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PROVIDED PHOTO Airman 1st Class Jordan Stracener, 609th Air Operations Center Detachment 1 air tasking order production technician, monitors various air tasking orders at Shaw Air Force Base. Airmen at Shaw are an integral part of interpreting intelligence and producing orders for sorties in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.

the way to its borders.” decreased. In October, that decreased. Bombing decreases after Air Force, He said the Iraqi forces, Last week, we were dropping less than including the Iraqi army, a third of the rate we were in August.” federal police and coun- Isler said that because ISIL is col- partners see ‘catastrophic success’ ter-terrorism forces, are lapsing and losing territory so quickly, now in some smaller cit- the partner forces are able to take on BY JIM HILLEY During an interview at Shaw Air ISLER ies on the north side of what remains of ISIL with less sup- [email protected] Force Base, Isler described the Air the Euphrates. port. Force’s role there as a support for On the other side of the “In the areas Iraq is clearing, they With the Islamic State in Iraq and partner forces, such as the Iraqi army border in Syria, the Syrian Democrat- are able to handle ISIL with their own the Levant — ISIL, also referred to as and the Syrian Democratic Forces in ic Forces have liberated Raqqa. forces. They don’t need our help as ISIS — now pushed out of major Syria. Isler said the level of support pro- much,” he said. “We are still doing the urban areas in Iraq and Syria, Brig. “What has changed is those part- vided by the U.S. Air Force has not intelligence work with them. We are Gen. Matthew Isler, assistant deputy ner forces are experiencing cata- changed, but the level of bombing has still doing advice and assist to our commander of U.S. Air Forces Central strophic success,” Isler said. “Last dropped. partner forces, but the partner forces Command, says the air campaign in week, (Iraqi government forces) lib- “In August, we dropped over 5,000 are doing the heavy lifting.” those areas is entering a transition erated Al Qa’im, the last major munitions in support of our partner phase. urban area, as Iraq has marched all forces,” he said. “In September, that SEE ISLAMIC STATE, PAGE A11

Julian Harris of Grant Hill Missionary Baptist Church Head Start honors in Rembert loads a pallet of water onto a truck recently as part of a relief effort for victims of Hurricane Harvey students’ mothers in Beaumont, Texas.

BY ADRIENNE SARVIS of mothers sharing stories PHOTO SUBMITTED [email protected] and knowledge with their children at an early age. Local mothers received an Mothers are a child’s first encouraging message from a teacher, she said. former state senator during Growing up, Glover’s moth- Muffins with Mom, an event er told her she was beautiful hosted by Head Start to honor and encouraged her to do her students’ mothers. best every day. Because of her The Head Start program, mother’s words, she said, she which is celebrating its 50th did not let anyone else define anniversary this year, is of- her. Supplies are Beaumont bound fered to children from birth to “Women need to recognize age 5 to prepare them for who we are,” Glover said. school. The program hosted When you know who you Rembert church delivers hurricane relief to Houston area an event to honor fathers dur- are, you must know without a BY BRUCE MILLS In late August when Hurricane Harvey ing the previous week. doubt that you can do what [email protected] slammed Houston and southeast Texas near Maggie Glover, now the di- you put your mind to, she the Gulf of Mexico for four days, it dropped rector of developmental pro- said. Christian teaching says when God lays historic rainfall on the area and was a cata- grams for the division of gen- “You hold the single most something on your heart to do, you do it — strophic flood disaster. The Category 4 storm eral studies at Morris College important position on the no matter the cost — and trust Him with dumped almost 50 inches of rain in the after serving in the state planet,” she said. “You are the results. Beaumont-Port Arthur metropolitan area, House from 1989-92 and the Momma.” Members at Grant Hill Missionary Bap- which is about 90 miles east of Houston. state Senate from 1993-2003, tist Church, 5420 Black River Road, will tes- talked about the importance SEE MOMS, PAGE A11 tify to that. SEE SUPPLIES, PAGE A11

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Call: (803) 774-1226 | E-mail: [email protected] Sumter United Ministries needs IN S.C. HISTORY FROM THE S.C. HISTORICAL SOCIETY On Nov. 27, 1839, Angelica Single- ton of Sumter County married Abram Van Buren, the eldest son of 60 additional turkeys, hams today President Martin Van Buren. The president was a widower, and Angeli- BY JIM HILLEY ca, who has been called “the Jackie [email protected] Kennedy of the 19th century,” assumed the role of First Lady in her With less than a week to go be- early 20s. She and Abram met at a fore Thanksgiving, Sumter United White House dinner that Angelica at- Ministries still needs more than 60 tended with turkeys or hams for their Thanks- her aunt, Dolly giving meal drive, SUM Executive Madison. Director Mark Champagne said late Angelica’s Thursday morning. parents were Each Thanksgiving, Champagne Richard and explained, the ministry selects 150 Rebecca Travis clients to receive a box of food with Coles Single- everything needed for the typical ton. Raised at holiday meal. the family’s “We have different churches and plantation, An- groups that supply all the vegeta- gelica attended bles and stuffing, but the turkeys Columbia Fe- FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS we usually get community wide,” male Academy Angelica Singleton of he said. and Madame Sumter County was The meals will be distributed Grelaud’s Semi- called “the Jackie from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21. nary for Young Kennedy of the 19th “The people that we have chosen, Ladies in Phila- century.” we send them a card in the mail; if delphia. She somebody just comes, they won't be was considered able to get a turkey dinner,” Cham- quite a beauty, with dark, expressive pagne said. eyes and a long neck. Her looks, He said they like to rotate which along with lovely manners and an clients receive the meals each year. outstanding education, won her great “They'll come out here, and we’ll admiration in Washington and be- have a bunch of volunteers loading yond. Her portrait still hangs above turkeys and the fixings in boxes the mantel in the Red Room of the and putting them in cars,” he said. White House. Anyone who wishes to volunteer When the social season of 1839 should come out at about 11:45 ended, Angelica and Abram set off on a.m., he said. “It's a lot of fun, so a tour of Europe. She was admired in it's a great time to come out.” many countries and was presented to He said any age volunteer can both Queen Victoria of England and help out, but children must be ac- King Louis Philippe of France. After- companied by an adult. Volunteers ward, the couple returned to Washing- will be able to park at the Ameri- ton to resume their duties. Because of can Legion Hall next door, he said. the Panic of 1837, Angelica’s attempts Turkeys can be dropped off today to incorporate European style into at Sumter United Ministries, 36 Ar- White House functions was criticized tillery Drive, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. by some as aristocratic and extrava- or from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Bynum gant. Her attempt to re-landscape the Insurance, 1170 Wilson Hall Road. White House lawn is said to have been “It is a lot of fun,” Champagne one cause of Van Buren’s loss to Wil- said. “People hugging and stuff and liam Henry Harrison in 1840. a lot of smiles; it’s just a fun type After the election, Angelica and of project that we do.” Abram spent several months at her The Lord's Cupboard at SUM will JIM HILLEY / THE SUMTER ITEM family home in Sumter. It was there always accept food donations, Sumter United Ministries volunteers James Mitchell and Will Kennedy load a freezer that she gave birth to her first son, Champagne said. with frozen foods Thursday as they make room for frozen turkeys and hams. Singleton. In the fall of 1841, the cou- In addition to turkeys for the ple and their newborn son moved to Thanksgiving drive, the pantry is Lindenwald, the Van Buren estate on in need of dried beans, macaroni (Lipton, Rice-A-Roni, etc.), pasta salmon, chicken or Vienna sausage. the Hudson River in New York. In and cheese, canned vegetables, (spaghetti, noodles, etc.), peanut For more information on donat- 1848, the Van Burens moved with canned fruit, boxed potatoes (scal- butter, jelly, shelf-life milk or ing or volunteering, call (803) 775- their three sons and niece to New loped, au gratin, etc.), rice mix canned meat and fish such as tuna, 0757. York City.

S.C. Waterfowl Association receives Duke Energy grant BY JIM HILLEY Carolina and being good stew- ing, brood rearing and winter- land can “provide food, fiber, nal relations at Coker College [email protected] ards of the environment,” ing grounds. recreation, fish and wildlife in Darlington. “Such trips are Kodwo Ghartey-Tagoe, Duke The South Carolina Water- habitat to communities in a often cost prohibitive for many The South Carolina Water- Energy’s South Carolina presi- fowl Association launched the sustainable way.” school districts in the area. fowl Association, 1234 Kinnette dent, said. “By supporting the Camp Leopold school year pro- Among other grants an- The grant will also help with Trail Road, Pinewood, will re- organizations that do this hon- gram in 2012 and hosts more nounced by the Duke Energy supplies and equipment neces- ceive a $27,000 grant from the orable work, we can help pro- than 3,000 youth, parent chap- Foundation is $10,000, to help sary to make these trips a Duke Energy Foundation ac- tect and restore wildlife and erones and teachers each year, Kalmia Gardens in Hartsville unique hands-on learning ex- cording to a foundation an- natural resources, and support according to the association’s to bring Pee Dee-area school perience for so many children." nouncement. The grant is quality environmental educa- webpage at www.scwa.org. The children to the banks of the The foundation also an- among nearly $500,000 the foun- tion programs in our state.” camp is intended to “create an Black Creek for hands-on envi- nounced an $11,500 grant to dation is granting to environ- The South Carolina Water- ecologically literate citizenry ronmental education classes to Florence County to provide en- mental nonprofit organizations fowl Association’s mission is to by heightening student aware- give each of them an introduc- vironmental educational tools in South Carolina. enhance and perpetuate South ness of the natural world, fine- tion to becoming environmen- such as kiosks and signs for The grants will fund environ- Carolina's wildlife heritage tuning the skills necessary to tal stewards. visitors to Lake City Park and mental projects, wildlife con- through education and water- read the landscape, and instill- "The Duke Energy Founda- a $20,000 grant to the Pee Dee servation efforts and environ- fowl habitat conservation. The ing a love, respect and admiration grant will enable school Land Trust to expand the mental educational programs SCWA has worked with South tion for the land so that each children to visit Coker Col- Landowner Education Pro- across the Duke Energy service Carolina landowners to create individual might develop a per- lege’s Kalmia Gardens and gram, which educates private territory in the Palmetto State. and enhance thousands of sonal land ethic.” learn firsthand about the envi- landowners about options for “We are dedicated to protect- acres of waterfowl habitats, Camp Leopold focuses on ronment,” said Dr. Will Car- protecting their land and fami- ing the natural beauty of South which provide critical breed- how properly managed the swell, vice president for exter- ly legacy.

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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Wilbert Jones talks 1973 but was only charged and convict- 65-year-old man who was arrested at 19 to media with his ed of armed robbery in that case. and sentenced to life without parole brother Plem Jones, Anderson said the evidence shows walked out of prison on Wednesday, right, after leaving police knew of the similarities between saying "God is so good" after his rape East Baton Rouge that man and the nurse's description of conviction was overturned by a judge. Parish Prison in her attacker. Authorities withheld evidence that Baton Rouge, Louisi- "Nevertheless, the state failed to pro- could have exonerated Wilbert Jones ana, on Wednesday. vide this information to the defense," decades ago and their case against him Jones, who has spent the judge wrote. was "weak at best," State District Judge nearly 50 years in Jones' attorneys also said that a pros- Richard Anderson said. prison, was freed ecutor who secured his conviction had "Freedom. After more than 45 years after a judge over- a track record of withholding evidence and 10 months. That's going through turned his conviction favorable to defendants. A 1974 opinion my mind," Jones said as he hugged his in the kidnapping by a state Supreme Court justice said brother, Plem Jones, and other rela- and rape of a nurse. the prosecutor was responsible for 11 tives outside the gates of the East THE ASSOCIATED PRESS reversed convictions the preceding Baton Rouge Parish Prison. year — "an incredible statistic for a sin- Jones also thanked his legal team at by the judge. Court spokesman Robert raping her behind a building on the gle prosecutor." the Innocence Project New Orleans, Gunn said Wednesday morning that no night of Oct. 2, 1971. He was convicted Prosecutors denied that authorities saying "without them, this wouldn't be such request had been filed. Jones has of aggravated rape at a 1974 retrial that withheld any relevant evidence about possible." yet to be cleared; the judge set his bail "rested entirely" on the nurse's testimo- other Baton Rouge rapists. Doing all that time was "very diffi- at $2,000. ny and her "questionable identifica- "The state was not obligated to docu- cult," Jones said, but he told reporters Maw told The Associated Press that tion" of Jones as her assailant, the ment for the defense every rape or ab- he holds no resentment. it would be "legally incorrect and mor- judge said. duction that occurred in Baton Rouge "I forgave. I forgive," Jones said. "I ally problematic" if the East Baton The nurse, who died in 2008, picked from 1971 to 1974," prosecutors wrote in didn't have control of it. Why should I Rouge District Attorney's Office insists Jones out of a police lineup more than February. worry about it? I'm in charge of my- on trying to uphold the conviction, be- three months after the rape, but she Jones' attorneys described him as a self." cause by doing so, it would be "saying also told police that the man who raped "highly trusted prisoner and a frail, Attorney Emily Maw praised "the ex- that when Wilbert Jones was arrested her was taller and had a "much rough- aging man" who poses no danger to the traordinary strength" of a man "who in 1972 as a young, 19-year-old poor er" voice than Jones had. community. Prison warden Timothy has spent over 16,000 days in prison for black man, he did not deserve the Jones' lawyers claim the nurse's de- Hooper also testified for his release, something he didn't do," and would rights that people deserve today." scription matches a man who was ar- calling him a model inmate. The late nevertheless "come out with a faith in The district attorney's office did not rested but never charged in the rape of nurse's husband wasn't opposed either. God and in humanity." immediately respond to the AP's re- a woman abducted from the parking lot "He feels that Mr. Jones has been in Prosecutors said they do not intend quest for comment. of another Baton Rouge hospital, just prison long enough and that he should to retry Jones, but they also said they Jones was arrested on suspicion of 27 days after the nurse's attack. The be able to get out and spend his re- would ask the Louisiana Supreme abducting a nurse at gunpoint from a same man also was arrested on suspi- maining years with his family," the Court to review last month's decision Baton Rouge hospital's parking lot and cion of raping yet another woman in lawyers wrote.

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here always seems succinctly answered a ques- to be an inferred tion posed in a newspaper to him and several other think- Texpectation that I ers of his time. It’s a question address recent headlines, that many ask now. “What is wrong with the the bulk of which have world today?” centered on moral degra- His reply was so simple that I’ll include it below in its dation, pain and tragedy. entirety. If I may interject a per- “Dear Sir, I am. Yours, G.K. Chesterton.” sonal feeling — it’s de- I’ve heard a lot of admis- pressing. sions recently as well as some apologies that weren’t My col- really apologies. In those THE ASSOCIATED PRESS umn can be cases, the so-called penitent Exhibits are readied inside the Museum of the Bible in Washington. The museum, built by the owners of found be- listed excuses as to his or her Hobby Lobby, includes pieces from the family’s collection from the Dead Sea Scrolls, towering bronze tween head- behavior. He or she came up gates inscribed with text from the Gutenberg Bible and a soundscape of the 10 plagues, enhanced by lines that with reasons why he or she smog and a glowing red light to symbolize the Nile turned to blood. tell of mass did the horrendous thing, the shootings unpreventable circumstance and political that led to his or her actions. Hobby Lobby president: Museum corruption. Rarely do you find someone Faith Matters It would be willing to own the problem. JAMIE H. irresponsi- Maybe we’re scared of that WILSON ble not to weight and what it might of the Bible is meant to educate address mean for our future. these cir- But at some point, we have WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight years ago, istrators have taken pains to hire a broad cumstances and point others to realize that part of the re- Hobby Lobby president Steve Green found a group of scholars as advisers. Lawrence to the hope found in Scrip- sponsibility for this present new way to express his Christian faith. His Schiffman, a New York University Jewish ture. That’s what I attempt to darkness lies with us. We family's $4 billion arts and craft chain was studies professor and Dead Sea Scrolls ex- do, anyway. haven’t been bold in our already known for closing stores on Sundays, pert, called the museum a "monument" to in- I’ve noticed a trend among faith. We haven’t been as lov- waging a Supreme Court fight over birth terfaith cooperation. Exhibits are planned those who also author opin- ing as we could have been. control and donating tens of millions of dol- from the Vatican Museum and the Israel An- ion columns and tasked with We haven’t spoken the truth lars to religious groups. tiquities Authority. providing perspective on our in love. No, we seem to be Now, Green would begin collecting biblical "There's just a basic need for people to current events: Their pens wholly content to blame. artifacts that he hoped could become the read the book," said Green, sitting in a hotel- are heavy with blame. In- Taking responsibility for starting point for a museum. style suite inside the museum where visiting deed, the world, it seems, is our actions — or lack of ac- Today, that vision will be realized when dignitaries can stay. "This book has had an desperate for someone or tions — is the first step. We the 430,000-square-foot Museum of the Bible impact on our world, and we just think peo- something to blame as we try can let it motivate us toward opens three blocks from the U.S. Capitol in ple ought to know it, and hopefully they'll be to make sense of these dark seeing God-honoring change what marks the most prominent public dis- inspired to engage with it after they come times. The poor blame the in our world. play of the family's deep religious commit- here." rich and vice versa. It’s the “See what this godly sor- ment. The $500 million museum includes Skepticism surrounding the intent of the fault of this type of person, row has produced in you: pieces from the family's collection from the project has focused more on the Greens' re- this race, this socio-economic what earnestness, what ea- Dead Sea Scrolls, towering bronze gates in- cord of putting their fortune and influence class. It’s this leader’s fault, gerness to clear yourselves, scribed with text from the Gutenberg Bible behind spreading their particular religious or it’s because of these gener- what indignation, what and a soundscape of the 10 plagues, en- beliefs. The museum will be the centerpiece al feelings. It’s the fault of alarm, what longing, what hanced by smog and a glowing red light to of several of the family's efforts, including smartphone or antiquated concern, what readiness to symbolize the Nile turned to blood. sponsoring research on the Bible and pro- thinking. see justice done.” (2 Corinthi- It is an ambitious attempt to appeal simul- moting a Bible curriculum they hope will be Point, point, point. Blame, ans 7:11a, NIV) taneously to people of deep faith and no used in U.S. public schools. An initial at- blame, blame. Round and It all starts with owning faith, and to stand out amid the impressive tempt in an Oklahoma school district was around we go. We have plenty your shortcomings, then let- constellation of museums in Washington. withdrawn following complaints the lessons of people willing to saddle an- ting God work in you. Are The Bible exhibits are so extensive, adminis- weren't neutral. other with the blame but few you ready to see the world trators say it would take days to see every- "The museum is a massive advertisement who think they deserve it. around you change? thing. for the curriculum," said Mark Chancey, a G.K. Chesterton was a pop- I am. Green says the institution he largely fund- religious studies professor at Southern ular writer around the turn Email Jamie H. Wilson at ed is meant to educate, not evangelize, Methodist University who has critically ana- of the 20th century, and ac- faithmatterssumter@gmail. though critics are dubious. Museum admin- lyzed content of the Bible lesson plans. cording to a popular account, com

held at 6 p.m. Brother Car- Salem Missionary Baptist taken during the singing. CHURCH NEWS rington Rashad Murray as well Church, 320 W. Fulton St., an- as representatives from Opera- nounces: tion Get Smart of the S.C. De- Walker Avenue Church of God, Allen Chapel AME Church, 471 Friendship Missionary Baptist * Sunday — The 97th anniver- 100 Walker Ave., announces: partment of Corrections, will sary of the church will be Lynam Road, announces: Church, 182 S. Pike East, an- speak. * Sunday — Homecoming cel- nounces: celebrated during the 10 a.m. * Saturday — Fallfest 5-7 p.m. worship service. ebration will be held at 11 featuring Bible trivia, games, * Sunday — Trustee ministry a.m. Brother Richard Bernard prizes and more. anniversary celebration at 3:30 Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Fortune, district manager of p.m. Church, 325 Fulton St., announc- Unity Baptist Fellowship Church, retails for Dollar Tree Inc., * Sunday — Educator’s Day es: will be celebrated during 10 4000 U.S. 15 South, announc- will speak. * Sunday — Widows / widow- es: a.m. worship. High Hills Missionary Baptist ers ministry annual worship at * Saturday — Fundraiser din- Church, 6750 Meeting House 10:45 a.m. West End Community Church, Road, Dalzell, announces: ner at 4 p.m. followed by 6 101 S. Salem St., announces: Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist p.m. gospel singing featuring Church, 1275 Oswego Highway, * Sunday — Deacons / deacon- * The West End Community New Bethel Missionary Baptist the Believers Quartet. Dinner announces: ess ministry anniversary will be is a dual fundraiser for the Clothes Closet has new hours celebrated during the 10:15 Church, 3249 U.S. 15 S., announc- of 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, * Sunday — The 11th pastoral es: church building fund as well anniversary of Pastor Daniel a.m. worship. The Rev. Willie as a newer motor home for Wednesday and Thursday. Bennett Jr. will be celebrated Dennis will speak. * Sunday — The 143rd anniver- the Believers Quartet to trav- Clothes and shoes can be at 4 p.m. Pastor Nathan sary of the church will be cele- el to their engagements. Do- dropped off during these Amos, pastor of New Birth brated at 10 a.m. nations will be accepted for hours. For pick up, call (803) Hopewell Baptist Church, 3285 795-3600. Holiness Church, will speak. Peach Orchard Road, Dalzell, dinner. A love offering will be announces: Pine Grove AME Church, 41 Pine Church of Christ, 313 Mooney- * Sunday — The 11th pastoral Grove Road, Rembert, announc- ham Road, announces: anniversary celebration for es: * Saturday, Dec. 9 — Family Pastor Richard Addison will be * Tuesday, Nov. 21 — Pre- Hopewell Baptist Church and friends night at 6 p.m., held at 3 p.m. The Rev. Carnell Thanksgiving worship service hosted by the China and Har- Witherspoon, of Mount Chapel at 7 p.m. 3285 PEACH ORCHARD ROAD • HWY 441 vin families. The Rev. Leroy Baptist Church of Jordan, will DALZELL, SC 29040 • 803-499-2920 speak. Blanding, of New Bethel Mis- Quinn Chapel AME Church, 2400 sionary Baptist Church, will Queen Chapel Road, announc- Pastor and Mrs. Richard Addison’s speak. Mount Pisgah AME Church, 217 W. es: Bartlette St., announces: * Tuesday, Nov. 28 — Healthier 11th Pastoral Anniversary Dalzell United Methodist Church, * Monday, Nov. 27 — Communi- 2017 will be held from 11 a.m. to 3330 Black River Road, Dalzell, ty-wide crime prevention / pub- noon. U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class announces: lic awareness program will be Jameka S. Promise will speak. * Saturday — Coats for Christ SUNDAY, giveaway 8-11 a.m. No appli- NOVEMBER 19, 2017 cation or qualifications. Call AT 3 P.M. (803) 499-5190 with any ques- od Fa tions. Fo ir HOPEWELL BAPTIST & Holiday Market CHURCH Fellowship Outreach Ministries, 1981 Florence Highway, an- 3285 PEACH nounces: Aldersgate UMC ORCHARD ROAD * Today — Revival at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, November 18th Pastor Teresa Baxter, of Lord DALZELL, SC 29040 of Lords of Hope Ministries, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM will speak. We will be selling: Theme: “For I am Not Ashamed” Scripture: Romans 1:16 First Baptist Missionary Church, Delicious Baked Goods, Casseroles, Homemade Jams, Pickles, Gift Items, Crafts, Plants and More! For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings 219 S. Washington St., an- salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. nounces: * Sunday — The 149th anni- Bar-B-Que Sandwich Bag Lunch Speaker: versary of the church will be Eat In or Take Out observed at 10:45 a.m. The REV. CARNELL Rev. Sammie D. Simmons will Hope to see you there! speak. WITHERSPOON * Sunday, Nov. 26 — Dr. Marla 211 Alice Drive F. Frederick, professor of Afri- Sumter, SC MT. CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH can American Studies and Study of Religion at Harvard JORDAN, SC University, will speak at 10:45 a.m. 775-1602 • Aldersgatesumter.org THE PUBLIC IS INVITED THE SUMTER ITEM LOCAL FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2017 | A5 Follow the leader

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Church School 9:00 am Sunday School: 10 am Sun. 9:15 - 12:00 Noon, 5:00 pm Wed. Bible Study 7:00 pm Sun. Church Service 10:00 am Baptist - Southern www.yourbethel.org Tues. Bible Study 11:00 am (in Spanish) [email protected] Sumter Bible Church First Presbyterian Church Wed. Bible Study 6:00 pm Confession: Sat. 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Grace Baptist Church 420 South Pike West, Sumter of Sumter 219 W Calhoun St * 778-6417 Trinity United Methodist Church 803-773-8339 • Pastor Ron Davis 9 W Calhoun St (at Main St.) LET THE SHINE THROUGH Dr. Stephen Williams Church of Christ 226 W Liberty St • 773-9393 Sunday School 10:00 am (803) 773-3814 • [email protected] [email protected] Rev. Joseph James, Jr. Worship 11:00 am & 6:30 pm Rev. Nick Cheek S.S. 9:45 am; Worship 11:00 am Blended Worship 8:45 am Wed. Bible Study & Prayer 7:00 pm “Classes for all ages” 9:30 am Evening Worship/Bible Study 6:30 pm Plaza Church of Christ Sunday School 9:45 am Hospitality & Fellowship Wed. 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BY AUDREY MCAVOY AND with a pellet gun and then re- JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER peatedly stabbed her in her Associated Press car, which was parked at a shopping mall, according to HONOLULU — A dangerous court records. Hawaii psychiatric patient "He is a very dangerous indi- who escaped a state hospital vidual," said Wayne Tashima, and flew to California before a Honolulu prosecutor who ar- being captured Wednesday has gued in 2015 against Saito re- prompted an investigation into ceiving passes to leave the hos- why employees appeared to pital grounds without an es- fail to do their jobs. cort. Dr. Virginia Pressler, direc- Defense attorneys sought to tor of the Hawaii Department have Saito released in 2000. of Health, said an internal in- But Jeff Albert, a deputy city quiry indicated that workers prosecutor, objected, saying inadvertently or intentionally Saito "fills all the criteria of a neglected to supervise Randall classic serial killer." Saito and notify their supervi- In 1993, a court denied sors. Saito's request for conditional The apparent failures were release, saying he still suffered spread through several shifts from sexual sadism and necro- of workers, she said. philia. Seven hospital staff mem- Psychiatrists who evaluated bers were being placed on un- CHARLEY’S TAXI VIA AP him over the years also said he paid leave Wednesday for 30 This Nov. 12 frame from a video camera inside a Charley’s Taxi shows escaped mental patient Randall could be personable, charming days and more may be identi- Saito using an personal device inside a taxi in Honolulu, en route to Honolulu airport. Saito on Sunday left and had good social skills. fied as the investigation con- the Hawaii State Hospital outside Honolulu, where he has been committed for 36 years since being acquit- Dr. Gene Altman, who evalu- tinues, the department said in ted of murder by reason of insanity. Saito was captured in Stockton, California, on Wednesday. ated Saito in 2010, said he had a statement. six significant relationships Saito was gone at least eight since being committed in 1981. hours before hospital staff had any accomplices. be there very shortly." 911 to report Saito's disappear- Three of those were reported- alerted authorities. "We were dismayed to learn A few minutes later he made ance shortly after 7:30 p.m. ly with hospital staff members Saito on Sunday left the 202- that Hawaii State Hospital es- another call: "Is this the cap- Sunday — two hours after he and the others were with bed Hawaii State Hospital out- capee Randall Saito used an tain that's going to fly to Maui landed in California, Honolulu women in the community, inside Honolulu, where he has alias to charter a flight on one today? Hi. Hi, it's me. I'm on police said. An all-points bulle- cluding Saito's first and second been committed for 36 years of our planes from Honolulu my way." tin went out an hour later. wives, according to Altman's since being acquitted of mur- to Maui on Sunday," said a Saito was captured in Stock- Gov. David Ige said authori- assessment, filed in court re- der by reason of insanity. He statement Wednesday from ton on Wednesday morning as ties and the public should have cords. took a taxi to a chartered luxury charter flight company the result of a tip from an been notified much sooner and Irving Tam, who has lived plane bound for the island of Royal Pacific Air. alert taxi driver, the San Joa- directed Chin to investigate. near the hospital for about 30 Maui and then boarded anoth- Video footage from inside quin County Sheriff's Depart- He said the state has started years, said he heard about the er plane to San Jose, Califor- the taxi that drove Saito to the ment said. The agency posted reviewing patient privileges escape from a neighbor, not nia, authorities said. chartered flight shows him a photo on social media show- and public visitation policies the police, hospital or media, It wasn't immediately using a cellphone after climb- ing Saito surrounded by three at the hospital to determine if and that patients have gotten known how he was able to ing in with a large backpack. deputies at a gas station. they are appropriate. It's also out several times in the past. charter a plane, and police He tells the driver he's in a Saito has been charged with boosting the frequency of un- "When they do escape, espe- wouldn't provide details about rush to catch a flight. felony escape, and the attor- announced patient searches cially someone with this kind his flight to California. Attor- During the ride, he made ney general said the breakout and ordering more fencing. of a record, there is a high de- ney General Doug Chin said two calls. "I'm on my way," was not planned by someone Saito was sent to the hospi- gree of concern; he could be the escape was planned and an Saito said to someone he suffering from a "mental de- tal in 1981 after acknowledging violent and who knows," Tam investigation would include an called Mickey. "We just made fect." he shot Sandra Yamashiro said Tuesday. examination of whether Saito the freeway, so, um, we should Hospital workers had called 16 S. MAIN STREET Powell’s SUMTER SC Montana drivers receive turkeys, not tickets ON MAIN (803) 775-8171 BILLINGS, Montana (AP) the holiday. Riddle’s wife died of can- JUST ARRIVED! — Some Montana drivers got Driver Larry Riddle appre- cer, and he lives alone on a Thanksgiving turkeys instead ciated the surprise after he limited budget. Each year, he of tickets when they were was pulled over for not sig- tries to make a holiday meal pulled over by traffic officers. naling a turn. for his daughter and himself. 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BY SHARRON HALEY structure. Hand-carved wood- Special to The Sumter Item work is showcased on the mansion’s grand central hall- PINEWOOD — Resting in way and the curved staircase the midst of towering pines in the home’s cylindrical hall. and oaks outside the small Reports state the plantation rural town of Pinewood lies a survived the Civil War because historic plantation with roots Brig. Gen. Edward E. Potter dating back to 1839. would not destroy the build- Millford Plantation was ings that his brother had de- built between 1839 and 1841 in signed. According to south- what was then Clarendon carolina-plantations.com, it County but later became Sum- was later noted by a docent at ter County on land that was the plantation that Potter may inherited by John Laurence have changed his mind if he Manning, who became gover- had known that inside a desk nor of South in the home Carolina, from were a copy of his grandfa- the articles of ther, Richard secession. Richardson. The planta- PHOTOS PROVIDED Many of the tion changed Cathy Kennedy with The Azalea Garden Club of Manning works on the 2016 holiday decorations that were materials used hands several featured on the staircase in Millford Plantation’s cylindrical hall. to build the times through plantation the years. In tion to be used as a museum Call (803) 452-6194 to reserve were imported 1902, Mary by the Classical American your space. and trans- Clark Thomp- Home Preservation Trust, “The tour sold out last ferred by ferry son purchased which maintains the property year,” said Marie Land, a up the Santee the property. today. member of The Azalea Garden River. The ar- When she Today, guided tours of the Club of Manning and one of chitect for the died in 1923, historic plantation are given the decorators for the tour. “I mansion was the property by appointment only on the had friends calling me last Nathaniel Pot- was willed to first Saturday of each month. year, and I simply couldn’t get ter, who had her nephews, The plantation is closed every them tickets. You need to call just finished Emory W. January and open every Sat- now and not wait until the last working on Ann Sauls, a member of The Aza- Clark and urday during the month of day to make a reservation.” the Charleston lea Garden Club of Manning, Myron C. Wil- April. Land said that decorating Hotel when he puts finishing touches on the liams. Clark’s This year, visitors will be the huge plantation house was began building mantel and in the library of Mill- son became able to enjoy Millford Planta- a lot of work but a lot of fun, Millford Plan- ford Plantation before the 2016 the next ten- tion for two days during the too. She said fresh flowers and tation, and tour of the historic plantation. ant and used first weekend in December. The back entrance to Millford greenery were used through- many of the the massive With the theme of Yuletide at Plantation received attention for out the home. Striking center- design ele- estate as his Millford, The Azalea Garden the 2016 holiday tour. The Azalea pieces showcase the home’s ments from the hotel can be winter home. In 1971, Millford Club of Manning has decorat- Garden Club of Manning mem- beautiful architecture and fur- seen in the plantation’s design. Plantation was added to the ed the home with festive ar- bers, Judy Langley, Peggy Benton niture, she added. The palatial two-story man- National Register of Historic rangements in every room, in- and Nannette Frye, focused on “These ladies are very tal- sion’s architecture is referred Places, and in 1973, the site cluding the kitchen. The plan- making the historic plantation’s ented as you’ll see during the to as “Greek Revival.” Six was declared a National His- tation’s grounds will be open rear entrance a warm and wel- tour,” Land said. “It’s spectac- carved Corinthian columns toric Landmark. In 1992, Rich- from 9:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. Dec. coming sight for the holiday tour. ular. Each room of the house which span the front portico ard H. Jenrette purchased the 2, and the house will be open is beautiful. It really will get greet visitors to the mansion. plantation along with 400 sur- from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. On the house open from noon you in the mood for the holi- Sixteen-foot ceilings are fea- rounding acres. In 2008, Jen- Dec. 3, the grounds will open until 3 p.m. Admission is $15, days. People need to come and tured in the main rooms of the rette donated Millford Planta- from noon until 4 p.m. with and reservations are required. see it for themselves.” Fire ratings mean homeowners may see reduced insurance bills BY JIM HILLEY Class 5 in different parts of the county, ISO’s minimum criteria. rated as a 10,” he said. “There is a [email protected] he said. The program provides an “objec- small pocket of that area, and we are “This new rating will lower insur- tive, countrywide standard that helps trying to reduce that number as well.” A new fire suppression rating for ance premiums for a large segment of fire departments in planning and Epperson said the county and mu- parts of Clarendon County should lead the county,” Epperson said. budgeting for facilities, equipment nicipalities will continue working to to lower insurance bills for many According to the ISO website, www. and training,” according to the web- improve the ISO fire protection rat- homeowners in the county, County Ad- isomitigation.com, ISO collects infor- site. By securing lower fire insurance ings. ministrator David Epperson said at the mation on municipal fire-protection premiums for communities with bet- “We have been proactive not only in Nov. 13 Clarendon County Council capabilities from 47,000 communities ter fire protection, the program pro- the county, but also in municipalities meeting. throughout the country. ISO analyzes vides an incentive for communities to in providing water to areas outside of Epperson said Clarendon County Fire the relevant data using its Fire Sup- improve their firefighting services. their limits and being able to put hy- Department recently received new In- pression Rating Schedule and then However, Epperson said some parts drants in areas that haven’t had them ternational Organization for Standards assigns a Public Protection Classifica- of the county will still receive a Class before,” he said. “The water infra- ratings. The fire department received a tion from 1 to 10. Class 1 represents 10 rating. structure has helped out tremendous- Class 4 rating for property within five superior property fire protection, and “Unfortunately, in areas where ly.” road miles of a fire station. Previously, Class 10 indicates that an area’s fire- homes are more than five road miles The new ratings will go into effect such ratings varied from Class 4 to suppression program doesn’t meet from a fire station, they will still be Feb. 1, 2018, Epperson said.

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Plaintiff deposit with the Clarendon County NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICES does not warrant its title search to Special Referee at the conclusion of OF ESTATES EMPLOYMENT IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR purchasers at foreclosure sale or VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO the bidding five percent (5%) of its All persons having claims against the other third parties, who should have bid, in cash or equivalent, as PARTICIPATE IN THIS their own title search performed on following estates MUST file their claims Summons & FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION evidence of good faith, same to be Notice the subject property. Purchaser is applied to the purchase price in case on FORM #371ES with the Probate PROCESS, THE FORECLOSURE responsible for the preparation and Help Wanted MAY PROCEED. of compliance, but to be forfeited Court of Clarendon County, the address filing of their deed. and applied first to costs and then to of which is 411 Sunset Dr. Manning, SC Full-Time SUMMONS Plaintiff's debt in the case of AND NOTICES NOTICE PURSUANT TO THE FAIR William T. Geddings, Jr. 29102, within eight (8) months after the DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES noncompliance. Should the last and Special Referee highest bidder fail or refuse to make date of the first publication of this Notice ACT (15 U.S.C. § 1692 et seq.): This is for Clarendon County to Creditors or within one (1) year from IN THE COURT OF an attempt to collect a debt and any the required deposit at time of bid or Manning Garden is seeking a COMMON PLEAS comply with the other terms of the date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC information you provide will be used HARRELL, MARTIN & PEACE, P.A. qualified maintenance technician. C/A NO: for that purpose. However, if you bid within thirty (30) days, then the 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall Donald W. Tyler #5664 Special Referee may resell the Successful applicants will have 2017CP1400353 have previously received a discharge be forever barred as to their claims. All Taylor A. Peace #100206 property on the same terms and experience & skills in general (NON-JURY MORTGAGE from bankruptcy, this message is not 135 Columbia Avenue claims are required to be presented in maintenance repair. Plumbing, and should be construed as an conditions at the risk of the said FORECLOSURE) Post Office Box 1000 highest bidder. Purchaser to pay for written statements on the prescribed form electrical, punch out, HVAC expe- attempt to collect a debt, but only as Chapin, South Carolina 29036 a requirement pursuant to the documentary stamps on the (FORM #371ES) indicating the name and rience, strong work ethic and a STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA (803) 345-3353 conveying deed. The successful desire to serve the customer. COUNTY OF CLARENDON administrative order. ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF address of the claimant, the basis of the bidder will be required to pay HVAC certified is preferred but not interest on the amount of the bid claim, the amount claimed, the date when FINKEL LAW FIRM LLC ORDER AND NOTICE OF SALE MidFirst Bank, from the date of sale to the date of the claim will become due, the nature of required. We offer an exciting THOMAS A. SHOOK DEFICIENCY JUDGMENT PLAINTIFF, compliance with the bid at the rate any uncertainty as to the claim, and a work environment with competitive Post Office Box 71727 REQUESTED AS TO DEFENDANT vs. of 4.000% per annum. Should base salary and benefits. Please North Charleston, S.C. 29415 MARGARET D. MOODY A/K/A description of any security as to the claim. Jacqueline Evans; Tracey D. Burns; Plaintiff or one of its representatives apply on-line www.ambling.com/ (843) 577-5460 MARGARET DINGLE MOODY NOT Lindsay Steele; and Vivian N. Steele, fail to be present at the time of sale, Attorney for Plaintiff ELIGIBLE FOR LOAN career. Drugs don't work! DEFENDANT(S). the property shall be automatically MODIFICATION UNDER THE withdrawn from said sale. As a HOME AFFORDABLE Estate: Moses Richburg, Sr. TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE Notice of Sale deficiency judgment is being MODIFICATION PROGRAM STATE #2017ES1400289 NAMED: demanded, the bidding will remain OF SOUTH CAROLINA Personal Representative: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED open thirty (30) days after the date of CLARENDON COUNTY IN THE Selinda Richburg Cabbagestalk and required to answer the NOTICE OF SALE sale. THIS SALE IS ALSO MADE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS 1260 Westbury Mill Rd. Complaint herein, a copy of which is CIVIL ACTION SUBJECT TO ALL CLARENDON THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Sumter, SC 29153 herewith served upon you, or to NO. 2017-CP-14-00238 COUNTY TAXES AND EXISTING 2017-CP-14-00147 FIRST-CITIZENS 11/10/17 - 11/24/17 otherwise appear and defend, and to EASEMENTS, RESTRICTIONS, BANK & TRUST COMPANY, AS serve a copy of your Answer to said BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore AND SENIOR LIENS AND/OR SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST BY Complaint upon the subscribers at granted in the case of: United States OTHER ENCUMBRANCES OF Estate: Jeanne Baker Mathis MERGER TO FIRST CITIZENS their office, 4000 Faber Place, Suite of America, acting through the RECORD. Benjamin D. Moore, AKA Alice Jeanne Mathis BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, 450, P.O. Box 71727, North Farmers Home Administration, Special Referee Clarendon County #2017ES1400297 INC., Plaintiff, vs. MARGARET D. Charleston, South Carolina, 29415, or United States Department of Florence, South Carolina Personal Representative: MOODY A/K/A MARGARET DINGLE to otherwise appear and defend the Agriculture v. Billy R. Elms, Jr., and ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF: Justin T. Mathis MOODY, Defendant(s). BY VIRTUE action pursuant to applicable court Barbara C. Jordan, as Personal Samuel D. Fleder Jeriel A. Thomas 1631 Homeward Way of a decree heretofore granted in the rules, within thirty (30) days after Representative of the Estate of Smith Debnam Narron Drake Summerton, SC 29148 case of First-Citizens Bank & Trust service hereof, exclusive of the day George W. Jordan, Jr., I, the Saintsing & Myers, LLP P.O. Box William H. Johnson Company, as successor in interest by of such service; except that the undersigned Special Referee for 26268 Raleigh, NC 27611 Attorneys PO Box 137 merger to First Citizens Bank and United States of America, if named, Clarendon County, will sell on for Plaintiff JAT 15799155 Manning, SC 29102 Trust Company, Inc. v. Margaret D. shall have sixty (60) days to answer December 4, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at the 11/17/17 - 12/01/17 Moody a/k/a Margaret Dingle Moody, after the service hereof, exclusive of Clarendon County Admin Building, case number 2017-CP-14-00147, I, the such service; and if you fail to 411 Sunset Dr., Manning, South Estate:George Washington Hicks, Sr. undersigned Benjamin D. Moore, answer the Complaint or otherwise Carolina to the highest bidder: #2017ES1400290 appear and defend within the time Special referee for Clarendon Personal Representative: County, will hold a sale on December aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action All that piece, parcel or lot of land George Hicks, Jr. 4, 2017 at 12:00 PM at the Clarendon will apply to the Court for relief lying, being and situate in the Town 1250 Candlelight Lane County Courthouse, 3 Keitt Street, demanded therein, and judgment by of Manning, School District No. 2, Pinewood, SC 29125 Clarendon, SC 29102, and sell .46 default will be rendered against you County of Clarendon, State of South 11/10/17 - 11/24/17 acres, Lot A of the following for the relief demanded in the Carolina containing 0.36 acres and described property to the highest Complaint. being designated as Lot No. 7 bidder, due to a subsequent according to a plat hereinafter conveyance of .58 acres, Lot B: All TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN described and measuring and that certain piece, parcel or lot of YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO bounding as follows: On the North land with improvements thereon, MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN measuring thereon 81.30 feet; on the containing 1.03 acres, more or less, YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON East by Lot No. 8 and measuring lying, being and situate on the west WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) thereon 188.72 feet; on the South by side of Church Street in the Town of RESIDE(S) AND/OR TO PERSONS Gib Gibbons Drive and measuring Summerton, County of Clarendon, UNDER SOME LEGAL thereon 80 feet; and on the West by State of South Carolina, having such DISABILITY: Lot No. 6 and measuring thereon shapes, metes, courses and 199.53 feet. For a more particular E&E Feeds distances, as will more fully appear YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED description, reference may be had to by reference unto a plat thereof by J. AND NOTIFIED to apply for the a plat by R.G. Mathis Land Surveying 2236 Hwy. 301 • Manning, SC B. Floyd, Surveyor, dated August 31, appointment of a guardian ad litem dated May 9, 1989 and recorded in 1939 and recorded in Plat Book 10 at (803) 435-2797 within thirty (30) days after the Plat Book 140, at page 176, records of Page 28 of the records of Clarendon service of this Summons and Notice Clarendon County. County. Pursuant to § 30-5-250 of the upon you. If you fail to do so, Derivation: A163-181. Got a pesty Hog WE’RE application for such appointment Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976, as amended), reference to said will be made by the Plaintiff. TMS No.: 168-15-01-026-00 running loose? plat is hereby craved for the metes, Property Address: bounds, courses and/or distances of We carry Hog ALL YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE 602 Gib Drive, the property delineated thereon. that pursuant to Rule 53(b) SCRCP, Manning, South Carolina 29102 Commander as amended effective September 1, Said property being the same 2002, the Plaintiff will move for a conveyed to Dorothy Davis Dingle, Trapper, EARS SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, Claude T. Dingle, III, and Margaret general Order of Reference to the CLARENDON COUNTY AD The Ultimate Dingle Moody by deed of Estate of Master in Equity for Clarendon VALOREM TAXES, EXISTING Claude Treadwell Dingle, Jr. dated County, which Order shall, pursuant EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND Trapping System Questions? June 14, 2004 and recorded August to Rule 53(b) of the South Carolina RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND 12, 2005 in Deed Book A-542 at Page Rules of Civil Procedure, OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. For the Deer Comments? specifically provide that the said 173 of the records of Clarendon County. Thereafter, Dorothy Davis Hunter we Master in Equity is authorized and TERMS OF SALE: The successful Story Ideas? Dingle conveyed all of her interest in empowered to enter a final judgment bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will have deer the same property to Margaret in this action. If there are deposit with the Special Referee for Let us know Dingle Moody by deed dated counterclaims requiring a jury trial, Clarendon County at conclusion of attractant and February 22, 2007 and recorded any party may file a demand under the bidding, five percent (5%) of his how we’re doing. February 27, 2007 in Deed Book deer corn rule 38, SCRCP and the case will be bid, in cash or equivalent as A-650 at Page 174 of the records of returned to the Circuit Court. evidence of good faith, same to be • Ask us about Volume Discounts Clarendon County. Thereafter, applied to purchase price in case of Claude T. 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Should the last and recorded February 27, 2007 in Deed the original Complaint in the above highest bidder fail or refuse to make • Protein tub for cattle Street Book A-650 at Page 178 of the 8-JCFSUZ entitled action, together with the the required deposit at time of bid or records of Clarendon County. 20 • Rye and Oat grass seeds 803.774.1200 Summons, was filed in the Office of comply with the other terms of the South Church St., Summerton, SC the Clerk of Court for Clarendon bid within twenty (20) days, then the • Accessories for your pet and livestock 29148 TMS#: 078-11-01-007-00 (Lot A) www.theitem.com County on September 14, 2017 at 4:22 Special Referee for Clarendon TERMS OF SALE: The successful We Buy Pecans p.m. County may resell the property on bidder, other than Plaintiff, will the same terms and conditions on PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT some subsequent Sales Day (at the pursuant to the Supreme Court of risk of the said highest bidder). 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COMMENTARY Religion can make some folks foolish et’s imagine that Roy Moore is a Democrat and not a Republican. And let’s pretend he’s an atheist Land not a Christian — or better yet, that he’s a Muslim. How many evangelical Christian voters in Alabama do you suppose would give him the benefit of the doubt regarding those salacious allegations that he fondled a 14-year old girl when he was in his early 30s? If you said “none” you’re probably right. This isn’t about whether Judge Roy EDITORIAL ROUNDUP Moore did what he’s accused of doing, though I Recent editorials from South Caro- rent rate is not pretty. In fact, tied up and unsupervised for more have my suspicions. lina newspapers: CSOL’s 44 percent pass rate looks than an hour must have food, water, When asked if he would particularly dreary when compared shelter and at least 100 square feet of flat out deny that he to the University of South Carolina’s “useable space.” dated teenage girls when The Post and Courier law school in Columbia. It had a 76 Importantly, the Senate proposal he was in his 30s, the percent pass rate. also includes more training for local Nov. 9 judge said: “It would be All the more reason for the profes- magistrates on handling animal-cru- out of my customary be- School performs poorly sors of the Charleston School of elty issues — because tougher laws Bernie havior.” Law, with administrative and admis- on animal cruelty will do little if law Goldberg If somebody asked you on July state bar exam sions woes behind them, and the stu- enforcement and the judiciary do if you ever robbed a The Charleston School of Law’s dents (incidentally, Princeton Re- not take them seriously. bank and you said, “It poor performance on the July state view ranked CSOL students’ quality Toward cases being treated seri- would be out of my customary behav- bar exam is discouraging, but it is of life as 4th in the nation) to turn ously, Connecticut offers a model. ior,” that would mean just one thing: You not a reason to doubt the school’s things around and see that gradu- Writing in the article titled “How robbed a bank. value to the community. ates are prepared to pass the bar. Dogs and Cats Can Get Their Day in Roy Moore was a man of questionable The two tumultuous years from Court,” Rubin said Desmond’s Law reputation long before the latest slime 2013 to 2015 when InfiLaw was at- enacted in 2016 creates a program hit the fan. He was twice removed from tempting to take over CSOL are like- The Times & Democrat that allows courts to appoint super- the Alabama State Supreme Court for ly partly to blame. Some gifted stu- vised law students or lawyers to Nov. 12 flouting the law. When a federal judge dents who were unhappy with the serve as volunteer advocates for ani- ordered him to remove a monument of prospect of attending an InfiLaw S.C. animal cruelty cases mals in cruelty cases. The legal ex- the Ten Commandments from govern- school withdrew their acceptance perts represent the interests of ani- ment property, Judge Moore refused. letters and matriculated elsewhere. linked to other crimes mals and justice, mirroring a prac- After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Applications and enrollment both In 2016, the FBI started to track tice that is already standard for chil- same-sex marriage was legal, the judge dropped. animal cruelty, including neglect, dren who have been abused or ordered county officials not to issue Further, this spring’s graduates torture and sexual abuse, because of killed. same-sex marriage licenses. took the Uniform Bar Examination disturbing connections between “Advocates research police and Roy Moore is one of those holier-than- that is being used in South Carolina abuse and killing of animals and veterinary records, interview ex- thou characters, a man who gets his for the first time this year. The stan- doing the same to humans. perts and present recommendations marching orders from the Bible and isn’t dardized test is accepted in 26 states Writing for theconversation.com, to courts regarding intermediate going to let some secular federal judge and Washington, D.C. Unlike the bar Jessica Rubin of the Animal Legal and final issues in cruelty cases. tell him what to do. exam previously administered in the Defense Fund and an assistant clini- They aim to ensure that courts con- But conservatives who are forever state, UBE requires test-takers to cal professor of law at the University sider and protect animal interests,” screaming about activist judges are OK draft motions for hypothetical cases of Connecticut, states the evidence Rubin writes. Volunteers track cru- with Roy Moore’s activism — because and answer some questions in essay is more than anecdotal. Researchers elty cases in the state and attend he’s one of them. form. like psychologists Randall Lockwood court hearings. And that’s why so many evangelical There is good reason to expect and Frank R. Ascione have deter- The first case to use Desmond’s Christians in Alabama still support Roy CSOL performance to rebound. In mined that people who abuse ani- Law involved a defendant accused Moore. He shares what passes for their 2013, more than 75 percent of gradu- mals may move on to hurting people. of engaging in dogfighting, Rubin values. ates passed a bar exam either in By vigorously prosecuting animal notes. Lacking a record of prior In an interview with liberal radio talk South Carolina or in another state. cruelty cases, the justice system convictions, he was eligible to apply show host Bill Press in 2005, Moore was And 90 percent of CSOL graduates could help stave off violent crimes for an accelerated rehabilitation asked this question. “Do you think that ultimately pass a bar exam, if not on against people, Rubin writes. But program through which a defen- homosexual–homosexuality, or homo- the first try then on a subsequent these animal cruelty offenses often dant complying with court condi- sexual conduct should be illegal today? one. get short shrift in state courts. tions and not committing additional That’s a yes or no question.” Applications and admission num- Rubin notes that courts and prose- offenses may have charges dis- “Homosexual conduct should be ille- bers have increased significantly, cutors often have more cases involv- missed. gal, yes,” Moore answered. and the administration appears to be ing crimes against people than they A student under Rubin’s supervi- And lots of evangelicals in Alabama stable. Indeed, Princeton Review can handle. So cases of animal cru- sion argued that the defendant nodded in agreement. ranked CSOL professors the 10th elty are dismissed or defendants are should not be eligible for the acceler- But what if the allegations are true, best among law schools in the coun- given probationary sentences — ated rehabilitation program because that he had improper sexual contact try. leaving no record of the offenses. the crime of which he was accused with a young girl when he was a 32-year- Meanwhile, CSOL has hired an as- In South Carolina, that may be was serious and likely to recur. old assistant district attorney? Well, he’s sistant dean for academic and bar about to change with a package of A Connecticut judge allowed the not a Democrat, is he? success. Dyann Margolis has worked animal welfare reforms drawn up by defendant to use the program but Here’s Michael Brendan Dougherty in for BARBRI Group, which is a test- a group of state officials and animal- was receptive to imposing conditions National Review: “People are reminded prep organization. rights activists and approved by a on the defendant’s probationary two- frequently that Christian conservatives The local legal community made it panel of state senators. The propos- year program term. For example, he once demanded that Bill Clinton resign clear during the InfiLaw dealings als are headed for the Senate Agri- may not have any contact with ani- in shame for carrying on an affair with a that it values CSOL as an asset. In- culture and Natural Resources Com- mals and must undergo a psycholog- White House intern. Now some of those deed, some offered legal and finan- mittee in January. ical assessment. supposedly godly men, or their sons, de- cial help to ensure that InfiLaw Dog-tethering would be prevented South Carolina may not be ready fend Moore’s predation of teenaged girls didn’t take over CSOL. InfiLaw oper- for the first time, and pronged or to implement its own version of Des- on the grounds that even a child preda- ates for-profit law schools in Phoenix “choke” collars would be banned. mond’s Law, but such an approach tor is better than a Democrat.” and Jacksonville. Its Charlotte At present, law enforcement can- should be considered. It would be a One of those supposedly godly men is school closed Aug. 11. not take action against owners who way to give legal advocates for ani- Alabama State Auditor Jim Zeigler, who Ironically, a concern of students leave their dogs tied up outside un- mals standing to do more than speak said the allegations against Moore are and members of the community was less officers decide the tethering loudly in the public arena — and “Much ado about very little” before that InfiLaw schools had low passing constitutes “animal cruelty.” The could be a factor in putting a stop to hauling Jesus in as a character witness rates for bar exams. But CSOL’s cur- change would require that any dog violence against humans later. for the defense. “Take Joseph and Mary,” Zeigler told the Washington Examiner. “Mary was a teenager, and Joseph was an adult carpenter. They became parents LETTER TO THE EDITOR of Jesus.” Get it? Mary was a teenager — just WHY PARDON A TURKEY duced aggression. At 16 weeks of from a 1996 high of 303 million, as like the girl Roy Moore is accused of un- AT THANKSGIVING? age, slaughterhouse workers cut one third of our population is ac- dressing and fondling. And Roy Moore is their throats and dumped them in tively reducing meat consumption; the adult, just like Joseph. And that President Trump is getting his boiling water to remove their our supermarkets carry a rich va- turned out OK, didn’t it? pardon pen ready, as the Mueller in- feathers. riety of convenient, delicious, Religion makes some people better — vestigation starts indicting his asso- Consumers pay a heavy price, healthful plant-based meat prod- and it makes some people foolish. ciates. This Wednesday, he plans to too. Turkey flesh is laced with cho- ucts, including several oven-ready But, hey, at least Roy Moore isn’t a practice on two very innocent Min- lesterol and saturated fats that ele- roasts. Democrat, right? nesota turkeys. vate risk of chronic killer diseases. This Thanksgiving holiday, as we The other 244 million turkeys Intense, prolonged cooking is re- give thanks for life and good for- Bernie Goldberg is an opinion writer and killed in the U.S. this year have quired to destroy deadly pathogens tune, let’s also skip the gratuitous a news and media analyst for Fox News’ not been so lucky. They were lurking inside. violence and grant our own pardon O’Reilly Factor. He is a graduate of Rut- raised in crowded sheds filled with Now, for the good news: Per-cap- to an innocent animal. gers University and a member of the toxic fumes. Their beaks and toes ita consumption of turkeys is SIMON ISAAC school’s Hall of Distinguished Alumni. were clipped to prevent stress-in- down by a whopping 34 percent Sumter

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As ISIL fled, coalition forc- their sovereignty,” he said. had over 650 weapons em- ISLAMIC STATE FROM PAGE A1 es destroyed them from the Iraq’s land forces have ployed in support of the Af- air, Isler said. grown throughout the con- ghanistan security forces — Isler said he is optimistic “They realized they ISIL is not yet defeated in flict, he said, and their air that is the highest amount about the future in Iraq couldn’t be successful fight- Iraq, Isler said, but the Iraqis force has improved, as well. ever,” he said. largely because the Iraqi ing separately. They realized are on a roll of success that is “Their F-16s are really He said U.S. advisers have forces are becoming much they had to mass forces and continuing. good. Their F-16s are highly been impressed by the more capable. fight together,” Isler said. In Syria, ISIL is struggling trained. They drop precision- growth in Afghanistan’s air “I have seen the Iraqi secu- “That was the biggest change to hold terrain, he said. guided munitions, and they capability. rity forces grow in their in- in the year I was in Iraq.” He cautioned that there is are really good with them,” “We are seeing their air- ternal capabilities,” he said. He said the liberation of still a lot of work to do to de- Isler said. “They hit what men, who have been trained “Every operation they get Tal Afar in August was feat ISIL and define how a they are going after.” as partners here in the U.S., better, they get stronger, they planned and executed by transition to peace and stabil- The Iraqi forces have devel- going forward and doing close get better at working togeth- Iraqi forces. ity takes place. oped important targeting and air support for their soldiers er.” “We shaped the maneuver “It is too early for a time- intelligence capabilities, Isler in really challenging scenari- That togetherness is a mi- ahead of it. We shaped the line or [to predict] how that said. os,” he said. “Doing exactly crocosm of the entire coun- battle space with intelli- happens,” he said. As ISIL is rolled back in what they are trained to do.” try, Isler said. gence, surveillance, recon- Isler said maintaining the Iraq and Syria, there is a When the Iraqi forces were naissance and deliberate tar- capability to prevent an ISIL growing commitment in Af- Editor’s note: This article uses preparing to oust ISIL from geting to create the condi- comeback is the focus at U.S. ghanistan, he said. the acronym ISIL to refer to Mosul, the counter-terrorism tions for success,” he said. Central Command. He said AFCENT is making the Islamic State in Iraq and forces, the Iraqi army, the “Then the Iraqis did the ma- “We are there at the invita- sure it has the air capability the Levant. The terrorist federal police and others neuver with overwhelming tion of Iraq, and we are work- to make Operation Resolute group is also known by the ac- were not coordinated, he force, and ISIL ran away ing to make sure the Iraqis Support a success. ronym ISIS, Islamic State in said. from that city.” have the capability to maintain “Last month, October, we Iraq and Syria.

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Back in Rembert, Grant Hill member and deacon Gladys Grant said she felt led by God to offer relief assistance to the Houston area after Harvey. She mentioned it at church, and ADRIENNE SARVIS / THE SUMTER ITEM someone knew the Former South Carolina Sen. Maggie Glover speaks pastor of a Catholic to mothers at an event called Muffins with Mom, church in Beaumont. hosted by Head Start, at the North HOPE Center on South Carolina Wednesday. was fortunate that Harvey adjusted its path and steered MOMS FROM PAGE A1 JENKINS clear of the Palmetto State. Some church Glover said women should also evaluate their members were wary friends and stand beside people who encourage to help so immediately because it them to be better and who call out their wrong- was still the middle of hurricane doings. People pick up good behaviors and habits season. They wondered if it from good friends, she said. would be better to wait and see if Head Start services help carry out the lessons any storms hit locally, according and habits Glover iterated are vital to children’s to Grant. early education and foundation. She said Grant Hill’s pastor, Wateree Community Actions Inc. offers Head the Rev. Clifton Witherspoon, en- Start programs in Sumter, Lee, Clarendon and couraged the church to move for- Kershaw counties. In Sumter, parents can attend ward with the Beaumont relief facilities in six areas: Goodwill, Statesburg, Hick- plan. ory Hollow, South Sumter, Morris College and “He told us, ‘Just do it. God Rubye J. Johnson Head Start Center. will still bless and provide for The programs encourage parents to be the first us,’” Grant recalled. educators in their children’s lives to help en- So Grant Hill Missionary Bap- hance the child’s cognitive, social and emotional tist pushed forward with a vic- development. tims’ relief effort for Beaumont For more information about Head Start, go to and got the word out among area www.wateree.iescentral.com. churches in Sumter, Kershaw, Artrell Brown, family and community partner- Lee, Richland and Clarendon ship specialist for Head Start, said the program counties, according to Grant and started in the 1960s during the “war on poverty” fellow member Frank Jenkins. PHOTO SUBMITTED to help children of low-income families prepare The church’s former sanctuary Grant Hill Missionary Baptist Church member Gladys Grant plastic wraps re- for school. directly across the street on lief supplies together at the church recently. She said 90 percent of the students who attend Black River Road was designated a program are raised by single mothers. as the drop-off site each Satur- we’ll still need it, given all the After the truck arrived at the A complement to Head Start is Eckerd Work- day from mid-September flood damage.” Beaumont church on Nov. 6, the force Development, which provides additional through October. Word spread locally of Grant church distributed the relief support for women aged 17-24 by helping them Church leaders had the vision Hill’s relief project, and people items on Saturday. earn their high school diploma or GED, accord- of filling an extra-long trailer contributed without even know- When contacted this week, ing to Tammy Wise, program manager for the full of relief supplies, from bot- ing a single church member. Jen- Ofoha, the pastor at Blessed Sac- program. It also pays for participants to attend tled water to toiletries to food. kins said the last couple Satur- rament Catholic Church, said ev- vocational schools, for books and supplies and for The first few Saturdays didn’t days of collections were over- eryone in Beaumont was grateful transportation to school. go as planned, Jenkins said, who whelming. by the love offering. Eckerd Workforce Development will remove organized the drop-off operation. In the end, about 12 to 15 “We express our thankfulness the barriers to help you get into the workforce, “For a while, it looked like we churches in the five counties to them for coming to help us in Wise said. might just need a U-Haul,” Jen- contributed, plus some other in- Beaumont,” Ofoha said. “I’m For more information, go to www.eckerd.org. kins said. dividuals, Grant said. When the personally touched by their Brown said Wednesday was a way to honor But then, he said, the Lord 53-foot tractor-trailer was filled thoughtfulness, uplifted by their those phenomenal women raising phenomenal started working in people’s lives. and bound for Beaumont on Sat- kindness, and I’m renewed by children. Grant said she and others were urday, Nov. 4, it contained 30,000 their goodness that humanity is Georgia Mance, director of the Wateree pro- concerned about getting the sup- pounds of relief supplies. The still there.” gram, said though Head Start is focused on pre- plies to Beaumont as quickly as church also collected about Jenkins said it was a highlight paring children for school, the ultimate goal is to possible. $3,000 in monetary donations, of the year for the local church help the entire family become sufficient and suc- She said the Beaumont pastor, she said. here. cessful. Father Paul Ofoha, of Blessed An additional $2,500 was raised “It was a lot of work,” he said, “We look for the parents,” she said, “to contin- Sacrament Catholic Church, told to pay for a freight carrier to “but I enjoyed it all in service to ue doing that.” her: “Whenever it gets to us, haul the supplies to Texas. God.” Shop in a Great Small Town this Holiday Season... Visit Downtown Bishopville’s specialty shops, galleries & museums

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AROUND TOWN Forecasts and graphics provided by WEATHER AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017 The 7th Annual Silver Bells Art Street, South Milton Road or and Craft Show will be held 9 Rainey Lane, text Diana Rembert Area Community Coalition a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. Wells-Singleton at (803) 319- ® 18, andto noon-4 host health p.m. Sunday, fair 6280 for more information. AccuWeather ﬁ ve-day forecast for Sumter Nov. 19, at 30 S. Artillery The Sumter County Library will TODAY TONIGHT SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY Drive. Please bring a non- hold a 100th anniversary gala perishable food item to from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday, help support United Minis- Dec. 4, in the main meeting tries. Event will also help room of the main branch of support Kat’s Special the library, 111 N. Harvin St. Kneads Small Animal Shel- Refreshments will be Mostly sunny Mainly clear Some sun; pleasant Mostly sunny and Cool with partial Some sun, a shower ter. served, and a speaker will and warmer cooler sunshine in the p.m. Rembert Area Community Co- hold a brief talk on the his- 61° 37° 71° / 51° 60° / 32° 56° / 35° 64° / 43° alition will host its 2nd Annual tory of the library. The Greater Sumter County Region event is free and open to Chance of rain: 0% Chance of rain: 0% Chance of rain: 0% Chance of rain: 5% Chance of rain: 0% Chance of rain: 50% Health Fair from 1:15 to 5:15 the public. NE 4-8 mph SSE 2-4 mph SW 8-16 mph NW 7-14 mph E 3-6 mph ESE 3-6 mph p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18, in The Lee County Christmas on the first floor main meeting Main will be held on Satur- Gaﬀ ney room of the Sumter County day, Dec. 9. Chicken bog 60/38 Library, 111 N. Harvin St. plates will be available be- Spartanburg Call Dr. Juanita Britton at ginning at noon. At 2 p.m., TODAY’S Greenville 60/40 (803) 420-1255. there will be a car show as SOUTH 62/41 The Veterans of Foreign Wars well as arts and crafts ven- Post 11078 of Summerton dors. The lighted parade CAROLINA Florence Bishopville will meet at 6:30 p.m. on will begin at 6 p.m., featur- 62/37 Tuesday, Nov. 21, at the ing Mr. and Mrs. Claus as WEATHER 61/34 VFW Post on Cantey Street, well as cookies and hot Temperatures shown on map are Columbia Sumter directly behind First Citi- chocolate. today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 64/37 61/37 zens Bank. Dinner is at 6:30 Myrtle The Sumter Civil Air Patrol’s Manning Beach p.m. All members and po- annual Wreaths Across Ameri- IN THE MOUNTAINS tential members are invited. 62/38 60/43 ca ceremony will be held at Today: Mostly sunny. Winds southeast 4-8 Call Post Commander Carl Aiken noon on Saturday, Dec. 16, mph. Mainly clear. A. Farley at (803) 478-7593 at Sumter Cemetery, 700 W. 62/36 Saturday: Variable cloudiness. Winds or (803) 460-8910. Oakland Ave., to remember, southwest 6-12 mph. The Carolina Coin Club will honor and teach about our meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, fallen heroes, those cur- ON THE COAST Charleston Nov. 21, at the Parks & Rec- rently serving and our U.S. 64/42 reation Department, 155 military veterans. Retired Today: Mostly sunny. High 60 to 66. Haynsworth St. The club Brig. Gen. Hugh Cameron Saturday: Nice with times of clouds and meets on the third Tuesday will speak. If you would like sun. High 69 to 75. of each month and visitors to sponsor a wreath for this DOWNLOAD are always welcome. Call occasion, go to www. THE APP TODAY (803) 775-8840. wreathsacrossamerica.org. The Westside Neighborhood For more information, con- LOCAL ALMANAC LAKE LEVELS SUN AND MOON Association will meet at 5:30 tact Denise Owen at owen- p.m. on Monday, Nov. 27, at [email protected]. SUMTER THROUGH 2 P.M. 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SUMTER SPORTS HALL OF FAME A thankful group New members of the Sumter Sports Hall of Fame pass out accolades to those who helped them BY DENNIS BRUNSON [email protected]

Some of the acceptance speeches during the Sumter Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club of Sumter on Thursday were short and to the point. A couple were a big longer and one was, well, lengthy. No matter the length, however, each was filled with gratitude, humility and thankfulness for those who helped Lisa Ard, Connie Bal- MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM lard, the late Clifford Padgett The Sumter Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony was held on Thursday at the Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club of Sumter. Members of the “Buddy” Hodge, Garon Jack- 2017 class are, first row, left to right: Garon Jackson, Stacy Martin, Lisa Ard and Connie Ballard. Second row: Travis Yates, C.P. Hodge Jr., repre- son, Stacy Martin, Brooks senting his late father, Clifford “Buddy” Hodge, and Brooks Shumake. Shumake and Travis Yates gain entry into the hall. head track coach at Bethune- blessed to have great sup- “This is one of the most Ballard was a standout am- “I grew up in Sumter; I was Cookman University, went on port.” meaningful, personal honors ateur golfer, winning two born and raised here,” said to name now fellow Hall of Shumake, who has won I’ve ever received,” said Shu- South Carolina Women’s Jackson, who won 4A state Famers he looked up to and to three state championships as make, who has a 358-168 ca- Open Golf Championships. championships in the 800- and the coaches who helped him the baseball head coach at reer record in his 18 years at She mentioned her late hus- 1,600-meter runs in 1995 be- along the way as well. He Sumter High School, possibly SHS. band, Dr. Marvin Ballard, in fore going on to a tremendous thanked fellow Hall of Famers named everyone who has “One person doesn’t deserve her acceptance speech. career at Voorhees College. “I Carl Baker, Coley White, Rut coached him, coached with credit for this,” he said. “This “He always said you have to am a product of the Boys & Dingle as well as Martin. him or mentored himthrough- is something that has been be a masochist to play the Girls Club.” “You don’t come this far out his playing days and done with the help of all of Jackson, now an associate without help,” he said. “I was coaching career. these people.” SEE FAME, PAGE B4

SCISA 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP PRO BASEBALL Swampcats facing one more test Astros’ Altuve DENNIS BRUNSON wins AL MVP, [email protected]

The first time Laurence Manning Academy and Hammond met on the Marlins’ Stanton football field, the Skyhawks came away with a 35-21 victory. However, it wasn’t really that close. earns NL honor LMA trailed 21-0 at halftime and fell behind 28-0 in the second half before finally denting the BY JAKE SEINER scoreboard. The Swampcats could The Associated Press never get any closer than 14 points. NEW YORK — Jose Altuve and the The teams will meet one more Houston Astros have grown together, time, this time with the SCISA 3A enduring an arduous rebuild and com- state title on the line. Laurence Man- ing out the other side among base- ning wide receiver Taylor Lee knows ball’s best. what has to happen for him and his These days, nobody is standing tall- teammates to come away with a er. state title on Saturday in the 7:30 Altuve won the American League p.m. contest at Benedict College’s MVP award Thursday, towering over Charlie W. Johnson Stadium in Co- New York Yankees slugger Aaron lumbia. Judge by a wide margin “We have to get off to a better and capping Houston’s start than we did the last game,” Lee SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO championship season said. “For whatever reason, we got Laurence Manning quarterback Braydon Osteen (12) leads his team against Ham- with another piece of off to a very slow start and it took us mond in the SCISA 3A state championship game on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Bene- hardware. a while before we finally got things dict College’s Charlie W. Johnson Stadium in Columbia. Giancarlo Stanton won going. We need to score a couple of the NL MVP, edging Joey times early.” belt, a 41-15 victory over Spartan- ders the entire season. The Sky- ALTUVE Votto of the Cincinnati The first game was almost three burg Christian. hawks’ final margin of victory Reds in the closest vote months ago on Sept. 1. It was the “I feel like we’re a better team against the Swampcats is their clos- since 1979. third game of the season for LMA, now,” Lee said of the Swampcats, est of the season. They beat defend- The 5-foot-6 Altuve having outscored Bethesda Academy who are 10-2 on the season. “I think ing state champion Ben Lippen 35-20 drew 27 of the 30 first- and Florence Christian School by a we’re clicking better on both offense and has topped everyone else by at place votes in balloting combined 126-9 in the first two con- and defense.” least 26 points. by members of the Base- tests. Hammond, the perennial 3A The only problem is 11-0 Ham- ball Writers’ Association power, had just one game under its mond has been clicking on all cylin- SEE LMA, PAGE B4 of America. STANTON “I was surprised that I won it,” Altuve said. “I wasn’t expecting this.” PREP FOOTBALL It was a landslide long in the making. Altuve has been in Houston since general manager Jeff Luhnow took a Stallions facing Saluda in 2A quarterfinals scorched earth approach to developing a winner. The Astros lost 100-plus games in each of Altuve’s first three DENNIS BRUNSON Lee Central seasons, beginning in 2011. [email protected] running back Houston won its first World Series Demetrius earlier this month, and it needed its In winning the Region IV-2A foot- Dubose (4) longest-tenured player to get there. Al- ball title, Lee Central had to run slips away tuve batted a major league-best .346 in something of a gauntlet in posting from a would-be the regular season, hit 24 home runs its 6-1 record. Including the Stal- tackler during with 81 RBIs, scored 112 times, stole 32 lions, there were five teams that the Stallions’ bases and showed a sharp glove at sec- were ranked at some point in the regular-season ond base. Voting for these honors was 2A S.C. Prep Media Football Poll. game against completed before the postseason LC head coach Justin Danner Cheraw. Lee began. hopes that tough schedule will Central travels It’s been over a decade since Altuve serve his team well in its 2A state to face Saluda signed with Houston from Venezuela playoff quarterfinal game today. today in the — only after he was sent home from Lee Central will be on the road quarterfinals of one tryout and told he was too short. against Saluda at 7:30 p.m. at Bettis the 2A state “They told me not to come back,” Herlong Stadium. playoffs Altuve said. “It was something me and “With our region being so deep, my dad, he went with me that day, we we hope that pays off for us,” said were like, ‘We have to go again. We Danner, whose team lost its region SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO have to try again.’”

SEE LCHS, PAGE B4 SEE MVP, PAGE B4 B2 | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2017 SPORTS THE SUMTER ITEM

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Dallas 2 13 .133 9 12:30 p.m. — NASCAR Racing: Monster 3:30 p.m. — College Football: Furman at Energy Cup Series Practice from Samford (SPECTRUM 1250). Northwest Division Homestead, Fla. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 4 p.m. — College Football: Maryland at W L Pct GB 1 p.m. — College Basketball: Puerto Rico Michigan State (WACH 57). Minnesota 9 5 .643 — Tip-Off Semifinal Game from Conway 4 p.m. — College Football: Houston at Portland 8 6 .571 1 (ESPN2). Tulane (ESPNEWS). Denver 8 6 .571 1 11 a.m. — College Basketball: Charleston 4 p.m. — College Football: Nebraska at Okla. City 7 7 .500 2 Classic Semifinal Game from Charleston Penn State (FOX SPORTS 1). Utah 6 9 .400 3½ (ESPN2). 4 p.m. — College Basketball: NJIT at Seton 12:45 p.m. — Professional Tennis: ATP World Hall (FOX SPORTS 2). Pacific Division Tour Finals Doubles Round-Robin Matches 4 p.m. — College Football: Alabama- W L Pct GB from London (TENNIS). Birmingham at Florida (SEC NETWORK). 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Washington 102, Miami 93 play host to the Charlotte Rams on Saturday beginning at 7 2:20 p.m. — International Soccer: 7 p.m. — College Football: Louisiana State Cleveland 115, Charlotte 107 p.m. at the Sumter Family YMCA’s lower gymnasium. Bundesliga League Match — Borussia at Tennessee (ESPN). Indiana 116, Memphis 113 Dortmund vs. Stuttgart (FOX SPORTS 2, 7 p.m. — College Football: Texas A&M at Milwaukee 99, Detroit 95 UNIVISION). Mississippi (ESPN2). Minnesota 98, San Antonio 86 2:30 p.m. — NASCAR Racing: XFINITY Series 7 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Los Angeles Oklahoma City 92, Chicago 79 Ford Ecoboost 300 Practice from Clippers at Charlotte (FOX SPORTS Toronto 125, New Orleans 116 Homestead, Fla. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). Portland 99, Orlando 94 Perseverance Panthers SOUTHEAST). 3 p.m. — Professional Tennis: ATP World 7 p.m. — NHL Hockey: Carolina at Buffalo Philadelphia 115, L.A. Lakers 109 Tour Finals Round-Robin Matches from (FOX SPORTSOUTH). Thursday’s Games London (TENNIS). 7 p.m. — College Football: Florida Golden State at Boston, 8 p.m. 3:30 p.m. — NASCAR Racing: Camping International at Florida Atlantic Houston at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m. play at home Saturday World Truck Series Ford EcoBoost 200 Pole (SPECTRUM 1250). Qualifying from Homestead, Fla. (FOX 7:30 p.m. — College Football: North Carolina Friday’s Games SPORTS 1). State at Wake Forest (ESPNU). Detroit at Indiana, 7 p.m. 4 p.m. — College Basketball: Virginia at 7:30 p.m. — International Athletics: U.S. Miami at Washington, 7 p.m. Virginia Commonwealth (CBS SPORTS Olympic Trials from Omaha, Neb. — Men’s L.A. Clippers at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. at Sumter Family YMCA NETWORK). Curling Playoff No. 3 (If Necessary) (NBC New York at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. — LPGA Golf: CME Group Tour SPORTS NETWORK). Utah at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Championship Second Round from Naples, 7:30 p.m. — College Football: Missouri at Charlotte at Chicago, 8 p.m. Fla. (GOLF). Vanderbilt (SEC NETWORK). Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 8 p.m. The Perseverance Pan- Kirk won at Sea Island 5 p.m. — College Basketball: WK Classic 8 p.m. — College Football: UCLA at Minnesota at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. thers, a semiprofessional four years ago for the second Consolation Game from New York (ESPN2). Southern California (WOLO 25). Portland at Sacramento, 10 p.m. 5 p.m. — College Basketball: Puerto Rico 8 p.m. — College Football: California at New Orleans at Denver, 10:30 p.m. basketball team in Sumter of his four PGA Tour victo- Tip-Off Consolation Semifinal Game from Stanford (WACH 57). Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. that is a member of the ries. The RSM Classic is the Conway (ESPNU). 9:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Texas Saturday’s Games 5 p.m. — NASCAR Racing: XFINITY Series American Basketball Asso- final PGA Tour event of the (Arlington) at Brigham Young (BYUTV). L.A. Clippers at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Practice from Homestead, Fla. (NBC 10:15 p.m. — College Football: Air Force at Utah at Orlando, 7 p.m. ciation, will play their sec- calendar year. SPORTS NETWORK). Boise State (ESPN2). Boston at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. 6 p.m. — College Basketball: Jamaica 10:30 p.m. — College Football: Nevada at Golden State at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. ond home game of the sea- LPGA ROOKIE PARK TAKES BIG Classic from Montego Bay, Jamaica — San Diego State (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). Houston at Memphis, 8 p.m. Fordham vs. Florida State (CBS SPORTS son against the Charlotte STEP TOWARD AWARD SWEEP 10:30 p.m. — College Football: Utah at Milwaukee at Dallas, 9 p.m. NETWORK). Washington (ESPN). Sacramento at Portland, 10 p.m. Rams on Saturday in the 6 p.m. — NASCAR Racing: Monster Energy 10:30 p.m. — College Football: North Sumter Family YMCA’s NAPLES, Fla. — LPGA Cup Series Pole Qualifying from Carolina Central at North Carolina A&T Sunday’s Games Homestead, Fla. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). (ESPNU). Washington at Toronto, 3:30 p.m. lower gymnasium begin- rookie Sung Hyun Park 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Charleston 10:30 p.m. — International Athletics: U.S. Indiana at Miami, 5 p.m. ning at 7 p.m. took a big first step toward Classic Consolation Semifinal Game from Olympic Trials from Omaha, Neb. — Golden State at Brooklyn, 6 p.m. Charleston (ESPNEWS). Women’s Curling Playoff No. 3 (If Detroit at Minnesota, 7 p.m. The Panthers are 1-1 on sweeping all the season 7 p.m. — College Basketball: WK Classic Necessary) (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). Chicago at Phoenix, 8 p.m. Championship Game from New York 2 a.m. — Professional Golf: European PGA Denver at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m. the season. awards with a 5-under 67 to (ESPN2). Tour DP World Tour Championship Final Tickets are $12 for adults finish one shot behind after 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Puerto Rico Round from Dubai, United Arab Emirates and $7 for children. Tickets the opening round of the Tip-Off Semifinal Game from Conway (GOLF). 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MX, 4:25 p.m. Minnesota at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. ship game on Nov. 25. other tweet saying, “You’re Noon — College Football: The Citadel at Cincinnati at Denver, 4:25 p.m. Portland at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Clemson (WKTC 63, WWBD-FM 94.7, WPUB- Philadelphia at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. welcome. go out and give a New Orleans at Denver, 10:30 p.m. KIRK FINISHES WITH EAGLE FM 102.7, WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). Open: Indianapolis, San Francisco, Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. AND THE LEAD AT SEA ISLAND big Thank You to President Noon — College Football: Cincinnati at East Carolina, N.Y. Jets Carolina (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). Saturday’s Games Xi Jinping of China who Noon — College Football: Texas at West Monday’s Game L.A. Clippers at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Seattle, 8:30 p.m. ST. SIMONS ISLAND, made your release possi- Virginia (ESPN). 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Jacksonville at Arizona, 4:25 p.m. lowest scores of the open- Noon — College Football: Bucknell at Denver at Oakland, 4:25 p.m. TRANSACTIONS ing round came on the PARIS — Former French Fordham (SPECTRUM 1250). New Orleans at L.A. Rams, 4:25 p.m. By The Associated Press 12:30 p.m. — International Soccer: English Green Bay at Pittsburgh, 8:30 p.m. Plantation Course during a minister for health and Premier League Match — Newcastle Monday, Nov. 27 THURSDAY picturesque afternoon on sport Roselyne Bachelot United (WIS 10). Houston at Baltimore, 8:30 p.m. the Golden Isles. has been ordered to pay 12:30 p.m. — College Football: Harvard at FOOTBALL Yale (CNBC). Joel Dahmen had a 64, $11,800 in damages to Rafa- 1 p.m. — NASCAR Racing: Monster Energy National Football League Cup Series Practice from Homestead, Fla. NBA STANDINGS ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed OL Vinston while the group at 65 in- el Nadal after accusing him By The Associated Press (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). Painter from the practice squad. cluded Sea Island resident of doping. 1 p.m. — Professional Tennis: ATP World All Times EST ATLANTA FALCONS — Signed RB Terrence Tour Finals Doubles Semifinal Match from EASTERN CONFERENCE Magee from Cleveland’s practice Hudson Swafford, Jason In March last year, London (TENNIS). squad. Kokrak and Brian Gay. Bachelot said on a French 1:30 p.m. — PGA Golf: RSM Classic Third Atlantic Division CLEVELAND BROWNS — Waived WR Kasen Round from St. Simons Island, Ga. (GOLF). W L Pct GB Williams. Waived/injured DB Ibraheim Nick Watney and Brice television show that Nad- 2 p.m. — College Basketball: Furman at Boston 13 2 .867 — Campbell. Activated WR Corey Coleman Garnett each had a 5-under al’s seven-month injury Butler (FOX SPORTS 2). Toronto 9 5 .643 3½ from injured reserve. 2:30 p.m. — College Football: Iowa State at New York 8 6 .571 4½ WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Placed OT T.J. 65 on the Seaside Course, layoff in 2012 was “proba- Baylor (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST). Philadelphia 8 6 .571 4½ Clemmings on injured reserve. Signed G which will be used for the bly due to a positive doping 3 p.m. — College Football: Massachusetts Brooklyn 5 9 .357 7½ Tyler Catalina. at Brigham Young (BYUTV). final two rounds. test.” THE SUMTER ITEM SPORTS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2017 | B3

CLEMSON FOOTBALL No. 4 Tigers want to stay on CFP track as they host Citadel BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press

No. 4 Clemson has secured another spot in the Atlantic Coast Conference title game. Now, the Tigers are looking to keep their College Football Playoff hopes alive. That starts Saturday against Citadel, an FCS opponent that has lost 15 straight to Clemson dating back to 1931. After that is the annual state tussle with resurgent rival South Carolina, and the Gamecocks are eager to make amends for last year’s hum- bling 56-7 rout. “People talk about wanting an expanded playoff,” Clem- son co-offensive coordinator Jeff Scott said. “We’re in the playoffs. We lose, we’re out.” It’s a fine line the Tigers (9-1, No. 2 CFP) have walked successfully the past two seasons. They had clinched the ACC Atlantic Division after nine games in 2015, then finished 3-0 down the stretch before heading to the ACC title game. Last season, Clemson needed to win its final ACC game at Wake Forest in week 11 to wrap up another trip to the championship game and followed that up with its rivalry beat down. Clemson coach Dabo Swin- ney said the Tigers upcoming THE ASSOCIATED PRESS matchup with Coastal Divi- Clemson defensive end Austin Bryant (7) sacks Florida State quarterback James Blackman (1) during the first half of the Tigers’ 31-14 victory sion winner, No. 2 Miami, will on Saturday in Clemson. The Tigers will play host to The Citadel this Saturday at noon. be an exciting, challenging contest on Dec. 2. But “both of cheat the process as a player stay just as focused and in- Pitt’s 43-42 stunner on a last on some downfield throws us have business to take care or a coach, or you put your- volved this week as for any second field goal in November that Clemson had routinely of before that time comes,” he self in jeopardy on Saturday,” ACC game. 2016. hit with Deshaun Watson. said. he said. “It keeps us honed in on The Tigers responded with Scott said there were some Scott said Clemson doesn’t Freshman tailback Travis what we have in front of us, five straight wins on the way misfires, but “it’s not all on plan to let up against the Cita- Etienne has felt the pressure so we don’t worry about to a national title. the quarterback.” del, which was Southern Con- ratchet up the past few what’s down the road,” he “This week will really be Bryant said he’ll keep ference champions and weeks, based on the in- said. about improving ourselves working on his technique to reached the NCAA playoffs in creased soreness he felt after Fewer teams have been and playing our best game of get Clemson’s passing game FCS (former Division I-AA) the past three weeks with more locked in late in the sea- the season,” Scott said. on track. He’s completed 65 the past two seasons. But the wins against Georgia Tech, son the past few years than There are things Clemson percent of his throws this Bulldogs (5-5) have fallen from North Carolina State and Clemson, which has gone 14-2 must tighten up if it hopes for season for 1,924 yards, seven contention and play their sea- Florida State. in games that take place in another deep, postseason run. touchdowns and five inter- son finale at Death Valley. Etienne ran for two touch- November, December and Bryant fumbled twice on bad ceptions. Bryant’s proud he’s That only makes the oppo- downs in the 31-14 victory January. That run has includ- exchanges with tailbacks, in- so far kept the Tigers play- nent more dangerous and over the Seminoles and his ed winning two ACC champi- cluding one Florida State re- ing and winning at a high gives Clemson more urgency nine TDs this season are sec- onships and going 3-1 in the covered on the Clemson 40 level. to prepare its very best de- ond to quarterback Kelly Bry- CFP, the lone loss in the 2015 trailing 17-14 in the fourth “We’re right where we want spite the Tigers coming in a ant’s 10. Etienne believes it’s championship game to Ala- quarter. to be,” Bryant said, “and massive favorite. “You can’t important for the Tigers to bama. The other defeat was Bryant also misconnected where we need to be.” PRE-THANKSGIVING TRUCK Sale!

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“It’s not a rule that you game of golf,” Ballard said boys and girls track and have to be 6-foot or you have of her husband, who was a field teams at Wilson Hall to be really strong to play psychiatrist. “It wasn’t that for 13 years, winning 12 baseball and become a good way for me. I love the SCISA 3A state titles dur- player,” he added. game.” ing that time, six with the Altuve beat out a player Ard was a standout ath- boys and six with the girls. who couldn’t be more differ- lete at both Hudgens Acad- While passing out words ent. The 6-7 Judge won the AL emy and Coker College be- of thanks to those who Rookie of the Year award fore becoming a standout helped her in her career, Monday after setting a rookie high school coach in both Martin, who now lives in record with 52 home runs. basketball and softball. Fort Mill and works at Judge’s moonshot homers “It is such an honor to be Winthrop University, spoke dominated the highlights, and inducted with this group of fondly of Sumter. his No. 99 jersey was the top people, many of whom I “This is a great honor for seller in baseball. Even Altuve know,” said Ard, who has me,” Martin said. “I grew has said he would have voted coached East Clarendon to up in Sumter and I love it. I for Judge. two 1A state titles in the love being able to know Judge had 8.2 wins above past five seasons. this is where I came from.” replacement compared to Al- Hodge was a 1943 gradu- Yates was a standout de- tuve’s 7.5, per Fangraphs, ate of Edmunds High fensive end at Hillcrest while baseball-reference.com’s School where he lettered in High, helping lead the AP FILE PHOTO WAR metric preferred Altuve both basketball and foot- Houston’s Jose Altuve hits a home run against the Los Angeles Dodg- Wildcats to the 1985 4A Di- 8.3 to 8.1. Yet Judge got only ball. He won letters in four vision II state title as well ers during the 10th inning of Game 2 of the World Series in Los Ange- two first-place votes, with the sports at Newberry College as being a selection to the les in October. Altuve easily won the AL MVP award over New York other going to third-place fin- and went on to become a North-South All-Star Foot- isher Jose Ramirez of the In- Yankees slugger Aaron Judge on Friday. Miami’s Giancarlo Stanton high school coach and ath- ball Game. He went on to dians. won the NL MVP award, edging Cincinatti’s Joey Votto. letic director as well as play inside linebacker at Altuve was the second both a basketball and foot- Wofford College, where he Houston player to win an cade of his record $325 mil- teams have plenty of money.” ball official. led the team in tackles in MVP — Jeff Bagwell earned lion, 13-year contract. The 6-6 Stanton led the big “This would have meant each of his last two seasons the 1994 NL award. “It’s an interesting feeling leagues with 59 home runs, so much to him,” son and was an NAIA honor- While Altuve is set to de- and situation for me,” Stanton most in the majors since 2001, Danny Hodge said of his able mention All-Ameri- fend his title in Houston, Stan- said. when Barry Bonds hit a re- father, who passed away in can. ton may be taking a piece of Stanton would prefer to cord 73 and Sammy Sosa had December of 2016 at the “I am truly blessed to Marlins history elsewhere. He stick around and wants the 64. age of 91, following the cer- have been inducted into earned the franchise’s first team’s pitching situation “to Stanton got 10 first-place emonyh. “He was born in this hall of fame,” said MVP in the same week new be thoroughly addressed, not votes and 302 points. Votto, Sumter and he lived most Yates, who is the fifth lead- team executive Derek Jeter just somewhat addressed.” who led the majors with a .454 of his life in Sumter. This ing tackler in Wofford his- said the club is listening to He’s not convinced the Mar- on-base percentage, also got would have made him very tory. “I thank you for this, trade offers for Stanton. The lins are ready to do that. 10 firsts and had 300 points. happy.” but it would not have been 28-year-old outfielder is owed “I’m not entirely sure, to be Arizona’s Paul Goldschmidt Martin was the varsity possible without the bless- $295 million over the final de- honest,” he said. “I know all was third. head coach for both the ing of God.”

that wow you.” “They use an 8-man front, Lee Central has distribut- LCHS FROM PAGE B1 The Stallions have been a 4-4, which is something ed the ball to five different stout on defense all season we’ve seen a lot of,” Danner backs throughout the sea- opener to Buford, before win- yards of total offense. Its though. They have allowed said of Saluda. “They’ve got son. Demetrius Dubose, De- ning its final six games. “We leading rusher, Kentavious just 149 points this year. They very good people in those ondray Moses, Naquam Pee- thought we were better than Burton, had just 512 yards. have allowed 20 or more points spots. but we’re going to have ples, Shamari Simon and Buford, but we found out the Sophomore quarterback just twice and more than 14 to run the football the way Mike Watters have all had best team doesn’t always win. Noah Bell had passed for points just one other time. that we can. their opportunities, depend- Our region has made us to be 1,531 yards and 13 touch- Saluda is in the midst of of “We’re going to have depend ing on who had the hot prepared for every game, and downs while rushing for 376 a 17-game home winning on what we have all year,” he hand. we’re certainly going to have yards and 12 scores. streak. It defeated LC’s region added. “We’re going to have to Last week against South- to play four quarters in order Jay Baker was the Tigers’ foe, Central, 24-21 in the open- run the football and take our side Christian, it was Dubose. to beat these guys.” leading receiver with 465 ing round and knocked off shots when they are available. He ran for 156 yards and a The Stallions and the Tigers yards and three TDs on 35 Ninety Six 28-14 in the second We’re going to have to play pair of touchdowns on 20 car- are both 11-1 on the season. catches. Bell’s touchdown round. SHS has not allowed a Lee Central football.” ries. SHS went undefeated (5-0) in passes had gone to seven dif- point in the second half in ei- winning the Region III crown ferent receivers. ther of its playoff games. PREP FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS and it hasn’t lost since its sea- “They spread the wealth Lee Central beat Keenan son opener when it fell to 3A around,” Danner said. 42-16 in its playoff opener be- SCHSL Friday All games start at 7:30 p.m. Upper State Strom Thurmond 35-6. “Sometimes that is more dif- fore holding off previously Lewisville at Ridge Spring-Monetta Saluda doesn’t wow you on ficult to defend than knowing once-beaten Southside Chris- 5A Lamar at Williston-Elko Quarterfinals Lower State the statistics chart. It is aver- that they’re going to go to one tian 21-14 in the second Friday Lake View at Baptist Hill aging 31.6 points a game and guy all of the time. We’re round. The Stallions have op- Upper State C.E. Murray at Hemingway Greenwood at Dorman allowing 14. However, in the going to have to be ready to erated out of the Wing-T all Gaffney at Hillcrest SCISA 10-game regular season the go in all aspects on defense. season and it has served Lower State Summerville at Dutch Fork 3A Tigers averaged only 284.7 They have guys that come in them well. Spring Valley at Fort Dorchester Championship Saturday 4A At Benedict College in Columbia Quarterfinals Charlie W. Johnson Stadium Friday Laurence Manning vs. Hammond, 7:30 Upper State p.m. They just want to win.” Greenville at Greer Eastside at South Pointe 2A LMA FROM PAGE B1 Hammond comes into the Championship Lower State game off a 42-14 thumping of Lower Richland at Hartsville Saturday North Myrtle Beach at Berkeley At Benedict College in Columbia “They are so clean on of- ly good; they can check in and Porter-Gaud. LMA held on to Charlie W. Johnson Stadium fense,” Laurence Manning out of everything. Our de- end Ben Lippen’s reign with a 3A Trinity-Byrnes vs. First Baptist, 3:30 p.m. head coach Robbie Briggs said Quarterfinals fense is going to have to play a 43-40 victory. It was the third Upper State 1A of Hammond, which has out- really good game.” straight close game for the Palmetto at Chapman Championship Emerald at Fairfield Central Saturday scored its opponents 498-149. Goodson, who transferred Swampcats. They beat Wilson Lower State At Benedict College in Columbia “Defensively, they play very to LMA from Wilson Hall, is Hall 14-13 on the last play of Dillon at Gilbert Charlie W. Johnson Stadium Dillon Christian vs. Pee Dee, noon fast. They are sound in the excited to have the chance to the game in the regular-sea- Brookland-Cayce at Timberland secondary. There are really no play in a title game. His broth- son finale and then topped the 2A 8-MAN DIVISION I Quarterfinals Championship glaring weaknesses.” er, Jay, played in two champi- Barons 20-14 in overtime in Friday Friday Hammond is back in the onship games for the Barons, the first round of the playoffs. Upper State At Calhoun Academy in St. Matthews Cheraw at Abbeville Wardlaw vs. Northside Christian, 7:30 championship game after hav- winning the title in 2013. “Having three close games Lee Central at Saluda p.m. ing a string of 10 consecutive “I really have a great feeling in a row, I think that’s a bene- Lower State Bamberg-Ehrhardt at Carvers Bay 8-MAN DIVISION II appearances snapped last sea- about it,” said Goodson, who fit for us,” Briggs said. “I Batesburg-Leesville at Barnwell Championship son. The Skyhawks will be leads LMA in tackles for loss think it lets our players know Saturday 1A At Calhoun Academy in St. Matthews going for their ninth title with 23 and four recovered that we can make the plays we Quarterfinals Jefferson Davis vs. Andrew Jackson, noon under head coach Erik Kim- fumbles. need to to win games.” rey, who took over the pro- Lee is the catalyst of the gram in 2004. LMA offense with 67 catches Quarterback Corbett Glick for 1,156 yards and 20 touch- PROFESSIONAL makes the Hammond offense downs. He has had two quar- • DRAINAGE WORK go. He has completed 172 of terbacks throwing it his way HEATING COOLING 242 passes for 2,976 yards and this season, Braydon Osteen AND APPLIANCE SERVICES 35 touchdowns against just 11 and Burgess Jordan. • FRENCH DRAINS interceptions. His favorite tar- Osteen has completed 95 of get is Lucas Prickett, who has 192 passes for 1,436 yards and •SURFACE DRAINS 66 catches for 1,289 yards and 22 touchdowns while running 15 TDs. Andre Wilson has 47 for 284 yards and five TDs on receptions for 744 yards and 76 carries. He also has a 12- five more scores. yard TD reception. The Skyhawks have three Jordan has completed 26 of running backs with at least 50 passes for 498 yards and 400 yards rushing. Michael four scores, but has rushed Schraibman has 501 yards and for 485 yards and nine touch- one touchdown, Wilson has downs on 118 carries. He has 445 yards and four TDs and seven catches for 100 yards. Hal Crosswell has 42 yards “It’s really kind of worked and five scores. out well for us,” Briggs said of 361 Myrtle Beach Hwy. Jordan Burch only has 33 the dual quarterbacks. “They Sumter, SC 29153 carries but 12 touchdowns. have both gotten better at “It’s hard to take away play- what we want them to do as ers offensively,” said LMA the year has gone on. There is 773-6010 OFFICE linebacker Brad Goodson. a lot of unselfishness on their 469-5533 PAGER “You’ve got to be ready for parts. 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USC MEN’S BASKETBALL USC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Redbirds beat Gamecocks Spann hits 6 3s as No. 4 South 69-65 in Puerto Rico Tip-Off Carolina beats Clemson 66-36 BY AARON BEARD frustrating matchup for The Associated Press South Carolina with his abil- ity to attack off the dribble BY JEFFREY COLLINS CONWAY — Illinois State to go with six The Associated Press coach Dan Muller decided to rebounds and switch things up defensively six assists. CLEMSON — The long- and told his Redbirds to keep South Caroli- time game plan to beat attacking off the dribble na: The Game- South Carolina needs some through contact — even if cocks returned revision with transfer Lind- there were no fouls called — just a quarter of sey Spann making it tough- against a physical power-con- MARTIN their scoring er to collapse on the Game- ference opponent. from last year’s cocks inside. Turns out, it was the perfect surprise Final Spann made six of seven plan to beat South Carolina in Four team, so Martin knew it 3-pointers and scored 20 the relocated Puerto Rico Tip- would take some time for points in No. 4. South Caroli- Off. this group to reshape its of- na’s 66-36 victory over Clem- Milik Yarbrough had 18 fense. But South Carolina son on Thursday night. points in an all-around perfor- never effectively attacked the Spann, who is shooting 63 mance to help the Redbirds zone and missed the open percent from behind the arc beat the Gamecocks 69-65 in looks the Gamecocks did this season after shooting 29 Thursday’s tournament open- have, including going just 9 percent on 3s last season beer, earning a big win for a of 32 (28 percent) from before transferring from Penn Missouri Valley Conference hind the arc. State. program that lost four start- “We never got inside the Instead of being the focus ers from a 28-win team last zone,” Martin said. “And of the offense like she was year. when we threw to within 5 with the Lady Lions, Spann “Now you have to handle it feet, our bigs couldn’t score.” benefits from all the atten- the right way,” Muller said. tion defenses pay to All- “New groups need confidence. ATTACK MODE America A’ja Wilson. New groups like this need to Evans said the Redbirds “If I stay open, I’m going to understand if they do what we were ready to “drive through keep shooting,” Spann said. ask them to do, you can be contact.” It got them to the And Wilson benefits from successful.” line 39 times in a whistle- the relationship, too. She The Redbirds (1-1) frustrat- heavy game, 17 coming from scored 19 points and had 11 ed the cold-shooting Game- Yarbrough. rebounds, her third double- cocks with an active zone de- “I was kind of surprised double in three games for fense that they barely ran about the amount of fouls that South Carolina (3-0). during a high-scoring season- were getting called,” Yar- “Before Spann was there, opening loss to Florida Gulf brough said. “Because we you could really pack it in. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Coast. Muller said his team were told they were not going But now you can’t. She’s South Carolina’s A’ja Wilson (22) grabs a rebound in front of Clem- was so bad defensively that he to call a lot of fouls and awesome,” Clemson coach son’s Tylar Bennett during the first half of the Gamecocks’ 66-36 probably should’ve used it they’re going to be fouling you Audra Smith said. victory on Thursday in Clemson. more. a lot. So we just came here Clemson’s 36 points were “We weren’t really worried with the mindset of keep play- the lowest ever by a team in Clemson (2-1) gave its fans Gamecocks coach Dawn about anything they were ing hard and keep getting the rivalry’s 63 games. The brief hope, taking a 4-2 lead Staley after her team had doing (to attack the zone),” through the defense, because previous low was South just over two minutes in, two of its first five shots said Keyshawn Evans, who they’re not going to call any Carolina’s 40 points in 1990. leading to a timeout by blocked. scored 17 points. “We know if fouls.” they’re setting ballscreens, we’re getting over TARDINESS ballscreens regardless of Yarbrough and Phil Fayne CLEMSON MEN’S BASKETBALL what they’re going to do. (14 points, 10 rebounds) didn’t We’re not going to let them start for Illinois State because drive, we’re going to move they were late for a team when they kick it.” breakfast Wednesday. Thomas lifts Clemson to 81-76 victory Illinois State led by as many as 12 points before halftime UP NEXT BY PETE IACOBELLI against Ohio, making 6 of 10 and saw the Gamecocks rally Illinois State: The Redbirds The Associated Press shots with 11 defensive re- to twice tie it after halftime will play Boise State, which bounds. before holding on down the beat UTEP on a late 3-point CHARLESTON — Elijah Thomas feels “This has given me a lot of stretch. Evans hit a free throw play, in Friday’s winner’s like he’s turning into the dominant player confidence,” Thomas said. with 4 seconds left to make it bracket. Clemson hoped for when he transferred “We’ve prepared all summer a two-possession game and South Carolina: The Game- from Texas A&M. He took another step in BROWNELL for these type of games with seal the win. cocks will play UTEP in Fri- that direction at the Charleston Classic on rep after rep after rep.” Hassani Gravett had 10 day’s consolation bracket. Thursday. That work showed itself the points, nine rebounds and five Thomas had career highs with 17 points most in the first 10 minutes of the second assists for the Gamecocks (2- ILLINOIS ST. 69 and 15 rebounds, and Clemson’s defense took half when the Tigers (3-0), who led by four at SOUTHILLINOIS CAROLINA ST. 69 65 1), who shot just 30 percent. SOUTH CAROLINA 65 control at the start of the second half of an halftime, opened up a 63-47 lead on the Bob- “They came at us and our ILLINOIS ST. (1-1) 81-76 victory over Ohio on Thursday night. cats (1-1) of the Mid-American Conference. BruningaILLINOIS 1-3 ST 2-2. 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BY JENNA FRYER AUTO RACING title, which some have marked with an sometimes when you’re around some of The Associated Press asterisk. Busch missed the first third those guys that you may or may not ries champions, each of them looking of the season with injuries suffered in necessarily like. But as once a wise man MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR’s for their second title. a season-opening race at Daytona, but told me, I think it was Chase Elliott, I four championship contenders were For Harvick, it would be the first in still raced himself into title contention race those like they race me.” seated elbow-to-elbow previewing their Stewart-Haas Racing’s new partnership on a shortened schedule. Elliott used that line last week to ad- upcoming title race when they were with Ford. If Harvick wins, it will be And he’s chasing Truex, who has dress his aggressive racing with Denny asked to give one word to describe the SHR’s third championship taken his Furniture Row Hamlin that cost Hamlin a shot at the season. since 2011, second since Racing team to a level be- title. It was retaliation for Hamlin “Amazing,” said Martin Truex Jr. the elimination format yond the alliance it has wrecking Elliott out of the lead at Mar- Brad Keselowski and Kevin Harvick was introduced in 2014 with Joe Gibbs Racing. tinsville earlier in the playoffs. both said the season was “long,” while and first for a team in a Busch has been good this How aggressive can the contenders Kyle Busch went with “trying.” But first-year relationship season, but he’s not had be Sunday to win the championship? Truex? Well, he’s got nothing to com- with a manufacturer since anything close to the year “I mean, I’m willing to try to go win plain about after a truly dominating TRUEX Cale Yarborough in 1978. HARVICK that Truex has put to- the race,” said Keselowski. “When it season. Keselowski is seeking a gether. With Truex such comes down to the end of the race, I Truex goes into Sunday’s finale at crown to go with his 2012 the clear favorite, it made don’t think anyone really knows that Homestead-Miami Speedway as the clear title, which was not won for quiet media day for answer until it’s right in front of them.” favorite to win the title. He has a series under this format. He had the championship com- Truex knew what the crowd wanted best seven wins and six were at 1.5-mile to beat Jimmie Johnson petitors. — except when to hear. tracks. Homestead is a 1.5-mile track. that day on points, and Busch and Keselowski “I’ll wreck any damn one of these He leads the series in nearly every pulled it off. He will try to were asked why they have three,” he joked. meaningful statistic, and if the points KESELOWSKI give team owner Roger BUSCH never squashed their ri- Then he was serious. earned all season weren’t reset for Sun- Penske two major cham- valry. “I’m going to race these guys just day’s finale, he’d have already won his pionships this year. Penske won the In- Keselowski tried to downplay a feud. like I do every single week,” Truex first Cup title. dyCar title with Josef Newgarden ear- Busch didn’t mince words. said. “I have not thought about any “If it wasn’t set back at zero, we’d lier this year. “Sometimes you just don’t like a guy, desperation moves. I don’t plan on probably all be congratulating Martin If either Harvick or Keselowski wins, it fact of the matter,” Busch said. “I never being in that position. I think a perfect right now,” said Keselowski. “But it is.” would be the first title for Ford since 2004. ran into Matt Kenseth, I don’t think scenario is to go out there and race So it’s winner-take-all race, and ev- They are up against a pair of Toyotas, Matt Kenseth ever ran into me, so there them heads up and beat them fair and erything Truex has built this season is the dominant manufacturer this season. is a respect factor out there on the race square. That’s how I approach racing. on the line. He faces three former se- Busch is seeking a repeat of his 2015 track and you certainly do a better job That’s how I plan on doing it Sunday.”

WENDY B. RIVERA in the church at noon on Sat- Brother Harry Davis officiat- ASHBY DAVIS OBITUARIES EVANS, Ga. — Wendy Ve- urday for further viewing ing. Ashby Davis, 82, was born ronica Batt Rivera, age 77, be- until the hour of service. The family will be receiving on Feb. 7, 1935, in Sumter MARIE G. JAMISON loved wife of the late Elias Mr. Lawson transitioned on friends at the home, 113 Hasel County, a son of the late "Willie" Rivera, died on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017, at Pal- St., Sumter. Ashby Davis Sr. and Sallie Marie "Ree" G. Jamison, 57, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. metto Health Tuomey. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Miller Davis. died on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017. Born in London, England, He was the husband of Main St., Sumter, is in charge He departed this life on Funeral services will be she was a daughter of the late Ruby Davis Lawson. of arrangements. Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017, at held at noon on Saturday at Reginald James Batt and Ruth Condolences may be made Online memorials may be Sumter Health & Rehab. Grace Cathedral Ellen Batt. Wendy worked for on his tribute page found at sent to the family at jobsmor- Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Ministries in AAFES and St. www.PalmermemorialChapel. [email protected] or visit us on Main St., Sumter, is in charge Sumter, where Anne Catholic com the web at www.jobsmortuary. of arrangements. the Rev. Anthony Church. Professional services ren- net. Gibson serves as Surviving are dered by Palmer Memorial IRENE C. GREEN pastor. five sons, Charles Chapel Inc. JOSEPH WILSON Irene Conyers Green, 55, of Viewing will Ivey and his wife, Joseph Wilson, widower of Wedgefield, departed this life JAMISON be held from Denise, of San JESSE LEE HARDY Suressa Shaw Wilson, was on Nov. 13, 2017. noon to 4 p.m. RIVERA Antonio, Elias Jesse Lee Hardy, known as born on Oct. 22, 1944, in She was born on Sept. 17, today. Wake ser- "Billy" Rivera Jr. "Dick" to some, was born on Brogdon, to Ruth Wilson Ser- 1962, to Sarah Elizabeth vice will be held from 4 to 6 of Sumter, An- Nov. 14, 1949, in Greenville, vice and the late Bobby Wil- Conyers Charles and Damon p.m. at the funeral home. thony Sims and his wife, An- North Carolina, to the late son. He departed this life on (Buck) Williams. After being Funeral arrangements are gela, of Evans, Frank Rivera Alice and Abram Hardy Sr. Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. born in Sumter, Irene and entrusted to Summerton Fu- and his wife, Lisa, of Honolu- He graduated from Berkley Mr. Wilson was educated at her mother moved to Harlem, neral Home LLC, 23 S. Duke lu and Jose Rivera and his Ridge Job Corps in Kentucky Lincoln High School and New York City, where she at- St., Summerton, phone (803) wife, Lydia, of North Ed- as a mechanic. graduated in 1962. In 1964, he tended Jane Addams High 485-3755. wards, California; three He departed this life on was drafted into the United School. Having held several daughters, Ruthe Niska and Nov. 11, 2017, at Palmetto States Army. Wilson served as positions in various indus- MARY W. SIMON husband, Oscar, of Dalzell, Health Tuomey. a telecommunications opera- tries, Irene settled in to the MANNING — Mary Cathe- Tina Randazzo and her hus- He later moved to Sumter, tor. He was enlisted from 1964 food industry, that’s where rine William Simon, 63, wife band, Dennis, of Florida and where he began attending to 1972. He also received sev- she perfected the art of fried of Alexander Simon, died on Maria Rivera of Evans; one Plaza Church of Christ and eral medals for his service. chicken. Irene then moved Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017. brother, Michael Batt and his decided to become a part of Later in life, he worked at sev- back to South Carolina in the Funeral servic- wife, Diane, of Acworth, Geor- the Plaza Church family. eral places of employment to early 1980’s and continued es for Mrs. gia; 16 grandchildren; and 18 Jesse united in holy matrimo- include Modern Dye for 14 cooking. She loved to cook, Simon will be great-grandchildren. ny to Deborah Hardy and to years and as a construction bake, watch scary movies, held at 1 p.m. on In addition to her parents his union two children were worker. Wilson retired and music and fishing. Irene en- Saturday at St. and husband, she was preced- born. began singing gospel with the joyed the holidays, especially Luke Missionary ed in death by Reginald Batt He leaves to cherish his leg- Junior Wells and the Gospel Christmas and Thanksgiving. Baptist Church, and Paul Batt. acy, his wife, Deborah Hardy; Stars. Irene leaves to cherish her SIMON 9872 S. Brewing- A memorial mass will be two children, Jesse Wither- He leaves to cherish his loving memories: her daugh- ton Road, Gree- held at 11 a.m. on Monday at spoon and Kira Hardy; eight memories: his mother, Ruth ter, Juanita; granddaughter, leyville, with St. Anne Catholic Church. In- sisters, Alice (Woody) Daniels Wilson Service; four sons, Jo- Nova; her mother, Sarah Bishop Sam H. Miller, pastor, urnment will follow at St. of Ayden, North Carolina, seph Wilson Jr., Charles Wil- Conyers Charles’ father, officiating, the Rev. Annette Lawrence Cemetery. Ella (Kenneth) Sheppard of son, Randell Wilson and Damon (Buck) Williams; step- Ragin presiding and Pastor The family will receive Winterville, North Carolina, Shaun McClam; one daughter, father, Richard N. Charles; Rose Rogers and the Rev. friends from 3 to 5 p.m. on Shirley (Lymon) Harris, Lizzie Theresa Wilson; grandchil- brother, Eugene; sisters, Vic- Elton Hilton Sr. assisting. Sunday at Bullock Funeral (Marvin) Williams, Martha dren, Ninia Wilson, Randell toria and Makeba; many half Burial will follow at Hunter Home with the Rosary being (Ben) Johnson and Lillian Wilson, Shekim Nelson, Laki- siblings; and aunts, uncles, Cemetery, Greeleyville. held from 3 to 3:30 p.m. (Toronto), all of Greenville, sha Epps, Keyoshia Wilson cousins, other relatives and The family is receiving Memorials may be made to Mary (Larry) Hall and Velma and Morgan Wilson; 10 great- friends. friends at the home of her sis- St. Jude Children's Hospital, (Nelson) Worsley of Bethel, grandchildren; and a host of Memorial services will be ter-in-law, Christine Simon, 332 N. Lauderdale, Memphis, North Carolina; eight broth- nieces, nephews, other family held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at 6686 Kenwood Road, Gree- TN 38105-2479. ers, Abram Hardy, Jimmy and friends. Salem Chapel & Heritage leyville. You may go to www.bullock- Hardy, Allen Ray (Sallie) He was preceded in death by Center, 101 S. Salem Ave., These services have been funeralhome.com and sign the Hardy Sr., Robert (Lillie) Lit- his father, Bobby Wilson; sister, with Elder Frank Garret offi- entrusted to Samuels Funeral family’s guest book. tle Jr. and Timothy Hartley, Addy Robinson; and his loving ciating. Home LLC of Manning. The family has chosen Bull- all of Greenville, Oscar Little wife of 40 years, Suressa Wil- Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. ock Funeral Home for the ar- and Richard Little, both of son. Main St., Sumter, is in charge ANNIE D. BURNS rangements. Maryland, and Douglas (Bren- Public viewing will be held of arrangements. ALCOLU — Annie Davis da) Edwards of Washington, from 2 to 6 p.m. on Saturday at Online memorials may be Burns, 93, died on Friday, D.C.; three aunts, Ernestine Job’s Mortuary. sent to the family at jobsmor- Nov. 10, 2017. Whitley of Greenville, Geral- Mr. Wilson will be placed in [email protected] or visit us on Funeral services for Mrs. dine Bolden and Ruby Bras- the church at 1 p.m. on Sunday the web at www.jobsmortu- Burns will be held at 11 a.m. well of Washington, D.C.; one for viewing until the hour of ary.net. on Saturday at uncle, Clarence (Sandra) service. Westminster Whitley of Washington, D.C.; Funeral service will be held RONALD JOE Presbyterian DARRYL V. LAWSON five grandchildren, Madisyn at 2 p.m. on Sunday at Salem Ronald Joe, formerly of El- Church (USA), Witherspoon, Khari Wither- Chapel & Heritage Center, Wes- liott, passed away on Nov. 14, 9124 Plowden Funeral services for Darryl spoon, Quest Witherspoon, tend Community Church, 101 2017, in Myrtle Beach. Mill Road, Alco- Vincent Lawson will be held Bryce Witherspoon and Chase S. Salem Ave., Sumter, with the Funeral arrangements are lu, with the Rev. at 1 p.m. on Sat- Hardy; one daughter-in-law, Rev. Albert Robinson officiat- incomplete and will be an- BURNS Alonza Wash- urday at St. Paul Jacqui Witherspoon; and a ing. nounced by Wilson Funeral ington, pastor, AME Church in host of nieces, nephews, other Interment will be held at 11 Home, 403 S. Main St., Bish- the Rev. Dr. Creston with the relatives and friends. a.m. on Monday at Florence opville. Franklin D. Colclough Sr. of- Rev. Andrew J. Public viewing will be held National Cemetery ficiating and Elder Walter Jordan officiat- from 2 to 6 p.m. today at Job’s The family will be receiving STANLEY J. AMOS Barfield assisting. Burial ing. Interment Mortuary. friends at the home, 140 W. Red BATESBURG — Stanley will follow in the church LAWSON will follow at the Mr. Hardy will be placed in Bay Road, Sumter. James Amos, 69, husband of cemetery. church Ceme- the church at 11 a.m. on Sat- Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Louise Hodge Amos, died on The family is receiving tery. urday for viewing until the Main St., Sumter, is in charge Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017, at friends at her residence, 1215 The public may view from 2 hour of service. of arrangements. Palmetto Health Richland. Tearcoat Road, Alcolu. to 6 p.m. today at Palmer Me- Funeral service will be held Online memorials may be Services will be announced These services have been morial Chapel, 304 S. Main at noon on Saturday at Plaza sent to the family at jobsmortu- by Elmore-Cannon-Stephens entrusted to Samuels Funeral St., Sumter. Church of Christ, 1402 Cam- [email protected] or visit us on the Funeral Home and Cremato- Home LLC of Manning. Mr. Lawson will be placed den Highway, Sumter, with web at www.jobsmortuary.net. rium of Sumter.

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Garage, Yard & Bid Notices Notice of Sale Estate Sales LEGAL RENTALS The County of Sumter reserves the Moving Sale 750 Torrey Pines Dr NOTICES right to reject any or all bids. The ANNOUNCEMENTS Sat 7-12 Furniture, military gear, County of Sumter reserves the right kitchen wares, linens, clothing to waive any or all technicalities. Unfurnished Announcements Legal Notice Mandatory Pre-bid Meeting 13 Wactor St Sat. 8-2 Antiques & required deposit in certified Apartments Thursday, 30 November, 2017 at 2:00 (immediately collectible) funds with much more! CRAFT SHOW LEGAL NOTICE PMat Sumter County Public the Office of the Master in Equity, Sat Nov. 18th 9am -3pm Works,1289 North Main Street, said deposit being due and payable Yard Sale: Sat. 8-5 & Sun. 9-5 at 46 Huntington Place Apartments STATE OF First Assembly of God Sumter, SC 29153 immediately upon closing of the Briarwood Dr. Tupperware, women's Rents from $625 per month SOUTH CAROLINA bidding on the day of sale, the 1151 Alice Dr. Sumter, 773-3817 1 Month free* clothing 2x-5x, & men's suits tall. Notice of Sale Master in Equity will re-sell the *13 Month lease required Ella Jane Harvin subject property at the most Leasing office located at vs. convenient time thereafter 3355 Ashlynn Way Sat 7-? Exide Corporation Something for everyone. Ashton Mill Apartment Homes MASTER IN EQUITY (including the day of sale) upon 595 Ashton Mill Drive NOTICE OF SALE notification to counsel for Plaintiff. 2017-CP-43-01006 Should the last and highest bidder 1745 Camden Rd (1 mile from 803-773-3600 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that fail or refuse to comply with the K-Mart) ENORMOUS yard sale Office Hours: Mon-Fri 9-5 the above-styled action is presently balance due of the bid within 20 BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore Friday, 7:30-5:30 and Saturday, pending before the South Carolina days, then the Master in Equity may granted in the case of: Wilmington Workers' Compensation Commission re-sell the property on the same 7:30-12. Lots of great stuff! Name Savings Fund Society, FSB, d/b/a 7-B Maney St 3 room apt. 1BR in connection with the insurance terms and conditions on some brand clothes, Christmas items, Christiana Trust, not individually /1BA. $350/mo + $350 /dep. No claim of Ella Jane Harvin, Deceased, subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of collectibles, house wares, unique but as trustee for Hilldale Trust vs. appls. Call 803-775-0776 in a work-related incident in Sumter, the said highest bidder). items. You don't want to miss this South Carolina on January 31, 1980. Elsie Winebarger; Teresa A. Steele; et.al., I, the undersigned Richard L. one for sure! Any person or persons having No personal or deficiency judgment Senior Living Booth, Master in Equity for Sumter information concerning the identity being demanded, the bidding will Apartments County, will sell on Monday, 3 Family Sale, 2640 Warehouse and/or location of anyone who is, or not remain open after the date of December 4, 2017 at 12:00 PM, at the Blvd, Hwy 15 S. Sat. 8 am - 2 pm. for those 62+ claims to be, an heir at law of the sale, but compliance with the bid said Ella Jane Harvin, Deceased, at County Judicial Center, 215 Harvin Prior and retired military Lawnmowers, appliances, furniture, (Rent based on income) may be made immediately. CWP Class $40.00 Shiloh-Randolph Manor the time of her injury, or claims to Street, Sumter, SC 29150, to the toys, new clothes, lots of new items have been dependent upon the said highest bidder: December 28, 2017 for Christmas. 125 W. Bartlette. Purchaser to pay for documentary Ella Jane Harvin, Deceased, at the stamps on Master in Equity's Deed. 5:30-9:30 in Sumter 775-0575 All that certain piece, parcel or lot of time of her death, please contact The successful bidder will be Call 803-840-4523. Studio/1 Bedroom land, with the dwelling and Multi-Family Yard Sale: 424 W. Chris Tuten, Tuten Insurance required to pay interest on the apartments available improvements thereon, situate, lying Calhoun St. Fri. & Sat. 8-3 Services, 236 Ranch Lake Road, balance of the bid from the date of and being in the Concord Township, EHO Chapin, South Carolina 29036, sale to date of compliance with the County of Sumter, State of South 1220 Plowden Mill Rd. Sat. 8 am - Telephone (803) 783-2008 no later bid at the rate of 10.490% per annum. BUSINESS than November 28, 2017. Carolina, designated as Lot No. 12 of ? Toys, boys, men & women clothes, McMurry Mill Subdivision, as shown Unfurnished The Plaintiff may waive any of its furniture, dishes, misc. on a plat by Ferrell J. Prosser, dated SERVICES Homes PUBLIC AUCTION rights, including its right to a September 10, 1970, recorded in Plat deficiency judgment, prior to sale. 3365 Ashlynn Way Sat 7-? Sumter Self Storage, 731 Broad St. Book Z-29 at page 44, records of Sumter County. Said Lot No. 12 Something for everyone. Area rug & House on Burgess, 3 Br, 1 Ba, Sumter, S.C. will have an auction The sale shall be subject to taxes Child Care being bounded and measuring as fkorr mats for Honda Odyssey CHA, $545 mo. Sec. Dep. 10:00 am, Saturday, November 18, and assessments, existing easements follows: on the North by Lot No. 11, 803-983-5691 or 803-305-1581. 2017. and restrictions of record. Make A Difference become a said plat; On the East by S.C. 320 & 325 Katydid St Sat 8-12 Highway S-43-58, said plat, and foster parent. Learn more call These units to be sold: This sale is subject to all title No early sales! Mobile Home fronting thereon 130 feet; on the 803-451-3984 Shimika Pringle 221 matters of record and any interested Rentals South by Lands of J.H. Scaffe, said Jean Shaw 421 party should consider performing an plat; and on the West by lands of E. Multi Family 1920 Golfair Rd Sat Jessica Ricks 507 independent title examination of the Health Service/ W. Odom, said plat, and measuring Nov 18th 8-1 Lots of good stuff! Doretha Hagans 627 subject property as no warranty is Medical Country Living DW 3BR 2BA on a thereon 85 feet. Be all dimensions a Items for all Ages. Endya Cooper 442 given. Pond $750 Mo + Deposit. Edward Bracey 234 little more or a little less and References required. Rosalie Benjamin 538 according to said plat. This being the 1st Care Home Health 930 Volunteer Ct. Sat. 8 am - 12 The sale will not be held unless Call 803 469-9353 Kenneth Brown 381 property known as Route 5 Box 270. Professional & Certified Home noon. Misc. clothes, kids items, either Plaintiff's attorney or Christopher McFadden 543 Plaintiff's bidding agent is present at Care Aide. Call Barola Prince other misc. items. This being the same property 2BR 1BA SW located off 521 South. James McCray 373 the sale and either Plaintiff's 803-391-2387. Certified conveyed to Elsie Winebarger and $400 Rent & Deposit. Call attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent Teresa A. Steele, as tenants in Multi-family yard sale, 2960 Sun Sale handled by management. enters the authorized bid of Plaintiff 803-464-5757 common with an indestructible right Valley Dr. Sat. 9 am - 3 pm. "Cash Only" for this captioned matter. In the Home of survivorship, by deed of Michael alternative, Plaintiff's counsel, if Improvements D. Mixon, dated October 11, 1983 and Family Sat Nov. 18th 7:30-? Office Rentals permitted by the Court, may advise Multi Bid Notices recorded October 12, 1983 in Book this Court directly of its authorized (Hwy 261 W of Paxville 1 mi. toward 348 at Page 786; thereafter, Teresa A. SBC Construction of Sumter bidding instructions. In the event a pinewood) Cancel if Rain Steele conveyed her interest in the Metal /Shingle Roofs• Porches • 690 Bultman Dr 1612 Sq. Ft. INVITATION TO BID sale is inadvertently held without subject property to Elsie Winebarger Concrete & Windows Reception area w/ hdwd floors, 4 Plaintiff's Counsel or Counsel's Indoor by deed dated November 22, 1999 900 Chesterfield Dr Sat The Sumter County Public Works is bidding agent entering the •Water Problems •Tree removal Private offices, Conference rm, and recorded December 2, 1999 in 7-11 furn., housewares, linens, office soliciting separate sealed bids from authorized bid of Plaintiff for this Call BURCH 803-720-4129 Secretarial work area, Copier/Equip. Book 759 at Page 407 in the Office of supplies, DVD's, books, Old Royal qualified vendors for the following specifically captioned matter, the Rm, Shower rm, 2 1/2 baths, file the Register of Deeds for Sumter Doulton figurines and other treas- project: sale shall be null and void and the storage rm, $2050 mo+$57.76 CAM County. Legal Service ures, vintage Christmas Santas & property shall be re-advertised for Call 803 773-1477 collectibles, picture postcards, teddy 2017 Dirt to Pave Package 1 of TMS No. 2870002078 sale on the next available sale date. bear huggables & souvenirs. Sumter County Roadway Attorney Timothy L. Griffith 50 Wesmark Ct. 1,177 sq ft. Priced to sell! Improvements Neither the Plaintiff nor its counsel 803-607-9087, 360 W. Wesmark. $1000/mo. + $100 CAM. Reception Property address: make representations as to the Criminal, Family, Accident, Injury area, 3 office space, breakroom, 1/2 Bids will be received until 2:00 PM., 1180 Plowden Mill Road, integrity of the title or the fair Save The Date! ba, file/storage room. 773-1477 Thursday, 7 December 2017 in the Sumter, SC 29153 market value of the property offered Roofing Sat Nov 25 9:00-1:00pm Sumter County Public Works for sale. Prior to bidding you may Neighborhood Craft Show Conference Room located at 1289 TERMS OF SALE: The successful wish to review the current state law Lots of Unique items TRANSPORTATION North Main Street, Sumter, South bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will or seek the advice of any attorney All Types of Roofing & Repairs All 5020 Queen Chapel Rd -Dalzell Carolina 29153. deposit with the Master in Equity, at licensed in South Carolina. work guaranteed. 30 yrs exp. SC lic. 1/4 mi. east of Rabons Sav-On conclusion of the bidding, five Virgil Bickley 803-316-4734. Plans and bid documents may be percent (5%) of said bid is due and Richard L. Booth obtained from: payable immediately upon closing of Master in Equity 3 Family Yard Sale Sat. Nov. 18th the bidding, in cash or equivalent, as for Sumter County Tree Service 7-12 at 2165 Gion St. Linens, dishes, AECOM evidence of good faith, same to be jeans, & Christmas items. 101 Research Drive, Scott and Corley, P.A. Autos For Sale applied to purchase price in case of Ricky's Tree Service Tree removal, Columbia, SC 29203 compliance, but to be forfeited and Attorney for Plaintiff Phone: (803)254-4400 stump grinding, Lic & ins, free quote, 211 Mallard Dr Sat 8-2 applied first to costs and then to Fax: (803)771-6676 Plaintiff's debt in the case of 803-435-2223 or cell 803-460-8747. Multi Family For Sale: 67' Fairlane Convertible Clothes, hshld, misc items Attn: Ms. April Mosser non-compliance. In the event of a Ford, 46' Chevy 2 door, & 87' ([email protected]) Full third party bidder and that any third A Notch Above Tree Care Camaro. 803-236-6426 party bidder fails to deliver the quality service low rates, lic./ins., free 325 Kendal Ave 8-? furniture, est BBB accredited 983-9721 books, asst. movies, records, bikes, ETC... 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NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE OF SALE BOOK 1157 AT PAGE 1363 IN THE the Judgment of Foreclosure and 2017-CP-43-1299 CIVIL ACTION NO. RECORDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY, Sale or such terms as may be set 2017-CP-43-01424 SOUTH CAROLINA. forth in a supplemental order. By virtue of a Decree of the Court of AMENDED. THIS PROPERTY IS KNOWN AS 41 WILSON STREET, John J. Hearn CURRENT ADDRESS The Honorable Richard L. Booth Common Please for Sumter County, BY VIRTUE of the decree SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA 29150, Attorney for Plaintiff Master In Equity heretofore granted in the case of The heretofore granted in the case of: OF PROPERTY: AND IS ALSO REPRESENTED AS P.O. Box 100200 for Sumter County City of Sumter Housing & Economic Columbia, SC 29202-3200 LakeView Loan Servicing, LLC vs. 3645 Queen Chapel Rd, Development Corporation - vs - TAX PARCEL NO. 248-09-04-066. (803) 744-4444 Mark Anthony Cain a/k/a Mark A. Dalzell, SC 29040 Brock & Scott, PLLC Tiffany D. Pierson, et al.. Cain, the undersigned Master In THIS BEING THE SAME 016427-00082 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 2017-CP-43-1299. Equity for Sumter County, South PROPERTY CONVEYED TO Website: www.rtt-law.com TMS: 199-00-02-085 Columbia, SC 29210 Carolina, will sell on December 4, AFRICA JOSEY BY DEED FROM (see link to Resources/ Attorneys for Plaintiff I, the undersigned Master in Equity 2017 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter WILLIAM J. LANGFORD AND Foreclosure Sales) TERMS OF SALE: The successful Phone 803-454-3540 for Sumter County, will sell on County Courthouse, City of Sumter, MARLA K. LANGFORD DATED bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will Fax 803-454-3541 December 4, 2017, at 12:00 Noon State of South Carolina, to the deposit with the Master In Equity, at before the Sumter County Judicial SEPTEMBER 5, 2007 AND highest bidder: conclusion of the bidding, five NOTICE OF SALE 2017-CP-43-00748 Center, 215 North Harvin St., RECORDED SEPTEMBER 5, 2007, percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore Sumter, South Carolina, to the IN BOOK 1091 AT PAGE 1433, IN MASTER IN EQUITY ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, equivalent, as evidence of good faith, granted in the case of: Carrington highest bidder, the THE RECORDS FOR SUMTER NOTICE OF SALE PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND WITH same to be applied to the purchase Mortgage Services, LLC against following-described property, to wit: COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA. 2017-CP-43-00204 THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, price in case of compliance, but to Charlene Valentine, I, the IF ANY, SITUATE LYING AND be forfeited and applied first to costs undersigned Master in Equity for All that certain piece, parcel, or lot CURRENT ADDRESS BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore BEING IN THE CITY AND COUNTY and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the Sumter County, will sell on of land, together with the OF PROPERTY: granted in the case of: Branch OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH case of non-compliance. Should the December 4, 2017, at 12:00 p.m. at improvements thereon, if any, 41 Wilson Street, Banking and Trust Company vs. CAROLINA, BEING MORE last and highest bidder fail to comply the Sumter County Courthouse in situate, lying and being in the City Sumter, SC 29150 Jarius Ashley Ballard a/k/a Jarius A. PARTICULARLY SHOWN AND with the other terms of the bid Sumter, South Carolina, to the and County of Sumter, State of South Ballard, I, the undersigned Richard DELINEATED AS 2.04 ACRES within thirty (30) days, then the highest bidder, the following Carolina, being shown and L. Booth, Master in Equity for MORE OR LESS, AS SHOWN ON Master In Equity may re-sell the described property, to-wit: All that designated as Lot #3, Block C, as TMS: 248-09-04-066 Sumter County, will sell on Monday, THAT CERTAIN PLAT OF ROBERT property on the same terms and lot of land with improvements shown on that certain plat by December 4, 2017 at 12:00 PM, at the TERMS OF SALE: The successful G. MATHIS, RLS DATED OCTOBER conditions on some subsequent Sales thereon situate in the County of Edwards Land Surveyors, Inc., dated County Judicial Center, 215 Harvin bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will 2, 2002 AND RECORDED IN THE Day (at the risk of the said highest Sumter, State of South Carolina, June 3, 2005 at page 323, and having Street, Sumter, SC 29150, to the deposit with the Master In Equity, at OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF bidder). No personal or deficiency represented as Lot No. 52A, such metes and bounds as are shown highest bidder: conclusion of the bidding, five DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY IN judgment being demanded, the containing 1.48 acres on a plat of on said plat, this description being percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or PLAT BOOK PB2002, AT PAGE 617. bidding shall not remain open after Edmunds Land Surveying, Inc. dated in lieu of metes and bounds, as All that certain piece, parcel or lot of equivalent, as evidence of good faith, THIS SAID LOT HAS SUCH METES, the date of sale and shall be final on March 10, 1998, and recorded in the permitted under Section 30-5-250 of land, together with improvements same to be applied to the purchase BOUNDARIES, COURSES AND that date, and compliance with the Office of the Register of Deeds for the 1976 Code of Laws of South thereon, situate, lying and being in price in case of compliance, but to DISTANCES AS ARE SHOWN ON bid may be made immediately. Sumter County in Plat Book PB98, at Carolina, as amended. the County of Sumter, State of South be forfeited and applied first to costs SAID PLAT, WHICH ARE Purchaser to pay for documentary Page 996. This said lot has such Carolina, being shown and and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the INCORPORATED HEREIN IN stamps on the Deed. The successful metes, boundaries, courses and DERIVATION: This is the identical designated as Lot Sixty-Four (64) on case of non-compliance. Should the ACCORDANCE WITH THE bidder will be required to pay distances as are shown on said plat, property conveyed unto Teresa a Plat of Ashbrook Subdivision last and highest bidder fail to comply PROVISIONS OF SECTION 30-5-250 interest on the amount of the which are incorporated herein in Pierson by deed of The City of Phase 1, Section 1 by Louis White with the other terms of the bid OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF balance of the bid from date of sale accordance with the provisions of Sumter Housing and Economic Tisdale of Black River Land within thirty (30) days, then the SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976. THIS to date of compliance with the bid at Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws Develpment corporation, dated July Surveying Company dated March 27, Master In Equity may re-sell the BEING THE SAME PROPERTY the rate of 4.375% per annum. The of South Carolina, 1976. Also: 1999 6, 2005, and recorded in the Office of 2007, last revised June 12, 2007, and property on the same terms and KNOWN AS 3645 QUEEN CHAPEL sale shall be subject to taxes and Champion Mobile Home Serial No. the ROD for Sumter County in recorded in the Office of the conditions on some subsequent Sales ROAD, DALZELL, SC. assessments, existing easements and N02010837TNAB. This is the same Volume 987, page 1474 on July 7, Register of Deeds for Sumter County Day (at the risk of the said highest REPRESENTED BY AUDITOR'S restrictions, easements and property known as 1415 Hidden Oaks 2005. in Plat Book 2007 at Page 281. Said bidder). No personal or deficiency MAP OF SUMTER COUNTY AS TAX restrictions of record and any other Drive, Wedgefield, SC 29168. Tax lot is more specifically shown and judgment being demanded, the PARCEL NO. 199-00-02-085. senior encumbrances. Map No. 100/00/02/024 (land) and delineated on a plat prepared for CURRENT ADDRESS bidding shall not remain open after 4000026336 (mobile home). Being the Jarius A. Ballard and Tiffany OF PROPERTY IS: the date of sale and shall be final on THIS BEING THE SAME In the event an agent of Plaintiff same property conveyed to Charlene Bethune by C.T.H. Surveyors, Inc. One Yeadon St. that date, and compliance with the PROPERTY CONVEYED TO MARK does not appear at the time of sale, Valentine and Edna Atkinson by dated February 12, 2010. Sumter, SC 29150 bid may be made immediately. ANTHONY CAIN BY DEED OF the within property shall be deed of Ruth Anne N. Sanford, dated Purchaser to pay for documentary ESTATE OF ELLA HATTIE withdrawn from sale and sold at the December 15, 2005 and recorded TMS# 249-01-03-012 Please note that the above stamps on the Deed. The successful LANKOW DATED JULY 14, 2011 next available sales date upon the December 20, 2005 in Deed Book description has been modified to bidder will be required to pay AND RECORDED JULY 18, 2011 IN terms and conditions as set forth in 1010 at Page 302 and by corrective SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, correct a minor, immaterial clerical interest on the amount of the SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, error in the legal regarding the plat balance of the bid from date of sale EASEMENTS AND/OR, reference. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 7.25% per annum. The OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. This being the same property sale shall be subject to taxes and conveyed to Jarius A. Ballard by NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the South Carolina Jobs-Economic assessments, existing easements and TERMS OF SALE: For cash. Interest deed of Shumaker Homes, Inc., Issuer restrictions, easements and Development Authority (the “ ”) and the County Council of Sumter County, South Carolina (the at the rate of 4.0% to be paid on dated February 25, 2010 and restrictions of record and any other “County”), on Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at 6:00 pm in County Council Chambers located at 13 East balance of bid from date of sale to recorded February 25, 2010 in Book senior encumbrances. rd date of compliance. The purchaser 1136 at Page 192 in the Office of the Canal Street, 3 Floor, Sumter, South Carolina, in connection with the issuance by the Issuer of its Hospital to pay for preparation of deed and Register of Deeds for Sumter Bonds In the event an agent of Plaintiff Revenue Bonds (SC Health Company) (the “ ”), in one or more series, in an aggregate principal stamps, and that the successful County. bidder or bidders, other than the does not appear at the time of sale, DPRXQWQRWWRH[FHHG7KH%RQGVZLOOEHLVVXHGDV4XDOL¿HG F %RQGVXQGHU6HFWLRQ Plaintiff therein, do, upon the the within property shall be TMS No. 1820602004 145 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended (the “Code”). The proceeds of Bonds will be loaned to acceptance of his or her bid, deposit withdrawn from sale and sold at the Borrower with the Master in Equity for Sumter next available sales date upon the 6&+HDOWK&RPSDQ\D6RXWK&DUROLQDQRQSUR¿WFRUSRUDWLRQ WKH³ ”), in connection with the County a certified check or cash in terms and conditions as set forth in Property address: formation of a new integrated health system (the “System”) which will be led by the Borrower and includes the Judgment of Foreclosure and 3250 Matthews Drive, the amount equal to five per cent WKH6WUDWHJLF&RRUGLQDWLQJ2UJDQL]DWLRQD6RXWK&DUROLQDQRQSUR¿WFRUSRUDWLRQ ³SCO”) and Palmetto (5%) of the amount of bid on said Sale or such terms as may be set Sumter, SC 29154 permises at the sale as evidence of forth in a supplemental order. +HDOWKD6RXWK&DUROLQDQRQSUR¿WFRUSRUDWLRQ ³PH´ SXUVXDQWWRDQ$I¿OLDWLRQ$JUHHPHQWGDWHGDVRI good faith in bidding, and subject to TERMS OF SALE: The successful August 15, 2017 between SCO and PH (the “$I¿OLDWLRQ$JUHHPHQW”). The Issuer is delivering this notice any resale of said premises under The Honorable Richard L. Booth bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will Order of this Court; and in the event Master In Equity deposit with the Master in Equity, at pursuant to the election permitted under IRS Proposed Regulation REG 128841-07 (September 28, 2017). the said purchaser or purchasers fail for Sumter County conclusion of the bidding, five to comply with the terms of sale percent (5%) of said bid is due and 6&2LVWKHVROHPHPEHURI8SVWDWH$I¿OLDWH2UJDQL]DWLRQ ³UAO”), and SCO and UAO (which together within thirty (30) days, the Master in Brock & Scott, PLLC payable immediately upon closing of Equity shall forthwith re-sell the 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 the bidding, in cash or equivalent, as with Greenville Health System, a public body corporate of the State previously known as Greenville said property, after the due notice Columbia, SC 29210 evidence of good faith, same to be +RVSLWDO6\VWHP%RDUGRI7UXVWHHVDUHFROOHFWLYHO\GH¿QHGKHUHLQDV³GHS”) operate a comprehensive, Attorneys for Plaintiff and advertisement, and shall applied to purchase price in case of integrated health care system that includes a range of health care facilities and professional practices continue to sell the same each Phone 803-454-3540 compliance, but to be forfeited and subsequent Sales Day until a Fax 803-454-3541 applied first to costs and then to ZLWKKHDOWKHGXFDWLRQDODI¿OLDWLRQVVHUYLQJWKH8SVWDWHUHJLRQRI6RXWK&DUROLQD3+LVDFRPSUHKHQVLYH purchaser, who shall comply with Plaintiff's debt in the case of integrated health care system including a range of health care facilities and professional practices with health the terms of sale, shall be obtained, non-compliance. In the event of a such sales to be made at the risk of third party bidder and that any third HGXFDWLRQDODI¿OLDWLRQVVHUYLQJWKH0LGODQGVUHJLRQRI6RXWK&DUROLQD8QGHUWKH$I¿OLDWLRQ$JUHHPHQWWKH the former purchaser. Personal or party bidder fails to deliver the Borrower will set the strategic direction for the System, provide support services to PH and GHS and other deficiency judgment having been NOTICE OF SALE required deposit in certified providers joining the System, and exercise certain governance and operational powers that are reserved to waived, teh bidding will not remain (immediately collectible) funds with open for a period of thirty (30) days BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore the Office of the Master in Equity, it as a member of PH and GHS, respectively. The Bonds will be used to repay certain prior debt obligations pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. Section granted in the case of: Wilmington said deposit being due and payable issued by or for GHS or PH (the “3ULRU'HEW”) to facilitate the integration of the System. The Bonds will 15-39-720., but compliance with the Savings Fund Society, FSB, D/B/A immediately upon closing of the Projects bid may be made immediately. Christiana Trust, Not in its bidding on the day of sale, the UH¿QDQFH KRVSLWDO DQG KHDOWK FDUH IDFLOLWLHV WRJHWKHU WKH ³ ”), and pay the costs of issuance of individual Capacity but Solely as Master in Equity will re-sell the the Bonds and fees for any credit enhancements, liquidity facilities or hedges deemed necessary by the If the Plaintiff or the Plaintiff's Trustee for Brougham Fund I Trust subject property at the most Borrower. The principal amount of the Bonds to be allocated to the Projects that are components of the representative does not appear at vs. Santanna Erwin Hayes; , C/A No. convenient time thereafter the above-described sale, then the 2016CP4301843, The following (including the day of sale) upon System will not exceed the following. sale of the property will be null, property will be sold on December 4, notification to counsel for Plaintiff. void, and of no force and effect. In 2017, at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter Should the last and highest bidder Project Name Not to Exceed Bond Amount such event, the sale will be County Courthouse to the highest fail or refuse to comply with the : : re-schduled for the next available bidder balance due of the bid within 20 3+50+%DSWLVW+RVSLWDO3URMHFW $627,000,000 sales day. Plaintiff may waive any of days, then the Master in Equity may its rights, including its right to a All that certain piece, parcel or lot of re-sell the property on the same PH Parkridge Project $152,400,000 deficiency judgment, prior to sale. land, situate, lying and being in terms and conditions on some PH Tuomey Project $84,100,000 Sold subject to taxes and Sumter Township, Sumter County, subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of assessments, existing easements and South Carolina, delineated as Lot 8 the said highest bidder). *+6*UHHQYLOOH0HPRULDO3URMHFW $429,800,000 restrictions of record. of Sherwood Forest Subdivision on plat prepared by James D. Wilson, No personal or deficiency judgment GHS Patewood Project $89,200,000 NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is RLS, dated January 7, 2001 and being demanded, the bidding will GHS Simpsonville Project $21,300,000 not a warranty deed. Interested recorded in Plat Book 2001 at Page not remain open after the date of bidders should satisfy themselves as 28 in the RMC Office for Sumter sale, but compliance with the bid GHS Greer Project $23,800,000 to the quality of title to be conveyed County, and bounded and measuring may be made immediately. GHS North Greenville Project $3,400,000 by obtaining an independent title as follows: on the northeast by Lots search prior to the sales date. 18 and 19 and measuring thereon Purchaser to pay for documentary GHS Oconee Project $75,200,000 80.0 feet; on the southeast by Lot 7 stamps on Master in Equity's Deed. RICHARD L. BOOTH and measuring thereon 164.61 feet; The successful bidder will be Note: The aggregate amount in the table may exceed $1,500,000,000. Borrower does not expect the Master in Equity for on the southwest by Littlejohn Lane required to pay interest on the amount allocable to an individual Project will exceed the amount set forth nor in the aggregate exceed Sumter County and measuring thereon 80.0 feet; and balance of the bid from the date of on the northwest by Lot 9 and sale to date of compliance with the $1,500,000,000. Keneth Hamilton measuring thereon 165.02 feet, be bid at the rate of 3.375% per annum. Attorney for Plaintiff the said measurements more or less. Each Project consists of real and personal property, buildings, furnishings and equipment used to further the 1203 Peach Orchard Road The Plaintiff may waive any of its Post Office box 1774 Derivation: Book 1095 at Page 594 rights, including its right to a H[HPSWFKDULWDEOHKRVSLWDODQGKHDOWKFDUHSXUSRVHVRIWKH%RUURZHU¿QDQFHGE\WKH3ULRU'HEWDVSDUWRI Sumter, S.C. 29151-1774 117 Little John Lane, deficiency judgment, prior to sale. the System. The locations of the Projects are as follows: Telephone: (803) 494-3353 Sumter, SC 29153-5102 Telecopier: (8030 494-3388 The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements 7KHFDPSXVHVRIWKH3+50+%DSWLVW+RVSLWDO3URMHFWDUHORFDWHGLQWKH&LW\RI&ROXPELD6RXWK&DUROLQD 268-09-03-011 NOTICE OF SALE and restrictions of record. in the area bounded by or fronting on SC 277, the Harden Street Extension, Colonial Drive and Beltline CIVIL ACTION NO. SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, This sale is subject to all title %OYG 6& DQGLQWKHDUHDERXQGHGE\RUIURQWLQJRQ0DULRQ6WUHHW%ODQGLQJ6WUHHW0DLQ6WUHHWDQG 2015-CP-43-00705 SUMTER COUNTY AD VALOREM matters of record and any interested +DPSWRQ 6WUHHW7KH 3+ 50+%DSWLVW +RVSLWDO 3URMHFW DOVR LQFOXGHV EXLOGLQJV ORFDWHG DW 6XQVHW TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, party should consider performing an BY VIRTUE of the decree Drive, Columbia SC. RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND independent title examination of the heretofore granted in the case of: OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. subject property as no warranty is Caliber Home Loans, Inc. vs. Africa given. Josey, the undersigned Master In TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in The campus of the PH Parkridge Project is located in the City of Columbia, South Carolina in the area Equity for Sumter County, South certified funds is required. The The sale will not be held unless ERXQGHGE\RUIURQWLQJRQ,QWHUVWDWH/DNH0XUUD\%OYG 6& DQG3DUNULGJH'ULYH Carolina, will sell on December 4, deposit will be applied towards the either Plaintiff's attorney or 2017 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter purchase price unless the bidder Plaintiff's bidding agent is present at County Courthouse, City of Sumter, The campus of the PH Tuomey Project is located in the City of Sumter, South Carolina in the area bounded defaults, in which case the deposit the sale and either Plaintiff's State of South Carolina, to the will be forfeited. If the successful attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent by or fronting on West Calhoun Street, Church Street, West Liberty Street, South Washington Street, Dugan highest bidder: bidder fails, or refuses, to make the enters the authorized bid of Plaintiff 6WUHHW6RXWK0DLQ6WUHHWDQG1RUWK0DLQ6WUHHW7KH3+7XRPH\3URMHFWDOVRLQFOXGHVIDFLOLWLHVORFDWHGDW required deposit, or comply with his for this captioned matter. In the ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, bid within 20 days, then the property alternative, Plaintiff's counsel, if 700 North Wise Drive and 500 Pinewood Road, Sumter, South Carolina. PARCEL, OR LOT OF LAND, will be resold at his risk. No permitted by the Court, may advise TOGETHER WITH THE DWELLING personal or deficiency judgment this Court directly of its authorized AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, 7KHFDPSXVRIWKH*+6*UHHQYLOOH0HPRULDO3URMHFWLVORFDWHGLQWKH&LW\RI*UHHQYLOOH6RXWK&DUROLQDLQ being demanded, the bidding will bidding instructions. In the event a LYING AND BEING SITUATE IN not remain open after the date of sale is inadvertently held without the area bounded by or fronting on Grove Road, West Faris Road and Brushy Creek. The GHS Greenville THE CITY AND COUNTY OF sale, but compliance with the bid Plaintiff's Counsel or Counsel's SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH 0HPRULDO3URMHFWDOVRLQFOXGHVIDFLOLWLHVORFDWHGDW'RFWRUV'ULYH0HGLFDO5LGJH'ULYH:HVW may be made immediately. The bidding agent entering the CAROLINA, BEING SHOWN AND successful bidder will be required to authorized bid of Plaintiff for this )DULV5RDGDQG(DVW0F%HH$YHQXH*UHHQYLOOH6RXWK&DUROLQD DELINEATED AS LOT NO. 19, pay interest on the amount of the bid specifically captioned matter, the BLOCK "D" OF WILSON PARK from date of sale to date of sale shall be null and void and the SUBDIVISION ON THAT PLAT The campus of the GHS Patewood Project is located in the City of Greenville, South Carolina in the compliance with the bid at the rate property shall be re-advertised for PREPARED BY JOSEPH R. of 5.625% per annum. For complete sale on the next available sale date. DUHD ERXQGHG E\ RU IURQWLQJ RQ 3DWHZRRG 'ULYH 3HOKDP 5RDG 5RSHU 0RXQWDLQ 5RDG ([WHQVLRQ DQG EDWARDS, RLS, DATED AUGUST terms of sale, see Judgment of Commonwealth Drive. 20, 1995 AND RECORDED IN PLAT Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Neither the Plaintiff nor its counsel BOOK 95 AT PAGE 858 IN THE Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A make representations as to the RECORDS OF THE REGISTER OF #2016CP4301843. integrity of the title or the fair The campus of the GHS Greer Project is located in the City of Greer, South Carolina in the area bounded by or DEEDS OFFICE FOR SUMTER market value of the property offered COUNTY. AFORESAID PLAT IS fronting on South Buncombe Road and Village Green Circle. Approximately $18,100,000 of the GHS Greer NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not for sale. Prior to bidding you may SPECIFICALLY INCORPORATED a warranty deed. Interested bidders wish to review the current state law 3URMHFWUHSUHVHQWVWKHLPSURYHPHQWVDWIRUPHU$OOHQ%HQQHWW+RVSLWDOORFDWHGDW0HPRULDO'ULYH*UHHU HEREIN AND REFERENCE IS should satisfy themselves as to the or seek the advice of any attorney South Carolina which has been donated to the City of Greer and subsequently demolished. CRAVED THERETO FOR A MORE quality of title to be conveyed by licensed in South Carolina. COMPLETE AND ACCURATE obtaining an independent title DESCRIPTION OF THE METES, search prior to the foreclosure sale Richard L. Booth The campus of the GHS Simpsonville Project is located in the City of Simpsonville, South Carolina in the area BOUNDS, COURSES AND date. Master in Equity DISTANCES OF THE PROPERTY ERXQGHGE\RUIURQWLQJRQ6(0DLQ6WUHHW +LJKZD\ DQG+RVSLWDO'ULYH for Sumter County CONCERNED HEREIN. THIS Richard L. Booth DESCRIPTION IS MADE IN LIEU Master In Equity for Scott and Corley, P.A. The campus of the GHS North Greenville Project is located in the City of Travelers Rest, South Carolina in the OF METES AND BOUNDS AS Sumter County Attorney for Plaintiff PERMITTED BY LAW UNDER DUHDERXQGHGE\RUIURQWLQJRQ1RUWK0DLQ6WUHHW0DSOH/DQHWKH5HHG\5LYHUDQG&KXUFK6WUHHW SECTION 30-5-250, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, AS The campus of the GHS Oconee Project is located in Oconee County, South Carolina in the area bounded by or fronting on Sandifer Boulevard (Highway 76/123), Highway 28 and Sheep Farm Road. Field Service Tech All of the facilities comprising the Projects will be owned and operated by GHS, PH, Palmetto Health Tuomey, RUWKH%RUURZHUDVSDUWRIWKH6\VWHP3DOPHWWR+HDOWK7XRPH\LVD6RXWK&DUROLQDQRQSUR¿WFRUSRUDWLRQRI ZKLFK3+LVWKHVROHPHPEHU7KH%RUURZHUZLOOXQFRQGLWLRQDOO\FRYHQDQWWRPDNHSD\PHQWVVXI¿FLHQWWRSD\ Local Company the principal and interest on the Bonds.

The Bonds will be payable solely and exclusively out of payments to be made by the Borrower, PH or GHS. Requirements Beneﬁ ts The Bonds do not represent a general obligation of the State of South Carolina, the Issuer or any other agency Out of state work Paid Vacation or political subdivision of the State of South Carolina within the meaning of any state constitutional provision or statutory limitation or constitute or give rise to any pecuniary liability of such agency or political subdivision Valid Driver’s License Paid Holidays or a charge against their general credit or taxing powers. The Issuer has no taxing authority. Daily per diem & board provided Paid Sick Days The public is invited to attend the hearing at the address set forth above and/or submit written comments on the Conﬁ ned space entry BCBS Health Ins. LVVXDQFHRIWKH%RQGVRUWKHUH¿QDQFLQJRIWKH3URMHFWVWRWKH6RXWK&DUROLQD-REV(FRQRPLF'HYHORSPHQW $XWKRULW\DW0DLQ6WUHHW6XLWH&ROXPELD6RXWK&DUROLQDDQGWR6XPWHU&RXQW\&RXQFLODW Haz-Wop, OSHA Training Dental, Vision, Disabiility, Life 13 East Canal Street, Sumter, South Carolina 29150. Drug free environment 401 (k) with match 6287+&$52/,1$-2%6(&2120,& '(9(/230(17$87+25,7< Harry A. Huntley, Executive Director

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Notice of Sale Notice of Sale Notice of Sale Notice of Sale Notice of Sale Notice of Sale deed of Ruth Anne N. Sanford to in Block "O" on a plat of H.D. Moise, terms and conditions on some Hodge, Sr., Paster; Booker T. Carter, Charlene Valentine and Jean ONeal In the event an agent of Plaintiff C.E., dated December 7, 1927 and subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of Chairman of the Financial OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, AS Atkinson a/k/a Edna Atkinson, as does not appear at the time of sale, recorded in the Office of the RMC the said highest bidder). Committee; Willie Pringle, Trustee; AMENDED. THIS PROPERTY IS joint tenants with the right of the within property shall be for Sumter County in Plat Book 4-A and Crystal M. Rufus-Robinson, KNOWN AS 2637 LORENTZ DRIVE, survivorship, by deed dated withdrawn from sale and sold at the at Page 2; said two lots together Personal or deficiency judgment Financial Secretary, of Greater SUMTER, SC. September 25, 2008 and recorded next available sales date upon the measuring 100 feet on their northern being demanded, the bidding will Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist September 25, 2008 in Deed Book terms and conditions as set forth in and southern boundaries and 150 remain open for a period of thirty Church, dated January 25, 2007 and THIS BEING THE SAME 1112 at Page 3244; thereafter, Jean the Judgment of Foreclosure and feet; on their eastern and western (30) days after the sale date. The recorded February 1, 2007 in Deed PROPERTY CONVEYED TO JANE Oneal Atkinson a/k/a Edna Atkinson Sale or such terms as may be set boundaries and being bounded on Plaintiff may waive its right to a Book 1063 at page 1011 aforesaid E. HUTCHISON BY DEED OF died on July 2, 2014, leaving forth in a supplemental order. the North by Lot No. 7 in said Block deficiency judgment prior to sale, in records. WILLIAM C. HOPPER DATED Charlene Valentine as owner of the "O" on said plat; on the East by which case the bidding will not AUGUST 3, 2006 AND RECORDED subject property by right of The Honorable Richard L. Booth Legare Street as shown on said plat; remain open after the date of sale, TMS No. 229-10-02-019 AUGUST 4, 2006 IN VOLUME 1039 survivorship. TMS No. 100-00-02-024 Master In Equity on the South by Carroll Avenue as but compliance with the bid may be AT PAGE 943 IN THE RECORDS (Land) 4000026336 (Mobile Home) for Sumter County shown on said plat; and on the West made immediately. CURRENT ADDRESS FOR SUMTER COUNTY, SOUTH Property Address: 1415 Hidden Oaks by Lot No. 3 in said Block "O" on said OF PROPERTY IS: CAROLINA. Drive, Wedgefield, SC 29168 TERMS Brock & Scott, PLLC plat. Purchaser to pay for documentary 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 609 Miller Road OF SALE: The successful bidder, stamps on Master in Equity's Deed. Sumter, SC 29150 CURRENT ADDRESS other than the plaintiff, will deposit Columbia, SC 29210 TMS Number: The successful bidder will be OF PROPERTY: with the Master in Equity at Attorneys for Plaintiff required to pay interest on the 229-12-01-022 SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, 2637 Lorentz Drive, conclusion of the bidding, five per Phone 803-454-3540 PROPERTY ADDRESS: balance of the bid from the date of cent (5%) of said bid, in cash or Fax 803-454-3541 sale to date of compliance with the SUMTER COUNTY TAXES, Sumter, SC 29154 equivalent, as evidence of good faith, 301 Stark St., bid at the rate of 3.500% per annum. EXISTING EASEMENTS, same to be applied to purchase price MASTER IN EQUITY'S Sumter, SC 29150 EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS TMS: 207-09-04-029 in case of compliance, but to be SALE The Plaintiff may waive any of its OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR forfeited and applied first to costs CASE NO. This being the same property rights, including its right to a ENCUMBRANCES, IF ANY. TERMS OF SALE: The successful and then to plaintiff's debt in the 2017-CP-43-00112 conveyed to Margaret W. Davis and deficiency judgment, prior to sale. bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will case of noncompliance. Should the Thomasina M. Portis by deed of TERMS OF SALE: The successful deposit with the Master In Equity, at Margaret W. Davis, dated August 20, bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will conclusion of the bidding, five successful bidder fail or refuse to BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore The sale shall be subject to taxes 2014, and recorded in the Office of deposit with the Master in Equity, at percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or make the required deposit at time of granted in the case of Trustmark and assessments, existing easements the Register of Deeds for Sumter the conclusion of the bidding, Five equivalent, as evidence of good faith, bid or comply with the other terms of National Bank against Braden and restrictions of record. County on September 2, 2014, in per cent (5%) of the bid in cash or same to be applied to the purchase the bid within twenty (20) days, then Bunch a/k/a Braden A. Bunch, A. Deed Book 1204 at Page 2944. equivalent, as evidence of good faith, price in case of compliance, but to the Master in Equity may resell the Wren Bunch a/k/a Anna Wren Bunch This sale is subject to all title same to be applied to the purchase be forfeited and applied first to costs property on the same terms and and South Carolina Department of matters of record and any interested TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH. The price in case of compliance, but to and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the conditions (at the risk of the said Revenue, I, the Master in Equity for party should consider performing an Master in Equity will require a be forfeited and applied first to costs case of non-compliance. Should the defaulting bidder). Should the Sumter County, will sell on Monday, independent title examination of the deposit of 5% of the bid amount in and then to Plaintiff's debt in the last and highest bidder fail to comply Plaintiff, or one of its December 4, 2017, at 11:00 o'clock subject property as no warranty is cash or certified funds, which is to case of non-compliance. Should the with the other terms of the bid representatives, fail to be present at a.m., at the Sumter County given. be applied on the purchase price last and highest bidder fail or refuse within thirty (30) days, then the the time of sale, the property is Courthouse, Sumter, South Carolina, upon compliance with the bid. to make the required deposit at time Master In Equity may re-sell the automatically withdrawn from said to the highest bidder: The sale will not be held unless sale and sold at the next available Interest on the balance of the bid at either Plaintiff's attorney or of bid or comply with the other terms property on the same terms and 5.60% shall be paid to the day of of the bid within thirty (30) days, conditions on some subsequent Sales sales day upon the terms and All that certain piece, parcel or lot of Plaintiff's bidding agent is present at compliance. In case of then the Master in Equity may resell Day (at the risk of the said highest conditions as set forth in the land, containing 0.45 acre, more or the sale and either Plaintiff's noncompliance within 20 days, after the property on the same terms and bidder). No personal or deficiency Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or less, together with any and all attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent the sale, the deposit of 5% is to be conditions on some subsequent Sales judgment being demanded, the any Supplemental Order. The improvements thereon, lying, being enters the authorized bid of Plaintiff forfeited and applied to Plaintiff's Day (at the risk of the said highest bidding shall not remain open after successful bidder will be required to and situate in the City and County of for this captioned matter. In the judgment debt and the property bidder.) the date of sale and shall be final on pay for documentary stamps on the Sumter, State of South Carolina, alternative, Plaintiff's counsel, if re-advertised for sale upon the same that date, and compliance with the Deed and interest on the balance of being shown and delineated on a permitted by the Court, may advise terms at the risk of the former No personal or deficiency judgment bid may be made immediately. the bid from the date of sale to the plat by Allen-Makela Land this Court directly of its authorized highest bidder. Purchaser to pay for being demanded, the bidding will Purchaser to pay for documentary date of compliance with the bid at Surveyors, Inc., dated August 31, bidding instructions. In the event a deed recording fees and deed not remain open after the date of stamps on the Deed. The successful the rate of 4.6250%. THIS SALE IS 1989, and recorded in Plat Book 89 at sale is inadvertently held without stamps. sale, but compliance with the bid bidder will be required to pay SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, Page 817, and being more Plaintiff's Counsel or Counsel's may be made immediately.] interest on the amount of the COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING particularly shown and delineated bidding agent entering the Deficiency judgment not being balance of the bid from date of sale EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND on that certain plat prepared for authorized bid of Plaintiff for this demanded, the bidding will not Purchaser to pay for preparation of to date of compliance with the bid at RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND Mark J. Ehrlich and Suzanne M. specifically captioned matter, the remain open after the date of sale, the Master in Equity's deed, the rate of 6.875% per annum. The OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. Ehrlich by Edwards Land Surveyors, sale shall be null and void and the but compliance with the bid may be documentary stamps on the deed, sale shall be subject to taxes and No personal or deficiency judgment Inc. dated June 6, 2000, recorded in property shall be re-advertised for made immediately. recording of the deed, and interest assessments, existing easements and being demanded, the bidding will the Office of the Register of Deeds sale on the next available sale date. on the amount of the bid from date of restrictions, easements and not remain open after the date of for Sumter County in Plat Book 2000 Should Plaintiff, Plaintiff's attorney, sale to date of compliance with the restrictions of record and any other sale, but compliance with the bid at Page 402. Neither the Plaintiff nor its counsel may be made immediately. NOTICE: or Plaintiff's agent fail to appear on make representations as to the bid at the rate of Initial rate of 6.97% senior encumbrances. the day of sale, the property shall not per annum. The foreclosure deed is not a Pursuant to Section 30-5-250 of the integrity of the title or the fair be sold, but shall be re-advertised In the event an agent of Plaintiff warranty deed. Interested bidders Code of Laws of South Carolina market value of the property offered and sold at some convenient sales Richard L. Booth does not appear at the time of sale, should satisfy themselves as to the (1976), reference to said plat(s) is for sale. Prior to bidding you may day thereafter when Plaintiff, As Master in Equity the within property shall be quality of title to be conveyed by hereby craved for particulars of the wish to review the current state law Plaintiff's attorney, or Plaintiff's for Sumter County withdrawn from sale and sold at the obtaining an independent title boundaries, metes, courses, and/or or seek the advice of any attorney agent, is present. next available sales date upon the search well before the foreclosure distances of the property delineated licensed in South Carolina. Plaintiff's Attorney: terms and conditions as set forth in sale date. The Honorable Richard L. thereon. Booth Master in Equity Sumter The sale shall be subject to taxes Richard L. Booth J. Kershaw Spong the Judgment of Foreclosure and and assessments, existing easements [SC Bar # 5289] Sale or such terms as may be set County Riley Pope & Laney, LLC This property is represented as Tax Master in Equity and easements and restrictions of SOWELL GRAY ROBINSON STEPP forth in a supplemental order. Post Office Box 11412 Columbia, SC Map Parcel No. 249-08-03-052 upon for Sumter County record. & LAFFITTE, LLC 29211 (803) 799-9993 Attorneys for the records of the Sumter County P.O. Box 11449 The Honorable Richard L. Booth Plaintiff Auditor, and is known as 12 Loring Scott and Corley, P.A. Plaintiff does not warrant its title Columbia, SC 29211 Master In Equity Drive, Sumter SC 29150. Attorney for Plaintiff NOTICE OF SALE search to purchasers at foreclosure (803) 929-1400 for Sumter County sale or other third parties, who Email: [email protected] CIVIL ACTION NO. This being the same property NOTICE OF SALE should have their own title search Brock & Scott, PLLC 2014-CP-43-02763 conveyed to Braden A. Bunch and Docket No. performed on the subject property. NOTICE OF SALE 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Anna Wren Bunch by deed of Mark J. 2017-CP-43-01254 CIVIL ACTION NO. Columbia, SC 29210 BY VIRTUE of the decree Ehrlich and Suzanne M. Ehrlich Richard L. Booth Attorneys for Plaintiff heretofore granted in the case of: dated April 12, 2004 and recorded By virtue of a decree heretofore 2017-CP-43-00615 Master in Equity Phone 803-454-3540 Wilmington Savings Fund Society, April 13, 2004 in the Office of the granted in the case of NWE13, LLC for Sumter County BY VIRTUE of the decree Fax 803-454-3541 FSB, d/b/a Christiana Trust, not in Register of Deeds for Sumter against Greater Mount Pisgah Sumter, South Carolina heretofore granted in the case of: its individual capacity but solely in County, South Carolina in Book 933 Missionary Baptist Church by and U.S. BANK NATIONAL its capacity as Owner Trustee of at Page 456. Thereafter, Braden A. through its Trustees and Martin FINKEL LAW FIRM LLC ASSOCIATION vs. Jane E. MATAWIN VENTURES TRUST Bunch and Anna Wren Bunch, Hodge, Sr., Pastor and Trustee, I, the Post Office Box 71727 Hutchison, the undersigned Master SERIES 2016-2 vs. John P. Godwin; conveyed their undivided interest in undersigned Master in Equity for North Charleston, S.C. 29415 In Equity for Sumter County, South South Carolina Department of the subject property to Braden Sumter County, will sell on Monday, (843) 577-5460 Carolina, will sell on December 4, Revenue, the undersigned Master In Bunch by Quit Claim Deed dated December 4, 2017, at 12:00 P.M., at Attorneys for Plaintiff 2017 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter Equity for Sumter County, South July 14, 2015 and recorded July 14, the Sumter County Judicial Center, County Courthouse, City of Sumter, Carolina, will sell on December 4, 2015 in the Office of the Register of 215 N. Harvin Street, Sumter, South State of South Carolina, to the 2017 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter Deeds for Sumter County, South MASTER IN EQUITY Carolina, to the highest bidder: highest bidder: County Courthouse, City of Sumter, Carolina in Book 1213 at Page 634. NOTICE OF SALE State of South Carolina, to the TMS#: 249-08-03-052 2017-CP-43-00909 All that certain piece, parcel, or lot ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, highest bidder: of land, together with the buildings BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore and improvements thereon, lying PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND WITH Property Address: THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, THAT LOT OF LAND WITH THE granted in the case of: JPMorgan and being situate in the City and 12 Loring Drive IF ANY, SITUATE, LYING AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON Chase Bank, National Association vs. County of Sumter, State of South Sumter, S.C. 29150 BEING IN THE COUNTY OF SITUATE IN SUMTER COUNTY, Tammy C. Lindsey; et al., I, the Carolina, containing 1.87 acres, more undersigned Richard L. Booth, or less, and being shown and SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH SOUTH CAROLINA, TERMS OF SALE: The successful Master in Equity for Sumter County, delineated on that plat prepared by CAROLINA, BEING SHOWN AND REPRESENTED AS LOT 3803, bidder, other than the plaintiff, will will sell on Monday, December 4, Joseph R. Edwards, PLS, dated DELINEATED AS LOT NO. 4 OF CONTAINING 0.76 ACRES ON PLAT deposit with the Master in Equity for 2017 at 12:00 PM, at the County March 25, 1998 and recorded in Plat AMHERST SUBDIVISION, AS OF CROFT ENGINEERING Sumter County at conclusion of the Judicial Center, 215 Harvin Street, Book 98 at page 389 in the records of SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT COMPANY DATED MARCH 15, 1999, bidding, five percent (5%) of the bid, Sumter, SC 29150, to the highest the Register of Deeds Office for OF JAMES D. WILLSON, R. L. S., RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF in cash or equivalent, as evidence of bidder: Sumter County. Aforesaid plat is DATED MARCH 11, 1996 AND THE SUMTER COUNTY REGISTER good faith, same to be applied to the specifically incorporated herein and RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF OF DEEDS IN PLAT BOOK PB99 AT purchase price in case of All that certain piece, parcel or lot of reference is craved thereto for a THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR PAGE 468. THIS PROPERTY compliance, but to be forfeited and land with the improvements thereon, more complete and accurate SUMTER COUNTY IN PLAT BOOK KNOWN AS 305 CORN ROAD, applied first to costs and then to situate, lying and being in the City description of the metes, bounds, 96 AT PAGE 280, AND HAVING SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA AND plaintiff's debt in the case of and County of Sumter, State of South courses and distances of the SUCH BOUNDARIES, METES, IS REPRESENTED ON THE non-compliance. If the Plaintiff's Carolina, being more particularly property concerned herein. This COURSES AND DISTANCES AS SUMTER COUNTY TAX MAP AS representative is not in attendance shown and delineated as Lot 34-A, description is made in lieu of metes ARE SHOWN ON SAID PLAT, PARCEL 219-05-01-008. at the scheduled time of the sale, the "Tudor Place" Subdivision, Phase IV, and bounds as permitted by law REFERENCE TO WHICH IS sale shall be canceled and the as shown on that certain plat of under Section 30-5-250 of The Code HEREBY MADE PURSUANT TO ALSO INCLUDED HEREWITH IS property sold on some subsequent Joseph R. Edwards, RLS, dated of Laws of South Carolina (1976), as AUTHORITY CONTAINED IN THAT CERTAIN 2002 FLEETWOOD sales day after due advertisement. October 23, 1995, and recorded in the amended. This is the property known 30-50-250 OF THE CODE OF LAWS MANUFACTURED HOME Should the last and highest bidder RMC Office for Sumter County in as 609 Miller Road, Sumter, SC. BEARING SERIAL NUMBER fail or refuse to make the required Plat Book PB95, Page 1133. The said NCFL241AB54769-TL23 (SEE deposit at time of bid or comply with lot has such boundaries, metes, This being the identical property RETIREMENT AFFIDAVIT IN the other terms of the bid within courses, and distances as are shown conveyed to Greater Mount Pisgah BOOK 1081 AT PAGE 541). thirty (30) days, the deposit shall be on said plat which are incorporated Missionary Baptist Church by that forfeited and the Master in Equity herein in accordance with the deed of Bill Poulos, Marion THIS BEING THE SAME for Sumter County may re-sell the provision of Section 30-5-250 of the Jennings, and Bobby Beatson, Sr., as PROPERTY CONVEYED TO JOHN property on the same terms and Code of Laws of South Carolina. This Trustees for Bondovlove Baptist P. GODWIN BY DEED OF CHARLES conditions on some subsequent Sales property is more generally known as Church dated April 8, 1998 and SMITH, DATED FEBRUARY 4, 2008 Day (at the risk of the said highest 855 Grimble Court. recorded April 10, 1998 in Deed AND RECORDED FEBRUARY 6, bidder). As a deficiency judgment is Book 702 at page 1015 in the Records 2008 IN BOOK 1100 AT PAGE 103 IN being Waived, the bidding will not This being the same property of the Register of Deeds Office for THE OFFICE OF THE ROD FOR remain open thirty days after the conveyed to Tammy C. Lindsey by Sumter County, and confirmed by SUMTER COUNTY, SOUTH date of sale. Purchaser shall pay for deed of Ashlyn Margaret Smith n/k/a that corrective deed of Bill Poulos CAROLINA. preparation of deed, documentary Ashlyn S. Sanders, dated December and Bobby Beatson, Sr., as stamps on the deed, and recording of 9, 2005 and recorded January 26, remaining Trustees of Bondovlove CURRENT ADDRESS the deed. The successful bidder will 2006 in Book 1013 at Page 1832 in the Baptist Church, and Roby Kelly, as OF PROPERTY: be required to pay interest on the Office of the Register of Deeds for Chairman of the Deacons, and D.J. 305 Corn Road, amount of the bid from date of sale Sumter County. Benbow, John Woodham, and Bobby to date of compliance with the bid at Sumter, SC 29150 Beatson, Jr., as Trustees of the rate of 4.00% per annum. The TMS: 2190501008 Crosspoint Baptist Church, to Marvin sale shall be subject to assessments, TMS No. 2040501093 TERMS OF SALE: The successful Sumter County taxes, easements, Happy Birthday! bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will easements and restrictions of record, Property address: GOLDEN KERNEL PECAN CO. deposit with the Master In Equity, at and other senior encumbrances. 855 Grimble Court, conclusion of the bidding, five Sumter, SC 29150 BUYING STATION Barney Furman percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or GRIMSLEY LAW FIRM, LLC equivalent, as evidence of good faith, Benjamin E. Grimsley TERMS OF SALE: The successful We Sell 15 Flavors 80 years same to be applied to the purchase S.C. Bar No. 70335 bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will of Pecans young today! price in case of compliance, but to Attorney for the Plaintiff deposit with the Master in Equity, at be forfeited and applied first to costs P.O. Box 11682 conclusion of the bidding, five 803-968-9432 and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the Columbia, S.C. 29211 percent (5%) of said bid is due and 1200C Pocalla Rd. (Next to Family Dollar) case of non-compliance. Should the (803) 233-1177 payable immediately upon closing of last and highest bidder fail to comply [email protected] the bidding, in cash or equivalent, as with the other terms of the bid evidence of good faith, same to be within thirty (30) days, then the NOTICE OF MASTER applied to purchase price in case of Master In Equity may re-sell the IN EQUITY SALE compliance, but to be forfeited and property on the same terms and CIVIL ACTION NO. applied first to costs and then to conditions on some subsequent Sales 2017CP4301023 Plaintiff's debt in the case of Day (at the risk of the said highest non-compliance. In the event of a bidder). No personal or deficiency BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the third party bidder and that any third Thanksgiving Deadlines judgment being demanded, the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter party bidder fails to deliver the bidding shall not remain open after County, South Carolina, heretofore required deposit in certified the date of sale and shall be final on issued in the case of Wells Fargo (immediately collectible) funds with CLASSIFIED IN-LINE ADVERTISING that date, and compliance with the Bank, N.A., against Margaret W. the Office of the Master in Equity, bid may be made immediately. Davis, et al., the Master in Equity for said deposit being due and payable Purchaser to pay for documentary Sumter County, or his/her agent, will immediately upon closing of the stamps on the Deed. The successful sell on December 4, 2017, at 12:00 bidding on the day of sale, the Edition Deadline bidder will be required to pay P.M., at Sumter Judicial Center, 215 Master in Equity will re-sell the interest on the amount of the North Harvin Street, Sumter, SC subject property at the most Tues., November 21 Mon., November 20 at 11:30pm balance of the bid from date of sale 29150, to the highest bidder: convenient time thereafter to date of compliance with the bid at (including the day of sale) upon Wed., November 22 Tues., November 21 at 9:30am the rate of 6.75% per annum. The All that certain piece, parcel or lots notification to counsel for Plaintiff. sale shall be subject to taxes and of land with the improvements Should the last and highest bidder Fri., November 24 Tues., November 21 at 11:30pm assessments, existing easements and thereon, if any, situate, lying and fail or refuse to comply with the restrictions, easements and being in the City of Sumter, County balance due of the bid within 20 Sun., November 26 Wed., November 22 at 9:30pm restrictions of record and any other of Sumter, State of South Carolina, days, then the Master in Equity may senior encumbrances. being designated as Lot Nos. 1 and 2 re-sell the property on the same Have a Safe and Happy Thanksgiving!

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IN BRIEF USA TODAY EXCLUSIVE Congress sends Trump $700B measure for military spending 3-D scanners at airports Congress on Thursday sent Presi- dent Trump a bill authorizing a $700 billion budget for the military, including billions of dollars more for could be a game-changer missile defense programs to counter the nuclear threat from North Korea. The defense authorization bill for Bags can be ‘unpacked’ Scanners 2018 sailed through the Senate by being voice vote. The House had approved digitally, speeding lines tested in the measure earlier this week. Phoenix Bart Jansen and 15 convictions linked to corrupt USA TODAY Boston can Chicago cop are thrown out rotate a Technology used in the medical 3-D image A Chicago judge threw out convic- field for years may soon revolutionize of a tions against 15 men Thursday after screening of carry-ons at airports by suspicious prosecutors acknowledged that the bolstering security while dramatically object cases had been tainted by a corrupt cutting bottlenecks at checkpoints. without police sergeant who manufactured ev- Computed-tomography (CT) ma- opening idence. chines currently being tested at air- the bag. Judge Leroy Martin Jr. granted ports in Phoenix and Boston allow AMERICAN prosecutors’ request to toss the con- Transportation Security Administra- AIRLINES victions, which all resulted in prison tion screeners to rotate a three-dimen- terms. It was the latest chapter in a sional image of a suspicious object automatically detect explosives by their checkpoints as well,” TSA Administra- scandal that arose from former Sgt. without opening up a bag. That means density, which eases concerns about tor David Pekoske told USA TODAY in an Ronald Watts’ 2013 conviction for ex- travelers can whisk through faster screeners missing suspicious items. exclusive interview. “We don’t know torting money from drug dealers. without removing items such as lap- “We feel that CT technology will en- whether we can fully get there or not. tops. able us to become much more effective But we’re pretty confident.” Drug company founder pleads CT machines produce crisper im- at the checkpoints, and when fully im- not guilty to opioid conspiracy ages than standard X-rays and can plemented, much more efficient at the seeSee SCANNERS,SCANNER Spage, Page B2 2B

A pharmaceutical company founder accused of leading a nationwide conspiracy to bribe doctors to pre- scribe a powerful opioid pain medica- House tax tion will fight the charges against him, Sky spectacle his attorney said Thursday. John Kapoor, 74, of Insys Therapeu- cuts face tics, pleaded not guilty in Boston’s federal courthouse. He and others are accused of offering kickbacks to doctors big change to write prescriptions for a medication meant for cancer patients. in Senate FDA approves new drug therapy for some hemophilia patients Rates reduced but some U.S. regulators have approved the popular deductions end first new treatment in nearly two decades to prevent internal bleeding in Herb Jackson certain patients with hemophilia. and Deirdre Shesgreen The Food and Drug Administration USA TODAY on Thursday approved Hemlibra, a weekly injection for hemophilia A pa- The tax bill passed by the House on tients who have developed resistance Thursday dramatically cuts the top cor- to standard medicines. porate rate and lowers rates for individuals but takes away popular deductions Suicide bombing kills 14 people that millions of people rely on, such as at political meeting in capital for state and local income taxes, medical expenses and student loan interest. A suicide bomber killed 14 people at Many of those provisions may not a political gathering in Kabul, Afghani- survive, however, because the Senate stan, on Thursday in an attack claimed is pondering a significantly different by the Islamic State group. measure. It eliminates the individual Kabul police spokesman Basir Mu- tax cuts after 2025 to keep the budget jahid said an additional 18 people were deficit from ballooning and takes a wounded, and that the casualties in- new swing at Obamacare by repealing cluded security forces and civilians. its mandate for insurance coverage. House leaders said their bill would Save the Children group says 130 provide a tax cut for every income children die every day in Yemen group. Under the Senate proposal, by contrast, lower- and middle-income International aid group Save the families would pay higher taxes after Children says an estimated 130 chil- This weekend offers a heavenly show as the peak of the annual Leonid the rate cuts expire and would have dren or more die every day in Yemen meteor shower arrives late Friday night and early Saturday. less access to affordable health insur- from extreme hunger and disease. ance, according to an analysis by the The group said a blockade by the Skywatchers across the USA will be treated to 10 to 20 “shooting stars,” Joint Committee on Taxation. Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s or comet dust that strikes Earth’s atmosphere and ignites, every hour. White House press secretary Sarah Shiite rebels is likely to raise the death Sanders hailed the vote as a “big step rate. It said more than 50,000 children The best time to turn your eyes skyward is midnight to dawn. forward fulfilling our promise to deliver are believed to have died this year. Staff and wire reports VILLANUEVA DE LA PENA, SPAIN, BY PEDRO PUENTE HOYOS/EPA-EFE seeSee TAXTA XPLAN, PLAN page, Page B2 2B

Heidi M. Przybyla defend the accused along party lines. USA TODAY USA TODAY ANALYSIS The Republican Party faces a test on sexual harassment as Senate candidate WASHINGTON – Congress may be flak jacket during a Mid- Roy Moore, an Alabama Republican gridlocked when it comes to policy bat- dle East trip to entertain who won his party’s primary, stands ac- tles, but the condemnation from law- U.S. troops in 2006 — cused of assaulting and harassing teen- makers after allegations Sen. Al Fran- sent shock waves age girls when he was in his 30s. ken harassed a TV host and sports- through Washington on Now Democrats are similarly calling 1 in 4 caster was swift on both sides of the Thursday. But lawmak- out their own. Several condemned Fran- consumers have been asked to aisle. So was the Minnesota Demo- Sen. Al ers’ unity, and quick re- ken’s behavior, including vulnerable do something unethical by their crat’s apology. An ethics investigation Franken action, was notable for Democrats like Sen. Claire McCaskill of employer and 36% of those, already appears to be in motion. Capitol Hill. Missouri and Joe Donnelly of Indiana. mostly Millennials, complied. Leeann Tweeden’s post that Fran- “We are at a watershed moment,” McConnell and Democratic leader ken kissed her against her will — and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., the top Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., both called on SOURCE Aflac survey of 1,001 U.S. consumers photograph of him groping her while House Democrat, said in a statement. the Senate Ethics Committee to investi- MIKE B. SMITH, ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ/USA TODAY she was sleeping on a cargo plane in a No lawmakers on Thursday chose to gate Franken’s conduct. C2 | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2017 · THE SUMTER ITEM

developing a pipe bomb from parts of a But concerns linger. TSA screeners images to distinguish brain from tumor. Scanners meat grinder. Authorities found the missed 96% of contraband in an inspec- And the machines have been used to bomb in checked luggage because the tor-general’s test, whose results leaked screen checked luggage for 15 years. continuedContinued from from page Page B2 1B bag was overweight. in June 2015. The inspector-general told But the technology could become the “Luck is never going to last here. The the House Homeland Security Commit- new standard for carry-on bags and The country’s largest carrier, Amer- terrorist operation had faults in it that tee in closed session this month that checkpoint security. European airports ican Airlines, has been a pioneer in ac- they’ll be able to correct,” said Joe screeners were still missing a worri- also have begun to deploy them. quiring the machines and plans to in- Paresi, CEO of Integrated Defense and some but undisclosed portion of suspi- The clutter inside carry-on bags is stall one early next year in coordination Security Solutions of Armonk, N.Y., cious items. part of what makes it hard to find suspi- with the TSA at New York’s John F. Ken- whose Detect 1000 machine is being Pekoske acknowledged the findings cious items. CT scanner images offer a nedy International, the country’s fifth- tested in Boston. and vowed to aggressively improve se- three-dimensional image, so a screener busiest airport with nearly 27 million “We have to take this problem as seri- curity. CT scanners were among the mix can zoom in on a suspicious item or passengers last year. ous as it is.” of remedies as a “significant improve- rotate the image for a closer look. Preventing terrorists from smuggling Security concerns have conse- ment” in technology. “That cluttered bag can be digitally an explosive aboard an airliner remains quences for travelers. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, who unpacked,” said Mark Laustra, vice a top priority for security officials world- In March, the Department of Home- heads the panel, urged faster approval president for global business develop- wide. A laptop bomb blew a hole in the land Security temporarily prohibited of CT machines as part of that strategy. ment at Analogic Corp. of Peabody, side of Somalia’s Daallo Airlines flight electronics larger than cellphones in He wants the machines at all U.S. air- Mass., which is working with TSA and as it departed Mogadishu in February carry-on bags on direct flights of nine ports and the 10 riskiest airports that American Airlines to place ConneCT 2016, killing the presumed bomber be- airlines from 10 airports in Turkey, the send flights to the United States. machines in airports. “It can be digitally fore the plane landed safely. Middle East and Africa. The last of the CT scanners have been used in the rotated around so they can see under- A terror plot in Australia was foiled in carriers was removed from the ban in medical field for years to allow doctors to neath. They can see if anything is con- July when police charged suspects with July after security was tightened. peer inside someone, slicing and dicing cealed in the lining.”

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The House approved a sweeping overhaul of the tax code crafted by the Republican majority on Thursday. The Senate is working on a different plan that could come up for a vote after Thanksgiving, and both measures would must be reconciled before they could be sent to President Trump. A King James Bible from 1617 on display in the D.C. museum. JIM LO SCALZO/EPA-EFE Here are highlights:

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Massive Museum of the Bible ❚ The current seven brackets would House Ways and Means Chairman be compressed to four: 12%, 25%, 35% Kevin Brady, R-Texzas, shows an opens this weekend in D.C. and 39.6%. example of the “postcard-sized” form ❚ The bottom rate would increase he said people could use when filing Adelle M. Banks eye of the beholder. Visitors who swipe from 10%, but sponsors say people in their taxes under proposed GOP tax Religion News Service its high-tech screens or eat in its Man- 10% bracket this year would owe no tax legislation. CHIP SOMODEVILLA/GETTY IMAGES na restaurant will judge its contents next year. WASHINGTON – In the new Museum from their own perspectives — reli- ❚ The top rate would apply to cou- of the Bible is a room full of Bibles, color- gious, Christian or evangelical, or none ples whose income exceeds $1 million, ❚ The limit on the mortgage interest coded to show the more than 2,000 lan- of the above. compared with $470,700 now. deduction for those who itemize would guages into which the holy book has The museum, strategically placed ❚ The standard deduction for a mar- be lowered from $1 million now to been at least partially translated — and near the National Mall, opens amid ried couple would increase from $500,000 for new loans. the similar number for which transla- controversy around its message and $12,700 this year to $24,400 next year. ❚ Charitable contributions could still tion has “not yet begun.” its primary funders, Steve Green and ❚ Personal exemptions, this year be deducted by those who itemize. That exhibit is just one example of his evangelical family, which also run worth $4,050 each for taxpayers, how the 430,000-square-foot building the Hobby Lobby craft store business spouses and children, would be elim- Business changes with a view of the U.S. Capitol is meant that three years ago won a much-de- inated. to fascinate, educate and — depending bated court case giving it an exemp- ❚ The child tax credit would be in- ❚ The top corporate rate would drop on your perspective — evangelize. tion from the contraception mandate creased from $1,000 to $1,600, and be from 35% to 20% next year. “You could certainly interpret it that of the Affordable Care Act. available to couples earning up to ❚ The United States would move to a way,” museum president Cary Summers The entrance features a gateway with $230,000, up from $110,000 now. system that only taxes the domestic in- said Friday. two 40-foot brass replicas of the Book of ❚ A new credit of $300 each would come of companies based here, rather Some may see the exhibit as a visual Genesis as it appeared in the Gutenberg be created for taxpayers, spouses and than their global income. depiction of the Bible’s growing influ- Bible, the version that first brought the adult dependents, though it would ex- ❚ Those who report business earn- ence over time, and others as a demon- holy book to the masses in the 1400s. pire after five years. ings on personal rather than corporate stration of the potential for spreading The lobby — its wall etched with “Thy ❚ The plan would eliminate the Al- returns, such as sole proprietors or peo- its message further. “We’ve never word is a lamp unto my feet and a light ternative Minimum Tax, and, by 2024, ple in partnerships, would get a new viewed it as evangelical outreach at all. unto my path” — features a 140-foot- eliminate the estate tax. 25% top rate for some of their income. It’s just part of the history of the Bible. long digital ceiling with revolving im- ❚ Deductions for state income tax- ❚ For the next six years, business ex- And we’re showing it in this great way.” ages of landscapes, stained glass and es, medical expenses, mortgage inter- penditures for new equipment could be Since the non-profit behind the mu- items from the permanent collection. est on second homes and other ex- written off all at once, rather than be seum was established in 2010, officials The museum took three years and penses such as disaster losses, tax- amortized over a number of years. have shifted from their original mission $500 million to build. Admission is preparation fees and teachers' costs ❚ The business deduction for interest “to inspire confidence in the absolute free but donations are suggested. The for classroom supplies would be elim- on purchases would be sharply cur- authority and reliability of the Bible” to museum will offer timed-entry passes. inated. tailed. one that has become “non-sectarian” The eight-floor museum will dis- ❚ Taxes on alimony would be ❚ The deduction for lobbying local and aimed at welcoming people of all play around 1,600 items in its perma- charged on the person paying it, rather governments would be repealed. faiths and none. nent exhibits. There’s a private rib- than the person receiving it. ❚ Companies could continue to de- Its success will, perhaps more than bon-cutting ceremony Friday, and the ❚ The property tax deduction would duct business-related state and local that of other museums, depend on the museum opens to the public Saturday. be capped at $10,000. taxes. THE SUMTER ITEM · FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2017 | C3 Mistrial declared in Bob Menendez case

Democratic senator still tie, a Republican, the chance to pick his replacement. faces hurdles in 2018 Taking a longer view, though, the un- resolved allegations against Menendez Nicholas Pugliese could be a liability for state and national The (Bergen County, N.J.) Record Democrats next year if Republicans try USA TODAY NETWORK to build a narrative around the senator’s legal troubles. NEWARK – U.S. Sen. Bob Menen- Despite spending more than four dez’s corruption trial ended Thursday years pursuing the case and then calling with a jury deadlocked on all 18 counts three dozen witnesses and entering against the New Jersey Democrat and hundreds of documents into evidence his co-defendant, raising questions at the trial, federal prosecutors were not about the strength of the government’s able to convince 12 jurors beyond a rea- case but failing to lift the legal cloud that sonable doubt that Menendez and Mel- has hung over the senator for more than gen had struck a corrupt deal to trade two years. gifts and political contributions for offi- U.S. District Court Judge William H. cial favors. Walls declared a mistrial after jurors Jurors also failed to reach the unani- were not able to reach a unanimous ver- mous conclusion that Menendez had dict during more than 15 hours of delib- “knowingly and willfully” falsified his erations. Federal prosecutors have not annual disclosure forms in an attempt to indicated whether they will retry Me- conceal the gifts from Melgen, an alle- nendez and co-defendant Salomon gation in the last count of the indict- Melgen, both 63, on charges that in- ment against the men. Menendez failed clude bribery, fraud and conspiracy. The to list several round-trip flights, a $875 men had denied the charges. livery service and a $4,934 stay at a Par- The most serious of the charges car- is hotel, among other gifts paid for by ries a maximum penalty of 20 years in Melgen, on four of those forms between prison. 2006 and 2010. A wave of relief swept over one half of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., was accused of bribery, fraud and conspiracy. In total, Menendez faced 12 felony the Newark courtroom when the judge’s DANIELLE PARHIZKARAN/THE (BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.) RECORD counts, including six counts of bribery, decision became apparent around 1p.m. three counts of honest services fraud, Menendez, the son of Cuban immi- one count of conspiracy and one count grants who rose from humble origins in of interstate travel to carry out bribery. Hudson County, N.J., to become one of “We have each tried to look at this case from different Melgen faced the same charges except the nation’s most prominent Hispanic- for the false statements accusation. American politicians, wrapped his two viewpoints, but still feel strongly in our positions, nor are Prosecutors described how Menen- adult children in an emotional embrace we willing to move away from our strong convictions.” dez advocated for positions that could while his other supporters and those of help Melgen in his multimillion-dollar Melgen teared up as they exchanged Jury’s note to the judge reimbursement dispute with Medicare congratulatory hugs. and a contract dispute one of his compa- Prosecutors, meanwhile, expressed them, “I find that you are unable to reach felony conviction that could have nies had with the Dominican Republic. little emotion as the 11-week trial came a verdict and that further deliberations spelled the end of his political career, he In the same time period, Melgen was to a sudden end. would be futile and that there is no al- now faces the prospect of campaigning providing the senator trips on his pri- The trial ended about an hour after ternative but to declare a mistrial.” through much of 2018 dogged by many vate jets, letting him stay at his home in the jury sent a note telling the judge of Menendez stood accused of doing of- of the same charges the government a Dominican Republic resort and mak- the deadlock. ficial favors for Melgen, a wealthy Flori- first brought in April 2015. ing $660,000 in political contributions “We have each tried to look at this da eye doctor and longtime friend, at the The hung jury is slightly better news to entities that could help Menendez case from different viewpoints, but still highest levels of the federal government for Senate Democrats — at least in the win re-election in 2012. feel strongly in our positions, nor are we in exchange for luxury vacations, free short term — who no longer have to fear Defense lawyers said there was no willing to move away from our strong flights on Melgen’s private jets and more losing one of their members in the midst corrupt motive behind the friends ex- convictions,” the note said as it was read than $700,000 in political contribu- of a pitched battle in Congress over leg- changing gifts and vacationing togeth- by a defense attorney in court. tions. islation backed by President Trump. er. They argued throughout the trial that Jurors said they “reviewed all the evi- A mistrial is a mixed bag for Menen- Some Republicans had hoped for Me- Menendez’s meetings with government dence slowly, thoroughly and in great dez, who has long held that he would be nendez’s conviction and resignation by officials were “what members of Con- detail.” “vindicated” at trial and run for re-elec- mid-January, which would have given gress do” and were grounded in legiti- Before dismissing the jury, Walls told tion next year. Although he avoided a outgoing New Jersey Gov. Chris Chris- mate policy concerns. Thanksgiving in Europe: Good luck getting a bird

about way, to obtain a turkey for Staples for holiday Thanksgiving,” said van Schooneveld, are scarce, pricey who lives in Amancy, France. Meanwhile, Jeanne Matthey is on a Helena Bachmann hunt for an organic pumpkin puree in Special to USA TODAY Budapest, so she can bake a pie for Thanksgiving but time is running out. GENEVA – For many Americans liv- Last year, the Chicago native ing in Europe, pulling together a tradi- scooped, boiled and blended two pump- tional Thanksgiving dinner with tur- kins. It “was a laborious process that I key and all the trimmings requires don’t want to go through again,” she much more than patiently watching said. the timer on the oven. While cranberries, sweet potatoes First, there’s the bird. In much of and pumpkins (though not ready-made Europe, whole turkeys are available pumpkin pies) are available in most Eu- only for Christmas. One exception: the ropean cities, in some places they may United Kingdom, where they are wide- be scarce. Last year, Matthey could not ly available online year-round from find any yams, so she improvised by A time-exposure photo captures a meteor from the Leonids meteor shower, major supermarket chains. “mashing together regular potatoes, visible as a diagonal streak in Tucson, Ariz. JAMES S. WOOD/AP In an international city like Geneva, carrots and bits of pumpkin, and adding frozen turkeys can be found in some sugar.” supermarkets but are generally small- Acquiring a turkey is just part of the er and more expensive than their U.S. challenge. European ovens are too small Leonid star dust is set counterparts. A 7-pound bird costs the to accommodate anything bigger than a equivalent of $30. In the United standard chicken. This was a lesson Jo States, a turkey twice the size costs Bartley of Amsterdam, who originally is to dazzle this weekend about $20. That’s why some expats re- from Baltimore, learned the hard way ly on family connections and social with a 15-pound turkey. networks to get their turkey. “I didn’t realize the ovens in the Neth- Doyle Rice dust and debris crumbling off the Dorothy van Schooneveld and her erlands are no bigger than my daugh- USA TODAY Tempel-Tuttle comet as it swings by friends turn to a French wife of an ter’s toy one. I had to cut my turkey into the Earth. (Earth’s orbit takes it American expat, whose cousin has a several pieces,” she said. Be sure to keep an eye to the sky this straight through the debris trail.) The chicken farm in the Bresse region of When she took the turkey out of the weekend: The peak of the Leonid mete- dust and debris ignite when it hits our France. The cousin’s friend raises tur- oven, “I could cry. This wasn’t the or shower— an annual mid-November atmosphere. keys. “So we were able, via a round- Thanksgiving I wanted.” treat — will be visible across the night As with most meteor showers, the sky late Friday night and early Saturday best time to watch the Leonids is usu- morning. ally between the hours of midnight The Leonids appear to be coming and dawn, according to Earthsky.org. from the constellation Leo the Lion David Samuhel, a meteorologist (hence their name) in the east, but they and astronomy blogger at AccuWeath- should be visible all the way across the er, said people should dedicate at least sky. Some of the greatest meteor show- an hour to viewing the meteor shower. Most ers ever seen have been the Leonids. “Do not look at any light source dur- European Some years, they’ve been a full-fledged ing that hour like a phone, flashlight or ovens meteor storm: The 1833 Leonid meteor any type of screen,” he said. “Your eyes aren’t storm included rates as high as an will gradually adjust by a half hour, designed amazing 100,000 meteors per hour, then you will have perfect night vision. to hold Earthsky.org said. You also want to lay as flat as possible one No such storm is forecast this year, so you can see as much of the sky as turkey though: Viewers should see an hourly possible.” much rate of 10 to 20 meteors. As for the weather, it’s a mixed bag. less two. Also known as “shooting stars,” the The best viewing conditions should be COURTESY meteors are in fact leftover comet dust. in the Southwest, the Rockies and the OF JEFF They’re tiny pea- and sand-size bits of Southeast coast, AccuWeather said. STEINER C4 | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2017 TELEVISION THE SUMTER ITEM

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An Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain: The comic Kevin Hart Pres- Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain: The comic COM 57 136 “Raising The Bar” heir tries to save his father’s business. discusses his life. ents: Hart discusses his life. Andi Mack Raven’s Home Andi Mack (N) K.C. Undercover Bizaardvark Raven’s Home Stuck in the Middle Liv and Maddie Andi Mack Andi Mack K.C. Undercover DISN 18 200 (N) (DVS) DSC 42 103 Gold Rush Gold Rush: Pay Dirt (N) Gold Rush “Colorado Strikes Back” (N) (:01) Finding Escobar’s Millions (N) (:02) Gold Rush Escobar’s Millions ESPN 26 35 NBA Countdown (N) (Live) NBA Basketball Oklahoma City Thunder at San Antonio Spurs. (N) (Live) NBA Basketball New Orleans Pelicans at Denver Nuggets. (N) (Live) ESPN2 27 39 College Basketball 2K Classic, Final: Teams TBA. (N) (Live) College Football UNLV at New Mexico. (N) (Live) FOOD 40 109 Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive FOXN 37 90 The Story With Martha MacCallum (N) Tucker Carlson Tonight (N) Hannity (N) The Ingraham Angle (N) Fox News at Night (N) Tucker Carlson (4:30) ››› “Harry Potter and the Death- ››› “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” (2011, Fantasy) Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson. Harry may The 700 Club ››› “The Mup- FREE 20 131 ly Hallows: Part 1” (2010) have to make the ultimate sacrifice. pets” (2011) FSS 21 47 ACC All-Access Future Phenoms Women’s College Basketball Southern Methodist at Oklahoma. (N) (Live) 3 Wide Life Raceline Auburn Football The Season Wm. Basketball (6:00) “Miss Christmas” (2017) Brooke “The Sweetest Christmas” (2017, Romance) Lacey Chabert, Lea Coco, Jonathan “Christmas Under Wraps” (2014, Children’s) Candace Cameron Bure, David O’Don- “Ice Sculpture HALL 52 183 D’Orsay, Marc Blucas. Adams. A chef makes it to finals of a national baking contest. nell. A doctor discovers an Alaskan town’s holiday secret. Christmas” (2015) HGTV 39 112 Dream Home Dream Home Dream Home Dream Home Dream Home Dream Home House Hunters (N) Hunters Int’l House Hunters Hunters Int’l Dream Home HIST 45 110 Ancient Aliens “Voices of the Gods” Ancient Aliens: Declassified “Stargates and Secret Messages” Ancient landmarks and aliens. (N) (:03) The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer Ancient Aliens Law & Order “Seer” Psychic vision. Law & Order “Kid Pro Quo” A school Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Roll- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit The Law & Order: Special Victims Unit A Law & Order: Spe- ION 13 18 employee is killed. ins’ addiction gets her in trouble. media interferes in a case. mother is arrested for child neglect. cial Victims Unit (6:00) “Oscar Pistorius: Blade Runner “Kidnapped: The Hannah Anderson Story” (2015, Docudrama) Scott Patterson, (:02) “I Killed My BFF” (2015, Docudrama) Katrina Bowden, Olivia Crocicchia, Chris “Kidnapped: LIFE 50 145 Killer” (2017) Andreas Damm. Jessica Amlee. James DiMaggio abducts 16-year-old Hannah Anderson. Zylka. Friendship between two young mothers results in murder. Hannah” MSNBC 36 92 Hardball With Chris Matthews (N) All In With Chris Hayes (N) Richard Engel On Assignment (N) The Last Word The 11th Hour With Brian Williams (N) Richard Engel On NICK 16 210 Paradise Run SpongeBob ›› “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” (2014, Action) Megan Fox, Will Arnett. Full House Friends “Pilot” Friends Friends SPIKE 64 153 Cops Cops Cops Cops Bellator MMA Live (N) (Live) (:15) Cops Cops Cops (6:30) ›› “Green Lantern” (2011, Action) Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sars- Z Nation “Crisis of Faith” The group Superstition “Tangled Web” A mystic has “Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox” (2013, Action) SYFY 58 152 gaard. A test pilot joins a band of intergalactic warriors. encounters a stranger. (N) answers about The Dredge. (N) Voices of Nathan Fillion, Ron Perlman, Cary Elwes. Seinfeld “The Soul Seinfeld “The ››› “Ant-Man” (2015, Action) Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly. Ant-Man uses his shrinking Snoop Dogg: Snoop Dogg: Snoop Dogg: Snoop Dogg: TBS 24 156 Mate” Bizarro Jerry” skills to battle Yellowjacket. (DVS) Joker’s Wild Joker’s Wild Joker’s Wild Joker’s Wild (6:00) ››› “Roberta” (1935) Irene ›››› “The Wind” (1928) Lillian Gish. Silent. A Virginia lass (:45) ››› “Being There” (1979, Comedy) Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Warden. President and (12:15) ›››› TCM 49 186 Dunne, Fred Astaire. braves Texas sandstorms and crude cowhands. D.C. power broker heed gardener’s utterings. “Mean Streets” TLC 43 157 The Little Couple The Little Couple “I Love Candy!” The Little Couple “I’m Not a Baby!” The Little Couple The Little Couple The Little Couple Bones “The Doctor in the Photo” A brilliant ››› “The Hunger Games” (2012, Science Fiction) Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth. In a dystopian soci- (:01) Good Behavior A hit goes wrong for (12:13) Good TNT 23 158 surgeon is found dead. ety, teens fight to the death on live TV. (DVS) Javier. (DVS) Behavior TRUTV 38 129 Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Carbonaro Eff. Carbonaro Eff. Carbonaro Eff. Carbonaro Eff. Carbonaro Eff. TV LAND 55 161 M*A*S*H M*A*S*H Love-Raymond Love-Raymond Love-Raymond Love-Raymond Mom Mom King of Queens King of Queens King of Queens Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family “The Modern Family Phil Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family “The Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family “A Modern Family USA 25 132 “Arrested” “Mistery Date” Late Show” ends up in jail. “Punkin Chunkin” “Three Turkeys” Alliance” “Snow Ball” “The Help” Fair to Remember” “ClosetCon ’13” WE 68 166 Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars (N) Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars (N) Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars Marriage- Stars WGNA 8 172 M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H Rules/Engagement Is bleakness the new normal for TV comedies?

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH with “themes of death and of ... With Chris Jericho” (11 So how bleak have come- meaninglessness.” p.m., Travel) looks into un- dies become? Last week’s ep- This is what we’re laugh- solved mysteries and leg- isode of “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” ing at in late 2017. ends, beginning with stories (8 p.m., CW, TV-14) ended • Netflix begins streaming about Butch Cassidy in Cas- with Rebecca (Rachel Bloom) “Marvel’s the Punisher” (TV- tle Gate, Utah, that involve quaffing an overdose of pills MA). Jon Bernthal stars as using dynamite to rob banks with alcohol. A caveat from a Frank Castle, a man ob- and rumors of missing loot. suicide prevention group sessed with avenging the • “Great Performances” (9 popped up before the final murder of his wife and chil- p.m., PBS, check local list- credits ran. dren. Along the way, he dis- ings) presents “Indecent,” a This episode of the smart covers a vast conspiracy. In Tony Award-winning play musical comedy hybrid was choosing to take it on, he as- about a theater group from otherwise remarkable, with sumes the moniker that gives 1923 that was arrested on ob- Rebecca coming to a recon- this comic book tale its scenity charges for staging ciliation of sorts with her name. the play “God of Vengeance” controlling mother, Naomi One could make the case by Sholem Asch. A Yiddish- (Tovah Feldshuh), all to the that the overabundance of language play, later staged in strains of a 1960s girl group superhero series and movies English, it dealt with topics SCOTT EVERETT WHITE / THE CW song. Then our heroine real- dovetails with the depressive ranging from religion to re- Jay Hayden, left, stars as Dr. Shin and Rachel Bloom as Rebecca in the izes that her feelings were series catalogued above. Peo- spectability and included “Josh is Irrelevant” episode of “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” airing at 8 p.m. not her own and that her ple seem hooked on tales of more than hints of same-sex today on CW. mom had been lacing her powerlessness and alien- love, some 94 years ago. comforting milkshakes with ation, of a world so dark and snare an art thief on “Mac- to Sharon Jones on “The To- anti-anxiety medication. fixed against them that only Gyver” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-14) * night Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) “Crazy Ex” isn’t the only an adolescent’s idea of an TONIGHT’S OTHER Hook looms large in a two- * Hillary Clinton and Will pop culture phenomenon to avenger can save them. HIGHLIGHTS hour helping of “Once Upon a Ferrell visit “Late Night With tackle suicide. The Netflix • Also streaming on Netf- • A bomber targets Man- Time” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., series adaptation of the lix, the documentary “Jim & hattan on “Blindspot” (8 p.m., Steve has misgivings on “Ha- NBC, r) * Julia Roberts, Ben novel “13 Reasons Why” has Andy: The Great Beyond — Fea- NBC, TV-14). waii Five-0” (9 p.m., CBS, TV- Schwartz and Shania Twain been lauded for its frankness turing a Very Special, Contrac- • Twelve contestants pre- 14) * “Dateline” (9 p.m., NBC) appear on “The Late Late Show and criticized by others for tually Obligated Mention of pare six of the best recipes in * Book party complications With James Corden” (12:35 its themes of teen bullying Tony Clifton” (TV-MA) sifts the history of “Hell’s Kitchen” on “Jane the Virgin” (9 p.m., a.m., CBS, r). and suicide. through more than 100 hours (8 p.m., Fox, TV-14). CW, TV-PG) * “20/20” (10 But “Crazy Ex” is TV com- of outtakes from Jim Car- • Marcus and Tomas face p.m., ABC). edy, a genre that has doubled rey’s film “Man on the down a new threat on “The CULT CHOICE down on bleakness of late. A Moon” and explores the ef- Exorcist” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14). Washington’s elite fall recent episode of “Super- forts the popular actor took • A hateful face from the LATE NIGHT under the spell of an oracle store” featured a long arc to get inside the late Andy past may cloud Eddie’s judg- Norah O’Donnell and Dead who turns out to be a simple- about a fellow employee who Kaufman’s head. ment on “Blue Bloods” (10 & Company are booked on minded gardener (Peter Sell- appeared to have died in last • The 2017 documentary p.m., CBS, TV-14). “The Late Show With Stephen ers) in the 1979 satire “Being season’s tornado. “The Good “Tim & Faith: Soul2Soul” (9 Colbert” (11:35 p.m., CBS) * There” (9:45 p.m., TCM). Place” is set in the afterlife, a p.m., Showtime, TV-PG) fol- Jimmy Fallon welcomes Jes- heaven that is actually hell. lows country stars Tim Mc- SERIES NOTES sica Chastain, Timothee Cha- Copyright 2017 Just this week, Showtime im- Graw and Faith Hill on their MacGyver plans a heist to lamet, and a musical tribute United Feature Syndicate ported “Ill Behaviour,” 80-date world tour. This which centers on a charac- marks the first country ter’s refusal to treat his can- music documentary for cer, while Sundance Now is Showtime. streaming “Back,”GOT a ghost PAIN?• A wrestler leaves the rope NOW OPEN story comedy that star David and the ring behind for fur- Mitchell described as filled ther adventures. “The Legend 7 Days a Week for Lunch Southern Lakes Th erapy Country Buffet with Assorted Vegetables, 297 W. 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SATURDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 18 SP FT 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 12 AM LOCAL CHANNELS Entertainment Tonight (N) Will & Grace Grace Superstore A dead Dateline NBC Saturday Night Live (N) WIS News 10 at (:29) Saturday Night Live “Chance the WIS * 3 10 must work for an body is found in the 11 (N) Rapper; Eminem” Host Chance the Rap- obnoxious client. store. per; Eminem performs. (N) News 19 at 7pm (N) Inside Edition NCIS: Los Angeles “Glasnost” Callen 48 Hours 48 Hours News 19 at 11pm Blue Bloods “Good Cop, Bad Cop” A WLTX 3 9 9 Weekend (N) interrogates his father. (DVS) (N) stray bullet strikes an elderly woman. (DVS) Wheel of Fortune Jeopardy! (:07) College Football UCLA at USC. The 9-2 Trojans can clinch the Pac-12 South Division with a Victory Bell win over the 5-5 Bruins. USC has won Gamecock Satur- (12:05) American WOLO 9 5 12 “Bed & Breakfast” two straight and is 14-4 against UCLA since 1999. Trojans quarterback Sam Darnold is sixth in the nation with 3,198 passing yards. (N) (Live) day Night Ninja Warrior

The Crimson Field The hospital antici- Father Brown “The Standing Stones” A The Doctor Blake Mysteries “A Difficult Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries “Queen ACL Presents: Americana Music Festi- Bluegrass Un- WRJA ; 11 14 pates court martial. sacrifice in a polio-stricken village. Lie” A newspaper reporter turns up dead. of the Flowers” Phryne and flower maidens val: Americana Music Festival highlights. derground “The in the parade. McCrary Sisters” (4:00) College FOX College College Football California at Stanford. Heisman hopeful Bryce Love leads his 7-3 Cardinal into a Big Game match versus the 5-5 Golden Bears. The WACH FOX News Panthers Huddle WACH Y 6 6 Football Maryland at Football Extra (N) Stanford Axe has been awarded to the Cardinal in each of the past seven seasons, tying for the longest streak in the 125-year-old rivalry. (N) (Live) at 10 (N) With Ron Rivera Michigan State. (Live) Last Man Standing Last Man Standing Rookie Blue “Different, Not Better” Andy Saving Hope “Consenting Adults” Alex’s Leverage “The Boys’ Night Out Job” Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers WKTC Ø 4 22 “Pilot” The family ba- and Cruz find a disturbed woman. patient falls into a coma. Hurley is caught up in a drug deal. “Panty Raid” Mas- Swiping food off A focus group with by-proofs the house. saging beachgoers. diners’ plates. unique questioning. CABLE CHANNELS (5:00) Live PD “Live PD -- 11.10.17” (:06) Live PD: Rewind “Live PD: Rewind Live PD “Live PD -- 11.18.17” Riding along with law enforcement. (N) (Live) Live PD “Live PD A&E 46 130 Riding along with law enforcement. No. 61” (N) -- 11.18.17” (4:00) ››› “The Lord of the Rings: The ›› “Young Guns” (1988, Western) Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips. Six deputized ›› “Young Guns II” (1990, Western) Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Dia- AMC 48 180 Two Towers” (2002) regulators become the objects of a manhunt. mond Phillips. Billy the Kid and gang gallop to Mexico. ANPL 41 100 Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet Dr. Jeff: Extra Dose (N) Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet (N) (:01) Cat vs. Dog (N) (:02) Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet (12:03) Cat vs. Dog (5:00) ››› “Baby Boy” (2001, Drama) “The Preacher’s Son” (2017, Drama) Christian Keyes, Clifton Powell, Valarie Petti- (9:55) ›› “Life” (1999, Comedy-Drama) Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Obba Babatunde. Two wrongly BET 61 162 Tyrese Gibson, Omar Gooding. ford. Premiere. Family secrets threaten a bishop’s future. convicted felons make the most of life in jail. The Real Housewives of Atlanta Cynthia The Real Housewives of Atlanta Cynthia ›› “White Chicks” (2004, Comedy) Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Jaime King. ›› “White Chicks” (2004) Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans. BRAVO 47 181 celebrates her 50th birthday. rejoins the dating scene. Two male FBI agents pose as female socialites. Two male FBI agents pose as female socialites. CNBC 35 84 Undercover Boss Undercover Boss Undercover Boss “Donato’s” The Profit “Honest Foods” The Profit “Farmgirl Flowers” The Profit CNN 3 80 CNN Newsroom With Ana Cabrera (N) CNN Newsroom With Ana Cabrera (N) Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown Influential chef Jeremiah Tower. Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown Anthony Bourd. (5:20) ›› “Happy ››› “Crazy, Stupid, Love.” (2011, Romance-Comedy) Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore. ›› “Happy Gilmore” (1996, Comedy) Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald. A ››› “Crazy, COM 57 136 Gilmore” (1996) Premiere. A suddenly single 40-something needs help finding his groove again. powerful swing convinces a hockey player he can join the PGA tour. Stupid, Love.” Bunk’d Jessie ›› “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days” (2012) Zachary Gor- (:40) Andi Mack (:05) Andi Mack K.C. Undercover Walk the Prank MECH-X4 “Versus K.C. Undercover DISN 18 200 don. Greg’s summer plans go awry. the Outbreak” DSC 42 103 Alaska: The Last Frontier Homestead Rescue “Homestead Thanksgiving” The Kilchers celebrate Thanksgiving. (N) Bushcraft Build-Off “Built to Survive” Last Frontier ESPN 26 35 College Football LSU at Tennessee. (N) (Live) Scoreboard College Football Utah at Washington. (N) (Live) ESPN2 27 39 College Football Texas A&M at Mississippi. (N) (Live) (:15) College Football Air Force at Boise State. (N) (Live) FOOD 40 109 Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Chopped “Turkey Day Heroes” Chopped “An Iron Chef Thanksgiving” Chopped “Thanksgiving Soup-er Stars” Chopped “Pie Jinks” Chopped FOXN 37 90 Fox Report (N) Watters’ World (N) Justice With Judge Jeanine (N) The Greg Gutfeld Show (N) Watters’ World Justice Judge (6:55) ››› “Despicable Me” (2010) Voices of Steve Carell, Jason Segel. Animated. ››› “Inside Out” (2015, Children’s) Voices of Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith. Premiere. (:05) ››› “Home Alone” (1990) Macaulay Culkin. A left-behind FREE 20 131 Three orphans challenge one of Earth’s greatest villains. Animated. A girl’s five emotions try to guide her through life. boy battles two burglars in the house. FSS 21 47 Hawks Pregame NBA Basketball Boston Celtics at Atlanta Hawks. From Philips Arena in Atlanta. (N) (Live) Hawks Postgame Running NBA Basketball Boston Celtics at Atlanta Hawks. (6:00) “Christmas List” (2016, Romance) “Coming Home for Christmas” (2017, Romance) Danica McKellar, Neal Bledsoe. “Sleigh Bells Ring” (2016, Romance) Erin Cahill, David Alpay. A magic sleigh nudges “The Christmas HALL 52 183 Alicia Witt, Gabriel Hogan. Premiere. A woman preps an estate for sale and one final family gala. a single mother back to an old flame. Cure” (2017) HGTV 39 112 Fixer Upper Property Brothers Property Brothers “Miles Apart” House Hunters Renovation (N) House Hunters Hunters Int’l Property Brothers HIST 45 110 Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars (:31) Pawn Stars (:03) Pawn Stars (:33) Pawn Stars Save It or Sell It (12:04) Pawn Stars Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Sexu- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit An Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Pedo- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Fra- Law & Order: Spe- ION 13 18 al re-education poster boy is slain. Subway commuter is mutilated. infant disappears at a local park. phile takes a detective hostage. ternity closes ranks during a probe. cial Victims Unit (6:00) “Double Mommy” (2017) Morgan “I Am Elizabeth Smart” (2017, Docudrama) Alana Boden, Skeet Ulrich. Premiere. (:02) Elizabeth Smart: Autobiography (:02) Elizabeth Smart: Autobiography (12:02) “I Am Eliza- LIFE 50 145 Obenreder, Mark Grossman. Elizabeth Smart endures months of brutality by her captors. Kidnapping victim explains her story. Kidnapping victim’s travels and rescue. beth Smart” MSNBC 36 92 All In With Chris Hayes All the President’s Men Revisited Lockup: San Antonio- Extended Stay Lockup: San Antonio- Extended Stay Lockup: Fairfax NICK 16 210 Henry Danger Henry Danger The Thundermans School of Rock (N) ››› “Megamind” (2010, Children’s) Voices of Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt. Friends Friends Friends SPIKE 64 153 (6:30) ›› “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (2006) Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom. Premiere. ›› “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” (2011) Johnny Depp. Premiere. (6:00) ››› “Gladiator” (2000, Historical Drama) Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix. A ››› “John Wick” (2014, Action) Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen. An ››› “The Cabin in the Woods” (2011, Horror) Kristen Connol- SYFY 58 152 fugitive general becomes a gladiator in ancient Rome. ex-assassin hunts down the gangsters who ruined his life. (DVS) ly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison. ›››› “The Wizard of Oz” (1939, Children’s) Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray (:15) ›››› “The Wizard of Oz” (1939, Children’s) Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger. A tornado Full Frontal With Snoop Dogg: TBS 24 156 Bolger. A tornado whisks a Kansas farm girl to a magic land. (DVS) whisks a Kansas farm girl to a magic land. (DVS) Samantha Bee Joker’s Wild (6:15) ››› “Westworld” (1973) Yul ›››› “Rear Window” (1954, Suspense) James Stewart, Grace Kelly. A photogra- (:15) ››› “High Society” (1956, Musical Comedy) Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly. A (12:15) ›› “Green TCM 49 186 Brynner, Richard Benjamin. pher in a wheelchair spies on neighbors and sees a murder. woman thinks twice about her upcoming society marriage. (DVS) Fire” TLC 43 157 Cake Boss Cake Boss (N) (:02) Cake Boss (:32) Cake Boss (:02) Cake Boss (:32) Cake Boss (:02) Cake Boss (12:02) Cake Boss (5:00) ›› “Divergent” (2014) Shailene ›› “Insurgent” (2015, Science Fiction) Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Octavia Spencer. Fugitives Tris (:31) ›› “Insurgent” (2015, Science Fiction) Shailene Woodley, Theo James. Fugi- TNT 23 158 Woodley, Theo James. (DVS) and Four search for allies and answers. (DVS) tives Tris and Four search for allies and answers. (DVS) TRUTV 38 129 Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers TV LAND 55 161 The Golden Girls Teachers Love-Raymond Love-Raymond Love-Raymond Love-Raymond Mom Mom King of Queens King of Queens King of Queens NCIS “Child’s Play” Team investigates the NCIS “Sins of the Father” Tony’s father NCIS “Grounded” An elevated terrorist NCIS “Blood Brothers” A sailor needs a Damnation “Which Side Are You On?” Mr. Robot (DVS) USA 25 132 death of a Marine. (DVS) becomes a murder suspect. threat. (DVS) bone marrow transplant. Seth wards off the vigilante group. WE 68 166 Law & Order “The Fertile Fields” Law & Order “Intolerance” Law & Order “Silence” Law & Order “Working Stiff” Law & Order “Skin Deep” Law & Order WGNA 8 172 Blue Bloods “Absolute Power” Blue Bloods (DVS) Blue Bloods “With Friends Like These” Blue Bloods “Backstabbers” Person of Interest “Nothing to Hide” Person of Interest If true crime drama is your thing, you’re in luck

BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH scheduled to perform at the Russian cooperation on True crime dominates Sat- 2017 American Music Awards (8 “Madam Secretary” (10:30 p.m., urday nights. Sundance re- p.m. Sunday, ABC, TV-14). CBS, TV-14). turns to the ultimate nonfic- Diana Ross will receive a Life- tion homicide saga, the 1959 time Achievement Award and CULT CHOICE murder of a farm family that will perform as well. inspired Truman Capote’s “In Walter Pidgeon, Anne Fran- Cold Blood,” a novelistic take cis and Leslie Nielsen star in on a crime story that ushered SATURDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS the 1956 science-fiction adven- in what was then called “new • A teenage runaway (Judy ture “Forbidden Planet” (8 p.m. journalism.” Garland) murders two sisters, Sunday, TCM), an update of The two-part special “Cold takes up with misfits and falls Shakespeare’s “The Tempest.” Blooded: The Clutter Family Mur- under the spell of an impostor The original suit worn by ders” (9 p.m. Saturday and (Frank Morgan) in the 1939 “Robby the Robot” featured in Sunday, TV-14) unfolds over fantasy “The Wizard of Oz” (7 this movie will be up for sale four hours. p.m. and 9:15 p.m., TBS). at the Bonhams Auction It includes interviews with • A fat cat dominates a dog House on Nov. 21. surviving residents of the on “Cat vs. Dog” (10 p.m., Ani- small Kansas town that was SERGEI BACHLAKOV / LIFETIME mal Planet, TV-PG). utterly shocked by the murder Skeet Ulrich, left, stars as Brian David Mitchell and Alana Boden as • Hugh Grant, Jason Momoa, SATURDAY SERIES of an entire family by two Elizabeth Smart in “I Am Elizabeth Smart,” premiering at 8 p.m. Satur- Sarah Millican and Kelly Callen’s father faces ques- drifters. It goes on to use re-en- day on Lifetime. Clarkson appear on “The Gra- tioning on “NCIS: Los Angeles” actments to recall the grue- ham Norton Show” (10 p.m., (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * A some killings as well as profile Mulaney, Olivia Munn, John cause “he is an American” and BBC America, TV-14). dream job with a nightmare the men, Perry Smith and Oliver, Adam Sandler and oth- has different expectations than boss on “Will & Grace” (8 p.m., Richard Hickock, whose ar- ers. Stewart has been hosting new arrivals. NBC, r, TV-14) * A Halloween SUNDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS rests, trial and executions cap- “Night” since 2005. This marks Kondabolu makes no bones decoration proves too real on tivated the country. the first year that the benefit is about his very personal beef • Scheduled on “60 Minutes” “Superstore” (8:30 p.m., NBC, r, “Cold Blooded” is part of a being broadcast live. with Apu and considers it a (7:30 p.m., CBS): a food crisis TV-PG). “True Crime Weekend” on • Rare indeed is the TV spe- kind of holy grail to interview caused by the civil war in Sundance, a full schedule of cial that reflects thinking Azaria. He does admit that Yemen. SUNDAY SERIES films inspired by ripped-from- about TV itself. “The Problem “The Simpsons” basically re- • Faced with a shipboard epi- the-headlines scandals, begin- With Apu” (10 p.m. Sunday, duces all groups and identities demic, Claire puts her medical Class warfare at the bowling ning with “Star 80” (6 a.m. Sat- TruTV) offers one man’s per- to silly stereotypes, but he re- skills to work on “Outlander” (8 lanes on “The Simpsons” (8 urday), about the murder of spective on “The Simpsons” mains hurt by Apu because for p.m., Starz, TV-MA). p.m., Fox, TV-PG) * A hacker actress and former Playboy character, reverberating with some years he was the only • The Dallas Cowboys and sabotages the sourcing app on Playmate Dorothy Stratten. observations and misgivings South Asian character seen on Philadelphia Eagles meet on “Wisdom of the Crowd” (8:30 The weekend of true crime about immigration, assimila- TV, and as such, he seemed “Sunday Night Football” (8:25 p.m., CBS, TV-PG) * Actors also features a digitally remas- tion, stereotypes and racism created to amuse Americans at p.m., NBC). find more frights than they tered print of the 1967 film ad- that transcend the world of a the expense of immigrants. He • “Poldark” on “Masterpiece” (9 can handle on “Ghosted” (8:30 aptation of Capote’s “In Cold two-dimensional cartoon. feels that now that other Indi- p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local p.m., Fox, TV-PG) * Putin Blood” (11 p.m. Sunday) on the For some years, comedian an and Pakistani actors and listings) concludes its third meets Peter on “Family Guy” (9 50th anniversary of its release, Hari Kondabolu has been on three-dimensional characters season. p.m., Fox, TV-14) * An incident as well as “Bonnie & Clyde” (3 the warpath against the ani- have emerged, including Aziz • “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Un- at the border on “NCIS: Los An- p.m. Saturday). mated Kwik-E-Mart owner/op- Ansari and Mindy Kaling and known” (9 p.m., CNN) visits Se- geles” (9:30 p.m., CBS, TV-14) * Lifetime and A&E commem- erator, a stereotyped ethnic their shows “Master of None” attle. Tandy takes a stand on “The orate a true crime anniversary South Asian who has been and “The Mindy Project,” it • A new perspective on Last Man on Earth” (9:30 p.m., of a more recent vintage. Air- part of “The Simpsons” since may be time to retire Apu. Negan emerges on “The Walk- Fox, TV-14). ing on both networks, “I Am its first season. • Selena Gomez, Christina ing Dead” (9 p.m., AMC, TV- Elizabeth Smart” (8 p.m. Satur- Kondabolu and other South Aguilera, BTS, Kelly Clarkson, MA). Copyright 2017 day, TV-14) arrives 15 years Asian entertainers and per- Demi Lovato and Pink are • An epidemic sparks U.S.- United Feature Syndicate after the abduction and even- sonalities discuss how they tual rescue of 14-year-old Eliz- have been taunted with Apu’s abeth Smart. The film, star- catchphrase — “Thank you, ring Skeet Ulrich, Deirdre come again” — since child- Free Speaking Programs Lovejoy and Alana Boden, un- hood and how they see his de- folds from the victim’s per- piction as particularly insult- Glenn Givens is an Attorney and Experienced Speaker who is off ering free speaking programs to local social, spective and was made with ing to their parents, who were historical, civic, military, religious, school and business organizations with 15 or more meeting attendees. Is your Smart’s full cooperation. She immigrants and hard-working organization looking for an upcoming speaker? acts as producer and on-screen strivers. narrator, describing her kid- As much as it is about race, Glenn is off ering speaking programs for Sumter, Clarendon and Lee Counties on the following topics: napping, nine-month ordeal ethnicity and immigration, 1. Wills and Dying without a Will; and escape. “Apu” is also about genera- 2. Trusts and Distribution Planning and Avoiding Probate; and • Jon Stewart hosts “Night of tional differences. Kondabolu 3. Health and Financial Powers of Attorney and Living Wills. Too Many Stars” (8 p.m. Satur- interviews his mother, who day, HBO, TV-MA), an event to has little problem with Apu If you are interested and have at least 15 meeting attendees, contact Glenn at raise funds for autism re- and praises voiceover artist (803) 418-0800; ext. 108. search and education. Look for Hank Azaria as a talented man GLENN F. GIVENS, ATTORNEY performances, sketches and just doing his job. The comic’s short films from Stephen Col- mother gets to the heart of the bert, Abbi Jacobson, Jordan matter when she tells her son Kolb, Murphy & Givens, Attorneys at Law, LLC Klepper, Hasan Minhaj, John that he feels differently be- 107 North Main Street | Sumter, SC 29150 | 803-418-0800 C6 | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2017 COMICS THE SUMTER ITEM BIZARRO SOUP TO NUTZ

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DEAR ABBY — annoying and that she should have both been married before. I’ve been call me from now on. She said My problem is I don’t know friends with he was just trying to be funny. I how to respond to his friends “Martha” for haven’t heard from her since. and family when they talk to 40 years. We Was I wrong to speak up? me about his first wife. They live a few Should I apologize? tell story after story, and it hundred Problem husband in Florida makes me uncomfortable. I feel miles apart, disrespected but smile politely so I like to call DEAR PROBLEM — Martha’s hus- to not be rude. Any thoughts? Dear Abby her and chat. band doesn’t strike me as being Girlfriend in New Jersey ABIGAIL The problem particularly witty. After repeat VAN BUREN is, her hus- performances of his lame mate- DEAR GIRLFRIEND — I’m sure no band always rial, I can understand how one does it out of a desire to answers the someone would become an- make you uncomfortable or dis- phone, and he likes to give me a noyed. I don’t think you owe respect you. How you respond hard time. Martha an apology. Because would depend upon how your When I identify myself and you left the ball in her court, boyfriend’s marriage ended. ask to speak to Martha, he says it’s possible that since you did If his first wife is deceased, a he doesn’t know anyone by my all the work staying in touch, way to change the subject name or there’s no Martha liv- your friendship wasn’t as close might be to say, “It sounds like ing there. Once he told Martha as you assumed or you would she was a wonderful (mother, to ask me how my ex-husband have heard from her. daughter, woman).” If the mar- was. (I haven’t seen my ex for 40 riage ended in divorce, all you By Alex Eaton-Salners years, since our divorce.) DEAR ABBY — My boyfriend and need to say is that you’d rather 11/17/17 The last time it happened, I I have been together for two focus on the present than the ACROSS 42 Gumby’s pony 4 Train syst. 35 Treated like wine told Martha her husband was years. We’re in our 50s and unhappy past. 1 “Holy cow!” 45 Othello, for one across Russia 37 “You’re safe 6 “Atta girl!” 46 Workers’ rights 5 “I wanna go too!” with me” 9 Like thinkers org. 6 LAX-to-JFK flight 40 Some field 14 Group that 50 “... through shortener starters bestows __ window 7 Be shy 41 Red-headed a “Select” JUMBLE SUDOKU breaks?” distinction on 8 Dog star Disney princess THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME HOW TO PLAY: five board 52 Together, in 9 Stand-up’s need 42 Oldest of the Toulon By David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek Each row, column games annually 10 Words often Seven Wonders 54 Back to front? and set of 3-by-3 15 Barnyard mother heard after 43 “Très chic!” 55 Line score boxes must contain 16 Paris parting “shall live?” 44 Add, as raisins 17 Arkansas’ __ initials 11 Colder to bread dough the numbers 1 National Forest 56 Taken (with) 12 Tragic heroine of 47 Elsa or Nala through 9 without 18 X, maybe 58 Egg: Pref. Irish legend 48 Game with repetition. 19 Something to 59 In the manner of 13 Considerable two-toned discs talk about 60 P.O. box item achievement 49 Scotland’s 20 Kit__ bar 61 Short order? 21 Ones responsible 22 Watson’s island 62 Badminton need creator 51 Watergate pres. for paper cuts, 63 Familia member briefly? 24 Anthem 53 Lay to rest 65 Tuna variety 23 Comedian Rogan preposition 57 Donald Jr.’s mom 67 Tippett’s “King 25 39-Acr. locale 28 Offered free use 64 Singer Carly __ Priam,” for one 26 Like Vivaldi’s of, as a library Jepsen 69 “King Priam” is “Spring” book 66 Hip follower based on it 27 More diverse 33 Pottery oven 68 Green sphere 29 Suffix with brom- 70 “Kidding!” 30 “Bambi” doe 71 Argentine soccer Thursday’s Puzzle Solved 31 Jane of fiction superstar 32 __ Island: NYC 72 Dogs in the prison site AKC’s Working 34 Blood fluids Group 36 Director 73 Bonobo, for one Riefenstahl 74 Wheeler Peak’s 38 Buenos __ national park 39 Landmark that, in a way, is a DOWN border feature of this puzzle and 1 Blue Ridge range The answers to today’s puzzles can be a hint to what’s 2 “The Card Players” artist found on today’s Daily Planner page. missing from 10 answers 3 Winning steadily ©2017 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 11/17/17