Animal the public persona and behind the The cameras follow the Muppets as band, the Electric Mayhem. Even before producof their friends, on their new comedy “The Mupis going intotion thisfor amazing mask,” Prady there says. “We even they ”try to putTuesday on a talkatshow with the new show began, wasmight drama bepets, airing 8 p.m. on ABC.“But The itcameras to lookthe haphazget a camera intoand Piggy’s house Miss Piggy. There are behind-thescenes between Kermit Piggy. “I in follow the Muppets as they try to putworld on aand talkgetting it hind ard and casual and getting the docdon’t know whether actually know, show Miss Piggy. There are theyou morning and see if webut canI catch sceneswith revelations and viewers will behind-theyou’re so, Piggy have goneon.” scenes revelations a chance umentary shots thatguess are dirty and a friend, her before she and gets Iher makeup have a chance to seeand whatviewers happenswill have our that separate ” Kermit confesses. to see what outside of the studio when messy and catch things you’reways romantically, “I’m sorry? I think I need to get a outside of thehappens studio when the gang “I think it’s just kind of coming out in the press the gang goes home for the night. notunprecesupposed to catch,” security system,” interrupts goes home for the night. now.Prady So, itsays. can be new tough to work with your ex. 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That will Sun”) came along with this wonderful idea to point of view – absolutely a magic new it wasn’t anabout easy deciwith Miss Piggy called ‘Up Late with lead to many surprisesproject, and revelations the shoot behind the scenes, and they are producing trick.” siontheir for her to return to television. Miss show. Piggy.’ It’s Andinteresting Bill (Prady, “The way Muppets spend downtime. “We want to“I that and scary at the same give viewers what’s behind public time, youTheory”) know, because you get to see things to Kermit, In addition Miss Piggy a sense haveofbeen a little busy,”the Piggy says. Big Bang and Bob (Kushell, and behind thedoing mask,movies ” Pradyfor says. “We but that necessarily you to the persona andwant Fozzie Bear, series regulars “I was a while, “3rd we Rockwouldn’t From thenormally Sun”) came might even get a camera into interesting. Piggy’s house the see. ” with this wonderful idea to include The Great Gonzo (Dave along this sounded AndinI remorning and see if we can catch her before she The mockumentary style is something Prady Goelz), Pepe the King Prawn (Bill shoot behind the scenes, and they ally have no problem working with gets her makeup on.” believes is relevant in today’s pop cultural environare producing thathere show.is It’s intermyI ex – don’t believe everything (Whitmire), sorry? I think need to get a new security ment. “The goal to be exactlyBarretta), the sameRizzo and the Rat“I’m esting and scary at the”same time, “WeScooter hear.” (David Rudman), Rowlf system, ” interruptsyou Piggy. completely different, says Prady. very much “That’sand a dangerous the old sty, want to honor what ‘The Animal (Jacobson) you know, because youhas getbeen to seedone with The time secretaround to her longevity and” to (Barretta), early mornings. Muppet Show’ in the past, but we’re the doing a fresh things that we wouldn’t normally never aging a day is a simple one for house band, the Kermit Electric warns May- about While Piggy is excited about new project, it take on it. Bob both fans of this kind of necessarily wantand you Itoare see.” “I’mthe timeless,” she says. hem. Even before production for the Miss Piggy. wasn’t an easy decision for her to return to televishow. I think, for me, the genesis of it is if you look The mockumentary style is some“I just decided one morning that I new show began, there was drama sion. “I have been a little busy,” Piggy says. “I was at ‘The Muppet Show,’ when it was on television, it thing Prady believes is relevant in that behind to get any older.interIt was scenes between Kermit for awasn’t doing movies while,going but this sounded mocked variety shows because was thethedomitoday’s popof cultural environment. simple that really. You should and itPiggy. “I don’t know whether esting. 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