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Obama, Putin discuss Syria Meeting comes after dueling speeches at United Nations UNITED NATIONS (AP) — With a stony-faced handshake, U.S. President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday began their first formal meeting in more than two years, a discussion expected to lay bare their deep differences

about the chaos in Syria.

The meeting came hours after the leaders outlined their contrasting visions for Syria’s future in dueling speeches at the United Nations General Assembly summit. Obama urged a political transition to replace embattled

Syrian President Bashar Assad, while Putin warned it would be a mistake to abandon the current government.

Ahead of their talks, Obama said he was open to working with Russia, as well as Iran, to bring Syria’s civil war to an end. He called for a “managed

transition” that would result in the ouster of Assad, whose forces have clashed with rebels for more than four years, creating a vacuum for the Islamic State and other extremist groups.

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Officer has a heart for the Lord, community Policeman now an ordained minister

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com Sumter Police Department Senior Cpl. Ben Stiles has always had a calling for law enforcement and the ministry. Recently, Stiles was able to combine the two by becoming an ordained minister.

Stiles was ordained at Beulah Baptist Church in Sumter on Aug. 30.

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Sumter Police Department Senior Cpl. Ben Stiles, right, speaks with Pastor Walter Phillips, Sumter Mission Outreach Center’s interim director. Stiles, who recently became an ordained minister, has helped bring people to the center and ministered to SEE OFFICER, PAGE A6 its residents.

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Former Lee charter school director ordered to prison

BY JOHN MONK The State Federal Judge Terry Wooten has ordered former Lee County charter school director Benita Dinkins-Robinson to report to prison today to start a 3½-year sentence.

Wooten’s order likely will end a weekslong effort by DinkinsRobinson, 40, a mother of two school-age children, to stay out of prison.

Instead, the former Bishopville public charter school director is to report to Alderson Federal Prison Camp in Alderson, West Virginia. That prison was chosen by the federal Bureau of Prisons as the best facility for her.

The prison is a minimum-secu-

rity facility housing some 1,200 female inmates, most of whom are serving time for nonviolent offenses. Financial fraudster Martha Stewart served time there in the early 2000s. It has no barbed wire fences, and some have nicknamed it “Camp Cupcake.”

After a trial in March in Columbia, a federal jury found Dinkins-Robinson guilty of two counts of embezzling government funds. In August, after hearing FBI and government prosecutors present evidence that the total she took was some $1.5 million, Wooten sentenced her to 42 months in prison.

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National registry helps find local suspect Putting a local suspect on a national law enforcement database paid big dividends for Sumter County Sheriff’s Office during the weekend.

A 25-year-old man wanted for allegedly assaulting a 3-year-old girl last month was arrested by law enforcement in Florida on SatTILTON urday.

Christopher Tilton of Paisley, Florida, formerly of Sumter County, was taken into custody during a traffic stop by officers from Lake County Sheriff’s Office and charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor.

According to the Sumter County warrant, on Aug. 7, in the 3500 block of Ramsey Road, the suspect did sexually assault the minor victim.

The warrant for the suspect’s arrest was originally issued on Tuesday, Sept. 22. When investigators with the Sumter Sheriff’s Office were unable to locate the suspect, the warrant and information regarding the suspect were placed into a national law enforcement database, which ultimately led to Tilton’s capture.

Tilton has signed extradition paperwork and will be transported by law enforcement back to Sumter County to face his charges.

Same judge to oversee cases of church shooting suspect, friend COLUMBIA (AP) — The same judge will oversee the federal cases against both the white man charged with killing nine black churchgoers and his friend who is accused of lying to authorities.

U.S. District Court Judge Richard Gergel was assigned late last week to hear the case against 21-year-old Joey Meek, according to court records.

Meek has pleaded not guilty to lying to law enforcement agents and failing to report what he knew about Roof’s plot. According to an indictment, Meek knew Roof planned to shoot black

church members during Bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal, didn’t report it and lied to authorities.

Meek hung out with Roof sporadically in the weeks before the June 17 shooting. A day after the shooting, Meek told The Associated Press Roof had drunkenly complained that “blacks were MEEK taking over the world” and “someone needed to do something about it for the white race.”

Meek, of Lexington, also said he took a handgun away from Roof the night of his drunken rant but gave it back when he had sobered up.

Last week, Meek’s attorneys and federal prosecutors filed motions seeking each other’s evidence in the case.

Roof, 21, faces possible death sentences in the state and federal systems, and an attorney meeting in his federal case is scheduled for Thursday.

On Monday, online court records showed that Gergel had issued an order in that case, although it was sealed.

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Sen. Scott’s office to host service school info sessions The office of U.S. Sen. Tim Scott will host a series of informational sessions and office hours throughout South Carolina for high school students interested in attending one of the five service academies — U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy or U.S. Coast Guard Academy.

These sessions will allow students and their families to learn about the overall nomination and application process and ask questions about attending a service academy.

Locally, a session is scheduled from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6, at the Sumter County Recreation Department Conference Room, 155 Haynsworth St. “Some of our nation’s brightest service men and women have graduated from the five U.S. service academies,” Scott said. “I encourage any South Carolinian interested in serving their country, receiving a quality college education and developing leadership skills to attend one of the informational sessions my staff is hosting to learn more about the application process and our nation’s service academies.”

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Savannah Turner, right, and the Laurence Manning Academy cheerleaders perform a routine during Friday’s football game. They had a lot to cheer about as the Swampcats routed Cardinal Newman 44-7.

Planned Parenthood clinic gets reprieve, will stay open COLUMBIA (AP) — The threatened closure of Planned Parenthood’s Columbia clinic has been put on hold pending a review, allowing its doors to open as usual today.

Planned Parenthood asked the Department of Health and Environmental Control’s governing board Monday afternoon to review the agency’s suspension order, said DHEC spokeswoman Jennifer Read. That stops the suspension from taking effect.

Earlier this month, DHEC suspended the licenses of two of the state’s

three abortion clinics. The Sept. 11 orders gave the clinics until 5 p.m. Monday to address the violations.

Planned Parenthood submitted correction plans and paid its $7,500 penalty by the deadline. Those plans are under review, Read said. However, the organization asked DHEC to reconsider four of the 21 cited violations.

Those under review include incomplete staff records, abortions performed sooner than 60 minutes after an ultrasound and improper disposal of aborted fetuses.

Recent rains providing drought relief to state CHARLESTON (AP) — Rain in recent months that has totaled almost 2 feet in some places has ended the drought along South Carolina’s south coast. And state and local officials say that rains in recent days should also help ease the grip of the drought elsewhere in the state.

The South Carolina Drought Response Committee removed Charleston, Jasper and Beaufort counties from drought status during its meeting late last week.

All other areas of the state still remain in the lowest

level of drought, an incipient drought, or in moderate drought.

Some areas of Charleston County have received 16 inches of rain in the past two months. Daufuskie Island on the state’s southern tip received more than 23 inches. Columbia has received more than 6 inches of rain since the first of the month, about half of that coming during the past week, according to the National Weather Service.

In the past week, Spartanburg has received more than 3 inches of rain.

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Evidence suggests Mars has summer salt water This photo taken by an instrument aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows dark, narrow streaks on the surface of Mars that scientists think were caused by flowing streams of salty water.

BY MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Mars appears to have flowing streams of salty water, at least in the summer, scientists reported Monday in a finding that could have major implications for the possibility of life on the red planet.

Scientists in 2008 confirmed the existence of frozen water on Mars. But the latest observations from an instrument aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter strongly support the longtime theory that salt water in liquid form flows down certain Martian slopes each summer, according to the researchers.

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NASA said via Twitter before holding a news conference at its Washington headquarters. The space agency called

the results “a major science finding.”

Because liquid water is essential to life, the findings could boost the no-

tion of living organisms on Mars. The researchers said in the journal Nature Geoscience that further exploration is warranted to determine whether microscopic life exists on the planet.

The evidence of flowing streams consists of dark, narrow streaks on the surface that tend to appear and grow during the warmest Martian months and fade the rest of the year.

‘Improv Jam’ provided ‘appetite for more’

BY JANE G. COLLINS Special to The Item

REVIEW

Sumter Little Theatre’s first curious to see what the four SLT cast members — Char“Improv Jam” on Saturday lotte Gallagher, Kelly Melton, night showed great promise.

Storm Smith and Matt Wilt — Although the event was not would do. quite prime-time ready and “Scenes from a Hat” incorpothe cast members of TV’s rated quick commentary based “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” need not fear losing their jobs, on suggestions submitted earlier by theater goers — coming SLT’s cast provided much out, inappropriate things to say laughter, quick thinking and an appetite for more offerings. at a wedding, and an Indian bartender, a dialogue that set The 10 sketches were looseup later humor: “I’d like a marly based along the lines of tini.” “How?” (Think James “Whose Line Is It Anyway?,” bond here). “Let’s Make a a program I dearly love and started watching 15 years ago. Date” vacillated from right on to racy to almost Disappointed risqué but when the show pulled back beended, I was SEE THE NEXT SHOW fore things got not too enamSumter Little Theatre’s next too out of conored with the production will be the drama trol. This particVegas version.

“Agnes of God.” Tickets go on ular situation When the show sale Oct. 5 for the show that underscored the returned this opens Oct. 15. For information team’s need to year with the and reservations, call (803) work a little original three 775-5210, or visit the website more on content comedians — www.sumterlittletheatre.com. humor along Wayne Brady, with the ability Colin Mochrie to provide visual and Ryan Stiles fun. The stand, sit, lean and lie — with a new host, Alisha down improv — difficult even Tyler, it thankfully recaptured the flavor of the original for the Whose Line cast — went fairly well and underscored the series. Needless to say, I was

SLT cast’s ability to work well together. “Mannequins” involved two audience members whose job was to move the actors, and the skit went well.

“Unlikely Super Heroes” humorously developed the audience’s suggested topic — Donald Trump at a hairdresser and no hair spray. The four incorporated some clever commentary, emphasizing their wit and news sense.

“Freeze,” a situation where the actors can move in and out of a scene from one actor to another, indicated potential for future success, with Melton and Wilt moving rapidly from “American Gothic” to Jackson Pollock, Picasso and even Georgia O’Keeffe.

“Helping Hands,” the last improv, emphasized the group’s newness and tendency to play for the quick laugh rather than build into the humor quickly but with enough time for the audience to enjoy the creativity. The situation followed the “Whose Line ...” format, but included all four actors, two in front and two hidden behind their partners, unable to see what they are actually doing and acting as the hands of the partner in

front. The premise? A cooking show. As MC Todd Warrick unveiled the tools of the sketch — whipped cream, wine, greens, chocolate syrup and gooey spaghetti — the team, in my opinion, launched too quickly into the slapstick rather than blending the exaggerations with dialogue in between each visual to give the audience time to savor the sight gag and anticipate the next move.

Comedy, like beauty, is “in the eye (and ear) of the beholder.” To me, for a first attempt, “Improv Jam” did deliver laughs and did underscore the often clever and always quick reaction to the situation. Was it worth my time? Yes. Should they offer more “Jam” nights? I think so. Even the pros do not always bat a thousand.

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The cast of Sumter Little Theatre’s Improv Jam are, clockwise from bottom, Matt Wilt, Charlotte Gallagher, Kelly Melton and Storm Smith.

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States monitoring alcohol offenders with daily testing Programs offer alternative to jail time

BY KEVIN BURBACH The Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Every day before sunrise, people stream through a nondescript door behind the county jail in South Dakota’s largest city.

Wearing neatly pressed business suits, neon-green construction uniforms or even wrinkled pajamas, they’re all here for the same reason: to prove they’re not drunk.

These are participants in a South Dakota program that aims to reduce drunken driving and domestic violence by requiring offenders to prove twice a day that they have not been drinking.

In return, they stay out of jail.

Bolstered by South Dakota’s

success, the approach is now gaining momentum nationwide. North Dakota and Montana have started similar monitoring systems, and at least five more states are running or planning pilot programs. Other states are passing legislation to do the same.

South Dakota started the practice in 2005, offering those accused or convicted of an alcohol-related crime an alternative to jail. Participants are required to come to a testing site every morning and evening to blow into a Breathalyzer. Those who live farther away or who have trouble staying sober between tests wear alcohol-monitoring bracelets or have ignition interlock systems in their vehicles.

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Minnehaha County Deputy Sheriff Elliott Crayne installs a car Breathalyzer on Sept. 21 for a participant in the state’s 24/7 Sobriety Program outside the county jail in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. time, they’re incarcerated until a judge decides their fate.

diately jailed: 12 hours for the first offense, 24 hours for the second. If they fail a third

Those who run the program herald it as a common-sense solution to high rates of repeat drunken driving and domestic violence and a way to ease overcrowding in jails, which was why it was started in South Dakota.

The state once had one of the nation’s highest rates of DUI arrests, and jail overcrowding was becoming a serious issue. That’s when the program was created by thenAttorney General Larry Long.

“Simply warehousing people with chronic alcohol and drug offenses doesn’t work.

It’s never worked. And the key is changing behavior,” said former Deputy Attorney General Bill Mickelson, who started working on the program in its infancy and now runs a consulting company that works to spread the idea to more states.

State officials are also quick to point out that the programs basically cost taxpayers nothing after they are up and running. Participants bear most of the financial burden, typically paying $1 to $3 per test.

During the last decade, more than 37,000 people have participated in South Dakota’s twice-daily Breathalyzer program, compiling a pass rate of more than 99 percent.

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Shell abandons Arctic oil drilling push

BY DAN JOLING and JONATHAN FAHEY The Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Royal Dutch Shell is giving up on its expensive and controversial push to produce oil in Alaska’s Arctic waters, a decision that darkens the long-term oil prospects of the U.S. and brings relief to environmental groups that had tried desperately to

block the project.

Shell is abandoning the region “for the foreseeable future” because it failed to find enough oil to make further drilling worthwhile.

The company has spent more than $7 billion to explore for oil in Alaska’s Arctic, slogging through a yearslong regulatory gauntlet and attracting spite from environmental groups who feared a spill in the Arctic’s harsh cli-

mate would be extremely difficult to clean up and devastating to polar bears, walruses, seals and other wildlife.

Shell pushed forward in hopes of finding a big new source of future revenue and establishing expertise and a presence in the Arctic, which geologists estimate holds a quarter of the world’s undiscovered conventional oil and gas.

The company also held the

hopes of the state of Alaska, which has seen oil production and revenues decline sharply in recent years, and the U.S. oil industry, which looked to Alaska’s offshore Arctic as the next source of oil big enough to keep the country among the top three oil producers in the world along with Saudi Arabia and Russia.

An Energy Department advisory council called for an immediate expansion in oil

exploration in the Alaskan Arctic to avoid an increased reliance on imported oil in the future, in part because it would take more than a decade for oil in the Arctic to be discovered, developed and brought to market.

But Shell, drilling to 6,800 feet about 80 miles offshore in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska’s northwest coast and supported by a 28-vessel flotilla, just didn’t find much.

Polluted Paris asks if it’s time to dump diesel PARIS (AP) — Guidebooks rarely mention it, but Paris is one of the most polluted cities in the rich world.

The Eiffel Tower is periodically shrouded in smog, and there’s one key culprit: France’s disproportionately heavy reliance on diesel fuel.

Critics are increasingly questioning the need for diesel vehicles, especially after last week’s discovery that Volkswagen tricked drivers worldwide into thinking their diesel engines were much cleaner than they really are.

Paris’ diesel-driven pollution problem is especially embarrassing for a city that’s trying to be environmentally exemplary as it prepares to host crucial U.N. talks in two months on reducing emissions. City authorities banned all traffic from central Paris on Sunday and are trying to gradually forbid diesel altogether, as they try to clean up the capital’s image.

But a nationwide crackdown on diesel remains taboo. And elsewhere in Europe — where the majority of new cars run on diesel engines versus just one-seventh worldwide — few are raising the alarm.

“We must stop lying to the French by inciting them to buy so-called environmentally friendly cars,” Emmanuelle Cosse, head of France’s green party Europe Ecologie-les Verts, said last week. “Clean diesel doesn’t exist.”

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People walk on the Champs-Elysees during the “day without cars” in Paris, France, on Sunday.

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Migrants from Syria wait in the migrant camp of Grande Synthe on Sept. 18 before an attempt to get to Britain, outside Dunkirk, northern France. Migrants in Teteghem or nearby Grande-Synthe wait eagerly for the service they signed up for.

Hope, fear, waiting at French migrant camps Human smugglers set up drop-off spot for travelers

BY ELAINE GANLEY The Associated Press TETEGHEM, France — A Mercedes and a BMW, both with British license plates, sit in a forest clearing on the edge of a small migrant camp in northern France. Everyone here speaks in whispers or not at all. Bullet holes pock two shipping containers sheltering migrants, all trying to get to England, helping to explain the silence.

People smugglers who get rich off desperate migrants span the globe, and their tentacles extend into nooks and crannies like Teteghem, a small town outside Dunkirk. Here the smuggling kingpins are firmly in control and growing nasty.

“Don’t come see me in the camp,” said a typically cautious Iranian migrant in the parking lot of a local grocery store, where talking is easier. “Problems,” he added, putting his finger to his head. “Bang!”

An Iraqi migrant was wounded by gunfire in mid-August, caught in the crossfire of score settling among smugglers, said Teteghem Mayor Franck Dhersin. This month, police chased a Mercedes driven by a suspected smuggler into a ditch at the camp entrance, the shattered glass and skid marks visible a week later.

An 18-year-old Syrian displayed his bandaged right leg and a hospital report stating that “metallic” objects were removed — police bullets according to migrants, metal from bullet-punctured containers hit by smugglers, says the mayor.

Few French know of the town of Teteghem, but some migrants first heard the name in a phone call before ever leaving their homeland. It is described by Mayor Dhersin and others as a drop-off point for a band of people smugglers taking in Syrians, Iraqis and Iranians; ultimately, officials think, the gang is locked into a Britain-based network that may stretch to Kurdish regions of the Middle East.

The migrants are among thousands of desperate travelers who pass through northern France try-

ing to sneak onto trucks, ferries or freight trains to Britain, where they hope to find a better life.

Robert Crepinko, head of the Organized Crime Network at Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, estimates there are roughly 30,000 suspected people smugglers operating in the 28-nation EU, with most living within the bloc.

Some smugglers even advertise their services on social networks such as Facebook, he said.

Crepinko says the current influx of migrants has opened new business opportunities in the organized crime world.

He refused to estimate the monetary gains of the people smuggling market, saying only it is “very lucrative.”

At the small Teteghem camp, migrants are stuck in a murky limbo short of their goal.

Smugglers haunt all the camps of northern France, but they reign in tiny Teteghem; many of the migrants owe their foothold in Europe to the gangs, sucking the newcomers into an orbit of intimidation.

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THE SUMTER ITEM Sumter Police Department Senior Cpl. Ben Stiles is seen in front of Sumter Mission Outreach Center, which provides housing for people who have struggled with homelessness and addictions.

The recently ordained minister has helped many of the center’s residents.

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Ken Addison of Beulah Baptist Church, Stiles was selected to be ordained by a counsel of pastors from various churches.

“Ben proved to be impressive with knowledge of the Bible and is a wonderful Christian man who has heart for the community and the Lord,” DeBrew said.

DeBrew said the process involved a confirmation by a counsel of 10 Southern Baptist ministers from Sumter and surrounding areas.

Stiles is pursuing his master’s degree in human services counseling with a criminal justice cognate at Liberty Uni-

versity’s online program.

Sumter Police Department Chief Russell F. Roark III said faith often plays an integral part in law enforcement, particularly in the personal lives of officers.

“Many of our officers serve in different capacities in the faith community,” Roark said.

“However, having that foundation within the department can not only benefit our officers as individuals, but also as they interact with the community we serve.”

Several generations of Stiles’ family were either pastors or police officers, so combining the two, for him, was a

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natural fit, he said. Originally from Ferum, Virginia, Stiles graduated from Ben Lippen School in Columbia. He then worked at Columbia Police Department for several years before moving back to Virginia to work as a youth pastor at a Baptist church. At that time, Stiles also became a volunteer firefighter and EMT at Henry Volunteer Fire Department in Henry, Virginia.

Stiles joined Sumter Police Department in 2003.

He was able to use his skills as an EMT in 2011; while on patrol in Sumter, he was the first on the scene of an incident on U.S. 378 involving a

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man whose throat had been cut with a concrete saw while working on the side of the highway. He helped the man while waiting for EMS. For his service in that incident, Stiles was named Sumter Police Department’s Police Officer of the Year and American Legion Post 215 Law Enforcement Officer of the Year in 2012.

Stiles, who worked patrol from 2003 to 2011 and is now in the department’s investigative services warrant division, will be transferring this week to a school resource officer position at Sumter High School.

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department since 2003, has worked with Sumter Mission Outreach Center, bringing people who are in need of housing to the shelter. He previously served as a member of the center’s board.

The center houses men and women at two locations in Sumter. The nonprofit organization provides clothing, housing, food, discipleship and other opportunities for men and women who have struggled with homelessness and addictions, according to the Homeless Shelter Directory, www.homelessshelterdirectory.org.

“The Bible tells us to help those who are in need,” Stiles said. “I just felt truly a calling to work with people who are hurting and letting them know it’s not the end.”

Pastor Walter Phillips, the center’s interim director, said Stiles has been volunteering with the organization since it started.

“Besides bringing people to the center, he has ministered to its residents and has helped with security,” Phillips said.

“He’s a good teacher of the Gospel and a prime example of a hardworking man.”

In January 2011, after more than a decade in law enforcement, Stiles said he decided to rededicate his life to Christ.

“I felt like I needed to relook into my life,” Stiles said.

“I didn’t want to be one of those people who just went to church on Sundays; I needed something more.”

He said he wanted to continue in law enforcement but was also led to the ministry.

Stiles and his wife, Morgan, started a Bible study group in an apartment complex where Stiles was living at the time.

The group attracted neighbors and friends from the area, he said.

He was invited to teach the Gospel at several churches in Sumter, including Sunday school and Wednesday evening programs.

After multiple meetings with the Rev. Cameron DeBrew and Associate Pastor

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MEETING FROM PAGE A1 “We must recognize that there cannot be, after so much bloodshed, so much carnage, a return to the prewar status quo,” Obama said.

Putin, however, urged the world to stick with Assad, arguing that his military is the only viable option for defeating the Islamic State.

“We believe it’s a huge mistake to refuse to cooperate with the Syrian authorities, with the government forces, those who are bravely fighting terror face to face,” Putin said during his first appearance at the U.N. gathering in a decade.

Obama and Putin’s disparate views of the grim situation in Syria left little indication of how the two countries might work together to end a conflict that has killed more than 250,000 people and resulted in a flood of refugees.

The Syria crisis largely overshadowed the summit’s other discussions on peacekeeping, climate change and global poverty.

French President Francois Hollande backed Obama’s call for Assad’s ouster, saying “nobody can imagine” a political solution in Syria if he is still in power. Hollande called on countries with influence in Syria, including Gulf nations and Iran, to be engaged in a transition.

However, Iran — which along with Russia is a strong backer of Assad — said the Syrian president must remain in power to fight extremists. Iranian

PRISON FROM PAGE A1 U.S. Clerk of Court, Wooten rejected Dinkins-Robinson’s allegation of jury misconduct during the trial and rejected her bid to stay out of prison while her case is appealed to the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. “The defendant is directed to report to Federal Prison Camp Alderson on (Tuesday),” Wooten ruled.

During Dinkins-Robinson’s nine-hour sentencing hearing in August, Wooten indicated he had little patience with her arguments for a light sentence.

“She was supposed to help children who were needy, children who had a lot to gain from a good education,” Wooten said before pronouncing her sentence. Stressing the children were low income, Wooten said, “This is a very serious matter.”

Wooten has a record of giving prison time to public officials who betray the public trust. Earlier this year, he rejected a proposed plea deal that would have spared former Lexington County Sher-

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President Obama, right, and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin shake hands before a meeting Monday at United Nations headquarters.

President Hassan Rouhani said that while Syria’s government needs reform, the country will fall to the Islamic State if the international community makes getting rid of Assad its top goal.

Despite Obama’s staunch opposition to Assad remaining in office, the U.S. has struggled to push him from power.

Russia has long been a major obstacle, shielding Assad from U.N. sanctions and continuing to provide the Syrian government with weapons.

In fact, Russia has appeared to deepen its support for Assad in recent

iff James Metts a prison sentence and ordered Metts to spend time behind bars.

Metts had been convicted of bribery in a scheme to let illegal Mexican immigrants out of the Lexington County jail.

During Dinkins-Robinson’s March trial and August sentencing hearing, FBI case agent Julie Bitzel testified about how the former educator siphoned some $1.5 million in federal funds from the public school account and transferred it to corporations she set up and then to her own retirement accounts. She also spent the money on transactions at places like Harrah’s Hotel and Casino, Victoria’s Secret and Carnival Cruise Lines, the FBI investigation showed.

Dinkins-Robinson had refused repeated FBI requests to produce invoices to show how she spent money, telling the FBI that her companies were private businesses and she didn’t have to tell federal investigators what she did with the money, Bitzel testified.

The FBI’s investigation covered five years of spend-

weeks, sending additional military equipment and troops with the justification that it is helping the government fight the Islamic State. The military buildup has confounded U.S. officials, who spent the summer hoping Russia’s patience with Assad was waning and political negotiations could be started.

Obama and Putin each framed his case for Syria’s future in the context of a broader approach to the world, launching veiled criticisms at each other.

ing at the school, from about 2007-12, during which time it received more than $5 million in state and federal funds.

Dinkins-Robinson’s case focused attention on the lack of financial scrutiny and oversight at the state’s charter schools, which were established as a way to give parents more choice. Dinkins-Robinson was able to move millions in public money around with little accountability. Her school in Bishopville, the Mary Dinkins Higher Learning Academy, which later moved to Sumter County, was set up to help disadvantaged children.

The federal money that Dinkins-Robinson stole came from the U.S. Department of Agriculture children’s nutrition programs and U.S. Department of Education funds, evidence showed.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Winston Holliday, who told the judge that Dinkins-Robinson was a “money launderer,” and Benjamin Gardner prosecuted the case. Lawyers for Dinkins-Robinson were Eleazer Carter and Johnny Watson, both of Columbia.

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The U.S. president condemned nations that think “might makes right” and sought instead to highlight the benefits of diplomacy. He touted his administration’s efforts to restore ties with Cuba after a half-century freeze and the completion of a nuclear accord with Iran, noting that Russia was a key partner in negotiating the Iran deal.

Putin, without naming the United States, accused Washington of trying to enforce its will on others and mulling a possible reform of the U.N., which he suggested stands in the way of the perceived U.S. domination.

“After the end of the Cold War, the single center of domination has emerged in the world,” Putin said.

“Those who have found themselves on top of that pyramid were tempted to think that since they are so strong and singular, they know what to do better than others and it’s unnecessary to pay any attention to the U.N.” Obama and Putin have long had a strained relationship, with ties deteriorating to post-Cold War lows after Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine and allegedly backed rebels in Ukraine’s east. The U.S. has sought to punish Russia through economic sanctions.

Obama, in his address, said the world could not stand by while Ukraine’s sovereignty was being violated.

“If that happens without consequences in Ukraine, it could happen to any nation gathered here today,” Obama said.

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Mocking wines, brawling beers

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his might be another one of those columns that could get me potentially bounced from the Southern Baptist faith, but I continue nevertheless.

Growing up, I participated in the Bible Drill program, a competition-based activity for children in which Bible verses were memorized, along with the order of the books of the Bible, for the purposes of a game show-like presentation of said knowledge at various churches around the area.

Memorizing random facts has always been a delight to me, even at an Cliff early age, so McCollum this was right up my alley.

While my memory fades with each passing year, a few gobbets have always remained with me.

Proverbs 20:1 was on our list in the fifth grade, burned into my brain the minute I saw it on that little piece of paper.

“Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.”

Fifth grade Cliff took these words to literally mean anyone who chose to drink any alcohol at all must be some sort of mental case and a bum devoid of any redeemable human traits. 10-yearolds can be very absolutist.

29-year-old Cliff, with his fondness for wine, sipping whiskeys and infused vodkas — well — he’s not quite so sure as young Cliff was.

Now, one wants to look to the second sentence and begin to parse it out.

I don’t pretend to be any kind of Biblical scholar, but I don’t see any outright condemnation of alcohol in that text.

It simply seems to say those “led astray” are not wise. In other words, moderation and forbearance are key concepts.

A glass of wine should be reasonably acceptable; a few

bottles would be right out.

A beer or two is fine; a case would be self-destructive and an invitation for intervention.

Having the occasional drink is not the unforgivable sin some would have you believe it is; drinking to get drunk every time, however, is abhorrent and a sign you should probably seek help and treatment.

But, this is my interpretation.

It’s a guess based on a short textual analysis, and I wouldn’t put much faith in me. I try not to, at least.

Some of you may hold to that prohibitionist approach.

That’s your right.

If you choose to teetotal, I applaud your choice, but it’s your choice.

You not drinking doesn’t mean you get to sit in condemnation of everyone who does, however.

Judgment can only truly come from someone we’re all familiar with, and I think it’s best we leave that sort of thing to Him, don’t you?

Cliff McCollum is an 80-yearold soul trapped in a 20-something body. He is an ordained minister and former community college professor who enjoys British literature and field herpetology. He spends his spare time trying to show Vegans and vegetarians the error of their ways. As managing editor of the Gulf Coast Newspapers in Baldwin County, Alabama — now part of Osteen Publishing Co. — he can be reached at cmccollum@ gulfcoastmedia.com.

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A Muslim president? Was Carson right?

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eliefs matter. “Ideas Have Consequences,” as conservative scholar Richard Weaver wrote in his classic of that title in 1948.

Yet, for so believing, and so saying, Dr. Ben Carson has been subjected to a Rodney King-style night-sticking by the P.C. police.

Asked by Chuck Todd on “Meet the Press” whether he could support a Muslim for president, Carson replied, “I would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation. I absolutely would not agree with that.”

Carson was not out of the studio before the airwaves were filled with denunciations. Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council on AmericanIslamic Relations, said CAIR is calling on Carson to “withdraw from the presidential race because he is unfit to lead, because his views are inconsistent Pat with the United States ConBuchanan stitution.”

In the name of tolerance, says CAIR, we cannot tolerate Carson.

And what does the Constitution say? ‘’1/8N3/8o religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.”

But Carson did not say no Muslim could serve. He said he would not advocate having a Muslim as president, that Islamic beliefs are inconsistent with the U.S. Constitution.

Is he wrong?

Or is it now impermissible to question a candidate’s beliefs about God, man, and the state, and about whether his religious convictions might affect his conduct in office?

A man’s religion is a part of who he is.

While not an infallible guide to what he will do, it is often a reliable road map.

If Mormons still championed polygamy and declared that blacks could not be Mormons, would it be illegitimate to raise that issue?

Should a Quaker who believes in “turning the other cheek” not be pressed on whether his faith disqualifies him to be commander in chief ?

If an Evangelical running for president believes the “end times” are at hand, would it be un-American to ask of the Armageddonite if his religious beliefs might affect his decision on war in the Middle East?

Islam means “submission.” And a believing, practicing, devout Muslim believes in submission to the teachings of the Prophet.

That means not only following the dietary laws and fasting during Ramadan, but adhering to the tenets of Islam on the modesty of dress in women, praying five times a day to Mecca, and treating false faiths like Christianity as the great heresies that they are.

Anyone recall a collective protest from the Islamic world when that Afghan convert to Christianity was facing an executioner’s ax?

Islam instructs its adherents not only on how to live their lives, but also how to organize their society. Is Sharia consistent with the U.S. Constitution? Would not a Muslim presidential candidate have to reject Sharia for America, i.e, apostatize? And what is the penalty for apostasy in the Quran?

Would it violate the spirit of the Constitution to ask of a Muslim candidate whether

‘Those elites who say they would be fine with a Muslim president are probably dissembling. Because that is the politically correct thing to say; it makes them feel superior; and no such candidate is in sight.’ he agrees with the Quran on the proper punishment for homosexuals, adulterers and thieves?

From the Maghreb to the Middle and Near East, in almost every society where Islam is the dominant faith, repression appears the rule.

Of the near 50 nations where Islam is the majority religion, where is the constitutional republic that resembles our own?

Carson says he would not support turning the armed forces of the United States over to a follower of a faith whose co-religionists have produced the modern Middle East.

Why is that bigotry? Is Islam wholly disconnected to the horrors transpiring there?

Islam has bloody borders, observed Dr. Samuel Huntington. Of the ugliest terrorist organizations of which we daily read — Boko Haram, al-Qaida, ISIS, the al-Nusra Front, al-Shabaab — are not most of them proudly Muslim?

Given the sectarian war between the Shiites led by Iran and the Sunni led by the Saudis, would it violate the Constitution to ask our Muslim presidential candidate to which of these two he belonged?

Dr. Russell Kirk called ideology “political religion.”

Atheists who embraced the political religion of Marxism-Leninism created the Stalinist Empire. Atheist Germans who embraced National Socialism as the state religion produced the Third Reich. And Islamists created Sudan, Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Undeniably, Muslims have proven to be good American patriots, as did the Christians and the Jews who came before them.

But in Europe today, we see hundreds of thousands of Muslims pouring in, adding to the millions there, and they are all not assimilating.

Those elites who say they would be fine with a Muslim president are probably dissembling. Because that is the politically correct thing to say; it makes them feel superior; and no such candidate is in sight.

Indeed, the same elites who call it outrageous that Carson said a Muslim should not be president are the first and loudest to decry any suggestion that our current president is a Muslim.

Liberals like the idea of a Muslim president — in the abstract.

Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of the new book “The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority.” © creators.com

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‘The Grinder’ is silly, sly, offers frequent laughs

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Rob Lowe appears to be having a blast in “The Grinder” (8:30 p.m., Fox, TV-PG). And fun can be contagious.

Lowe plays Dean Sanderson Jr., the dense pretty boy star of the hit legal drama, “The Grinder.” He’s a bit lost after his show is canceled after eight seasons, so he returns to his hometown of Boise, Idaho, where his brother, Stewart (Fred Savage), and father (William Devane) operate a rather unglamorous law firm.

Neither Dean nor Lowe can depart from his “Grinder” character, a fact that delights everybody, except Stewart. In the logic of sitcoms, the siblings bicker and then bond before forming a team where Dean’s audacity blends with Stewart’s plodding diligence.

Along the way, “The Grinder” makes a sly comment on how we’ve allowed entertainment to trump our perception of reality. With a completely straight face, Dean asks Stewart if he were faced with a medical emergency and there were no real doctors present, wouldn’t it be nice to have Noah Wyle (“ER”) around?

Who can argue with logic like that?

As the “normal guy” beset with an absurd situation, Savage seems to be channeling Albert Brooks, sharing his neurotic banter with his wife, Debbie (Mary Elizabeth Ellis).

Lowe’s Dean works because he has the conviction of a cartoon

hting

character. He sees nothing wrong with a fake lawyer playing a real lawyer using TV techniques in a real trial.

Silly, sly and written for an audience well within its TV-PG rating, “The Grinder” forms a perfect companion piece with ABC’s “Muppets” reboot. Both include some recycled material, but the laughs are new and arrive frequently.

• If Rob Lowe seems liberated by his strenuously shallow character, John Stamos appears trapped in “Grandfathered” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-14).

Restaurateur, player and 50-year-old swinger Jimmy Martino (Stamos) is not yet ready to slow down. He says he’d love a family, but he only uses that line to pick up women.

Into his life and his nightlife scene enters Gerald (Josh Peck), the son he never knew he ever had, the product of a long ago dalliance with Sara (Paget Brewster). Along with amnesia, the instant paternity device is surely one of TV’s most tired cliches. “Grandfathered” ups the ante with Gerald’s baby daughter, Edie.

Jimmy goes from cad to granddad in roughly 22 minutes, making all of the usual stops, including denial, anger, acceptance, gushing, learning and hugging. It hurts to watch something so predictable.

• Can you be a “know it all” and funny at the same time?

Host Adam Conover blends humor with lessons from histo-

Queens” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14).

• A deadline arrives for an ink-stained wretch on “Limitless” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

• Bullets fly on “Public Morals” (10 p.m., TNT, TV-MA).

LATE NIGHT

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Rob Lowe and Fred Savage star in the new sitcom “The Grinder” premiering at 8:30 p.m. today on FOX. ry and science to challenge commonly held perceptions on “Adam Ruins Everything” (10 p.m., truTV, TV-14).

TONIGHT’S SEASON PREMIERES • Coulson confronts a new rival on “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” (9 p.m., ABC, TVPG).

• A team fashions a boxed wine brand for millennials on “Beyond the Tank” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • Josh Groban has profes-

sional advice for Miss Piggy on “The Muppets” (8 p.m., ABC, TVPG).

• Blogging can be murder on “NCIS: New Orleans” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

• Chanel has a new assignment for Hester on “Scream

Whitney Wolfe is booked on “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah” (11 p.m., Comedy Central) * Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ike Barinholtz and Andrew McMahon appear on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS) * Ellen Page, Jesse Eisenberg and Dominic Wilcox are booked on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (11:35 p.m., CBS) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes Julianne Moore, Mark-Paul Gosselaar and DNCE on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Kenan Thompson, Maura Tierney and Chef John Besh visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Zachary Levi is on “The Late Late Show With James Corden” (12:35 a.m., CBS).

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AROUND TOWN 3550 or Robert Scott at The Campbell Soup friends (803) 464-5861. lunch group will meet at Campbell Soup friends lunch group to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. Old McCaskill’s Farm will hold meet 3, at Golden Corral. its annual fall family farm day Clarendon School District One from 1 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, will conduct free vision, hear- Oct. 11, at 377 Cantey Lane, Rembert. Activities will ining, speech and developmenclude games, firing up the tal screenings as part of a forge, grinding grits, pumpchild find effort to identify kin patch, wagon ride, panstudents with special ning for gold, horse rides needs. Screenings will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at and more. Admission: $5 the Summerton Early Child- per person; free for children under 2. Visit www. hood Center, 8 South St., oldmccaskillfarm.com.

Summerton, on the following Thursdays: Oct. 8; Nov. The Sumter Chapter of the 12; Dec. 10; Jan. 14, 2016; National Federation of the Feb. 11, 2016; March 10, Blind will meet at 7 p.m. on 2016; April 14, 2016; and Tuesday, Oct. 13, at ShilohMay 12, 2016. Call Sadie Randolph Manor. Joyce Williams at (803) 485-2325, Blanding will speak. Octoextension 116. ber is “Blind Awareness” The Pioneer Dress (Petty Bell) month. Transportation is provided within the allotretirees will meet at 11:30 ted mileage area. If you a.m. on Monday, Oct. 5, at know a blind or sight imGolden Corral. Call (803) paired person, contact 495-2117 or (803) 775-2008.

The Clarendon Section Nation- Debra Canty, chapter president, at DebraCanC2@fronal Council of Negro Women will meet at 5 p.m. on Mon- tier.com or at (803) 7755792. Add us to your conday, Oct. 5, at the Council tacts for updated informaof Aging, 201 S. Church St., tion on the recorded mesManning. sage line at (206) 376-5992.

The Sumter Overcomers Are you interested in learning Stroke Support Group will about the art of quilting? A meet at 6 p.m. on Thursbeginners quilting class day, Oct. 8, at the Alice will begin on Friday, Oct. Drive Baptist Church li16, and will be held each brary, corner of Loring Mill Friday through Nov. 20 from Road and Wise Drive.

10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Lake The Shepherd’s Center will Marion Artisans Gallery, hold a spaghetti lunch from 108 Main St., Summerton.

11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, Etta Bitterman will serve as Oct. 9, at Swan Lake Presthe class instructor. Basic byterian Church, 912 Hayn- sewing skills and a sewing sworth St. Cost is $6 for machine are required. Fee adults and $3 for children. is $25 for the six week Call (803) 773-1944. course and class size is The Lincoln High School Pres- limited to five or six stuervation Alumni Association dents. Call Etta at (803) will hold an indoor sale from 478-6603 or Sharon at (803) 7 a.m. to noon on Saturday, 478-4446.

Oct. 10, at 24 Council St. The Midlands Little Women’s Vendors, yard sale items, Expo will be held 10 a.m.-3 craft booths, food and p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17, drinks will be available. at 810 S. Pike Road. This Cost to reserve a space is event is for girls 9-14 years $20. Contact Vernessa of age and will feature Baker at (803) 883-9251 or workshops on science, Blessvee@yahoo.com or dance, art, music, body James Green at (803) 968image, personal safety and 4173. more. Call (803) 983-3399.

The 2015 2nd Annual Sumpter The Post 10813 25th anniverHigh Steppers Trail Ride and sary banquet will be held at Festival will be held on Sat6 p.m. on Oct. 24 at Veterurday, Oct. 10, at 6705 ans Hall, 610 Manning Ave. Horseheaven Lane, Wedge- For further information, field. The trail ride will call (803) 773-5604, (803) begin at 10:30 a.m. and the 968-5219 or (803) 406-0748. horse competition will be The Sumter High School Athheld at 1:30 p.m. Overnight riders are welcome (Friday letic Booster Club will hold an and Saturday). Bring chairs oyster roast and silent auction fundraiser from 6 to 9 and tents. Food vendors p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24, will be available. Admisat the Sumter High Athletic sion: $2; free for children under age 5. Event will fea- Fields. Tickets are $35 each ture: youth and other com- or $65 per couple and can be purchased by calling petitions; walking horse (803) 481-4480, extension competition; pettit horse 6273. Sponsorships are also competition; trophy available at $1,000 for eight awards; mechanical bull; pairs of tickets and $500 bouncy house; barrel racfor eight tickets. Menu will ing; and pole bending. Call consist of oysters, barbeRonnie Scott at (803) 468cue and collards.

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WEATHER

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AccuWeather® five-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

TONIGHT

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

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An afternoon t-storm in spots

Thundershower

A thunderstorm in the area

Not as warm with a few showers

A shower and t-storm around

A morning shower; cloudy

81°

71°

85° / 66°

77° / 62°

71° / 58°

73° / 57°

Chance of rain: 40%

Chance of rain: 55%

Chance of rain: 40%

Chance of rain: 75%

Chance of rain: 60%

Chance of rain: 40%

E 4-8 mph

E 3-6 mph

SSE 4-8 mph

N 6-12 mph

ENE 7-14 mph

NNE 7-14 mph

TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Gaffney 75/67 Spartanburg 75/68

Greenville 75/67

Columbia 81/70

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

IN THE MOUNTAINS

Sumter 81/71

Aiken 78/68

ON THE COAST

Charleston 83/72

Today: Mostly cloudy and humid with a thunderstorm in spots. High 80 to 84.

Wednesday: A shower or thunderstorm around. High 82 to 86.

LOCAL ALMANAC

LAKE LEVELS

SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

Today Hi/Lo/W 77/68/t 65/51/sh 91/69/pc 73/53/sh 84/70/t 87/66/pc 87/73/t 82/68/sh 86/75/t 84/70/sh 104/78/s 69/56/pc 82/71/sh

SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest.

356.61 71.92 71.81 96.96

24-hr chg +0.01 -0.02 none -0.02

Sunrise 7:15 a.m.

Moonrise 8:29 p.m.

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

0.11" 3.16" 3.59" 30.23" 30.49" 36.98"

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

Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

80° 71° 80° 58° 96° in 1986 45° in 1962

Precipitation 24 hrs ending 4 p.m. yest.

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

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 80/63/t 64/50/s 90/67/s 67/46/s 89/68/pc 88/68/pc 86/71/pc 72/56/r 88/75/t 74/58/r 105/77/s 69/56/pc 79/59/r

Myrtle Beach 81/72

Manning 85/74

Today: Humid with a shower or thunderstorm. Winds east 4-8 mph.

Wednesday: Heavy morning showers, a shower. Winds southwest 3-6 mph.

Temperature High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low

Florence 83/71

Bishopville 83/73

Flood 7 a.m. stage yest.

12 1.64 19 3.55 14 2.23 14 2.27 80 74.04 24 7.52

Sunset Moonset

7:09 p.m.

8:50 a.m.

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24-hr chg +0.13 +0.71 +0.25 -0.35 +0.21 +0.08

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Today Wed.

High 10:31 a.m.

11:02 p.m.

11:25 a.m.

11:54 p.m.

Ht. 4.0 3.7 3.9 3.6

Low 4:59 a.m.

5:31 p.m.

5:49 a.m.

6:25 p.m.

Ht. -0.7 -0.4 -0.6 -0.2

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

Today Hi/Lo/W 72/64/t 77/67/t 80/68/c 82/72/t 81/73/pc 83/72/pc 78/67/c 76/67/t 81/70/c 82/71/pc 83/72/pc 84/72/pc 83/70/t

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 76/58/t 81/63/t 82/66/c 85/69/t 83/71/c 86/70/c 81/64/t 83/65/t 84/67/c 84/67/c 84/68/sh 85/67/c 87/66/c

Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 83/71/pc Gainesville 86/73/t Gastonia 77/65/c Goldsboro 84/71/pc Goose Creek 83/72/pc Greensboro 77/67/c Greenville 75/67/c Hickory 74/65/c Hilton Head 80/73/t Jacksonville, FL 84/73/t La Grange 80/69/t Macon 79/68/t Marietta 77/66/t

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 86/68/c 87/72/t 81/63/t 83/66/c 86/70/c 80/61/sh 80/63/t 77/60/t 82/72/c 86/72/t 83/64/t 82/64/c 79/62/t

Today City Hi/Lo/W Marion 72/65/c Mt. Pleasant 82/73/pc Myrtle Beach 81/72/pc Orangeburg 81/71/pc Port Royal 81/73/t Raleigh 82/68/t Rock Hill 77/69/c Rockingham 81/69/t Savannah 82/71/t Spartanburg 75/68/c Summerville 82/72/pc Wilmington 84/71/pc Winston-Salem 76/67/c

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 79/59/t 85/71/c 85/70/c 84/67/t 84/71/c 82/64/c 81/64/t 84/65/c 85/69/c 81/64/t 85/69/t 85/69/c 78/61/sh

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Emotional EUGENIA LAST decisions will be clouded by false information. Make sure your motives and plans are realistic. Question what someone tells you. Make personal changes that will separate you from the competition. Someone special will make a positive move on your behalf.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Expand your interests and get involved in events or activities that are geared toward learning and trying new things. A personal problem with a lover, child or friend will leave you emotionally uncertain regarding your future. Don’t make physical alterations without proper research.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Get out and engage in activities that will put you in contact with new and exciting people, but don’t overspend. A personal improvement will bring you closer to someone you love. Don’t let the changes others make influence you.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Focus on making personal improvements, not trying to change others.

Opposition will mount if you criticize others or try to control someone you live with. Spend more time with the people you love most.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You will discover information that will change your course of action and the way you feel about others and your future prospects. Indulge in something that will update your look or improve your state of mind.

Travel plans can be made.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Make time for some lively entertainment, or get involved in a physical activity that will motivate you to stay in shape. As long as you don’t

overdo it, you will maintain a healthy and happy mental, emotional and physical outlook.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You will be prone to changing your mind and dealing with people who don’t agree with the way you would like to do things. Consider the ways you can compromise and still get what you want or need to get ahead.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Broaden your outlook and consider how you can alter the way you live in order to make personal or professional gains. Choose to do things differently, and you will stand out in competitive situations and be more satisfied.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You can talk your way into a deal, a new position or someone’s heart.

Your outgoing, spontaneous nature will bring plenty of action your way. A chance to make a positive change to your appearance will boost your ego. Love is in the stars.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Stick to what you know and do best. If you are too engaged in doing all the talking and don’t listen to others, you will end up in an emotional situation that will try your patience. Make an unusual investment and it will pay off.

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MEGAMILLIONS FRIDAY

POWERBALL SATURDAY

5-13-15-22-27 PowerUp: 3

3-8-38-51-64 Megaball: 4; Megaplier: 5

23-31-42-50-57 Powerball: 5; PowerPlay 3

PICK 3 TUESDAY

PICK 4 TUESDAY

4-3-3 and 1-7-2

3-2-7-1 and 9-3-2-0

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PICTURES FROM THE PUBLIC Frank Doyle shares a photo he took from the beach on Botany Bay. Doyle comments, “Botany Bay is a wildlife preserve on Edisto Island and is owned and operated by the state of South Carolina.”

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Talk about change and then put your plans into motion. A chance to try out something that has been hyped up to sound amazing will end up disappointing you. Look for alternatives and you will come up with something better.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t let your personal matters disrupt your productivity or professional dealings. Focus on equality and keeping everything you get involved in fair and just. It’s always better to give and take if you want to keep the peace and be successful.

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PREP FOOTBALL

Breakdown with Barnes Sumter head coach shows film, talks football with public

BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER michaelc@theitem.com Did you ever want to get inside the thought process of what a Sumter High School football coach was thinking or have you ever questioned a play call?

Now you, the Sumter community, has the opportunity to better understand what the

Gamecocks football program is trying accomplish.

No, this isn’t an infomercial; it’s real.

Every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the back room at Logan’s Roadhouse located at 2531 Broad Street, first-year Gamecock head coach Mark Barnes gives a breakdown of

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Sumter High School football head coach Mark Barnes, standing, goes over film at a recent meeting of the Gamecock Football Club. The group meets every Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Logan’s Roadhouse at which time Barnes breaks down film and takes questions. The group will meet today to discuss SHS’s 47-21 loss to SEE CLUB, PAGE B3 Dutch Fork on Friday.

TIGERS FOOTBALL

NASCAR

Kenseth wins 2nd race of Cup Chase

BY DAN GELSTON The Associated Press

Clemson’s latest opportunity to mark itself a playoff contender comes Saturday night against No. 6 Notre Dame (40).

“I’ve been around since probably my (high school) freshman year,” Tigers quarterback Deshaun Watson said.

LOUDON, N.H. — Matt Kenseth had the fresher tires and the fuller tank as he stalked Kevin Harvick with postseason advancement at stake.

KENSETH Harvick never slowed down to conserve fuel, his team firm in the belief he could stretch his way to victory lane.

The gamble backfired. Harvick was out of gas, and now, almost out of chances to defend his Sprint Cup title.

Kenseth pressured Harvick down the stretch and took the lead for good when the defending series champion ran out of fuel Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in the second race of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship.

“I ran as hard as I could to get as close as I could to him because I wanted to beat him,” Kenseth said. “The faster he has to go, obviously, he burns more gas.”

Harvick burned it all. Every last drop gone for the StewartHaas Racing driver before the finish line.

Kenseth, who won for the fifth time, earned a berth in the second round of NASCAR’s playoffs and gave Joe Gibbs Racing its fourth straight victory.

Harvick had the dominant car and led the most laps until fuel woes hit and knocked him out with three laps left. He tumbled to 21st a week after he was finished 42nd in the

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Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson, left, hopes to change the Tigers’ fate when they play host to No. 6 Notre Dame and the likes of DeShone Kizer, right, on Saturday in Death Valley. Clemson has failed to win the key big game the past several years. A win over the Irish could catapult them into position for one of the four national championship spots at the end of the season.

Change in history?

Clemson eyeing different outcome in marquee game versus No. 6 Irish

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press CLEMSON — An undefeated start, a sold-out stadium and much of the college football world locked on Clemson: That combination has not worked out in recent years for the 12th-ranked Tigers.

Too often the past few seasons, Clemson (3-0) has seen its chances for bigger things halted in marquee games. It happened in 2011 when the 8-0 Tigers were routed by Georgia Tech, 31-17.

Then again, two years later when 6-0 Clemson was run out of Death Valley

by Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston and Florida State, 51-14.

PRO GOLF

Spieth wins FedEx Cup in style $10 million bonus puts stamp on tremendous season

BY DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press ATLANTA — Jordan Spieth didn’t need the Tour Championship, the FedEx Cup or an extra $10 million to prove anything.

He just played that way.

No matter what happened Sunday at East Lake, his highlight was always going to be the green jacket he won at the THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Masters with a record-tying Jordan Spieth poses with the trophies he received after winning both score. The U.S. Open title he won at Chambers Bay only the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup on Sunday at East Lake made it better. His bid for the Golf Club in Atlanta.

Grand Slam, his run through the majors and his awards made this a season to remember.

And then the 22-year-old Texan put on a finishing touch that made it all the more sweeter — and richer.

“Incredible,” Spieth said after closing with a 1-under 69 for a four-shot victory in the Tour Championship.

This is the kid Ben Crenshaw met as a teenager and said later, upon looking in his eyes, that he thought he was looking at Wyatt Earp. Imag-

ine how Henrik Stenson felt when Spieth dropped in one big putt after another. In the end, the hard-luck Swede could only smile.

“Eleven was the dagger,” Spieth said.

That was the par-3 11th, the biggest turning point in the final round. Spieth had a twoshot lead and hit a 5-iron heavy. “Just get to the green,” he moaned, and when he got there it wasn’t hard to size up the score. He was 45 feet away.

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SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO TODAY

2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Match – Dinamo Zagreb vs. Bayern Munich (ESPN2).

2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Match – Bayer Leverkusen vs. Barcelona (FOX SPORTS 1).

2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Match – Olympiacos vs. Arsenal (FOX SPORTS 2).

2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: UEFA Champions League Match – Chelsea vs. Porto (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240).

7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Boston at New York Yankees (ESPN).

7 p.m. – WNBA Basketball: Eastern Conference Playoffs Final Series Game Three – Indiana at New York (ESPN2).

7 p.m. – College Soccer: American at Princeton (ESPNU).

7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Washington at Atlanta (SPORTSOUTH, WPUB-FM 102.7).

7 p.m. – High School Football: Cardinal Newman at Laurence Manning (FTC NOW).

7:30 p.m. – NHL Preseason Hockey: Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

8:55 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – Tijuana vs. Toluca (UNIVISION).

9 p.m. – Women’s College Volleyball: Loyola Marymount at Brigham Young (ESPNU).

9 p.m. – Professional Boxing: Javier Fortuna vs. Carlos Velasquez in a Super Featherweight Bout and Oscar Molina vs. Dominique Dolton in a Super Welterweight Bout from Las Vegas (FOX SPORTS 1).

10 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Oakland at Los Angeles Angels (ESPN).

GOLF The Associated Press TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP PAR SCORES

Sunday At East Lake Golf Club Atlanta Purse: $8.25 million Yardage: 7,307; Par: 70 Final Jordan Spieth (2,000), $1,485,000 68-66-68-69—271 -9 Danny Lee (867), $618,750 69-72-69-65—275 -5 Justin Rose (867), $618,750 70-68-71-66—275 -5 Henrik Stenson (867), $618,750 63-68-72-72—275 -5 Paul Casey (400), $302,500 65-70-71-70—276 -4 Dustin Johnson (400), $302,500 69-72-71-64—276 -4 Bubba Watson (400), $302,500 70-71-68-67—276 -4 J.B. Holmes (330), $255,750 68-72-68-69—277 -3 Zach Johnson (330), $255,750 66-70-71-70—277 -3 Jason Day (290), $228,525 69-71-70-68—278 -2 Matt Kuchar (290), $228,525 71-70-69-68—278 -2 Daniel Berger (238), $196,350 69-73-68-70—280 E Steven Bowditch (238), $196,350 68-69-73-70—280 E Rickie Fowler (238), $196,350 69-70-67-74—280 E Hideki Matsuyama (238), $196,350 69-72-69-70—280 E Rory McIlroy (218), $171,600 66-71-70-74—281 +1 Kevin Na (218), $171,600 68-73-70-70—281 +1 Sangmoon Bae (206), $160,050 73-70-72-69—284 +4 Brooks Koepka (206), $160,050 68-74-72-70—284 +4 Robert Streb (206), $160,050 75-75-69-65—284 +4 Jimmy Walker (206), $160,050 73-71-74-66—284 +4 Harris English (192), $148,500 71-76-71-67—285 +5 Charley Hoffman (192), $148,500 73-72-70-70—285 +5 Brandt Snedeker (192), $148,500 68-72-75-70—285 +5 Scott Piercy (184), $141,900 74-73-73-70—290 +10 Bill Haas (180), $138,600 72-73-72-76—293 +13

MLB STANDINGS

By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W 90 86 76 75 75

L 65 69 79 80 81

Pct .581 .555 .490 .484 .481

GB – 4 14 15 151/2

W 90 80 77 73 72

L 65 75 77 83 83

Pct .581 .516 .500 .468 .465

GB – 10 121/2 171/2 18

W L Texas 84 71 Houston 82 74 Los Angeles 81 74 Seattle 74 82 Oakland 65 91 z-clinched playoff berth x-clinched division

Pct .542 .526 .523 .474 .417

GB – 21/2 3 101/2 191/2

z-Toronto New York Baltimore Boston Tampa Bay CENTRAL DIVISION x-Kansas City Minnesota Cleveland Chicago Detroit WEST DIVISION

L 58 61 65 90 92

Pct .628 .609 .581 .423 .406

GB – 3 71/2 32 341/2

W L Los Angeles 87 68 San Francisco 81 74 Arizona 75 81 San Diego 73 83 Colorado 66 90 z-clinched playoff berth x-clinched division

Pct .561 .523 .481 .468 .423

GB – 6 121/2 141/2 211/2

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

W 98 95 90 66 63

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Miami 9, Atlanta 5 N.Y. Mets 8, Cincinnati 1 Philadelphia 12, Washington 5 Milwaukee 8, St. Louis 4 San Francisco 5, Oakland 4 Arizona 4, San Diego 2 Colorado 12, L.A. Dodgers 5 Chicago Cubs 4, Pittsburgh 0

MONDAY’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.

TODAY’S GAMES

N.Y. Mets (B.Colon 14-12) at Philadelphia (D.Buchanan 2-9), 7:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Wacha 17-6) at Pittsburgh (Morton 9-8), 7:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Haren 9-9) at Cincinnati (Jos.Smith 0-2), 7:10 p.m.

Miami (Conley 4-1) at Tampa Bay (M.Moore 2-4), 7:10 p.m.

Washington (Roark 4-6) at Atlanta (Wisler 6-8), 7:10 p.m.

Colorado (Bergman 3-1) at Arizona (Ray 5-12), 9:40 p.m.

Milwaukee (Jo.Lopez 0-0) at San Diego (T.Ross 10-11), 10:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 15-7) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 18-8), 10:15 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

Miami at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

Washington at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

Colorado at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

Milwaukee at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

NFL STANDINGS

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

W 3 2 2 1

L 0 1 1 2

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .667 .667 .333

PF 119 100 68 51

PA 70 68 41 74

W 1 1 1 1

L 2 2 2 2

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .333 .333 .333 .333

PF 56 49 56 89

PA 80 91 60 77

W 3 2 1 0

L 0 1 2 3

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .667 .333 .000

PF 85 76 58 70

PA 56 52 72 84

W 3 2 1 1

L 0 1 1 2

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .667 .500 .333

PF 74 77 51 66

PA 49 86 51 83

NATIONAL CONFERENCE EAST W 2 1 1 1

L 1 2 2 2

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .667 .333 .333 .333

PF 75 78 55 58

PA 75 72 59 63

W 3 3 1 0

L 0 0 2 3

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 1.000 .333 .000

PF 71 89 49 60

PA 48 72 80 84

W 2 2 0 0

L 0 1 3 3

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .667 .000 .000

PF 58 60 56 46

PA 40 50 83 105

W Arizona 3 St. Louis 1 San Francisco 1 Seattle 1

L 0 2 2 2

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .333 .333 .333

PF 126 50 45 74

PA 49 67 93 61

Dallas N.Y. Giants Washington Philadelphia SOUTH Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay New Orleans NORTH Green Bay Minnesota Detroit Chicago WEST

THURSDAY’S GAME

N.Y. Giants 32, Washington 21

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Atlanta 39, Dallas 28 Indianapolis 35, Tennessee 33 Houston 19, Tampa Bay 9 Minnesota 31, San Diego 14 Pittsburgh 12, St. Louis 6 Oakland 27, Cleveland 20 Cincinnati 28, Baltimore 24 New England 51, Jacksonville 17 Carolina 27, New Orleans 22 Philadelphia 24, N.Y. Jets 17 Arizona 47, San Francisco 7 Seattle 26, Chicago 0 Buffalo 41, Miami 14 Denver 24, Detroit 12

MONDAY’S GAME

Kansas City at Green Bay (late)

THURSDAY, OCT. 1

Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 8:25 p.m.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

N.Y. Yankees 6, Chicago White Sox 1 Toronto 5, Tampa Bay 4 Minnesota 7, Detroit 1 Boston 2, Baltimore 0 Kansas City 3, Cleveland 0 Houston 4, Texas 2 L.A. Angels 3, Seattle 2 San Francisco 5, Oakland 4

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.

WNBA PLAYOFFS

By The Associated Press (x-if necessary) CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-3)

EASTERN CONFERENCE

New York 1, Indiana 1 New York 84, Indiana 67 Indiana 70, New York 64 Today: Indiana at New York, 7 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Minnesota 1, Phoenix 0 Minnesota 67, Phoenix 60 Minnesota at Phoenix, 3 p.m. x-Today: Phoenix at Minnesota, 9 p.m.

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SPORTS ITEMS

Panthers acquire DE Allen in trade with Bears CHARLOTTE — The Carolina Panthers have acquired veteran defensive end Jared Allen from the Chicago Bears in exchange for a 2016 sixthround draft pick.

The Bears announced the trade on Monday.

The trade will become official pending Allen passing a physical, Panthers team spokesman Steven Drummond told The Associated Press.

ROETHLISBERGER OUT INDEFINITELY WITH KNEE INJURY

PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger gingerly made his way out of the Pittsburgh Steelers facility on Monday, his left leg immobilized under a

brace and his attitude upbeat.

The leader of one of the NFL’s most dynamic offenses is expected back at some point in 2015 after spraining the medial collateral ligament in his left knee in the third quarter of Sunday’s 12-6 win over St Louis.

CAROLINA-LSU KICK AT NOON

COLUMBIA – The University of South Carolina football team will host the LSU Tigers on Saturday, October 10. Game time is set for noon Eastern and the game will be televised nationally on ESPN, the Southeastern Conference announced today.

NATIONALS 5 REDS 1 WASHINGTON — On another eventful afternoon at Nationals Park, Washington right-hander Max Scherzer came within five outs of his second no-hitter of the season, shutting down the Cincinnati Reds into the eighth inning while striking out 10 batters in a 5-1 victory Monday.

STOELTING WINS SYMETRA TOUR EVENT

EL DORADO, Ark.— Jackie Stoelting won the El Dorado Shootout on Sunday for her first Symetra Tour title, closing with a 2-under 20 for a three-stroke victory.

From wire reports

BOYS AREA ROUNDUP

SHS takes fifth at Pee Dee Classic FLORENCE – Sumter High School cross country runner Brandon Poston finished fourth individually, leading the Gamecocks to a fifthplace finish in the Pee Dee Classic on Saturday at Freedom Florence.

Parker finished in a time of 17 minutes, 30 seconds.

SHS finished with 168 points.

Waccamaw won with 33 followed by Socastee with 88, West Florence with 1149 and Wilson with 157.

Anthony Gabriel finished 15th for Sumter in 18:378. Stacey Shaw was 39th (19:51), Tobias Favor was 45th (20:03) and Brian Gamboa 65th (20:43).

JUNIOR VARSITY SWIMMING WILSON HALL THIRD Wilson Hall finished third in the SCISA Junior Varsity/B Team Champion-

ship on Saturday at City of Sumter Aquatics Center.

Justin Kang was second in the 500-yard freestyle in 6 minutes, 53.11 second. Dylan Dean placed third in the 100 free in 1:10:84 and fifth in the 200 free in 2:40.62. Grey Holler was fourth in the 200 individual medley in 2.50:48 and fifth in the 100 breaststroke in 1.24:75.

Gabe Rogers was fourth in the 100 butterfly in 1:22.76.

Tyler Mahr was fifth in the 500 free in 7:35.68. Ryan Wernsman placed sixth in both the 100 fly in 1:25.99 and the 100 backstroke in 1:20.93.

The Barons’ 200 medley relay team came in third with Wernsman, Kang, Rogers and Holler. The 200 free relay team of Kang, Dean, Rogers and Holler also finished third, while Dean, Adam Howard, Mahr and Wernsman were fourth in the 400 free relay.

VARSITY SWIMMING

TSA FIFTH, WILSON HALL SEVENTH

Thomas Sumter Academy finished fifth and Wilson Hall seventh in a 15team meet on Saturday at City of Sumter Aquatics Center.

Ed Lee won the 100 butterfly in 1:01.29 and was third in the 500 freestyle in 5:40.24. Tyler Singletary was second in the 100 backstroke in 1:13.63.

The TSA boys 400 free relay team of Daniel Gibson, Lee, Singletary and Mason Struder finished second in 4:22.06.

Wilson Hall’s Sam Hilferty broke his own school record and finished first in the 100 breaststroke in 1:13.08. He was also fourth in the 50 free in 25.08. Jeff Howard was fifth in the 100 breast in 1:19.32

GIRLS AREA ROUNDUP

Wilson Hall junior varsity/B team swim squad places third in state championship Wilson Hall finished third in the SCISA Junior Varsity/B Team Championship on Saturday at City of Sumter Aquatics Center on Saturday.

Wilson Hall’s Olivia Hilferty tied with two girls for high points scorer with 14 points. She was first in both the 100-yard butterfly in 1 minute, 7.37 seconds and the 200 individual medley in 2:32.09.

Holly Poag was second in the 100 fly in 1:17.09. Owings Holler finished third in the 200 freestyle in 2:29.35 and fifth in the 100 free in 6:48.78.

Angelica Agno placed fifth in the 100 breaststroke in 1:30.26. Sabrina Stevens was sixth in the 100 free in 1:11.43.

The Lady Barons’ 200 medley relay team of Poag, Agno, Hilferty and Holler finished second in 2:17.45.

The 200 free relay of Hilfer-

ty, Agno, Poag and Holler finished second in 2:02.25, while the 400 free relay of Mia Belmear, Mary-Claire Graves, Sydney Carlisle and Sabrina Stevens finished fifth in 5:21.16.

St. Francis Xavier High School’s Elsa Davis finished fourth in the 100 breast in 1:30.07.

VARSITY CROSS COUNTRY SUMTER FINISHES 10TH FLORENCE – Sumter High School finished 10th out of 14 teams in the Pee Dee Classic on Saturday at Freedom Florence.

Sumter had 255 points while Waccamaw won with 30.

The Lady Gamecocks’ Lorien Clark finished third overall in a time of 21 minutes, 3 seconds. Emily Jordan

was 47th (25:04), Jessica Tetterton 50th (25:15), Jessica Martinez-Cruz 76th (28:25) and Anya Bethea 79th (28:47).

VARSITY SWIMMING TSA FINISHES FIFTH

Thomas Sumter Academy finished fifth and Wilson Hall sixth in a 15-team meet on Saturday at City of Sumter Aquatics Center.

Hunter Arrantts won the 200 IM in 2:51.75 and finished fourth in the 100 breast in 1:35.32. Samantha Studer was second in the 200 IM in 3:00.58. Ana Hartman was fifth in the 200 free in 2:26.26.

For the Lady Barons, Ali Hilferty placed second in the 50 free in 27.96 and fourth in the 100 free in 1:03.40. Stewart Holler was second in the 500 free in 6:58.96. Anna Katherine Graves came in fifth in the 100 back in 1:18.03

TODAY’S GAMES

Boston (Porcello 8-14) at N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 12-8), 7:05 p.m.

Toronto (Stroman 3-0) at Baltimore (Mi.Gonzalez 9-11), 7:05 p.m.

Miami (Conley 4-1) at Tampa Bay (M.Moore 2-4), 7:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Gibson 10-11) at Cleveland (Co.Anderson 6-3), 7:10 p.m.

Detroit (Da.Norris 2-2) at Texas (Hamels 5-1), 8:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Cueto 3-6) at Chicago White Sox (Samardzija 10-13), 8:10 p.m.

Oakland (Bassitt 1-7) at L.A. Angels (Tropeano 2-2), 10:05 p.m.

Houston (Fiers 2-1) at Seattle (Nuno 1-4), 10:10 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Boston at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

Oakland at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m.

Toronto at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Miami at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.

Detroit at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.

Houston at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION x-New York Washington Miami Atlanta Philadelphia CENTRAL DIVISION

W 89 79 69 62 59

L 67 76 87 94 97

Pct .571 .510 .442 .397 .378

GB – 91/2 20 27 30

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A sign in Logan’s Roadhouse points in the direction of the meeting place for the Sumter High School Gamecock Football Club weekly meetings. Membership is free the public is encouraged to come to the meetings. SHS first-year head coach Mark Barnes breaks down film and discusses the previous week’s game and gives a preview and thoughts on the upcoming game.

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.

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

CLUB FROM PAGE B1 the previous weekend’s game film, including highlights and low points then answers questions about the game and the upcoming opponent.

There is no cost to attend the event, that is unless you want to eat.

“I get a lot of enjoyment out of it, just from the coach breaking down last week’s game and get some insight as to what’s going to happen next week and I enjoy the camaraderie with everyone here in the room,” said Jamie Bilton during last Tuesday’s meeting.

The idea came with Barnes from his former high school in Shelby, N.C., doing the same thing with the Crest Chargers.

They eventually grew into a booster club for the program and that’s Barnes’ long-term goal for this football club.

“I think it’s a great idea because it’s involvement with the community,” Sumter High School athletic director Terrence Scriven said. “Some people don’t know the ins and outs of what our programs is.

They just see the outside, and it gives a better view to someone who wants to understand what happens exactly on a day-to-day basis of what the coach is thinking.”

Think of the club as Carolina Calls with University of South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier, only on a local level.

“It is open and we don’t mind who comes,” Barnes said. “We do certainly want it to be a positive meeting; we don’t want it to be a negative meeting and I’ve never been involved in one that really was, although that was my fear when I started.

“Really the great thing about it is what we found out about it was we may have three parents out of 40 people,” the SHS coach said. “We want people who love Sumter (High) football to come and be involved in it.”

Going on its fifth week of existence, the club has about a dozen members like Philip Marlowe who come to get their fill of SHS football.

“Coach Barnes is very honest, he’s very open,” he said.

“He tells us not only about game plans, but tells us about his philosophy and that’s very interesting to hear; why he calls certain plays when defenses line up in certain ways.

For a football enthusiast, this is definitely a good place to be.”

The only rule that Barnes has for himself and his staff is that no one will say anything negative about a player. However, they will say a lot of good stuff about them.

“What we’re going to talk about is what we’re trying to accomplish scheme-wise offensively and defensively, why it worked or didn’t work,” Barnes said. “And I think in a nutshell what I found out reluctantly when I did go to Crest is when you start educating people about what you’re doing they start to understand. And they’re not as vocal about being disappointed every Friday night; they’re more involved in the program.”

Barnes wants to make it clear he’s not trying to hide anything about the program from anyone. In fact, he mentioned even his practices are open to the public.

“I think too many coaches try to put on an image that we’re not going to make mistakes,” Barnes said. “We’re going to make mistakes and I’ve stood up in many meetings and said, ‘This is a bad call by me here, but our players made it work anyway.

“I think the more honest you are with people, and they understand you’re not trying to hide things from them, they’re more understanding of when you do have failures and they want to celebrate with you when you have success, and that’s what we’re trying to accomplish.”

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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.

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.

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.

THURSDAY

Junior Varsity Football Darlington at Crestwood, 6 p.m.

Manning at Lakewood, 6 p.m.

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

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..

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

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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BY STEVE REED The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — The NFL vice president of officiating says that referee Ed Hochuli insists he never told Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton that he “wasn’t old enough” to get a personal foul call during Sunday’s game against the New Orleans Saints.

“Ed was adamant that he did not say that,” NEWTON Dean Blandino told the NFL Network on Monday. “He told me that he said (to Newton) that ‘the difference is you were running.’ I think when you look at the tape it does look like Ed did say (the difference is you were running). I think that’s where we are right now and we’re just going to kind of move on from there.”

Newton called out the veteran referee after Carolina’s 27-22 win after he felt a personal foul should have been called on Saints defensive tackle Tyeler Davison for hitting him out of bounds after he released a pass.

TV replays show Newton having a brief conversation with Hochuli after the play, and the quarterback reacted at one point with surprise, stopping in his tracks before breaking into a wide, disbelieving smile.

“The response that I got was,

CLEMSON FROM PAGE B1 “From what I’ve been seeing, we’ve never kind of had that respect or gotten over that hump. I really don’t care about the polls. We’re going to do what we’ve got to do.”

It figures to be another mega-watt week on Clemson’s campus.

ESPN College GameDay will broadcast from the school for the first time since the Florida State defeat in 2013.

Tickets are nearly impossible to get yet requests continue to pour in. Co-offensive coordinator Tony Elliott said he has received so many inquiries he’s ceded those duties to his wife — who’s eight-and-half months pregnant and due to have the couple’s second child in early October.

“She got a little bit of pub, so I guess I can throw a little responsibility on her plate,” Elliott said, laughing.

Elliott said the coaches will not talk much about the Florida State defeat, in part because 17 of the Tigers’ 22 starters for Saturday’s game were on the sidelines for that loss.

“We’re just focusing on the opportunity that we have and making sure that we have our guys prepared to execute at a high level,” Elliott said. “And letting them understand that regardless of the atmosphere, it’s about Clemson and how we play.”

Clemson was the preseason picked to win the Atlantic Coast Conference title with Watson the favorite for player of the year. While Tigers are 3-0 for the fourth time in five years, the showing so far has left many questions with unsatisfying or incomplete answers.

Clemson’s defense is ranked ninth nationally in allowing 260 yards a game — same as a year ago when it led the country — but has not yet been truly tested in wins over FCS opponent Wofford, Appalachian State and Louisville.

The Tigers’ 1,000-yard receiver Mike Williams broke a bone in his neck in the season’s first quarter and hasn’t played since, robbing Watson of his primary deep threat.

The result is many of Watson’s completions have been short tosses as opponents take away the long ball.

And given the chance to shine on national TV in a Thursday night game at Louisville, Heisman Trophy con-

‘Cam, you’re not old enough to get that call,’” Newton said at his postgame press conference Sunday. “I was looking at him like, ‘I didn’t think that you had to have seniority to get a personal foul or anything like that.’ ... Heaven forbid he gets any rookies. They are going to have a long day man.”

Blandino declined an interview with The Associated Press through the NFL office, citing a busy schedule. NFL game officials aren’t allowed to conduct interviews during the season, per league rules.

Blandino told the NFL Network if Hochuli did tell Newton he “wasn’t old enough” to get calls, he could be reprimanded. He said there have been times in the past when an official said something inappropriate to a player and was disciplined, although he didn’t elaborate.

“Any official could be disciplined if they say something inappropriate and we do not teach that the number of years a player is in the league is going to determine whether a foul is called,” Blandino said. “It’s the posture that he’s in and was there a violation. So saying something to that effect is certainly something that is not appropriate.”

NFL Referee Association (NFLRA) executive director Jim Quirk released a statement late Monday defending Hochuli, a 26-year veteran NFL referee.

AMWAY TOP 25 POLL The Amway Top 25 football coaches poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 26, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Ohio State (61) 4-0 1593 1 2. Michigan State (2) 4-0 1493 3 3. TCU 4-0 1401 2 4. Baylor 3-0 1394 4 5. Mississippi (1) 4-0 1348 5 6. Georgia 4-0 1256 6 7. Notre Dame 4-0 1114 8 8. LSU 3-0 1106 9 9. Florida State 3-0 1088 7 10. UCLA 4-0 1076 11 11. Clemson 3-0 971 10 12. Utah 4-0 893 17 13. Alabama 3-1 867 12 14. Oklahoma 3-0 803 14 15. Texas A&M 4-0 786 15 16. So. California 3-1 566 18 17. Northwestern 4-0 511 19 18. Wisconsin 3-1 418 21 19. Oklahoma State 4-0 413 22 20. Stanford 3-1 401 24 21. West Virginia 3-0 230 NR 22. Mississippi State 3-1 145 NR 23. Florida 4-0 141 NR 24. California 4-0 89 NR 24. Oregon 2-2 89 13 Others receiving votes: Michigan 84; Arizona 72; Kansas State 66; Miami (Fla.) 61; North Carolina State 52; Boise State 47; Duke 44; Iowa 44; Memphis 42; Texas Tech 22; Temple 18; Toledo 15; Auburn 8; Georgia Tech 6; Minnesota 6; Missouri 6; Houston 5; Kentucky 3; Indiana 2; Tennessee 2; Brigham Young 1; Illinois 1; Navy 1.

tender Watson played a solid yet unspectacular game in the Tigers 20-17 victory when many fans were waiting for the sophomore to put up eyepopping numbers.

Elliott thinks the drama will bring out Watson’s best. “He

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Another year of playing Missouri and another year of not knowing exactly how good Missouri is.

Like in 2014, the Tigers play South Carolina coming off a headscratching loss. Not as curious as last year, PINKEL when Missouri somehow lost at home to Indiana.

This time, the Tigers were beaten 21-13 at Kentucky, which USC can understand: The Wildcats bopped the Gamecocks 26-22 two weeks ago.

Preparing for this one seems to be to concentrating on what USC does best and not worry about the other team.

As usual, there’s no telling what will show up when Missouri takes the field Saturday.

“Your gut should be hurting now, and all the guys in that locker room (are),” coach Gary Pinkel said after the Kentucky game. “I also told our football team, ‘This will not define us.’”

If the season sticks to script, Missouri won’t be fazed by the Kentucky loss. In each of the past two years, the Tigers have overcome a stunning defeat to win the SEC East. Two years ago, the undefeated and fifth-ranked Tigers lost at home in double overtime to the Gamecocks after squandering a 17-0 fourth-quarter lead. Last year, the Indiana loss and a 34-0 home whipping from Georgia still didn’t deny Missouri a trip to Atlanta.

USC can’t take any game for granted, with its offense heavily relying on a freshman quarterback who will start

came to Clemson to compete against the biggest programs on the biggest stage,” he said.

“I’m pretty sure he’ll be excited and ready.”

Notre Dame comes into Clemson off a 62-27 win over Massachusetts. The contest, though, was another game where new quarterback DeShone Kizer and running back, C.J. Prosise, could grow in the offense and prove the team would not slow down with injuries to starters in quarterback Malik Zaire and tailback Tarean Folston.

Their play, coach Brian Kelly said, helps the rest of the offense readjust instead of focusing on injured starters.

“As long as the entire team knows that each player is valued for who they are, there’s initial disappointment, but you don’t lose morale,” Kelly said.

Clemson safety Jayron Kearse said Notre Dame’s receivers, particularly Will Fuller, have been a bit mouthy this week, trashTweeting on social media.

The Tigers, Kearse said, are ready to shut down the Irish.

“They obviously don’t know what we do down here in Death Valley,” Kearse said.

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The Associated Press The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 26, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pv 1. Ohio St. (45) 4-0 1,482 1 2. Michigan St. (5) 4-0 1,397 2 3. Mississippi (10) 4-0 1,349 3 4. TCU 4-0 1,254 3 5. Baylor 3-0 1,196 5 6. Notre Dame 4-0 1,163 6 7. UCLA 4-0 1,156 9 8. Georgia 4-0 1,147 7 9. LSU 3-0 1,075 8 10. Utah (1) 4-0 1,034 18 11. Florida St. 3-0 888 10 12. Clemson 3-0 853 11 13. Alabama 3-1 850 12 14. Texas A&M 4-0 776 14 15. Oklahoma 3-0 747 15 16. Northwestern 4-0 566 17 17. Southern Cal 3-1 509 19 18. Stanford 3-1 486 21 19. Wisconsin 3-1 309 22 20. Oklahoma St. 4-0 281 24 21. Mississippi St. 3-1 211 NR 22. Michigan 3-1 209 NR 23. West Virginia 3-0 179 NR 24. California 4-0 149 NR 25. Florida 4-0 140 NR Others receiving votes: Toledo 68, Oregon 64, Arizona 48, Boise St. 38, Iowa 37, Texas Tech 36, Houston 23, Duke 18, Temple 17, Miami 14, Kansas St. 12, Memphis 11, NC State 10, Navy 9, BYU 5, Minnesota 5, Tennessee 4.

his first road game and a defense that can’t stop a slant. But what will the Gamecocks face?

A team that felt disrespected with the Georgia and Tennessee hype in the preseason but hasn’t lived up to its declarations.

“My job is to win football games, whether it’s sloppy or not,” quarterback Maty Mauk said at SEC Media Days. “We’re back-to-back SEC East champs and we’re coming for a third.”

Mauk, a third-year starter, has struggled, throwing four interceptions to six touchdowns and completing a mere 51.8 percent of his throws.

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FROM PAGE B1 Chase opener and will surely have to win next week at Dover International Speedway to advance to the second round.

Harvick declined comment.

“Fast car. Great day. Bad ending,” he tweeted.

“Things haven’t gone exactly to plan but I promise you one thing ‘we will not quit’ #itaintover.”

JGR is 2 for 2 in the Chase and continued to prove its Toyotas will be the ones to beat over the final eight races. Denny Hamlin, the winner last week at Chicagoland, was second for JGR. Chase drivers took eight of the top 10 spots.

The 16-driver Chase field will be cut to 12 after Dover.

“I was giving Kevin everything I had,” Kenseth said. “I thought he had us beat. He had the better car.”

Kyle Busch, Paul Menard, Harvick and Clint Bowyer are the final four drivers on the brink of elimination. They would advance with a victory, but Jimmie Johnson stands in their way at Dover, where he has a track-record 10 victories.

Harvick was knocked out of the race last week when he connected with Johnson and blew a tire. He later got into an altercation with Johnson in the motorhome lot and shoved the Hen-

The Associated Press Sunday At New Hampshire Motor Speedway Loudon, N.H. Lap length: 1.058 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (13) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 300 laps, 47 points, $257,276.

2. (7) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 300, 43, $189,525.

3. (8) Joey Logano, Ford, 300, 41, $173,483.

4. (25) Greg Biffle, Ford, 300, 41, $157,383.

5. (1) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 300, 40, $123,850.

6. (5) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 300, 38, $147,876.

7. (10) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 300, 37, $142,151.

8. (21) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 300, 36, $121,210.

9. (12) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 300, 35, $107,365.

10. (9) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 300, 34, $125,190.

11. (27) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 300, 33, $125,129.

12. (4) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 300, 33, $135,781.

13. (14) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 300, 31, $97,840.

14. (23) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 300, 30, $118,606.

15. (20) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 300, 29, $95,915.

16. (33) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 300, 28, $128,365.

17. (6) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 300, 27, $114,623.

18. (19) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 300, 26, $112,553.

19. (3) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 299, 25, $102,090.

20. (29) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, 299, 24, $112,735.

21. (2) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 299, 25, $143,165.

22. (16) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 299, 22, $122,226.

23. (30) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 299, 21, $115,823.

24. (28) Cole Whitt, Ford, 299, 21, $98,923.

25. (11) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 299, 19, $100,665.

26. (26) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 299, 18, $118,423.

27. (31) Brett Moffitt, Ford, 298, 17, $85,415.

28. (34) David Gilliland, Ford, 297, 16, $103,273.

29. (38) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 297, 15, $83,340.

30. (35) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 297, 14, $93,637.

31. (40) Josh Wise, Toyota, 297, 13, $79,890.

32. (37) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet, 296, 12, $79,615.

33. (41) Jeb Burton, Toyota, 295, 11, $79,390.

34. (39) B.J. McLeod, Chevrolet, 293, 0, $79,190.

35. (42) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Ford, 292, 0, $78,990.

36. (43) Timmy Hill, Ford, 284, 0, $78,760.

37. (17) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 262, 7, $123,533.

38. (32) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 242, 0, $73,727.

39. (24) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, accident, 236, 5, $77,655.

40. (22) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, accident, 203, 4, $73,655.

41. (18) David Ragan, Toyota, accident, 203, 3, $88,869.

42. (36) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, accident, 117, 2, $57,655.

43. (15) Aric Almirola, Ford, accident, 35, 1, $91,091.

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Harvick led 216 of 300 laps and heads to Dover — where he is 0 for 29 — with one of the biggest must-win races of his career.

Crew chief Rodney Childers had a lengthy post on Twitter that said the data showed Harvick had enough fuel in the No. 4 Chevrolet to last all 300 laps.

“It should have been a non-issue. Which is why we weren’t worried,” Childers

wrote. “It looks like for some reason it must not have got full on our last pit stop of the race or the fuel cell bladder is coming apart. ... If anything showed we were taking a chance, we would have pitted.”

Chevrolet is winless in 11 straight races, matching its longest drought since 2012.

Harvick wasn’t the only Chase driver whose championship hopes are on the rocks.

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SPIETH FROM PAGE B1 home $9 million of the bonus in cash.

Stenson was looking at just over a 3-footer.

And yet, Spieth rolled in the long putt for birdie to keep his two-shot lead. Stenson made bogey on the next hole, Spieth rolled in par putts of 8 feet on the 15th and 16th, and when his drive down the 17th fairway — a bunker right, the lake on the left — hit the fairway, Stenson said he “knew it was over.”

“Whenever he had to make a putt, he did it,” said Stenson, a runner-up for the third time in the FedEx Cup playoffs this year. “Very well-deserving champion. He’s hard to beat on the greens, we know that. And (I) just couldn’t keep pace with him.”

Those are the details of a day that capped off a great season.

If there even was a debate for PGA Tour player of the year, there isn’t now. The ballots went out to players on Sunday night, and Spieth figures to be a runaway winner.

He had five wins, tied with Jason Day. He won the Masters and the U.S. Open while Day won only the PGA Championship. Spieth tied for fourth at the British Open and was runner-up at the PGA Championship, joining Woods and Jack Nicklaus as the only players to fare no worse than fourth in the professional majors.

Spieth also won the money title and the Vardon Trophy for the lowest adjusted scoring average.

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Spieth this year won $1 million for every year he has been alive — $22 million.

His victory was worth $1,485,000 at the Tour Championship, pushing his season total to a record $12,030,465.

Add to that his $10 million bonus, and he went just over $22 million. The previous record for the money title belonged to Vijay Singh, who earned $10.9 million in 2004.

The previous record for prize money and the bonus belonged to Tiger Woods in 2007 when he brought in $20,867,052.

The big difference: Woods won the first year of the FedEx Cup in 2007, when the money was deferred. Spieth took

Spieth looked at the Tour Championship as if it were a major championship. When the FedEx Cup playoffs began, his goal was to make sure his game peaked for the Tour Championship, the most important of the four events because the $10 million was at stake. He showed up Monday morning and was the first player on the practice range at East Lake. He brought his coach, Cameron McCormick, in from Dallas. And then on Sunday, he showed up three hours ahead of time.

Three hours?

“Early grind,” caddie Michael Greller said. “We only do this at the majors.”

(JP) and Sherry Way Morrow (Doug) of Lugoff; sister, Barbara Robertson (Jimmy) of Kentucky; 13 grandchildren and spouses; along with 19 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

Jerry was predeceased by his parents; daughter and sonin-law, Susie and Shelly Rabon Jr.; great-grandchildren, Nicholas Morrow and Mackenzie Shirley; sister, Netta Kennedy; and brothers, Lee Way, John Way and Billy Way. The family would like to thank Dr. Pennebaker, Kershaw Home Health and Agape Hospice for their support and care through this difficult time.

Memorials may be made to the South Carolina Heart Association, 190 Knox Abbot Drive, Cayce, SC 29033.

Kornegay Funeral Home, Lugoff-Elgin Chapel, is in charge of the arrangements.

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Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born on April 4, 1921, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Larry and Lula Washington Burns.

The family is receiving relatives and friends from 4 to 8 p.m. daily at the home, Sumter Place, 210 W. Bartlette St., Apartment 209, Sumter.

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OBITUARIES SHIRLEY S. CURRY

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Shirley Shumate Curry, 78, beloved wife of the late James Robert Curry, died on Monday, Sept. 28, 2015, at her residence.

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

SUMMERTON — Joe Bannister, 86, died on Wednesday, September 23, 2015, at his residence in Brooklyn, New York.

He was born on Sept. 15, 1929, in Clarendon County, to the late Harrison and Lou Flora Bannister.

The family will receive friends at the home of his niece, Sallie Benbow, 1245 Lincoln St., Summerton.

Mr. Bannister’s mortal frame is peacefully resting in the professional care of KingFields Mortuary, Summerton.

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Ruth Sanders Dennis Wilder, 68, died on Friday, Sept. 18, 2015, at Wyckoff Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York.

Born on Oct. 19, 1946, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Willie and Fannie Sanders Dennis.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home of Troy Dennis, 3920 Spencer Road, Rembert.

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

LULA SINGLETON Lula Singleton, 89, died on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born on March 9, 1926, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of Silas and Laura Osborne Singleton.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 5 Brand St., Sumter.

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

Services for Oralee Bossard Britton will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at St. Paul AME Church, 835 Plowden Mill Road, Sumter, with the Rev. Robert E. Galloway officiating.

The public may view from 2 to 8 p.m. today at Palmer Memorial Chapel, 304 S. Main St., Sumter.

Mrs. Britton will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. on Wednesday until the hour of service. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Oralee Bossard Britton, 93, widow of Wesley Britton, died on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015, at Sumter Health and Rehabilitation Center.

Born in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Jack and Vertell W. Bossard. She was educated in the public schools of Sumter County. Mrs. Britton specialized in food service management and retired from George Washington University of Washington, D.C., and Morris College of Sumter. She was a member of St. Paul AME Church, Plowden Mill

Road, Sumter.

Mrs. Britton was preceded in death by four brothers, Windsor Williams, Donald, Lex and Nolan Bossard Sr.; and a sister, Mattie B. White.

Survivors include Nolan (Glenda) Bossard Jr., Craig (Antwanette) Bossard, Cynthia Bossard, Aleitha Frierson and Moses Chandler; two sisters-in-law, Mildred T. Bossard and Leola Bossard; and a host of other relatives.

Condolences may be made on their tribute page found at www.PalmerMemorialChapel. com.

Palmer Memorial Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.

JERRY WAY SR. LUGOFF — Graveside funeral services to honor the life of Jerry C. Way Sr., 85, of Lugoff, will be held at 4 p.m. on Thursday at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Derrick Parker will officiate.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday at Kornegay Funeral Home, Lugoff-Elgin Chapel.

Jerry C. Way Sr. died on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015.

He was born in Sumter, a son of the late Lee V. and Katie Christmas Way. Jerry served in the U.S. Army. He was a winning coach with the Kershaw Recreation Department for many years. Jerry was an avid outdoorsman, a big Gamecock fan, and loved spending time with his family.

Jerry is survived by his spouse of 61 years, Mable Mason Way; son, Jerry C. Way Jr. of Lugoff; daughters, Terry Way Berthelette

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LEGAL NOTICES Legal Notice Public Storage/ PS Orangeco, Inc. LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell to satisfy the lien of owner at public sale by competitive bidding on October 15, 2015 personal and/or business property including but not limited to furniture, clothing, tools and other household / business items located at the properties listed.

The sale will begin at 2:00 pm at 1143 N. Guignard Drive, Sumter, SC 29153.

The personal goods stored therein by below named occupant(s);

Debra Arbuckle Peebles; Donald Arbuckle, II; Drew Arbuckle; Any Heir-at-law or Devisees of Mary Ellen M. Arbuckle a/k/a Mary Ellen Arbuckle a/k/a Mary Ellen Moore Arbuckle, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title, or interest in the real estate described herein; also including any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, Defendant(s). (013263-07145) TO THE DEFENDANT(S): Any unknown Heir-at-law or Devisees of Mary Ellen M. Arbuckle a/k/a Mary Ellen Arbuckle a/k/a Mary Ellen Moore Arbuckle, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title, or interest in the real estate described herein; also including any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this foreclosure action on property located at 312 Lesesne Court, Sumter, South Carolina 29150-4048, being designated in the County tax records as TMS# 228-01-01-040, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, 220 Executive Center Drive, Suite 109, Post Office Box 100200, Columbia, South Carolina, 29202-3200, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the

LIS PENDENS Deficiency Judgment Waived NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been or will be commenced in this Court upon complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendant(s) for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage of real estate given

by Mary E. Arbuckle to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Southern Trust Mortgage, LLC, its successors and assigns dated March 26, 2010, and recorded in the Office of the RMC/ROD for Sumter County on April 1, 2010, in Mortgage Book 1137 at Page 2147. Subsequently, this Mortgage was assigned unto Wells Fargo Bank, NA by assignment dated December 22, 2014 and recorded January 2, 2015 in Book 1207 at Page 4828. The premises covered and affected by the said mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof were, at the time of the making thereof and at the time of the filing of this notice, described as follows: ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with all improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, and being shown and designated as Lot 117 in Palmetto Park Subdivision on a plat of said subdivision recorded in the Office of the Sumter County Register of Deeds Office in Plat Book Z-19, at page 29.

Reference being made to said plat pursuant to Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, (1976, as Amended) for the metes, bounds, courses, and/or distances of the property delineated thereon.

This being the same property conveyed to Donald E. Arbuckle and Mary Ellen M. Arbuckle, as tenants in common with an indestructible right of survivorship, by deed of Walter W. Rowland, dated October 12, 1965 and recorded October 15, 1965 in Book K9 at Page 1222.

Subsequently, Donald E. Arbuckle died testate on June 7, 2002, vesting his interest in the subject property in the surviving tenant, Mary Ellen M. Arbuckle; also conveyed to Mary E. Arbuckle by Deed of Distribution dated May 22, 2003 and recorded May 22, 2003 in Book 890 at Page 292.

Subsequently, Mary Ellen Moore Arbuckle died on or about October 4, 2014, leaving her interest in the subject property to her heirs, namely, Debra Arbuckle Peebles, Donald Arbuckle, II, and Drew Arbuckle. Property Address: 312 Lesesne Court Sumter, SC 29150-4048 TMS# 228-01-01-040 Columbia, South Carolina July 17, 2015 NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANTS: Any unknown Heir-at-law or Devisees of Mary Ellen M. Arbuckle a/k/a Mary Ellen Arbuckle a/k/a Mary Ellen Moore Arbuckle, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title, or interest in the real estate described herein; also including any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Complaint, of which the foregoing is a copy of the Summons, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Sumter County, South Carolina on July 21, 2015. Columbia, South Carolina September 4, 2015

Summons & Notice NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to the South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, you may have a right to Foreclosure Intervention. To be considered for any available Foreclosure Intervention, you may communicate with and otherwise deal with the Plaintiff through its law firm, Rogers Townsend and Thomas, PC. Rogers Townsend and Thomas, PC represents the Plaintiff in this action. Our law firm does not represent you. Under our ethical rules, we are prohibited from giving you any legal advice. You must submit any requests for Foreclosure Intervention consideration within 30 days from the date you are served with this Notice.

IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION, THE FORECLOSURE ACTION MAY PROCEED.

ORDER FOR PUBLICATION Deficiency Judgment Waived It appears to my satisfaction from the attached Affidavit of the Attorney for the Plaintiff, and from the Complaint herein that a cause of action exists in favor of the Plaintiff against the Defendant(s); that the action is for the foreclosure of a mortgage covering real estate located in Sumter County, South Carolina; that the following named and designated Defendant(s) on whom service of the Summons, Complaint, and Notice of Foreclosure Intervention is to be made cannot, after due diligence, be found within the jurisdiction of the courts of this State; and that pursuant to S. C. Code Section15-9-710, as amended, these Defendant(s) are necessary parties to this action. These named and designated Defendants are as follows: Any unknown Heir-at-law or Devisees of Mary Ellen M. Arbuckle a/k/a Mary Ellen Arbuckle a/k/a Mary Ellen Moore Arbuckle, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title, or interest in the real estate described herein; also including any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe NOW THEREFORE on motion of the undersigned, attorney for the Plaintiff, IT IS ORDERED that the Summons and Notice of Foreclosure Intervention herein, together with notice of filing thereof in the Office of the Clerk of Court of Sumter County, be served upon the named and designated Defendant(s) by publication of the same in The Item, which newspaper is designated most likely to give notice to the Defendant(s), once a week for three consecutive weeks, and that a copy of the Summons, Complaint, and Notice of Foreclosure Intervention be forwarded to the named Defendant(s) by depositing the same in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the last known address of the Defendant(s) unless an address is not known and cannot be ascertained with reasonable diligence in accordance with S. C. Code Section15-9-710.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of the Lis Pendens, previously

1143 N.Guignard Dr, Sumter, SC 29150 119 - Howard, Levante 317 - Patrick, James 401 - Neasman, Natasha 412 - Coleman, Tamara 433 - Washington, Renee 729 - McCray, Ada 1277 Camden Hwy, Sumter, SC 29153 A040 - Hamlin, Benjamin A043 - Knight, Michael C035 - Smith, Thomas C046 - Graham, Keith C063 - Evans, Matthew E032 - Blue, Julia F011 - Hagan, Jasmine F026 - Polk, Markel F035 - Woods, Raymond F039 - Johnson, Sherrie F049 - Battles, Yvonne G022 - Vaughn, Aaron I020 - Johnson, Javier K008 - Lemon, Paulette 3785 Broad St, Sumter, SC 29154 0308 - Myers, Loretta 0401 - Ruth, Brittanie 0746 - Fullard, Joan Purchase must be made with cash only and paid for at the time of sale.

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Beer & Wine License Notice Of Application Notice is hereby given that Speedway LLC intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license permit that will allow the sale and OFF premises consumption of Beer & Wine at Speedway #2845, 101 Broad Street, Sumter, SC 29150-4225. To object to the issuance of this permit / license, written protest must be postmarked no later than October 1, 2015. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a

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Rogers Townsend and Thomas, PC ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF Robert P. Davis (SC Bar #74030) Andrew W. Montgomery (SC Bar #79893) H. Guyton Murrell (SC Bar # 064134) John J. Hearn (SC Bar # 6635) Kevin T. Brown (SC Bar # 064236) Nikole Haltiwanger (SC Bar # 70491) Jason D. Wyman (SC Bar # 100271) 220 Executive Center Drive Post Office Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29210 (803) 744-4444 James C. Campbell Clerk of Court for Sumter County Sumter, South Carolina 013263-07145 09/18/2015 A-4544060 09/29/2015, 10/06/2015, 10/13/2015

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above entitled action, together with the Summons, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County on June 29, 2015 at 2:31 P.M. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to the Supreme Court of South Carolina Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, you may be eligible for foreclosure intervention programs for the purpose of resolving the above-referenced foreclosure action.

If you wish to be considered for a foreclosure intervention program, you must contact Finkel Law Firm LLC, 4000 Faber Place Drive, Suite 450 (29405), P.O. Box 71727 (29415), North Charleston, SC 29405, or call (843) 577-5460 within thirty (30) days from the date of this notice. Finkel Law Firm LLC represents the Plaintiff in this action. Our law firm does not represent you and is not authorized to provide you any legal advice.

IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION PROCESS, THE FORECLOSURE MAY PROCEED.

SUMMONS AND NOTICES (NON-JURY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE) IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO: 15-CP-43-01536 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Champion Mortgage Company, PLAINTIFF, vs.

Reginald B. Curry; Barry L. Artis; Karen A. Tiller; and any other Heirs or Devisees of Earline C. Artis a/k/a Earline Estelle Ward Curry Artis, deceased; and any other Heirs or Devisees of Georgia W. Boyd, deceased, including any Personal Representatives, Successors, Assigns, Spouses, Creditors, and all others claiming any right, title or interest in the real estate known as 107 Lemmon Street Sumter, SC 29150, any adults or persons in the Military Service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe, and any minors or persons under legal disability, being a class designated as Richard Roe; and United States of America acting by and through its agency the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, DEFENDANT(S).

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or to otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscribers at their office, P.O. Box 71727, North Charleston, South Carolina, 29415, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, or otherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

TO THE MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff.

NOTICE PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT (15 U.S.C. § 1692 et seq.): This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information you provide will be used for that purpose. However, if you have previously received a discharge from bankruptcy, this message is not and should be construed as an attempt to collect a debt, but only as a requirement pursuant to the administrative order.

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading and filing of the Petition of the Plaintiff for the appointment of Kelley Woody, attorney in Columbia, South Carolina, as Guardian ad Litem Nisi for all unknown minors, and for all persons who may be under a legal disability, it is ORDERED that Kelley Woody, Attorney at Law, be and she is hereby appointed Guardian ad Litem Nisi on behalf of unknown minors or persons under a legal disability, all of whom may have an interest in or claim to have some interest in the real property known as 107 Lemmon Street Sumter, SC 29150; that she is empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and represent said Defendants, unless the said Defendants, or someone on their behalf, shall within thirty (30) days after service of a copy hereof as directed, procure the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem for the said Defendants; AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order shall forthwith be served upon the said Defendants by publication thereof in the The Item, a newspaper of general circulation published in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, once a week for three consecutive weeks, together with the Summons in the above entitled action.

James C. Campbell Clerk of Court for Sumter County Sumter, South Carolina September 18, 2015 FINKEL LAW FIRM LLC Thomas A. Shook P.O. Box 71727 North Charleston, SC 29415 (843) 577-5460 Attorney for Plaintiff

SUMMONS IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 2015-CP-43-2065 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER City of Sumter,

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference to the Master in Equity for Sumter, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(b) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this action.

Plaintiff, vs.

James Carrol Shaleuly, Thompson Construction Group, Inc., Thompson Holdings, LLC, Alderman Holdings, LLC, Dwight C. Moore, Harry J. Metropol, Jack G. Metropol, Jennie M. Hunter, Anastasia M. Tisdale, Woodrack Holdings, LLC, Valerie W. McDonald, as Personal Representative for the Estate of Edwin M. McDonald, Jr., Stophar,

Summons & Notice

Summons & Notice

Inc., William L. Stover, Betty Stover, JN III, LLC, and John Doe and Jane Doe, whose true names are unknown representing all other persons claiming any right, title, estate, interest in, or lien upon the public right of way described in the Complaint herein, Defendants.

of Complaint, Notice of Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem Nisi, and this Order in The Item, a newspaper published in the County and State aforesaid, which newspaper is designated most likely to give notice to siad Defendants, once a week for three consecutive weeks.

TO: THE ABOVE DEFENDANTS:

CLERK OF COURT FOR SUMTER COUNTY September 1, 2015 Sumter, SC

NAMED

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the attorney for the Plaintiff, Michael M. Jordan, 10 Law Range, Sumter, South Carolina, within thirty (30) days after service thereof, exclusive of the date of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

LIS PENDENS NOTICE is hereby given that an action has been commenced and is pending in this Court upon a Complaint of the Plaintiff against the above Defendants in an action to close a portion of public rights of way known as Liberty Court and adjoining Driveway or Alleyway pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §57-9-10 and to vest title of said public rights of way in the Plaintiff.

The Plaintiff would show that the public rights of way has not been assigned any tax map number and appear only as public rights of way in the following recorded plats: Z-46 at Page 451; Plat Book 08 at Page 141; Plat Book 87 at Page 946; Plat Book 85 at Page 796; Plat Book 85 at Page 231; Plat Book 2012 at Page 1; Plat Book 93 at Page 1982; Plat Book 04 at Page 84; Plat Book 2009 at Page 70; Plat Book 2008 at Page 171; Plat Book F-4 at Page 148; Plat Book V-4 at Page 53; and Plat Book G-5 at Page 124, dating back to 1915.

NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT/PETITION NOTICE is hereby given that the original Lis Pendens, Summons and Complaint in the above entitled action were filed in the office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County on September 1st, 2015, the object and prayer of which is to close a portion of public rights of way and to confirm the vesting title of said public rights of way in Plaintiff described in the Lis Pendens and Complaint confirming title in Plaintiff, and other relief as set forth in the Complaint.

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI HAVING read the filed the Petition of Michael M. Jordan, attorney for the Plaintiff herein, and it appearing that the Defendants "John Doe and Jane Doe", are fictitious names representing a class of persons who may have or claim to have some right, title or interest in or to, on the right of way described in the Complaint, as well as possibly the public at large, and therefore it is necessary that some suitable person be named as Guardian ad Litem Nisi to represent and protect the interests of said John Doe and Jane Doe Defendants, it is ORDERED that S. Wayne Gamble, III, be and hereby is appointed Guardian ad Litem Nisi for the Defendants John Doe and Jane Doe in this action.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION HAVING read the filed the Petition of Michael M. Jordan, attorney for the Plaintiff herein, and it appearing that this is an action to close public rights of way or a portion thereof and confirm the vesting of title of said public rights of way in the Plaintiff, City of Sumter, South Carolina and further that the Defendants "John Doe and Jane Doe", are fictitious names representing a class of persons who may have or claim to have some right, title or interest in or to, on the right of way described in the Complaint, and that it is necessary to obtain jurisdiction over any and all persons who may be a member of this class, it is ORDERED that service in this matter be made upon all persons who are members of the class of persons represented in this action by the Defendants, "John Doe and Jane Doe", by publishing a copy of the Lis Pendens, Summons, Notice of Filing

Michael M. Jordan SCHWARTZ, McLEOD, DuRANT & JORDAN 10 Law Range Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 774-1000 Attorney for the Plaintiff

Public Hearing

Estate Notice Sumter County

Estate Notice Sumter County

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

Persons having claim against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the indicated Personal Representatives, appointed to administer these estates, and to file their claims on Form #371PC with the Probate Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or before the date that is eight months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, (unless previously barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), or such persons shall be forever barred as to heir claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements, indicating the name and the address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the amount claimed and the date when due, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Persons having claim against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the indicated Personal Representatives, appointed to administer these estates, and to file their claims on Form #371PC with the Probate Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or before the date that is eight months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, (unless previously barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), or such persons shall be forever barred as to heir claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements, indicating the name and the address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the amount claimed and the date when due, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate:

NOTICE OF SUMTER BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS PUBLIC HEARING The Sumter City-County Board of Zoning Appeals will hold a regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers located on the Fourth Floor of the Opera House (21 North Main Street, Sumter, South Carolina). The following requests are scheduled for public hearing: BOA-15-11, 360 Pinewood Rd. (City) The applicant is requesting several variances in order to demolish the McDonald's Restaurant and rebuild a new building on site. Variances requested are: 1) variance to reduce width on the rear and side Type A buffer to permit 3 ft. widths instead of 5 ft. as required per Art. 9, Landscaping, Buffer Requirements; Sections 9.b.2 & 9.b.4.b; (2) variance in the number of required parking spaces to reduce the number of required parking spaces from 69 to 49 per Art. 8, Section I; Exhibit 8-9 Off Street Parking Requirements; (3) variance in minimum parking space dimensions for 90 degree spaces to permit 9 ft. x 18 ft. stalls instead of 9 ft. x 19 ft. per Art. 8, Section I; 8.i.3.d Parking Design Requirements; (4) variance in the two-way drive aisle width within a parking lot to permit a 24 ft. two-way drive instead of 25 ft. aisle per Art. 8, Section I, 8.i.3.e Width of Aisles.

Documents pertaining to the proposed request(s) are on file in the Office of the Sumter City-County Planning Department and are available to be inspected and studied by interested citizens.

Joseph T. McElveen, Jr. Mayor

Personal Representative Billy Ray Geddings Jr.

Persons having claim against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the indicated Personal Representatives, appointed to administer these estates, and to file their claims on Form #371PC with the Probate Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or before the date that is eight months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, (unless previously barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), or such persons shall be forever barred as to heir claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements, indicating the name and the address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the amount claimed and the date when due, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate:

Nichole Virnetta Dawkins #2015ES4300086

Personal Representative Virdenna Britt Dawkins

C/O Calvin Hastie Attorney at Law 7 East Hampton Avenue Sumter, SC 29150 Estate:

Anne Elizabeth Kouk #2015ES4300486

Personal Representative Beth Baker

10 Marigold Court Sumter, SC 29150 Estate:

Beatrice Langston Johnson #2015ES4300512

Personal Representative Patricia R. Timmons

807 Miller Road Sumter, SC 29150 Estate:

Mary Lois Colones #2015ES4300493

Personal Representative Robert Colones

Naomi Warner #2015ES4300502

Personal Representative Edwin Warner

C/O Mitchell C. Payne Attorney at Law PO Box 10352 Rock Hill, SC 29731 Estate:

Cinda Ann Kammermann #2015ES4300505

Personal Representative Charles V. Kammermann

C/O A. Paul Weissenstein, Jr. Attorney at Law PO Box 2446 Sumter, SC 29151 Estate:

William C. Whitas #2015ES4300498

Personal Representative William F. McIntosh, Jr.

340 Hwy 261 South Wedgefield, SC 29168 Estate:

Jennifer S. Donald #2015ES4300518

Personal Representative Mae Alice McGruder

3870 Delaware Drive Dalzell, SC 29040

Flossie Mae Mack Way #2015ES4300492

Personal Representative Elizabeth Way Thompson

Estate:

281 Lois Lane Sumter, SC 29150

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Louise C. Conyers #2015ES4300513

In Memory

Personal Representative Daisy C. Whittleton

and Charlie Conyers, Sr. 350 Deschamps Road Sumter, SC 29154 Estate:

Cynthia H. Timmons #2015ES4300508

Personal Representative Jean D. Hodge

50 Shem Cove South Sumter, SC 29150 Estate:

Melissa Sims Brunson #2015ES4300491

Personal Representative Robert Edward Brunson

90 Quarter Mile Road Sumter, SC 29153 Estate:

SusieMae Scurry #2015ES4300507

Personal Representative Mary Sue Hyatt

and Leonard A. Scurry, Jr. 946 Westfield Court Sumter, SC 29154 Estate:

Sarah H. Strange #2015ES4300499

Happy Birthday John Lee "Mack" Carter In God's care you rest above, In our hearts you rest with love.

We miss you!

The Carter Family

Personal Representative Derle A. Lowder

C/O A. Paul Weissenstein, Jr. Attorney at Law PO Box 2446 Sumter, SC 29151 Estate:

Estate:

Estate:

1865 Hideaway Drive Sumter, SC 29154

Estate Notice Sumter County

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

Billy Ray Geddings #2015ES4300494

Lucious Jennings #2015ES4300487

Personal Representative Lillie D. Washington

and Shirley Davis 217 Iris Street Ladson, SC 29456

2511 Abbey Way Florence, SC 29501

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The Sumter Item appreciates your patronage.

However, these photos need to be claimed and picked up from the Classified Department no later than October 5, 2015. After this date The Sumter Item will discard all unclaimed photos.

The Item will not be responsible for any photos unclaimed after this date.

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