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Scott Rumph Jr. was one of Sum- son and widow took over the business, Sears said. “If it didn’t turn out, he Rumph was involved in his commu- ter’s most successful entrepreneurs. Sumter Petroleum Company. would take his lumps with everybody nity and was generous with his giving. A 1949 graduate of The Citadel, he From there, the younger else.” He was a frequent contributor to The returned to Sumter after a stint in the Rumph created nothing Sumter Item archivist and local his- Sumter Item’s Fireside Fund and do- service and began a business career less than a business em- torian Sammy Way said he was always nated a generous amount of money to that spanned more than 60 years. pire, founding and grow- impressed by the entrepreneur. Sumter Cemetery, where he was a “He was an astute visionary,” said ing companies such as “I was an admirer of his accomplish- board member. Pat Sears, who worked for Rumph for Palmetto Gas Company ments and involvement in the commu- Rumph was preceded in death by his many years. “From a business stand- and Sumter Transport nity,” Way said. “He was always very wife, Dorothy Broadwell Rumph, and point, he could assess people and situ- RUMPH Company. kind and willing to help people.” a son, Edwin Broadwell Rumph. He is ations and turn that into a business Sears said Rumph was a He said Rumph always wore a smile. survived by a daughter, Emily Rumph opportunity.” man of great integrity. “He could remember what you did Bourgeios, a son, Robert Maitland His father, Scott Rumph Sr., was an “To him, a deal was a deal and he and made you feel positive about your- Amoco Oil jobber. Upon his death, his would make a deal on a handshake,” self,” he said. SEE RUMPH, PAGE B1 Laundry Church delivers Thanksgiving meals to needy processor opens in Bishopville

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BISHOPVILLE — The park- ing lot at the former Lee Coun- ty-owned speculative building in the Interstate 20 Industrial Park is close to full for the first time ever, and many area resi- dents are thankful this Thanks- giving holiday weekend for new jobs with a new major em- ployer. Crown Health Care Laundry Services opened its fifth U.S. laundry processing facility in Bishopville on Nov. 5. With the new plant/warehouse opera- tion comes 153 jobs within three years for the small rural community. According to company offi- cials, Crown is the leader in the Southeast in the growing health care linen services sector. SEE LAUNDRY, PAGE A13 MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM Dwayne Hodges organizes Thanksgiving meals that Community Church gave to needy families for the holiday. The 25 boxes of meals that came from the IGA on Pinewood Road were purchased with donations that Community Church members accumulated over about three months by putting a few dollars in at a time. Man doesn’t let cancer diagnosis keep him from helping others

BY KAYLA ROBINS goes through Manchester State Forest are single parents or elderly. [email protected] — to reach out to people in need re- He delivered a box to a man dying of minds him of “where I came from” and cancer, he said, which reminded him He wasn’t going to let a cancer diag- of the people who helped his mother that he still wants to help people even nosis stop him from helping others when his family “had nothing.” though he is also sick. have a Thanksgiving meal. “We’ve only been here about 15 The 25 boxes that came from the IGA When Dwayne Hodges organized the months,” he said of the 35-member on Pinewood Road were purchased collection and delivery of 25 already- church. “We just wanted to do some- with donations the church’s members made turkeys and sides to people in his thing for the community. There’s noth- accumulated over about three months Pinewood Road community who other- ing here.” by putting a few dollars in at a time. wise wouldn’t have a way to celebrate The building was a bar called San- Helping people and families in need BRUCE MILLS / THE SUMTER ITEM the holiday, he knew they were more in dy’s Place some 30 years ago, and it has is not just a holiday occasion at Com- Crown employee Steven Hickmon need than what his stage 1 acute leuke- been a barbecue restaurant, too, but on munity Church. lays folded pillow cases on a con- mia was putting on him. the day before Thanksgiving this week “We don’t charge if someone needs a veyor line at the Bishopville plant Hodges used to feed the homeless it was a meeting location where people place to have a funeral, wedding,” last week. The linen-processing with his mother, and he said using his picked up a few of the food boxes and Hodges said. “We’re open to anyone. warehouse opened for business role as event coordinator at Communi- delivered them to houses. on Nov. 5. ty Church — on Pinewood before it Hodges said many of the recipients SEE MEALS, PAGE A13

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Santa Claus will ring in Leading units of the parade will ar- Parade units will include local emer- my, Westside Christian Academy; rive at the old courthouse about 2:15 gency service agencies: Sumter Police Kingsbury, Millwood, Rafting Creek the season with Dec. 3 event p.m., and the final units will pass the Department, Sumter County Sheriff’s and Willow Drive elementary schools; courthouse about 3:25 p.m. and reach Office, Sumter Fire Department, Shaw and Bates, Furman, Hillcrest middle FROM STAFF REPORTS Bartlette Street at approximately 3:40 Air Force Base Fire Department and schools. The Sumter Christmas Parade, spon- p.m. Of course, jolly old Saint Nick will Sumter County EMS. Many local And dancers from Miss Libby’s sored by the Evening Optimist Club, be there to fill everyone with the Christ- churches and businesses will also be School of Dance, Freed School of Per- will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 3, mas spirit. featured, as well as Shriner’s organiza- forming Arts, Dreamworks Dance on Main Street. More than 100 units — with more tions and other civic clubs. Academy and Caroline Mack Center for The theme for this year’s parade is than 2,500 participants — registered for Sumter, Lakewood and Crestwood the Arts will be dancing to the beat of “It’s a Wonderful Life.” the event, according to the Evening Op- high schools will be well represented your favorite holiday songs. Numerous The parade will begin at the corner of timist Club parade committee. with several parade entries, including area queens will be featured including North Main and Dubose streets and Spectators will enjoy colorful floats, AFJROTC units, cheerleaders, school Iris Festival Queens and Miss Swan proceed southward on Main Street to dance teams, beauty queens, marching queens, choruses and performances by Lake. Bartlette Street. bands and many more festive holiday the Sumter and Crestwood high school Evening Optimist Club thanks the fol- Spectators are reminded to arrive entries. marching bands. Lake Marion High lowing sponsors for their generous sup- early to select their favorite viewing lo- Palmetto College Campus Dean Mi- School will also be represented by its port of the Sumter Christmas Parade: cation, as all streets that intersect with chael Sonntag of University of South Junior Army ROTC. Palmetto Health Tuomey Hospital, Pil- Main Street between Dubose and Carolina Sumter is parade grand mar- Multiple elementary and middle grim’s Pride, Archway Academy, All- Bartlette streets will begin closing at shal. USC Sumter students and athletic schools are also participating including South Federal Credit Union, Hill Print- 1:30 p.m. teams will take part in the parade. Archway Academy, Kids First Acade- ing and SAFE Federal Credit Union.

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JIM HILLEY / THE SUMTER ITEM Runners, pets and children take to the road in the YMCA’s 35th Annual Turkey Trot 5K and Gobbler Dash on Thursday. Demand is high, spots few for S.C. physician assistants BY LAUREN SAUSSER Post and Courier near Florence. "I like the fact "It is a growing profession. It MUSC's PA program has be- train them. that we are so flexible we can has been for a number of years. come slightly more competitive "There’s only a certain num- When Dustin Hayes was a bi- go into a lot of different special- We are at the top of the market than its medical school, accord- ber of clinical sites in South ology major at the University ties." right now," Martin said. "There ing to data published on Carolina, and we’re all compet- of South Carolina, he thought In 2019, Hayes will graduate is a shortage of health care pro- MUSC's website. ing," Martin said. about going to medical school. from PA school at the Medical viders. This profession fits that Meanwhile, other schools are Members of the MUSC He decided to become a phy- University of South Carolina, a need." trying to cash in on the de- Board of Trustees expressed sician assistant instead. He'll program that has become par- Physician assistants work mand. interest in growing the PA pro- still take care of patients, pre- ticularly competitive. under the leadership of doc- Martin recently told the gram, but that will have to scribe drugs and may choose to Helen Martin, the director of tors, but in many ways, their MUSC Board of Trustees that wait. The PA program at MUSC specialize in a niche practice. physician assistant studies at roles are nearly identical. They five other schools in South lost accreditation in 2012. It has But tuition for PA school will MUSC, said 1,600 applicants re- examine patients, diagnose ill- Carolina have opened PA pro- since become accredited again, cost him far less than medical cently applied for the program. ness and provide treatment. grams, creating a challenge but the National Commission school and the course load will More than 700 of them were PAs earn less than most doc- for her department. As stu- on Certification of Physician take about half the time. considered qualified and nearly tors but still typically bring in dents flood the market, it be- Assistants will not allow MUSC "I like the fast track," said 200 will be interviewed for only $100,000 a year. For these rea- comes harder to find space in to grow its class size for five Hayes, who grew up in Mullins, 60 seats. sons and others, placement into real-world clinical settings to years.

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BY BONNIE DISNEY Sr. (Bill), William Turner Jr. (Billy), Wil- home was covered in vines. By February Special to The Sumter Item liam Turner III (W.T.), and William of 2009, renovations were completed, Turner IV (Turner). Over time, many and the Downer family moved into the he Council of Garden Clubs of Sumter will host its 67th annual renovations have taken place as each house. Many of the original features of Holiday House Tour and Tea in Sumter on Saturday, Dec. 2, new generation faced the opportunities the home were saved, such as the banis- and challenges of living in an older fam- ter rails on the front porch, the hand- T 2017. This year, the theme of the tour is “A Very Southern ily house. blown glass surrounding the front door, Christmas” with five featured homes. The tour hours will be from Connie and W.T. Brogdon III moved interior porcelain door knobs, the wid- into the house in 1995 and have since ow’s porch, wainscoting and the heart noon until 6 p.m. The tickets can be purchased at each house on the made necessary changes. They have pine stairway. Other areas of the home day of the tour or at the Garden Center from 10 a.m. to noon and from added a bathroom, removed a wall to en- needed to be renovated and modernized. large a room, remodeled the kitchen, Because much of the upper floor was 1 to 3 p.m. The tickets featuring original art by Betty Reese can be pur- moved the laundry room, added a screen burned in 1902, that part of the house chased before the day of the tour at the Sumter Visitors Center at porch and lowered some ceilings. Al- was reconstructed with 8-foot ceilings though the original flooring may be now unlike the bottom floor, which features Swan Lake now through Friday, Dec. 1. Children 12 and under are free. subflooring, the Brogdons have recently the original 12-foot ceilings. Most win- The Holiday House Tea will be hosted by the Azalea Garden Club at refinished wood flooring that was put in dows, the kitchen and some other living sometime in the 1940s. Over its 178 years, areas needed considerable renovation to the Alice Boyle Garden Center, 842 West Liberty St., from 3 to 5 p.m. All the house has been transformed from be livable. While some walls are still ticket holders are invited to come. one with an outdoor kitchen and privy made with plaster, other walls have to a home with modern-day convenienc- sheetrock that covers older plastered This year, special musical events Besides the large antiques that in- es and appliances. walls. Only two fireplaces remain, but and groups will be featured at each clude Empire pieces circa 1890 that are Connie and W.T. have found ways to both have been sealed and are not used holiday house: throughout the house, Brunson has a feature much of the Brogdons’ rich his- now. Connie and WT Brogdon number of smaller antiques for those tory through their decorating. W.T. used Furniture, family pictures and per- • 4 to 6 p.m. — music from the Scape who love history and the study of the antique wooden doors from the old sonal items are displayed throughout Ore Bluegrass Band culture of a bygone era. A few of the Brogdon Depot at the Brogdon railroad the home. Billy’s Citadel dress gray uni- Scarborough House most unusual include South Carolina stop where his grandfather, William form, mounted in a shadow box, is a cen- • Noon to 12:30 p.m. — Crestwood High dispensary bottles from about 1890, a Turner Sr., ran a general store. He has terpiece in the main hallway, along with School Chorus National cash register, a Thomas Edi- refinished and stained the wood to make an original hand-painted brick featuring • 12:30 to 1 p.m. — Furman Middle son ediphone, telephones by Sumter unique wooden doors on either side of a the Padgett-Thomas Barracks on the School chorus Telephone Manufacturing that was on large entryway between the hall and Citadel campus. Family include a hall • 2 to 2:45 p.m. — Willow Drive fourth- Harvin Street, a Victrola that still can dining room. In addition, he has fash- tree and a Duncan Phyfe table and and fifth-grade chorus be played, framed deeds from 1822 and ioned a door jamb out of wooden beams chairs. Other notable antiques include David Deprill 1842 and a Civil War surgical knife. from the “old Smith house” (1853) for the the dining room table and chairs along • Tristan Pack, piano; Cierra Stewart, A special room that has been added entryway between the kitchen and din- with a settee in the bedroom. vocalist on the house for the law firm is a mock ing room. Above this entryway in the Traditional Christmas decorations in- Carmela Bryan and Michael Duffy trial room in which Brunson and his kitchen rests a large Brogdon sign that clude a live tree and ceramic Santa • Linda Beck, piano attorney’s prepare for litigation. used to stand by the railroad stop to in- Clauses hand painted by Kristi’s mother, Garden Center form the train’s personnel of the com- Joan Lee, of Sumter. • Clint Barwick, piano munity in which the train was stopping. Not to be missed are the special trees During the Civil War, this home stood in the yard area. A live oak, estimated to directly in the path of history as Union be more than 200 years old, claims its soldiers traveled from Manning to Sum- spot near the home. The limbs of this ter, looting and burning properties along tree, one of the largest in the county, the way. This crucial part of history spread across the side yard. Jake’s hand- came to be known as Potter’s Raid, iwork may be appreciated by admiring named after Gen. Edward E. Potter, who the old camellias around the house. A Home of David Deprill answered Gen. William Tecumseh Sher- banana “bush” has become a tree near man’s orders. The story of Potter’s Raid the patio, and holly bushes, too, think has been passed down through the gen- they are trees. DAVID DEPRILL erations and recorded by Cassie Nicho- The Downers are the newest genera- 32 Frank Clarke St. The Henry L. Scarborough House les in her book “Historical Sketches of tion to live in, love and care for the Sumter County: Its Birth and Growth.” 142-year-old Brogdon house. Framed by a large oak tree to the The following is from the book: THE HENRY L. SCARBOROUGH HOUSE right of his home and a multiple tiered “She (Grandmother Brogdon) watched The Brunson Law Firm LLC fountain to the left, David Deprill’s vin- as all the outhouses on the premises went Willie H. Brunson Esquire tage home is an inviting setting for ‘A up in flames and a soldier was placing a 425 N. Main St. Very Southern Christmas.” blaze beneath her beloved home. In des- An interior designer, Deprill has cre- peration she gave the Masonic signal of In August 2015, Willie Brunson, a ated separate Christmas themes that distress. Instantaneously, the officer in prominent attorney in Sumter, bought flow into each room. All the decorated charge ordered the fire extinguished … . the “Scarborough House” to use for his Christmas trees, as well as each room’s Thus the beautiful old house was saved.” law firm that he opened in January Christmas décor, are heartwarming Pictures of the seven generations of 2016. The house was previously owned and stunning, creating a Christmas Brogdon men are proudly displayed in Home of Carmela Bryan and Michael Duffy by Substation II. feast for the eyes. the library. The portrait of Lillis Turner In addition to practicing law, Using a variety of Christmas themes Brogdon, W.T.’s mother, overlooks the Brunson has spent time researching and interesting decorations, Deprill room from its place above the fireplace. CARMELA BRYAN and MICHAEL DUFFY the history of the house and its fea- has placed large Christmas trees The painting, along with many others in 422 Calhoun St. tures as well as planning the restora- throughout his vintage, 1948 ranch- the house, was painted by her mother. In tion of the house. To furnish the style home. The entryway and main the hall, pictures of the family through- Built in 1979, the house at 422 Calhoun house, he found antique furniture that living room showcase traditional out the years are displayed on a rustic St. underwent significant renovations fits the décor. Because the house is Christmas décor in red, green and gold work shed door. when Carmela and Michael purchased it now used for Brunson’s law firm, the on the trees and mantel. In the music Outside the house, the family enjoys in 2014. With the help of Randy Abbott, a furniture and accessories are used as room, the baby grand piano comes to the screened-in porch, the patio, pergola, local interior designer, they transformed well as admired. life as local pianist Tristan Pack and fire pit and other beautiful natural set- the traditional interior of the house into To help understand and preserve vocalist Cierra Stewart entertain tings surrounding the house. a contemporary, clean setting through- the Scarborough House’s history, the guests. The tree in the music room fea- out. The home also reflects the lifestyles Sumter County Historical Society tures a musical theme, complete with and artistic natures of Duffy, Abbott and erected a metal sign in front of the carolers and elves. Even the hallway in Bryan, who are well known in Sumter house in 1995 that says: David’s home is made special, show- for their contributions and participation “The Henry Lee Scarborough House casing artwork by his grandfather, the in the Sumter Little Theatre and the was built 1908-1909 by Scarborough late William J. Reynolds. A guest bed- Sumter Cultural Center. (1866-1929), a leading Sumter County room is showcased with a tree featur- Upon entering the arched front door- famer, business man, and public ser- ing pineapple décor, a snowman room way, one is both visually and physically vant serving as county treasurer (1894- is sure to inspire the spirit of winter, drawn through the arched hallway to 1902), commissioner of public works for and the den décor evokes the wood- Home of Billy and Kristi Downer the off-white sofa in the sunroom with six years and clerk of court (1912-1929). lands with bird and animal decora- its backdrop of aquamarine water in the The house, an excellent example of the tions. The dining room is more formal, backyard swimming pool. With a few ex- Neo-Classical Revival style, was listed with a Christmas theme featuring ele- BILLY and KRISTI DOWNER ceptions such as Bryan’s Le Corbusier in the National Register of Historic gant glass and crystal on the tree and a 3435 U.S. 521 S. lounge chair, the furniture is not any Places in 1995.” chandelier appointed in the same fash- room’s sole focus. Rather, the paintings Although the house has two levels, ion. Finally, in the kitchen, Jane Ster- The home of Billy and Kristi Downer and sculpture help define the living only the expansive bottom floor will be ling, of Entertain with Jane, recalls was built circa 1875 and has a rich histo- space and encourage interesting conver- available for the tour. The flooring Christmases past as she prepares and ry. The original builder, a veteran of the sations regarding the art pieces. comprises restored heart pine and serves cookies and cider. battle at Dingle’s Mill during the Civil Duffy’s original drawings are located maple, both original to the house. Like- War, was John Ingram Brogdon. He and downstairs, and his mask sculptures are wise, oak and dark mahogany wain- his wife, Susan Rebecca, lived in the placed inside and outside. Bryan, origi- scoting and judges paneling are found house until their deaths. Jake, a son, in- nally from Naples, Italy, has inherited in various rooms. Throughout the herited the house, and he and his wife, many landscape and portrait oil paint- house, the rooms have 12-foot ceilings, Louise, enjoyed the house with their ings from her mother and father, both of plaster walls with wainscoting, built-in family until their deaths. Louise taught whom were art connoisseurs and collec- bookcases, hand-blown glass windows, school at the nearby Brogdon school- tors of fine art. Most of these pieces are pocket doors, a staircase and chande- house. Family and neighbors recall the originals by Italian artists from the Tus- liers. The rooms today have a variety house as a “happy place” where family can School from the 19th century. Other of purposes related to the needs of the reunions were held. Recollections of Pot- local artworks include watercolor paint- law firm; however, these rooms in 1910 Home of Connie and William Turner ter’s Raid by Allan Thigpen includes a ings by the late Rose Metz as well as may have had different names and Brodgon III modern picture of the home along with works by Amanda Cox, Shane Edge and functions, such as a parlor, men’s another picture from 1918 of Mr. and Abbott. Bryan found and purchased sev- smoking room with a bar, a dining CONNIE and WILLIAM TURNER Mrs. John Ingram Brogdon. The home eral contemporary and abstract art- room, a butler’s pantry and doorway, a BRODGON III is located on U.S. 521 South, also known works by international artists whose study by the staircase, a back entry Brogdon Farms as Manning Highway, where Potter’s works have been shown at the Sumter hallway and perhaps a music room. Of 4470 U.S. 521 S. Union troops marched to Sumter during County Gallery of Art. These artists in- special interest are the metal covers of Potter’s Raid. clude Michael Broadway, Wayne Thorn- the coal burning fireplaces and the Connie and William Turner’s home In March 2008, the Downers pur- ley, Frank McCauley, Marcelo Novo and surrounding hand-carved mantels and was built in 1839 by John Bagnal chased the house. At that time, the Persi Naravaez. tiger eye oak paneling around the Brogdon. Throughout its 178 years, house had been vacant for more than 14 Although Christmas decorations are brick on the fireplace. Each fireplace is seven generations of Brogdons have years. The front roof and the porch were somewhat subdued, Carmela and Mi- different and worth studying for its lived in this house — John Bagnal, Wil- severely damaged, the columns were chael have a home that is alive with the craftsmanship. liam Turner, John Clint, William Turner rotten, and much of the exterior of the celebration of the arts. A6 | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2017 DEBUTANTES THE SUMTER ITEM

MISS ACHZIGER MISS BARWICK MISS BELK MISS CRAWFORD MISS CUNNINGHAM

MISS DUBOSE MISS FISHER MISS GOODSON MISS HILL MISS JACKSON

MISS KELLEY MISS LYLES MISS MUNN MISS NOONAN MISS OSTEEN The Cotillion Club The Carolinian Ball

The Cotillion Club will present six debu- The Carolinian Ball will present five debu- tantes on Thursday, Dec. 28, at Sunset Country tantes and five sons on Friday, Dec. 15, at Sun- Club. set Country Club. Madeline Rebecca Crawford, daughter of Dr. McLean Marie Achziger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kristopher Robert Crawford, will be and Mrs. Harvey Walter Achziger Jr., will be presented by her father and escorted by Garrett presented by her father and escorted by Kiel Lawrence Kirby and Parker Lee Lamont. She is Curran Bilton and Granger Keith Rabon. sponsored by her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Elizabeth Kent Cunningham, daughter of Dr. Samuel Wayne Gamble III. and Mrs. Kent Newton Cunningham, will be Elizabeth Kent Cunningham, daughter of Dr. presented by her father and escorted by Wil- and Mrs. Kent Newton Cunningham, will be liam Ballard Kinney and Robert Wesley James. presented by her father and escorted by Wil- Nicolette Kaitlyn Fisher, daughter of Dr. and liam Ballard Kinney and Samuel Larand Wat- Mrs. Bret Ernst Fisher, will be presented by MISS SMITH MISS STUCKEY ford. her father and escorted by John Evans Boyle Lauren Melinda Goodson, daughter of Dr. and James Patrick Muldrow. and Mrs. James Arthur Goodson III, will be Lauren Melinda Goodson, daughter of Dr. The Assembly presented by her father and escorted by James and Mrs. James Arthur Goodson III, will be Arthur Goodson IV and Jacob Turner Bryan. presented by her father and escorted by James The Assembly will present one debutante on Tuesday, Catherine Grace Kelley, daughter of Mr. and Arthur Goodson IV and Samuel Larand Wat- Dec. 12, at Sunset Country Club. Mrs. Ronald Ferguson Kelley Jr., will be pre- ford. Margaret Wells Osteen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kyle sented by her father and escorted by Ramon Lauren Wynn Hill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Brown Osteen, will be presented by her father and escort- Grier Schwartz and Robert Wesley James. Francis Leverne Hill Jr., will be presented by ed by Kyle Brown Osteen Jr. and John Evans Boyle. Mary Margaret Munn, daughter of Mr. and her father and escorted by Blaze Evan Robert- Dr. MacDonald Mayes DuBose is president of the club. Mrs. James Rhett Munn Jr., will be presented son and Thomas Preston Thompson III. Ball chairwoman is Mrs. MacDonald Mayes DuBose. Deb- by her father and escorted by Edward Brode Sophomore sons being presented are: Dylan utante chairwoman is Mrs. LeRoy Payne Creech. McMillan and Chandler Durant Stone. Matthew Kolb, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt Eric Mary Frances Stuckey, daughter of Elizabeth Kolb; Turner Champ Newman, son of Mr. and Lang Britton Stuckey and James Davis Stuckey Mrs. Francis Leverne Newman Jr.; Brandon III, will be presented by her grandfather, Dr. Scott Spittle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Scott The Trian Club John James Britton, and escorted by Myers Spittle; William Charles Stallings, son of re- Christian Noyes and Trenton Joseph Hodges. tired Lt. Col. and Mrs. William Lee Stallings III; The Trian Club will pres- Charles Barnett and Brit- She is sponsored by her grandparents, Dr. and and Samuel Larand Watford, son of Mr. and ent three debutantes on ton Conley Beatson. Mrs. John James Britton. Mrs. Kevin Benjamin Watford. Thursday, Dec. 21, at Sunset Leah Elizabeth Barwick, State Sen. Joseph Thomas McElveen III is Mr. Francis Leverne Newman Jr. is presi- Country Club. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. president of the club. Ball chairwoman is Mrs. dent of the club. Ball chairwoman is Mrs. An- Mary Caroline Jackson, Anthony Eugene Barwick, Joseph Thomas McElveen III. Mrs. George Cog- thony Ray Scott. Debutante chairwoman is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. will be presented by her gin James Jr. is debutante chairwoman. Mrs. Roger McSwain Armfield. Cecil Kelly Jackson, will father and escorted by be presented by her father William Pierce Thompson and escorted by Cecil and William Allen Bar- corted by Chandler Durant Kelly Jackson Jr. and wick. The Camellia Ball Stone and Brent Allen Car- Miles Hamilton Cox. Mr. Cecil Kelly Jackson raway. Taylor Danielle Smith, is president of the club. The Camellia Ball will pres- Mary Caroline Jackson, Riley Elizabeth Noonan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ball chairwoman is Mrs. ent eight debutantes and three daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Wil- Eric Gant Smith, will be Burke Watson Jr. Mrs. sons on Friday, Dec. 22, at Sun- Kelly Jackson, will be present- liam Thomas Noonan Jr., will presented by her father Brandon Tripp McElveen set Country Club. ed by her father and escorted be presented by her father and and escorted by Joshua is debutante chairwoman. Mary Paisley Belk, daughter by Cecil Kelly Jackson Jr. and escorted by Daniel Christopher of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Clark Harris Ellis Jordan. Spencer and Daniel Evan Tal- Belk, will be presented by her Catherine Grace Kelley, lon. She is sponsored by Mr. father and escorted by Cole- daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ron- and Mrs. David Pate Merchant. man Chase Belk and Samuel ald Ferguson Kelley Jr., will be Sophomore sons being pre- The Sumter Ball Larand Watford. presented by her father and es- sented are: Brent Allen Car- The Sumter Ball will Patricia Elizabeth Du- Elizabeth Kent Cunningham, corted by Ramon Grier raway, son of Mr. and Mrs. present two debutantes on Bose, daughter of Dr. and daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Kent Schwartz and Ronald Wilson Brent Dewayne Carraway; Monday, Dec. 18, at Sunset Mrs. Edward Macdonald Newton Cunningham, will be Kelley. Samuel Larand Watford, son of Country Club. DuBose Jr., will be present- presented by her father and es- Anna Christian Lyles, daugh- Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Benjamin Madeline Rebecca Craw- ed by her father and escort- corted by William Ballard Kin- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Clif- Watford; and Brandon Scott ford, daughter of Dr. and ed by Talmadge Alsey John- ney and Edward Brode McMil- ford Lyles Jr., will be presented Spittle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cal- Mrs. Kristopher Robert son and James Edgar lan. by her father and escorted by vin Scott Spittle. Crawford, will be presented Mayes III. Nicolette Kaitlyn Fisher, Bryson Clifford Lyles and Mr. Harold Raymond by her father and escorted Mr. Eugene King Weston daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Bret Brayden Davis Fidler. Waynick is president of the by Garrett Lawrence Kirby is president of the club. Ball Ernst Fisher, will be presented Mary Margaret Munn, club. Ball chairwoman is Mrs. and Parker Lee Lamont. chairwoman is Mrs. Eugene by her father and escorted by daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Young. Debutante chair- She is sponsored by her King Weston, and debutante David Allen Tussey and Wil- James Rhett Munn Jr., will be woman is Mrs. Harold Ray- grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. chairwoman is Mrs. Denny liam Tradd Watterson Stover. presented by her father and es- mond Waynick. Samuel Wayne Gamble III. Wayne Parker.

Mary Margaret Munn, daughter of Mr. and The Epicurean Club Les Trente Mrs. James Rhett Munn Jr., will be presented by her father and escorted by Chandler Du- The Epicurean Club will present four sophomore sons on Les Trente will present three debutantes on Rant Stone and Edward Brode McMillan. Saturday, Dec. 16, at Sunset Country Club. Wednesday, Dec. 20, at Sunset Country Club. Margaret Wells Osteen, daughter of Mr. and They are: Connor McCoy Curtis, son of Mr. and Mrs. War- Mary Frances Stuckey, daughter of Eliza- Mrs. Kyle Brown Osteen, will be presented by ren Stephen Curtis; Samuel Larand Watford, son of Mr. and beth Lang Britton Stuckey and James Davis her father and escorted by John Braden Tuttle Mrs. Kevin Benjamin Watford; Jacob Carter Reaves, son of Stuckey III, will be presented by her grandfa- and Joseph Andrew Hedrick. Mr. and Mrs. James Hill Reaves; and Coker Workman ther, Dr. John James Britton, and escorted by Mr. Shawn Michael Matthews is president of Lowder, son of Dr. and Mrs. Clayton Ralph Lowder III. Myers Christian Noyes and Trenton Joseph the club. Mrs. Shawn Michael Matthews is the Mr. John Wilds James III is president of the club. Ball Hodges. She is sponsored by her grandparents, ball chairwoman, and Mrs. LeRoy Payne chairwoman is Mrs. James Wilburn Bateman III, and debu- Dr. and Mrs. John James Britton. Creech is debutante chairwoman. tante chairwoman is Mrs. William Neal Coulter. THE SUMTER ITEM DEBUTANTES SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2017 | A7

MISS BRIGGS MISS COFFEY MISS GRAHAM MISS HAM MISS HUSSEY The Lord Clarendon Cotillion

The Lord Clarendon Co- Kirkland and Kenneth tillion will present seven Reaves Wannamaker. She debutantes and one son at is being sponsored by her their annual ball on Tues- grandmother, Mrs. Ben day, Dec. 19, at Sunset Geer Alderman Jr. Country Club in Sumter. Caroline Elizabeth Land Elizabeth Rose Coffey is is the daughter of Mr. and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Ceth Land. Mrs. William Columbus She will be presented by Coffey III. She will be pre- her father and escorted by sented by her father and James Ceth Land and Wil- escorted by William Co- liam Anders Land. lumbus Coffey IV and Eadon Kressly Moody is Reid Foster Darby. She is the daughter of Mr. and MISS MOODY being sponsored by her Mrs. Scott Holman Moody. MISS KIRKLAND MISS LAND grandparents, Mr. and She will be presented by Mrs. William Columbus her father and escorted by Coffey Jr. Robert McFaddin Moody The Azalea Ball Cotillion Callie Elizabeth Gra- and Troy Ingram Clifford. ham is the daughter of She is being sponsored by The Azalea Ball Cotillion Dalton Page and Stephen Mr. and Mrs. Tod Dodd her great aunt and uncle, will present five debutantes Campbell Mims III. She is Graham. She will be pre- Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Ger- and two sons at its annual ball sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. sented by her father and ald Robertson. on Jan. 6, 2018, at the Matrix Marshall Van Page. escorted by John William Olivia Dean Wilson is Center in Manning. Caroline Elizabeth Land is Graham and Tyler Logan the daughter of Mr. and Grace Elizabeth Briggs is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sprott. Mrs. John Joe Wilson Jr. the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Ceth Land. She is Mackenzie Elaine Ham She will be presented by Robert Edward Briggs III. She being presented by her father is the daughter of Mr. and her father and escorted by is being presented by her fa- and escorted by James Ceth Dr. Thomas Olin Ham. John Joe Wilson III and ther and escorted by Matthew Land and William Anders She will be presented by Raymond Bradley Davis. Anderson Nettles and John Land. her father and escorted by Son of members being Thomas Eppley. Olivia Dean Wilson is the Tyler Watson Baker and presented is James Ceth Callie Elizabeth Graham is daughter of Mr and Mrs. John Lane Olin Ham. She is Land, son of Mr. and Mrs. the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wilson Jr. She is being MISS WILSON being sponsored by her William Ceth Land. Tod D. Graham. She is being presented by her father and aunt and uncle, Mr. and Harmon Burgess Sprott presented by her father and escorted by John Joe Wilson James Hill Reaves. Mrs. James Barry Ham. III is president of the escorted by John William Gra- III and Raymond Bradley Steven Lyle DuBose is the Mary Geer Kirkland is Lord Clarendon Cotillion. ham and Tyler Logan Sprott. Davis. president of the Azalea Ball the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. James Barry Ham is Christian Wells Hussey is Sons of members being pre- Cotillion, Mrs. Stevenson Carl Mrs. Waitus Keith Kirk- ball chairwoman, and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. sented are: James Ceth Land, Gamble Jr. is the ball chair- land. She will be present- Mrs. Theodore Mitchell Robert Warren Hussey. She is son of Mr. and Mrs. William woman, and Mrs. James Paul ed by her father and es- Gardner is debutante being presented by her father Ceth Land; and Jacob Carter Eaddy is the debutante chair- corted by Bailey Henry chairwoman. and escorted by Benjamin Reaves, son of Mr. and Mrs. woman.

WEDDING Husband won’t lend an ear Leviner-Weissenstein to wife with hearing loss Baleigh Anne Leviner and Alvin Music was provided by Ms. Beth Paul Weissenstein III, both of Sum- Lewellen. DEAR ABBY — I have hearing DEAR ABBY — When I was 17, ter, were united in marriage at 4:30 Escorted by her father, the bride loss. My insurance isn't very I was engaged to a service- p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, at Trini- wore a figure-flattering gown from good, and the monthly pay- man. I broke the engage- ty United Methodist Church in Sum- Essence of Australia, meticulously ments for hearing aids are the ment because my mother ter. designed with the perfect mix of clas- equivalent of a car payment, disapproved. I was young, The bride is the daughter of Mr. sic lace and a modern fit-and-flare so I try my best and do with- naive, had no job or money, Tracy O'Neal Levin- silhouette, featuring out. People who know about and I had never disobeyed er and Ms. Sherry an illusion, sweet- my hearing loss will talk my mom. DeLong Leviner heart neckline, sheer louder for me or let me know Big mistake! I have paid and the grand- lace detailing and fab- when they need my attention. Dear Abby for it for more than 50 years. daughter of Mr. and ric-covered buttons. Even strangers will repeat ABIGAIL I have raised a family, but Mrs. Jack LeRoy Ashley Kay Self and themselves or talk louder if I VAN BUREN my heart is still with my Leviner and Mr. Cathleen Nara Hol- say I'm hard of hearing. young military man. I wake and Mrs. Richard I. land served as ma- The problem is that my up in the middle of the night DeLong, all of Sum- trons of honor. husband refuses to talk louder for me thinking of him. I've dreamt about ter. She graduated Bridesmaids were or make any attempt to improve our him all these years. I still cry and feel in 2014 from Lau- Megan McGee-Levin- communication. He has gone as far as I can hardly breathe sometimes. I still rence Manning er, Ali Alexis Leviner to threaten that he just won't talk to love him. Thoughts of him are con- Academy and ex- and Tracy "Olivia" me anymore because he's sick of re- suming my life. I wonder if anyone pects to graduate in Leviner, sisters of the peating himself. No matter how many else has had these feelings this long. 2018 as a surgical bride, and Alex Marie times I say I can't hear, he practically I don't want to risk disturbing two tech from Central Filipiak and Stepha- whispers or will scream at the top of families by contacting him in another Carolina Technical nie Nicole Weissen- his lungs at me to make a point. It's state to apologize. Please advise me Colllege. stein. Mattison "Mat- like he's taking my hearing loss per- about what to do. She has been em- tie" Grubb and Taylor sonally, as though somehow my hear- Seeking closure in the South ployed part-time Rae Leviner served as ing loss is my fault. I also feel he may since 2013 with Pal- MRS. ALVIN WEISSENSTEIN III flower girls. have an ulterior motive for talking DEAR SEEKING CLOSURE — There is no metto Oyster House Carlos Sanders softer. magic wand I can wave to make those while attending served as best man. I feel depressed and isolated, and feelings go away. I can, however, point school. Groomsmen were Charles Lansing, I'm not sure what to do. My marriage out that your memories of that young The bridegroom is the son of Mr. Mike Villegas, Drew Estep, Jimmie is falling apart. man are from the perspective of a and Mrs. Paul Weissenstein Jr. of Jackson III, Nate Cannon, John I can't hear you in California 17-year-old girl with little life experi- Sumter and the grandson of the late Floyd and Matthew Grubb. Rinehart ence. Viewed from that perspective, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Paul Weissen- Joseph Taylor served as ring bearer. DEAR CAN'T HEAR — What he's doing is the life (and person) you have ideal- stein Sr. of Walterboro and the late Also participating was John Lewis emotionally abusive. ized may be far from reality. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Alfred Yenny of "Louie" Mitchell, who escorted the Please have your hearing checked Because these thoughts have be- Columbia. He graduated in 2007 from mother of the bride. by an audiologist to determine how come obsessive, it would benefit you the University of South Carolina The bride's parents held the recep- much of your hearing you have lost. to talk them through with a licensed with a degree in liberal arts. He is tion at The O'Donnell House. Take your husband along so a profes- mental health professional. Please employed as a bartender at Palmetto The rehearsal party was given by sional can explain it to him. And be don't put it off any longer, because it's Oyster House. the bridegroom's parents at their sure to ask if there may be lower-cost clear from what you have written that Senior Pastor Joseph James Jr. of- home. options for an assistive device that you are hurting and need profession- ficiated at the ceremony. The couple resides in Sumter. won't bust your budget. al help. A8 | NOVEMBER 26, 2017 EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN 2014 THE SUMTER ITEM

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Louise Dube, said her organi- goal is to reach every student tice, Sandra Day O'Connor, to inspiring kids to Some pairs chose to play in zation hopes to make all of its in America through iCivics. has helped teach millions of English while others chose games available with modifica- "To do that, we need to be students civics through com- want to become and Spanish. Some groups tions for English-language able to address the needs of all puter games created by an or- switched back and forth while learners, though they don't yet learners, including those who ganization she founded. Now, stay involved in playing. Aside from the Span- have a timetable. Making struggle with reading," she with a push from the Supreme ish translation, the game's new changes to the current game said. "I am delighted with the Court's first Hispanic justice, version also includes other up- cost $400,000, and they'll have new game." Sonia Sotomayor, the group making a difference.’ dates for students struggling has translated one of its SONIA SOTOMAYOR with English: a glossary that games into Spanish. explains legal and other terms EXCEPTIONAL The group iCivics, which Supreme Court’s first and an optional voiceover in O'Connor founded in 2009 the English game. after her retirement from the Hispanic justice Zayra Granados, 17, who EXCITING Supreme Court, now has 19 moved to the United States computer games that were from El Salvador four years EXPERIENCED played by 5 million students lasting legacy." ago, was playing the game in last year. Sotomayor, who The game iCivics has been Spanish. She read a question grew up speaking Spanish at updated in Spanish and is about whether a newspaper home, joined the organiza- called "Do I Have a Right?" In could be required by law to tion's board in 2015. 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COMMENTARY Giving thanks for journalism

ASHINGTON — that an essential journalistic Thanksgiving is a task was to provide citizens splendid holiday with unbiased information so Wbut also a useful they could influence the deci- one. It reminds us that grati- sions that affected them. At tude is a virtue. We owe the one news meeting, he and his most satisfying parts of our colleagues pondered an article lives to others and fool our- for the next day’s paper about selves if we imagine other- a proposed new master plan wise. for development of Manhat- We usually begin, rightly, by tan’s West Side. thanking our families since It was not the most exciting they are (if we are lucky) both account, and one asked, the original and ongoing “Can’t we wait until they de- COMMENTARY sources of love and nurture. cide on it?” But we should also be aware To which Shelly shot back: of our debt to institutions and “What the hell are we, Prav- their stewards. This year, a da?” Merkel — and Davos — rebuked peculiar candidate for ac- It’s a question I hope we ask knowledgment kept forcing its every day. Journalism t’s been a tough era for world’s oldest social demo- in 2011, Merkel unilaterally way into my thinking: shouldn’t wait for Davos Man, the personifi- cratic party, plummeted to 21 decided to shut down Germa- journalism. some powerful “they” cation of the great and percent. The two major par- ny’s non-polluting nuclear Since you are read- to settle things. Ithe good who meet in the ties thus barely topped 50 per- plants and, in a country with ing this in a newspaper The best lesson World Economic Forum in cent, compared with 76 to 77 unreliable sun and wind, rely or online at a media Shelly ever taught me that Swiss ski resort every percent from 1992 to 2002 and on renewables. So Germany site, you might chuckle came when I shared January. The rebukes just the high 60s from 2005 to 2013. now imports American coal, derisively at my pre- information with him keep coming. The European This, like Brexit in Britain has higher emissions and has sumption. The guy about alleged corrup- debt crisis. Brexit. Donald and Trump’s victory in the hugely high electric rates. makes a living from tion by a politician. I Trump. And now, and once United States, was a slap in Third, immigration. Eu- journalism, so of E.J. DIONNE knew another newspa- again unexpectedly, Angela the face of the political, media rope has opened itself up to course he’s grateful. per had it, too, but I Merkel’s failure to form a and business establishment. Muslim immigrants, has True enough, but the wasn’t sure it all German government. The reason is not hard to failed to assimilate them and political crisis we confront has checked out. For a dozen years, Europe- grasp: The establishment suffers from increasing Is- encouraged a great many who Shelly said something more an elites who have recoiled hasn’t been performing very lamic terrorism. Merkel are neither scribes nor broad- editors should be willing to from George W. Bush and well of late. You don’t have to upped the ante in September casters to consider why jour- say in this age of instant pub- swooned over Barack Obama be as harsh as former media 2015 by inviting in more than nalism matters to a democra- lication online: “Sometimes, have regarded Merkel as a baron and Franklin Roosevelt 1 million unregistered “refu- cy. Among the many helpful it’s better to be second.” rock-solid biographer Conrad Black, gees,’’ supposedly from Syria books and articles on this sub- He was not trying to quell firmament who wrote regarding the 2016 but also from distant Mali ject, I particularly recommend my competitive instincts. He of good presidential election, “The and Bangladesh. a 2009 essay by Paul Starr, a very much wanted us to be sense. Her previous 20 years of govern- Prophecies that they would Princeton University profes- first when we were right. But consider- ment had been utterly and bi- supply the skilled labor low- sor. above all, he didn’t want us to able inter- partisanly incompetent, in birthrate Germany needs One of his central observa- be wrong, especially when nal political the White House and the Con- have proved laughable. Mur- tions, from cross-national someone’s reputation was at skills, her gress,’’ or The New York der and sexual assaults, studies: The lower the circula- stake. seeming un- Times’ sorta-conservative col- though covered up by the gov- tion of newspapers in a given The competing paper pub- Michael flappability umnist David Brooks, who ernment and press, have been country, the higher the level lished the charges first — and Barone and her up- put it more succinctly: “Our dismayingly frequent. of corruption. Journalism, it they turned out to be false. holding of elites really do stink.’’ These unforced blunders, turns out, is an essential re- Shelly had a delightful way convention- You just have to look at in line with the Davos mind- straint on abuses by the pow- of signaling that a seemingly al wisdoms, both well- and ill- what has been happening — set, helped the free market ers that be, and all the more harebrained idea came from founded, have made her a fa- in this case, in Europe — and Free Democratic Party to rise so when the checks and bal- above. “This is high church,” vorite at Davos. how Angela Merkel (“a from 5 to 11 percent and the ances inside government are he would say. He was telling Merkel has been the pillar skilled and unideological unsavorily nationalist Alter- faltering. us that we had to deal with of the European Union and dealmaker,’’ says The Econo- native for Germany to go Since journalists are human the idea somehow, but that seems to have been the domi- mist) has been following from 5 to 13 percent. That left beings, we are by our very na- he’d back us up if we reached nant force behind the multi- Davos theology on the Euro- Merkel, understandably tures flawed. It’s not hard to conclusions the top brass had ple responses to each of a pean Union, climate change shunning the AfD and neo- point to our shortcomings. So not expected. And he always succession of euro crises. It and immigration. communist Left Party and in the interest of offering a did. helps, of course, that Germa- First, Europe. The euro, the with the SPD no longer will- model of what journalism is It might surprise regular ny has Europe’s largest econ- common currency imposed ing to join her CDU in coali- supposed to be (and, in the readers that one of my very omy, one mostly unscathed on most of the EU (Britain tion, trying to form a coali- spirit of Thanksgiving, to ex- favorite editors was rather by the 2008 financial crisis — wisely stayed out) in 2002, has tion with the FDP and press appreciation to someone conservative in his politics as though that owes much to the not unified the Continent but Greens. I hold dear), permit me to in- he became disillusioned with Thatcherish labor law re- divided it — and for the very The FDP understandably troduce you to Shelly Binn, what he saw as liberalism’s forms of Merkel’s predeces- reasons Margaret Thatcher balked at the Merkel/Green one of the best editors I will failures. sor, the Social Democrat Ger- set out in 1990: A suprana- energy and immigration poli- ever know. But his personal politics hard Schroeder. tional currency will not suit cies, leaving Merkel having to Shelly, who died 11 years never shaped his view of what By standard political sci- the needs of multiple coun- govern without a majority or ago at the age of 83, was The constituted a valuable story. ence rules of thumb, Merkel tries with different economic face new elections. Merkel New York Times’ metropolitan The writer Charles Kaiser, and her Christian Democrats cycles and economic cultures. may be an admirable person, political editor back when I also a Shelly fan, noted that should have been a big win- The solution of French but Germans seem to have covered state and local politics he “was so utterly straight ner in the Sept. 24 elections. President Emmanuel Macron concluded that her Davos- for the paper. One dramatic that his judgment was never The national unemployment and many Eurocrats is a con- praised policies “really do example will suffice to give clouded by ideology” or, more rate is 3.7 percent. Inflation, tinentwide finance ministry. stink.’’ you a sense of his devotion to miraculously, by “internal the bugaboo of Germans That’s a non-starter now, service — and also of how politics.” since the 1920s, is low. The So- given Merkel’s weakness, and Michael Barone is a senior po- much he loved politics. This is what day-to-day re- cial Democrats’ leader is un- probably always was. The litical analyst for the Washing- On Nov. 3, 1944, Shelly, an porting strives for, and I give tested in national politics. avowed goal project of the ton Examiner, resident fellow Army anti-tank gunner, was thanks that I encountered Yet the CDU and its Bavari- European Union, “an ever at the American Enterprise In- gravely wounded in Holland someone early on who truly an partner, the CSU, got only closer union,’’ has come un- stitute and longtime co-author and lost an eye. He was uncon- took this mission to heart. 33 percent of the vote — their glued. of The Almanac of American scious for four days, and when lowest percentage since West Second, climate change and Politics. he finally came to, his very E.J. Dionne’s email address is Germany started voting in energy. After Japan’s Fuku- first question was not about [email protected]. Twit- 1949. The SPD, arguably the shima nuclear plant disaster © 2017 CREATORS.COM his condition. He wanted to ter: @EJDionne. know if Franklin Roosevelt had won re-election. © 2017, Washington Post Writ- Shelly believed passionately ers Group LETTER TO THE EDITOR LITTER ADS ARE A WASTE bag contents to try and determine who EDITORIAL PAGE POLICIES OF MONEY AROUND HERE dumped that trash and charge them appro- priately. Apparently they have let that pro- EDITORIALS represent the views of They should be no more than 350 Every time I see the ad on TV where they cess go by the wayside. the owners of this newspaper. words and sent via e-mail to letters@ sing, “No one trashes my state,” I think it is Sumter County has established a group to theitem.com, dropped off at The a real waste of money. Apparently they have discuss the trash problem; about the only COLUMNS AND COMMENTARY never driven along the bypass or any other thing they may accomplish is picking it up are the personal opinion of the Sumter Item office, 36 W. Liberty St. highway in Sumter County. along with the inmates from SCDC. Take a writer whose byline appears. or mailed to The Sumter Item, P.O. Only time we get any relief of trash drive on South Pike East from U.S. 76 to the Columns from readers should be Box 1677, Sumter, S.C. 29151, along sightings is when the grass gets high; then Lake City Highway, you can quickly see how typed, double-spaced and no more with the full name of the writer, plus comes the state mowers and things provid- inconsiderate people can be with whatever an address and telephone number ed by so many inconsiderate persons is re- they have in their hands or car can be jetti- than 850 words. Send them to The vealed. Recently I have observed full trash soned. Also, the many trash trucks that exit Sumter Item, Opinion Pages, P.O. Box for verification purposes only. Letters bags in the middle of roadways and have the bypass to get on U.S. 76 to go to the coun- 1677, Sumter, S.C. 29151, or email to that exceed 350 words will be cut observed persons leaving a mobile home ty landfill with debris flying out of them. [email protected]. accordingly in the print edition, but park with a trash bag on the trunk lid. Ap- “Uncommon Patriotism” may be alive and available in their entirety at www. parently intending to stop at the dumpster well in our community, but “No One Trash- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR are theitem.com. at the entrance to the park but forget and es My State” is a fallacy. written by readers of the newspaper. let the bag fall into the roadway. At one JIM AUSTIN time, deputies were supposed to check the Sumter A12 | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2017 OBITUARIES THE SUMTER ITEM

SCOTT W. RUMPH JR. MICHAEL J. DENNY Coffey officiating. Burial will nounced by Wilson Funeral memory, his wife, Doris An- Scott Winfield Rumph Jr. of Michael James “Mike” follow in the church cemetery. Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishop- derson; son, Edward (Glynda) Sumter entered into eternal Denny, 49, died on Wednesday, Pallbearers will be Law- ville. Anderson Jr. of Columbia; life on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017, Nov. 22, 2017. rence Preast, Anthony Preast, HENRY SNIDER JR. three brothers, James (Mary) after a courageous fight with Mike was born in Augusta, Tony Preast, Joshua Wilsey, Anderson of Sumter, Leroy renal cell carci- Georgia, on Oct. Michael Jasperse, Ronnie Car- MANNING — Henry Snider (Betty) Anderson of Sumter, noma. 14, 1968. roll, Stevie Carroll, and Chris- Jr., 92, widower of Sadie Reid and Roosevelt Anderson of He was born in His family topher Strickland. Snider, died on Friday, Nov. Wedgefield; and a grandson, Sumter on Aug. moved to South Honorary pallbearers will 24, 2017, at Lake Marion Nurs- Jayden Anderson of Colum- 23, 1928, the son Carolina when be Elias McDonald Preast, ing Home, Summerton. bia. of the late Olive Mike started Jim Tingen, Jeffery Preast, He was born on April 15, Public viewing will be held and Scott Win- high school. Dargan Hodge, Keith Hodge, 1925, in Georgetown, a son of from 2 to 6 p.m. today at Job’s RUMPH field Rumph Sr. DENNY Mike made Billy Reville, Dave Amerson, the late Henry Sr. and Rose Mortuary. Mr. Rumph many lasting Paul Rodgers, J.B. Hodge, Rus- Kennedy Snider. Mr. Anderson will be placed spent his child- friendships at sell Hodge, David Judy, Jack The family is receiving in the church at noon on Mon- hood years in Sumter where both Spring Valley High Logan, Legrand Bradshaw, friends at the home of his sis- day for viewing until the hour he graduated from Edmonds School in Columbia and at Dale Bradshaw, Charles ter, Martha Conyers, 10974 of service. High School in 1945. He at- Wilson Hall in Sumter, where Hodge, Jessie Preast, Nick Se- Greeleyville Highway, Man- Funeral services will be tended The Citadel and gradu- he spent his junior and senior ruya, and Willie Green. ning. held at 1 p.m. on Monday at ated in 1949 with a degree in years, graduating in 1987. Visitation will be held one These services have been Bethel AME Church of civil engineering. Upon gradu- Mike graduated from Clem- hour prior to the service from entrusted to Samuels Funeral Wedgefield with Pastor Larry ation, he served in the United son University in 1992 with a 1 to 2 p.m. at the church and Home LLC of Manning. D. Clark officiating. States Air Force and was a B.S. in accounting. other times at the home of his DELAREA B. COLEMAN Interment will follow in veteran of the Korean War. He remained a dedicated mother-in-law, Loretta Turn- Bethel AME Church Ceme- Returning to Sumter, he fan of Clemson sports, espe- er, 3406 Stone Road, Manning. ALCOLU — Delarea Brock- tery, Wedgefield. began a lifelong career in a cially football. He worked as a Memorials may be made to ington Coleman, 70, widow of Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. family business, Sumter Pe- CPA in Atlanta before pursu- Providence Baptist Church Sammie Coleman, died on Main St., is in charge of ar- troleum Company. ing a career in law. Building Fund, 2445 Old Man- Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017, at rangements. During his 65-year business In 2002, Mike earned his J.D. ning Road, Sumter, SC 29150. Carolinas Hospital System, Online memorials may be career, he started numerous cum laude from Indiana Uni- Stephens Funeral Home & Florence. sent to the family at jobsmor- companies including Palmetto versity, where he served as Crematory, 304 N. Church St., She was born on Jan. 8, [email protected], or visit us on Gas Corporation and Sumter managing editor of the Indi- Manning, is in charge of ar- 1947, in Cades, a daughter of the web at www.jobsmortuary. Transport Company. He was ana Law Journal. rangements, (803) 435-2179. the late Otis and Minnie Brad- net. an avid businessman who Mike practiced business law www.stephensfuneralhome.org ley Brockington. ELINOR G. PHILLIPS loved his work and his em- in Charlotte for 15 years, NAOMI CHESTNUT The family is receiving ployees, a trait that earned earning recognition for his ex- friends at the home of her Elinor Gillmeister Phil- him Businessman of the Year. pertise. Before founding Naomi Chestnut, 64, depart- daughter, Felicia Coleman, lips, 88, wife of Chester Ev- He was dedicated to main- GreenSky Law in 2016, he was ed this life on Thursday, Nov. 1459 Barnhill Lane, Alcolu. erett Phillips, died on Fri- taining strong business oppor- a partner with international 23, 2017, at Palmetto Health These services have been day, Nov. 24, 2017, at Cove- tunities in the Sumter com- law firm K&L Gates. He was Tuomey. entrusted to Samuels Funeral nant Place. munity and was a key sup- proud of his involvement in She was born on Aug. 10, Home LLC of Manning. Born in Deutsch-Krone, porter, as well as investor, to pro bono legal work for vari- 1953, in Sumter, a daughter of SHIRLEY PHILLIPS Germany, she was a daughter save plants that Sumter would ous charitable causes. the late Rev. James W. and of the late Johannes Gillmeis- otherwise have lost. He will be He will be remembered as a Lucille Manning Chestnut. On Monday, Nov. 20, 2017, at ter and Adelheid Jeske Gill- remembered for often taking true renaissance man for the The family will be receiving her home, God sent an angel meister. an unusual business approach range of his interests and en- friends at the home, 950 Salt- to the bedside of Shirley Mae She is survived by her hus- and was a mentor to many. thusiasms. An excellent golf- erstown Road, Sumter, SC Miller Phillips and said to her, band of Sumter. Mr. Rumph grew up at First er, Mike qualified as a teach- 29150. you have fought a good fight. She was predeceased by her Presbyterian Church, later ing pro after college. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Shirley then closed her eyes son, Steve Phillips serving as a deacon. He served He enjoyed philosophy, Main St., Sumter, is in charge to rest for her work has been Memorial services will be on numerous boards including writing, and running, and he of arrangements. done. held at 2 p.m. on Thursday in NBSC. He was an original loved the mountains and MARGARET C. WRIGHT Born on May 6, 1939, in the Chapel of Elmore Hill Mc- board member and investor of music. He was an amateur Sumter, she was the daughter Creight Funeral Home. Wilson Hall School. guitarist and named his law Margaret Elizabeth China of Robert and Sally Miller. Online condolences may be Mr. Rumph never lost his firm after a favorite blue Wright, 87, youngest child of She attended the public sent to www.sumterfunerals. love of flying and boating, two grass band. the late Frank and Louise schools of Sumter County and com. interests he acquired while at Exceeding his enjoyment of Bossard China, was born on was a graduate of Lincoln Elmore Hill McCreight Fu- the Citadel. these interests is the love Sept. 22, 1930, in Sumter. She High School, class of 1957. She neral Home & Crematory, 221 He started the Mount Ver- Mike had for his four chil- departed this life on Saturday, attended Bethel AME Church. Broad St,, Sumter, is in charge non Coffee Club in 1957. It dren. Together they enjoyed Nov. 18, 2017. She worked at Pioneer LTD of the arrangements, (803) brought him great joy and trips to the mountains, movie Margaret was united in and Crescent Tools for several 775-9386. some of his closest friends nights, and visits to Mimi and holy wedlock to James years. through the years. Papa’s in Sumter. Wright, who preceded her in She was married to the late He is survived by his sons Mike is survived by his par- death on their 47th wedding Robert A. Phillips and they Scott Winfield Rumph III and ents, Bill and Martha Denny anniversary on Jan. 26, 1996. were blessed with two sons. wife Eileen and their children, of Sumter; his wife Helen Margaret loved the Lord. In Shirley leaves to cherish Sarah Rumph Thomas and Johnson Denny; children, her early youth, she was a her memories her two sons, husband Jason Bart Thomas; Fred, Mary, James, and Mar- member of Beulah AME Reginald Phillips and Stand- Kathryn Rumph Ross and hus- tha Denny, all of Charlotte, Church. Margaret later joined ley O. Phillips; a daughter-in- band Jason Paul Ross of Sum- North Carolina; his sister, St. Mark Seventh-Day Adven- law, Patricia W. Phillips of SAMEL RAGIN ter; Robert Maitland Rumph Leigh Handschumacher tist Church, which is now Sumter; four sisters, Louise SUMMERTON — Samel and wife Evalyn and their chil- (Doug); brother, Scott Denny; Berea Seventh-Day Adventist Miller of Sumter, Geraldine Ragin, 35, died on Friday, Nov. dren, Robert Maitland Rumph nephew, Blake Handschum- Church, under Dr. Calvin B. Allen of Las Vegas, Nevada, 24, 2017, at Palmetto Health Jr. and Molly Belle Rumph of acher; and nieces, Ashley and Rock. Margaret was known Wilma Burch of Jersey City, Tuomey, Sumter. Garden City; daughter Emily Chloe Handschumacher. He is for her big smile and hearty New Jersey, and Aleshia Mill- She was the daughter of Rumph Bourgeois and her also survived by beloved laugh. She loved her family er of Florida; seven grand- Hunsten Baxter Ragin and children, John Rion Bourgeois aunts, Jo Ellen Denny Chris- and friends. She especially children; 11 great-grandchil- Bobby Frierson. She was and wife Sarah Dickson Bour- tianson and Violet Marie Sho- loved the little children. dren; a special care giver, born on Sept. 8, 1982, in Sum- geois of Charlotte, and back, and an uncle, James She leaves to cherish her Chandra Smiling of Sumter; ter. Townsend Bourgeois Kinsler Baker Denny. memories: a son, Edward (Ali- and a host of nieces, nephews, The family is receiving and husband Joshua Lewis Funeral arrangements are cia) Wright of Lawrenceville, other relatives, and friends. friends at the home of her Kinsler of Athens, Georgia. He in the care of McEwen Funer- Georgia; daughters, Genovia The family is receiving rela- mother, 2 Grant Martin St., leaves behind seven great- al Home. China (Wilbur) Richardson of tives and friends at the home Summerton. grandchildren, John Decamp The funeral service will be Washington, D.C., Doris Ann of her son, 5 Neal Street, These services have been “Camp” Kinsler and Margot held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday at Wright Waldon of Sanford, Sumter. entrusted to Samuels Funeral McMillan Kinsler, Carmen Sardis Presbyterian Church, Florida, and Beverly Eliza- Funeral services will be Home LLC of Manning. Grace Thomas, Caleb Graham 6100 Sardis Road, Charlotte, beth Wright of the home; 11 held at 10 a.m.on Tuesday at TIMOTHY MCFADDEN Thomas, Miller Olivia Ross, North Carolina. grandchildren; 13 great- John Wesley Williams Sr. Me- John Pierce “Jack” Bourgeois, Memorials may be sent to grandchildren; one great- morial Chapel, Williams Fu- Timothy McFadden, 46, of Eleanor Broadwell Bourgeois; Lily Pad Haven, lilypad-hav- great-grandchild; one sister- neral Home Inc., 821 N. Main Summerton, died on Friday, sister Nora Jane Throckmor- en.org, a nonprofit organiza- in-law, Chestina Chambers of St., Sumter, with the Rev. Nov. 24, 2017, at Mcleod Medi- ton; and niece Helen Leigh tion that provides housing for Baltimore; dear and best Davie Brown — eulogist — of- cal Center, Florence. Throckmorton. survivors of human traffick- friend, Hattie Mae McCoy of ficiating. He was born on April 19, He was predeceased by his ing, or Sardis Presbyterian Sumter; and a host of neph- The funeral procession will 1971, in Clarendon County, to beloved wife of 63 years, Doro- Church, sardis.org. ews, nieces, cousins and leave from the home at 9:30 the late Jessie John and Rose thy “Dot” Broadwell Rumph; JOHNNY D. WESTMORELAND friends. a.m. Marie Tindal McFadden. and his son Edwin Broadwell Mrs. Wright will be placed Burial was in the Florence Funeral arrangements are Rumph. Johnny Dale Westmoreland, in the church at 12:30 p.m. on National Cemetery, 803 East incomplete and will be an- A memorial service will be 65, husband of Martha Kay Sunday until the hour of ser- National Cemetery Road, nounced at a later date. held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday Turner Westmoreland, died vice. Florence. The family is receiving at First Presbyterian Church on Friday, Nov. 24, 2017, at Funeral services will be These services have been friends at the home, 1283 of Sumter. McLeod Hospice held at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday at entrusted to the Management Rolling Hill Drive, Summer- Honorary pall bearers will House. Berea Seventh Day Adventist and Staff of Williams Funeral ton. be from Mount Vernon Coffee Born on June Church, 675 S. Lafayette Home, Inc., 821 North Main Services have been entrust- Club. 2, 1952, in San- Drive, Sumter, SC 29150, with Street, Sumter. ed in the professional care of The family will receive visi- ford, North Car- Pastor Michael Miller, assist- Online memorial messages King-Fields Mortuary, Sum- tors in the fellowship hall fol- olina, he was a ed by Pastor Marquis Jack- may be sent to the family at merton, 803-485-5039. lowing the service. Interment son of the late son. Interment will follow at [email protected]. WYNDENIA M. NATHAN will be private at Sumter WESTMORE- Jim Larson and Hillside Memorial Park. com. Cemetery. LAND Louise Cotton Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Visit us on the Web at www. VIRGINIA BEACH, Virgin- In lieu of flowers, memori- Westmoreland. Main St., Sumter, is in charge williamsfuneralhomeinc.com. ia — Wyndenia McClary Na- als may be made to Sumter He was a of arrangements. EDWARD D. ANDERSON than, 74, wife of Patrick Na- Salvation Army, 16 Kendrick member of Providence Bap- Online memorials may be than, died on Friday, Nov. 24, St., Sumter, SC 29150, or Wil- tist Church. sent to the family at jobsmor- Edward David Anderson, 2017, at Sentara Princess son Hall School, 520 Wilson He is survived by his wife of [email protected] or visit us on departed this earthly life on Ann, Virginia Beach, Virgin- Hall Road, Sumter, SC 29150. Sumter; a brother, Ray West- the web at www.jobsmortuary. Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017, at ia. Elmore Hill McCreight Fu- moreland (Serena) of Lau- net. Blue Ridge Healthcare, Sum- She’s the daughter of the neral Home & Crematory, 221 rens; two sisters, Peggy Rich ISAAC THOMAS ter. late Frank Henry Rogers and Broad St., Sumter, is in charge (Keith) of Sumter, and Sandy “Ed” as he was called by his Maggie Holston. She was of the arrangements, (803) Slye (Gerry) of The Villages, BISHOPVILLE — Isaac family and friends was born born on July 7, 1943, in Salt- 775-9386. Florida; and several nieces Thomas entered eternal rest on Dec. 2, 1949, in Sumter ers. and nephews. on Nov. 23, 2017, at Regency County, to the late James and The family will receive A funeral service will be Hospital, Florence. Jessie Robinson Anderson. friends, starting Nov. 28, 2017, held at 2 p.m. on Monday at The family is receiving He was married to Doris at 114 N. Church St., Man- Providence Baptist Church friends at 1856 Lucknow Road, Anderson — to this union one ning. with the Rev. Dr. Harold Bishopville. son was born, Edward Ander- These services have been Greene, the Rev. Wayne Funeral arrangements are son Jr. entrusted to Samuels Funeral McElveen and the Rev. Pat incomplete and will be an- Ed leaves to cherish his Home LLC of Manning. THE SUMTER ITEM LOCAL | NATION SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2017 | A13 MEALS FROM PAGE A1

I’m not here to judge anyone by no means.” Robert Hall Sr., associate pastor, said he joined about two months ago. “It’s a diverse group of peo- ple here. There’s different types of people from different churches. … Some people want a large church, some want a small one like here,” he said. He said before Community Church opened its doors, Enon Missionary Baptist Church was the closest to the commu- nity — a little more than a mile north.“We all come from different walks, just like America,” Hall said. He said he likes Community Church over other churches because of how focused the members are on giving back, whether it is to each other or to strangers. “You can always use another place to be friendly around people,” he said. Carrying out missions and good deeds from the Bible is a priority in his beliefs and with the other members, he said. “We try to keep both feet on the ground,” he said, “while our hearts go out to other peo- MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM ple.” Community Church delivered Thanksgiving meals to needy families for the holiday.

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Rumph, and several grand- neighbor and longtime children and great-grand- friend of Mayor Joe children. McElveen. Sears said Rumph was Rumph was a brilliant always meticulous about business man, McElveen his business operating said, who had many ideas within regulations. that were well ahead of the “He always had to deal times. with a lot of regulatory Despite his longtime bat- agencies, and he could use tle with illnesses, Rumph those agencies as referenc- managed to stay positive, es because he always made and, in doing so, encour- sure his companies stayed aged the people around within the law,” Sears said. him to do the same. Though Rumph sold “I always wondered how Sumter Transport in De- he kept on going, but he cember 2015, Sears said he did,” McElveen said. never officially retired. Rumph was passionate “He stayed involved in all about Sumter and making of his businesses,” Sears it a better place for citizens said. and visitors, he said. He was more than just a A memorial service for businessman, he said. Rumph will be held at on “I enjoyed doing business Wednesday at First Presby- with him, and he was a terian Church. great father figure to me,” Sears said. — Jim Hilley and Scott Rumph was also a Adrienne Sarvis

BRUCE MILLS / THE SUMTER ITEM Crown employee Demetrice Pugh feeds sheets into a process drying machine at the Bishopville plant last Store employee week. The linen-processing warehouse opened for business on Nov. 5. killed during alleged LAUNDRY FROM PAGE A1 opening few weeks at the facility have mainly involved training for the new employees, Single- ton said. At some times, management is moving Hospitals, clinics and other health care facili- and adjusting workers to processing machines armed robbery ties have been moving toward outsourcing their that are best suited for them. linen supply and management services during Most of the front-line workers are considered the last decade because of costs and increasing- in the general production category and are cur- FROM STAFF REPORTS before fleeing the store in ly stringent regulations to maintain hygiene, ac- rently in a customary 90-day pro- an unknown direction, cording to industry officials. bationary period, according to Sin- It was unclear if any- states a news release from As a high-volume linen service provider, gleton. thing had been taken from Sumter Police Department. Crown owns the linens — to include bed sheets, Wages there start at $8.50 an the store as of Saturday The employee died as a pillowcases, blankets, scrubs, gowns, wash- hour, but hourly pay can increase morning, according to the result of gunshot wounds. cloths and other items — and rents them to a after the probationary period, and on call public information The coroner’s office was health care facility and subsequently cleans a health care benefits package is officer. notified and has made con- and processes them multiple times per week for MONTGOMERY also offered after 90 days. Authorities are working tact with the victim’s fami- that facility. Singleton said most front-line to identify two men who al- ly. An autopsy has been Given their linen volume, hospitals are workers to date are from Lee and legedly shot and killed a scheduled. Crown’s largest customers. With the opening of Sumter counties. store employee during an Anyone with information the new state-of-the-art laundry processing fa- Dechelle Montgomery from armed robbery at Save- is asked to call Sumter Po- cility, Crown has rerouted some work from its Sumter was unemployed for two Mart Grocery on Manning lice Department at (803) four other Southeast facilities to the Bishopville months before landing the job at Avenue on Friday night. 436-2700. location, according to new warehouse General the beginning of this month with The two men — both Information also can be Manager John Chrobak. SEYMOUR Crown. She said she’s excited with armed and wearing masks given anonymously by call- Five existing large hospital clients along the the opportunity. — entered the store at 6:59 ing Crime Stoppers at state’s coastal counties and Augusta, Georgia, “I like that it’s a new company, and it’s grow- p.m., and one or both of the 1-888-CRIME-SC. A cash re- are now being serviced six days per week from ing,” Montgomery said. “I look forward to ad- men fired handguns in the ward may be available for the new plant in the industrial park, which is at vancing and growing here, and I’m just thank- direction of the employee tips leading to an arrest. Exit 116 off I-20. ful for the opportunity to be working and not With a plant in southern Georgia and previ- unemployed.” ously a depot off Interstate 95 in Walterboro, Cody Seymour, who lives in Bishopville, previ- * Crown already had a good presence in South ously worked in factory jobs in Ohio for about Great rates - no worries Carolina, Chrobak said. nine years before moving to Lee County three In order to grow more business in the Palmet- years ago. Ever since, he said, he’s been trying to to State, the laundry processor needed a facility get into a plant job — with no success. Seymour in the state, Chrobak said, because of federal said he had another job locally, but Crown repre- 1.55% APY* Department of Transportation delivery regula- sented a move-up opportunity for him. tions. “It’s good work, and they’re keeping us busy,” 30-month CD Those laws limit commercial truck drivers to Seymour said. “It’s a great job. It’s slow rolling 11 hours of drive time per day. That works well right now, but they’re getting everything in for deliveries within a 250-mile radius of a place with all the machines and the work. I’ll It’s a beautiful thing. Crown processing facility, according to Chro- work my way from the bottom up, if I need to.” Let me help you choose an FDIC insured bak. Singleton said Crown is not accepting general Certifi cate of Deposit from State Farm “But, when you start hitting that 250-mile production worker applications at this time be- Bank® and watch your money grow. mark or greater, you’re unable to get out and cause it already has a large pool of applications Charles Bostic, Jr. Bank with a good neighbor®. back in time to meet DOT regulations,” Chro- employers are working through from previous CALL ME TODAY FOR MORE bak said. job fairs. However, people can apply after Jan. 1 Bostic Insurance Agency, Inc. 704 Bultman Drive INFORMATION. With the five hospital clients already running directly through their local SC Works employ- Sumter, SC 29150 from the new plant in its initial weeks, Crown ment centers in surrounding counties. Bus: 803-775-8371 TM ramped up hiring quickly. It’s already at 75 em- Crown is always looking for Class A CDL Bank ployees, including about 55 mainline — or front- drivers to apply, according to Singleton. That *Up to FDICFDIC insured limits. Annual Percentage Yields as ooff 1010-3-17.-3-17. Advertised rates are line — workers, according to Chrobak and starting pay range is $17 to $19 per hour, based susubjectbject to cchangehange at tthehe BBank’sank’s didiscretion.scretion. ThThee mminimuminimum bbalancealance requrequiredired to earn tthehe statestatedd Human Resources/Office Manager Tamiko Sin- on experience. APY is $500$500 (rates apply to deposits less than $100,000).$100,000). A penalty may be imposed for gleton. Chrobak, the general manager, said the facili- withdrawalswithdrawals priorprior to maturity.maturity. Being a new industry in an area without an ty could reach 125 employees within four 1001287.31001287.3 SStatetate Farm Bank, F.F.S.B.,S.B., Bloomington, IILL existing employer with a similar operation, the months. 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MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM Clemson cornerback Ryan Carter steps into the end zone following a 12-yard interception return of a Jake Bentley pass in the first quarter of the Tigers’ 34-10 victory over South Carolina on Saturday at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia. No. 3 Clemson dominant against Gamecocks once again, win 34-10

BY DENNIS BRUNSON been spinning the vocals of a young entering the game, led 20-0 at halftime burgh on Friday. Clemson will meet [email protected] Britney Spears. and went up 34-0 before finishing with Miami in the Atlantic Coast Confer- Though not nearly as bad as the Ti- a 34-10 triumph. ence championship game on Satur- COLUMBIA — If the football game gers’ 56-7 beatdown of USC last year The Tigers improved to 11-1 on day. between Clemson and South Carolina in Death Valley, the Gamecocks’ vow the season and will likely move into USC, fell to 8-4 and had a 3-game on Saturday had been played at Me- of “Never again” rang hollow at Wil- the top spot in the CFP after No. 1 winning streak snapped. morial Stadium in Clemson, one has liams-Brice Stadium. Clemson, ranked Alabama’s loss to Auburn on Satur- to think the stadium DJ would have third in the College Football Playoff day and No. 2 Miami’s loss to Pitts- SEE BOWL, PAGE B4

CLEMSON FOOTBALL USC FOOTBALL Tigers likely earned way into CFP No. 1 with victory over Carolina

BY EDDIE LITAKER Special to The Sumter Item

COLUMBIA — Clemson, No. 3 in the College Football Play- off, took the field on Saturday just after No. 1 Alabama had lost to Auburn 26-14. The Ti- gers’ 34-10 win over No. 24 MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM South Carolina likely pro- South Carolina tight end Hayden Hurst (81) has the ball go off pelled the Tigers to the top spot his hands while Clemson linebackers Kendall Joseph (34) and in the next CFP poll, with a J.D. Davis (33) pursue him in the Tigers’ 34-10 victory over South meeting against No. 2 Miami Carolina on Saturday at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia. (FL) awaiting in the Atlantic Coast Conference champion- ship game, Miami is likely to fall after Early running success suffering a 24-14 upset loss on THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Friday at Pittsburgh. Clemson and Alabama have Clemson running back Travis Etienne (9) takes a handoff from quarter- back Kelly Bryant (2) during the Tigers’ 34-10 victory over South Caro- slips away from Carolina played each other in the CFP national championship game lina on Saturday at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia. the past two seasons, with Al- BY DENNIS BRUNSON 51 yards on nine carries abama winning after the 2015 programs have had a streak seasons in their history, so [email protected] and trailed just 7-0 as they season and Clemson following of at least seven 10-win sea- half of them have come in the were having success run- the 2016 season. sons. The record for consecu- last seven years under head COLUMBIA – South Car- ning the ball up the middle SEVEN STRAIGHT 10-WIN tive 10-win seasons is 14 in a coach Dabo Swinney. olina ran the football with against the Tigers’ stout SEASONS row set by Bobby Bowden’s ROLLING WITH THE TIDE a modicum of success in defensive front. Florida State Seminoles (1987- the first quarter of its 34-10 That was about as good Clemson now has a streak 00). Alabama is the only other Clemson has an 80-14 record football loss to No. 3 Clem- as it got for USC though. of seven consecutive seasons program with an active streak over the last seven years, and son on Saturday at Wil- They only had 57 yards on of at least 10 wins. That is tied of at least seven straight 10- only Alabama has a better re- liams-Brice Stadium in Co- 16 carries at the end of the for the sixth-longest streak in win seasons. lumbia. FBS history and only nine The Tigers have 14 10-win SEE CLEMSON, PAGE B4 The Gamecocks ran for SEE USC, PAGE B4

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L.A. Chargers 5 6 0 .455 249 202 Carson-Newman 79, Lee 56 SCOREBOARD Oakland 4 6 0 .400 204 247 Central Penn 70, Cumberlands 68 SPORTS ITEMS Denver 3 7 0 .300 183 259 Clayton St. 83, King (Tenn.) 68 TV, RADIO Denver 60, St. Francis Brooklyn 50 NATIONAL CONFERENCE E. Kentucky 99, Asbury 71 TODAY East ETSU 83, Fort Wayne 73 7:30 a.m. — Formula One Racing: Abu Dhabi Emory & Henry 98, William Peace 83 Spieth shoots 70, doesn’t Grand Prix (NBC SPORTS NETWORK, W L T Pct PF PA Fort Valley St. 92, Kentucky St. 75 UNIVISION). Philadelphia 9 1 0 .900 320 188 Furman 78, Northeastern 67 7:30 a.m. — International Tennis: Davis Cup Dallas 5 6 0 .455 248 270 Georgetown 82, Richmond 76 Rubbers 4 and 5 — France vs. Belgium Washington 5 6 0 .455 258 276 Jackson St. 75, Omaha 73 do much moving at (TENNIS). N.Y. Giants 2 9 0 .182 172 267 Johnson C. Smith 81, West Georgia 68 9 a.m. — International Soccer: English South LSU-Alexandria 84, Benedictine 66 Premier League Match — Arsenal vs. Lees-McRae 92, Bluefield St. 87 Burnley (CNBC). W L T Pct PF PA Liberty 96, Toccoa Falls 50 9:30 a.m. — International Soccer: New Orleans 8 2 0 .800 302 196 Lindsey Wilson 65, Warren Wilson 44 Australian Open Bundesliga League Match — Hoffenheim Carolina 7 3 0 .700 213 180 Loyola of Chicago 75, Kent St. 60 vs. Hamburg (FOX SPORTS 1). Atlanta 6 4 0 .600 231 210 Maryland 80, New Mexico 65 10:55 a.m. — International Soccer: Tampa Bay 4 6 0 .400 203 228 McNeese St. 103, Southern NO 79 Manchester City vs. Huddersfiled (NBC North Memphis 76, N. Kentucky 74 SYDNEY — Defending The Cornhuskers fin- SPORTS NETWORK). Miami 86, North Florida 65 Noon — College Basketball: AdvoCare W L T Pct PF PA Radford 69, James Madison 68 champion Jordan Spieth ished the season 4-8 after Invitational Third-Place Game from Lake Minnesota 9 2 0 .818 271 195 Rhodes 141, Howard Payne 107 never looked like getting a 56-14 loss at home to Buena Vista, Fla. (ESPNU). Detroit 6 5 0 .545 294 264 SC-Aiken 91, Chowan 76 Noon — International Soccer: Bundesliga Green Bay 5 5 0 .500 204 230 SC-Upstate 88, Abilene Christian 78 on track for a move up Iowa on Friday. The four League Match — Hertha Berlin vs. Cologne Chicago 3 7 0 .300 174 221 SE Louisiana 73, MVSU 59 the leaderboard on Satur- wins were the program’s (FOX SPORTS 1, UNIVISION). West Tennessee Tech 90, Md.-Eastern Shore 60 1 p.m. — NFL Football: Miami at New Union (Ky.) 74, WVU Tech 67 day, shooting a 1-under 70 fewest since going 3-6-1 in England (WLTX 19). W L T Pct PF PA Utah St. 77, New Hampshire 63 to leave himself a daunt- 1961. 1 p.m. — NFL Football: Carolina at New York L.A. Rams 7 3 0 .700 303 186 Virginia Tech 96, Morehead St. 63 Jets (WACH 57, WWFN-FM 100.1, WPUB-FM Seattle 6 4 0 .600 242 199 Virginia-Wise 106, Lincoln Memorial 75 ing task to win his third UCF Scott Frost, the 102.7). Arizona 4 6 0 .400 176 254 Australian Open in four quarterback on the 1997 1 p.m. — College Basketball: Phil Knight San Francisco 1 9 0 .100 174 260 MIDWEST Invitational Motion Bracket Third-Place Wis.-River Falls 68, Hamline 60 years. Nebraska team that split Game from Portland, Ore. (ESPN). THURSDAY’S GAMES His 54-hole total of the national champion- 1 p.m. — College Basketball: Phil Knight Minnesota 30, Detroit 23 SOUTHWEST Invitational Victory Bracket Fifth-Place L.A. Chargers 28, Dallas 6 Robert Morris 78, UALR 64 2-under 211 will likely ship with Michigan, is the Game from Portland, Ore. (ESPN2). Washington 20, N.Y. Giants 10 Texas Tech 103, Savannah St. 69 leave him about eight popular choice of the 1 p.m. — NHL Hockey: Nashville at Carolina Tulsa 92, Cent. Arkansas 72 TODAY’S GAMES strokes behind the lead- fans to replace Riley. (FOX SPORTSOUTH). FAR WEST 1 p.m. — Professional Basketball: NBA Tennessee at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. ers by the end of the Riley was 19-19 and lost G-League Game — Greensboro at Maine Carolina at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. C. of Charleston 55, Alaska-Anchorage 46 (NBA TV). Cleveland at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Sam Houston St. 73, Santa Clara 59 round, the same as when 12 of the last 18. Nebras- 2 p.m. — College Basketball: AdvoCare Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 1 p.m. he started. ka had losing records two Invitational Third-Place Game from Lake Miami at New England, 1 p.m. Buena Vista, Fla. (ESPNU). Buffalo at Kansas City, 1 p.m. PGA SCORES Spieth bogeyed the of Riley’s three seasons. 3 p.m. — College Basketball: Phil Knight Chicago at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Emirates Australian Open fourth hole after three Invitational Victory Bracket Seattle at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m. By The Associated Press CHIP KELLY RETURNS TO COL- Third-Place Game from Portland, Ore. (ESPN). Jacksonville at Arizona, 4:25 p.m. Saturday pars to open his round. LEGE COACHING WITH UCLA 3 p.m. — College Basketball: Phil Knight Denver at Oakland, 4:25 p.m. At The Australian Golf Club Rosebery He got that shot back Invitational Motion Bracket New Orleans at L.A. Rams, 4:25 p.m. Sydney Fifth-Place Game from Portland, Ore. (ESPN2). Green Bay at Pittsburgh, 8:30 p.m. Purse: $1.25 million with a birdie on the par-4 UCLA says it has hired 3 p.m. — College Basketball: Houston Yardage: 7,239; Par: 71 sixth, then needed putts Chip Kelly as its coach, Baptist at Oklahoma State (FOX SPORTS MONDAY’S GAMES Third Round SOUTHEAST). Houston at Baltimore, 8:30 p.m. a-amateur of 12 feet and three feet to bringing the former Ore- 4 p.m. — Figure Skating: Grand Prix Skate Jason Day, Australia 66-68-69—203 save par on the next two gon coach back to the America from Lake Placid, N.Y. — Women’s THURSDAY, NOV. 30 Lucas Herbert, Australia 67-66-71—204 Free Skate (WIS 10). Washington at Dallas, 8:25 p.m. Jonas Blixt, Sweden 68-72-66—206 holes. Pac-12 after he tried his 4 p.m. — College Basketball: California- Matt Jones, Australia 71-67-68—206 Riverside at Michigan (FOX SPORTS 1). SUNDAY, DEC. 3 Cameron Smith, Australia 69-69-69—207 He hit wayward tee hand in the NFL. 4: 25 p.m. — NFL Football: New Orleans at Tampa Bay at Green Bay, 1 p.m. Rhein Gibson, Australia 72-68-68—208 shots on the final three Kelly went 46-7 in four Washington (WLTX 19). Minnesota at Atlanta, 1 p.m. Anthony Quayle, Australia 67-69-72—208 5 p.m. — College Basketball: The Wooden San Francisco at Chicago, 1 p.m. a-Takumi Kanaya, Japan 71-73-65—209 holes of the front nine, seasons (2009-12) leading Legacy Third-Place Game from Fullerton, Detroit at Baltimore, 1 p.m. Mark Brown, New Zealand 72-70-67—209 bogeying the ninth for a the Ducks, including Calif. (ESPNU). Denver at Miami, 1 p.m. a-Matias Sanchez, Australia 71-70-68—209 5 p.m. — College Basketball: Temple at La Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. Matthew Guyatt, Australia 68-72-69—209 1-over 36. On the back, he reaching the BCS champi- Salle (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). Houston at Tennessee, 1 p.m. Cameron Davis, Australia 63-72-74—209 birdied the par-5 14th to onship game after the 6 p.m. — CFL Football: Grey Cup from Kansas City at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. James Marchesani, Aus. 73-70-67—210 Ottawa, Ontario — Calgary vs. Toronto New England at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Craig Parry, Australia 73-67-70—210 get back to even par on 2010 season. He won the (ESPN2). Cleveland at L.A. Chargers, 4:05 p.m. Jason Scrivener, Australia 69-70-71—210 the day, then added a tap- Pac-12 three times and 6 p.m. — College Basketball: Illinois Carolina at New Orleans, 4:25 p.m. Dale Brandt-Richards, Aus. 73-66-71—210 (Chicago) at Kentucky (SEC NETWORK). L.A. Rams at Arizona, 4:25 p.m. Also in birdie on the 18th. helped revolutionize of- 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Phil Knight N.Y. Giants at Oakland, 4:25 p.m. Jordan Spieth, United States 70-71-70—211 When Spieth won his fense in college football Invitational Victory Bracket Seventh-Place Philadelphia at Seattle, 8:30 p.m. Kramer Hickok, United States 69-73-71—213 Game from Portland, Ore. (ESPNU). first Australian Open in with his spread, no-hud- MONDAY, DEC. 4 Mikko Ilonen, Finland 73-68-73—214 7 p.m. — Women’s Professional Tennis: Mike Miller, United States 75-68-72—215 2014, he shot a then- dle offense. Hawaii Open Singles Championship Match Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 8:30 p.m. Rod Pampling, Australia 68-74-73—215 (TENNIS). Adam Bland, Australia 69-72-74—215 course record 63 in the UCLA fired Jim Mora 8:20 p.m. — NFL Football: Green Bay at Geoff Ogilvy, Australia 69-73-76—218 final round at The Aus- last Sunday with a game Pittsburgh (WIS 10, WWFN-FM 100.1, NBA STANDINGS a-Charles Reiter, U.S.A. 75-69-75—219 WNKT-FM 107.5). By The Associated Press Nick O’Hern, Australia 70-74-76—220 tralian to win by six left. The Bruins (6-6) com- 8:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Phil Knight All Times EST Invitational Victory Bracket Championship shots. pleted their regular sea- Game from Portland, Ore. (ESPN). EASTERN CONFERENCE PGA STATISTICS YAS SPARTANS SEEK SUPPORT son on Friday night, 9:30 p.m. — College Basketball: AdvoCare Invitational Championship Game from Atlantic Division By The Associated Press FOR CHAMPIONSHIP GAME reaching bowl eligibility. Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (ESPN2). W L Pct GB Through Nov. 19 TRIP In between, UCLA offi- 9:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Phil Knight FedExCup Season Points Boston 17 3 .850 — Invitational Motion Bracket Seventh-Place 1, Patton Kizzire, 659.036. 2, Pat Perez, The Youth Athletics of cials moved quickly to Toronto 11 7 .611 5 Game from Portland, Ore. (ESPNU). 645.833. 3, Austin Cook, 562.889. 4, Brendan Philadelphia 10 7 .588 5½ Sumter Spartans Pee Wee land Kelly, who was also 10:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Phil Knight Steele, 556.250. 5, Patrick Cantlay, 555.200. New York 10 8 .556 6 Invitational Motion Bracket Championship 6, Justin Rose, 550.000. 7, Justin Thomas, football team is seeking being courted by Florida. Brooklyn 6 12 .333 10 Game from Portland, Ore. (ESPN). 548.000. 8, Chesson Hadley, 458.000. 9, Tony financial support and He went 28-35 with Phil- Midnight — College Basketball: The Wooden Southeast Division Finau, 452.500. 10, J.J. Spaun, 426.867. Legacy Championship Game from W L Pct GB Scoring Average sponsors from the com- adelphia and San Fran- Fullerton, Calif. (ESPN2). 1, Rickie Fowler, 67.211. 2, Kevin Kisner, Washington 10 8 .556 — munity to play in the Pop cisco from 2013-16, includ- 3:30 a.m. — College Basketball: Northern 67.954. 3, Justin Rose, 68.208. 4 (tie), Henrik Miami 9 9 .500 1 Kentucky at Memphis (SEC NETWORK). Stenson, Dustin Johnson and Brooks Warner National Champi- ing 2-14 in 2016 with the Charlotte 8 10 .444 2 Koepka, 68.708. 7, Cameron Smith, 69.071. MONDAY Orlando 8 11 .421 2½ 8, Brian Harman, 69.196. 9, Chesson onship to be held Dec. 1-9 49ers. Atlanta 4 15 .211 6½ 6:05 p.m. — Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY- Hadley, 69.219. 10, Patton Kizzire, 69.340. at Disney ESPN Wide ENOUGH ELIGIBLE TEAMS TO Central Division Driving Distance FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). World of Sports in Orlan- FILL ALL BOWL SPOTS 7 p.m. — College Basketball: South Carolina W L Pct GB 1, Tony Finau, 336.6. 2, Scott Strohmeyer, at Florida International (CBS SPORTS 332.6. 3, Jim Knous, 329.3. 4, Brendan do, Fla. NETWORK, WDXY-FM 105.9, WNKT-FM 107.5, Detroit 12 6 .667 — Steele, 327.8. 5, Patrick Cantlay, 324.0. 6, WDXY-AM 1240). Cleveland 12 7 .632 ½ Trey Mullinax, 323.0. 7, J.B. Holmes, 322.8. 8, The team has set up a There will be enough 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Maryland at Indiana 11 8 .579 1½ Bubba Watson, 322.3. 9, Grayson Murray, GOFUNDME page at bowl eligible teams to fill Syracuse (ESPN2). Milwaukee 9 8 .529 2½ 320.9. 10, Kevin Tway, 318.7. https://www.gofundme. 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Alabama State Chicago 3 14 .176 8½ Driving Accuracy Percentage all the spots this year. at Cincinnati (ESPNU). WESTERN CONFERENCE 1, Jung-gon Hwang, 85.71%. 2, Prayad com/sumter-pee-wee-road- Temple’s 43-22 victory 8 p.m. — College Basketball: Eastern Illinois Marksaeng, 83.93%. 3 (tie), Kyle Stanley to-disney. at Marquette (FOX SPORTS 1). Southwest Division and John Oda, 80.95%. 5, Brandt Snedeker, over Tulsa on Saturday 8:15 p.m. — NFL Football: Houston at W L Pct GB 78.57%. 6, Branden Grace, 77.98%. 7, K.J. Prior to going to Orlan- made the Owls the 77th Baltimore (ESPN, WWFN-FM 100.1, WNKT- Choi, 77.86%. 8, Brian Harman, 77.38%. 3 FM 107.5). Houston 14 4 .778 — Tied With Henrik Stenson, 76.79%. do, the Spartans will trav- eligible team. There are 8:30 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Dallas at San San Antonio 11 7 .611 3 Greens in Regulation Percentage el to Virginia Beach, Va., spots for 78 FBS teams in Antonio (NBA TV). New Orleans 11 8 .579 3½ 1, Michael Thompson, 81.25%. 2, Brendan 9 p.m. — College Basketball: Wisconsin at Memphis 7 11 .389 7 Steele, 80.56%. 3 (tie), Bernd Wiesberger to play the Cleveland bowls this season, and Virginia (ESPN2). Dallas 4 15 .211 10½ and Brooks Koepka, 79.17%. 5 (tie), Rafa Northwest Division Cabrera Bello and Kyle Stanley, 78.70%. 7, Rams from Clayton, N.C., the winner of Saturday Brian Harman, 78.24%. 6 Tied With Henrik in the region champion- night’s game between PREP FOOTBALL SCORES W L Pct GB Stenson, 77.78%. Minnesota 11 8 .579 — Total Driving ship game on Saturday. Colorado (5-6) and Utah SCHSL Portland 11 8 .579 — 1, Brendan Steele, 70. 2, Ollie For more information, (5-6) will also become eli- Denver 11 8 .579 — Schniederjans, 75. 3, Byeong Hun An, 79. 4, contact Ivan Sanders at gible. SEMIFINALS Oklahoma City 8 10 .444 2½ Morgan Hoffmann, 84. 5, Bud Cauley, 88. 6 Utah 8 11 .421 3 (tie), Rod Pampling and Josh Teater, 93. 8, (803) 464-8453. In fact, there will 5A Pacific Division Keegan Bradley, 109. 9, Carlos Ortiz, 110. 10, Gary Woodland, 121. NEBRASKA FIRES MIKE RILEY probably be more eligi- Upper State W L Pct GB SG: Putting AFTER 4-8 SEASON ble teams than there’s Dorman 14, Gaffney 10 Golden State 14 5 .737 — 1, Wyndham Clark, 1.916. 2, Braden Lower State L.A. Lakers 8 11 .421 6 Thornberry, 1.355. 3, Brian Harman, 1.321. 4 room for. Florida State Dutch 24, Fort Dorchester 14 L.A. Clippers 6 11 .353 7 , Graeme McDowell, 1.316. 5, Scott LINCOLN, Neb. — Ne- (5-6) and New Mexico 4A Phoenix 7 13 .350 7½ Strohmeyer, 1.298. 6, Nicholas Lindheim, Sacramento 5 13 .278 8½ 1.292. 7, Jim Knous, 1.255. 8, Emiliano Grillo, braska has fired coach State (5-6) can become Upper State 1.249. 9, Bud Cauley, 1.090. 10 , Jonathan South Pointe 67, Greer 21 FRIDAY’S GAMES Randolph, 1.086. Mike Riley after three bowl eligible by winning Lower State Portland 127, Brooklyn 125 Birdie Average seasons in which he was next week, and there are Hartsville 37, Hartsville 20 Atlanta 116, New York 104 1, Justin Rose, 5.75. 2 (tie), Dustin Johnson, unable to return the a couple other teams 3A Boston 118, Orlando 103 Rickie Fowler and Hyun-woo Ryu, 5.50. 5 Cleveland 100, Charlotte 99 (tie), Phil Mickelson and Brooks Koepka, Cornhuskers to national still with chances to Upper State Detroit 99, Oklahoma City 98 5.25. 7, Cameron Smith, 5.13. 8 (tie), Henrik prominence let alone Chapman 48, Emerald 14 Indiana 107, Toronto 104 Stenson, Justin Thomas and Alexander reach six wins in games Lower State Miami 109, Minnesota 97 Levy, 5.00. make them a factor in the Saturday. Dillon 42, Brookland-Cayce 7 Denver 104, Memphis 92 Eagles (Holes per) 1 (tie), Seung-Yul Noh, Big Ten. So assuming no eligible 2A New Orleans 115, Phoenix 91 Bernd Wiesberger and Richard T. Lee, 36.0. Golden State 143, Chicago 94 4, Justin Thomas, 48.0. 5, Tony Finau, 57.6. Athletic director Bill team turns down a bowl Upper State 6, Stewart Cink, 63.0. 19 Tied With Phil Abbeville 20, Saluda 15 SATURDAY’S GAMES Mickelson, 72.0. Moos announced Riley’s bid, there will be no five- Lower State Orlando at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Sand Save Percentage dismissal Saturday. Riley Bamberg-Ehrhardt 23, Barnwell 3 win teams going to bowls Portland at Washington, 7 p.m. 1 (tie), Luke Donald, Richard Sterne, Rickie was under contract this season. 1A San Antonio at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Fowler and Poom Saksansin, 100.00%. 5, Toronto at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Matthew Fitzpatrick, 85.71%. 6, Hideto Upper State through February 2021 Boston at Indiana, 8 p.m. Tanihara, 83.33%. 7, Cameron Percy, From staff and wire re- Lamar 35, Ridge Spring-Monetta 14 New York at Houston, 8 p.m. 81.82%. 8 (tie), Tim Herron and Fabrizio and is due a buyout of Lower State New Orleans at Golden State, 8:30 p.m. Zanotti, 80.00%. 10, David Skinns, 77.78%. more than $6.6 million. ports Baptist Hill 54, C.E. Murray 13 Oklahoma City at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. All-Around Ranking Championships Milwaukee at Utah, 9 p.m. 1, Brendan Steele, 347. 2, Kevin Kisner, 378. Saturday L.A. Clippers at Sacramento, 10 p.m. 3, Rickie Fowler, 439. 4, Chesson Hadley, PREP BASKETBALL SCHEDULE At Williams-Brice Stadium 491. 5, Zach Johnson, 500. 6, Tony Finau, In Columbia TODAY’S GAMES 562. 7, Luke Donald, 581. 8, Ollie MONDAY Robert E. Lee (at Gamecock Lanes), 5 5A Miami at Chicago, 3:30 p.m. Schniederjans, 606. 9, Patrick Cantlay, 621. p.m. Phoenix at Minnesota, 3:30 p.m. 10, Danny Lee, 632. Varsity Basketball Dutch Fork vs. Dorman, noon Brooklyn at Memphis, 6 p.m. Oceanside Collegiate at Scott’s THURSDAY 4A Monday’s Games Branch, 6 p.m. Varsity Basketball Cleveland at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. FCS PLAYOFFS Hartsville vs. South Pointe, 6:30 p.m. Varsity and JV Basketball Lakewood at Sumter, 6 p.m. Orlando at Indiana, 7 p.m. By The Associated Press Thomas Sumter at Laurence Laurence Manning in Trinity-Byrnes Detroit at Boston, 7:30 p.m. All Times EST 3A Manning, 4 p.m. Tournament, TBA Portland at New York, 7:30 p.m. First Round Dillon vs. Chapman, 3 p.m. Brooklyn at Houston, 8 p.m. Junior Varsity Basketball Junior Varsity Basketball Friday Saturday, Nov. 25 Dallas at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Sumter at Hartsville, 6 p.m. At Charlie W. Johnson Stadium Furman 28, Elon 27 Lee Central at Crestwood, 6 p.m. L.A. Lakers at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. Lakewood at Lee Central, 6 p.m. In Columbia Stony Brook 59, Lehigh 29 JV and B Team Basketball Sacramento at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. New Hampshire 14, CCSU 0 Varsity Bowling Camden Military at Wilson Hall, 5 Kennesaw St. 28, Samford 17 2A TUESDAY’S GAMES Wilson Hall, Laurence Manning at p.m. (Boys Only) South Dakota 38, Nicholls 31 Bamberg-Ehrhardt vs. Abbeville, 5 p.m. Miami at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Thomas Sumter (at Gamecock Middle School Basketball Weber State 21, Western Illinois 19 Lanes), 5 p.m. 1A Phoenix at Chicago, 8 p.m. Monmouth (NJ) (9-2) at Northern Iowa (7- Ronald E. McNair at Lee Central, 5:30 Washington at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Baptist Hill vs. Lamar, 8 p.m. 4), 5 p.m. TUESDAY p.m. Denver at Utah, 10 p.m. San Diego (9-2) at Northern Arizona (7-4), 8 Milwaukee at Sacramento, 10 p.m. p.m. Varsity Basketball FRIDAY Second Round Hartsville at Sumter, 6 p.m. Varsity Basketball NFL STANDINGS Saturday, Dec. 2 Lakewood at Lee Central, 6 p.m. By The Associated Press COLLEGE BASKETBALL Stony Brook (10-2) at James Madison (11- East Clarendon at Manning, 6:30 p.m. Lee Central at Crestwood, 6 p.m. Manning at C.E. Murray, 6:30 p.m. All Times EST Saturday’s College Basketball Scores 0), 2 p.m. Sumter Christian at Calvary Christian East Clarendon at Lake City, 6 p.m. By The Associated Press Kennesaw State (11-1) at Jacksonville (Boys Only), 4 p.m. AMERICAN CONFERENCE Laurence Manning in Trinity-Byrnes State (10-1), 2 p.m. Varsity and JV Basketball EAST Furman (8-4) at Wofford (9-2), 2 p.m. Tournament, TBA East Wilson Hall at Heathwood Hall, 4 Emmanuel Christian at Sumter Albany (NY) 78, Holy Cross 62 Monmouth (NJ)-Northern Iowa winner at W L T Pct PF PA p.m. Christian (Boys Only), 4 p.m. American U. 69, VMI 64 South Dakota State (9-2), 3 p.m. Laurence Manning at Pinewood Prep, New England 8 2 0 .800 290 203 Varsity and JV Basketball BYU 68, UMass 66 New Hampshire (8-4) at Central Arkansas 4 p.m. Buffalo 5 5 0 .500 208 250 Colgate 77, Columbia 71 (10-1), 3 p.m. Thomas Sumter at Pee Dee, 4 p.m. Wilson Hall at Pinewood Prep, 4 p.m. Miami 4 6 0 .400 157 254 Delaware St. 68, Georgian Court 55 South Dakota (8-4) at Sam Houston State Williamsburg at Clarendon Hall, 4 Varsity Wrestling N.Y. Jets 4 6 0 .400 201 222 Marywood 74, Wilkes 64 (10-1), 3 p.m. p.m. Sumter in Irmo Individual, 6 p.m. Minnesota 89, Alabama 84 San Diego-Northern Arizona winner at South Sumter in Southern Slam (at NJ City 77, Farmingdale 71 North Dakota State (10-1), 3:30 p.m. B Team Basketball Eastside High in Greenville), 6 p.m. W L T Pct PF PA NJIT 65, Drexel 53 Weber State (10-2) at Southern Utah (9-2), Wilson Hall at Heathwood Hall, 4 Jacksonville 7 3 0 .700 245 141 Pittsburgh 80, Lehigh 68 8 p.m. p.m. SATURDAY Tennessee 6 4 0 .600 222 253 S. Vermont 101, Castleton 84 Quarterfinals Varsity Wrestling Houston 4 6 0 .400 267 262 Friday, Dec. 8 Varsity Basketball Scranton 85, King’s (Pa.) 79 Sumter, Cardinal Newman at Irmo, 6 Indianapolis 3 7 0 .300 179 280 TBD Siena 85, Hofstra 76 p.m. Laurence Manning in Trinity-Byrnes North Vermont 79, Yale 73 Saturday, Dec. 9 Tournament, TBA W. Carolina 82, Alabama A&M 72 TBD WEDNESDAY Varsity and JV Basketball W L T Pct PF PA Wilmington (Del.) 78, Wes Chestert 61 Semifinals Pittsburgh 8 2 0 .800 227 165 Friday, Dec. 15 Varsity Basketball Crestwood at Sumter, 3 p.m. Baltimore 5 5 0 .500 213 171 SOUTH TBD, 8 p.m. Edisto at Manning, 6 p.m. Lee Central at Lakewood, 3 p.m. Mullins at East Clarendon, 6 p.m. Cincinnati 4 6 0 .400 169 199 Alcorn St. 103, Concordia-Selma 56 Saturday, Dec. 16 Junior Varsity Basketball Cleveland 0 10 0 .000 150 259 TBD, 4:30 p.m. Varsity Wrestling Bethel (Tenn.) 105, Wayland Baptist 71 Sumter at Lakewood, 6 p.m. West Bethune-Cookman 95, Florida College 67 Championship Sumter in Irmo Individual, TBA Bowie St. 91, Augusta 80 Saturday, Jan. 6 Varsity Bowling Sumter in Southern Slam (at W L T Pct PF PA Bowling Green 78, Campbell 72 At Toyota Stadium Wilson Hall, Laurence Manning vs. Eastside High in Greenville), TBA Kansas City 6 4 0 .600 262 220 Campbellsville 101, Brescia 70 Frisco, Texas THE SUMTER ITEM SPORTS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2017 | B3

COLLEGE FOOTBALL COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP Furman edges Elon 28-27 in opening game of FCS playoffs

ELON, N.C. — P.J. Blaze- Fromm threw scoring jowski threw two touch- passes of 21 yards to Javon down passes to Andy Wims and 78 yards to Ahkil Schumpert, Donavan Per- Crumpton. ryman blocked a potential The win gives Georgia game-tying extra point (11-1, No. 7 CFP) momen- with 11 minutes left, and tum for next week’s South- Furman edged Elon 28-27 eastern Conference cham- on Saturday in the open- pionship game against the ing game of the FCS play- winner of Saturday’s game offs. between No. 1 Alabama Furman (8-4) dropped a and No. 6 Auburn. 34-31 contest to Elon on VANDERBILT 42 Sept. 9 during a three-game TENNESSEE 24 losing streak to start the season, but the Paladins KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) advanced to play seventh- — Vanderbilt’s Ralph Webb THE ASSOCIATED PRESS seeded Wofford (9-2) next ended his career as the Auburn running back Kerryon Johnson (21) reaches over the goal line for the go-ahead touchdown Saturday. sixth-leading rusher in against Alabama during the Iron Bowl on Saturday in Auburn, Alabama. Auburn won 26-14 to earn a spot Schumpert tied it at 7 on Southeastern Conference in the SEC Championship Game on Saturday in a rematch with Georgia. a 6-yard grab early in the history. second quarter and it was He may prefer to be 14-7 three minutes later on known as the guy who his 70-yarder. Antonio Wil- helped change the direc- No. 6 Auburn tops No. 1 Alabama cox tied it at 21 for Furman tion of the Vanderbilt-Ten- on a 14-yard run and Blaze- nessee rivalry. jowski’s 1-yard touchdown Webb ran for 163 yards 26-14, earns SEC title game shot run made it 28-21 on the and two touchdowns in his first play of the fourth final college game Satur- quarter. day as Vanderbilt whipped AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Au- made a rare assortment of he nor the Tide offense ever De’Sean McNair opened Tennessee 42-24 to beat the burn fans blanketed the field mistakes for a team that had really seemed to get going. the scoring with a 26-yard Volunteers for the fourth from end zone to end zone just appeared to be headed toward Alabama had a devastating touchdown run and he time in the last six years. like the last time they got to a shot at a fourth consecutive sequence after Auburn took capped the scoring with a Vanderbilt had gone 1-28 celebrate a stirring Iron Bowl SEC title and playoff berth . the lead late in the third on 28-yarder with 11:26 re- against Tennessee from win. Alabama coach Nick Saban Johnson’s 1-yard run. maining in the game, but 1983-2011. This time, Jarrett Stidham, said his team still deserves a Trevon Diggs’ 55-yard re- Owen Johnson’s extra- (3) OKLAHOMA 59 Kerryon Johnson and No. 6 playoff shot after playing for turn set the Tide up for a po- point kick was blocked by WEST VIRGINIA 31 Auburn didn’t need a miracu- the national title the past two tential go-ahead score, and a Perryman. lous final play to unleash the years and scarcely getting pass interference against Au- It was the first PAT block NORMAN, Okla. — celebration. It was a build up challenged this season. burn helped. Hale Hentges by Furman since Ira Mc- Baker Mayfield began the to the crescendo as the Tigers “I don’t think one game de- nearly caught a tipped pass in Cune’s on Aug. 31, 2013. week with tears and an beat top-ranked Alabama in a fines who you are,” Saban the end zone but replay over- (8) OHIO STATE 31 apology. dominating 26-14 win Satur- said. “It certainly doesn’t de- turned the touchdown call. MICHIGAN 20 He ended it as he so often day. Auburn earned a berth in fine this team for who they Then the Tide botched a has — by celebrating a vic- next week’s Southeastern are. I’m sorry that I could not field goal attempt with a bad ANN ARBOR, Mich. tory. Conference title game against do a better job as a coach and snap. (AP) — Dwayne Haskins The Oklahoma quarter- No. 7 Georgia. as a leader.” Alabama had two straight replaced injured star J.T. back passed for 281 yards The Tigers, an after thought Auburn’s Johnson delivered botched snaps on a promising Barrett in the third quar- and three touchdowns earlier this season, now have a jump pass for a touchdown drive in the fourth quarter, ter and led No. 8 Ohio after being punished for their sights set on one of the and ran 30 times for 104 yards failing to make good on a do- State from behind to beat directing a lewd gesture four playoff spots. And Au- before leaving in the fourth over after an Auburn penalty Michigan 31-20 Saturday toward the Kansas bench burn coach Gus Malzahn quarter with a right shoulder on the second. for the Buckeyes’ sixth last week, and the third- made it clear his two-loss injury. THE TAKEAWAY straight win in the storied ranked Sooners routed squad deserves a shot. One of Malzahn said after the game rivalry. West Virginia 59-31 on Sat- his team’s two defeats was to Johnson has “a shoulder Alabama: Didn’t play with The Buckeyes (10-2, 8-1 urday to maintain their defending national champion issue,” but didn’t elaborate on its normal poise in big games Big Ten) head to the Big momentum heading into Clemson, No. 3 at the time. his status for the rematch despite the return of three in- Ten championship game the Big 12 Championship “We’ve got to win next week with Georgia in Atlanta. John- jured linebackers . Failed on next week to face No. 5 game. and that’s going to be a hand- son had earlier appeared hurt its first six third-down at- Wisconsin, with hopes of Mayfield was stripped of ful,” Malzahn said of his up- on a run toward the pylon but tempts and finished 3 of 11 making the College Foot- his captaincy and starting coming rematch with Georgia. stayed in for a 1-yard touch- while allowing Auburn to con- ball Playoff. job for Saturday’s contest, “I don’t know, them experts down run on the next play. vert on half of its 18 attempts. The Wolverines (8-4, 5-4) his final home game as a got it figured out. I don’t think The SEC’s leading rusher Tailbacks Damien Harris, Bo have lost 13 of 14 to Ohio Sooner. He received the anybody else has played two crumpled to the ground after a Scarbrough and Josh Jacobs State, including the last loudest cheers when the se- No. 1 teams and a No. (3) carry and walked off the field each had only six carries. three with coach Jim Har- niors were announced, team. Put up our schedule holding his right arm close to Auburn: Continued its re- baugh. then more loud cheers against anybody.” his body with a towel draped vival from early and midsea- (7) GEORGIA 38 when he entered the game Auburn fans covered the over his head. Fans chanted, son struggles. Held onto the GEORGIA TECH 7 to start Oklahoma’s second field in orange and blue after “Kerryon!” ‘’Kerryon!” ball for 36 minutes and 78 drive. the final play, creating a scene With No. 2 Miami losing Fri- plays. ATLANTA (AP) — Sony “The first steps on the similar to 2013 when the day night to Pittsburgh, it’s TIDE’S WAIT Michel ran for 85 yards and field made that all go fourth-ranked Tigers beat No. the first time the top two a touchdown, Jake Fromm away,” Mayfield said. 1 Alabama on a last-play, 109- teams in the AP poll have fall- Alabama players figured threw two touchdown pass- “They (the fans) are always yard return of a missed field en on the same regular-season they could have solidified a es and No. 7 Georgia pro- going to have my back. It’s goal. The Tigers went on to weekend since Nov. 17, 2012. playoff spot with one more tected its playoff hopes OK for me to grow and the national title game but Then, No. 1 Oregon lost to win. Now they have to wait with a dominant 38-7 win learn and move on. If I’m had lost the three Iron Bowls No. 14 Stanford and No. 2 Kan- and hope for an invite that’s over Georgia Tech on Sat- progressing and becoming since. sas State went down to Baylor. far from certain. urday. a better man in their eyes Stidham passed for 237 Stidham completed 21 of 28 “We’re going to learn from The Bulldogs had 247 that’s something I’m proud yards and ran for a fourth- passes and ran for 50 yards, this,” Hurts said. “It’s hum- yards rushing as Michel, of. I’m going to learn from quarter touchdown to set up a including a 16-yard touch- bling. The unfortunate thing Nick Chubb and D’Andre my mistakes and move for- rematch with Georgia in the down scamper early in the about that (playoff) is it’s not Swift ran for touchdowns. ward.” SEC championship game Dec. fourth quarter. Ryan Davis in our hands. You win out and 2 with a playoff spot almost caught 11 passes for 139 yards. you win games, you know certainly on the line. “I think we’re pretty darn you’re in. We’ll see what hap- Auburn (10-2, 7-1 SEC, No. 6 good,” Stidham said. “Coach pens.” Bailey & Myles Lee CFP) mostly shut down the Malzahn told us it’s never UP NEXT league’s top scoring offense been done in three weeks for their second win in three beating two No. 1 teams, so I Alabama must hope for help weeks over the top team in the think this team is pretty to make another playoff trip playoff rankings. They won good.” while waiting to learn its bowl the Western Division a week Alabama’s Jalen Hurts destination. after dispatching the Bulldogs passed for 177 yards and a Auburn faces the Bulldogs with similar precision. touchdown while running 17 in a rematch of its 40-17 win The Crimson Tide (11-1, 7-1) times for 80 yards, but neither on Nov. 11.

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BOWL FROM PAGE B1 CLEMSON FROM PAGE B1

The Tigers dominated USC, With this week’s ranking of 49-7. The 49 wins are tied especially from the second in the AP poll, Clemson has for sixth in FBS history and quarter on. They finished now been ranked in 49 tied for first in ACC history with 466 yards of total offense straight polls, one short of with the Florida State se- compared to just 207 for Caro- the school record of 50 in a niors of 2015. Clemson has lina. row set between 1989-92 and had records of 11-2, 10-3, 14-1 Tiger quarterback Kelly 2012-14. The streak includes and 14-1 the last four years. Bryant completed 23 of 34 40 consecutive top 10 rank- The seniors of 2017 have passes for 272 yards and two ings, longest in Clemson a record of 48-6 entering touchdowns. Tee Higgins had history by far (14 is the sec- this week’s game vs. South three catches for 84 yards and ond best top 10 streak). Carolina. Thus, this senior Hunter Renfrow had four re- Clemson and Alabama are class can tie the ACC mark ceptions for 75 yards and two tied for the longest top 10 for wins by a senior class touchdowns. streak in the nation. with a victory at South The teams traded punts on ACC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME Carolina. their first possessions, but the 200 YARDS RUSHING = Tigers had USC starting at its This is the sixth time in CLEMSON WIN 1-yard line following a 43-yard nine full seasons under punt by Will Spiers. After a THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Swinney that Clemson has Clemson is 45-1 under 3-yard run by running back Clemson quarterback Kelly Bryant (2) attempts a pass against South won or been co-champion Swinney when the Tigers A.J. Turner, Carolina quarter- Carolina during the first half of the Tigers’ 34-10 victory on Saturday of the ACC’s Atlantic Divi- rush for at least 200 yards, back Jake Bentley threw the in Columbia. sion. The Dec. 2 meeting including 41 in a row. The ball straight to Clemson cor- with Miami will mark the only loss under Swinney nerback Ryan Carter. He re- (4) CLEMSON 34 fifth time Clemson has when the Tigers gained 200 turned it 12 yards for a touch- SOUTH CAROLINA 10 played for the title since yards came in the 2009 ACC down and placekicker Alex Clemson 7 13 14 0 —34 2009. Clemson is 3-1 in Championship game when South Carolina 0 0 0 10 —10 Spence added the extra point First Quarter those previous four trips. Clemson actually rushed for to make it 7-0 with 6:50 left in CLE_Carter 12 interception return (Al.Spence kick), 6:50 over 300 yards in a 39-34 loss Second Quarter LONGEST CAREER CATCH the first quarter. CLE_Feaster 1 run (Al.Spence kick), 8:12 to Georgia Tech. The Tigers CLE_H.Renfrow 4 pass from K.Bryant (kick failed), 1:59 USC punter Joseph Charl- Third Quarter Clemson wide receiver had 323 yards and five rush- ton got off a booming 55-yard CLE_H.Renfrow 61 pass from K.Bryant (Al.Spence kick), 14:39 Hunter Renfrow recorded ing touchdowns in that loss CLE_Etienne 5 run (Al.Spence kick), 2:47 punt that had a chance to be Fourth Quarter his longest career recep- to the Yellow Jackets. downed inside the 5 but in- SC_FG White 40, 13:21 tion as a Tiger on a 61-yard SC_B.Edwards 38 pass from Bentley (White kick), 2:44 BIG PLAY OFFENSE stead bounced into the end CLE SC catch and run for a score to zone for the second touchback First downs 27 10 open the second half. Ren- Clemson is the only Rushes-yards 45-184 25-81 after a punt in the game. Passing 285 126 frow hauled in a Kelly Bry- school in the country with The Tigers responded with Comp-Att-Int 25-38-2 16-29-2 ant pass with 14:39 to go in two different players who Return Yards 67 100 a 9-play, 80-yard drive that Punts-Avg. 3-45.33 7-44.14 the third quarter, giving have had an 80-yard run ended with a 1-yard scoring Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0 Clemson a 27-0 lead. this season. Tavien Feaster Penalties-Yards 2-25 9-76 run by running back Tavien Time of Possession 35:25 24:35 TOP 25 WINS broke off an 89-yard scor- Feaster with 8:12 remaining in INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS ing run in a 38-31 win over RUSHING_Clemson, Etienne 9-41, Choice 7-39, K.Bryant 11-23, McCloud 2-22, the second quarter to make it Fuller 5-20, Feaster 6-18, Cooper 1-9, Rencher 3-8, Rodgers 1-4. South Caro- Entering the 13th week of N.C. State, and Travis Etti- 14-0. lina, T.Williams 13-53, A.Turner 2-10, Bentley 5-9, Denson 3-6, R.Davis 1-5, the college football season, enne had an 81-yard touch- (Team) 1-(minus 2). A big play on the drive was PASSING_Clemson, K.Bryant 23-34-1-272, H.Johnson 2-4-1-13. South Caroli- Clemson leads the nation in down run in a 47-21 win at na, Bentley 16-29-2-126. wins over top 25 teams a 23-yard completion from RECEIVING_Clemson, H.Renfrow 4-75, Higgins 3-84, Cain 3-23, McCloud 3-16, Louisville. Bryant to running back Tra- Greenlee 2-19, Fuller 2-16, Rodgers 2-16, Feaster 2-12, Richard 2-(minus 5), (rank entering the game) Etienne 1-23, Overton 1-6. South Carolina, B.Edwards 6-70, Hurst 3-28, DABO NUMBER TWO vis Etienne to move them O.Smith 3-12, T.Williams 2-13, A.Turner 2-3. with four. Three of the four from their 23 to the 47. Later MISSED FIELD GOALS_None. have come on the road, at With the Tigers’ 38-31 in the drive, Clemson was fac- No. 13 Louisville, at No. 12 win over N.C. State, Dabo ing third down and 10 when Virginia Tech and at No. 20 Swinney became the sec- Bryant connected with Hig- The big play of the drive was touchdown. North Carolina State. Clem- ond winningest coach in gins for a 24-yard gain to the a 40-yard completion from Clemson’s final touchdown son is the only team in the Clemson history. Swinney USC 29. Bryant to Higgins. That came on a 5-yard run by Eti- nation with three wins over is 99-29, moving ahead of A pass interference call and helped set up a 4-yard TD pass enne with 2:47 left in the third top 25 teams on the road Danny Ford, who finished an unsportsmanlike conduct from Bryant to Renfrow with quarter. this season. his Clemson career 96-29-4. penalty against USC set the 1:59 left in the first half. Spen- South Carolina finally got Swinney now has six Frank Howard won 165 Tigers up at the Carolina 6. ce missed the extra point, on the scoreboard on a 40- wins over top 25 teams in games as Clemson’s coach Feaster broke off a 5-yard run leaving the halftime score yard field goal by Parker the opponent’s home stadi- from 1940-69, with 96 of before scoring the touchdown. 20-0. White with 13:21 remaining in um. There have been just those wins coming from After forcing a 3-and-out se- On the first play from the fourth quarter. Bentley 25 such wins in Clemson 1953-69 as an ACC coach. ries, the Tigers took control of scrimmage of the second half, connected with wide receiver history. Swinney is now fourth on the game with a 10-play, 79- Bryant hit Renfrow with a Bryan Edwards for a 38-yard Overall, Swinney now the list of most overall wins yard scoring drive that took short pass and he turned it TD pass with 2:45 left in the has a Clemson record 24 by an ACC coach, trailing over six minutes off the clock. into a 61-yard catch-and-run game. wins over top 25 teams, in- Bobby Bowden (Florida cluding an ACC record State, 173), George Welsh COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCORES tying nine in a row. Florida (Virginia, 136) and Frank State also won nine in a Beamer (Virginia Tech, 113). STATE SATURDAY row over top 25 teams be- Swinney is second in (6) Auburn 26, (1) Alabama 14 tween 2012-14. ACC history in winning SATURDAY (7) Georgia 38, Georgia Tech 7 (4) Clemson at South Carolina Texas A&M at (19) LSU (late) WINNINGEST CLASSES IN percentage with a .773 Furman 28, Elon 27 Florida State 38, Florida 22 mark. Jimbo Fisher is first Vanderbilt 42, Tennessee 24 COLLEGE HISTORY ACC at .781, holding an 82-23 TOP 25 FRIDAY Clemson’s senior class of mark in 105 games as head Pittsburgh 24, (2) Miami 14 FRIDAY 2016 finished with a record coach at Florida State. (24) Virginia Tech 10, Virginia 0 (10) TCU 45, Baylor 22 (13) Central Florida 49, (22) South Florida 42 SATURDAY Louisville 44, Kentucky 17 SATURDAY North Carolina State 33, North Carolina 21 (3) Oklahoma 59, West Virginia 31 Boston College 42, Syracuse 14 (5) Wisconsin 31, Minnesota 0 Duke 31, Wake Forest 23 (8) Ohio State 31, Michigan 20 (9) Notre Dame at (20) Stanford (late) SEC (12) Penn State 66, Maryland 3 (14) Washington State at (15) Washington (late) THURSDAY (17) Memphis 70, East Carolina 13 Mississippi 31, (16) Mississippi State 28 (18) Oklahoma State 58, Kansas 17 (21) Michigan State 40, Rutgers 7 FRIDAY (23) Northwestern 42, Illinois 7 Missouri 48, Arkansas 45 Fresno State 28, (25) Boise State 17

for 29 for 126 yards with one wards in the fourth quarter USC FROM PAGE B1 interception and a TD on Sat- urday at Williams-Brice Stadi- TOUCHBACK PROBLEMS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS first half, trailing 20-0 as they um with a full season of starts USC punter Joseph Charl- Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney, left, communicates with never really stayed with the under his belt. ton had a great night punting an official during the first half of the Tigers’ 34-10 victory over run. The Gamecocks had Bentley the ball, averaging 52.6 yards South Carolina on Saturday in Columbia. Carolina’s leading rusher, throwing a number of short on seven punts. However, his A.J. Turner, only played in passes in the early going, hit- net average wasn’t nearly as the first two offensive series ting on his first three. He then good as three of the punts of the game. He had a rush threw an incompletion and made it into the end zone for for seven yards and caught followed it with the pick-six to touchdowns, taking 20 yards two passes for three yards on Carter. off of each punt. the first series. He ran for Bentley was 5-for-7 for 15 The frustrating part for three yards on the first play yards after one quarter and Carolina fans was that on two of the second series. On the was 8-for-15 for 42 yards at of the three punts it appeared next play, South Carolina halftime. He was 10-for-23 for USC had a chance to down the quarterback Jake Bentley 49 yards after three quarters ball inside the Clemson 5-yard threw an interception to His longest completion was a line, but the ball made it into Clemson cornerback Ryan 38-yard TD pass to Bryan Ed- the end zone. Carter, who returned it 12 yards for the first points of PLACE YOUR AD IN the game. Turner didn’t return after 101 S.C. NEWSPAPERS        ! that, finishing with two rush- and reach more than 2.1 million readers es for 10 yards and two recep- using our small space display ad network         tions for three yards. Turner’s absence left the door open for Statewide or regional buys available               Ty’Son Williams, who re- sponded with a solid contest. Alanna Ritchie 888.727.7377 Williams, the former Crest- scnewspapernetwork.com wood High School standout, finished the game with 53 South Carolina yards on 13 Carries. He also Newspaper Network caught two passes for 13 yards. BENTLEY STRUGGLES AGAIN Donate A Boat A change of venue and a year of experience did not or Car Today! change Bentley’s fortunes   against the Clemson defense.  "#$ #% &'#( After completing just 7 of 17 passes for 41 yards with “2-Night Free Vacation!” one interception in the Ti- gers’ 56-7 demolition of the 800-700- BOAT )  Gamecocks in Death Valley (2628) last year in just his sixth col- www.boatangel.com legiate game, Bentley was 16 sponsored by boat angel outreach centers STOP CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN THE SUMTER ITEM SPORTS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2017 | B5 PRO FOOTBALL SATURDAY PUZZLES THE DAILY CROSSWORD PUZZLE

By Greg Johnson 11/25/17 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ACROSS 37 Order of 7 Engine part often 29 Some partners’ Carolina quarterback Cam Newton (1) and the rest of the Panthers are 7-3 and on a 3-game winning 1 __ cord encyclopedias connected to a workplaces streak coming off their bye week. Carolina hopes to stay hot when they take on the New York Jets today 7 Considered, with 38 Shaking one’s flywheel 32 “The Kite in East Rutherford, N.J. “on” head, maybe 8 Stage Runner” boy 13 Leader of the 42 Cook seen on TV embarrassments 33 Pre-metalworking track specials 9 Prefix with period 15 “To the end 43 Cut down tourist 35 First course of the block! 44 Cover on the 10 Time off for 36 Spring festival Panthers hit home stretch on street C’mon!” many focus 16 Immediate 45 GI grub 11 Boards a ship 37 Esteem slap shot after 46 Like the most 12 Dallas plaza in 39 Recording receiving a pass, substantial sum 1963 headlines 40 Show clearly roll, take on slumping Jets 49 Social post in hockey 14 Lead-in to a 41 Red herrings, 18 Biology notebook 50 Leaning to the promise perhaps doodle right, in a way 17 Gets out of 46 Arcade game BY DENNIS WASZAK JR., the rushing attack with 181 boost as three-time Pro Bowl 52 Cheese from 19 __ Mahal control ender The Associated Press yards in his last two games. tight end Greg Olsen returns the Italian for 20 Parsons School 21 Calls it a night 47 Harbor hauler That makes for a dangerous after missing the last eight “sheep” sketches 24 Do some window 48 Handy bag EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. matchup for the Jets, who games with a broken foot. 54 Entertain lavishly 22 __ Kan: Alpo rival maintenance 51 “Hotel du __”: — The Carolina Panthers are have struggled at times Olsen was coming off three 55 Strength 23 “A Jug of Wine 26 Evidence- Anita Brookner roaring into their favorite against the run. 56 Puts up consecutive 1,000-yard sea- ... “ poet gathering device novel part of the season. 57 Golfer’s short Carolina also has the No. 2 sons before going down in 25 Brought along 28 Tactic 53 Light color It’s the home stretch with overall defense, ranking third Week 2. Newton doesn’t ex- irons 26 Plural Friday’s Puzzle Solved six games remaining, and sit- against the run and fourth pect Olsen to have any prob- contraction ting at 7-3 with a three-game vs. the pass. lem assimilating into the of- DOWN 27 Desk accessories 1 100% correct winning streak going, it’s no “We know it’s going to be a fense. Olsen should help fill 30 Blue ghost in surprise the Panthers are tough task because they’re the void of starting wide re- 2 Southernmost Pac-Man location in starting to heat up. playing at a high level,” Jets ceiver Curtis Samuel, who 31 Recycling center continental Since Ron Rivera arrived as quarterback Josh McCown was lost to a season-ending debris North America coach in 2011, Carolina is said. “But we’re excited about ankle injury before the bye 33 Opposite of 3 It may delay 36-15 in games played in No- the opportunity to go against week . hastens river traffic vember and December, in- the best and see where we “He brings a calming pres- 34 Gets under 4 Realize cluding 2-0 this season. Next stack up.” ence, not that anything has control 5 Sour up is a matchup against the Here are some things to been a lack of production in 35 “This doesn’t 6 “That’s so slumping New York Jets (4-6), watch when the Panthers and that tight end room with him concern you” weak!” ©2017 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 11/25/17 who have lost four of their Jets square off at MetLife out,” Newton said of Olsen. last five following a three- Stadium on Sunday: “Greg is just a pro’s pro. ... game winning streak. CAM’S THUMB: Keep an It’s just an extra piece to the “I think the biggest thing eye on Newton’s right thumb, puzzle that we’ve long been JUMBLE that our guys have done, and particularly if it’s a cold day. missing.” I think it’s attributed to them, The 2015 league MVP has ON THE RUN: With Matt THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME really, is we get in the latter been wearing a compression Forte likely to miss his sec- By David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek part of the year and we seem glove on his throwing hand ond straight game with swell- to play well,” Rivera said. during practice, and it’s un- ing in his surgically repaired “We’ve done well in Novem- clear if the problem will af- right knee, the Jets will rely ber, December, typically.” fect his grip on the ball and again on Bilal Powell and Eli- Both the Panthers and Jets his accuracy. The 28-year-old jah McGuire — and hope for are coming off bye-week quarterback is coming off better results. breaks, so they’re well-rested. one of his best passing New York couldn’t get its Carolina is also looking to games, completing 21 of 35 run game going in a 15-10 loss pick up where it left off in its passes for 254 yards and four at Tampa Bay on Nov. 12, last two games , when the touchdowns and no intercep- with Powell gaining just 30 Panthers ran for over 200 tions against Miami. yards on 10 carries and Mc- yards in back-to-back games OLSEN’S RETURN: Caroli- Guire rushing for 22 yards on for the first time in franchise na’s offense will get a big eight attempts. history. In its 45-21 rout of Miami on Monday night on Nov. 13, Carolina set a team mark ALL ABOARD the with 548 total yards, includ- ing 294 yards rushing. 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It was tough, but we Those guys in a got the win.” lot of ways won Clemson got off to a slug- the game for us gish start and turned the ball today.” over eight times in the first Donte half, when Texas Southern Grantham and jumped out to a six-point lead BROWNELL Shelton Mitchell in the first four minutes of the added 10 points game. each for the home team. The Tigers rallied and The ACC Tigers enjoyed a held a 40-36 lead after shoot- nice afternoon of shooting as ing 64 percent from the field they hit a season-high 61 per- by halftime, but several late cent from the field and con- turnovers and a couple nected on seven 3-pointers. Texas Southern 3-pointers “This was a good win for our wiped out the big second- team. Texas Southern is talent- half lead. ed,” Brownell said. “They’re “I think we played better NAME: ______AGE: ______Mail to: hard to guard. We knew that than what the score indicates ADDRESS: ______coming in. 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Solving financial issues cash flow significantly with one bold change. can be painful at times Of the several dozen emergency downsizes I’ve supervised, nearly all became the keystone of a new, healthier Pete the Planner financial life. Were the new living condi- Peter Dunn tions on par with what the people were USA TODAY used to? Of course not. But the adjust- ment period was almost unnaturally As much as you and I would both like swift. The increased cash flow made the to believe that big financial problems change worth it. can be solved with small, painless The second big solution for big prob- changes, they cannot. lems is a significant increase in house- Solving large problems is painful. hold’s income. This solution is much Sugarcoating the truth about making less fun and comes with a unique set of a financial change will do you a great risks. People have been working second disservice. Too many people tiptoe into jobs to solve financial conundrums ever financial change, in the midst of great fi- since the dawn of commerce. If selling nancial strife, only to be discouraged by your home is easier said than done, then superficial and obvious culture shock. telling you to get a second job may seem When facing a major financial chal- downright tone-deaf. lenge, you can’t try on change. You have I assure you I know what I’m asking to go for it. Eventually, you will find of you. But my confidence in this solu- sweet relief, but not until you wade tion comes via the thousands of Amer- through the mental obstacle course icans who work second jobs for the spe- which comes with true behavior cific purpose of solving a major financial change. problem. Yes, stagnate wages are a big If you have a major financial problem, problem in this country, but the ac- such as major consumer debt, a severely knowledgment of the systemic issue underfunded retirement, or any other doesn’t solve your very tangible finan- situation in which years of sustained ef- ISTOCK cial problem. fort are necessary to put the issue be- Your second job is as dangerous as it hind you, you have to change who you is powerful. It can certainly help you are. Sounds a bit harsh, doesn’t it? chip away at a very specific problem If you’re behind the eight ball, your Eventually, you will find sweet relief, but not over time, but if you don’t assign the in- current lifestyle led you there or is keep- come from the second job a specific ing you there. That same lifestyle won’t until you wade through the mental obstacle task, then you risk increasing your de- free you from your problem’s grasp. pendency on a higher level of income to Speaking of not sugarcoating the course which comes with true behavior change. sustain an increased lifestyle. truth about financial change, the first If you choose to solve your big prob- month of major financial changes are lem with the second-job solution, make especially awful. It’s not terribly differ- ting up your credit cards. But if your fi- your income is dedicated to housing. sure your second job’s only job is to ent than the first week of drastically nancial problem is big enough, then Those on the lower end of the income solve a very specific financial problem. changing your food intake. Instead of these solutions will eventually feel like scale can find themselves involuntarily For instance, if you have $20,000 in headaches, nearly psychotic cravings, unnecessary martyrdom. in this position, while those earning credit card debt, make sure every single and not as many pounds lost as the sac- If you have a big problem, you need a above living wage may voluntarily find penny from your second job goes direct- rifice you put in, you will feel more broke big solution. themselves with an unaffordable home, ly toward that debt. You cannot absorb than ever before and unsure how you’ll The best big solutions I’ve seen both even in locales with affordable housing. the increased income into your lifestyle be able to make the changes stick long- involve a major life-changing decision: The rent or mortgage isn’t always the and expect to come out the other side term. And I’m only talking about mak- selling a home you’re struggling to af- main culprit, as high maintenance and smiling. ing behavioral changes. ford and obtaining a significant second utility costs can leave a resident in ma- Small changes can’t solve big prob- Sadly, small changes alone, no matter source of income. jor financial peril. No matter the cause lems. Be bold when your life calls for a how painful, can’t solve big financial I’ve convinced myself most chronic for the over-housing, if you’re facing a different reality. problems. financial struggles are issues of both big financial problem, extricate yourself Dunn is an author and radio host. You can attempt small changes like voluntary and involuntary “over-hous- from your housing quagmire. Have a question for Pete the Planner? never dining out, couponing, and cut- ing.” Over-housing is when too much of Sell it. Move. Downsize. Shift your Email [email protected]

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Consumer tips to stay safe while spending was up 1% in Sep- online shopping tember, 5 the most Marc Saltzman there, too. For example, the sentence in eight USA TODAY “My dog Eddie has a birthday May 15!” years, could be used to create a passphrase largely as Love online shopping? You’re not like “Md3habM15!” a result of alone. It’s good to reset your shopping the The National Retail Federation pre- passwords every so often, just in case healthy dicts online retail will grow 8%-12% in someone guesses them, or if there’s a labor 2017, up to three times higher than the data breach at an online retailer. market. growth rate of total retail sales. GETTY Do your IMAGES Look for 4 homework 1 the padlock When on marketplaces like eBay, It’s not just Black Friday: Always use a secure Internet connec- check the seller’s reputation and read tion when making a purchase. Reputa- comments before buying a product to Consumers driving economy ble websites use technologies such as see what the experience was like for SSL (Secure Socket Layer) that encrypt past customers. Paul Davidson sign for a strong holiday sales season,” data during transmission. Also, don’t forget about the No. 1 tip USA TODAY PNC wrote to clients. What does that mean to you? about shopping: If it seems too good to On Wednesday, Commerce provides Look for the little padlock in the ad- be true, it probably is. After hitting the malls over the its second estimate of economic growth dress bar or a URL that starts with Ignore emails or texts that claim to weekend, the resurgent American in the third quarter. Its first reading “https” instead of “http,” as the “s” be from a retailer (or your bank or In- shopper takes the spotlight again in showed the nation’s gross domestic stands for “secure.” ternet Service Provider). These this week’s economic news, with re- product expanding at a brisk 3% annual “phishing” attempts look legit, but it ports on consumer confidence and rate despite some negative effects from Use a secure they ask you to confirm your financial spending due out. Data on new-home the hurricanes, as consumer and busi- 2 payment method or personal details on a website, sales and manufacturing are also ex- ness spending more than offset weak they’re fake. pected to reflect continued gains. housing construction. Consumption in Only shop on sites that take secure New-home sales soared 18.9% in the July-September period will likely be payment methods, such as credit cards Watch out for September to a seasonally adjusted revised up on Wednesday, Faucher and PayPal, as they likely give you buyer 5 fake shopping apps annual rate of 667,000, the most in a says, a bump that economists say protection just in case there’s a dispute. decade. Rebuilding from hurricanes in should push third-quarter growth to an In other words, you won’t be held lia- As we saw last year, hundreds of Texas and Florida may be part of the even stronger 3.2%. ble for fraudulent charges. Even before phony retail apps popped up in Apple’s story. But many Americans also may Consumer spending leaped 1% in it gets to that, you might be notified by App Store and Google Play, in the be buying newly-constructed homes September, the most in eight years, your credit card company or bank if sus- hopes of tricking shoppers into down- because of a shortage of existing units. largely as a result of the healthy labor picious activity is detected. loading and using them. For October, economists surveyed by market. Strong auto sales also helped Look for well-known security labels Similar to “phishing” emails that Action Economics expect the Com- underpin the surge as many people re- such as DigiCert, VeriSign, and other look like they’re from legitimate stores, merce Department on Monday to re- placed vehicles damaged by the storms. seals. these counterfeit apps want your cred- port a drop of 8% from that lofty level Faucher says car sales declined in Octo- it card information to steal your identi- to a still robust annual rate of 615,000. ber, partly offsetting sturdy spending on Password ty. Some have been found to contain Consumer confidence jumped to services. Economists expect Commerce 3 pointers malwarethat can also infect a mobile the highest level in 17 years in October on Thursday to report a more modest device, while others ask you to log in on steady job and income growth and a 0.2% gain last month in consumer A strong password is at least seven with Facebook credentials to lift per- stock market that keeps setting new spending, which makes up about 70% of characters long, has a combination of sonal data. records. Modestly higher gasoline economic activity. letters, numbers and symbols, and with Be sure you’re downloading the le- prices may have damped Americans’ The nation’s manufacturers have some uppercase characters, too. Change gitimate app. If you’re interacting with outlook marginally this month, says been buoyed by an improving global passwords routinely. Or use password brands on social media, make sure Gus Faucher, chief economist of PNC economy and a revived oil sector. Slow- management apps if you’re worried you they’re “verified,” with the little blue Financial Services Group. But the er car sales likely crimped activity a bit won’t remember the password. checkmark by their profile, which economists surveyed still expect the in October, Faucher says. But econo- Many opt for a passphrase instead of means the company is legit. Conference Board on Tuesday to an- mists still expect the Institute for Sup- a password, which is typically a long se- Follow Marc on Twitter: nounce that its confidence index in ply Management on Friday to announce quence of strung-together words, but @marc_saltzman. E-mail him at ask- November remained very close to its that its index of manufacturing activity perhaps with a number and symbol in [email protected]. recent high. That would be “a good continued to reveal strong growth. THE SUMTER ITEM SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2017 | C3 REFLECTIONS Sponsored by The Sumter Item

SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTOS The last of 200 turkeys comes out the oven at the consolidated mess on Thanksgiving morning. The enlisted men consumed more than 3,000 pounds of turkey during the feast. Shaw Field’s 1st Thanksgiving

his issue of Reflec- tions remembers T the first Thanksgiv- ing celebration at Shaw Field in November 1942.

In addition to being the first post celebration, it took place during World War II, our na- tion’s most desperate global strug- gle. “Al- though the War Depart- The largest crowd in Shaw Field’s history attended the Thanksgiving ment ordered Day service, conducted by Chaplain Frank K. Brasington in Post Cha- ‘business as pel No. 1. usual’ on Sammy Way Nov. 26, the special Thanksgiving Day ser- while, a Thanksgiving Mass, REFLECTIONS men of Shaw vices held in the post chapels. conducted by Chaplain Gerald Field would More men attended the ser- J. Whelan, was held in Chapel know that it vice at Chapel No. 1 than had No. 2. was Thanksgiving Day the ever before gathered together Chaplain Frank K. Brasing- moment they entered the for a religious service at Shaw ton conducted the service at post’s mess halls. Field. While the interior of Chapel No. 1. He read from “While two tons of turkey the chapel was filled to capac- the Scriptures, led the sol- Col. Burton M. Hovey was consumed by the officers, ity, with many soldiers stand- diers in prayers of thanksgiv- cadets and enlisted men at ing in the corridor, hundreds ing and delivered an inspiring one of gratitude that we shall oyster dressing, cranberry Shaw Field, the soldiers at the of others stood outside and Thanksgiving Day sermon. in a short time bring this un- sauce, candied sweet potatoes, air base took time out from listened to the service over a The chaplain also read Presi- wanted war to a successful fresh green peas, hot rolls, their regular duties to attend loud speaker system. Mean- dent Roosevelt’s Thanksgiving conclusion, thus establishing mince pie and pumpkin pie proclamation and a message for all times a glorious peace and two kinds of cake. Each from Col. Burton M. Hovey for the entire world.” man also received a bag of Jr., post commanding officer. “Special music was pre- fruit and nuts, as well as ci- Hovey’s message was as fol- sented by a quartet composed gars, cigarettes and candy. lows: of Sgt. Clem Reffner, Chet Then back to their jobs they “We in the Army Air Forces Gregory, Pvt. Eugene Davis went grateful that they live in here at Shaw Field are offer- and Pvt. Ernest A. Broadnax, a country where men take ing our prayers to the Al- Jr. They were accompanied time out even in days of great mighty on this Thanksgiving on the organ by Pilot Officer stress, to be thankful for the Day of 1942. We are thankful Basil G. Bensted of London, bountiful blessings of a free first that we can assist our England, who was associated land.” country in her fight to pre- with the London Philhar- serve democracy. We are monic Orchestra, under the The articles and photos used thankful too that we can direction of Sir Thomas Bee- in preparing this piece were carry this fight to our ene- cham. taken from The Sumter Item mies thus preventing invasion At one o’clock in the after- archives and a modicum of ed- of our shores. For these and noon, the Thanksgiving feasts iting was required. many other reasons we do began in mess halls through- offer our individual thanks out the post. In addition to the Reach Sumter Item Archivist and are truly grateful, but the thousands of turkeys, there Sammy Way at waysammy@ Shaw Field Thanksgiving Day celebration. greatest of all our prayers is was baked ham, pork loin, yahoo.com or (803) 774-1294.

On Newstands…Now. (803) 774-1200 36 W Liberty Street | Sumter, SC C4 | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2017 THE SUMTER ITEM YESTERYEAR Construction begins on $5.3M USC Sumter library 75 YEARS AGO — 1943 construction of the dance floor stand. The state Election Com- June 19 — June 25 will begin soon. The dance mission voted unanimously to Transfer of Col. Burton M. floor, to be an outdoor affair, overrule a Nov. 12 decision by Hovey Jr., commanding offi- will be lighted and used at the Sumter County Election cer of Shaw Field, to the Air night. Manager Raffield was Commission to throw out the Defense Wing of the First Air requested by the council to results of the three contested Force, Norfolk, Virginia, was seek prices on the building of District 2 races, which were announced by the War Depart- the skating rink. As soon as held during the Nov. 3 general ment. Lt. Col. James W. Gurr, the costs can be obtained the election. Trustee Elizabeth 35, the Army basic flying council will met again to for- Kilgore, Roland Robinson and school’s only West Point grad- mulate plans and make it a re- Elizabeth Kyler were elected to uate and its second ranking of- ality. The skating rink will the District 2 board. ficer, will assume command also be built on the outside. • Roy Acuff, whose fancy fid- upon the de- • The Church of the Naza- dle playing and stirring songs parture of rene, with the Rev. D.W. Thax- such as “The Wabash Cannon- Col. Hovey. ton of Charleston as its pastor, ball” earned him the title “the He currently will organize here under the king of country music,” died. commands gospel tent at the corner of Acuff, who had been hospital- the 10th basic Church and Calhoun streets. ized several times in recent flying train- The church, which will be a months, died of congestive ing group and part of the South Carolina Dis- heart failure. Acuff joined the holds a senior trict of the Church of the Naz- Grand Ole Opry in 1938 and Yesteryear pilot rating. arene, will be set up under the became the greatest star in the in Sumter Col. Hovey, leadership of the Rev. J.G. fabled history of the country who has com- Wells of Columbia, district su- music show. SAMMY WAY manded the perintendent. • Sumter High School’s Rob- post since ert Smith and Peter Ford and workmen 50 YEARS AGO — 1968 Hillcrest’s Deandre James began carving it from cotton Feb. 18 — Feb. 24 have been named to the fields in July 1941, is the J. Willis Cantey, president of SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO 35-member 1992 South Caroli- school’s senior officer and its The Citizens and Southern Na- 1968 — J.F. McLeod Jr., left, chairman of the local Muscular Dystrophy na Shrine Bowl football team. only officer with a rating of tional Bank of South Carolina, drive, puts the first donation in one of the cannisters that will be Rosters for both the South command pilot and combat ob- has been named chief execu- Carolina and North Carolina server. tive officer of the state-wide placed in downtown stores. With him is Chester A. Lawson, canister chairman for the campaign. teams were released Monday. • State treasurer Jeff Bates banking institution, it was an- The 55th Shrine Bowl game, said that May allocations to nounced by Hugh C. Lane, which pits the best senior play- counties of the state gasoline board chairman. The an- with the finish line at the fair- challenging Virginia Military ers from each state against tax totaled $143,004 as com- nouncement was made follow- grounds. Larry Rogers will Institute’s all-male admissions each other will be played Dec. pared with $189,202 in May of ing the bank’s monthly board represent the Jaycees while policy, has told the school it 12 at Charlotte Memorial Sta- last year — a decrease of ap- of directors meeting in Colum- Jim Puryear will carry the must either admit women, cre- dium. proximately 33 percent. Sum- bia. Sertoma banner. The loser ate a separate women’s mili- • Byron Kinney didn’t talk ter’s share amounted to $3,730. • The Base Airman of the gets a pie in the face from the tary college or go private. like a man who had just • Maj. David E. Borden has Month program got a boost winner. • Johnny Watt breathed a watched his team claim a been named Shaw Field’s act- with the “kick off” of a new • Coach Maxie Knowlton sigh of relief as the State Elec- 20-poiint victory. “Sloppy is ing executive officer, succeed- program to further recognize saw his never-say-die East tion Commission upheld the the first word that comes to ing Maj. R. Foster Scott, who the top airman. The program Clarendon Wolverines over- results of the Sumter County my mind,” said Sumter High was assigned to the 2nd Air was one of the long sought-af- come leads of up to nine Council District 7 race. Demo- School’s basketball coach fol- Force and was to report to the ter goals of the NCOAGA and points, to skim past Latta, 52- crat Bennie Brogdon, who lost lowing the Gamecocks’ 71-51 18th Replacement Wing at Salt was realized through the ef- 50, in an overtime thriller last to Watt by a 2,020-1,648 vote, win over Bishopville in the Lake City, Utah, for possible forts of the association with night before a capacity crowd asked the commission to over- first round of the SHS Tip-off overseas duty. Maj. Borden the cooperation of the base of over 1,100 fans. The Wolver- rule the Sumter County Elec- Tournament. In truth, both was the post intelligence office commander and the Sumter ines were paced by another tion Commission’s decision to teams showed definite signs since November 1941, is the Merchant’s Association. fine 27-point effort by Ray uphold the results of the elec- that it is still very early in the only member of Col. Burton • Clemson University at Morris, upset the Red Raiders tion and order a new one. basketball season. Both had M. Hovey’s original staff now Sumter broke open a tight bat- to stay alive in the 5-B compe- Brogdon protested the results trouble hanging onto the ball at Shaw Field. tle in the second half and went tition. Latta, with a victory of the race and contends that and suffered through spells of • Lt. Willie Lee Ashley Jr., on to down Sumter TEC, 61-48, could have wrapped up the confusion about which races offensive ineptitude. was a member of the Negro in a benefit game for the conference title, watched as some voters could vote in and • Sumter County officials Aviation Unit in the battle of March of Dimes at Edmunds the Wolverines roared back, ballot shortages in some pre- opened the doors Monday to Pantelleria, it was learned Gym. It was the first official sending the tourney down to a cincts cost her the race. something most wish the today. Lt. Ashley received his meeting between the two one game finish. • After more than a decade county didn’t need — an addi- wings at Tuskegee, Alabama, schools on the basketball court • T. O. Bowen, Sumter Coun- of planning and seeking state tion to the jail. During a rib- about a year ago and was sent and both have hopes of mak- ty extension agent, assumed funding, construction has bon-cutting ceremony, Sumter abroad for duty. His unit was ing the game an annual affair. the national spotlight as toast- begun on a $5.3 million library County Council members wel- under the command of Lt. Col. Harold Waynick, former star master at the Tuesday evening for USC Sumter. “The new li- comed the new annex — the Benjamin O. Davis, and they at Mayewood High School, was banquet of the National Peach brary will be a dream come second annex at the jail — but used a specially prepared air- the spark plug for the winning Council annual convention in true not only for USC Sumter bemoaned the money spent on drome in North Africa where Clemson club as he scored the Francis Marion Hotel in but for the entire community,” housing prisoners. Council they started hammering the eight field goals and added six Charleston. Chemicals being stated USC Sumter Dean Jack Chairman Joe Davis praised Axis positions in Tunisia soon free throws for 22 points. developed to control weeds Anderson. For Anderson and Sumter County Correctional after their arrival. • Lincoln High School and grass in orchards aroused USC Sumter head librarian Center Director Jerry Hyatt • Warren T. King, secretary dropped two games in as many interest from industry people, Jane Ferguson, planning for for proposing the annexes. of the Sumter Chamber of outings in the port city of according to Bowen. It has al- the new library has been a • The room is filled with all Commerce, left Saturday for Charleston to eliminate them ways been a basic cultivating labor of love, but both are types of people — from women Emory University in Atlanta, from the Lower State AAAA rule to keep orchard soil quick to point out that the in fur coats to men clad in Georgia, where he will attend Championship. The Bulldogs mulched on the theory that the project has been a team effort prison garb. It’s the main classes for a week at the bowed to the Burke High Bull- peach tree roots needed air. involving others. courtroom of the Sumter Mag- Southeastern Institute for dogs by a 75-65 score. Earlier, “Now it appears we have been • The state NAACP is inves- istrate’s Office, and everyone commercial organizations Lincoln lost to the C.A. Brown doing some things simply be- tigating a recent decision by there is in some kind of trou- which is being held there. Panthers by an 82-74 score. cause our fathers and grandfa- the Sumter County Election ble. Sumter County Chief • Four Methodist ministers The Burke team was out front thers did. The chemicals are in Commission to throw out the Magistrate Mary K. Herbert from Sumter are attending the at the end of the first quarter the experimental stage now, election of three black Sumter said in the nearly 20 years annual South Carolina Meth- by a 17-13 score and from this with exact amount, method, School District 2 school board she’s been involved in the odist pastor’s school which point the local team was never method and time of applica- candidates. The National Asso- magistrate’s office, she’s seen opened at Columbia college. in the game. tion and side effects yet to be ciation for the Advancement all type of people charged with The theme of this year’s con- • J.F. McLeod, downtown determined. of Colored People will hold a all types of crimes come ference, shortened from the branch manager of Citizens • The nation’s third highest rally at 7 p.m. at Sumter’s Em- through her court. “It never usual fortnight to five days is and Southern National Bank, award for heroism has been manuel United Methodist bores me,” she said. “The Minister in a Period of has been selected local chair- awarded to Capt. Clarence C. Church to announce the re- • Sumter County has asked Crisis. Sumter’s representa- man for the 1968 march for Graham, son of Mrs. John sults of the probe. Nelson B. a judge to decide if restric- tion includes the Rev, J. Ross muscular dystrophy. The an- Gibson of Sumter. Capt. Gra- Rivers III, executive director of tions in its zoning ordinance Johnson, district superinten- nouncement was made by ham attended East Clarendon the state NAACP, will be apply to the expansion of a dent; The Rev. W. D. Gleaton, Larry Rogers president of the High School, is married to the among the visitors. hazardous-waste landfill in pastor of Trinity Methodist; Sumter Jaycees, who sponsor former Nancy L. Humber of • Mayewood Band Director the county. Laidlaw Environ- the Rev. Welborne Summers, this year’s MD drive. McLeod Columbus, Georgia, and they Coleman Sistruck has led the mental Services of South pastor of Broad Street Meth- will head the annual appeal have one daughter. Marching Vikings to four tro- Carolina Inc. is expanding its odist Church and the Rev. T.C. for funds to support a broad phies in the past three weeks, landfill within a 279-acre Shuler, pastor of the Method- attack on the problems created 25 YEARS AGO — 1992 including two at Hillcrest High tract that is permitted for a ist Church at Oswego. by muscular dystrophy. He Nov. 20 — Nov. 26 School’s “Top of the Hill” com- hazardous-waste landfill by • A wind of hurricane veloc- stressed the pressing need to Sumter fire officials are petition. The Vikings won tro- the state Department of ity, cutting a 700-yard path halt the progress of muscular warning residents to be care- phies for best drum major and Health and Environmental across the south end of the dystrophy as he urged Sumter ful as they try to warm them- for their “Good” rating at the Control. Sumter County offi- ramp at Shaw Field, damaged residents to give active support selves during the cold-weather Hillcrest event. At a band com- cials contend that under the 40 basic training planes in a of the local march. season. Sumter Fire Chief Eli petition in Hampton, the Vi- county’s zoning ordinance, couple of minutes. Accompa- • The movie version of the Parnell said the recent cold kings won trophies for placing the company must appear be- nied by torrential rain, the life of Sumter’s Bobby Rich- snap has led to several small third in their division and for fore the local planning com- freak wind storm broke short- ardson, which is scheduled to chimney fires in Sumter. “It’s their “Excellent” rating. mission and receive permis- ly before 2 p.m. and was fol- be shown in the Edmunds the time of year when we • Sumter County Council will sion to expand its operations. lowed by considerable hail. High School auditorium, is a should all be careful and check hold a public hearing on a zon- Laidlaw officials maintain Blowing 79 miles an hour at its well put together film that all our heating systems for ing change at Pinewood and that the DHEC permit is suf- peak, the wind snapped moor- should please most baseball problems,” Parnell said. “Re- McCrays Mill roads that would ficient for expansion. ing ropes and pushed planes fans as well as Richardson’s read the directions on your allow a convenience store and a • Westinghouse Electric into each other on the ramp. friends and admirers. Viewed heaters, and have your chim- small shopping center. Owners Corp. confirmed today it will Of the 40 planes damaged, at a special showing the film is neys checked for build-up.” of Market Express, a conve- sell its Sumter plant in a re- Maj. Cleo F. Peterson, sub-de- titled “The Bobby Richardson • A majority of The Citadel nience store chain, are in the structuring plan company offi- pot commander, said that only Story” and is based on Bobby’s faculty favor making the all- process of acquiring two tracts cials say will save the electri- 12 would require major re- book of the same name. male military college co-edu- of land at the corner to build cal giant, which has been hurt pairs. • The Sumter Jaycees and cational if the school is forced small shops. Plans submitted by the lingering recession. • Plans for a 30-by-50-foot the Sumter Sertoma Club have to change its admissions policy by Market Express to the Sum- None of the 340 people work- concrete floor and a cement challenged each other for the according to a survey. College ter City-County Planning Com- ing at the Sumter plant are ex- skating rink for the Jenkins second straight year in a officials said, however, that the mission show that a conve- pected to lose their jobs in the Community Center on Oak- “mile-of-dimes” contest. The survey was unscientific be- nience store, a fast food restau- sale. land Avenue were discussed at event’s purpose is to raise cause it did not offer the op- rant and an auto repair shop a called meeting of the city money for the March-of- tion of leaving the admissions may be located on the property. Reach Sumter Item Archivist council and City Manager J.A. Dimes. Starting point for the policy as it is. The 4th U.S. Cir- • The election results in Sammy Way at waysammy@ Raffield announced today that mile will be Wesmark Plaza cuit Court of Appeals, in a suit Sumter School District 2 will yahoo.com or (803) 774-1294. THE SUMTER ITEM SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2017 | C5

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oped by 25 state wildlife agen- cies that comprise the historic range of the Northern Bob- A return to the white Quail. Plans have been developed to encourage habi- tat development in focal areas. It is a unified effort to restore wild quail populations. good old days South Carolina was divid- ed into four NBCI focal re- gions. They are the Pee Dee, teady, steady,” my shot, a puff of feathers Central, South and Pied- Daddy said soft- marked my first quail down. I mont. The NBCI Central ly to Thomas as couldn’t believe that I had Focal Region includes seven “Swe approached. done it! counties to include Sumter, Those words might have been I knew that Daddy and Lee and Clarendon. The Cen- meant for me — as much as David had shot, but I hadn’t tral Region has approximate- the dog. Thomas was a young seen anything else but the bird ly 1.5 million acres ranked as pointer, full of unbridled en- that I had shot. Then I heard high or medium potential for thusiasm, and I was a young- Daddy say to Thomas, “Dead, bobwhite habitat restoration. ster of nine or 10 on my first find dead.” They had each shot Some significant public land quail hunt with a loaded gun. a bird from the covey, and holdings within the focal Thomas was locked on Thomas was searching for the PHOTO PROVIDED area include Manchester point along a brushy fence downed quail. State Forest, Oak Lea WMA row. My Dad, The covey had scattered bird dogs and hunted quail on story. Early successional hab- and Santee Cooper WMA. my brother and flew into a thick little the farms around our small itats of warm-season grasses, Focal areas have the goal of David and I branch bottom. We didn’t try town. Quail were plentiful, annual forbs and legumes meeting 50 percent of the were ap- to follow them and just went and we knew where to find (weeds) and shrub thickets target density of quail in 5 proaching on across the farm looking coveys on the land we hunted. were incidental in the past years and 100 percent in 10 across a for another covey. There were no deer or tur- and are less likely to be main- years. small cut I had gone along on the quail keys in our part of the world tained today. The goals are ambitious. cornfield. It hunts since I was six or seven back then. Some individual land owners The target population repre- was an early and old enough to keep up This was back in the early have managed to develop and sents a large increase in the Dan Saturday with the other hunters. I start- ’60s, and it was the waning restore habitat to benefit wild existing quail population. The Geddings morning, and ed out carrying an unloaded days of the Bobwhite Quail. quail, and the results have been focal region approach will it was cold .22 rifle. Daddy carried the bul- We didn’t know it then, but impressive. There are numer- move us to a scale that will enough to see lets in his pocket. I shot my bobwhite numbers would ous government programs that assure the long-range viabili- your breath. first rabbit, on a quail hunt, soon plummet. They hang on assist individual land owners ty of the bobwhite quail. The birds exploded from with that little gun. now across a landscape that and managers, but natural re- My Dad and older brother the fence row as we closed in When I got older I started has changed because of mod- source professionals have real- are gone now, but I would and sailed across the field to- carrying an unloaded 16- ern farming practices, inten- ized that we must move beyond love to see quail on the land- ward the woods beyond. The gauge pump gun, but it didn’t sive forestry practices and farm-by-farm efforts and begin scape again. It would be a sudden roar and whir of take but a few hunts to gradu- urban development. to manage quail on a geograph- welcome return to the good wings startled me for a mo- ate to a loaded gun, and this Bobwhites are grassland ic scale. old days. ment, but I recovered and in- was my first real bird hunt. birds. They do best on farms The National Bobwhite stinctively picked out a single Daddy was a bird hunter. It with weedy patches and open Conservation Initiative is a Reach Dan Geddings at cdged- bird from the large covey. At was his first love. We kept woods with a grassy under- range-wide habitat plan devel- [email protected]. Kerri’s 1st deer Attorneys general bash plan to hike national park fees BY GEOFF MULVIHILL and infrastructure proj- The Associated Press ects. But the AGs say the increase actually could re- A group of state attor- duce the number of visi- neys general on Wednes- tors and revenue. day urged the National It would particularly hit Park Service to scrap its lower-income people who proposal to more than dou- already use the parks less ble the entrance fee at 17 frequently than those with popular national parks. more money, they said. The top government law- In a separate statement, yers from 10 states and the California Attorney Gener- District of Columbia sent a al Xavier Becerra suggest- letter saying the increase ed he and his colleagues could put access to the could take legal action if parks out of reach for the Park Service moves many Americans. ahead with the plan, which “We cannot let the most would boost the entrance popular and awe-inspiring fee to $70 per vehicle at the national parks become targeted parks, up from $25 places for the wealthy,” or $30. they said in the letter to The fee would go into ef- the Park Service’s acting fect during peak season at director. heavily visited parks, in- All the signers are Demo- cluding Glacier, Grand crats except for Arizona’s Canyon, Yellowstone, Yo- Mark Brnovich, a Republi- semite and Zion in the can. West and Acadia and The AGs say the increase Shenandoah in the East. PHOTO PROVIDED is inconsistent with the Five of the AGs who signed Kerri Penny of Manning snags her first deer. laws governing the park the letter represent states system because the admin- that include parks that istration did not provide an would be subject to the fee economic analysis to sup- increases; six do not. Did you kill a big buck? Kill your first deer? port its claims that raising Raquel Coombs, a Catch a big fish? Catch your first fish? fees would increase reve- spokeswoman for Mary- nue. land Attorney General We want to share your outdoor photos with our readers. Email your The Park Service esti- Brian Frosh, said it didn’t photo submissions to [email protected]. Please include name mates that higher fees matter that Maryland does will generate an addition- not have a park that would of person in the photo, where the catch or kill took place and any al $70 million a year, more be affected: “Everyone other pertinent information. than half of which would should have access to our be used to chip away at a nation’s national parks,” backlog of maintenance she said. Green groups, fishermen at odds over new rules on small fish (AP) — Environmentalists and com- public hearings and weeks of debate The pro-industry Menhaden Fish- fer for these choices, as will people mercial fishing groups on the East about how to manage a fish that is im- eries Coalition said the commis- who enjoy fishing for striped bass or Coast are divided about a decision to portant for such industries as fish oil sion’s decision to offer a modest watching whales,” said Peter Baker, increase the amount fishermen can for human supplements and meal for quota increase followed “best avail- Northeast director of U.S. ocean con- catch of an ecologically vital small aquaculture but is also a vital food able science.” The increase in quota servation for the Pew Charitable fish. source for whales, dolphins and large won’t bring the fishery close to the Trusts. The Atlantic States Marine Fisher- fish. point of overfishing, the commis- Menhaden are one of the most- ies Commission approved changes to The commission had been consid- sion said. caught fish in the U.S., dwarfing popu- menhaden fishing rules on Tuesday, ering several new ways of manag- But environmental groups, includ- lar food fish, such as tuna and floun- including increasing the East Coast’s ing menhaden, some of which in- ing Pew Charitable Trusts, said the der, in terms of sheer volume of catch. fishing quota by 8 percent, or some 35 cluded potentially reducing the move fails to account for menhaden’s They’re also a popular bait fish and million pounds of fish. quota — an idea environmental ac- key role in the food chain. are used in lucrative fisheries such as The decision followed a string of tivist groups supported. “Wildlife on the East Coast will suf- lobster harvesting. 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AND THE PERSONS WITH WHOM MERCHANDISE Minor Child Born 5/21/2015 scheduled for consideration: Ronnie Stukes THEY RESIDE OR THEIR LEGAL Minor Child Born 4/29/2009 Huntington Place Apartments (Defendant) GUARDIANS: Minor Child Born 2/7/2011 RZ-17-08, 2020 Loring Mill Rd. Rents from $625 per month (County) 1 Month free* IN THE INTEREST OF YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE Farm Products TO DEFENDANTS: Request to rezone a +/- 5.8 acre Minor Child DOB 1/19/2010 that the original Amended Summons *13 Month lease required LaBanta Butler portion of property located at 2020 TO DEFENDANT: and Amended Complaint in the Leasing office located at Donald Bush Loring Mill Rd. from Residential-15 We buy pecans! $1 per pound. Ronnie Stukes above entitled action were filed in Ashton Mill Apartment Homes John Doe (R-15) to Agricultural Conservation the office of the Clerk of Court for Warren E. Coker Farms, 341 W. Kalvin Singletary (AC). 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A YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE connection with: 4 Cemetery Plots in Evergreen Plaintiff in this action will apply to Country Living DW 3BR 2BA on a hearing has been scheduled for that Kenneth R. Young, Jr., Attorney the Court for the relief demanded in Cemetery $6000 for all 4 Call February 1, 2018 at 2:15 P.M. at Law, 23 W. Calhoun Street, An Ordinance To Approve A Utility Pond $750 Mo + Deposit. said Complaint. A pre-trial 803-775-4045 Sumter, South Carolina 29150 has Easement Along Right Of Way Of References required. conference hearing has been S. C. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL been appointed Guardian ad Litem New Intersection Of North Lafayette Call 803 469-9353 scheduled for December 7, 2017 at SERVICES Nisi for said minor Defendants or Drive And North Main Street. 9:00 a.m. A Final Hearing for Steven B. Suchomski, Esquire those other Defendants, residents or Termination of Parental Rights has P.O. Box 68 non-residents, who are minors under This public hearing will be held in Office Rentals been scheduled for February 1, 2018 Sumter, SC 29151 legal disability, if any, who are not the Chambers of the said County at 9:00 A.M. EMPLOYMENT (803) 773-5531 represented by Guardian ad Litems. Council on the third floor of the 50 Wesmark Ct. 1,177 sq ft. Sumter County Administration S. C. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL $1000/mo. + $100 CAM. Reception AMENDED SUMMONS IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED, Building, 13 East Canal Street, SERVICES area, 3 office space, breakroom, 1/2 That the said Kenneth R. Young, Jr., Sumter, South Carolina, or at such Help Wanted IN THE COURT OF Steven B. Suchomski, Esquire Attorney at Law, be and he is hereby, other location within the said County Full-Time ba, file/storage room. 773-1477 COMMON PLEAS P.O. Box 68 designated and appointed Guardian as proper notice might specify. The C/A NO.: Sumter, SC 29151 ad Litem Nisi, for said minor said ordinance can be reviewed or a 690 Bultman Dr 1612 Sq. Ft. 2017-CP-43-01067 (803) 773-5531 Morris College, a private four year Reception area w/ hdwd floors, 4 Defendants and those other copy obtained from the Clerk to Liberal Arts College in Sumter, South Defendants resident or non-resident, Council at the Offices of County Private offices, Conference rm, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA SUMMONS AND Carolina, is seeking to fill the who are minors or under other legal Council on the third floor of the said Secretarial work area, Copier/Equip. COUNTY OF SUMTER disability, if any, who are not NOTICE OF County Administration Building. The following position(s): Rm, Shower rm, 2 1/2 baths, file FILING OF CAMPUS SAFETY OFFICER: Re- represented by a guardian and who public is invited to attend and storage rm, $2050 mo+$57.76 CAM State Farm Mutual Automobile cannot be personally served and he COMPLAINT sponsibilities would include patrol- participate in the public hearing. Call 803 773-1477 Insurance Company, is hereby authorized to appear and (Non-Jury) Plaintiff, ling the campus to ensure the defend said action on behalf of said Dated this 17th day of November vs. Foreclosure security of persons and property, Defendants, unless said minor 2017. maintaining good order, investigat- D. Ahtonen, a minor, C. Barno, a Defendants or other Defendants minor, E. Behuniak, a minor, E. IN THE COURT OF ing incidents of disruption on the REAL under legal disability or the persons The County Council for Sumter, S. C. Brarens, a minor, M. Brarens, a COMMON PLEAS with whom they reside or their legal James T. McCain, Jr., Chairman campus, and controlling campus minor, S. Brarens, a minor, J. Card, a ESTATE guardians, if any, or either of them, THIRD JUDICIAL Sumter County Council traffic. Effective Immediately. minor, T. Carter, a minor, A. Costa, a shall within thirty (30) days after CIRCUIT Mary W. Blanding, Clerk to Council MAINTENANCE ASSISTANT: To minor, N. Cribb, a minor, Z. Cribb, a notification of the appointment by C/A #: 2017-CP-43-02042 work under direct supervision ren- minor, Z. Davis, a minor, C. De La Land & Lots service of process, exclusive of the dering custodial and grounds keep- Cruz, a minor, A. Franklin, a minor, day of service, as herein provided, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ing services. Applicants must pos- for Sale S. Frierson, a minor, M. Fullard, a procure to be appointed a Guardian COUNTY OF SUMTER sess a valid South Carolina drivers minor, R. Geddings, a minor, E. ad Litem for said minor Defendants Green, a minor, M. Harvin, a minor, license. 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