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‘could be a quickly,” Trump said during lengthy comments at a Cabinet meeting at the White House, his first public appear- ance of the new year. Meanwhile, the long time’ shutdown dragged through a second week, closing some parks and leaving BY ZEKE MILLER and LISA MASCARO of dollars to build a wall along the U.S. to re-open the government — without hundreds of thousands of federal em- The Associated Press border with Mexico. They’ll try again money for the border wall. But the ployees without pay. Friday. White House has rejected that pack- Democrats said they asked Trump WASHINGTON — No one budged at In one big change, the new Congress age, and Trump said ahead of the ses- directly during Wednesday’s private President Donald Trump’s White convenes today with Democrats taking sion with the congressional leaders meeting held in the Situation Room House meeting with congressional majority control of the House, and that the partial shutdown will last “as why he wouldn’t consider their pack- leaders Wednesday, so the partial gov- Democratic leader Pelosi said long as it takes” to get the funding he age of bills. One measure would open ernment shutdown persisted through outside the White House that there wants. a 12th day over his demand for billions would be rapid passage of legislation “Could be a long time or could be SEE SHUTDOWN, PAGE A6 Holiday crackdown a success in Sumter Law enforcement agencies ring in 2019 monitoring drivers at area checkpoints BY ADRIENNE SARVIS [email protected]

While many people cele- brated the new year at a party or with family, local law en- forcement officers spent the hours leading up to and after the year change keeping Sum- ter’s roads safe NYE WEEKEND from TALLY those who par- tied a lit- 11 tle too Total arrests hard. During a three- 3 day traf- Firearm violations fic en- force- ment op- 16 eration Drug charges conduct- ed on Fri- day, Sat- 57 urday Total cases and Mon- day, the ADRIENNE SARVIS / THE SUMTER ITEM Sumter Sumter County Sheriff’s Office deputies stop a car in Rembert on Monday, the last day of a three-day traffic enforcement operation. $29,417 County Total fines Sheriff’s nearly $30,000 in fines. he said, and officers recovered cluding violent incidents, this Usually, people rethink Office, “It was a success,” said Lt. firearms and drugs at road time of year. their plans when they see law Sumter Trevor Brown with the sher- blocks and checkpoints. The big thing is that people enforcement in their area, he Police Department, South iff’s office. There were more people in see law enforcement in their said. Carolina Highway Patrol and People were arrested for vi- town traveling for the holi- neighborhoods, Brown said. Brown said organizing the state constables arrested 11 olations from driving while days, he said, and there’s usu- “More so it deters speed- alleged offenders and issued impaired to drug possession, ally an increase in crimes, in- ers,” he said. SEE ENFORCEMENT, PAGE A6

North Pole, Alaska: where From Sumter to the North Pole the seasons are ‘winter’ Small Alaskan city’s mayor recalls his time stationed at Shaw and ‘preparing for winter’ BY BRUCE MILLS out to Santa Claus him- When the mayor first BY BRUCE MILLS [email protected] self. So, we tried to reach asked, “Is Big Jim’s [Res- [email protected] out to North Pole Mayor taurant] still there?,” we The small city of Mike Welch. We left a knew we were on to North Pole, Alaska, was message at the mayor’s something. (If you’re not North Pole, Alaska, is not unlike what busy just before Christ- office, but after our story a Sumter native, keep many people may imagine. mas. was published and we reading. More on Big It has a Santa Claus House, which is a We at The Sumter Item had not heard from him, Jim’s later.) big tourist attraction, according to Mayor wanted to learn more we, as journalists do, Sumter and the only Mike Welch, that offers exclusive North about this actual town had to move on to find land-based American Pole apparel, collectibles and a selection (population: 2,101) for a the next interesting fea- North Pole may be 4,300 of unique toys. feature story on cities ture. miles apart (71 hours by Outside the establishment, you can have with Christmas-themed Little did we know car), but Mayor Welch a seat in Santa’s sleigh, which is parked names that ran just be- that when Mayor Welch has called both “home.” PHOTO PROVIDED just in front of the World’s Largest Santa fore Dec. 25, but given called us back a few days He’ll be the first to tell Mayor Welch is seen in city council — a larger-than-life 3D Santa statue that his late December work- later, we had an even you he’s “no-nonsense” chambers in North Pole, Alaska, re- stands almost 50 feet tall. load, we didn’t dare bigger story than the cently. Welch served twice at Shaw Air bother trying to reach first one on our hands. SEE MAYOR, PAGE A6 Force Base. SEE NORTH POLE, PAGE A6

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Call: (803) 774-1226 | E-mail: [email protected] Monitoring program Tuomey’s 1st baby of 2019 ends 6 years after 6M S.C. tax records stolen

forcement Division cannot No arrests have been release any information — including whether identity made, crime still thieves used any of the sto- len information, officials said. under investigation The state offered free credit monitoring to protect CHARLESTON (AP) — victims from identity theft. Six years after hackers About 1.5 million enrolled stole millions of South Car- the first year, and about olina tax records, the state 200,000 renewed annually has ended a program to until the program ended in monitor victims' credit re- October, according to the cords, and is still working Revenue Department. It to improve cybersecurity. said it paid two companies The state adopted indus- $18 million over the past six try standards about central- years. izing security rules for the Gov. Henry McMaster's state's 100-plus agencies, office said it is satisfied but state authorities are with the tax agency's find- just now coming up with a ing that the program did system to check whether what it was meant to. those agencies meet the Since the 2012 theft, state standards, The Post and government agencies have Courier reported. reported 10 data breaches Such a lag isn't surpris- affecting nearly 29,000 peo- ing, one cybersecurity ana- ple, according to the S.C. lyst said. Department of Consumer "This is typical for state Affairs. A spokeswoman and local governments be- said a public records re- cause they don't have the quest would be needed to resources," said Avivah learn which agencies were Litan, a senior analyst with hacked. Connecticut-based Gartner All state employees now Research. "They shouldn't take annual computer pri- be doing this anyway. We vacy and security training, need a federal cybersecuri- and all agencies must sub- ty strategy." mit security plans. The De- No arrests have been partment of Administration made in the 2012 theft of offers assistance and feed- more than 6 million person- back on plans, reviews al and business tax records. spending requests and hosts It is still being investigat- an annual cybersecurity ed, so the State Law En- summit.

Poll of the week PHOTO PROVIDED BY PALMETTO HEALTH TUOMEY Corey Ripley gave birth to the first child of the new year at Palmetto Health Tuomey on Monday: Ben- nett Lauren “Beau” arrived at 5:40 a.m. She weighed 7 pounds 9 ounces. She is Corey and Rip's third This week’s child. Two babies were born on New Year’s Day in Tuomey’s Birthplace: one boy and one girl. question: What is your main focus for the soon-to- be-finished 2 suspects sought in passing of counterfeit bills college football bowl season?

• Gooooo Tigers!

• Always a Gamecock, Belk Bowl and all

• Another football team has my heart Pictured are two men who reportedly passed counterfeit $50 bills at Dollar • Bowl season? General, U.S. 15 North, about 9 p.m. on It’s basketball Christmas Eve. According to Sumter season County Sheriff's Office, the two are de- scribed as black males, both with • Sports, meh. dreadlocks. One is older and claimed to be the father of the younger one. If Vote on our poll of the week, and look for what our read- you know who these men are, contact ers answered for this and other polls at www.TheItem.com, the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office at our Facebook and Instagram pages and in The Sumter (803) 436-2000 or call Crime Stoppers Item. Have a question you want us to ask? Email at 1-888-CRIME SC (274-6378). You do [email protected]. not have to give your name and could receive a cash reward.

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BY MEG KINNARD ney Blevins, senior vice president and The Associated Press chief information officer at Dominion Energy. Blevins will report directly to COLUMBIA — Dominion Energy Dominion chairman Tom Farrell and announced the completion of its work in Cayce, South Carolina, where merger on Wednesday with a South SCANA is currently headquartered. Carolina utility drowning in debt after Several SCE&G executives are stay- the failure of a nuclear construction ing on in similar roles, including project. SCE&G President Keller Kissam and In a news release, the Virginia- Iris Griffin, SCANA’s chief financial based company said that it had final- officer. SCANA CEO Jimmy Addison ized to pay $6.8 billion for is serving in an advisory role until his SCANA Corp.’s stock and also as- retirement in February. sumed SCANA’s consolidated net Before the deal, Dominion was al- debts of $6.6 billion. ready among the largest electric and Dominion was the only buyer that gas utilities in the country. According expressed interest in SCANA, the par- to the utility, it now serves 7.5 million ent company of South Carolina & Gas, customers in 18 states. Dominion al- following the company’s abandon- AP FILE PHOTO ready owns a South Carolina gas pipe- ment of a nuclear reactor construc- Unit one of V.C. Summer Nuclear Station near Jenkinsville is seen in 2016. line, which it bought from SCANA in tion project at the V.C. Summer Nu- 2014. clear Station. Along with state-owned federal authorities also are investigat- makers passed a temporary rate cut The South Carolina Small Business utility Santee Cooper, a minority ing the debacle. that knocked about $25 a month off Chamber of Commerce, one of the in- owner in the project, SCANA said in More than 737,000 SCE&G custom- the average residential customer’s bill tervenors in the regulatory hearing the summer of 2017 that it was shut- ers have already paid more than $2 bil- from April through December. on cost recovery for the project, has tering the effort following the bank- lion toward the project, which never The deal approved last month by asked the Public Service Commission ruptcy of lead contractor Westing- generated any power. State lawmakers South Carolina regulators forces to reconsider its decision. Chamber house. haggled for months about possible SCE&G customers to keep paying bil- CEO Frank Knapp said in a news re- The implosion spawned multiple plans to recoup some of those losses, lions more toward the defunct endeav- lease Wednesday that the merger fi- lawsuits, some by ratepayers claiming ultimately overriding Gov. Henry Mc- or during the next 20 years. nalization allows regulators — who company executives knew the project Master’s veto of a plan that scrapped According to Dominion, SCANA’s he said were previously focused on was doomed and misled consumers as all but $5 of a monthly surcharge fee. operations will be housed within a ways to get the merger done — to cor- well as regulators as they petitioned Last year, customers did see retro- new operating segment, Southeast En- rect what he says are errors in the for a series of rate hikes. State and active credits applied to bills after law- ergy Group, to be headed up by P. Rod- order.

NASA says icy object Commission OKs recommendation to past Pluto looks like allow teachers to carry guns in reddish snowman FORT LAUDERDALE, the time have a policy re- Fla. — The commission quiring them to rush the LAUREL, Md. (AP) — A investigating a shooting three-story freshman NASA spacecraft 4 billion massacre at a Florida building where the shoot- miles from Earth yielded its high school unanimously ing happened. Israel’s first close-up pictures approved its initial find- critics hope the report Wednesday of the most dis- ings and recommenda- will result in DeSantis tant celestial object ever ex- tions Wednesday, includ- suspending Israel shortly plored, depicting what looks ing a controversial pro- after the new governor like a reddish snowman. posal that teachers who takes office Tuesday. Is- Ultima Thule, as the volunteer and undergo rael has said that he has small, icy object has been training be allowed to done nothing to warrant dubbed, was found to con- carry guns. his removal. sist of two fused-together The 15-member Marjo- The report also details spheres, one of them three ry Stoneman Douglas failures in the county times bigger than the other, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS High School Public Safe- school district’s security extending about 20 miles This image from video made available by NASA on Wednesday shows ty Commission’s 446-page program that members across. a diagram describing the size and shape of the object Ultima Thule, report details what mem- think allowed Cruz, a NASA’s New Horizons, the about 1 billion miles beyond Pluto. The New Horizons spacecraft en- bers think happened be- former student known to spacecraft that sent back countered it on Tuesday. fore, during and after the have serious emotional pictures of Pluto 3½ years Feb. 14 shooting attack and behavioral problems, ago, swept past the ancient, the world at a news confer- or rings have been detected, that left 14 students and to enter campus while mysterious object early on ence. but even better images will three staff members carrying an AR-15 semi- New Year’s Day. It is 1 bil- Scientist Jeff Moore of yield definitive answers in dead and 17 wounded. automatic rifle in a bag. lion miles beyond Pluto. NASA’s Ames Research the days and weeks ahead. The report, which the Even since the shoot- On Tuesday, based on Center said the two spheres Scientists said there were commission sent to Gov. ing, not all Florida early, fuzzy images, scien- formed when small, icy no obvious impact craters Rick Scott, incoming gov- school districts and cam- tists said Ultima Thule re- pieces coalesced in space in the latest photos but a ernor Ron DeSantis and puses have been taking sembled a bowling pin. But billions of years ago. Then few apparent “divots” and the Legislature, is also security seriously, the when better pictures ar- the spheres slowly spiraled suggestions of hills and critical of the Broward report says, noting that rived, a new consensus closer to each other and ridges. But NASA won’t County sheriff’s deputies several districts have emerged Wednesday. stuck together. know any of this for certain who failed to confront been slow to complete “The bowling pin is gone. Ultima Thule has a mot- either until the more de- suspect Nikolas Cruz and mandated reviews of It’s a snowman!” lead scien- tled appearance the color of tailed pictures can be ana- of Sheriff Scott Israel, their safety plans and tist Alan Stern informed dull brick. So far, no moons lyzed. whose office did not at procedures. It’s your world. Cash in a FLASH! Read all about it. We Buy: Gold & Silver Jewelry, Silver Coins & Collections, Sterling/.925, Diamonds, Vinyl Lettering on Pocket Watches, Antiques & Estates T-Shirts, Cups & More... Lafayette Gold Happy New Year! and Silver Exchange Inside Vestco Properties 61 W. Wesmark Blvd. 480 E. Liberty St. Sumter, SC 29150 Call (803) 774-1200 (inside Coca-Cola Building) 803-316-7408 Mon. - Fri. 8:30 - 5:30 PM • Sat: 8 - 2 PM and get started today. [email protected] 803-773-8022 Brown“Where Quality Matters”’s FURNITURE & BEDDING 31 West Wesmark Blvd • Sumter, SC 803-774-2100 Happ y New Year! www.BrownsofSumter.com A4 | THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 2019 NATION THE SUMTER ITEM Romney barrels into D.C. blistering Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — secretary of state. Trump , the 2012 GOP opted for former Exxon presidential nominee and Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson, incoming Utah senator, has who lasted about 14 months quickly set himself apart before Trump fired him. from other Republicans in During his Senate cam- the new Congress with a paign, Romney insisted that blistering attack on Presi- he would agree with Trump dent Donald Trump's leader- on some issues and not be ship and character, trigger- shy about disagreeing with ing what could become a him on others. He appears new rivalry in the GOP to have more room with ranks. GOP voters in Utah to take Romney put to rest expec- on the president. Most vot- tations that he would take ers in the state — 64 percent his time getting his footing — would like to see the sen- in Washington. Instead, he ator confront the president, penned an op-ed in The according to data from AP Washington Post, two days VoteCast, a survey of mid- before being sworn into of- term voters. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS fice, that said Trump's "con- Romney's criticism comes Earlonne Woods shows recording equipment similar to what he used in San Quentin State Prison to pro- duct over the past two years, during a particularly tumul- duce his podcasts during an interview in Oakland, . Woods, 47, was recently released from San particularly his actions last tuous time in the Trump Quentin prison after California Gov. Jerry Brown commuted his 31-years-to-life sentence for attempted month, is evidence that the presidency. The stock mar- armed robbery. president has not risen to ket tumbled in December. the mantle of the office." Trade disputes have slowed Trump replied by tweet- global growth. Defense Sec- ing he hoped Romney retary Jim Mattis resigned Calif. inmate takes unlikely wouldn't follow in the foot- over differences concerning steps of Sen. Jeff Flake, R- Trump's policy in Syria. Dis- Ariz., who often criticized agreement over funding for Trump and paid the price, a border wall led to a partial path to freedom: Podcasting opting to retire rather than government shutdown. risk defeat in a GOP prima- Special counsel Robert OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — In of humor, helps listeners un- ters from as far as New Zea- ry. Mueller's investigation con- California, inmates typically derstand prison life, while Poor land, Qatar in the Middle East, "Here we go with Mitt tinues into Russia meddling are granted parole by doing brings an outsider's perspec- and Mauritius in East Africa. Romney, but so fast! Ques- in the 2016 election and pos- good deeds or showing they tive, asking insightful questions The free show also can be ac- tion will be, is he a Flake? I sible contacts with the have been rehabilitated by be- that at times push inmates to cessed in prisons throughout hope not," Trump tweeted. Trump campaign. coming pastors, drug counsel- reflect on what put them be- California and the United King- "Would much prefer that Romney credited Trump ors or youth advocates. For hind bars. dom. New episodes are posted Mitt focus on Border Securi- in the op-ed for cutting cor- Walter "Earlonne" Woods, the The podcast offers listeners every couple of weeks. ty and so many other things porate taxes, stripping out path to freedom was podcast- an intimate look into lives soci- Julie Shapiro, Radiotopia ex- where he can be helpful. I what he described as exces- ing. ety doesn't spend much time ecutive producer, describes the won big, and he didn't. He sive regulation and appoint- Woods, 47, was recently re- thinking about, said Woods, podcast as a "roller coaster of should be happy for all Re- ing conservative judges. But leased from San Quentin State who spent 21 years behind emotions" that challenges what publicans. Be a TEAM play- he said policies and appoint- Prison after California Gov. bars. people understand about life in er & WIN!" ments are only part of being Jerry Brown commuted his "People get to see the car prison. By taking on Trump so a president. He said a presi- 31-years-to-life sentence for at- chases. They get to see the trial. "People don't expect to have early in his Senate career, dent must also demonstrate tempted armed robbery. Brown But they don't know what hap- something in common with Romney could be picking up honesty and integrity and cited Woods' leadership in help- pens after you get to prison," those telling their stories from where Flake and Sen. Bob elevate the national dis- ing other inmates and his work Woods said. "We've been able to prison, but the details of their Coker, R-Tenn., another re- course. at "Ear Hustle," a podcast he co- really humanize people, and lives resonate with listeners be- tiring senator, left off. "With the nation so divid- hosts and co-produces that doc- people realize that those in cause they hear these men en- Both Republicans were ed, resentful and angry, uments everyday life inside the prison are just people who counter daily life in some of the vocal GOP critics of Trump, presidential leadership in prison. made dumb decisions." same ways that we do," Shapiro and their retirements left qualities of character is in- Woods has since been hired Brown agreed, and in his said. some wondering whether dispensable. And it is in this as a full-time producer for the commutation letter, issued the The outpouring of love and any other Republicans province where the incum- often funny and at times heart- day before Thanksgiving, the appreciation for the show has would be willing to publicly bent's shortfall has been wrenching podcast, which has governor said Woods "has grown since Woods announced criticize the president. Dem- most glaring," Romney been a smashing success since clearly shown that he is no lon- on a Nov. 24 episode that ocratic Sen. Dick Durbin, wrote. its launch in 2017. The show's ger the man he was when he Brown commuted his sentence. D-Ill., noted that almost half Ronna McDaniel, chair- roughly 30 episodes have been committed this crime." The first thing Woods did of the Senate Republicans woman of the Republican downloaded 20 million times by "He has set a positive exam- after walking through the pris- are up for re-election" in National Committee and fans all over the world. ple for his peers and, through on gates on Nov. 30 was take in 2020. Romney's niece, retweeted Listeners have praised "Ear his podcast, has shared mean- the view of the San Francisco "They just saw what hap- Trump's remarks about Hustle" online as "eye-opening" ingful stories from those inside Bay and of the ocean "as far as pened in 2018," Durbin said, Romney and added that the and "incredibly humanizing." prison," Brown wrote. the eye can see." An episode when Republicans lost the president is constantly "at- But for Woods, one of the most The podcast project started featured his first moments as a House majority in Novem- tacked and obstructed" by meaningful reviews came from after Poor, a San Francisco Bay free man. ber. "I think, once they do the media and Democrats. the governor's office when it Area artist who has volun- Since then, he's been noticing polling back home, not all of "For an incoming Repub- called with the good news. teered at San Quentin since new styles, like women every- them, but many of them will lican freshman senator to "The one thing that the lady 2011, approached Woods. where in yoga pants and people find that independence is attack Trump @realdon- said, you know, she told me, In 2016, Poor saw Public walking through the streets being rewarded." aldtrump as their first act 'We love the podcast in this of- Radio Exchange's Radiotopia with their heads bowed. He Romney has had his pub- feeds into what the Demo- fice,'" Woods told The Associat- network was sponsoring a pod- quickly realized they were lic run-ins with the presi- crats and media want and ed Press of the commutation cast talent contest, and she looking at their smartphones, dent before and tried to pre- is disappointing and unpro- call from Brown's office. "I don't asked Lt. Sam Robinson, San which didn't exist when he vent him from winning the ductive," McDaniel tweet- know if the governor listens, Quentin's spokesman, for per- started his sentence in 1997. GOP nomination in 2016. In ed. but people in his office listen. mission to enter. Another co- Woods has also spent time one speech, he said there Romney's rebuke of People really like what we do." creator, Antwan Williams, who people-watching at a high-end was plenty of evidence that Trump also drew a cutting During their podcast, Woods is serving 15 years for armed department store, visited Dis- Trump was "a con man, a reply from Brad Parscale, and fellow creator and outside robbery, came on board to do neyland and recently made fake." In that same speech, Trump's campaign manag- co-host, prison volunteer Nigel its sound design. eggs for the first time in two de- he said "dishonesty is Don- er. In a tweet Tuesday Poor, give listeners a peek into Their pitch beat more than cades. ald Trump's hallmark." night, Parscale said Rom- the hardships and small joys of 1,500 contestants from 53 coun- The fourth season of "Ear But after the presidential ney "lacked the ability to men incarcerated at the medi- tries, and they received the Hustle," which will be released election, Romney eased off save this nation" and con- um-security facility. backing of a group of radio this summer, will feature sto- the criticism and inter- tended that Trump "has In interviews with the hosts, professionals, Poor said. ries of his re-entry to society viewed to become Trump's saved it." inmates discuss struggles such "Everyone was shocked when and interviews with other in- as finding a compatible cell- we won, especially the prison. mates released after long sen- mate to share a 5- by 10-foot Lt. Robinson told me he let us tences. He and Poor also plan FREEDOM FURNITURE cell, share why they take care enter because he never thought to visit maximum-security pris- of frogs or black widow spiders we would win," she said, laugh- ons and tell the stories of pris- 493 N. GUIGNARD • SUMTER, SC as if they were pets or describe ing. oners there. 499-2002 the impact of solitary confine- "Ear Hustle," — eavesdrop- "There's a lot of people that's 539 A S. MILL ST., • MANNING, SC ment or being on death row. ping, in prison slang — has in there that should be out," 803-433-2300 Woods, an affable man with a found international success, Woods said. "I created a pod- Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00am-7:00pm •Saturday 9:00am-5:00pm • Sunday Closed quick smile and a sharp sense with fans sending cards and let- cast, but I'm not the exception." 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BY PAUL WISEMAN Cranes at the Port of nomic expansion in U.S. history could AND JOE MCDONALD Gulfport are silhouetted slide to a halt next year or in 2020. Cut- AP Business Writers by the setting sun in ting a deal with Beijing could help at Gulfport, . least reduce the threat. The Trump administra- China's economy has been decelerat- WASHINGTON — The Trump ad- tion and China are fac- ing since the government pulled back ministration and China are facing grow- ing growing pressure to on bank lending a year ago to try to ing pressure to blink in their six-month blink in their six-month curb a run-up in debt. The International stare-down over trade because of jittery stare-down over trade Monetary Fund estimates that China's markets and portents of economic because of jittery mar- economy grew about 6.6 percent in 2018, weakness. down from 6.9 percent in 2017. But kets and portents of The import taxes the two sides have heavy government spending masked economic weakness. imposed on hundreds of billions of each weakness in private-sector activity. In other's goods — and the threat of more December, factory activity shrank for THE ASSOCIATED PRESS to come — have heightened anxiety on the first time in more than two years. each side of the Pacific. The longer their Auto sales in China plunged 16 per- trade war lasts, the longer companies cent in November from a year earlier. It and consumers will feel the pain of Feng, a spokesman for China's Com- report in March by the U.S. Trade Rep- was the fourth month of contraction, higher-priced imports and exports. merce Ministry, said last week that the resentative accused China of hacking and it put annual sales in the world's Their conflict is occurring against the two sides have "made specific arrange- into U.S. companies' computer networks biggest auto market on track to contract backdrop of a slowdown in China and ments for face-to-face meetings" and are to steal secrets and coercing American for the first time in three decades. an expected U.S. slump that a prolonged talking by phone. Gao offered no details, companies to hand over technology as Despite its softening economy, China trade war could worsen — a fear that's and the Office of the U.S. Trade Repre- the price of admission to the Chinese will likely find it difficult to comply weighing on financial markets. Yet sentative declined to confirm the talks. market. with U.S. demands to slow its economic those very pressures, analysts say, give The world is watching anxiously. To try to compel China to reform its ambitions. Those ambitions cut to the the two countries a stronger incentive China and the United States, the two ways, Washington has imposed tariffs heart to China's drive to become the to make peace. largest economies, are the "main en- on $250 billion in Chinese imports; Bei- world's 21st century economic super- "The U.S. and China now have a gines of the world," noted Song Lifang, jing has counterpunched by taxing $110 power. strong shared interest in striking a deal an economist at Renmin University in billion in U.S. goods. Trump had been "It is difficult to solve the trade dis- in order to halt the downward spiral in Beijing. That makes their dispute "a set to raise the tariffs on most of the pute immediately because the U.S. de- business and investor confidence, which matter not only for the two countries Chinese goods on Jan. 1. But he and mands are too high, especially demands have taken a beating in both their econ- but for the world," he added. President Xi Jinping agreed to a 90-day for changes in China's economic and so- omies," said Eswar Prasad, professor of The dispute is "a major factor" in a cease-fire to try to resolve their differ- cial systems, which it is difficult for trade policy at Cornell University. slowdown in global growth, Song said, ences. China to accept," said Song, the econo- The economic threats, agreed Wang and a settlement would "help in arrest- Since then, the case for peace has mist at Renmin University. Yong, an international relations special- ing the decline of the economies of the strengthened as economic risks in the Wendy Cutler, a former U.S. trade ne- ist at Peking University, "might be con- two countries and of the world." U.S. and China have grown and finan- gotiator, said the U.S. likely can't realis- ducive to negotiations" by nudging Bei- Trump has long complained about cial markets have reeled. For 2018, the tically settle for anything less than an jing toward market-oriented changes America's gaping trade deficit with Dow Jones Industrial Average — Amer- agreement by Beijing to reform how it long sought by the United States. China: The gap between what Ameri- ica's highest-profile stock market bench- does business. Still, it will hardly be easy to bridge cans sold and what they bought from mark — fell nearly 6 percent, its worst "There are certainly compelling rea- the complex differences between the China in 2017 amounted to $336 billion performance since 2008. China's Shang- sons for both sides to reach a deal and world's top two economies. They range and will likely be higher in 2018. But the hai Composite Index sank nearly 25 per- avoid further tariff increases," said Cut- from President Donald Trump's insis- dispute goes far deeper than lopsided cent. ler, now vice president at the Asia Soci- tence that China buy more U.S. prod- exports and imports. It's fundamentally On top of concerns about collateral ety Policy Institute. "However, these rea- ucts to widespread assertions that Bei- a high-stakes conflict over the economy damage from the U.S.-China trade war, sons can only take you so far... Without jing steals trade secrets from foreign of the future. investors in the U.S. markets are worry- a strong deal that addresses structural companies operating in China. The U.S. accuses China of deploying ing about rising interest rates and a issues, it sets the administration up for Negotiations between the two nations predatory tactics in a drive to surpass wobbly U.S. real estate market. Fears critics to say, 'You took us into a trade are expected to resume next week. Gao America's technological supremacy. A are growing that the second-longest eco- war for this?'" Gaza café owner offers fish pedicures to improve business

BY FARES AKRAM Othman said it took him Associated Press three attempts and over a month to get the necessary GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — permits to bring the fish into When Mahmoud Othman Gaza. tried to figure a way to save He didn't know what to ex- his café business in the be- pect but business has been leaguered Gaza Strip, he was surprisingly brisk — despite amazed by online videos of unemployment soaring more tourists in Turkey getting than 50 percent and half of fish pedicures. Gaza residents living under That got him thinking, and the poverty line. a unique idea was born. Othman said he gets 30 to After getting Israeli ap- 40 customers a day. Many of proval, he recently imported them see the service not hundreds of Garra rufa fish, only as good for the health, a species of small freshwater but also as a small luxury fish nicknamed "doctor fish," and temporary escape from from Turkey and added a the difficult situation around fish spa section to his hoo- them. kah bar and café in Gaza. For four years, Moham- The fish, which feed off med al-Omari, 25, has suf- the top layers of the tough- fered from warts that made ened, dead skin of the feet, it hard for him to wear have been used in spas as a shoes. Upon advice from a peeling method for years friend, he tried the fish around the world. treatment and now thinks it THE ASSOCIATED PRESS "We wanted to introduce a works for his condition. A man soaks his feet in a tank stocked with fish at a hookah bar and café in Gaza City. The Gaza café oper- new idea and service at the "The first time I tried it, I ator said his business is booming after launching the fish pedicure service in the beleaguered Gaza Strip. café," Othman said. "Doctor had a very beautiful feeling. fish has remedial and recre- I came for a second, third ational sides." and today a fourth time," he "It's a beautiful thing," said of procedures to sanitize the the customers to wash their Among the benefits, he said after drying his feet and Mahmoud al-Dairi, who 16 tubs by giving the fish a feet twice and apply steriliz- thinks the treatment "helps putting on socks. "When I came for the leisure factor. respite of half an hour after ers before dunking their the body get rid of negative find something to relieve the Many of those frequenting every session and obliging feet. energy." pain and improve my men- are unaware of A 30-minute session costs tality, 30 shekels becomes widespread health warnings 30 shekels, about $8, a hefty nothing." over fish pedicures — espe- sum for most of Gaza's 2 mil- On a recent evening, seven cially the high possibility of • DRAINAGE WORK lion inhabitants. Gazans in young men sat in a room lit infections. Several U.S. the coastal territory are by blue neon lights, pants states and Canadian prov- • FRENCH DRAINS struggling to get by under an rolled to the knee and feet inces consider the practice 11-year-old blockade by Isra- dipped into glass tubs. As unsanitary, and some animal el and Egypt that has devas- the tiny fish clustered rights groups denounce it al- •SURFACE DRAINS tated the local economy. around their toes, the cus- together. The Israeli blockade has tomers chatted or touched But Othman is aware of made it difficult to import and swiped their smart- the pitfalls. many goods into the strip. phones. He said he has a strict set

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Other checkpoint areas in- their licenses and proof of in- means more ears and eyes. ENFORCEMENT FROM PAGE A1 cluded Ebenezer Road, Cher- surance when they get to the Brown said though the offi- ryvale Drive and the intersec- officers. Getting through the cers brought in the new year operation was a team effort each other on Monday night. tion of U.S. 521 and Pike be- checkpoint might take you 30 checking licenses instead of that also included input from One man was arrested for hind K-Mart. seconds then, he said. spending time with family, it the community through social allegedly being a habitual traf- A lot of drivers were just Though there were multiple wasn’t a sad occasion. media and calls to law en- fic offender, another man was residents on the way to their agencies checking licenses to- “You know what you sign forcement. caught with ecstasy, and the destinations and were happy gether, Brown said - up for when you get the job,” Deputies selected areas to third man was suspected of to see officers out, Brown said. tion went smoothly. This is Brown said. set up checkpoints such as the driving under the influence. To make passing through something the agencies try to That’s the sacrifice you intersection of Mayrant and Deputies were in Rembert any checkpoint a more pleas- do together once a month. make, he said, but support Dais roads in Rembert, he for two days during the opera- ant experience for everyone There are no egos involved, from family, co-workers and said, and three vehicles were tion because of recent shoot- involved, he said, drivers he said, just everybody work- residents helps officers get pulled over within minutes of ings, Brown said. should be prepared to present ing together. More officers through those times.

he got involved in the local community FROM THE AIR FORCE TO THE FAA Long considered just a small bedroom MAYOR through United Way. In early 1980, Welch went back to Ger- community for airmen at Eielson Air FROM PAGE A1 He got to know the people of Sum- many at NATO’s master radar squad- Force Base, he said a “big transition” ter through working with the Com- ron as a crew chief. Two years later, he phase is approaching as the air base will and earned his achievements through bined Federal Campaign as a benefac- left the Air Force and got married soon be growing quickly. hard work. (He will also tell you he tor on the side, where he would raise after in Denmark. Eielson is on the list to receive the doesn’t take his current post as small- money from Shaw military personnel In 1985, he resumed his federal career F-35 joint tactical fighter plane and is town mayor lightly … more on that for local charities, including United by joining the Federal Aviation Admin- about to become “one of the biggest later, too.) Way. A staff sergeant at the time, istration at the Daytona Beach (Florida) built-up air bases in U.S. history,” Welch After graduating from a military Welch said a three-star general at Air Traffic Control Tower. said. school in Savannah, , Welch en- Shaw recruited him to help with Eventually, Welch’s FAA career Currently, about 6,500 military and ci- tered the U.S. Air Force in 1973, and his United Way. would lead him to North Pole, Alaska, vilian personnel make up Eielson, but it first assignment was in King Salmon, “I put my heart and soul into that and in 1999. He was hired there as an air will expand to 10,000 to 11,000 by 2024. Alaska, a remote Air Force base. He was got other people in the Air Force in- traffic control specialist just up the road That means North Pole is set to grow, later stationed in Sumter at Shaw Air volved in it,” Welch said. “I knew what at the Fairbanks International Airport, too. Force Base — twice. the local Sumter orphanages needed, but he lived about 15 miles south in It’s currently in a housing boom, and His first job at King Salmon’s control for example. I knew different things that North Pole the whole time. He said the the city’s population is expected to triple center — back in “The Cold War era” — United Way needed and would be able to public schools in North Pole were great to more than 6,000, Welch said. He de- was to detect any bombers coming out speak to it with first-hand experience to for his three children and that he pre- scribed the mayor’s position as “a full- of the Soviet Union to strike North the local military.” ferred the “extremely friendly people” time job, plus.” He works 50 to 60 hours America. He controlled F-4 fighter inter- It was during this time that Welch who lived there. per week. ceptors. earned his pilot’s license. He did all his His FAA career in Fairbanks would “It’s a big transition for the city to be “We ran interceptors up after Soviet flight training at Sumter Airways, now last 13 years, through 2012, during in this growth mode,” Welch said. bogies that were intruding into our air the Sumter County Airport. That en- which time he also served as the politi- “We’re trying to maintain North Pole’s space,” Welch said. “We were the front hanced his job qualifications while on cal affairs liaison for the National Asso- charm and character, and we don’t want line of detection for all of North Ameri- active duty in the Air Force, “and I actu- ciation of Air Traffic Specialists and to lose the fact that it’s a bedroom com- ca; so, that way, you could sleep at night ally got to use all my training as a tax later was elected its national director. munity. Therefore, I am really working and know you were going to be safe.” write-off.” All the while, Welch said, he was able to hard to manage the growth so it will re- FIRST ASSIGNMENT AT SHAW (1975) In the late ’70s in Sumter, Welch said, get to know the Congressional delega- main just as nice and pristine as it is he remembers working out at the for- tion from Alaska. now.” After about a year in Alaska, Welch mer Continental Fitness Center on ON TO NORTH POLE CITY COUNCIL Santa Claus — that’s his actual name moved to Sumter. Broad Street and new neighborhoods — has been a North Pole resident for His first day on the job was Jan. 2, being built all across town. North Pole has a lot of Air Force per- about six years and previously served 1975. He was 20. He also remembers Big Jim’s. sonnel and families who live there be- with Welch on city council. Claus, who Welch was part of a mobile tactical Welch said he ran the wing’s Christ- cause Eielson Air Force Base is just 11 is also former president of North Pole air control squadron that included 400 mas party in ’78 and ’79 and used the miles south, near Moose Creek. Chamber of Commerce, speaks highly airmen, and he did the same job of pro- then-iconic Broad Street restaurant, Given his background in the Air of Welch. viding intercepts, he said. which started as a drive-in across Force and political affairs, Welch “This is a small community, but “In a mobile squadron, we were al- from Pizza Lane and transitioned into thought he would be a natural fit for we’re happy to have him,” Claus said. ways ready to go to war,” Welch said. a local fine dining establishment with city council. “He’s trying to ensure the new service- That first assignment at Shaw was 13 a cafe in the back, to cater the event. He won two elections to the North men and women at Eielson have a months, but Welch said he didn’t learn “Big Jim’s was great,” Welch said. “I Pole City Council, serving a total of five great welcome and plenty of relocation much about the community in that stay, really was able to get involved in all years and as mayor pro tempore — or information, even before they arrive preferring instead as a “young airman” kinds of aspects of the community, and deputy mayor — for four years. here.” to drive home to Savannah a couple I came to love Sumter.” Last year, Welch ran to be North The town’s slogan is “Where the spirit times per month on his off time. Shaw was a critical part in developing Pole’s mayor and won. He was sworn in of Christmas lives year round,” Claus After a stint in West Germany, it was his career, Welch said, and he earned all on Oct. 15. said, but many people there don’t really back to Shaw in August 1977 as part of a his non-commissioned officer ranks at NEW MISSION: GROWING WITH think about the slogan after they hear it tactical air control wing under the 9th the base. On Dec. 1, 1975, he was pro- EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE constantly in their youth. Air Force at the base. moted to a buck sergeant. On Dec. 1, Welch is different, he said. SECOND TOUR AT SHAW (1977-79) 1977, he was promoted to a staff ser- A self-described “no-nonsense type “He’s one of the few people here at geant and in December ’79 to a technical of guy,” Mayor Welch is now busy try- North Pole who lives up to the slogan,” In his second tour here, which lasted sergeant. ing to push North Pole forward, he Claus said. “He’s here reminding people a little more than two years, Welch said “I got promoted fast,” he said. said. of that slogan all the time.”

According to the mayor, the homes,” Welch said. “It would NORTH POLE average daytime temperature be a waste of money. We say this time of year is 4 degrees there are two seasons here: FROM PAGE A1 Fahrenheit — Yes, 4. ‘There’s winter, and there’s The overnight low now gets preparing for winter.’” Online videos and photos down to about -14 degrees. With Eielson’s upcoming from the small city show that Again, you read that right. expansion, Welch said he’s the street lights look like Negative 14. trying to help recruit Air candy canes. But it can get much colder, Force personnel to live at The small Alaskan city is like -50 degrees, Welch said. North Pole and is putting out tucked right between the hub In the same week, though, relocation packages, promot- of Fairbanks, home of the it might reach plus-50 degrees ing the community’s trails, Army’s Fort Wainwright, to because of warm winds origi- fishing and hunting. the north and Eielson Air nating from Hawaii that go Dogsled events are on the Force Base to the south. up the Pacific. calendar every year, said North Pole is often described From June 1 through Aug. Aino Welch, the mayor’s wife, as a bedroom community be- 31, the average temperature and it wouldn’t be Alaska cause of how many residents is in the 70s with overnight without moose, right? Even commute to those other plac- lows in the mid-60s, Welch in your backyard. es for work. said. “We have,” she said, “close PHOTO PROVIDED And it’s cold at North Pole, “So, nobody has central air encounters of a ‘moose-y The Santa Claus House in North Pole, Alaska, is a tourist attraction for very cold. conditioning up here in their kind.’” the city.

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COMMENTARY Trump’s top 10 successes of 2018 ASHINGTON — Trump has refused to play In his second year Kim’s game. Not only has in office, the list of Trump not lifted sanctions, Wextraordinary unfrozen North Korean assets, things President Trump has ended the Korean War or of- done, for good and ill, contin- fered Pyongyang diplomatic ued to grow. Today, I offer my recognition, but also he im- annual list of the 10 best posed new sanctions on mem- things Trump has done in of- bers of Kim’s inner circle. fice. (In my next column, I will 4. He struck Syria again and give you my list of the 10 eliminated the last vestiges of worst.) the Islamic State’s physical ca- 10. He has secured the release liphate. For a second time, he GUEST COMMENTARY of 19 people, including 16 Ameri- enforced Obama’s red line cans, from foreign captivity. against the use of chemical When Pastor Andrew Brunson weapons. In December, U.S.- was freed by Turkey, he be- backed fighters captured Sheriff’s office will continue came the 19th captive released Hajin, the last pocket of terri- thanks to Trump. Others in- tory held by the Islamic State. clude: four held by North The militant group is far from to work hard to give top-notch Korea; an aid worker defeated, but Trump is and her husband held right that we have by Egypt; three UCLA knocked “the hell out basketball players and of ISIS.” law enforcement to Sumter a businesswom- 3. He’s continued his an held by China; a tough line with Moscow. hat I hope for the New Year: ronment, we will continue to provide quali- couple and their three Trump announced I love this time of the year for ty training and the necessary resources to children held by the America’s withdrawal many reasons. I love to take the officers to better equip our agency for un- Taliban; a former CIA from the Intermediate- time to reflect on the past year, foreseen attacks (school shootings, terrorist Marc Thiessen W officer held by Portu- Range Nuclear Forces but more importantly, I love to look forward attacks, etc.). We are committed to being gal; and two citizens Treaty, shipped Jave- at the great things I believe God has prepared to handle any threat to the safety held by Venezuela. lin antitank missiles to equipped us to do in 2019. of our citizens. That’s more Americans freed Ukraine, canceled a meeting As the New Year begins, I want to take At the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, we in two years than President with Putin at the Group of 20 this time to acknowledge our staff and their have been very successful at forming part- Barack Obama got released in summit over Russia’s seizure dedication and hard work. I nerships with various community organiza- eight. And unlike Obama, of Ukrainian navy ships, ex- believe we are blessed to tions as well as dedicated volunteers. We Trump did it without releasing pelled dozens of Russian diplo- have some of the most ded- are very proud of the many volunteers that terrorist leaders or sending mats and imposed more sanc- icated and talented admin- donate their time to make our county a bet- planeloads of cash to rogue re- tions against Moscow. istrative staff, deputies, de- ter place. We will continue to work with our gimes, creating incentive for 2. He pulled out of Obama’s di- tention officers and civilian Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Citizens Ad- more hostage taking. sastrous Iran deal and reimposed staff working together to visory Board who actively go out within the 9. He delivered for the “forgot- crippling sanctions on Tehran. continue to provide the cit- different communities to pursue feedback ten Americans.” The Trump The new sanctions have taken izens of Sumter County from residents along with law enforcement. boom is benefiting those left millions of barrels of Iranian Anthony with top-notch law enforce- We will continue to format partnerships behind by the Obama econo- oil off the market and led to Dennis ment. I want to thank each within the various communities and their my. Manufacturing jobs grew the cancellation of major deals and every one of you for citizen groups. at the fastest rate in 23 years, with European investors. And your hard work and dedi- I am troubled about the repeat offenders I and the unemployment rate when Iranian protesters rose cation to the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office see coming across my desk and what we for Americans without a high up to challenge the regime, and to the citizens of this great county. can do to curb this. We will continue to re- school diploma reached the Trump (unlike his predeces- You know, throughout the year 2018 we habilitate and deter repeat offenders by of- lowest point ever recorded. sor) stood with them. have had quite a few accomplishments. We fering various programs at the Sumter The Wall Street Journal re- 1. He stood by Brett Kavana- have also seen a dramatic decrease in vio- County Sheriff’s Office Detention Center ported that wages rose 3.1 per- ugh and even in the worst mo- lent crime. such as the Work Keys Program and the cent — the biggest jump since ments never wavered. Trump I thought about some of our lengthy in- Wood Shop Program, where inmates are 2009 — and that “low-skilled has confirmed a record 85 vestigations that led our agency to solving provided an opportunity to gain carpentry workers are among the biggest judges in his first two years as multiple homicides. Then I thought about skills to equip them for a better future upon beneficiaries.” president. That total includes traffic stops that led to major historical being released so they can find their way in 8. He worked with Democrats two Supreme Court justices, 30 drug busts. I want the citizens to know that society. and Republicans to pass impor- appellate court judges and 53 we will continue to be proactive and deter I also hope to continue to work closely tant legislation. It didn’t get a district judges who will pre- drugs and gang activity in Sumter County! with Sumter County administration and lot of attention, but Trump got side for decades. Trump’s suc- Why? Because failure to succeed is not an Sumter County Council to improve the sala- a lot done on a bipartisan cessful fight for Kavanaugh option, and this will not be acceptable! ries of my law enforcement officers. I am so basis, including criminal jus- also helped him expand his I am very troubled to continue to see the proud of the men and women of the Sumter tice reform, opioid and sex Senate majority, as energized havoc drugs cause in our community. We County Sheriff’s Office. They continue to be trafficking legislation and a Republican voters threw out continue to fight street drugs but now have proactive, innovative and continue to bridge new “Right to Try” law giving four Democratic incumbents seen the creeping in of the opioid epidem- the gap by constantly seeking to improve on dying Americans access to ex- who opposed Kavanaugh. ic. We are committed to fighting this their job performance. I will continue to ask perimental medications. There were many more ac- through continued enforcement efforts, them to never be satisfied with being status 7. He has ushered in a golden complishments not included in along with education as to the dangers of quo but rather join with me in raising the age for women in the CIA. this list. Trump got Mexico, this plague. bar. Trump not only appointed Canada and South Korea to I then thought about the major issue with In any event, the Sumter County Sheriff’s Gina Haspel as the agency’s sign new trade deals. He con- littering that affects our lives every day. Office will continue to be a diverse agency first female director, but also tinued his regulatory rollback, What I want the citizens to know is that we that reflects our wonderful diverse commu- made Elizabeth Kimber the replacing Obama’s “Clean will continue to move forward with our Lit- nity. We will continue to raise the bar in first women to lead the agen- Power Plan” and his “Waters ter Detail Program, but we will also strictly providing quality law enforcement and re- cy’s clandestine service — re- of the United States” rule and enforce litter laws with people who care- maining transparent in all that we do. warding the CIA’s “band of returning power to the states. lessly throw litter on our roadways. We will Please know that as we begin this New sisters” who have toiled to He took on the International not rest until every member of our commu- Year, my commitment to the citizens of this keep the country safe since Criminal Court, which pur- nity takes pride in our county and state. county remains strong, and I will continue 9/11. ports to have jurisdiction over You know, each year I speak on the pro- to work with you to improve the quality of 6. His push to expand domestic U.S. soldiers and citizens. And tection of children in our schools. This re- life for the current and future residents of energy production bore fruit. his graceful handling of mains one of my top priorities. What I Sumter County. This year the United States George H.W. Bush’s funeral hope for is that all high schools will be My prayer for each and every one of you passed both Saudi Arabia and brought dignity to the office. equipped with two school resource officers. is to have a safe and prosperous New Year! Russia as the world’s top oil That is a strong record of I believe that children do not need to feel I also ask that you remember to pray for all producer. success. We’ll review the 10 unsafe while receiving an education. first responders. 5. In the six months after the worst things Trump has done Teachers cannot educate our children if Ephesians 6:11 Singapore summit with North in the next column. weapons or school shootings threaten their “Put on the whole armour of God, that ye Korea, he has made no conces- safety. Why? Because a quality education may be able to stand against the wiles of sions to Pyongyang. North Ko- Follow Marc A. Thiessen on is critical for the future of America’s chil- the devil.” rean dictator Kim Jong Un ex- , @marcthiessen. dren, and I am committed to ensuring and God’s love for God’s people. pected to blow up some useless fostering a safe and secure environment nuclear facilities in exchange © 2019, for this. Anthony Dennis is sheriff of Sumter County for billions in hard currency. Writers Group As we work tirelessly to provide this envi- with Sumter County Sheriff’s Office.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR S.C. IS GREAT PLACE WHERE WE inal who previously committed multi- breakers to go scot free and to com- not be deported by helping the police. TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT CITIZENS ple crimes. Cpl. Singh left behind a mit more crimes against the citizens Let’s see how that worked in the ar- young wife with a 5-month-old son. of our country. If the deportation rest of the killing of Cpl. Singh. So We treat people warmly and abide by The California governor and state happened, Cpl. Singh would be alive far seven illegal alien immigrants the law. Compare S.C. to California Legislature (all Democrats) passed today. What should be done is that helped the alleged killer try to leave where the governor and the state Leg- laws that stop local and state police the U.S. Justice Department should the U.S., knowing that he killed a po- islature promote law breaking by not from informing federal law enforce- arrest these law-breaking politicians lice officer in cold blood. helping to deport illegal alien immi- ment officers about these criminals, and throw them in jail. In closing, it is wonderful to live in grants who are not only illegal, but which should then be deported. The You hear that these sanctuary laws S.C. where we abide by the law and also commit multiple crimes. The latest California governor and the Legisla- protect the community by having continue to take actions to protect the case is whereby a police officer, Cpl. ture have blood on their hands for the other illegal alien immigrants to citizens of our state. Ronil Singh, was killed in cold blood on killing of Cpl. Singh. California being come forward in the prosecution of DON DAMM Christmas Day by an illegal alien crim- a sanctuary state is allowing law criminals by ensuring that they will Sumter A8 | THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 2019 DAILY PLANNER THE SUMTER ITEM

AROUND TOWN Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2019 Clarendon School District One employment workshop will be WEATHER will conduct free vision, hearing, held 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on Satur- Would you like to quit smoking? speech and developmental day, Jan. 26, at MH Newton ® screenings as part of a child Family Life Center, 415 Man- AccuWeather ve-day forecast for Sumter find effort to identify students ning Ave. Mechelle Potts, of ages 3-5, who may need spe- the Third Judicial Circuit Ex- TODAY TONIGHT FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY cial education services and pungement Office, and Sha- are not enrolled in a public ron Holland, of S.C. Probation, school. 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Wednesdays (walk-in servic- Chance of rain: 55% Chance of rain: 60% Chance of rain: 65% Chance of rain: 5% Chance of rain: 5% Chance of rain: 10% Call Robert at (803) 574-2117. es) Feb. 4 through April 15 at WNW 3-6 mph ENE 3-6 mph ESE 6-12 mph W 8-16 mph VAR 2-4 mph S 4-8 mph Palmetto Health will offer free South Sumter Resource Cen- tobacco cessation classes to ter, 337 Manning Ave., and by Gaff ney Sumter residents from noon to appointment on the following 50/58 1 p.m. on Tuesdays: Jan. 8, 15, Saturdays: Feb. 9, Feb. 23, 22, 29 and Feb. 5 and 12 at March 16 and April 13. No age Spartanburg Palmetto Health Tuomey. The requirement and you do not TODAY’S Greenville 50/58 program will be led by regis- have to be an AARP member. 50/59 tered nurse and nurse educa- Services will also be available SOUTH tor Catherine. All classes are by appointment from 9 a.m. Florence CAROLINA Bishopville open to the public. The pro- to 3 p.m. on Tuesdays (walk- 55/64 gram includes: Free counsel- ins allowed based on coun- WEATHER 56/62 ing and consultation; free selor availability) at Spectrum Temperatures shown on map are Columbia Sumter one-month supply of medica- Senior Citizens Center, 1989 today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 54/64 56/64 tion to those who qualify; and Durant Lane. Applicants are Myrtle six sessions over six weeks. If advised to bring ID, Social Se- IN THE MOUNTAINS Manning Beach you’d like to participate, register curity cards, last year’s tax 59/66 56/67 Today: Occasional rain and drizzle. Winds by Friday, Jan. 4, by calling return (if available) and all Aiken (803) 774-CARE (2273) or other pertinent tax docu- south-southwest 3-6 mph. 56/62 emailing Catherine.Mat- ments needed for filing re- Friday: Periods of rain. Winds northeast [email protected]. turn. Call Lula King at (803) 6-12 mph. A free pardon, expungement and 316-0772 or Emily Dinkins at (803) 983-2514. 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CLEMSON FOOTBALL PREP BASKETBALL Motivated Tigers Unbeaten Saints red hot going into 2019 BY DANNY KELLY [email protected]

There is an easy New Year’s resolution available for the Clarendon Hall varsity boys basketball team: keep playing in 2019 the way they played at the end of 2018. The Saints have been red- hot this season, taking a per- fect 11-0 record into the new year. “It started with the offsea- MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM son,” Saints head coach An- Clemson sophomore running back Travis Etienne (9) looks for room to run behind graduate center Justin Falcinelli (50) during the Ti- thony Reitenour gers’ 30-3 victory over Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl college football playoff semifinal game on Saturday in Dallas. Clemson faces Ala- said. “This group bama on Monday in the national championship game, the fourth-straight postseason meeting between the two teams. has been together for a while. We had a lot of off- Clemson carries memories of last year’s loss into title game season workouts and a game BY PETE IACOBELLI to improve.’ We’ve been fo- REITENOUR plan.” The Associated Press cusing on that.” However, Clar- Falcinelli said reflecting on endon Hall wasn’t winning CLEMSON — Clemson the Alabama loss — Clemson games the way Reitenour center Justin Falcinelli re- has lost two of three CFP would’ve liked them to at first. members the quiet, hollow games to the Crimson Tide “We were a little rusty the feeling in the locker room — was part of the routine first few games,” he said. “We after last year’s Sugar Bowl during winter workouts , were lucky to play bad and loss to Alabama. spring drills and summer win. I have eight players that He vowed not to forget it. weightlifting sessions. played football as well, but I Not that Falcinelli could “There’s always stuff to re- think the football rust has have even he had wanted to. mind you why you’re working” worn off now.” Clips of the 24-6 defeat to the to improve, Falcinelli said. Reitenour believes the Crimson Tide in last year’s Last year’s Alabama- team’s success has come from national semifinal are played Clemson contest was the lat- solely one thing — hard work. on the team’s giant video est episode in the dramatic “We practice at 6 a.m. be- board at the Tigers’ practice series, during which the fore school,” he said. “The facility. Players regularly field teams have traded nail-bit- kids are committed and have questions from fans eager for ing wins in championship bought in, and it’s paying off. Clemson to avenge the loss. games, Alabama 45-40 in It’s nothing more than prepa- The reminders of the dis- January 2016 and Clemson ration and the kids working appointment has motivated 35-31 on a last-second TD for it.” and driven the Tigers pass 12 months later. The Saints have had a few throughout the season. But unlike those two players who have really led the Now No. 2 Clemson (14-0) games, Clemson’s offense charge for them this season. gets its another crack at No. could never get going “(Junior) Zyan Gilmore, our 1 Alabama (14-0) on Monday against Alabama’s fearsome point guard, is our leader,” Re- night in the national cham- defense last year. Kelly Bry- itenour said. “When we need a pionship game in Santa ant threw two interceptions, boost, we want Clara, California. both which led to Crimson the ball in his “It was a bit of a wakeup Tide touchdowns, and the hands.” call,” Falcinelli said of the Tigers ran for just 64 yards MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM Gilmore is av- loss. “It’s driven us to say, in the demoralizing loss. Freshman Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence looks for a receiver eraging 21.5 ‘We did well, but there was during the Tigers’ 30-3 victory over Notre Dame on Saturday in the points, 8.7 re- still clearly plenty of room SEE TIGERS, PAGE B2 Cotton Bowl college football playoff semifinal game in Dallas. bounds, 6.1 steals GILMORE and three assists per game. Other key members of the COMMENTARY team include freshman guard/ forward Kylic Horton, junior shooting guard Traveon Davis and junior forward Kade El- Get ready for Alabama-Clemson Part 5 liott. “Kylic Horton is a skilled BY RALPH D. RUSSO athlete,” Reitenour said. “He’s THE ASSOCIATED PRESS taking form and is one of the most consistent members on RLINGTON, Texas — Before the team.” Alabama-Clemson IV is even Horton has averaged 15.3 played, know that part five points, 8.9 rebounds and two A of college football’s epic steals. championship series already is in pro- duction. SEE SAINTS, PAGE B2 The top-ranked Crimson Tide and No. 2 Tigers will meet for the fourth PREP SCHEDULE straight year in the College Football Playoff, and third time in the champi- TODAY Junior Varsity Basketball onship game, on Jan. 7 in Santa Clara, West Florence at Lakewood, 6 p.m. California. With quarterbacks Tua Ta- FRIDAY govailoa and Trevor Lawrence in the Varsity and JV Basketball Lee Central at Crestwood (No JV Girls), 5 p.m. fold for next season, go ahead and pen- Academic Magnet at Manning, 4 p.m. cil Alabama and Clemson in for the East Clarendon at Johnsonville (No JV Girls), 5 p.m. 2019 title game, too. Next year it will be Heathwood Hall at Wilson Hall, 4 p.m. played in New Orleans, so the travel Hammond at Laurence Manning, 4 p.m. Robert E. Lee at Christian Academy, 4 p.m. will be easier for the fans. Conway Christian at Clarendon Hall, 5 p.m. Parity is for the rest of college foot- B Team Basketball Heathwood Hall at Wilson Hall, 4 p.m. ball. Over the last four seasons, Geor- Conway Christian at Clarendon Hall (Girls gia is the only team other than Ala- Only), 4 p.m. bama and Clemson to win a College SATURDAY Football Playoff game. Varsity Basketball Sumter in Low Country Showcase (Boys Only) Fans can argue about which teams (at Porter-Gaud in Charleston) , TBA should be three and four in the playoff Varsity and JV Basketball Manning at Calhoun County, 4:30 p.m. rankings just like this year — as if it Australian Team at Clarendon Hall (No JV matters. Want to expand the playoff to Boys), TBA eight teams? Fine. The final two will SUNDAY Varsity and JV Equestrian still be Alabama and Clemson. This MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM Wilson Hall in SCISA Event (at Tally Ho Clemson true freshman wide receiver Justyn Ross (8) catches a touchdown pass in front Equestrian Center in Timmonsville), TBA SEE RUSSO, PAGE B2 of Notre Dame safety Alohi Gilman during the Tigers’ 30-3 victory in the Cotton Bowl. B2 | THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 2019 SPORTS THE SUMTER ITEM SPORTS ITEMS TIGERS FROM PAGE B1 Bates wins Chestnut Oaks tournament “That left a sour taste in our mouths,” Clemson defensive The Bates Middle School boys bas- ble-double of 25 points and 10 rebounds Dana Holgorsen as its coach, ending end Austin Bryant said. ketball team defeated Clark Middle of and Andino had nine points. his eight-year run with the Mountain- Austin Bryant, a senior Orangeburg 40-20 on Saturday to win CLARENDON HALL 67 eers. who’s been part of all three the Chestnut Oaks Christmas Tourna- NORTH 63 Holgorsen was 61-41 and 33-30 in the playoff games with Alabama, ment at the COMS gymnasium. Big 12 as he helped guide West Virginia said the players did not spend Corean Nelson led the Bantams with NORTH — Clarendon Hall’s varsity through the transition from the Big all their time consumed with 14 points. Caleb Jenkins added eight boys basketball team defeated North East. Now he is returning to the former losing to the Tide. They were points, while Zyeir Gamble and Mat- High School 67-63 on Sunday to win the Big East. Houston competes in the more bothered that, as de- thew Rogers both had seven. Eagles Above the Rim Holiday Invita- American Athletic Conference, which fending national champions, NORTH ATLANTA 74 tional at the North gymnasium. was formed from the remnants of Big they had not lived up to their LAKEWOOD 60 Traveon Davis led the Saints, who East football after it was torn apart by potential after the 2017 sea- improved to 11-0, with 20 points while realignment earlier this decade. son and did not want to fin- ATLANTA — Lakewood High grabbing eight rebounds. Zyan Gilmore Holgorsen spent two seasons as ish this year in a similar School’s varsity boys basketball team had a double-double of 18 points and 13 Houston’s offensive coordinator in fashion. lost to North Atlanta 74-60 on Saturday rebounds and also had six steals. 2008-09, when it was in Conference What that means, Bryant in the Tournament of Champions at Kylic Horton had 16 points and nine USA, before serving a season in the said, was preparing with suc- the Wheeler High gymnasium. boards. same position under Mike Gundy at cess in mind, no matter what Quentin Hodge led the Gators, who went Davis and Horton were selected to Oklahoma State in 2010. the obstacle or the opponent 1-2 in the tournament and are now 6-7 on the all-tournament team. Houston fired coach Major Apple- would be. the season, with 22 points. Juwan Perdue HOUSTON HIRES COACH DANA HOLGORSEN white Sunday after a rocky two seasons It’s something Clemson added 17 and Nazir Andino had 10. AWAY FROM WEST VIRGINIA in which he went 15-10. coach Dabo Swinney continu- On Friday, Lakewood defeated Litho- ally talks to his players about nia, Georgia, 49-48. Perdue had a dou- Houston has hired West Virginia’s From staff and wire reports — keeping their eyes on them- selves when possible and the bar they’ve set these past few seasons. SCOREBOARD Sunday, Jan. 13 Atlanta at Washington, 7 p.m. Houston/Baltimore/Los Angeles Chargers at New Dallas at Charlotte, 7 p.m. “At the end of the day, we England, 1:05 p.m. (CBS) Miami at Cleveland, 7 p.m. just try and be the best version Dallas/Seattle/Philadelphia at New Orleans, 4:40 p.m. (FOX) New Orleans at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. TV, RADIO Detroit at Memphis, 8 p.m. of us, and we’re not trying to CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Minnesota at Boston, 8 p.m. live up to anybody else’s stan- TODAY Orlando at Chicago, 8 p.m. 8 a.m. — International and Professional Tennis: Hopman Sunday, Jan. 20 Philadelphia at Phoenix, 9 p.m. dard,” Swinney said. “We’ve Cup, ATP/WTA Brisbane Matches, WTA Auckland NFC Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. Matches, WTA Shenzen Matches and ATP Pune TBD, 3:05 p.m. (FOX) got our own standard here.” Matches (TENNIS). AFC TODAY’S GAMES Clemson brings a different 2:55 p.m. — International Soccer: English Premier TBD, 6:40 p.m. (CBS) Toronto at San Antonio, 8 p.m. League Match — Liverpool vs. Manchester City (NBC Denver at Sacramento, 10 p.m. quarterback into the matchup SPORTS NETWORK). PRO BOWL Houston at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. with freshman Trevor Law- 3 p.m. — High School Football: Under Armour All- Sunday, Jan. 27 America Game Practice from St. Petersburg, Fla. FRIDAY’S GAMES rence taking Kelly Bryant’s At Orlando, Fla. (ESPNU). AFC vs. NFC, 3 p.m. (ABC/ESPN) Utah at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. spot. Lawrence was named the 6 p.m. — High School Football: Under Armour All- Brooklyn at Memphis, 8 p.m. America Game from Orlando, Fla. (ESPN2). SUPER BOWL Dallas at Boston, 8 p.m. starter in late September and, 6 p.m. — PGA Golf: Tournament of Champions First Indiana at Chicago, 8 p.m. days later, Bryant left the pro- Round from Maui, Hawaii (GOLF). Sunday, Feb. 3 Orlando at Minnesota, 8 p.m. 6 p.m. — International and Professional Tennis: Hopman At Atlanta Washington at Miami, 8 p.m. gram and has since trans- Cup — Spain vs. Fance; ATP/WTA Brisbane Quarterfinal AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 6:30 p.m. (CBS) Atlanta at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. ferred to Missouri. Matches, WTA Auckland Quarterfinal Matches and L.A. Clippers at Phoenix, 9 p.m. WTA Shenzen Semifinal Matches (TENNIS). New York at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. Lawrence has led Clemson’s 6:05 p.m. — Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, NBA STANDINGS Oklahoma City at Portland, 10:30 p.m. offense on high-scoring run. WDXY-AM 1240). 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Penn State at EASTERN CONFERENCE SATURDAY’S GAMES The Tigers have averaged (ESPN). Atlantic Division Charlotte at Denver, 5 p.m. 7 p.m. — College Basketball: North Carolina State at more than 45 points a game in W L Pct GB Utah at Detroit, 7 p.m. Miami (ESPNU). Toronto 28 11 .718 — Dallas at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. his 10 starts, including a 30-3 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Illinois at Indiana (FOX Philadelphia 24 14 .632 3½ New Orleans at Cleveland, 8 p.m. SPORTS 1). win over Notre Dame in the Boston 21 15 .583 5½ Memphis at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. 7 p.m. — NHL Hockey: Carolina at Philadelphia (FOX Brooklyn 17 21 .447 10½ Toronto at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. Cotton Bowl last week to ad- SPORTS SOUTHEAST). New York 9 29 .237 18½ Golden State at Sacramento, 10 p.m. 7 p.m. — Women’s College Basketball: Duke at North vance where Lawrence threw Southeast Division Houston at Portland, 10 p.m. Carolina State (FOX SPORTSOUTH). W L Pct GB for 327 yards and three touch- 7 p.m. — Women’s College Basketball: Mississippi State Charlotte 18 18 .500 — at Arkansas (SEC NETWORK). downs. Miami 17 18 .486 ½ COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Marshall at Old Dominion Orlando 16 20 .444 2 Alabama left tackle Jonah (STADIUM). Washington 14 23 .378 4½ TUESDAY 7:30 p.m. — College Basketball: George Mason at St. Williams said the Tide will Atlanta 11 25 .306 7 EAST Joseph’s (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). Central Division St. John’s 89, Marquette 69 have their hands full stopping 7:30 p.m. — NHL Hockey: Chicago at New York Islanders W L Pct GB SOUTH (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). Clemson. Milwaukee 26 10 .722 — Florida St. 87, Winthrop 76 8 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Toronto at San Antonio (TNT). Indiana 25 12 .676 1½ Radford 80, Mars Hill 51 “They have the capacity to 9 p.m. — Women’s College Basketball: Connecticut at Detroit 16 19 .457 9½ Virginia Tech 81, Notre Dame 66 Baylor (ESPN). beat us every year,” he said. Chicago 10 27 .270 16½ FAR WEST 9 p.m. — College Basketball: St. Mary’s (Calif.) at San Cleveland 8 29 .216 18½ San Diego St. 65, CS Northridge 60 “They did my freshman year Francisco (ESPN2). Washington 84, Cal St.-Fullerton 76 9 p.m. — College Basketball: Jacksonville State at WESTERN CONFERENCE and almost did the year before. Belmont (ESPNU). Southwest Division So you have to play your best 9 p.m. — College Basketball: Colorado at Arizona (FOX W L Pct GB SPORTS 1). TRANSACTIONS Houston 21 15 .583 — and you have to execute.” 9 p.m. — Women’s College Basketball: South Carolina at San Antonio 21 17 .553 1 Texas A&M (SEC NETWORK). WEDNESDAY Despite the respect Clemson Memphis 18 18 .500 3 9:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Wichita State at BASEBALL Dallas 17 19 .472 4 gets, Tigers defensive end Cle- Memphis (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). American League New Orleans 17 21 .447 5 10:30 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Houston at Golden State (TNT). BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Named Koby Perez senior lin Ferrell said the Alabama Northwest Division 11 p.m. — College Basketball: Stanford at UCLA (ESPN). director/international scouting. W L Pct GB loss last season stands out as a 11 p.m. — College Basketball: Brigham Young at Pacific MINNESOTA TWINS — Signed DH Nelson Cruz to a one- Denver 24 11 .686 — (ESPNU). year contract. glaring breakdown in the level Oklahoma City 23 13 .639 1½ SEATTLE MARINERS — Signed LHP Yusei Kikuchi to a Portland 22 16 .579 3½ of success they has achieved. four-year contract. Utah 18 20 .474 7½ National League He said the Tigers worked NFL PLAYOFFS Minnesota 17 20 .459 8 ATLANTA BRAVES — Named Mike Maroth pitching coach, Pacific Division hard to follow up their nation- Bobby Magallanes hitting coach and Einar Diaz coach WILD-CARD PLAYOFFS W L Pct GB of Gwinnett (IL); Alfredo Amezaga coach of Mississippi al championship season with Golden State 25 13 .658 — Saturday, Jan. 5 (SL); Barrett Kleinknect manager, Dan Meyer pitching L.A. Clippers 21 16 .568 3½ another strong year. And Indianapolis at Houston, 4:35 p.m. (ESPN) coach and Doug DeVore hitting coach of Florida (FSL); L.A. Lakers 21 16 .568 3½ Seattle at Dallas, 8:15 p.m. (FOX) Matt Tuiasosopo manager of Rome (SAL); Anthony while 12-2 and the 2017 Atlan- Sacramento 19 18 .514 5½ Nunez manager, Danny Santiesteban hitting coach, Sunday, Jan. 6 Phoenix 9 29 .237 16 tic Coast Conference title Connor Narron coach and Koji Kanemura trainer of L.A. Chargers at Baltimore, 1:05 p.m. (CBS) Danville (Appalachian); Barbaro Garbey second htting might satisfy most programs, Philadelphia at Chicago, 4:40 p.m. (NBC) TUESDAY’S GAMES coach, Angel Flores coach and Austin Smith trainer of Toronto 122, Utah 116 Ferrell said their performance the GCL Braves; and Doug Mansolino minor league DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS Milwaukee 121, Detroit 98 field coordinator. left the Tigers flat. Denver 115, New York 108 Saturday, Jan. 12 CHICAGO CUBS — Named Mark Loretta bench coach and Portland 113, Sacramento 108, OT Ferrell simply sums up their Baltimore/Los Angeles Chargers/Indianapolis at Bob Tewksbury coordinator, mental skills. Philadelphia 119, L.A. Clippers 113 Kansas City, 4:35 p.m. (NBC) SAN DIEGO PADRES — Promoted chief operating officer motivation, saying, “We don’t Chicago/Dallas/Seattle at L.A. Rams, 8:15 p.m. (FOX) WEDNESDAY’S GAMES Erik Greupner to president of business operations. want to feel that way again.”

RUSSO for 27 for 318 yards and four touch- enne). Tee Higgins is just a sopho- as good, if not better, for the Tide. FROM PAGE B1 down passes against Oklahoma at the more. So it’s a lot of fun to see these The next wave of blue chips is on Orange Bowl in Florida. guys go out there and compete.” the way. Alabama has already locked season the Crimson Tide and Tigers Both stars return next season, with Coach Nick Saban will be seeking up the top recruiting class in the coun- started the season Nos. 1 and 2 in the an array of weapons at their disposal. his sixth national championship since try. Clemson’s class was top five after AP Top 25 , and they will likely finish Lawrence’s top target against the 2009, and seventh overall. It’s silly to the early signing period. that way. And then in August, they Fighting Irish was another freshman. think the machine in Tuscaloosa, Ala- Is it bad for college football that Ala- will start next season that way, again. Justyn Ross, an Alabama native bama, will stop churning out title con- bama and Clemson have separated Alabama (14-0) and Clemson (14-0) swiped from the Tide in recruiting, tenders anytime soon. Especially, next from the rest of the college football? are in a league of their own. scored two long touchdowns to bust season, when the best quarterback Well, the Cleveland Cavaliers and “I was joking earlier that they the Cotton Bowl open. The Tigers’ Saban has ever coached returns. Golden State Warriors played in the should be a part of our conference,” other leading receivers this season are And check the box score of the Okla- last four NBA Finals and the league Clemson defensive tackle Christian Tee Higgins and Amari Rogers, a cou- homa game. The three Alabama receiv- has never been more popular. Wilkins said. “I love going up against ple of sophomores. Travis Etienne, the ers who caught touchdown passes This is not quite the same. Alabama them because it definitely brings out running back who finished seventh in (DeVonta Smith, Jerry Jeudy and and Clemson are turning major col- your best. They’re definitely the best the Heisman voting and has scored 23 Henry Ruggs III) are all sophomores. lege football into Division III, where team we see.” touchdowns, is a sophomore. Alabama has its own spectacular fresh- Mount Union and Wisconsin-White- Why so confident the beat will go on “We have a fun team because we’ve man pass-catcher in Jaylen Waddle. water played seven straight champion- next year? Start with the quarter- got this great group of veteran leader- Clemson will have to overhaul one ship games from 2005-11. backs. ship with (Hunter) Renfrow and the of the best defensive lines in recent Some advice: Enjoy the twists and Lawrence, the fabulous freshman, Mitch Hyatts and that group,” Clem- college football history, but Thomas is turns of the entire college football sea- carved up Notre Dame in one semifi- son coach Dabo Swinney said. “And ready to take over the tradition of son. The upsets. The conference races. nal Saturday, throwing for 327 yards you’ve just got this energy and enthu- dominant pass rushers in Death Val- The rivalries. Army’s triple-option. and three touchdowns at the Cotton siasm and eagerness from some of ley. Washington State’s Air Raid. The Bowl in Texas. Tagovailoa, the super these young guys like (defensive end) Alabama will have a dozen or so #MACtion. The #Pac12AfterDark. sophomore who already has a national Xavier Thomas, Trevor, even (running players drafted in April. Just as it did Just know that in the end, it’ll be Al- title game MVP on his resume, was 24 back) Lyn-J (Dixon), even Travis (Eti- last April. The next man up is always abama and Clemson again.

SAINTS Conway Christian, a team the about scheduling this game? learned enough about the FROM PAGE B1 Saints beat on the road back “I happened to get an email game of basketball to have on Nov. 30, 75-61. from a group in Australia,” something for it.” “Traveon Davis was side- tributed, averaging 12 points “We saw them our second Reitenour said. “It’s random Clarendon Hall entered the lined with an ankle injury (for and 5.1 rebounds per game. game,” Reitenour said of Con- that they found us. We set it 2017-18 season on a 34-game the first few games), but he’s Clarendon Hall has also had way Christian. “We got be- all up and we’re looking for- losing streak. However, it fin- getting there,” Reitenour said. a lot of help from its bench. hind and beat them off talent; ward to it. It’ll be a pretty in- ished the year with a 15-6 re- Davis has averaged 15.7 “(Junior point guard) DaQa- we were not executing like we teresting experience for the cord, losing in the 1A state points, 4.7 rebounds and 3.4 vion Miller and (sophomore were supposed to. They have kids.” semifinals. assists. guard) Josh Black have been good shooters, are hard work- Reitenour also said Penrith Reitenour thinks this year’s “Kade Elliott is a hard playing the sixth man role all ing and will be more polished will be playing a team in team has a couple advantages worker,” Reitenour said. “He season, with the entire bench now.” Charlotte a day or two before over last year’s team. leads by example off the court contributing to the success of Clarendon Hall will play on the Saints, and will then be “We have depth and more and in games.” the team,” Reitenour said. Saturday as well – a game playing Pinewood Prep after experience this year,” he said. Elliott has averaged 5.1 “It’s a combination. When a against the Penrith Panthers Clarendon Hall. “We have a couple seniors on points, six rebounds and 1.8 bunch of kids buy into the from Australia. Tip-off is “We know absolutely noth- the team. If we can keep ev- blocked shots per game. same idea, it’s great.” scheduled for 2 p.m. on Satur- ing about their team,” Reiten- erybody healthy and free of Junior guard/forward Clarendon Hall’s next game day in Summerton. our said. “Whatever they injuries, it should be a good Tyrese Mitchum has also con- is Friday at home against How did the Saints come bring at us, hopefully we’ve year for Clarendon Hall.” THE SUMTER ITEM OBITUARIES THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 2019 | B3

VIRGINIA G. ROLAND THOMAS WILLIAMS will follow at Bethel Ceme- ter, Mary Joy Prendergast; wood Trucking Co. He was a WEST COLUMBIA — Vir- Thomas Williams, 81, wid- tery. brother-in-law, John P. Lawl- U.S. Navy Korean veteran ginia Gregory Roland, 67, of ower of Annette Smith Wil- The family will receive er of Louisville; sister-in-law, and was a member of Ameri- West Columbia, passed liams, died on Tuesday, Jan. friends at 80 Dollard Drive, Mary Fogarty of Louisville; can Legion Post 15. away peacefully on Sunday, 1, 2019, at Palmetto Health Sumter, SC 29150. and sister-in-law, Diana Surviving are his wife of Dec. 30, 2018, in Columbia. Tuomey. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Schmidt of Cincinnati, Ohio; Sumter; six sons, Paul Han- She was born Born on Nov. 25, 1937, in Main St., Sumter, is in charge and many nieces and neph- sen (Laura), Tony Hansen on Feb. 24, 1951, Sumter County, he was a son of arrangements. ews. (Linda), Jeff Hansen (Amy), in Columbia, to of the Rev. Levy and Ella Online memorials may be A mass of Christian burial Joey Hansen (Tina), Niel Daniel Jeremi- Mae Davis Williams. sent to the family at jobsmor- will be held at 11 a.m. on Sat- Hansen and Phil Hansen ah Roland Jr. The family will receive rel- [email protected] or visit us urday at St. Anne Catholic (June); seven daughters, and Annell Fox atives and friends at the on the web at www.jobsmor- Church. Burial will follow at Yannick Ingersol, Pauline Roland. She home, 1135 Spann St. tuary.net. St. Lawrence Cemetery. Baug, Carole Hansen and ROLAND was a 1969 Funeral arrangements are The family will receive Pearl Hansen, all of New graduate of incomplete and will be an- ROBERT MONTGOMERY friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on York, Dianne Geddings Airport High nounced by Williams Funeral Robert Montgomery passed Friday at Bullock Funeral (John), Carol Oxendine and School and earned an Asso- Home Inc. away on Tuesday, Jan. 1, Home with wake service Robin Pollock (Brian), all of ciate’s Degree in Court Re- 2019. being held at 7:30 p.m. Sumter; one stepson, John porting from Midlands RUTDENIA D. BOUKNIGHT The family is receiving In lieu of flowers, memori- Ard (Mildred) of Manning; Technical College. She Rutdenia Durant Bouk- friends at 508 Davis St., Bish- als may be made to Amedisys two stepdaughters, Linda worked as a circuit court night, 52, wife of Larry Bouk- opville. Hospice, 198 E. Wesmark Ross (Greg) of Columbia and reporter in the state of night, departed this life on Professional and courteous Blvd., Suite 2, Sumter, SC Ginger Moore (Tommy) of South Carolina Criminal Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019, at services will be announced 29150 or to the charity of Rembert; 31 grandchildren; Court for 20 years. Virginia McLeod Regional Medical later by JP Holley Funeral your choice. 34 great-grandchildren; and truly experienced life to the Center in Florence. Home, Bishopville Chapel. You may go www.bullockfu- three great-great-grandchil- fullest; traveling with Born on July 24, 1966, in neralhome.com and sign the dren. friends and spending time Sumter County, she was a THOMAS LARRY FLOYD family’s guestbook. Funeral services will be with her nieces and neph- daughter of Cleveland Bouk- NEW ZION — Thomas The family has chosen held at 10 a.m. on Saturday at ews. She was a devout night and Annie Lee Bradley. Larry "Tom" Floyd, age 63, Bullock Funeral Home of Pinewood Baptist Church Christian and participated The family will receive died on Monday, Dec. 31, Sumter for the arrange- with the Rev. Brian Gray, the in several missionary trips. friends at the home, 861 Caro- 2018. ments. Rev. Bennie Barwick, the Virginia is survived by lina Ave., Apartment 33. Funeral services will be Rev. Jonathan Bradshaw and her beloved mother, Annell Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the Rev. Steve Sanderson offi- Fox Roland; her sisters, Su- Main St., Sumter, is in charge Pine Dale Pentecostal Holi- ciating. Burial will follow at zanne R. Freeman and of arrangements. ness Church with burial at Pinewood Cemetery. Wyona R. Bradley; and her New Zion Methodist Church Grandsons will serve as brother, Daniel Jeremiah ANTONIA MESA BAYLON Cemetery, directed by Floyd pallbearers. Roland III. She is also sur- DALZELL — Antonia Mesa Funeral Home. The family will receive vived by her niece, Angela Baylon, 80, widow of Felomi- The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 p.m. on Dannell Johnson; nephews, no T. Baylon, died on Mon- friends until 8 p.m. on Friday THERESA HOUSTON HILTON Friday at Elmore Hill Mc- Willam C. Freeman Jr., day, Dec. 31, 2018, at the home at the home, 3484 Walker Creight Funeral Home and Daniel Jeremiah Roland IV of her son. Gamble Road, New Zion. MANNING — Theresa other times at the home. and Joseph Dylan Roland. Born on Nov. 23, 1938, in Born in Clarendon County, Houston Hilton, 83, wife of Memorials may be made to Virginia was predeceased Guam, she was a daughter of he was a son of the late S. Henry Hilton, died on Tues- Pinewood Baptist Church, by her beloved father, Dan- the late Vicente and Engracia Bethea Floyd and Sybil day, Jan. 1, 2019, at McLeod P.O. Box 176, Pinewood, SC iel Jeremiah Roland Jr.; and San Nicholas Mesa. She re- Hardy Floyd. He attended Health Clarendon, Manning. 29125 or to a charity of one’s her former husband, James tired from the Navy Ex- Pine Dale Pentecostal Holi- She was born on June 18, choice. F. Senn. change. ness Church for many years 1935, in Manning, a daughter Online condolences may be Her life will be celebrated Survivors include a son, and, most recently, New Zion of the late Lun and Irene sent to www.sumterfunerals. on Sunday at Faith Luther- Ernest M. Baylon (Lolita United Methodist Church. He Bradshaw Houston. com an Church, 1717 Platt Salas) of Dalzell; two grand- was a graduate of Salem The family is receiving The family would like to Springs Road, West Colum- children, Philip (Melissa) and Schools Inc., where he also friends from 2 until 8 p.m. express their thanks to Dr. bia. Claressa (Paul); three great- coached boy's basketball. He daily at the residence, 1079 McFaddin, Dr. Ford, the ER Visitation will be held at grandchildren, Cameron, was a lifelong farmer, having Flinn Road, Manning. doctors and nurses of Pal- the church from 1 to 1:50 Sidney and Nora; and sib- farmed with his father and These services have been metto Health, Tuomey Hos- p.m. prior to the service at 2 lings, Greg, Tommy and Mar- brother for more than 25 entrusted to Samuels Funer- pice, Thomas Nickens, Elea- p.m. Interment will follow garet. years. For the past 23 years, al Home LLC of Manning. nor Seijey and Tim Evans. at Faith Lutheran Church She was preceded in death he was chief operations offi- Elmore Hill McCreight Fu- Cemetery and visitation by siblings, Danny, Rose, cer with Justice Farms, with WILLIAM K. NEWMAN SR. neral Home & Crematory, 221 with light refreshments in Brigida, Pete, Joe, Simplicia farms in five states. William Karl "Billy" New- Broad St., Sumter, is in charge the Faith Fellowship Hall and Ben. He was preceded in death man Sr., 60, husband of the of the arrangements, (803) immediately following. Funeral services will be by his parents; a sister, Jan- late Sherry Wadford New- 775-9386. Thompson Funeral Home held at 10 a.m. on Monday in ice F. Lavender; and father- man, died on Tuesday, Jan. 1, of Lexington is assisting the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens in-law, Richard McFaddin. 2019, at his home. the family. Funeral Home chapel with Surviving are his wife, Born on March 5, 1958, in The family and friends Father Rufino Madridejos, Coco McFaddin Floyd of New Sumter, he was a son of the may sign the online guest CRM officiating. Burial will Zion; a daughter, Nancy Car- late Clyde Frederick New- book at www.thompsonsfu- be at Fort Jackson National oline Floyd of New Zion; sis- man and Betty Newman neral.com Cemetery. ters, Joyce F. (John E.) John- Welch. He was a member of Elmore-Cannon-Stephens son, Cheryl F. (Willie) Hodge Concord Presbyterian CATHY DIANA WALLACE Funeral Home and Cremato- and Deb H. (Skippy) Osborne, Church. PAMELA S. BRUMFIELD ST. STEPHENS — On Sat- rium of Sumter is in charge all of New Zion, and Gina F. Survivors include two chil- urday, Dec. 29, 2018, Cathy of the arrangements. (Bryan) Dantzler of Santee; a dren, Heather Newman Ad- Pamela Rhea Sargent Diana "Diane" Wallace de- brother, Ronnie D. (Anna) kins (Jessie) and Karl New- Brumfield, 57, wife of Robert parted our midst at Lake NAOMI ALLEN MULLINS Floyd of New Zion; mother- man Jr. (Katie), both of Sum- E. Brumfield, died on Moultrie Nursing Center in Naomi Allen Mullins died in-law, Nancy McFaddin; sis- ter; seven grandchildren, J.J. Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, at St. Stephens. on Monday, Dec. 31, 2018, at ter-in-law, Muff McFaddin of Adkins, Hayden Adkins, Jor- her home. Born on Palmetto Health Tuomey. Turbeville; and a brother-in- dan Adkins, Hayeslee Ad- Born on May 18, 1961, in March 21, 1964, Services will be announced law, Carl Lavender of New kins, D.J. Adkins, McKenzie Nashville, , she in Manning, she by Elmore Hill McCreight Zion. Newman and Evie Newman; was a daughter of Jim and was a daughter Funeral Home & Crematory, Nephews will serve as pall- two sisters, Nancy Newman Carole Faith Sargent. She of the late John 221 Broad St., Sumter, (803) bearers. Buenting (John) of Charles- graduated from Central Wes- Smith "Stuckey" 775-9386. Memorials may be made to ton and Beth Newman of leyan College with honors Wallace and Pa- a passion of Tom’s, The New Sumter; and several nieces and received her master’s de- WALLACE tricia Jackson Zion 4th of July Celebration, and nephews. gree from Clemson Universi- Wallace. c/o The Citizens Bank, P.O. Funeral services will be ty. She was formerly em- The service celebrating Box 68, Turbeville, SC 29162 held at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday ployed at Central Carolina her life will take place at 2 or Clarendon County School at Concord Presbyterian Technical College and retired p.m. on Friday at Ebenezer District 3 Christian Learning Church with the Rev. Dearld from the Social Security Ad- Missionary Baptist Church, Center, c/o Allison Knowl- Sterling officiating. Burial ministration. 105 Dinkins St., Manning, ton, 6033 Salem Road, New will be at the church ceme- Survivors include her hus- where Evangelist Natasha OLA MAE SMITH Zion, SC 29111. tery. band of 20 years; parents of M. Wilson, associate pastor Online condolences may be The family will receive Easley; a brother, John Sar- of Hickory Grove Mission- Ola Mae Smith was born made at www.floydfuneral. friends from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. gent of Sunset; nephews, ary Baptist Church, Man- on Sept. 6, 1946, to the late com Saturday in the Concord Alex Sargent and Timothy ning, will preside. The Rev. Walter and Laurie Smith. Presbyterian Church Fellow- Sargent; stepdaughter, Airica George P. Windley Sr., pas- She was married to the late SYLVIA ANN LAWLER ship Hall and other times at Medlin of Seneca; mother-in- tor of Ebenezer Missionary Stephey Manning. Ola Mae Sylvia Ann Lawler, age 84, the home of his daughter, 340 law, Dorothy Brumfield of Baptist Church, will bring was a faithful member of passed away on Tuesday, Jan. Wendemere Drive. Anderson; brother-in-law, words of hope. The service Corinth Missionary Baptist 1, 2019, at home in Sumter, In lieu of flowers, memori- Stephen Brumfield of Ander- of committal will follow at Church, where she sang with after a struggle with meta- als may be made to the fami- son; and sister-in-law, Karen the family plot, located in the choir and was a member static cancer. She was sur- ly, c/o Elmore-Cannon-Ste- Juneau of Canada. the Manning Cemetery. of the ushers ministry. She rounded by family, wonderful phens Funeral Home, 515 The family will receive The family is receiving loved to attend church, sing, caregivers and hospice care. Miller Road, Sumter, SC friends from 3 to 5 p.m. on relatives and friends at the and she a had a passion for Sylvia was married for 37 29150. Sunday at Elmore-Cannon- residence of her daughter, children, which she babysat years to James P. Lawler, be- Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Stephens Funeral Home and Shannon Wallace Spann, often. Ola Mae loved her fam- fore he passed away in 2016. Funeral Home and Cremato- from 1 to 4 p.m. at the home 415 Drayton St. ily dearly and was always Sylvia was born on Nov. 30, rium of Sumter is in charge on Saturday. Casual attire is Fleming & DeLaine Fu- there to lend a helping hand 1934, in Morgantown, West of the arrangements. requested. neral Home and Chapel of to anyone in need. Virginia, to the late Joseph A graveside service will be Manning is in charge of Ola Mae leaves to mourn and Abeline Mike. She gradu- ANTONIO TERRELL WRIGHT held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, these services. her passing: two brothers, ated from St. Francis High Antonio Terrell Wright en- Jan. 8, at Hillcrest Memorial Online condolences for Jackie Smith and Leon School, Morgantown. She tered eternal rest on Tues- Park in Pickens. the family may be sent to Smith, both of Sumter; three earned a Bachelor of Educa- day, Jan. 1, 2019, at McLeod Memorials may be made to www.flemingdelaine.com or special cousins, Sally Sumter, tion degree from Ursaline Regional Medical Center, the Muscular Dystrophy As- flemingdelaine@.com. Minnie Wilson and Richard College, Louisville, , Florence. sociation, 121 Executive Cen- Dukes, all of Sumter; and a and a Master's of Library The family is receiving rel- ter Drive, No. 138, Columbia, PHYLLIS S. WORRELL host of nieces, nephews, Science degree from the atives and friends at the resi- SC 29210. VERO BEACH, Fla. — other relatives and friends. Catholic University of Amer- dence, 4055 Lynchburg High- Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Phyllis Stokes Skinner Wor- In addition to her parents ica, Washington, D.C. Sylvia way, Lynchburg. Funeral Home and Cremato- rell, 77, passed away peace- and her husband, she was was a teacher and librarian Funeral arrangements are rium of Sumter is in charge fully on Friday, Dec. 21, preceded in death by two in Kentucky, West Virginia, incomplete and will be an- of the arrangements. 2018, at VNA Hospice House brothers, Leroy and Joseph Maryland, Pennsylvania, and nounced by Wilson Funeral in Vero Beach. Smith; two sisters, Inez Pat- at Sumter Catholic School in Home, 403 S. Main St., Bish- LINDA GOODMAN Born on Feb. 16, 1941, she tasawe and Lauretha Stukes; Sumter. She was a member opville. Linda Goodman, 51, died was a daughter of the late and one brother-in-law. of St. Anne / St. Jude Catho- on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019, at Ben and Vero Stokes of Public viewing will be held lic Church in Sumter and in- CARL HANSEN Palmetto Health Tuomey. Sumter. from 2 to 6 p.m. today at Job's volved in many of the church Carl Hansen, 88, husband Born on July 17, 1967, in She is survived by her sis- Mortuary. committees. She was an ac- of Marie Lewis Ard Hansen, Sumter County, she was a ter, Patsy Freeman of Al- Mrs. Smith will be placed tive member of the Sumter died on Wednesday, Jan. 2, daughter of Will Henry and pharetta, Georgia; one son, in the church at 10 a.m. on County Museum, Friends of 2019, at his home. Rosanna Fulwood Goodman. Thomas Skinner (Penny) of Friday for viewing until the the Sumter County Library, Born in Penn Yan, New The family will receive rel- Tennessee; two daughters, hour of service. treasurer of the Tuesday York, he was a son of the late atives and friends at the Rhonda Skinner and Robin Funeral services will be Club that meets on Thursday, John and Maria Paulsen home, 18 Lakeside Drive. Worrell, both of Vero held at 11 a.m. on Friday at and treasurer for many years Hansen. Mr. Hansen was a Funeral arrangements are Beach; and one grandson, Salem Chapel & Heritage of the Heart of Sumter member of Pinewood Baptist incomplete and will be an- Jon Thomas Worrell of Center, 101 S. Salem Ave., Neighborhood Association. Church and was the retired nounced by Williams Funer- Vero Beach. Sumter, SC 29150. Interment She is survived by her sis- owner and operator of Pine- al Home Inc. B4 | THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 2019 COMICS THE SUMTER ITEM bizarro Wallace the braVe

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If you continue al- list of apps and passwords was peace. lowing her to do this, it could still present and saw four ac- When Bridget visits, she affect your relationship with counts to an adult dating site. likes to bring along little toys your husband, so if you’re My daughter and SIL have and treats for my cats. That’s smart, you will back him up been together / married for fine, but she also opens bags of and tell her to cut it out. four years. The tablet is less loose catnip and sprinkles it (Meow!) than 2 years old. I don’t know throughout the house. My hus- Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, what to do: (1) act like I never band hates it because the cat- also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was saw it, (2) tell him what I found nip gets everywhere, and it’s a founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Pawel Fludzinski 1/3/19 and hope for a good explana- chore to clean up. When he po- Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com ACROSS 46 “Chasing 10 Kitchen 38 Lumberjacks or P.O. 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BY KEVIN McDONOUGH It was 20 years ago today. Or maybe not. ABC News takes a breather from its royal-family obsession to air a two-hour special, “The Last Days of John F. Kennedy Jr.” (9 p.m.). To quote Don Corleone, “Is this necessary?” Not to sound like a crank, but news retrospectives about historical events used to be pegged to actual anniversa- ries. The plane crash that claimed the life of the presi- dent’s handsome son and namesake, his wife, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, and her sis- ter, Lauren, took place on July 16, 1999. So, this is more than six months premature — if you can be ahead of your time when exhuming the past. On the other hand, spend- ing two hours on a story at a completely random time may be the most appropriate way to commemorate the media event. To say that the plane crash was over-covered is an under- statement. The fact that the plane was lost beneath the waves left news outlets with little to show besides scenes of open water. For hours and hours and days on end. GIOVANNI RUFINO / FOX The lessons of the constant Erin Richards, left, stars as Barbara Kean and Robin Lord Taylor as Oswald Cobblepot aka “The Penguin” in the “Year Zero” season five premiere O.J. coverage of the mid-’90s, episode of “Gotham,” airing at 8 p.m. today on FOX. the saturation of reports after Princess Diana’s death in 1997 and the orgy of cable news rived the very next spring. TONIGHT’S OTHER keeping the pain in paintball (8 on “The Late Show With Stephen speculation about the Clinton- The summer of 1999 HIGHLIGHTS p.m.), a wedding ultimatum (9 Colbert” (11:35 p.m., CBS, r) * Lewinsky impeachment scan- brought us “The Blair Witch • Regular folk submit to tests p.m.) * Up a tree on “Supernatu- Jimmy Fallon welcomes Jason dal of 1998 seemed to dictate Project,” arguably the first hit of strength and endurance on ral” (8 p.m., CW, r, TV-14) * On Momoa, J.K. Simmons and Joe that this very personal trage- movie to use internet-based the new competition “The Titan two episodes of “Young Shel- Machi on “The Tonight Show” dy be treated in marathon disinformation and word-of- Games” (8 p.m., NBC, TV-PG). don” (CBS, r, TV-PG), test sub- (11:35 p.m., NBC, r) * Natalie fashion. In the end, the un- mouth for its promotion. The • “Gotham” (8 p.m., Fox, TV- jects (8:30 p.m.), shaken faith Portman, Adam Pally, Pistol ending news bulletins report- file-sharing service Napster 14) enters its fifth season. (9:30 p.m.) * Landon’s depar- Annies and Todd Sucherman ing nothing gave the grim was launched that year, bring- • On two helpings of “The ture worries some on “Lega- visit “Late Night With Seth Mey- story a whiff of the absurd. ing with it a disruptive revolu- Conners” (ABC, r, TV-PG), cies” (9 p.m., CW, r, TV-14) * A ers” (12:35 a.m., NBC, r) * Jamie If ABC News is casting tion that changed the music Becky and the bottle (8 p.m.), copycat plans a school shooting Dornan, Florence Welch and about for events from 1999, industry and challenged the cooped up (8:30 p.m.). on “S.W.A.T.” (10 p.m., CBS, TV- Florence + The Machine ap- there are plenty to recall. Feb. value and viability of all copy- • Kelly’s flirtation irks Ed on 14). pear on “The Late Late Show 12 marks the 20th anniversary righted content. “The Orville” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14). With James Corden” (12:35 a.m., of the Senate’s acquittal of That fall, NBC would intro- • Red aids a furtive plastic CBS, r). President Clinton at his im- duce two classics, one long- surgeon on the sixth season LATE NIGHT peachment trial. A glance lived and the other quickly premiere of “The Blacklist” (10 Michael Douglas and Sen. Copyright 2019 back at the history, politics canceled. People still revere p.m., NBC, TV-14). Ben Sasse, R-Neb., are booked and arithmetic of impeach- “The West Wing,” but it’s ment might be timely in 2019. “Freaks & Geeks” that still In media, 1999 was a mo- seems remarkably fresh. CULT CHOICE mentous year. On Jan. 10, just We’ve got a lot to look for- An enslaved Judean prince Church News a week from today, “The So- ward to if we look back at (Charlton Heston) and his for- pranos” debuted, ushering in 1999! mer friend (Stephen Boyd) Submissions an era of quality television. • Lifetime launches the meet in an epic chariot race in MakeM your announcements for Later that summer, ABC three-night biographical doc- the 1959 remake of “Ben-Hur” (8 would introduce “Who Wants umentary series “Surviving R. p.m., TCM, TV-PG). spespecial speakers or services on the to Be a Millionaire,” an in- Kelly” (9 p.m., TV-14), about a FFriday Religion page — for free! stant hit that convinced net- musician’s rise to fame in the works that cheap, unscripted, face of media scrutiny of his SERIES NOTES ContactC Sandra Holbert at “reality” fare could work in abuse and exploitation of On two helpings of “The Big (803) 774-1226. prime time. “Survivor” ar- young girls. 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