SPORTS Sumter High team deserves bigger crowd on Friday TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2018 | Serving South Carolina since October 15, 1894 75 cents B1 World leaders take aim at nationalism at event Trump attends weekend Paris commemoration of end of WWI BY DARLENE SUPERVILLE World War I, the president arrived at events alone was getting underway. and JILL COLVIN who proudly declares and spent much of his Back at the White House The Associated Press himself a “nationalist” trip out of sight in the on Monday, Trump tweet- stood apart, even on a American ambassadors’ ed that “much was accom- PARIS — For President continent where his residence in central Paris. plished” in his meetings THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Donald Trump in Paris, brand of populism is on On Sunday, he listened as but voiced a familiar com- President Donald Trump stands among the head- America First meant the rise. he was lectured on the plaint about America’s al- stones during an American Commemoration Cere- largely America alone. He began his visit with dangers of nationalist iso- lies. He said the U.S. pays mony on Sunday at Suresnes American Cemetery At a weekend commem- a tweet slamming the lation, and then he head- billions “protecting other near Paris. Trump was attending centennial com- oration of the 100th anni- French president’s call for ed home just as the inau- memorations in Paris to mark the armistice that versary of the end of a European defense force, gural Paris Peace Summit SEE TRUMP, PAGE A4 ended World War I. Kick off ‘This is a family’ your shoes but save the boxes Operation Christmas Child starts collection this week in Sumter BY ADRIENNE SARVIS [email protected]
Nearly 5,000 drop-off locations across the nation, including West- side Baptist Church on Pinewood Road, opened Monday to collect millions of shoeboxes filled with gifts for children across the world during Operation Christmas Child’s National Collection Week. Samaritan’s Purse, the parent or- ganization, partners with local churches across the world to deliv- er those gifts — referred to as tangi- ble expressions of God’s love — to PHOTOS BY MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM children affected by war, disease, People watch the Veterans Day parade from the corner of Hampton Avenue and Main Street on Monday morning. disaster, poverty and famine, ac- cording to a news release. Locally, Westside Baptist Church Sumter honors locals during Veterans Day ceremony, 4th-annual parade at 554 Pinewood Road will serve as the central drop-off location for BY KAYLA ROBINS erie Brunson, director of Sumter Sumter, Bishopville, Turbeville, [email protected] County Veterans Affairs, the organiz- Manning and Kingstree. ing body for the now fourth-annual More than 10,000 children heard t was cold. Rain threatened, Veterans Day parade and ceremony God’s love for them after receiving held downtown. then it delivered. Above all, boxes sent from this region last I Brunson said there are more than year, said Karen Hill, an organizer the 21-gun salute blasted into 16,000 veterans who live in Sumter for the project. County and the surrounding area, the crying sky as arms Samaritan’s Purse es- and the event is just one way to timates that one in stood at attention, some in honor and thank them. Families, civilians, veterans and every six children camouflage patches, others will come to know current active-duty airmen and sol- the Lord within holding canes and pins. diers — Shaw Air Force Base in Sum- five months of Sumter County commemo- ter is home to both the Air Force’s receiving a box, 20th Fighter Wing and U.S. Army she said. rated Veterans Day on Mon- Central Command, which used to be Volunteers are day, the day after the holiday Third Army and gained fame during trying to be World War II — watched a parade stewards of that annually marks the end of Veterans sit out in front of the old court- march down Main Street from the Lord by World War I — 100 years ago — house on Main Street on Monday morn- Bartlette Street to Calhoun and Har- telling of God’s love, ing during the Veterans Day ceremony. vin streets, leading the crowd to the she said, and telling people they on the federal observance of old Sumter County Courthouse for don’t have to be good enough. what used to be called Armistice “They served their country honor- the ceremony. To participate, fill an average-size ably, and a lot of them are from the cardboard or plastic shoebox with Day. Vietnam and Korean wars,” said Val- SEE VETERANS, PAGE A4 toys, clothing, school supplies and personal care items for children ages 2 to 14. Personal notes and family or group photos can also be put inside the boxes. Hill, who participates in the proj- ect with her husband, Craig, said this is Westside’s 25th year with Operation Christmas Child and the church’s third year serving as a drop-off location in about 15 years. More than 100 volunteers, includ- ing Westside Christian Academy students, will help pack and store the donations at the church, she Col. Derek J. O’Malley presents Howard Winters with a flag and certificate of SEE SHOEBOXES, PAGE A4 appreciation during the ceremony.
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BY SHARRON HALEY passage of an ordinance that pertains to Capital Improvements to cover the law to list what will be discussed Special to The Sumter Item to the recovery of the collection debts expenses for a fence installation. within an executive session before from delinquent debts. They will also vote on the transfer of they can go behind closed doors to MANNING — A public hearing Under new business, council mem- $7,436 within the Utilities Department discuss the matter. Council’s agenda amending Manning’s district regula- bers will consider appointments to to cover the expenses for a pump re- does not list the matter to be dis- tions pertaining to educational ser- the city’s Tree Board for terms expir- pair. Council will also consider trans- cussed in the scheduled executive ses- vices will be held during Manning’s ing on Nov. 30, 2018. Council members ferring $9,500 within the Utilities De- sion. City Council meeting beginning at will also consider approving the pur- partment to cover the costs for pump Item XV on the agenda states, “Pos- 6:30 p.m. today at City Hall, 29 W. chase of a 1999 International 4700 repair. sible action following executive ses- Boyce St. bucket truck for $21,500 from Joey Following council member com- sion for items discussed in executive Later in the meeting, members of Martin Auctioneers LLC. ments, the agenda lists an illegal ex- session.” Since the scheduled execu- council will consider passage of the Council members will also vote on ecutive session. As per the South Car- tive session is illegal, this item is also amended ordinance. the transference of $5,800 in the city’s olina Freedom of Information Act, all outside the boundary of the state’s Council members will also consider Street Department from Lot Clearing governmental bodies are required by FOIA law. Sumter man, 46, sentenced Simpson Hardware to 151 months in federal prison holds 16th-annual Ladies Night Out for distributing child porn Simpson Hardware & Sports held its 16th- FROM STAFF REPORTS annual Ladies Night Out recently, where Derk’s residence and comput- customers lined up out the door to get their A 46-year-old Sumter man ers yielded 111 videos and 489 hands on deals, doorbusters and door prizes will be spending more than a images of child pornography, throughout the store. DJ Howie D decade behind bars after he states the release. entertained shoppers, and there was free was found guilty of distributing Following his release from food and drinks provided by Traeger Grills. child pornography. federal prison, Derk will be The event is a way Sumterites celebrate the Marlin Russell Derk was sen- under court-ordered supervi- beginning of the holiday shopping season tenced to 151 months, about 12.5 sion for the rest of his life, and and get some items checked off the list. years, in federal prison for his he will be required to register actions by United States Dis- as a sex offender, attend sex of- PHOTOS BY MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM trict Judge Mary Geiger Lewis. fender treatment, submit to There is no parole in the fed- computer monitoring, refrain eral system, states a release from any unsupervised contact from the District of South Car- with minors as well as submit olina United States Attorney’s to random polygraph examina- Office. tions. Department of Homeland Se- This case was investigated by curity Investigation special Department of Homeland Secu- agents reportedly caught Derk rity Investigations and prose- posting child pornography to a cuted as part of Project Safe chatroom website on June 11, Childhood, a nationwide initia- 2015, that was being used to tive designed to protect chil- trade child pornography. dren from online exploitation Subsequent searches of and abuse.
WHAT YOUR GOVERNMENT IS DOING: SUMTER CITY COUNCIL Public works gains 2 trucks
BY ADRIENNE SARVIS [email protected]
Sumter Public Works will add two new trucks to its fleet after Sumter City Council approved two purchase agree- ments last Tuesday.
City to purchase loader truck for public services Reading: Resolution Agenda item: A resolution to authorize the purchase of one knuckle boom loader. Background: This resolution authorizes the city to pur- chase a knuckle boom loader from Amick Equipment in Lexington for $170,537.50. The purchase also includes a Freightliner truck chassis. The city's budgeted amount for a knuckle boom loader is $185,000, according to a letter addressed to City Manager Deron McCormick from Assistant City Manager Al Harris. Vote: 6-0 — Thomas Lowery was absent. Restaurant news Following are the food grades for local businesses inspected by the South Caro- New garbage truck to join the city's fleet lina Department of Health and Environmental Control for Nov. 2-9. A "C" grade Reading: Resolution Agenda Item: A resolution to authorize the purchase of is failing. For detailed reports, visit www.dhec.com. one rear-load garbage truck. Background: This resolution authorizes the city to pur- China Buffet, 1059 Broad St., Sumter: A chase a rear-load garbage truck, valued at $188,722, from D&L Diner, 2210 Peach Orchard Road, Sumter: C (Follow-up: A) McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing Co. in Villa Rica, Geor- Legacies By Mike, 1312 Broad St., Sumter: A gia. 2480 Broad St., Sumter: According to a letter from Harris, the city's budget for the Outback Steakhouse #4124, A truck is $250,000. Smoqueology BBQ Base, 1995 Adirondak Court, Sumter: A Vote: 6-0 — Lowery was absent. Subway #13704, 1961 E. McCrays Mill Road, Sumter: A
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VETERANS who enter the military today, 79 percent SHOEBOXES FROM PAGE A1 are from a military background where a family member served before him or her. FROM PAGE A1 Parade participants featured veterans “Sometimes we don’t know what to groups; Shaw’s Color Guard and Honor say, particularly the folks who haven’t said. After the boxes have been Guard; Junior ROTC units from high been around the military,” he said. “It’s collected, they will be deliv- schools in Sumter, Lee and Clarendon a little different in Sumter, where this ered to Charlotte to be pro- counties; bands and base has been a part of cessed and eventually shipped cheerleaders and military SUMTER VETERANS this city for 75 years, but around the world. vehicles, floats, a monster HONORED THIS YEAR just saying thank you. Operation Christmas Child truck and a one-third- Sometimes, we don’t is also an opportunity to meet sized F-16 Fighting Fal- Each year, the Sumter know what to say when and worship with new people con replica. County Veterans Association people say thank you, but in the county, Hill said, as well MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM “It’s really exciting be- honors a group of randomly we do appreciate it. And as work with others in the cause the kids get to see selected local veterans at just to know that we’re Gwen Cofield sings the national anthem community who may not fol- all the military equip- the Veterans Day ceremony. appreciated, it means a during the Veterans Day ceremony on low Christ yet. ment that they don’t nor- This year’s honorees are: lot to me, to my airmen Monday morning in downtown Sumter. It can make you speechless mally see, as well as all of Norman Edwin Ardis Jr., Army and certainly to all of our how much these gifts can af- our military groups in James Arthur Bradley, Army veterans our there.” fect a child, she said. Sumter County. We have Robert Baker Sr., Army He said he idolizes the One year, Hill said, someone so many. And they all Kelly Bennett, Army generation of servicemen donated a box filled with socks come together,” Brunson Robert Brown, Army and servicewomen who that made its way to a child who said. Albert L. Davis, Air Force came before him, those needed multiple pairs of socks Only 7 percent of the Arnold A. Diggs, Army veterans who sat out in to heal his or her feet that were nation’s population are Leroy Dinkins, Army the cold rain Monday to burned in a house fire. veterans, and less than 1 Darryl T. Ferrence, Air Force be honored for their time Since 1993, Operation Christ- percent are currently Fred Gordon, Air Force in World War II, the Kore- mas Child has collected and Carl Gulledge, Marines serving in a branch of an War, the Vietnam War, delivered more than 157 mil- Clarence J. Gulledge Jr., Army the military, said retired William (Bill) Hartley, Marines and that he feels a re- lion gift-filled shoeboxes to U.S. Air Force Col. Bush Cecil Hannibal, Army sponsibility to hold up children in more than 160 Hanson, the day’s master David (Bush) Hanson, Air Force the legacy they laid out Fire Prevention Specialist with the Sumter countries and territories. of ceremonies. Veterans Jimmy Harrington, Air Force for his generation of cur- Fire Department Selena Smith, dressed as For a detailed list of the Day is a time to put aside Charlie E. Herring, Navy rent military personnel. Lady Liberty, waves at the crowd walking items to pack go to www.sa- differences based on poli- Ervin Jackson, Army And for his generation to alongside Uncle Sam. maritanspurse.org/occ, or call tics and background to Marvin Johnson, Army pass down that legacy to Westside Baptist Church at honor “those who gave Dewey T. Jones, Marines the next one, such as the (803) 775-3484. Fans of online service to our country ... Victor Jones, Marines teenagers standing at at- VETERANS DAY shopping can browse www.sa- It’s not the color of the Bruce Knoblock, Air Force tention in Junior ROTC maritanspurse.org/buildonline uniform. It’s the fact that Charles Leaird, Marines on the courthouse lawn Why there is no apostrophe in Veterans to select gifts matched to a they wore a uniform.” Clement McCoy, Army Monday. Day child’s age and gender and can “We try to celebrate Frederick R. Moore, Air Force “My father told me sto- The holiday does not “belong” to one veteran finish packing the virtual shoe- Willie M. Richardson Jr., Marines our country every day, ries throughout his time or even multiple veterans, and an apostrophe box by adding a photo and per- Ralph W. Robateau, Air Force but today we celebrate in the Air Force, and es- implies possession or ownership. Veterans sonal note of encouragement. Earnest Roland, Army Day is meant to honor all veterans. those who serve our Harvey W. Senter, Marines pecially from Vietnam, From Armistice to Veterans country,” Sumter Mayor Robert L. Sisson, Air Force when he came home, LOCAL COLLECTION Joe McElveen said. Nelson J. Summers, Air Force there was no apprecia- Armistice Day was held for the first time on TIMES Col. Derek J. O’Malley, Danny A. Williams, Marines tion. In fact, people were Nov. 11, 1919, a year after the armistice was commander of the 20th McKinley L. 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PARADISE, Calif. — The year drought last year, much Actor Gerard Butler said on death toll from the wildfire of the northern two-thirds of Instagram that his Malibu that incinerated Paradise and the state is abnormally dry. home was “half-gone,” adding surrounding areas climbed to In Southern California, fire- he was “inspired as ever by 29 — matching the mark for fighters beat back a new the courage, spirit and sacri- the deadliest single blaze in round of winds Sunday, and fice of firefighters.” California history — as crews the fire’s spread was thought In Northern California, continued searching for bod- to have been largely stopped, where more than 6,700 build- ies in the smoldering ruins, though extremely low humidi- ings have been destroyed in with nearly 230 people unac- ty and gusty Santa Ana winds the blaze that obliterated Par- counted for. were in the forecast through adise, firefighters contended Statewide the number of at least today. with wind gusts up to 40 mph dead stood at 31, including Some of the thousands of overnight, the fire jumping two victims in Southern Cali- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS people forced from their 300 feet across Lake Oroville. fornia, from wildfires raging A bag containing human remains lies on the ground as officials con- homes were allowed to return, The state fire agency said at both ends of the state. tinue to search at a burned-out home at the Camp Fire on Sunday in and authorities reopened U.S. Monday that the fire had Ten search teams were Paradise, California. 101, a major freeway through grown to 177 square miles and working in Paradise — a the fire zone in Los Angeles was 25 percent contained. town of 27,000 that was en- brush and driven by winds federal and state governments and Ventura counties. The magnitude of the dev- gulfed by flames Thursday — that had a blowtorch effect. must do more forest manage- Malibu celebrities and mo- astation was beginning to set and in surrounding commu- “This is truly a tragedy that ment but that climate change bile-home dwellers in nearby in even as the blaze raged on. nities in Northern Califor- all Californians can under- is the greater source of the mountains were slowly learn- Public safety officials toured nia’s Sierra Nevada foothills. stand and respond to,” Gov. problem. ing whether their homes had the Paradise area to begin dis- Authorities called in a DNA Jerry Brown said Sunday. “It’s “And those who deny that been spared or reduced to cussing the recovery. Much of lab and anthropologists to a time to pull together and are definitely contributing to ash. Two people were killed in what makes the city function help identify what in some work through these tragedies.” the tragedies that we’re now Malibu, and the fire destroyed was gone. cases were only bones or California is requesting witnessing and will continue at least 370 or so structures, “Paradise was literally bone fragments. emergency aid from the Trump to witness in the coming authorities said. wiped off the map,” said Tim All told, more than 8,000 administration. President Don- years,” Brown said. The fire grew to more than Aboudara, a fireighters union firefighters battled wildfires ald Trump has blamed what he Drought and warmer weath- 143 square miles and was only representative. He said at that scorched more than 325 called poor forest management er attributed to climate 20 percent contained. least 36 firefighters lost their square miles of the state, with for the fires. change, and the building of Celebrities whose coastal own homes, most in the Para- the flames feeding on dry The governor said that the homes deeper into forests, homes were damaged or de- dise area.
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COMMENTARY Kavanaugh debacle cost the Democrats taking the Senate
ASHINGTON — the presumption of inno- Brett Kavana- cence. ugh must have They were energized by Wbeen smiling as Kavanaugh’s willingness to the returns came in on Elec- fight back and declare his tion Day, because it is now treatment by Democrats a clear that the Democrats’ “national disgrace.” And campaign to destroy him they punished the perpetra- will go down as a massive tors of that disgrace at the blunder. It failed to keep Ka- polls on Tuesday. vanaugh off the court. It Now Republicans have not cost Democrats their chance only an expanded Senate to regain control of the Sen- majority but also a pro-life ate. And it gave Republicans majority. Reports indicated an expanded Senate majori- that Trump was close to ty that will allow them to nominating Judge Amy confirm an even more con- Coney Barrett, a devout servative justice next time Catholic and mother of around. seven, to replace retiring Today, Kavanaugh sits on Justice Anthony Kennedy. the Supreme Court hearing Barrett became a folk hero cases. Meanwhile, Demo- among religious conserva- COMMENTARY cratic Sens. Heidi Heitkamp, tives after Diane Feinstein, N.D.; Joe Donnelly, Calif., ranking Demo- Ind.; and Claire Mc- crat on the Senate Caskill, Mo., are Judiciary Commit- Relief is yet to come after midterms packing up their Sen- tee, grilled her over ate offices — thrown her Catholic faith ASHINGTON — is more. united. Make this a conser- out by voters furious during her confir- It wasn’t a blue Second, a Democratic vative, family-values mis- over their party’s mation hearings as trickle, but nor majority in the House may sion and demand an imme- brutal campaign of a judge on the U.S. W was it a tsuna- well mean a greater likeli- diate resolution. Also, character assassina- Court of Appeals for mi. Rather, the midterm hood of compromise on big make conservatism cool tion against Kavana- Marc Thiessen the 7th Circuit last elections brought a gentle, issues such as infrastruc- again. Speak intelligently ugh. Sen. Joe Man- year. “The dogma purplish wave of mostly ture, health care and immi- to young Americans about chin, W.Va., was the lives loudly within center-leaning Democrats gration. It isn’t just pretty things like freedom as a only Democrat who voted you,” Feinstein told Barrett, whose profiles suggest a to think so; it’s apparently counterpoint to the social- for Kavanaugh, and he sur- suggesting that her faith dis- welcome infusion of profes- what President Trump is ist vision increasingly in vived — but just barely. qualified her. sionalism thinking as well, counter- vogue on the left. More Two weeks before Election That outraged conserva- and balance intuitive though it seems. government always means Day, Manchin was leading tives, who rightly castigated to a disor- Plainly, the surge in less freedom, but maybe no by double digits, but on Feinstein for applying an derly women candidates on the one has explained this. Tuesday night he won by unconstitutional religious House. Democratic side was partly Paging William F. Buckley, just over three points. Had test on Trump’s nominee. As Unlike in response to antipathy to- RIP. he voted against Kavana- Harvard Law School profes- the tea ward Trump — for all the To Democrats: Resist the ugh’s confirmation, he sor Noah Feldman ex- party revo- familiar reasons. Yet, as temptation to be worse would likely have been toast plained, Feinstein “insinuat- lution of Trump said Wednesday dur- than Republicans. If we as well. ed an anti-Catholic stereo- Kathleen 2010, when ing a contentious news con- keep this up, with each side The Democrats’ smear type that goes back at least Parker Republicans ference, he and Republicans bringing ever-more ex- campaign also cost them the 150 years in the U.S. — that gave Demo- now have no choice but to treme views to the table, chance to pick up GOP seats. Catholics are unable to sepa- crats a work with Democrats if they we won’t have a country. In Tennessee, Rep. Marsha rate church and state be- “shellacking,” as then- want to get anything done. We’ll have two countries. Blackburn was trailing for- cause they place their reli- President Obama put it, Trump said he thought this Don’t waste time on im- mer Democratic Gov. Phil gious allegiances before this year’s victors seem more likely now that the peachment — either the Bredesen by five points in a their oath to the Constitu- more inclined to govern numbers will force both par- president’s or Justice Brett CNN poll before the Kavana- tion.” than to disrupt. Perhaps ties to the table. Kavanaugh’s, as some are ugh hearings. She ended up Barrett was confirmed for this is because so many of Come January, this town urging. Ultimately, this winning by just under 11 the Circuit Court. But when them are women, who tend is about to get lots more in- would rupture the country points, as the Democrats’ it came to the Supreme to work well together even teresting and animated — beyond repair. Not that pol- mistreatment of Kavanaugh Court, Trump calculated when particular issues may and just possibly much bet- iticians care about polls, united Tennessee Republi- that with a razor thin-GOP place them on opposite po- ter. Since no one asked, I but exit surveys showed cans behind her. The Kava- majority he needed what litical sides. thought I’d offer some ad- that only 39 percent naugh smear no doubt also was supposed to be a safer Sidebar: The worst thing vice. thought Democrats should played a role in energizing pick and went with Kavana- to happen to women and, First, to Republicans: seek to impeach. GOP voters in Arizona, ugh instead. Now, with an therefore, to the nation is Change the soundtrack on Finally, Mr. President, where Republican Rep. Mar- expanded, pro-life Senate the encroaching trend of immigration and make with all due respect: You’re tha McSally appears to have majority, Trump no longer unisex restrooms. Don’t your voices louder than the the commander in chief of squeezed out a narrow vic- has to worry about losing a you people know that half president’s. Without a the free world. This means tory, and in Texas, where few GOP votes next time the world’s problems are doubt, immigration is that people will listen to Sen. Ted Cruz defeated Rep. around. solved when two or more tough, but it needn’t be you no matter what. Maybe Beto O’Rourke by just 2.6 At every stage of recent women go to the “Ladies apocalyptic. As of now, the no one has ever told you points in one of the reddest Supreme Court fights, Dem- Room” together? Maybe GOP is increasingly viewed this before, but you abso- states in the union. ocrats have miscalculated. when we’re in charge ... as racist — not without lutely have the option of None of that might have Their mindless decision to Indeed, in this election reason. being gracious, humble, been possible had it not filibuster Neil Gorsuch many of the tea party and It is possible to enforce generous, self-effacing and been for the Democrats’ paved the way for Senate Freedom Caucus Republi- borders and create rational kind — while also being horrific treatment of Kava- Republicans to get rid of the cans — notably outgoing solutions to handle people tough. Bury your TV per- naugh. As Senate Majority filibuster for Supreme Court Rep. David Brat, R-Va., who entering the country ille- sonality and try to charm Leader Mitch McConnell nominees — which made it came to office by defeating gally without appearing to America, starting with the put it, the failed effort to possible to confirm Kavana- then-House Majority Lead- be anti-immigrant. I know, media. It’s so easy to make stop Kavanaugh was “like ugh by simple majority. er Eric Cantor — will be it’s specious to conclude them eat out of your hand. an adrenaline shot” for the And if Barrett ever makes holding the door for up to that tough policies are an- Smile. It so becomes you. GOP base. Republican vot- it onto the Supreme Court, 40 new Democratic mem- ti-immigrant, but you Especially smile at your ers were outraged to see a Democrats can thank their bers, depending upon final needn’t respond so con- enemies, perceived or real. good man accused, without horrific, defamatory treat- tallies in some races. This vincingly. Separating chil- It infuriates them — and a shred of corroboration, of ment Kavanaugh. is a blessing in so many dren from parents — and you’ll still get the last sexually assaulting a teen- The lesson for Democrats ways. watching mutely as armed laugh. By no means least, age girl, exposing himself to should be clear: Character First, the Democrats’ troops are sent to the bor- leave Robert Mueller alone. a college classmate and par- assassination does not pay. takeover of the House der to combat, literally, a After all, you’ve nothing to ticipating in gang rapes in Quite the opposite, it back- brings much-needed bal- caravan of migrants, in- fear. Right? high school. fired — big time. ance to the Congress. It’s cluding some children — They were disgusted by rarely, if ever, good for the should be an outrage. Kathleen Parker’s email ad- Senate Democrats’ insis- Follow Marc A. Thiessen on country when one party To the president’s credit, dress is kathleenparker@ tence that the burden was Twitter, @marcthiessen. controls all branches of minors will no longer be washpost.com. on Kavanaugh to prove he government, even if it separated from their par- didn’t do it and by Demo- © 2018, The Washington Post means the occasional grid- ents, but more than 200 © 2018, Washington Post crats’ blatant disregard for Writers Group lock. Sometimes doing less children have yet to be re- Writers Group
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AROUND TOWN Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 The American Red Cross is urg- are interested in a service WEATHER ing donors of all blood types to dog for you or your child, Connect: Special Needs Support share their good health this hol- this event is for you. There ® iday seasonGroup by to donating meet today will be refreshments and fel- AccuWeather ve-day forecast for Sumter blood or platelets for pa- lowship with other special tients in need. Schedule your needs families. TODAY TONIGHT WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY donation appointment by The Sumter Chapter of the Na- using the free Blood Donor tional Federation of the Blind of App, by visiting www.red- South Carolina will meet at 7 crossblood.org or by calling p.m. today at Shiloh-Ran- 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733- dolph Manor, 125 W. Periods of rain Periods of rain Mostly cloudy, a Cool with Mostly sunny and Plenty of sunshine 2767). Help save a life by par- Bartlette St. Contact Debra little rain occasional rain cool ticipating in one of the fol- Canty, chapter president, at lowing American Red Cross (803) 775-5792 or debra. 62° 46° 50° / 38° 53° / 38° 58° / 37° 62° / 40° blood donation opportuni- [email protected]. Chance of rain: 65% Chance of rain: 70% Chance of rain: 60% Chance of rain: 65% Chance of rain: 5% Chance of rain: 5% ties: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27, 428 Shaw Drive, The Sumter County Museum’s SW 4-8 mph NNE 7-14 mph NE 8-16 mph NE 7-14 mph WNW 4-8 mph VAR 2-4 mph Building 806, Shaw Air Force 21st Annual Carolina Backcoun- Base; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednes- try Oyster Roast will be held Gaff ney day, Nov. 28, Component 6-9 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 53/41 Maintenance Squadron 15, at 122 N. Washington St. Spartanburg Shaw Air Force Base, 558 Tickets: $40 for members; 54/42 $50 for non-members; and TODAY’S Greenville Killian Ave., 20 CMS Squad- 56/41 ron Building; and 2-7 p.m. $55 at the door (if available). SOUTH Thursday, Nov. 29, Grace Enjoy all-you-can-eat oys- Florence ters, barbecue, chili, col- Baptist Church, 219 W. Cal- CAROLINA Bishopville 63/47 houn St. lards, beer, wine and soft 58/46 drinks. Call (803) 775-0908 or WEATHER To kick off the holiday season, visit www.sumtercountymu- Temperatures shown on map are Columbia Sumter the Festive Five will be held seum.org. today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 61/49 62/46 4-8 p.m. today-Friday, Nov. Myrtle 13-16, in the center court of The Sumter Combat Veterans IN THE MOUNTAINS Manning Beach the Sumter Mall. This event Group will meet at 10 a.m. on 63/48 73/52 Friday, Nov. 16, at the head- Today: Periods of rain. Winds west 3-6 mph. will feature live performanc- Aiken es daily by local choirs, mu- quarters building, 529 N. Wednesday: Chilly with a touch of rain. 58/46 sicians, dance groups and Wise Drive. All area veterans Winds northeast 6-12 mph. more. Throughout the week, are invited. family, friends and mall The Daffodils & Silver Bells Arts ON THE COAST shoppers will be able to visit and Craft Show will be held 9 Today: Periods of rain and a thunderstorm. Charleston www.thefestivefive.com to a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, 78/53 vote for their favorite perfor- and noon-4 p.m. Sunday, High 73 to 78. mance. The act receiving the Nov. 18, at 30 S. Artillery Wednesday: Partly sunny. A shower and most votes will be named Drive. Please bring a non- thunderstorm in the south. High 53 to 61. “Sumter’s Festive Favorite” perishable food item to help and will receive the 2018 Fes- support United Ministries. tive Favorite award. Winner Event will also help support will be announced in a live Kat’s Special Kneads Small Facebook event. Animal Shelter. Santa will LOCAL ALMANAC LAKE LEVELS SUN AND MOON visit on Sunday noon-3 p.m. SUMTER THROUGH 2 P.M. YESTERDAY Full 7 a.m. 24-hr Sunrise 6:52 a.m. Sunset 5:20 p.m. The next Dream Team Event Lake pool yest. chg will be held at 10 a.m. today with photos with G&W Photo Temperature Moonrise 11:59 a.m. Moonset 10:26 p.m. Murray 360 353.39 -0.04 at Sumter Resource Center. Art. High 49° Marion 76.8 75.40 -0.07 First Full Last New Green Elementary School will Low 42° Call (803) 774-7776 for infor- Moultrie 75.5 75.00 none Normal high 67° mation. hold its sixth reunion from Wateree 100 96.75 +0.07 Normal low 42° Connect: Special Needs Support noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 15 Nov. 23 Nov. 29 Dec. 7 Record high 81° in 2003 will meet from 6:15 to Nov. 24, at Canty Memorial Group Record low 23° in 1973 8 p.m. today in the fellow- COGI, 873 Woodcrest Road. 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Sumter High running back Justice Wells (3) avoids the tackle attempt of Spring Valley safety Isaiah Miller (18) on the way to an 80- yard touchdown run in the Gamecocks’ 21-13 victory over Spring Valley on Fri- day at Sumter Memorial Stadium in the first round of the 5A state playoffs. Undefeated Sumter will play host to Byrnes in the second round this Friday.
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SHS plays host to Byrnes on Friday but will it have the larger crowd?
hroughout my life in Sumter – the game though, ball program’s part, but for this city. that could indeed happen. the overwhelming majority of one might think Byrnes High School will be rolling And for the life of me, I don’t un- Tmy 57-plus years – its citizens Sumter was a mid- into Sumter from the Upstate on Fri- derstand why there isn’t more excite- have considered it to be a dle-of-the-road day and with it will be a large num- ment revolving around this team. “sports town.” No matter the sport squad, not one of ber of Rebels fans. Byrnes isn’t the Counting the final Edmunds High and really no matter the school, you only three undefeat- juggernaut it was when it won eight team that won a state title in 1969, could expect to see a good-sized, en- ed 5A teams remain- state titles from 2002 through 2011, this is just the sixth Sumter team to thusiastic crowd on hand. ing in the state. but it is still one of the top programs have an undefeated regular season in I just really don’t know if that is Gamecock head in the state, and it travels extremely 49 years. The other years were 1981, the case anymore. Case in point: the coach Mark Barnes Dennis well. 1992, 1995 and 2003; the last three of Sumter High School football team. addressed the Brunson It would be truly sad to see the visi- those ended with teams losing in the The Gamecocks are 10-0 on the sea- sparseness of the tors stands filled to capacity, while 4A Division I state championship con- son after beating Spring Valley 21-13 fans in a radio inter- there is a bunch of visible wood on test. in the first round of the 5A state play- view following the contest, as well he the home side due to lack of behinds Will this team make it that far? offs on Friday on Sumter Memorial should have. And if a similar-sized in the seats. And unless there is a Only time will tell. It will not be an Stadium’s Freddie Solomon Field. crowd shows up this Friday, it will be massive uptick in those walking Judging by the size of the crowd at an embarrassment. Not on the foot- through the gates on the home side SEE SHS, PAGE B4
CLEMSON FOOTBALL AUTO RACING Tigers ‘not Kyle Busch sets up done yet’ after wrapping up showdown with division title Harvick, Truex Jr. BY JENNA FRYER the latest round, winning for AP Auto Racing Writer the eighth time this year BY PETE IACOBELLI Sunday to tie Harvick for the AP Sports Writer AVONDALE, Arizona — most Cup victories. His win The three most dominant at ISM Raceway outside of CLEMSON — Clemson left drivers of this NASCAR sea- Phoenix was the final quali- guard John Simpson is excit- son will fittingly race each fying event for next week's fi- ed about the Tigers' latest other for the championship, a nale at Homestead-Miami achievement. He's even more chance for Kyle Busch, Kevin Speedway, where it will be thrilled for what comes next. Harvick and Martin Truex winner-take-all between Second-ranked Clemson Jr. to settle which team is NASCAR's so-called Big (10-0, 7-0 Atlantic Coast Con- truly the best. ference, CFP 2) clinched its It was Busch who claimed SEE BUSCH, PAGE B3 fourth straight ACC Atlantic Division title — and seventh in 10 years — with a 27-7 win over No. 22 Boston College on Saturday night. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COLLEGE FOOTBALL But Simpson said the Ti- Clemson linebacker Kendall Joseph (34) drives Boston College gers are focused on accom- quarterback EJ Perry to the turf during the Tigers’ 27-7 win on Sat- plishments beyond the divi- urday. Louisville interim coach: sion, including staying unde- feated to maintain its status "I know people, fans, get terback Trevor Lawrence a in the College Football Play- caught up in bigger things nd sophomore tailback Tra- last 2 games not ‘about me’ off poll. like playoffs and all that vis Etienne leading the way. "We're obviously not done stuff," Swinney said. But "I There's always concern, BY GARY B. GRAVES game slide that won't be easy yet," he said Monday. "We still remember our first divi- co-offensive coordinator AP Sports Writer against North Carolina State still have a lot ahead of us." sion win (in 2009) and I want Tony Elliott said, with newer on Saturday. The next hurdle in that to make sure that we enjoy" players of letting up the in- "We're going through tough journey is Duke (7-3, 3-3) at clinching the latest one. tensity with the division race LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louis- times," Ward said Monday in home on Saturday night. Now, though, it's back to complete. ville interim football coach his first news conference as A Clemson victory would work when any loss could Elliott said Clemson's ex- Lorenzo Ward said he is fo- interim coach. "They're used complete its second perfect mean the end of Clemson's perienced leaders take con- cused solely on salvaging the to winning. We're not, and run in ACC play in the past latest playoff run. trol of setting expectations Cardinals' final two games the thing we want to do is try four years since the national After Duke, which is near- and the week-to-week tone rather than whether he will to make these next two runner up team in 2015 start- ly a four-touchdown under- of keeping focused and have the job permanently. weeks as fun as we can possi- ed 14-0 before falling to Ala- dog, Clemson faces inconsis- sharp. It's unclear who will be bly make them. bama in the CFP title game. tent rival South Carolina at "These guys have big-pic- Louisville's next head coach, "It's not going to be about Tigers coach Dabo Swin- home on Nov. 24 before fac- ture goals in mind," Elliott whether it's Ward or possibly me. ... It's about what we're ney has long told staffers ing the ACC Coastal winner said. "They understand that Purdue's Jeff Brohm, a for- going to do for these young and players to enjoy the mo- — right now, Pittsburgh is in in order to accomplish the mer Cardinals quarterback men." ment while keeping sight of the driver's seat — in Char- big-picture goals that you've who has been mentioned as a Ward, 51, was named Sun- what's next. Swinney said it's lotte, North Carolina on Dec. got to take it one day at a possible candidate. day to replace Bobby Petrino, not easy to be expected to 1. time, one week at a time. The It's a challenge either way: who was dismissed after a 2-8 succeed and then go do it Clemson's offense contin- mentality for us is that each Whether Ward gets the job is with team after team looking ues to thrive with young not within his control and to take you down. players like freshman quar- SEE TIGERS, PAGE B3 ending the Cardinals seven- SEE WARD, PAGE B3 B2 | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2018 SPORTS THE SUMTER ITEM
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Duke freshman Zion Williamson (1) helped the Blue Ohtani named AL Devils move to the No. 1 spot in The As- sociated Press Top Rookie of the Year; 25 poll with victo- ries over Kentucky and Army to start the season. Acuna wins NL honor
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — Two- honor since Seattle’s Ichiro way star Shohei Ohtani Suzuki in 2001 and the was a singular sensation in fourth overall. voting for AL Rookie of the Andujar hit .297 with 27 Year. homers and 92 RBIs in 149 A standout on the mound games. The 23-year-old and at the plate for the Los third baseman set a Yan- Angeles An- kees rookie record with 47 Duke leapfrogs Kansas for gels, Ohtani doubles, three more than was an over- Joe DiMaggio in 1936, and whelming pick tied the AL rookie mark for for American doubles set by Boston’s No. 1 in latest AP Top 25 poll League Rookie Fred Lynn in 1975. of the Year Torres, 21, began the sea- RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — one performance caused WOMEN’S AP TOP 25 OHTANI after becoming son at Triple-A after miss- Duke changed every- a major voting shift, even The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s the first player ing the second half of 2017 college basketball poll, with first-place votes in pa- thing about who AP Top with now-No. 2 Kansas rentheses, records through Nov. 11, total points since Babe with a torn ligament in his 25 voters considered to earning a quality win of based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one Ruth a century non-throwing arm. The be the nation’s best team its own against then-No. point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking: ago with 10 second baseman made his with a single dominating 10 Michigan State in the Record Pts Prv homers and big league debut April 22 1. Notre Dame (30) 1-0 774 1 performance against a first game of the Cham- 2. UConn 1-0 736 2 four pitching and hit .271 with 24 homers marquee opponent. pions Classic. 3. Oregon (1) 2-0 704 3 wins in the and 77 RBIs. 4. Baylor 3-0 679 4 ACUNA It also gave the Blue Kansas was a solid pre- 5. Louisville 2-0 664 5 same season. The 20-year-old Acuna Devils yet another mile- season No. 1 by earning 6. Mississippi St. 2-0 593 6 Atlanta received 27 first-place votes 7. Stanford 2-0 560 7 stone under Hall of 37 of 65 first-place votes, 8. Oregon St. 1-0 535 8 Braves outfielder Ronald and three seconds for 144 Fame coach Mike followed by 19 for Ken- 9. Maryland 2-0 508 9 Acuna Jr. was a runaway points. Soto got two firsts 10. South Carolina 1-0 492 10 Krzyzewski: a record tucky and four for Duke. 11. Texas 1-0 457 11 pick for the NL honor over and 89 points, and Los An- number of appearances But Duke now has 48 12. Tennessee 1-0 428 11 Washington outfielder geles Dodgers pitcher 13. Iowa 2-0 391 13 at No. 1. first-place votes, claim- 14. Georgia 2-0 368 14 Juan Soto in a contest be- Walker Buehler was next The Blue Devils ing the top spot for all 19 15. DePaul 1-0 319 15 tween 20-year-olds. with one first and 28 16. Missouri 1-0 290 16 jumped from fourth to voters who had Ken- 17. NC State 2-0 273 17 A 24-year-old right-hand- points. first Monday in the first tucky as preseason No. 1 18. Syracuse 1-1 259 18 er who joined the Angels Acuna started the season 19. Marquette 3-0 228 19 regular-season poll, leap- while also causing 23 vot- 20. Texas A&M 2-0 182 20 last winter after five sea- at Triple-A and made his frogging Kansas at the ers to switch from Kan- 21. South Florida 2-0 160 22 sons with Japan’s Nippon 22. Arizona St. 1-1 120 23 debut on April 25, the top after a blowout win sas in the preseason 23. California 2-0 108 24 Ham Fighters, Ohtani re- youngest player in the ma- 24. Miami 3-0 107 25 against then-No. 2 Ken- Duke this week. 25. Minnesota 1-0 41 - ceived 25 first-place votes jors then at 20 years, 128 tucky last week. That al- Duke also prompted Others receiving votes: West Virginia 32, Cent and four seconds for 137 days. The Venezuelan hit Michigan 26, Northwestern 15, Duke 7, TCU 4, Boise St. lowed Duke to set a re- switches from the lone 4, Michigan 3, Drake 3, Florida St. 2, Virginia Tech 2, points from the Baseball .293 with 26 homers, 64 cord with its 135th week voters who had Gonzaga Buffalo 1. Writers’ Association of RBIs and 16 steals with a at No. 1, breaking a tie and Villanova at No. 1 in America in balloting an- .917 OPS. He set a Braves with UCLA for the most the preseason. MEN’S AP TOP 25 nounced Monday. record with eight leadoff top rankings in poll his- The hype probably The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ men’s A pair of New York Yan- homers this season and college basketball poll: tory. won’t slow anytime soon, kees infielders followed. tied a franchise mark by The 34-point win either. The Blue Devils Record Pts Prv Miguel Andujar was sec- homering in five straight 1. Duke (48) 2-0 1606 4 against the Wildcats in have everyone’s atten- 2. Kansas (14) 1-0 1571 1 ond with five firsts and 89 games from Aug. 11-14. the Champions Classic tion. 3. Gonzaga 2-0 1478 3 points, and Gleyber Torres Soto debuted on May 20 4. Virginia (2) 2-0 1326 5 to open the season “Part of becoming 5. Tennessee (1) 2-0 1306 6 was next with 25 points. at 19 years, 207 days, al- marked the program’s good is keeping the noise 6. Nevada 2-0 1277 7 Ohtani was 4-2 with a though in a quirk the Do- 7. North Carolina 2-0 1260 8 most lopsided win out of your locker 8. Villanova 2-0 1139 9 3.31 ERA and 63 strikeouts minican is credited with a against a top-5 opponent. 9. Auburn 2-0 1132 11 room,” Krzyzewski said 10. Kentucky 1-1 1054 2 over 51 2/3 innings in 10 home run from five days Duke was practically after the Army win. 11. Michigan St. 1-1 919 10 starts, limited by a torn before his debut — he went 12. Kansas St 1-0 892 12 flawless behind star “And when something 13. Oregon 2-0 739 14 elbow ligament that re- deep on June 18 against the freshmen RJ Barrett, good happens and you 14. Florida St. 2-0 731 17 quired surgery on Oct. 1 New York Yankees in the 15. Syracuse 2-0 673 16 Zion Williamson and have the start of the sea- 16. Virginia Tech 1-0 664 15 and likely will prevent him completion of the May 15 Cam Reddish, and that son ... there’s a lot of 17. Mississippi St. 2-0 549 18 from pitching next year. As suspended game. Soto hit 18. Michigan 2-0 486 19 created a buzz about the noise. And for us, it’s not 19. Clemson 2-0 350 22 a designated hitter, he bat- .292 with 22 homers, 70 team’s already lofty po- always good noise, but in 20. UCLA 2-0 340 21 ted .285 with 22 homers and RBIs and a .923 OPS. He 21. TCU 2-0 323 20 tential being somehow this case, it was excep- 22. LSU 2-0 248 23 61 RBIs and a .925 OPS in was two shy of Tony Coni- even higher than anyone tional noise. Exceptional 23. Purdue 2-0 218 24 367 plate appearances. He gliaro’s big league record 24. Marquette 2-0 155 - anticipated. noise. 25. Buffalo 2-0 154 - became the first player for home runs by a teenag- Granted, it was one “When you have four Others receiving votes: West Virginia 145, Indiana 131, with 15 homers as a batter er. Nebraska 41, Wisconsin 32, Washington 29, Maryland game. And Duke (2-0) freshmen and we don’t 28, Notre Dame 24, Miami 16, Ohio St. 14, Alabama 11, and 50 strikeouts as a Buehler, a 23-year-old didn’t look nearly so daz- have veterans, you have Iowa St. 9, Florida 9, Louisville 8, Texas 6, Texas Tech 5, pitcher in the same season. right-hander, was 8-5 with Arizona St 4, Butler 4, Vanderbilt 4, Loyola of Chicago 3, zling Sunday at home to be more mature about Arizona 2, St. John’s 2, Marshall 2, Xavier 2, Penn 1, Ohtani is the first Japa- a 2.62 ERA in 23 starts and against Army. But that listening to that.” Furman 1, Davidson 1, S Illinois 1. nese player to win the one relief appearance.
SCOREBOARD Orlando 6 7 .462 1 Indianapolis 4 5 0 .444 260 239 Miami 5 7 .417 1½ Jacksonville 3 6 0 .333 160 199 NHL STANDINGS Washington 3 9 .250 3½ North EASTERN CONFERENCE TV, RADIO Atlanta 3 10 .231 4 Central Division W L T Pct PF PA Atlantic Division TODAY Pittsburgh 6 2 1 .722 279 209 W L Pct GB Cincinnati 5 4 0 .556 235 288 GP W L OT Pts GF GA 9 a.m. — Professional Tennis: ATP World Tour Finals Milwaukee 10 3 .769 — Baltimore 4 5 0 .444 213 160 Tampa Bay 17 12 4 1 25 63 48 Day 3 Round-Robin Singles Matches from London Indiana 8 6 .571 2½ Cleveland 3 6 1 .350 218 263 Toronto 17 11 6 0 22 58 46 (TENNIS). Detroit 6 6 .500 3½ West Boston 17 10 5 2 22 53 41 11:50 a.m. — Women’s International Soccer: FIFA U-17 Chicago 4 9 .308 6 Montreal 17 9 5 3 21 58 55 World Cup Group B Match from Maldonado, Uruguay Cleveland 1 11 .083 8½ W L T Pct PF PA Buffalo 17 9 6 2 20 53 52 — Brazil vs. Japan (FOX SPORTS 2). Kansas City 9 1 0 .900 353 240 Ottawa 18 7 8 3 17 62 76 1 p.m. — Professional Tennis: ATP World Tour Finals WESTERN CONFERENCE L.A. Chargers 7 2 0 .778 240 186 Detroit 17 7 8 2 16 47 60 Day 3 Round-Robin Doubles Matches from London Southwest Division Denver 3 6 0 .333 205 213 Florida 14 6 5 3 15 47 45 (TENNIS). Oakland 1 8 0 .111 147 272 Metropolitan Division 2 p.m. — Women’s International Soccer: Scotland vs. W L Pct GB United States from Paisley, Scotland (FOX SPORTS 1). San Antonio 7 4 .636 — NATIONAL CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA 2:50 p.m. — Women’s International Soccer: FIFA U-17 Memphis 7 4 .636 — East Columbus 17 9 6 2 20 56 58 World Cup Group B Match from Maldonado, Uruguay New Orleans 6 6 .500 1½ Philadelphia 17 9 7 1 19 57 60 — South Africa vs. Mexico (FOX SPORTS 2). Houston 5 7 .417 2½ W L T Pct PF PA N.Y. Islanders 16 8 6 2 18 49 42 3 p.m. — Women’s College Tennis: ITA Oracle Fall Dallas 4 8 .333 3½ Washington 6 3 0 .667 176 175 N.Y. Rangers 17 8 7 2 18 50 54 National Championships from Surprise, Ariz. (ESPNU). Dallas 4 5 0 .444 181 171 Pittsburgh 15 7 5 3 17 51 47 3 p.m. — Professional Tennis: ATP World Tour Finals Northwest Division Philadelphia 4 5 0 .444 198 183 Washington 16 7 6 3 17 54 56 Day 3 Round-Robin Singles Matches from London W L Pct GB N.Y. Giants 1 7 0 .125 150 205 Carolina 17 7 7 3 17 47 52 (TENNIS). Portland 10 3 .769 — New Jersey 15 6 8 1 13 45 54 5 p.m. — College Tennis: ITA Oracle Fall National South Denver 9 4 .692 1 Championships from Surprise, Ariz. (ESPNU). Oklahoma City 7 5 .583 2½ W L T Pct PF PA WESTERN CONFERENCE 5 p.m. — Women’s International Soccer: FIFA U-17 Utah 6 6 .500 3½ New Orleans 8 1 0 .889 330 232 World Cup Group A Match from Montevideo, Uruguay Central Division Minnesota 4 9 .308 6 Carolina 6 3 0 .667 241 232 — Uruguay vs. Ghana (FOX SPORTS 2). Atlanta 4 5 0 .444 244 254 GP W L OT Pts GF GA 6 p.m. — College Football: Western Michigan at Ball Pacific Division Tampa Bay 3 6 0 .333 232 291 Nashville 16 13 3 0 26 56 35 State (ESPN2). W L Pct GB Minnesota 17 11 4 2 24 54 44 6 p.m. — Major League Baseball: Managers of the Year North Golden State 11 2 .846 — Winnipeg 16 10 5 1 21 51 42 (MLB NETWORK). L.A. Clippers 7 5 .583 3½ W L T Pct PF PA Dallas 17 9 6 2 20 50 48 6:05 p.m. — Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, L.A. Lakers 7 6 .538 4 Chicago 6 3 0 .667 269 175 Colorado 17 8 6 3 19 59 50 WDXY-AM 1240). Sacramento 7 6 .538 4 Minnesota 5 3 1 .611 221 204 St. Louis 15 6 6 3 15 52 51 6:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Wisconsin at Xavier Phoenix 2 10 .167 8½ Green Bay 4 4 1 .500 223 216 Chicago 17 6 8 3 15 49 64 (FOX SPORTS 1). Detroit 3 6 0 .333 202 244 Pacific Division 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Stephen F. Austin at SUNDAY’S GAMES Miami (ESPNU). West Charlotte 113, Detroit 103 GP W L OT Pts GF GA 7 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Charlotte at Cleveland (FOX Houston 115, Indiana 103 W L T Pct PF PA Vancouver 18 10 6 2 22 60 62 SPORTS SOUTHEAST, NBA TV). Orlando 115, New York 89 Calgary 18 10 7 1 21 56 56 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Holy Cross at Providence L.A. Rams 9 1 0 .900 335 231 Milwaukee 121, Denver 114 San Jose 18 9 6 3 21 56 55 (FOX SPORTS 2). Seattle 4 5 0 .444 219 192 Portland 100, Boston 94 Arizona 16 8 7 1 17 45 39 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Memphis at Louisiana Arizona 2 7 0 .222 124 225 L.A. Lakers 107, Atlanta 106 San Francisco 2 7 0 .222 207 239 Edmonton 17 8 8 1 17 46 54 State (SEC NETWORK). Anaheim 18 7 8 3 17 42 53 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Norfolk State at South TODAY’S GAMES THURSDAY’S GAMES Vegas 18 7 10 1 15 44 54 Carolina (WDXY-FM 105.9, WNKT-FM 107.5, WDXY-AM Charlotte at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Los Angeles 16 5 10 1 11 33 50 1240). Pittsburgh 52, Carolina 21 Houston at Denver, 9 p.m. NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime 7:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Southeastern Louisiana Atlanta at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. SUNDAY’S GAMES loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild at Texas Tech (FOX SPORTSOUTH). cards per conference advance to playoffs. 7:30 p.m. — NHL Hockey: Tampa Bay at Buffalo (NBC WEDNESDAY’S GAMES New Orleans 51, Cincinnati 14 SPORTS NETWORK). Cleveland 28, Atlanta 16 Cleveland at Washington, 7 p.m. SUNDAY’S GAMES 8:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Georgetown at Illinois Kansas City 26, Arizona 14 Philadelphia at Orlando, 7 p.m. Minnesota 3, St. Louis 2 (FOX SPORTS 1). Tennessee 34, New England 10 Chicago at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Florida 5, Ottawa 1 9 p.m. — College Basketball: Northwestern State at Washington 16, Tampa Bay 3 Detroit at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Arizona 4, Washington 1 Brigham Young (BYUTV). Indianapolis 29, Jacksonville 26 Miami at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Winnipeg 5, New Jersey 2 9 p.m. — College Basketball: Georgia Tech at Buffalo 41, N.Y. Jets 10 Memphis at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Boston 4, Vegas 1 Tennessee (ESPN2). Chicago 34, Detroit 22 New Orleans at Minnesota, 8 p.m. San Jose 3, Calgary 1 9 p.m. — Women’s International Soccer: FIFA U-17 L.A. Chargers 20, Oakland 6 New York at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Colorado 4, Edmonton 1 World Cup Group A Match from Montevideo, Uruguay Green Bay 31, Miami 12 Utah at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. — New Zealand vs. Finland (FOX SPORTS 2). L.A. Rams 36, Seattle 31 San Antonio at Phoenix, 9 p.m. TODAY’S GAMES 9:30 p.m. — Women’s College Volleyball: Utah State at Dallas 27, Philadelphia 20 Portland at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. Open: Minnesota, Denver, Baltimore, Houston Pittsburgh at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Boise State (STADIUM). Vancouver at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. 10:30 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Atlanta at Golden State THURSDAY’S GAMES THURSDAY, NOV. 15 Florida at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. (NBA TV). Golden State at Houston, 8 p.m. Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. 5 a.m. — International Baseball: MLB Japan All-Star Green Bay at Seattle, 8:20 p.m. Atlanta at Denver, 9 p.m. Arizona at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Series Game 5 from Nagoya, Japan — MLB All-Stars vs. San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. SUNDAY, NOV. 18 Washington at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Samurai Japan (MLB NETWORK). Houston at Washington, 1 p.m. Montreal at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Pittsburgh at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. Toronto at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. NBA STANDINGS NFL STANDINGS Tampa Bay at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. Nashville at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Dallas at Atlanta, 1 p.m. WEDNESDAY’S GAMES AMERICAN CONFERENCE Cincinnati at Baltimore, 1 p.m. EASTERN CONFERENCE Carolina at Detroit, 1 p.m. Washington at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. Atlantic Division East Tennessee at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. St. Louis at Chicago, 8 p.m. W L T Pct PF PA Denver at L.A. Chargers, 4:05 p.m. Boston at Colorado, 10 p.m. W L Pct GB Anaheim at Vegas, 10:30 p.m. New England 7 3 0 .700 280 236 Oakland at Arizona, 4:05 p.m. Toronto 12 1 .923 — Miami 5 5 0 .500 199 256 Philadelphia at New Orleans, 4:25 p.m. Philadelphia 8 6 .571 4½ THURSDAY’S GAMES Buffalo 3 7 0 .300 137 251 Minnesota at Chicago, 8:20 p.m. Boston 7 6 .538 5 Florida at Columbus, 7 p.m. N.Y. Jets 3 7 0 .300 208 254 Open: Buffalo, San Francisco, Miami, New England, Brooklyn 6 7 .462 6 Cleveland, N.Y. Jets Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. New York 4 10 .286 8½ South New Jersey at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Southeast Division W L T Pct PF PA MONDAY, NOV. 19 N.Y. Rangers at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Kansas City vs L.A. Rams at Mexico City, MX, 8:15 p.m. Detroit at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. W L Pct GB Houston 6 3 0 .667 216 184 Vancouver at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Tennessee 5 4 0 .556 168 151 Charlotte 7 6 .538 — Nashville at Arizona, 9 p.m. THE SUMTER ITEM SPORTS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2018 | B3
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The Amway Top 25 football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, game is the biggest week of the records through Nov. 10, total points based on 25 points for first place start featuring a handful of Ward — whose defensive season. And they know the fun through one point for 25th, and previous ranking: blowout losses. Louisville background includes Record Pts Pvs is in the winning.” 1. Alabama (64) 10-0 1624 1 athletic director Vince spending the 2009-15 sea- Clemson has certainly shown 2. Clemson (1) 10-0 1561 2 Tyra said he tabbed the sons at South Carolina 3. Notre Dame 10-0 1490 3 that down the stretch the past 4. Michigan 9-1 1415 4 second-year safeties coach coaching backs and line- few seasons. The Tigers are 18-3 5. Georgia 9-1 1369 5 for his administrative and men such as 2014 NFL draft 6. Oklahoma 9-1 1273 6 after October the past four sea- 7. West Virginia 8-1 1173 8 leadership skills. No. 1 overall pick Jadeveon sons with two of those losses 8. Ohio State 9-1 1135 7 No matter how the sea- Clowney — will handle de- 9. Washington State 9-1 1119 9 coming to the Crimson Tide in 10. LSU 8-2 1078 10 son ends on the field, Ward fensive line duties along CFP contests. 11. Central Florida 9-0 1042 11 might not keep the job per- with quality control coach 12. Syracuse 8-2 849 13 Freshman receiver Justyn 13. Utah State 9-1 698 16 manently. J.B. Lageman. Grady Ross, who’s second on the Ti- 14. Texas 7-3 662 19 There are already ques- Brown will coach the sec- 15. Penn State 7-3 646 20 gers with five TD catches, said 16. Florida 7-3 604 21 tions about who take the ondary, while first-year de- the newcomers entered the pro- 17. Washington 7-3 591 18 18. Iowa State 6-3 403 25 reins after the season finale fensive coordinator Brian gram knowing what’s expected 19. Utah 7-3 387 24 against No. 20 Kentucky. VanGorder will maintain 20. Cincinnati 9-1 383 23 and don’t plan to slip up. 21. Kentucky 7-3 318 12 Brohm has been frequently his current role. “We realize we’re into a na- 22. Boston College 7-3 309 14 mentioned as the top candi- Offensive coordinator 23. Mississippi State 6-4 219 15 tional championship phase, an 24. Boise State 8-2 129 NR date. The former Cardinals Lonnie Galloway will call ACC championship phase,” 25. Alabama-Birmingham 9-1 102 NR quarterback who became plays and coach the quar- Others receiving votes: Northwestern 87; Fresno State 64; Army 58; Buf- Ross said. “We had fun winning falo 56; Virginia 44; Duke 38; North Carolina State 37; Pittsburgh 30; Texas an assistant under Petrino terbacks. The next step is the division, but there’s more to A&M 29; Michigan State 20; Auburn 19; Troy 17; Appalachian State 14; acknowledged the reports getting effort from a Louis- Missouri 13; San Diego State 10; Wisconsin 7; Arizona State 2; Tennessee come with it so we put that be- 1. Monday but dismissed ville squad that has under- hind us now.” them, saying he is concen- achieved in many phases. Clemson left tackle Mitch trating on making the 5-5 The Cardinals (0-7 Atlan- Hyatt, who set a program re- Boilermakers bowl eligible. tic Coast Conference) enter cord for most snaps, missed AP TOP 25 "I've heard the noise just Saturday's meeting with much of the Boston College win By The Associated Press like everyone else," Brohm North Carolina State (6-3, The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first- after a couple of hits that in- place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 10, total points based said during his weekly 3-3) ranked at or near the jured his shoulder, Swinney on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, news conference. "Unfortu- bottom statistically in con- and previous ranking: said. Record Pts Pv nately, it's important for ference offense and de- Elliott said Hyatt, a senior 1. Alabama (61) 10-0 1525 1 me to not comment on any fense. Last week's 54-23 loss 2. Clemson 10-0 1459 2 who passed up a likely high- 3. Notre Dame 10-0 1406 3 speculation right now. I at No. 12 Syracuse followed round NFL selection last year 4. Michigan 9-1 1327 4 have a job, and we've got a 77-16 shellacking at No. 2 5. Georgia 9-1 1288 5 for a final college season, felt 6. Oklahoma 9-1 1188 6 work to do, and a lot of it. Clemson and led to Petri- better on Monday and would 7. West Virginia 8-1 1111 7 ... no's firing after a five-year 8. Washington St. 9-1 1052 10 continue to receive treatment. 9. Ohio St. 9-1 1050 8 Brohm added that he was second stint with the pro- If Hyatt can’t play, the Tigers 10. LSU 8-2 1019 9 "very appreciative of the 11. UCF 9-0 983 11 gram. He will receive a $14 would call on five-star freshman 12. Syracuse 8-2 787 13 job I have right now." million of his contract. 13. Texas 7-3 726 15 Jackson Carman once more. 14. Utah St. 9-1 689 14 Ward is little short-hand- Tyra on Sunday ques- Carman, at 6-foot-5, 345 pounds, 15. Florida 7-3 575 19 ed in his preparation for tioned the Cardinals' effort 16. Penn St. 7-3 542 21 was the top high school pros- 17. Washington 7-3 501 20 the Boilermakers — three in some contests, which pect in Ohio last recruiting 18. Iowa St. 6-3 497 23 assistants were also let go. Ward slightly disagreed 19. Cincinnati 9-1 344 25 cycle. He filled in against Bos- 20. Kentucky 7-3 337 12 Petrino's son, quarter- with. But the interim coach ton College and, in Elliott’s 21. Utah 7-3 307 NR backs coach Nick Petrino, conceded there's room for 22. Boston College 7-3 254 17 view, performed well. 23. Boise St. 8-2 147 NR defensive line coach L.D. improvement. “You talk about some of the 24. Northwestern 6-4 136 NR Scott and linebackers "We definitely can pick 25. Mississippi St. 6-4 133 18 high profile guys that come in Others receiving votes: Army 128, UAB 78, Fresno St. 61, Michigan St. 31, coach Ryan Beard were up our effort," he said. "The the door and they just assimi- NC State 30, Buffalo 29, Pittsburgh 28, Duke 20, Texas A&M 16, Iowa 8, also shown the door along guys have given great ef- Arizona St. 6, Stanford 3, Auburn 3, Troy 1. late into the culture,” he said. with director of football op- fort, but they haven't given “That’s what leads to success.” eration Andy Wagner. maximum effort."
BUSCH about getting to next week and er had been penalized for FROM PAGE B1 once we were locked in, it was speeding on pit road. Kurt CAN-AM 500 RESULTS ‘All bets are off and it’s time to Busch also had been penalized Three and the driver once go.’” early in the race for passing the By The Associated Press called “Sliced Bread.” Harvick was the favorite to pace car. Sunday At ISM Raceway, Avondale, Arizona Busch, Harvick and reigning win Sunday and started from The intensity of the race Lap length: 1 mile series champion Martin Truex the pole but an early flat tire picked up with a flurry of late (Start position in parentheses) 1. (6) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 312 laps. Jr., coined The Big Three be- made Sunday’s race more cautions that began when 2. (12) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 312. cause of how they dominated eventful than Harvick expect- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. wrecked 3. (8) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 312. 4. (18) Aric Almirola, Ford, 312. the regular season, advanced ed. with 48 laps remaining. Stew- 5. (1) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 312. into the championship round He found himself racing late 6. (21) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 312. art-Haas Racing used split 7. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 312. as expected. Joey Logano, nick- against Stewart-Haas Racing strategy on the ensuing pit stop 8. (15) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 312. 9. (19) William Byron, Chevrolet, 312. named “Sliced Bread” before teammates Kurt Busch and as Kurt Busch stayed on the 10. (30) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet, 312. his NASCAR debut at age 18 be- Aric Almirola for the fourth track to move into second and 11. (22) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 312. 12. (24) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 312. cause he was predicted to be transfer spot to Homestead, but Harvick pitted for new tires to 13. (10) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 312. “the best thing since ...,” has Busch was wrecked late and restart sixth. NASCAR then 14. (13) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 312. 15. (20) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 312. the fourth spot. Almirola had to win the race to stopped the race for the exten- 16. (23) Michael McDowell, Ford, 311. The field is two Ford drivers, snatch the berth away from sive cleanup needed for Sten- 17. (7) Erik Jones, Toyota, 310. 18. (25) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet, 310. two Toyota drivers and repre- Harvick. house’s crash and the cars 19. (28) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 310. sents four organizations. Chev- “We kept ourselves in posi- parked on the track for close 11 20. (31) David Ragan, Ford, 310. 21. (27) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 310. rolet was shut out of the finale. tion all day and there at the minutes. 22. (29) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 310. “I don’t know how you could end, it was just like everybody But Kurt Busch never got to 23. (2) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 309. 24. (33) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 309. pick a favorite necessarily,” wrecking and all over the find out if his strategy was the 25. (34) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, 309. Busch said. “I would predict place,” Harvick said. “We just right one as he was promptly 26. (32) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 308. 27. (38) D.J. Kennington, Toyota, 306. this is the best four, the closest needed to stay out of trouble wrecked on the restart. Denny 28. (39) Cody Ware, Chevrolet, 306. four that have been in our sport and try to find a safe spot Hamlin, trying to keep his 29. (11) Paul Menard, Ford, 303. 30. (5) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, accident, 285. in a long time. there.” streak of winning at least once 31. (36) Tanner Berryhill, Toyota, accident, 283. Busch and Harvick have Brad Keselowski and Kyle 32. (14) Kurt Busch, Ford, accident, 272. in every season, aggressively 33. (3) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ford, accident, 262. gone win-for-win all year, and Larson, both already eliminat- tried to dart to the front and 34. (4) Ryan Blaney, Ford, garage, 237. 35. (16) Clint Bowyer, Ford, accident, 133. Busch could have controlled ed from the playoffs, finished while doing so shoved Busch’s 36. (26) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, accident, 96. Harvick’s fate late in the race second and third. Almirola was car into the wall. As Busch’s 37. (9) Joey Logano, Ford, accident, 95. 38. (35) JJ Yeley, Toyota, oil leak, 88. when he was lined up against fourth and Harvick fifth. car ricocheted back into traffic 39. (37) Timmy Hill, Ford, oil leak, 40. Harvick teammate Aric Almi- Harvick was stripped of his he tagged Chase Elliott to end Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 98.354 mph. rola on a restart. An Almirola berth to Homestead that he’d Elliott’s bid to race his way into Time of Race: 3 hours, 10 minutes, 20 seconds. Margin of Victory: 0.501 victory would have eliminated earned by winning a week ago the finale. seconds. Caution Flags: 10 for 61 laps. Harvick from the playoffs, at Texas when NASCAR ruled “Denny came out of nowhere Lead Changes: 17 among 9 drivers. which Busch acknowledged his car was illegal. The penalty and cleaned us out,” said Kurt Lap Leaders: K. Harvick (P) 1-72; C. Elliott (P) 73-78; R. Blaney 79; C. Elliott (P) 80-83; K. Busch (P) 84-135; R. Blaney 136; M. Truex Jr. (P) 137-143; K. considering. forced him to requalify and he Busch. Busch (P) 144-224; C. Elliott (P) 225-230; R. Blaney 231; B. Keselowski 232- “I did think about it,” Busch had to do it without his crew Alex Bowman then spun, 243; M. Truex Jr. (P) 244; B. Keselowski 245-264; K. Harvick (P) 265; E. Jones 266-276; K. Busch (P) 277-288; R. Newman 289; K. Busch (P) 290-312. said. “But I’m here to win the chief or car chief. But he’s a NASCAR again stopped the race. They always want it to nine-time winner at this track, race for a cleanup, and Aric play out naturally.” was fastest in practice, started Almirola used the sequence to Now Busch might just have on the pole and led the first 72 make his play for the victory. the momentum to take the title. laps before his tire went flat. Almirola dove to the bottom “I’d like to think it gives us a That put Harvick back in of the track to slip past Harvick Got lot (of momentum) but I don’t 30th and one lap down, and he and move into second. Another GET A CAR! know, talk is cheap,” Busch had to work his way back to the caution with 17 laps remaining a Job? said. “We’ve got to be able to go front the rest of the race. He put Almirola on the front row We Finance in House out there and perform and just was aided by a flurry of mis- alongside Kyle Busch for the do what we need to do. Being takes by the other champion- restart with 12 to go. But Almi- NO CREDIT CHECK able to do what we did here ship contenders. Clint Bowyer rola didn’t have much for Kyle NO CREDIT - NO PROBLEM! BANKRUPTCY - NO PROBLEM! BAD CREDIT - NO PROBLEM! today was certainly beneficial. I had a flat tire that caused him Busch, who pulled away. With DIVORCE - NO PROBLEM! REALLY BAD CREDIT - NO PROBLEM! didn’t think we were the best to wreck, Kurt Busch was Almirola out of contention for car, but we survived and we did wrecked and that accident col- the victory, Harvick was finally what we needed to do. It’s just lected Chase Elliott, who earli- in the clear.
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SCHSL STATE PLAYOFFS SHS SCISA STATE PLAYOFFS Second Round FROM PAGE B1 Friday 5A 3A Upper State easy this week against Semifinals Northwestern at T.L. Hanna Friday Nation Ford at Dorman Byrnes. Should the Hammond 49, Cardinal Newman Gaffney at Rock Hill Gamecocks win this 12 Byrnes at Sumter First Baptist 28, Porter-Gaud 13 Lower State one, then they would Championship West Ashley at Dutch Fork be at home against ei- Saturday, Nov. 17 Fort Dorchester at West Florence At Charlie W. Johnson Stadium River Bluff at Berkeley ther Gaffney or Rock (Columbia) Carolina Forest at Summerville Hill in the quarterfi- First Baptist vs. Hammond, 7:30 4A p.m. Upper State nals. After that, there Westwood at Ridge View could be undefeated 2A York at Greer Semifinals Daniel at South Pointe T.L. Hanna possibly Friday Wren at A.C. Flora looming in the upper Florence Christian 42, Trinity-By- Lower State rnes 35 Colleton County at North Augusta state final. John Paul II 49, Robert E. Lee 6 Brookland-Cayce at Hartsville Regardless though Championship Wilson at North Myrtle Beach Saturday, Nov. 17 Marlboro County at Myrtle Beach of what is left in the At Charlie W. Johnson Stadium 3A Sumter High season, (Columbia) Upper State Florence Christian vs. John Paul Camden at Chapman the home side should II, noon Indian Land at Union County Southside at Pendleton be filled to capacity 1A Broome at Chester this Friday. The Game- Semifinals Lower State THE SUMTER ITEM / TREVOR BAUKNIGHT Friday, Nov. 9 Swansea at Dillon cocks are the only Pee Dee 45, Bethesda Academy Gilbert at May River show in town, and Sumter High School defensive back Abraham Temoney 28 Aynor at Hanahan Thomas Heyward 52, Carolina Wade Hampton at Strom Thurmond they will be going (20) tries to get away from a Spring Valley players after Academy 30 2A against one of the best coming down with an interception in the second half Championship Upper State Saturday, Nov. 17 Ninety Six at Southside Christian programs in the state of the Gamecocks’ 21-13 triumph over Spring Valley on At Charlie W. Johnson Stadium Saluda at Buford over the past 20 years Friday in the first round of the 5A state playoffs at (Columbia) North Central at Abbeville Thomas Heyward vs. Pee Dee, Batesburg-Leesville at Central or so. Sumter Memorial Stadium. Undefeated Sumter plays 3:30 p.m. Lower State It shouldn’t really Mullins at Timberland host to Byrnes in the second round this Friday. 8-Man Calhoun County at Barnwell come down to whether Semifinals Bamberg-Ehrhardt at Gray Collegiate Crestwood, Lakewood, Friday Whale Branch at Carvers Bay Andrew Jackson Academy 38, 1A Wilson Hall and but there should be Friday there is some- Clarendon Hall 30 Upper State Thomas Sumter Acad- enough of them out thing to do. Support a Beaufort Academy 40, Jefferson Ridge Spring-Monetta at Dixie Davis 30 McBee at Blackville-Hilda emy are still playing there to make Sumter group of young men Championship Williston-Elko at Lamar though. Sumter High Memorial Stadium a who have represented Friday, Nov. 16 Whitmire at Wagener-Salley At Calhoun Academy (St. Mat- Lower State School is the sixth very loud place. Sumter well and are thews) Branchville at Baptist Hill Andrew Jackson vs. Beaufort Green Sea-Floyds at C.E. Murray largest school in the I’ve heard all my life trying to have a season Academy, 7:30 p.m. Hemingway at Bethune-Bowman state. I know not ev- that there is nothing to that doesn’t come St. John’s at Lake View eryone is a sports fan, do in Sumter. Well, on along very often.
OBITUARIES and close relatives. Services directed by the and gratitude for being He was preceded in death management and staff of Wil- blessed and loved by so many. DORIS ANN T. GOLDSBERRY by a brother, Joseph Edward liams Funeral Home Inc., 821 She enjoyed having family always put others first. She al- "Eddie" Mims Jr. N. Main St., Sumter. and friends around. SUMMERTON — Doris Ann ways found the time and pa- Funeral services will be RUBY MAE B. PEARSON She will be sadly missed Thompson Goldsberry, 79, tience for everyone in her life. held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday and leaves to cherish in her wife of Ralph Edward Golds- Survivors include John in the Elmore-Cannon-Ste- It is with great sadness that memories: eight children, Ron berry, went to be with the Stanley, her husband of 40 phens Funeral Home chapel the family of Ruby Mae Bur- (Doretha) Pearson, Blake Lord on Monday, Nov. 12, years; sons and daughter-in- with the Rev. Jimmy Holley gess Pearson announces her Pearson, Larry (Dianne) Pear- 2018. law, Jacob Stanley, and Benja- officiating. Burial will be at transition from this life to her son, Darrell Burgess, Melissa Born on Sept. 24, 1939, in min Stanley and Anita Lantz; the Bethany Baptist Church eternal resting place on Moses and Tonya Pearson, all The Plains, Ohio, she was a sisters, Ellie Dieckmeyer, Cemetery. Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, at her of Sumter, Patrick (Jose- daughter of the late Earl Connie Kretsch, Janice Mur- The family will receive residence at the age of 75. phine) Pearson of San Diego, Thomas Thomp- ray, Margaret Andrews, Rosey friends from 1 to 2 p.m. on Ruby was born on April 27, California, and Herbert son and Neva Boszor and Mother Christine Wednesday at Elmore-Can- 1943, in Clarendon County, to (Donna) Pearson of Atlanta; Hawk Thomp- Murray; and brothers, Tom non-Stephens Funeral Home the late Thomas "Poppa" Bur- five sisters, Marie Martin, son. She was a Murray, John Murray and and other times at the home, gess Sr. and Avie "Mumma" O’Dell Burgess, Lillie Vaughn, member of the Phil Murray. 948 Raccoon Road, Bishop- Burgess. She attended the Shirley King and Shelby B. Manning United Funeral Mass will be held ville. public school system of Sum- Carter; two brothers, Rommie Methodist at 11 a.m. on Friday at St. Jo- Memorials may be made to ter County, where she earned Burgess and Willie H. Burgess Church Quilting seph the Worker Catholic the American Heart Associa- her high school diploma. She (Joe Joe); 24 grandchildren; 31 GOLDSBERRY Club and a mem- Church with Father Julius tion, 4217 Park Place Court, went on to graduate from great-grandchildren; special ber of The Plains Abuh officiating. Glen Allen, VA 23060-9979. Sumter Beauty College as a friend, Magellan Arrington; a United Methodist Church in Rosary service will be held Elmore-Cannon-Stephens cosmetologist. She also at- host of nieces, nephews, ex- Ohio. at 8 p.m. on Thursday. Funeral Home and Crematori- tended the University of tended family and dear She is survived by her hus- The family will receive um of Sumter is in charge of South Carolina, Sumter, friends. band of Summerton; three friends from 5 to 8 p.m. on the arrangements. where she earned her training The family is receiving rela- sons, Michael Goldsberry Thursday at Biereley-Hale Fu- LAUREN BRADLEY in computer science and tech- tives and friends at the home, (Kristi) of Hickory, North neral Home, Madisonville. nology. Early on, Ruby 1348 Genesis Road, Dalzell. Carolina, Earl Thomas Golds- CHRISTINE JOYCE S. DAVIS Emily Lauren Bradley, 34, worked at Wards BBQ, her Funeral services will be berry (Cheryl) of Cheraw and wife of Timothy J. Bradley, first job, as a cook. She went held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday Jack Goldsberry (Julie) of Christine Joyce Shumaker passed away on Sunday, Nov. on to work at Becton Dickin- at Grant Hill Missionary Bap- Spencer, Ohio; two sisters, Davis, 70, died on Sunday, 11, 2018, at the Medical Uni- son, where she later retired tist Church, 5401 Black River Barbara Farley of Logan, Nov. 11, 2018, at her home. versity of South Carolina in after more than 30 years of Road, Rembert, with the Rev. Ohio, and Donna Skinner Born in Sumter, she was a Charleston. service. During that time, she Clifton Witherspoon, pastor, (Ray) of St. Louisville, Ohio; daughter of the late Henry Services will be announced also owned a successful beau- eulogist. seven grandchildren, Mia, Thomas Shumaker and Alice by Elmore-Cannon-Stephens ty salon called Avis Style Cen- The remains will be placed Thomas, Jackie, Matthew, Metts Shumaker. Mrs. Davis Funeral Home and Crematori- ter. Ruby was no stranger to in the church at noon. Grace, Kayleigh and Karina; was a member of Southside um of Sumter. hard work and dedicated her The funeral procession will and four great-grandchildren, Baptist Church. DARRYL T. STUCKEY SR. life to taking care of her fami- leave at 12:20 p.m. from the Kristopher, Lexie, Jamie and Surviving are two sons, ly. She attended Grant Hill home. Chelsee. Harry A. "Gus" Davis IV Darryl Tremaine Stuckey Missionary Baptist Church, Burial will be at Grant Hill In addition to her parents, (Kim) and William Pat Davis Sr., 44, died on Saturday, Nov. where she served on numer- Missionary Baptist Church- she was preceded in death by (Angie), both of Sumter; six 10, 2018, in Sumter. ous organizations including yard Cemetery. a son, Jeffery Allen Goldsber- sisters; and five grandchil- Born on July 1, 1974, in the missionary society, the These services have been ry; a great-grandson, Carver dren. Sumter, he was a son of David YWA and the senior choir. entrusted to the management Goldsberry; and two brothers, Graveside services will be Mitchell and the late Elouise She was affiliated with many and staff of Williams Funeral Jack Thompson and William held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday Stuckey. other organizations and youth Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Thompson. at Sumter Cemetery with the The family will receive rel- programs. Sumter. A memorial service will be Rev. Tommy Atkinson and the atives and friends at the Ruby married Herbert W. Online memorial messages held at 11 a.m. on Thursday in Rev. Jimmy Holley officiating. home, 3870 Delaware Drive, Pearson in 1962 when she was may be sent to the family at the chapel of Stephens Funer- The family will receive Dalzell. just 18 years old. They built a [email protected]. al Home with the Rev. Kem friends at the home of her Funeral arrangements are wonderful life together. Her com. Thomas officiating. son, 2870 September Drive. incomplete and will be an- reflections on her life were Visit us on the web at www. Visitation will be one hour Online condolences may be nounced by Williams Funeral ones filled with much love williamsfuneralhomeinc.com. prior to the service from 10 to sent to www.sumterfunerals. Home Inc. 11 a.m. at Stephens Funeral com CAVY'ON K. FULLWOOD Home. Elmore Hill McCreight Fu- A visitation, memorial ser- neral Home & Crematory, 221 Master Cavy’on Khalif Full- Competitive Rates – vice and burial will be held on Broad St., Sumter, is in charge wood, precious baby boy of Saturday at Jagers & Sons Fu- of the arrangements, (803) Correll Fullwood Jr. and * neral Home in Athens, Ohio. 775-9386. Dawnlynn D. Smith, was born FDIC-Insured In lieu of flowers, memori- into the arms of angels on als may be made to the Man- Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, at Pal- ning United Methodist metto Health Tuomey. 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STANLEY Born on Nov. 22, 1974, in Sandra (Ronald) Ludd and CALL ME TODAY FOR Sumter, he was a son of Jo- Correll Fullwood Sr.; eight MORE INFORMATION. MADISONVILLE, Tenn. — seph and Frances Holloman aunts; four uncles; and a host Ben Griffith Jr, Agent State Farm Agent Paula J. Stanley, age 62, of Mims. Mike was an registered of other relatives and friends. 2577 Broad Street Extension Madisonville, passed away at nurse at Carolinas Hospital The family will receive rela- Sumter, SC 29150 10:35 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. System in Florence and dedi- tives and friends at the home, Bus: 803-469-6800 10, 2018, at her home. cated himself in service to 215 Pear St., Sumter. She was a member of St. Jo- others. He attended Southside Graveside services will be seph the Worker Catholic Baptist Church. held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at Church. She worked as a re- Survivors include his par- Mt. 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BY KEVIN McDONOUGH For all of its “American on “blackish” (9 p.m., ABC, How “real” is “Real Country” Idol”-inspired production val- TV-PG) * A stranger’s story (10 p.m., USA, TV-PG)? The ues, “Real Country” still puts proves terrifying on “Black “new” reality musical compe- giant hay bales on its stage, Lightning” (9 p.m., CW, TV-14) tition features Shania Twain, just like they used to on “The * A battle for territory on Jake Owen and Travis Tritt as Porter Wagoner Show,” when “Splitting Up Together” (9:30 hosts and mentors of aspiring Parton performed there more p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * Radicals country artists. It takes place than 50 years ago. rock the French Quarter on in a huge amphitheater before “NCIS: New Orleans” (10 p.m., a loud, hooting audience with CBS, TV-14) * A transplant a professional studio band TONIGHT’S OTHER procedure goes south on and all the bells and whistles HIGHLIGHTS “New Amsterdam” (10 p.m., of every other musical compe- • Decades after combat, sol- NBC, TV-14) * Training day tition series you’ve ever seen. diers reunite with men who looms on “The Rookie” (10 While there’s nothing terri- saved their lives on the second p.m., ABC). bly new here, you can’t fault season premiere of “We’ll Meet the hosts for trying to put a Again” (8 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, new spin on a familiar format. check local listings), hosted by LATE NIGHT But sometimes they seem to Ann Curry. CJ HICKS / USA NETWORK Jimmy Fallon welcomes assume that we’ve never • “Leah Remini: Scientology From left, Travis Tritt, Jake Owen and Shania Twain on the premiere Viola Davis, Wyatt Russell watched television and and the Aftermath” (9 p.m., episode of “Real Country,” airing at 10 p.m. today on USA. and Muse on “The Tonight haven’t heard this all before. A&E) interviews former mem- Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Jeff The promotional material bers of the Jehovah’s Witness- ings) concludes with two epi- p.m., CBS, TV-PG) * Crowd- Goldblum, Dick Cavett, Mark made available includes some es sect, who share stories of sodes. sourcing on “The Gifted” (8 Iacono and Caitlin Kalafus absurd whoppers. Tritt is on tragedy and loss. • “The Curse of Oak Island” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Rag Doll visit “Late Night With Seth hand to champion old-fash- • Weapons of mass distrac- p.m., History, TV-PG) enters arrives on “The Flash” (8 p.m., Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * ioned country, harkening tion on “The Kids Are Alright” its sixth season. CW, TV-PG) * Thieves pose as Elle King appears on “The back to the days when things (8:30 p.m., ABC, TV-PG). police on “FBI” (9 p.m., CBS, Late Late Show With James Cor- were simple and pure. But he • War stories on “This Is Us” TV-14) * Mykelti Williamson den” (12:35 a.m., CBS). looks like he spent more time (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14). SERIES NOTES guest-stars on “Lethal Weap- in hair and makeup than Sha- • “Native America” (9 p.m., An art theft points to a on” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * A Copyright 2018 nia. 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Evergreen Cemetery, Veterans Call 203-233-3222 for more info. Sumter, SC 29150 Sumter, SC 29154 Garden, incl. 2 spaces, 2 vaults & of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the dual VA markers. Reasonable offers claim will become due, the nature of any Call 843-340-2775 REAL uncertainty as to the amount claimed and PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF SOUTH CAROLINA the date when due, and a description of 2 grave plots $2600 & 2 steel ESTATE any security as to the claim. CLERK’S OFFICE vaults $2400 in Evergreen Ceme- tery, Call now 803-795-9872 Estate:/Juanita Y. Byrd aka NOTICE OF FILING Land & Lots Juanita Y Byrd-Haygood DOCKET NO. 2018-320-E for Sale #2018ES4300622 Personal Representative Pamela G. Jacob EMPLOYMENT For Sale: 1310 Salterstown 2.3ac. 47 Loring Mill Rd. Joint Application of Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC and Duke Energy Progress, LLC $7500 Sumter, SC 29150 and to Establish Green Source Advantage Programs and Riders GSA 441 & Oak Hill Rd $14,200 Call Lanny E. Byrd Help Wanted 803-469-6274 2726 Box Canyon Rd. SE Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (“DEC”) and Duke Energy Progress, LLC (“DEP”) Full-Time Huntsville, AL 35803 TRANSPORTATION (collectively, “the Companies”) fi led an Application with the Public Service Full time sales position open, Estate:/Prince Albert Commission of South Carolina (the “Commission”) pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. experience is a must in the auto #2018ES4300639 § 58-27-820, S.C. Code Ann. Regs. 103-823, and other applicable rules and industry. All inquiries call Personal Representative Adline Albert regulations of the Commission. DEC & DEP, in the Joint Application request 803-494-5900 P.O. Box 702 approval to each implement a Green Source Advantage Program (“GSA FT/PT Truck driver needed. Call Sumter, SC 29151 Programs” or the “Programs”) and respective Rider GSA tariff (attached to the 803-720-4129 Retirees welcome! Autos For Sale Estate:/Virginia Cooper Joint Application as Attachments A (DEC) and B (DEP). According to the Joint Community Residential Care 703 #2018ES4300631 Application, the Programs will enable the Companies, on behalf of participating Broad Street Sumter Immediately For Sale: Rockwood 24ft 2000 Personal Representative model RV $2750 Call 803-720-4129 Isiah Cooper eligible customers (“GSA Customers”), to procure new renewable energy Hiring! 2nd & 3rd shift (Mon-Fri) 1st 501 Robney Dr. & 2nd ( Sat.-Sun.) Must be available Sumter, SC 29150 facilities dedicated to the GSA Programs (“GSA Facilities”), and to facilitate weekends and holiday. Serious 2010 Ford Expedition Limited these GSA Customers obtaining the renewable energy attributes and renewable Inquires Only! Apply between Excellent condition & fully loaded. Estate:/Archie Montgomery energy certifi cates (“RECs”) associated with this new renewable energy 8am-2pm 128K miles. $13,900 OBO. Locally #2018ES4300612 serviced. Call 803-469-0105. Personal Representative generation to meet their sustainability goals. The Programs are also designed to Newman's Tree Service Rose Robinson meet the objective of holding non participating customers neutral from any costs Now hiring tree workers, climbers, 112 Glenshannon Dr. bucket truck operators, and Autos For Sale Columbia, SC 29223 associated with the Companies’ procurement of additional renewable energy groundsmen. Driver's license and on behalf of GSA Customers voluntarily electing to participate in the Programs. experience is required. Estate:/Herbert James, Sr. 803-316-0128 #2018ES4300603 Page 5, paragraph 8 of the Petition states, “GSA Programs are available to Personal Representative Wanted laborer with CDL license, Farincee James South Carolina retail non-residential customers receiving concurrent service from welding experience is a plus. Salary 1231 Spruce Ln. DEC or DEP (excluding service under outdoor lighting schedules) that voluntarily negotiable. For more info. call Sumter, SC 29153 elect to contract for the RECs associated with new renewable energy generated 803-494-9590. Estate:/Priscilla J. Wadford by a GSA Facility(ies) and procured by the Companies under a GSA Purchased Property Mgt Company accepting #2018ES4300619 Power Agreement.” The Joint Application reveals that the Companies have resumes for the position of Personal Representative Barbara A. Hodge designed the GSA Programs such that all administrative costs and REC costs "Property Manager" for their 3080 Pinewood Rd. will be recovered from GSA Customers, while the avoided cost of the energy Sumter, SC property. Strong Sumter, SC 29154 leadership and customer service and capacity generated by GSA Facilities, calculated at the time of delivery, skills required. Tax Credit experi- Estate:/Charles O. Richburg will be recovered from all native load customers. DEC and DEP opine that the ence is a plus. Resumes can be #2018ES4300620 submitted by email, Personal Representative GSA Facilities will be system supply resources, thus, the cost of the energy and [email protected] or fax, Anita Richburg capacity generated by GSA Facilities should be recoverable from all jurisdictions 910-435-8934. 1769 State Rd. Summerville, SC 29486 and customers. South Carolina’s allocable share of the cost of the renewable capacity and energy purchased under the GSA Programs would be recovered as a part of the Companies’ fuel rates pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 58-27- 865(2)(c), as the Renewable Supplier would be a Qualifying Facility under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, also known as PURPA. The Joint Applicants state that the Companies’ request would not involve a change to any Thanksgiving Deadlines of DEP’s or DEC’s retail rates or prices at this time or require any change in any Commission rule, regulation, or policy. CLASSIFIED IN-LINE ADVERTISING A copy of the company’s Joint Application can be found on the Commission’s website at www.psc.sc.gov under Docket No. 2018-320-E. Additionally, a copy of the Joint Application is available from the corporate offi ce of Heather S. Edition Deadline Smith, Esquire, Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC and Duke Energy Progress, LLC, Wed., November 21 Tues., November 20 at 11:30am 40 West Broad Street, Suite 690, Greenville, South Carolina 29601, Rebecca Fri., November 23 Wed., November 21 at 11:30am J. Dulin, Esquire, Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC and Duke Energy Progress, LLC, Sun., November 25 Fri., November 23 at 11:30am 1201 Main Street, Suite 1180, Columbia, South Carolina 29201 and Frank R. Ellerbe, III, Esquire, Robinson Gray Stepp & Laffi tte, LLC, P. O. Box 11449, Columbia, South Carolina 29211. Any person who wishes to participate in this matter as a party of record, should fi le a Petition to Intervene in accordance with the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure on or before December 17, 2018, by fi ling the Petition to Intervene with the Commission, by providing a copy to the Offi ce of Regulatory Staff and Have a Safe and by providing a copy to all parties of record. For the receipt of future Commission correspondence, please include an email address in the Petition to Intervene. Happy Thanksgiving! Please refer to Docket No. 2018-320-E and mail a copy to all other parties in this docket. Any person who seeks to intervene and who wishes to testify and present evidence at the hearing, if scheduled, should notify, in writing, the NO PROOF DEADLINES Commission; the Offi ce of Regulatory Staff at 1401 Main Street, Suite 900, Deadline is 24 hours Columbia, South Carolina 29201; and the company at the above address, on earlier if proof is required or before December 17, 2018. Please refer to Docket No. 2018-320-E. Business offi ce will be closed A public hearing, if scheduled, will be held in Columbia, South Carolina in the November 22, 2018. offi ces of the Commission located at 101 Executive Center Drive, Suite 100, We will reopen November 23. Columbia, South Carolina 29210, for the purpose of receiving testimony and other evidence from all interested parties regarding this Application. The time and date of this hearing will be furnished to all interested parties at a later date. For the most recent information regarding this docket, including changes in scheduled dates included in this Notice, please refer to www.psc.sc.gov and Docket No. 2018-320-E. 36 W. Liberty Street • Sumter, SC 29150 Persons seeking information about the Commission’s procedures should contact 803-774-1200 the Commission at (803) 896-5100 or visit its website at www.psc.sc.gov.