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More jobs coming in metal company’s $4M expansion 2 dozen new positions, equipment, more space to be added to EnerSys BY BRISTOW MARCHANT (803) 774-1272 Lasers, machinery and paint could add up to a multi-million-dollar expansion and some new job opportunities at a local company. EnerSys has announced a $4 million investment at its Sumter plant, an addition that will include two new buildings at its manufacturing facility in Live Oak Industrial Park and two dozen new staff positions to go along with all the new equipment. “It will probably be 23 (positions) over the next year,” said Russell Dixon, the Sumter Metals Division plant manager. The metal company plans to increase production with the addition of a third laser cutter used to slice metal to make battery boxes. EnerSys creates about 10,000 battery boxes a year at its Sumter plant, supplying power to everything from forklifts to trains. With the expansion, the plant will also add a new paint line and other equipment such as a larger washer and oven to handle the materials. That the expanded production is being placed in the Sumter plant is a credit to how productive it’s already been. “We looked around the United States thinking about moving that production somewhere but decided Sumter was the best place for it,” Dixon said. The Sumter location is close to EnerSys’ steel supplier in Charleston, and the area has a strong manufacturing workforce for the company to draw on even after the opening of the Continental Tire the Americas plant, the manager said. “If it’s not broke, don’t fix it,” Dixon said. Sumter Metals will have to add two new buildings to its site to accommodate the growth. One will house a new oven, while

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EnerSys welder Bryant Dukes works on a case that will house the battery for a forklift recently. EnerSys announced a multi-million-dollar expansion that will add about 23 jobs in the next year, according to Russell Dixon, the Sumter Metals Division plant manager. The $4 million investment will also include two new buildings, lasers and machinery.

Footage depicts beheading of 2nd American journalist

Caleb Moore and Natalie Roberts prepare peanut butter balls during a Meal Prep Monday class held twice a month at the Sumter Senior Services Activity Center. The program is sponsored by the Sumter Family YMCA.

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Now the Y can help you learn to cook healthily BY JADE REYNOLDS jade@theitem.com (803) 774-1250 If five healthy meals for $30 sounds like a bargain, then the Sumter Family YMCA has a new program fit for you. The nonprofit started Meal Prep Mondays just last month.

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“I think it’s been very successful,” said Daniela Bachmeier, healthy living director. “It’s limited to 10 people, and we’ve had up to eight. They seem to be having a lot of fun, and we have a lot of repeats. Now every time we are doing

BEIRUT — Islamic State extremists released a video Tuesday purportedly showing the beheading of a second American journalist, Steven Sotloff, and warning President Obama that as long as U.S. airstrikes against the militant group continue, “our knife will continue to strike the necks of your people.” The footage — depicting what the U.S. said appeared to be a sickening act of brutality — was posted two SOTLOFF weeks after the release of video showing the killing of James Foley and just days after Sotloff’s mother pleaded for his life. Barak Barfi, a spokesman for the family, said the Sotloffs had seen the video but

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Islamic State militant group that has taken over large parts of Syria and Iraq and declared a self-styled caliphate poses one of the most significant threats to stability in the Middle East in years. But what danger does it immediately pose?

DOES THE ISLAMIC STATE GROUP RUN A DE FACTO COUNTRY? The Islamic State group holds roughly a third of Iraq and Syria, including several strategically important cities such as Fallujah and Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria. It rules over a population of several million people with its strict interpretation of Islamic law. It also controls many of the roads linking

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DEATHS, B7 Sandra H. Sweet Ophelia K. Cousar Alphonza Dow Sr. Vincent J. Degen Janine M. Ferraro

Experts say militant group’s threat is mostly regional

Addie Robinson Betty S. Kelley Dorothy M. Tanner Charline Wright Marvin L. Larrimore

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CCTC to hold pre-placement testing event BY RAYTEVIA EVANS ray@theitem.com (803) 774-1214

strides in providing programs that better prepare students for today’s workThe pre-placement event will take place at 10 a.m. Sept. 24 at the SC Works force. With partnerships Sumter Center at 31 E. Calhoun St. with Sumter School District Gwen Davis, operations director at the center, said those interested in and Continental Tire the participating should contact the office at (803) 774-1300 to register. Americas, CCTC has continYou should bring all of your questions about everything from the preued to grow its mechatronics placement test to the registration and enrollment process to the event, and program and will soon have information will be provided. the space and equipment to train Continental employees and students in the mechacollege for enrollment.” CCTC will provide informatronics field when the CCTC will be looking for tion on the school’s academic school’s Advanced Manufacprograms and financial assis- individuals interested in returing Technology Training ceiving training and future tance. Center opens in 2015. certification in mechatron“Central Carolina will do According to SC Works, the ics, nursing, welding, EMT, their pre-placement testing pre-placement testing, regisphysical therapy and other for different training protration and enrollment profields. For the past few years, cess will help individuals grams,” Davis said. “After CCTC has been making testing, they’ll go over to the start on their track to a new

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In an effort to continue to prepare Sumter County and surrounding area residents for the workforce, SC Works and Central Carolina Technical College are partnering in September to offer a preplacement testing event. Gwen Davis, operations director at SC Works Sumter Center, said the event will be for individuals looking to enroll in the college’s training programs. The event is open to the public, and SC Works and representatives from

career. Statistics provided by the Employers Association of South Carolina indicate the unemployment rate in Sumter County in the month of July increased to 7.3 percent from just 6.9 percent in June. In July 2013, data shows Sumter County had an unemployment rate of 9.2 percent. The partnership with CCTC and SC Works is one of many local efforts in decreasing the county’s unemployment rate and getting people back into the workforce. The goal is to provide people with more information, properly train individuals for positions and prepare them for long-lasting careers.

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Jenny Sanford wants ex to undergo psych exam CHARLESTON — Jenny Sanford wants a family court judge to order U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford to undergo psychiatric and psychological evaluations and take anger management and parenting courses in the latest filing in the couple’s contentious divorce. She also wants the court to appoint an impartial guardian to look after the interests of the youngest of their four sons. Mark Sanford, then South Carolina governor, disappeared for five days in 2009 only to return from Argentina to acknowledge an affair with a woman to whom he is now engaged. Jenny Sanford soon sued for divorce, which was granted in 2010. They have four sons, ranging in age from 15 to 22. Last year, Mark Sanford was again elected to South Carolina’s 1st District congressional seat that he held for three terms in the 1990s.

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U.S. Air Force airmen and Sumter Police Department officers watch a defensive driving demonstration at Shaw Air Force Base recently. Approximately 20 police officers drove the course to complete their annual defensive driving requirement.

Lee historical society will present architectural historian BISHOPVILLE — The senior architectural historian for the South Carolina Department of Archives and History will be the guest speaker at Tuesday’s meeting of Lee County Historical Society. The public is invited to hear Andy Chandler at 7 p.m. at the South Carolina Cotton Museum in Bishopville. Don Mathis of the society said “ ... anyone interested in the process of establishing an archives and learning about local history” is welcome to attend the meeting. “All meetings of the Historical Society are open to the public free of charge.”’ Chandler is considered the state leader in architectural history. Born in Kingstree, he grew up on the family farm in Greeleyville and has had a

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lifelong interest in history. He credits a tour of Europe after his 1976 high school graduation with “broadening his horizons.” At the College of Charleston, Chandler found his studies taking him into deeper analyses of U.S. history, political science and architectural history. After receiving his bachelor

of arts degree in history, he returned to Williamsburg County to teach school but soon enrolled in the applied history program at University of South Carolina. While there he served as a graduate assistant in the Department of History and as a graduate intern with the Historic Columbia Foundation and the Historic Camden Revolutionary War Interpretive Site. He received a master’s degree in Applied History with an emphasis in historic preservation and architectural history in August 1993. Chandler’s special interest and his master’s thesis centered on the life and contributions of J. Carroll Johnson, one of S.C.’s most prominent and talented architects of the early 20th century.

Chandler’s memories of Bishopville include a visit with Johnson in the 1980s to see a house Johnson had designed in 1923-24 for J. Madison Hearon. Johnson also designed the Bank of Bishopville, later the People’s Bank, in about 1911, and the architectural firm he was with back then designed the present Mount Zion Presbyterian Church built in 1910, as well as the Heyward Street home of Thomas English McCutchen. During his nearly three-decade career at Archives and History, Chandler has participated in numerous seminars, workshops and conferences both within and outside the state. He has guest lectured at USC, Clemson University, College of Charleston and New-

berry College. He has served on many boards, conducted numerous seminars and published several articles on noted architects of South Carolina. Chandler continues to research and prepare a manuscript for publication celebrating the life, career and buildings of Johnson. Lee County Historical Society is a nonprofit organization that does not discriminate in any way. Its membership is open to anyone with a love of history, and its meetings and speaker presentations are free to the public. Meetings are held at 7 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month from January through November at S.C. Cotton Museum, 121 W. Cedar Lane, Bishopville. For more information, call (803) 484-4497.

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MEALS FROM PAGE A1 it, we’re changing recipes. We’re doing every other week now.” The next one will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Sumter Senior Services Activity Center, 119 S. Sumter St., but sign up is required by Friday. “Slots are still available,” Bachmeier said. “Registration is by Friday so we can get all the supplies and food ready that weekend.” While the program is sponsored by the Y, it is not limited to Y members. The minimum number of participants is five. Bachmeier or Randi Moore then guide the class through recipes for meals such as protein pancakes, almond-crusted chicken tenders or black bean chili from the second edi-

tion of the YFIT Cookbook. “By doing a healthy cooking class, we want people to see you can fix tasty food without it being a huge inconvenience or taking a huge amount of time out of their day,” Bachmeier said. People usually pair off, and each group fixes one recipe. Then each person gets a portion of each prepared meal, so you’ll need to bring five food containers. Participants also get a copy of each recipe to take home, she said. Elliott Davis has Lyme disease that contributes to muscle soreness, fatigue and lack of energy. He was already working with the Y to exercise and had mentioned he would be interested in food preparation, too. “You learn how to prepare a meal from scratch with all good, healthy foods,” he said. “It’s called clean eat-

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ing. You use as many whole foods as you can, and if you use canned, you get low sodium. You’re using the best food you can possibly get. What I liked about it is you learn how to do the basics of cooking, how to chop up vegetables and fruits, to sauté and bake. You usually work with a partner, so you have fun, too.” He is also gluten intolerant. “When I went out to eat, I had problems,” Davis said. “Now I can get meals that are safe for me. One lady in there had cancer, and her mother was there to learn how to prepare a meal for her daughter. So if you’re sick or have diabetes or want to lose weight or have various reasons for wanting to eat healthy, you can take it. Anybody can take it. You don’t have to be a member of the Y. All you have to do is bring containers.” Bachmeier hopes more people will

SIGN UP WHAT: Meal Prep Mondays WHEN: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday; 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 22 WHERE: Sumter Senior Services Activity Center, 119 S. Sumter St. COST: $30 per individual; registration required the Friday before at the Y, 510 Miller Road FOR MORE: Call the Y at (803) 773-1404.

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You can help Crosswell’s children with fall needs Home asks for help from community John K. Crosswell Home for Children, originally established in 1935 by the Estate of John K. Crosswell, is licensed to provide care for up to 40 children who are unable to live with their families for various reasons. Some children stay for only days and others for years. Some needs of the home vary with the season. The home is asking for donations to meet the following fall needs: • Halloween buckets for trick-or-treating; • Pre-packaged, individual Halloween treats; • Halloween decorations for cottage porches (children live in cottages based on their age and gender); • Halloween costumes for ages 9 months through 16 years old (no scary costumes and appropriate for youth, please); • Large pumpkins for decorating; • New winter coats for

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Are we losing battle against Ebola? Food is becoming more expensive in areas hit by virus UNITED NATIONS (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The international group Doctors Without Borders warned Tuesday that the world is losing the battle against Ebola and lamented that treatment centers in West Africa have been â&#x20AC;&#x153;reduced to places where people go to die aloneâ&#x20AC;? as authorities race to contain the disease. In Liberia, a missionary organization announced that another American doctor has become infected. Doctors Without Borders President Joanne Liu said her organization is completely overwhelmed by the Ebola outbreak in four West African countries. She said treatment centers can offer little more than palliative care and called on other countries to contribute civilian and military medical personnel familiar with biological disasters. World Health Organization Director Margaret Chan warned that the outbreak would â&#x20AC;&#x153;get worse before it will get betterâ&#x20AC;? and would require a larger global response. She thanked countries that have helped but said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need more from you. And we also need those countries that have not come on board.â&#x20AC;? The latest missionary to come down with the disease, a male obstetrician, was not immediately identified by the group Serving In Mission. He did not work in an Ebola ward. The group did not specify how he contracted Ebola, but it can be spread through vaginal fluids. Bruce Johnson, the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s president, said the organization was â&#x20AC;&#x153;surrounding our missionary with prayerâ&#x20AC;? and Liberian colleagues who continue fighting the epidemic.

BY JONATHAN FAHEY AP Energy Writer NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Dominion Resources, Duke Energy and other partners are proposing a $5 billion natural gas pipeline to connect the Southeast with the prodigious supplies of natural gas being produced in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia. Gas is being relied upon to generate more of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s electricity in recent years because enormous new domestic supplies have drastically lowered its price and because natural gas burns cleaner than the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other most important fuel for electric power, coal. The 550-mile project, called the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, would begin in Harrison County, West Virginia, and stretch through Virginia and North Carolina to Robeson County, near the South Carolina border. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s designed to tap the rapidly growing supplies of gas produced in two geologic formations, known as the Marcellus and Utica shales, that are now accounting for more than a quarter of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s natural gas. In the past, the Southeast has received nearly all of its gas from more traditional gasproducing states of Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma. Utilities prefer having diverse sources of fuel to reduce shortages and price spikes that can arise in terms of high demand, such as hot summers or cold winters. Also, demand for natural gas for electric power generation, heating and manufacturing is expected to continue to rise. Clean air and clean water regulations â&#x20AC;&#x201D; some already approved and some in the process of being finalized â&#x20AC;&#x201D; are expected to make burning coal more difficult and expensive in the future. In response, utilities are preparing for increased use of natural gas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve retired half of our coal fleet for the last five years, and certainly that will continue,â&#x20AC;? said Duke Energy CEO Lynn Good in an interview Tuesday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We see natural gas as an important part of the electricity generation mix for many decades to come.â&#x20AC;? Burning natural gas emits almost none of the toxic chemicals and particulate matter that burning coal produces, and about half of the carbon dioxide, which scientists say is responsible for climate change. Natural gas does have its own environmental drawbacks, however. When the gas leaks or is otherwise released directly into the atmosphere, it heats the planet much faster than carbon dioxide. And the drilling technique that has led to increased U.S. supplies, called fracking, has raised concerns about water use, water contamination and other issues. The pipeline is already sparking some protest along parts of its proposed route from landowners who worry that the pipeline could reduce property values, threaten water supplies and keep tourists away. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a dark day for the Shenandoah Valley and our part of the country,â&#x20AC;? said Nancy Sorrells, co-chair of the anti-pipeline group Augusta County Alliance of Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s announcement. The pipeline is estimated to cost between $4.5 billion and $5 billion to build. Dominion Resources Inc. would own 45 percent of the project, Duke Energy Corp. would own 40 percent, Piedmont Natural Gas Co. would own 10 percent, and AGL Resources Inc. would own 5 percent.

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Americans are eating more healthful foods But eating habits still poor in low-income families BY LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer CHICAGO — Americans’ eating habits have improved — except among the poor, evidence of a widening wealth gap when it comes to diet. Yet even among wealthier adults, food choices remain far from ideal, a 12-year study found. On an index of healthy eating where a perfect score is 110, U.S. adults averaged just 40 points in 1999-2000, climbing steadily to 47 points in 2009-10, the study found. Scores for low-income adults were lower than the average and barely budged during the years studied. They averaged almost four points lower than those for high-income adults at the beginning; the difference increased to more than six points in 2009-10. Higher scores mean greater intake of heart-healthy foods including vegetables, fruits, whole grains and healthy fats, and a high score means a low risk of obesity and chronic illnesses including heart disease, strokes and diabetes. Low scores mean people face greater chances for developing those ailments. The widening rich-poor diet gap is disconcerting and “will have important public health implications,” said study co-author Dr. Frank Hu of the Harvard School of Public Health. Diet-linked chronic diseases such as dia-

betes have become more common in Americans in general, especially in the poor, he noted. “Declining diet quality over time may actually widen the gap between the poor and the rich,” Hu said. Harvard School of Public Health researchers developed the healthy diet index used for the study. It is similar to federal dietary guidelines but features additional categories including red and processed meats, sugar-sweetened beverages and alcohol. The study authors used that index along with government estimates on trans fat intake to evaluate information in 1999-2010 national health surveys that included interviews with people about their eating habits. The results were published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine. Hu said the widening diet gap reflects an income gap that deepened during the recent financial crisis, which likely made healthy food less affordable for many people. Hu also noted that inexpensive, highly processed foods are often widely available in low-income neighborhoods. The overall diet improvement was largely because of decreased intake of foods containing trans fats, but the disappointing results point to a need for policy changes including better nutrition

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A 12-year study has found that Americans are trying to eat more healthful foods, but poor families are still struggling to eat more nutritious foods, probably in part because highly processed and inexpensive foods are easily accessible in low-income neighborhoods. education, Hu said. In recent years the government and manufacturers have moved to phase out use of artificial trans fats in foods including processed cookies, cakes, frozen pizza and margarines. Trans fats contribute to unhealthy cholesterol levels and can increase heart disease risks. These fats are made by adding hydrogen to vegetable oil to

improve texture and shelf life. The study authors say their results are consistent with an earlier report showing that “nearly the entire U.S. population fell short of meeting federal dietary recommendations.” The federal guidelines are updated every five years, and new ones will be issued next year. The recommendations emphasize limiting intake of

trans fats, sodium, processed foods and added sugars. They don’t specify amounts but encourage diets high in whole grains, vegetables and fruits. The Harvard index has a similar emphasis with some specifics; to get a top score would include eating daily more than two cups of vegetables, at least four servings of fruit and at least one ounce of nuts.

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Dollar General ups Family Dollar bid to $9.1B GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dollar General upped its bid for the rival Family Dollar chain and addressed an earlier roadblock, saying that it will more than double the number of stores it would shed to ease the antitrust concerns of its takeover target. The newest bid is worth $9.1 billion, or $80 per share, up from $78.50 per share in the previous offer. Family Dollar, based in Matthews, North Carolina, rejected the earlier bid in favor of a lower offer of $8.5 billion from Dollar Tree Inc., saying that regulators were less likely to stand in the way. Family Dollar said Tuesday that it has received Dollar General’s latest bid and will review it. Dollar General, the country’s largest dollar-store chain, says it would now divest as many as 1,500 stores, well above the 700 that it had originally agreed to, in order to sidestep any anti-monopoly actions that regulators might pursue. The Goodlettsville, Tennessee, company has also said it will pay a $500 million reverse break-up fee to Family Dollar Stores Inc. if the deal hits antitrust roadblocks.

than Dollar Tree’s. The first two sell items at a variety of prices while at Dollar Tree, all items are a buck. Family Dollar has been looking for a lifeline after running into some financial stress, shuttering stores and cutting prices. In June one big shareholder, Carl Icahn, urged the company to put itself up for sale. Family Dollar acted one month later, accepting an offer from Chesapeake, Virginia-based Dollar Tree Inc. of $59.60 in cash and the equivalent of $14.90 in shares of Dollar Tree for each share held. The companies valued the transaction at $74.50 per share at the time. Including debt and other costs, Family Dollar and Dollar Tree estimated the deal to be worth approximately $9.2 billion. Family Dollar said its board is still THE ASSOCIATED PRESS supportive of a deal with Dollar Tree and that it won’t comment furDollar General is boosting its bid for rival Family Dollar to approximately $9.1 billion ther on Dollar General’s revised and says it’s now willing to more than double the number of stores it would shed to offer until the board has completed avoid trouble with regulators. its review. Shares of Family Dollar added 54 Dollar General Chairman and CEO demonstrate the seriousness of our cents to $80.37 in premarket trading, commitment.” Rick Dreiling said that a second anwhile Dollar General’s stock gained The businesses of Family Dollar titrust review supported its previous bid but that its offer was revised “to and Dollar General are more similar 86 cents to $64.85.

U.S. manufacturing grows at fastest pace in 3½ years WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. manufacturing grew in August at the strongest pace in more than three years as factories cranked out more goods and new orders rose. The Institute for Supply Management’s manufacturing index rose to 59 from 57.1 in July, the institute said Tuesday. That was the highest reading since March 2011. Any measure above 50 signals that manufacturing is growing. Tuesday’s report coincides with other signs that manufacturing is helping drive the U.S. economy’s improvement. Factories are benefiting from

strong demand for aircraft, furniture and steel and other metals. The boost from manufacturing has helped offset slower homebuilding, a slowdown in consumer purchases and weaker spending on utilities and other services. “The U.S. economy is on a notably firmer growth track this summer, even if consumers are riding in the caboose,” Sal Guatieri, an economist at BMO Capital Markets, wrote in a research note. The institute’s gauge of production rose to the highest level in four years, and a measure of new orders reached its

highest point in 10 years. That suggests that the sector should grow further in coming months. Factories also added jobs last month, though at a slightly slower pace than in July. U.S. manufacturers face some challenges overseas. A measure of export orders rose, but comments from several respondents to the survey said turmoil in Ukraine and slower growth in China were weighing on business. A European manufacturing index fell to 50.7 in August, a 13-month low, according to a report Monday. And two sur-

tion of autos, furniture, textiles and metals all rose. Orders for big-ticket factory goods such as autos and appliances also soared in July, though the gain reflected mainly a jump in demand for Boeing’s commercial aircraft. Such orders tend to be volatile from month to month. Excluding the transportation category, orders actually slipped last month. And a key category that serves as a proxy for business investment plans fell 0.5 percent. But that dip followed a big 5.4 percent gain the previous month.

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U.S. home prices rose at slower pace in July BY CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON — U.S. home prices rose in July but at a slower rate compared with earlier this year. The moderating price increases could help support sales. Real estate data provider CoreLogic said Tuesday that prices rose 7.4 percent in July from July 2013. That was slightly below June’s year-over-year increase of 7.5 percent and far below a recent peak of 11.9 percent in February. Prices rose 1.2 percent in July from June. But CoreLogic’s monthly figures

aren’t adjusted for seasonality, such as increased buying that occurs in warm weather. The smaller price gains should make homes more affordable. The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate was 4.1 percent last week, the lowest in a year. And the number of available homes rose 3.5 percent in July to the most in nearly two years. A greater supply tends to limit the bidding wars that inflate prices. Greater affordability has helped housing recover during the spring and summer after sales and construction fell earlier this year. Sales of existing homes rose for a fourth straight

Colorado, Iowa, Louisiana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Vermont. Some mixed signals have emerged about the housing market. Home construction jumped 15.7 percent in July to an eight-month high as developers broke ground on more single-family homes and apartment buildings. But sales of new homes fell that month, which could limit future construction. Housing helped boost the economy in the April-June quarter, when growth reached an annual rate of 4.2 percent. Housing had subtracted from growth in the previous two quarters.

month in July to their strongest pace in nine months. And a measure of signed contracts also increased in July, suggesting that final sales will rise further in coming months. Home prices rose in 49 states in July from the previous year but fell in Arkansas, CoreLogic said. Michigan experienced the biggest price gain, at 11.4 percent. It was followed by Maine, at 10.6 percent; Nevada, at 10.6 percent; Hawaii, at 10.5 percent; and California, at 10.5 percent. Prices in 11 states and Washington, D.C., have now completely rebounded from the housing bust and reached new highs. Those states are: Alaska,

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A construction worker is seen on a 36-floor high-rise condominium in Miami on July 22. The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that during July, construction saw the biggest one-month gain since May 2012.

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BY MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON — U.S. construction spending staged a strong rebound in July, rising by the largest amount in more than two years. All major categories of construction showed gains in an encouraging sign that spending on building projects will help boost the economy in the second half of this year. Construction spending rose 1.8 percent in July, the biggest one-month gain since May 2012, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday. It followed a 0.9 percent decline in June, the largest setback in a year. That decline had been blamed in part on soggy weather which depressed construction activity in many parts of the country. The July rebound pushed total construction to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $981.3 billion, the highest level since December 2008. Spending on housing, nonresidential and government projects all increased. Construction spending is now 8.2 percent higher than it was a year ago as it continues to advance after a deep plunge during the Great Recession when builders sharply cut back because of a glut of unsold homes.

Housing construction was up 0.7 percent in July to an annual rate of $358.1 billion after two months of declines. Spending on single-family homes rose 0.5 percent and is 9.4 percent higher than a year ago while apartment construction rose 0.2 percent and is 41 percent higher than a year ago. Spending on non-residential projects increased 2.1 percent to an annual rate of $343.6 billion with the strength led by gains in hotel construction, electric power transmission and manufacturing.

Spending on government projects rose 3 percent, the largest gain since October. Spending on state and local projects was up 3.4 percent, offsetting a 1.1 percent drop in federal construction spending. A slump in construction in the winter contributed to the economy, as measured by the gross domestic product, shrinking at an annual rate of 2.1 percent in the January-March quarter. That was the biggest plunge in GDP since the first quarter of 2009 during the depths of the Great Recession.

But the economy rebounded sharply in the April-June quarter, growing at an annual rate of 4.2 percent. Economists think economic growth will continue at a solid pace in the second half of this

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JOURNALIST FROM PAGE A1 that authorities have not established its authenticity. “The family knows of this horrific tragedy and is grieving privately. There will be no public comment from the family during this difficult time,” Barfi said. Sotloff, a 31-year-old Miami-area native who freelanced for Time and Foreign Policy magazines, vanished in Syria in August 2013 and was not seen again until he appeared in a video released last month that showed Foley’s beheading. Dressed in an orange jumpsuit against an arid Syrian landscape, Sotloff was threatened in that video with death unless the U.S. stopped airstrikes on the Islamic State. In the video distributed Tuesday and titled “A Second Message to America,” Sotloff appears in a similar jumpsuit before he is apparently beheaded by a fighter with the Islamic State, the extremist group that has conquered wide swaths of territory across Syria and Iraq and declared itself a caliphate. In the video, the organization threatens to kill another hostage, identified as a British citizen. The SITE Intelligence Group, a U.S. terrorism watchdog, first reported about the video’s existence. In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said U.S. intelligence analysts will work as quickly as possible to determine if the video is authentic. “If the video is genuine, we are sickened by this brutal act, taking the life of another innocent American citizen,” Psaki said. “Our

hearts go out to the Sotloff family.” Psaki said it is thought that “a few” Americans are still being held by the Islamic State but would not give any specifics. The fighter who apparently beheads Sotloff in the video calls it retribution for Obama’s continued airstrikes against the group. “I’m back, Obama, and I’m back because of your arrogant foreign policy towards the Islamic State ... despite our serious warnings,” the fighter says. “So just as your missiles continue to strike our people, our knife will continue to strike the necks of your people.” At the end of the video, he threatens to kill a third captive, a Briton, David Cawthorne Haines. It was not immediately clear who Haines was. Britain’s Foreign Office had no comment. The killer specifically mentions the recent U.S. airstrikes around the Mosul dam and the beleaguered

Iraqi town of Amirli, making it unlikely that Sotloff was killed at the same time as Foley, as some analysts had speculated. During the weekend, Iraqi government forces with help from U.S. airstrikes broke the Islamic State’s two-month siege of Amirli, a town where some 15,000 Shiite Turkmens had been stranded. In a sign of disorganization — or perhaps dissension — in the extremist group’s ranks, it appeared that a faction of the Islamic State posted the video early, before it was supposed to be released. In a later Twitter message, those responsible apologized and asked fellow jihadis not to “reproach” them. Last week, Sotloff ’s mother, Shirley Sotloff, pleaded with his captors for mercy, saying in a video that her son was “an innocent journalist” and “an honorable man” who “has always tried to help the weak.”

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the communities it has conquered — although much of the territory in between is sparsely populated desert. It claims thousands of heavily armed fighters and has set up its own civil administrations and judiciaries. “It acts as a state in areas that don’t have a state at the moment. It’s effective because it provides services, it has a military presence, it speaks as a state,” said Hassan Hassan, an analyst at The Delma Institute in Abu Dhabi. In propaganda videos, the group lays out ambitious expansion plans that include targets such as Baghdad, Damascus and Islam’s holiest city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

WHAT RESOURCES DOES THE ISLAMIC STATE GROUP HAVE? The Islamic State group controls oil fields, power plants, dams and factories in Iraq and Syria. Charles Lister, an analyst who closely tracks jihadist groups at the Brookings Doha Center in Qatar, estimates the group is capable of bringing in some $2 million a day just from the sale of oil. The group has long generated cash too from extortion, kidnapping for ransom, illicit businesses and other gangland-style criminal activity. Militarily, the group has seized heavy weaponry, including tanks, artillery pieces and surface-to-surface missiles, from Iraqi and Syrian forces. Human Rights Watch has accused the group of using groundfired cluster munitions in at least one place in northern Syria.

DOES THE ISLAMIC STATE GROUP WANT TO STRIKE THE WEST? The Islamic State group so far has shown little de-

sire, let alone the capability, to launch major terrorist attacks in the West. But that could change. Islamic State militants called American journalist James Foley’s gruesome videotaped beheading revenge for U.S. airstrikes against the group, and they still hold at least three other Americans hostage, including freelance journalist Steven Sotloff. A video posted online Tuesday purported to show Sotloff ’s beheading by the group. Apart from the killings and random threats by individual fighters, however, there are few other instances in which the Islamic State group officially threatened the U.S. This sets apart the group from al-Qaida, which has long made attacks on the West a priority.

CAN THE ISLAMIC STATE GROUP EXPORT TERRORISM TO THE WEST? Western officials are concerned about the threat posed by Islamic State sympathizers. They point to the case of Mehdi Nemmouche, a Frenchman who authorities say fought alongside Islamic State militants before he shot four people at the Jewish Museum in Brussels in May. Analysts think the group is foremost a regional threat but acknowledge that “lone wolf ” attackers inspired by the group’s ideology do threaten the West. Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah warned last week: “If neglected, I am certain that after a month they (IS) will reach Europe and, after another month, America.” British officials have raised the country’s terror threat level to “severe,” its second-highest level, because of developments in Iraq and Syria.

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ome time ago I contrasted the reaction a conservative would get if he were in the same room with the two most consequential politicians of the 1990s, Bill Clinton and Rudy Giuliani. If you were in a room with Bill Clinton, he would discover the one issue out of 100 on which you agreed; he would probe you with questions, comments, suggestions; and he would tell you that you enabled him to understand it far better than he ever had before. If you were in a room with Rudy Giuliani, he would discover the one issue out of 100 on which you disagreed; he would ask pointed questions and pepper you with objections; he would tell you that you are wrong on the facts and wrong on the law, and that you needed to admit you were utterly mistaken. The difference is partly a matter of personality and temperament, and of regional style: Southern affability, New York prickliness. But there’s also an underMichael lying similarity. Both Clinton and Giuliani are always Barone curious about what other people think, determined to probe beneath the surface to understand what they really care about, sensitive to find areas of both agreement and disagreement. They’re good at reading people, an essential quality for an executive and especially for a president. Recent presidents have had that quality in varying degrees. Clinton, as indicated, has an immense desire to win people over. Daniel Halper’s bestselling “Clinton, Inc.,” shows how he went about winning the affection and respect of the Bush family. The two Presidents George Bush, aware that presidents have the greatest leeway in foreign affairs, both devoted immense psychic energy in establishing relationships with foreign leaders. George W. Bush admits in his memoir “Decision Points” that he initially misjudged Vladimir Putin. But he established close personal rapport with leaders from wildly different backgrounds, from British Prime Minister Tony Blair to Brazilian President Lula da Silva. As for George H.W. Bush, just about everyone now recognizes the brilliance of his diplomacy in response to the invasion of Iraq and the breakup of the Soviet Union. That diplomacy depended on shrewd reading and handling of literally dozens of foreign leaders. The seemingly aloof Ronald Reagan developed his capacity to understand negotiating

partners, as his definitive biographer Lou Cannon made clear, when he was president of the Screen Actors Guild negotiating with studio bosses. Reagan deployed that ability in establishing productive relations with allies such as British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, with whom he was by no means always in agreement, and with adversaries such as Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, whose character, strengths and weaknesses he shrewdly assessed. The ability to read other people comes more easily if you’re interested in others, curious to learn what makes them tick. It comes harder or not at all if you’re transfixed with your image of yourself. Which seems to be the case with Barack Obama. Not only is he not much interested in the details of public policy, as Jay Cost argues persuasively in a recent article for the Weekly Standard. He is also, as even his admirers concede, not much inclined to schmooze with other politicians, even his fellow Democrats. That goes double for Republicans. House Speaker Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, is one of the most transparent and least guileful politicians I’ve encountered. The late Sen. Edward Kennedy and liberal Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., had no difficulty reaching agreement with him on the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act. But Obama has gotten nowhere with him. The president blew up the 2011 grand bargain negotiations by raising the ante late in the game; later budget agreements were left to Vice President Joe Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. Obama has taken to explaining Republican opposition as the result of “fever” or mental delusion. Obama is also known to have frosty relations with most foreign leaders. He used to claim to be close to Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan. That hasn’t prevented ErdoGan from sidling up to the Muslim Brotherhood and exhibiting blatant anti-semitism. Obama critics have pointed out his fondness for the first person singular. He said “I,” ‘’me” or “my” 63 times in his 1,631-word eulogy for Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye. He spoke twice as long about his own family experiences as the heroism for which Inouye was awarded the Medal of Honor. Bill Clinton and Rudy Giuliani succeeded in large part because they were curious about other people different from themselves. Barack Obama prefers to look in the mirror. Michael Barone is a senior political analyst for The Washington Examiner. © 2014 creators.com

here are things that really puzzle me. Some life insurance companies charge lower premiums if you haven’t made a life-shortening lifestyle choice. Being a nonsmoker is one of them. Actuarially, that makes sense because the life expectancy for smokers is at least 10 years shorter than for nonsmokers. Insurance company policies charge higher premiums to those who are obese. The National Institutes of Health reports that those with a body mass index greater than 40 have a six- to 14-year lower life expectancy. Again, actuarially, that makes sense. Indeed, there’s a strong advocacy for higher life insurance, as well as health insurance, premiums for those whose lifestyle choices impose a greater financial Walter burden on Williams society, which obesity does. But there’s one important exception. According to the International Journal of Epidemiology, life expectancy at age 20 for homosexual and bisexual men is eight to 20 years less than for all men. That’s a lifestyle shortening of life expectancy greater than obesity and tobacco use. Yet one never hears of insurance companies advertising lower premiums for heterosexual men. You say, “That would be discrimination.” You’re right, but why is it acceptable for insurance companies to discriminate against smokers and the obese but not homosexuals? After all, they are all Americans and protected by the Constitution. It’s really a matter of politics, as seen by the journal’s publication of an article titled “Gay life expectancy revisited” (http://tinyurl. com/25ejq2d). The publication had to soft-pedal its study results because of complaints that pointing out life expectancy differences between heterosexuals and homosexuals had become fuel for homophobia. The bottom line is that homosexuals have far greater political power and sympathy than smokers and the obese. Sticking with medical issues, Dr. Tom Frieden, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said, “Ebola poses little risk to the U.S. general population.” If one cannot contract Ebola, as the CDC claims, except through exchange of bodily fluids, then why were millions of dollars spent transporting Ebola patients Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol from Liberia to a U.S. hospital under extreme

‘Here’s my take. The warning labels are all a waste. A person dumb enough to drink Minwax, bleach or paint thinner or drive with a sun screen in place is probably also too dumb to read.’ isolation procedures? The CDC’s Ebola claim strikes me as fishy. To use a line spoken by Marcellus in William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” “something is rotten in the state of Denmark.” There are warning labels that puzzle me, engendering considerable disrespect for my fellow Americans’ intellect. How about the warning, “Do not hold the wrong end of a chain saw.” On packaging for a clothes iron is the warning, “Do not iron clothes on body.” A Superman costume contained the warning, “Wearing of this garment does not enable you to fly.” Then there are the “do not take internally” warnings. Most often, the product containing this warning isn’t something one reasonably takes internally, such as butter, soda or cough syrup. The warnings are on products such as paint, bleach and other cleaning fluids. I’m wondering how many grown Americans actually took a swig of something such as Minwax, bleach or paint thinner. Then there’s a warning label that appears on some automobile windshield sun screens, which people purchase to keep their cars cool: “Do Not Drive With Screen In Place.” Here’s my take. The warning labels are all a waste. A person dumb enough to drink Minwax, bleach or paint thinner or drive with a sun screen in place is probably also too dumb to read. Speaking of warning labels, there’s a debate about whether mother’s milk is good or bad for infants — a preposterous debate, considering the historical success of nursing manifested by a world population of 7 billion. If government authorities, such as the Food and Drug Administration, conclude that mother’s milk is hazardous, I’m wondering where they’re going to put the warning label. Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. © 2014 creators.com

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AROUND TOWN will meet at 7 p.m. on TuesThe Transatlantic Brides and day, Sept. 9, at Shiloh-RanParents Association (a British Celebrate your British dolph Manor, 125 W. Heritage Society) will meet at heritage Bartlette St. Mariah McKel11 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 5, at lar, director of Sumter United Golden Corral. Ministries Free Medical ClinClarendon School District One ic, will speak. Transportation will conduct free vision, hearprovided within the coverage ing, speech and developmental area. Contact Debra Canty, screenings as part of a child chapter president, at Debrafind effort to identify stuCanC2@frontier.com or (803) dents with special needs. 775-5792. For pertinent inforScreenings will be held from mation about the upcoming 9 a.m. to noon at the Summerton Early Childhood Cen- gala, call the 24/7 recorded message line at (206) 376ter on the following Thurs5992. Deadline is Sept. 15. days: Sept. 11; Oct. 9; Nov. Clarendon School District Two 13; Dec. 11; Jan. 8, 2015; Feb. will hold Saturday with the Su12, 2015; March 12, 2015; perintendent from 9 a.m. to 1 April 9, 2015; and May 14, p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 13, at 2015. For more information, call Sadie Williams or Audrey the district office, 15 Major Walters at (803) 485-2325, ex- Drive. Superintendent John Tindal will be available to tension 221. anyone in the district or Give the gift of life by joining community who would like the 3rd Annual Battle of the to speak with him. Badges Blood Drive CompetiSumter Green Fall Feast will be tion. Donor week will be held held from 6 to 9 p.m. on 11 a.m.-7 p.m. today and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 4, Thursday, Sept. 18. Music will be provided by 4-Way at the Sumter Donation CenStop and a variety of food ter, 1155 N. Guignard Drive. will be available from chefs, Call (803) 775-2364 to schedcaterers, restaurateurs and ule an appointment. On Friday, Sept. 5, from 10 a.m. to 4 gourmet cooks. Tickets are $30 in advance. If there are p.m., the Battle of the Badges Blood Drive will be held at any tickets remaining on the day of the event, they will be the Sumter County Library, sold for $40 at the door. 111 N. Harvin St. Call Joey Adults only. Call (803) 436Duggan at (803) 436-2721 to 2640. schedule a donation time. Appointments/donation Lincoln High School Class of times can also be made at 1967 chat and chew for you redcrossblood.org and enter will be held 6-9 p.m. on Satsponsor code “BattleBadges- urday, Sept. 20, at CrossSumter.” All donors will reroads Community Center, ceive a free Red Cross T-shirt 2750 McCords Ferry Road, and a coupon by email for a U.S. 601 at U.S. 378/76 West, free haircut at participating Eastover. Cost is $10 per perSport Clips locations. son. RSVP and send payment in no later than Sept. 10. Call The Clarendon County DemoBetty Coplin Watkins at (803) cratic Party will meet on 469-0331 or Sarah James Thursday, Sept. 4, at the Chiles at (803) 788-4346. Manning Restaurant, 476 N. Brooks St., Manning. The exThe Sumter Combat Veterans ecutive committee will meet Group will meet at 10 a.m. on at 6 p.m. Dinner will be Monday, Sept. 22, at the served at 6:30 p.m. and the South HOPE Center, 1125 S. meeting will begin at 7 p.m. Lafayette Drive. All area vetThe public is invited to aterans are invited. tend. Enjoy Dog Day at Patriot Park A community-wide yard sale from 2 to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, will be held 8 a.m.-noon on Oct. 21, brought to you by Saturday, Sept. 6, in the park Sumter Stormwater Solunext to the South Sumter Re- tions in partnership with source Center, which is loSumter County Public Works cated at 337 Manning Ave. and the Sumter County RecEvent is sponsored by the reation Department. CeleSouth Sumter Resource Cenbrate the installation of four ter, Sumter County Youthnew pet waste stations to Build and the Farmer’s Marhelp park visitors pick up ket. There will be fresh fruits after their pets. Bring your and vegetables from local furry friend dressed in his or farmers available for purher favorite Halloween outfit chase also. Call (803) 436(optional) to enter the cos2276. tume contest. Free giveaways will include pet banThe Campbell Soup friends lunch group will meet at 11:30 dannas, Frisbees, water bottles, etc. For more informaa.m. on Saturday, Sept. 6, at tion, contact Jolie Brown at Golden Corral. (803) 773-5561 or jolie2@ The Sumter Chapter of the Naclemson.edu. tional Federation of the Blind

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Gaﬀney 90/68 Spartanburg 91/70

Greenville 90/69

Columbia 94/72

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Sumter 91/72

IN THE MOUNTAINS Aiken 93/70

ON THE COAST

Charleston 91/75

Today: A strong thunderstorm. High 87 to 91. Thursday: Partly sunny; a couple of thunderstorms in the north. High 86 to 90.

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Manning 92/72

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Put creative EUGENIA LAST thought into any job or responsibility you pursue. Exploring new ways to present who you are and what you have to offer will build confidence and aid you in making transitions that will help you advance.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t look at what you are missing; look at what you have. You will learn from experience and the encounters you have with people who touch you emotionally. Size up your situation and make whatever adjustments required to obtain a secure future. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Keep moving forward and don’t take everything others say to heart. Make your own decisions based on thorough findings. Use your intelligence and refuse to let your emotions interfere with making a wise practical choice. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Rely on good old-fashioned hands-on physical work. Too much thinking and not enough action will be your downfall. Don’t procrastinate or you will appear unorganized and lazy. It doesn’t matter how you reach your destination, it’s getting there that counts. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You may want to do things in a big and bold manner, but it’s important to keep whatever you do moderate and within your budget. You can make positive changes with a little effort and common sense. Don’t let jealousy cost you. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Emotional problems will escalate quickly if you are unreasonable regarding domestic matters. Find a way to compromise and collaborate in order to keep the peace without jeopardizing your principles. Take care of

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responsibilities before someone criticizes you. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Travel, participation and spending time in the company of people you love or admire will lead to personal changes that will improve your life and your outlook. Walk away from anyone making demands. Exclude whatever or whoever is negative in your life. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Put your creative ideas into motion. Money will come to you from an unexpected source. A lifestyle change will allow you to regain your strength, integrity and ease your stress. Common sense coupled with responsibility will be necessary. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’ll attract attention and dazzle people with your wit and ability to charm and tempt. Love is on the rise, and doing something romantic will lead to an interesting change in an important relationship. Positive change is heading your way.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Bet on your own ability to get things done. Someone will talk big but do little. Getting upset or angry will be a waste of time that is better spent chasing success. Being responsible, dedicated and loyal will not go unnoticed. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Take on a challenge that will help fulfill a dream or a cause that means a lot to you. Your personal life will suffer unnecessarily if you opt to argue instead of being affectionate. Make positive personal changes. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A partnership can bring you greater financial stability. Listen to any offer or propose what you think is workable, but take a wait-and-see approach before you begin to negotiate. Don’t let your emotions dictate your actions.

Will Jenkins, son of Mike and Michelle Jenkins of Covington, Georgia, and the grandson of Eddie and Linda Mungia of Sumter, stands by a large scale RC biplane built by Joe Ryan. This model of a Stearman biplane has a 10-foot wingspan and weighs 55 lbs. Will, an aspiring young aviator, was admiring the plane at a recent fly-in in Tullahoma, Tennessee. Photo provided by Mike Jenkins.

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Building confidence Barnes, Elmore, McMillan, Rogers named players of week BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com James Barnes is growing more comfortable by the day. “It’s pretty much the same offense, the same weapons as last year,” the Sumter High quarterback said. “I’m starting to feel like I know the plays like the back of my hand.” And the statistics reflect it. After helping lead the Gamecocks to the 4A Division I football title game last year, Barnes and the offense picked up right where they left off, scoring 82 points in the first two games of this season. Against Crestwood in a 48-29 win, Barnes was 19 of 29 for 299 yards and two touchdowns and had 10 rushes for 39 yards and a score. For his efforts, Barnes has been named The Sumter Item Offensive Player of the Week.

He will be joined by East Clarendon defensive back Marquice Elmore, Wilson Hall offensive lineman Edward McMillan and Crestwood punter Chase Rogers on Friday at the Sumter Touchdown Club when all four players will be recognized for the efforts last week. The club, which is being sponsored by FTC, meets each Friday at the Quality Inn located at 2390 Broad Street Extension from 7:15 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. The guest speaker is scheduled to be former Coastal Carolina and National Football League quarterback Tyler Thigpen. While Barnes’ maturation process began last year, the summer workouts were key to his fast start, he said. “Every day for a couple of hours during the summer, we were all out there and I was

SEE CONFIDENCE, PAGE B6

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Sumter High School quarterback James Barnes steps over a Crestwood player in the end zone after running for a touchdown during the Gamecocks’ 49-28 over the Knights, snapping a 6-game losing strea. Barnes accounted for nearly 300 yards of total offense and was named The Sumter Item’s Offensive Player of the Week.

USC FOOTBALL

CLEMSON FOOTBALL

Swinney expects better mentality from Tigers’ D BY AARON BRENNER Post and Courier

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Texas A&M’s Sabain Holmes (23) breaks the tackle of South Carolina’s T.J. Gurley during the Aggies’ 52-28 season-opening victory over Carolina at Williams-Brice Stadium. The Gamecocks, who dropped to 21st in the Associated Press poll, looks to bounce back with a victory over East Carolina this weekend.

Spurrier, Gamecocks looking to regroup BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press COLUMBIA — Steve Spurrier quickly corrected himself after saying No. 21 South Carolina needs to play a little better when it faces East Carolina on Saturday night. “Play a LOT better,” Spurrier emphasized Tuesday, referring to his team’s performance in last week’s season-opening 52-28 loss to Texas A&M. Spurrier hasn’t been accustomed to such beat downs — SPURRIER or the regrouping that typically follows — over the past three 11-2 seasons. But when they have, the Gamecocks (0-1) were up to the challenge. South Carolina’s largest margin of defeat

the last three years was a 44-11 loss at Florida in 2012. Following the loss, the Gamecocks ended the season with a five-game win streak. Spurrier hopes his team can replicate that this time. “Hopefully, we can come out there and run around and show some fire and act like we really love playing the game,” Spurrier said. “I hope we can do that. That remains to be seen because we didn’t do it very well, obviously, the other time.” The Gamecocks had hoped to kick off the season by continuing the run they’d been on the past few seasons. They entered with an 18-game home win streak and put an 85foot poster of Spurrier outside the stadium

SEE GAMECOCKS, PAGE B3

CLEMSON — While many college football observers ogled over Todd Gurley running himself to the top of Heisman Trophy short lists, Dabo Swinney’s attention was diverted to the defenders allowing Gurley’s career night to unfold. Just three days SWINNEY before host Georgia whipped Clemson 45-21 Saturday, Swinney was asked a question about potentially inclement weather during the game, and preached a need for his team to brush off all external fac-

tors not within their control. So when Clemson’s defense gave all it had to containing Gurley and the Bulldogs for three quarters, but got shredded for 211 rushing yards in the fourth quarter — when Georgia’s quarterback Hutson Mason didn’t even throw a pass — Swinney was hopping mad. He wouldn’t buy the excuse the defense got exhausted due to Clemson’s inability to sustain a drive. Swinney respected Gurley’s skills, but despised the Tigers’ mentality, particularly for a defense that was supposed to be more mature than that. “I think defensively, we got a little bit pouty the other

SEE TIGERS, PAGE B3

PRO TENNIS

Following his own rules, Monfils into U.S. Open quarterfinals BY HOWARD FENDRICH The Associated Press NEW YORK — Gael Monfils follows his own rules. The guy does things on a tennis court no one else has — or can. Just search his name on YouTube and watch any of many video clips showcasing his speed and agility; start with the parallel-to-theMONFILS ground, a-fewfeet-in-the-air dive at this year’s French Open. He sips soda during breaks in his matches, raising the can

in a toast to his agent. He is currently without any coach at all, in an era when some players have two. What Monfils has never done, despite all his talent — and in some cases, because he has appeared to value style over substance right there on court, in the middle of a point, preferring the spectacular to the sufficient — is reach a Grand Slam final. He took a step closer Tuesday at the U.S. Open during a surprisingly matter-of-fact 7-5, 7-6 (6), 7-5 victory in the fourth round over No. 7-seeded Grigor Dimitrov, a man considered one of

SEE U.S. OPEN, PAGE B2

SPORTS

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO

(Archer 8-7), 7:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 9-9) at Minnesota (May 0-4), 8:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Weaver 15-7) at Houston (McHugh 7-9), 8:10 p.m. Texas (Tepesch 4-8) at Kansas City (J.Vargas 10-7), 8:10 p.m.

TODAY

NATIONAL LEAGUE

7:30 a.m. – International Basketball: FIBA World Cup Group Play Game from Gran Canaria, Spain – Australia vs. Spain (NBA TV). Noon – Professional Tennis: U.S. Open Men’s and Women’s Quarterfinal Matches from Flushing, N.Y. (ESPN). Noon – International Basketball: FIBA World Cup Group Play Game from Granada, Spain – Brazil vs. Serbia (NBA TV). Noon – Major League Baseball: Philadelphia at Atlanta (SPORTSOUTH, WPUB-FM 102.7). 2 p.m. – International Soccer: United States vs. Czech Republic from Prague (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 2:40 p.m. – International Soccer: Germany vs. Argentina from Dusseldorf, Germany (ESPNEWS). 3 p.m. – International Basketball: FIBA World Cup Group Play Game from Bilbao, Spain – United States vs. Dominican Republic (ESPN2). 3 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Washington at Los Angeles Dodgers or San Francisco at Colorado (MLB NETWORK). 6 p.m. – Professional Tennis: U.S. Open Men’s and Women’s Quarterfinal Matches from Flushing, N.Y. (ESPN2). 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: Playoffs Eastern Conference Championship Series Game Three – Chicago at Indiana (If Necessary) (NBA TV). 10 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Arizona at San Diego (ESPN).

PREP SCHEDULE TUESDAY

Varsity Swimming Wilson Hall Home Match (at Sumter Family YMCA), TBA Varsity Girls Tennis Manning at Spring Valley, 4:30 p.m. Wilson Hall at A.C. Flora, 4:30 p.m. Thomas Sumter at Heathwood Hall, 4 p.m. Robert E. Lee at Florence Christian, 3:30 p.m. Junior Varsity Tennis Heathwood Hall at Thomas Sumter, 4 p.m. Carolina Academy at Robert E. Lee, 4 p.m. Varsity Volleyball Crestwood at South Florence, 5:30 p.m. St. Francis Xavier at Clarendon Hall, 5 p.m. Varsity and JV Volleyball Wilson at Lakewood, 5:30 p.m. East Clarendon at Andrews, 5:30 p.m. Williamsburg at Wilson Hall, 4 p.m. Thomas Sumter at Ashley Hall, 5 p.m. Florence Christian at Robert E. Lee, 4 p.m. South Pointe Christian at Sumter Christian, 4 p.m. WEDNESDAY Middle School Football East Clarendon at Manning, 6 p.m. Varsity Swimming Brookland-Cayce at Sumter (at Sumter Aquatics Center), 6:30 p.m. Varsity Girls Tennis Pee Dee at Robert E. Lee, 4 p.m. Laurence Manning at Williamsburg, 4 p.m. Junior Varsity Girls Tennis Robert E. Lee at Pee Dee, 4 p.m. Varsity and JV Volleyball Lakewood at Lake City, 5:30 p.m. Wilson Hall at Robert E. Lee, 4 p.m. Williamsburg at Laurence Manning, 4 p.m. THURSDAY Junior Varsity Football Stratford at Sumter, 6:30 p.m. Fairfield Central at Crestwood, 6 p.m. Johnsonville at Lakewood, 6 p.m. Manning at Marion, 6:30 p.m. Hammond at Wilson Hall, 7 p.m. Laurence Manning at Orangeburg Prep, 7 p.m. B Team Football Camden at Sumter, 5 p.m. Hammond at Wilson Hall, 5 p.m. Laurence Manning at Orangeburg Prep, 5 p.m. Middle School Football Dillon Christian at Thomas Sumter, 6 p.m. Carolina Academy at Robert E. Lee, 6:30 p.m. Varsity Girls Golf Spring Valley, Camden at Sumter (at Beech Creek Golf Club), TBA Varsity Girls Tennis Manning at Berkeley, 4:30 p.m. Wilson Hall at Cardinal Newman, 4 p.m. Junior Varsity Girls Tennis Cardinal Newman at Wilson Hall, 4 p.m. Varsity Volleyball East Clarendon, Crestwood, Lakewood at Sumter, 5 p.m. Varsity and JV Volleyball Thomas Sumter at Carolina Academy, 4 p.m. Dorchester at Clarendon Hall, 4:30 p.m. Junior Varsity Volleyball East Clarendon, Lakewood at Sumter, 5 p.m. FRIDAY Varsity Football Sumter at Stratford, 7:30 p.m. Crestwood at Fairfield Central, 7:30 p.m. Lakewood at Johnsonville, 7:30 p.m. Marion at Manning, 7:30 p.m. East Clarendon at North Central, 7:30 p.m. Wilson Hall at Hammond, 7:30 p.m. Laurence Manning at Pinewood Prep, 7:30 p.m. Thomas Sumter at Dillon Christian, 7:30 p.m. Calhoun at Robert E. Lee, 7:30 p.m. Andrew Jackson Academy at Clarendon Hall, 7:30 p.m. Varsity and JV Volleyball Sumter Christian at Conway Christian, 4 p.m.

MLB STANDINGS By The Associated Press

AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W Baltimore 79 New York 70 Toronto 69 Tampa Bay 67 Boston 60 CENTRAL DIVISION W Kansas City 75 Detroit 75 Cleveland 70 Chicago 62 Minnesota 60 WEST DIVISION W Los Angeles 83 Oakland 79 Seattle 73 Houston 59 Texas 53

L 57 65 67 71 77

Pct .581 .519 .507 .486 .438

GB – 81/2 10 13 191/2

L 61 62 65 75 77

Pct .551 .547 .519 .453 .438

GB – 1/2 41/2 131/2 151/2

L 53 58 63 79 84

Pct .610 .577 .537 .428 .387

GB – 41/2 10 25 301/2

MONDAY’S GAMES

Tampa Bay 4, Boston 3, 10 innings Minnesota 6, Baltimore 4 Detroit 12, Cleveland 1 Oakland 6, Seattle 1 Kansas City 4, Texas 3

TUESDAY’S GAMES

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

TODAY’S GAMES

Seattle (F.Hernandez 13-5) at Oakland (Lester 13-9), 3:35 p.m. Boston (Ranaudo 3-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 9-8), 7:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Axelrod 1-0) at Baltimore (Mi.Gonzalez 7-7), 7:05 p.m. Detroit (Verlander 12-11) at Cleveland (Salazar 5-6), 7:05 p.m. Toronto (Stroman 8-5) at Tampa Bay

EAST DIVISION Washington Atlanta Miami New York Philadelphia CENTRAL DIVISION St. Louis Milwaukee Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago WEST DIVISION Los Angeles San Francisco San Diego Arizona Colorado

W 78 72 67 64 63

L 58 66 69 74 74

Pct .574 .522 .493 .464 .460

GB – 7 11 15 151/2

W 74 73 71 66 62

L 63 64 66 71 76

Pct .540 .533 .518 .482 .449

GB – 1 3 8 121/2

W 77 75 65 57 55

L 61 63 71 80 83

Pct .558 .543 .478 .416 .399

GB – 2 11 191/2 22

MONDAY’S GAMES

Miami 9, N.Y. Mets 6 Philadelphia 7, Atlanta 0 St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh 4 Chicago Cubs 4, Milwaukee 2 San Francisco 4, Colorado 2, comp. of susp. game San Diego 3, Arizona 1 Colorado 10, San Francisco 9 Washington 6, L.A. Dodgers 4

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Cincinnati at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Miami, 7:10 p.m. Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m. Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. San Francisco at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. Arizona at San Diego, 10:10 p.m. Washington at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Philadelphia (D.Buchanan 6-7) at Atlanta (E.Santana 13-7), 12:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Volquez 11-7) at St. Louis (S.Miller 8-9), 1:45 p.m. San Francisco (Vogelsong 8-9) at Colorado (Bergman 1-2), 3:10 p.m. Washington (Zimmermann 10-5) at L.A. Dodgers (Haren 11-10), 3:10 p.m. Cincinnati (Axelrod 1-0) at Baltimore (Mi.Gonzalez 7-7), 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (deGrom 7-6) at Miami (Koehler 9-9), 7:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Garza 7-7) at Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 5-1), 8:05 p.m. Arizona (Collmenter 9-7) at San Diego (Cashner 2-6), 10:05 p.m.

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Sumter Middle School Conference jamboree set for tonight in Dalzell The Sumter Middle School Conference Football Jamboree will be held today at Donald L. Crolley Memorial Stadium beginning at 5 p.m. Each of the seven Sumter School District middle school teams – Alice Drive, Bates, Chestnut Oaks, Ebenezer, Furman, Hillcrest and Mayewood – will be competing.

VARSITY VOLLEYBALL WILSON HALL 3 WILLIAMSBURG ACADEMY 0 Wilson Hall’s varsity volleyball squad improved to 2-1 on the season with a sweep of Williamsburg Academy on Tuesday at Nash Student Center. Game scores were 25-16, 25-12 and 25-11. Simmons deHoll had nine kills to pace the Lady Barons’ attack. Delaney Johnson had six kills while Haley Hawkins had four and 11 service points. Courtney Clark had eight points and 15 assists. WILSON 3 LAKEWOOD 0

Wilson swept Lakewood on Tuesday at The Swamp, winning by scores of 25-21,

25-18 and 25-10. Payton Mideens had 13 digs for the Lady Gators. Katlyn Jones had 11 digs and two kills while Shaneka Jackson added four kills.

JUNIOR VARSITY VOLLEYBALL WILSON HALL 2 WILLIAMSBURG ACADEMY 1 Wilson Hall’s junior varsity volleyball team improved to 2-1 on the season with a 2-1 victory over Williamsburg Academy on Tuesday at Nash Student Center. Game scores were 25-8, 23-25 and 25-20. Diamond Crawford had 17 points, three kills and eight aces to lead the Lady Barons. Cameron Duffy had 11 points and eight aces. LAKEWOOD 2 WILSON 1

Lakewood earned a 2-1 victory over Wilson on Tuesday at The Swamp by scores of 25-20, 17-25 and 15-13. Taylor McPhail had nine service points for the Lady Gators while Aubrey Quinzy added six. Whitney Tisdale had 13 digs and Kaleigh Geddings had four digs.

NFL SCHEDULE By The Associated Press THURSDAY’S GAME

Green Bay at Seattle, 8:30 p.m.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

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

MONDAY’S GAMES

N.Y. Giants at Detroit, 7:10 p.m. San Diego at Arizona, 10:20 p.m.

NASCAR The Associated Press SPRINT CUP LEADERS

Through Aug. 31 Points 1, Jeff Gordon, 872. 2, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 851. 3, Matt Kenseth, 794. 4, Joey Logano, 791. 5, Brad Keselowski, 782. 6, Jimmie Johnson, 766. 7, Carl Edwards, 755. 8, Kevin Harvick, 748. 9, Ryan Newman, 747. 10, Greg Biffle, 728. 11, Kasey Kahne, 708. 12, Clint Bowyer, 705. 13, Kyle Larson, 704. 14, Paul Menard, 675. 15, Austin Dillon, 674. 16, Jamie McMurray, 666. 17, Kyle Busch, 657. 18, Brian Vickers, 650. 19, Denny Hamlin, 636. 20, Marcos Ambrose, 628. Money 1, Brad Keselowski, $5,397,579. 2, Jeff Gordon, $5,187,374. 3, Jimmie Johnson, $5,049,784. 4, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $4,886,014. 5, Joey Logano, $4,820,469. 6, Matt Kenseth, $4,809,603. 7, Jamie McMurray, $4,720,104. 8, Kevin Harvick, $4,710,979. 9, Kyle Busch, $4,562,731. 10, Denny Hamlin, $4,358,136. 11, Greg Biffle, $4,025,019. 12, Austin Dillon, $3,926,535. 13, Clint Bowyer, $3,825,811. 14, Brian Vickers, $3,768,158. 15, Paul Menard, $3,766,420. 16, Aric Almirola, $3,758,810. 17, Carl Edwards, $3,755,112. 18, Kyle Larson, $3,648,650. 19, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., $3,619,125. 20, Kasey Kahne, $3,479,679.

TENNIS The Associated Press U.S. OPEN RESULTS

Tuesday At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York Purse: $38.3 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Men Fourth Round Gael Monfils (20), France, def. Grigor Dimitrov (7), Bulgaria, 7-5, 7-6 (6), 7-5. Marin Cilic (14), Croatia, def. Gilles Simon (26), France, 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. Women Quarterfinals Peng Shuai, China, def. Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, 6-2, 6-1. Doubles Men Quarterfinals Scott Lipsky and Rajeev Ram, United States, def. Eric Butorac, United States , and Raven Klaasen (12), South Africa, 6-3, 7-6 (4). Bob and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def. David Marrero and Fernando Verdasco, Spain (7), 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. Women Quarterfinals Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina (4), Russia, def. Serena and Venus Williams, United States, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Martina Hingis, Switzerland, and Flavia Pennetta, Italy, def. Kveta Peschke, Czech Republic, and Katarina Srebotnik (5), Slovenia, 6-4, 6-3. Cara Black, Zimbabwe, and Sania Mirza (3), India, def. Zarina Diyas, Kazakhstan, and Xu Yi-Fan, China, 6-1, 1-0, retired.

WNBA PLAYOFFS By The Associated Press (x-if necessary)

CONFERENCE FINALS

(Best-of-3)

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Indiana 1, Chicago 1 Saturday, Aug. 30: Indiana 77, Chicago 70 Monday, Sept. 1: Chicago 86, Indiana 84, 2OT Wednesday, Sept. 3: Chicago at Indiana, 7 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Phoenix 1, Minnesota 1 Friday, Aug. 29: Phoenix 85, Minnesota 71 Sunday, Aug. 31: Minnesota 82, Phoenix 77 Tuesday, Sept. 2: Minnesota at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Gael Monfils returns a shot during his 7-5, 7-6 (6), 7-5 victory over seventh-seeded Grigor Dimitrov in the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Tuesday in New York.

U.S. OPEN FROM PAGE B1 the sport’s up-and-comers. There is a narrative building around the 20thseeded Monfils’ success so far this year at Flushing Meadows, where he hasn’t dropped a set en route to reaching the quarterfinals for the first time since 2010: He has matured, is playing more carefully, more seriously. The Frenchman rejected that notion after Tuesday’s win. “I’m the same. So I will say I’m a bit more lucky than I was maybe sometime in the past. I think I haven’t changed a lot, to be honest. I haven’t changed a lot,” Monfils said. “I just play maybe solid today, but I’m still the same.” As if to prove that, there was the unusual sequence in the second set. Trailing 40-love as Dimitrov served, Monfils stood halfway between the baseline and the service line to receive, and then casually and halfheartedly flicked a return long to lose the game. He walked to the changeover to a chorus of boos from the spectators in Arthur Ashe Stadium, plopped down for the break, chucked a towel at the adjacent chair and started barking something toward his guest box in the stands. Asked about that afterward, Monfils said he was angry at himself at that moment and just wanted to get that game over with. “I was like, ‘Just serve, because obviously I give you the game. So it’s OK,’” he said. “It’s nothing against anyone. I was upset.” In the quarterfinals, Monfils will face the winner of Tuesday night’s match between 17-time major champion Roger Federer and 17th-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut. The other quarterfinal matchup on that half of the draw will be No. 14 Marin Cilic against No. 6 Tomas

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Peng Shuai returns a shot against Belinda Bencic during her 6-2, 6-1 quarterfinal victory on Tuesday at the U.S. Open in New York. Berdych, who beat 20-yearold Dominic Thiem 6-1, 6-2, 6-4. Cilic edged No. 26 Gilles Simon, who was treated for a back problem early on, 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. In women’s quarterfinal action Tuesday, 39th-ranked Peng Shuai of China ended the precocious run of 17-year-old Belinda Belic of Switzerland 6-2, 6-1. Peng, 28, advanced to her first Grand Slam semifinal in the 37th major tournament of her career; only five women took longer to get to the final four at one of the sport’s top four events. Her voice choking with emotion during an on-court interview, Peng said she had pondered giving up professional tennis in the past, but “my coach, my parents — they always tell me to try to keep going and never ever, give up.” Peng’s next opponent will be No. 10 Caroline Wozniacki or No. 13 Sara Errani, who met Tuesday night. In the afternoon, with the temperature topping 90 degrees (32 Celsius) and the humidity at about 50 percent, Monfils and Dimitrov appeared sluggish at times.

“Where should I begin?” said Dimitrov, a Wimbledon semifinalist in July. “Just a bad match for me.” A key moment came in the second-set tiebreaker, when Dimitrov went ahead 6-4. On the first set point, Dimitrov nearly lost his balance as he shanked a forehand off Monfils’ mediocre drop shot. “One of the worst drop shots I ever hit,” Monfils said, grinning, “and he hit a frame.” On the second, a 13-stroke exchange, Dimitrov dropped a backhand into the net. That was part of fourpoint run for Monfils thanks to miscues by his opponent. While Monfils essentially kept the ball in play, taking some pace off and pushing shots over the net, Dimitrov sailed forehands long to end the set. “He defended when he had to,” Dimitrov said. “But if you think about it, I did a lot of unforced errors.” What mattered in the end, of course, was who won, something that has not always seemed to matter to Monfils.

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GAMECOCKS FROM PAGE B1 for fans, opponents and the SEC Network to see. But inside the stadium was a South Carolina horror show. The Gamecocks gave up 680 yards of offense, the most ever, and turned firsttime A&M quarterback starter Kenny Hill into that program’s next star as he passed for 511 yards and three touchdowns. South Carolina’s defense didn’t generate much of a pass rush and its secondary had trouble deny receivers the ball or tackling them once they made the catch. Spurrier acknowledged there were too many times when a Texas A&M player would be tracking in one direction while Gamecock defenders went the opposite way. Both corners were firsttime starters at that position, along with three of its four down linemen. “We had some players get confused at times and the other team executed pretty well,” Spurrier said. He has made changes in the practice routine, speeding up the pace and having his defensive line starters go up against those starters on the offensive line. That’s something he would usually only do individually at this point of the season. “We’ve just tried to keep our guys moving better, a sense of urgency,” Spurrier said. “It seems like we’ve been a bit lackadaisical.” Spurrier hinted there also could be some personnel changes, something he said he’d detail later in the week. East Carolina, a 10-game winner last year, enters with a similar offensive style as No. 8 Texas A&M. Quarterback Shane Carden set a school record with 4,139 yards passing last season and threw for 283 yards and three touchdowns in a 52-7 win over North Carolina Central last week. Pirates coach Ruffin McNeill says his team won’t count on the Gamecocks

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

AP TOP 25 The Associated Press The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 1, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25thplace vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pv 1. Florida St. (46) 1-0 1,456 1 2. Alabama (1) 1-0 1,317 2 3. Oregon (5) 1-0 1,314 3 4. Oklahoma (2) 1-0 1,283 4 5. Auburn 1-0 1,186 6 6. Georgia (2) 1-0 1,114 12 7. Michigan St. 1-0 1,093 8 8. Ohio St. 1-0 982 5 9. Texas A&M (2) 1-0 978 21 10. Baylor 1-0 962 10 11. UCLA 1-0 944 7 12. LSU (1) 1-0 926 13 13. Stanford 1-0 886 11 14. Southern Cal 1-0 729 15 15. Mississippi 1-0 525 18 16. Notre Dame 1-0 519 17 17. Arizona St. 1-0 431 19 18. Wisconsin 0-1 364 14 19. Nebraska 1-0 352 22 20. Kansas St. 1-0 325 20 21. North Carolina 1-0 196 23 21. South Carolina 0-1 196 9 23. Clemson 0-1 164 16 24. Missouri 1-0 147 24 25. Louisville 1-0 141 NR Others receiving votes: Texas 126, Oklahoma St. 94, Duke 60, Florida 49, Mississippi St. 49, Penn St. 49, Michigan 38, TCU 29, Washington 27, BYU 21, Iowa 18, Marshall 18, Virginia Tech 17, Tennessee 14, Cincinnati 8, Texas Tech 7, West Virginia 7, Rutgers 6, Arizona 4, N. Dakota St. 2, Louisiana 1, Pittsburgh 1.

playing this poorly again. “I know (Spurrier) will have his team ready to go. Of course we’ll watch the film, but it goes back to controlling what we can and that’s our preparation and how we plan,” McNeill said. Defensive tackle J.T. Surratt, the lone returning starter on the line, said he was frustrated with the defense’s problems, but believes the players have the mindset to improve. “Anything we can do to push ourselves to do more while we’re out there on the field, I believe we have that drive this week,” he said. “Everybody does have that chip on the shoulder.” That’s something Spurrier would love to see Saturday night. He says while losing’s always painful, it’s a long season with all of South Carolina’s goals still intact as long as things perk up. “We were ready to play, they just completely outplayed us, outcoached us and everything else,” the coach said. “So we have no excuses and I’m hoping and believing that we can play a whole bunch better.”

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Georgia’s Todd Gurley, right, runs the ball past Clemson’s Jayron Kearse in the Bulldogs’ 45-21 victory on Saturday in Athens, Ga. Gurley ran for 198 yards and three touchdowns and returned a kickoff 100 yards for another score. The Tigers will look to rebound this weekend against S.C. State.

TIGERS FROM PAGE B1 night,” Swinney said during Tuesday’s press conference. “Because they were worried about what the offense was doing. Doesn’t matter what the offense is doing. Go play.” Often quick to refer to his alma mater, Swinney pointed out the 1992 Alabama national championship team “had a bunch of 3-and-outs. A bunch of ‘em.” “But them boys, they were just fired up to go play defense again,” said Swinney, a Crimson Tide senior wide receiver at the time. “They couldn’t get out there fast enough. That’s a mentality that I want to see us establish defensively.” Swinney’s coordinator and Clemson’s defensive boss, Brent Venables, didn’t quite agree that the defense grew frustrated with the offense’s power outage between the hedges. “I don’t know, I didn’t ask ‘em. I was excited; it was a three-point game, on the road, in a tough, hostile environment,” Venables said. “Start of the fourth quarter, everybody’s up off their feet, got their four fingers up, this is what we’ve been talking about.” However, the total team collapse was undeniable: Georgia outscored Clemson 21-0, and outgained its guest 211 yards to minus-19. “Fourth quarter, this is

AMWAY TOP 25 POLL The Amway Top 25 football coaches poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 1, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Florida State (57)1-0 1541 1 2. Alabama 1-0 1432 2 3. Oklahoma (2) 1-0 1407 3 4. Oregon (2) 1-0 1358 4 5. Auburn 1-0 1289 5 6. Michigan State 1-0 1141 8 7. Ohio State 1-0 1114 6 8. Georgia (1) 1-0 1108 12 9. Baylor 1-0 1018 10 10. Stanford 1-0 999 11 11. UCLA 1-0 964 7 12. Louisiana State 1-0 912 13 13. Texas A&M 1-0 895 20 14. So. California 1-0 713 15 15. Notre Dame 1-0 605 17 16. Arizona State 1-0 502 18 17. Mississippi 1-0 438 19 18. Nebraska 1-0 384 22 19. Wisconsin 0-1 373 14 20. Kansas State 1-0 370 21 21. South Carolina 0-1 272 9 22. Missouri 1-0 189 NR 23. North Carolina 1-0 168 23 24. Clemson 0-1 155 16 25. Texas 1-0 150 24 Others receiving votes: Oklahoma State 106; Florida 84; Louisville 73; Mississippi State 72; Michigan 59; Washington 51; Duke 47; Brigham Young 26; Iowa 23; TCU 23; Minnesota 16; Louisiana-Lafayette 13; Marshall 11; Virginia Tech 11; Cincinnati (0-0) 7; West Virginia 7; Arizona 6; Oregon State 5; Colorado State 2; Northern Illinois 2; Pittsburgh 2; Rutgers 2; Texas Tech 2; Boise State 1; Memphis 1; Temple 1.

going to be about will and toughness,” Venables said. “And we didn’t match what they had. You could use a lot of different adjectives, but you’re (ticked). You want the opportunity as a defense to win the game; we had every opportunity to do that and we didn’t do it.” Venables said he found 13 missed tackles in the last 16 minutes of action in film review. “Positioning was poor. Aggression wasn’t what it needed to be across the

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USC’s Damiere Byrd, left, can’t haul in a pass as a Texas A&M defender covers him during Saturday’s 52-28 loss in Columbia. The Gamecocks are hoping to play much better in all three phases of the game this Saturday against East Carolina.

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board,” Venables said. “Having that sense of desperation when the game’s on the line and you have an opportunity to win it, all those things were poor.” Senior defensive tackle Grady Jarrett, the heart of Clemson’s defense — specifically, run defense — was disgusted with any questions about his unit’s effort through the final 15 minutes. “The offensive performance, it doesn’t dictate our performance,” Jarrett said. “We take sole ownership of what happened on the defensive side of the ball. “It’s inexcusable to play with bad effort. Believe me, it’s being addressed as we speak. I highly doubt we’ll have an effort problem ever again. It’s inexcusable and we’re going to fix it.” The first chance to redeem themselves arrives in Saturday’s home opener against FCS member South Carolina State. Last year, Georgia gained 545 yards on the Tigers at Memorial Stadium to open 2013; then S.C. State picked up 241 yards a week later, proof a quick rebound is plausible. But for now, Clemson rates No. 96 in total defense, far below its ultimate goal. “We can’t just anoint ourselves a great defense. We’ve got to go out there and prove it,” Jarrett said. “But this is definitely going to be motivation for us to fix our issues and get back to playing a style of defense we know we’re capable of.”

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NFL suspends Irsay 6 games, fines him $500K BY RICK CALLAHAN The Associated Press NOBLESVILLE, Ind. — The NFL suspended Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay for the first six games of the season Tuesday and fined him $500,000 for violating its personal conduct policy, coming down hard just hours after he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor stemIRSAY ming from an embarrassing March traffic stop. Commissioner Roger Goodell said Irsay is barred from team facilities, practices and games and cannot represent the Colts and NFL meetings or events. The fine levied Tuesday is the maximum allowed under league rules. “I have stated on numerous occasions that owners, management personnel and coaches must be held to a higher standard than players,” Goodell told Irsay in a letter released publicly by the NFL. “We discussed this during our meeting and you expressed your support for that view, volunteering that owners should be held to the highest standard.” There was no immediate comment on the punishment from Irsay, who pleaded guilty Tuesday morning to a misdemeanor count of driving while intoxicated. The 55-year-old Irsay admitted to a Hamilton County judge that he was under the influence of the painkillers oxycodone and hydrocodone when he was arrested March 16 near his home in the Indianapolis suburb of Carmel.

Irsay will be on probation for a year and is prohibited from drinking or possessing alcohol during that time. His driver’s license also was suspended for one year. Judge J. Richard Campbell asked Irsay about his history of prescription drug troubles. “Yes, I’ve had it in the past ... when I was dealing with the effects after having surgery,” Irsay said in court. He left the courtroom with his attorneys after the hearing. Andre Miksha, the Hamilton County chief deputy prosecutor, said Irsay’s case wasn’t handled differently than the 1,100 intoxicated driving cases the office handles each year. But his case was closely watched around the NFL — not least among players — because there are few examples of the league punishing an owner like Irsay. Detroit Lions president Tom Lewand was suspended for 30 days and fined $100,000 in 2010 for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy following his guilty plea to driving while impaired. A player with a first-offense misdemeanor DUI would not be suspended and would be fined no more than $50,000 under terms of the collective bargaining agreement with the NFL Players Association. Carmel police said Irsay was arrested after an officer spotted him driving slowly, stopping in the roadway and failing to use a turn signal. Officers said he had trouble reciting the alphabet and failed field sobriety tests. Various prescription drugs were found in his vehicle, along with more than $29,000 in cash.

49ers’ Harbaugh won’t tolerate domestic violence BY TERRY COLLINS The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh reiterated Tuesday that the team will not tolerate domestic violence. Harbaugh gave his comments and maintained a firm stance about the topic during his HARBAUGH radio segment on KNBR-AM, two days after 49ers defensive tackle Ray McDonald was arrested on felony domestic vioMCDONALD lence charges. “You ask me how I feel about domestic violence. I can be very clear about that,” Harbaugh said. “If someone physically abuses a woman and/or physically or mentally abuses or hurts a child, then there’s no understanding. There’s no tolerance for that.” McDonald, 30, is out on $25,000 bail following his arrest in an upscale San Jose neighborhood early Sunday. Police say they plan to provide more details about the arrest Tuesday. McDonald’s arrest came after NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced tougher penalties for players accused of domestic violence, including a six-week suspension for a first offense and at least a year for a second. The move followed scrutiny over Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice’s

two-game penalty stemming from his arrest on an assault charge in February. While Harbaugh cautioned against any rush to judgment regarding McDonald’s arrest, he also said Tuesday that he would not allow any player who was found guilty of domestic violence on his team. “Yes, we would not. We can be very clear (on that),” Harbaugh said. The coach also did not rule out McDonald, an eight-year veteran, from practicing Tuesday as the 49ers prepare for their season opener Sunday at Dallas. Harbaugh said he did not know all of the details surrounding McDonald’s arrest, who is scheduled to appear in court on Sept. 15. “This is a legal matter. I think we all owe, to everyone involved, the ability for due process to take place,” Harbaugh said. “All the questions you could ask me, I understand why you’re asking, but this is a process that has to conducted, has to be concluded, and then we’ll be in a better place in time to have this discussion and or make judgments.” McDonald’s arrest came two days after linebacker Aldon Smith received a nine-game suspension for violations of the NFL substance-abuse and personalconduct policies. When asked about the 49ers having players arrested an NFL-high 10 times since 2012, Harbaugh said Tuesday that the team is doing “everything in our power to make sure there isn’t a pattern forming.”

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Week 13 THURSDAY, NOV. 27

Week 7

Week 1

Chicago at Detroit, 12:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. Seattle at San Francisco, 8:30 p.m.

(Byes: Philadelphia, Tampa Bay)

THURSDAY

THURSDAY, OCT. 16

Green Bay at Seattle, 8:30 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at New England, 8:25 p.m.

SUNDAY

SUNDAY, OCT. 19

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

Atlanta at Baltimore, 1 p.m. Minnesota at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Miami at Chicago, 1 p.m. New Orleans at Detroit, 1 p.m. Carolina at Green Bay, 1 p.m. Cincinnati at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Cleveland at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. Seattle at St. Louis, 1 p.m. Tennessee at Washington, 1 p.m. Kansas City at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 4:25 p.m. Arizona at Oakland, 4:25 p.m. San Francisco at Denver-x, 8:30 p.m.

MONDAY

Houston at Pittsburgh, 8:30 p.m.

San Diego at Denver, 8:25 p.m.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 14

Detroit vs. Atlanta, at London, 9:30 a.m. Seattle at Carolina, 1 p.m. Baltimore at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Miami at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. St. Louis at Kansas City, 1 p.m. Chicago at New England, 1 p.m. Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Minnesota at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. Houston at Tennessee, 1 p.m. Philadelphia at Arizona, 4:05 p.m. Oakland at Cleveland, 4:25 p.m. Indianapolis at Pittsburgh, 4:25 p.m. Green Bay at New Orleans-x, 8:30 p.m.

MONDAY, SEPT. 15

SUNDAY, OCT. 26

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

MONDAY, DEC. 8

Atlanta at Green Bay, 8:30 p.m.

MONDAY, OCT. 27

Week 15

Washington at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Indianapolis, 8:30 p.m.

THURSDAY, DEC. 11

Arizona at St. Louis, 8:25 p.m.

Week 9

(Byes: Atlanta, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Green Bay, Tennessee)

Week 3 THURSDAY, SEPT. 18

Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 8:25 p.m.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 21

THURSDAY, OCT. 30

New Orleans at Carolina, 8:25 p.m.

SUNDAY, NOV. 2

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

Jacksonville at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Tampa Bay at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Arizona at Dallas, 1 p.m. Philadelphia at Houston, 1 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Kansas City, 1 p.m. San Diego at Miami, 1 p.m. Washington at Minnesota, 1 p.m. St. Louis at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m. Denver at New England, 4:25 p.m. Oakland at Seattle, 4:25 p.m. Baltimore at Pittsburgh-x, 8:30 p.m.

MONDAY, SEPT. 22

Indianapolis at N.Y. Giants, 8:30 p.m.

Chicago at N.Y. Jets, 8:30 p.m.

Week 4

(Byes: Arizona, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Denver, Seattle, St. Louis)

THURSDAY, SEPT. 25

Week 10

(Byes: Houston, Indianapolis, Minnesota, New England, San Diego, Washington)

THURSDAY, NOV. 6

SUNDAY, SEPT. 28

SUNDAY, NOV. 9

Carolina at Baltimore, 1 p.m. Green Bay at Chicago, 1 p.m. Buffalo at Houston, 1 p.m. Tennessee at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Detroit at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Miami vs. Oakland at London, 1 p.m. Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. Jacksonville at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. Atlanta at Minnesota, 4:25 p.m. Philadelphia at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m. New Orleans at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Tennessee at Baltimore, 1 p.m. Kansas City at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Miami at Detroit, 1 p.m. Dallas vs. Jacksonville, at London, 1 p.m. San Francisco at New Orleans, 1 p.m. Pittsburgh at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. Denver at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. St. Louis at Arizona, 4:25 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Seattle, 4:25 p.m. Chicago at Green Bay-x, 8:30 p.m.

MONDAY, SEPT. 29

Carolina at Philadelphia, 8:30 p.m.

THURSDAY, NOV. 13

THURSDAY, OCT. 2

Buffalo at Miami, 8:25 p.m.

SUNDAY, OCT. 5

Atlanta at Carolina, 1 p.m. Minnesota at Chicago, 1 p.m. Houston at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Philadelphia at Green Bay, 1 p.m. Seattle at Kansas City, 1 p.m. Cincinnati at New Orleans, 1 p.m. San Francisco at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. Denver at St. Louis, 1 p.m. Tampa Bay at Washington, 1 p.m. Oakland at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. Detroit at Arizona, 4:25 p.m. New England at Indianapolis-x, 8:30 p.m.

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

SUNDAY, NOV. 16

MONDAY, NOV. 17

Pittsburgh at Tennessee, 8:30 p.m.

MONDAY, OCT. 6

Week 12

Seattle at Washington, 8:30 p.m.

THURSDAY, OCT. 9

Indianapolis at Houston, 8:25 p.m.

SUNDAY, OCT. 12

Chicago at Atlanta, 1 p.m. New England at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Carolina at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Green Bay at Miami, 1 p.m. Detroit at Minnesota, 1 p.m. Denver at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. Jacksonville at Tennessee, 1 p.m. San Diego at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. Washington at Arizona, 4:25 p.m. Dallas at Seattle, 4:25 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia-x, 8:30 p.m. San Francisco at St. Louis, 7:30

SATURDAY, DEC. 20

San Diego at San Francisco, 4:30 or 8:15 p.m. Philadelphia at Washington, 4:30 or 8:15 p.m.

SUNDAY, DEC. 21

Cleveland at Carolina, 1 p.m. Detroit at Chicago, 1 p.m. Baltimore at Houston, 1 p.m. Minnesota at Miami, 1 p.m. Atlanta at New Orleans, 1 p.m. New England at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Kansas City at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. Green Bay at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. N.Y. Giants at St. Louis, 4:05 p.m. Indianapolis at Dallas, 4:25 p.m. Buffalo at Oakland, 4:25 p.m. Seattle at Arizona-x, 8:30 p.m.

MONDAY, DEC. 22

Denver at Cincinnati, 8:30 p.m.

THURSDAY, NOV. 20

Kansas City at Oakland, 8:25 p.m.

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

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SUNDAY, NOV. 23

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

MONDAY, NOV. 24

Week 17

SUNDAY, JAN. 4

(Byes: Carolina, Pittsburgh)

Week 6 (Byes: Kansas City, New Orleans)

Tennessee at Jacksonville, 8:25 p.m.

SUNDAY, DEC. 28

Week 11

(Byes: Baltimore, Dallas, Jacksonville, N.Y. Jets)

Minnesota at Green Bay, 8:25 p.m.

THURSDAY, DEC. 18

MONDAY, NOV. 10

New England at Kansas City, 7:30 p.m.

Week 5

MONDAY, DEC. 15

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

Week 16

Cleveland at Cincinnati, 8:25 p.m.

(Byes: Miami, Oakland)

SUNDAY, DEC. 14

Pittsburgh at Atlanta, 1 p.m. Jacksonville at Baltimore, 1 p.m. Green Bay at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Tampa Bay at Carolina, 1 p.m. Cincinnati at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Minnesota at Detroit, 1 p.m. Houston at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Oakland at Kansas City, 1 p.m. Miami at New England, 1 p.m. Washington at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. Denver at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Tennessee, 4:05 p.m. San Francisco at Seattle, 4:25 p.m. Dallas at Philadelphia-x, 8:30 p.m.

MONDAY, NOV. 3

N.Y. Giants at Washington, 8:25 p.m.

MONDAY, OCT. 13

Dallas at Chicago, 8:25 p.m.

SUNDAY, DEC. 7

THURSDAY, OCT. 23

THURSDAY, SEPT. 11

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

Week 14 THURSDAY, DEC. 4

Week 8

(Byes: N.Y. Giants, San Francisco)

Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 8:25 p.m.

MONDAY, DEC. 1

Miami at N.Y. Jets, 8:30 p.m.

MONDAY, OCT. 20

N.Y. Giants at Detroit, 7:10 p.m. San Diego at Arizona, 10:20 p.m.

Week 2

SUNDAY, NOV. 30

San Diego at Baltimore, 1 p.m. Cleveland at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Tennessee at Houston, 1 p.m. Washington at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. Carolina at Minnesota, 1 p.m. New Orleans at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. Oakland at St. Louis, 1 p.m. Cincinnati at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. Arizona at Atlanta, 4:05 p.m. New England at Green Bay, 4:25 p.m. Denver at Kansas City-x, 8:30 p.m.

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

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SUNDAY, JAN. 11

AFC Divisional Playoff (CBS) NFC Divisional Playoff (FOX)

SUNDAY, JAN. 18

AFC Championship Game (CBS) NFC Championship Game (FOX)

SUNDAY, JAN. 25

Pro Bowl at Glendale, Ariz., 8 p.m. (ESPN)

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USC ’15 commit Blackshear injures knee

niversity of South Carolina 2015 commitment defensive end Shamiek Blackshear of Bluffton High School injured his knee on Friday and was scheduled to have an MRI on Tuesday. His head coach, Ken Cribb, said the injury occurred without contact. “He didn’t get hit, it was where he stepped,” Cribb said. “You can’t see it on film.” Cribb was not willing to offer an opinion as to the severity of the injury. “We have a great trainer and a great group of doctors and I leave it up to them, Cribb said. “I can only hope that it’s not serious.” Linebacker Amonte Caban of Smiths Station, Ala., said last week it won’t be long before he makes his college decision. The decision could come as soon as this week. Caban is down to USC, Mississippi State, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Kentucky and Louisville with the Gamecocks, Bulldogs and Volunteers the top three. Caban is planning to visit USC for the Georgia game, and his mother wants more information on what to look for from USC. “She wants to know how much access she has to me and where I’ll be staying, what I’ll be doing and how much academic help I’ll get,” Caban said. Caban said he will take some official visits to the schools other than the one to which he commits. He said USC has been recruiting him the hardest, but he considers his top three schools to be even with him at this point. USC remains involved with defensive back DaVante Davis of Miami. The cornerback is in regular contact with recruiter Grady Brown and is considering the Gamecocks for an official visit along with Alabama, Florida and Florida

State. He has not scheduled any visits. At one time, Davis was committed to Syracuse. Former Summerville High DB Darin Smalls committed to USC last year with an eye toward playing right away because he knew the Gamecocks needed CBs this season. However, those hopes were doused by torn knee ligaments in the third week of the season. And adding true insult to the injury, the NCAA prevented Smalls from enrolling this fall. Smalls said there was only a 50 percent chance he could play this season because he’s still recovering from the knee injury in which he tore his anterior cruciate ligament and partially tore his lateral collateral ligament. He still wanted to come in with his class though. He made a qualifying test score, but he made the mistake of improving too much, so the score was flagged by the NCAA and Smalls currently is being held as a Clearinghouse hostage. Smalls has not retaken the test because the NCAA is investigating the validity of his test score, and he’s not allowed to retake the test until that investigation is complete. If the NCAA validates the score, Smalls won’t need to take the test again, but if the score is not validated he will have to retake the test and get a qualifying score to be able to enroll at USC in January. Smalls said he’s still 100 percent set with USC and is working out and running every day. “My first priority is conditioning,” Smalls said. “I know college ball has faster guys and you need the conditioning to run more. If I come in there conditioned, I’ll be fine. My knee is fine, but it’s not 100 percent.” Smalls said he’s waiting on the NCAA’s report to come to him in the mail most anytime.

In the meantime, he talks with Gamecock coaches every day to keep them up to date on his situation.

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Clemson ‘15 commitment DE Clelin Ferrell of Richmond, Va., suffered a season-ending knee injury in his opening game of the season two weeks ago. DE Darian Roseboro of Lincolnton, N.C., committed to Michigan on Friday. Clemson was on his short list. JUNIORS

Offensive lineman John Guthrie (6-feet-3-inches, 295 pounds) of Byrnes High in Duncan has visited Georgia Tech twice and is showing a lot of interest in the Yellow Jackets. His next visit to Atlanta will be to see GT host Clemson. “I grew up a Clemson fan,” he said. “They’re my childhood favorite. It’s a good school and it’s close to home.” The Tigers have shown interest along with North Carolina State and North Carolina. He has heard some from USC, but said the evaluation process is ongoing. Other than GT, he does not have any visits scheduled. Wide receiver Samuel Denmark (6-0, 180) of Hanahan High is hearing from Clemson, USC, Notre Dame and NCSU. He has attended camps at the two instate schools and is hearing similar comments from both coaching staffs. “They’re telling me to keep working and that they are going to keep evaluating me,” Denmark said. “Clemson, I like the coaching staff. I camped there this summer and I like the campus a lot. At USC, the atmosphere, especially at the games, is awe-

some. I didn’t get to see much of the campus, but hopefully I can go back for another visit.” Denmark plans to attend the ND-Michigan game this fall, and it will be his first look at the Fighting Irish. As a sophomore, Denmark had 44 receptions for 1,020 yards and 11 touchdowns. BASKETBALL

CJ Williamson, a 6-6 point guard from Orlando, Fla., thought he had a visit set with Clemson for Sept. 22, but hasn’t heard from recruiter Steve Smith in a couple of weeks to confirm the visit despite reaching out to him several times. That’s not a positive sign for him with the Tigers as far as Williamson is concerned. “That’s what’s kind of scaring me,” Williamson said. “I think they’ve got a player already in my position I guess that committed. Either he (Smith) is busy or he’s pulling away. All the other schools are texting me like 24/7.” Williamson has seen Missouri jump in on his list, and he’s now interested in the Tigers. He will visit there on Oct. 11. Texas Tech also remains strong with him and head coach Tubby Smith has an in-home visit set for Sept. 9. Williamson will take an official visit to Lubbock on Oct. 18. He also has a visit set with Virginia Tech on Sept. 12. Williamson plans to commit on his birthday, Nov. 26, but won’t sign until the following April. As for Clemson, the Tigers have been the leaders for PG Ty Hudson of Mableton, Ga., and may have decided to focus their efforts on him. PJ Dozier, a 6-6 player from Spring Valley High in Columbia didn’t take an official visit to Louisville over the weekend. The visit will be rescheduled for later in the fall. Tevin Mack, a 6-5 player from Dreher High in Colum-

bia, was at USC on Thursday for the Texas A&M football game and at Georgia on Saturday for the Clemson football game. USC target Chris Silva, a 6-8 player from New Rochelle, N.J., made an official visit to Seton Hall last week. He is scheduled to visit USC on Sept. 12. Nick Marshall, a 6-10 player from Lexington, Tenn., committed to Memphis last week. He also had USC, Tennessee, Connecticut, Indiana, and Mississippi State on his short list. Zach Price, a 6-10 player, has transferred to Winthrop from Missouri and has requested a waiver from the NCAA for immediate eligibility. Keith Stone, a 6-8 player from Deerfield Beach, Fla., made an unofficial visit to Florida recently and has two official visits set right now, Alabama on Sept. 21 and USC the weekend after that. The Gamecocks, he said, are showing him a lot of interest. “I’ve been hearing a lot from (USC head) Coach Frank (Martin) and (assistant) Coach Lamont (Evans),” Stone said. “They are really pushing for me to come there. They tell me you have to earn your minutes, but I could be a starting 3 (shooting guard) or 4 (small forward).” Stone admits to not knowing very much about the Gamecock program right now, and he’s never visited. However, he said the Gamecocks and the Gators have been recruiting him the hardest. Stone doesn’t have a favorite and is not sure when he’ll make a decision or if he’ll even sign early. Last season, he averaged 29 points and eight rebounds per game. BASEBALL

Shortstop Mason Streater of Byrnes, a member of the ‘17 class, committed to USC on Friday.

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Sometimes even Sherman needs to find an escape BY TIM BOOTH The Associated Press

RENTON, Wash. — The places and ways to escape were simpler not that long ago. When Richard Sherman could go unrecognized in public. When his dreadlocks might bring a curious glance and be forgotten just as quickly. When he was still mostly overlooked, the same way he ended up being bypassed in the NFL draft until the fifth round. “It’s difficult at times. It’s more frustrating at times,” the star cornerback says about that anonymity being gone. “When you’re at dinner with your family or you’re just trying to be out hanging out on vacation and you can’t just sit there and sit on the boat without people driving up to the boat, constantly trying to take pictures and then them calling you rude because you say you just want to relax and be on vacation for a second. “It gets to be a bit much when you lose your personal time.” This is the world that Sherman has chosen. Where he’s gone from being largely overlooked coming out of Stanford, to being one of the most polarizing figures in the NFL. There isn’t much of a middle ground with Sherman. He is either loved for a style that borders on cockiness, or he is despised for the same reason. It’s a difficult space to navigate for someone 26 and suddenly flush with money after signing a $56 million contract extension. So there are times when Sherman must escape what he’s created. Often it’s as simple as locking himself in a

room and playing video games for a few hours, or hanging out with his girlfriend and watching a movie. The games are an escape from The Game. A way for Sherman to get lost in something, anything other than the hoopla that surrounds him. “I really put time in it, I focus on it. I cut my phone off. Nobody comes and bothers me when I play my games,” Sherman said. “It allows you to clear your head for a while, and when it’s time to get back to work it’s time to get back to work.” Football fans were already well-aware of Sherman before Jan. 19. With one loud, passionate, emotion-filled postgame interview with Erin Andrews, Sherman became must-see TV beyond the sports channels. CNN, MSNBC and Fox News all cut into live programing to show his next news conference. It was the biggest play of his career and sent Seattle to the Super Bowl, but people wanted to talk more about the interview. Sherman was buzzy. Advertisers were drawn to his colorful personality and name recognition equal to any professional athlete. He landed on the cover of the biggest sports video game on the market. Distraction is easy. Keeping on course is now Sherman’s biggest challenge. “For him, football is the root of everything. So you have to always stay focused on that — first and foremost — and surround yourself with people in other areas that can support that vision,” said Kobe Bryant, who participated in Sherman’s charity softball event. “But you can’t get distracted from that. You have to stay focused on what got

you there because that is the root of everything. “As long as you stay centered on that and hire very talented people around you to manage areas that are important to you then you’ll be absolutely fine.” This is what Sherman is learning: balance. His on-field persona bubbles with bravado. Away from the field, friends describe Sherman as the opposite. The conflict comes when the worlds collide and when people assume Sherman’s personality is what they see on the field. “You’ve got this person who is so passionate for the game of football and he displays that every time he steps out on the football field, but when he’s off the field he’s this (big) Teddy bear,” teammate Doug Baldwin said. “But the persona that obviously the fans that see him on

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Seattle cornerback Richard Sherman has found it hard to find time to relax since he and the Seahawks won Super Bowl XLVIII in February. the field, gives him this negative persona because he is high intensity, which he has always been. I can see it at times and I know sometimes

it gets to him, bothers him a little bit, but he’s extremely mentally tough where he can handle those situations with ease.”

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The Sumter 02 Phantoms, the Sumter Soccer Club’s U12 boys team, went undefeated in winning the Carowinds Classic in Fort Mill Aug. 23-24. On Saturday, the Phantoms beat the Florence Riptide 8-1 and followed it with a 3-1 victory over the LNSC HV Claymores. Sumter beat Palmetto United 02 Boys Maroon 3-0 in its first match on Sunday. The teams then played each other again in the championship match. Palmetto led 2-0 before the Phantoms rallied to tie it. They won the game on penalty kicks, winning 3-2.

FOOTBALL SUMTER TOUCHDOWN CLUB

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

BASEBALL ALI WILLIAMS SHOWCASE CAMP

The Ali Williams Showcase Camp will be held Sept. 20-21 at Crestwood High School located at 2000 Oswego Highway. Williams is a former Crestwood baseball player now pitching in the Kansas City Royals organization. The Sept. 20 session will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., while the Sept. 21 session will run from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Food will be served on Sept. 20 and there will be a showcase event for players ages 14 and up with college and pro-

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The Sumter 02 Phantoms, the Sumter Soccer Club’s U12 boys team, won the Carowinds Classic held recently in Fort Mill. Members of the team are, left to right: coach Patrick Tidwell, Francisco Gonzalez, David Floyd, Gavyn Mathes, Brayden Perez, Juliyen Von Johnson, coach Corey Bieger, Gavyn Zimmerman, Jehu McCray, Layton Rothwell, Henry Jiron, Josh Fugate, and coach Steve Zimmerman. fessional scouts in attendance on Sept. 21. Also on Sept. 20 there will be an autograph session with former Major Leaguer Tony Womack, former Sumter High standouts and professional players Travis Witherspoon and Matt Price and professional players C.J. Edwards and Devon Lowery. The cost is $100 for players between the ages of 8-13 and $125 for players 14 and older. For more information, contact Williams at (803) 5652453.

BASKETBALL ROYAL BASH TOURNAMENT

The Royal Bash Tournament will be held Sept. 12-14 at both the Crestwood High School and Chestnut Oaks Middle School gymnasiums. The field is open to 24 teams at a cost of $500 per team. The winning team will receive a $5,000 cash prize. Free school supplies will be given to children who attend as well as autographed Kansas City Royals memorabilia. For more information, contact Ali Williams at (803) 5652453.

The classes are held to prepare officials to call games for the South Carolina High School League Basketball Officials Association. Each training class will cover National Federation rules for high school basketball, South Carolina Basketball Official Association mechanics and SCBOA exam preparation. The statewide clinic and exam will be held on Saturday, Nov. 15, at River Buff High School in Lexington. For more information, call Granderson James, at (803) 968-2391 or e-mail him at grandersj@aol.com. FREE SPIRIT LEAGUE REGISTRATION

The Free Spirit Church League is accepting player and team registration for its fall basketball league. The league is open to boys

and girls ages 5-12 based on their age as of Sept. 1, 2014. There will be leagues for age 6-and-under, 7-9 and 10-12. The registration deadline is Saturday. For more information, contact Deacon David Glover at (803) 983-1309 or Burnell Ransom at (803) 425-5118.

GOLF PAR 4 PETS TOURNAMENT

The Par 4 Pets 3rd Annual Golf Tournament will be held on Saturday, Sept. 20, at Crystal Lakes Golf Course. The format for the tournament is 4-Man Captain’s Choice. The entry fee is $160 per team or $40 per player. The tournament is limited to the first 20 teams. Prizes will go to the top three teams and prizes will be given to closest to pin on all par 3 holes.

The last day to register is Sept. 5. Money raised from the tournament goes to K.A.T.’s Special Kneads. For more information on the organization, check it out on Facebook or go to katsspecialkneads@yahoo.com. For more information on the tournament, call Kathy Stafford at (803) 469-3906, Teresa Durden at (803) 917-4710 or Mike Ardis at (803) 7751902. 4-PERSON SCRAMBLE

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

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CONFIDENCE FROM PAGE B1 running the offense,” Barnes said. “I’ve just gotten more comfortable with it. My reads are coming easier, and it helps to have the weapons we have. It helps to have someone like (wide receiver) Ky’Jon (Tyler) out there, but even if he’s double-teamed, that just opens things up for everyone else.” The experience Barnes has had the last season-plus has garnered a tremendous amount of confidence from the coaching staff as well. “We almost feel like he could teach the offense to a brand new player who walked in the door,” SHS head coach John Jones said. “I think he’s got a complete grasp of everything now and knows what we’re trying to do in both the running and passing game. “Every scheme that we run has a purpose and he’s picked up on that and is running things at a high level right now.” Still, there’s always room for improvement, Barnes said. “Biggest thing is we need to make more first downs and put long drives together,” he said. “That and limiting turnovers.” East Clarendon did a good job of limiting Green SeaFloyds in the second half of their game last Friday, and the result was a 30-12 victory. Elmore was in the middle of it – on both sides of the ball. The Wolverines free safety finished with seven tackles and came away with an interception.

“He reads his keys and he puts himself in position to make plays,” ECHS head coach Dwayne Howell said. “That’s the mark of any good football player, and he does that really well.” Depending on the coverage, Elmore has the ability to run to the ball and make plays when needed, Howell added. “He’s able to roam free back there a lot of times, and he’s very good at reading the quarterback and getting to the ball,” he said. “You have to have a lot of knowledge of the game to do that and you have to have a lot of athletic ability as well.” Elmore also shined at wide receiver as one of the many Wolverines players who rarely left the field. He caught five passes for 163 yards and three touchdowns while also rushing twice for 25 yards. Wilson Hall got off to a good start in its SCISA 3A state title defense with a 44-7 victory over Orangeburg Prep. The Barons rushed for 165 yards and three touchdowns in a game that featured a running clock in the second half. They had 311 yards of total offense with 146 coming through the air. Edward McMillan was a key cog in the offensive line – grading out at 90 percent. Crestwood’s Rogers also got off to a good start. Rogers, who earned all-Region VI-3A honors last season, had four punts for a 47.0 average during the Knights’ 48-29 loss to the Gamecocks.

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College of Charleston names Grant hoops coach COLUMBIA — Clemson assistant Earl Grant has been named the College of Charleston new men’s basketball coach, ending a nearly monthlong search since the firing of Doug Wojcik. College of Charleston PresiGRANT dent Glenn McConnell and athletic director Joe Hull announced the hiring on Tuesday. Wojcik was fired after his second-year with the Cougars following and investigation into allegations that he verbally

abused players, assistant coaches and staffers in the athletic department. Grant will be introduced on campus Friday. He spent the past four seasons on Clemson’s staff. Before that, Grant served six years as an assistant for Gregg Marshall at Winthrop and Wichita State. He also was an assistant at the Cougars’ crosstown rival Citadel from 2002-04. POULTER, WESTWOOD, GALLACHER PICKED FOR RYDER CUP

VIRGINIA WATER, England — It was not an easy phone call for European

Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley — breaking the news to Luke Donald that he was being left off the team to face the United States at Gleneagles this month. Donald is a former No. 1 who has lifted the trophy with Europe on each of his four Ryder Cup appearances. But he was the big omission when McGinley picked Stephen Gallacher, Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter as his three wild-card selections Tuesday. Donald has one of the best short games in the world and is a brilliant putter, making him a key player in Europe’s

wins in 2004, ‘06, ‘10 and ‘12. The other players who qualified automatically for McGinley’s team were Rory McIlroy, Henrik Stenson, Sergio Garcia, Justin Rose, Martin Kaymer, Thomas Bjorn and Graeme McDowell.

was very active in the Sumter art community. She loved her family and will be missed by all who knew her. Surviving are two sons, John A. Ferraro and his wife, Elaine, of Columbia and Jack G. Ferraro and his wife, Pascale, of Stuttgart, Germany; one brother, Andre Maurice of France; and three grandchildren, Emily F. Broome, Alexandra Ferraro and Andrew Ferraro. A rosary service will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Friday in the Bullock Funeral Home Chapel. She will be interred with her husband in Arlington National Cemetery at a later date. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service on Friday from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Bullock Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Covenant Place, Hourly Employees Fund, Attention: Accounting, 2825 Carter Road, Sumter, SC 29150. You may sign the family’s guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com. The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter for the arrangements.

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BRAVES TO BREAK GROUND ON NEW STADIUM SEPT. 16

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves are planning a groundbreaking ceremony later this month for their new stadium in Cobb County. Work is underway at the suburban Atlanta site, with a formal ceremony scheduled

for Sept. 16. The stadium is set to open in 2017. Braves CEO Terry McGuirk says the new ballpark will be a world-class venue providing fans with “the ultimate fan experience, both inside the park and out.” The stadium will include 41,500 seats with a three-deck design and an extensive canopy to shield more fans from sun and rain. The site will also feature a multimillion dollar, mixeduse project featuring retail, office and residential space. From wire reports

OBITUARIES SANDRA H. SWEET SPARTANBURG — Sandra Hughes Sweet, 77, a career educator and longtime member of Second Presbyterian Church, lost her decade long struggle with Alzheimer’s finally on Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, at Summit Hills retirement community in Spartanburg. She is survived SWEET by her two children, retired U.S. Army Col. Dr. Charles David Eubanks Jr. and his wife, Charlene, of Sumter and Meredith Eubanks Lynch and her husband, Kevin, of Spartanburg. She is survived also by three grandchildren, David Scott Eubanks, Rachael Elizabeth Eubanks and Kelsey Hughes Lynch; and one greatgrandchild, Skyler Brynn Rowe Eubanks. Originally from Summerville and a daughter of the late Martin V. and Zaleita L. Sweet, she attended Flora McDonald College, earning a bachelor of arts degree in Christian education, which she applied at Second Presbyterian Church as its director of Christian education in 1959. A lifelong church member, she renewed her membership at Second Presbyterian in 1983, returning to serve in a variety of capacities, most notably as a church elder, delegate to the General Assembly, teacher of the Fellowship Sunday School Class over two decades, and as a member of the choir. She was also a career educator, and taught a variety of grammar and high school classes in Charleston and Spartanburg, earning teacher of the year honors at four different schools that employed her over nine years. She earned her master’s of education and educational specialist degrees, which she applied as a guidance counselor at Whitlock Junior High School and at her culminating position as the assistant principal of Houston Elementary, from which she retired in 2006. She was in the Phi Delta Kappa fraternity and a member of the South Carolina Education Association. She will be remembered fondly for her generous spirit by those whose lives she touched and for a life welllived, imbued with Christian values. A memorial service will be conducted at 1 p.m. on Thursday at Second Presbyterian Church by the Rev. Dr. George G. Wilkes III. Visitation will follow the services at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Second Presbyterian Church Choir Fund, 438 N. Church St., Spartanburg, SC 29303. The family is at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Meri and Kevin Lynch. An online guest register is available at www.floydmortuary.com. Floyd’s North Church Street Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

OPHELIA K. COUSAR MANNING — Funeral services for Ophelia Kennedy Cousar, who died on Aug. 25, 2014, will be held at 2 p.m. today at Melina Presbyterian Church, 3539 Black River

Road, Gable, with the Rev. Samuel Sparks, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in the churchyard cemetery. Mrs. Cousar will lie in repose one hour prior to funeral time. The family is receiving friends at her residence, 639 Frazier St., Manning. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

ALPHONZA DOW SR. Alphonza “Dow Boy” Dow Sr., 71, husband of Mary Ella Pearson Dow, died on Saturday night, Aug. 30, 2014, at the home of his nephew and his wife, J.W. and Dorothy Walters, 309 Pinckney St., Sumter. Born in the Davis Station section of Clarendon County, he was a son of the late Elliott and Plummie Gipson Dow. The family will receive friends at the home of his wife, 2449 Jerro Road, Manning. Services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

VINCENT J. DEGEN Vincent Joseph Degen, age 93, beloved husband of Mary Sue Parnell Degen, died on Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born in Troy, New York, he was a son of the late Joseph Anthony and Anna Gardner Degen. Mr. Degen retired from the United States Air Force after 30 years of loyal service. He collected coins and was a member of St. Anne Catholic Church. Surviving in addition to his wife are three sons, Jerome B. Degen of Sumter, Phillip G. Degen of Springfield, Virginia, and Timothy Degen and his wife, Beverly, of Sumter; two daughters, Teresa A. Degen of Columbia and Barbara Brown of Sumter; one brother, Joseph Degen of Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. A graveside service with full military honors will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday at Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery with the Rev. Thomas Burke, C.Ss.R. Memorials may be made to St. Anne Catholic Church, 216 E. Liberty St., Sumter, SC 29150. You may sign the family’s guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com. The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter for the arrangements.

JANINE M. FERRARO Janine M. Ferraro, age 89, beloved wife of the late Guy James Ferraro, died on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014, at Covenant Place. Born in Ahun (Cruese), France, she was a daughter of the late Jean and Helene Villatte Maurice. Janine met the love of her life, Guy, while he was serving in the military during World War II. They married in 1947 and moved to Sumter in 1968 after a long career in the military. She was an accomplished artist and

BETTY S. KELLEY BISHOPVILLE — Memorial services for Betty Skinner Kelley, age 71, who passed away on Aug. 30, 2014, will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday at the Chapel of Norton Funeral Home, Bishopville. The Rev. Charles McLendon will officiate. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Mrs. Kelley was born in Bishopville, a daughter of the late Sammie and Sara Watts Skinner. Surviving are one daughter, Barbara (Phil) D. Houck of Bishopville; one son, Robbie Kelley of Bishopville; one grandson, Justin Houck of Bishopville; one brother, Byerly (Esther) Skinner of Sumter; and three sisters, Cathy (Browning) Kelehear of Bishopville, Martha (Billy) McDonald of Onley, Texas, and Myra Jean (Otis) Moree of Hartsville. She was preceded in death by a son, James Deas; one daughter, Lori Ann Deas; and one brother, Roy Skinner. Memorials may be made to the National MS Society, P.O. Box 4527, New York, NY 10163. www.nortonfh.net

DOROTHY M. TANNER ADDIE ROBINSON Addie Lucille Tedder Robinson, 76, widow of Herbert E. Robinson, died on Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, at NHC Healthcare in Sumter. Born in Florence County, she was a daughter of the late Ed Blease and Theo McGee Tedder. She was a member of Concord Baptist Church, where she served as a Sunday school teacher. She was employed at Sumter School District 2, Campbell Soup Co. and Porter’s Grill. Survivors include a son, Robert Calhoun Robinson (Marji) of Summerton; a grandson, Robert James “R.J.” Robinson; and her sister-in-law and roommate, Zelene Robinson. Funeral services will be held at noon on Thursday at Concord Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Eugene Mosier, the Rev. Mike Lowder and Wendell Robinson officiating. Burial will be in Florence National Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Robbie Tedder, Jerry Watts, Bobby Robinson, O’Neal Robinson, Jamie Calhoun and Csaba Tamas Bacsi. Honorary pallbearers will be Mendel Coward, Eddie Tedder, Furman Grooms, Daniel Lyles, Lonnie Davis and James Calhoun. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home of her niece, Betsy Watts, 620 One Mile Road, Gable community of Sumter County. The family would like to express their sincere appreciation to Dr. Mayes DuBose, the staff of NHC Healthcare, and Amedisys Hospice. Memorials may be made to Concord Baptist Church, 1885 Myrtle Beach Highway, Sumter, SC 29153. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Cremato-

Dorothy M. Tanner passed away on Thursday, Aug 28, 2014. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. today at St. John’s United Methodist Church, 136 Poinsett Drive, Sumter. Heritage Cremation is assisting the family.

CHARLINE WRIGHT Charline Wright exchanged time for eternity on Aug. 30, 2014. She was born on April 16, 1944, in Sumter, to the late Eartha Lee Haynes and Nathaniel Mckelvie. She was raised by Eartha Haynes and Sammy Haynes, her stepfather. Ms. Wright joined Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church at an early age. She worked in a myriad of jobs throughout the United States before returning to Sumter to retire. Charline was a strong woman who lived life to the fullest. She loved her family and friends thoroughly and stated that “She has no regrets” and asked that we celebrate her life. She leaves her cherished memories with her three children, Janet Jones of Columbia, Missouri, Romeo (Catina) Wright Jr. of Woodbridge, Virginia, and Tyrone Wright of Birmingham, Alabama. She is also survived by her brother, Leroy (Mildred) Mckelvie; and sisters, Mattie Lee Butler, Sammie Lee (Joseph) Carter, Betty (Willie) Nelson and Diane Mckelvie. Charline’s legacy continues on through 13 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her sisters, Rosa L. Mckelvie, Wilhelmnia Warren and Janie Mae Haynes. Public viewing will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. today at Job’s Mortuary. The body will be placed in the church at 10 a.m. on Thursday for viewing until

the hour of service. Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday at Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church, 803 S. Harvin St., Sumter, with the Rev. Dr. Marion H. Newton, pastor. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park, Sumter. The family will be receiving friends at 413 Albert Drive, Sumter, SC 29150. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements. Online memorials may be sent to the family at jobsmortuary@sc.rr.com or visit us on the web at www.jobsmortuary. net.

MARVIN L. LARRIMORE Marvin Ladson Larrimore, 50, husband of Diane Gaunt Larrimore, died on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014, at McLeod Hospice House in Florence. Born in Sumter, he was a son of Willie and Dorothy Hucks Larrimore. Marvin was well known in the Johnsonville and Hemingway community, where he graduated from Johnsonville High School and attended Horry Georgetown Technical College. He later moved to the Sumter area. Marvin worked in the textile industry for almost 30 years, where he most recently served in a management position at Faith-Group in Florence. Marvin was a devoted Christian husband and father. He was a family-oriented man who loved and cherished each individual member of his family. He was a teacher for his children and a positive example and encourager to others. Marvin was a believer in the power of prayer and a man who said, “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” Marvin attended Crosswell Baptist Church in Sumter. After receiving a diagnosis of cancer, Marvin shared with his church family that regardless of the outcome, “Either way, I win.” The battle is over and the victory is won. Survivors include his wife; two children, Caleb Larrimore and Andrew Larrimore; his parents of Sumter; a sister, Mona McDaniel (Billy) of Sumter; mother-in-law, Alice Caldwell of Goose Creek; a sister-in-law, Cindy Larrimore (Carroll) of Hemingway; a nephew, Justin McDaniel (Joy) of Cornelius, North Carolina; nieces, Lisa Burke (Rick) of Sumter and Anna McDaniel of Lexington; and three great-nieces, Taylor and Avery McDaniel, and Harper Burke. Funeral services will be held at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday at Crosswell Baptist Church with the Rev. Charles Owens and the Rev. Michael Murdoch officiating. Burial will be in Sumter Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Col. Andre Steur, Russell Wilkes, Justin McDaniel, Billy McDaniel, Rick Burke and Dale Hanna. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Crosswell Baptist Church, 604 Mathis St., Sumter, SC 29150. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

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he Sumter County Gallery of Art will present the solo exhibition “Aldwyth: Ebb and Flow,” a large-scale exhibition by Aldwyth, an artist now on the eve of her 80th year, that includes many of the monumental collages and intricate assemblages for which she is known. Opening with a reception on Thursday, the exhibition was the artist’s first major solo exhibition; it was first shown at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston, curated by Mark Sloan, the Halsey’s director and chief curator. “Aldwyth: Ebb and Flow” will remain in the gallery through Oct. 31, with a “A Conversation with Aldwyth” on Sept. 13, moderated by Sloan, who in his exhibition notes described the artist’s work and philosophy: “For several decades, she has been producing important work in relative seclusion from the larger art world. Her assemblages are responses to the physical landscapes in which she has positioned herself — be it a hurricane-strewn island or a craggy meadow in the Colorado Rockies. The artist utilizes the history of art and ideas as the catalyst for complex, often epic-scaled collages that resemble medieval manuscript pages writ large.” Aldwyth lives on a South Carolina sea island, where even though somewhat isolated, she remains current through a variety of reading materials and the Internet. Sumter County Gallery of Art Assistant Director and Curator Frank McCauley said both he and Director Karen Watson find “The work and ideas of an elder female artist ... an exciting opportunity to present the work of an often overlooked demographic to our community. ... For several decades, she has been producing important work in relative seclusion from the larger art world. Her work reflects influences from folk art and craft; outsider art; modernism, Dada and Surrealism. The collages and as-

Aldwyth’s “Walk in the Woods” shows her ability to turn found objects into cohesive assemblages that draw in the viewer. See an exhibition of Adlwyth’s work and meet her at the Sumter County Gallery of Art this month.

Aldwyth: Ebb and Flow Sept. 4-Oct. 31 Opening reception: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday Free for gallery members, $5 donation for others (803) 775-0543

A Conversation with Aldwyth Noon to 2 p.m. Sept. 13 Free Sumter County Gallery of Art 200 Hasel St.

semblages are visually stunning, charming and engaging.” He continued, “Aldwyth’s incredibly unique body of work was one of the very first things to stand out when I first moved back to the South six years ago, as something that needed to be shown and appreciated by the community at large. Her work is both monumental and intimate in scale. “From afar many of her large-scale collages seem to represent individual planets or spherical masses that have been spinning and collecting enormous amounts of visual information, (but) upon closer inspection viewers will pleasantly discover, on ‘Casablanca’ (classic version), a constellation of shimmering eyes bedazzling an undulating surface of reproduc-

tions of famous artworks, monuments and familiar architecture. I think visitors will thoroughly enjoy getting up close to these works and having a treasure trove of hidden visual gems revealed to them.” Watson said “‘Aldwyth: Ebb and Flow’” coming to Sumter is the result of a collaboration with the artist and The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston and its director, Sloan. Aldwyth’s vision — rich, complex yet accessible — is a feast for the eyes. It is a unique ‘Natural History.’” McCauley noted that Aldwyth’s medium is the objects she finds and collects, and many of her works reveal aspects of her life. She has made art for decades without the thought of exhibiting them, thus “(imbuing) the work with a sincerity that is a treat and privilege to view.” In addition to the exhibition, the artist will join the gallery on Sept. 13 for “A Conversation with Aldwyth” moderated by Sloan. Watson said the free noon to 2 p.m. event is “not to be missed.” Aldwyth has received numerous grants and residencies and has exhibited her work in many prestigious shows and galleries; her work was included in the 2011 and 2013 South Carolina Biennials, which recognize the best artists in the state. It can be found in many public and private collections.

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Artist Aldwyth’s “Casablanca” is “a constellation of shimmering eyes bedazzling an undulating surface of reproductions of famous artworks, monuments and familiar architecture.” Watson emphasized that the high quality exhibitions and programs at the gallery would not be possible without community support. Sponsoring Aldwyth: Ebb and Flow are EMS-CHEMIE, the Sumter County Cultural Commission, Carolina Diabetes & Kidney Center. Substation II and Vicki Hagner, in memory of Jimmy Long. Flowers are provided by the Council of Garden Clubs of Sumter.

Zuzu expands ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Museum BY NICK THOMAS Tinseltown Talks Special to The Sumter Item For most adults, early childhood memories generally center on a favorite toy, pet, or family member. For Karolyn Grimes, they also include movie stars. “I remember my first role in ‘That Night with You’ from 1945,” said Grimes from her home in Port Orchard, a suburb of Seattle. “It starred Susanna Foster, an opera singer, who sang a lullaby to me on her lap.” The following year, 6-year-old Karolyn appeared in the holiday classic, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” playing ZuZu, the daughter of Jimmy Stewart’s character George Bailey, who is given a chance to reevaluate the impact his life has had on others (see www.zuzu.net). “He was a wonderful, gentle man,” recalled Grimes, who says he was patient if she got her lines wrong. But by 1952, after another 10 films, her movie career was over. Orphaned in her early teens, Grimes was sent to live with relatives in the Midwest. “I later became a medical technologist and sort of forgot about ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ until a reporter tracked me down around 1979 when I was living in Kansas,” she explained. “That’s when interest in the film took off.” Largely ignored for decades

Child actress Karolyn Grimes shows a scrapbook from her short career in films. She and fans of the film, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” have started a museum in Seneca Falls, New York, which is believed to be the town Bedford Falls was modeled on. after its release in 1946, TV stations began playing the film during Thanksgiving/Christmas holiday seasons after it fell into the public domain in 1974. The film’s popularity also reconnected her to Jimmy Stewart. “In 1980, he had his secretary look for me because people were asking him what happened to that little girl in the movie,” she said. “We ended up doing some appearances together, and he became a really good friend.” Since rediscovering the film, Grimes has amassed an assortment of “It’s a Wonderful Life” memorabilia. In 2010, she decided to share her collection with fans of the film. “We started a museum in

Seneca Falls, New York, which is thought to be the town Frank Capra modeled the film after,” she said. “Now other collectors want to loan items for display. We currently occupy four rooms in the town’s old movie theater and have started a fund raiser to buy the building and dedicate it to a museum for the film.” (See www.indiegogo.com/ projects/wish-i-had-a-milliondollars-hot-dog). Grimes estimates the cost of purchasing and renovating the building at about $500,000 and hopes to have it fully operational by 2016, the film’s 70th anniversary. Current pieces on display include original posters, lobby cards, letters, contracts and many other items. Unfortunately, few props from the film remain. However, one item Grimes would love to acquire is the car Stewart drove in the film. “It’s owned by a private collector in Colorado. I had the chance to buy it 15 years ago for $60,000 but just didn’t have the money,” Grimes lamented. “It was up for auction earlier this year and the owner wanted a lot more for it.” The vehicle, a 1919 Dodge Brothers touring car, is the one George Bailey drives into a tree. It had been fully restored to mint condition, but failed to sell at the auction. While mostly recognized for her role in “It’s a Wonderful Life” and her memorable line

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Grimes appeared as ZuZu, youngest daughter of Jimmy Stewart, in the classic Christmas film, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” She retired from acting in 1952. to Stewart – “every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings” – Grimes worked with other greats including Randolph Scott, Glenn Ford, John Wayne and Cary Grant. “One of my favorite films was ‘The Bishop’s Wife’ with Cary Grant,” she said. “He was just wonderful and loved kids. I sat on his lap, he told me stories, and would take me to lunch every day at noon. There was an ice-skating rink on the set for scenes in the film and he would pull me around on a sled to practice his skating.” One of her last films was “Rio Grande” in 1950 with John Wayne. “We were in Moab, Utah, for three weeks, and I had a blast riding on a covered wagon being chased by Indians on horseback,” she recalled. “My

birthday is July 4th and somehow John Wayne managed to get $300 worth of fireworks for the day – a lot of fireworks back then! He had a big cake made for me and we had a lot of fun celebrating.” Grimes may invest in fireworks to celebrate if her dream of a new museum is realized by the film’s 70th anniversary. “I want to see it become a living memorial to the film,” she said. “Like George Bailey, we may not always fulfill our dreams, but this movie gives us the opportunity to think about what we have and what’s important, and how wonderful life really is.” Nick Thomas teaches at Auburn University at Montgomery, Ala., with features, columns, and interviews in over 400 magazines and newspapers.

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Gravlax , as cured salmon is known by its Nordic name, generally is made by dry-curing fillets of salmon in a blend of sugar, kosher salt, fresh dill and a variety of other seasonings.

DIY helps make cured salmon everyday pleasure BY ALISON LADMAN Associated Press Writer

not much more than the cost of the salmon itself. And the only equipment you’ll need are a The trouble with cured salm- food processor (for making the cure) and a zip-close plastic on? We tend to treat it like, bag. And obviously you’ll want well... a treat. to buy the very best and freshCured salmon — with all its est salmon you can find rich, salty, savory, lusciously Once you have the salmon, fatty goodness — too often is it’s as simple as grinding torelegated to the breakfast or gether the curing ingredients, brunch table, and even then mostly for special occasions. It’s rubbing them on the fish, and partly a case of association; we refrigerating it. A couple days later, you enjoy smoked salmon. think of it as a specialty item Now let’s talk about that ennot intended for everyday eatjoyment. The classic serving ing. But it’s also a case of cost. Cured (as well as its close cous- suggestion is to accompany in, smoked) salmon isn’t cheap. thinly sliced cured salmon with rye bread, whole-grain musSo we decided to break both tard, capers, chopped fresh dill those barriers. Let’s start with and shaved red onion. But cost. Gravlax — as cured salmon is known by its Nordic name that’s just the start. Cured salmon has all sorts of poten— generally is made by drytial at the dinner table. Some of curing fillets of salmon in a our favorites include: blend of sugar, kosher salt, • PASTA: Toss warm pasta fresh dill and a variety of other with creme fraiche, thinly seasonings. The process exsliced scallions, the zest and tracts moisture from the flesh juice of 1 lemon, a spoonful of of the salmon, producing a drained capers, chopped fresh smooth, yet meaty texture and thyme, black pepper and thinly a wonderfully salty-sweet flasliced cured salmon. The residvor. ual heat of the pasta will just It’s also ridiculously easy to barely heat the salmon and make. While you pay a premium for ready-to-eat cured salm- melt the creme fraiche into a on, you can make your own for wonderful sauce. To boost the

CLASSIC GRAVLAX (WITH VARIATIONS) Select a 2-pound, center-cut fillet of salmon that is at least 1 inch thick. Any thin ends should be trimmed to keep the salmon as uniformly thick as possible. While the salmon can be cured with the skin on, we like to trim it off. The salmon will need to be handled with care once the skin is removed, but it makes the finished product easier to slice. It also allows the cure to penetrate more evenly. To remove any small bones from the salmon, start by rubbing your hand over the flesh, moving against the grain. You’ll often find a short line of very thin bones sticking up. The easiest way to remove them is to grasp them with tweezers and gently tug them out. Start to finish: 3 days Servings: 16 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup kosher salt 1 tablespoon dill seeds 1 large bunch fresh dill 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 2-pound center-cut salmon fillet, any small bones removed In a food processor, combine the sugar, salt, dill seeds, fresh dill and pepper. Pulse until the dill is well chopped and the mixture is combined. Spread the mixture over both sides of the salmon. Place the fillet in a large zip-close plastic bag. Close the bag, then place on a baking sheet, to keep the fillet flat, and refrigerate for 36 to 48 hours. Flip the bag every 12 hours to redistribute the curing mixture.

flavor of everything, add just a dash of Sriracha. • CREPES: Savory crepes make “breakfast for dinner” so much better. Fill warm crepes with sour cream, cured salmon, fresh dill and sliced tomatoes. • GRILLED CHEESE: Slap some salmon, roasted red peppers (patted dry) and gouda between thick slices of sourdough bread. Toast until the

Remove the salmon from the bag, scrape off the seasoning mixture, then pat it dry with paper towels. If you have trouble brushing off the seasonings — or find the taste too strong — you also can rinse the salmon under cool water, then pat it dry. To serve, slice the salmon thinly against the grain of the flesh. Wrapped tightly in plastic and refrigerated, gravlax will keep for 2 weeks. BROWN SUGAR-CHILI CURED SALMON Use the same method as above, with the curing mixture made from 1 cup packed dark brown sugar, 1/2 cup kosher salt, 2 serrano chilies, 1 teaspoon ground cumin, 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes and 1/4 cup chopped fresh thyme. Proceed with the recipe as outlined above. PEPPERED CITRUS CURED SALMON Use the same method as above, with the curing mixture made from 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup kosher salt, 3 tablespoons ground black pepper, 1 tablespoon minced fresh rosemary and the zests of 2 oranges, 2 lemons and 2 limes. Proceed with the recipe as outlined above. DELI CURED SALMON In a dry skillet, toast 2 tablespoons coriander seeds, 1 tablespoon black peppercorns and 1 tablespoon caraway for 2 to 3 minutes, or until aromatic. Allow to cool, then grind in a spice grinder. Combine in a food processor with 1 tablespoon smoked paprika, 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes, 1/2 teaspoon mace, 1/2 teaspoon allspice, 1 cup sugar and 1/2 cup kosher salt. Proceed with the recipe as outlined above.

cheese is melty. • PIZZA: Roll out a ball of pizza dough, slather it with olive oil, then toss it on the grill. Grill each side for just a few minutes, or until lightly browned. As soon as the crust is done, top it with arugula, soft goat cheese, cured salmon and copious amounts of black pepper. • HASH: In a large skillet,

caramelize a chopped yellow onion and several cloves of garlic in a few tablespoons of butter. Microwave several sweet potatoes until just tender, then peel and cube. Toss the potatoes in with the onions, then add a chopped medium zucchini. Cook until browned and tender. Top with thinly sliced cured salmon and a couple fried eggs.

Quench your thirst with the distinct flavor of watermelon BY FAMILY FEATURES Americans thirsting for more energy can refresh their hydration habits by thinking outside the water glass. Some foods — including flavorful, water-rich produce like watermelon — can help hydrate the body as well. “Sliced, cubed or blended, or even simply juiced, watermelon is a delicious way to increase fluid intake and boost energy,” said Elizabeth Somer, a registered dietician and author of several nutrition and wellness books. “Watermelon is 92 percent water, and the perfect ingredient for salads, sal-

sas, smoothies and more.” With a distinctively sweet, refreshing taste, it may be hard to think of watermelon as a nutritious, low-calorie hydration boost. But actually, beyond its high water content, watermelon is loaded with vitamins A and C, potassium and magnesium, fiber and phytonutrients, such as lycopene. There are dozens of ways to enjoy it, including a wide range of cold, refreshing beverages. One easy way to up your water intake with watermelon is this simple one-ingredient recipe for watermelon juice:

Just cut a seedless watermelon into one-inch chunks with a sharp knife and place in blender. Blend watermelon well until juice is smooth. If you prefer, you can strain the juice to remove the pulp. For a little extra flavor, try combining watermelon juice with other fruity flavors, as in this Agua Fresca, which blends that natural sweetness of watermelon with lime, a small amount of sugar and water. Find more ideas to help you sip your way to hydration with mouthwatering inspiration at www.watermelon.org.

AGUA FRESCA 1 cup finely chopped watermelon 7 cups coarsely chopped watermelon 6 cups watermelon juice 1/2 cup sugar 1 large lime, juiced 1 serving water (if needed) Watermelon wedges Mint leaves Combine all ingredients, including slices of juiced lime, in large serving pitcher. Garnish with watermelon wedges and mint.

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Cider, calvados stoke apple beverage trend BY MICHELLE LOCKE Associated Press Writer Call it a rise in core demand. Hard cider already has taken a slice of the adult beverage market in recent years, and now apple spirits of all kinds are showing their appeal as Americans rediscover classics like calvados and increasingly embrace products like apple gins and vodkas. Sales of hard cider have seen robust growth during the past five years. And seeing the success of craft ciders, other new apple-based boozes have entered the market, things like Karner Blue gin, which is distilled from apples, not grains, at New Hampshire’s Flag Hill Winery and Distillery. Karner blue is the state butterfly in case you were wondering. And there are apple vodkas such as Core Vodka from Harvest Spirits Farm Distillery in New York State. Meanwhile, there’s the

granddaddy of the apple spirit world, calvados, which was back in the news this year as coverage of the 70th anniversary of D-Day included mentions of the spirit that is a specialty of the Normandy region of France. In 1944, farmers offered soldiers tots of the powerful stuff during the liberation effort and returning veterans remembered June 6 with calvados toasts. Tourists often picked up a bottle when visiting Normandy, but up to now it hasn’t been very well known in the United States. But interest has grown. Guillaume Drouin of the Normandy calvados producer Christian Drouin says Eastern Europe and the U.S. are growing markets and “calva-

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TEXAS TEQUILA MILKSHAKE Start to finish: 5 minutes Servings: 4 1 pint vanilla ice cream 1/2 cup (4 ounces) Godiva Caramel or Chocolate liqueur 1/2 cup (4 ounces) reposado tequila In a blender, combine all ingredients and blend until smooth. Divide between 4 chilled glasses. Serve immediately or, for a thicker consistency, place the glasses in the freezer for 30 minutes. Nutrition information per serving: 300 calories; 110 calories from fat (37 percent of total calories); 12 g fat (7 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 45 mg cholesterol; 22 g carbohydrate; 0 g fiber; 20 g sugar; 3 g protein; 80 mg sodium.

America has its own apple tradition, applejack, which dates back to colonial times. The return to brown spirits, as well as the popularity of craft and classic cocktails, also have been good for the market, says Lisa Laird Dunn, vice president of Laird & Company. “It’s been phenomenal,” she says. “We’ve actually had to allocate our brandies because of the popularity.” The country’s first licensed distillery, Laird & Company in New Jersey, has been making apple spirits for centuries; the first official record of sale from the distillery is in 1780, says Laird Dunn. Applejack originally was made by freeze distillation, leaving the cider outside in winter and periodically re-

by Habitat Reporter Pelican “The Scoop” Brown

Just like people, all animals need three things to survive: food, water and shelter. I am a brown pelican—the state bird of Louisiana. Not too many years ago, all of the brown pelicans in Louisiana died out. Why? Our food, mostly fish, became poisoned by pesticides. Fortunately farmers no longer use these poisons and brown pelicans were brought from Florida to start new colonies in Louisiana.

Find at least five differences between these two pelicans.

Standards Link: Life Science: Animals inhabit different environments and have features that help them thrive.

Standards Link: Visual Discrimination: Find the similarities and differences.

PELICANS POUCH BROWN RIVERS BIRDS FISHING COLONIES FOOD WATER SHELTER SCOOP COOL OCEAN NEST CHICKS

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• When a brown pelican sees a fish, it tips downward and dives into the water.

• The bird hits the water so hard that it stuns fish six feet under the water. Mama Pelican is coming back to the nest so Papa can go fishing. Help Mama Pelican get to the nest by adding the numbers along each path. The path that totals 50 leads to the correct nest.

*NOTE: Special air sacs under its skin cushion the pelican from the impact of the water. The air sacs also help the bird to bob right back to the surface of the water. Standards Link: Reading comprehension: Sequencing events.

Pelicans carry fish back to the nest in their pouches.

Pelican pouches keep the birds cool.

The weight in the pouch would make it too hard for the bird to fly. Pelicans eat their catch and later regurgitate some food to feed the chicks back at the nest.

Pelicans swallow a lot of water when they swallow a fish.

A pelican opens its bill and flutters the sides of its pouch, moving air over the moist insides of the pouch. The moisture evaporates and cools the bird much like the evaporation of sweat cools people’s skin.

After a fish is caught, the pelican squeezes its pouch and the water drains out of the bill.

Standards Link: Life Science: Animals have different structures to help them survive.

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Pelicans are odd-looking birds. Look through the newspaper for 10 odd numbers. Put them in order from smallest to biggest. Standards Link: Math: Number Sense: Recognize odd numbers.

Find the words in the puzzle, then in this week’s Kid Scoop stories and activities. S S P F I S H I N G K E N B I R D S E S C I R A H E O R S H I N B E C V K S T E H O V R U I O O R L C L D K O R L E F T F O O D P W T E A E S C O O P A N I P R U C H L W N A E C O Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognizing identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

Watershed Journal

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But even on islands, the eggs and chicks are not safe from gulls and crows. Parent pelicans take turns sitting on the eggs and covering the young chicks. This also protects them from the sun during the day and from cool ocean breezes at night.

Read how a brown pelican catches fish, then number the pictures in order.

• The stunned fish is scooped up in the pouch under the pelican’s bill.

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We pellies like to nest in colonies—large groups of pelicans. We look for quiet islands where our eggs and chicks will be safe from predators.

Standards Link: Life Science: Living organisms depend on one another and on their environment for survival.

The brown pelican fishes for food in its own special way. Other pelicans scoop up fish while swimming. The brown pelican likes to fly 10 to 30 feet above the water and then dive for its catch of the day.

moving ice to concentrate the alcohol. Today, modern distilling processes are used and Laird’s applejack is a blend of neutral grain spirits and apple brandy. The company also produces aged apple brandies as well as Laird Bottled in Bond Straight Apple Brandy which is 100 proof and popular with bartenders for making cocktails.

Pelicans get most of their water from the fish that they eat. Sometimes they drink by holding their beaks open in the rain.

BY ELIZABETH KARMEL Associated Press Writer Here’s a summer fact you need to know — aged tequilas pair beautifully with ice cream. When I discovered this a few years ago, I started making these insanely easy, totally crave-worthy milkshakes. And I’m warning you... You won’t be able to stop at one. And that’s why I often serve these in shot glasses. It makes it easier to keep going back for more without going overboard. For ease, you can blend these shakes in advance, then place the blender carafe in the freezer. The alcohol will prevent the mixture from freezing solid and you can just give it a quick whir back on the blender base before serving. This way you also can re-fill one glass at a time and store the rest in the freezer. The beauty of this three-ingredient shake is that it is made with ice cream, so you don’t need to add ice and dilute the flavor. For this shake, I went with the rounder and milder reposado tequila. Reposado means “rested” and it has to be aged in oak barrels for a minimum of 2 months (but less than a year). This time in the barrel gives the tequila an amber color, as opposed to the white “blanco” tequila which is un-aged. It also removes the harshness of the new tequila and deepens the flavor, bringing out the vanilla notes. The reposado tequila pairs perfectly with vanilla ice cream, and caramel or chocolate liqueur enhances the flavor, making a boozy shake that is perfectly balanced without any bite. This is a great drink for a theme party, as you can easily find novelty shot glasses to match any occasion and let your guests take the glasses home as a souvenir of the day. Or serve them in tall, slender glasses for a more sophisticated feel. Either way, this blender drink fits into any party, any time.

dos is being discovered more and more.” Helping that trend is an evolution in quality that has boosted what was once viewed as a regional and rather rustic spirit. Christian Drouin specializes in aged calvados, using port and sherry casks to impart extra flavors during the aging. The company was founded by Drouin’s grandfather, who patiently distilled calvados for two decades before releasing his first product. Today, Christian Drouin products range from a white apple brandy, Blanche de Normandie, which can be drunk as an aperitif or used in cocktails, to aged products like the 15-year-old Couer de Lion Pays d’Auge Hors d’Age.

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produced by Joel Silver (“Die Hard”), unfolds like a halfhour variation of the beer commercials featuring “the Most Interesting Man in the World.” On another level, Pigozzi seems like Jep Gambardella (Toni Servillo), the main character of the recent Oscar-winning Italian movie “The Great Beauty” — but without his penchant for doomed self-reflection. Gambardella is trapped by decades of decadence. Pigozzi is just getting warmed up. “Johnny” presents a throwback to the mission of magazines like Playboy and Esquire: to impart some level of wisdom and sophistication to eager men just leaving (or never leaving) adolescence. I’m not certain how many young men are going to tune in for advice from this more than slightly overripe swinger. But they might enjoy Pigozzi’s louche, slightly tonguein-cheek approach to life. • A bickering bunch of fantasy football fans return as “The League” (10 p.m., FXX, TV-MA) enters its sixth season.

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Top four contestants Rickey Ubeda, left, and Jessica Richens perform a jazz routine on the Aug. 27 episode of “So You Think You Can Dance.” The Season 11 winner of the dance competition series will be named on the season finale airing at 8 p.m. today on Fox. Arrival” (10 p.m., ID, TV-14). • Poison gas on “Legends” (9 p.m., TNT, TV-14). • Brave new worlds on “Extant” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14). • A revelation on the basketball court on “Taxi Brooklyn” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14). • Sonya becomes a target on “The Bridge” (10 p.m., FX, TV-MA).

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CULT CHOICE Washington sophisticates mistake the banal utterances of a simple-minded gardener (Peter Sellers) for profound thought in director Hal Ashby’s 1979 adaptation of Jerzy Kosinski’s satirical novel “Being There” (8 p.m., TCM).

LATE NIGHT Rory Kennedy is scheduled on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” (11 p.m., Comedy Central) * Randall Munroe

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Chop your own burgers? Is it worth it? You bet! BY J.M. HIRSCH AP Food Editor

’m not going to tell you how to dress your burger. I’m not going to tell you what sort of

bun to put your burger on. I’m not really even going to tell you very much about how to cook your burger. But I am going to tell you how to make the best burger. Ever. And you start by avoiding the ground beef at the grocer at all costs. So let’s start there. Ground beef tends to be overworked during processing. And overworked beef is tough beef. Instead, you want to grab yourself sirloin steak tips, which are tender, meaty and full of flavor. But

you’re not going to grind them. You’re going to chop them in the food processor. Not only does this prevent the beef from being overworked, it also gives the finished burgers a big beefy, tender steak-like texture. The trick to chopping the beef is to cut it into 1-inch chunks, then freeze it for about 15 minutes until it is just firm. These partially frozen chunks chop perfectly in the processor without becoming overworked. For seasoning, you want a blend of finely ground Parmesan cheese and Asian fish sauce. Don’t worry... The finished burgers will taste neither cheesy nor fishy. Both ingredients disappear into the steaky goodness of the beef without leaving behind noticeable flavors of their own. Yet they still impart tremendously savory flavors that produce an incredibly rich burger. Once your burgers are formed, how to cook them is your call. I like to grill them briefly over high heat, then finish them over cooler flames until just medium-rare.

SUPER SAVORY CHOP-YOUR-OWN BURGERS Start to finish: 30 minutes (15 minutes active) Servings: 4 4 ounces Parmesan cheese 1 1/3 pounds sirloin steak tips 1 tablespoon fish sauce 2 teaspoons soy sauce In a food processor, pulse the Parmesan until very finely ground; it should resemble breadcrumbs. Transfer to a large bowl and set aside. Cut the steak tips into 1-inch chunks, then arrange them in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet. Place the baking sheet in the freezer for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the pieces of beef are firm, but not frozen solid. Once the beef is firm, place

half of the pieces in the processor (there is no need to wash it out after the Parmesan), then pulse until well chopped, but not ground. This should take about 1 minute of on-off pulsing. Transfer the chopped beef to the bowl with the cheese, then repeat the procedure with the remaining beef. Drizzle the fish sauce and soy sauce over the chopped beef, then use your hands to mix everything together. Make sure the cheese is evenly distributed, but try not to knead or overwork the meat.

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Go Italian with slow-cooked meatball sandwiches BY FAMILY FEATURES What’s not to love about slow cooking? You combine a few ingredients and let them simmer all day in your slow cooker – and then comes the best part – coming home to a house filled with the most delicious aroma that hints at the meal that’s yet to come. Slow cooking is perfect for busy fall schedules – it’s an easy way to makes sure you and your family can still enjoy a home-cooked meal together no matter how hectic your day becomes. Pork is ideal for this cooking method because there are so many different ingredients you can pair with it to easily create crave-worthy meals influenced by both familiar flavors and tastes from

ITALIAN STUFFED PORK MEATBALL SANDWICH Servings: 4 to 5 1 pound ground pork, lean 2 eggs, whisked 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes 1 cup breadcrumbs 1 cup fresh mozzarella balls, about 12 to 15 of small size 1 28-ounce jar tomato sauce Submarine-style buns In large bowl, combine whisked eggs, garlic powder and red pepper flakes. Add ground pork and breadcrumbs and mix

around the world. With Italian Stuffed Pork Meatball Sandwiches, lean ground pork combines with

together until evenly combined. Form ground pork mixture into small meatballs, each the size of a golf ball. Insert mozzarella ball in center of each meatball, taking care to re-form meatball around cheese once it’s been added. (The cheese should not be visible.) Place tomato sauce in bottom of slow cooker and add meatballs on top. Turn slow cooker on and cook over high heat for 6 hours or low

Italian-inspired ingredients like tomato sauce, garlic and red pepper flakes to form meatballs that are then stuffed

heat for 8 hours. Carefully rotate meatballs after half the cooking time to make sure they cook evenly. To serve, place three meatballs plus sauce in submarine bun. Quick Tip: Try substituting regular breadcrumbs with equal amounts of panko bread crumbs, or any kind of pasta or red sauce available. Source: National Pork Board

with mozzarella. After slow cooking for six to eight hours, the meatballs are packed with savory flavor – and you’ll love

the warm, melted cheese when you bite into them. Serve these meatballs – topped with the tomato sauce – as a sandwich using a substyle bun with a side of garlic fries and vegetables. If you have leftovers, you can add them to spaghetti for an equally tasty Italian-themed dinner with garlic bread and a side salad. Craving more pork? See what kind of tasty culinary adventures people across the country are taking with pork and get inspired to take your own by visiting PorkBucketList. com. You can also visit PorkBeinspired.com and Pinterest. com/PorkBeinspired for mouthwatering recipes to ensure your next meal includes juicy, tender pork.