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Nearly 300 freshmen get free tuition at CCTC

BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com This fall, nearly 300 recent high school graduates from Clarendon, Kershaw and Lee counties are attending Central Carolina Technical College with two years of free tuition through the new Central Carolina Scholars program.

The scholars program was presented in 2012 as a way to further create a direct pathway to a higher education and future employment.

Becky Rickenbaker, CCTC public relations director, said President Tim Hardee initially reached out to the school disSINGLETON tricts in Clarendon, Lee and Kershaw counties about the idea in 2011.

Rickenbaker said Hardee has been extremely passionate about the program which is an incentive to encourage students to perform well in high school.

Vicki Singleton, CCTC secondary programs director, said the college monitored the academic progress of the 2011 freshmen class attending the high schools in those three districts until graduation.

In order to be eligible for the program, students had to graduate from their target high school, on time, in 2015, pass college-level testing, graduate with a minimum 2.0 GPA and complete the 2015-16 Free Application for Federal Student Aid. After their initial two years, the 2015 freshmen can receive a diploma, certificate or degree in any of the two-year academic programs or transfer to a fouryear college or university.

“Central Carolina Scholars provides increased awareness of the importance of attending college immediately after high school, translating into more students becoming work-ready at an earlier age. This leads to an improved workforce benefiting our local community,” Singleton said in a news release from the college.

English classes help nonnative speakers 13 native languages or dialects are spoken in the district’s ESOL program

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com Adapting to a new school environment can be a stressful time for any student, but not knowing a language can make it even more challenging.

Sumter School District’s English for Speakers of Other Languages program aims to help students ease the transition.

There are 13 different native languages or dialects spoken by 416 students in district’s ESOL program, according to Virginia Mota, ESOL teacher. Many of these students were born in the U.S. to parents immigrating from other countries.

“Every child is on a different spectrum of language knowledge and

ability,” Mota said. “Our goal is to give them the basics to help them succeed in their studies.”

The approach to teaching English varies depending on the student’s grade level. The ultimate goal of achieving fluency is the same.

“One of the things I enjoy the most is seeing a student with no spoken language become fluent over time,” Mota said.

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S.C. 261 chase ends in crash

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A Sumter Emergency Medical Services paramedic looks at the vehicle that rolled multiple times and landed upside down. A woman driving the vehicle reportedly led S.C. Highway Patrol officers on a high speed chase and wrecked at least once before the rollover. The Friday afternoon incident happened on S.C. 261 about two miles north of Rafting Creek Elementary.

Woman rolls vehicle in wreck near Rafting Creek Elementary

BY RICK CARPENTER rick@theitem.com An anticipated busy Labor Day holiday for law enforcement and paramedics got off to an early start Friday at 11:15 a.m. when a South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper spotted a vehicle traveling

the wrong way on U.S. 378.

When the trooper pursued the vehicle, the driver turned onto S.C. 261 near Stateburg and headed north.

The driver of the 2002 Mitsubishi sedan, Michelle Sierra, 42, attempted to elude the officer. A chase ensued, and Sumter Coun-

ty Sheriff’s Office joined in the pursuit.

As Sierra approached Rafting Creek Elementary School, one of the law enforcement agencies attempted to stop or block Sierra near Dinkins Mill Road. Sierra was forced off the highway into a ditch and refused to get out of

her vehicle. She then took off again before rolling her sedan about two miles north of the elementary school.

Sierra was reportedly ejected from the vehicle during the rollover. Emergency crews called for a

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Jobless rate falls to 7-year low WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. unemployment rate fell to a seven-year low in August as employers added a modest 173,000 jobs, a key piece of evidence for the Federal Reserve in deciding whether to raise interest rates from record lows later this month.

The jobless rate fell to 5.1 percent — a level the Fed says is consistent with a normal economy — from 5.3 percent in July, the government said FriTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS day. It’s the lowest unemployThe New York Stock Exchange in New York is seen in the shadows of ment rate since April 2008.

Wall Street. Global stock markets fell sharply Friday ahead of the release Though hiring in August of monthly U.S. jobs figures that could well determine whether the Fed- was the slowest in five months, the government reeral Reserve will raise interest rates later this month, a prospect that’s vised up its estimates of job unnerving investors at a time when markets have been so volatile.

growth for June and July by a combined 44,000. From June through August, a robust 221,000 jobs a month were added, up from a 189,000 average from March through May. Three years of solid hiring have put 8 million Americans to work.

Friday’s report appeared neither so strong nor so weak as to tilt the Fed decisively toward either a rate hike or against one. But it is one of the last snapshots of the economy Fed policymakers can weigh before their Sept. 16-17 meeting.

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because it could encourage Fed officials to lift rates. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 290 points in mid-day trading, while broader stock indexes also fell. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note edged down to 2.12 percent from 2.16 percent late Thursday.

Many economists think the Fed will decide in two weeks to raise its benchmark rate for the first time in nine years. At the same time, stock market turbulence, a persistently low inflation rate and a sharp slowdown in China

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Man shot to death in Anderson County ANDERSON — Anderson County sheriff’s deputies are looking for a man involved in a deadly shooting along a highway.

Sheriff’s Capt. Garland Major told local media outlets that shots were fired from a pickup truck into an SUV on U.S. 76 shortly before 1:30 a.m.

Friday.

Major said five people were in the SUV and one of them, 19-year-old Jamon Samuel Kay of Anderson, was taken to AnMed Health Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. No other injuries were reported.

Football coach charged with sexual battery HONEA PATH — Authorities say a Belton-Honea Path High School football coach has been charged with sexual battery involving a former student.

Anderson County Sheriff’s Office told local media that 43-year-old Rafael Traynum of Williamston was arrested Thursday after turning himself in to authorities.

Police say Traynum is charged with sexual battery with a student and second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor.

Authorities say a former student said she was “romantically involved” with Traynum while she was a member of the girls basketball team, which Traynum coached for about 20 years.

He is also a social studies teacher.

Anderson School District 2 Superintendent Richard Rosenberger says Traynum has been placed on leave.

Traynum’s attorney, Druanne White, told WYFFTV that her client plans to plead not guilty.

Woman’s body found in well, man charged ANDERSON — An Anderson County man has been charged with murder in the death of a woman whose body was found in a well earlier this year.

Multiple media outlets reported that 55-year-old Perry Pruitt was charged with murder Wednesday. Pruitt previously had been charged with improper disposal of a body.

The body of 57-year-old Patricia Ann Freeman was found in a well in February. She was last seen in September 2014.

Officials said Freeman died from a broken neck.

Sheriff’s Capt. Garland Major said the new charge came after tests by the State Law Enforcement Division.

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Gamecocks fans from the left, Mason Freeman, Paul Kruger and Shaun Brown react to a University of South Carolina play Thursday night at Buffalo Wild Wings. The Sumter restaurant’s first week of business was the highest among four Buffalo Wild Wings that opened across the country last week, according to General Manager Katie Swayne. The restaurant caters to sports fans and has multiple TV sets so customers can see sports action from many activities at the same time.

Barber writes about faith, barbershop and basketball SPARTANBURG (AP) — Barber Timmigo K. Burnett says God asked him to write his recently released book, “Behind the Chair: Memories, Thoughts, Lessons, and Blessings.”

“It really wasn’t my idea. God told me to,” he said on a recent morning while cutting hair at his Phase II barbershop on Union Street. “I thought if I ever wrote anything, it would be a fundamental basketball book because basically that’s who I am. Once God told me to do it (the book), I felt like I’ve done a lot of things, but this was an assignment by God.” Burnett’s minister, Dr. M. Keith McDaniel, Sr., pastor of Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, wrote the forward to the book. “Timmigo Burnett invites us to journey through his lived experiences. It is a reflective work of growth and spiritual maturity. He proudly proclaims that God saved him, but basketball raised him,” McDaniel wrote.

“It brought tears to my eyes when I read it,” Burnett said of the book’s foreword.

Burnett said McDaniel encouraged him once God gave him the idea to write the book. “It was a challenge, but it really wasn’t that hard because (God) was orchestrating everything,” he said.

“It was amazing to me that I was able to focus in on one chapter and not be repetitive. (God) would always give me the chapters and the information.”

Burnett has 23 years in the barber profession. He owns Phase I Barbershop at 509 E. Poinsett St. in Greer and Phase II Barbershop at 300 Union St. in Spartanburg.

He did most of his writing sitting in a dryer chair during his lunch break, in the Phase II barbershop.

Burnett said God gave him the book cover idea of him standing behind the barber’s chair with a basketball in the seat.

“Basketball has always been impor-

‘If it weren’t for basketball, I probably wouldn’t be a barber. I probably wouldn’t even be here.’

TIMMIGO K. BURNETT Author of “Behind the Chair: Memories, Thoughts, Lessons, and Blessings” tant in my life,” he said. “And then I became a barber. I had to implement those things.”

In a chapter on the black barbershop, Burnett wrote, “Black-owned barbershops are more than just a place to get a shave and a haircut. Their position in American culture is wellknown, and the barbershop is a place where men can go and talk about events and ball games and swap stories.”

Burnett said he hopes each chapter of his book offers something for somebody. “Life lessons, something that brings back memories, encourages them to do better, maybe make a decision about a job situation, to try to make a better life for themselves or others, encourage them to help someone and don’t give up.”

Each chapter includes a scripture which would correlate with the chapter he was writing.

“I enjoyed doing that,” he said. “I learned a lot of different scriptures. It was like Bible study to me.”

A strong message that comes through the book is Burnett’s belief that basketball and God saved his life.

“If it weren’t for basketball, I probably wouldn’t be a barber,” he said. “I probably wouldn’t even be here. Considering the fact that a lot of my other

friends went in a different way, basketball really put me on a path of wanting to do the right thing and be associated with different cultures and different people that were positive in my life.”

Burnett was a member of the 1978 Greer High School State Championship basketball team. Today, he manages The Total Package basketball camp, which he founded in 2002.

The slogan on the basketball camp T-shirt is “God Saved Me! Basketball Raised Me!” “It is three days and we usually have 50 to 90 kids,” he said. “It’s a fundamental camp to teach kids the correct way — the fundamentals.”

The basketball camp is founded on Christian beliefs. “We start off with a prayer and we end it with a prayer,” he said. “We are trying to teach them the right things and that’s why it’s called The Total Package. You have to have the total package not only on the court, but off the court for life so you can be a productive citizen.

“It’s important to teach the kids life lessons,” he said. “A lot of things I’ve written in my book I try to implement in my program.

“I’ve coached a lot of kids, and they look up to you, and they watch everything you do and everything you say.

Whether you want to be a role model or not, you are.”

Burnett has had book signings at his church and at The Beacon Drive Inn. Signings are in the works at Barnes & Noble and Hub City Bookshop.

“I wish that my parents were here to see (the book),” he said. “They were always proud of me. I was the one they never did worry about it. They felt like I was going to do okay.”

Burnett said it’s in God’s hands whether he will write another book.

Instead he refers to the scripture on the front of his book: “I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13

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Drowned Syrian boys buried in town family fled KUCUK KENDIRLI, Turkey (AP) — A Syrian woman and her two young sons who drowned on a desperate voyage from Turkey to Greece were buried Friday in their hometown of Kobani, returning to the conflict-torn Syrian Kurdish region they had fled.

With the burial of his family, Abdullah Kurdi abandoned any thought of leaving his homeland again.

“He only wanted to go to Europe for the sake of his children,” said Suleiman Kurdi, an uncle of the grieving father. “Now that they’re dead, he wants to stay here in Kobani next to them.”

The haunting image of the 3-yearold Aylan Kurdi washed up on a Turkish beach focused the world’s attention on the wave of migration fueled by war and deprivation.

The bodies of the mother and the two boys were flown to a city near Turkey’s border with Syria, from where police-protected funeral vehicles made their way to the border town of Suruc and crossed into Kobani. Legislators from Turkey accompanied Abdullah Kurdi to Kobani. Journalists and well-wishers were stopped at a checkpoint some 2 miles from the border.

Scores of casually dressed mourners clustered around as the bodies were laid in the dry, bare earth of the

Martyrs Cemetery. Clouds of dust rose as dirt was shoveled over the graves.

Some graves in the cemetery were haphazardly marked out with borders of concrete blocks.

Aylan’s body was discovered on a Turkish beach in sneakers, blue shorts and a red shirt on Wednesday after the small rubber boat he and his family were in capsized. They were among 12 migrants who drowned off the Turkish coast of Bodrum that day.

The route between Bodrum in Turkey and Kos, just a few miles, is one of the shortest from Turkey to the Greek islands, but it remains dangerous.

Hundreds of people a day try to cross it despite the well-documented risks.

Abdullah Kurdi said the overloaded boat flipped over moments after the captain, described as a Turkish man, panicked and abandoned the vessel, leaving Abdullah as the de facto commander of a small boat overmatched by high seas.

In a police statement later leaked to the Turkish news agency Dogan, Abdullah Kurdi gave a different account, denying that a smuggler was aboard. However, smugglers often instruct migrants that if caught they should deny their presence.

Canada has denied a report that it received a refugee application for

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Abdullah Kurdi, the father of 3-year-old Syrian Kurdish boy Aylan Kurdi, inset left, carries the body of one of his sons during the funeral procession of his wife, Rehan, Aylan and other son, Galib Kurdi, inset right, in Kobani, Syria, on Friday. They were among 12 migrants who drowned off the Turkish coast of Bodrum that day, and Aylan’s body was found on a Turkish beach, making headlines around the world.

Abdullah Kurdi’s family.

Citizenship and Immigration Canada said Thursday that it received an application for Abdullah Kurdi’s brother, Mohammed, but said it was

Federal policy sets new rules for cellphone-tracking technology WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal law enforcement officials will be routinely required to get a search warrant before using secretive and intrusive cellphone-tracking technology under a new Justice Department policy announced Thursday.

The policy represents the first effort to create a uniform legal standard for federal authorities using equipment known as cell-site simulators, which track cellphones used by suspects.

It comes amid concerns from privacy groups and lawmakers that the technology, which is now widely used by local police departments, is infringing on privacy rights and is being used without proper accountability.

“The policy is really designed to address our practices, and to really try to promote transparency and consistency and accountability — all while being mindful of the public’s privacy interest,” Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates told reporters in announcing the policy change.

The policy applies only to federal agencies within the Justice Department and not, as some privacy advocates had hoped, to state and local law enforcement whose use of the equipment has stirred particular concern and scrutiny from local judges.

The technology — also known as a Stingray, a suitcase-sized device — can sweep up basic cellphone data from a neighborhood by tricking phones in the area to believe that it’s a cell tower, allowing it to identify unique subscriber numbers. The data is then transmitted to the police, helping them determine the location of a phone without the user even making a call or sending a text message.

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A StingRay II, a cellular site simulator used for surveillance purposes, is seen. Federal law enforcement officials will be routinely required to get a search warrant before using secretive cellphone-tracking technology.

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Justice Department does not collect the content of communications.

Even as federal law enforcement officials tout the technology as a vital tool to catch fugitives and kidnapping suspects, privacy groups have raised alarms about the secrecy surrounding its use and the collection of cellphone information of innocent bystanders who happen to be in a particular neighborhood or location.

In creating the new policy the Justice Department was mindful of those concerns and also sought to address inconsistent practices among different federal agencies and offices, Yates said.

“We understand that people have a concern about their private information, and particularly folks who are not the subjects or targets of investigations,” Yates said.

The new policy requires a warrant in most cases, except for emergencies like an immediate national security threat, as well as unspecified “exceptional circumstances.” The warrant applications are to set out how the technology will be used.

In addition, authorities will be required to delete data that’s been collected once they have the information they need, and are expected to pro-

vide training to employees.

The policy could act as a blueprint for state and local law enforcement agencies in developing their own regulations.

But it’s unclear how broad an impact Thursday’s announcement will have, since it does not directly affect local police agencies unless they’re working alongside federal authorities on a case or relying on their assistance.

Use of the technology has spread widely among local police departments, who have been largely mum about their use of the technology and hesitant to disclose details — often withholding materials or heavily censoring documents that they do provide.

Local departments have faced scrutiny from judges about how they deploy the equipment, though agencies have often insisted that nondisclosure agreements with the FBI limit what they can say.

The FBI has said that while specific capabilities of the equipment are considered sensitive, it did not intend for the agreements to prevent the police from disclosing to a court that the equipment was used in a particular case.

Yates said she expected the FBI to revise any such agreements to be more transparent.

incomplete and didn’t meet regulatory requirements for proof of refugee status recognition. The agency said there was no application on behalf of Abdullah Kurdi’s family.

Shark mauls 65-year-old man off Australia coast SYDNEY (AP) — A 65-year-old man was mauled by a shark off Australia’s most populous state on Friday, but managed to get back on his surf ski and get help for a serious leg injury, police said.

David Quinlivan was paddling a surf ski near the New South Wales state town of Forster, 185 miles north of Sydney, when he was attacked, police said.

They said he fell into the water but got back on the surf ski and managed to get closer to shore, where bystanders were able to help him from the water.

One of those bystanders, Warren Thompson, said he and others ran into the surf to help Quinlivan.

“He had lost his paddle but was able to climb back onto the ski and caught a wave to the shore,” Thompson said.

Thompson added: “It looked to us like he was

having a heart attack.

When we reached him, he told us to stay out of the water.”

Quinlivan was flown by helicopter for emergency surgery to a leg injury. The state ambulance service described that injury as serious.

Two weeks ago, a 38-year-old surfer suffered life-threatening injuries when he was attacked by a shark at Port Macquarie, 60 miles north of Forster.

Three weeks earlier, a 52-year-old surfer was seriously injured as he repeatedly punched a shark that mauled him off Evans Head, 140 miles north of Port Macquarie, in the 11th attack — including one fatality — in five months along a 12-mile stretch of northern New South Wales coast.

On Feb. 9, a 41-year-old Japanese tourist was killed near Ballina, also is northern New South Wales.

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‘Arthur & George’ is handsomely produced period piece

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Based on real events, the new “Masterpiece Mystery!” (8 p.m. Sunday, PBS, TV-PG, check local listings) series “Arthur & George” requires viewers to adjust to major departures from some fictional characters.

Adapted from a book of the same name by Julian Barnes, the “Arthur” in the title is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Martin Clunes). And he is a far cry from his creation, Sherlock Holmes, particularly as portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch in the character’s current incarnation, “Sherlock,” now seen on “Masterpiece Mystery!” (9 p.m. Sunday, r, TV-14, check local listings).

The three-part series also asks that viewers appreciate Clunes as a very different character than the dyspeptic perfectionist that so many have come to love on “Doc Martin.”

Far from the frantic, slippery and nearly superhuman genius of Cumberbatch’s Sherlock, Doyle is seen here as a family man who loses his wife at an early age and then frets that he may have been unconsciously unfaithful to her by befriending another woman during the time of her illness.

He rallies from his torpor when he hears of a case of official injustice concerning the wrongful imprisonment of a gentle Anglo-Indian solicitor, George Edalji (Arsher Ali), whose family had been subject to all manner of innuendo, vandalism, violence and mischief.

A handsomely produced period piece, “Arthur & George” proceeds in curious fits and starts and then slows down to a crawl. The peculiar pacing is more jarring than distracting.

Clunes is rather convincing as a thinking man of action, a desk-bound writer eager to depart the fictional realm of Baker Street and sink his teeth into a real case with profound societal and political ramifications.

For those Clunes fans who can’t wait to see his blood-phobic character return to the Portwenn surgery, a seventh season of “Doc Martin” will finally air in the U.K. this month.

It will be available on these shores via the Acorn streaming service Oct. 5.

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Martin Clunes stars as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, in “Arthur & George,” a threepart “Masterpiece Mystery!” adaptation of a novel by Julian Barnes. The first episode of “Arthur & George” airs at 8 p.m. today on PBS. fans have devoted to watching “Law & Order” and its spin-offs.

But the series officially celebrates its 25th anniversary this fall. Sundance will hold a “Law & Order” marathon beginning Sunday at 3 p.m. and Monday at 4 p.m., running all night and into the wee hours.

With its roots in independent film festivals and movies, the Sundance Channel may not seem like the most likely place to celebrate a couch potato perennial like “Law & Order.”

But no show has done more to keep theatrical performers and character actors receiving paychecks over the past quartercentury, making the show a mainstay of the lively arts.

The magazine Mental Floss did a nice roundup of the notable performers who have appeared, or even started out, on the “Law & Order” franchise.

They include the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, who appeared during the show’s first season. So did Gil Bellows and Camryn Manheim. Edie Falco and Julianna Margulies showed up during season three.

A young John Krasinski appeared in season three of “Criminal Intent.” (The list can be found at mentalfloss.com/ article/54525/28-actors-whostarted-out-law-order.)

• Now in its second season, “Rugged Justice” (8 p.m. Sunday,

Animal Planet, TV-PG) scours the vast “precinct” of the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife. Every year, its agents receive more than 225,000 calls related to mishaps and misdemeanors both human and animal in nature. Home to great hunting, fishing, camping and rafting, Washington’s wilderness also offers refuge to criminals on the lam, drug cultivators, smugglers and traffickers, animal poachers and hunters who disregard laws against harvesting endangered species.

• The geniuses at Lifetime combine at least two great dreads of their home-on-a-Saturday-night couch potato audience. We’re talking about the 2015 thriller “River Raft Nightmare” (8 p.m. Saturday). A spunky teen and her mom (Leah Bateman and Brigid Brannagh) find their vacation officially ruined when they’re set upon by ex-convicts. Instead of tying them up and keeping them in a basement like the creepy Cleveland kidnapper, the ex-cons force the women to go whitewater rafting while searching for hidden loot. Gee, that makes so much sense!

SATURDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS • The first weekend of college football action includes Texas at

Notre Dame (7:30 p.m., NBC) and Alabama vs. Wisconsin (8 p.m., ABC).

• Time travel looms large on a “Doctor Who” (8 p.m., BBC America, TV-PG) special, “The Day of the Doctor: Bonus Edition.”

• The three-hour epic “Killing Jesus” (8 p.m., Fox News) adapts Bill O’Reilly’s pulp history take on the New Testament.

• Jamie and Adam ponder the “science” of the “Star Wars” movies on “MythBusters” (9 p.m., Discovery, TV-PG).

• Cassie is determined to have fun on “Survivor’s Remorse” (9:30 p.m., Starz, TVMA).

• Walter is sentenced to AA meetings on “Blunt Talk” (10 p.m., Starz, TV-MA).

SUNDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS • “Great Performances at the Met” (noon, PBS, check local listings) presents opera’s most popular double bill, “Cavalleria Rusticana” and “Pagliacci.”

Fans of opera on the small screen can choose from more than 500 performances on the Met Opera on Demand channel, available on the Roku device. Many are from the company’s “Live in HD” productions. A subscription is required.

• Scheduled on “60 Minutes” (7

p.m., CBS, r): The cyber attack on Sony Pictures; Boston’s Cardinal Sean O’Malley; the impact of gadgets on “mindfulness.”

• NASCAR action in the Bojangles’ Southern 500 (7:20 p.m., NBC), live from Darlington, South Carolina.

• Rumors about a virus spread through Los Angeles in the pilot episode of “Fear the Walking Dead” (8:30 p.m., AMC, r, TV-14).

• Elizabeth wades into the Greek debt crisis on “Madam Secretary” (9 p.m., CBS, r, TV14).

• Somebody takes mentoring to an extreme in the 2015 shocker “A Teacher’s Obsession” (9 p.m., Lifetime).

• Outside static threatens Bunchy’s big day on “Ray Donovan” (9 p.m., Showtime, TVMA).

• Abducted women’s social media profiles seem more active than they should be on “CSI: Cyber” (10 p.m., CBS, r, TV14).

• Justine faces a new threat on “The Strain” (10 p.m., FX, TVMA).

• A little romance for “The World’s Fattest Man” (10 p.m., TLC, TV-14).

• The surrogacy program continues on “Masters of Sex” (10 p.m., Showtime, TV-MA).

CULT CHOICE Tina Turner (Angela Bassett) struggles to get out of her abusive husband’s shadow in the 1993 musical biopic “What’s Love Got to Do With It” (8:40 p.m.

Saturday, BET).

SUNDAY SERIES Julie Chen hosts “Big Brother” (8 p.m., CBS) * Groundskeeper Willie coaches the mathletes on “The Simpsons” (8 p.m., Fox, r, TV-PG) * Shenanigans continue on “Bachelor in Paradise” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-14) * Peralta may be in over his head on “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (8:30 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14) * The name game on “Family Guy” (9 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14) * Election results on “Last Man on Earth” (9:30 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14) * A murder victim may be linked to Castle’s past on “Castle” (10 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG).

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Redford, Nolte team up in Bryson’s ‘A Walk in the Woods’

BY JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer The lure of the wild has recently attracted an interesting batch of solitude seekers: Reese Witherspoon (“Wild”), Mia Wasikowska (“Tracks”) and Robert Redford, twice.

Two years after “All Is Lost,” Redford has swapped the sea for the woods and wordless isolation for Nick Nolte. It’s not a bad trade.

“A Walk in the Woods” is a broad and congenial comedy about two aged old friends trying to hike all 2,000-plus miles of the Appalachian Trail, from Georgia to Maine. It’s light on its feet, even though its geriatric woodsmen are plodding and grunting.

The story, taken from Bill Bryson’s 1998 book, might seem like the kind of hokey comedy trotted out every now and then for older moviegoers. It is that, to be sure.

But Redford and Nolte are a class, or two, above the standard stars of such fare. While “A Walk in the Woods” is tame stuff, indeed, a simple, comic stroll with pleasant company is a decent way to end a movie summer where the usual pace is a Tom Cruise sprint.

Redford has been trying to adapt Bryson’s book for 10 years, and he’s now older than the author was when he made his trip, along with his pal Stephen Katz (Nolte). It makes their endeavor, particularly on the part of the wheezing Nolte, a little incredulous.

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by G.P. Putnam’s Sons shows the cover of the book “The Gates of Evangeline” by Hester Young.

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Robert Redford, left, as Bill Bryson and Nick Nolte as Stephen Katz are seen in the film “A Walk in the Woods.” Redford co-stars with Nolte and Emma Thompson in the movie which released in U.S. theaters on Wednesday.

Nolte’s Katz, a former alcoholic and proud philanderer, was never an ideal hiking companion; he’s the only one Bryson could get to go with

him. But Nolte, 74 and so croaky he can be hard to understand, is now more convincing as a grizzly bear than a camper. This, thankfully, is

not a movie where the actors are weighing down their backpacks for the sake of realism.

The germ for the trip begins when Bryson returns to his New Hampshire home after a humbling book tour where he’s met with questions of retirement — likely the same kind Redford has become accustomed to fielding but happily (for our sake) ignoring. Authors, Bryson responds, don’t retire. They either drink themselves away or blow their brains out.

But Bryson is instead drawn by a mysterious longing to hike the Appalachian Trail. His concerned wife (Emma Thompson — now there’s a couple) insists he find a companion.

When everyone he can think of turns him down, Katz, with whom Bryson had lost touch, calls him up to say he’s game.

After the two set out in Georgia, their adventures unfold in episodic encounters and pratfalls. Along the way, they meet Kristen Schaal (as an annoying fellow hiker), an attractive innkeeper (Mary Steenburgen) and, inevitably, a bear.

But whereas “Wild” sought redemption across the country on the Pacific Crest Trail, profundity isn’t the pursuit of Bryson, Katz and “A Walk in the Woods.” Director Ken Kwapis (“Big Miracle”), working from the script by Rick Kerb and Bill Holderman, steers it on welltrod but pleasant buddy-comedy paths that offer few surprises other than the undiminished appeal of its ambling stars.

Heroine tells captivating tale ‘Gates of Evangeline’ has powerful writing

BY JEFF AYERS The Associated Press Charlotte “Charlie” Cates has had a rough time. Her husband ran off with another woman, and then her young son died from a brain aneurysm. She jeopardized her job by taking time off from work to deal with these events, and she spends her days wallowing in self-pity. She takes sleeping pills to find peace from otherwise restless nights.

Then Cates is asked by an old

boss to write the history of a family whose 2-year-old son vanished from his locked bedroom in the early 1980s. The mystery has never been solved.

She’s told the family is finally ready to talk about that tragic event while discussing several generations of their history.

While she prepares to live for a while in Louisiana and write the book, she begins to have intense dreams that focus on young children in danger. Before a ballet recital, she has a vision of her best friend’s young daughter tripping on the curtain and breaking her ankle. At the venue, she watches events

unfold as she saw them in her dream. Then she starts having dreams about a little boy in a rowboat. She knows it is the missing child.

Cates is a sympathetic and realistic heroine who tells a captivating tale, and the gothic feeling of life on the estate plus the balance between hopelessness and utter joy is rich and rewarding. What makes the story ultimately work is author Hester Young’s amazing writing. Readers of “The Gates of Evangeline” — Young’s debut novel — will be familiar with all of the elements, but the powerful writing makes it seem original.

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Protesting farmers descend on Paris PARIS (AP) — More than 1,000 tractors — and a few cows — descended on Paris on Thursday in a boisterous protest by farmers who blocked highways to express their anger about falling prices for their goods and high taxes.

They’re facing increasingly slim margins they blame on cheap imports and high payroll charges, which they say make them unable to compete against producers in Germany and Eastern Europe. The farmers are seeking tax breaks from the French government and European Union action.

Andie Le Mellionnec, 59, has run a dairy farm in western France for 40 years. Sporting a red hat, traditional to his home region of Brittany, and a Breton flag as a cape, he said his problem “is not

whether France is a competitor or not. My problem is simply to live — meaning to feed my family, my kids.”

Tractors spray-painted with “Anger” or “Enough Bureaucracy” trundled Thursday morning along major arteries to the French capital and headed toward the Place de la Nation in eastern Paris. Some farmers headed to Parliament later in the day.

Protest organizer FNSEA, France’s largest farming union, said 1,733 tractors from across the country contributed to the show of force.

Prime Minister Manuel Valls, who is pushing for reforms in the farming sector, said he would meet with the FNSEA chief Thursday.

The evening before heading to Paris, grain farmer Pierre Bot said at his farm in Vau-

hallan, just south of the city, that he feels increasingly squeezed by larger factory farms.

“It’s not popular to annoy all the people on their way to work,” Bot acknowledged.

“Nevertheless, it’s one of the only ways to make ourselves heard.”

Agriculture “is part of the French identity,” he said outside his small fruits and vegetables store, which Bot runs alongside his grain cultivation business.

French farmers have been particularly vocal this summer, blocking roads on the German border and major tourist destinations such as the Mont Saint-Michel peninsula. Their demonstrations are part of a larger debate about how to keep European farming globally competitive.

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Farmers park their tractors during a protest at Nation Square in Paris on Thursday. Hundreds of tractors descended on Paris in a boisterous protest by farmers blocking highways to express their anger about falling French food prices and high taxes. They are protesting increasingly slim margins they blame on cheap imports and high payroll charges.

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ECONOMY FROM PAGE A1 have complicated the decision.

Chris Williamson, chief economist at the financial information firm Markit, said Friday’s report provided “frustratingly little new insight into whether the Fed will start to raise rates.”

“A bumper payrolls number would have sealed the case for higher interest rates in many people’s minds, while a low number would have dealt a blow to any chances of tightening of policy at the next meeting,” Williamson said.

Once the Fed begins raising borrowing rates, higher rates are likely to eventually ripple through the economy. Americans could face higher costs for mortgages and other loans, though the increases could be modest and gradual.

A key question is how a faltering China, slow growth in Europe and a strong dollar will affect the overall U.S. economy. The answer probably won’t be clear for months.

Friday’s jobs data was gathered before the U.S. stock market plunged in late August, after signs emerged that China’s troubles were worsening.

Though unemployment and job growth have reached levels that Fed officials have said reflect a healthy economy, some economists point to signs that the job market still has room to heal.

One example is paychecks: Average hourly wages for all workers rose 8 cents to $25.09 in August, lifting the annual gain to 2.2 percent in August.

That’s far below the roughly 3.5 percent yearly gain typical of a strong economy. The sluggish wage growth suggests that employers still see many unemployed workers and don’t have to offer higher pay to attract qualified applicants.

Nor have the steady job gains of the past three years encouraged more Americans to re-enter or join the job market. The proportion of Americans either working or looking for work remained at a 38-year low in August.

A stumbling global economy and stronger dollar, which makes U.S. exports costlier overseas, could slice a percentage point off U.S. growth through the second half of next year, according to economists at Goldman Sachs.

More so than other months, August’s jobs totals typically

undershoot the revisions that the government provides later. The government struggles to seasonally adjust the data for the millions of summer jobs that are eliminated throughout the month. August job gains have been revised higher by 79,000 during the past five years, Goldman Sachs estimates.

The report contained hints that international pressures that infected stock and commodity markets may have begun to weigh on employers.

More than half of the jobs added last month came from sectors insulated from the global economy: Government, education and health services.

Their share of job creation nearly doubled from 27.1 percent in July, reflecting not just the start of the school year but also weaknesses in other sectors of the economy where foreign customers and capital matter more.

Public education accounted for more than 18 percent of the jobs added in August.

Local school districts and state colleges added 31,900 workers.

Service sector companies, such as restaurants, retailers, banks and construction companies are expanding at the fastest pace in nearly a decade, according to a survey by the Institute for Supply Management.

And overall, the number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits remains very low by historical standards — evidence that companies are still confident enough about customer demand to maintain their staff levels.

But manufacturing firms have been stumbling amid the global headwinds. Manufacturers cut 17,000 jobs in August, the most since July 2013.

Construction companies added just 3,000, even though home building and other construction have picked up.

Brian Petranick, chief executive of Right at Home, a provider of in-home care to the elderly and disabled with 410 outlets, plans to open 15 new franchises by the end of the year that will employ up to 1,500 people. Yet Petranick says his need to keep prices competitive limits how much more he can pay workers.

“We’re not feeling a lot of pressure yet” to lift wages, he said.

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Lt. Simon Grant, of Rembert Rural Station 8 of Sumter Fire Department, left, leads a crew of Sumter EMS to a helicopter with Michelle Sierra, 42, who reportedly led S.C. Highway Patrol on a high-speed chase before rolling her car Friday just before noon on S.C. 261, two miles north of Rafting Creek Elementary.

WRECK FROM PAGE A1 helicopter that was stationed in a field next to Rafting Creek Elementary.

Sierra was flown to Pal-

metto Health Richland.

Reports indicate her injuries are not life threatening.

No other details were

available at press time.

Because the sheriff ’s office and S.C. Highway Patrol were involved in the incident, they have asked Lee County Sheriff ’s Office to investigate the incident as a neutral party.

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Students in Sumter School District’s English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) program at Lemira Elementary School listen as Virginia Mota, ESOL teacher does a reading lesson Friday. Sumter School District has 416 students for whom English is not a native language.

ENGLISH FROM PAGE A1 The first half year or “six-month silent period” for a nonnative speaker is focused on what Mota calls survival English. Basic words and vocabulary are taught, communication skills, speaking, listening and reading.

“There is a lot of oral repetition and visual cues involved,” she said. “Writing is the hardest of skills for most students to learn.”

Typically it takes one to two years for a student to learn speaking and listening skills.

Reading and writing skills can take as long as seven years to fully develop, Mota said.

Students are pulled from regular classes for about 30 to 40 minutes sessions. The frequency of the sessions depends on the student’s proficiency.

ESOL program is literacy-driven, Mota said, meaning children’s books are read to younger students, and novels are used with older students.

For those just starting out, a lot of copying and audio listening is done.

New non-native speakers are paired with English-speaking students in their classrooms or other non-native children who speak at a higher level.

“They are motivated to learn, and over time, their hard work pays off,” Mota said.

OBITUARIES FRANKLIN BURROUGHS LYNCHBURG — Franklin Burroughs died Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2015.

The family is receiving friends at the residence, 1964 Back Swamp Road.

Arrangements will be announced by Jefferson Funeral Home Service Inc. of Lynchburg.

SALLY ANN D. SAVAGE Sally Ann Dinkins Savage, 87, departed this life on Friday, Sept. 4, 2015, at her residence.

She was born on June 1, 1928, in Sumter County, a daughter of the late Riley and Millie Johnson Dinkins.

The family will be receiving friends at the home, 35 W. Charlotte Ave. Sumter, SC 29150.

Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Job’s Mortuary Inc.

CARRIE LEE B. HODGE Carrie Lee Burgess Hodge, 91, widow of John “Preacher” Hodge Jr., died on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015, at her residence.

She was born on May 20, 1924, in Sumter, a daughter of the late William and Mariah Amos Burgess.

The family is receiving friends at her residence, 2320

Old Manning Road, Sumter.

These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC.

PRINCE CONYERS JR. MANNING — Prince Conyers Jr., 68, died on Friday, Sept. 4, 2015, at Palmetto Health, Columbia.

He was born on July 15, 1947, in Clarendon County, a son of the late Prince Sr. and Mary Hammett Conyers.

The family is receiving friends at the home of his sister and brother-in-law, Mary and Willie Durant, 2135 Durant Lane, Manning.

These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC.

NACOLE MCCRAY Nacole McCray, 40, entered eternal rest on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born on Aug. 4, 1975, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of Sadie McCray.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 450 Robney Drive.

Funeral plans will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.

SIDNEY T. WILLIAMS Sidney Till Williams, 53, slept peacefully away on the

morning of Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015, at Providence Hospital, Columbia.

Born on Sept. 17, 1961, in Darlington County, he was a son of the late Willie and Annie Mae McMillian Williams. He was a graduate of Mount Pleasant High School.

“Big Rick,” as he was affectionately known, had various jobs upon leaving high school — Korn Industries, Charm House, Whitaker Cabinets and Ashley Furniture.

Memories of his life will be cherished by: four sisters, Willie M. Cato, Delia Pringle and Ella Edwards of Wedgefield and Rebecca (Albertus) Eady of Sumter; one adopted sister, Geneva Watkins of Bishopville; three brothers, Johnny (Hattie) Williams and Issac (Margie) Williams of Sumter and Leonard James (nephew reared as a brother)

of the home; four aunts; three uncles; one brother-inlaw; special niece, Minister Annie M. China; and grandnephew, Joshua Cato, who served as his caregiver; a host of other nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday at St. Rest Holiness Church, 360 E. Sumter St., Mayesville, with Bishop Tommie L. Doe, pastor, eulogist, assisted by Minister Thomasina Moses, Minister Carolyn Williams and Minister Dorothy Taylor.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 84 Bethune Park Drive, Mayesville.

The remains will be placed in the church at 1 p.m.

The funeral procession will leave at 1:30 p.m. from the home.

Floral bearers and pall-

bearers will be family and friends.

Burial will be in Mayesville Cemetery.

Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@sc.rr. com. Visit us on the web at www.williamsfuneralhomeinc.com.

Services directed by the management and staff of Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter.

VERLIE B. WILSON Verlie B. Wilson entered eternal rest on Sept. 4, 2015, at her residence, 131 Casual Branch Road, Elliott.

The family is receiving friends at the residence.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville.

FREE SPEAKING PROGRAMS Attorney Glenn Givens is offering free speaking programs to local social and civic organizations and businesses with fifteen or more meeting attendees on the following separate topics: 1. Wills, Dying without a Will and Probate; 2. Trusts and Estate Planning; and 3. Powers of Attorney and Living Wills.

If your organization or business is interested, has fifteen or more meeting attendees and meets in Sumter, Clarendon or Lee County, contact Glenn at (803) 418-0800; ext. 108.

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LABOR DAY SCHEDULE BANKS — All area banks and credit unions will be closed on Monday.

GOVERNMENT — The following will closed on MonLabor Day Schedule: Sept.

5,be 2015 day: federal government offices; state government offices; U.S. Postal Service; City of Sumter offices; Sumter County offices; Clarendon County offices; City of Manning offices; Lee County offices; and City of Bishopville offices.

SCHOOLS — The following will be closed on Monday: Sumter School District; Clarendon School Districts 1, 2 and 3; Robert E. Lee Academy; Lee County Public Schools; St. Anne Catholic School; William Thomas Academy; St. Francis Xavier High School; Clarendon Hall; Sumter Christian School; Thomas Sumter Academy; Laurence Manning Academy; Wilson Hall; Central Carolina Technical College; Morris College; and USC Sumter.

UTILITIES — Farmers Telephone Coop. and Black River Electric Coop. will be closed on Monday.

OTHER — The following will be closed on Monday: Harvin Clarendon County Library; Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce; and Clemson Extension Service.

The Sumter County Library will be closed Saturday through Monday.

All offices of The Sumter Item will be closed on Monday.

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Sumter 88/69

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limited, please call (843) The Campbell Soup friends 777-2005 to register. lunch group will meet at Sumter Chapter Federa11:30 a.m. today at GoldenNational The Overcomers Stroke SupCorral.tion of Blind to meet port Group will meet at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 10, Clarendon School District One at the Alice Drive Baptist will conduct free vision, hearing, speech and developmental Church library on the corner of Loring Mill Road and screenings as part of a child Wise Drive. find effort to identify students with special needs.

Crosswell Community ImproveScreenings will be held from ment Committee will meet 9 a.m. to noon at the Sumfrom 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursmerton Early Childhood day, Sept. 10, at St. John Center, 8 South St., SumUnited Methodist Church, merton, on the following 136 Poinsett Drive, just off Thursdays: Sept. 10; Oct. 8; of Lafayette Drive. All CrossNov. 12; Dec. 10; Jan. 14, well area residents are in2016; Feb. 11, 2016; March vited to attend and share 10, 2016; April 14, 2016; and their concerns. Email crossMay 12, 2016. Call Sadie Wil- well2015@yahoo.com. liams at (803) 485-2325, exThe National Council of Negro tension 116.

Women (NCNW) Sumter The Sumter Chapter of the Na- Branch will meet at 5 p.m. tional Federation of the Blind on Friday, Sept. 11, at Morris will meet at 7 p.m. on TuesCollege. day, Sept. 8, at Shiloh-RanThe American Red Cross will dolph Manor. Glenn Givens offer New Volunteer Orientawill speak on “Wills and tion / Disaster Services OverDying Without a Will.” view for new Red Cross volTransportation provided unteers from 9 a.m. to noon within the allotted mileage on Saturday, Sept. 12, at the area. Contact Debra Canty, chapter president, at Debra- Sandhills Service Center, 1155 N. Guignard Drive. This CanC2@frontier.com or class is for anyone who (803) 775-5792. Add the would like to volunteer with group to your contacts for the Red Cross in any capaciupdated information on the ty. Call (803) 775-2363 to recorded message line at register or find out more in(206) 376-5992. formation.

McLeod Orthopedic and Spine Southern Bliss Yoga will offer a Specialists will host a free free yoga day on Saturday, lunch and learn on hip pain Sept. 12, at 600 Bultman and anterior hip replaceDrive. Mats and props will ment at noon on Thursday, be provided. Available Sept. 10, at Hamptons resclasses include: 10:15-11 taurant. Dr. David Wooda.m., Warm Power Flow; bury, orthopaedic surgeon 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m., Yin; with McLeod Orthopaedics, 12:30-1:15 p.m., doTerra Eswill explain causes, sympsential Oils class and toms and treatment for hip snacks; 1:30-2:15 p.m., Yin pain, focusing on the advanced anterior hip replace- and Flow; 2:30-3:15 p.m., Vinyasa Flow; and 3:30-4:15 ment option. A light lunch will be provided. As space is p.m., Tai Chi. Pictures will be taken at 4:30 p.m.

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Today: Mostly cloudy with a shower or thunderstorm around. High 85 to 89.

Sunday: A couple of showers and a thunderstorm. High 82 to 86.

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Manning 89/71

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): A positive EUGENIA LAST change will occur due to a decision you make with someone you love. Don’t let stress get you down. Focus on what you can accomplish and the rest will fall into place. Love passionately and think positively.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Make plans to do something that combines learning and socializing and you will meet unique individuals who will change your life. Don’t feel you have to spend money in order to make personal improvements. Use your intelligence to advance.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Share your feelings and affections with someone special. Don’t let what others do or say ruin your mood or your day. Keep your life simple, loving and peaceful, and you will get a positive response.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Withholding information will lead to trouble. An honest assessment of whatever situation you face will help you move on to more enjoyable tasks quickly and without guilt. An unusual opportunity will develop that could change your life.

make plans to move forward.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your charm and keen sense of awareness will make others gravitate toward you. Interacting with people from all walks of life will enlighten you and help you make wise choices regarding future prospects. Get ready to initiate a move.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Not everyone will be on your side.

Avoid any dispute that has the potential to lead to insult or injury.

Finding a unique way to raise your income is where your time and effort should be placed.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Love and romance are prominent, but so are emotional problems.

Temper any such problems by being attentive and mindful of those you love. Jealousy is likely to take over if you neglect to let someone know how much you care.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Don’t argue with someone who is pressuring you to make a hasty decision or move. Do your own thing until the time is right for you to collaborate. You’ll do much better on your own than in a joint venture.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Speak up about your concerns and the solutions you can offer. Your ability to bring about change will help you stand out and make others take note. Don’t let anyone take advantage of your generosity. Offer ideas, not cash.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Network and socialize. The people you meet and the suggestions you make will lead to an interesting investment that can help you turn something you enjoy doing into a moneymaking service. Children will play an important role in the choices you make.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Take care of any issues that are holding you back. Emotions will rise to the surface, and situations will spin out of control if you don’t address situations openly and honestly. Put your problems behind you and

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t share your feelings or someone will label you as emotionally unstable.

Focus on what others need and how you can offer help.

Volunteering your services will help take your mind off your worries.

LOTTERY NUMBERS PALMETTO CASH 5 FRIDAY

POWERBALL WEDNESDAY

MEGAMILLIONS FRIDAY

9-12-24-30-32 PowerUp: 3

17-22-30-46-56 Powerball: 16; Powerplay: 3

numbers not available at press time

PICK 3 FRIDAY

PICK 4 FRIDAY

LUCKY FOR LIFE THURSDAY

7-2-0 and 5-8-5

4-4-5-0 and 5-6-8-9

25-39-46-47-48; Lucky Ball: 14

SPCA CAT OF THE WEEK Mocha, a housebroken 9-week-old female domestic medium hair, is available for adoption at the Sumter SPCA. She is sweet, gentle and playful. She enjoys being held and cuddled. She gets along great with other cats. Mocha also loves cat toys and laser lights. The SPCA is located at 1140 S. Guignard Drive, (803) 773-9292, and is open 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. every day except Wednesday and Sunday. Visit www.sumterscspca. com.

The SPCA relies heavily on community support and donations. Currently, the biggest needs are for dry puppy and kitten food; wet cat food; cat litter; and cleaning supplies. The following are also appreciated: Newspapers; stuffed animals; heavy duty trash bags (30 gallon or larger); dishwashing liquid; laundry detergent; bleach; paper towels; sheets and comforters; baby blankets; canned dog and cat food; dry dog food; treats; leashes and collars; disinfectant spray; all-purpose cleaner; air freshener; no scratch scrubbers; two-sided sponges for dishes; litter freshener; and, of course, monetary donations are also gratefully accepted.

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PREP FOOTBALL

WH can’t overcome Hammond Barons hurt by mistakes in 14-7 loss to Skyhawks

BY EDDIE LITAKER Special to The Sumter Item Due to weather concerns around the Spencer Field area, Wilson Hall head football coach Adam Jarecki had to wait about 50 minutes for his first meeting in his current capacity with defending SCISA 3A state champion Hammond to kick off.

After a few untimely miscues, some more costly than others, the Barons trailed 14-7 at halftime.

Wilson Hall’s defense would hold the Skyhawks scoreless in the second half but the Barons failed to cash in on multiple scoring opportunities and fell short by that same 14-7 score.

The first Wilson Hall miscue came on the first play from scrimmage as a false start penalty nullified an 11-yard Robert James run. The Barons would not gain a first down on the drive, but the Baron defense would hold the Skyhawks after surrendering two first downs, with Wilson Hall taking over at its 25 after the

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Varsity Football Sumter 38, Stratford 0 Hammond 14, Wilson Hall 7 Fairfield Central 39, Crestwood 15 North Central 28, East Clarendon 0 Pinewood Prep 13, Laurence Manning 0 Dillon Christian 33, Thomas Sumter 14 Andrew Jackson Academy 48, Clarendon Hall 6 Johnsonville at Lakewood (late) Manning at Marion, (late) Robert E. Lee at Calhoun, (late)

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Wilson Hall’s Evans Boyle (28) intercepts a pass at the Baron 10-yard line in front of Hammond’s Brad Lewis (80) during the Skyhawks 14-7 victory on Friday at Spencer Field.

Stratford, storm can’t stop SHS KEITH GEDAMKE / THE SUMTER ITEM

Sumter wide receiver Colin Washington (11) runs away from Stratford’s Dre’sean White (2) and Nasir Muhammad during the amecocks’ 38-0 victory on Friday at Sumter Memorial Stadium. The start of the game was delayed because of lightning. Visit www.theitem. com for a full recap or check Sunday’s edition for the story.

U.S. OPEN

Comeback keeps Grand Slam try in check for Serena

BY HOWARD FENDRICH The Associated Press NEW YORK — Can’t count out Serena Williams, no matter how big the deficit, no matter how off-target her strokes, no matter how much the pressure might be mounting as she bids for a calendar-year Grand Slam.

S. WILLIAMS Eight times this season at major tournaments, Williams has dropped the opening set.

Eight times, she has won.

The latest comeback was in the third round of the U.S.

Open on Friday night, when Williams figured out a way to deal with a tricky opponent and get her own game going before it was too late, eventually emerging to grab the last eight games for a 3-6, 7-5, 6-0 victory over Bethanie MattekSands.

“I’m not trying to live on the edge,” Williams said with a big smile.

Perhaps. Still, no one does it better. And with so much at stake, no less.

The No. 1-ranked Williams is trying to become the first tennis player since Steffi Graf in 1988 to win all four Grand

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CLEMSON FOOTBALL

NASCAR

Clemson has favorable schedule to open season

Almirola looking for magic on throwback weekend at Darlington

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com What a difference a year makes — at least in a football schedule.

At this time last year, the Clemson Tigers were in Athens, Ga., ready to take on the Georgia Bulldogs. After a respite against South Carolina State, Clemson traveled to Tallahassee, Fla., to take on defending national champion Florida State.

As the 12th-ranked Tigers open their season today, they will do so with Football Championship Subdivi-

sion Wofford in Death Valley followed by fledgling Football Bowl Subdivision school Appalachian State the next week. Their third game will have them getting into the meat of their schedule as they go on the road to face Atlantic Coast Conference foe Louisville.

All of that is said just to point out that all of this optimism surrounding Clemson won’t get shot down in the first three games of the season.

The loss to Georgia put the Tigers in

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BY REID SPENCER NASCAR Wire Service DARLINGTON – In keeping with the homage to NASCAR history at Darlington Raceway, Aric Almirola showed up with a Fu Manchu moustache grown as a tribute to his boss, team owner Richard Petty.

Hoping to race his ALMIROLA way into the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, as he did last year, Almirola will be driving the No. 43 Richard

Petty Motorsports Ford—complete with throwback STP paint scheme— in Sunday’s Bojangles’ Southern 500 (7 p.m. ET on NBC).

Perhaps the moustache will bring him luck.

“I have about five days with this,” said Almirola, who is 16th in the series standings and 35 points outside of a Chase-eligible position with two races left before the cutoff at Richmond. “I wasn’t fully committed. I shaved last week on vacation when I went to dinner with my wife and I

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Jonge, Spieth in opposite directions at TPC Boston NORTON, Mass. — Brendon de Jonge described his opening round Friday at the Deutsche Bank Championship as coming out of nowhere.

Jordan SpidE JONGE eth’s start — his third straight round over par — was becoming far too familiar for him.

De Jonge ran off seven birdies in calming conditions at the TPC Boston for a 6-under 65 that gave him a two-shot lead over nine players, including Rickie Fowler, Henrik Stenson and Luke Donald.

Jason Day, needing a victory to become No. 1 in the world for the first time, reached 5 under until two bogeys over his final five holes. He had a 68 and was right in the mix. Rory McIlroy, back at No. 1 and playing for only the second time since the U.S. Open because of an ankle injury, had a 70.

The Masters and U.S. Open champion had eight bogeys in a round of 75, matching his highest start of the year.

AP SOURCE: SEAHAWKS, JACKSON AGREE ON 1-YEAR DEAL

A person familiar with the contract talks says the Seattle Seahawks and freeagent running back Fred Jackson have agreed to terms on a 1-year year.

The person spoke to The Associated Press on Friday on a condition of anonymity because the deal has not been signed. NFL.com first reported Jackson and the Seahawks had agreed to terms.

EAGLES TRADE BARKLEY TO CARDS, CLEAR SPOT FOR TEBOW

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Eagles have traded quarterback Matt Barkley to the Arizona Cardinals, clearing a roster spot for Tim Tebow.

Arizona sent a conditional seventh-round draft pick to Philadelphia for Barkley.

He’ll provide depth behind Carson Palmer and Drew Stanton. Logan Thomas and rookie Phillip Sims were competing for the No. 3 job.

MLB CUBS 14 DIAMONDBACKS 5 CHICAGO— Anthony Rizzo hit a grand slam in Chicago’s eight-run fifth inning, and rookie Addison Russell homered twice in a game for the first time in his career to power the Cubs and Jon Lester to a 14-5 rout of the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL FRIDAY CHARLOTTE 23 GEORGIA STATE 20

ATLANTA — Matt Johnson threw for 242 yards and a touchdown to help Charlotte beat Georgia State 23-20 in the 49ers’ FBS debut Friday at the Georgia Dome.

THURSDAY (2) TCU 23 MINNESOTA 17 MINNEAPOLIS — Trevone Boykin threw for 246 yards and a touchdown and ran for 92 yards and another score to help No. 2 TCU outlast Minnesota 23-17 on Thursday.

U.S. OPEN FROM PAGE B1 Slam tournaments in the same season.

She won the Australian Open on hard courts in January, the French Open on clay courts in June, and Wimbledon on grass courts in July, and now is four wins away from adding the trophy on the hard courts of the U.S. Open. Next up is a fourth-round match Sunday against yet another American, 19th-seeded Madison Keys.

Looking down the line, Williams’ quarterfinal opponent could be her older sister Venus.

There were moments Friday under the lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium when it appeared that Mattek-Sands, a wild-card entry ranked 101st, would not allow that to happen.

While Mattek-Sands won doubles titles this year at the Australian Open and French Open, this was a rare moment in the spotlight for her in singles. She had appeared in the U.S. Open 13 other times, never making it as far as the third round

ALCORN STATE 6 ATLANTA — Freshman Marcus Marshall ran for 184 yards and two long touchdowns in his college debut, Patrick Skov scored three TDs in his first game at Georgia Tech, and the No. 16 Yellow Jackets romped to a 69-6 victory over Alcorn State on Thursday.

(22) ARIZONA 42 UTSA 32

TUCSON, Ariz. — Anu Solomon threw four touchdown passes to help Arizona beat UTSA 42-32, but the Wildcats suffered a big blow when All-America linebacker Scooby Wright went out early with a left knee injury.

UTAH 24 MICHIGAN 17

SALT LAKE CITY — Jim Harbaugh was swarmed by cameramen from the moment he stepped of the bus at Rice-Eccles Stadium.

College football’s newest rock star had finally arrived to play a game after eight months of hype.

The Utes felt disrespected despite being favored and spoiled Harbaugh’s Michigan coaching debut with a smothering defense, beating the Wolverines 24-17 on Thursday night in the opener for both teams.

WESTERN KENTUCKY 14 VANDERBILT 12

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Joe Brown stopped Nathan Marcus a yard shy of the goal line on a two-point conversion attempt with 33 seconds left to preserve Western Kentucky’s 14-12 victory over Vanderbilt on Thursday.

From wire reports

until this week.

But by mixing in slices with flat strokes, heading to the net when there were openings — and even sometimes when there weren’t — Mattek-Sands played a varied, attacking style that gave Williams fits at times.

Particularly on break points: Williams was able to convert only 3 of 16 through the first two sets, before going 3 of 5 in the third.

“I said, ‘You know what, Serena? Just keep going,’” said Williams, a 33-year-old American who also has a chance to become the first woman since Chris Evert in 1975-78 to win four U.S. Opens in a row. “’Keep trying, keep trying, keep trying.’”

Mattek-Sands started well, taking a 3-0 lead while grabbing 16 of the first 21 points.

Williams decidedly did not, responsible for each of the match’s first half-dozen unforced errors. That opening set ended with three consecutive miscues by Williams — a backhand wide, a swinging forehand volley long, a forehand return wide.

DARLINGTON FROM PAGE B1 got cleaned up.

“After that, I kind of just let it go crazy and I had a few drinks out on the beach and thought it would be cool to grow this. I got a late start. I would like for it to be a little fuller, but this is all I’ve got for now.”

It was full enough, however, to get a positive reaction from Petty.

“He saw it and he actually liked it,” Almirola said. “He said he won the Daytona 500 with a mustache that looked just like this. We’ll see if we can’t win the Southern 500 with one.”

Though Almirola currently is one spot out of the Chase, 35 points behind Clint Bowyer, the driver of the No. 43 Ford remains optimistic about his chances.

“I think when you are mathematically still in–until somebody tells us we’re not—I feel like we have a shot,” Almirola said. “I’ve been really proud of what we have accomplished this year. Last year, we were 25th or 26th in points, but we made the Chase because we won at Daytona.

“This year, I feel like if we

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made the Chase we certainly earned it.”

JEFF GORDON CAN BEAT STRESS

BY WINNING

Jeff Gordon knows full well that the best way to remove the pressure of a stressful weekend at Richmond is by winning on Sunday at Darlington (7 p.m. ET on NBC).

Barring a victory at the Lady in Black, Gordon likely will have to avoid disaster in the Bojangles’ Southern 500 and the following Saturday in Richmond to secure a spot in the Chase. And it will help his chances immensely if the next two races don’t produce a new winner.

Gordon currently is 12th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings, with a 52point advantage over Aric Almirola, the first driver below the current Chase cut line. But a victory comes with the immediate guarantee of a Chase spot.

“That would be huge,” said Gordon, who is making his final appearance at Darlington. “We definitely feel pressure, and it’s a little bit

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MLB STANDINGS

By The Associated Press stressful right now, being on the bubble. I felt like we were in a pretty comfortable position about a month ago.

We’ve just had some misfortunes. I feel like we’ve performed well enough to securely be in by points.

“I can’t say we have performed well enough to be real confident coming in here that we are going to be one of the cars to beat. But I will follow that up also with the amount of hard work that (crew chief) Alan (Gustafson) and the team, everyone at Hendricks Motorsports has been putting in, the effort for this weekend especially, but going forward as well. I’m pretty happy with the car. I think we’ve got a shot at doing that.”

It’s not that Gordon isn’t used to pressure. In 2012, he edged Kyle Busch for the final Chase spot by three points. In 2013, NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France added on to the Chase field after late-race machinations at Richmond

by Michael Waltrip Racing finagled the four-time champion out of a Chase berth he otherwise would have secured.

AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W Toronto 76 New York 74 Tampa Bay 66 Baltimore 64 Boston 61 CENTRAL DIVISION W Kansas City 82 Minnesota 69 Cleveland 64 Chicago 62 Detroit 61 WEST DIVISION W Houston 73 Texas 70 Los Angeles 67 Seattle 63 Oakland 58

L 57 58 67 69 72

Pct .571 .561 .496 .481 .459

GB – 11/2 10 12 15

L 51 64 68 70 72

Pct .617 .519 .485 .470 .459

GB – 13 171/2 191/2 21

L 61 62 66 71 76

Pct .545 .530 .504 .470 .433

GB – 2 51/2 10 15

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

W 74 68 55 54 53

L 59 65 79 80 81

Pct .556 .511 .410 .403 .396

GB – 6 191/2 201/2 211/2

W 86 79 75 58 55

L 47 53 57 75 77

Pct .647 .598 .568 .436 .417

GB – 61/2 101/2 28 301/2

W 75 69 65 65 55

L 58 65 69 69 78

Pct .564 .515 .485 .485 .414

GB – 61/2 101/2 101/2 20

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Washington 15, Atlanta 1 Milwaukee 5, Pittsburgh 3 Colorado 11, San Francisco 3 San Diego 10, L.A. Dodgers 7

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Arizona at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

Atlanta at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

San Francisco at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Milwaukee (W.Peralta 5-8) at Cincinnati (Jo.Lamb 0-3), 1:10 p.m.

Arizona (Ray 3-10) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 17-6), 2:20 p.m.

Philadelphia (Asher 0-1) at Boston (Miley 10-10), 4:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Morton 8-6) at St. Louis (Jai.Garcia 7-4), 4:05 p.m.

Atlanta (S.Miller 5-12) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 9-7), 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (B.Colon 12-11) at Miami (B.Hand 4-4), 7:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Peavy 4-6) at Colorado (Bettis 6-4), 8:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (A.Wood 9-9) at San Diego (T.Ross 10-9), 8:40 p.m.

NFL PRESEASON

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

W 3 2 2 1

L 1 2 2 3

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .750 .500 .500 .250

PF 85 88 63 70

PA 81 71 74 89

W 2 2 2 1

L 2 2 2 3

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .500 .500 .500 .250

PF 74 69 85 51

PA 58 81 96 82

W 3 1 1 1

L 1 3 3 4

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .750 .250 .250 .200

PF 64 79 58 73

PA 51 118 62 122

W 4 3 2 1

L 0 1 2 3

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .750 .500 .250

PF 106 75 66 74

PA 59 64 56 84

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

W 3 3 2 1

L 1 1 2 3

T 0 0 0 0

Pct PF PA .750 133 77 .750 88 64 .500 62 72 .250 48 82

W 3 2 2 0

L 1 2 2 4

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .750 .500 .500 .000

W 4 3 3 2

L 1 1 1 2

T 0 0 0 0

Pct PF PA .800 105 69 .750 84 42 .750 79 51 .500 105 84

W 2 2 2 0

L 2 2 2 4

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .500 .500 .500 .000

TENNIS The Associated Press U.S. OPEN RESULTS

Friday At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York Purse: $42.3 million Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Men Third Round Benoit Paire, France, def. Tommy Robredo (26), Spain, 7-6 (3), 6-1, 6-1.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (19), France, def.

Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 6-3, 7-5, 6-2.

Marin Cilic (9), Croatia, def. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (1), 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-1.

Women Third Round Kristina Mladenovic, France, def.

Daria Kasatkina, Russia, 6-2, 6-3.

Ekaterina Makarova (13), Russia, def.

Elina Svitolina (17), Ukraine, 6-3, 7-5.

Venus Williams (23), United States, def. Belinda Bencic (12), Switzerland, 6-3, 6-4.

Roberta Vinci, Italy, def. Mariana Duque-Marino, Colombia, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2.

Anett Kontaveit, Estonia, def. Madison Brengle, United States, 6-2, 3-6, 6-0.

WNBA STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE

FRIDAY’S GAMES

TODAY’S GAMES

Tampa Bay (M.Moore 1-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 14-2), 1:05 p.m.

Baltimore (M.Wright 2-3) at Toronto (Price 13-5), 1:07 p.m.

Philadelphia (Asher 0-1) at Boston (Miley 10-10), 4:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Salazar 12-7) at Detroit (Simon 11-9), 7:08 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Quintana 7-10) at Kansas City (D.Duffy 7-6), 7:10 p.m.

Minnesota (E.Santana 3-4) at Houston (McCullers 5-5), 7:10 p.m.

Seattle (F.Hernandez 15-8) at Oakland (Chavez 7-13), 9:05 p.m.

Texas (D.Holland 2-1) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 6-10), 9:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

PA 99 60 72 93

THURSDAY’S GAMES

x-New York x-Chicago x-Indiana Washington Connecticut Atlanta

Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Cleveland at Detroit, 7:08 p.m.

Philadelphia at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

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

Minnesota at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

Seattle at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

Texas at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

PF 90 59 80 48

PA 77 86 85 121

Green Bay 38, New Orleans 10 Atlanta 20, Baltimore 19 Cincinnati 9, Indianapolis 6 N.Y. Jets 24, Philadelphia 18 Tampa Bay 22, Miami 17 Jacksonville 17, Washington 16 Carolina 23, Pittsburgh 6 Detroit 17, Buffalo 10 N.Y. Giants 12, New England 9 Tennessee 24, Minnesota 17 Chicago 24, Cleveland 0 Dallas 21, Houston 14 Kansas City 24, St. Louis 17 Arizona 22, Denver 20 Seattle 31, Oakland 21 San Francisco 14, San Diego 12

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Chicago White Sox 6, Minnesota 4 Kansas City 15, Detroit 7

PF 95 82 70 74

W 21 19 18 16 13 12

L 9 12 12 14 18 18

Pct .700 .613 .600 .533 .419 .400

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L x-Minnesota 20 10 x-Phoenix 18 13 x-Tulsa 16 14 Los Angeles 13 18 Seattle 9 21 San Antonio 7 23 x-clinched playoff spot

Pct .667 .581 .533 .419 .300 .233

GB – 21/2 3 5 81/2 9 GB – 21/2 4 71/2 11 13

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Chicago 82, New York 60 Tulsa 85, Seattle 67 Los Angeles 93, Washington 91

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Connecticut at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Indiana at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Phoenix at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Washington at Atlanta, 3 p.m.

Tulsa at Los Angeles, 5 p.m.

Seattle at Chicago, 6 p.m.

New York at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

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Gamecocks shut out Stratford for 2nd straight win Sumter High School’s varsity football team won its second straight game on Friday, beating Stratford 38-0 on Sumter Memorial Stadium’s Freddie Solomon Field.

The Gamecocks, who improved to 2-1 on the season, led 21-0 after the first quarter of a game whose start was delayed by a lightning delay. Russell Jenkins, Colin Washington and Rodney Pitts each scored a touchdown.

Quentin Anderson scored on a 4-yard run in the second quarter to make the halftime score 28-0. Sumter rushed for 160 yards in the first half.

Washington caught a 76yard TD pass from Alec Brumback in the second half and Brixton Niebuhr kicked a field goal.

Stratford fell to 1-1.

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Wilson Hall’s Brent Carraway (18) pulls in a catch as Hammond’s Nicholas Garrett attempts to make a tackle in the Skyhawks’ 14-7 victory on Friday at Spencer Field.

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Wilson Hall’s Greyson Young (24) and Ed McMillan (52) hold Hammond’s Bradford Lewis short of a first down during the Skyhawks’ 14-7 win on Friday at Spencer Field.

EHRHARDT – Clarendon Hall dropped its SCISA 8-man Region II opener with a 48-6 loss to Andrew Jackson Academy on Friday at the AJA field.

The Saints are now 1-2 overall. Andrew Jackson improved to 3-0 and 2-0.

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nine plays. Twenty yards came on two Baron penalties and all but seven of the remaining 42 yards came on the ground. Bennett gained 26 yards on five carries, setting up Smith for a 4-yard scoring run that gave the Skyhawks a 14-7 lead with two minutes left in the half.

After a defensive stop on Hammond’s opening series of the second half, Wilson Hall took over at its 45. An 18-yard completion from Sears to Carraway on a fourth-and-7 put the ball at the Skyhawks 23, but the drive would end three plays later with an incomplete pass on fourth down.

The Baron defense registered a 3-downs-and-out on Hammond’s next series, setting up the offense at the Skyhawk 45 after a 15-yard punt return from James. Wilson Hall advanced to the Hammond 19 before a series of

penalties pushed the ball back to the 34. One of the penalties was called on Sears for being past the line of scrimmage on a scramble and pass play that saw James reach the end zone. The quarter closed on the next play with George Folline intercepting a Sears pass at the Hammond 19.

Wilson Hall held the Skyhawks to just one first down in the final quarter but two Baron drives would come up short. The first, on a drive that reached the Hammond 34, ended on a fumbled pitch from Sears to Lowery while the second closed out in the dying seconds of the game with a halfback pass attempt from James to Carraway that would have been called back as an illegal pass had it been completed.

Wilson Hall, now 1-1, travels to Ben Lippen on Friday.

PREP FOOTBALL SCORES The Associated Press Friday’s Scores Abbeville 49, Chesnee 6 Academic Magnet 48, Military Magnet Academy 8 Airport 23, Dreher 20 Ashley Ridge 34, Wando 28 Batesburg-Leesville 18, BrooklandCayce 15 Ben Lippen 48, Heathwood Hall 28 Bluffton 28, Beaufort 11 Carolina Forest 28, St. James 10 Carvers Bay 20, Waccamaw 6 Coastal Christian Prep 52, Cathedral Academy 14 Colleton County 21, James Island 7 Conway 36, Socastee 8 Crescent 40, Calhoun Falls 18 Dillon 21, Latta 0

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MANNING – Laurence Manning Academy fell to 1-1 on the season with a 13-0 loss to Pinewood Prep on Friday at Billy Chitwood Field.

The Swampcats are also 1-1 in SCISA 3A competition.

Pinewood Prep improved to 3-0 and 1-0.

BARONS ensuing punt.

The Barons would register two first downs of their own, on McLendon Sears completions to Michael Lowery and Brent Carraway in third-andlong situations before a Justin Timmons fumble at midfield set Hammond up at its 49.

The Skyhawks took just four plays to get into the end zone, aided by a pass interference penalty on the drive’s first play. From the Wilson Hall 36, Malik Bennett rattled off rushes of nine, 10 and 17 yards, with the final run ending in the end zone. Sean Hutchison’s PAT kick put Hammond up 7-0 with 2:09 to go in the opening quarter.

The Barons answered with a 14-play, 80-yard drive that saw Sears complete four passes for 41 yards and rush two times for 10 yards. Sears’ final completion, a 7-yard toss to James, knotted the score at 7-7 after David Tussey’s PAT kick at the 7:57 mark of the second quarter.

A 38-yard kickoff return by Bennett put the Skyhawks on their own 46, and quarterback Graham Smith quickly moved the ball to the Baron 17 with a 37-yard completion to Lucas Prickett. From there, Wilson Hall’s defense held and Sam Watford broke through the line to block a 33yard field goal attempt by Hutchison.

Brad Lewis intercepted a Sears pass just three plays after Watford’s block and Hammond drove 62 yards in

DALZELL – Crestwood High School dropped to 0-2 on the season with a 39-15 loss to Fairfield Central on Friday at Donald L. Crolley Memorial Stadium.

Tiric Gaston had a 50-yard touchdown run for the Knights.

Dillon Christian 33, Thomas Sumter Academy 14 Florence Christian 35, Pee Dee Academy 7 Fort Dorchester 34, Cane Bay 33 Fox Creek 45, Augusta Christian, Ga. 6 Georgetown 39, Andrews 28 Hanahan 45, Bishop England 20 Hartsville 42, Camden 7 Hilton Head Christian Academy 35, Bible Baptist 7 Hilton Head Island 31, West Ashley 29 Holly Hill Academy 41, Dorchester Academy 28 Indian Land 38, Blacksburg 7 Lake City 53, Hannah-Pamplico 21 Lake Marion 22, Woodland 8 Lancaster 35, Richland Northeast 14

Lower Richland 20, OrangeburgWilkinson 19 McBee 84, Andrew Jackson 14 Midland Valley 39, South Aiken 18 Nation Ford 43, Lugoff-Elgin 0 North Central 28, East Clarendon 0 North Myrtle Beach 34, West Brunsick, N.C. 7 Northwood Academy 22, Hilton Head Prep 3 Patrick Henry Academy 40, John Paul II 0 Pinewood Prep 13, Laurence Manning Academy 0 Porter-Gaud 35, Cardinal Newman 28, OT Ridge View 28, Goose Creek 27 River Bluff 49, Columbia 0 Rock Hill 23, Chester 6

CAROLINA ACADEMY 0 LAKE CITY – Thomas Sumter Academy’s varsity volleyball team remained undefeated on the season with a 3-0 victory over Carolina Academy on Thursday at the CA gymnasium.

TSA won by the scores of 25-11, 25-22, 25-23 to improve to 5-0.

Ashley Cookey-gam had 16 assists for the Lady Generals, while Sydney Daniel had 20 assists and Bree Stoddard had 10 blocks.

LAKE CITY 3 LAKEWOOD 2 Lakewood High School lost to Lake City 3-2 on Thursday at The Swamp.

Lake City won by the scores of 19-25, 25-13, 25-23, 22-25, 15-12.

Payton Mickens had three aces and seven kills for the Lady Gators. Shanekia Jackson had seven kills and one block.

VARSITY TENNIS THOMAS SUMTER 5 HOLLY HILL 4 HOLLY HILL – Thomas Sumter Academy defeated Holly Hill 5-4 on Thursday at the Holly Hill courts.

SINGLES 1 – Kristi O’Connell (HH) defeated Becca Jenkins 8-3.

2 – Madison Breland (HH) defeated Kylie Kistler 8-3.

3 – Sarah Becker (HH) defeated Beka St. Cyr 8-7(7-4).

4 – Kathleen Vice (TSA) defeated Hailie Bozard 8-4.

5 – Connor Mouzon (TSA) defeated Peyton Myers 8-0.

6 – Maddie Townsend (TSA) defeated Bea Salley 8-2.

DOUBLES 1 – O’Connell/Breland (HH) defeated Jenkins/St. Cyr 8-1.

2 – Kistler/Vice (TSA) defeated Becker/Bozard 8-5.

3 – Mouzon/Townsend (TSA) defeated Myers/Salley 8-6.

CAROLINA 8 LAURENCE MANNING 1

LAKE CITY – Laurence Manning Academy lost to Carolina Academy 8-1 on Thursday at the CA courts.

SINGLES 1 – Hannah Weaver (CA) defeated Mason Ham 6-0, 6-0.

2 – Elizabeth Askins (CA) defeated Mackenzie Ham 6-3, 6-2.

3 – Amanda Newman (LMA) defeated Margaret Matthews 6-1, 6-2.

4 – Grace Weaver (CA) defeated Kaela Johnson 6-1, 6-2.

5 – Taylor Graham (CA) defeated Allie Johnson 6-1, 6-3.

6 – Bonnie Tanner (CA) defeated Laura Johnson 6-0, 6-0.

DOUBLES 1 – H. Weaver/Matthews (CA) defeated Mas. Ham/Newman 8-0.

2 – Askins/G. Weaver (CA) defeated Mac. Ham/K. Johnson 8-5.

3 – Graham/Tanner (CA) defeated A. Johnson/Corie Walton 8-2.

JV FOOTBALL SUMTER 28 STRATFORD 0

GOOSE CREEK – Sumter High School defeated Stratford 28-0 on Thursday at Ray Stackley Field.

Quarterback Zykeem Jackson ran for a touchdown and passed for two more to lead the Gamecocks. Ramere Roach and Zion Vaughn caught the TD passes.

Vaughn also ran for a score.

JV VOLLEYBALL LAKEWOOD 2 LAKE CITY 0 Lakewood High School defeated Lake City 2-0 on Thursday at The Swamp.

The Lady Gators won by the scores of 25-22, 25-20.

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Davidson at Citadel, 6 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at Furman, 7 p.m.

Presbyterian at Miami (Ohio), 3:30 p.m.

Newberry at Florida Tech, 7 p.m.

Livingstone at Benedict, 4:30 p.m.

College of Faith-Charlotte at Limestone, 7 p.m.

ACC (10) Florida State vs. Texas State, 8 p.m.

(13) UCLA vs. Virginia, 3:30 p.m.

Maine at Boston College, 1 p.m.

Youngstown State at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

Bethune-Cookman at Miami, 6 p.m.

Troy at North Carolina State, 6 p.m.

SEC (3) Alabama vs. (20) Wisconsin, 8 p.m.

(6) Auburn vs. Louisville, 3:30 p.m.

(9) Georgia vs. Louisiana-Monroe, noon (14) LSU vs. McNeese State, 7:30 p.m.

(15) Arizona State vs. Texas A&M, 7 p.m.

(17) Mississippi vs. UT-Martin, noon (18) Arkansas vs. UTEP, 3:30 p.m.

(24) Missouri vs. Southeast Missouri, 4 p.m.

(25) Tennessee vs. Bowling Green., 4 p.m.

Louisiana Lafayette at Kentucky, 7 p.m.

TOP 25 (7) Oregon vs. Eastern Washington, 8 p.m.

(8) Southern Cal vs. Arkansas State, 11 p.m.

(11) Notre Dame vs. Texas, 7:30 p.m.

(19) Oklahoma vs. Akron, 7 p.m.

(21) Stanford at Northwestern, noon

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STATE Arkansas Pine Bluff vs. South Carolina State, 3:30 p.m.

MONDAY

TOP 25 (1) Ohio State at Virginia Tech, 8 p.m.

Clemson faces many defensive questions against FCS Terriers

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press CLEMSON— Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables did not need a refresher on Wofford’s option offense to get worried for Saturday’s opener.

VENABLES All the holes on the 12thranked Tigers’ defense took care of that long ago.

Clemson was the country’s No. 1 defense last year, allowing 260 yards a game to finish 10-3. But eight starters off that group are gone, including NFL first-round selections in defensive end Vic Beasley and linebacker Stephone Anthony — and Venables is waiting to see if his new starters can keep things going Clemson’s way.

Wofford could make that difficult.

The Terriers of the Football Championship Subdivision have been among that division’s best running teams for nearly two decades (they’re ranked among country’s top seven rushing teams each of past 17 years). The last time Wofford came to Death Valley in 2011, it led 24-21 in the third quarter before Clemson rallied to win 35-27.

Venables didn’t need to go back that far, simply watching Wofford give Georgia Tech fits last season. The Terriers were down just 24-19 in the final quarter of Georgia Tech’s 38-19 win.

“And was the same Georgia Tech team that kicked our butt,” Venables said of Clemson’s 28-6 loss to the Yellow Jackets two months later.

“That’s what I saw.”

TIGERS FROM PAGE B1 the hole immediately and the loss to FSU ended any national hopes and pretty much took care of its ACC title hopes as well.

Now don’t misunderstand.

Should Clemson lose to Wofford today, that would pretty much sound a death knell on any national title hopes, and the same can be said about Appalachian State. However, the Tigers should be 2-0 when they start preparing for the Cardinals and all kinds of possibilities still exist.

Here are five things Clemson needs to be able to do to send a sellout crowd home happy.

1. HAVE DEFENSE READ ITS KEYS

This is coachspeak whenever a football team faces an opponent that runs an offense with the word “bone” somewhere in its name. Wishbone, wing bone, dog bone; if it’s an offense that isn’t commonly used and involves a lot of misdirection, traps and pulling linemen, defenders have to be

Clemson defense continued to take hits during fall football camp. Korrin Wiggins, one of three returning starters at nickel back, was lost for the year with a torn ACL. Defensive tackle D.J. Reader, an expected starter on the front four, stepped away from the team last month to handle what Clemson coach Dabo Swinney called “personal issues” with no timetable for a return.

Travis Blanks, returning from knee injuries the past two seasons, will take Wiggins’ spot at linebacker while sophomore Scott Pagano or freshman Christian Wilkins are in line to fill Reader’s role.

CLEMSON’S FCS SUCCESS

The Tigers are 29-0 all-time against teams from the Football Championship Subdivision since 1982. The only team to finish within singledigits of Clemson in that stretch? Wofford in 2011 when it fell at Death Valley 35-27.

The Terriers 27 points are the most ever put up by an FCS school against Clemson.

WOFFORD LOOKING TO REBOUND

Wofford missed the FCS playoffs for the second straight season last fall, something that had not happened since the 2005 and 2006 seasons. The Terriers have won three Southern Conference titles and gone to the national playoffs five times in the past eight seasons and are anxious for a return to the top. “When you feel the pulse of this team, I think the kids are excited about the season,” said Mike Ayers, who’s starts his 28th season with the Terriers. “They’re a close-knit group.”

disciplined, observe where the ball is and then make the play.

Of course, this is much easier said than done because defensive players are generally taught to be aggressive and attack. That is just not an easy thing to get across to young men who want to go man to man and make a play instead of trying to guess.

Wofford does a good job in its bone formation under longtime head coach Mike Ayers. A good thing for Clemson, which is breaking in a lot of new regulars on defense, is it is the opening game. The Tigers have been able to work on this exclusively, meaning it will be more prepared than trying to get ready for it in one week in the middle of the season -- like they’ll have to do against Georgia Tech.

2. RUN THE BALL — A LOT

With ACC preseason player of the year Deshaun Watson back at quarterback and wide receivers Mike Williams and Artavis Scott joining him, Clemson should have an explosive passing game. There’s

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South Carolina running back Shon Carson (7) runs past North Carolina cornerback Brian Walker (5) on the way to a 48-yard touchdown in the Gamecocks’17-13 victory in Charlotte on Thursday.

Moore’s 2 picks lift Carolina past Tar Heels

BY STEVE REED The Associated Press

SOUTH CAROLINA 17, NORTH CAROLINA 13

CHARLOTTE — South Carolina linebacker Skai Moore had a gut feeling Marquise Williams was going to throw into the middle of the end zone with the game on the line.

So he dropped back into coverage and waited, all the while watching the eyes of the North Carolina quarterback.

It turns out Moore gambled right.

Moore intercepted Williams’ pass on MOORE a fourth and goal from the 8-yard line with 3:48 left in the game to help seal South Carolina’s 17-13 win over North Carolina on Thursday night.

“We were hype about (being in that situation),” Moore said. “We were like, it’s our time and we have to prove to the world and show them what type of defense we are.”

It was Moore’s second interception of game — both coming in the end zone.

The Gamecocks intercepted Williams three times on the night and registered four sacks. For Moore it was the eighth and ninth interceptions of his career. He also finished with a teamhigh 10 tackles.

Williams finished 19 of 31 for 232 yards and one touchdown.

“I knew better than to do

not much doubt the Tigers could light it up through the air against Wofford, but they need to limit themselves.

Clemson’s focus needs to be on establishing its running game with Wayne Gallman, who really began to step up at the end of last season.

With just one offensive line starter returning, the Tigers need to make a point to run the ball quite a bit against the Terriers. This is a chance to build a running identity against a foe with which it should have some success.

That can pay benefits down the road.

3. GET CONTROL EARLY

The Tigers need to do their best to take the steam out of Wofford as quickly as possible. The longer the Terriers stay in the game, the more confidence they will gain, thinking they have a chance at a major upset.

If the game’s still tight midway through the third quarter, defending that Wofford offense will become even more difficult. Adding the

North Carolina 7 6 0 0—13 South Carolina 0 10 0 7—17 First Quarter NC_Howard 21 pass from M.Williams (Weiler kick), 5:21.

Second Quarter SC_P.Cooper 9 pass from Mitch (Fry kick), 14:56.

NC_FG Weiler 47, 12:23.

SC_FG Fry 25, 7:11.

NC_FG Weiler 38, 1:44.

Fourth Quarter SC_Carson 48 run (Fry kick), 12:45.

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NC SC First downs 20 22 Rushes-yards 32-208 47-254 Passing 232 140 Comp-Att-Int 19-31-3 12-27-0 Return Yards (-1) 2 Punts-Avg. 3-31.0 5-46.2 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-0

Penalties-Yards 6-30 Time of Possession 24:22

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING_North Carolina, Hood 12-138, Logan 7-37, Morris 2-20, M.Williams 10-9, T.Williams 1-4.

South Carolina, Carson 4-75, Wilds 14-51, Mitch 10-44, Da.Williams 10-42, P.Cooper 4-20, Kelly 1-17, Orth 2-7, Team 2-(minus 2).

PASSING_North Carolina, M.Williams 19-31-3-232. South Carolina, Mitch 9-22-0-122, Orth 2-2-0-24, P.Cooper 1-2-0-(minus 6), Team 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING_North Carolina, Howard 6-114, Switzer 6-57, Q.Davis 4-52, Hollins 1-6, Singleton 1-3, T.Williams 1-0. South Carolina, Wilds 4-44, P.Cooper 3-45, Googer 2-39, Adams 2-18, Heard 1-(minus 6).

The Gamecocks trailed 13-10 in the fourth quarter when third-string running back Shon Carson entered the game and made an immediate impact, racing around right end for a 48yard go-ahead touchdown with 12:45 left in the game.

The Gamecocks kept going to Carson on the next drive, running right on almost every play. Carson finished with 75 yards on four carries — all in the fourth quarter.

“It was a wonderful idea putting him in the game,” Spurrier said of the decision by running backs coach Everette Sands.

South Carolina quarterback Connor Mitch was 9 for 22 for 122 yards and a touchdown in his first career start before leaving with a hip injury in the fourth quarter. Spurrier said he expects Mitch to start Sept. 12 against Kentucky if he’s healthy enough to play.

that,” Williams said of the turnovers. “I’ll bounce back stronger next week. It was great to be back home, but it was sad that I couldn’t come away with the victory, how I wanted it to be and make a statement from the first game.”

Elijah Hood led UNC with 138 yards on 12 carries and Bug Howard had six catches for 114 yards, including a 21yard touchdown reception.

But North Carolina coach Larry Fedora inexplicably took Hood out of the game when the Tar Heels reached the South Carolina 9 with the game on the line.

“I have to go back and look at the calls of what we were doing down there,” Fedora said.

South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier said he felt “fortunate” to escape with a win.

“We’re not strutting out of here like we’re hot stuff, that’s for sure,” Spurrier said.

tension of a tight game will make it that much harder to read things properly.

4. GET WATSON OUT ASAP

As tremendous as Watson was last season, the fact of the matter is he barely played half of the season because of injuries. And Clemson was a totally different offensive team when he was on the sideline.

Play him, get a comfortable lead as quick as possible and have him take off the shoulder pads. There are bigger fish to fry for the Tigers, and they’ll need Watson holding the pan.

5. GIVE THE HONORARY CAPTAINS THEIR PROPS OK, this really doesn’t affect the game one way or the other, but since Sumter County’s own Reggie Pleasant is one of Clemson’s honorary captains today along with Dan Benish it shall be mentioned.

Pleasant, who played high school ball at Furman, was a freshman walk-on defensive back on the 1981 national championship team. He ended up becoming a starter for the Tigers and went on to a long career in the Canadian Football League. He is in his first year at Clemson in an advisor’s role.

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Kitchen will be open. Auctioneer will be "Colonel" Alton Meeler Lic #4571

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Farm Products

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Garage, Yard & Estate Sales 317 N Church St., Manning.

Moving Sale. Sat. 7-12.

Kit. items, DR table, Ent Center, W/D, Pr washer 35 Harrell Rd. Sat. 7-12 Household items, furniture, more.

and

2411 Hunt Club Rd. (off 441 near Shaw) Sat. 8-2. . Furniture, clothes, hsehld items, Everything must go!

796 Longwood Dr. Sat. 7-until. children-adult clothing, toys, weight bench & weights and more.

Annual Fall Yard Sale

Hot dog & bake sale.

Rain or Shine 1st Pentecostal Holiness Church, 2609 McCray's Mill Rd Across from Sumter High Sat-Sept 5 7:30am-12:30pm

44 Riley St. Estate Sale. Sat. 7-?, Antiques, furn., linens, kitchen & baby items, appl., clothes, tools, office equip. & supplies, games.

LARGE GARAGE SALE Every Weekend Tables $2 & $3 FLEA MARKET BY SHAW AFB

Open every weekend.

905-4242 or 494-5500

Santee Automotive SANTEEAUTOMOTIVE.COM

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 05, 2015

THE ITEM

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Mayoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Summer Clearance Sale!

Spring & Summer Sports Coats

50% Off - Reg. Price

Linen & Seer Sucker Suits Sizes 36-46 $99.95 Sizes 48-60 $109.95

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Wesmark Plaza â&#x20AC;˘ 773-2262 â&#x20AC;˘ Mon-Sat 10-7 â&#x20AC;˘ www.MayosDiscountSuits.com Garage, Yard & Estate Sales

Trucking Opportunities

Multi-family sale. 1800 Canberra Dr. (Williamsburg S/D off Stamey Livestock Rd.) Sept. 5th Sat. 8-1.

Follow signs. Wireless pet safe containment fence, beautiful armoire style entertainment center, furn., kitchenware, china, costume jewelry, collectibles, household items, too numerous to mention.

RBS Transportation, LLC, Summerton. Preferred requirements: DOT physical, first aid/CPR, defensice driving certification, CTAA certification, drug screening. Interested drivers please contact, Tamika Riley 803-485-5025

St Paul Church.

Inside/Outside Yard Sale & Fish Fry 1495 N St. Paul Church Rd, Sat 7-4 Clothes, house items & office items 15 Loring Dr. Sat. 8-12 Furniture, household items, LP's, glasses, flatware & much more.

2834 Camden Hwy. (Bishopville) Sat 9-1. Lots of old glassware, depression glassware, household items, BR, Dining & Livingroom furniture and antiques. 803-459-8270

RENTALS

2.72 acres. 3BR 2BA 2 car garage, F/P + lg shop. New int, granite, stainless, C H/A & roof. McCrays Mill Rd. $139,900 call 404-725-4357

Manufactured Housing

Unfurnished Apartments

4920 John Franklin (Eagle Rd) Sat 7-12 Lots of goodies!

Senior Living Apartments for those 62+ (Rent based on income) Shiloh-Randolph Manor 125 W. Bartlette.

775-0575 Studio/1 Bedroom apartments available EHO

Martin's Used Appliance Washers, Dryers, Refrig., Stoves.

Guarantee 464-5439 or 469-7311

38 Cumberland Way- 3BR, 2BA, townhome, CHA with fenced bk yard. 1441 sq. ft.

Call 803-840-4564

Rental to Share

2970 S. Wise Dr. Sat. 8-12. Furn., office & craft supplies, decor, Tupperware, dishes, linens, spa, etc.

Expert Tech, New & used heat pumps & A/C. Will install/repair, warranty; Compressor & labor $600. Call 803-968-9549 or 843-992-2364

I buy homes. Repairs needed ok.

Call 803-972-0900

TIRED OF RENTING? We help customers with past credit problems and low credit scores achieve their dreams of home ownership? We have 2,3, & 4 bedroom homes. Call 843-389-4215 AND also visit our Face Book Page (M&M Mobile Homes)

Mobile Home with Lots DW (Dalzell) 5BR 3BA for sale by owner. 50K neg. Call 850-728-8332

RECREATION

Unfurnished Homes Boats / Motors Sumter home needs TLC. Lg lot,good foundation cosmetic work needed. Make me an offer. Make me grand again. 803-938-5622

1436LD War Eagle 25 HP Mercury Motor,motor guide, depth finder-ex cond. $3600.00 Call 803-905-7760

Spacious 3BR 2 11â &#x201E;4 BA 1868 sq. ft. $1100 a month. Call Walton Property Management at 803-469-9828.

EMPLOYMENT

3BR Home on Burgess Ct. Central H&A $495/mo. 774-8512 / 983-5691

Help Wanted Full-Time Hiring Experienced Carpenter & Laborer. Must have Driv.Lic. & own transportation. Call 803-473-4254

Help Wanted Part-Time PT delivery person/floral assistant. Must have proof of clean driving record. Some Saturdays.

Apply at The Daisy Shop, inside Piggly Wiggly, 343 Pinewood Rd. No phone calls please.

Thomas Sumter Academy, in Rembert, SC is seeking applicants for part-time school bus drivers for our Camden and Eastover routes.

Requirements are: a CDL license with P&S Endorsement, Department of Transportation Physical and a copy of your driving record for the last ten years. If you currently do not have a CDL License and have a good driving record, we will train.

Please send this information along with a resume to: Susan.hux@thomassumter.org.

Home for sale- 3BR, 2BA, laundry room, Lg Kitchen, den & living rm 315 N Salem, Sumter 803-481-4325

Nice 2 BR 1 BA home. Safe area. $470 mo./dep. No pets.

Sec. 8 OK. Close to Shaw. Call 803-983-0043 HOUSES AND TRAILERS FOR LEASE TO OWN OR RENT. CALL 803-468-5710 OR 803-229-2814

Summons & Notice

2001 Dodge Dakota ext cab. V6, runs excellent. Asking $3400 OBO. Call 803-447-5453

Notice Of Application

and required to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, 1640 St. Julian Place, Columbia, South Carolina 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for a judgment by default granting the relief demanded in the Complaint.

LEGAL NOTICES Beer & Wine License Notice Of Application Notice is hereby given that Quick Cash Service, Inc. D/B/A Ole' Mexican Restaurant and Osteria intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of Beer, Wine and Liquor at 1339 Peach Orchard Road, Sumter, SC 29154. To object to the issuance of this permit / license, written protest must be postmarked no later than September 7, 2015. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the same county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protests must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ABL, P.O. Box 125, Columbia, South Carolina 29214-0907; or Faxed to: (803) 896-0110.

Notice is hereby given that TDTENT, Inc. D/B/A Melted Whiskey intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of Beer, Wine and/or Liquor at 1311 Peach Orchard Rd., Sumter, SC 29154. To object to the issuance of this permit / license, written protest must be postmarked no later than September 14, 2015. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the same county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protests must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ABL, P.O. Box 125, Columbia, South Carolina 29214-0907; or Faxed to: (803) 896-0110.

Summons & Notice

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

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT

SUMMONS (Deficiency Judgment Waived) (Mortgage Foreclosure) Non-Jury

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Complaint in the above-captioned action were filed on June 22, 2015, in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County, South Carolina.

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2015-CP-43-1490

Crawford & von Keller, LLC. PO Box 4216 1640 St. Julian Place (29204) Columbia, SC 29204 Phone: 803-790-2626 Attorneys for Plaintiff

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. Plaintiff, -vsSonya Denise White a/ka Sonya White aka Sonya Denise Belton; Demond Kenneth Belton a/k/a Demond K. Belton; SC Housing Corp.; South Carolina Department of Revenue; CACH, LLC, Defendant(s)

AMENDED SUMMONS AND NOTICES (Non-Jury) FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO.: 2015-CP-43-00647

TO THE DEFENDANT(S), Sonya Denise White a/ka Sonya White aka Sonya Denise Belton and Demond Kenneth Belton a/k/a Demond K. Belton

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED

Bank of America, N.A.,

TRANSPORTATION

Mobile Home Rentals Mopeds / ATVs / Motorcycles

STATEBURG COURTYARD 2 & 3 BRs 803-494-4015

2003 Yamaha 1100 Vstar, 8500 miles garage kept, just tuned & extra nice. $2500. Call 803-478-3939

Oaklawn MHP: 2 BR M.H.'s, water /sewer/garbage pk-up incl'd. RV parking avail. Call 803-494-8350

Autos For Sale

3 BR & 2BR, No pets, Scenic Lake MHP, call 9am-5pm 803-499-1500

2005 PT Cruiser. Gray automatic.

In excellent condition. $2,650 OBO Call 803-459-4773

FREE ESTIMATES

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Beer & Wine License

1996 GTI Yellow SeaDoo; 1999 GTI Purple SeaDoo. Dual trailer included.

Call 803-236-7077.

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Autos For Sale

Homes for Sale

Will sit with sick & elderly along with cleaning, cooking & errands.

Ref. available . Please call 840-5776

2 rooms for rent. Seymour Rd near Shaw. Please call for more info 931-217-9641

For Sale or Trade

Real Estate Wanted

Work Wanted

350 Stillwater Ct, Off the Blvd Rd. Sat 7-1 Linens, Suites, jewelry, hats, shoes, purses, & more.

38 Center St Sat 8-?

New Calvary Baptist Church Sponsored by Golden Age

REAL ESTATE

TREE REMOVAL â&#x20AC;˘ TOPPING â&#x20AC;˘ SPRAYING â&#x20AC;˘ PRUNING â&#x20AC;˘ FERTILIZING â&#x20AC;˘ BUSH HOGGING

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FIREWOOD DELIVERY

469-7606 or 499-4413

ATTENTION The Classified Department has accumulated a large quantity of photos, mostly from Happy Ads, In Memory and other Special Pages.

I Found it in the

CLASSIFIEDS

JOBS HOMES APARTMENTS CARS BOATS MOTORCYCLES BIKES FURNITURE PETS GARAGE SALES & MORE

GET THE CLASSIFIEDS DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR. 803-774-1258

The Sumter Item appreciates your patronage.

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

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

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THE ITEM Summons & Notice

Summons & Notice

Plaintiff, vs.

Francis J. Myers II; James Brabham; Carl Frank Brabham; John M. Brabham Jr.; Phronsie B. Gardner; Mary Brabham a/k/a Mary Brabham Sheridan; Matthew Moye Brabham, Sr. a/k/a Moye M. Brabham, Sr.; Robert Brabham a/k/a Bobby Brabham; Mell B. Thames; Lorand R. Batten III; John M. Brabham as PR of The Estate of Robert Lemarks Brabham, The Estates of John M. Brabham (PR of Estate of Robert Lemarks Brabham); Mell B. Thames; Phronsie B. Gardner; Carl Frank Brabham; Matthew Moye Brabham, Sr. a/k/a Moye M. Brabham, Sr.; Robert Brabham a/k/a Bobby Brabham; James Brabham , John Doe and Richard Roe, as Representatives of all Heirs and Devisees of John M. Brabham (PR of Estate of Robert Lemarks Brabham); Mell B. Thames; Phronsie B. Gardner; Carl Frank Brabham; Matthew Moye Brabham, Sr. a/k/a Moye M. Brabham, Sr.; Robert Brabham a/k/a Bobby Brabham; James Brabham, and all persons entitled to claim under or through them; also, all other persons or corporations unknown claiming any right, title, interest in or lien upon the real estate described herein, any unknown adults, whose true names are unknown, being as a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown infants, persons under disability, or persons in the Military Service of the United States of America, whose true names are unknown, being as a class designated as Richard Roe, Defendant(s).

TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices at 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110, Columbia, SC 29210, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

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

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference or the Court may issue a general Order of Reference of this action to a Master-in-Equity/Special Referee, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil

Summons & Notice

Summons & Notice

Procedure.

Dalzell, SC 29040

for and represent said Defendants, it is

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that under the provisions of S.C. Code Ann. ยง 29-3-100, effective June 16, 1993, any collateral assignment of rents contained in the referenced Mortgage is perfected and Attorney for Plaintiff hereby gives notice that all rents shall be payable directly to it by delivery to its undersigned attorneys from the date of default. In the alternative, Plaintiff will move before a judge of this Circuit on the 10th day after service hereof, or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, for an Order enforcing the assignment of rents, if any, and compelling payment of all rents covered

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT

by such assignment directly to the Plaintiff, which motion is to be based upon the original Note and Mortgage herein and the Complaint attached hereto.

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

by Francis J. Myers, II to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for 1st Choice Mortgage/Equity Corp. of Lexington dated September 24, 2008 and recorded on October 1, 2008 in Book 1113 at Page 00248, in the Sumter County Registry (hereinafter, "Mortgage").

Thereafter, the Mortgage was transferred to the Plaintiff herein by assignment and/or corporate merger.

The premises covered and affected by the said Mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof were, at the time of the making thereof and at the time of the filing of this notice, more particularly described in the said Mortgage and are more commonly described as: All that certain piece, parcel and lot of land, with improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Providence Township, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, designated as Lot No. 118 of Dalzell acres, Phase II, Section No. 4, as shown on a plat by Croft Engineering Company, dated August 13, 1997, and recorded in Plat Book 97, at Page 1359, records of Sumter County. This said lot has such metes, boundaries, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, which are incorporated herein in accordance with the provisions of Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976. This is the same property known as 3210 Lee Altman Road, Dalzell, SC. Represented by Tax Map No. 189-04-03-001.

This is the same property conveyed to Francis J. Myers, II by Deed of Robert E. Batten dated 8/31/2006 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Book 1043, at Page 853 on 09/01/2006.

TMS No. 189-04-03-001 Property Address: 3210 Lee Altman Road,

SPOT IT! IN CLASSIFIEDS Call the Classifed Dept.

803-774-1234

ROUTE OPEN IN Horatio/Stateburg GREAT FOR PERSON LOOKING FOR EXTRA INCOME $700+ PER MONTH If you have good, dependable transportation and a phone in your home, apply in person at:

Circulation Department 20 N. Magnolia Street Sumter, SC 29150 or call (803) 774-1216

CONTRACTOR WANTED!

โ ข WEDGEFIELD & WEDGEFIELD ROAD AREAS

NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED. Must have RELIABLE transportation and a phone in your home.

6 Days a week

CALL HARRY PRINGLE AT 774-1257 or come in to fill out an application 20 N. Magnolia Street Sumter, SC 29150

TO THE NAMED:

DEFENDANTS

ABOVE

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint, Cover Sheet for Civil Actions and Certificate of Exemption from ADR in the above entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for SUMTER County on March 9, 2015.

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM AND APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY FOR UNKNOWN DEFENDANTS IN MILITARY SERVICE It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading the filed Petition for Appointment of Kelley Woody, Esquire as Guardian ad Litem for known and unknown minors, and for all persons who may be under a disability, and it appearing that Kelley Woody, Esquire has consented to said appointment, it is FURTHER upon reading the Petition filed by Plaintiff for the appointment of an attorney to represent any unknown Defendants who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, and may be, as such, entitled to the benefits of the Servicemember's Civil Relief Act, and any amendments thereto, and it appearing that Kelley Woody, Esquire has consented to act

ORDERED that Kelley Woody, Esquire of Guardian Ad Litem Attorney, P.O. Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260 phone (803) 787-9678, be and hereby is appointed Guardian ad Litem on behalf of all known and unknown minors and all unknown persons who may be under a disability, all of whom may have or claim to have some interest or claim to the real property commonly known as 3210 Lee Altman Road, Dalzell, South Carolina 29040; that he is empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and represent said Defendants, unless said Defendants, or someone on their behalf, shall within thirty (30) days after service of a copy hereof as directed, procure the appointment of Guardian or Guardians ad Litem for said Defendants.

AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Kelley Woody, Esquire of Guardian Ad Litem Attorney, P.O. Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260 phone (803) 787-9678, be and hereby is appointed Attorney for any unknown Defendants who are, or may be, in the Military Service of the United States of America and as such are entitled to the benefits of the Servicemember's Civil Relief Act aka Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, and any amendments thereto, to represent and protect the interest of said Defendants, AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED That a copy of this Order shall be

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 05, 2015 Summons & Notice

In Memory

forth with served upon said Defendants by publication in The Item, a newspaper of general circulation published in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, together with the Summons and Notice of Filing of Complaint in the above entitled action.

Sarah O. Leonard, SC Bar No. 080165 Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Phone 888-726-9953 Fax 866-676-7658 Attorneys for Plaintiff

ANNOUNCEMENTS Lost & Found Sumter County/City Animal Control 1240 Winkles Rd. 803-436-2066 or 436-2755.

Mon - Fri, 8:30am - 4:30pm Found: Blvd. Rd: Lab mix, tan & blk; Rolling Creek: Terrier mix, blk; Loring Dr.: Mix, white, brn & blk; Wilkie St.: hound mix, tan & blk; Althena Ct. Mix tan & blk.

In Loving Memory of Veronica Renee James 09/05/93-06/22/09 Happy 22nd Birthday in heaven Baby Girl ,we miss you dearly if love could have keep you with us you would be here . THE JAMES Family