LOCAL: Can you help ID 2 men in Christmas shooting? A2 named Entertainer of the Year by AP SERVING SOUTH CAROLINA SINCE OCTOBER 15, 1894 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2018 75 CENTS B5 Trump signals no end to shutdown over border wall BY DARLENE SUPERVILLE threatens to carry over into you have to have protection,” and JULIET LINDERMAN January. he said. The Associated Press Trump vowed to hold the The shutdown started Sat- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS line, telling reporters as he urday when funding lapsed Jimmy Taylor of the Department of Public Works collects trash at the WASHINGTON — A shut- flew to Iraq that he’ll do for nine Cabinet-level depart- National Mall in Washington on Wednesday. According to the Nation- down affecting parts of the “whatever it takes” to get ments and dozens of agen- al Park Service, several partner organizations will with trash federal government appeared funding for border security. cies. Roughly 420,000 workers collection while National Park Service staff are furloughed because of no closer to resolution He declined to say what were deemed essential and the partial government shutdown. Wednesday, with President amount of wall funding he are working unpaid, while an Donald Trump and congres- would accept in a deal to end additional 380,000 have been ocrats — and staff talks con- swift breakthrough. sional Democrats locked in a the shutdown, stressing the furloughed. tinued on Capitol Hill — ne- Rep. Mark Meadows of hardening standoff about need for border security. While the White House was gotiations dragged Wednes- border wall funding that “You have to have a wall, talking to congressional Dem- day, dimming hopes for a SEE SHUTDOWN, PAGE A6 Christmas Day Quiet day for Sumter’s resident swans fire victim was visiting friend BY ADRIENNE SARVIS [email protected] The Christmas Day house fire in Pine- wood that claimed the life of a Florida native has been ruled accidental, though investigators have not pinpointed the exact cause, according to county fire offi- cials. The cause of the fire has been ruled undetermined, said Sumter Fire Depart- ment Battalion Chief Joey Duggan, but it is not suspicious. Ronald Holcomb Jr., 33, of Port Orange, Florida, was the only person in the house in the 400 of Marion Street during the fire Wednesday morning, he said. The call came in at 10:14 a.m., he said. Duggan said the fire started in the en- closed back porch area of the 800-square- foot modular house.

SEE FIRE, PAGE A6 Finding home Sumter woman helps friend get The permanent residents of Swan Lake-Iris Gardens enjoyed a quiet day after Christmas, some with their new babies. A few of the Aus- back on her feet after hardship tralian black swans are nesting during the holiday season. leaves 72-year-old homeless LEFT: Coscoroba swans pass by the Noel Christmas tree at the gar- dens on Wednesday. BY KAYLA ROBINS [email protected] BELOW: A Coscoroba swan beats its wings on the bank of the lake, appearing to walk upright.

It took $90 of the $100 she had left to PHOTOS BY MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM pay for a cab to a motel. Her sister’s trailer was already too full with six people and a pit bull before she joined, bringing medical needs after a car accident in 2015 left her with seven surgeries and a wheelchair, then a walk- er. Plus, her chihuahua, Scrappy. She couldn’t leave him. He kept her going and helped shield her from the harsh loneliness that being homeless can bring. Nancy Sineath had nowhere to go. Black mold infested her home in North Charleston while she was staying with her sister. When it had to be torn down, the 72-year-old lost everything. She had to board Scrappy to stay in a homeless shelter, which cost money. She slept in a bus station, but that wasn’t ideal. At least she had a bed, a place to shower and a roof over her head at the motel, but until her next disability check

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BY ADRIENNE SARVIS shot a 20-year-old man in the lower [email protected] body and fled in a white vehicle, Bell said in a news release. Deputies are searching for two men The victim was taken to a Columbia in connection to a shooting at a gas hospital, Bell said, and was last listed station on Christmas Day. in stable condition. Two men entered the El Cheapo Surveillance cameras at the store Convenience Store at 4756 Broad St. captured footage of the two suspects, across from Shaw Air Force Base Bell said. about 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 25 and began Anyone with information about the arguing with a customer inside the men's identities or the location of the store, according to Ken Bell, public in- vehicle should call the sheriff's office formation officer for the Sumter Coun- at (803) 436-2000. ty Sheriff's Office. Information can also be submitted at The argument escalated outside www.midlandscrimestoppers.com or by The white sedan driven by the suspects in a nonfatal Christmas Day shooting on U.S. when one suspect pulled out a weapon, calling 1-888-CRIME-SC (888-274-6372). 378 is seen.

Poll of the week 6 customers draw guns on 2 men attempting to nail guns MARYSVILLE, Wash. (AP) — Authorities by about six customers with guns raised. This week’s question: What’s your biggest resolution for say two men were surrounded by customers Court documents say the driver pulled the new year? with guns while attempting to steal tools forward, causing one man confronting him Answers combined from our poll on www.theitem.com. from a Washington store. to land on the hood. Have a question you want us to ask? Email [email protected]. The Daily Herald reports the men, ages 22 Documents say another customer shot at and 23, allegedly took four nail guns, each the driver's side front tire, while a third worth more than $400, from the Coastal fired twice at the rear tire. Get in better shape 52% | 54 votes Farm & Ranch store Saturday in Marys- Marysville police found the theft suspects' ville. car unoccupied about three blocks away, Make more money 16% | 17 votes The men walked out of the store and got with two flat tires and the tools inside. Both into a Honda Civic, only to be surrounded men were apprehended after a search. Keep in better touch with friends and family 15% | 16 votes

Travel more 14% | 15 votes Heat lamp to keep animals Man uses food stamps to offer Add to my family 2% | 2 votes Infographic created warm on porch causes fatal fire community free holiday lunch with Piktochart GAFFNEY (AP) — Authorities say a ROCK HILL (AP) — A South Carolina heating lamp being used to keep pets on man says he used the $70 he gets each the front porch warm started a fire that month in food stamps to cook a Christ- Next week’s question: What are you most excited about killed a man Christmas Eve in his South mas meal for his community. for the new year? Carolina home. Merrit Eggleston tells WSOC-TV that Cherokee County Coroner Dennis he starts each morning by asking God Going to a party Fowler said firefighters found 85-year-old who he can help that day. On Tuesday, he Getting time off work Joseph McCluney dead in the bedroom set up a tent outside his Rock Hill home Fireworks of his Gaffney home around 10 p.m. Mon- and offered a free lunch to anyone in day. need. Eggleston also put together to-go Watching live programming and the ball drop Investigators told media outlets the fire plates for people staying at a local shel- I’ll be asleep before midnight. appeared to begin on the porch where a ter. heating lamp ignited bedding and a box He says he wanted to help homeless Vote on our poll of the week, and look for what our readers answered for this McCluney had out to keep cats warm. people around the area, and his wife en- and other polls at www.TheItem.com, our and Instagram pages and Fowler said in a statement he has or- couraged him to act. He says two local in The Sumter Item. dered an autopsy on McCluney to deter- religious leaders stopped by his tent and Have a question you want us to ask? Email [email protected]. mine the cause of this death. gave him $20 to thank him.

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U.S. conducts medical checks on children after 2 deaths BY NOMAAN MERCHANT “glossy eyes,” fever and vomiting and trol custody. rights groups sharply criticized CBP The Associated Press was hospitalized twice on Monday The department also wouldn’t say after Felipe’s death. with what was initially diagnosed as a why Felipe and his father were de- Margaret Huang, executive director HOUSTON — U.S. immigration au- cold, the agency said in a statement. tained for almost a week, an unusual- of Amnesty International USA, said thorities said Wednesday that they The cause of death was under investi- ly long time, or why they were placed the Trump administration’s “policies have done new medical checks on gation. back in detention — at a Border Patrol of cruelty toward migrants and asy- nearly every child in Border Patrol Officials at the Department of highway checkpoint — after being re- lum-seekers at the border must cease custody after the death of a second Homeland Security, the Border Pa- leased from the hospital. immediately before any more children youngster in the agency’s care in the trol’s parent agency, said that almost Another Guatemalan child in U.S. are harmed.” span of less than three weeks. all checks ordered in reaction to the custody, 7-year-old Jakelin Caal, died CBP said in a statement late Tuesday Authorities did not disclose the re- boy’s death had been completed. on Dec. 8 after she began vomiting. that it needs the help of other govern- sults of the examinations. Some children detained in more re- U.S. officials said she had walked for ment agencies to provide health care. An 8-year-old boy identified by Gua- mote areas were re-screened by emer- days in the desert without food or The agency “is considering options temalan authorities as Felipe Gómez gency medical technicians or Border water, but her family disputed that. for surge medical assistance” from the Alonzo died on Christmas Eve just be- Patrol agents, officials said. In other Her death — which brought down Coast Guard and may request help fore midnight. He had been in the cus- places, some children were taken to heavy criticism on U.S. immigration from the U.S. Department of Health tody of U.S. Customs and Border Pro- medical facilities. authorities — is also under investiga- and Human Services, the Department tection with his father since Dec. 18. Homeland Security would not say tion. of Defense and the Federal Emergen- The boy suffered from a cough, how many children are in Border Pa- Immigration advocates and human cy Management Agency. S.C. school shooter’s case to test life sentence for juveniles COLUMBIA (AP) — A Wagner will emphasize the should be tried as an adult pointed out Osborne’s mother ing, a hearing has been un- South Carolina school shoot- horror of Osborne’s crimes. that the teen “told me he en- and lawyer were outside the necessary because prosecu- ing will soon become a test The teen walked behind his joys thinking about killing sheriff’s office asking to see tors and defense attorneys case for court rulings that re- father and shot him three other people.” him while he was confessing agreed on a sentence less than strict life-without-parole sen- times in the head before steal- to investigators the night of life that offers a chance of tences for juveniles, after a ing his dad’s pickup and driv- THE DEFENSE CASE the shootings. freedom. 16-year-old plead- ing it to Townville Elementa- It’s a little less clear how Eppes and Osborne said lit- The group also tracks re- ed guilty to two ry School, Wagner said. Osborne and his lawyers tle at his plea hearing. Out- sentencing for juveniles al- counts of murder. Wagner also emphasized might argue for leniency. side the courtroom, Eppes ready serving life sentences, Jesse Osborne Osborne’s messages to a pri- During the February hear- said Osborne is remorseful which was ordered under the pleaded guilty vate Instagram group that he ing, they pointed out the teen and knew he could spend the 2014 South Carolina Supreme earlier this called a “sleeper cell of loved his pets, even kissing rest of his life in prison from Court ruling. As of this past month to two would-be school shooters.” them after he killed his father the day of the killings. February, seven defendants OSBORNE charges of mur- The messages said he chose and headed to the school, be- “He is very guarded, like all have been resentenced, with der for fatally the elementary school be- cause he wasn’t sure he would teenagers,” Eppes said. “He just two of them ordered to shooting his father in their cause it had no police officer survive. rarely talks about that day.” keep serving life. home and a 6-year-old boy at on campus and police re- They also have character- the South Carolina elementa- sponse time would be slower. ized Osborne’s father as an PREVIOUS CASES SCHEDULING ry school Osborne once at- The judge will likely hear angry man who belittled and An organization called Jus- A date for Osborne’s hear- tended. from mental health experts. tried to pick fights with Os- tice 360 opposes life sentences ing has not been set. Both Prosecutors said they would Neuropsychologist Mark Wag- borne and his mother when for juveniles. 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BY AVERY G. WILKS his campaign schedule, and began The (Columbia) State fielding job offers. He doesn’t yet know what is next. COLUMBIA — James Smith has He plans to take on fewer cases at been scrolling through photos on his his private law practice on Laurel iPhone for a few minutes now, but he Street. And he is shutting down the can’t find the one he is looking for. Congaree Group, a side business he The 2018 Democratic nominee for owned that lost its ability to win lu- S.C. governor stops every so often to crative U.S. Department of Veterans look at a few of the thousands of pic- Affairs contracts earlier this year tures from his campaign. There are after declining to cooperate with an photos of overworked teachers, South audit. Carolinians who can’t afford health (Smith vehemently has denied alle- care and a mother who is trying to get gations he used his status as a dis- autism therapy for her 14-year-old abled veteran to win contracts and son. then pass the actual work off to non- They were counting on the Colum- veteran-owned companies.) bia Democrat to win the Nov. 6 elec- Smith said there is a chance he will tion, Smith says wistfully. return to Nelson Mullins Riley & Scar- Instead, after a sound defeat to Re- borough, the high-powered Columbia publican Gov. Henry McMaster, Smith law firm founded by his great-great- is out of elected office for the first grandfather, Patrick Henry Nelson, time in 22 years. where four generations of Smith’s A month later, Smith is sorting family have worked. through a half-dozen job offers, writ- Smith started his professional ca- ing a book, pondering his political fu- reer at Nelson Mullins but had to ture — he says he isn’t done with leave when he first ran for the House elected office — and, at least on this because the firm employs State House December morning, still grieving his lobbyists. failure to win so he could deliver on A portrait of Patrick Henry Nelson the promises that he made to voters. — who famously and successfully de- “For me, I know I’m going to be fended then-Lt. Gov. James Tillman fine,” Smith told The State during an after he shot and killed State news- hour-long, sometimes emotional inter- paper editor N.G. Gonzales — hangs view at his downtown Columbia law in a meeting room in Smith’s law of- firm. “But there are so many in South AP FILE PHOTO fice. Carolina that I was fortunate to meet, Former Democratic candidate for South Carolina governor state Rep. James Smith talks But Smith thinks he could have the and I worry there will be things that about how President Donald Trump’s tariffs are hurting the state outside a closed greatest public impact working in eco- just won’t happen over the next four Walmart in Winnsboro in August. After his failed bid for governor, Smith is still trying to nomic development, having gotten a years that need to happen.” determine what is next for him but has not ruled out additional public service. taste while helping to recruit tech giant Capgemini to invest in Columbia TAKING A CHANCE over the past year. Smith was a long shot in ruby red ceal his disappointment. Biden want- Medicaid expansion to a state full of Smith is sure of one thing. He won’t South Carolina. ed Smith to aim higher, saying South Republicans who weren’t buying it. become a lobbyist — a job choice that S.C. voters last elected a Democrat Carolinians want an “authentic” And Smith’s message that South would hurt his electability should he to the governor’s office in 1998. In candidate who can transcend parti- Carolina could do better than its decide to run for office again. statewide races, a Republican can san politics. near-the-bottom rankings in educa- He also is working on a book about coast to victory by keeping his or her “He was absolutely right about the tion and health care failed to move his experiences — including his run head down and avoiding scandal. decision to run and why to do it,” the needle. for governor and his time in the House But Smith, by all accounts, sincerely Smith says now, adding he has no re- “He seemed to run a campaign that — and the importance of strong lead- thought he would win, buoyed by re- grets about the campaign and only he just didn’t have a whole lot of juice to ership in politics. search from national Democrat opera- is to blame for its failure. it,” said McMaster strategist Tim He has talked with former state Sen. tives. They concluded Smith could Smith’s run was rocky, marked by Pearson. Joel Lourie, D-Richland, about life beat McMaster if voters knew Smith’s campaign staff turnover and a $4 mil- after public office and says he is excit- backstory, including his military ser- lion fundraising disadvantage. WHAT’S NEXT ed to focus more on his family and vice in Afghanistan, as well as the Two decades in the S.C. House On the campaign trail, Smith liked professional career. governor’s. hadn’t earned Smith name recognition to tell the story of a camping trip that Lourie, who retired from the state He also was encouraged to run by outside the Midlands, meaning he had he took as a Cub Scout. His father in- Senate after a dozen years in 2016, former Vice President Joe Biden, a to spend most of his campaign and sisted Smith, then 6 years old, clean said he told Smith it is normal to feel longtime friend. Smith acknowledges much of the more than $3 million that up trash lying all over the camp- withdrawal when the General As- now that, in 2017, he was set to run for he raised introducing himself to vot- ground, not just their own. sembly returns to Columbia in Janu- the state Senate seat long held by for- ers for the first time. The message resonated, Smith said. ary. mer state Senate Education Commit- Smith couldn’t afford to hit the “We all need to find ways to leave Smith says he will miss the daily tee chairman John Courson, the Rich- airwaves in the Charlotte or Augus- this place, wherever you are, better grind of the legislative session, work- land Republican later forced to resign ta markets. He also was criticized than you found it,” he said. “That’s ing to pass and defeat legislation in in the State House corruption investi- for spending too much time in front kind of my driving value that has al- the GOP-controlled House. But, Lou- gation. of small audiences in places like ways been there. I’ll continue to do rie adds, Smith might find he doesn’t But when Smith shared those Clio in Marlboro County, population that.” miss the daily stress of being a legis- plans with Biden after an April 2017 667. Now, though, Smith will have to find lator. statue unveiling in Charleston for While McMaster avoided scandal ways to do that in the private sector. “So many people have told me I look former U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings, the and touted a popular economic devel- Smith woke up at 4 a.m. on the 10 years younger since I got out of the former vice president failed to con- opment message, Smith tried to sell morning after Election Day, still on State House,” Lourie said. New directors, new land: ‘Season of change’ for state parks COLUMBIA (AP) — Since olina State Park Service: When of her comfort zone than she ing bathrooms and picking up before taking over the top spot becoming director of the South Joy Raintree was promoted had been before. At the Park trash. in September. Carolina State Park Service from her position as manager Service headquarters in Co- “It was special,” Gaines said, So when the park service de- this fall, the question Paul Mc- of the Redcliffe Plantation lumbia, McCormack and his without a hint of sarcasm, of cided to pursue a new strategic Cormack has asked most often State Historic Site, she became team were feeling the strain of his last day as director. plan, Gaines, while working as is, “Why?” the first female regional chief the transition, too. The staff It was something he had an operations specialist in the The organization is in a in the agency’s 85-year history. was using spreadsheets of wanted to do for years, he said Park Service’s central office, “season of change,” McCor- “Because we’re in such a big names and contact informa- — end his career in the same jumped at the chance to help mack said, which has brought transition, I feel like it’s impor- tion just to keep track of place he started it: at Kings draft the organization’s “Vi- out some fundamental ques- tant for me to get it right,” which rangers and managers Mountain State Park, just sion for the 21st Century.” tions, such as: Why is this Raintree said in October. were working in the state’s 47 below the North Carolina bor- Later, in 2000 and 2005, he done? And why do we do it this After about five months on different parks, he said. der. started to see that vision real- way? the job as chief of the Sand- Both Raintree and McCor- But things had changed ized as assistant director and Some changes have been op- hills Region, where she over- mack credit McCormack’s pre- quite a bit in the 37 years since director. erational. The agency changed sees 14 different state parks, decessor, Phil Gaines, with Gaines started as a Kings The “new culture” shifted reservation software in August things were still pretty chal- guiding the new leadership Mountain park ranger, thanks the mindset closer to that of a and is improving the parks’ lenging, she said. team through the changes. largely in part to the proce- business, Gaines said, putting web presence. When she took her first posi- Though he officially retired in dures and philosophy he a greater emphasis on market- But the most dramatic tion as park interpreter at Red- August, Gaines is still a promi- helped to introduce. ing, visitor experience and up- change is with its leadership cliffe, Raintree quickly realized nent player at the Park Ser- “When Phil was starting out, dated facilities. and staff. she had “found her niche.” As vice, and his practices will it was you keeping grass cut, The strategy paid off, too. Since October of last year, 37 with many other park sites, likely stick around even lon- keeping the bushes trimmed, From 2006 to 2018, the South of the South Carolina State she was part historian, part ger. and if people didn’t show up, Carolina Park Service saw its Park Service’s uniformed man- custodian. She liked it, ground- Gaines spent his last day on that was OK,” said McCor- annual revenue grow from agers, including all four re- skeeping and all, so when she the job the same way he spent mack, who trained under about $18.3 million to $30.7 mil- gional chiefs, have moved into was offered her first opportu- his first: mowing grass, clean- Gaines as assistant director lion. new positions. nity to rise up the ranks, Rain- Many, including McCor- tree was hesitant. mack, were promoted from But she decided to take the other jobs in the park system, job and, as the site’s manager, but others are entirely new. In had the chance to make some August and September alone, of her visions for Redcliffe the department hired or pro- real. She fought for funding for moted 19 people. a groundskeeper, and the staff The staffing changes oc- worked to highlight more of 2018-19 curred partly because of a the site’s black history. The wave of retirements after the transition to becoming region- Teacher Employee Retention al chief, however, proved more Incentive, or TERI, ended this taxing. summer. That program had al- The job took her further out lowed state employees to retire but continue working for up to five years, depositing their re- tirement benefits into a special account. Though the loss of institu- tional knowledge has been dif- ficult, McCormack said it’s EVERY DAY been a welcome challenge for many rangers and park man- agers who were given the chance to move up the ranks. Please Mail To: The Sumter Item/Fireside Fund Or Drop Off At The Item The promotions also trig- PO Box 1677 • Sumter, SC 29150 36 W. Liberty Street gered a first for the South Car- THE SUMTER ITEM WORLD THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2018 | A5 Japan to resume commercial whaling, but not in Antarctic

BY MARI YAMAGUCHI population. In 1987, Japan switched Associated Press to what it is calls research whaling, but the program has been criticized TOKYO — Japan announced as a cover for commercial hunting Wednesday that it is leaving the In- since the meat is sold on the market ternational Whaling Commission to at home. resume commercial hunts for the an- Japanese officials said Japan, even imals for the first time in 30 years, after leaving the whaling commis- but said it would no longer go to the sion, will remain as an observer to Antarctic for its much-criticized an- the IWC and plans to continue par- nual killings. ticipating in the group's scientific THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Japan switched to what it calls re- meetings and annual conferences. Hideki Moronuki, Japanese Fisheries Agency official and longtime International Whal- search whaling after the IWC im- The environmental group Green- ing Commission negotiator, said though Japan is leaving the commission it will use the posed a moratorium on commercial peace condemned Wednesday's an- IWC’s method to determine a catch quota but declined to give an estimate. whaling in the 1980s and now says nouncement and disputed Japan's stocks have recovered enough to re- view that whale stocks have recov- sume commercial hunts. ered, and noted that ocean life is ing whaling hubs on the Pacific coast search hunts, mainly by older Japa- Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide being threatened by pollution as well for the upcoming commercial hunts. nese seeking a nostalgic meal. It's a Suga said Japan would resume com- as overfishing. Moronuki said Japan is starting fraction of the country's whale meat mercial whaling in July "in line with "The declaration today is out of with a modest plan because it has to supply of about 200,000 tons before Japan's basic policy of promoting step with the international commu- figure out if or how commercial the IWC moratorium. Critics say sustainable use of aquatic living re- nity, let alone the protection needed whaling can be a viable industry. they doubt commercial whaling can sources based on scientific evi- to safeguard the future of our oceans "What's most important is to have a be a sustainable industry because dence." and these majestic creatures," Sam diverse and stable food supply," he younger Japanese may not view the He added that Japan is disappoint- Annesley, executive director of said. animals as food. ed that the IWC — which he said is Greenpeace Japan, said in a state- The Fisheries Agency said Japan Nonetheless, Japanese lawmakers dominated by conservationists — fo- ment. "The government of Japan plans to catch three kinds of whale want to promote whales not only as a cuses on the protection of whale must urgently act to conserve ma- that are thought to have sufficient source of protein, but also as part of stocks even though the commission rine ecosystems, rather than resume stocks — minke, sei and Bryde's. Japan's cultural tradition. has a treaty mandate for both whale commercial whaling." Japan has hunted whales for cen- "We hope the resumption of com- conservation and the development of Australia's government, often a turies but has reduced its catch fol- mercial whaling will lead to the eco- the whaling industry. vocal critic of Japan's whaling poli- lowing international protests and de- nomic revitalization of (whaling) "Regrettably, we have reached a cies, said in a statement that it was clining demand for whale meat at communities," Agriculture, Forestry decision that it is impossible in the "extremely disappointed" with Ja- home. The withdrawal from the IWC and Fisheries Minister Takamori Yo- IWC to seek the coexistence of states pan's decision to quit the commis- may be a face-saving step to stop Ja- shikawa told a meeting of his ruling with different views," he said at a sion. pan's ambitious Antarctic hunts and party's whaling committee. news conference. However, New Zealand Foreign scale down the scope of whaling to Kazutaka Sangen, mayor of Taiji, a Suga said the commercial hunts Minister Winston Peters joined Aus- around the Japanese coasts. central Japanese town known for would be limited to Japan's territori- tralia in welcoming Japan's with- Japan slashed its annual quota in dolphin hunts, welcomed the deci- al waters and its 200-mile exclusive drawal from the southern ocean. the Antarctic by about one third sion and vowed to stick with scientif- economic zone along its coasts. He Japan was the only country with an after the International Court of Jus- ic way of stock management so that said Japan would stop its annual ambition to return to commercial tice ruled in 2014 that the country's Japan's position on whaling can gain whaling expeditions to the Antarctic whaling in the Antarctic Ocean. research whaling program wasn't as understanding from the internation- and northwest Pacific oceans. Non- Japanese Fisheries Agency official scientific as it had argued. Japan al community. signatory states are not allowed to and longtime IWC negotiator Hideki currently hunts about 600 whales an- Suga said that Japan would notify do so, according to Japanese Fisher- Moronuki said Japan would use the nually in the Antarctic and the the IWC of its decision by Dec. 31 ies Agency officials. IWC's method to carefully determine Northern Pacific. and that it remains committed to in- The IWC imposed the moratorium a catch quota on the basis of science Fisheries officials have said Japan ternational cooperation on proper on commercial whaling three de- but declined to give an estimate. He annually consumes thousands of management of marine life even cades ago due to a dwindling whale said Japan plans to use seven exist- tons of whale meat from the re- after its IWC withdrawal.

Koreas break ground on railways, sanctions block project

BY TONG-HYUNG tive secretary of the United Na- voiced displeasure about the gotiations with the North to co- time a South Korean train trav- Associated Press tions Economic and Social slow progress in the reconcilia- ordinate on the specific levels eled on North Korean tracks. Commission for Asia and the tory projects agreed between we want to achieve in the mod- The Koreas in December 2007 SEOUL, — Pacific, also attended, accord- their leaders. Seoul's enthusi- ernization of railways and began freight services between North Korea and South Korea ing to the South Korean minis- asm for inter-Korean engage- roads and how to carry out the South Korea's Munsan Station broke ground Wednesday on try. ment has also created unease project," said Eugene Lee, the in Paju and the North's Pan- an ambitious project to mod- "The railways will not only with Washington, which has ministry's spokeswoman. mun Station to support opera- ernize North Korean railways reduce time and space, but also called for its allies to maintain Even if the North takes con- tions at a now-shuttered joint and roads and connect them the distance between the pressure until Kim takes firm- crete steps toward denuclear- factory park in Kaesong. The with the South, but without hearts of the South and er steps to irreversibly and ver- ization and gains sanctions re- South used the trains to move progress in nuclear negotia- North," South Korean trans- ifiably relinquish his nuclear lief, some experts say updating construction materials north, tions, regular trains won't be port minister Kim Hyun-mee weapons and missiles. North Korean rail network while clothing and shoes made crossing the border anytime said at the ceremony. South Korea's government could take decades and massive at the factory park were sent soon. While stressing the impor- plans to conduct further sur- investment. south. The line was cut in No- The ceremony at the North tance of the project, Kim Yun veys on North Korean railways Seoul said it received an ex- vember 2008 due to tensions Korean border town of Kae- Hyok, the North Korean vice and roads before drawing up a emption to sanctions from the over North Korea's nuclear am- song came weeks after the Ko- railways minister, added an ap- detailed blueprint for the proj- U.N. Security Council to pro- bitions. reas conducted a joint survey parent jab at Seoul by saying ect. Actual construction will ceed with Wednesday's ceremo- The Kaesong factory park on the northern railway sec- that the Koreas should push proceed depending on the prog- ny as it involved South Korean was shut down under the tions they hope to someday further with engagement in- ress in the North's denuclear- transport vehicles and goods. South's previous conservative link with the South. 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Sineath had fallen sick and back into the seventh-grade FIRE FROM PAGE A1 HOME FROM PAGE A1 been in the hospital for two friendship.” days. Through all the hardship, Holcomb lived in Flor- County Coroner’s Office. came in, her next meal and her The friend never showed up, Sineath never lost faith. ida, worked in North Sumter County Coro- ability to keep paying for the and Nancy Sineath had no- “I don’t think there’s enough Carolina and was visit- ner Robbie Baker said room were uncertain. where to go. happiness in this world. Every- ing a friend in Sumter an autopsy will be per- It’s not like Sineath made “I told her I was going to run one should have at least one when the fire happened, formed this morning in poor choices that led her to be to Waffle House to get some cof- smile a day,” she said. according to Sumter Newberry. homeless. She’s had the acci- fee,” Phyllis said. “But I went In Sumter, she said, she found dent and its related medical and called my husband and told strangers who paid her check at costs. Two broken necks, kidney him we needed to take her in. a restaurant and people who stones, a heart valve replace- He didn’t know her. I said, ‘You gave her bed rails from the attic ment surgery, doctor’s appoint- just have to support me on during a yard sale. In turn, she ments, the inability to drive, a this.’” tries to pay it forward. She said brother die, a son die. just by listening to the cashier “There were nights I’d cry ‘HOW COULD SOMEONE at Walmart talk about why she myself to sleep in that motel be- NOT HELP?’ is so tired, or just by helping cause of the loneliness,” After nearly 60 years, most someone in line with an extra Sineath said. childhood friends who lost dollar — knowing how precious Her disability checks provid- touch stay that way. that little bit is — she can iden- ed a small means of income, but After almost three months of tify with people and spread love. PHOTO PROVIDED the fixed nature of them meant living in Sumter, Sineath is now “There’s always someone A home in the 400 block of Marion Street in Pinewood she had to ration. Maybe she walking with only a cane. worse off than me,” she said. caught fire Christmas morning, killing a Florida man stay- shouldn’t pay for a cab to go get Scrappy is the first pet to stay in “She’s so strong,” Phyllis ing there. McDonald’s. She’d just have to Phyllis’s home. said. “I saw wait. She takes her, and I Nancy Sineath had nowhere Sineath to doc- ‘I don’t think there’s thought, how to go next. She had been staying tor’s appoint- could someone at the motel for two months. ments in enough happiness in not help?” U.S. stocks rebound as traders Charleston. Sineath’s return from Christmas holiday ‘YOU JUST HAVE TO SUPPORT She takes her this world. Everyone focus when ME ON THIS.’ to yard sales the two BY ALEX VEIGA lighter than usual follow- Sineath grew up on the same and thrift should have at least women came AP Business Writer ing the Christmas holi- street as Phyllis (who preferred shops to start into The Sum- day. Markets in Europe, to keep her last name private), accumulating one smile a day.’ ter Item was to U.S. stocks surged Hong Kong and Australia who now lives in Sumter with enough to fill a thank those Wednesday, recovering were closed. her husband, a retired veteran home. NANCY SINEATH who helped all their losses from a “[Wednesday] simply who was stationed at Shaw Air Phyllis’ sis- her along the Christmas Eve plunge can only be really Force Base. ter introduced Describing never losing faith way. She raved and placing the market chalked up to a reflex “We were back home to see Sineath to a about Sumter on track for its best day rally after having been relatives in August, and we said mobile home despite challenges she’s and the people in nine months. oversold,” said Sam let’s ride around to see where company in endured recently she met. Most Gains in technology Stovall, chief investment Grandma Daisy lived,” she said. Walterboro. of all, her companies, retailers, strategist for CFRA. “The “We were on my street, and I She got ap- friend. All the health care and internet real question is do we thought, let’s see if we can see proved for a home to be put on while, the only way for Phyllis stocks drove the broad have follow-through for Nancy in the yard.” her property in Charleston to explain her reason for rally, which gave the the rest of this week.” She doesn’t know what with a move-in date of this bringing someone into her benchmark S&P 500 The S&P 500 index rose prompted her to think of the week. home was that she just had to. index some breathing 80 points, or 3.4 percent, friend she met in first grade. “The people here in Sumter She couldn’t leave her alone. It room after it slid Monday to 2,431 of 3:24 p.m. The They hadn’t talked since middle have always been kind and com- wasn’t a question. to just shy of what Wall Dow Jones Industrial Av- school. passionate,” Sineath said. “I’d “She provided a stable envi- Street calls a bear market erage climbed 731 points, As they drove up and down still be on the streets if it ronment for me to get back on — a 20 percent fall from or 3.4 percent, to 22,524. the street with no sign of weren’t for Phyllis.” my feet,” Sineath said. “I knew an index’s peak. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Sineath, Phyllis noticed there The two women said they where my next meal was com- Energy stocks also re- gained 265 points, or 4.3 was no mailbox at her property, stayed up many nights in the ing from.” bounded as the price of percent, to 6,458. The which was bare. past couple months talking to- Sineath, thanks to the kind- U.S. crude oil notched its Russell 2000 index of She found Sineath on Face- gether. ness of an old friend and the biggest one-day gain in smaller-company stocks book and immediately offered to “The last time we talked was warmness of the people she en- more than two years. picked up 45 points, or 3.6 help her pack up to supposedly when we were 12 years old,” countered in a new city, has Trading volume was percent, 1,312. move to a friend’s house. Phyllis said, “but we went right somewhere to go. Home.

Schumer said. dozens of agencies, includ- White Sands National Mon- He didn’t say who he had SHUTDOWN The Senate and House are ing the departments of ument in southern New heard from. Many rank-and- FROM PAGE A1 scheduled to come into ses- Homeland Security, Trans- Mexico, where hundreds of file workers have gone to so- sion today, but with no deal portation, Interior, Agricul- unauthorized visitors have cial media with stories of in hand, lawmakers re- ture, State and Justice. in recent days climbed over the financial hardship they North Carolina, a Trump mained away from Washing- The shutdown complicates a fence to enter the monu- expect to face because of the ally who has been involved ton for the holidays. They things for essential employ- ment, according to The Al- shutdown. in the talks, said the presi- have been told they will ees who planned trips for amogordo Daily News. State One union representing dent “is very firm in his re- have 24 hours’ notice before the holidays: According to highway workers were sent federal workers slammed solve that we need to secure being called back for votes. the Office of Personnel to the area Monday to erect Trump’s claim. Paul our border.” He told CNN, “I House Minority Leader Management rules, employ- “no parking” signs along Shearon, the president of don’t know that there’s a lot Nancy Pelosi is in lockstep ees deemed essential or oth- U.S. 70 outside the monu- the International Federation of progress that has been with Schumer against the erwise exempted from their ment. of Professional and Techni- made today.” wall funding. If the shut- respective agency furloughs Trump claimed on Mon- cal Engineers, in a state- But he added of Demo- down continues into 2019, can’t take any vacation or day that federal workers are ment said the union has not crats: “If they believe that she has vowed that her new sick days. behind him in the shutdown heard from a single member this president is going to Democratic majority will act Furloughed federal work- fight, saying many “have who supports Trump’s posi- yield on this particular quickly to pass legislation ers have been given back said to me and communicat- tion. issue, they’re misreading reopening the government. pay in previous shutdowns. ed, ‘stay out until you get “Most view this as an act him.” The shutdown has been Those being furloughed the funding for the wall.’” of ineptitude,” he said. 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COMMENTARY Not every difference is a social injustice

uch is made about observed differences between sexes and among races. The nation’s academic and legal elite try to Msell us on the notion that men and women and people of all races should be propor- tionally represented in socio-economic character- istics. They make statements such as “Though Af- rican Americans and Hispanics make up approxi- mately 32 percent of the U.S. population, they (con- stituted) 56 percent of all incarcerated people in 2015” and “20 percent of Congress is women. Only 5 percent of CEOs are.” These differences are frequently referred to as COMMENTARY disparities. Legal professionals, judges, politicians, academics and others often oper- ate under the assumption that we are all equal. Therefore, inequali- Christmas 2018: Not the worst of times ties and disparities are seen as probative of injustice. Thus, gov- eck the halls rope First” strategy, believing post-Cold War new world order ernment must intervene, find the with boughs of Nazi Germany to be the great- it has sought and still seeks to cause and engineer a policy or law holly,” goes the er threat. create is likely never to be. In- to eliminate the injustice. Such a “Dold Christmas For, by Christmas 1941, Hit- deed, it is now visibly slipping vision borders on lunacy. There’s carol. “’Tis the season to be ler controlled all of Europe away. The American people re- Walter no evidence anywhere or at any jolly.” Yet if there were a cou- from the Pyrenees and the At- fuse to subscribe to its global Williams time in human history that shows plet less befitting the mood of lantic to the suburbs of Lenin- agenda. that but for some kind of social this capital city, I am unaware grad and Moscow, and from They will not pay the price injustice, people would be propor- of it. northern Norway above the in blood, treasure and distrac- tionally represented across a range of socio-eco- “The wheels are coming off” Arctic Circle to the Western tion from our own troubles nomic attributes by race and sex. was a common Sahara. here at home. Trump’s victory Indeed, if there is a dominant feature of man- commentary Beyond Hitler’s empire lay was America’s way of saying, kind, it’s that we differ significantly over a host of on the Trump Stalin’s. Beyond that lay Ja- “Goodbye to all that!” And it is socio-economic characteristics by race, sex, eth- presidency on pan’s Empire of the Sun, this dawning recognition that nicity and nationality. The differences have little Sunday’s talk which occupied Taiwan, Korea, helps explain the establish- or nothing to do with any sort of social injustice or shows. And the Manchuria, the coast of China ment’s exasperation. unfair treatment. Let’s examine some racial, eth- ostensible and much of Southeast Asia. While cable news and social nic and sex disparities with an eye toward identi- causes of what By Christmas 1941, a Japa- media are on fire over the fying the injustice involved. We might also ponder is looking like nese attack on the Malay Pen- shutdown and the pullout from what kind of policy recommendation is necessary Pat a panic in the insula was underway that Syria, the Silent Majority, one to correct the disparity. Buchanan political estab- would lead to the surrender of imagines, is more focused on Jews constitute no more than 3 percent of the lishment? Singapore in February, the an earlier event, 2,000 years U.S. population but are 35 percent of American The Decem- greatest strategic defeat ever ago, that has made a far great- Nobel Prize winners. As of 2017, Nobel Prizes had ber crash of the stock and suffered by the British empire. er impact upon mankind and been awarded to 902 individuals worldwide. bond markets, the worst since Nine years later, at Christ- that yet inspires hope that, in Though Jews are less than 2 percent of the world’s the Great Recession. The shut- mas 1950, thousands of Ameri- the end, all can be well. That population, 203, or 22.5 percent, of the Nobel Prizes down of a fourth of the U.S. can troops were being evacuat- event was perhaps best de- were awarded to Jews. Proportionality would have government over the Trump ed from Hungnam, the North scribed in the last Advent gos- created 18 Jewish Nobel laureates instead of an border wall. The president’s Korean port city to which they pel of Luke: “unfair” 203. What should Congress and the Unit- decision to pull 2,200 troops had retreated before hordes of “And there were in the same ed Nations do to “correct” such a disparity? out of Syria. Resignation, in Chinese troops. country shepherds abiding in Should the Nobel committees be charged with rac- protest of Donald Trump’s Veterans of Mao’s revolution the field, keeping watch over ism? treatment of U.S. allies, by Sec- had been sent to drive Gen. their flock by night. And, lo, Jews are not the only people taking more than retary of Defense James Mat- Douglas MacArthur’s forces the angel of the Lord came their “fair share” of things. Blacks are 13 percent tis. away from the Yalu River on upon them, and the glory of of the U.S. population but, in some seasons, have But there has to be more to it China’s border and back the Lord shone round about been as high as 84 percent of NBA players. Com- than this. For America has en- across the 38th parallel into them: and they were sore pounding that “injustice,” blacks are the highest- dured, in the lifetime of its South Korea. afraid. And the angel said unto paid basketball players and win nearly all of the older generations, far worse The Korean War would end them, Fear not: for, behold, I MVP prizes. Blacks are also guilty of taking 67 Christmases than this. in bloody stalemate, after bring you good tidings of great percent, an “unfair” share, of professional football By Christmas 1941, America Harry Truman, facing defeat, joy, which shall be to all peo- jobs. Blacks are in the top salary category in every had just suffered the worst at- declined to run again and left ple. For unto you is born this offensive and defensive position except quarter- tack in her history. At Pearl office with only a fourth of the day in the city of David a Sav- back. But let’s not lull ourselves into complacency. Harbor, on Dec. 7, some 2,400 nation behind him and his iour, which is Christ the Lord. How often do you see a black NFL kicker or punt- soldiers, sailors and Marines nemesis Sen. Joe McCarthy And this shall be a sign unto er? had died, six battleships were victorious and exultant in you; Ye shall find the babe Laotian, Samoan and Vietnamese women have destroyed or crippled, and 1952, along with President wrapped in swaddling clothes, the highest cervical cancer rates in the United scores of warplanes were Eisenhower and Richard lying in a manger. And sud- States. The Pima Indians of Arizona have the high- smashed on their runways. Nixon. denly there was with the angel est reported prevalence of diabetes of any popula- By Christmas 1941, the Japa- Does our situation at Christ- a multitude of the heavenly tion in the world. Tay-Sachs disease favors Ashke- nese had landed in the Philip- mas 2018 remotely compare in host praising God, and saying, nazi Jews. Cystic fibrosis haunts white people. pines where, in six months, gravity with those times? Does Glory to God in the highest, Blacks of West African ethnic origin have the they would inflict on the Unit- whether Bashar Assad and his and on earth peace, good will highest incidence of sickle cell anemia. The preva- ed States the worst military Russian and Iranian allies pre- toward men.” lence of prostate cancer is lower in men of South defeat in its history with the vail in Syria remotely compare And a Merry Christmas to Asian ethnicity than in the general population. loss of 23,000 troops killed or in seriousness with whether all. Black American men have the highest prostate captured, most of them on Hitler or his former ally and cancer rates of any racial or ethnic group in the Bataan Peninsula and the is- successor in tyranny, Stalin, Patrick J. Buchanan is the au- United States. Black males are also 30 percent like- land fortress of Corregidor. would prevail? thor of “Nixon’s White House lier to die from heart disease than white men. Franklin Roosevelt had tem- An unacknowledged cause of Wars: The Battles That Made There are some highly fatal sex disparities. An porarily abandoned the Philip- establishment frustration and and Broke a President and Di- Australian study found that sharks are nine times pines as indefensible, as they rage at Trump’s pullout from vided America Forever.” likelier to attack and kill men than they are were on the far side of the Pa- Syria and Afghanistan is the women. Another disturbing sex disparity is that cific and had adopted a “Eu- growing realization that the © 2018 CREATORS.COM despite the fact that men are 50 percent of the U.S. population and so are women, men are struck by lightning six times as often as women. Of those killed by lightning, 82 percent are men. EDITORIAL PAGE POLICIES There are loads of other disparities based upon physical characteristics, but it would take a fool to EDITORIALS represent the views of the owners of this LETTERS TO THE EDITOR are written by readers of the believe that we are all equal and any difference be- tween us is a result of some kind of social injus- newspaper. newspaper. They should be no more than 350 words and tice that begs for a societal remedy. The only kind COLUMNS AND COMMENTARY are the personal opinion sent via e-mail to [email protected], dropped off at The of equality consistent with liberty is equality be- of the writer whose byline appears. Columns from readers Sumter Item office, 36 W. 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COMMENTARY Momentum at stake for Gamecocks Belk Bowl very important for South Carolina

ace it. The Belk Bowl just wasn’t of the ut- most importance to F former South Caroli- na wide receiver Deebo Samu- el. For a young man who struggled with injuries throughout his career with the Gamecocks before finally play- ing a full sea- son this year — save Satur- day’s Belk Bowl in Char- lotte against Virginia — the risk/re- ward of play- ing for a 7-5 Dennis team against Brunson another 7-5 team made no sense for Samuel. And it wasn’t so much get- ting ready for the National Football League draft as the reason for not playing, it was staying healthy for it. Samuel had done all he could do for USC, and it would have been a shame for an injury in a middle tier bowl game have an adverse effect on his fu- ture. MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM Many have called the bowl South Carolina tight end Jacob August celebrates a touchdown with teammate Kyle Markway during the Gamecocks’ loss to Florida earlier this game “meaningless” — season in Gainesville, Florida. South Carolina takes on Virginia in the Belk Bowl in Charlotte on Saturday at noon. though that never came from the mouth of Samuel. While ball program. pointing year for the Game- liers will make it an extreme- with a loss to an Atlantic it isn’t of the utmost impor- Does a victory make it a cocks, so a win doesn’t nec- ly disappointing season. Any Coast Conference foe such as tance in the grand scheme of successful season for South essarily take the edge off of momentum USC may have Virginia. things, the Belk Bowl is im- Carolina? No, not really. It that. gained coming down the portant to the Carolina foot- really has been a disap- However, a loss to the Cava- stretch will be wiped away SEE USC, PAGE B2

CLEMSON FOOTBALL WOMEN’S SPORTS Tigers prepping for Irish without DT Lawrence Serena voted

BY RALPH D. RUSSO The Associated Press AP Female

DALLAS — No. 2 Clemson is prepar- ing to be without star defensive tackle Athlete of Year Dexter Lawrence, who failed an NCAA test for performance-enhancing drugs, when it plays No. 3 Notre Dame in the for 5th time Cotton Bowl on Saturday. Tigers defensive coordinator Brent BY BRIAN MAHONEY Venables said that as of Wednesday, The Associated Press there had been no change in Law- rence’s status. Clemson coach Dabo She showed up in Paris Swinney announced Monday the wearing a black catsuit, a re- school had been notified by the NCAA minder that nobody can com- about the failed tests by Lawrence and mand the Grand Slam stage team teammates. Swinney said the quite like Serena Williams. players were found to have trace She reached the finals at amounts of a substance called osta- Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, rine, which can act like an anabolic proving again how well she steroid. can play no matter how little Swinney said the players had told she practices. him they had not intentionally taken Williams didn’t win those or any banned substances. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS any other tournaments, which The other players are reserve offen- Clemson’s Dexter Lawrence (90) rushes as North Carolina State’s Tony Adams (50) defends in every other sit- sive tackle Zach Giella and freshman during the second half of their Nov. 4 game in Raleigh, N.C. Lawrence may be ruled ineli- uation might tight end Braden Galloway. Swinney gible for the Dec. 29 Cotton Bowl College Football Playoff semifinal game against Notre have made for a said the team was hoping additional Dame after a test for performance enhancing drugs came up positive. forgettable year. testing being done by the NCAA might In 2018, it was a allow the players to play, but Venables “First and foremost, you really hurt done for us, his play of the 11 on remarkable one. said Lawrence has been at practice but for him and his family,” Venables said. defense. For us it’s like an injury.” Her rapid re- has not been taking normal repeti- “We wouldn’t be here without what WILLIAMS turn to tennis tions. Dexter has contributed. What he’s SEE TIGERS, PAGE B2 after a health scare following childbirth was a victory in it- self, and for that, Williams was PRO BASKETBALL voted The Associated Press Fe- male Athlete of the Year for the fifth time. Williams received 93 points Lakers lose LeBron James to groin injury, rout Warriors in balloting by U.S. editors and news directors announced BY JANIE MCCAULEY en State Warriors. Wednesday, while gymnast The Associated Press “I take a lot of pride in it,” Simone Biles was second with James said of always play- 68. Notre Dame basketball OAKLAND, Calif. — LeB- ing. “That’s why it (angered player Arike Ogunbowale was ron James prides himself in me) not to be able to go back third, while Olympic snow- his durability, being avail- into the game. It’s more than boarder Chloe Kim and swim- able night after night, game anything being available to mer Katie Ledecky, the 2017 after grueling game. my teammates, being avail- winner, rounded out the top That’s why the Lakers star able to my coaching staff. five. is so mad he got hurt. That’s something I take All of those players won a The Los Angeles Lakers more personal than any- title or titles in 2018, while Wil- lost LeBron in the third thing. Hopefully it’s not a liams had to settle for just quarter to a strained left long thing.” coming close a couple of times. groin then went out and beat James grabbed at his left Now 37 and a new mother the two-time defending groin area with 7:51 left in facing some players who champions without him the third after slipping weren’t even born when she Tuesday night, getting King under the Warriors’ basket THE ASSOCIATED PRESS turned pro in 1995, Williams James’ 17 points, 13 re- while trying for a loose ball. Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) grimaces after isn’t the same person who bounds and five assists be- He tried to stretch it out, straining his left groin during the second half of the team’s game ruthlessly ran her way to 23 fore the injury in a surpris- against the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday in Oakland, Califor- ing 127-101 rout of the Gold- SEE LAKERS, PAGE B3 nia. The Lakers won 127-101. SEE SERENA, PAGE B3 B2 | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2018 SPORTS THE SUMTER ITEM

AREA ROUNDUP Dinkins lifts Lady Cavaliers to tourney championship BISHOPVILLE — Rebecca games. Teammate Carson McCutchen led Robert E. Lee WILLIAMSBURG the Creek Bridge High gym- Wadford 9, Brown 12, Lamb 3, Smith Dinkins was selected as the Shannon made the all-tour- with 12 points, while Dinkins 5, Wilson 7 nasium. most valuable player as she nament team along with finished with 11. The Wolverines, who im- led the Robert E. Lee varsity Madi Watford of Williams- On Friday, REL defeated BOYS proved to 4-5, had five players girls basketball team to the burg Academy, Sarah Rivard Calhoun 58-36. Dinkins led the score in double figures. Tjyhai championship of the Robert of Conway Christian and way with 23 points, while Ca- EAST CLARENDON 68 Calvin led the way with 16 AYNOR 52 E. Lee Christmas Tourna- Bari Arden Arrant of Cal- leigh Barrett had 21. Shannon points. Jalen Bryant had 13, ment held on Friday and Sat- houn Academy. had 10. MARION – The East Clar- Cameron Sheriod and Keyon urday at the REL gymnasi- The Lady Cavaliers, who ROBERT E. LEE endon varsity boys basket- Wilson both had 12 and um. are 9-1 on the season, defeated Mott 1, Dinkins 11, Logan 2, Barrett 4, ball team defeated Aynor Jaquail Wilson had 10. Shannon 7, E. McCutchen 3, A.B. Mc- Dinkins scored 34 points Williamsburg 40-36 in Satur- Cutchen 12. 68-52 on Saturday to win the in the two tournament day’s title game. Amy Beth Taft Watson Tournament at From staff reports

TIGERS in the country and a possible first- USC particular — was decimated by inju- FROM PAGE B1 round NFL draft pick in April if he FROM PAGE B1 ries, but the fact that South Carolina bypasses his senior year as expected. failed to put up little resistance is a Senior Albert Huggins and sopho- He is part of defensive line that There is a lot of intrigue in this cause for concern. more Nyles Pinckney will play big- might be the best in college football, game for Carolina fans. The biggest This will basically be a home game ger roles without Lawrence. Each with all four starters in line to be part of it will come from how the of- for Carolina. Charlotte is a 2-hour has played in every game this sea- early round draft picks. fense performs. South Carolina had a drive up Interstate 77 from Colum- son. Huggins has 17 tackles and 2½ All-America defensive end Clelin strong finish offensively, appearing bia, so there should be a huge turn- sacks. Pinckney has 25 tackles, in- Ferrell said Lawrence informed his to have finally taken that step many out for South Carolina at Bank of cluding 3½ for loss. fellow defensive linemen of the failed had hoped it would under first-year America Stadium. “I’ve got a lot of confidence in Al- test in a text message before the offensive coordinator Bryan McClen- A win maintains any momentum bert and Nyles,” Venables said. team arrived in Dallas. don. With or without Deebo, Game- that was gained in the last few games “They’ve played a lot of winning “I’m like Dexter doesn’t need to cock Nation is expecting the offense and with a solid recruiting class football. Not just this year.” take anything, he’s 6-foot-5, 350 to perform well against the Cava- heading into the spring. A loss? It Lawrence was limited by inju- pounds, what more could a person of liers, especially after how USC leaves one to shudder at what kind of ries last season, and Huggins and that build need to do to improve,” played offensively against Clemson. offseason head coach Will Mus- Pinckney helped pick up the All-America defensive tackle Chris- Defensively, Carolina fans will be champ will have. slack. tian Wilkins said. “It was just funny looking for a glimmer of hope after a Somehow, I think Muschamp and The 6-foot-4, 350-pound Lawrence to me, almost. Obviously, just unfor- rough finish down the stretch. The his staff will have the team ready to is one of the best defensive linemen tunate.” entire defense — the secondary in roll. Gamecocks 37, UVa 28.

FIU 35, Toledo 32 W L T Pct PF PA Florida 35 15 14 6 36 115 125 SCOREBOARD Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, Boise y-L.A. Rams 12 3 0 .800 479 352 Detroit 38 15 17 6 36 109 126 BYU 49, Western Michigan 18 x-Seattle 9 6 0 .600 401 323 Ottawa 37 15 18 4 34 118 144 TV, RADIO Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl San Francisco 4 11 0 .267 310 387 Metropolitan Division Wake Forest 37, Memphis 34 Arizona 3 12 0 .200 201 398 GP W L OT Pts GF GA TODAY Armed Forces Bowl, Fort Worth, Texas x-clinched playoff spot Washington 35 22 10 3 47 129 103 Army 70, Houston 14 y-clinched division Columbus 36 21 12 3 45 117 109 1:30 p.m. — College Football: Independence Bowl from Dollar General Bowl, Mobile, Ala. Pittsburgh 36 18 12 6 42 119 110 Shreveport, La. — Temple vs. Duke (ESPN). Troy 42, Buffalo 32 SUNDAY’S GAMES N.Y. Islanders 35 18 13 4 40 101 98 2:40 p.m. — International Soccer: English Premier Hawaii Bowl, Honolulu Miami at Buffalo, 1 p.m. League Match — West Ham vs. Southampton (NBC Louisiana Tech 31, Hawaii 14 N.Y. Rangers 35 15 14 6 36 102 115 SPORTS NETWORK). Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. Carolina 35 15 15 5 35 90 103 3:30 p.m. — High School Basketball: Beach Ball Classic Wednesday, Dec. 26 Jacksonville at Houston, 1 p.m. Philadelphia 35 15 16 4 34 104 125 from Myrtle Beach — Yates (Texas) vs. Christ The King SERVPRO First Responder Bowl, Dallas Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. New Jersey 35 12 16 7 31 102 125 (N.Y.) (STADIUM). Boston College (7-5) vs. Boise State (10-3), 1:30 p.m. Detroit at Green Bay, 1 p.m. 5:15 p.m. — College Football: Pinstripe Bowl from New (ESPN) N.Y. Jets at New England, 1 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE York — Miami vs. Wisconsin (ESPN2). Quick Lane Bowl, Detroit Carolina at New Orleans, 1 p.m. Central Division Minnesota (6-6) vs. Georgia Tech (7-5), 5:15 p.m. 5:15 p.m. — High School Basketball: Beach Ball Classic Arizona at Seattle, 4:25 p.m. GP W L OT Pts GF GA (ESPN) from Myrtle Beach — Westchester (Calif.) vs. North L.A. Chargers at Denver, 4:25 p.m. Winnipeg 36 24 10 2 50 128 101 Mecklenburg (N.C.) (STADIUM). Cheez-It Bowl, Phoenix California (7-5) vs. TCU (6-6), 9 p.m. (ESPN) Oakland at Kansas City, 4:25 p.m. Nashville 37 22 13 2 46 111 95 6:05 p.m. — Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, San Francisco at L.A. Rams, 4:25 p.m. Colorado 37 19 12 6 44 129 115 WDXY-AM 1240). Thursday, Dec. 27 Philadelphia at Washington, 4:25 p.m. Dallas 37 18 16 3 39 99 102 7 p.m. — NHL Hockey: Carolina at Washington (FOX Independence Bowl, Shreveport, La. Chicago at Minnesota, 4:25 p.m. Minnesota 35 17 15 3 37 103 99 SPORTSOUTH). Temple (8-4) vs. Duke (7-5), 1:30 p.m. (ESPN) Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 4:25 p.m. St. Louis 34 14 16 4 32 96 114 7 p.m. — High School Basketball: Beach Ball Classic Pinstripe Bowl, Bronx, N.Y. Cleveland at Baltimore, 4:25 p.m. Chicago 39 13 20 6 32 111 145 from Myrtle Beach — St. Edward (Ohio) vs. Crowley Miami (7-5) vs. Wisconsin (7-5), 5:15 p.m. (ESPN) Indianapolis at Tennessee, 8:20 p.m. Pacific Division (Texas) (STADIUM). Texas Bowl, Houston 7:30 p.m. — NHL Hockey: Philadelphia at Tampa Bay Baylor (6-6) vs. Vanderbilt (6-6), 9 p.m. (ESPN) GP W L OT Pts GF GA (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). Calgary 37 22 12 3 47 127 103 8 p.m. — College Basketball: Missouri (Kansas City) at Friday, Dec. 28 NBA STANDINGS San Jose 38 19 12 7 45 124 115 Creighton (FOX SPORTS 1). Music City Bowl, Nashville, Tenn. Vegas 39 20 15 4 44 117 112 8 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Boston at Houston (TNT). Purdue (6-6) vs. Auburn (7-5), 1:30 p.m. (ESPN) EASTERN CONFERENCE Anaheim 38 19 14 5 43 95 109 Camping World Bowl, Orlando, Fla. 8:45 p.m. — High School Basketball: Beach Ball Classic Atlantic Division Edmonton 36 18 15 3 39 102 111 West Virginia (8-3) vs. Syracuse (9-3), 5:15 p.m. (ESPN) from Myrtle Beach — Bishop O’Connell (Va.) vs. Myrtle W L Pct GB Vancouver 39 17 18 4 38 117 125 Alamo Bowl, San Antonio Beach (STADIUM). Arizona 36 16 18 2 34 93 101 Iowa State (8-4) vs. Washington State (10-2), 9 p.m. Toronto 25 10 .714 — 9 p.m. — College Football: Texas Bowl from Houston — Philadelphia 22 13 .629 3 Los Angeles 37 14 20 3 31 86 112 Baylor vs. Vanderbilt (ESPN). (ESPN) Boston 20 13 .606 4 NOTE: Two points for a win, one for overtime 10:30 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Philadelphia at Utah Saturday, Dec. 29 Brooklyn 16 19 .457 9 loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild (TNT). Peach Bowl, Atlanta New York 9 26 .257 16 cards per conference advance to playoffs. Florida (9-3) vs. Michigan (10-2), Noon (ESPN) Southeast Division Belk Bowl, Charlotte, N.C. W L Pct GB THURSDAY’S GAMES PREP BASKETBALL South Carolina (7-5) vs. Virginia (7-5), Noon (ABC) New Jersey at Boston, 7 p.m. Arizona Bowl, Tucson, Ariz. Charlotte 16 16 .500 — Columbus at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. HOLIDAY HOOPS TOURNAMENTS Arkansas State (8-4) vs. Nevada (7-5), 1:15 p.m. Miami 16 16 .500 — Detroit at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. (CBSSN) Orlando 14 18 .438 2 CHESTNUT OAKS CHRISTMAS TOURNAMENT Cotton Bowl Classic, Arlington, Texas Washington 13 21 .382 4 Carolina at Washington, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27 CFP Semifinal, Notre Dame (12-0) vs. Clemson (13-0), 4 Atlanta 9 23 .281 7 Buffalo at St. Louis, 8 p.m. At Chestnut Oaks p.m. (ESPN) Central Division Group A Orange Bowl, Miami Gardens, Fla. W L Pct GB Calgary at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. 1 p.m. – Chestnut Oaks vs. Hillcrest (Girls) CFP Semifinal, Oklahoma (12-1) vs. Alabama (13-0), 8 Milwaukee 23 10 .697 — Dallas at Nashville, 8 p.m. 2 p.m. – Chestnut Oaks vs. Hillcrest (Boys) p.m. (ESPN) Indiana 22 12 .647 1½ Minnesota at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. 3 p.m. – Clark vs. Heyward Gibbes (Girls) Monday, Dec. 31 Detroit 15 16 .484 7 Vancouver at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Colorado at Vegas, 10 p.m. 4 p.m. – Clark vs. Heyward Gibbes (Boys) Military Bowl, Annapolis, Md. Chicago 9 25 .265 14½ 5 p.m. – Chestnut Oaks vs. Clark (Girls) Cincinnati (10-2) vs. Virginia Tech (6-6), Noon (ESPN) Cleveland 8 26 .235 15½ Anaheim at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. 6 p.m. – Chestnut Oaks vs. Clark (Boys) Sun Bowl, El Paso, Texas Arizona at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. At Mayewood WESTERN CONFERENCE Stanford (8-4) vs. Pittsburgh (7-6), 2 p.m. (CBS) FRIDAY’S GAMES Group B Redbox Bowl, Santa Clara, Calif. Southwest Division 1 p.m. – R.E. Davis at Bates (Girls) Michigan State (7-5) vs. Oregon (8-4), 3 p.m. (FOX) W L Pct GB Montreal at Florida, 7 p.m. 2 p.m. – R.E. Davis at Bates (Boys) Liberty Bowl, Memphis, Tenn. Houston 18 15 .545 — Toronto at Columbus, 7 p.m. 3 p.m. – Howard vs. Manning (Girls) Missouri (8-4) vs. Oklahoma State (6-6), 3:45 p.m. San Antonio 18 16 .529 ½ Ottawa at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. 4 p.m. – Howard vs. Manning (Boys) (ESPN) Memphis 17 16 .515 1 5 p.m. – Howard vs. Bates (Girls) Holiday Bowl, San Diego SATURDAY’S GAMES 6 p.m. – Howards vs. Bates (Boys) Dallas 15 17 .469 2½ Northwestern (8-5) vs. Utah (9-4), 7 p.m. (FS1) New Orleans 15 19 .441 3½ Carolina at New Jersey, 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 28 Gator Bowl, Jacksonville, Fla. San Jose at Edmonton, 4 p.m. At Chestnut Oaks Northwest Division NC State (9-3) vs. Texas A&M (8-4), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Minnesota at Winnipeg, 4 p.m. Group A W L Pct GB Vegas at Los Angeles, 4 p.m. 1 p.m. – Heyward Gibbes vs. Hillcrest (Girls) Tuesday, Jan. 1 Denver 21 10 .677 — 2 p.m. – Heyward Gibbes vs. Hillcrest (Boys) Outback Bowl, Tampa, Fla. Oklahoma City 21 12 .636 1 Boston at Buffalo, 7 p.m. 3 p.m. – Chestnut Oaks vs. Heyward Gibbes (Girls) Mississippi State (8-4) vs. Iowa (8-4), Noon (ESPN2) Portland 19 15 .559 3½ N.Y. Islanders at Toronto, 7 p.m. 4 p.m. – Chestnut Oaks vs. Heyward Gibbes (Boys) Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Fla. Utah 17 18 .486 6 Montreal at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. 5 p.m. – Hillcrest vs. Clark (Girls) Kentucky (9-3) vs. Penn State (9-3), 1 p.m. (ABC) Minnesota 15 18 .455 7 Philadelphia at Florida, 7 p.m. 6 p.m. – Hillcrest vs. Clark (Boys) Fiesta Bowl, Glendale, Ariz. Pacific Division Washington at Ottawa, 7 p.m. LSU (9-3) vs. UCF (12-0), 1 p.m. (ESPN) At Mayewood Gymnasium W L Pct GB Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. 1 p.m. – R.E. Davis vs. Manning (Girls) Golden State 23 12 .657 — Detroit at Dallas, 8 p.m. 2 p.m. – R.E. Davis vs. Manning (Boys) Washington (10-3) vs. Ohio State (12-1), 5 p.m. (ESPN) L.A. Lakers 20 14 .588 2½ N.Y. Rangers at Nashville, 8 p.m. 3 p.m. – Bates vs. Manning (Girls) Sugar Bowl, New Orleans L.A. Clippers 19 14 .576 3 Chicago at Colorado, 9 p.m. 4 p.m. – Bates vs. Manning (Boys) Texas (9-4) vs. Georgia (11-2), 8:45 p.m. (ESPN) Arizona at Anaheim, 10 p.m. 5 p.m. – R.E. Davis vs. Howard (Girls) Sacramento 18 15 .545 4 Monday, Jan. 7 Phoenix 8 26 .235 14½ Vancouver at Calgary, 10 p.m. 6 p.m. – R.E. Davis vs. Howard (Boys) College Football Championship, Santa Clara, Calif. Saturday, Dec. 29 Cotton Bowl winner vs. Orange Bowl winner, 8 p.m. TUESDAY’S GAMES At Chestnut Oaks (ESPN) 1 p.m. – Girls Championship Milwaukee 109, New York 95 SOCCER 3 p.m. – Boys Championship Saturday, Jan. 19 Houston 113, Oklahoma City 109 East-West Shrine Classic, At St. Petersburg, Fla. Boston 121, Philadelphia 114, OT MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER DISTRICT 9 OFFICIALS CHRISTMAS TOURNAMENT East vs. West, 3 p.m. (NFLN) L.A. Lakers 127, Golden State 101 EASTERN CONFERENCE at Lee Central high and middle schools NFLPA Collegiate Bowl, At Pasadena, Calif. Utah 117, Portland 96 BOYS American vs. National, TBA (NFLN) W L T Pts GF GA Thursday, Dec. 27 WEDNESDAY’S GAMES x-New York 22 7 5 71 62 33 C.E. Murray vs Timberland, 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 26 x-Atlanta 21 7 6 69 70 44 Senior Bowl, At Mobile, Ala. Phoenix at Orlando, 7 p.m. Crestwood vs Trinity-Byrnes, 1 p.m. x- FC 16 10 8 56 59 45 North vs. South, 2:30 p.m. (NFLN) Washington at Detroit, 7 p.m. North Charleston vs Lamar, 4 p.m. Charlotte at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. x-D.C. United 14 11 9 51 60 50 Lee Central vs Georgetown, 8 p.m. Indiana at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. x-Columbus 14 11 9 51 43 45 Friday, Dec. 28 Toronto at Miami, 7:30 p.m. x-Philadelphia 15 14 5 50 49 50 Georgetown vs North Charleston, 11:30 a.m. NFL STANDINGS Cleveland at Memphis, 8 p.m. Montreal 14 16 4 46 47 53 Timberland vs Trinity-Byrnes, 2:30 p.m. Minnesota at Chicago, 8 p.m. New England 10 13 11 41 49 55 C.E. Murray vs Crestwood, 2:30 p.m. (middle school) AMERICAN CONFERENCE Denver at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Toronto FC 10 18 6 36 59 64 North Charleston vs. Lee Central, 4 p.m. East New Orleans at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Chicago 8 18 8 32 48 61 Crestwood vs Timberland, 5:30 p.m. W L T Pct PF PA Sacramento at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. Orlando City 8 22 4 28 43 74 Georgetown vs Lamar, 5:30 p.m. (middle school) y-New England 10 5 0 .667 398 322 Lamar vs Lee Central, 8:30 p.m. Miami 7 8 0 .467 302 391 THURSDAY’S GAMES WESTERN CONFERENCE Trinity-Byrnes vs C.E. Murray, 8:30 p.m. (middle Buffalo 5 10 0 .333 227 357 school) Boston at Houston, 8 p.m. W L T Pts GF GA N.Y. Jets 4 11 0 .267 330 403 Saturday, Dec. 29 New York at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. x-Sporting Kansas City 18 8 8 62 65 40 South Championship Game, 7:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Sacramento, 10 p.m. x-Seattle 18 11 5 59 52 37 W L T Pct PF PA GIRLS Philadelphia at Utah, 10:30 p.m. x-Los Angeles FC 16 9 9 57 68 52 x-Houston 10 5 0 .667 382 313 Thursday, Dec. 27 Portland at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. x-FC Dallas 16 9 9 57 52 44 Blythewood vs Lakewood, 10 a.m. Indianapolis 9 6 0 .600 400 327 x-Portland 15 10 9 54 54 48 Lakewood vs Newberry, 2:30 p.m. Tennessee 9 6 0 .600 293 270 FRIDAY’S GAMES x-Real Salt Lake 14 13 7 49 55 58 Hartsville vs Blythewood, 5:30 p.m. Jacksonville 5 10 0 .333 242 296 Brooklyn at Charlotte, 7 p.m. LA Galaxy 13 12 9 48 66 64 Lee Central vs Myrtle Beach, 7 p.m. North Chicago at Washington, 7 p.m. Vancouver 13 13 8 47 54 67 Friday, Dec. 28 W L T Pct PF PA Detroit at Indiana, 7 p.m. Houston 10 16 8 38 58 58 Hartsville vs Lee Central, 10 a.m. Baltimore 9 6 0 .600 363 263 Toronto at Orlando, 7 p.m. Minnesota United 11 20 3 36 49 71 Blythewood vs Myrtle Beach, 1 p.m. Pittsburgh 8 6 1 .567 412 347 Atlanta at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Colorado 8 19 7 31 36 63 Lee Central vs Newberry, 4 p.m. (middle school) Cleveland 7 7 1 .500 335 366 Cleveland at Miami, 8 p.m. San Jose 4 21 9 21 49 71 Newberry vs Hartsville, 7 p.m. Cincinnati 6 9 0 .400 355 439 Dallas at New Orleans, 8 p.m. NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Myrtle Beach vs Lakewood, 7 p.m. (middle school) West Saturday, Dec. 29 Oklahoma City at Phoenix, 9 p.m. x-clinched playoff berth W L T Pct PF PA Championship Game, 6 p.m. San Antonio at Denver, 9 p.m. x-Kansas City 11 4 0 .733 530 418 L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. x-L.A. Chargers 11 4 0 .733 405 320 TRANSACTIONS COLLEGE FOOTBALL Denver 6 9 0 .400 320 326 SATURDAY’S GAMES Oakland 4 11 0 .267 287 432 Brooklyn at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. WEDNESDAY BOWL SCORES, SCHEDULE NATIONAL CONFERENCE Charlotte at Washington, 7 p.m. Houston at New Orleans, 7 p.m. FOOTBALL Celebration Bowl, At Atlanta East N.C. A&T 24, Alcorn State 22 Cleveland at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. W L T Pct PF PA Boston at Memphis, 8 p.m. National Football League Cure Bowl, Orlando, Fla. ARIZONA CARDINALS — Re-signed OL Will House to y-Dallas 9 6 0 .600 303 289 New York at Utah, 8 p.m. Tulane 41, Louisiana-Lafayette 24 the . New Mexico Bowl, Albuquerque Philadelphia 8 7 0 .533 343 348 Denver at Phoenix, 9 p.m. CAROLINA PANTHERS — Placed QB Taylor Heinicke on Utah State 52, North Texas 13 Washington 7 8 0 .467 281 335 Golden State at Portland, 10 p.m. injured reserve. Signed QB Garrett Gilbert. Las Vegas Bowl N.Y. Giants 5 10 0 .333 334 376 San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. Fresno State 31, Arizona State 20 South DETROIT LIONS — Signed WR Brian Brown to the Camellia Bowl, Montgomery, Ala. W L T Pct PF PA practice squad. Georgia Southern 23, Eastern Michigan 21 y-New Orleans 13 2 0 .867 490 320 NHL STANDINGS GREEN BAY PACKERS — Placed DL Kenny Clark on New Orleans Bowl Atlanta 6 9 0 .400 380 391 injured reserve. Activated OL Alex Light from exempt Appalachian State 45, Middle Tennessee 13 Carolina 6 9 0 .400 343 368 EASTERN CONFERENCE status. Signed TE Evan Baylis to the practice squad. Boca Raton (Fla.) Bowl — Released QB Phillip Walker Tampa Bay 5 10 0 .333 364 430 Atlantic Division UAB 37, Northern Illinois 13 from the practice squad. Signed TE Erik Swoope to the North GP W L OT Pts GF GA Frisco (Texas) Bowl practice squad. W L T Pct PF PA Tampa Bay 37 28 7 2 58 154 106 Ohio 27, San Diego State 0 — Signed WR Steven Dunbar Jr. y-Chicago 11 4 0 .733 397 273 Toronto 37 25 10 2 52 140 103 Gasparilla Bowl from the practice squad. Minnesota 8 6 1 .567 350 317 Buffalo 37 21 11 5 47 111 105 At St. Petersburg, Fla. WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed LB Marquis Green Bay 6 8 1 .433 376 369 Boston 37 20 13 4 44 105 96 Marshall 38, South Florida 20 Flowers. Signed WRs Carlos Henderson and ArDarius Bahamas Bowl, Nassau Detroit 5 10 0 .333 293 360 Montreal 37 19 13 5 43 115 117 West Stewart to the practice squad. THE SUMTER ITEM SPORTS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2018 | B3

look in their eye and we weren’t able bered best for her outburst toward LAKERS FROM PAGE B1 to match that. They went out and SERENA FROM PAGE B1 chair umpire Carlos Ramos, who had won the game, that’s basically it.” penalized Williams for receiving awkwardly walked toward the Lak- Kuzma contributed 19 points with Grand Slam singles titles — the last coaching and later penalized her an ers bench trying to loosen up before a pretty baseline 3 late, Ivica Zubac of which came at the 2017 Australian entire game for calling him a “thief” leaving on his own though gingerly had 18 points and 11 rebounds and Open when she was pregnant. while arguing. out the tunnel for the locker room. Rajon Rondo 15 points and 10 assists “I’m still waiting to get to be the That loss leaves her one major title “I wasn’t able to go back into the off the bench as the Lakers snapped Serena that I was, and I don’t know if shy of Margaret Court’s record as game, obviously. I’ll get an MRI to- an 11-game losing streak on the I’ll ever be that, physically, emotion- she starts play next year in a WTA morrow and see what’s up,” James Warriors’ home floor since a 118-115 ally, mentally. But I’m on my way,” Tour that will look different in part said. “With me with injuries, I’m overtime win Dec. 22, 2012. Los An- Williams said on the eve of the U.S. because of new rules coming about never too concerned about them. I geles also ended a seven-game skid Open final. “I feel like I still have a after issues involving Williams. Play- was able to walk off on my own overall in the rivalry with its first ways to go. Once I get there, I’ll be ers returning to the tour may use a power. I felt a pop, see if I could win in the series since March 6, able to play even hopefully better.” “special ranking” for up to three stretch it a few times, see if it would 2016. The Male Athlete of the Year will years from the birth of a child, and relieve but it didn’t. ... I did a couple James made it look easy early on be announced Thursday. the exemption can be used for seed- exercises to see if I could continue shooting over Jonas Jerebko and The women’s award has been won ings at big events. Also, the tour says to go but I didn’t feel like it would Kevon Looney. James hit a turn- more only by Babe Didrikson Zahari- players can wear leggings or com- benefit my team or me. So I came around jumper at the 4:39 mark of as, whose six wins included one for pression shorts at its tournaments back and got a jump start on the the second quarter to put the Lakers track and five for golf. without a skirt over them. rehab.” ahead 52-37 and L.A. led 65-50 at the Williams’ previous times winning Williams insists she is still driven He is scheduled for an MRI exam break. the AP honor, in 2002, 2009, 2013 and to play and win as much if not more Wednesday and coach Luke Walton It was James’ second straight 2015, were because of her dominance. than before she was a mother. That is preparing to be without James on Christmas game at Oracle Arena This one was about her perseverance. drive is the focus of a Nike ad show- Thursday night in Sacramento. after playing here with the Cavaliers Williams developed blood clots ing her in action. James has played in 156 straight last year and losing 99-92. after giving birth to daughter Alexis “Getting this far, crazy,” it says. games overall and 116 in the regu- Walton — a former Warriors top Olympia Ohanian Jr. on Sept. 1, 2017, “Stopping now, crazier.” lar season. And he’s not about to assistant and dear friend of Steve and four surgeries would follow. She Williams won’t. guess whether he will have to miss Kerr — got some time with his Hall returned to the WTA Tour in March “I’m still on the way up,” she said. time. of Fame dad, Bill, before the game and played in just a pair of events be- “There’s still much more that I plan Stephen Curry made consecutive and a few moments to catch up with fore the French Open, where she on doing.” 3s shortly after James exited, and Curry and share holiday greetings competed in a skin-tight, full-length The rest of the top five: the Warriors got within 78-76 at the in the hallway after the two-time black catsuit . Simone Biles, gymnastics . The 2:48 mark of the third — but Kyle MVP’s warmup routine. She said the outfit — worn partly American won four golds and six Kuzma and the persistent Lakers Kevin Durant, playing on a tender for health reasons because of the medals overall in the world champi- stayed at it every possession. Curry left ankle, had 21 points, seven re- clots — made her feel like a superhe- onships in Qatar, giving her 20 in her wound up with 15 points but the bounds and seven assists. Andre ro, but her game was rarely in super- career to tie Russia’s Svetlana home fans had seen enough well be- Iguodala came off the bench and star shape. She had to withdraw in Khorkina for the most by a female fore the final buzzer and headed out made his initial five shots and 7 of 9 Paris because of a right pectoral in- gymnast. for the rest of Christmas. by halftime on the way to a season- jury and didn’t play again until Wim- Arike Ogunbowale, women’s bas- “They played like they had noth- high 23 points while also handling bledon, where she lost to Angelique ketball . She hit one jumper to knock ing to lose. They played like they some of the load defending James. Kerber in the final. off previously unbeaten Connecticut had a free swing,” Curry said. “Ev- Golden State shot just 9 for 36 Williams came up short again in in the Final Four, then a 3-pointer in erybody who touched the ball was from deep, Curry going 2 of 8 and New York, where her loss to Naomi the championship game to lift Notre aggressive. They just had a different Durant 3 for 8. Osaka in the final will be remem- Dame over Mississippi State.

NANCY COLCLOUGH SANDERS breakfast and lunch and have many capacities, until his OBITUARIES Nancy Colclough Sanders, fun fellowshipping with other death. Leon was affiliated 75, widow of Deacon Willie children. Clara lived a life of with the Twelve Tribes of Is- ROLAND HOWARD DAVIS JR. Mount Pleasant and Todd C. Sanders, died on Tuesday, a faithful servant. She helped rael. He retired from Georgia Funeral services for Roland Campbell of Orlando, Florida; Dec. 25, 2018, at Palmetto anyone who had a need. She Pacific after many years of Howard Davis Jr. will be held a daughter, Sharon Hartley Health Richland, Columbia. would give the clothes off her employment. at noon today at Wayman Cha- (Mark) of Mount Pleasant; a Born on April 8, 1943, in back and the last dime she He leaves to cherish his pel AME Church sister, Linda Campbell Comis- Sumter County, she was a had to help people. Clara memories: his children, Isaiah with interment to key (Bruce) of Fernandina daughter of the late David helped raise more than 25 Mack, Bruce (Cheryl) Mack, follow. Beach, Florida; and three and Maggie Lee Alston Col- foster children in her life- Raynard (Willette) Mack and The family re- grandchildren, Dylan Camp- clough. time; she fed and clothed the John (Elaine) Mack, all of ceived friends bell, Sydney Campbell and The family will receive rela- homeless; stood in the gap for Sumter, and Gloria Meadows and Masonic Lauren Brady. tives and friends at the home, souls; and helped bring peo- of , New York; one Rites were per- A memorial service will be 5025 Dennis Road, Rembert. ple to Christ. You never spoke brother, Raymond (Brenda) DAVIS formed on held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Funeral arrangements are to Clara without hearing Mack; 16 grandchildren; 33 Wednesday at Jan. 5, 2019, at Summerton incomplete and will be an- about the Lord and how gra- great-grandchildren; a host of Palmer Memori- Baptist Church with the Revs. nounced by Williams Funeral cious and merciful he was. nieces, nephews, other rela- al Chapel in Columbia. Billy Carlisle and Bob Ashba Home Inc. She was a loyal and faithful tives and friends. The public may view from officiating. servant and led a life reflec- The family is receiving rela- 11 a.m. today until the hour of Honorary pallbearers will JUNE TILL GAG tive of that. tives and friends at the home, service at the church. be Sam McNeely, Bobby June Till Gag, 79, wife of Pastor Council was a pray- 1665 London Road, Sumter. Roland Howard Davis Jr. Padgett, Dick Hollifield, Don Stan Gag, died on Tuesday, ing mother, grandmother, Funeral services will be transitioned on Thursday, Purvis, Roy Witherspoon and Dec. 18, 2018, at Sierra Ridge great-grandmother and aunt, held at 11 a.m. on Friday at Dec. 20, 2018, in the midst of Bruce Comiskey. Memory Care in Auburn, Cal- who leaves to cherish her Cedar Grove Missionary Bap- family. Visitation will be one hour ifornia. legacy: daughter, Carla (Ron- tist Church, 1275 Oswego Born in Charleston, he was prior to the service from 2 to 3 Born in Sumter, she was a nie) Green; sons, Treven Highway, Sumter, with the the youngest of three children p.m. in the church fellowship daughter of the late Solomon Fluellen and Devin Braswell; Rev. Daniel Bennett, pastor, born to the late Roland How- hall and other times at the Irvin and Elizabeth Stanley grandchildren, Zentra (DG) eulogist. ard and Martha Lance Davis. residence, 1240 Ralph Bell Till. She was a graduate of Choice, Katrina Keyna Rae The remains will be placed A graduate of Faith Memorial Road, Summerton. Edmunds High School Class and Cashayna Harris; great- in the church at 10 a.m. School, he served his nation Memorials may be made to of 1957. After moving to Cali- grandchildren, Khalif John- The funeral procession will proudly in the United States Summerton Baptist Church fornia and raising her chil- son, Zentrina and DC Choice leave at 10:30 a.m. at the Air Force, until his retire- Building Fund, 215 E. Main dren, she attended Fullerton (Del) and ZaKhya (her baby); home. ment. St., Summerton, SC 29148 or Junior College and received sisters-in-law, Pastor Linda Burial will be at Cedar In addition to his parents, to the Alzheimer’s Associa- her Registered Nursing de- S. Jasper and Felicia Jasper; Grove Missionary Baptist Roland was preceded in death tion of South Carolina, 4124 gree and, years later, retired special daughter, Terra Churchyard cemetery. by his beloved bride of 57 Clemson Blvd., Anderson, SC from nursing. Prince; niece, Dr. TL Penny; Services directed by the years, the former Lottie 29621. Survivors include her hus- nephew, Dr. Jeffrey A. Jas- management and staff of Wil- Brown; and a sister. Stephens Funeral Home & band of Cool, California; her per; friends, Evangelist Caro- liams Funeral Home Inc., 821 Surviving are his two chil- Crematory, 304 N. Church St., son, Stan Jr. of Fairfield, line Jones and Sharon; a N. Main St., Sumter. Online dren, Audrey (Ron) Bright Manning, is in charge of ar- California; four grandchil- host of other nieces, neph- messages may be sent to the and Darrell (Kathy) Davis; rangements, (803) 435-2179. dren, Alex, Madeline, Emelia ews, cousins, friends and family at williamsfuneral- three granddaughters; a sis- www.stephensfuneralhome.org and Allison Gag, all of Fair- various people in the com- [email protected]. Visit us on ter; a devoted nephew and field; and her sister, Jenny munity. the web at www.WilliamsFu- caregiver, George (Susan) JAMES HENRY BELL Till Hammand (Doug) of The family will receive rela- neralHomeInc.com. Brown; and other relatives James Henry Bell, 85, wid- Sumter. tives and friends from 2 to 7 and friends. ower of Pearl Bell, died on She was preceded in death p.m. at 6250 Jasper Drive, MICHAEL R. NESBITT Please visit www.PalmerMe- Friday, Dec. 21, 2018, at his by a daughter, Denise Ann Rembert. BISHOPVILLE — Michael morialChapel.com for addi- residence, 669 Gag; and a brother, Sollie Till. Celebration of Life services R. “Mike” Nesbitt, 62, died on tional information. Marlborough Sierra Foothill Funeral will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018, at his Drive, Sumter. Home was in charge of crema- Friday at Shabach World Ca- home. He was born tion. thedral, 975 Eagle Road, Sum- Born on Dec. 28, 1955, in Lee on Oct. 7, 1933, in ter, with Dr. TL Penny offici- County, he was a son of the Alcolu, a son of CLARA R. COUNCIL ating, eulogist. late Hughie and Jessie the late Deacon Pastor Clara R. Council The remains will be placed Barfield Nesbitt. He was a BELL Robert and Mar- was born on May 27, 1933, in in the church at 1:30 p.m. member of Elliott Baptist garet Frierson Sumter, to the late Rev. The funeral procession will Church. Mike was the former Bell. Thomas Starlin Jasper and leave at 1:50 p.m. from 6250 owner and operator of Nes- GEORGE D. CAMPBELL JR. Funeral services for Mr. Bell Fannie Sanders Jasper as one Jasper Drive, Rembert. bitt’s Grocery in Elliott and will be held at 11 a.m. on Fri- of 13 children. She departed Burial will be at Deliver- retired from the S.C. Depart- SUMMERTON — George day at Green Hill Missionary this earthly life on Friday, ance Temple Church Ceme- ment of Transportation. Daniel “Dan” Campbell Jr., 83, Baptist Church, 1260 Green Dec. 21, 2018, at Ker- tery, Rembert. Survivors include an aunt, husband of Henrietta Anne Hill Church Road, Alcolu, with shawHealth Medical Center, These services are a courte- Mollie N. Moore; an uncle, Mills “Henri” the Rev. William J. Frierson Sr. Camden. sy announcement entrusted Calbert Johnson; cousins, Campbell, died presiding, the Rev. Delbert H. Clara attended a private to the management and staff Susie Chavis, Andy Caugh- on Sunday, Dec. Singleton Jr., pastor, eulogist, Christian school by the name of Williams Funeral Home man and Bill Johnson, all of 16, 2018, at his and Prophetess Silvia Whitak- of Mather Academy in Cam- Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter. Bishopville; and a lifelong home. er assisting. Burial will follow den. Upon graduation, she Online memorial messages friend, Ricky Christmas of Born on Sept. at the churchyard cemetery. moved to Brooklyn, New may be sent to the family at Sumter. 8, 1935, in Nash- The family is receiving York, where she worked at [email protected]. He was preceded in death CAMPBELL ville, Tennessee, friends at his residence. Brooklyn Jewish Hospital as com. Visit us on the web at by a brother, Billy Nesbitt. he was a son of These services have been a medical secretary. It was in www.williamsfuneralhomeinc. A graveside service will be the late George entrusted to Samuels Funeral New York that she decided to com. held at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Daniel Sr. and Etta Lorene Home LLC of Manning. make the Lord her Lord and St. Luke Cemetery with the Stewart Campbell. Dan was a Savior after hearing his LEON MACK Rev. Jim Ridenhour officiat- U.S. Marine Corps veteran; a BARBARA ANN WILSON teachings all her life. Pastor Leon Mack, 90, departed ing. 1961 graduate of the Universi- BISHOPVILLE — Barbara Council moved back to Rem- this life on Sunday, Dec. 23, The family will receive ty of South Carolina; and he Ann Wilson entered eternal bert in 1977. She opened up 2018, at Sumter Health and friends following the service was a retired electrical engi- rest on Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018, the doors of Deliverance Rehab (West). at the graveside. neer with DuPont with almost at Prince George Hospital in Temple Church in 1981. Born on Jan. 19, 1928, in Memorials may be made to 40 years of service. He was a Cheverly, Maryland. Spreading the word and help- Sumter, he was a son of the St. Luke Cemetery Fund, c/o member of Summerton Bap- The family is receiving ing people had always been late Rev. Waddell and Pearl Mollie Moore, 60 Bradley tist Church, where he served friends and relatives at 2737 her core. After her foster son Pringle Mack. Leon was mar- Road, Bishopville, SC 29010 or as a past deacon. After retire- Sandy Grove Church Road, Joseph passed, she dedicated ried to the late Rebecca to Elliott Baptist Church, 29 ment, Dan spent his time Lamar. an extension of the church to Prince Mack. He attended the Sugar Hill Road, Bishopville, helping the community and Funeral arrangements are him called Joseph’s Mercy public schools of Sumter SC 29010. those in need. incomplete and will be an- Center. Each summer, she County. At an early age, he Elmore-Cannon-Stephens He is survived by his wife of nounced by Wilson Funeral would send a bus to Rembert became a member of Cedar Funeral Home and Crematori- Summerton; two sons, Mi- Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishop- to bring children to hear the Grove Missionary Baptist um of Sumter is in charge of chael Campbell (Janis) of ville. teachings of the Lord, receive Church, where he served in the arrangements. B4 | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2018 COMICS THE SUMTER ITEM bizarro Wallace the braVe

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DEAR ABBY — I love my brother fiercely, DEAR ABBY — I asked a woman I My brother is and I don’t know what to do know professionally if she’d be my best anymore. I feel like I need to interested in having lunch. She friend. He is avoid him, but I love him. said she would, and we had a also an alco- Please help. lovely lunch — until the bill holic. It runs Challenged in the East came. When I suggested we in our family, split it, she suggested I make it and he has DEAR CHALLENGED — Establish a business expense. I told her I been addicted some ground rules by explain- couldn’t do that because it Dear Abby for years. His ing to your brother that al- wasn’t a business lunch. ABIGAIL drinking has though you love him, you can- I know if you invite someone VAN BUREN affected me not be seen with him if he has to lunch, you pay, but I didn’t in several been drinking, for fear it will think that’s what I did. I have (minor) ways jeopardize your job. It’s a valid done this before — and since — over the concern. Make clear that if he and everyone pays for them- years, but I have always taken breaks the law, you will be un- selves. Do I owe this woman an a hands-off approach, knowing able to intercede for him. apology? I can’t force him to get help. You are not responsible for Everyone pays in Texas Well, his drinking is starting his addiction or for what he to affect my life in a more se- does when he’s under the in- DEAR EVERYONE — Not unless vere way now. I joined the fluence. I’m not saying this she became defensive. Howev- local police force. I am afraid will be emotionally easy for er, because you did the inviting, that my brother’s behavior you, but you must let your you should have paid the bill. 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BY KEVIN McDONOUGH when expectations are low. burglary rounds up an unusu- Say goodbye to NBC’s “I Feel Also from Fox’s Friday night al suspect on “Mom” (9 p.m., B a d.” The unwatched comedy lineup, “The Cool Kids” has CBS, r, TV-14) * A teen victim airs its final episodes tonight taken the fear about TV’s won’t name his attacker on (8 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., TV-14). aging audience and turned it “Law & Order: Special Victims While not officially canceled, on its head, mining laughs Unit” (9 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14) * A it has been declared a “dead from the shenanigans of four school for the very special on show walking” by ratings ex- misfits in a retirement facility. “Legacies” (9 p.m., CW, r, TV-14) perts and will fade much the On two helpings of “The Cool * A botched commemoration same way “Murphy Brown” Kids” (r, TV-PG), Hank denies on “The Neighborhood” (9:30 did last Thursday. he needs glasses (8:30 p.m.), p.m., CBS, r, TV-PG) * Terror On the show’s finale, Emet the gang hijacks an election and fear on “S.W.A.T.” (10 p.m., takes the family to her aunt’s (9:30 p.m.). CBS, r, TV-14). funeral in Santa Barbara, On two helpings of “The Con- while treating it as a much- ners” (ABC, r, TV-PG), a ques- needed vacation. tionable costume raises eye- LATE NIGHT Is there a more fitting series brows (9 p.m.), questions of “The Daily Show With Trevor finale than a trip to a ceme- faith divide the family (10 Noah” (11 p.m., Comedy Cen- tery? I’m sure it’s a coinci- p.m.). This sitcom is not a hit EVANS VESTAL WARD / NBC tral) is pre-empted * Chris Pine dence, but another under- on the level of the ill-fated Sarayu Blue, left, stars as Emet and Rahm Braslaw as Louir in the and Major Garrett are on “The whelming NBC comedy, “Mar- “Roseanne” reboot, but seem- “There’s Never Enough Time” episode of “I Feel Bad,” airing at 8:30 Late Show With Stephen Colbert” lon,” also featured a funeral in ingly popular enough to sur- p.m. today on NBC. (11:35 p.m., CBS, r) * Jimmy its series finale. vive. I’d watch John Goodman Fallon welcomes Miley Cyrus, As if to show up their rivals, in anything (save, perhaps these sitcoms will make thriller “Believe Me: The Abduc- Regina King and Chloe x Halle both Fox and ABC showcase “King Ralph”), and Laurie Thursdays their permanent tion of Lisa McVey” (8 p.m., Life- on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 more successful comedies on Metcalf is a wonder who has perch, but vacancies have aris- time Movies, TV-14). p.m., NBC, r) * Jennifer Anis- this Thursday night, an eve- appeared on one of the best re- en. And “The Big Bang Theo- • The best in gaming is recog- ton, Chris Elliott and Rita Ora ning dominated by CBS’s sit- cent TV series (HBO’s “Get- ry” airs its final episode in the nized at the 2018 Gamer’s Choice are on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” com block for some time and ting On”), and one of the worst spring. Awards (10 p.m., CBSSN). (11:35 p.m., ABC, r) * Michael known as NBC’s night of (CBS’s “The McCarthys”), and Douglas, Rufus Wainwright “Must See TV” way back still manages to amaze. and Nikki Glaspie visit “Late when “Seinfeld” and Set in a large Catholic fami- TONIGHT’S OTHER SERIES NOTES Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 “Friends” ruled the roost. ly in 1972, “The Kids Are Al- HIGHLIGHTS A familiar face haunts a.m., NBC, r) * Keira Knight- On two helpings of “Last Man right” has been well-received • The gang rings in 1986 on Sheldon on “The Big Bang The- ley, Kathryn Hahn and Joe Standing” (Fox, r, TV-PG), a by critics, including this one. “Happy New Year, Charlie Brown!” ory” (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-PG) * Zimmerman are on “The Late difference of opinion (8 p.m.), On two helpings of “The Kids (8 p.m. ABC, TV-G). Halloween madness on “Su- Late Show With James Corden” first impressions (9 p.m.). This Are Alright” (ABC, r, TV-PG), • An abducted teen girl pernatural” (8 p.m., CW, r, TV- (12:35 a.m., CBS, r). Tim Allen comedy, canceled status symbols (9:30 p.m.), a psychs out her kidnapper, who 14) * A brainy rival emerges by ABC, has been a hit of poetry contest (10:30 p.m.). turns out to be a notorious se- on “Young Sheldon” (8:30 p.m., Copyright 2018 sorts for Fox on Friday nights, There’s no telling if any of rial killer in the true-crime CBS, r, TV-PG) * A holiday United Feature Syndicate The Associated Press names Netflix Entertainer of the Year

BY MARK KENNEDY “Our goal is the endless scroll. By original unscripted shows to those pro- Scruggs” and TV fans await more epi- AP Entertainment Writer the time you reach the bottom of our duced in other countries, to even be- sodes from “Stranger Things,” “The menu, there’s new shows at the top,” coming a home for shows canceled Crown” “Orange Is The New Black” NEW YORK — After a year like this, explained the voice over. elsewhere. and “Ozark.” The company has even Netflix shows no signs of chilling. For a dominating 12 months, Netflix The company that once concentrat- seen the phrase “Netflix and chill” The dominant online video streamer has been named The Associated Press ed on sending DVDs through the mail part of the mainstream vocabulary. started 2018 with almost 118 million Entertainer of the Year, voted by mem- in little red envelopes scored its first In May, Netflix’s market capitaliza- subscribers, went on to win its first bers of the news cooperative. feature-film Oscar in March, with a tion — or the total value of its stock — feature-film Oscar, briefly surpassed “There’s been so much amazing en- best documentary trophy going to shot higher than the capitalization for Disney as the most valuable U.S. media tertainment this year, and we’re proud “Icarus,” Bryan Fogel’s investigation mighty Disney, previously the most company, lured the likes of superstar of the part we’ve played and humbled into doping in sports. (Netflix won its valuable media company in the world. show runners Shonda Rhimes, Kenya by this recognition from the AP,” Ted first ever Oscar last year with the The Champagne-popping moment Barris and Ryan Murphy — not to Sarandos, Netflix’s chief content offi- short doc “The White Helmets.”) didn’t last very long but it was a sign mention Barack and Michelle Obama cer, said after being told of the honor. Netflix movies, specials and shows of how a maverick company could dis- — and is expected to end the year with Netflix topped other candidates in- were all over popular culture this year, rupt the order. 146 million subscribers and a likely cluding Donald Glover, , including “The Kissing Booth,” “Na- Netflix then knocked HBO off its best picture Oscar nominee in “Roma.” Bradley Cooper and Michelle Obama, nette,” “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Be- longtime perch as the most nominated In a sign of how influential the giant among others. Previous AP Entertain- fore,” “The Kominsky Method,” “The Emmy Award platform, eventually streamer has become, it also got what er of the Year winners have included Haunting of Hill House,” “GLOW,” earning 112 nods. The streaming behe- every celebrity gets — a gentle mock- Lin-Manuel Miranda, Adele, Taylor “Lost in Space,” “The Great British moth would go on to tie the premium ing on “Saturday Night Live.” The Swift, Jennifer Lawrence, Lady Gaga, Baking Show,” “Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat” cable network with 23 wins at the sketch comedy show’s season-ending Tina Fey and Betty White. and “Queer Eye.” “House of Cards” — Emmy Awards. Netflix also dominated episode this month aired a fake ad Though Netflix doesn’t release rat- Netflix’s first original series — de- the television categories at the Screen highlighting Netflix’s enormous effort ings, 2018 was a year when it seemed to buted just six years ago. Actors Guild Awards with 15 total to produce as much content as possi- really flex its digital muscles, showing It has backed such Oscar bait as nods, nearly double any other net- ble. off its deep reservoir of titles, from “Roma” and “The Ballad of Buster work. B6 THE ITEM CLASSIFIEDS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2018 CLASSIFIED DEADLINES 11:30 a.m. the day before for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday edition. 11:30 a.m. Friday for Sunday’s edition.

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