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Four ICU beds open late Monday at OMH SENECA — There were New team of firefighters training four beds available in the intensive care unit BY BRIAN GRAVES at Prisma Health Oconee THE JOURNAL Memorial Hospital late Monday night, according WALHALLA — A new to numbers updated by class of Oconee County Tuesday’s COVID-19 the S.C. Department of firefighters recently be- Health and Environmen- gan the training process, numbers at a glance tal Control (DHEC). which will run through Confirmed Confirmed Percent DHEC reported eight of the end of the month and cases deaths positive the 12 hospital’s listed ICU take hundreds of hours, beds were occupied, with pushing rookies to the South Carolina 718 21 6.6% six of those beds taken limit. Oconee County 2 1 2.5%* by COVID-19 patients, at Although it is a new Pickens County 21 1 4.9%* 11:59 p.m. Monday. kind of challenge for the BRIAN GRAVES | THE JOURNAL There were six patients prospective firefighters, The newest class of Oconee County firefighters watch as * Seven-day moving average on ventilators at the time of the exercise will deter- Chief Larry Greer kneels with an ax while training offi- Cumulative cases the report, with four of the mine the best of the best. cer Brady Norris helps show how to force open a door. patients COVID-19 positive, Oconee fire training South Carolina: 437,806 cases, 7,436 deaths and 12 ventilators available. officer Brady Norris said total. On average, I do terms with the emotions Oconee County: 7,848 cases, 116 deaths Of the 88 hospital beds the current class runs “a three or four of those a that will eventually be- occupied, 10 were filled by little small.” year and we total 35 to come part of their experi- Pickens County: 15,196 cases, 230 deaths patients with COVID-19. “The average size class 45 students a year for ences. There were 88 beds avail- runs around 12 or 20 per- new firefighters — both “We try to prepare these SOURCE: SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL able at the time. sons,” Norris said. “We career and volunteer.” guys the best we can for have a nighttime class He said the training that by being open about SDOC reports six new underway on Tuesday provides experience what they are going to en- | CALENDAR | COVID-19 cases nights and Thursday in the practices, pro- counter in the job,” Norris nights from 6 p.m. until cedures and protocols said, noting there are sev- WALHALLA — The 10 p.m. That runs four necessary to perform a eral programs available TODAY School District of Oconee months.” firefighter’s duties. to come to the firefighters’ OCONEE BOARD of Disabilities and Special Needs will meet at 9:30 County said Tuesday He said the class, “But you can’t teach aid “mentally and emo- a.m. in the administration building at the Tribble Center, 116 South that six more positive which was training common sense, which is tionally” for tougher calls. Cove Road, Seneca. Open to the general public. COVID-19 cases were re- early on the morning of a lot of it,” Norris said. Norris said he looks ported across the district Feb. 16, was at a location “We stress the impor- for students who want to THURSDAY on the previous day. called “The Proving tance of experiencing work and learn. AMERICAN LEGION Post 107, the ladies auxiliary and Sons of the An employee from West- Ground.” the job they are going to “If I can get a student American Legion (SAL) meeting is cancelled due to COVID-19. minster Elementary test- “We do Monday be doing. It’s about rep- that’s willing to put in ed positive, along with two through Thursday, etition and developing a the work and give me 110 OCL FRIENDS of the Library book sale in the Walhalla Library students each from Seneca 10-hour days,” Norris good skill set.” percent — stays hungry, basement, 501 W. South Broad St., by appointment only at 12:30, High and Orchard Park explained. “The mini- Norris said in addition so to speak — and wants 1:30 or 2:30 p.m. Email [email protected]. Masks and social Elementary and a Ravenel mum number of training to climbing ladders and to do more, that’s what we distancing required. Elementary student. hours for the Firefighter dousing fires, trainees look for in a new recruit,” — The Journal staff One level is 151 hours also have to come to Norris said. TO SUBMIT your event, email [email protected].

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2021 THE JOURNAL A3 Landfill transfer finalized DURHAM: ‘If people don’t feel BY RILEY MORNINGSTAR simple. We don’t need to own the land.” safe, they’re not going to come’ THE JOURNAL After the meeting, Moulder told The Journal that county officials had already SENECA — Seneca City Council unan- approved their end of the agreement. FROM PAGE A1 to go to the bathroom that’s not in a gas imously agreed to turn ownership of a Moulder brought the issue up in July station. It does give them a chance to sit county landfill property over to Oconee to council, which approved an exten- tion in Mountain Rest, during a recent down and do paperwork.” County. sion of the lease while documents were meeting. Oconee County Sheriff Mike Cren- The final reading of an ordinance au- completed to give the county ownership “With the Mountain Rest area — in shaw said none of the four substations thorizing transfer and easement agree- of the property. the summertime, spring, fall — I mean, throughout the county are staffed, ments for the construction and debris The intergovernmental transfer agree- there’s people up there all the time,” although all have internet access. landfill property on Wells Highway ment gives the county ownership of the Durham said at a strategic planning Crenshaw said there would be a better passed quickly Tuesday night. There landfill property for the purchase price retreat meeting on Friday. “For a lot return on the dollar in having depu- were no comments from the public about of $10. A separate agreement also gives of people in the county, that is their ties patrol specific areas, rather than the transfer at Tuesday’s meeting. easement rights at the property to the summer vacation. That’s where they go. spending money to build and staff a The county has operated the landfill county. It’s to no fault of the sheriff, but they’re substation. under a lease agreement with the city County administrator Amanda Brock stretched thin, and there’s very little “We just don’t have the staffing to since 1990. The lease expired June 30, said last summer ownership of the land- police services up there. keep someone there. Certainly, we’re 2020. fill property would help the county in its “You hardly ever see one … I know open to that visible presence,” he said. “It only makes sense. The county is annual permitting and inspection pro- from walking on the side of the road “That visible presence, I personally owning and operating the landfill,” Sene- cess with the S.C. Department of Health and all the beer cans I pick up that would rather have that deputy pa- ca city administrator Scott Moulder said and Environmental Control. there is drunk drivers up there. People trolling Mountain Rest versus that Tuesday night. “We have no financial in- feel like it is a lawless area, so they can building there with a sign on it. That terest or ownership in the landfill. … Very [email protected] | (864) 973-6685 get away with it.” carries a deterrent effect as well.” Like Durham, former District 2 Councilman Wayne McCall was an OTHER PRIORITIES FOR DURHAM advocate for police support during his Like other council members touched time chairing county council’s Law on in the planning retreat last week, Enforcement, Public Safety, Health and Durham agreed a focus needs to be Library board member removed Welfare Committee. placed on the Utica mill community. He Durham said Oconee County can recommended organizing a stakeholder BY LAUREN PIERCE if it was her intent to re- we felt like we needed to offer the nicest parks for residents and workshop for the area. THE JOURNAL main on the board. She did make sure that position visitors, “but if people don’t feel safe, “Utica is not just Utica. It affects the not reply. I felt like we had was filled by someone who they’re not going to come.” whole county. Like I talk about drugs WALHALLA — After done our due was able to fulfill the du- “We’ve got drugs in the county and and law enforcement, it’s not just in missing meetings for diligence.” ties they chose to take on the police are stretched thin. … It’s just Utica,” Durham said. “It spreads into almost two years, an At times, in this voluntary role. going to make the community safer,” he the whole county. A community is only Oconee County Library Smith’s ab- “Board by-laws state said. “It’s going to help with economic as strong as its most underserved area. Board member was re- sence left the that a member who misses development — people we want to come There’s no easy solution to it.” moved from her seat after board without two meetings without a in the community.” Separately, Durham expressed his a vote at county council’s a quorum. good reason are subject to Durham said he would like to plan for desire to plan ahead for the future of meeting a week ago. “There were being removed by coun- designated sheriff’s deputies to patrol the county’s solid waste department. He Former board member Hinson times when we cil,” he added. the Mountain Rest and Long Creek mentioned an incineration or recycling Kathryn Smith was ap- wanted to do Hinson said it will be areas on the weekend. plant. pointed in January 2019. a thing or offer a new ser- up to county council to District 4 Councilman Julian Davis “We gotta start thinking, I guess, She attended two meet- vice but couldn’t because appoint someone else to chimed in that while a substation does outside the box,” Durham said. “Right ings in 2019 — January we didn’t have a quorum fill the empty spot, and offer some benefits, it might be more now, we’re tied. Nobody is buying and May — but did not at a meeting,” Hinson said. he believes it’s on county fruitful to have deputies out patrolling plastic. … As the county’s population come to any other meet- “Since (board members) council’s agenda for the instead. grows, and we say it’s growing, that ings since, according to a only meet six times a year March 2 meeting. “It is a presence, and I do completely burden is going to keep increasing.” letter sent to county coun- — every other month — agree with that,” Davis said. “With the cil by library that meant [email protected] | (864) 973-6301 substations, it does give them a chance [email protected] | (864) 973-6685 director that there Blair Hinson. ‘That is not would be a Hinson long period said he a move we before we reached out could bring to Smith undertook lightly, it up again. “multiple That takes times.” by any means.’ up staff time “(Smith) and the time no longer Blair Hinson of the other responded to Oconee County Library board mem- any emails System director bers.” I sent out as Hinson staff liaison to the board — said the board’s request for instance, emails asking for her removal was whether members were “nothing personal.” going to be able to attend a “That is not a move we particular meeting,” Hin- undertook lightly, by any son said. “After attempts means,” Hinson said. to email her directly also “However, in fairness to failed, I sent a postal letter the library staff and to specifically to her asking other board members, YOU JUST NEED TO PURCHASE “ONE” SALE ITEM TO RECEIVE OUR BEST PRICE!

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| YOUR VIEW | There is more Party vote EDITOR: Included among the lonely work to do several articles I read today (Feb. 18) in vari- his is a moment of terrible tension. We have ous publications were passed an unspeakable milestone: the deaths opinions dealing with Tof half a million Americans from COVID-19. the sharply divided, At the same time, there is unambiguous good news post-Trump GOP. One in the fight against the virus. It is possible, finally, perspicacious author to imagine a day when this devastating pandemic observed that leftist is brought to an end. The progress we’ve made media robustly endeav- toward defeating COVID-19 should sharpen our or to foment this divide. grief, making it clear how many lives we might In another piece, former have saved had we been unified Gov. Nikki Haley, first in our response. But even as reflecting on some of the we mourn, we cannot despair: many accomplishments There are people who will live if of the former adminis- we keep up the hard, lonely work tration, then uncondi- still before us. tionally condemned her Since peaking in early Janu- former boss’s post-elec- ary, the daily tally of new cases tion actions. A letter in in this country has plummeted these pages proclaimed by more than two-thirds. Hospi- a refusal to ever again VIEW FROM talizations, an even more reliable | GUEST VIEW | vote for a Republican in THE POST | measure of the pandemic since light of the party’s vote they reflect the number of people to acquit in the most suffering from serious disease, recent impeachment EUGENE are falling, too: Fewer than proceeding. I posit that ROBINSON 60,000 people are hospitalized such basis for future today with COVID-19, as opposed Legislature focuses on votes is short-sight- to more than 130,000 for several days last month. ed. Indeed, the GOP Deaths are a lagging indicator, but those, too, routinely manifests have fallen sharply. On Saturday, according to diverse, even divergent The Washington Post’s tally, the seven-day daily accelerating vaccines, views, while Democrats average of deaths was 1,932 — the first time that can be counted on to figure had fallen below 2,000 since Dec. 4. vote as a unified block, Why such dramatic improvement? For a defini- regardless of an issue’s tive answer, you’d have to ask the virus, but there consequences. are lots of possible contributing factors. We’re past improving schools Everyone innately the string of holidays and occasions — Thanksgiv- understands that a vote ing, Christmas, New Year’s, the Super Bowl — that for any public official, encouraged risky behavior such as large gather- s we enter our seventh week learning loss and improve indoor air including president, ings. Maybe the virus is having a hard time find- of the 2021 legislative session, quality, along with other measures. entails weighing many ing new targets in some hard-hit communities. It AI am pleased to report we are Right now, we are in Phase 1a of considerations. A candi- could be that the coronavirus follows some cyclical making progress in several key areas, the vaccination process. If you meet date’s position on issues rhythm that scientists do not yet fully understand. such as increasing access to vaccines, any of the following criteria, you can should, of course, rank But however exhausting it might be, we all have raising teacher pay and taking other make an appointment to get your very high. No party dreary, routine work left to do to combat the virus steps to improve education and de- COVID-19 vaccine: offers only Caesar’s-wife and to protect ourselves and our fellow citizens. veloping the state budget. • Frontline health care workers candidates. New York’s It helps that the federal government now sends • Anyone 65 or older Democrat governor, a consistent message on the need for the simple VACCINE UPDATE • State/local government employees recently offered as the measures that are known to prevent transmission I want to start this month with who perform COVID-19 vaccinations heroic, non-Trump face of the coronavirus: mask-wearing, hand-washing an update on COVID-19 vaccines in and testing in S.C. of the pandemic, now and social distancing. South Carolina. To everyone involved Another recent development is enjoys scorn from both President Joe Biden and his team not only in this effort — THANK YOU! major pharmacy chains are getting a the left and right and is preach these practices but also model them almost South Carolina is making major big boost in their share of COVID-19 reportedly under state religiously — as opposed to the way the previous progress, and it is encouraging to see vaccine doses. I would watch for and federal criminal administration equated masklessness with “free- so many at-risk more opportunities to get vaccinated investigation. Demo- dom.” Misguided souls who are convinced that individuals receiv- at your local pharmacy or grocery crat House managers of COVID-19 is some kind of hoax are probably still the impeachment were ing vaccines. Even store in the weeks ahead. DHEC has unmoved. But others who might be tempted to go caught manufacturing without masks at least now cannot use the behavior with the progress, set up a vaccine locator website at evidence, for which they of the president of the United States as an excuse. however, we need vaxlocator.dhec.sc.gov, or you can would confront dis- Another possible factor in the apparent waning to continue accel- call the DHEC Care Line at 1-855- barment if performed of the epidemic is the relative success of the roll- erating the pace 472-3432. Earlier this month, DHEC outside the capitol. out of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, which are to get as many officials said they estimate it will take When the president both cause for hope and a reminder of the need for people vaccinat- approximately two more months to asserts that neither persistence. THE SANDIFER ed as quickly as vaccinate everyone who chooses to vaccine nor vaccina- True, demand so outpaces supply — at the point UPDATE | possible, so more receive a shot in Phase 1a. tors were available of delivery, at least — that vaccine-seekers loiter South Carolinians when his administra- outside vaccination clinics at the end of the day are protected. I SUPPORTING TEACHERS, tion commenced, our on the off-chance that there may be leftover doses. REP. BILL encourage you to IMPROVING SCHOOLS sanity demands that we Where I live, the official sign-up list for getting vac- SANDIFER get the vaccine as Earlier this month, the House unan- citizens acknowledge cinated was first maintained by the county, then by soon as you have imously passed a bill that would give that we must avail our- a local hospital, then once more by the county;now the opportunity. By getting vacci- step pay increases to South Caroli- selves of ideologically it has been taken over by the state health depart- nated, you not only are protecting na’s teachers. The bill now moves to opposed media. And ment. Securing an appointment online involved yourself, but research shows you are the Senate for debate. I support this when liberal consti- patience and persistence, and quite a bit of swear- protecting your friends, loved ones effort because it would help move tutional scholars like ing at my laptop and my phone. But I did finally get and community as well since you are S.C. teacher pay above the national Alan Dershowitz believe one. It was worth the effort, both for the relief I felt less likely to spread the virus. average. As we attract and retain the latest impeachment for myself and my family, and for the small contri- As I write this column, a bill that outstanding teachers, our students was unconstitutional bution I can make to our collective herd immunity. and GOP legal pundits would pay for COVID-19 vaccina- will benefit. As of Monday, according to The Post, 44.1 million like Andrew McCarthy Americans had received at least one shot of the tion clinics across our state has just Other education bills the S.C. House opine to the contrary, two-shot vaccines. That represents more than one- passed both bodies and heads to Gov. is debating would provide screen- basing an allegiance third of the initially targeted population — medical McMaster for his signature. With the ing tools to help identify reading on a particular and personnel, those over 65, essential workers — and bill, the S.C. House and Senate have disorders in students and provide unique impeachment about 13 percent of the total U.S. population. We can agreed to allocate $208 million in literacy coaches, establish “Schools vote appears peculiarly and must do better. But according to figures com- vaccine relief to pay those trained to of Innovation” to allow for more strange. piled daily by the BBC, only Israel, the United Arab give the vaccines and to cover costs flexible models, revise accountability Very serious poli- Emirates and Britain have vaccinated more of their of facility rentals, personal protective measures for schools and districts, cy differences divide citizens per capita than the United States. equipment and more. The governor revise the criteria for the Life Schol- today’s parties. While In other words, we did much worse than other has already said he plans to sign the arship and expand teaching of critical I disagree with and wealthy countries, and even some poor countries, bill once it reaches his desk. thinking and media literacy skills in robustly oppose most of in controlling the spread of the coronavirus and Under the bill, DHEC will allocate our schools. I certainly will keep you the president’s poli- preventing serious illness and death. But we have vaccines to its four public health updated. cies, his effort to view done much better than most countries in getting regions (the Pee Dee, the Lowcoun- Finally, since February is Black complex foreign-relation vaccines into people’s arms. try, the Midlands and the Upstate) to History Month, I also want to take a issues as an entirety The coronavirus variants are troubling, espe- ensure fair and equitable distribution moment to celebrate the accomplish- deters my universal cially the one first identified in South Africa. It is in all parts of S.C. In addition, DHEC ments and contributions made by condemnation and my possible that the virus could come roaring back will consider factors such as poverty black Americans that make our coun- wholesale canceling his as quickly as it has ebbed. This is a new disease, level, infection rates, age and high- try and state a great place to live. message. I pray those and anyone who tells you we fully understand it risk populations. It is a true honor to serve you in with opposing political is lying. In another COVID-related devel- state government. If you ever have views accord GOP pol- But we now have serious, competent leadership iticians like accommo- opment, as part of a bill Congress questions or want to share your that believes in science, not conspiracy theories. dation and endeavor to And whatever the reasons, the tragic COVID-19 passed in December, South Carolina thoughts, I would love to hear from educate themselves on toll — still too high — has fallen dramatically will receive more than $846 million you. My door is always open! the factual and reasoned from its horrific peak. We have lost an unimag- in federal one-time grants to help predicates for their inable 500,000 lives. But we can keep from losing reopen public schools, as well as BILL SANDIFER represents Oconee County’s often disparate views. 500,000 more. nearly $40 million for private schools, District 2 in the S.C. House. His door is always open prioritizing those with high poverty for the people of Oconee County and he can be Stephen Neubeck EUGENE ROBINSON is on Twitter @Eugene_Robinson. rates. The funds will address areas of reached at [email protected] or (864) 885-2240. Salem

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2021 THE JOURNAL A5 VOTING: Absentee TREATMENT: ‘We’re seeing some benefit’

FROM PAGE A1 asthma or cardiovascu- being admitted to a hos- emergency department,” in person available lar disease. pital. In the patients who Seemuller said. “All of the cially developed antibod- Kelly said Prisma sites received the infusion, that patients have recovered ies — not antibodies tak- began using the treat- admission rate dropped from the side effects within FROM PAGE A1 precinct, marking anoth- en from someone who has ment in December. to about 4 or 5 24 to 48 hours.” er change in the special had the virus. Patients As of Sunday, more percent. “It’s been an extremely from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon- election. But rather than who receive the infusion than 1,287 patients had “Our num- small number,” Kelly add- day through Friday. voters casting their bal- will have to wait at least received the treatment bers are still ed. “There have been a cou- Candidates John lots at Clemson Elementa- 90 days before getting the throughout the Prisma small, but it ple of people with moderate Fulmer, Jim Borick and ry School as they typically COVID-19 vaccine. Health system. Informa- does match to severe reactions out of Greg Rice are vying for do, the precinct has been “Purely, it is to try to tion provided by Prisma up with what a thousand or so. Nearly the council seat vacated moved to the Central- prevent severe disease officials showed 2.7 the results all of them have been very late last Clemson and death,” said Dr. Bill percent of those patients Seemuller are for larger minor reactions. We were year by Library Kelly, a Prisma Health had to be hospitalized. infusion cen- expecting much more of a Robert on Com- infectious disease spe- “The general impres- ters across the state,” he problem with this than we Halfacre. mons cialist based in Green- sion, at least, is that we’re added. “We’ve given 80 to actually have had.” Halfacre, Way in ville County. “We’re seeing some benefit from 90 infusions (as of Friday), Kelly and Seemuller said who was Central actually do- it,” Kelly said. “We’ve and only three of those pa- their hospitals are plan- elected since ing a study heard from several peo- tients have been admitted ning to continue infusions mayor in Clemson now where ple who have talked about to the hospital.” for the foreseeable future. the No- Borick Fulmer Rice Elemen- we’re trying the day or so after they Seemuller said some pa- “We anticipate offering vember tary will to look at the got it, they had just an tients see benefits quickly. this benefit to our patients general election, resigned be in session that day. predicted overall improvement in “There are people who as long as it’s needed and at the end of December Fulmer served as a hospital- their sense of well-being.” feel better immediately,” it’s possible,” Seemuller and was officially sworn member of the Clemson- ization rate AnMed Health chief he said. “There are people said. “I think that it’s a defi- into his new position in NEXT committee and now Kelly of these quality officer Dr. Mi- who within a couple of nite benefit that can keep early January. chairs the Shaw Center patients and chael Seemuller said the days felt great, and there people out of the hospital.” Alexander said the Housing Committee seek- make sure that we’re hospital system has been are some people who don’t Kelly agreed, but added qualifications for absen- ing to address the issue of having fewer people providing the treatment notice any difference at all. officials are hopeful the tee voting, which were affordable housing in the admitted than we would for a little more than It is variable, but some peo- therapy will not be neces- waived during last year’s city. have predicted by their four weeks. ple do receive some pretty sary at some point. primary and general elec- He is seeking to fill signs and symptoms.” “We got involved with immediate benefits.” “Obviously, we hope it’s tion amid the COVID-19 Halfacre’s spot in order The U.S. Food and monoclonal antibodies While some patients not going to be needed for pandemic, have been to move forward with the Drug Administration in January when we have reported side effects, too much longer because reinstated. implementation of the (FDA) approved antibody were having the spike in Seemuller and Kelly said we’re hoping that if we get “The state of emergency strategic plan for long- infusions in November cases,” Seemuller said. they are usually mild and control of the pandemic, it that was used in November term growth and traffic in for emergency use to “The benefit of getting brief. will be one of those things (as well as the June prima- the city. treat patients who had the therapy is that it “We’ve had a few people that becomes an orphan ry) is not allowed, as the Borick said he wants specific health issues, can reduce the risk of with nausea, a few people drug because there is no sunset law, which it was Clemson to be a safe town, including those with a (COVID-19) progressing with aches for a day after need for it,” he said. called, expired Dec. 31,” Al- improve its town-gown re- body mass index great- to severe disease and the therapy — nothing that exander said. “It’s back to lationship with Clemson er than 35, diabetes, also reduce the risk of brought anybody to the [email protected] | (864) 973-6680 the same absentee reasons University and make the chronic kidney disease, hospitalization. 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| ARRESTS | | CRIME BRIEFS | Gregory Lee Murphy, 48 BLESSING: ‘Great being home’ 122 Michelle Lane, Seneca Booking Date: 2/22/21 FROM PAGE A1 Oconee County Sheriff Police: Man Hold for electronic monitor- home the grace of your ing or home incarceration; presence. That you may probation violation be known to inhabit this dwelling and defend this slapped neighbor Justin Forrest Stercay, 24 household through Jesus 169 Snow Creek Road, Christ,” Davis said in Seneca prayer. THE JOURNAL STAFF Greenville County Booking Date: 2/22/21 Davis then asked woman arrested Oconee County Sheriff everyone to place a hand FAIR PLAY — An ar- Public disorderly conduct to bless the house and rest warrant was issued in 2019 meat theft quoted Matthew 6 from FILE for a Fair Play man after WEST UNION — A Floyd Randall McCall, 58 the Bible. Angie Gaillard and her son, Terrique Webb, stand police allege he slapped Greenville County wom- 120 Carolina Landing Drive “The great thing about outside their Seneca home in July, three months after a woman an was still in custody Lots A8.5, Fair Play St. Mark is they’re a an EF3 tornado caused heavy damage. The two finally in the face at the Oconee County Booking Date: 2/22/21 church that puts hands moved back into the house earlier this month. twice with Detention Center at Oconee County Sheriff and feet to the work of an open press time Assault and battery-3rd God,” Davis said. “They said. “It was just one of ly rebuilt while she and hand. Tuesday degree don’t just talk about lov- those things, you know.” Webb were staying at a Floyd Ran- after she ing folks, they do it. It’s Lawyer Ann Sullivan condo near Hartwell, Ga., dall McCall, was accused Kenyatta Thomas Talley been really important was present at the bless- thanks to the in-laws of 58, of Caro- of stealing Jr., 27 that we reach out to the ing and helped Gaillard the daughter of her em- McCall lina Land- meat from a 862 Laing Court, Seneca folks, especially those put her name on the deed, ployer, Harry Hamilton, ing Drive, store nearly Booking Date: 2/22/21 who have lost every- as the house was her who she is a caregiver for. has been charged with two years Oconee County Sheriff thing, and help them.” grandparents’ home and “The next morning, third-degree assault and Anderson ago. General sessions bench Gaillard, a nursing later owned by her father. my son packed his car up battery. Sheila warrant student at Tri-County “Angie and her son and he had everything The alleged assault Denis Anderson, 56, Technical College, said were living there, but in his car before he went happened over a dispute of Birnie Street in Samantha Brooke Balint, she wasn’t sure of her didn’t have the deed to to school that morning,” between McCall and his Greenville, was arrest- 30 next steps when she lost the property,” Dobson Gaillard said. “I asked neighbor Feb. 16. McCall ed Monday night and 1500 S. Oak St. Unit 518, her family home last year. said. “Ann Sullivan him if he was coming back wanted police to arrest charged with a third or Seneca “When it first hap- spent countless hours to the condo and he said, the woman he slapped subsequent offense of Booking Date: 2/22/21 pened, we were really pro bono getting the ‘No, I’m going home.’” after she swung her shoplifting. South Carolina Highway worried and concerned deed in her name.” Gaillard and Webb purse at him and hit him An arrest warrant Patrol because we didn’t have “I’ve lived in this moved back into their on the side of his face, alleges Anderson stole DUI-1st offense insurance on the house, house for most of my house the second week of according to an Oconee meat valued at less than it wasn’t in my name life, and this is all my this month with the help County Sheriff’s Office $2,000 from the Save Sheila Denis Anderson, 56 yet and we didn’t know son knows,” Gaillard of the task force. incident report. McCall A Lot grocery store at 418 Birnie St., Greenville what we were going to added. “The house is in “We didn’t have furni- was released from the Foothills Center in West Booking Date: 2/22/21 do,” Gaillard said. “The my name finally, and we ture or anything, so we Oconee County Deten- Union in May 2019. Oconee County Sheriff church was the first ones are free and clear. That’s camped out. It was empty, tion Center on a $1,087.50 She was being held Shoplifting <$2,000 to come through. It real- just a blessing.” but it was just great being personal recognizance Tuesday on a $10,000 ly brought us together as Since the house home again,” Gaillard said. bond Monday. surety bond. John Ray Swafford, 52 a community.” Gaillard and her son, 128 Hunt Road, Seneca Dobson came up with Terrique Webb, call Booking Date: 2/22/21 the task force about a home wasn’t insured Oconee County Sheriff week after the tornado when the tornado ripped Salem municipal bench hit, and nearly $19,000 off the roof and damaged warrant; magistrate’s bench was donated to the group. most of the house, it was warrant “We were all paralyzed rebuilt by David Gully, and wondered what we owner and president Ashley Nicole Lollis, 24 were going to do,” Dob- of Central Signature 104 Orr St., Honea Path son said. “We identified Homes in Seneca. Booking Date: 2/22/21 37 families who were Gully was looking for a Oconee County Sheriff matched with a part- way to help in the after- Magistrate’s bench warrant nering family from St. math of the tornado, and Mark. We’re just trying someone had recom- Alberto Acatitlan Bello, 45 to provide support as mended Gaillard. 228 Country Circle Drive, much as we can.” “I wanted to try to find Westminster Gaillard was paired somebody who needed Booking Date: 2/22/21 with the family of Polly our help to go in to kind West Union municipal Fehler, who is a retired of build them back,” Gul- Failure to return license nurse. ly said. “Single moms plate/registration-1st of- “We didn’t even know are near and dear to fense; driving under sus- when we were matching everyone’s heart.” pension; failure to maintain families that Angie was a Gaillard got the news proof of insurance in vehicle nursing student,” Dobson her house was complete-

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ince I have spent nearly a year writ- ing about COVID-19 and talking to Smany who have had it, I knew there were a dozen or more symptoms that come along with it. For some reason, I thought patients only got a few of the symptoms. But that isn’t true for Michelle and me. We had almost all of the symptoms listed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — and a few that were not on the list. Our symptoms, so far, have included fever, chills, cough, fatigue, A COVID weakness, muscle and JOURNEY | body aches, headache, runny nose, sore throat, NORM nausea, diarrhea, dizzi- CANNADA ness and fatigue. Some of the symptoms lasted only briefly, while others appeared to have set up shop inside our bodies. Surprisingly, the fever and chills only lasted a couple of days. And — so far — our breathing hasn’t been affected. That was probably the one symptom I was most concerned about when this PHOTOS COURTESY OF KEEP OCONEE BEAUTIFUL ASSOCIATION started. Walhalla City Councilman Josh Roberts joined his daughter, Charlotte, for the city’s Martin Luther King Jr. ‘Day of Service,’ which The cough has been by far my worst was dedicated locally to picking up litter. symptom. It set in the day before I was tested and has been steady into this week. It has been loud and constant. I have described it to people as “violent.” There have been a few times that I was coughing so much I felt Keep Oconee Beautiful like I was hyperventilating. I found some tablets a pharmacist recommended that have toned down the coughing, but it has remained the most uncomfortable part of this journey. working to keep the county clean It’s a good thing I am in quarantine so that only Michelle has to endure my inces- sant coughing. BY BRIAN GRAVES on to oconeelaw.com and Muscle and body aches have certainly THE JOURNAL reporting litter there. hit my body, along with the loss of energy. “The pandemic has A hot shower has temporarily taken SENECA — There were caused some setbacks to away the aches for me, so I’ve showered as 78,153 pounds of litter our elementary education many as three times in one day just to get picked up by Oconee County program,” Pankuch said. the soreness to go away for a few hours. Detention Center inmates “Kobie Bear and friends I didn’t have much energy at all the first last year. normally taught to over few days. That is almost 50,000 3,000 students annually in Now, I can feel pretty good and my ener- pounds more than was all 10 county elementary gy will suddenly disappear. picked up in 2019. schools and one private Those numbers alone sug- school, Oconee Christian REST DAYS gest a significant litter and Academy.” That loss of energy has taught me I can’t trash problem in the Up- She said there is a collab- keep up my normal pace. state, and the members of orative effort making short The first three days I was working the Keep Oconee Beautiful videos from the presenta- from home, trying to act as if nothing Association are using every tions that can be shown in had changed. By that third night, I was weapon in their arsenal of the classrooms in place of completely wiped out. When I ran track public information and ser- making a personal appear- in high school, I called it “hitting a wall,” vice to reverse that trend. ance. meaning I had nothing left in my energy “Negative effects of lit- Cigarette butts may be tank. tering on the environment small, but they are the num- I told everyone at work I was going to include harming wildlife ber one littered item. have to take a complete day of rest. and polluting waterways, “KOBA is providing I even called my mother and sons and is hazardous to some living cigarette butt receptacles told them I wasn’t going to talk on the things, and is also illegal to county businesses free phone for the day. Talking irritates the and ugly,” said KOBA Ex- of charge,” Pankuch said. cough and is exhausting. ecutive Director Danielle “Not everyone is aware they I think Michelle enjoyed my day of Pankuch. are litter, aren’t biode- (mostly) silence. I didn’t completely give She said laws have recent- gradable, and toxic to our up talking, but I rested my voice and body ly changed and, depending Walhalla Elementary School fifth-grader Luke Belue was the waterways. on that Thursday. After working some on on the degree of the viola- recent winner of PalmettoPride’s recent “Litter Trashes Ev- Pankuch said the orga- Friday, I once again rested on Saturday tion, fines can be leveled up eryone” contest promoted by KOBA. KOBA executive director nization, with the help of and Sunday. to $1,000. Danielle Pankuch is pictured with the winner. various grants, are able to I am learning in this second week to KOBA believes there is provide supplies such as pace myself. more reward in “throwing inmates have cleaned 564 clean,” Pankuch said. vests, bags, gloves and grab- To borrow a phrase I heard often from away” instead of “throwing miles of road and picked up Members of the public can bers for anyone who want to former Oconee Economic Alliance execu- out” and are continually almost 2,000 bags of trash also do their own patrolling pick up litter safely “and be tive director Richard Blackwell, “This is getting new members on during the last two years. for illegal dumping or part of the solution.” a marathon, not a sprint.” board to help the cause in a “While COVID-19 has littering using the sheriff’s KOBA can be reached I am not sprinting. I am moving slow- variety of ways. forced them to stop the pro- department’s anti-litter through social media or by ly. Under the direction of gram, they have proved to initiative allowing tips to email at [email protected]. Oconee Sheriff’s Office Lt. be an invaluable part of the be called in anonymously NORM CANNADA is a staff writer for The Journal. Tommy Crumpton, local effort in keeping our county at (864) 638-4111 or logging [email protected] | (864) 973-6686

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Shirley Vogt Beat poet, publisher Ferlinghetti dies at 101

FEBRUARY 17, 2021 BY JANIE HAR Last Waltz.” The folk-rock for whom his mother had WESTMINSTER, S.C. AND HILLEL ITALIE band Aztec Two-Step lifted worked as a governess. He — Shirley Edith Vogt, ASSOCIATED PRESS its name from a line in the studied journalism at the 80, wife of the late Ray- title poem of Ferlinghetti’s University of North Caroli- mond Vogt, passed away SAN FRANCISCO — “Coney Island” book: “A na at Chapel Hill, received Wednesday, Feb. 17, at Lawrence Ferlinghetti, couple of Papish cats/is a master’s in literature Prisma Health Cotting- the poet, publisher, book- doing an Aztec two-step.” from Columbia University, ham Hospice House. seller and activist who Ferlinghetti also pub- and a doctorate degree A memorial service will helped launch the Beat lished some of the earliest from the Sorbonne in be held in Michigan at a movement in the 1950s film reviews by Pauline Paris. His early influences later date. In lieu of flow- and embodied its curious Kael, who with The New included Ernest Heming- ers, memorials may be and rebellious spirit well Yorker became one of the way, Thomas Wolfe and made in Shirley’s memory into the 21st century, has country’s most influential Ezra Pound. to Prisma Health Cotting- died at age 101. critics. Ferlinghetti hated war, ham Hospice House, c/o Ferlinghetti, a San He lived long and well because he was in one. In GHS Cottingham Hospice Francisco institution, ASSOCIATED PRESS despite a traumatic child- 1945, he was a Navy com- House, Attn: Foundation died Monday at his home, Author Lawrence Ferlinghetti recites a poem after he hood. His father died five mander stationed in Japan Office, 298 Memorial his son Lorenzo Ferling- was awarded the Literarian Award for Outstanding Ser- months before Lawrence and remembered visiting Drive, Seneca, SC 29678 or hetti said. A month shy vice to the American Literary Community at the National was born in Yonkers, Nagasaki a few weeks after Prisma Health Lila Doyle, of his 102nd birthday, Book Awards in New York, on Nov. 16, 2005. Ferling- New York, in 1919, leaving the U.S. had dropped an Attn: Foundation Office, Ferlinghetti died “in his hetti, a poet, publisher and bookseller, has died in San behind a sense of loss that atom bomb. The carnage, 298 Memorial Drive, Sene- own room,” holding the Francisco at age 101. haunted him, yet provid- he would recall, made him ca, SC 29678. hands of his son and his ed much of the creative an “instant pacifist.” Born in Waterbury, son’s girlfriend, “as he many others came out bearded, with sharp blue tension that drove his art. In the early 1950s, he Conn., she was the daugh- took his last breath.” The and the release of Allen eyes, could be soft-spo- His mother, unable to cope, settled in San Francis- ter of the late Joseph and cause of death was lung Ginsberg’s landmark ken, even introverted and had a nervous breakdown co and married Selden Grace Griffith Guerrera. disease. Ferlinghetti had poem “Howl” led to a 1957 reticent in unfamiliar two years after his father’s Kirby-Smith, whom he She was a retired LPN, received the first dose obscenity case that broke situations. But he was the death. She eventually divorced in 1976. (They a member of St. Paul’s of the COVID vaccine new ground for freedom most public of poets and disappeared and died in a had two children). Fer- Catholic Church and loved last week, his son said of expression. his work wasn’t intended state hospital. linghetti also became a gardening, painting, arts Tuesday. He also defied history. for solitary contemplation. Ferlinghetti spent years member of the city’s rising and crafts. Few poets of the past The Internet, superstore It was meant to be recit- moving among relatives, literary movement, the Shirley is survived by 60 years were so well chains and high rents ed or chanted out loud, boarding homes and an so-called San Francisco daughters, Mary Carr known, or so influential. shut down numerous whether in coffee houses, orphanage before he was Renaissance, and soon (Bill) and Margaret; His books sold more than booksellers in the Bay bookstores or at campus taken in by a wealthy New helped establish a gather- brother, Leonard Guer- 1 million copies world- Area and beyond, but gatherings. York family, the Bislands, ing place. rera; four grandchildren, wide, a fantasy for vir- City Lights remained a His 1958 compilation, Nina Giustiniani, Joshua tually any of his peers, thriving political and “A Coney Island of the Carr, Nicole Giustiniani and he ran one of the cultural outlet, where Mind,” sold hundreds of and Jeffrey Carr; and five world’s most famous and one section was devoted thousands of copies in great-grandchildren. distinctive bookstores, to books enabling “revo- the U.S. alone. Long an Condolences may be City Lights. Although he lutionary competence,” outsider from the poetry expressed online by visit- never considered himself where employees could community, Ferlinghetti ing sandiferfuneralhome. one of the Beats, he was get the day off to attend once joked that he had com. a patron and soul mate an anti-war protest. “committed the sin of too Sandifer Funeral Home and, for many, a lasting “Generally, people much clarity.” He called is assisting the family. symbol — preaching a seem to get more con- his style “wide open” and nobler and more ecstatic servative as they age, his work, influenced in 311 South Highway 11 • Walhalla American dream. but in my case, I seem to part by e.e. cummings, was 638-3611 “Am I the conscious- have gotten more rad- often lyrical and childlike: ness of a generation ical,” Ferlinghetti told “Peacocks walked/under Now Serving The Families of or just some old fool Interview magazine in the night trees/in the lost sounding off and trying 2013. “Poetry must be moon/light/when I went Wallace Henry McCall to escape the dominant capable of answering the out/looking for love,” he materialist avaricious challenge of apocalyptic wrote in “Coney Island.” The heart that keeps a memory consciousness of Amer- times, even if this means Ferlinghetti also was and holds it ever dear DEATH NOTICE ica?” he asked in “Little sounding apocalyptic.” a playwright, novelist, looks beyond today and Boy,” a stream of con- The store even endured translator and painter and sees tomorrow shining clear. sciousness novel pub- during the coronavirus had many admirers among lished around the time of outbreak, when it was musicians. In 1976, he re- Now with onsite crematory his 100th birthday forced to close and re- cited “The Lord’s Prayer” For complete obituary, visit www.davenportfuneralhome.com He made history. quired $300,000 to stay in at the Band’s farewell Through the City Lights business. A GoFundMe concert, immortalized in publishing arm, books campaign quickly raised Martin Scorsese’s “The by Jack Kerouac, Wil- $400,000. Wallace Henry McCall liam S. Burroughs and Ferlinghetti, tall and

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In The Bleachers Do I need to sign up for Medicare When sharing Don’t be hypersensitive if I’m still working? reconnects to criticism

Dear Savvy Senior: I will turn 65 in a few months and people Question: How can I stop wor- plan to keep working for several more years. I have good rying about what people think health insurance from my employer now. Do I have to Dear Annie: My hus- of me? sign up for Medicare when I reach 65? band has been insulin — P.P. — Looking Ahead dependent for 56 years Answer: We must not have Dear Looking: Whether you need to enroll in Medi- and must avoid COVID-19, a victim mentality. Excessive care at 65 if you continue to work and have health so I have stayed at sensitivity to what others say insurance through your job depends on how large your home during the past 10 about us can cause us to become employer is. The same rules apply if months, overly absorbed in your health insurance comes from your away from worry and anxiety spouse’s job. people as over other people’s But first, let’s review the basics. Re- well. One opinions based on member that original Medicare has two morning, their own self-sub- parts: Part A, which provides hospital I wrote scribed standards. coverage and is free for most people. And how I felt We should not be Part B, which covers doctor’s bills, lab and then hypersensitive to tests and outpatient care. Part B also has decided to criticism or enter- a monthly premium, which is $148.50 for post it on tain an exagger- Bizarro SAVVY most beneficiaries in 2021, but is higher DEAR Facebook. MY ated sense of our for individuals earning above $88,000. I was right own importance. SENIOR | If you’re already receiving Social ANNIE | — many ANSWER | This brings great Security, you’ll automatically be enrolled people unhappiness. JIM in parts A and B when you turn 65, and ANNIE were BILLY Some people are MILLER you’ll receive your Medicare card in LANE feeling GRAHAM insecure, lacking the mail. It will include instructions to the same in self-confidence, return it if you have work coverage that way. The and are therefore qualifies you for late enrollment. If you aren’t yet receiv- responses I received were easily bruised by what other ing Social Security, you will have to apply, which you can so heartwarming. Here’s people say. Many egocentric do online at SSA.gov/medicare. my post: people fall victim. If you plan to continue working past the age of 65 and “Where did I go? I was An illustration is the paranoid have health insurance from your job, your first step is to here a minute ago. I seem person who sees two acquain- ask your benefits manager or human resources depart- to have lost myself. After tances talking together and ment how your employer insurance works with Medi- 70 years of hard work I jumps to the conclusion that care. In most cases, you should at least take Medicare found myself and now, they are discussing her faults. Part A because it’s free. (Note: If you’re funding a health poof, I’m gone. Figures, She retreats into the torture savings account you may not want to take Part A because it’s like everything else — chamber of her own mind, you can’t make contributions after you enroll). But to I get the house clean, I get where she manufactures misery. decide whether to take Part B or not will depend on the all the laundry done, and Run from paranoia as you would size of your employer. a couple of days later I run from a plague. have to do it all again. But But the greatest solution SMALL EMPLOYER I really wasn’t prepared to this very real problem is If your current employer has fewer than 20 employees, to lose myself. to surrender to Christ. Turn Cornered Medicare will be your primary insurer and you should “Where’s the laughter? from self-absorption to being enroll in Medicare Part B during your initial enrollment Where’s the fun? Where’s immersed in God’s truth. The period. This is a seven-month period that includes the the helper, the creative most important thing anyone three months before, the month of, and the three months one? Where’s the thinker? can do on their own behalf is to after your 65th birthday. The funny girl? The lead- be humble before the Savior and If you miss the seven-month sign-up window, you’ll er, the organizer? Gone, ask forgiveness of sin and re- have to wait until the next general enrollment period, like that. ceive Him as the Lord. He sends which runs from Jan. 1 to March 31 with benefits begin- “After almost a year of His Spirit to help us through ning the following July 1. You’ll also incur a 10 percent isolation, I realize that I this journey. More important penalty for each year you wait beyond your initial en- am defined by my family than what people think of us is rollment period, which will be tacked on to your monthly and by my friends. With- what God knows about us, and Part B premium. out them, I can’t find me. His word tells us that “all have If you see me, will you let sinned and fall short of the glory LARGE EMPLOYER me know, please, before I of God” (Romans 3:23). But He is If your employer has 20 or more employees, your am gone forever. “ waiting to hear our confession. employer’s group health plan will be your primary My friend’s response: He is waiting to redeem us and insurer as long as you remain an active employee. If “Oh, I found you, Glynda. give us a new life in Christ. “Re- this is the case, you don’t need to enroll in Part B when You were in my heart the pent therefore and be converted, you turn 65 if you’re satisfied with the coverage you are whole time!” that your sins may be blotted getting through your job. But if you do decide to enroll in My son’s response: “I out, so that times of refreshing Medicare, it will supplement your employer insurance by see you every day. Even may come from the presence of paying secondary on all of your claims. when I’m not looking. I the Lord” (Acts 3:19). Once your employment or group health coverage ends, see your humor in my you will then have eight months to sign up for Part B kids when they make each (This column is based on the The Flying McCoys without a penalty. This is known as the Special Enroll- other laugh.” words and writings of the late ment Period. What more can I ask Rev. Billy Graham.) for?! CHECK DRUG COVERAGE — Feeling Grateful You also need to verify your prescription drug cover- Dear Feeling Grate- | CROSSWORD ANSWERS | age. Call your benefits manager or insurance company to ful: Thank you for shar- find out if your employer’s prescription drug coverage is ing your reflection during considered “creditable.” If it is, you don’t need to enroll in this very difficult time. a Medicare Part D prescription drug plan. If it isn’t, you Your feelings of isolation should purchase a plan (see Medicare.gov/plan-compare) are shared by millions during your initial enrollment period or you’ll incur around the world. But as a premium penalty (1 percent of the average national you point out, though we premium for every month you don’t have coverage) if you might be physically alone enroll later. right now or distanced If you have more questions or need help, contact your from our loved ones, we State Health Insurance Assistance Program (see Shipta- are never truly alone. Peo- Center.org), which offers free Medicare counseling. Or ple are always connected call the Medicare Rights Center helpline at 800-333-4114. through love and commu- nication with others. SEND YOUR senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC SEND YOUR questions for Annie Today show and author of “The Savvy Senior” book. Lane to [email protected].

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| ACES ON THE BRIDGE | THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek The cards lay favorably for North-South in this deal, Unscramble these Jumbles, one letter to each square, but West found a way to put to form four ordinary words. declarer off the scent. South chose to rebid one @PlayJumble no-trump rather than repeat ATEML his diamonds, a decision I am not sure I agree with. It did not affect the final contract; when North offered a choice NEULG of games, South had the worst possible support for spades, so

he opted for no-trump. Even Twitter app • Follow us on so, both four hearts and four spades might have played CTMIOS reasonably here. West kicked off with the JUST JUMBLE club ace and, upon collecting the five from his partner, pressed on with the club ABNERR

six. The defenders took the the free Get first four rounds of the suit, Now arrange the circled letters then West got off play with ©2021 Tribune Content Agency, LLC to form the surprise answer, as a heart. Declarer, who had down the diamond ace next, All Rights Reserved. suggested by the above cartoon. shed spades from both hands playing for queen-10 double- on the run of the clubs, now ton, his only chance if that “ ’” reeled off his heart win- 10 was a true card. Thus, de- ners. He hoped to find the clarer lost his laydown game, (Answers tomorrow) diamond queen onside and going down two tricks. Jumbles: NICER IMAGE STRAND HIGHER Yesterday’s either for the suit to split 3-3, West’s false-card was a good Answer: The rocker had been in their family for genera- or for the hand with the long one, but had declarer respect- tions, and they would — “CHAIR-ISH” IT diamond to hold both spade ed his opponent, or had he en- honors. Then there would be a countered the position before, squeeze. he would not have let himself When nothing material- be led down the garden path. ized, declarer crossed to the diamond king, West dropping the 10 in the hope of giving declarer a losing option. De- B.C. clarer fell for the bait and laid

ANSWER: Some would bid two diamonds over a one- spade overcall, hoping to show the hearts later, but that is debatable, and bidding dia- monds certainly feels wrong over a two-spade call. You need to double, to ensure you Blondie can get the other major into the game. Three diamonds may lead partner to bid three no-trump, repeat clubs or even raise diamonds when a better game is available.

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ACROSS 57 Was aware of 26 Overdone publicity 1 Agreement 61 Conspiring (with) 27 Army group 7 When doubled, a Hawaiian 62 Discomfort 28 Prepares, like leather fish 64 Actress Seydoux or Thompson 29 “This ___ test” 11 Hoover ___ (Colorado River 65 Raise one’s voice 30 Prefix with “verse” Peanuts structure) 66 U-Haul truck, for one 31 Deserves 14 Haitian religion involving 67 Hosp. areas 34 Scratch the surface? sorcery 68 Poetic tributes 35 “Mon ___!” 15 Hugh Laurie’s boys’ school 69 Forgo cooking ... or, read with 36 Issue forth 16 Former quarterback Manning spaces after the second and 37 Bumper concern 17 Waiting one’s turn fourth letters, a theme hint 39 Large reproductive cells 18 Rustic home 40 “The Simpsons” character who 20 University official DOWN says “hi-diddly-ho” 21 Isn’t thorough when cleaning 1 Fanatical 43 Coins that cost more than an ashtray? 2 Certain ice cream holder seven cents each to make 23 Shortly, in poetry 3 Carbonated drink 46 Mimic 24 They 4 Thor’s father 47 Inherent character sometimes clash 5 “Anchorman: The Legend of 48 Welcoming expression 25 Closed-down arena? ___ Burgundy” 49 Piano technician 32 Chatty bird 6 “Crime ___ pay” 50 He has the world at his Hagar 33 When required 7 Philanthropist Gates fingertips 38 Word after “public” or 8 On the summit of 51 GPS suggestion “popular” 9 Big pigs 54 Hellmann’s spread, informally 41 TV schedule slot 10 Machu Picchu builder 55 Like good Scotch 42 Takes revenge 11 Eliminate glitches from 56 Regulation 44 Trap, as by a winter storm 12 Samuel of the Supreme Court 57 Superman, aka Clark ___ 45 Glowing alien of Jabba’s 13 After-dinner candies 58 Defense org. since 1949 species? 19 Prez known for his top hat 59 Birthright seller in Genesis 48 Headliner 22 RVer’s stopover 60 Mark from a paintball fight, 52 IRS experts 23 More pale say 53 Where one might get a dog? 25 Pollution portmanteau 63 Teachers’ org.

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Good Samaritan someone was at her door. returns lost wallet She opened the applica- What children was he talking about? to woman’s home tion on her phone to find a video of a man saying YULEE, Fla. (AP) — A he had found her wallet Florida woman said she and would place it by the Willie, dren away from was reunited with her Amazon packages outside Quoting Coun- their parents. lost wallet after a good her Yulee home, about 10 cilman Glenn Didn’t Trump Samaritan found it at miles from the store. Hart in the Feb. do that Walmart and returned it “Hey Ms. Crosby, 10 Journal ar- Tell with the to her home. I found your wallet ticle regarding Mexicans Debra Glover-Crosby at Walmart in River proposed ordi- trying to was shopping at the City...I’m going to put it by nances on lake get into northern Jacksonville the Amazon boxes,” the and corridor America? store on Saturday when man said in the security signage, “They Willie she noticed she had lost video. like our climate, says: her wallet and had to pay The wallet was re- they like all the Willie If you with cash, First Coast turned with all of its resources we heard News reported. contents, Glover-Crosby have, yet they CALL 916-9749 Robertson As she was returning said. want it to look say that, then home, her doorbell secu- The good Samaritan like New York.” I guess he said rity system notified her didn’t identify himself. Not sure who the “they” blessed to be it. What children is that he refers to, but born here, was he talking it sounds divisive to me. and the rest of about? It’s a well- I thought he was elected us got here as known fact that to represent the entire fast as we could! during Presi- Need Health district and not just his This is all of our dent Trump’s personal views. The pro- homes now. We presidency, posed ordinances would need to put our thousands of Insurance? help preserve the natural shoulders to the children were beauty and resources in yoke together separated from our county. The Journal to keep our parents who were previously reported that Golden Corner detained or de- Hart owns commercial beautiful. ported. They later billboard signage in the reunited some fam- county. Can you say “con- Willie, ilies, but as of last Oc- flict of interest?” Voters Well, I’m on the battle- tober, they still haven’t in District 5 should really field for Jesus Christ. Yes, found the parents of consider if this is who I’m on the battlefield for 545 kids. The pandemic they want to represent Jesus Christ. Some folks is making it real hard them. been mighty naughty, to search since most are Willie says: and some’s been nice, but voice like in other countries. Billboards sure aren’t I’m on the battlefield for mine, and we’re all my idea of “natural Jesus Christ. Woo-hoo. better off just reading Catch ya later! beauty.” They’re any- Amen. them. Have a great day. Willie thing but natural. As Willie says: far as Hart’s bringing It’s times like this Willie, COMMENTS ARE not intended up the old “us versus that I wish my column I just finished watching to reflect views of The Journal’s HelpingSpecial You EnrollmentSelect the Medicare Period Plan them” mentality, I had an “audio” button TV evangelist Pat Rob- management or staff and are the Individuals & Families really thought we were or something so I could ertson. He’s accusing the opinions of readers submitting Option that is right for you! all past that divisive hear you singing those Democrats of what Trump them. 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B6 THE JOURNAL WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2021 Percy and The Drone

ars captivated our People have always Perseverance (the imagination long reported strange objects Mars rover nicknamed Mbefore Galileo first flying in the sky. In “Percy” by NASA) just observed the red planet 1947, a flying saucer was traveled 293 million through his telescope in reported to have crashed miles to land on Mars. 1610. The ancient Egyp- in Roswell, N.M. The When Percy landed on tians charted the red Roswell Army Air Field Mars, he brought a little planet’s (RAAF) issued a press buddy along — a min- move- release that stated that a iature helicopter called ments “flying disc” had been re- Ingenuity. His buddy is a more trieved, along with other kind of drone/helicopter than debris from the saucer. who can scout above the 4,000 Almost immediately, landscape while Percy years however, the military digs into the Martian ago. announced that the “sau- soil. I call them Percy ASSOCIATED PRESS Today, an cer” had actually been a and The Drone, because interna- weather balloon. Rumors to me, they are kind of 139-year-old house rolls cisco Chronicle reported. INKLINGS | tional persisted, however, and like Batman and Robin. to new San Francisco address Veteran house mover Phil Joy told the fleet of included the speculation They are our caped cru- newspaper he had to secure permits from LYNDA orbiting that the bodies of several saders, our super heroes, SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After 139 more than 15 city agencies. ABEGG space- small gray aliens had battling the Martian years at 807 Franklin St. in San Fran- Joy said this move is tricky in part craft been recovered, along elements while search- cisco, a two-story Victorian house has a because the first part of the journey study with strange debris with ing for life beyond our new address. involves going downhill. Mars from all angles. remarkable capabilities. planet. The green home with large windows “That’s always difficult for a house,” he Mars is about half the People have made Percy and The Drone and a brown front door was loaded onto said. diameter of the Earth. Its credible claims to have landed in the Jezero giant dollies and moved Sunday to a Along the route, parking meters were volcanoes, impact craters been abducted and taken Crater, which scientists location six blocks away. ripped up, tree limbs were trimmed and and dust storms have aboard saucer-like space- believe once held a lake Onlookers lined the sidewalks to snap traffic signs were relocated. created some of the solar craft, where they were about the size of Lake photos as the structure rolled — at a top The owner of the six-bedroom house, system’s most interesting poked and prodded by Tahoe. Percy will dig in speed of 1 mph — to 635 Fulton St. San Francisco broker Tim Brown, will features. The tempera- these gray alien crea- the soil with its robotic The house’s journey has been in the pay about $400,000 in fees and moving ture on Mars is minus-81 tures. They are described arm to see if it can detect planning stages for years, the San Fran- costs, the Chronicle said. degrees Fahrenheit, and as small with large, oval organic molecules or any the atmosphere is just 1 eyes and bald heads with signs of microbial life. percent of the density of no hair. They have no The Drone will scout the the Earth’s atmosphere. eyebrows or eyelashes. landscape to see what A funeral is supposed to let you In other words, you would Who are these aliens? may be just over that say goodbye to your loved ones instantly freeze to death Why are they here? What ridge. — before you discovered are they searching for? Wouldn’t it be exciting ... not to your savings account. you couldn’t breathe. I personally think they if, while Percy was out in In 1938, the Mercury may be coming here for the crater digging away, Funeral Cremation Theater broadcast a radio the eyelashes. Everybody he suddenly stopped Packages Packages version of “The War of the knows we have some and his camera swerved starting at starting at Worlds,” written by H.G. of the most glamorous to the right, and there $4,995 $995 Wells. It was presented eyelashes in the universe. stood a small gray alien, as a series of “live” news Actually, I have no idea, with no hair or eyelash- bulletins that made people but it seems they could es, watching Percy dig? think it was a real inva- really use some eyelash- Now, that would really sion. Thousands of Amer- es, and perhaps a little be out of this world! icans were panicked, and color. some grabbed their guns Today, instead of Mar- LYNDA ABEGG believes Percy and ran into the street to tians invading Earth, we, will find life on Mars. She can be 101 East North Second Street, Seneca fight off the marauding the Earthlings, are the reached at lyndaabegg@charter. Call Anytime (864) 886-7702 Martians. ones invading Mars. net. Find exactly what you need for your little bundle of joy in LUXURY LIVING The Journal Call 882-2375 to subscribe to the Classifieds today!

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Fresh start ASSOCIATED PRESS A vehicle rests on its side after a rollover accident in- volving Tiger Woods along a road in the Rancho Palos Verdes suburb of Los Angeles on Tuesday. Tiger Woods seriously injured in crash

BY STEFANIE DAZIO AND stretch of a two-lane DOUG FERGUSON road through upscale ASSOCIATED PRESS Los Angeles suburbs. Sheriff’s Deputy Carlos LOS ANGELES — Ti- Gonzalez, who was the ger Woods was seriously first to get to the wreck, injured Tuesday when said he sometimes catch- his SUV crashed into a es people topping 80 mph median, rolled over and in the 45 mph zone and ended up on its side near crashes are common. a steep road in suburban “I will say that it’s Los Angeles known for very fortunate that Mr. wrecks, authorities said. Woods was able to come The golf superstar had out of this alive,” Gonza- to be pulled out through lez said. the windshield, and his When the deputy agent said he underwent arrived, a neighbor told leg surgery. him the driver was still Woods was alone in in the vehicle. Gonzalez the SUV when it crashed said he poked his head into a raised median, through a hole in the crossed two oncoming windshield and saw lanes and rolled several Woods with his seatbelt times, authorities said on. at a news conference. No The deputy asked COURTESY OF THE ACC other cars were involved. Woods questions, includ- Clemson quarterback D.J. Uiagalelei, seen in action during the Tigers’ win over Boston College last season in Clem- The 45-year-old was alert ing what day it was and son, will open spring practice today as the Tigers’ starting quarterback following the departure of Trevor Lawrence. and able to communicate where he was. as firefighters pried open “Tiger was able to the front windshield to speak to me lucidly,” get him out. Gonzalez said. Woods What to watch as Tigers open spring practice The airbags went off appeared “incredibly and the inside of the calm,” the deputy said, BY MICHAEL CROUCHLEY while, but we’ll get back at it. We’ll players that would normally be vehicle stayed basically likely because he was in THE JOURNAL reset, get our eyes focused on moving on — such as linebackers intact, and that “gave shock. spring practice, getting back in the James Skalski and Baylon Spector, him a cushion to survive Woods was in Los An- CLEMSON — It’s been a long fight and getting back to work.” and safety Nolan Turner — have the crash,” Los Angeles geles over the weekend seven weeks since the Clemson The road to a seventh straight opted to take advantage to the County Sheriff Alex as the tournament host football team last took the field, College Football Playoff appear- extra year of eligibility granted to Villanueva said. Both of of the Genesis Invitation- and now fans will finally get their ance begins today, and with spring all fall-sports athletes due to the his legs were seriously al at Riviera Country first inkling of how the 2021 team practice comes plenty of questions COVID-19 pandemic. injured, county Fire Club, where he presented will shape out — even if it’s just on that the team will start to answer. More returning players and the Chief Daryl Osby said. the trophy on Sunday. the practice field. The most glaring change will addition of 12 freshmen enrolling They said there was no He was to spend Monday The Tigers are set to start spring be a Clemson backfield that will early adds another element to immediate evidence that and Tuesday filming practice this afternoon — less than feature neither Trevor Lawrence spring practice, where Clemson Woods was impaired. with Discovery-owned two months after their 2020 season or Travis Etienne for the first time will look to start making decisions Authorities said they GOLFTV, with whom he came to an end in heartbreaking in three seasons. The superstar on position battles and overall checked for any odor of has an endorsement. fashion with a 49-28 loss to Ohio quarterback and running back are adjustments. alcohol or other signs he Woods, a 15-time major State in the Sugar Bowl. off to the NFL, and Swinney said Today will be mark the first of was under the influence champion who shares “We’ll grow from it. We’ll get they left “incredible legacies” at 15 spring practices for the Tigers, of a substance and found with Sam Snead the PGA better,” Clemson head coach Dabo Clemson. culminating with the Tigers’ none. They didn’t say Tour record of 82 career Swinney said after the game in Beyond Lawrence and Etienne, spring game on April 3 at Memo- how fast he was driving. victories, has been recov- New Orleans. “It’s going to take however, the Tigers have a lot The crash happened ering from Dec. 23 sur- time. This one will hurt for a of returning talent. Many key SEE TIGERS, PAGE C4 on a sweeping, downhill gery on his lower back. Former Clemson, NFL lineman Thomas joins Daniel staff BY ERIC SPROTT When the position at Clemson tough sell to bring Thomas to THE JOURNAL opened up, Thomas reached out Central. to Clemson head coach Dabo “I just consider ourselves CENTRAL — After stepping Swinney. Then came some quick very lucky to have been able away from football last year networking that landed Thomas to find Brandon weeks after to get his body healthy after a his first coaching gig after a pro being notified we were losing six-year NFL career, Brandon career that included stints as a our offensive line coach to a Thomas got the itch to return to guard with the San Francisco great situation,” Fruster said. the game in a new capacity. 49ers, Detroit Lions and Jack- “We’re going to miss Tyrone a And for the former Clemson sonville Jaguars from 2014-19 lot and what he was able to help standout, the timing couldn’t after being a third-round pick of us accomplish these last three have been any better. the 49ers in the 2014 NFL draft. seasons. I’m very happy for him The wheels actually turned “I guess Tyrone had already and his opportunity to go be a so fast, Thomas could hardly talked to coach Swinney,” graduate assistant for his alma process how quickly he became Thomas said. “It was the fun- mater and have a chance at a the new offensive line coach at niest thing. That night, I told great college career. Daniel High School. coach Swinney I was thinking “To be able to find another Thomas, a first-team All- about getting into coaching, Clemson guy, another (Clemson ACC tackle for the Tigers who and the next thing I know, I’m offensive line coach Robbie) lettered from 2009-13, steps into getting a call from (Daniel head COURTESY OF CLEMSON ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Caldwell guy that also had the role recently vacated by coach Jeff) Fruster. Former Clemson offensive tackle Brandon Thomas (63), seen during years of experience in the pros, another former all-conference “It all happened fast, and I the Tigers’ 2012 game against South Carolina, has been hired as the I think we stand to maybe even Clemson lineman — Tyrone was kind of shocked and excited new offensive line coach at Daniel High School. get a little better.” Crowder, who stepped down af- at the same time.” Thomas will work in an ad- ter three seasons with the Lions Fruster said things fell into Dorman, but the commute to Add in the fact the Lions are junct coach capacity at Daniel, earlier this month to accept a place quickly. He said Thomas Spartanburg wouldn’t be ideal fresh off winning the Class 3A as he’s been investing in the graduate assistant position at could have pursued coaching with Thomas based in the Eas- state championship in Decem- Clemson. at his high school alma mater, ley area. ber, and it wasn’t exactly a SEE THOMAS, PAGE C3 C2 THE JOURNAL | SPORTS | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2021

| LOCAL SPORTS | | SCOREBOARD | Today BASKETBALL East Clarendon No. 24 DePaul vs. Marquette, 5 p.m. Philadelphia 15 8 4 3 19 51 51 Spokane (High-A West); Steve Soiz High School n 2020-21 South Carolina Hannah Fuller, Southside Christian No. 25 Rutgers at Michigan St. 3 p.m. N.Y. Rangers 16 6 7 3 15 40 42 supervisor of development, Robinson Boys’ Basketball Basketball Coaches Association All- Jaylin Peterson, McBee New Jersey 14 6 6 2 14 37 41 Cancel manager, Mark Brewer pitch- Blue Ridge at Seneca, Class 3A State Teams Rishona Washington, Blackville-Hilda n NBA Glance Buffalo 16 6 8 2 14 41 47 ing coach and Nic Wilson hitting state tournament second round, BOYS Ja’Niyah Waters, Lake View EASTERN CONFERENCE Central Division coach for Fresno (Low-A West); Fred 7 p.m. Class 5A Tamya Hutchinson, Estill Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Ocasio supervisor of development, Player of the Year: Jalen Breazeale, Kynew Barnwell, Whale Branch W L Pct GB Florida 17 12 3 2 26 59 48 Jake Opitz manager, Dave Burba College Dorman Kaderrah Beason, High Point Philadelphia 20 11 .645 — Carolina 17 12 4 1 25 64 47 pitching coach, Helmis Rodriguez Men’s Basketball Alexei Iturbe, Riverside Academy Brooklyn 21 12 .636 — Chicago 20 10 6 4 24 61 61 pitching coach, Trevor Burmeister and Clemson at Wake Forest, 4:30 Gregory Jackson, Ridge View Patriece Hayes, CA Johnson Toronto 16 15 .516 4 Tampa Bay 16 11 4 1 23 58 38 Michael Ramirez hitting coaches for p.m. Julian Phillips, Blythewood Jaliyah Bussey, Ridge Spring Monetta Boston 15 15 .500 4½ Columbus 20 8 7 5 21 60 70 the Arizona complex. Tyler Rice, Ridge View Cambria Parker, Scott’s Branch New York 15 16 .484 5 Dallas 13 5 4 4 14 41 37 MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Agreed to AJ Thompson, Northwestern Aniya Gates, Lamar Southeast Division Nashville 17 7 10 0 14 40 57 terms with 3B Travis Shaw on a minor | ON THE RADIO | Yaturi Bolton, Goose Creek Kadejah Smoak, Estill W L Pct GB Detroit 20 5 12 3 13 39 64 league contract. Demetri Simmons, Goose Creek Chazmin Bradley, Military Magnet Charlotte 14 16 .467 — West Division BASKETBALL Today Jahleel Porter, West Ashley Aniyah Jones, Denmark-Olar Miami 14 17 .452 ½ GP W L OT Pts GF GA National Basketball Association MEN’S COLLEGE Davion Joiner, Fort Dorchester Taia Gattis, Cross Atlanta 13 18 .419 1½ Vegas 16 11 4 1 23 48 34 NEW ORLEANS PELICANS — Undre Lindsay, Gaffney St. Louis 19 10 7 2 22 59 59 BASKETBALL Orlando 13 19 .406 2 Placed G/F Sindarius Thornwell on Myles Jenkins, River Bluff n Washington 11 17 .393 2 Colorado 15 9 5 1 19 44 32 4:30 p.m. Men’s AP Top 25 Schedule waivers. Houston Jones, Dutch Fork Central Division Los Angeles 17 8 6 3 19 54 48 WCCP 105.5 — Clemson at and Results FOOTBALL Corbin Pack, Carolina Forest W L Pct GB Arizona 18 8 7 3 19 48 52 Wake Forest Late Monday National Football League Mike Herrin, Socastee No. 18 Texas Tech (14-8) lost to Milwaukee 18 13 .581 — Minnesota 15 9 6 0 18 44 38 BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL CAROLINA PANTHERS — Re-signed James Lovorn, T.L. Hanna Oklahoma St. 74-69, OT Indiana 15 14 .517 2 San Jose 17 7 8 2 16 47 64 OL Trent Scott to a one-year contract. BASKETBALL Class 4A No. 19 Southern Cal (19-4) beat Chicago 14 16 .467 3½ Anaheim 19 6 10 3 15 37 54 HOUSTON TEXANS — Re-signed 7 p.m. Player of the Year: Robert McCray V, Oregon 72-58 Cleveland 11 21 .344 7½ North Division CB Cornell Armstrong and RB WSNW 94.1 — Blue Ridge at A.C. Flora Tuesday Detroit 9 22 .290 9 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Buddy Howell to one-year contracts. Seneca Jacob Brown, Travelers Rest No. 2 Baylor vs. Iowa St., late WESTERN CONFERENCE Toronto 20 14 4 2 30 72 54 Released OL Senio Kelemete. Waived Kain James, Easley No. 5 Illinois (16-6) lost to Michigan Southwest Division Edmonton 20 12 8 0 24 72 62 LB Peter Kalambayi. | SPORTS ON TV | Jaleel Skinner, Greer St. 81-72 W L Pct GB Winnipeg 18 11 6 1 23 61 49 LOS ANGELES RAMS — Named Dalen Boyles, Greenwood No. 7 Oklahoma at Kansas St., late San Antonio 16 11 .593 — Montreal 18 9 5 4 22 61 52 Kevin O’Connel offensive coordinator, Omazeon Tinsley, Lancaster No. 8 Villanova vs. St. John’s, late Dallas 14 15 .483 3 Calgary 19 9 9 1 19 50 54 Thomas Brown running back coach/ Today Quan Peterson, South Pointe No. 10 West Virginia (16-6) beat TCU Memphis 13 14 .481 3 Vancouver 22 8 12 2 18 65 78 assistant head coach, Kevin Carberry COLLEGE BASEBALL Dylan Williams, Irmo 74-66 New Orleans 13 17 .433 4½ Ottawa 21 6 14 1 13 52 84 offensive line coach, Wes Phillips tight 1 p.m. RJ Felton, Aiken No. 14 Texas vs. No. 17 Kansas, late Houston 11 18 .379 6 NOTE: Two points for a win, one end coach/pass game coordinator, ACCN — Mercer at Georgia Tech Donavan Hodge, South Aiken No. 16 Virginia Tech (14-5) lost to Northwest Division point for overtime loss. The top four Zac Robinson assistant quarterback COLLEGE BASKETBALL Ayden Hickman, Myrtle Beach Georgia Tech 69-53 W L Pct GB teams in each division will qualify for coach, Eric Yarber wide receiver (MEN’S) Cesare Edwards, Hartsville No. 24 Missouri vs. Ole Miss, late Utah 25 6 .806 — playoffs under this season’s temporary coach, Nick Jones, Zak Kromer and 4:30 p.m. Will McCracken, Hilton Head Wednesday Portland 18 12 .600 6½ realignment. Chris O’Hara offensive assistants, ACCN — Clemson at Wake Bailey Wiseman, James Island No. 6 Alabama at No. 20 Arkansas, Denver 16 14 .533 8½ Raheem Morris defensive coordinator, Forest Janyle Pittman, Lancaster 9 p.m. Oklahoma City 12 19 .387 13 Late Monday Thad Bogardus assistant linebacker 5 p.m. Colin Rodrigues, North Augusta No. 11 Florida St. at Miami, 8:30 p.m. Minnesota 7 24 .226 18 Los Angeles 3, St. Louis 0 coach, Jonathan Cooley assistant sec- ESPNU — North Carolina A&T at Class 3A No. 13 Creighton vs. DePaul, 9 p.m. Pacific Division Vegas 3, Colorado 0 ondary coach, Marcus Dixon assistant Player of the Year: Jazian Gortman, North Carolina Central No. 15 Virginia vs. NC State, 6:30 W L Pct GB Arizona 4, Anaheim 3 defensive line coach, Ejiro Evero sec- Keenan 6:30 p.m. p.m. L.A. Clippers 22 10 .688 — Minnesota 6, San Jose 2 ondary coach/pass game coordinator, Jared Rogers, Seneca ACCN — North Carolina State No. 25 Tennessee at Vanderbilt, 9 L.A. Lakers 22 10 .688 — Tuesday Eric Henderson defensive line coach/ Justin Bailey, Blue Ridge at Virginia p.m. Phoenix 20 10 .667 1 Buffalo 4, New Jersey 1 run game coordinator and Chris Shula Banks Atkins, Chapman 7 p.m. Golden State 16 15 .516 5½ Pittsburgh 3, Washington 2, OT linebacker coach, Joe DeCamillis Jordan Simpson, Orangeburg- n CBSSN — Seton Hall at Butler Men’s ACC Glance Sacramento 12 19 .387 9½ Chicago 6, Columbus 5, SO special team coordinator and Dwayne Wilkinson ESPN2 — Marquette at North Conference All Games Ottawa 5, Montreal 4, SO Stukes assistant special team coach. DreVeon Scott, Marlboro County Carolina W L Pct W L Pct Late Monday Nashville at Detroit, late HOCKEY Demarico Bethea, Dillon ESPNU — Temple at South Florida St. 9 2 .818 13 3 .813 Chicago 120, Houston 100 Edmonton at Vancouver, late National Hockey League Daniel Brooks, Bishop England Florida Virginia 11 3 .786 15 5 .750 Dallas 102, Memphis 92 Wednesday COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Slater Miller, West-Oak SECN — South Carolina at Virginia Tech 8 3 .727 14 4 .778 Phoenix 132, Portland 100 Carolina at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m. Recalled G Matiss Kivlenieks from the Jaheim Dodd, Berea Mississippi State Louisville 7 4 .636 12 5 .706 Miami 108, Oklahoma City 94 Dallas at Florida, 5 p.m. minor league taxi squad. Dyon Bartley, Woodruff Calgary at Toronto, 7 p.m. 8 p.m. N. Carolina 8 5 .615 14 7 .667 Utah 132, Charlotte 110 DALLAS STARS — Designated FW Ty Darian Bookman, Mid-Carolina N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. BTN — Indiana at Rutgers Clemson 7 5 .583 13 5 .722 Washington 127, L.A. Lakers 124, OT Dellandrea for assignment on the taxi Aubrey Richardson, Brookland-Cayce Anaheim at Arizona, 9 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Syracuse 7 5 .583 13 6 .684 Tuesday squad. Waived LW Tanner Kero. Jaqcorey Melton, Lakewood Minnesota at Colorado, 9 p.m. ACCN — Florida State at Miami Georgia Tech 8 6 .571 12 8 .667 Detroit 105, Orlando 93 FLORIDA PANTHERS — Waived D Victor Otubu, Waccamaw Los Angeles at St. Louis, 9:30 p.m. 9 p.m. Duke 8 6 .571 10 8 .556 Cleveland 112, Atlanta 111 Tommy Cross. David Smith, Battery Creek CBSSN — DePaul at Creighton NC State 6 8 .429 10 9 .526 Brooklyn 127, Sacramento 118 NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Assigned Class 2A LOCAL GOLF ESPN2 — Alabama at Arkansas Notre Dame 6 9 .400 9 12 .429 Boston at Dallas, late D Colton White to Binghamton (AHL) ESPNU — Cincinnati at Tulsa Player of the Year: John Butler, Christ n Chickasaw Point Couples Golf Pittsburgh 5 8 .385 9 9 .500 Golden State at New York, late from taxi squad and F Mikhail Maltsev FS1 — Xavier at Providence Church Weekly event results Wake Forest 3 11 .214 6 11 .353 Philadelphia at Toronto, late from New Jersey to the taxi squad. SECN — Tennessee at Van- Isaiah Washington, Landrum Feb. 23 Miami 3 12 .200 7 13 .350 Minnesota at Milwaukee, late SAN JOSE SHARKS — Assigned C derbilt Chase McDuffie, Gray Collegiate 1st — John and Kathy Cochell Bos. College 1 9 .100 3 13 .188 Portland at Denver, late Mixim Letunov to San Jose (AHL). 11 p.m. Ca’Darrius Sowell, Andrew Jackson 2nd — Don Ruff and Joan Woodson Washington at L.A. Clippers, late TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Waived D FS1 — Fresno State at Nevada Brandon Brantley, Wade Hampton 3rd — Jim Freisen and Sue Tuesday Wednesday Luk Schenn. (Las Vegas) Micheal Shuler, Woodland High Chamberlain Louisville 69, Notre Dame 57 Boston at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS — Waived D TJ Sanders, Marion 4th (tie) — Neil and Kathy Kammerer COLLEGE BASKETBALL Georgia Tech 69, Virginia Tech 53 Golden State at Indiana, 7:30 p.m. Mark Friedman. Timothy Barnes, Gray Collegiate 4th (tie) — Steve and Shelly Marks (WOMEN’S) Wednesday Houston at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. VEGAS KNIGHTS — Reassigned Brandon Garnder, Gray Collegiate 4th (tie) — Jeff and Chris Gallagher 3 p.m. Clemson at Wake Forest, 4:30 p.m. Detroit at New Orleans, 8 p.m. G Oscar Dansk to Henderson (AHL) Kory Davis, York Prep 7th — Jim and Sherry Moats BTN — Rutgers at Michigan NC State at Virginia, 6:30 p.m. Minnesota at Chicago, 8 p.m. from loan. Marshall Myers, Cheraw 8th (tie) — Skip and Kathy Holden State Marquette at North Carolina, 7 p.m. San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. American Hockey League Russell Branch, Barnwell 8th (tie) — Gerald and Suzanne 5 p.m. Florida St. at Miami, 8:30 p.m. Toronto at Miami, 8 p.m. AHL — Announced approval of provi- Allen Kuria, Greer Middle College Hawkins BTN — Ohio State at Penn State Charlotte at Phoenix, 9 p.m. sional relocation of Belleville Senators Miles Haight, Philip Simmons n 8th (tie) — Jon and Darragh Geist NBA BASKETBALL Men’s SEC Glance L.A. Lakers at Utah, 10 p.m. to play home games in Ottawa for Moses Kemp, Crescent 11th — Ford Pearse and Bev 7:45 p.m. Conference All Games 2020-21 season. Trevon Miles, Latta n NBA All-Star Rosters Dexheimer ESPN — Golden State at Indiana W L Pct W L Pct HENDERSON SILVER KNIGHTS — Class 1A At State Farm Arena 10:05 p.m. Alabama 13 1 .929 18 5 .783 Signed G Oscar Dansk and D Tariq Player of the Year: Shawn Jones Jr., Arkansas 9 4 .692 17 5 .773 Atlanta TRANSACTIONS ESPN — LA Lakers at Utah n Hammond to professional tryout con- Allendale-Fairfax Sunday, March 7 Tuesday’s Sports Transactions NBAGL BASKETBALL LSU 9 4 .692 14 6 .700 tracts (PTO). Ian Thomson, Southside Christian Florida 8 5 .615 11 6 .647 (c-captain) BASEBALL 3 p.m. HERSHEY — Signed D Zach Dashawn Johnson, Great Falls Tennessee 8 6 .571 15 6 .714 Western Conference American League ESPN2 — G League Ignite vs. Malatesta to a professional tryout con- Jalen Jefferson, North Missouri 7 6 .538 14 6 .700 Starters DETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to terms Memphis Hustle, Orlando, Fla. tract (PTO) and placed on the active Randy Gibson, Scott’s Branch Mississippi 7 7 .500 12 9 .571 c-LeBron James, LA Lakers with RHP Julio Teheran on a minor NHL HOCKEY roster. Quez Lewis, Johnsonville Kentucky 7 7 .500 8 13 .381 Stephen Curry, Golden State league contract. 7 p.m. Tayvon Spiller, Military Magnet IOWA WILD — Loaned LW Josh Georgia 7 9 .436 14 9 .609 Luka Doncic, Dallas NEW YORK YANKEES — Agreed to NBCSN — NY Rangers at Daruis Sibert, McCormick Maser to Allen (ECHL). Signed D Mississippi St. 6 8 .429 12 11 .522 Kawhi Leonard, LA Clippers terms with OF Brett Gardner and LHP Philadelphia Tydriez Cole, Great Falls Turner Ottenbreit to the active roster. Auburn 5 10 .333 11 13 .458 Nikola Jokic, Denver Justin Wilson on one-year contracts. 9:30 p.m. Jameron Tyler, HKT STOCKTON HEAT — Signed G Adam S. Carolina 3 9 .250 5 11 .313 Reserves Placed RHP Luis Severino on the NBCSN — Los Angeles at St. Henry Evans, CE Murrey Evanoff to the active roster. Texas A&M 2 6 .250 8 7 .533 Anthony Davis, LA Lakers 60-day IL. Designated OF Greg Allen Louis Christain Taylor, Timmonsville WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON Vanderbilt 2 10 .167 6 12 .333 Paul George, LA Clippers for assignment. Jacoby Crosby, Bamberg-Ehrhardt PENGUINS — Recalled D Kevin SOCCER (WOMEN’S) Rudy Gobert, Utah OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Agreed to 4 p.m. Literyian Tyler, North Czuczman from Pittsburgh (NHL) loan. Tuesday Damian Lillard, Portland terms with 1B/DH Mitch Moreland on FS1 — SheBelieves Cup: Tarig Coard, Scott’s Branch SOCCER Florida 74, Auburn 54 Donovan Mitchell, Utah a one-year contract. Designated RHP Canada vs. Brazil, Group Stage, Cyrus Ellison, Hannah-Pamplico Major League Soccer Georgia 91, LSU 78 Chris Paul, Phoenix Paul Blackburn for assignment. Orlando, Fla. GIRLS ORLANDO CITY SC — Signed F Mississippi at Missouri, late Zion Williamson, New Orleans SEATTLE MARINERS — Assigned 7 p.m. Class 5A Silvester van der Water from Heracle Wednesday Eastern Conference RHP Robert Dugger outright to FS1 — SheBelieves Cup: U.S. Co-Player of the Year: Alyesha Wade, Almelo (Netherlands) transfer to a South Carolina at Mississippi St., Starters Tacoma (Triple-A West) vs. Argentina, Group Stage, Clover three-year contract. 7 p.m. c-Kevin Durant, Brooklyn TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms Orlando, Fla. 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Gamecocks land 2022 safety commit Tigers travel to take on Wake BY PHIL KORNBLUT on their team. He has a said defensive coordina- THE JOURNAL STAFF FOR THE JOURNAL knack for the ball. He tor Clayton White also has a special played a vital role. After two postpone- South Carolina is back talent, and “Clayton White, I’ve ments, it’s back to work for on the board with a 2022 that talent is known him for a long the Clemson men’s basket- commitment. After quar- getting every- time,” Rosegreen said. ball team this afternoon. terback recruit Gunner body around “I’ve known him since Following missed dates Stockton decommitted him better.” he was at North Caro- at Notre Dame and Pitts- form South Carolina in Junior lina State when he was burgh over the course of January, Shane Beamer Rosegreen, a coaching the safeties. At the last week because of and his defensive coach- Beamer former stand- the end of the day, it’s all a COVID-19 situation in ing staff restarted the out safety at about putting people in their program, the Tigers process of stocking the ’22 Auburn, is the defensive position to do something will return to action class with a commitment coordinator and second- great. And by them today (4:30 p.m., ACCN) from highly regarded ary coach for Hallandale. putting that coaching at Wake Forest. COURTESY OF THE ACC safety Anthony Rose (6-4, He said that the Game- staff in that position, I The Tigers (13-5, 7-5 Clemson’s Aamir Simms, left, and Olivier-Maxence Pros- 180) of Hallandale, Fla., cocks are getting a ready think South Carolina is ACC) haven’t played since per celebrate against Syracuse on Feb. 6 in Clemson. on Tuesday. made star in Rose. going to turn some heads. a thrilling 74-72 win over Rose announced he had “We’ve got the best That’s a place, if you get it Georgia Tech on Feb. 12 urday. Wake Forest has are times when they don’t committed for the Game- secondary in the nation,” rocking, it’s over with.” at Littlejohn Coliseum — lost four of five games, play as well. That’s part of cocks over Penn State Rosegreen said. “Big, Lovett agrees with their third straight win, while they also got off basketball.” and Arizona. He also held long, fast, physical. We’re Rosegreen in his early and their fourth in five to a miserable start in Following today’s game offers from Texas A&M, going to knock you out. assessment of the new games. That successful conference play with six — which was originally Kansas, LSU, Maryland, Anthony is a low 4.4 guy. Gamecocks staff. run came on the heels consecutive losses to open supposed to cap a three- Mississippi State, Pitt, He’s very explosive. He’s “The come in and they of a three-game losing ACC play in January. game road trip — Clemson Syracuse, Tennessee, Ari- got instincts you can’t are hungry,” Lovett said. streak in mid-January But Brownell isn’t tak- will be at home Saturday (2 zona State and Michigan. teach. When the ball is in “They want to make after Clemson endured a ing the Demon Deacons p.m., FSCR) against Miami. “He’s a playmaker,” the air, he’s a ball hog — I things great again.” virus-related pause earli- lightly, especially after Hallandale high school call him sniper. Every Rose is rated as a er in the month. the Tigers’ struggles after SYRACUSE GAME head coach Herman time he’s got a beam on three-star prospect in the It’s not known how their last extended break RESCHEDULED Lovett said. “He’s a kid that ball or a player, he’s 247Sports Composite. He’s many players the Tigers due to the virus. More than a month that‘s always around going to knock you out ranked the #24 safety na- will have at their disposal “I think Steve’s doing a after its game at Syracuse the ball. When you need or get the ball, his radar tionally in the 2022 class. today, as Clemson head really good job taking over was postponed due to a a play, his teammates system is amazing.” Another safety at Hal- coach Brad Brownell said a new situation, trying COVID-19 issue, Clemson look for him to make it Gamecocks secondary landale, Edric Weldon (6- Monday not all members to play a different style,” has learned its makeup because they know he’s coach Torrian Gray has 5, 210), has South Caroli- of the team were back Brownell said Monday. date for the contest. going to make it or he’s strong connections in na and Clemson in his top when practice resumed “They really move the The ACC league office going to go all out trying South Florida having 10 which he dropped on over the weekend. ball well, they have some announced Tuesday that to make it. He’s a versa- come to South Carolina Tuesday. The others on Under first-year head good pieces, they really the game — originally tile guy. You can put him from Florida. He was a his list are Alabama, Ari- coach Steve Forbes, the shoot the ball well from 3 scheduled for Jan. 12 — out on the island one- major part of the recruit- zona State, Florida State, Demon Deacons (6-11, and, when they make 3’s, will now be played on on-one. He’s a kid every ing effort by the Game- LSU, Miami, Maryland, 3-11) come into today after they’re really dangerous. March 3 in Syracuse, N.Y. coach wishes they had cocks, and Rosegreen Virginia Tech and UCF. three straight losses, But like all of us, there are Tipoff is set for 5 p.m., including an 80-62 home times when they’re play- and the game will air on loss to N.C. State on Sat- ing really well, and there the ACC Network. Warriors top scored six goals and Goals had an assist in the win WO — Sherman 6, Drouse, S. Walhalla on pitch Jacobs for the Warriors, who Assists WESTMINSTER — The scored six goals in the WO — S. Jacobs 3, Drouse, R. | STATE BRIEFS | West-Oak High School opening half. Sarah Jacobs, Sherman girls’ soccer team beat Jacobs added a goal Gamecocks’ Clarke Clarke shared the hon- All four games have rival Walhalla by a final and three assists, Gina COACHES: High school results honored by SEC or with Ole Miss’ Peyton adjusted start times from score of 8-6 on Tuesday Drouse had a goal and may be reported to The Journal Chatagnier. the original schedule, and in scrimmage action in an assist, and Rachel by calling the Sports desk directly BIRMINGHAM, Ala. The Gamecocks — who additional games may be Westminster. Jacobs had an assist as at (864) 882-2386 or via e-mail at — South Carolina’s Wes beat Winthrop 12-4 on picked up by ESPN or any Samantha Sherman well. [email protected]. Clarke was named the Tuesday night in Colum- of its partner networks at SEC’s Co-Player of the bia behind three more a later date. Week on Tuesday after home runs from Clarke The Tigers will be on an impressive opening — will travel to Clemson the ACC Network on weekend on the diamond to open a three-game back-to-back days against THOMAS: Is Lions’ new OL coach for the Gamecocks. series against the Tigers Duke on March 27 and Clarke — who was also on Friday. The teams will March 28, with game FROM PAGE C1 numerous other former sports, and I’m looking named the National Play- play Saturday in Green- times set for noon and Lions, at Clemson. forward to being a part er of the Week by Perfect ville, then close the series 4 p.m., respectively at Upstate area while pursu- “I’ve played with a of it. Game and a National Sunday in Columbia. McWhorter Stadium. A ing a full-time position in lot of guys who went to “I’m happy to have the Player of the Week by Col- third home game against the real estate industry. Daniel, and in the locker opportunity to come to a legiate Baseball — batted Clemson softball Winthrop on April 13 — And though his roots room, you could hear school like Daniel in my .700 with a 1.800 slugging announces broadcasts with a 4 p.m. first pitch — lie on far east side of the them talking about the first go-round. I played percentage, a .800 on-base will also air on the ACC Upstate, Thomas said he’s pride in Daniel,” Thomas with Tyrone, so I’ve got percentage, seven runs CLEMSON — It was Network. well aware of the pride in said. “You know it’s an to step in, and hopefully I scored, nine RBI, two announced Tuesday the Additionally, Clem- the Daniel program after atmosphere like Dorman won’t let the guys down.” doubles and three home Clemson softball team son’s April 21 game at playing with the likes of where it’s a big-time runs in the Gamecocks’ will play four national- South Carolina will air DeAndre Hopkins and football school. 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Jake Lamb finalizes $1 million deal with Braves, adding to bolstered bench

BY CHARLES ODUM 2010-12 were effective with field. Alex Jackson and Also, outfielder Phillip ASSOCIATED PRESS their left-handed swings. William Contreras are Ervin was claimed off “You get late in a game the top candidates to waivers from the Chicago Atlanta manager and you need a dou- be the backup catcher Cubs on Monday. Brian Snitker expects to ble-switch, he can be a behind starter Travis The left-handed hitting approach key pinch-hit very valuable asset much d’A r naud. Lamb struggled in the situations with renewed like Matt Joyce did a Otherwise, the battles abbreviated 2020 season, confidence this season couple years ago,” Snitker for bench spots among the when he hit a combined as he looks at the Braves’ said Tuesday. “He can be veteran infielders could .193 in 31 games with newly bolstered bench. a left-handed bullet on the be the Braves’ most inter- Arizona and Oakland. He More depth was added bench.” esting competitions of the finished better, however, on Tuesday when the Snitker hopes to find spring. hitting .267 with three Braves finalized a $1 bench depth from a group “It’s a good group,” Snit- homers in 13 games after million, one-year contract that includes the 30-year- ker said. “All the guys so signing with the A’s. with third baseman Jake old Lamb, Pablo Sando- far we’ve brought in are “The reports are really Lamb that is not guaran- val, Ehire Adrianza and guys who have had suc- good,” Snitker said. “I teed. The signing adds Jason Kipnis. General cess in the major leagues. think that’s one of the another veteran bat to an manager Alex Anthopou- That’s exactly what you’re reasons we signed him already deep competition los signed the veteran looking for with guys in was because I know ana- for bench spots in spring infielders to compete for sort of new roles in their lytically and talking with training. bench spots with Johan career. That serves them Alex they really liked Lamb, a 2017 All-Star Camargo and others in well to have had that expe- some changes he made of- with the Arizona Dia- spring training. rience and been everyday fensively. He looks great.” mondbacks, was with “I think it’s really good players. I think it’s a good Lamb hit 30 homers the Braves for their first because there’s been a lot group that we’ll evaluate with 30 doubles and 105 full-squad workout and of springs where we were and choose from.” RBIs in 2017 with Arizo- will compete for a bench looking for guys,” Snit- Snitker said the team na. He hit 29 homers in spot. He could provide in- ker said. “... I think Alex did not intentionally 2016 but has not reached surance for Austin Riley, has done a good job of search for experience double figures in homers who is expected to start bringing in quality guys ASSOCIATED PRESS with Lamb, Sandoval and in any other season. He at third base, but he was who have had success, The Atlanta Braves finalized a $1 million, one-year con- others behind Riley at has a .239 career batting signed for his left-handed guys who can fill those tract with third baseman Jake Lamb that is not guaran- third base. average in seven seasons. bat as a pinch-hitter. roles like that. You talk teed, adding another veteran bat on Tuesday. “I don’t think it had Atlanta designated left- Snitker hopes Lamb can to them and they’re all anything to do with the hander Phil Pfeifer for produce off the bench the eager to do it. They’re There are only a few Pache will compete with position,” Snitker said. “I assignment to clear a spot way Matt Joyce in 2019 excited about being in roster spots open for com- Ender Inciarte for the just think it was the play- for Lamb on the 40-man and Eric Hinske from here.” petition. Rookie Cristian starting job in center ers available at the time.” roster.

TIGERS: Looking to answer questions with spring practice starting today

FROM PAGE C1 sophomore D.J. Uiaga- gone. Mason Trotter and fifth in the nation by already crowded posi- the fall. leilei showed he has the Walker Parks seem likely 247Sports.com — who tions. Offensive linemen This may be the first rial Stadium. No details chops to lead the offense to fill out the other two have opted to enroll early. Marcus Tate and Ryan time that we get to see just on attendance procedures in two starts last season, starting spots. As a five-star recruit, Linthicum could also how terrifying. Thomas for the game have been throwing for 781 yards The Tigers are surely Shipley is the headliner of earn themselves some and Davis both struggled announced. and four touchdowns hoping that five-star the group. With Clemson’s early playing time given with injuries last season, Here are five things to while running for two freshman Tristan Leigh running back situation the relative lack of depth and Murphy and Bresee, watch as spring practice more scores against Notre will be able to add an somewhat up in the air, on the line. while spectacular, were begins today: Dame and Boston College. immediate boost, but he Shipley could challenge still learning the ropes as Still it will be interesting won’t be enrolling until for snaps right away with DEFENSIVE LINE TAKING freshmen. If Thomas and ROSS’ RETURN to see how Uiagaleilei can the summer. In the mean- a strong showing during THE NEXT STEP Davis can return to con- Justyn Ross missed step into a leadership role time, the Tigers will spring practice. Unlike some other sistent health, and Bresee the entire 2020 season as the main man in the be looking for players The other 11 are all areas, there’s not much and Murphey can take the due ti surgery to repair a quarterback room. to step up in a position four-star prospects that question about what Clem- next step in their develop- congenital fusion of his The job at running back group that desperately also have the chance son’s starting defensive ment, Clemson’s defensive neck and spine. Luckily may be a bit up more up in needs to improve its to make an immediate line will look like in 2021. line could improve beyond for Ross, his recovery the air. Senior Lyn-J Dix- depth. impact. Linebacker Jer- With Bryan Bresee and even its elite perfor- has been successful, and on should be the frontrun- emiah Trotter and tight Tyler Davis manning the mance last season. Spring luckily for Clemson, the ner to take the starting FIRST LOOK AT end Jake Brinningstool middle, and Myles Mur- practice will be their first star reciever opted to stay role, but his production EARLY ENROLLEES are perhaps the two most phy and Xavier Thomas chance to prove that they with the Tigers instead was down as Etienne’s Clemson coaches will highly regarded of that on the outsides, the have what it takes. of entering the 2021 NFL backup last season. Look get their first look at 12 group, and it will be in- Tigers’ defensive line will draft. for junior Chez Mellusi players from the 2021 teresting to see how they provide terrifying match- [email protected] | (864) 882-2386 Both of the Tigers’ top and freshman Will Ship- recruiting class — ranked figure into the rotation at ups for the opposition in Follow on Twitter @crouchwrites pass catchers from last ley to make a run at the season — Amari Rodgers starting spot as well. and Cornell Powell — are off to the NFL, and OFFENSIVE LINE barring any setbacks, DEVELOPMENT Ross should step in as the Clemson’s offensive line unquestioned No. 1 option will be looking to improve at receiver this year. Ross from last season, when it will not participate in con- struggled in the run game tact drills during spring and struggled all-around practice, but even so, it in a disapointing Sugar should give the Tigers an Bowl performance. On idea as to whether he can top of that, the Tigers still be the playmaker that will need to replace two he showed he was prior to stallwarts on the line his surgery. from last season — left tackle Jackson Carman REPLACING LAWRENCE and center Cade Stewart, AND ETIENNE a former Daniel High Replacing two all-time School standout. greats is no easy task, Clemson return three and that’s exactly what starters in Matt Bock- Clemson is faced with as horst, Jordan McFadden Lawrence and Etienne are and Will Putnam, all of going pro. The transition whom will need to take at quarterback should on more responsibility 864.639.2411 or 864.654.4495 | Central - Clemson Commons be relatively smooth, as with Carman and Stewart 108 Cross Creek Rd. | Central, SC 29630

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| U.S. & WORLD BRIEFS | Unfriended no more: Democrats scored stun- Facebook to lift ning wins in Georgia in the presidential and U.S. Australia news ban Senate races. Now, Repub- CANBERRA, Australia licans are trying to make (AP) — Facebook an- sure it doesn’t happen nounced Tuesday that it again. would lift a ban on Austra- GOP lawmakers in the lians viewing and sharing once reliably red state are news on its platform after rolling out an aggressive it struck a deal with the slate of voting legislation government on proposed that critics argue is tai- legislation that would lored to curtail the power make digital giants pay for of black voters and undo journalism. years of work by Stacey The social media compa- Abrams and others to in- ny caused alarm with its crease engagement among sudden decision last week people of color, including to block news on its plat- Latino and Asian Ameri- form across Australia after can communities. the House of Representa- The proposals are tives passed the draft law. similar to those pushed Initially, the blackout also by Republicans in other cut access — at least tem- battleground states: adding porarily — to government barriers to mail-in and pandemic, public health early voting, major factors and emergency services, in helping Joe Biden win fueling outrage. Georgia’s 16 Electoral Facebook’s coopera- College votes and Raphael tion is a major victory Warnock and Jon Ossoff ASSOCIATED PRESS in Australia’s efforts to take the two Senate seats From left, certified medical assistants Martha Sida, Tina Killebrew and Cynthia Bernal prepare doses of the make two major gateways that gave Democrats con- Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Jan. 22 at a vaccination center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in Las to the internet, Google trol of the chamber. Vegas. and Facebook, pay for the But one aspect of their journalism that they use — plans, a proposal to a faceoff that governments eliminate early voting on and tech companies the Sundays, seems specifical- world over have watched ly targeted at a traditional Drug executives: closely. Google also had get-out-the-vote campaign threatened to remove its used by black churches, search functions from referred to as “souls to Australia because of the the polls.” It’s led many to proposed law, but that suggest Republicans are Big jump in vaccine threat has faded. trying to stop a successful “There is no doubt that effort to boost black voter Australia has been a proxy turnout in Georgia, where battle for the world,” Trea- they make up about a third surer Josh Frydenberg of the population and have said. faced a dark history of supply is coming soon attempts to silence their No charges against voices in elections. officers involved in “It’s a new form of voter BY MATTHEW PERRONE said, outlining ways the provide an additional 100 any shortages of raw suppression, the Klan in AND LAURAN NEERGAARD company has ramped up million doses. That would materials,” said Pfizer’s Daniel Prude’s death three-piece suits rather ASSOCIATED PRESS production. “We think be more than enough to John Young. (AP) — Police officers than white hoods,” said the we’re at a very good spot.” vaccinate every Ameri- The hearing by a House shown on body camera Rev. Timothy McDonald WASHINGTON — That’s not counting a can adult, the goal set by subcommittee came as video holding Daniel Prude III of the First Iconium COVID-19 vaccine makers third vaccine, from John- the Biden administration. U.S. vaccinations contin- down naked and hand- Baptist Church in Atlanta, told Congress on Tuesday son & Johnson, that’s Two other manufactur- ue to accelerate after a cuffed on a city street last which has participated in to expect a big jump in the expected to get a green ers, Novavax and Astra- sluggish start and recent winter until he stopped souls to the polls events. delivery of doses over the light from regulators Zeneca, have vaccines in disruptions caused by breathing will not face “They know the power of coming month, and the soon. The Biden adminis- the pipeline and antici- winter weather. More criminal charges, accord- the black vote, and their companies insist they will tration said Tuesday that pate eventually adding to than 44 million Amer- ing to a grand jury decision goal is to suppress that be able to provide enough it expects about 2 million those totals. icans have received at announced Tuesday. power.” for most Americans to get doses of that vaccine to Asked pointedly if they least one dose of either The 41-year-old black inoculated by summer. be shipped in the first face shortages of raw the Pfizer or Moderna man’s death last March Mars rover’s giant By the end of March, week, but the company materials, equipment or vaccine, and about 1.4 sparked nightly protests parachute carried Pfizer and Moderna told lawmakers it should funding that would throw million per day got a first in Rochester, New York, expect to have provided provide enough of the off those schedules, all or second dose over the after the video was re- secret message the U.S. government with single-dose option for 20 of the manufacturers past seven days, accord- leased nearly six months CAPE CANAVERAL, a total of 220 million million people by the end expressed confidence that ing to the CDC. later, with demonstrators Fla. (AP) — The huge vaccine doses, up sharply of March. they had enough supplies But state health officials demanding a reckoning for parachute used by NASA’s from the roughly 75 mil- Looking ahead to sum- and had already ad- say demand for inocula- police and city officials. Perseverance rover to land lion shipped so far. mer, Pfizer and Moderna dressed some of the early tions still vastly outstrips State Attorney General on Mars contained a secret “We do believe we’re expect to complete deliv- bottlenecks in production. the limited weekly ship- Letitia James, whose office message, thanks to a puz- on track,” Moderna ery of 300 million doses “At this point I can ments provided by the took over the prosecu- zle lover on the spacecraft President Stephen Hoge each, and J&J aims to confirm we are not seeing federal government. tion and impaneled a team. grand jury, said her office Systems engineer Ian “presented the strongest Clark used a binary code case possible” and she was to spell out “Dare Mighty “extremely disappointed” Things” in the orange and by the decision. white strips of the 70-foot “The criminal justice parachute. He also includ- Top board leaders resign after system has frustrated ed the GPS coordinates for efforts to hold law enforce- the mission’s headquar- ment officers accountable ters at the Jet Propulsion for the unjustified killing Laboratory in Pasadena, of African Americans. And California. deadly Texas power outages what binds these cases is a Clark, a crossword tragic loss of life in circum- hobbyist, came up with the stances in which the death idea two years ago. Engi- BY PAUL J. WEBER AND DAVID KOENIG question grid managers and energy could have been avoided,” neers wanted an unusual ASSOCIATED PRESS officials about the failures during James said at the Aenon pattern in the nylon fabric hearings at the state Capitol. Missionary Baptist Church to know how the para- AUSTIN, Texas — Top board Another candidate for a director in Rochester. chute was oriented during leaders of Texas’ embattled power position, who also does not live in “One recognizes the descent. Turning it into a grid operator said Tuesday they Texas, said he was withdrawing his influences of race, from the secret message was “super will resign following outrage over name. slave codes to Jim Crow fun,” he said Tuesday. more than 4 million customers Four of the departing board to lynching to the war on Only about six people losing electricity last week during members acknowledged “concerns crime to the overincarcera- knew about the encoded a deadly winter storm, including ASSOCIATED PRESS about out-of-state board leadership” tion of people of color: Eric message before Thursday’s many whose frigid homes lacked Hundreds of vehicles are staged in in a letter to grid members and the Garner, Tamir Rice, Breon- landing, according to heat for days in subfreezing tem- a parking lot as people wait in line state’s Public Utility Commission, na Taylor, George Floyd. Clark. They waited until peratures. at a food and water distribution which oversees ERCOT. During the And now Daniel Prude,” the parachute images came The resignations are the first site Monday in Houston. crisis, ERCOT officials removed James later added. back before putting out a since the crisis began in Texas, and contact information for board teaser during a televised calls for wider firings remain in live outside of Texas, which only members off its website, saying Critics: GOP measures news conference Monday. the aftermath of one of the worst intensified criticism of the Elec- they had become the target of target black voter It took just a few hours power outages in U.S. history. tric Reliability Council of Texas. threats. for space fans to figure it All of the five board directors The resignations are effective The board members did not turnout in Georgia out, Clark said. Next time, who are stepping down, includ- Wednesday — a day before Texas reflect on their own performance ATLANTA (AP) — Fu- he noted, “I’ll have to be a ing Chairwoman Sally Talberg, lawmakers are expected to sharply in the letter. eled by black turnout, little bit more creative.”

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DOW NASDAQ S&P 500 10-YR T-NOTE 30-YR T-BOND CRUDE OIL GOLD EURO p 31,537.35 +15.66 q 13,465.20 -67.85 p3,881.37 +4.87 p1.36% +.01 p2.20% +.02 p $61.67 +.18 q $1,804.40 -2.30 q $1.2144 -.0023 Money&Markets Spotlt on L rands oe sales pckup Reodeln ddend LB $51.08 New home sales seasonally The owner of Victoria’s Secret and $60 Economists predict that sales of adjusted annual rate in thousands Wall Street expects another solid quarterly report card from Bath & Body Works serves up its $24.07 new U.S. homes accelerated last Lowe’s Cos. 977 965 fiscal fourth-quarter results today. 40 month for the second straight 1,000 949 est. The home improvement chain has benefited from 829 842 855 Analysts expect that L Brands’ 20 month. 800 increased demand amid a surge in home remodeling earnings and revenue increased in ’21 They project sales rose to a during the pandemic. The the November-January quarter 0 seasonally adjusted annual rate of 600 company grew its versus a year earlier. That would est 855,000 in January. That would earnings and revenue on Operating follow solid third-quarter results that be the highest level since 400 an annual basis in the oday EPS handily beat Wall Street’s expecta- Q4 ’20 Q4 ’21 October. Housing came back first three quarters of its tions. While the company’s lingerie strong last summer and into the 200 last fiscal year. Analysts Price-earnings ratio: lost money brand has been struggling, the Bath fall before a pullback in Novem- predict more of the same based on past 12-month results 0 & Body Works business has ber. The Commerce Department JDNOSA today, when Lowe’s benefited from higher sales of Dividend: none serves up its latest tally of new ’20 ’21 reports its fiscal personal care items. Source: FactSet home sales today. Source: FactSet fourth-quarter results.

Interestrates NET 1YR Foreign 6MO 1YR Commodities FUELS CLOSE PVS %CHG %YTD TREASURIES LAST PVS CHG WK MO QTR AGO MAJORS CLOSE CHG %CHG AGO AGO Crude Oil (bbl) 61.67 61.49 -0.05 +27.1 Exchange Natural gas 3-month T-bill .04 .03 +0.01 r t t 1.54 USD per British Pound 1.4107 +.0031 +.22% 1.3095 1.2974 Ethanol (gal) 1.69 1.69 ... +17.9 Canadian Dollar 1.2594 -.0009 -.07% 1.3190 1.3209 prices fell 2.5%, Heating Oil (gal) 1.87 1.86 +0.51 +25.9 6-month T-bill .06 .03 +0.03 r t t 1.46 The U.S. dollar USD per Euro 1.2144 -.0023 -.19% 1.1788 1.0858 while U.S. crude Natural Gas (mm btu) 2.88 2.95 -2.51 +13.4 52-wk T-bill .08 .04 +0.04 r t t 1.36 weakened Japanese Yen 105.33 +.30 +.28% 105.82 111.62 oil held mostly Unleaded Gas (gal) 1.86 1.84 +0.92 +30.5 2-year T-note .11 .11 ... t r t 1.25 versus the Mexican Peso 20.5402 -.1873 -.91% 21.9693 18.8907 steady. The price 5-year T-note .59 .61 -0.02 s s s 1.21 British pound of silver slipped METALS CLOSE PVS %CHG %YTD The yield on the 7-year T-note 1.00 1.00 ... s s s 1.30 and the Mexican EUROPE/AFRICA/MIDDLE EAST 1.4% while gold Gold (oz) 1804.40 1806.70 -0.13 -4.7 10-year Treasury 10-year T-note 1.36 1.35 +0.01 s s s 1.37 peso. The dollar Israeli Shekel 3.2695 +.0050 +.15% 3.4008 3.4167 was nearly Silver (oz) 27.69 28.08 -1.41 +5.1 rose to 1.36% 30-year T-bond 2.20 2.18 +0.02 s s s 1.83 rose against the Norwegian Krone 8.4813 +.0047 +.06% 9.0175 9.2812 unchanged. Platinum (oz) 1239.70 1282.30 -3.32 +15.3 Copper (lb) 4.19 4.15 +0.84 +19.2 Tuesday. Yields euro and the South African Rand 14.5619 -.1045 -.72% 17.1538 14.9799 affect rates on Swedish Krona 8.2943 +.0294 +.35% 8.7937 9.7110 Japanese yen. Swiss Franc .9054 +.0099 +1.09% .9124 .9779 AGRICULTURE CLOSE PVS %CHG %YTD mortgages and NAT’L WK 6MO 1YR Cattle (lb) 1. 16 1. 16 -0.09 +2.4 other consumer CONSUMER RATES AVG AGO AGO AGO Coffee (lb) 1.38 1.35 +2.48 +7.8 ASIA/PACIFIC loans. Corn (bu) 5.54 5.51 +0.50 +14.4 48 month new car loan 4.03 s 4.02 4.02 4.25 Australian Dollar 1.2641 +.0021 +.17% 1.3966 1.5080 Cotton (lb) 0.91 0.91 +0.51 +17.0 Money market account 0.09 r 0.09 0.10 0.24 Chinese Yuan 6.4665 +.0017 +.03% 6.9195 7.0272 Lumber (1,000 bd ft) 1019.90 1022.30 -0.19 +16.6 PRIME FED 1 year CD 0.35 r 0.35 0.34 0.45 Hong Kong Dollar 7.7541 +.0005 +.01% 7.7504 7.7871 Orange Juice (lb) 1. 10 1.09 +0.46 -11.2 RATE FUNDS $30K Home equity loan 4.75 r 4.75 4.75 5.27 Indian Rupee 72.401 -.039 -.05% 74.957 71.886 Soybeans (bu) 14.06 13.84 +1.61 +6.9 LAST 3.25 .13 Singapore Dollar 1.3201 -.0011 -.08% 1.3722 1.3983 30 year fixed mortgage 3.13 s 2.94 2.87 3.07 Wheat (bu) 6.66 6.64 +0.26 +3.9 6 MO AGO 3.25 .13 South Korean Won 1112.35 +1.24 +.11% 1192.03 1210.51 1 YR AGO 4.75 1.63 15 year fixed mortgage 2.49 s 2.39 2.36 2.62 Taiwan Dollar 27.86 -.02 -.07% 29.41 30.40 (Previous and change figures reflect current contract.)

3,960 31,680 S&P 500 Dow Jones industrials GAiners ($2 or More) Losers ($2 or More) Most Active ($1 or More) STOCK LAST CHG %CHG STOCK LAST CHG %CHG STOCK VOL (00s) LAST CHG 3,880 Close: 3,881.37 31,420 Close: 31,537.35 Change: 4.87 (0.1%) Change: 15.66 (0.1%) SolidBio 9.74 +2.87 +41.8 Workhrs rs 16.47 -14.88 -47.5 Sundial h 3936715 1.26 -.17 3,800 10 DAYS 31,160 10 DAYS TimknSteel 7.99 +1.69 +26.8 The9 rs 53.79 -27.78 -34.1 AMC Ent 2633729 7.70 +1.15 YunhCTI 2.94 +.57 +24.1 AirNet 3.75 -1.60 -29.9 YunhCTI 1816405 2.94 +.57 4,000 32,000 Ardaugh 24.00 +4.25 +21.5 UnvSecInst 6.67 -2.54 -27.6 Apple Inc s 1576326 125.86 -.14 BigRockP 43.61 +7.55 +20.9 TridntAcq un 18.35 -6.65 -26.6 Palantir n 1442926 26.75 -1.25 31,000 3,800 30,000 Company 3,600 29,000 Spotlight Dog days 28,000 Shares in New Jersey-based Freshpet, sales for the quarter and year jumped 3,400 which makes all-natural food for cats nearly 30% and the company said growing 27,000 and dogs, plunged after it said the pains were expected. It was founded in 3,200 26,000 pandemic caused it to report a loss in 2006. AFSONDJ AFSONDJ the last quarter. “Our challenge is to do everything we Freshpet lost eight cents per share in can to achieve our enormous growth the fourth quarter, far worse than the potential while insulating ourselves from StocksRecap HIGH LOW CLOSE CHG %CHG WK MO QTR YTD nine cents-a-share profit Wall Street some of the bumps along the way," said DOW 31,653.38 31,158.76 31,537.35 +15.66 +0.05% s s s +3.04% expected. Freshpet blamed the $3.3 CEO Bill Cyr. NYSE NASD DOW Trans. 13,456.38 13,182.86 13,403.11 +21.69 +0.16% s s s +7.17% million loss partly on COVID-19 Shares in Freshpet lost 2.7% Tuesday, DOW Util. 840.87 828.99 835.85 +5.47 +0.66% t t t -3.33% expenses and higher beef prices. Net bringing their two-day drop to 10%. Vol. (in mil.) 5,378 6,684 NYSE Comp. 15,404.68 15,121.36 15,359.13 +18.66 +0.12% t s s +5.74% Pvs. Volume 5,249 5,857 NASDAQ 13,526.09 13,008.43 13,465.20 -67.85 -0.50% t t s +4.48% Freshpet (FRPT) Tuesday’s close: $145.37, -3.96 Total return 1-yr 3-yrs* 5-yrs* t s s Advanced 1096 999 S&P 500 3,895.98 3,805.69 3,881.37 +4.87 +0.13% +3.34% FRPT 95.8% 94.4 84.9 Declined 1388 2332 S&P 400 2,538.25 2,467.18 2,530.73 +3.71 +0.15% t s s +9.72% 52-WEEK RANGE Price-earnings ratio: 1,244 New Highs 189 199 Wilshire 5000 41,428.90 40,479.61 41,284.11 -32.45 -0.08% t s s +4.63% $41 $174 (Based on past 12-month results) Market cap: $6.1 billion New Lows 9 48 Russell 2000 2,248.42 2,169.08 2,231.31 -19.76 -0.88% t s s +12.99% AP *annualized Source: FactSet Stocks of Local Interest

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AFLAC Inc AFL 23.07 0 50.70 49.26 +.05 +0.1% s s s +10.8% -4.5% 3592 15 1.32f IBM IBM 90.56 6 148.05 120.71 -.15 -0.1% s t t -4.1% -16.8% 4530 12 6.52 AT&T Inc T 26.08 3 38.51 29.18 -.14 -0.5% s t s +1.5% -19.2% 46902 19 2.08 Itron Inc ITRI 40.48 9 108.89 97.25 -2.73 -2.7% t s s +1.4% +16.4% 801 87 ... Abbott Labs ABT 61.61 9 128.54 120.80 -1.75 -1.4% t s s +10.3% +39.4% 5565 48 1.80f JPMorgan Chase JPM 76.91 0 150.19 150.61 +1.20 +0.8% s s s +18.5% +10.3% 16177 17 3.60 Arch Dan Mid ADM 28.92 0 57.19 57.02 +.17 +0.3% s s s +13.1% +30.9% 2539 18 1.48f Kimco Realty KIM 7.45 0 19.09 18.55 +.35 +1.9% s s s +23.6% -1.9% 4845 9 0.64f Assurant Inc AIZ 76.27 8 143.67 127.67 +.78 +0.6% s t t -6.3% -10.1% 572 18 2.52 Kohls Corp KSS 10.89 0 58.38 55.75 -.22 -0.4% s s s +37.0% +21.4% 4285 12 2.82f BP PLC BP 14.74 5 34.24 24.23 +.60 +2.5% s s s +18.1% -32.6% 21274 2.46f Lowes Cos LOW 60.00 9 180.67 168.59 -3.82 -2.2% t t s +5.0% +45.7% 5146 37 2.20 Bank of America BAC 17.95 0 35.25 35.52 +.37 +1.1% s s s +17.2% +1.6% 67060 19 0.72 McDonalds Corp MCD 124.23 9 231.91 211.32 -.74 -0.3% t t t -1.5% +0.8% 3242 32 5.16f Boeing Co BA 89.00 6 321.74 212.12 -.76 -0.4% t s t -0.9% -35.7% 15950 ... Medtronic Inc MDT 72.13 0 120.53 118.00 +2.25 +1.9% s s s +0.7% +1.6% 5961 72 2.32f CBL & Associates CBL 0.09 1 0.69 .09 ...... % r r r ...% -83.2% dd 0.30 Merck & Co MRK 65.25 5 87.80 74.54 -.39 -0.5% s t t -8.9% -6.4% 10392 28 2.60f Caterpillar Inc CAT 87.50 0 218.87 220.18 +2.12 +1.0% s s s +21.0% +56.4% 4124 40 4.12 Microsoft Corp MSFT 132.52 9 246.13 233.27 -1.24 -0.5% t s s +4.9% +29.8% 30153 38 2.24 Chesapeake Util CPK 69.47 9 111.40 104.01 +2.38 +2.3% s s t -3.9% +6.4% 55 29 1.62 Norfolk Sthn NSC 112.62 0 262.07 257.89 -2.35 -0.9% t s s +8.5% +25.2% 958 33 3.96f Chevron Corp CVX 51.60 9 106.96 99.63 +1.24 +1.3% s s s +18.0% -8.8% 14867 18 5.16 Oconee Fed Fin OFED 15.25 7 28.00 23.52 +.52 +2.3% s s t -7.0% -11.0% 1 0.40 Citigroup C 32.00 9 74.05 66.74 +1.22 +1.9% s s s +8.2% -13.1% 26698 14 2.04 Oracle Corp ORCL 39.71 0 66.20 64.50 +.05 +0.1% s s t -0.3% +12.0% 18172 66 0.96 CocaCola Co KO 36.27 7 59.80 50.54 -.09 -0.2% s s t -7.8% -13.4% 16210 26 1.68f PepsiCo PEP 101.42 7 148.77 132.78 +.79 +0.6% s t t -10.5% -6.2% 6263 15 4.09 Colgate-Palmolive CL 58.49 7 86.41 77.49 +.22 +0.3% s t t -9.4% +4.5% 4131 25 1. 76 Pfizer Inc PFE 27.88 4 43.08 33.91 -.35 -1.0% t t t -7.9% +4.8% 37583 22 1.56f Disney DIS 79.07 0 194.02 197.09 +5.33 +2.8% s s s +8.8% +30.0% 23151 1. 76 Philip Morris Intl PM 56.01 0 89.18 86.44 -.06 -0.1% s s s +4.4% +2.6% 4090 17 4.80f Duke Energy DUK 62.13 7 103.79 89.04 +.69 +0.8% s t t -2.8% -9.0% 2640 22 3.86f Schlumberger Ltd SLB 11.87 8 31.99 27.74 +.20 +0.7% s s s +27.1% -22.4% 13529 17 0.50 Enbridge Inc ENB 22.57 8 41.16 35.62 +.56 +1.6% s s s +11.3% -15.4% 6010 49 2.55 Sonoco Prods SON 37.30 0 62.21 60.61 -.39 -0.6% s s s +2.3% +9.9% 290 23 1.72 Exxon Mobil Corp XOM 30.11 0 57.80 55.05 +.75 +1.4% s s s +33.6% -7.4% 33495 71 3.48 3M Company MMM 114.04 9 187.27 176.17 +.05 ...% t s s +0.8% +14.5% 2351 24 5.92f FedEx Corp FDX 88.69 8 305.66 254.63 -.04 ...% r s t -1.9% +59.6% 1752 cc 2.60 Truist Financial Cp TFC 24.01 0 59.27 58.73 -.34 -0.6% s s s +22.5% +8.7% 7391 15 1.80 Gen Dynamics GD 100.55 8 185.65 167.35 +.93 +0.6% s s s +12.5% -9.3% 1368 15 4.40 Verizon Comm VZ 48.84 7 61.95 57.03 +.58 +1.0% s s t -2.9% +1.2% 21047 13 2.52 Gen Electric GE 5.48 0 12.70 12.59 +.09 +0.7% s s s +16.6% -4.4% 71426 36 0.04 WalMart Strs WMT 102.00 7 153.66 135.47 -2.22 -1.6% t t t -6.0% +19.4% 10413 78 2.20f HP Inc HPQ 12.54 0 27.68 27.38 +.26 +1.0% s s s +11.3% +24.0% 11845 8 0.78f Wells Fargo & Co WFC 20.76 7 46.95 37.14 -.12 -0.3% t s s +23.1% -17.9% 36774 91 0.40m Honeywell Intl HON 101.08 9 216.70 205.04 +1.42 +0.7% s s t -3.6% +14.6% 2459 31 3.72 Wendys Co WEN 6.82 8 24.91 20.21 -.09 -0.4% t t t -7.8% -10.1% 2225 22 0.28f Dividend Footnotes: a - Extra dividends were paid, but are not included. b - Annual rate plus stock. c - Liquidating dividend. e - Amount declared or paid in last 12 months. f - Current annual rate, which was increased by most recent dividend announcement. i - Sum of dividends paid after stock split, no regular rate. j - Sum of dividends paid this year. 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TtlSMIdxInv 99.21 -.01 +22.0 Angel Oak USTrgtedValIns 27.95 +.04 +27.8 IntlDiscv 55.73 -.11 +27.4 CPBondR6 8.60 ... +3.7 TtlRetBdZ 14.65 ... +1.9 Rtr2050 18.78 +.02 +22.8 LTTEAdmrl 12.13 -.04 +3.1 TxMgBalAdmrl 38.71 -.03 +12.0 MltStratIncIns 10.40 ... -1.7 Davis IntlGr 18.19 -.03 +19.2 CoreBondI 12.06 ... +3.4 PIMCO SciandTech 59.88 +.06 +50.7 LfStrCnsrGrInv 22.85 ... +10.0 USGrAdmrl 177.45 -1.57 +50.2 Artisan NYVentureA m 34.69 +.10 +21.5 IntlIdxInstlPrm 47.45 -.02 +14.2 CoreBondR6 12.07 ... +3.5 AlAstInstl 13.11 +.03 +15.6 SmCpVal 58.39 +.04 +24.8 LfStrGrInv 41.70 ... +17.6 USGrInv 68.51 -.60 +50.1 IntlValueInstl 42.62 +.03 +17.8 EmMktsEqI 46.80 ... +45.1 Delaware Inv IntlVal 10.70 +.02 +14.1 HYInstl 9.08 ... +5.0 SpectrumInc 13.01 ... +5.3 LfStrIncInv 17.19 ... +6.0 ValIdxAdmrl 49.21 +.18 +8.3 Baird EqIncI 20.48 ... +6.4 ValInstl 22.57 +.07 +5.0 InvmGradeBd 11.69 -.01 +5.4 IBdUSDHI 10.98 ... +3.3 TCW LfStrModGrInv 32.34 ... +13.9 ValIdxIns 49.21 +.18 +8.3 AggrgateBdInstl 11.53 -.01 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+13.1 EnterpriseT 161.24 -.18 +20.4 WndsrIIAdmrl 73.89 +.13 +21.2 Stk 212.07 +.42 +16.6 OTCPortfolio 18.50 -.01 +44.6 InvtGrdCdtBdI-2 10.96 -.01 +1.3 IntlEqIdxIns 22.03 +.02 +14.2 MdCpIdxIns 60.45 +.03 +22.1 GrInstl 113.14 -1.11 +25.6 OTCPortfolioK 18.84 -.01 +44.8 John Hancock LgCpGrIdxIns 50.00 -.12 +31.2 WndsrIIInv 41.64 +.07 +21.1 DoubleLine MortgOpps&BdI 11.00 ... +5.0 MdCpIdxInsPlus 298.11 +.14 +22.1 BlackRock Overseas 60.63 -.16 +17.3 BdI 16.47 -.01 +4.6 LgCpValIdxIns 21.80 +.08 +9.1 WndsrInv 22.75 +.04 +14.8 CorFII 11.21 ... +2.5 RlRetInstl 12.14 +.01 +8.4 PrmCpAdmrl 167.70 +.03 +24.9 EqDivInstl 21.59 +.10 +11.1 Puritan 27.06 +.02 +20.1 BdR6 16.50 -.01 +4.7 Thornburg Virtus LowDurBdI 10.01 ... +1.8 ShrtTrmIns 9.84 ... +2.2 PrmCpCorInv 31.68 +.03 +21.1 GlbAllcIncInstl 22.33 ... +22.3 SmCpOpps 17.80 -.07 +28.4 DiscpValI 22.50 +.12 +11.4 LtdTrmIncI 13.96 ... +5.7 PrmCpInv 161.82 +.03 +24.8 VontobelEMOppI 14.42 -.01 +27.5 TtlRetBdI 10.61 ... +1.3 TtlRetA m 10.40 ... +3.9 GlbAllcIncInvA m 22.16 ... +22.0 StkSelorAllCp 59.59 -.03 +25.8 DiscpValMCI 25.47 +.15 +14.7 Tweedy, Browne RlEstIdxAdmrl 127.80 +.71 -5.6 Voya TtlRetBdN b 10.61 ... +1.1 TtlRetIns 10.40 ... +4.3 HYBdInstl 7.83 ... +5.9 TotalBond 11. 12 -.01 +5.2 IntlGrI 39.25 -.15 +30.5 GlbVal 28.80 +.04 +4.8 IntermBdI 10.43 ... +3.5 PRIMECAP Odyssey RlEstIdxInstl 19.78 +.11 -5.6 HYBdK 7.83 -.01 +5.9 Eaton Vance TtlMktIdxInsPrm 112.85 -.02 +22.1 MltMgLsBlA b 15.88 +.01 +17.7 SCpGrIdxAdm 100.72 -.97 +38.9 WCM AgrsGr 59.64 -.39 +38.4 VALIC Co I HthSciOpIns 78.04 -.20 +16.1 AtlntCptSMIDCI 39.24 ... +14.8 USBdIdxInsPrm 12.15 ... +2.9 MltmgrLsGr1 b 16.66 +.01 +22.2 StkIdx 51.86 +.07 +18.0 SCpValIdxAdm 68.69 +.15 +19.5 FocIntGrIns 25.59 -.19 +33.0 Gr 47.41 -.12 +28.3 LowDurBdInstl 9.78 ... +3.0 Edgewood Value 13.43 +.05 +23.5 Lazard STBdIdxAdmrl 10.83 ... +3.4 Wells Fargo Stk 38.46 -.01 +20.9 Vanguard MidCpGrEqInstl 45.10 -.29 +36.9 GrInstl 54.24 +.28 +39.7 Fidelity Advisor GlbLtdInfrsIns 14.53 +.16 -10.5 500IdxAdmrl 358.94 +.45 +18.4 STBdIdxIns 10.83 ... +3.4 SpMCpValIns 46.48 +.16 +9.7 StrIncOpIns 10.42 ... +6.4 FPA GrowthOppsI 166.60 -.83 +65.3 Loomis Sayles Parnassus BalIdxAdmrl 45.21 -.02 +14.9 STBdIdxInsPlus 10.83 ... +3.4 Western Asset StratMuOpIns 11.70 -.03 +.3 Crescent d 39.02 +.05 +19.8 NewInsA m 36.87 -.05 +21.3 BdInstl 13.41 -.02 +.5 CorEqInv 55.37 +.16 +20.2 BalIdxIns 45.22 -.02 +14.9 STFederalAdmrl 11. 01 +.01 +3.6 CorBdI 13.28 ... +4.2 TtlRetInstl 12.02 -.01 +4.8 NewInc 10.03 -.01 +2.2 NewInsI 38.04 -.06 +21.6 GrY 23.60 -.07 +27.6 Pioneer CAITTxExAdm 12.25 -.03 +2.2 STInfPrScIdAdmr 25.80 +.02 +5.1 CorBdIS 13.30 ... +4.2 Calamos Federated StgInc 12.78 ... +6.2 Lord Abbett A m 36.34 +.03 +26.9 CptlOppAdmrl 193.52 -.15 +29.5 STInfPrScIdIns 25.82 +.02 +5.2 CorPlusBdI 12.19 ... +4.0 MktNetrlIncIns 14.05 +.01 +5.7 InsHYBdIns 10.00 -.01 +6.3 TotalBondI 11. 10 -.01 +5.1 BdDebA m 8.51 -.01 +6.9 Putnam DevMIdxAdmrl 15.87 +.01 +16.7 STInfPrScIdxInv 25.76 +.02 +5.0 CorPlusBdIS 12.19 ... +4.0 ClearBridge KaufmannR b 7.46 -.11 +24.0 Fidelity Select BdDebF b 8.50 -.01 +7.0 EqIncA m 28.21 +.16 +12.7 DevMIdxIns 15.89 +.01 +16.7 STInvmGrdAdmrl 11.00 ... +4.1 iShares AggresivGrA m 189.29 -.47 +25.1 TtlRetBdInstl 11.39 -.01 +5.9 Biotechnology 25.67 -.38 +35.9 ShrtDurIncA m 4.22 ... +2.6 GrOppsA m 53.18 -.12 +29.4 DivGrInv 33.19 +.13 +8.2 STInvmGrdIns 11.00 ... +4.1 S&P500IdxK 460.07 +.59 +18.4