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WASHINGTON — It’s sign-up season for the Affordable Care Act, but the Trump ad- ministration isn’t making it easy — cutting the enrollment period in half, slashing ad- vertising and dialing back on counselors who help consumers get through the pro- cess. Many people already faced fewer choices and higher premiums. But President Trump’s decision to cancel a subsidy to in- surers that low- ers consumer costs com- pounded the turmoil, push- ing premiums even higher. PHOTOS BY JIM HILLEY / THE SUMTER ITEM Add it all up, Cameron Bonner, 3, is ready to do some serious off-roading in the modified Toyota truck on display at the Caffeine and and the number Gasoline Car and Motorcycle Show held Saturday in downtown Sumter. It may be a while before the young man’s feet can of uninsured reach the pedals, however. people may start rising again, eroding More than 170 vehicles registered; 2018 event will be 2 days gains that drove the uninsured BY JIM HILLEY the show began at 4 p.m. rate to a histor- [email protected] Among the older vehicles THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ic low. was a 1936 Dodge that Steve Elizabeth Stone, 29, is seen “It certainly eople love cars. That Hathorne of Laurens said has outside of INOVA Fairfax is a hostile take- been in his family since it was Hospital Center where she over,” said was evident on Sat- new. underwent an autologous health policy urday evening when “My grandfather owned it stem-cell transplant in 2013. expert Joe P until he passed away in 1960,” Stone was diagnosed with Antos of the Sumterites flocked to see he said. lymphoma in her mid-20s right-leaning the 6th-Annual Caffeine After that, it was given to and with treatment has American En- Hathorne’s great uncle and kept the cancer in check for terprise Insti- and Gasoline Car and Mo- eventually to one of his broth- five years. She doesn’t quali- tute. torcycle Show at Sumter ers. fy for subsidized premiums, “We are going Hathorne said he has had it but without the ACA she to see a decline Cut Rate Drugstore & Soda since he dug it out of his questions if any insurer in enrollment,” Fountain, 32 W. Main St. brother’s garage in Maine in would have covered her. he added. “The 2006. people who will More than 170 dazzling cars “It has been kept original,” drop out in droves are the ones who are not and motorcycles were on dis- he said. “It still has a 6-volt getting a premium subsidy.” play at the event, including ev- positive-ground electrical sys- Open enrollment starts Wednesday and erything from the almost tem and an original three- ends Dec. 15 in most states, a sign-up period brand new to the too old to re- speed transmission.” six weeks shorter than last year’s. store. Though the Dodge is not in Some 9 million to 10 million people cur- Show organizer Todd pristine condition, Hathorne rently have private plans through the ACA’s Touchberry, manager of Cut said trying to restore it would government-sponsored markets. More than Rate Soda Fountain, said the damage its value to collectors. 8 in 10 receive subsidized premiums and are number of entries was close to “There is a saying,” he said. cushioned from rate increases. Federal help The passenger in this 1937 Ford roadster may topping the record for the “You can restore something have been waiting for some time for the trouba- event, even as more cars were SEE HEALTH, PAGE A8 dour to finish playing his music. lined up to register well after SEE CAR SHOW, PAGE A8 Long-time Sumter friends start new, locally sold clothing line The two family busi- to water and fishing — a boat cleat At Bay is for those who just nesses are the primary next to water and a fish. love to get away, owners say competitors for motorcy- Davis said he chose the clothing/ap- cle sales in the Sumter parel line name — At Bay — because BY BRUCE MILLS market, they said. he wanted something original and [email protected] Whitfield, 32, and Davis, unique. Many lines today use the word DAVIS 26, said they’ve been good “Southern” in their name, according Who says business competitors can’t friends for about 15 years, to Davis. still be friends? and now together they’ve He chose “At Bay” because the Richard Davis and Aaron Whitfield begun a clothing/apparel name could be used in a couple differ- of Sumter are proving that stereotype business on the side. ent ways. One, “at bay” means to get wrong. Started in January, At away or be held away. Also, “at bay” Davis works in his family’s busi- Bay Co. sells T-shirts, as in a bay or marsh of the ocean. BRUCE MILLS / THE SUMTER ITEM ness, which is the Yamaha motorcycle caps, koozies and other “There’s a couple different mean- The At Bay line features two trademark dealership on Wesmark Boulevard, WHITFIELD items for everyone, espe- ings there, but mainly to just get away logos — a fish and a boat cleat next to Extreme Sports Yamaha Polaris. Whit- cially those who love the and enjoy what you enjoy doing,” water. Business partners Richard Davis and field works in his family’s business — outdoors. Davis said. “Enjoying the outdoors Aaron Whitfield designed the logos them- Honda Motorcycle of Sumter on Their two trademarked logos, which selves. Broad Street. they designed themselves, are related SEE AT BAY, PAGE A8

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BY JIM HILLEY made at Sumter City Council meet- the lighting. said that may be because of a [email protected] ings. The design and approval of the change in the contractor’s project’s The problem will become more ur- modifications by SCDOT engineers management. Pedestrians who use the Lafayette gent after Daylight Saving Time ends has contributed to the delay, The “I am going to call senior manage- Drive bridge over the railroad have on Sunday. Sumter Item has previously report- ment and go higher up the chain,” repeatedly pressed local officials According to Jeffrey Wilkes, for- ed. Wilkes said. “We've have got to get it about the lack of lighting on the mer resident traffic engineer in According to City of Sumter offi- done for the people.” bridge, which was opened to traffic Sumter County who is managing the cials, the city agreed to pay for the He said once the installation be- 15 months ago. Complaints have been project for the S.C. Department of electricity the lights will use, and gins, it should proceed quickly. He made that it is unsafe for pedestrians Transportation, the SCDOT has pro- Duke Energy agreed to provide and said he would make any possible to use the bridge after dark. Many vided the contractor that built the install the bridge’s lighting. timetable for the installation known residents of South Sumter use the bridge with the modifications need- Wilkins said he has not received a once it is available. bridge to reach business north of the ed to allow a subcontractor for Duke response to recent inquiries he has “We may have to have a ribbon railroad, according to comments Energy to proceed with installing made to the bridge contractor. He cutting for the lights,” Wilkes said. On the Road to Remember Volunteer organization draws attention to missing persons BY ADRIENNE SARVIS ing and they still have families [email protected] that are searching, Caison said. Community United Effort, She said the group also ad- an organization based in vocates for people who have North Carolina that is dedicat- been murdered and were ed to assisting families of never identified. missing people, made a stop at During each stop, guests are Sumter County Sheriff's Office also invited to sign the group's near the end of its annual On banner that includes pictures the Road to Remember tour on of missing or unidentified peo- Friday. ple. CUE was founded by Monica This year, the banner includ- Caison in 1994 after she met ed a photo of 80-year-old Bar- multiple families of missing bara Nave of Sumter who has people. been missing since February. The organization is funded Nave was last seen by her by donations and staffed by son and his family while she volunteers who assist in the was in Savannah, Georgia, cel- search for missing people, ad- ebrating her birthday. Her ve- vocate for the families as well hicle was parked in the yard as provide support to the fami- and her purse and two dogs lies. were inside her residence in According to a news release Sumter but Nave was no from the organization, CUE where to be found. has assisted more than 11,000 Officers with Sumter Coun- families during 23 years of ex- ty Sheriff's Office and South istence. The tour has been Carolina Law Enforcement Di- going on for 13 years. vision searched Nave's land This year, a group of four and surrounding properties, volunteers traveled about 4,000 including bodies of water, but miles from North Carolina on could not found her. Oct. 20 to South Carolina, CUE volunteers also assisted Georgia, Alabama and Florida. in the search for Nave in May. While traveling through each CUE's tour ended on Satur- state, the volunteers stopped at day after the volunteers made local law enforcement agen- their final stop in Wilmington, cies or met with families who North Carolina. hosted events in recognition of Anyone with information people who have been missing. about Barbara Nave can call The events include candle- Sumter County Sheriff's Office light vigils, dove releases and at (803) 436-2000 or provide in- ADRIENNE SARVIS / THE SUMTER ITEM interviews with news outlets. formation anonymously by Lt. Jeffrey Richardson with Sumter County Sheriff’s Office signs a banner attached on the side of Commu- The goal is to tell communi- calling Crime Stoppers at (803) nity United Effort’s vehicle during the organization’s annual On the Road to Remember tour on Friday. The ties that people are still miss- 436-2718 or 1-888-274-6372. banner includes photos of missing and unidentified people.

Representatives from more than 15 apologizing for a sign he put up at the Cook said, “The Bible promises no LOCAL & STATE BRIEFS areas of the Veterans Health Adminis- church in rural South Carolina. loaves to the loafer.” FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS tration and Veterans Benefits Adminis- The sign in front of the Full Gospel He said some people need help, but tration will be present, and the Colum- Tabernacle of God in Buffalo, South many on welfare can work just as Veterans open house set bia VA Regional Office will have indi- Carolina, read, “Work harder, mil- well as he does. He said they could for Wednesday in Columbia vidualized claims assistance and eBen- lions on welfare depend on you.” perform community service or get ed- efits enrollment staff available. The Rev. Ricky Cook told WHNS- ucation to work. The William Jennings Bryan Dorn Visit http://www.vetcenter.va.gov/. TV that he didn’t mean to offend any- Veterans Affairs Medical Center and one. Cook said he found the quote in a Columbia VA Regional Office will host Pastor apologizes for sign book and thought it was funny so he an open house from 3 to 6 p.m. on criticizing welfare recipients put it on the sign in front of his CORRECTION Wednesday in the main lobby of the church in the community of 1,200 If you see a statement in error, contact the City hospital (Building 100). BUFFALO — A church pastor is people in Union County. Desk at 774-1226 or [email protected].

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BY ADRIENNE SARVIS tendance Monday. [email protected] Ford said Sumter Fire De- partment grew from about 50 On Monday, Sumter Fire firefighters to 109 firefighters Department celebrated the since then, and the renova- reopening of Alice Drive tions at the Alice Drive sta- Fire Station during a rib- tion reflect that growth. bon-cutting ceremony. Ren- And the department is ovations to the station were very thankful to have the completed last week. backing of local officials During the renovation who helped to make the ren- period, Hunter Builders ovations possible, he said. added about 2,500 square City councilman David feet to the building to in- Merchant, whose constitu- crease the size of male and ents live in the Alice Drive female dorms and add area, said the fire station is more restrooms. Also, the very important to the area kitchen was expanded, and where he also resides. a new common room was This station needed a added to the station. face-lift to match the grow- This fire station was ing station and expanding erected in 1973, said Sum- community, he said. ter Fire Chief Karl Ford. “We appreciate what you He said the station was do for the community,” BRUCE MILLS / THE SUMTER ITEM originally named after an Merchant said. Kingsbury Elementary School fourth-graders Deondrae Slater, left, and Lukas Lucente work on their lap- elder firefighter, Gene “Sumter Fire Depart- tops in the school’s library last week. Lynam, whose grandson ment is by far a big part of Bill Lynam was present at my heart,” Ford said. It the reopening. Many for- means a lot to be part of a mer firefighters were in at- great team, he said. Shop owner to appeal city order in flag dispute Sumter Fire Chief Karl Ford and ORANGEBURG (AP) — The ty, which is in front of his shop. given when he purchased the assistant fire chief owner of an ice cream shop in His plans for the plot include site in 2015 included the land Ernie Dollard stand South Carolina plans to keep replacing the Confederate flag where the flag is located. He in front of Alice Drive fighting to remove a Confeder- with the American flag. said his customers incorrectly Fire Station after a ate flag that he said is on his But the Sons of Confederate think he supports the Confed- ribbon-cutting property. Veterans said it owns the 130 eracy. ceremony Monday. Tommy Daras, owner of the square feet where the flag “People have to understand Edisto River Creamery in Or- flies; the site marks a Civil from Tommy’s viewpoint and ADRIENNE SARVIS / angeburg, is appealing an War skirmish in 1865. The the viewpoint of his wife and THE SUMTER ITEM order by the city to stop work group says it’s been paying employees that there is a lot on the property, The Times taxes on the tiny parcel of of hostility directed toward and Democrat reported. land and has a deed from the Mr. Daras and his staff that Cash in a FLASH! Daras obtained a permit in previous landowner allowing he never asked for,” Daras’ We Buy: Gold & Silver Jewelry, Silver Coins & Collections, Sterling/.925, Diamonds, September and planned to dig it to maintain a memorial at lawyer Justin Bamberg told Pocket Watches, Antiques & Estates up a marker and remove the the site. the Orangeburg newspaper Confederate flag at the proper- Daras said the deed he was earlier. Lafayette Gold and Silver Exchange InsideInnside VestcoVestco PrPropertiesopperrties Colonial Family Practice and East Clarendon 480 E. Liberty St. Sumter, SC 29150 ((inside Coca-Cola Building) Medical Center welcomes Logan Sims, FNP to their Mon. - Fri. 8:30 - 5:30 PM • Sat: 8 - 2 PM healthcare team. Logan has always appreciated the 803-773-8022 family practice setting and has thouroughly enjoyed getting to know her patients in Turbeville, SC. She is accepting new patients, same day appointments and walk-ins! SAVINGS ON Schedule your appointment today

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BY DON BABWIN asks a question. Stumping her ever. She speaks of the confu- Associated Press is next to impossible, thanks sion of the "separation," where to technology that turned her prisoners were ordered into SKOKIE, Illinois — Fritzie responses to those 2,000 ques- this line and that line, and the Fritzshall knows she is run- tions into 30,000 answers, moment she told her mother ning out of time. Abrams said. Fritzshall not she was in the wrong line, not She knows the day will come only provided horrific details knowing she was sending her when she won't be here to de- about her two years in Aus- mother to her death. scribe being herded onto a chwitz, but if a child asks "I didn't know," she whispers boxcar, hearing the cries that about her favorite color or in the auditorium, a tiny echo turned to whimpers that food, the hologram can answer of what her holographic turned to the silence that sig- those too. She has even sung a image is saying on stage, both naled another death. And she song. of them sounding like the won't be able to tell of the But mostly, what audiences 13-year-old girl she was on doors opening to the Aus- see is a woman going back in that day more than 70 years chwitz-Birkenau death camp, time. ago. where an old prisoner, as he "When I am sitting in that "I have carried this for all unloaded the dead, whispered chair I am back on the train, I this many years the guilt of to her in Yiddish to lie to the am afraid," Fritzshall said in my mother, that maybe she guards about her age. That lie an interview. "I see the women would have lived had I not sent kept her out of a line to the THE ASSOCIATED PRESS holding infants, dead infants ... her into that line," she says gas chambers. Holocaust survivor Fritzie Fritzshall poses for a portrait in front of her I'm watching the entire scene after leaving the auditorium. Preserving her story is why 3D-hologram at the Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie, Illinois. at Auschwitz. I'm watching my At Auschwitz, she says, she's on stage, or at least a brothers leave me, I'm hungry women who were slowly starv- three-dimensional likeness of and cold, and I see the trains ing to death pressed a tiny her is on stage, at the Illinois 3-D holographic technology to world like it, surrounded by a coming in day in and day out." piece of the sliver of bread Holocaust Museum and Edu- tell survivors' stories. 3-D camera system. She an- In the exhibit, she describes they received each day into cation Center in Skokie, just "We are the first in the world swered some 2,000 questions being herded into a Jewish her hand, in exchange for a outside Chicago. to have this and show it like about a life that was shattered ghetto and from behind a promise that if she lived, she Fritzshall is one of 13 Holo- this," said museum CEO one night in Czechoslovakia fence, seeing neighbors she would tell others what had caust survivors who tell their Susan Abrams. "We will be when German soldiers pound- thought were her friends ridi- happened. stories through holographic working with the Shoah Foun- ed on the door and told her culing her. To this day she "I am leaving this behind for images that invite the audi- dation to license this globally family at gunpoint they had 15 does not understand how peo- people five years from now, 10 ence to ask questions, creating so that it can be seen by as minutes to pack and leave. ple who were friends one day years from now, 50 years from what feels like a live conversa- many people as possible." On stage, Fritzshall's holo- could turn on her family the now ... so that the world can tion. The holographic theater is graphic image nods, tilts her next. She recalls arriving at remember what happened to The interactive display is part of the Skokie museum's head and appears to listen as Auschwitz with two younger us, so it cannot ever happen to the latest version of an exhibit new Take a Stand Center. It's someone in the auditorium brothers who disappeared for- anyone else," she said. that's been shown at a handful the result of a three-year, $5 of sites including New York's million project using New Di- Museum of Jewish Heritage mensions Testimony technolo- and the U.S. Holocaust Memo- gy developed by the Shoah Need Water? rial Museum in Washington, Foundation. The foundation, D.C. But those exhibits were based at the University of INSTALLATION AND REPAIR OF two-dimensional, with survi- Southern California, grew out vors appearing as they would of an effort by Hollywood di- SPRINKLER SYSTEMS on a movie or television rector Steven Spielberg to pre- screen. The exhibit in Skokie serve as many survivors' sto- marks the first time that the ries as possible. voice-recognition technology For her part, Fritzshall powering conversations with spent a week in Los Angeles in audiences has been married to a studio, one of three in the

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BY MIKE CORDER to death two years later by Ethiopia’s The Associated Press Supreme Court. Answering questions by presiding THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A judge Mariette Renckens, Alemu said former Ethiopian soldier denied re- he was a soldier in Ethiopia and be- sponsibility Monday for war crimes came a propagandist for the Mengistu committed under a brutal Marxist regime, even flying to Moscow to learn regime in his home country in the about Marxist ideology before return- 1970s, as he was questioned by judg- ing to spread the message in Ethiopia. es at the start of his trial in a Dutch Alemu denied responsibility for alle- court. gations by prosecutors who accuse “You have the wrong person,” the him of crimes including ordering the 63-year-old suspect, Eshetu Alemu, murder of 75 prisoners who were re- told a three-judge panel at The Hague portedly killed in a church and had District Court. their bodies dumped in a mass grave Goran Sluiter, a lawyer for victims, in 1978. said the case sent an important mes- In a statement, the National Prose- sage, that the Dutch commitment to cutor’s Office said Alemu has been prosecuting atrocities from the past, convicted in absentia by an Ethiopian even if committed in another country, court and sentenced to death for the “means that suspects of these crimes murder of suspected opponents of the are never safe.” regime. Alemu, a longtime resident and citi- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sebene Ademe, an Ethiopian who zen of the Netherlands, is charged Presiding Judge Mariette Renckens, center, opens the court session in The Hague, Neth- now lives in Washington, D.C., said with war crimes including involve- erlands, on Monday in the case against a Dutch national of Ethiopian descent for al- her brother, 32-year-old high school ment in torturing prisoners to death leged war crimes committed during the 1970s regime in Ethiopia. administrator Belachew Ademe, was under the brutal 1974-1991 regime of among those allegedly ordered killed former dictator Mengistu Haile Mari- Mengistu’s regime, though no one mass murder by a state ever witnessed by Alemu in 1978. am. He faces a maximum life sentence knows for sure how many suspected in Africa.” In court Monday to watch the case, if convicted. opponents were killed. Human Rights Mengistu, who has lived in exile in Ademe wept during a break in the Some experts say 150,000 university Watch has described the 1977-78 cam- Zimbabwe since being driven from proceedings, saying that she remem- students, intellectuals and politicians paign known as the “Red Terror” as power in 1991, was convicted in absen- bers her brother every day. were killed in a nationwide purge by “one of the most systematic uses of tia in 2006 of genocide and sentenced “I am waiting for justice,” she said. Manafort indicted; ex-Trump aide pleads in Russia probe

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BY DAVE COLLINS famous 1998 ice storm. The Associated Press Portland International Jet- port recorded a wind gust of HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — 69 mph, and the Amtrak A severe storm packing hur- Downeaster service canceled ricane-force wind gusts and a morning run due to down soaking rain swept through trees on the tracks. the Northeast early Monday, In Freeport, Maine, Rachel knocking out power for near- Graham, her husband and ly 1.5 million homes and busi- their 2-year-old daughter, nesses and forcing hundreds Priya, endured the storm in a of schools to close in New yurt where they are staying England. while building a house on Falling trees knocked down their property. They listened power lines across the region, as 20 pine trees on their prop- and some utility companies erty snapped and wind lashed warned customers that power the yurt. could be out for a few days. “It was really terrifying. Trees also fell onto some You could feel everything and THE ASSOCIATED PRESS homes and vehicles, but no hear everything,” Graham A toppled tree leans onto a power line after an overnight storm on Monday. serious injuries were report- said. “It was a lot of crashes ed. and bangs.” New England got the brunt In hindsight, she and her said her power went out after lost power. “I saw flashes of ety thanked the volunteers of the storm, which brought husband said it wasn’t safe to she heard a loud “kaboom” light and heard booms. I who turned out to help dig a sustained winds of up to 50 have been in the yurt, but it about 1:30 a.m. Monday. She think it was the transform- “major trench” to drain water mph in some spots. A gust of was also unsafe to leave at the went outside hours later to ers.” away from the building. 130 mph was reported at the height of the storm. find a large tree had fallen on She said she stocked up on “Thanks to all of you, our Mount Washington Observa- The storm began making a neighboring home. some food and other supplies dogs will be sleeping very tory in New Hampshire, its way up the East Coast on “It really shook the whole as soon as she heard the comfortably and most impor- while winds hit 82 mph in Sunday, which also was the place up,” she said. “It was storm was coming. tantly very dry,” the society Mashpee on Cape Cod in Mas- fifth anniversary of Super- such a dark, stormy night “You’re in New England. wrote on its Facebook page. sachusetts. storm Sandy. That 2012 storm that looking out the window You’ve got to be ready,” she In Plainfield, Vermont, the Utility company officials devastated the nation’s most we really couldn’t determine said. Maplefields convenience store said it could be several days populous areas, was blamed what was going on.” The Meriden Humane Soci- had no power, so workers before power is restored in for at least 182 deaths in the In Glastonbury, Connecti- ety in Connecticut put out a used a propane stove to make some parts of New England. U.S. and Caribbean and more cut, downed trees and wires call for volunteers on its coffee. Maine was hit hard, with than $71 billion in damage in forced schools to close. Facebook page Sunday night The same storm system 492,000 homes and businesses this country alone. “Just high, high, high to help deal with flooding in also caused problems earlier losing electricity, surpassing In the Boston suburb of winds,” said Glastonbury res- its dog kennels. A couple of Sunday in Pennsylvania, New the peak number from an in- Brookline, Helene Dunlap ident Kathleen Buccheri, who hours later, the humane soci- Jersey and New York.

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BY SHARON COHEN For some, leaving prison AP National Writer after decades might seem like time travel. Not Hines, one of DETROIT — Bobby Hines at least 99 Michigan lifers to be stepped forward, smiling as he resentenced so far. embraced the sister of the “I did 28 years,” he said, “but man he was convicted of kill- I don’t even feel like I’ve been ing. in an institution.” Locked up for 28 years, he’d He was released at 9 a.m. long wanted to meet Valencia promptly one September Warren-Gibbs, to talk with her morning, walking out with his about that night in 1989 when sister, Myra, who beamed and her brother, James, was shot rested her head on her broth- after Hines and two others er’s shoulder. confronted him. “We made it,” Hines de- At 15, Hines had been con- clared, almost inaudibly, as if demned to life in prison with- he’d just crossed an imaginary out parole. Now he was out, a finish line. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 43-year-old man navigating a Myra is her brother’s main Valencia Warren-Gibbs hugs Bobby Hines after talking about the death of her brother, James, at his attor- city he left behind as an support system, with their par- ney’s office in Detroit on Oct. 1. Hines said he was touched by Warren-Gibbs, and her father, Henry, who eighth-grader. He’d already ents now dead. He also was spoke in support of his release at his March 2017 resentencing hearing. found work, enjoyed his first guided by Project Reentry, a restaurant meal, and on this program in the state appellate On Day 1, after meeting with by Warren’s sister, Valencia, grief. “If they need me any- Sunday, 20 days into his free- defender’s office in which his parole officer and then ar- and their father, Henry, who time, I’ll be there for them 100 dom, he’d come to sit down graduate social work students riving at his sister’s house, spoke in support of his release percent, you know, because with his victim’s sister and help juvenile lifers prepare for Hines retreated to a picnic at a March hearing. The judge they lost a loved one, and I’m take responsibility for his role release. One student met with table in the backyard with his imposed a new 27- to 60-year free,” he said. “Let me take in Warren’s death. Hines and took photos of My- most cherished possessions: sentence, paving the way for that spot. Let me give back.” “You know why?” he told ra’s home as part of a post-re- poems and essays he wrote in Hines to win parole. According Nearly three weeks later, her. “I’m never going to forget lease plan presented to his re- prison to keep himself sane. to court records, Warren, 21, Hines and Warren-Gibbs sat at what I did.” sentencing judge. He read from a poem he wrote took the jacket of a young man a table, sowing the seeds of an He would not forget, but he “You have to take baby about time: “Time is losing 27 who owed him money for unusual friendship. could make amends and make steps,” Valerie Newman, a of your damndest years. Time drugs. That man then enlisted They talked for more than the most of his second chance, state appellate defender and is prison. Time is patience. ... Hines, who wasn’t the gun- three hours at Hines’ lawyer’s even as he learns what it Hines’ lawyer, advised him. Time is fire and wrath. Time is man, and two others to con- office. Hines maintained he means to be Bobby Hines “There’s a huge learning Mr. James Warren that I killed front Warren. never urged anyone to shoot again — a stranger to the curve.” on a block.” Warren-Gibbs was aware of Warren but said he regrets his world of 2017. For Hines, getting out was Hines sat back to absorb his Hines’ release date and all day inaction. “Had I been wise Hines’ release came after the like a rebirth. “If you were to words. she thought of her brother. enough ... I could have stopped U.S. Supreme Court last year die and you were to go to hell “The biggest thing in prison She was jealous Hines would it.” extended a ban on mandatory and see all of the destruction ... is to be able to face what you be reunited with his sister, but As talk turned to the future, life without parole for juvenile and fighting and killing down did,” he said. “Once you’re thrilled he was free. “To me,” Warren-Gibbs told Hines she offenders to those already in there and God were to breathe able to face your fears ... then she said, “forgiveness is up hoped he’d become something prison, prompting new sen- life back into you and you and only then you can move there with oxygen.” of a surrogate brother. tences and the release of doz- were given a second chance — on and be a better person.” Hines, meanwhile, thought “If you need a brother, you ens of inmates in Michigan that’s what this is.” Hines said he was touched of the Warrens that day, un- got me,” he replied. “Anytime and elsewhere. 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COMMENTARY It’s Trump’s party now, and he’s a threat to GOP agenda ore is now required of the uncivil war in the party lies blood from Afghanistan to Iraq, Can the GOP establishment believe of us than to put more than personal insults and per- Libya, Syria and Yemen, with mil- that if Trump falls, or they bring him down our thoughts sonality clashes. lions uprooted and homeless. Yet, down, they will inherit the estate and “Min writing,’’ de- This is a struggle about policy, still, the GOP establishment has not be welcomed home like the Prodigal claimed Jeff Flake in his oration about the future. And Trump is presi- repudiated the mindset that pro- Son? Do they believe their old agenda against President Trump, just before dent because he read the party and duced this. of open borders, amnesty, free trade he announced he will be quitting the the country right, while the Bush- With the Cold War over for a quar- globalism and democracy-crusading Senate. McCain Republican establishment ter of a century, what is the case now can become America’s agenda again? Though he had lifted the title of his had lost touch with both. for America, $20 trillion in debt, Trumpism is not a detour, after August anti-Trump polemic, “Con- How could the Beltway GOP not going abroad in search of monsters which we can all get back on the in- science of a Conservative,’’ from see that its defining to destroy? terstate to the New World Order. Barry Goldwater, Jeff Flake is no policies — open bor- Consider. Bush-Obama “open bor- For though unpleasant, it is not un- Barry Goldwater. ders, amnesty, free ders’’ brought in tens of millions of fair to say that if there was one de- Goldwater took on the GOP estab- trade globalism, com- Third World peoples, legally and ille- sire common to Bernie Sanders, Ted lishment in the primaries, voted pulsive military in- gally, to rising resistance from Amer- Cruz and Donald Trump voters, it against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, tervention in foreign icans forced to bear the economic was be rid of the regime resting on defiantly declared, “Extremism in lands for ideological and social costs. top of all of us. the defense of liberty is no vice,’’ and ends — were alienat- What was the GOP establishment’s Should Trump fall, and a restored then went down to defeat battling to ing its coalition? reply to the opposition to amnesty for establishment attempt to reimpose the end after the assassination of Pat What had a quar- illegals and calls for a moratorium the old policies, there will be a truly JFK made LBJ invincible. Buchanan ter century of Bush- on legal immigration, to assimilate uncivil war in this country. The real “Mr. Conservative’’ was a ite free trade pro- the tens of millions already here? After the Trumpian revolt, there is true profile in courage. duced? To call them nativists and parade no going back. As that most Ameri- Flake, with only 18 percent approv- About $12 trillion in trade deficits, their moral superiority. can of writers, Thomas Wolfe, put it, al in Arizona, decided to pack it in $4 trillion with China alone, a loss of Flake and Corker are being beati- “You can’t go home again.’’ rather than get waxed in his own pri- 55,000 plants and 6 million manufac- fied by the Beltway elites and George Traditionalists have been told that mary. With Falstaff, Flake appears to turing jobs. W. Bush and John McCain celebrated for years. Now it’s the turn of the believe that “discretion is the better We imported goods “Made in for their denunciations of Trumpism. GOP establishment to learn the truth part of valor.’’ China,’’ while exporting our future. Yet no two people are more respon- as well. Sen. Bob Corker is another sum- U.S. elites made China great again, sible for the blunders of the post- Goldwater lost badly, but the estab- mertime soldier calling on colleagues to where Beijing is now challenging Cold War era than McCain and Bush. lishment that abandoned him never to stand and fight Trump while he re- our strategic position and presence About which of half a dozen wars had its patrimony restored. It was the tires to Tennessee. in Asia. were they right? leaders they abhorred, Richard It’s no wonder the establishment is Could Republicans not see the fac- The New York Times recognized Nixon and Ronald Reagan, to whom viewed with such derision. tories shutting down or not under- Trump’s triumph: the future belonged. Flake calls Trump “dangerous to stand why workers’ wages had failed “Despite the fervor of President our democracy.’’ But the real threat to rise for decades? Trump’s Republican opponents, the Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of Trump represents is to the GOP es- What did the democracy crusades president’s brand of hard-edged na- a new book, “Nixon’s White House tablishment’s control of the party’s “to end tyranny in our world’’ accom- tionalism — with its gut-level cultur- Wars: The Battles That Made and agenda and the party’s destiny. plish? al appeals and hard lines on trade Broke a President and Divided Ameri- U.S. politics have indeed been Thousands of U.S. dead, tens of and immigration — is taking root ca Forever.’’ coarsened, with Trump playing a thousands of wounded, trillions of within his adopted party.’’ lead role. Yet, beneath the savagery dollars sunk and a Mideast awash in Moreover, a new question arises: © 2017 CREATORS.COM

LETTER TO THE EDITOR IT’S TIME FOR US TO SHOWER SHAW WITH COOKIES It’s that special time of the be delivered to Swan Lake year for a favorite project of Visitors Center on Wednes- Sumter Volunteers. It’s time day, Dec. 6, by 3 p.m. Cookies to “Shower Shaw With Cook- need to be homemade, ies” for the 25th Christmas. packed in disposable contain- This annual project, begun ers and numbered by dozens in 1993, gives the Sumter com- on the outside. (Boxes and munity an opportunity to tins work better than plastic show our gratitude for all bags.) Call (803) 775-7423 if Shaw does for us all year long. you will bake for us. The ear- Last year, the community lier you can get them in, the sent more than 3,825 dozen better. Shaw will pick them home-baked cookies and more up the same day. than 5,100 cards out to Shaw. Let’s continue to let Shaw A batch of homemade cookies know how much we appreci- or candy from the good cooks ate them. Baking cookies and of Sumter County will once making cards, these simple again spread holiday cheer to acts of kindness will warm this special group. The hand- the holidays for these special made cards and letters from folks who have been a very our students and children are important part of our commu- appreciated immensely. Re- nity for 76 years. member to bake an extra Sumter, let’s “Shower Shaw batch for our Third Army With Cookies” and cards! folks! JO ANNE MORRIS Your cookies and cards can Director, Sumter Volunteers

NOTABLE & QUOTABLE Cuban says with a grin. We’re treated to fresh reports near- legislators, regulators and activists, Maybe deploying a shotgun and ly every day about how Facebook all looking for various ways to nudge In The New York Times, Maureen grenades to save the White House Inc.’s efforts to keep bad actors from and, in some cases, shove Facebook to Dowd writes, “Mark Cuban’s Not from a shower of sharks — while si- abusing its platform fall short. The acknowledge and act on its responsi- Done Trolling Donald Trump.” multaneously starring on “Shark latest include U.K. legislators’ inquiry bility as the most powerful distribu- Tank” — gave Cuban the scent of into whether Russians used Facebook tor of news and information on If you want to know just how sur- chum in the Potomac. He puts the to influence recent British elections Earth. real things have gotten, consider odds that he will challenge his fellow and reports that atrocities in Myan- Dr. Yochai Benkler at Harvard this: In 2015, Donald Trump had to loud billionaire, master salesman and mar may be incited in part by fake hopes Facebook will feel enough heat decide between playing the presi- reality TV star in 2020 at 10 percent news on Facebook. that it starts offering details of its dent in “Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!” — “maybe 11.” Even before this wave, Facebook’s inner workings. He’d like the compa- and running to be the actual presi- “I’m considering it, yes,” he tells role in the spread of divisive messag- ny to share data (in a careful, anony- dent. me. “I would put the odds against it es and outright falsehoods had in- mized way) about how information And it wasn’t an easy choice. right now for family reasons, but spired soul-searching at the company spreads on the network and how ad- A “Sharknado” producer got tired there is still plenty of time.” and a newfound humility at the top. vertising is targeted. Independent re- of waiting for Trump — he was the When I ask if he would run as an In a string of blog posts, Chief Execu- searchers could then identify the ex- second choice, after Sarah Palin independent, he replies: “Probably, or tive Mark Zuckerberg promised to do tent of malicious or harmful activity turned down the gig — to sign his a Republican. I’m registered as an in- more, including hiring 1,000 addition- on the site. contract. So the role was offered to dependent. I mean, I’d rather do it as al people to review political ads pur- “Maybe it turns out that fake news Mark Cuban and Trump’s lawyer an independent.” But running as an chased on Facebook. Meanwhile, isn’t a real concern, but at the mo- threatened to sue, the producer told independent has not proved success- Facebook Chief Operating Officer ment there is no way for us to know,” The Hollywood Reporter. ful in modern times. You just become Sheryl Sandberg was recently dis- Dr. Benkler says. “You need an inde- Cuban ended up in the cinematic a spoiler like Ross Perot. (Who is Cu- patched to Washington, D.C., on a pendent understanding of whether White House with the sharks circling, ban’s neighbor in Dallas, along with charm offensive. the garden has occasional weeds or and Ann Coulter as his veep, and W.) Yet many outside Facebook refuse whether the garden is overrun.” Trump ended up in the real White to wait for the company to solve these House with the sharks circling, and In The Wall Street Journal, Christo- problems — and others yet to be un- Notable & Quotable is compiled by Ann Coulter as his frenemy. pher Mims asks, “Who will rein in covered — on its own. Pressure is Graham Osteen. Contact him at gra- “I think it’s funny as hell, yeah,” Facebook?” mounting, at home and abroad, from [email protected].

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AROUND TOWN Forecasts and graphics provided by WEATHER AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017 Active Day of Sumter Adult Day- Annual Freedom Fund Banquet care Center will hold its first Ok- will be held at 7 p.m. on Fri- Active Day of Sumter Adult Daycare toberfest from 9 a.m. to noon day, Nov. 3, at the Sumter ® today atto 930 hold Oswego Oktoberfest Road. County Civic Center, 700 W. AccuWeather fi ve-day forecast for Sumter There will be free health Liberty St. The Rev. Dr. James screenings, free flu shots, S. Cooper, presiding elder of TODAY TONIGHT WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY costume contest for kids and the Northeast Conference adults, games, prizes and Sumter District AME Church, food. The children will enjoy will speak. trunk-or-treat. Call Cassandra The Power of Forgiveness Clinic Wise at (803) 775-4281. will be held at 10 a.m. on Sat- Sunny, pleasant and Clear to partly Mostly sunny and Pleasant with Mostly sunny Pleasant with Mayesville Area Community Co- urday, Nov. 4, at the South warmer cloudy pleasant clouds and sun periods of sun alition’s 12th annual Halloween HOPE Center, 1125 S. Lafay- Safe Nite will be held from 4 ette Drive. Tickets are $10 75° 46° 76° / 56° 78° / 56° 81° / 57° 80° / 57° to 7 p.m. today at the Mayes- and can be obtained at New Chance of rain: 5% Chance of rain: 5% Chance of rain: 5% Chance of rain: 25% Chance of rain: 15% Chance of rain: 15% ville Town Square. This free Era Beauty Salon. The clinic W 4-8 mph VAR 2-4 mph SSE 3-6 mph SE 3-6 mph NNW 3-6 mph E 3-6 mph event is open to the public will be broken down into two and will feature free food, sessions as follows: 10:30 Gaff ney music, trick-or-treat bags and a.m.-noon, “Copying with di- 67/42 a Halloween costume con- vorce: Give up or move on?”; test. Call Margie Jefferson at and 12:15-1:30 p.m., “Single- TODAY’S Spartanburg (803) 453-5441 or Dr. Deborah ness: Mr. Right or Mr. Right Greenville 67/44 L. Wheeler at (803) 983-7221. now?” Refreshments will be SOUTH 69/45 served. The Rev. Jeanette M. Halloween Trunk-or-Treat, CAROLINA Florence sponsored by Sumter’s Super Collins and the Rev. Ethel Bishopville Lemon will speak. Call (803) 73/46 Heroes, will be held from 6 to WEATHER 73/45 8 p.m. today at Sumter Law 458-8662 or (803) 460-2147 for Enforcement Center, 107 E. information. Temperatures shown on map are Columbia Sumter Hampton Ave. The Rembert Area Community today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 76/46 75/46 Myrtle Coalition will hold a barbecue The Friends of the Sumter Coun- IN THE MOUNTAINS Manning Beach ty Library Big Book Sale will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sat- urday, Nov. 4, at 7530 Pisgah 74/47 71/52 held as follows: 5-7:30 p.m. Today: Mostly sunny. Winds south-south- Road, Rembert, in front of Aiken Thursday, Nov. 2, preview west 3-6 mph. Partly cloudy. Dennis Grocery. 73/43 night for members of Friends Wednesday: Some sun, then clouds. Winds of the Library only (join at The Campbell Soup friends lunch south-southeast 4-8 mph. the door); from 2 to 6 p.m. group will meet at 11:30 a.m. Friday-Saturday, Nov. 3-4, and on Saturday, Nov. 4, at Golden ON THE COAST Charleston 2 to 6 p.m. Thursday-Satur- Corral. 74/49 day, Nov. 9-11; and 1 to 5 p.m. The Marine Corps birthday din- Today: Plenty of sun. Warmer; pleasant in Sunday, Nov. 12, “Bag O’ ner will be held at 6 p.m. on southern parts. High 71 to 75. Books Day,” fill up a bag for Friday, Nov. 10, at the Restau- Wednesday: Sunny to partly cloudy and $5 (bags issued at the door). rant at Second at the Elk’s nice. High 74 to 78. DOWNLOAD Sale is located at The Sumter Lodge. Call Fay at (803) 775- THE APP TODAY County Library, 111 N. Harvin 5768 for information or reser- St. www.sumtercountyli- vations. brary.org LOCAL ALMANAC LAKE LEVELS SUN AND MOON The Sumter County Veterans As- A fall safety festival, presented SUMTER THROUGH 2 P.M. YESTERDAY Full 7 a.m. 24-hr Sunrise 7:41 a.m. Sunset 6:30 p.m. sociation’s Veterans Day pro- Lake pool yest. chg by Central Carolina Technical gram will be held on Satur- Temperature Moonrise 4:37 p.m. Moonset 3:38 a.m. Murray 360 354.58 +0.09 College’s Student Nurses As- day, Nov. 11, at the old Sum- High 59° Marion 76.8 74.65 +0.24 Full Last New First sociation and the Criminal Low 34° ter County Courthouse on Moultrie 75.5 74.53 +0.19 Justice Association, will be Normal high 71° North Main Street. The pro- Wateree 100 97.70 +0.10 held from 4 to 6 p.m. on Fri- Normal low 46° gram will begin at 11 a.m. Nov. 4 Nov. 10 Nov. 18 Nov. 26 day, Nov. 3, in the parking lot with Gen. Garrett of the Third Record high 86° in 2016 of the Health Sciences Cen- RIVER STAGES Army serving as keynote Record low 25° in 1952 TIDES ter, 113 S. Main St. In the speaker. There will be a Vet- Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr event of inclement weather, Precipitation River stage yest. chg erans Day parade at 10 a.m. 24 hrs ending 2 p.m. yest. 0.00" AT MYRTLE BEACH the festival will be held at the Black River 12 6.98 -0.13 on Main Street. The program Month to date 1.57" High Ht. Low Ht. Legal Studies Center, 111 S. Congaree River 19 1.07 -0.50 will honor all veterans, living Normal month to date 3.36" Today 6:16 a.m. 3.1 12:51 a.m. 0.6 Main St. Demonstrations will Lynches River 14 4.80 -0.42 or deceased, for the service Year to date 32.57" 6:49 p.m. 3.2 1:11 p.m. 0.6 be given by Sumter Fire De- Saluda River 14 5.06 +1.06 they have given and continue Last year to date 44.55" Wed. 7:07 a.m. 3.3 1:40 a.m. 0.3 partment, Sumter County Up. Santee River 80 75.96 -1.00 to give to keep our country Normal year to date 40.60" 7:37 p.m. 3.3 2:05 p.m. 0.4 Sheriff’s Office and Safe Kids. free. Call Larry E. Huff, chair- Wateree River 24 6.41 +0.08 This event is free to the pub- man of the Sumter County lic. Children must be accom- Veterans Association, at panied by an adult. (803) 236-1203 or (803) 494- NATIONAL CITIES REGIONAL CITIES The Sumter Branch NAACP 34th 2894 for information. Today Wed. Today Wed. Today Wed. Today Wed. City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Atlanta 69/48/s 72/54/pc Asheville 64/39/s 65/49/c Florence 73/46/s 76/54/s Marion 64/41/s 63/48/c Chicago 43/31/pc 49/44/c Athens 72/44/s 73/51/s Gainesville 75/46/s 78/54/pc Mt. Pleasant 73/52/s 76/61/pc Dallas 60/49/r 79/63/pc Augusta 78/44/s 79/53/s Gastonia 69/44/s 70/51/pc Myrtle Beach 71/52/s 74/59/s Detroit 45/31/pc 49/43/c Beaufort 75/51/s 78/60/pc Goldsboro 69/44/s 74/51/s Orangeburg 74/46/s 76/56/s PUBLIC AGENDA Houston 75/64/pc 80/69/sh Cape Hatteras 70/56/s 74/64/pc Goose Creek 74/49/s 76/58/s Port Royal 73/52/s 75/61/pc Los Angeles 69/60/pc 68/58/pc Charleston 74/49/s 77/58/s Greensboro 65/43/s 68/51/c Raleigh 67/43/s 71/49/c TOWN OF LYNCHBURG PLANNING SUMTER CITY COUNCIL New Orleans 78/61/pc 79/66/c Charlotte 69/44/s 72/52/pc Greenville 69/45/s 69/52/pc Rock Hill 69/43/s 71/52/pc COMMISSION Tuesday, Nov. 7, 5:30 p.m., Sumter New York 56/43/s 55/50/pc Clemson 70/47/s 69/54/pc Hickory 66/42/s 66/48/c Rockingham 70/43/s 73/53/s Wednesday, 4 p.m., town hall Opera House, 21 N. Main St. Orlando 75/57/s 78/62/pc Columbia 76/46/s 78/56/s Hilton Head 73/53/s 75/62/s Savannah 76/48/s 79/58/pc Philadelphia 58/39/s 56/50/pc Darlington 72/45/s 75/54/s Jacksonville, FL 76/51/s 78/58/pc Spartanburg 67/44/s 67/50/pc SANTEE-LYNCHES REGIONAL BISHOPVILLE CITY COUNCIL Phoenix 82/62/pc 83/60/s Elizabeth City 69/49/s 73/55/pc La Grange 71/47/s 73/55/pc Summerville 73/48/s 76/57/s COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS BOARD Tuesday, Nov. 7, 6:30 p.m., San Francisco 66/51/pc 65/52/s Elizabethtown 70/46/s 75/54/s Macon 75/44/s 77/51/s Wilmington 71/48/s 75/57/s OF DIRECTORS Colclough Building Wash., DC 61/43/s 59/51/pc Fayetteville 70/45/s 75/52/s Marietta 67/44/s 70/50/pc Winston-Salem 64/43/s 67/50/c Monday, Nov. 6, noon, Central Carolina Technical College SUMTER COUNTY VOTER Advance Manufacturing REGISTRATION / ELECTION Technology Training Center, 853 COMMISSION Broad St. Thursday, Nov. 9, at 5:30 p.m., registration / election office, 141 LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS BOARD N. Main St. MEETING Monday, Nov. 6, 5:30 p.m., Sumter PICTURES FROM THE PUBLIC Sheriff’s Office conference room Lilian Peter com- ments on her pho- tos, “Five hundred years ago, on Oct. The last word ARIES (March your effort into how you earn your 31, 1517, Martin in astrology 21-April 19): living. Expanding your knowledge Luther posted his Listen to the EUGENIA LAST or skills will put you in a position 95 Theses on the voices of for advancement. Your dedication door of the Castle reason and and unusual approach to getting Church in Witten- experience, especially when it things done will help you grab the berg, Germany. It comes to medical, financial or attention of someone influential. shook the papal contractual matters. A positive church to its foun- result can develop if you take the SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): dation. It was the proper steps to improve your Socialize or take an active role in beginning of the position. Personal growth is events that include your peers, Reformation. Mar- encouraged. children or someone with whom tin Luther’s statue you share common interests. A TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Keep is in the market short trip to a location that offers your ideas and plans a secret until square in Witten- you have ironed out any something unique will spark your berg, where he foreseeable problems. Knowing the imagination and jump-start a new lived and outcome of whatever you want to venture. preached.” pursue and present will give you SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): the leverage to achieve success. Demands will slow you down. Positive change is within reach. Make it clear what you will and GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You’ll won’t do. Don’t wait until it’s too face opposition if you get into an late to say “no” or cancel an emotional discussion with appointment. Stay on top of someone you partner with or who pressing matters. Don’t give in to depends on you. Don’t give in to emotional tactics. unreasonable demands. Make it clear right from the beginning CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): what you are willing to do. Discuss your long-term plans and CANCER (June 21-July 22): Use look for new ways to resolve your intelligence and past administrative problems you face experience to help you make your with a financial, corporate or way to the top. No matter what you medical institution. Following up want to accomplish, ingenuity and on a promise you made will change intuition will lead to good results. the way you move forward. Do what feels right, not what Proceed with caution. others want you to do. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): If you LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Dedication must get into a discussion, speak and determination will pay off. from the heart. Keep your facts Refuse to let emotional situations straight and give others a chance slow you down. Getting things to explain. Your best bet is to focus done on time will make you feel good and bring unexpected on personal achievements and rewards. Work hard, play hard and physical fitness. Less talk and more live life your own way. action is preferable. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your Partnerships should be your gut feelings will be acute. Follow HAVE YOU TAKEN PICTURES OF INTERESTING, EXCITING, BEAUTIFUL OR HISTORICAL PLACES? Would you like to share priority. Much can be accomplished your heart, speak your mind and those images with your fellow Sumter Item readers? E-mail your hi-resolution jpegs to [email protected], or mail to Sandra Holbert if you discuss matters of get to the bottom of any situation c/o The Sumter Item, P.O. Box 1677, Sumter, SC 29150. Include clearly printed or typed name of photographer and photo details. Include a importance. Make a commitment if that irks you. Once you clear the air, self-addressed, stamped envelope for return of your photo. Amateur photographers only please. Photos of poor reproduction quality may not it will help seal a deal. 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LOCAL SPORTS 6 selected for Sumter Sports Hall of Fame

BY DENNIS BRUNSON and Coker College before be- other came the following year distance runner for the Sum- six with the boys and six with [email protected] coming a standout high in stroke play. ter High School track and the girls. She was also named school coach in both basket- Hodge was a 1943 graduate field team and then went on SCISA Coach of the Year 10 Lisa Johnson Ard, Connie ball and softball. Ard was the of Edmunds High School to a tremendous career at times. Ballard, the late Buddy girls basketball head coach at where he lettered in both bas- Voorhees College. Jackson Shumake has won three Hodge, Garon Jackson, Stacy Crestwood from 1998-2006 and ketball and football. He went won state championships in state championships as the Martin, Brooks Shumake and led the Lady Wildcats to the to Wheaton University for a both the 800- and 1,600-meter baseball head coach at Sum- Travis Yates have been select- state playoffs each year, win- year where he was a member runs in 1995. He went to ter High School. He's won ed for induction into the ning four region titles. She of an undefeated football. Voorhees and is the only un- eight region titles and seven Sumter Sports Hall of Fame. has led East Clarendon High After serving in the Navy in defeated track and field ath- district titles while sporting a The induction ceremony School to two 1A softball World War II, Hodge went to lete in Eastern Intercollegiate 358-168 record in his 18 years will be held on Thursday, state titles — 2013 and '17. Newberry College and let- Athletic Conference history. at SHS. Nov. 16, at the Salvation Ballard was a standout am- tered in four sports. He went Martin was the varsity Yates was a standout foot- Army Boys & Girls Club of ateur golfer, winning two on to become a high school head coach for both the boys ball player at Hillcrest High Sumter at 630 South Sumter South Carolina Women's coach and athletic director and girls track and field and went on to play at Wof- Street. Open Golf Chamionships. and later was both a basket- teams at Wilson Hall for 13 ford College. He was an hon- Ard was a standout athlete The first came in a match ball and football official. years. She won 12 SCISA 3A orable mention All-American at both Hudgens Academy play format in 1986 while the Jackson was an all-state state titles during that time, at Wofford.

USC FOOTBALL Looking for more USC sees more opportunity after becoming bowl eligible BY EDDIE LITAKER Special to The Sumter Item

Once upon a time, getting to six wins and attaining bowl eligibility was a big deal for the University of South Caroli- na football program. As those versed in Gamecock football history can painfully recall, USC lost in its first eight bowl appearances before finally breaking through for a 24-21 Car- Quest Bowl victory over West Virginia in 1995, Brad Scott's only bowl appear- ance in five seasons as Carolina's head coach. Former coaches Lou Holtz and Steve Spurrier made great strides in turning around that losing bowl legacy. Since that 0-8 start, the Gamecocks are 8-5, in- cluding an enviable 5-1 record in tradi- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS tional New Year's Day bowl games. South Carolina tight end Hayden Hurst (81) and the rest of the Gamecocks became bowl eligible after their 34-27 victory over Vanderbilt on Saturday at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia. SEE USC, PAGE B3

WORLD SERIES CLEMSON FOOTBALL No. 6 Tigers’ face next showdown for control of ACC Atlantic Division

BY PETE IACOBELLI the third quarter. The Associated Press N.C. State is the only un- defeated team in ACC play CLEMSON — Another in the Atlantic Division. week, another showdown Clemson has one loss, Syr- for No. 6 Clemson. acuse has two and the The Tigers (7-1, 5-1 At- other four have three or lantic Coast Conference) more. play Saturday at No. 20 Clemson has won five North Carolina State (6-2, straight against the Wolf- 4-0), their fourth contest — pack, who may still feel the and third road game — sting after nearly derailing against a ranked opponent the Tigers' national cham- this season. The winner pionship run last year with grabs control of the ACC a game they lost at in over- Atlantic, while a loss by time at Death Valley. Clemson likely ends its Now, it's N.C. State with THE ASSOCIATED PRESS chance of defending its na- the upper hand on the sea- Houston’s Alex Bregman reacts after driving in the winning run of the Astros’ 13-12, 10-inning win over tional title. son, perfect through half the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 5 of the World Series on Sunday in Houston. Clemson has been in this its ACC schedule and eager spot several times the past to show its strong start is few seasons and most al- no fluke. ways has come out on top. "This is playoff football Astros blast by Dodgers 13-12 "I feel like over these right here," Clemson coach games we've figured out Dabo Swinney said. "It's BY BEN WALKER "I feel like I'm going to have a heart attack what kind of team we are," November and you're just The Associated Press out there," Correa said. sophomore linebacker Tre trying to win and move for- In a tension-filled game of monster momen- Lamar said. "We're confi- ward if you want to stay in HOUSTON — When the winning run finally tum swings at pulsating Minute Maid Park, the dent in the team we have the hunt." came sliding across home plate on Alex Breg- last one belonged to Bregman . With the and we're confident in the Tigers receivers coach man's single, more than five unforgettable packed crowd still standing well past midnight, pieces we have." and co-offensive coordina- hours after the first pitch, a frantic Carlos Cor- the 23-year-old third baseman hit an RBI single The Tigers had a Sep- tor Jeff Scott said there's rea sprinted toward his Houston Astros team- with two outs off Kenley Jansen. tember to remember with plenty that comes from mates in the middle of the diamond. "The best game ever, for sure," Correa said. wins over three top-15 being battle-tested and per- Arm in the air, pure elation all over his face. Wacky and whacky with seven home runs, teams at the time in Au- forming strongly in big sit- A last indelible image from a World Series this perhaps topped Toronto's 15-14 win over burn , Louisville and Vir- uations as Clemson has the classic filled with them. the Phillies in 1993 as the craziest World Series ginia Tech . They won past three seasons. The Ti- Correa, Jose Altuve and the Astros kept showdown ever. games at Louisville and gers are 35-3 since the start hammering away in a wild slugfest that no one Exhilaration and exhaustion, spread over 5 Virginia Tech by a com- of the 2015 season, includ- saw coming, rallying against Clayton Kershaw hours, 17 minutes. bined score of 78-48 and ing a 12-1 mark against and rocking the Los Angeles Dodgers 13-12 in turned expected show- 10 thrilling innings Sunday night for a 3-2 lead. SEE ASTROS, PAGE B3 downs into runaways by SEE TIGERS, PAGE B3 B2 | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2017 SPORTS THE SUMTER ITEM SCOREBOARD AUTO RACING Houston 4, New York 3 Buffalo at Arizona, 10 p.m. TV, RADIO Friday, Oct. 13: Houston 2, New York 1 Toronto at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14: Houston 2, New York 1 TODAY Monday, Oct. 16: New York 8, Houston 1 Busch to race for 6 a.m. – Professional Tennis: ATP Paris Tuesday, Oct. 17: New York 6, Houston 4 Early-Round Matches (TENNIS). Wednesday, Oct. 18: New York 5, Houston 0 STATS FCS Poll Noon – Professional Tennis: ATP Paris Friday, Oct. 20: Houston 7, New York 1 By The Associated Press Early-Round Matches (TENNIS). Saturday, Oct. 21: Houston 4, New York 0 1 p.m. – Women’s College Soccer: The top 25 teams in the STATS Football NATIONAL LEAGUE Championship Subdivision poll, with title in playoffs after Southeastern Conference Tournament Quarterfinal Match from Orange Beach, Los Angeles 4, Chicago 1 first-place votes in parentheses, records Ala. – Missouri vs. Texas A&M (SEC Saturday, Oct. 14: Los Angeles 5, Chicago 2 through Oct. 29, points and previous NETWORK). Sunday, Oct. 15: Los Angeles 4, Chicago 1 rank: 3 p.m. – College Golf: East Lake Cup Tuesday, Oct. 17: Los Angeles 6, Chicago 1 Record Pts Pvs Semifinals from Atlanta (GOLF). Wednesday, Oct. 18: Chicago 3, Los 1. James Madison (156) 8-0 4044 1 Martinsville victory 3:30 p.m. – International Soccer: UEFA Angeles 2 2. North Dakota State (6) 8-0 3894 2 Champions League Group C Match – Thursday, Oct. 19: Los Angeles 11, Chicago 3. Jacksonville State 7-1 3682 3 Benfica vs. Manchester United (FOX 1 4. Central Arkansas 7-1 3572 4 BY JENNA FRYER SPORTS 1). 5. Sam Houston State 7-1 3360 5 3:30 p.m. – International Soccer: UEFA WORLD SERIES 6. South Dakota 7-1 3107 6 The Associated Press FIRST DATA 500 Champions League Group C Match – (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) 7. Elon 7-1 2840 10 Chelsea vs. Roma (FOX SPORTS 2). All Games Televised by Fox 8. Wofford 7-1 2817 8 RESULTS 3:30 p.m. – International Soccer: UEFA Houston 3, L.A. Dodgers 2 9. North Carolina A&T 8-0 2788 7 MARTINSVILLE, Va. — By The Associated Press Champions League Group B Match – Tuesday, Oct. 24: L.A. Dodgers 3, Houston 1 10. South Dakota State 6-2 2721 11 There should be no confu- Bayern Munich vs. Celtic (FOX Wednesday, Oct. 25: Houston 7, L.A. 11. Eastern Washington 5-3 2118 14 Sunday SPORTSOUTH). Dodgers 6, 11 innings 12. Illinois State 6-2 2098 16 sion about the intensity of At Martinsville Speedway 3:30 p.m. – Women’s College Soccer: Friday, Oct. 27: Houston 5, L.A. Dodgers 3 13. Grambling State 7-1 1771 15 NASCAR’s playoffs after Martinsville, Va. Southeastern Conference Tournament Saturday, Oct. 28: L.A. Dodgers 6, Houston 14. Stony Brook 6-2 1592 22 Lap length: 0.526 miles Quarterfinal Match from Orange Beach, 2 15. Western Illinois 5-3 1539 12 Sunday’s show at Martins- (Start position in parentheses) Ala. – Auburn vs. Florida (SEC Sunday, Oct. 29: Houston 13, L.A. Dodgers 16. Samford 5-3 1441 9 ville Speedway. 1. (14) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 505 NETWORK). 12, 10 innings 17. Southern Utah 6-2 1246 25 laps, 0 rating, 58 points. 6 p.m. – Women’s College Soccer: Tuesday, Oct. 31: Houston (Verlander 15-8) 18. Northern Arizona 6-2 1134 NR Chase Elliott could have 2. (2) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, Southeastern Conference Tournament at L.A. Dodgers (Hill 12-8), 8:20 p.m. 19. Weber State 6-2 1072 NR won, same for Brad Kesel- 505, 0, 48. Quarterfinal Match from Orange Beach, x-Wednesday, Nov. 1: Houston at L.A. 20. Villanova 4-4 989 13 3. (5) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 505, 0, Ala. – Arkansas vs. South Carolina (SEC Dodgers, 8:20 p.m. 21. New Hampshire 5-3 964 17 owski, and Denny Hamlin, 36. NETWORK). 22. McNeese 6-2 571 20 too. 4. (7) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 505, 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDY- 23. Furman 6-3 565 NR 0, 53. FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). NBA STANDINGS 24. Western Carolina 6-3 551 18 It was Kyle Busch, 5. (13) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 505, 8 p.m. – Major League Baseball: World 25. Kennesa State 7-1 391 NR though, who punched his 0, 36. Series Game 6 – Houston at Los Angeles By The Associated Press 6. (34) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 505, 0, Dodges (WACH 57). Others: Nicholls 388, Richmond 363, ticket into NASCAR’s 31. 8 p.m. – Major League Soccer: Eastern EASTERN CONFERENCE Monmouth 245, Delaware 182, UNI 177, 7. (6) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 505, Conference Semifinal Leg 1 Match – New Youngstown State 95, Montana 88, championship race with a 0, 31. York City at Columbus (ESPN). ATLANTIC DIVISION Duquesne 73, Yale 40, Citadel 36, North victory in overtime of a 8. (4) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 505, 0, 8 p.m. – College Football: Miami (Ohio) at W L Pct GB Carolina Central 26, Columbia 20, Austin 38. Ohio (ESPN2). Boston 4 2 .667 — Peay 17, Maine 9, Charleston Southern race that turned wild very, 9. (17) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 8 p.m. – College Football: Bowling Green Toronto 3 2 .600 ½ 9, Dartmouth 6, Princeton 5, Montana very quickly and ended 505, 0, 31. at Kent State (ESPNU). Brooklyn 3 4 .429 1½ State 2, Howard 1, Hampton 1. 10. (22) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, 8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Oklahoma City New York 2 3 .400 1½ with a multicar accident Ford, 505, 0, 27. at Milwaukee (NBA TV). Philadelphia 2 4 .333 2 after Busch took the check- 11. (21) Dale Earnhardt Jr, Chevrolet, 505, 0, 26. 8:30 p.m. – Women’s College Soccer: SOUTHEAST DIVISION FCS Coaches Poll Southeastern Conference Tournament ered flag. 12. (24) Jimmie Johnson, W L Pct GB Quarterfinal Match from Orange Beach, By The Associated Press Busch moved Joe Gibbs Chevrolet, 505, 0, 33. Ala. – Vanderbilt vs. Tennessee (SEC Orlando 4 2 .667 — 13. (25) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, NETWORK). Washington 4 2 .667 — SPARTANBURG (AP) — The top 25 teams Racing teammate Hamlin 505, 0, 26. 10:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Detroit at Charlotte 3 3 .500 1 in the Coaches Football Championship out of his way to earn a 14. (18) Ryan Newman, Los Angeles Lakers (NBA TV). Miami 2 3 .400 1½ Subdivision poll, with first-place votes Chevrolet, 505, 0, 23. Atlanta 1 6 .143 3½ in parentheses, records through Oct. 29, spot in next month’s cham- 15. (15) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, CENTRAL DIVISION points and previous ranking: 505, 0, 22. Record Pts Pvs pionship race at Home- 16. (12) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, NFL STANDINGS W L Pct GB 1. James Madison (26) 8-0 650 1 Detroit 5 2 .714 — stead-Miami Speedway for 505, 0, 24. 2. North Dakota State 8-0 624 2 By The Associated Press Milwaukee 4 2 .667 ½ 17. (23) Danica Patrick, Ford, 3. Jacksonville State 7-1 595 3 the third consecutive year. Indiana 3 3 .500 1½ 505, 0, 20. 4. Central Arkansas 7-1 548 4 Cleveland 3 4 .429 2 He won the series title in 18. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford, 505, AMERICAN CONFERENCE 5. Sam Houston State 7-1 540 5 Chicago 1 4 .200 3 2015. 0, 19. EAST 6. South Dakota 7-1 488 7 19. (20) Michael McDowell, 7. North Carolina A&T 8-0 485 6 “We weren’t the best all Chevrolet, 505, 0, 18. W L T Pct PF PA WESTERN CONFERENCE 8. South Dakota State 6-2 462 t8 New England 6 2 0 .750 216 179 20. (19) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, SOUTHWEST DIVISION 9. Wofford 7-1 453 10 day, but we put ourselves 505, 0, 17. Buffalo 5 2 0 .714 153 115 W L Pct GB 10. Elon 7-1 413 11 Miami 4 3 0 .571 92 152 in the right spots there at 21. (29) Chris Buescher, Memphis 5 1 .833 — 11. Eastern Washington 5-3 346 12 N.Y. Jets 3 5 0 .375 157 186 Chevrolet, 505, 0, 16. Houston 5 2 .714 ½ 12. Grambling State 7-1 344 13 the end,” Busch said. 22. (11) Kurt Busch, Ford, 505, 0, SOUTH San Antonio 4 2 .667 1 13. Illinois State 6-2 319 21 “There was kind of chaos 15. W L T Pct PF PA New Orleans 3 3 .500 2 14. Weber State 6-2 261 22 23. (33) Landon Cassill, Ford, Jacksonville 4 3 0 .571 183 110 Dallas 1 6 .143 4½ 15. Samford 5-3 258 t8 ensuing and none of it was 505, 0, 14. Tennessee 4 3 0 .571 158 173 16. Northern Arizona 6-2 201 24 24. (1) Joey Logano, Ford, 504, 0, NORTHWEST DIVISION 17. Nicholls 6-2 183 23 our fault, we just came out Houston 3 4 0 .429 215 188 W L Pct GB 29. Indianapolis 2 6 0 .250 142 246 18. Western Illinois 5-3 177 14 on the right end of the 25. (30) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, Portland 4 2 .667 — 19. New Hampshire 4-4 172 16 504, 0, 12. NORTH Minnesota 3 3 .500 1 stick.” 20. Villanova 6-2 160 25 26. (8) Erik Jones, Toyota, 504, 0, Utah 3 3 .500 1 W L T Pct PF PA 21. Stony Brook 6-2 148 NR Keselowski was in posi- 11. Pittsburgh 6 2 0 .750 167 131 Denver 3 3 .500 1 22. McNeese 6-2 125 18 27. (3) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, Baltimore 4 4 0 .500 170 148 Oklahoma City 3 3 .500 1 tion to win when Joey Lo- 23. Southern Utah 6-2 89 NR 504, 0, 21. Cincinnati 3 4 0 .429 122 135 PACIFIC DIVISION 24. Monmouth 7-1 88 NR gano developed a tire prob- 28. (31) David Ragan, Ford, 503, Cleveland 0 8 0 .000 119 202 W L Pct GB 25. Kennesaw State 7-1 79 NR lem with about 10 laps re- 0, 9. WEST L.A. Clippers 4 1 .800 — 29. (16) Jamie McMurray, W L T Pct PF PA Golden State 4 3 .571 1 Others receiving votes: Richmond 58, maining in regulation. Had Chevrolet, 503, 0, 8. Kansas City 5 2 0 .714 207 161 L.A. Lakers 2 4 .333 2½ Western Carolina 46, Northern Iowa 32, his Team Penske teammate 30. (26) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 501, Denver 3 3 0 .500 108 118 Phoenix 2 4 .333 2½ The Citadel 27, Furman 20, Delaware 13, 0, 7. L.A. Chargers 3 5 0 .375 150 152 Sacramento 1 5 .167 3½ Youngstown State 11, Montana 9, N.C. pitted under green to fix 31. (35) Gray Gaulding, Toyota, Oakland 3 5 0 .375 169 190 Central 7, Dartmouth 6, Southeastern 501, 0, 6. SUNDAY’S GAMES Louisiana 5, Austin Peay 4, Duquesne 2, the tire, Keselowski likely 32. (32) Reed Sorenson, NATIONAL CONFERENCE Milwaukee 117, Atlanta 106 San Diego 1, Yale 1. would have coasted to the Chevrolet, 500, 0, 5. 33. (36) Corey Lajoie, Toyota, EAST Indiana 97, San Antonio 94 Charlotte 120, Orlando 113 win and earned the spot in 500, 0, 4. W L T Pct PF PA Denver 124, Brooklyn 111 PGA PAR SCORES the finale. 34. (40) Hermie Sadler, Philadelphia 7 1 0 .875 232 156 Washington 110, Sacramento 83 Chevrolet, 494, 0, 3. Dallas 4 3 0 .571 198 161 New York 114, Cleveland 95 Sunday Instead, Logano spun 35. (38) Kyle Weatherman, Washington 3 4 0 .429 160 180 Detroit 115, Golden State 107 At Sherwood CC and brought out a caution. Chevrolet, 488, 0, 2. N.Y. Giants 1 6 0 .143 112 156 Thousand Oaks, Calif. 36. (39) Carl Long, Chevrolet, SOUTH TODAY’S GAMES Purse: $2 million Keselowski was moved accident, 444, 0, 0. W L T Pct PF PA Sacramento at Indiana, 7 p.m. Yardage: 7,006; Par: 72 out of the way by Elliott 37. (9) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, New Orleans 5 2 0 .714 191 145 Phoenix at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Final accident, 300, 0, 1. Carolina 5 3 0 .625 148 142 Oklahoma City at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. (x-won on two hole playoff) after a restart, and Hamlin 38. (37) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Atlanta 4 3 0 .571 153 152 Detroit at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. x-Bernhard Langer, $305,000 then spun Elliott out of Chevrolet, reargear, 274, 0, 1. Tampa Bay 2 5 0 .286 148 168 69-69-67—205 -11 39. (28) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, WEDNESDAY’S GAMES the lead with two laps re- electrical, 187, 0, 1. NORTH Miguel Angel Jimenez, $180,000 Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. 68-70-67—205 -11 maining in regulation. El- 40. (27) AJ Allmendinger, W L T Pct PF PA Indiana at Cleveland, 7 p.m. David Toms, $144,800 Chevrolet, accident, 94, 0, 1. Minnesota 6 2 0 .750 179 135 Milwaukee at Charlotte, 7 p.m. 66-72-69—207 -9 liott wrecked, chased Green Bay 4 3 0 .571 164 161 Phoenix at Washington, 7 p.m. Scott McCarron, $119,000 Hamlin down on the cool- Detroit 3 4 0 .429 176 169 Chicago at Miami, 7:30 p.m. 70-69-69—208 -8 Chicago 3 5 0 .375 134 171 Sacramento at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Fred Funk, $84,333 down lap to show his dis- you don’t have anything WEST Houston at New York, 8 p.m. 74-68-68—210 -6 pleasure, and the drivers nice to say, don’t say any- W L T Pct PF PA Minnesota at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Billy Andrade, $84,333 Seattle 5 2 0 .714 175 132 Orlando at Memphis, 8 p.m. 69-70-71—210 -6 had a heated exchange thing at all,” Elliott said. L.A. Rams 5 2 0 .714 212 138 Portland at Utah, 9 p.m. Doug Garwood, $84,333 after they climbed from “He’s not worth my time. I Arizona 3 4 0 .429 119 191 Toronto at Denver, 9 p.m. 71-69-70—210 -6 San Francisco 0 8 0 .000 133 219 Dallas at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. Paul Broadhurst, $55,500 their cars. got punted from behind 71-71-69—211 -5 It was a tough result for and wrecked in Turn 3 THURSDAY’S GAMES THURSDAY’S GAMES Jerry Kelly, $55,500 Baltimore 40, Miami 0 Golden State at San Antonio, 8 p.m. 72-70-69—211 -5 Elliott — from potential leading the race. I don’t L.A. Lakers at Portland, 10:30 p.m. Jeff Maggert, $55,500 race winner to 27th, lowest know what his problem SUNDAY’S GAMES 66-73-72—211 -5 Minnesota 33, Cleveland 16 Gene Sauers, $55,500 of the eight remaining was. It was unnecessary Carolina 17, Tampa Bay 3 NHL STANDINGS 74-68-69—211 -5 playoff drivers. and I hadn’t raced him New England 21, L.A. Chargers 13 Glen Day, $45,000 Buffalo 34, Oakland 14 By The Associated Press 73-71-68—212 -4 “My mom always said if dirty all day long.” Atlanta 25, N.Y. Jets 20 Scott Dunlap, $45,000 Philadelphia 33, San Francisco 10 EASTERN CONFERENCE 68-72-72—212 -4 New Orleans 20, Chicago 12 Scott Parel, $45,000 Cincinnati 24, Indianapolis 23 ATLANTIC DIVISION 74-69-69—212 -4 Seattle 41, Houston 38 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Kenny Perry, $45,000 Dallas 33, Washington 19 Tampa Bay 12 9 2 1 19 45 31 72-68-72—212 -4 Pittsburgh 20, Detroit 15 Ottawa 11 5 1 5 15 41 33 David Frost, $38,000 SPORTS ITEMS Open: L.A. Rams, Arizona, N.Y. Giants, Toronto 11 7 4 0 14 45 40 71-71-71—213 -3 Jacksonville, Tennessee, Green Bay Detroit 12 5 6 1 11 32 35 Billy Mayfair, $38,000 Boston 9 4 3 2 10 27 29 75-70-68—213 -3 THURSDAY, NOV. 2 Florida 10 4 5 1 9 35 36 Jesper Parnevik, $38,000 Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 8:25 p.m. Buffalo 12 3 7 2 8 29 44 67-74-72—213 -3 Armour shoots 68, Montreal 11 3 7 1 7 23 42 Stephen Ames, $28,000 SUNDAY, NOV. 5 73-71-70—214 -2 METROPOLITAN DIVISION Tom Lehman, $28,000 Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 1 p.m. GP W L OT Pts GF GA Baltimore at Tennessee, 1 p.m. 74-68-72—214 -2 New Jersey 10 8 2 0 16 40 31 L.A. Rams at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. Joey Sindelar, $28,000 Pittsburgh 13 7 5 1 15 36 50 earns 1st career win Cincinnati at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. 69-73-72—214 -2 Columbus 11 7 4 0 14 33 27 Indianapolis at Houston, 1 p.m. Marco Dawson, $21,000 N.Y. Islanders 11 6 4 1 13 39 35 Atlanta at Carolina, 1 p.m. 71-74-70—215 -1 JACKSON, Miss. — Ryan for seven years before that. Philadelphia 11 6 5 0 12 38 31 Denver at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Wes Short, Jr., $21,000 Washington 12 5 6 1 11 36 41 Armour’s final round at the Arizona at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m. 70-70-75—215 -1 Carolina 10 4 4 2 10 28 30 PHILLIES HIRE KAPLER Washington at Seattle, 4:05 p.m. Vijay Singh, $21,000 Sanderson Farms Champi- N.Y. Rangers 12 3 7 2 8 34 43 Kansas City at Dallas, 4:25 p.m. 73-68-74—215 -1 onship was downright bor- PHILADELPHIA — The Oakland at Miami, 8:30 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE Jeff Sluman, $21,000 Open: Chicago, Minnesota, New England, 70-71-74—215 -1 ing, which was exactly the Philadelphia Phillies went L.A. Chargers, Cleveland, Pittsburgh CENTRAL DIVISION Kirk Triplett, $21,000 plan. outside the organization GP W L OT Pts GF GA 73-69-73—215 -1 MONDAY, NOV. 6 St. Louis 12 9 2 1 19 40 28 Colin Montgomerie, $17,800 The 41-year-old Armour and perhaps outside the box Detroit at Green Bay, 8:30 p.m. Winnipeg 10 5 3 2 12 31 31 74-71-72—217 +1 earned his first PGA Tour to get a new manager. Colorado 11 6 5 0 12 34 34 Kevin Sutherland, $17,800 Dallas 11 6 5 0 12 32 32 74-74-69—217 +1 win on Sunday, shooting a Former major league out- Nashville 11 5 4 2 12 27 31 Olin Browne, $14,486 4-under 68 to beat Chesson fielder Gabe Kapler was MLB STANDINGS Chicago 12 5 5 2 12 38 34 75-74-69—218 +2 By The Associated Press Minnesota 9 4 3 2 10 30 28 Joe Durant, $14,486 Hadley by five shots at the hired Monday to be Phila- 71-78-69—218 +2 PACIFIC DIVISION Mike Goodes, $14,486 Country Club of Jackson. delphia’s manager, complet- WILD CARD GP W L OT Pts GF GA 71-76-71—218 +2 Armour began the final ing a search that lasted one Tuesday, Oct. 3: N.Y. Yankees 8, Minnesota Los Angeles 11 9 1 1 19 38 20 Steve Flesch, $14,486 4 Vegas 9 8 1 0 16 34 19 72-75-71—218 +2 round with a five-shot lead month. Wednesday, Oct. 4: Arizona 11, Colorado 8 Vancouver 10 6 3 1 13 30 25 Paul Goydos, $14,486 and was never seriously Kapler has served as di- Anaheim 11 6 4 1 13 35 33 71-71-76—218 +2 DIVISION SERIES Calgary 12 6 6 0 12 28 33 David McKenzie, $14,486 challenged. He won for the rector of player develop- (Best-of-5) San Jose 10 5 5 0 10 27 26 76-70-72—218 +2 first time in 105 career ment for the Los Angeles AMERICAN LEAGUE Edmonton 10 3 6 1 7 22 33 Duffy Waldorf, $14,486 Arizona 11 0 10 1 1 26 48 74-68-76—218 +2 starts, nailing fairway after Dodgers since 2014. The Houston 3, Boston 1 Tom Byrum, $11,250 Thursday, Oct. 5: Houston 8, Boston 2 fairway in bright sunshine Dodgers trail the Houston NOTE: Two points for a win, one point 73-71-75—219 +3 Friday, Oct. 6: Houston 8, Boston 2 for overtime loss. Top three teams in Jay Haas, $11,250 and cool temperatures to Astros 3-2 in the World Se- Sunday, Oct. 8: Boston 10, Houston 3 each division and two wild cards per 73-74-72—219 +3 Monday, Oct. 9: Houston 5, Boston 4 conference advance to playoffs. Corey Pavin, $11,250 avoid any drama. ries. Game 6 is Tuesday New York 3, Cleveland 2 72-73-74—219 +3 Thursday, Oct. 5: Cleveland 4, New York 0 night in Los Angeles. SUNDAY’S GAMES Tom Pernice Jr., $11,250 NATIONALS HIRE MARTINEZ Friday, Oct. 6: Cleveland 9, New York 8, 13 Anaheim 4, Carolina 3, SO 76-72-71—219 +3 innings WOZNIACKI BEATS VENUS Winnipeg 7, Pittsburgh 1 Tommy Armour III, $9,200 Sunday, Oct. 8: New York 1, Cleveland 0 WASHINGTON — Dave Calgary 2, Washington 1 73-74-73—220 +4 Monday, Oct. 9: New York 7, Cleveland 3 Todd Hamilton, $9,200 Martinez’s first managing SINGAPORE — Caroline Wednesday, Oct. 11: New York 5, TODAY’S GAMES 77-73-70—220 +4 Cleveland 2 job will come with a Wash- Wozniacki won the biggest Vegas at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Jerry Smith, $9,200 NATIONAL LEAGUE Arizona at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. 75-71-74—220 +4 ington Nationals team that title of her career when she Chicago 3, Washington 2 Winnipeg at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Rod Spittle, $9,200 expects him to produce beat Venus Williams 6-4, 6-4 Friday, Oct. 6: Chicago 3, Washington 0 72-75-73—220 +4 Saturday, Oct. 7: Washington 6, Chicago WEDNESDAY’S GAMES Esteban Toledo, $9,200 nothing less than a World in the WTA Finals on Sun- 3 Philadelphia at Chicago, 8 p.m. 77-71-72—220 +4 Series championship. day. Monday, Oct. 9: Chicago 2, Washington 1 Pittsburgh at Edmonton, 8:30 p.m. Scott Verplank, $9,200 Tuesday, Oct. 10: Washington at Chicago, Toronto at Anaheim, 10 p.m. 75-73-72—220 +4 The Nationals announced The Dane completed the ppd., rain New Jersey at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Woody Austin, $7,200 on Monday that Martinez victory with a backhand Wednesday, Oct. 11: Washington 5, Nashville at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. 72-70-79—221 +5 Chicago 0 Carlos Franco, $7,200 agreed to a three-year con- down the line on a second Thursday, Oct. 12: Chicago 9, Washington THURSDAY’S GAMES 73-70-78—221 +5 tract with an option for a match point for her 60th 8 Vegas at Boston, 7 p.m. Lee Janzen, $7,200 Los Angeles 3, Arizona 0 N.Y. Islanders at Washington, 7 p.m. 74-69-78—221 +5 fourth year. match victory of the sea- Friday, Oct. 6: Los Angeles 9, Arizona 5 N.Y. Rangers at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Brandt Jobe, $7,200 Martinez has been the son. Saturday, Oct. 7: Los Angeles 8, Arizona 5 Columbus at Florida, 7:30 p.m. 78-71-72—221 +5 Monday, Oct. 9: Los Angeles 3, Arizona 1 Detroit at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Michael Allen, $6,200 bench coach for Joe Mad- The 27-year-old Wozni- Dallas at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. 77-74-71—222 +6 don with the Chicago Cubs acki’s best previous result LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES Montreal at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Fran Quinn, $5,800 (Best-of-7) Philadelphia at St. Louis, 8 p.m. 70-78-80—228 +12 the past three seasons and at the WTA Finals was Carolina at Colorado, 9 p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE Pittsburgh at Calgary, 9 p.m. with the Tampa Bay Rays reaching the final in 2010. THE SUMTER ITEM SPORTS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2017 | B3

Last year, a then true freshman Jake USC FROM PAGE B1 Bentley took over the quarterback reigns midseason, with USC struggling at 2-4 and Current USC head coach Will Muschamp holding dim hopes at earning a bowl bid. seems to be ahead of schedule in what many Four wins in the next five games, including saw as a major rebuild after inheriting a 3-9 a 24-21 win over then No. 18 Tennessee, team last season. Predictably, Muschamp did turned the season around. There was ex- not make a big deal with his players about citement due to the unexpected nature of clinching their second consecutive bowl bid earning a bid, but the Gamecocks would not and the program's 12th in 13 years with a win again, closing the season at 6-7 after a 34-27 victory over Vanderbilt on Saturday. 46-39 overtime Birmingham Bowl loss to "No, we don't talk about that," Muschamp South Florida. said matter-of-factly. "It's something we ex- Bentley, who rushed for two touchdowns pect." and passed for a third against the Commo- Muschamp and his players know that, with dores, and A.J. Turner, who rushed for a ca- four games remaining, including Southeast- reer-high 121 yards and a touchdown, both ern Conference games at No. 2 Georgia on said that a lot has changed since last year. Saturday and against Florida the next Satur- "The whole mindset of expecting to win," day, there is still plenty more to play for. At Bentley said of the difference in the team's 6-2 overall and 4-2 in the SEC, Gamecock wins mentality from a year ago. "I think we go in those two games and a loss by the Bulldogs into every game this year expecting to win, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS at No. 16 Auburn or at home against Ken- and the confidence level is a lot higher Georgia Tech running back KirVonte Benson (30) is stopped by a host tucky, along with a Kentucky loss to either throughout our team. I don't want to down- Mississippi or Vanderbilt would give USC just play the importance of making a bowl of Clemson Tigers in Clemson’s 24-10 victory on Saturday in Clemson. its second SEC championship since joining game, that's important to us, but also we The Tigers will be taking on N.C. State on Saturday with the ACC Atlan- the league in 1992. know that we have a lot more games to play tic Division title on the line. A longshot? Yes. But to still have a shot at and bigger goals to achieve as well. We just an SEC East title with two conference games need to continue to move forward and to play is more than many had predicted for (play) one-game seasons. The one-game sea- the Gamecocks in Muschamp's second sea- son mentality is really a big difference." CLEMSON FROM PAGE B1 son. Turner said the key has been following "We don't look at (playing Georgia) as an the lead of his head coach. ranked opponents. The one down the Tigers' high-pow- SEC East race. We just look at it as another "Our culture has definitely changed. loss, of course, was to No. 2 ered offense. game," said junior defensive back Steven Coach Muschamp has done a great job of Alabama in the 2015 national Still, it was tied at 17-all Montac, who had the Gamecocks' lone in- helping us to be able to do that," Turner title game, a defeat the Tigers with Kyle Bambard lining up terception of Vanderbilt quarterback Kyle said. "Just being able to play fast and physi- avenged last January in a a 33-yard field goal at the end Shurmur. "You've got to come in focused, cal. ... So, just listening to him I feel like it 35-31 win over the top-ranked of regulation. Bambard's kick which I know we are. We will practice hard. has definitely changed the way people think Crimson Tide. sailed right and the Tigers It's just a regular game. You can't make it and we change the way we practice and "There's a lot of confidence prevailed, 24-17, in OT. into something that is bigger than it is. we've changed a lot of big stuff, so I feel like by our guys that we've been in N.C. State coach Dave Do- We're just going to go out and play football." it's all working out." these type of games before eren said those who played and I think our guys know the last year will draw motivation formula," Scott said. "If we from the defeat. His team is take care of the ball and con- also aware what's at stake Sat- trol what we can control, I urday. "We want to control after the Dodgers' dramatic think we've got a great oppor- where we go," he said. WORLD SERIES FROM PAGE B1 win in Game 4, trying to get tunity." The Tigers gained confi- a visual for the biggest start The Wolfpack had that same dence from last year's win "Yeah, five-hour game, but things back in the Dodgers' of his career. chance to make a mark last over the Wolfpack through the it doesn't matter. I can play a favor. By the end of the may- This was definitely not season and potentially capture rest of the season and into 10-hour game if we are going hem on the mound, it was a how he pictured it. the ACC Atlantic when it out- this one. Their invincibility to win," Altuve said. mere afterthought. The three-time NL Cy played Clemson much of the took a dent earlier this month Now, with both bullpens Each team had 14 hits, Young Award winner way. It forced four turnovers, when Syracuse stunned the worn down, the teams get a eight for extra bases, and cruised into the fourth with three in the red zone, to slow second-ranked Tigers, 27-24, day to recover. Game 6 will both used seven pitchers. a 4-0 lead before things sud- be tonight at Dodger Stadi- "Man, I'm mentally ex- denly fell apart. After Cor- um, where Justin Verlander hausted right now," Bellinger rea hit an RBI double, Gur- will try to clinch the Astros' said. riel launched a tying, three- AP TOP 25 first championship and Rich Before the game, former run drive. Hill hopes to save Los Ange- Presidents George H.W. Bush Kershaw whipped his The Associated Press les' season. and son George W. Bush head around to watch Gur- The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 28, total points based on 25 points for a Altuve, Correa, Yuli Gurri- were on the field for the first- riel's drive sail, his face im- first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: el, George Springer and pitch ceremony. By the end mediately showing shock, Record Pts Prv 1. Alabama (59) 8-0 1523 1 Brian McCann homered for of the night, most everyone utter disbelief and frustra- 2. Georgia (2) 8-0 1465 3 Houston , the highest-scoring was bushed. tion, all wrapped up in one 3. Ohio St. 7-1 1332 6 4. Wisconsin 8-0 1256 5 team in the majors this sea- The Astros (13) and Dodg- expression before he bent 5. Notre Dame 7-1 1254 9 son. ers (9) topped the Series over, hands on his knees. 6. Clemson 7-1 1196 7 7. Penn St. 7-1 1189 2 Cody Bellinger and Yasiel mark for homers , set when Yanked in the fifth, Ker- 8. Oklahoma 7-1 1147 10 Puig went deep for the Dodg- Barry Bonds and the Giants shaw trudged off with a du- 9. Miami 7-0 1075 8 10. TCU 7-1 942 4 ers, who scored three times lost to the Angels in seven bious distinction — he has 11. Oklahoma St. 7-1 936 11 in the ninth to make it 12-all. games in 2002. 12. Washington 7-1 874 12 allowed a postseason-record 13. 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LOCAL SPORTS NFL FOOTBALL Lincoln High coaches honored Panthers back on Former Lincoln High School coaches Walter Washington, Dill Gamble track after beating and Joe Hoskins were guests of honor at a din- ner on Thursday in Buccaneers 17-3 the school’s cafeteria. The dinner was orga- nized by Titus Duren, BY FRED GOODALL with an injured throwing Carl Baker and John The Associated Press shoulder. A defense expect- Haynsworth to recognize ed to be a strength al(so the contributions to the TAMPA, Fla. — Cam seems to be regressing. community made by Newton is fine with where Winston rejects the no- coaches and athletes the Carolina Panthers are tion there's little margin for from the school. halfway through the season. error moving forward if "At the end of the day, it's the Bucs are going to turn a lot of teams that wish their season around. JIM HILLEY / THE SUMTER ITEM they were 5-3," the quarter- "That's every game we back said after Sunday's play, there's no room for 17-3 victory over the Tampa error," the young quarter- Bay Buccaneers stopped a back said. "It's not about two-game losing streak that the season. It's about the knocked the team out of game we've got next week. first place in the NFC It's about us approaching South. the game knowing that we "The optimism of it is we are going to win. That's COLLEGE FOOTBALL are 5-3. The negative of it is what it's about." that we are 5-3," Newton Some takes from the Pan- added. "With those games thers win over the Bucs: Florida, McElwain agree to part ways that we lost, we are well WINSTON'S SHOULDER: aware that we could've Tampa Bay's third-year changed the outcome of quarterback said the BY MARK LONG the Eastern Division with a 42-7 They probably would have that with better play." sprained AC joint in his The Associated Press loss to rival Georgia on Satur- found a way to live with them Coach Ron Rivera echoes right shoulder wasn't a fac- day. It was Florida's most lop- had McElwain delivered on that sentiment, noting there tor in his performance. GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The sided loss in the series since promises to improve an offense plenty of room for improve- Winston was 21 of 38 for paperwork for Jim McElwain's 1982. that has been dormant for ment. 210 yards passing. He was departure hadn't even been McElwain's downfall was nearly a decade. "I think it's good enough, intercepted twice and a lost completed when Florida athlet- more about relationships than McElwain didn't make Flori- but there's a problem about a fumble. "Three turnovers ic director Scott Stricklin an- records. da's offense any better than his being good enough — that by me, you can't win like nounced a motto for his coach- His already-strained rapport predecessor and repeatedly sometimes good enough is that," he said. ing search: He wants the Ga- with administrators reached a failed to adequately develop a not good enough," Rivera EFFICIENT, NOT FLASHY: tors to be fun again. new low last Monday when he quarterback. said. "I think we can be bet- Newton was 18 of 32 pass- That surely starts with an mentioned the death threats. The Gators surely will hire ter." ing for 154 yards, one improved offense. The bombshell shocked Strick- another offensive-minded Newton talks of holding touchdown and an inter- The school and McElwain lin, who had not been notified coach to start the next rebuild. himself to a higher stan- ception. He also led the agreed to part ways Sunday, a about a potentially harmful sit- Mississippi State's Dan Mul- dard offensively. Panthers with 44 yards day after a third consecutive uation. len seems like the obvious Defensively, the Panthers rushing on 11 carries. loss and nearly a week after Stricklin met with McElwain choice. The 45-year-old Mullen are on the way re-establish- HE'S BACK: Carolina LB McElwain said his players and later that day, and the coach re- was Florida's offensive coordi- ing themselves among the Luke Kuechly returned their families had received buffed a request to provide nator under Urban Meyer and NFL's elite after not allow- after missing one game be- death threats. more information about the worked for Stricklin in ing opponents to score of- cause on a concussion. He Stricklin named defensive co- threats. The school's position Starkville, Mississippi. His re- fensive touchdowns in con- had eight tackles, including ordinator Randy Shannon the was this: If there were death sume includes a No. 1 draft secutive games. one for a loss, and had an team's interim coach for the threats and administrators did pick (Alex Smith), an NFL Tampa Bay (2-5) is an- interception in the fourth final four games. nothing about them, the Gators Rookie of the Year (Dak swering questions about quarter, when the Panthers Stricklin said the sides would be legally liable if some- Prescott) and a Heisman Tro- what it needs to do to get had two picks and stopped reached an agreement in prin- thing horrible happened. If phy winner (Tim Tebow). Mul- its season turned around the Bucs another time on ciple to settle McElwain's $12.5 McElwain exaggerated the len also is familiar with the after failing to score a TD downs. million buyout, but he declined threats or made them up alto- pressure of coaching in the in a game for the first time WHAT A RUSHER: Panthers to reveal details until the deal gether, then he essentially sul- SEC and in Gainesville. since Jameis Winston en- DE Julius Peppers moved is signed. lied an entire fan base without Other possible candidates: tered the league as the No. ahead of Hall of Famer "This is more than just wins merit. Syracuse's Dino Babers, Iowa 1 overall pick in the 2015 Chris Doleman into fourth and losses," Stricklin said. "I'll McElwain made the situation State's Matt Campbell, Central draft. place on the career sack list just leave it at that." even worse two days later when Florida's Scott Frost, Southern The Panthers forced with 151, taking down Win- Florida (3-4, 3-3 Southeastern he said he would provide more Methodist's Chad Morris and three turnovers by the ston and forcing a fumble Conference), which is still pay- details about the death threats Memphis' Mike Norvell. young quarterback and in the second quarter. The ing former coach Will Mus- "when it becomes unmanage- "I think fans sometimes look also sacked him three 16-year veteran has 7 1/2 champ, hoped to significantly able." at hiring coaches kind of like times. this season. Tampa Bay, reduce McElwain's sum and McElwain seemed resigned you or I might look at going The Bucs have lost four which didn't have any Sun- likely used his actions over the to his fate Saturday night, prob- down to Best Buy and buying a straight, with Winston day, has seven as a team — last week as leverage. ably because his problems 50-inch TV," Stricklin said. "You playing the past two games last in the league. Regardless, McElwain's ten- started long before last week. look at the side of the box and ure will be remembered for The former Alabama assis- read all the specs and you open failing to fix a floundering of- tant and Colorado State head up the box and that's what's fense. Three years ago, McEl- coach complained publicly going to be in there. Personnel wain proclaimed he could win about Florida's facilities shortly hirings are not quite like that. with his dog at quarterback. after taking the job and openly ... The Gators currently rank questioned the school's com- "These are figure-it-out kind 113th in total offense, in triple mitment to the football pro- of jobs. Every school is differ- digits nationally for the third gram two years later. His initial ent. Every school is unique. time in McElwain's three sea- comments came while the Ga- Every school has its own set of sons. tors were planning to build an strengths and challenges. "When Florida has been real- indoor practice facility and his There's not a one-size-fits-all ly good, from a distance, it has most recent ones came after approach to what's going to be looked really fun and I want it they had announced plans to successful at every school. So to be really fun," Stricklin said. build a $60 million, stand-alone you have to get somebody who's THE ASSOCIATED PRESS "Our fans, they deserve it to be football facility. smart enough to come in and Carolina middle linebacker Luke Kuechly (59) celebrates with really fun. 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Doylestown, Pennsylvania; son of the late James Fred Funeral arrangements land in Columbia. OBITUARIES and five step-grandchildren, Beeks and Lettie Ruth Cole- are incomplete and will be Born on Feb. 9, 1947, in Kelsie, Keegan and Krystin man Beeks. Mr. Beeks re- announced by Wilson Fu- Sumter, he was a son of the STEVE A. GUEST Schaak and Sydney and tired after 23 years of hon- neral Home, 403 S. Main St., late Rollie Kolb Jackson Sr. Steve Anderson Guest, Christopher Bailey. He is orable service from the Air Bishopville. and Daisy Osteen Jackson. age 82, passed away on also survived by two of his Force. While on active duty, Mr. Jackson was a retired Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. four sisters, Clarice he served during both the LEROY WILSON general contractor. Steve was McElveen Staley of Sumter Korean Conflict and Viet- BISHOPVILLE — Leroy Survivors include his wife born on April and Cynthia McElveen nam War. He enjoyed gar- Wilson entered eternal rest of 50 years; two daughters, 25, 1935, in Ada, Hamilton of Sumter; and dening and watching many on Oct. 29, 2017, at his resi- Kelly J. Jordan and her Oklahoma. In his special sister-in-law, sports, especially the Atlan- dence, 440 Rouse Road, husband, Mark, of Sumter 1957, he joined Beryl Geddings. He also has ta Braves, NASCAR and col- Bishopville. and Krista J. Tuorto and the United many nephews, nieces, lege football. He was of the The family is receiving her husband, John, of Co- States Air Force great-nephews, great-nieces, Baptist faith. friends at the home of his lumbia; four beloved grand- GUEST and served dur- great-great-nephews, great- In addition to his wife, mother, Mamie Wilson, 337 children, Evan Jordan, ing the Vietnam great-nieces and one special Frankie, Mr. Beeks is sur- Rouse Road, Bishopville. Emily Jordan, Tiffany Tu- War. While serving in the great-niece, Mary Paisley vived by his three children, Funeral arrangements orto and Jack Tuorto; three Air Force, he met the love Geddings. Barbara Elaine Hunter of are incomplete and will be sisters, Barbara Taylor of of his life, Ursula Vogel. Two sisters preceded him Crestview, Florida, Robert announced by Wilson Fu- Sumter, Lillian Mann They married in 1957. To- in death, Donna Judith William Beeks Jr. of Cave neral Home, 403 S. Main St., (Jimmy) of Camden and gether, they raised four McElveen of Sumter and Creek, Arizona, and Mi- Bishopville. Jeanette Jackson of Sum- boys and traveled and lived Marilyn McElveen Hyatt of chael Duane Beeks and his ter; one brother, Ronnie all over the world before re- Sumter. wife, Joy Lynn, of Universi- ALICE P. BROWN Jackson of Sumter; a spe- tiring in Sumter. Wayne truly lived life to ty Place, Washington; seven Alice P. Brown, 84, widow cial sister-in-law, Francis Steve was an avid hunter the fullest through simple grandchildren; and two of Anthony Wayne Brown Bartlette of Sumter; and a and fisherman. He only pleasures; attending to his great-grandchildren. Sr., died on Saturday, Oct. number of nieces and neph- fished on days that ended in yard and gardens, observing In addition to his parents, 28, 2017, at Palmetto Health ews. Y. He was an engaged citi- the many birds that lived he was preceded in death by Tuomey. A memorial service will zen and supported Veterans, there, loving his dogs and a brother, James Fred Beeks Born on April 10, 1933, in be held at 4 p.m. on Thurs- the Sumter Elks Lodge and grand dogs, cheering on his Jr.; and three sisters, Eliza- Edgefield, she was a daugh- day at the Elmore-Cannon- St. Jude’s Catholic Church. favorite teams, meeting for beth Frick, Myrtle Lois Dav- ter of the late Robert Lee Stephens Funeral Home He served as a Cub Scout breakfast with his friends enport and Sara Frances Price and Ethel Eubanks Chapel with the Rev. Neal leader, athletic coach for and spending time with Gilliam. Price Mathis. She was a Sweet officiating. football, baseball and bas- family. With an analytical A graveside service will member of Grace Baptist Memorials may be made ketball, and remained an ac- mind, he was a financial ad- be held at 2 p.m. on Thurs- Church. to St. Jude Children’s Re- tive supporter of youth pro- visor to many; above all, a day at Fort Jackson Nation- Survivors include three search Hospital, 262 Danny grams after his retirement. man with an ingrained al Cemetery, 4170 Percival children, Delores Del Rio Thomas Place, Memphis, Steve was an avid gardener kindness that left an incred- Road, Columbia, with full Tabor, Rick Brown and An- TN 38105. and an excellent cook. He ible impression on all that military honors. thony Brown; eight grand- Elmore-Cannon-Stephens was also a practical joker knew and loved him. Wayne The family will receive children; three great-grand- Funeral home and Cremato- and had a great sense of had an uncanny ability to friends from 7 to 8 p.m. on children; a brother, Walter rium of Sumter is in charge humor. While dining at reach people in a deep and Wednesday at Bullock Fu- H. Price; and several nieces of the arrangements. local diners and restau- positive way and always neral Home, 1190 Wilson and nephews. rants, he always requested a with a bright sense of Hall Road, Sumter. She was preceded in BERTILA IVANE D. BOYD- glass of diet water and humor. You may go to www.bull- death by a brother, Burrell BOSTIC stuffed hummingbird Family, friends and others ockfuneralhome.com and Eubanks Price. Bertila Ivane Delora tongue for his appetizer. He whose lives Wayne touched sign the family’s guest book. A memorial service will Boyd-Bostic, 30, wife of An- also loved to serve his gathered from 2 to 3 p.m. on The family has chosen be held at 11 a.m. on Thurs- toine Terrell Bostic, depart- grandkids his special dish Monday at Bethel Baptist Bullock Funeral Home for day at Grace Baptist ed this life on Sunday, Oct. of “alligator soup,” which Church, 2401 Bethel Baptist the arrangements. Church with the Rev. Dr. 29, 2017, at Lexington Medi- was Ramen Noodle soup. Church Road, Sumter, SC Steve Williams officiating. cal Center, Lexington. Steve was a loving hus- 29150, to reminisce, grieve The family will receive She was born on July 6, band to his wife, Ursula. He and support each other. The friends 10 to 11 a.m. on 1987, in Hartsville, a daugh- was a proud father to Steve memorial service followed Thursday at Grace Baptist ter of Jerry Canty and Jr., John (Cindy), Mike (Rit- at 3 p.m. in the Bethel Bap- Church. Mary Lisa Boyd Canty. amaria) and Jeff (Lorene). tist Church sanctuary. Memorials may be made The family will be receiv- He was the best Opa ever to A private family burial DONALD E. BROWNING to Grace Baptist Church, ing friends from noon to 6 Becky, Christina (Chad), will take place at Evergreen 219 W. Calhoun St., Sumter, p.m. daily at the Canty Cen- Bobbie (Arthur), Johnny, Memorial Park cemetery at Donald Eugene “Duck” SC 29150. ter, 627 Manning Ave., Sum- Nicole, Cody, Brianna and a later date. Browning, age 80, beloved Elmore-Cannon-Stephens ter, SC 29150. Holley; and he was an even In lieu of flowers, memo- husband of 54 years to Funeral Home and Crema- Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 better Great Opa to Allison, rials may be made in Linda Ann torium of Sumter is in S. Main St., Sumter, is in Avery and Izzy. Wayne’s name to the Ameri- Courtney charge of the arrange- charge of arrangements. The family received visi- can Cancer Society. Browning, died ments. tors from 6 to 8 p.m. on You may go to www.bull- on Saturday, THOMAS BELL JR. Monday at Bullock Funeral ockfuneralhome.com and Oct. 28, 2017, at JOSEPH R. POWERS Thomas Bell Jr., 50, hus- Home in Sumter. sign the family’s guest book. Palmetto Health Joseph R. Powers, 86, wid- band of Stacy Bell, died on The funeral mass will be The family has chosen Tuomey. ower of Eula Mae Holton Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, at held at 11 a.m. today at St. Bullock Funeral Home for BROWNING Born in Ver- Powers, died on Saturday, the Medical University of Jude’s Catholic Church in the arrangements. dunville, West Oct. 28, 2017, at his home. South Carolina in Charles- Sumter and he will be laid Virginia, he was a son of Born on June 12, 1931, in ton. to rest at the National Cem- the late Dow and Virgie Greensboro, North Caroli- Born in Stanford, Con- etery in Florence. Browning. Don served 28 na, he was a son of the late necticut, he was a son of In lieu of any flowers or years in the U.S. Air Force Eli Franklin Powers and the late Thomas Bell Sr. gifts, please make a dona- and was a Vietnam veteran. Mary Lula Hussey Powers. and Vashtie Davis. tion on behalf of the Guest He retired in 1987 as a se- He was a retired truck driv- The family will receive family to the Sumter EDITH W. HAALAND nior master sergeant. He er. He was of the Baptist friends at the home, 237 ASPCA or the Sumter Guig- was a lifetime member of faith. Brunson St., Manning, SC nard Animal Clinic. FAIRHAVEN, Mass. — American Legion Post 175 Survivors include three 29102. You may go to www.bull- Edith Willis Haaland, 68, of and the VFW. He was a DAV children, Joyce Marilyn Funeral arrangements ockfuneralhome.com and Fairhaven, passed away on volunteer for many years, Hodge (Clarence) of Sum- are incomplete and will be sign the family’s guest book. Thursday, Oct. driving veterans to and ter, Freddie Holton (Betty) announced by Palmer Me- The family has chosen 26, 2017, at St. from the VA hospital. After of Belvedere and Mary morial Chapel Inc. Bullock Funeral Home for Luke’s Hospital his retirement from the Air Blalock of North Carolina; the arrangements. in New Bedford, Force, Don worked at the 10 grandchildren; and seven DOROTHY W. JACKSON Massachusetts, Sumter County Exhibition great-grandchildren. Dorothy Williams Jack- after a long ill- Center, where he also re- He was preceded in death son, 90, widow of Olland ness. She was tired. He will be remem- by a son, Larry; and sib- Lamar Jackson Sr., died on HAALAND the wife of Ter- bered as a loving husband, lings, Tarey, Colleen, Ruth, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017, at Pal- ence Haaland. father, grandfather and Randall, John and Robert. metto Health Tuomey. Born and raised in Sum- great-grandfather. Funeral services will be Services will be an- WAYNE M. MCELVEEN ter, she was a daughter of Surviving in addition to held at 3 p.m. today at the nounced by Elmore-Can- the late James and Martha his wife, Linda, are two chil- Elmore-Cannon-Stephens non-Stephens Funeral Wayne Millard McElveen, Sumpter Willis. She lived in dren, Steven Craig Brown- Funeral Home chapel with Home and Crematorium of aged 76, passed away on Fall River, Massachusetts, ing of London, England, and Pastor Wayne McElveen of- Sumter. Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017, at prior to settling in Fairhav- Karen Ann Browning Steen ficiating. the Medical University of en in 1999. Edith was a 1971 of Sumter; three grandchil- A graveside service with MARCUS MORGAN South Carolina graduate of Livingstone dren, Kayla Boone, Talique military honors will be held Marcus Morgan, 55, died hospital in College in Salisbury, North Steen and Tamazye Steen; at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at on Monday, Oct. 30, 2017, at Charleston. Carolina, where she re- and one great-grandson, Pine Mountain Church cem- Palmetto Health Tuomey. He was born ceived a Bachelor of Arts Kevin Roseboro. etery in Bennett, North Born on May 13, 1962, in on March 5, degree and, in 1975, she re- In addition to his parents, Carolina. Sumter County, he was a 1941, in Claren- ceived her master’s degree he was preceded in death by The family will receive son of Susie Mae Morgan. don County, to from Temple University in 14 siblings, including Vivian friends from 2 to 3 p.m. The family is receiving McELVEEN William Earl Philadelphia. She was a li- Franklin, Ruth Hall, Billie today at Elmore-Cannon- relatives and friends at the and Alice Lo- censed social worker for 30 Singleton and Norma Jonas. Stephens Funeral Home home, 1800 W. Brewington relle (Player) McElveen. years for the Department of A graveside service with and other times at the home Road. Wayne attended Edmunds Veterans Affairs, until her military honors will be held of his daughter. Funeral arrangements High School with the Class retirement in 2004. at 11 a.m. on Friday at For- Memorials may be made are incomplete and will be of 1959 and went on to serve She is survived by her est Lawn Cemetery, Pecks to Providence Baptist announced by Williams Fu- in the United States Army. husband; a stepson, Terence Mill, West Virginia. Church, 2445 Old Manning neral Home Inc. While in the Army, Wayne R. Haaland of Fairhaven; a The family will receive Road, Sumter, SC 29150. was stationed in Bamberg, brother, Charles Willis of friends at the home. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens ROGER E. BISHOP Germany. After returning Sumter; two sisters, Helen Memorials may be made Funeral Home and Crema- Retired U.S. Air Force to South Carolina, Wayne Carter of Sumter and Bar- to the USO, P.O. Box 96860, torium of Sumter is in Chief Master Sgt. Roger E. enjoyed a fulfilling career bara Colclough of Green- Washington, DC 20077-7677. charge of the arrange- Bishop, 84, husband of Mar- with the United States Post- ville; and several nieces and You may go to www.bull- ments. garet Bishop, died on Sun- al Service as well as princi- nephews. ockfuneralhome.com and day, Oct. 29, 2017, at Palmet- pal of McElveen Tax Ser- Private arrangements are sign the family’s guest book. ROLLIE K. JACKSON JR. to Health Tuomey. vice in Sumter. by Fairhaven Funeral The family has chosen Rollie Kolb “Buddy” Jack- Services will be an- Wayne was the proud fa- Home, 117 Main St., Bullock Funeral Home for son Jr., 70, husband of Ei- nounced by Elmore-Can- ther of two sons, William Fairhaven. For memorial the arrangements. leen Bishop Jackson, died non-Stephens Funeral Kevin Wayne McElveen of register, go to www.hatha- on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017, Home and Crematorium of Jacksonville, Florida, and wayfunerals.com. at Palmetto Health Rich- Sumter. Bryan Robert McElveen and husband, Adam, of Charles- ROBERT W. BEEKS ton. Wayne’s joy in life were DALZELL — Retired U.S. his triplet granddaughters, Air Force Master Sgt. Rob- Emily, Jaime and Elizabeth ert William FABIEN WRIGHT McElveen of Jacksonville. Beeks, age 86, In addition to his children beloved husband BISHOPVILLE — Fabien and grandchildren, Wayne of Frankie Lou- Wright entered eternal rest is survived by his wife, ise Lark Beeks, on Oct. 28, 2017, at Carolina Carol Marshall of Sumter; died on Friday, Pines Regional Medical three stepchildren, Gina Oct. 27, 2017, at Center, Hartsville. Schaack of Houston, Lisa BEEKS NHC Healthcare The family is receiving Bailey of Sumter and Dee of Sumter. friends at 376 Bramlett Ann Marshall of Born in Donalds, he was a Road, Bishopville. B6 | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2017 COMICS THE SUMTER ITEM BIZARRO SOUP TO NUTZ

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DEAR ABBY — I aware that he is irritating peo- “wrong” with him but rather love my fian- ple? I don’t want to hurt him, that he may benefit from pro- ce with all my but I also don’t want him to fessional help in recognizing heart. We annoy people. I’m also afraid it the social cues he is missing. have good may affect his employment. His friends and co-workers get that same look A NOTE TO PARENTS OF YOUNG family. The on their faces when he’s talk- CHILDREN — Tonight is the night problem is, ing that his family members do when wee witches and goblins my fiance when they are annoyed with will be out trick-or-treating. Dear Abby loves to talk. him. Please supervise them so ABIGAIL He talks A Engaged to a big talker they’ll be safe. Happy Hallow- VAN BUREN LOT. een, everyone! I’ve known DEAR ENGAGED — Your fiance Love, ABBY this since I may have difficulty picking up met him, but on social cues, which is why he Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, because I don’t talk much, it doesn’t notice that others be- also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was doesn’t bother me. I like listen- come annoyed as he drones on founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. ing to his stories. However, I and on. You should absolutely Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or can see our friends getting an- point out to him what you have P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. noyed because of his constant noticed and tell him you are What teens need to know about sex, drugs, talking. It also happens when concerned that it may affect his AIDS and getting along with peers and par- ents is in “What Every Teen Should Know.” we are around his family — employment. Then suggest he Send your name and mailing address, plus and they usually end up treat- discuss his compulsive talking check or money order for $7 (U.S. funds) to: By Jeffrey Wechsler 10/31/17 ing him badly for it. with a licensed mental health Dear Abby, Teen Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Is there any way I can gently professional. This is not to Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. (Shipping and ACROSS 55 Naturalist John 14 “That’s __ bad” 37 Gas station talk to him about this so he’s imply there is anything handling are included in the price.) 1 Capital of Poland 56 “__ Lang Syne” 19 “Do __ others machine 7 Actress Moore 57 Truant GI ... “ 38 Crude dude 11 Dick and Jane’s 58 Fatherly 23 Young 39 Catering dog nickname salamander coffeepots JUMBLE SUDOKU 15 Tropical lizard 59 Tinker in the 25 Caresses, as 40 Big screen star 16 Large-scale workshop a dog 45 Ship’s pronoun THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME HOW TO PLAY: 17 Vagrant 62 Move a bit 26 Inaugural 46 One-named 18 “Evita” Tony- soccer great By David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek Each row, column 63 “__, Brute?” recitation winning actress 64 Not inclined (to) 47 Change, as map and set of 3-by-3 27 Envelope part 20 __-ran 65 Meat safety org. details 28 Used a bike boxes must contain 21 Diminutive suffix 66 Loch with a 49 Sparkly crown 29 Superficially the numbers 1 22 Fort full of gold mystery 50 Light bulb units cultured through 9 without 23 Guitarist Clapton 67 Blowtorch user 51 Many Rwandans 32 Embassy repetition. 24 Spanish king 52 See 59-Down 25 Coast Guard rank DOWN workers 53 Shake awake 29 Prefix with sol 1 Windshield 33 “What a 54 Change 30 Flight height: cleaner harebrained 57 Brother of Cain Abbr. 2 Striped quartz idea!” 58 Nittany Lions’ sch. 31 Ambient music 3 Like old wagon 34 52-Across, in 59 It’s mightier than pioneer Brian trails Toledo, OH the 52-Down, so 32 Rural road surface 4 Appease, as 35 Self-esteem they say 34 Carpal or tarsal hunger 36 Retired Yankee 60 4 x 4, for short lead-in 5 Smart game- slugger, to fans 61 Blvd. 36 Prilosec target show vowel 37 Roberto purchase for Monday’s Puzzle Solved Clemente, “F_LM CR_T_C” notably 6 “The Color Purple” 41 “__-daisy!” author Alice 42 Approximately 7 Bus terminus 43 Small fishing 8 Modeling glue boat 9 60 secs. 44 D.C. United’s 10 Devils’ playing org. surface, ironically 45 Sweetie pie 11 Puppeteer Lewis 46 Urge 12 Patrol vehicle 48 Ceramics shaper 13 Target of 52 34-Down, in captioning

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All claims are required lien of owner at public sale by many SCDRO applicants will elect to to be presented in written statements, competitive bidding on November 16, return to their properties situated in indicating the name and the address 2017 personal and/or business or adjacent to the floodplain. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING of the claimant, the basis of the claim, Unfurnished property including but not limited to Alternative approaches to protecting ON ZONING AMENDMENTS the amount claimed, the date when the Apartments furniture, clothing, tools and other properties in these areas have been claim will become due, the nature of any household / business items located at considered for the State's CDBG-DR The Pinewood Town Council of uncertainty as to the amount claimed and the properties listed. housing programs. South Carolina Pinewood, will hold a public hearing the date when due, and a description of will implement resilient home at 7:00 pm on November 14, 2017, at any security as to the claim. Huntington Place Apartments The sale will begin at 2:00 pm at 1143 Pinewood Town Hall, 16 E. Clark St., Rents from $625 per month construction standards. South N. Guignard Drive, Sumter, SC Carolina will follow HUD guidance on the following proposed Estate:/Hugh Wayne 1 Month free* 29153. to ensure all structures, defined at amendments to the Richardson *13 Month lease required 44 CFR 59.1, designed principally for zoning ordinance/ or zoning map; #2017ES4300575 Leasing office located at The personal goods stored therein by residential use and located in the 1 Personal Representative Ashton Mill Apartment Homes below named occupant(s); percent annual (or 100year) Text amendment No. 609.1 Changing Frankie A. Richardson 595 Ashton Mill Drive floodplain that receive assistance for Section 1.1 to read: C/O Marvin E. McMillan, Jr. 1143 N.Guignard Dr, Sumter, SC General Commercial 803-773-3600 new construction, repair of Attorney at Law 29150 Map amendment No RS 10 changing Post Office Drawer 3690 Office Hours: Mon-Fri 9-5 substantial damage, or substantial Mr. James McDaniel Jr 102 - Fulton, Jacqueline improvement, as defined at 24 CFR the zoning district designation for Sumter, SC 29151 08/24/1949-10/31/2015 202 - Hollis, Lisa 55.2(b)(10), must be elevated with the property owned by Jean Richburg, J. We love & miss you! 217 - Stiles, Wynter lowest floor, including the basement, Anderson, Jennifer Russell 204 West Estate:/Bettie B. Jackson Hazel & Rodney McDaniel Senior Living 331 - Billie, Dorothy at least two feet above the 1 percent Ave. North #2017ES4300585 Apartments 405 - Lewin, Roy annual floodplain elevation. L.M. Pack, M. Robinson, G.J Williams Personal Representative for those 62+ 423 - Cox, David Residential structures with no at Lot 4 James St. Thommie Ruth Jackson (Rent based on income) 458 - Sharpe, Calvin dwelling units and no residents 2231 Kolb Road Shiloh-Randolph Manor 472 - Scott, Londos below two feet above the 1 percent Tax Map No. 168-00-001-007 Sumter, SC 29154 BUSINESS 504 - Johnson, Ricky consisting of 1.37 acres 125 W. Bartlette. annual floodplain, must be elevated 526 - Green, Tyrone or flood proofed, in accordance with 168-07-001-021 consisting of .36 acre. Estate:/Joan A. Ward SERVICES 775-0575 544 - James, Thomasina FEMA flood proofing standards at 44 From "RS10" (Residential) to "GC" #2017ES4300581 Studio/1 Bedroom 552 - Williams, Roxanne CFR 60.3(c)(3)(ii) or successor (General Commercial) Personal Representative apartments available 557 - Muhammad, Rodrick standard, up to at least two feet Heather Lee Mims Home EHO 705A - Johnson, Kristal above the 1 percent annual New uses permitted in the proposed 2316 Sandhill Rd. Improvements 710 - Finley, Olasta floodplain. district are General Commercial. Turbeville, SC 29162 713 - Hunter, Katina Documents related to the Estate:/Clinton W. Brown, Sr. , Remodel Unfurnished Property owners assisted through amendments are available for public H.L. Boone Contractor: 1277 Camden Hwy, Sumter, SC 29153 inspection in the office #2017ES4300562 paint roofs gutters drywall blown Homes the recovery program will be A014 - Williams, Oneita required to acquire and maintain of the zoning administrator at Personal Representative ceilings ect. 773-9904 A015 - Evans, Aquia flood insurance if their properties Pinewood Town Hall, 16 E. Clark St., Mildred Brown 2261 North Kings Hwy. Beautiful 3BR 2BA Home, Large lot A031 - Hayward, Carlos are located in a FEMA designated Pinewood, S.C. SBC Construction of Sumter Dalzell, SC 29040 with fenced yard, Carport attached, A046 - Ham, Lawrence floodplain. This requirement is Metal /Shingle Roofs• Porches • A050 - Tubbs, George PETITION TO AMEND THE 4246 Whitney St. $650 + Dep. Call mandated to protect safety of Concrete & Windows B006 - Wright, Jana OFFICIAL ZONING MAP AND/OR Estate:/Richard McLeod residents and their property and the #2017ES4300569 843-645-9400 B024B - Davenport, Demorey investment of federal dollars. The FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE •Water Problems •Tree removal Personal Representative B030 - Davis, Deondraie elevation height of a house can TOWN OF PINEWOOD Call BURCH 803-720-4129 William D. McLeod 99 Bellcrest DW 28x70 3BDR 2 B047 - Ali, Qadri significantly reduce the cost of flood COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 425 Pritchard Lane BTH, recently renovated, new roof, B099 - Love, Robin insurance. South Carolina will Sumter, SC 29150 Legal Service comes with all appliances, security C026 - Chatman, Tavaun implement procedures and DATE OF PUBLIC HEARING: E003 - Miller, Ricky NOVEMBER 14, 2017 AT 7:00 P.M. and camera system, AC unit, 16x20 mechanisms to ensure that assisted Estate:/Robert Whitmore E040 - June, Keisha property owners comply with all DATE OF SECOND READING: Attorney Timothy L. Griffith deck, Buyer pays for all moving F016 - Amos, Lorene NOVEMBER 21, 2017 AT 6:00 P.M. Woodward costs, $33,000 call for more info flood insurance requirements, #2017ES4300573 803-607-9087, 360 W. Wesmark. F022 - Bledsoe, Christopher including the purchase and 803-938-3155. F049 - Dixon, Brittany AT PINEWOOD TOWN HALL, 16 E. Personal Representative Criminal, Family, Accident, Injury notification requirements described Bruce Edward Woodward G012 - Mcduffie, Rannie below, prior to providing assistance. CLARK ST. 1250 Coffey St. Brick 3BR/1BA, G016 - Wright, Shwanda 102 Stone Meadow Way Easley, SC 29642 Roofing C/H/A, no pets, $550+Dep. J003 - Wheeler, Markita In addition SCDRO will implement Estate Notice J005 - Jones, Veronica Call 803-316-8105 resilient practices to ensure the Sumter County Estate:/Curtis G. Schulze J010 - Dixon, Nicholas viability, durability and accessibility All Types of Roofing & Repairs All J014 - Torell, Robert #2017ES4300578 Near Shaw AFB 2BR 1BA Duplex of replacement mobile homes. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Personal Representative work guaranteed. 30 yrs exp. SC lic. K010 - Peay, Octavia • Although local building codes Virgil Bickley 803-316-4734. $500 Mo.+1 Mo. Dep Call OF ESTATES Robert C. Schulze may allow installation of Wind Zone C/O J. Cabot Seth 803-458-8333 3785 Broad St, Sumter, SC 29154 Persons having claim against the I rated mobile homes, SCDRO will Attorney at Law Robert's Metal Roofing 0220 - Blackmon, Ciera following estates are required to deliver only utilize mobile homes with a PO Box 1268 35 Yrs exp. 45 yr warranty. Financing 0240 - Stone, Tamara minimum wind rating of HUD Wind or mail their claims to the indicated Mobile Home Personal Representatives, appointed to Sumter, SC 29151 avail. Expert installation. Long list of Rentals 0248 - Stone, Tamara Zone II or higher (able to withstand 0318 - Workman, Jessie winds up to 100 MPH). administer these estates, and to fi le their satisfied customers. 803-837-1549. claims on Form #371PC with the Probate Estate:/Gregory Pratt 0324 - Young, Gary • SCDRO will adopt the 5'7" rule, #2017ES4300558 0326 - Gregory, Theresa Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. 2 & 3BR 2BA No pets, Section 8 prohibiting the installation of mobile Personal Representative 0618 - Arthur, Paul Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or Tree Service accepted. 499-1500 or 469-6978 homes elevated 5'7" above grade Robert C. Pratt 0744 - Wicker, Shaquala before the date that is eight months after without appropriate structural C/O Glenn Givens btwn 9am-5pm 0756 - Wilson, Lashawnda the date of the fi rst publication of this reinforcement. Attorney at Law Newman's Tree Service Tree 0831 - Hendrix, Linzer Notice to Creditors, (unless previously removal, trimming, topping, view 2BA/2BA MH C/H/A, max 2 people, barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), 107 N. Main Street SCDRO has reevaluated the Sumter, SC 29150 enhancement pruning, bobcat no pets. $450 month+deposit. Purchase must be made with cash alternatives to building in the or such persons shall be forever barred as to heir claims. All claims are required work stump grinding, Lic & Barkley Rd Call 803-481-8134 only and paid for at the time of sale. floodplain and has determined that Estate:/Juanita Tucker insured. Call 803-316-0128 All goods are sold as is and must be it has no practicable alternative. to be presented in written statements, indicating the name and the address #2017ES4300610 Mobile Home removed at the time of the sale. Sale Environmental files that document Personal Representative Ricky's Tree Service Tree removal, is subject to adjournment. compliance with steps 3 through 6 of of the claimant, the basis of the claim, Lot Rentals the amount claimed, the date when the Deandrea Scott stump grinding, Lic & ins, free quote, Executive Order 11988, are available claim will become due, the nature of any 20719 Sterling Bay Ln. East for public inspection, review and Apt. J 803-435-2223 or cell 803-460-8747. Final Notice and Public uncertainty as to the amount claimed and Private lot for rent at 34 Robinson copying upon request at the times Cornelius, NC 28031 Explanation of a Proposed and location delineated in the last the date when due, and a description of A Notch Above Tree Care Full St., Sumter. $200 mo.. New electric Activity in a 100-Year any security as to the claim. quality service low rates, lic./ins., free paragraph of this notice for receipt Estate:/Daphne B. Mendenhall pole will be installed after lease Floodplain of comments. #2017ES4300591 est BBB accredited 983-9721 Sumter County agreement. Call 404-895-3972. Estate:/Florine Hastie Personal Representative There are three primary purposes #2017ES4300564 Melanie J. Mendenhall To: All Interested Agencies, Groups for this notice. First, people who Personal Representative 721 Longwood Drive and Individuals may be affected by activities in Calvin Hastie, Sr. Sumter, SC 29154 REAL floodplains and those who have an 7 E. Hampton Ave. MERCHANDISE This is to give notice that the South interest in the protection of the Sumter, SC 29150 Estate:/Joseph Taylor, Sr. ESTATE Carolina Disaster Recovery Office natural environment should be given #2017ES4300599 (SCDRO) has determined that the Estate:/Virginia A. McHone an opportunity to express their #2017ES4300602 Personal Representative following proposed action under the concerns and provide information Edna Taylor-Capers Personal Representative Single Family Rehabilitation and about these areas. Second, an 8007 Lions Crest Way For Sale Janette Morris Land & Lots Reconstruction Program, Sumter adequate public notice program can Gaithersburg, MD 20879 or Trade 60 Cardington Ct. for Sale County, South Carolina be an important public educational Wedgefield, SC 29168 (B-16-DH-45-0001) and tool. The dissemination of Estate:/Lester Moore Season Oak wood Full size truck (B-16-DL-0001) may have some information and request for public #2017ES4300579 OWNER FINANCING! 1.3 acres for properties located in the 100-year Estate:/Shirley Breland Wooten load, 4x8 face cord, split, delivered, comment about floodplains can #2017ES4300587 Personal Representative sale by owner near St. Charles. Call floodplain, and SCDRO will be Janet Bracey stacked $80. 843-229-5629 facilitate and enhance Federal Personal Representative identifying and evaluating 3100 Fern Valley Dr. or text 803-464-5813. efforts to reduce the risks and Jon Merrill Wooten, Jr. practicable alternatives to locating impacts associated with the Marietta, GA 30008 2 gravesites at Hillside Memorial the action in the floodplain and the 5859 Duncan Drive Park: 2 Lots, 2 Opening & Closing, 1 occupancy and modification of these Ellicott City, MD 21043 potential impacts on the floodplain special areas. Third, as a matter of Estate:/Leon Lands Vault. Cost: $2,900. Louise Dukes at TRANSPORTATION from the proposed action, as fairness, when the Federal Estate:/Johnny Pate #2017ES4300604 931-637-2485 required by Executive Order 11988 government determines it will Personal Representative in accordance with HUD regulations #2017ES4300582 participate in actions taking place in Personal Representative Seth Duncan at 24 CFR 55.20 Subpart C floodplains, it must inform those Brenda P. Mullins C/O J. Cabot Seth Procedures for Making who may be put at greater or 550 Ryan Road Attorney at Law Determinations on Floodplain continued risk. Pittsboro, NC 27312 PO Box 1268 Management. The project is known Autos For Sale Sumter, SC 29151 EMPLOYMENT as Single Family Rehabilitation and Written comments must be received Estate:/Bettie L. Stover Reconstruction Program, Sumter by SCDRO at the following address #2017ES4300563 Estate:/Ruby B. Scott County, South Carolina for the #2017ES4300589 2008 Toyota Scion XB $4500 on or before November 7, 2017. Personal Representative purpose of rehabilitating and/or Attention: Eric Fosmire, Attorney, James W. Stover, III Personal Representative Help Wanted Good Condition 803-464-0034 reconstructing single-family homes, Full-Time 632 Rosewood Drive, Columbia, SC 1011 Sparkleberry Ln. Leroy F. Scott, Jr. and/or rehabilitating or replacing 29201. A full description of the Sumter, SC 29150 375 Loring Mill Road single-family Manufactured Housing Sumter, SC 29150 Miscellaneous project may also be reviewed Cashier needed full time. Must have Units (MHUs) that were damaged by weekdays from 9 A.M to 5 P.M at the Estate:/Michelle Yvette some computer knowledge, be the October 2015 Flood Event and/or South Carolina Disaster Recovery Dinkins Estate:/Michael J. Taylor Hurricane Matthew. This is a Office, 632 Rosewood Drive, #2017ES4300597 #2017ES4300571 self-motivated, dependable & ener- multi-year project 12/2016-12/2022 Personal Representative getic. Apply at Wally's Hardware Columbia, SC 29201. Comments may Personal Representative where SCDRO will be carrying out Tiffany Dinkins Karen K. Taylor 1291 Broad St. also be submitted via email at various individual action on single [email protected]. 250 Harmony Ct. Apt. 54 2000 Pinewood Road family homes. Rehabilitation Sumter, SC 29150 Sumter, SC 29154 Nesbitt Transportation is now activities may include: repair or Summons & Estate:/Bernard Clifford Hastie hiring Class A CDL Drivers. Must be replacement of structure elements Notice Estate:/Maria Anna Phillips 23 yrs old and have 2 yrs such as roof, windows, door, #2017ES4300601 #2017ES4300572 experience. Home nights and week- sheetrock, plumbing and electrical Personal Representative Personal Representative ends. Call 843-621-0943 or fixtures, mechanicals, and lead SUMMONS and Notice of Kimberly A. Neal Calvin K. Hastie, Sr. based paint and mold remediation. 5507 Oakcrest Rd. 7 East Hampton Avenue 843-659-8254 Filing Complaint Reconstruction activities will (Adoption) Sumter, SC 29154 Sumter, SC 29150 include demolition of the original EXPERIENCED CARPENTER storm-damaged unit, site WANTED Pay Based On Experience preparation, elevation as required, In The Family Court of Must have your own reliable trans- and reconstruction of a single-family the Third Judicial Circuit dwelling. MHU replacement will 2017-DR-43-1266 portation Location: Sumter, SC Job Refurbished batteries as low as Requirements: 0-2 years experience include demolishing original MHU $45. New batteries as low as on site, hauling debris away and STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA painting, flooring, drywall, cabinetry, $59.95. 6v golf cart battery as low as Gut renovations, New Construction, placing new MHU in previous MHU COUNTY OF SUMTER $59.95. Auto Electric Co., 102 Blvd footprint with site preparation and General Carpentry, etc Please call Rd. 803-773-4381 elevation as required. The proposed CATHERINE C. MCCRAY, (803)968-4718 if interested. project(s) is located at multiple PLAINTIFF, WE’RE locations throughout Sumter County. VS, SHAREEN LATRISA WILLIAMS, & SCDRO has considered the following CRANDELL MCCRAY, ALL alternatives and mitigation DEFENDANTS. measures to be taken to minimize adverse impacts and to restore and IN THE INTEREST OF: preserve natural and beneficial CRANDELL JEFFREY MCCRAY, EARS values: CRAVON FITZGERALD MCCRAY, & CANDIALAYIAH CATHY No Action Alternative: This MCCRAY Questions? alternative does not achieve the (minor children under the age of State of South Carolina's goals of thirteen) Comments? restoring the health and safety of flood-damaged housing for its TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE Story Ideas? residents, nor does it promote NAMED: planning and implementation of Let us know resilience measures to mitigate YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED damage from future weather and required to answer the how we’re doing. extremes. Residents would continue Complaint in this action, a copy of to be displaced from their homes which is herewith served upon you, located in the floodplain, live in and to serve a copy of your answer damaged, unsafe, and unsanitary on the Plaintiff or her attorney, Mr. housing within the flood-damaged J. David Weeks at his office, 35 South neighborhoods or seek shelter Sumter Street, Sumter, South elsewhere. Poor structural integrity Carolina, within thirty (30) days of flood-damaged homes within the exclusive of the day of such service, 
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event occur, especially if homes do the Plaintiff in this action will apply www.theitem.com not meet current elevation to the Court for the relief demanded requirements. Abandoned structures in the Complaint.