PANORAMA Don’t miss your chance to see The Lettermen WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2018 | Serving South Carolina since October 15, 1894 $1.00 C1 Snow is possible today in Sumter Tri-county could see up to 1 inch through evening BY MELANIE SMITH [email protected] Dig out your snow pants and get a snowman carrot nose ready because the tri-county area could see the first snowfall of the year this afternoon through this evening. “You’re going to be on the edge of this system, so I do think you’re going to get some light snow midday Wednesday, and it should taper off Wednesday eve- ning,” said Brian Edwards, an Accu- Weather meteorologist in State College, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday afternoon. The snow is associated with a winter storm system that will move across coastal South Carolina today. An Ac- cuWeather news release said the BRUCE MILLS / THE SUMTER ITEM storm will spread from northern Flor- The fountain at Beau Graham Square downtown on the corner of North Main and East Liberty streets is seen frozen over at midday ida up the East Coast toward Virginia. Tuesday. Temperatures are expected to remain in the 30s and 40s through Sunday in Sumter, with snow possible today. Edwards said Sumter and Lee coun- ties should be in the zone that could get anywhere from a light coating to Pipes could freeze, burst an inch of snow. According to Weather Underground forecasts, Clarendon BY ADRIENNE SARVIS need to be covered with frost-proof County could also see snow flurries. [email protected] hose bib covers, Hill said. And the He predicted any snow the tri-coun- wind will make pipes freeze much ty sees today will stick and not melt With below-freezing temperatures faster, he said. immediately because recent frigid staying throughout the night, locals Hill Plumbing & Electric received temperatures have made the ground should take care to protect their about 20 calls about burst pipes on cold enough for this to be possible. homes from unwanted water damage Tuesday morning after temperatures Crews across the state are preparing caused by frozen pipes. reached below 20 degrees Fahrenheit for possible winter weather into tonight Homeowners should leave pipes the night before. and warn of potentially dangerous trav- dripping if the temperature will be Depending on where the pipes are el conditions during the next few days. PHOTO PROVIDED BY SCDOT below freezing for a substantial located, damage can be caused to the Department of Transportation work- South Carolina Department of Transporta- amount of time, especially when the flooring, walls and ceiling. ers were pretreating roads and bridges tion crews pre-treat S.C. 170 over the Broad wind is blowing, said Trey Hill, vice Busted pipes can result in thou- across the South Carolina coast on River in Beaufort County on Tuesday. president and service manager at sands of dollars in damage because Tuesday morning and afternoon ahead Hill Plumbing & Electric Co. the moisture can ruin flooring, espe- of the storm, according to a DOT news home if possible. Leave the faucets dripping — cially hardwood, and dry wall will release. Salt in Columbia was being “Avoid traveling (this) afternoon mainly the hot water faucet because soak up the water, Hill said. loaded into trucks bound for the coast. and evening especially, when travel those pipes will freeze faster than the Don’t forget your outside spigots; Crews in the Upstate were preparing conditions are worst,” he said. “If you cold water pipes — to keep pipes disconnect garden hoses. David to help their Lowcountry counterparts have to go out, morning is your best from freezing, he said. Turning on Rourk, owner of Rourk Plumbing and also preparing “to clear roads and bet. If you have to go out during it, both sides would also be good, he Co,. suggests that homeowners leave bridges in the Upstate should the win- allow for some extra travel time. Avoid said. outside water spigots dripping (if ter weather take an unexpected turn traveling east if possible.” You really only need to let one fau- there are no bib covers), and replace in that direction.” Anywhere east, toward Myrtle Beach, cet in the house drip to keep water LED lights inside pump houses with Edwards said the best way for tri- could have the heaviest accumulation of flowing through the pipes, he said. incandescent bulbs. Another tip, he county residents to stay safe during Any exposed pipe needs to be insu- said, is to open cabinet doors under the potential winter weather is to stay SEE SNOW, PAGE A5 lated, or covered, and outside spigots the sinks to let the warm air in. Fund helps temporarily out of work Sumterite BY BRUCE MILLS ment in the Sumter area, and [email protected] many of the ministry’s clients with older homes still have Imagine not having heat large, submarine-style tanks BRUCE MILLS / THE SUMTER ITEM until you can save up to $400 in their yards. Greg Jenkins, center, shares a light moment with personal for a propane delivery, and The difficulty for many low- friends and customers Julia Holley, right, and Genesis Bur- you will identify a common story of a female client in her income families using pro- bridge recently at Scott Will Toyota at 2540 Broad St. plight for some low-income late 50s who initially inter- pane is the large expense for a residents in our area, accord- viewed for help with her elec- fill-up, which can range from ing to Kevin Howell, Crisis Re- tric bill after she lost her job. $300 to $400, Howell said. lief Ministry director at Sum- “The lady works in the “Instead of a regular and Salesman says personal ter United Ministries. home health field and cares consistent monthly bill, a As temperatures dip with for patients who can’t proper- tank needs to be filled as lows in the 20s recently, the ly care for themselves,” How- needed,” Howell said. “Typi- approach can pay off burden of being able to afford ell said. “For her, it’s hard but cally, this expense can ac- adequate heat is felt among fulfilling work. Recently, after count for up to 40 percent of BY BRUCE MILLS most people’s names. some Sumter residents. How- a patient no longer needed the monthly income for some [email protected] He’s not flashy, but in- ell said Fireside Fund dona- her, she was without work. of our clients.” stead many consider him tions allow the Crisis Relief When she discovered that she The ministry was able to He’s not your stereotypi- down to earth and genuine. Ministry to provide assistance could also receive assistance pay a significant portion of cal car salesman and has a It all seems to work well to the ministries’ clients who with her propane delivery, she the lady’s propane delivery, unique meet-and-greet tech- for him as he’s quite possi- are unable to fully afford their was delighted.” and it should last her for nique that helps him build a bly one of Sumter’s most heating needs. According to Howell, pro- personal relationship with Howell recently shared the pane is a common heating ele- SEE FIRESIDE, PAGE A5 customers and remember SEE JENKINS, PAGE A5

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BY ADRIENNE SARVIS landfills, states a release from public Because yard debris pick-up is only Residents can pick up mulch on a [email protected] works. available in the city, county residents first-come, first-served basis from 7 to Mulch, a multi-purpose product of will have to deliver the trees at the re- 10 a.m. on Jan. 20 at Dillon Park. Resi- Though the season of giving is over, ground trees, can be placed in gardens cycling centers on Rainaire Boulevard, dents should bring containers, tools to there is still another way to give back to conserve moisture, reduce weed Stamey Livestock Road, Cane Savan- pick up the mulch and a method to to the community and help thy neigh- competition, reduce plant stress and nah Road, Pinewood Road, Queen Cha- transport the material. bor by donating real Christmas trees serve as a unifying element in land- pel Road, Bethel Church Road, Alliga- Hyatt said public works employees for the annual Grinding of the Greens scaping. It can also be used in plant tor Branch Road, Pleasant Grove and will be available to help people load at Dillon Park. containers, under bushes or fruit trees Spencer Road, or at Dillon Park. mulch into containers and into vehi- The event that provides free mulch and placed along garden paths and Grinding of the Greens is for live cles, Hyatt said. People can take as for the community will take place on fences. trees only; no wreaths, garlands nor much as they want. Saturday, Jan. 20. Real Christmas trees — without dec- other holiday greenery are accepted. Any left over mulch will be used by In past years, as many as 1,500 trees orations, lights, garlands and tree Real trees dropped off at the recy- the city and county. have been donated to Grinding of the stands — can be dropped off at Dillon cling centers will be transported to Dil- Grinding of the Greens is sponsored Greens, Karen Hyatt, Sumter County Park today through Jan. 18 — there is a lon Park to be ground, Hyatt said, and by Clemson Extension Service, Sumter assistant public works director, said. sign marking the designated drop-off stores can also donate real trees. County Public Works and City of Sum- Landscape refuse such as leaves, area. Old artificial trees can also be taken ter Public Services. grass clippings, limbs, and even Christ- City residents can place live trees at to the recycling centers and placed in For more information about recy- mas trees, accounts for approximately the curb for yard debris pick-up start- the brown goods container for disposal, cling Christmas trees, contact Sumter 20 percent of the waste dumped in local ing on Monday. she said. County Public Works at (803) 436-2241.

Suspect fleeing Fishing date A great deputies rescued snowy egret fishes at Swan after creek crash Lake-Iris CAMDEN (AP) — Deputies had Gardens in to rescue a man who ran from of- December ficers after he crashed his car into as a nearby a river, a South Carolina sheriff turtle basks said. in the late Officers were looking for Cody afternoon Gene Jackson, 26, of Lugoff, when sunshine. he refused to stop on Dec. 29, Ker- shaw County Sheriff Jim Mat- MELANIE SMITH / thews said in a news release Mon- THE SUMTER ITEM day. “Cody Jackson is a one-man crime spree,” Matthews said. “He always runs when we try to arrest him.” Jackson ran off an embank- ment and into Wateree River. He yelled to officers that he could not swim and officers man- aged to pull him safely to shore. Jackson has been charged with failure to stop for police, being a habitual traffic offender, driving under suspension and larceny. “Hopefully, after this episode he will find himself behind bars for the maximum his charges will allow,” the sheriff said. Take it slowly for lasting change this new year t’s that time of year when we are you need to be successful? What are have an all-or-nothing approach. If I down helps you become more effec- all gung-ho about making positive the benefits of making this change, can’t do it right, then I won’t do it at tive, which actually helps you reach changes. Whether it is to be more and how will it affect your relation- all. Do you give up on your diet for the your goals faster. We all want to see organized, start exercising, save ships? day if you unintentionally ate some- immediate results and get to our end Imoney, lose weight or adopt healthier One reason many people give up on thing that wasn’t on the plan? If you goal as quickly as possible, but creat- habits, we all want to make it a perma- their goals after a few weeks is be- only have half the time you had set ing automatic habits doesn’t happen nent change for the better. Yet, within cause they have the wrong approach. aside to exercise, do you not exercise quickly. just a couple of weeks, most people Many people focus on the negative at all? Over time, this approach sets Consider this. You don’t currently tend to give up. reasons for change, wanting to change you back and makes reaching your exercise, but you have decided to run a One of the most im- something they don’t like. For exam- goals seem impossible. 5K. Sure, you could go out and run it, portant aspects of ple, an overweight individual may These little setbacks should be but it doesn’t mean that it is the best change is knowing choose to start exercising to help lose built-in expectations. We can’t be thing for your body or for creating why you are making weight. While it may seem like a great perfect; we just need to be better. lasting change. Take your time, and the change and know- way to assist weight loss, this type of Take these setbacks, and learn from train your body right to eliminate pos- ing that you are ready approach won’t last. What happens them. Use them to collect informa- sible injury so that running becomes for change. Is the de- when you stop losing weight? The ef- tion as to why something happened second nature. The slower you go in sire to change being fort no longer yields the desired re- or how you can handle it better in reaching your goal, the more your ac- Missy driven by you or by sult, so most people will stop exercis- the future. If it is meant to be a per- tions come from a pattern of habit Corrigan someone else? Is this ing. Instead, expert psychologists rec- manent, lasting change, you can’t ex- that creates lasting change for the bet- something you are ommend finding the positive reasons pect perfection. ter. By going fast, behaviors are errat- ready for? Have you to exercise: relieve stress, get stronger, Making sustainable change is possi- ic and less likely to stick. thought about the challenges you will improve heart health or have more en- ble. Take the time to slow down and face and ways to overcome them? Do ergy. This change in one’s thinking recognize your habits and patterns. Missy Corrigan is executive of commu- you have a strong support system in can bring about lasting change. Pay attention, and be more mindful nity health for Sumter Family YMCA. place? Does your environment at Another reason people give up too and aware of your actions and your She can be reached at mcorrigan@ home and work provide you with what soon is they are perfectionists, so they reason for making them. Slowing ymcasumter.org or (803) 773-1404.

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Like many Southerners of a cer- Along the way, Dufford found the tain age, William E. “Bill” Dufford, students generally more receptive 91, grew up in the Jim Crow era re- to integration than their parents, alizing only gradually that there government officials and even the was something not fair or just about school board. segregation. Working closely with the student His journey “from segregationist councils of the two high schools, to integrationist” is at the heart of Dufford and Vaughn charged the his memoir titled “My Tour through students to make decisions vital to the Asylum: A Southern Integra- their successful union — school tionist’s Memoir.” colors, official name, mascot. Rog- The title, Dufford explains, is ers writes “Decisions that might taken from James L. Petrigru’s have taken months for (the school) statement to Benjamin F. Perry in board of elected officials to make 1860: “South Carolina is too small were handled easily by a group of for a republic and too large for an teens.” insane asylum.” Many of the events and people of The memoir covers the years 1926 the so-called Dufford year will be through 2016 and is divided into familiar to Sumterites. three parts, the first and last writ- While other circumstances out- ten by Dufford. lined in the second section led Duf- In the first section, essentially an ford to resign, Rogers also presents early biography, Dufford writes his many accomplishments and about his progression from an un- lifelong friendships. She quotes examined acceptance of the separa- Dufford’s assessment of his great- tion of the races to a realization of est achievement at Sumter High: the wrongness of the institution of “the advance in human under- segregation. He saw images on TV standings among students. … There of peaceful civil rights demonstra- was developed the beginning of a tors attacked by police dogs and po- healthy respect for one another as lice with fire hoses, witnessed Ku a person and understanding for PHOTO PROVIDED Klux Klan rallies and was appalled those who are different. Admitted- William E. “Bill” Dufford, left, is seen with Dr. Earl Vaughn, then principal of Lincoln High when his own Lutheran Church re- ly, this was only the beginning School, in 1969. Dufford, principal of Sumter (Edmunds) High School, and Vaughn fused to accept black members. He stage, but progress was evident.” worked to bring together the two schools as South Carolina was establishing the “uni- was changed by his life experienc- Through his lifelong work, Duf- tary school system.” More than a third of Dufford’s memoir recounts his experiences in es. ford formed lasting relationships Sumter during what became known by many as the “Dufford year.” The second section, written by across generations, including many Aida Rogers, covers 1969 to 1976 whose names will be recognized — well as those of his former students. Dufford also quoted philosopher and includes Dufford’s year as Pat Conroy, Steve Satterfield, Hayes “During his 40 years in public ed- Bertrand Russell: “One must care principal of Sumter High School, Mizell, John Spratt, Rep. Jim Cly- ucation and into retirement, col- about a world one will never see.” 1969-70, when he was recruited by burn, Allen Johnson, Leighton leagues and students learned from “My Life through the Asylum: A Sumter School District 17 Superin- Cubbage, Walter McRackan and him before launching or continuing Southern Integrationist’s Memoir” tendent L.C. “Currie” McArthur to more. their own remarkable careers,” is an interesting, well-written book help the schools integrate. Dufford, Rogers and Salley McIn- they write. that offers much food for thought After having served as teacher, erney write movingly about Duf- Rogers, a writer for the Universi- as it illuminates an important peri- coach and principal at several Low- ford’s work and accomplishments, ty of South Carolina Honors Col- od in South Carolina’s history. country schools with great success, pulling no punches. lege, and McInerney, a columnist Published by the University of Dufford served at Sumter High for Interspersed throughout the book for The State newspaper, also re- South Carolina Press, Dufford’s the academic year 1969-70. With the are comments from Dufford’s port a conversation with Dufford as memoir is filled with photographs late Dr. Earl Vaughn, he oversaw friends and former students, offer- he considered his legacy. and rich memories of his big life. the bringing together of the for- ing insight into the man and his “What I want people to … remem- The memoir is available in book- merly black Lincoln High School philosophy. ber,” he said, “is we need to contin- stores, on www.amazon.com and at and the formerly white Sumter Rogers and McInerney sum up ue to help out those who are left www/sc.edu/uscpress, where more High. many of Dufford’s achievements, as out or left behind.” information can be found. New Year. New Look I WINTER SALE IN PROGRESS NOW! !

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BY SEANNA ADCOX SLED's $54 million request bond bill for statewide mainte- Haley helped kill a $500 million about the importance of law Post and Courier for a new crime lab, which nance since 2001. bond bill, which did include enforcement and will make would be built on existing state Pitts' counterpart in the Sen- money for SLED's lab, through public safety a top priority in COLUMBIA — Law enforce- property near its headquarters ate, Sen. Shane Martin, said social media and email blasts his first budget proposal next ment officials and lawmakers in Columbia, represents the law enforcement will be a top as the House debated it. Simi- month, said his spokesman, agree that South Carolina largest chunk of about $100 priority in the budget, but he larly, Gov. Henry McMaster's Brian Symmes. needs a new crime lab to keep million collectively sought by won't support borrowing to threat to veto the revamped But "he remains uncon- the wheels of justice moving, state law enforcement agencies fund their requests. Taxpayers $500 million borrowing propos- vinced that a bond bill for state but how to fund it remains the for capital expenses. It's not a are already on the hook for too al is partly what delayed de- government buildings is need- $54 million question. new request. SLED began ask- much state debt, Martin said. bate earlier this year. ed at this time," Symmes told The State Law Enforcement ing lawmakers for a new lab In 2015, then-Gov. Nikki McMaster agrees with Pitts The Post and Courier. Division's three- several years decade-old fo- ago. rensics lab — ‘We’ve remodeled The $50,000 which pre-dates allocated so prosecutors' use and tried to reuse far has funded of DNA evi- site and archi- dence — has space, but we’re at tectural stud- reached capaci- ies, which de- ty, while its our limits now. termined a caseload contin- crime lab via- ues to rise, said There’s nowhere to ble for the SLED Chief next three de- Mark Keel. spread out.’ cades should Last fiscal NEED SPEED? be 117,000 year, the agency SLED CHIEF MARK KEEL square feet, processed more Keel said. than 24,000 piec- Rep. Mike es of evidence Pitts, chair- for law enforcement agencies man of the Ways and Means across the state — 22 percent panel that writes law enforce- more than in 2011-12. SLED al- ment agencies' budgets, said ready must bump cases to the the Legislature must consider backburner as other crimes borrowing money to take care take priority, creating backlogs of what he calls the core func- Get the Internet speed your in every division, Keel said. tion of government — public "There's not a day that goes safety. connected family needs. by I don't get a call from an "SLED’s lab is one of the agency or solicitor's office say- most important and vital piec- ing 'We need this done right es of the puzzle, and I don’t see Even when the whole family is using multiple devices away, ASAP.' We take people a way to fund it other than a off the cases they're currently bond bill," said Pitts, R-Lau- at the same time, FTC offers an uninterrupted working and reassign," he told rens, a retired law enforce- connection for all their streaming, gaming, scrolling, The Post and Courier. ment officer. 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terestingly — doesn’t consider anyone serving customers as very similar to SNOW FROM PAGE A1 JENKINS FROM PAGE A1 in the car business to be his role model counseling in many respects. Many of or his biggest influencer in life. his customers face challenges as far as snow and ice. Edwards was concerned known and top car sales representa- That credit, he says, goes to God and credit and other financial burdens, he about evening travel across the coast tives. his great-grandmother. said. and tri-county because temperatures He’s Greg Jenkins of Scott Will Toy- “The things that I have achieved in “I try to find a way to help people get will likely be below freezing, meaning ota. the business, I owe it all to God,” Jen- back on the right track,” Jenkins said. the precipitation will continue to stick Born and raised in the Dalzell/Cot- kins said recently. “He has been my He left the Toyota dealership for a around and create slick conditions. ton Acres community of Sumter Coun- sustainer to allow me to be the person few years but came back in 2009 under DOT also warned in its release ty, Jenkins got his start in the car busi- that I am today.” its new owner — Scott Will Automo- against traveling if possible and to ness in his early teens in the mid-1990s His late great-grandmother, Ronea tive. be careful around work crews. through a former popular job training Jenkins, raised him from when he was He said he appreciates the dealer’s “For motorists who need to travel, program that helped kids prepare for a baby until he finished high school, ownership for allowing him to serve SCDOT advises extreme caution the workplace with summer jobs. and he credits her as his biggest per- his customers in the manner that he when approaching SCDOT crews Jenkins said he worked on the ser- sonal influence on the man he’s be- does. and vehicles clearing roads,” accord- vice/detail side for Boyle Toyota — the come. Jenkins, 38, said he’s able to remem- ing to the release. former family Toyota dealership in She was also a “people person” and ber his customers’ names from his He said Thursday in Sumter the town. encouraged others with her wisdom, meet and greets. temperature should get to the lower But he said he wasn’t drying off the advice, love and Christian character, “I initially ask people questions like: 40s with sunshine, likely melting cars after they came out of an electric Jenkins said. ‘Where are you from?’ and ‘What any snow, but that it could refreeze car wash machine. She took care of people in the com- church do you attend?,” Jenkins said. Thursday night. That could make “I was the detailer and did it by munity and outside the community, he “That helps me to get to know people travel treacherous for days. hand,” Jenkins said. “There were no said, through her vegetable gardening in a personal way and build a personal Anyone who needs shelter from the push buttons.” and cooking. relationship.” freezing weather can find a warm It was a 40-hour-a-week job in the His great-grandmother touched lives Most of his clients are repeat cus- bed and meal at Sumter United Min- summers. He said each week he by passing out tomatoes, watermelons, tomers, he said, and he sells to them, istries’ shelter at 320 W. Oakland Ave. washed both the delivery (just sold) ve- peas and okra and cooking food that their children, grandchildren and The shelter operates from 6 p.m. to 7 hicles and all the automobiles still on she took to neighbors in need, Jenkins other friends. a.m. but will stay open until noon to the lot. He didn’t count the number of said. Despite coming from a humble up- allow temperatures to rise above cars he washed by hand weekly but “She never knew a stranger and was bringing, most consider that Jenkins freezing. Dinner is served each day at said it easily totaled at least 100. loved by many,” Jenkins said. has done well in the business. 7 p.m. Guests must be checked in by 8 After doing the summer gig at Boyle Growing up, Jenkins said he initially His advice to others is to pursue p.m. unless they come to the shelter Toyota through his high school years, wanted to become a school counselor, their dreams and follow God. with an officer. Jenkins decided to stay in the business but “my plans got switched.” “Never give up on any dreams that Edwards did offer a bit of good after graduating from Crestwood High “I had another calling to serve peo- you may have, and keep the faith,” Jen- news for the tri-county. Monday’s School in 2000 and moved into sales. ple through the auto industry,” Jen- kins said. “God will do exceedingly and high temperature should get into the A true “people person” with a pas- kins said. abundantly above anything you can 60s, he said. sion for helping others, Jenkins — in- He describes his work today with ask for, when you follow Him.”

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COMMENTARY Trying to take Trump seriously as policy maker

2016 turned out to be a year ty Strategy and his sometimes in which it was wise to take impulsive tweets. This view Donald Trump as a political was recently explicated by candidate seriously but not lit- David P. Goldman in the Asia erally, in the inspired words of Times. syndicated columnist Salena Trump’s view, Goldman ar- Zito. As 2017 vanishes, it’s gues, is of an America that is worth asking whether it’s time more competitive than cooper- to take Trump seriously, if not ative, not necessarily hostile literally, as a maker of public to others but not willing to policy. rely on assertions of abstract At least that’s the common interests. The approach of two het- National Security erodox policy analysts, Strategy says, “Com- one a persistent skep- petition does not al- tic and the other an ways mean hostility, early Trump fan. nor does it inevitably The skeptic is lead to conflict — al- George Mason Univer- though none should sity economist Tyler doubt our commit- Cowen, who co-hosts Michael ment to defend our in- the blog Marginal Rev- Barone terests.’’ olution. Like most The National Securi- economists, he tends ty Strategy has a to favor free trade and has not tough enough approach to COMMENTARY been converted by Trump’s Russia to disabuse all but the rants and tweets. most dogmatic believers of the But he sees a pattern where notion that Trump is Vladimir others see only mayhem. “The Putin’s Manchurian candidate. Dangers of government control real significance of the Trump It is sharply critical of some economic revolution,’’ he actions by Xi Jinping’s China. e are a nation Leftists love to praise ployment of new telecom- wrote in a Bloomberg column, It drops George W. Bush’s ear- of 325 million New Deal interventionist munications technolo- “is a focus on investment.’’ nest promotion of democracy people. We legislation. gies.’’ The goal of Trump and the Re- in the Middle East and Barack Whave a bit of But FDR’s very own In 2015, the Obama publicans who fashioned the Obama’s gauzy faith that Iran control over the behavior treasury secretary, Henry White House pressured tax cut package, he argues, is will abandon its nuclear weap- of our 535 elected repre- Morgenthau, saw the folly the FCC to create the to “make the U.S. a new and ons program and become a sentatives in Congress, of the New Deal, writing: Open Internet Order, dominant center for invest- normal constructive power in the president and the vice “We have tried spending which has been branded ment, including at the expense the region. president. money. We are spending by its advocates as net of other nations.’’ On the contrary, Trump sees But there are seven un- more than we have ever neutrality. Their deep reduction in the Iran as a clear enemy and Is- elected people who have spent before, and it does This move overthrew corporate tax rate, from the rael as a strong friend and life-and-death control not work. ... We have the spirit of the Telecom- highest in the developed world looks with favor on the de over our never made good on our munications Act. It repre- to below average, obviously facto, publicly unacknowl- economy promises. ... I say after sents creeping FCC juris- will incentivize both U.S.- and edged alliance of Israel, and hence eight years of this Admin- diction, as its traditional foreign-based firms to invest Egypt, Saudi Arabia and other our lives istration we have just as areas of regulation — here. Trump’s rejection of the Arab states. Left on the back — the much unemployment as such as broadcast media Trans-Pacific Partnership and burner are the long-moribund seven gov- when we started ... and an and telecommunications renegotiation of NAFTA, in Israeli-Palestinian negotia- ernors of enormous debt to boot!’’ — have been transformed Cowen’s view, will make less- tions, once considered the key the Feder- The bottom line is that by the internet, or at least developed Asian nations and to solving every regional prob- al Reserve the Federal Reserve diminished in impor- Mexico less attractive alterna- lem. Walter Board. Board, the Smoot-Hawley tance. tives to the U.S. for investors. The National Security Strat- Williams The tariffs and Roosevelt’s Fortunately, it’s being Trump critics are right to egy is even more explicit in Federal New Deal policies turned challenged by the new say that this upends — the promising to “increase quadri- Reserve what would have been a FCC chairman, Ajit Pai, regnant cliche — the thrust of lateral cooperation with Board controls our money two-, three- or four-year who has announced he American policy since the Japan, Australia and India.’’ supply. Its governors are sharp downturn into a 16- will repeal the FCC’s years just after World War II. This is another informal alli- appointed by the presi- year affair. heavy-handed 2015 inter- Then there was bipartisan ance, advanced intermittently dent and confirmed by Here’s my question net regulations. agreement on encouraging by Trump’s predecessors, with the Senate and serve 14- never asked about the The United States has free trade and foreign invest- the potential to cabin in year staggered terms. Federal Reserve Act of been the world leader in ment, as economist Douglas China. They have the power to 1913: How much sense the development of inter- Irwin writes in “Clashing On Europe, the NSS reaf- cripple an economy, as does it make for us to give net technology precisely Over Commerce.’’ Europe was firms Trump’s support of they did during the late seven unelected people because it has been rela- in ruins, and voters thought NATO but also suggests that 1920s and early 1930s. life-and-death control tively unfettered by feder- its revival was in our interest. Europeans aren’t doing Their inept monetary pol- over our economy and al and state regulation. But that was 70 years ago, enough themselves to repel icy threw the economy hence our lives? The best thing that the and economic situations sel- threats from Russia, China into the Great Depres- While you’re pondering U.S. Congress can do for dom remain static for so long. and, especially, Islamic ex- sion, during which real that question, consider internet entrepreneurs A revived Europe has turned tremists. But Europe seems al- output in the United another: Should we give and internet consumers is sluggish, while low-wage na- most a footnote — in contrast States fell nearly 30 per- the government, through to send the FCC out to tions in Asia, Latin America with the postwar years, when cent and the unemploy- the Federal Communica- pasture as it did with the and even Africa are open for it was the central focus of the ment rate soared as high tions Commission, control Civil Aeronautics Board, investment. First Japan and emerging bipartisan foreign as nearly 25 percent. over the internet? which regulated the air- then China, and now others policy. The most often stated During the Clinton ad- line industry, and the In- will be moving up as competi- Then policymakers believed cause of the Great Depres- ministration, along with terstate Commerce Com- tors. it was in America’s interest to sion is the October 1929 the help of a Republican- mission, which regulated America has proved compet- revive and subsidize Europe. stock market crash. Little dominated Congress, the the trucking industry. itive at the top levels. But a Trump believes that time is is further from the truth. visionary 1996 Telecommu- When we got rid of country whose labor force is over. The Great Depression was nications Act declared it those regulatory agencies, always going to include many That’s one rational re- caused by a massive gov- “the policy of the United we saw a greater number low-skilled workers may have sponse, though you and I may ernment failure led by the States’’ that internet ser- of competitors, and con- some continuing interest in not agree, to how things have Federal Reserve’s rapid 25 vice providers and web- sumers paid lower prices. incentivizing low-skilled em- changed over 70 years. percent contraction of the sites be “unfettered by Giving the FCC the same ployment. That’s not Cowen’s money supply. Federal or State regula- medicine would allow our view or mine, but it’s appar- Michael Barone is a senior po- The next government tion.’’ high-tech industry to ently Trump’s. Maybe it’s not litical analyst for the Washing- failure was the Smoot- The act sought “to pro- maintain its world leader- just dismissible as crazy rant- ton Examiner, resident fellow Hawley Tariff Act, which mote competition and re- ship position. ing. at the American Enterprise In- increased U.S. tariffs by duce regulation in order Something similar may be stitute and longtime co-author more than 50 percent. to secure lower prices and Walter E. Williams is a said for Trump’s foreign poli- of The Almanac of American Those failures were com- higher-quality services professor of economics at cy, considered as a perhaps Politics. pounded by President for American telecommu- George Mason University. unstable amalgam of his so- Franklin D. Roosevelt’s nications consumers and berly drafted National Securi- © 2017 CREATORS.COM New Deal legislation. encourage the rapid de- © 2018 CREATORS.COM

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Listen carefully and Make alterations at home that will (gallons or spray bottle), observe the way others handle cut your overhead and ease your metal food and water situations similar to your own. A stress. Having a system in place will bowls in all sizes, towels, change in a relationship you have give you a sense of with someone will be beneficial accomplishment. Look over a waterless pet shampoo, dog and prompt you to move forward. settlement, contract or medical cologne, kibble, puppy food, Speak from the heart. plan carefully before you apply newspapers and leashes and CANCER (June 21-July 22): Rethink your signature. collars. You can also make your financial situation and where CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): a tax-deductible donation your money comes from. Look for Listen and learn. Collaborating with via Paypal at sumterstrays@ alternate ways to use your someone who means a lot to you gmail.com. 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CLEMSON FOOTBALL COMMENTARY What is right ‘The run is not over’ move for USC with OC hire?

hat to do, what to do, what to do. Will Muschamp W has quite a deci- sion to make in the next few days. The South Carolina football head coach has to de- cide whether Bryan McClen- don will become his perma- nent offensive coordinator or if he will bring in someone else to run the offense since the Gamecocks’ season is now over. Now, it’s not a career-alter- ing decision Dennis for Mus- Brunson champ, as some have made it out to BY MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM be. His career as a head coach An Alabama defender wraps up Clemson quarterback Kelly Bryant during the Tigers’ 24-6 loss to the Crimson Tide on Monday in the doesn’t hinge on Muschamp Sugar Bowl playoff game in New Orleans. nailing this hire, but if he were to put someone in place to fi- nally give him an offense that Swinney promises disappointed Clemson will be back in CFP comes close to matching the de- fenses he has had, Muschamp BY PETE IACOBELLI Clemson, without NFL lege Football Playoff. grow from and return from. would likely be locked in for a The Associated Press first-rounders in quarter- Clemson fell to No. 4 Ala- “My expectation is to be long career as a head coach. back Deshaun Watson and bama 24-6, its new faces on right back here next year, Based on the view of some- Clemson coach Dabo receiver Mike Williams, offense finally looking over- right back in the middle of one on the outside looking in, Swinney had a strong mes- were picked second in the matched with something to it, right back in the thick of McClendon didn’t help Mus- sage to deliver soon after his ACC Atlantic this past sum- learn against the Crimson it,” Swinney said. “We have champ one iota in the deci- top-ranked Tigers were mer. But the revamped Ti- Tides’ suffocating defense. got a heck of a team coming sion-making process in his eliminated from the College gers rolled to a third consec- It was a disappointment for back.” “dress rehearsal” debut in Football Playoff — the run is utive Atlantic Coast Confer- sure, Swinney said. But one USC’s 26-19 victory over not over. ence title and berth in Col- the team will learn from, SEE CLEMSON, PAGE B3 Michigan on Monday in the Outback Bowl. McClendon called his first game as an OC after the man CLEMSON FOOTBALL he shared the co-offensive co- ordinator title with and called players, Kurt Roper, was relieved of his duties fol- Clemson QB Bryant harried by ’Bama defense lowing the end of the regular season. Frankly, Carolina’s NEW ORLEANS (AP) — offense, production and the For Clemson quarterback way it unfolded looked pretty Kelly Bryant, replacing De- much the same under Mc- shaun Watson was never Clendon on Monday as it had going to be easy. in the previous 25 games Watson went down as one under Roper, whom Mus- of the best college quarter- champ brought in when he backs ever; his successor was hired as head coach prior isn’t there yet. to the 2016 season. Bryant played well enough For the first 40 or so min- to get Clemson to a third utes of the game, South Caro- straight College Football lina’s offense looked totally Playoff meeting with Ala- inept against the Wolverines’ bama — and then it all went nationally-ranked defense. wrong. However, it did look as He was intercepted twice though McClendon made — with both turnovers lead- some adjustments at half- ing to Alabama touchdowns time, and it began to show up — and was sacked a season- late in the third quarter. The high five times in a 24-6 loss inability to adjust was one of in the Sugar Bowl on Mon- the many criticisms leveled day night. against Roper. “We knew it would be a After Michigan kicked a physical matchup. You have field goal to go up 19-3 with to give credit to those guys,” 5:42 left in the third quarter, Bryant said. “They played the Gamecocks looked dead their butts off and we made in the water. They had three THE ASSOCIATED PRESS critical errors.” first downs and 93 yards of Clemson quarterback Kelly Bryant (2) is sacked by Alabama defensive lineman Da’Shawn Hand (9) in total offense to that point. SEE BRYANT, PAGE B3 the Crimson Tide’s 24-6 victory in the Sugar Bowl on Monday in New Orleans. When USC absolutely had to have a touchdown though, it did just that, going 77 yards in six plays. USC FOOTBALL The drive included two short passes by quarterback Jake Bentley to running back Rico Dowdle in the flat that Year 3 questions for South Carolina’s Muschamp went for 19 and 11 yards, re- spectively. Those plays took BY PETE IACOBELLI ready to roll, and that’s what we need. advantage of the Wolverines’ The Associated Press You’ve got to keep pressing forward. ultra-aggressive defense. The You’ve got to stay hungry in everything drive ended with Carolina COLUMBIA — Now comes the hard you do, and that’s what we’re going to running an option to the part for South Carolina’s Will Mus- do in our program.” short side of the field with champ. South Carolina went 5-3 in SEC play, Bentley pitching to Dowdle The Gamecocks second-year coach also its best mark since Spurrier’s time for a 17-yard TD run. That has proven — at Florida and South when it was 6-2 in 2013. The Game- was a play for which Michi- Carolina — that he can quickly turn a cocks return most key contributors gan was likely unprepared. struggling team into a winning one. He from this year’s success, particularly The Wolverines began their led the Gamecocks from three victories quarterback Jake Bentley. run of five turnovers in six in 2015 to a 9-4 mark after their 26-19 Bentley was a freshman inserted into possessions on the next pos- comeback win over Michigan in the the starting lineup midway through the session with South Carolina Outback Bowl. 2016 season with the Gamecocks floun- recovering a fumble at the The unknown is whether Muschamp dering. He led the team to a 4-2 finish Michigan 21-yard line. The can build off the good vibes and keep the and the postseason, an overtime loss to Gamecocks wasted no time as Gamecocks rising in the Southeastern USF in the Birmingham Bowl. This Bentley connected with wide Conference. Two years after leading the time, Bentley threw for 239 yards and receiver Bryan Edwards for a Gators to an 11-win season and a Sugar two touchdowns as South Carolina ral- touchdown on first down to Bowl berth, Muschamp after Florida lied from a 19-3 deficit. cut the lead to 19-16. went a combined 11-13 in 2013 and 2014. The bowl win will keep the team USC followed up with an- That’s why shortly after South Caro- fired up about what they can accom- other long drive, going 81 lina’s bowl win, a Gatorade-drenched, plish next year in the SEC, said Bent- yards in six plays. Facing THE ASSOCIATED PRESS happy Muschamp thanked the seniors ley, the game’s MVP. third down and 17 yards to go South Carolina wide receiver Bryan Ed- and those underclassmen not return- “Now, they know what it feels like to from the USC 12, Bentley wards (89) pulls in a pass in front of Michi- ing. Then he told the rest of the players win a big bowl game and they want hooked up with tight end gan defensive back Lavert Hill (24) during the job was nowhere near complete. more,” Bentley said. Hayden Hurst for a 23-yard the Gamecocks’ 26-19 victory in the Out- “When you come back in in January, back Bowl on Monday in Tampa, Florida. all gas, no brakes,” he said. “Let’s get SEE USC, PAGE B3 SEE HIRE, PAGE B3 B2 | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2018 SPORTS THE SUMTER ITEM

SCOREBOARD SPORTS ITEMS Southeast Division South Florida 38, Texas Tech 34 TV, RADIO Armed Forces Bowl W L Pct GB Fort Worth, Texas TODAY Washington 21 16 .568 — Army 42, San Diego State 35 Wofford tabs Pitt 7:30 a.m. — Professional Tennis: Qatar ExxonMobil Miami 19 17 .528 1½ Dollar General Bowl Open Early-Round Matches from Doha, Qatar Charlotte 13 23 .361 7½ Mobile, Ala. (TENNIS). Orlando 12 26 .316 9½ Appalachian State 34, Toledo 0 11:30 a.m. — Professional Tennis: Qatar ExxonMobil Atlanta 10 26 .278 10½ DC Conklin as Open Early-Round Matches from Doha, Qatar Central Division SUNDAY, DEC. 24 (TENNIS). Hawaii Bowl 2:40 p.m. — International Soccer: English Premier W L Pct GB Honolulu League Match — Chelsea vs. Arsenal (NBC SPORTS Cleveland 24 12 .667 — Fresno State 33, Houston 27 NETWORK). Detroit 20 15 .571 3½ new head coach 3:30 p.m. — International Tennis: Hopman Cup Milwaukee 19 16 .543 4½ TUESDAY, DEC. 26 Session 7 and 8 from Perth, Australia — Canada vs. Indiana 19 18 .514 5½ Heart of Dallas Bowl Germany and Australia vs. Belgium (TENNIS). Chicago 13 24 .351 11½ Utah 30, West Virginia 14 SPARTANBURG — Pitt defensive co- 6 p.m. — International Athletics: U.S. Olympic Trials Quick Lane Bowl ordinator Josh Conklin was named from Milwaukee — Men’s and Women’s 1,000 Finals WESTERN CONFERENCE Detroit head coach at Wofford. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). Southwest Division Duke 36, Northern Illinois 14 6:05 p.m. — Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, Cactus Bowl The school announced the hire of WDXY-AM 1240). W L Pct GB Phoenix 6:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Marquette at Houston 26 9 .743 — Kansas State 35, UCLA 17 Conklin, a former Wofford assistant, Providence (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). San Antonio 25 12 .676 2 on Tuesday. Conklin spent the past 6:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Mississippi at New Orleans 18 18 .500 8½ WEDNESDAY, DEC. 27 Georgia (SEC NETWORK). Dallas 13 25 .342 14½ Independence Bowl three seasons with the Panthers. He 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Connecticut at Tulsa Memphis 12 25 .324 15 Shreveport, La. was also an assistant at Florida Inter- (ESPNEWS). Northwest Division Florida State 42, Southern Mississippi 13 7 p.m. — College Basketball: North Carolina at Pinstripe Bowl national and Tennessee. Florida State (ESPN2). W L Pct GB Bronx, N.Y. Conklin takes over for Mike Ayers, 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Syracuse at Wake Minnesota 24 14 .632 — Iowa 27, Boston College 20 Forest (ESPNU). Oklahoma City 20 17 .541 3½ Foster Farms Bowl who announced his retirement after 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Clemson at Boston Portland 19 17 .528 4 Santa Clara, Calif. a 30-year career as Wofford head College (FOX SPORTSOUTH, WWBD-FM 94.7, WPUB- Denver 19 17 .528 4 Purdue 38, Arizona 35 FM 102.7). Utah 16 21 .432 7½ Texas Bowl coach. 8 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Cleveland at Boston Pacific Division Houston Wofford president Dr. Nayef Samhat (ESPN). Texas 33, Missouri 16 8 p.m. — College Basketball: St. John’s at Creighton W L Pct GB said he was delighted to have someone (ESPNU). Golden State 29 8 .784 — THURSDAY, DEC. 28 like Conklin who understands Wofford. 8 p.m. — Women’s College Basketball: Iowa State at L.A. Clippers 16 19 .457 12 Military Bowl Baylor (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST). Phoenix 14 24 .368 15½ Annapolis, Md. Conklin led the Pitt defense to major 8 p.m. — NHL Hockey: Chicago at New York Rangers Sacramento 12 24 .333 16½ Navy 49, Virginia 7 (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). L.A. Lakers 11 25 .306 17½ Camping World Bowl upsets the past two seasons, defeating 8:30 p.m. — College Basketball: St. Bonaventure at Orlando, Fla. No. 2 Clemson 43-42 in 2016 and No. 2 Dayton (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). MONDAY’S GAMES Oklahoma State 30, Virginia Tech 21 8:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Kentucky at Brooklyn 98, Orlando 95 Alamo Bowl Miami 24-14 last November. Louisiana State (SEC NETWORK). Toronto 131, Milwaukee 127, OT San Antonio Conklin said he hoped to continue 9 p.m. — College Basketball: Missouri at South Minnesota 114, L.A. Lakers 96 TCU 39, Stanford 37 Carolina (ESPN2, WDXY-FM 105.9, WKNT-FM 107.5, Portland 124, Chicago 120, OT Holiday Bowl the success that Ayers had at Wofford, WDXY-AM 1240). San Diego the defending Southern Conference 9 p.m. — College Basketball: Oklahoma State at TUESDAY’S GAMES Michigan State 42, Washington State 17 Oklahoma (ESPNU). Portland at Cleveland, 7 p.m. champs who reached the NCAA FCS 9 p.m. — College Basketball: Miami at Georgia Tech San Antonio at New York, 7:30 p.m. FRIDAY, DEC. 29 quarterfinals last month. (FOX SPORTSOUTH). Atlanta at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Belk Bowl 9 p.m. — Professional Tennis: Brisbane International Charlotte at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Charlotte, N.C. LEE CENTRAL 60 Early-Round Matches from Brisbane, Australia Memphis at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. Wake Forest 55, Texas A&M 52 (TENNIS). Sun Bowl NORTH CENTRAL 34 10:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Wyoming at Nevada TODAY’S GAMES El Paso, Texas (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). Houston at Orlando, 7 p.m. North Carolina State 52, Arizona State 31 KERSHAW — The Lee Central High 10:30 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Oklahoma City at Los New York at Washington, 7 p.m. Music City Bowl Angeles Lakers (ESPN). San Antonio at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Nashville, Tenn. School varsity girls basketball team 11 p.m. — Figure Skating: U.S. Championships from Detroit at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Northwestern 24, Kentucky 23 remained undefeated in Region IV-2A San Jose, Calif. — Ladies’ Short Program (NBC Minnesota at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Arizona Bowl SPORTS NETWORK). Cleveland at Boston, 8 p.m. Tucson, Ariz. with a 60-34 victory over North Cen- 1 a.m. — High School Football: Under Armour All- Indiana at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. New Mexico State 26, Utah State 20, OT tral on Tuesday at the NC gymnasi- America Game Practice from St. Petersburg, Fla. Toronto at Chicago, 8 p.m. Cotton Bowl Classic (ESPNU). Golden State at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Arlington, Texas um. New Orleans at Utah, 9 p.m. Ohio State 24, Southern Cal 7 Phoenix at Denver, 9 p.m. Kendra Lesane led the Lady Stallions, PREP SCHEDULE Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. SATURDAY, DEC. 30 who are 3-0 in region play, with 23 TaxSlayer Bowl points. Robionne Myers had 21 points TODAY THURSDAY’S GAMES Jacksonville, Fla. Golden State at Houston, 8 p.m. Mississippi State 31, Louisville 27 and four steals and Tashanna Harris VARSITY AND JV BASKETBALL Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. Liberty Bowl Hammond at Laurence Manning, 4 p.m. Memphis, Tenn. had 12 points and nine rebounds. Iowa State 21, Memphis 20 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF TV RATINGS B TEAM BASKETBALL NHL STANDINGS Fiesta Bowl Trinity-Byrnes at Thomas Sumter, 5 p.m. Glendale, Ariz. RISE ON RETURN TO JAN. 1 Middle School Basketball EASTERN CONFERENCE Penn State 35, Washington 28 Lee Central at Cooper, 5:30 p.m. Orange Bowl Atlantic Division Miami Gardens, Fla. With the semifinals back New Year’s VARSITY BOWLING GP W L OT Pts GF GA Wisconsin 34, Miami 24 Day, viewership for the College Foot- Wilson Hall, Laurence Manning, Orangeburg Tampa Bay 38 28 8 2 58 144 93 ball Playoff on ESPN was the highest Prep at Thomas Sumter (at Gamecock Boston 37 21 10 6 48 114 94 MONDAY, JAN. 1 Lanes), 5 p.m. Toronto 40 23 15 2 48 135 118 Outback Bowl it has been since the first season of Tampa, Fla. Florida 38 17 16 5 39 108 121 the postseason system in 2015. VARSITY WRESTLING Detroit 38 15 16 7 37 104 119 South Carolina 26, Michigan 19 Fairfield Central at Sumter, 6 p.m. Montreal 39 16 19 4 36 100 122 Peach Bowl The double overtime Rose Bowl thrill- Atlanta Ottawa 37 12 17 8 32 98 128 er between Georgia and Oklahoma THURSDAY Buffalo 39 10 20 9 29 86 129 UCF 34, Auburn 27 Citrus Bowl drew a 14.8 overnight Nielsen rating JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL Metropolitan Division Orlando, Fla. Darlington at Lakewood, 6 p.m. GP W L OT Pts GF GA Notre Dame 21, LSU 17 and average viewership of 27 million, Washington 40 24 13 3 51 123 113 Rose Bowl (CFP Semifinal) up 39 percent over last season’s early B TEAM BASKETBALL New Jersey 38 22 10 6 50 121 113 Pasadena, Calif. Cardinal Newman at Laurence Manning, 5 N.Y. Rangers 39 21 13 5 47 123 109 Georgia 54, Oklahoma 48, 2OT semifinal. Georgia beat Oklahoma 54-48 p.m. Columbus 40 22 15 3 47 113 114 Sugar Bowl (CFP Semifinal) and ESPN said the television rating Clarendon Hall at Patrick Henry, 4 p.m. N.Y. Islanders 39 20 15 4 44 136 139 New Orleans Carolina 38 18 13 7 43 106 114 Alabama 24, Clemson 6 reached a high of 17.3 in overtime. MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL Pittsburgh 40 19 18 3 41 111 128 The Sugar Bowl between Alabama Alice Drive at Chestnut Oaks, 5 p.m. Philadelphia 38 16 14 8 40 106 109 MONDAY, JAN. 8 Bates at Furman, 5 p.m. College Football Championship and Clemson got a 12.5 rating and av- Manning at Ebenezer, 5 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE Atlanta Hillcrest at Mayewood, 5 p.m. Georgia (13-1) vs. Alabama (12-1), 8 p.m. erage viewership of 21.1 million, up 10 Scott’s Branch at Lee Central, 5:30 p.m. Central Division (ESPN) percent from last season’s second GP W L OT Pts GF GA semifinal. VARSITY WRESTLING Winnipeg 40 23 11 6 52 134 110 SATURDAY, JAN. 20 Carolina Forest, Spring Valley at Sumter, 6 Nashville 38 23 10 5 51 123 104 East-West Shrine Classic The last two seasons the semifinals p.m. St. Louis 41 24 15 2 50 119 102 At St. Petersburg, Fla. were played on Dec. 31. The CFP drew Dallas 40 22 15 3 47 122 112 East vs. West, 3 p.m. (NFLN) FRIDAY Minnesota 39 20 16 3 43 110 113 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl record viewership for ESPN in its first Chicago 38 18 14 6 42 112 106 At Carson, Calif. season when games were played on VARSITY BASKETBALL Colorado 38 19 16 3 41 123 120 Crestwood at Camden, 6 p.m. American vs. National, 4 p.m. (FS1) Jan. 1, 2015. Lakewood at Darlington, 6 p.m. Pacific Division SATURDAY, JAN. 27 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Senior Bowl GRUDEN TELLS PAPER: ‘I HOPE I’M A VARSITY AND JV BASKETBALL Vegas 37 26 9 2 54 132 106 Sumter at West Florence (Boys Only), 6 p.m. At Mobile, Ala. CANDIDATE’ FOR RAIDERS JOB Los Angeles 39 23 11 5 51 115 91 North vs. South, 2:30 p.m. (NFLN) West Florence at Sumter (Girls Only), 6 p.m. San Jose 36 20 12 4 44 98 92 Hanahan at Manning, 4 p.m. Anaheim 40 18 14 8 44 109 115 ALAMEDA, Calif. — Jon Gruden Lee Central at Central (No JV Girls), 5 p.m. Calgary 39 19 16 4 42 108 114 says he hopes he’s a candidate to re- Lamar at East Clarendon, 4:30 p.m. Edmonton 39 17 19 3 37 114 126 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Timmonsville at Scott’s Branch, 4 p.m. Vancouver 39 16 18 5 37 106 127 turn for a second stint as coach of the Wilson Hall at Northside Christian (No JV USA TODAY MEN’S BASKETBALL POLL Arizona 41 9 27 5 23 94 146 Oakland Raiders and believes a final Girls), 5 p.m. NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for The top 25 teams in the USA Today men’s col- Laurence Manning at Porter-Gaud, 4 p.m. overtime loss. Top three teams in each divi- lege basketball poll, with first-place votes in decision will be made next week. Thomas Sumter at Carolina, 4 p.m. sion and two wild cards per conference ad- parentheses, records through Jan. 1, points Calhoun at Robert E. Lee, 4 p.m. vance to playoffs. based on 25 points for a first-place vote Gruden made his most specific com- Holly Hill at Clarendon Hall, 4 p.m. through one point for a 25th-place vote and ments in an interview Tuesday with Sumter Christian at South Pointe Christian previous ranking: (Boys Only), 4 p.m. MONDAY’S GAMES the Bay Area News Group about the N.Y. Rangers 3, Buffalo 2, OT Record Pts Pvs B TEAM BASKETBALL 1. Michigan State (25) 14-1 745 2 opening in Oakland created when the TUESDAY’S GAMES 2. Duke (4) 13-1 720 3 Wilson Hall at Northside Christian (Girls Boston at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Raiders fired Jack Del Rio following a Only), 4 p.m. 3. Villanova (1) 13-1 658 1 Washington at Carolina, 7 p.m. 4. Xavier 14-1 643 5 disappointing six-win season. Tampa Bay at Toronto, 7 p.m. SATURDAY Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. 5. West Virginia 13-1 613 7 Gruden said that he understands in- San Jose at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. 6. Arizona State 12-1 559 4 terviews will be conducted this week. VARSITY AND JV BASKETBALL New Jersey at St. Louis, 8 p.m. 7. Oklahoma 11-1 527 12 Manning at Scott’s Branch, 2 p.m. Florida at Minnesota, 8 p.m. 8. Virginia 12-1 514 9 When asked if he was a candidate he re- Columbus at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. 9. Wichita State 11-2 466 10 sponded: “Well, I think I am being con- B TEAM BASKETBALL Winnipeg at Colorado, 9 p.m. 10. Kansas 11-2 455 11 Laurence Manning at Heathwood Hall, 10 Los Angeles at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. 11. North Carolina 12-2 430 14 sidered, yes. I hope I’m a candidate.” a.m. Nashville at Vegas, 10 p.m. 12. Purdue 13-2 427 13 The Raiders are not commenting on Dillon Christian at Thomas Sumter, 11 a.m. Anaheim at Vancouver, 10 p.m. 13. Texas A&M 11-2 389 6 the search beyond a statement issued MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL 14. Kentucky 11-2 347 15 TODAY’S GAMES 15. TCU 12-1 346 8 Sunday night from owner Mark Davis Furman at Chestnut Oaks, noon Ottawa at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Hillcrest at Manning, noon 16. Arizona 11-3 315 18 Chicago at N.Y. Rangers, 8 p.m. 17. Miami 12-1 313 16 thanking Del Rio for his tenure. THURSDAY’S GAMES 18. Texas Tech 12-1 243 21 SPIETH STARTS A NEW YEAR WITH NFL PLAYOFFS Florida at Boston, 7 p.m. 19. Gonzaga 12-3 208 19 A NEW STATUS: HE’S ENGAGED Carolina at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. 20. Cincinnati 12-2 168 22 WILD-CARD PLAYOFFS San Jose at Toronto, 7 p.m. 21. Seton Hall 13-2 166 24 N.Y. Islanders at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. 22. Tennessee 9-3 93 20 KAPALUA, Hawaii — Jordan Spieth Saturday, Jan. 6 Tampa Bay at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. 23. Arkansas 11-2 86 — Tennessee at Kansas City, 4:35 p.m. (ESPN/ 24. Creighton 11-3 68 23 now can remember 2017 for a silver ABC) Buffalo at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Atlanta at Los Angeles Rams, 8:15 p.m. (NBC) Vegas at St. Louis, 8 p.m. 25. Clemson 12-1 60 — jug and a diamond ring. New Jersey at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 7 Los Angeles at Calgary, 9 p.m. Others receiving votes: Florida State 50, Bay- Spieth confirmed Tuesday that he Buffalo at Jacksonville, 1:05 p.m. (CBS) Anaheim at Edmonton, 9 p.m. lor 44, Notre Dame 17, Louisville 13, Saint proposed to longtime girlfriend Anne Carolina at New Orleans, 4:40 p.m. (FOX) Columbus at Colorado, 9 p.m. Mary’s 11, Boise State 9, Auburn 7, Butler 7, Nashville at Arizona, 9 p.m. Virginia Tech 6, Rhode Island 5, SMU 5, Ala- Verret, and while he kept the details DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS bama 3, Syracuse 3, Texas 3, Missouri 2, New to a minimum, she said yes. Saturday, Jan. 13 Mexico State 2, Florida 1, Michigan 1, Nevada “It was a fantastic year,” Spieth said. New Orleans/Carolina/Atlanta at Philadel- BOWL RESULTS 1, UCLA 1. phia, 4:35 p.m. (NBC) The 24-year-old Texan won the claret Kansas City/Tennessee/Buffalo at New Eng- SATURDAY, DEC. 16 MEN’S TOP 25 jug with a three-shot victory in the Brit- land, 8:15 p.m. (CBS) Celebration Bowl The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes ish Open at Royal Birkdale to become Sunday, Jan. 14 At Atlanta NC A&T 21, Grambling State 14 in parentheses, records through Dec. 31, the third youngest player in history Jacksonville/Kansas City/Tennessee at Pitts- New Orleans Bowl total points based on 25 points for a first- burgh, 1:05 p.m. (CBS) Troy 50, North Texas 30 place vote through one point for a 25th-place with three legs of the career Grand Los Angeles Rams/New Orleans/Carolina at Cure Bowl vote and previous ranking: Slam. He won the Masters and U.S. Minnesota, 4:40 p.m. (FOX) Orlando, Fla. Record Pts Prv Georgia State 27, Western Kentucky 17 1. Michigan St. (43) 14-1 1600 2 Open in consecutive majors in 2015. CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Las Vegas Bowl 2. Duke (21) 13-1 1556 4 Were the nerves greater at Birkdale Sunday, Jan. 21 Boise State 38, Oregon 28 3. Villanova (1) 13-1 1444 1 AFC New Mexico Bowl 4. Arizona St 12-1 1336 3 or Chambers Bay, or when he pro- TBD, 3:05 p.m. (CBS) Albuquerque 5. Xavier 14-1 1325 6 posed? NFC Marshall 31, Colorado State 28 6. West Virginia 12-1 1304 7 TBD, 6:40 p.m. (FOX) Camellia Bowl 7. Oklahoma 11-1 1160 12 Montgomery, Ala. 3 ARRESTED FOR BREAKING INTO 8. Virginia 12-1 1048 9 NASCAR TEAM OWNER’S HOME PRO BOWL Middle Tennessee 35, Arkansas State 30 9. Wichita St. 11-2 1026 8 Sunday, Jan. 28 TUESDAY, DEC. 19 10. Kansas 11-2 963 11 At Orlando, Fla. Boca Raton (Fla.) Bowl 11. Texas A&M 11-2 894 5 LEXINGTON, N.C. — Authorities AFC vs. NFC, 3 p.m. (ESPN/ABC) FAU 50, Akron 3 12. North Carolina 12-2 890 13 13. Purdue 13-2 883 14 say three men have been arrested for SUPER BOWL WEDNESDAY, DEC. 20 14. Arizona 11-3 832 17 breaking into the home of NASCAR Sunday, Feb. 4 Frisco (Texas) Bowl 15. Miami 12-1 782 15 team owner Richard Childress. At Minneapolis, Minn. Louisiana Tech 51, SMU 10 16. TCU 12-1 760 10 AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 6:30 p.m. 17. Kentucky 11-2 742 16 The Davidson County Sheriff’s Of- (NBC) THURSDAY, DEC. 21 18. Texas Tech 12-1 483 22 fice identified the three as 20-year- Gasparilla Bowl 19. Gonzaga 12-3 410 20 At St. Petersburg, Fla. 19. Cincinnati 12-2 410 21 old Niquan Victorin and 18-year-old NBA STANDINGS Temple 28, FIU 3 21. Seton Hall 13-2 353 23 Chantz Kade Hines, both of Winston- FRIDAY, DEC. 22 22. Arkansas 11-2 254 — Salem, and 18-year-old Armeka Van- EASTERN CONFERENCE 23. Tennessee 9-3 198 19 Bahamas Bowl 24. Florida St. 11-2 119 24 tonne Spinks of Salisbury. They’re Atlantic Division Nassau Ohio 41, UAB 6 25. Clemson 12-1 104 — charged with attempted first-degree W L Pct GB Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Boston 30 10 .750 — Boise Others receiving votes: Baylor 83, Creighton burglary and first-degree trespass- Toronto 25 10 .714 2½ Wyoming 37, Central Michigan 14 54, Notre Dame 37, Butler 23, UCLA 14, Texas ing and jailed under $250,000 bond New York 18 18 .500 10 10, St. Bonaventure 7, SMU 5, Auburn 4, Syra- Philadelphia 17 19 .472 11 SATURDAY, DEC. 23 apiece. It’s not known if they have Brooklyn 14 23 .378 14½ cuse 4, Nevada 2, Rhode Island 2, Alabama 1, Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl New Mexico St. 1, NC State 1, Mississippi St. 1. attorneys. THE SUMTER ITEM SPORTS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2018 | B3

CLEMSON FROM PAGE B1 BRYANT FROM PAGE B1

Particularly on offense where quarterback Clemson’s previous two nings’ near sack. “We did a Kelly Bryant,tailback Travis Etienne and re- meetings with Alabama good job of locking in dur- ceivers Ray-Ray McCloud, Tee Higgins and were thrilling, high-scoring ing the practice and just Amari Rodgers will have another year of ex- national title tilts that getting after them as a perience. Bryant filled in capably for Watson, came down to the wire. whole defense.” leading a changed attack that saw more em- Watson threw for more Bryant finished with 18 phasis on the ground instead of the air as than 400 yards in each of completions on 36 passes Watson did in Clemson’s national title season those games — a 45-40 loss for 124 yards. He also was of 2016. Guard Taylor Hearn has said he’ll go two seasons ago and a 35-31 held to 19 yards rushing pro instead of playing a final season with the victory last season. against Alabama, whose Tigers. This season, they met in a swarming defense unset- Defense could be a bit trickier, depending on CFP semifinal with Bryant tled him much of the night. how many of Clemson’s defensive line opts for hoping to lead the ACC “It was just us making the NFL. Defensive end Clelin Ferrell, the champs past an Alabama critical errors and shooting team’s sacks leader this fall, and tackle Chris- squad that made it this far ourselves in the foot,” Bry- tian Wilkins are consensus first-round draft despite finishing second to ant said. “We had great picks. Defensive end Austin Bryant, another THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Auburn in the Southeastern play calls but everybody underclassmen, is also weighing his options. Clemson linebacker Kendall Joseph (34) and defen- Conference’s West Division. wasn’t on the same page. The only certain to return is disruptive tackle sive tackle Christian Wilkins celebrate a fumble recov- Coming in, Bryant had ac- We’ll learn from it.” Dexter Lawrence, a junior. ery in the second half of the Tigers’ 24-6 loss to Ala- counted for 3,504 yards and Clemson’s offense fin- Players have until January 15 to declare for bama in the Sugar Bowl on Monday in New Orleans. 24 touchdowns from scrim- ished with 188 total yards the NFL draft. mage this season: 2,678 after averaging 448.1 yards Bryant, who was second on the Tigers with ALABAMA 24, CLEMSON 6 yards and 13 TDs through and 35.4 points per game. Alabama 10 0 14 0 —24 11 rushing touchdowns, was upset about the Clemson 0 3 3 0 — 6 the air, and 826 yards and 11 “We didn’t protect our defeat. He had little doubt, though, about his First Quarter TDs on the ground. quarterback well at all,” BAMA_FG Pappanastos 24, 5:23 team’s resolve heading into next year. BAMA_Ridley 12 pass from Hurts (Pappanastos kick), :12 But Alabama coach Nick Clemson coach Dabo Swin- “The mindset over there,” he said of the Ti- Second Quarter Saban had a month to pre- ney said. CLE_FG Al.Spence 44, 10:00 gers. “We stick together.” Third Quarter pare for Clemson’s 2017 of- Both of Bryant’s inter- CLE_FG Al.Spence 42, 12:45 fense, as opposed to one ceptions occurred on al- SOME THINGS TO WATCH AT CLEMSON BAMA_Payne 1 pass from Hurts (Pappanastos kick), 5:40 BAMA_M.Wilson 18 interception return (Pappanastos week before each of the tered or tipped passes. THIS OFFSEASON: kick), 5:27 previous two champion- The first came when Jen- A_72,360. NFL DECISIONS: Wilkins, Ferrell and BAMA CLE ship games. nings hit Bryant’s arm as Bryant are not the only underclassmen con- First downs 16 14 “Kelly Bryant, I think he he released the ball. The er- Rushes-yards 42-141 33-64 sidering whether to stay or go. All ACC Passing 120 124 is actually a little more ath- rant pass fluttered to Payne, tackle Mitch Hyatt, receiver Deon Cain, Comp-Att-Int 16-24-0 18-37-2 letic than Deshaun Watson. who returned his intercep- Return Yards 78 65 safety Van Smith and linebacker Kendall Jo- Punts-Avg. 6-32.16 7-35.0 He’s definitely faster and tion 21 yards — 2 yards seph are all weighing their options. Most all Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0 he likes to run,” Alabama more than Bryant’s longest Penalties-Yards 2-10 4-29 in the postgame interviews said they were Time of Possession 32:11 27:49 defensive back Anthony completion of the game. heading home for a few days to talk over Averett said. “We disguised INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS “We will be sick when we their futures with their families before RUSHING_Alabama, D.Harris 19-77, Hurts 11-40, Scar- very well and confused him watch it on tape. Kelly is brough 12-24. Clemson, Etienne 4-22, K.Bryant 19-19, choosing. Wilkins, who has graduated, is a Choice 5-14, Feaster 4-10, (Team) 1-(minus 1). a little bit and I think that getting ready to pull the junior who asked to be honored with seniors PASSING_Alabama, Hurts 16-24-0-120. Clemson, Feast- made a difference.” trigger and throw it. And er 0-1-0-0, K.Bryant 18-36-2-124. on Clemson’s senior day against Citadel on RECEIVING_Alabama, Ridley 4-39, Ruggs 2-25, Scar- So did Alabama’s relent- we get sacked. The ball Nov. 18. brough 2-16, D.Harris 2-4, Jacobs 2-3, N.Harris 1-22, less pass rush. comes out. They get it,” I.Smith 1-6, D.Smith 1-4, Payne 1-1. Clemson, Cain 6-75, QB BATTLE? Expect a healthy debate — H.Renfrow 5-31, McCloud 3-1, Feaster 2-(minus 3), Rod- “Coach put emphasis on Swinney said. “So, again, at least among fans — about the starting gers 1-16, Richard 1-4. just being destructive in it’s a game of a few inches. quarterback job this offseason. While Bry- MISSED FIELD GOALS_Alabama, Pappanastos 38. our pass rushing and just And they made the plays ant has excelled this year, many supporters keeping in our pass-rush- and we didn’t. So, just real- are looking to incoming freshman Trevor but may have regretted not starting then- ing lanes,” said Alabama ly that simple. That’s what Lawrence to supplant the senior next fall. freshman Deshaun Watson from game one defensive lineman Da’Ron it comes down to, missed Lawrence was rated the No. 1 overall pros- in 2014 instead of senior Cole Stout in early Payne, who had an inter- opportunities. But they pect coming out of Cartersville High in losses at Georgia and Florida State. Watson ception of a pass altered by forced those missed oppor- Georgia. Swinney is loyal to upperclassmen, took over after that. teammate Anfernee Jen- tunities.”

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL S-E-C! S-E-C! Alabama vs. Georgia for national championship

BY RALPH D. RUSSO ing hard and this is what we league is not regarded as the The Associated Press were working toward.” clear-cut best in college foot- The Alabama-LSU BCS ball this season. Unlike in S-E-C! S-E-C! championship game in New 2011, when the conference was Alabama and Georgia won Orleans in 2012 turned out to in the middle of a run of their College Football Playoff be one of the final blows for seven straight national titles, semifinals on Monday and will the failing postseason system. the SEC seemed top heavy meet in the national champi- Plenty of fans outside SEC with Alabama and the rest. onship next week in Atlanta, country won’t be thrilled to see “The messaging in the pre- the home of the Southeastern one-conference affair for the season was down year, one- Conference title game. title again — and it might not team league,” Sankey said “Couldn’t have scripted it be great for television ratings after attending the Rose Bowl better in some ways,” SEC outside of the Deep South — in Pasadena, California. Commissioner Greg Sankey but it won’t kill the four-year- The two playoff victories said. “It will be one of the old playoff. Sankey said he did give the SEC a 4-5 record in sweetest drives from Birming- not want to speak for the other this year’s bowl games. As ham (Alabama, where the SEC conference commissioners, but Sankey pointed out, that in- offices are located) to Atlanta “there’s recognition we have cluded a one-point loss by Ken- that we’ve ever experienced.” put in place a good process tucky after its best tailback THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The fourth-ranked Crimson and a good system.” was ejected, a three-point loss Georgia tailback Sony Michel (1) celebrates with teammates after Tide smothered No. 1 Clem- The irony of the SEC mo- by Texas A&M with an interim scoring the game-winning touchdown in the second overtime to give son 24-6 in their Sugar Bowl nopolizing this national cham- coach and competitive losses the Bulldogs a 54-48 win over Oklahoma in the Rose Bowl on Monday rubber match after the third- pionship game is that the by Auburn and LSU. in Pasadena, California. ranked Bulldogs won the first overtime in Rose Bowl histo- ry, a wild 54-48 victory that eliminated No. 2 Oklahoma and Heisman Trophy winner Baker Mayfield. © 2017 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 34, No. 4 Unscramble the letters to find out what the word It will be the second time in hippopotamus means in Latin. seven seasons that the nation- al title will come down to two Hi there! My SEC teams. Alabama beat In Kenya, a baby hippo was left stranded name is Mzee. on a coral reef. He was too tired and LSU in New Orleans to win I’m about 130 frightened to get back to shore by himself. the 2011 championship. years old (I Hundreds of villagers and visitors worked don’t bother to Unscramble the letters to find out what Mzee At least this all-SEC affair together to rescue the young hippo. keep track of means in Swahili. next Monday night won’t be a my birthdays rematch: Georgia and Ala- anymore). Back in 2004, there was a bama did not play in 2017. Here’s the story terrible tsunami that caused Both will be making a re- of how I met unbelievable damage and my best friend loss of life in Southeast Asia turn trip to Mercedes-Benz named Owen. and Africa. Your parents Standards Link: Reading: Read and follow directions appropriate to grades 1–5. Stadium. Alabama started its probably read about it. season in the shiny new home A man named Owen was Now, I’ve always preferred to be by myself. of the Atlanta Falcons by Owen Sobien moved to Haller But Owen just kept following me around. beating Florida State. The was able to Park, Kenya, where I live. If I walked away, he’d follow me. FRIENDSHIP Find the words by looking up, Tide hoped it would be the tackle the down, backwards, forwards, slippery hippo At first, I felt a little embarrassed TSUNAMI sideways and diagonally. first of three trips to Atlanta, and annoyed when he would long enough HALLER but it let the second one slip crouch beside me like a baby for others to MZEE C F E S I O T R O T away. Alabama’s regular-sea- drape a net hippo does with its mom. TORTOISE R O O D R A P E T H son finale loss at Auburn cost over him. But Owen was a nice The hippo enough kid. And without CORAL E W R R E E V S I C the Tide the SEC West and was named a mother, he needed SHORE Owen in his S E E A L E U H A U spot in the conference title someone to show him OWEN honor. how to find food, so I did. C N R C L N F O R O game against Georgia. SOBIEN It did not, however, cost the U R Y B A B I R T R People wonder why we became such close friends. Some think it’s CROUCH Crimson Tide a playoff spot. maybe because my round shell looked a little like another hippo to RESCUE E E Z M H F E E R C Owen. What do YOU think? The College Football Playoff TRAIT F R I E N D S H I P selection committee gave Ala- DRAPE E N E N E I B O S D bama the final spot even BABY though the Tide failed to win Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recongized identical REEF words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns. its conference. Did Alabama deserve the benefit of the doubt after a season in which it was low on marquee victo- ries? Ohio State fans didn’t Standards Link: Life Science: Animal patterns of behavior are related to the nature of their environment. think so, and the Buckeyes Rhyme Time finished fifth in the final CFP Look through the newspaper for pairs of words that rhyme. Use these words to write rankings. Do the math to find out which facts describe a hippo and which Fueled by the doubters, Ala- describe a tortoise. If the answer is less than 10, it describes a hippo. a little poem and give your poem to a friend. bama smashed the defending If the answer is more than 15, it describes a tortoise. If the answer is Standards Link: Word Analysis: Identify words that rhyme; between 10 and 15, it is true for both hippos and tortoises. Writing Applications: Write various forms of genres including national champions from poetry; Research: Use the newspaper to locate information. Lives to be 200 years old. 9 + 7 = Clemson. 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MILDRED CONNELLY MILDRED JOHNS at Job’s Mortuary and before ing full time as a teacher and [email protected]. MANNING — Mildred Lu- DALZELL — Mildred Ione the service from 1 to 2 p.m. on basketball coach at Dennis com. Visit us on the web at cille Bowen “Millie” Connelly, Hendricks Johns, age 97, died Thursday at the church. High School and Mount Pleas- www.williamsfuneralhomeinc. 91, widow of John Ralph Con- on Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017, at Memorial service will be ant High School in Lee County. com. nelly, died on Saturday, Dec. Palmetto Health Tuomey. held at 2 p.m. on Thursday at Upon a chance meeting at a 30, 2017, at Pal- Born and Irmo Church of God, 10215 football game at Morris Col- RUBY MAE CHAMPAGNE metto Health Tu- raised in Ball Broad River Road, Irmo, SC lege, Eva met the love of her Ruby Mae Champagne, 74, omey. Club, Minnesota, 29063 with Pastor Randy Cou- life, Jack Lytch. Jack was transitioned to her heavenly Born on Dec. 3, she was a daugh- dler officiating. drafted into the military in home on Thursday, Dec. 28, 1926, in Ever- ter of the late Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. 1963 but he never forgot the 2017, at Palmetto Health Rich- green, North Frank and Vivi- Main St., Sumter, is in charge beautiful teacher siting in the land hospital, Columbia. Carolina, she an Schaaf Hen- of arrangements. stands at that football game. Born on July 13, 1943, in CONNELLY was a daughter JOHNS dricks. Millie Online memorials may be He fortuitously sent Eva a set Sumter, she was a daughter of of the late Dewey married and sent to the family at jobsmor- of engagement rings in the the late Clyde and Margaret Havana Bowen moved to Detroit, [email protected] or visit us on mail with a letter asking her to Anthony Oliver. She received and Anna Estelle Johnson where she raised her four the web at www.jobsmortuary. marry him and she said yes. her schooling in the public Bowen. Millie was an avid children. She loved being net. That single gesture began the schools of Sumter County. In golfer. She had a zest for life around the water and many story of a lifetime. Eva and her youth, she joined Antioch and a sense of humor to adventures. She even attempt- WALTER R. STRAW Jack married on Oct. 15, 1964. United Methodist Church. She match. The highlight of her ed kayaking at the age of 94. Walter Ronald Straw, 76, Eva and Jack traveled the was united in marriage to the day was sitting on the front Although she faced lots of ad- died on Saturday, Dec. 30, world during Jack’s early mili- late Johnnie Mickens and later porch and socializing. No one versity in life, her determina- 2017, at his home. tary career. After returning to united with Willie Champagne. was a stranger and always tion and strong spirit always Born on May 7, 1941, in the United States, they were She leaves to cherish her welcome to visit. brought her through it. She Cherry Corners, Pennsylva- stationed at several military memories: her husband, Wil- She is survived by two was always proud of her chil- nia, he was a son of the late bases across the country. In lie Champagne of Sumter; daughters, Susan N. Staszak dren, grandchildren, great- Gerald and Pearl Knepp Straw. 1966, the couple welcomed four sons, John (Deborah) of Fairfax, Virginia, and Jan grandchildren and even her He was a member of Westside their first child, Jackie, born Mickens, Micheal Champagne M. Collinson of Austin, Texas; great-great-grandchildren. Baptist Church and retired in Sumter, and then soon after and Willie J. Oliver, all of three grandchildren, Michael She loved watching all of from Warren General Hospital in 1969, Carroll, born in Taco- Sumter, and James (Faye) Staszak, Cassandra Kreisel- them grow and celebrated after 34 years of service. ma, Washington. Samantha Mickens of Columbia; two meier and Cory Collinson; with them in all of their ac- Survivors include a brother, was born in 1975 at Fort Sam daughters, Johnnie Mae Mick- five great-grandchildren; four complishments. She loved her Roy T. Straw (Emma) of East Houston in San Antonio, ens of Maryland and Cheryl sisters, Beverly Paoloni, Sue family and will be dearly Jordan, Michigan; five sisters, Texas. Eva taught math and Mickens Tomlin of Sumter; Ackerman, Irma Naples and missed by all who knew her. Rose A. Kothera (Gary) of science in each community the one brother, James Oliver of Brenda Masouras; and her She attended Getaway Baptist Sumter, M. Louise Atwood military stationed the family. Sumter; two sisters, Mary Oli- special nephew, Dewey Church. (Morrell) of Lake City, Florida, She proudly spoke of being the ver of Sumter and Margie Griggs. Surviving are two daugh- M. Joan Sly of Eustis, Florida, first African-American teach- (John Henry) Jenkins of New In addition to her husband ters-in-law, Patti Graham and Patti A. Beam of Sumter and er to integrate a school district Jersey; 13 grandchildren; 13 and parents, she was preceded her husband, Steve, of Greer B. Terri Pitt (Damon) of Sum- in Tacoma. After the family great-grandchildren; and a in death by an infant son, and Reva Johns of Michigan; ter; and a number of nieces moved to Elliott in 1979, Eva host of nieces, nephews, other Gary N. Rosner. 10 grandchildren; 13 great- and nephews. taught at Hartsville High relatives and friends. A memorial service will grandchildren; and three A graveside service will be School for close to 20 years. The family is receiving rela- be held at 3 p.m. on Thurs- great-great-grandchildren. held at 1 p.m. on Saturday at She retired in 1998 after 38 tives and friends at the home, day in the chapel of Ste- She was preceded in death the Evergreen Memorial Park years of teaching. After retir- 205 Armstrong Blvd., Sumter. phens Funeral Home with by her four children, Vivian cemetery with the Rev. Aaron ing, Eva remained active in Funeral services will be held the Rev. Kenneth Phelps of- Holmes, Williams Johns, Reed officiating. her community, serving two at 1 p.m. on Thursday at An- ficiating. Nancy Johns and Ed Johns; Elmore-Cannon-Stephens terms on the Lee County tioch United Methodist Church, Visitation will be one hour one granddaughter, Pat Funeral Home and Crematori- School Board and as an ap- 4040 Dubose Siding Road, Sum- prior to the service from 2 to 3 Holmes; and one son-in-law, um of Sumter is in charge of pointee to the Lee County ter, with the Rev. Raymond p.m. at Stephens Funeral Tom Holmes. the arrangements. Mental Health Board. Eva was Cook, pastor, eulogist. Home. A funeral service will be a devoted member of New The remains will be placed Memorials may be made to held at 5 p.m. on Thursday at SARA O. GEDDINGS Zion AME Church, where she in the church at noon. a charity of one’s choice. the Bullock Funeral Home Sara Osteen Geddings, 92, gave tirelessly of her time and The procession will leave at Stephens Funeral Home & Chapel with the Rev. Charles widow of Horace Geddings, charity to the Women’s Mis- 12:20 p.m. from the home. Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Ahtonen officiating. died on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, sionary Board, the youth de- Burial will be at White’s Manning, is in charge of ar- The family will receive at her home. partment, senior choir and Cemetery. rangements, (803) 435-2179. friends on Thursday one hour Born on Aug. 26, 1925, in church trustee board. Jack These services have been www.stephensfuneralhome. prior to the service from 4 to 5 Sumter, she was a daughter of and Eva were blessed with entrusted to the management org p.m. at Bullock Funeral the late John William and their first granddaughter, and staff of Williams Funeral Home. Bertha Johnson Osteen. She Kiyah Lytch-Davidson, in 2004. Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., SPHINKS T. BRYANT JR. Memorials may be made to was a member of Bethel Bap- Our mother believed in ex- Sumter. MANNING — Sphinks Gateway Baptist Church, 536 tist Church. cellence and held others and Online memorial messages Thomas Bryant Jr., 73, hus- Mimosa Road, Sumter, SC Survivors include five chil- herself to a high standard. may be sent to the family at band of Martha Faye Dewitt 29150 or The Salvation Army dren, Linda Christianson of She was a complex and intelli- [email protected]. Culick Bryant, died on Sun- of Sumter, 16 Kendrick St., California, JoAnn Huneycut, gent woman, who was strict com. day, Dec. 31, Sumter, SC 29150. Gail Geddings, Mike Geddings but fair, loyal, devoted to her Visit us on the web at www. 2017, at the Dorn You may go to www.bullock- (Debbie) and Levy Geddings family and friends and could williamsfuneralhomeinc.com. VA Medical Cen- funeralhome.com and sign the (Kim), all of Sumter; seven run a Bid Whiz table or “cut a ter. family’s guest book. grandchildren; 12 great- rug” when the mood hit her. EVELYN R. MOORE Born on Jan. The family has chosen Bull- grandchildren; a brother, She loved life and lived it on Evelyn Murdaugh Rahn 17, 1944, in Man- ock Funeral Home for the ar- John William Osteen Jr. of her terms. Moore, 86, widow of the Rev. ning, he was a rangements. Aiken; a sister, Lucy Clark of Eva waged a courageous Thomas Edward Moore Jr., BRYANT son of the late Sumter; and a number of fight with many physical ail- died on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, Sphinks Thomas nieces and nephews. ments and was a survivor of at Carolina Pines Regional Bryant Sr. and She was preceded in death two occurrences of breast Medical Center in Hartsville. Pearl Hodge Bryant. He was a by a grandson, William Hor- cancer. She lost her battle Born in Islandton, she was U.S. Navy veteran of the Viet- ace Geddings. with a neuro-cognitive disor- a daughter of the late O.H. nam War and retired from Funeral services will be der that at times took her Rahn and Marion Murdaugh Crescent Tool Co. He was an NETTIE MAE COAKLEY held at 3 p.m. on Thursday at memories but not her spirit or Rahn. Mrs. Moore was a avid hunter and fisherman. Bethel Baptist Church with her dignity. member of Sumter Baptist He was a member of Home Nettie Mae Coakley depart- the Rev. Larry Fraser officiat- She leaves behind many who Temple. She was a retired Branch Baptist Church. ed this life on Dec. 31, 2017, at ing. Burial will be at the love her including her beloved owner and operator of He is survived by his wife of Palmetto Health Heart Hospi- church cemetery. daughters, Samantha Lytch Moore’s Enterprises. Manning; three sons, Sphinks tal in Columbia. The family will receive (Ricky) Shaw of Elliott, Dr. Surviving are three sons, Bryant III and Robert Han- Born on Feb. 4, friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today Carroll Lytch, Jackie Lytch Michael Edward Moore kins, both of Manning, and 1955, in Lee at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens and granddaughter, Kiyah (Cathy) of Sumter, Richard David Hankins of Florida; County, she was Funeral Home and other Lytch-Davidson, all of Char- Oliver Moore (Elaine) of three daughters, Desiree Bry- the youngest times at the home. lotte; her adopted son, Ken- Hartsville and Terry Jona- ant Lucas (Roger) of Man- daughter of the Memorials may be made to neth Wilson (Junior); sister, than Moore of Redwood City, ning, Lynn Daulton (Jeff) of late Joe and Net- Bethel Baptist Church, 2401 Dorothy McFadden of Elliott; California; a daughter, There- Chapel Hill, North Carolina, tie Bacote Coak- Bethel Church Road, Sumter, sisters-in-law, Kathryn Wilson sa Moore Beach (Jeff) of Lex- and Sue Charles of Pinewood; COAKLEY ley. She graduat- SC 29154. of Charlotte, Patricia (Tillman) ington; a sister, Joan Rohr- three brothers, Joe Bryant ed from Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Bailey, Sarah Louise (Charles) bach (Jerome) of Hiram, (Ann) of Sumter, Gerald Bry- Mayewood High Funeral Home and Crematori- Bass and Helen (Wilson) Georgia; nine grandchildren; ant of Manning and Dean School in 1973 and attended um of Sumter is in charge of Hyman of Laurinburg, North and 14 great-grandchildren. Bryant (Lynda) of Florida; a both Claflin College and the the arrangements. Carolina; and a host of nieces, Funeral services will be sister, Rosa Geddings Souther- University of South Carolina. nephews, cousins and lifelong held at 11:30 a.m. on Friday in ly (Ted) of Sumter; nine She was employed at Job’s EVA M. LYTCH friends that she treasured. the chapel of Elmore Hill Mc- grandchildren; and a great- Mortuary until illness forced Eva M. Lytch, affectionate- The family is receiving rela- Creight Funeral Home with grandson. her to retire. She was a mem- ly known to her close family tives and friends at the home, the Rev. Eddie Richardson of- In addition to his parents, ber of Irmo Church of God, and friends as “Mae,” entered 1640 Elliott Highway 527, El- ficiating. Burial will be at he was preceded in death by where she made God her pri- eternal rest on Saturday, Dec. liott. Sumter Cemetery. his first wife, Patricia Han- ority. She loved family time 30, 2017, at McLeod Hospice Wake service will be held The family will receive kins Bryant; a brother, with her grandchildren. The House, Florence. from 6 to 7 p.m. today at John friends from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Bobby Bryant; and his three of them were her world. She was born on Aug. 17, Wesley Williams Sr. Memorial on Friday prior to the service daughter-in-law, April Hall She leaves to honor and 1934, to the late Eva and Law- Chapel, Williams Funeral at Elmore Hill McCreight Fu- Bryant. cherish her memory: a loving ton James. Eva was the second Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., neral Home and other times A memorial service will be and devoted daughter, Kenyat- oldest daughter of five chil- Sumter. at the home of her son, 1104 held at 11 a.m. on Thursday at ta Brown Washington (Der- dren, the Rev. Lawton James Funeral services will be Sterling St. Home Branch Baptist Church rick) of Frederick, Maryland; (deceased), Dorothy McFad- held at 11 a.m. on Thursday at Memorials may be made to with the Rev. Bennie Barwick her grandsons, Keaton and den, Carlisle James (deceased) New Zion AME Church, 78 El- the American Diabetes Asso- and the Rev. John Hall offici- Karter, both of Frederick; and Carrie Joe (deceased). Eva liott Highway, Bishopville, ciation, 107 Westpark Blvd., ating. granddaughter, Kennedy of grew up in Wisacky and El- with the Rev. Archie S. Te- No. 220, Columbia, SC 29210 or Visitation will be held from Frederick; one sister, Edna liott. She attended Dennis money, pastor, eulogist. WSSC Radio Ministry, 201 Os- 6 to 8 p.m. today at Stephens Coakley of Charlotte, North High School and graduated as The remains will be placed wego Hwy., Sumter, SC 29153. Funeral Home. Carolina; three brothers, salutatorian of her class in in the church at 10 a.m. Online condolences may be Memorials may be made to Isaac Bacote (Christine) and 1954. She went on to attend The procession will leave sent to www.sumterfunerals.com the American Cancer Society, Joseph Coakely of Jersey Allen University in Columbia, the home at 10:30 a.m. Elmore Hill McCreight Fu- 128 Stonemark Lane, Colum- City, New Jersey, and Willie where she was active on cam- Burial will be at the Flor- neral Home & Crematory, 221 bia, SC 29210 or to St. Jude Coakley (Earline) of Sumter; pus, traveling with the concert ence National Cemetery, 803 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge Children’s Research Hospital, godson, Juan McCoy of Co- choir, pledging Alpha Kappa E. National Cemetery Road, of the arrangements, (803) 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, lumbia; and a host of nieces, Alpha Sorority Inc. and gradu- Florence. 775-9386. TN 38105. nephews and many friends. ating with a bachelor’s degree These services have been Stephens Funeral Home & In addition to her parents, in chemistry with a minor in entrusted to the management Crematory, 304 N. Church St., she was preceded in death by mathematics. After finishing and staff of Williams Funeral Manning, is in charge of ar- two brothers, Robert Bacote Allen University, she complet- Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., rangements, (803) 435-2179. and George Bacote. ed some graduate studies at Sumter. www.stephensfuneralhome. The family will be having South Carolina State Universi- Online memorial messages org visitation from 5 to 7 p.m. today ty in Orangeburg while work- may be sent to the family at B6 THE ITEM CLASSIFIEDS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 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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Johnson, Deceased; Guardian Ad Litem to represent VILLAGE 1640 St. Julian Place (29204) Aerial J., a minor, individually, and them or any of them for the purposes Columbia, South Carolina 29240 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that as Legal Heir or Devisee of the of this action, the Plaintiff will apply Ricky's Tree Service Tree removal, APARTMENTS Telephone: (803) 790-2626 the original Complaint in the above Estate of Evangeline Johnson a/k/a for an order making the appointment stump grinding, Lic & ins, free quote, ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF entitled action was filed in the office will be taking Evangeline Davis Johnson a/k/a of said Guardian Ad Litem Nisi 803-435-2223 or cell 803-460-8747. of the Clerk of Court for Sumter Evangeline D. Johnson, Deceased; absolute. County on November 6, 2017. applications for our SUMMONS Arkell J., a minor, individually, and A Notch Above Tree Care Full waiting list, you must be AND NOTICE as Legal Heir or Devisee of the LIS PENDENS Benjamin E. Grimsley quality service low rates, lic./ins., free OF FILING OF Estate of Evangeline Johnson a/k/a S.C. Bar No. 70335 est BBB accredited 983-9721 62 and older and meet COMPLAINT Evangeline Davis Johnson a/k/a NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Attorney for the Plaintiff our income eligibility IN THE COURT OF Evangeline D. Johnson, Deceased; action has been commenced by the P.O. Box 11682 COMMON PLEAS Miracle L. J., a minor, individually, Plaintiff above named against the Columbia, S.C. 29211 requirements. and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Defendants above named for the (803) 233-1177 CASE NO. Estate of Evangeline Johnson a/k/a 2017-CP-43-02252 foreclosure of a certain mortgage [email protected] Our offi ce is open Evangeline Davis Johnson a/k/a given by Evangeline Johnson to Bank MERCHANDISE Evangeline D. Johnson, Deceased; of America, N.A., dated August 30, Monday thru Friday STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA Any Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of the 2007, recorded September 4, 2007, in IN THE FAMILY 8:00am - 5:00pm. COUNTY OF SUMTER Estate of Evangeline Johnson a/k/a the office of the Clerk of COURT Evangeline Davis Johnson a/k/a Court/Register of Deeds for Sumter 12TH JUDICAL For Sale Specialized Loan Servicing LLC, Evangeline D. Johnson, Deceased, County, in Book 1091, at Page 579; CIRCUIT or Trade 11 N. Blanding Street PLAINTIFF, their heirs or devisees, successors thereafter, said Mortgage was VS. CASE NO. and assigns, and all other persons assigned to Specialized Loan 2017-DR-21-817 Sumter, SC 29150 Tisha S. Johnson, as Personal entitled to claim through them; all Servicing, LLC by assignment New & used Heat pumps & A/C. Representative of the Estate of unknown persons with any right, instrument dated June 19, 2017 and Evangeline Johnson a/k/a STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA Will install/repair, Call 803-968-9549 775-9611 title or interest in the real estate recorded June 21, 2017 in Book 1234 COUNTY OF FLORENCE or 843-992-2364 Evangeline Davis Johnson a/k/a described herein; also any persons at Page 846. Evangeline D. Johnson, Deceased; who may be in the military service of APRIL LAKEISHA GRANT, Aerial J., a minor, individually, and the United States of America, being a The description of the premises is as Need a truckload of firewood? Huntington Place Apartments as Legal Heir or Devisee of the PLAINTIFF $60 delivered to Sumter or Manning. class designated as John Doe; and follows: vs. Rents from $625 per month Estate of Evangeline Johnson a/k/a any unknown minors or persons All that certain piece, parcel, or lot Call State Tree Service at 1 Month free* Evangeline Davis Johnson a/k/a DEMETRICE JACOBY WILLIAMS, under a disability being a class of land, together with improvements IN THE INTEREST OF FAITH 803-773-1320. *13 Month lease required Evangeline D. Johnson, Deceased; designated as Richard Roe; SC thereon, if any, lying and being Arkell J., a minor, individually, and ABELLA WILLIAMS, A. MINOR Leasing office located at Housing Corp.; South Carolina situate in the Township of Stateburg, WITH THE DATE OF BIRTH: MAY as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Department of Revenue; and The County of Sumter, State of South Ashton Mill Apartment Homes Estate of Evangeline Johnson a/k/a 25, 2010, 595 Ashton Mill Drive United States of America, acting by Carolina, designated as Lot 8 of Fish DEFENDANT Evangeline Davis Johnson a/k/a and through its agency, The Internal Road Subdivision, containing 1.01 803-773-3600 Evangeline D. Johnson, Deceased; Revenue Service, acres, more or less, and being shown YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED EMPLOYMENT Office Hours: Mon-Fri 9-5 Miracle L. J., a minor, individually, DEFENDANT(S). and delineated on that plat prepared and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the and required to answer the for Tripp Davis and Stephen Complaint in the above entitled Estate of Evangeline Johnson a/k/a TO THE DEFENDANT(S) Dinkins, by David A. Nesitt, RLS, Evangeline Davis Johnson a/k/a action, copy of which is herewith Office Rentals ABOVE-NAMED: dated December 2, 1999 and served upon you, and to serve copy Help Wanted Evangeline D. Johnson, Deceased; YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED recorded July 25, 2000 in Plat Book Full-Time Any Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of the of your answer upon the and required to appear and defend 2000 at Page 510 in the records of the undersigned at his office 2301 S. Irby 690 Bultman Dr 1612 Sq. Ft. Estate of Evangeline Johnson a/k/a by answering the Complaint in this Register of Deeds Office for Sumter Evangeline Davis Johnson a/k/a Street, Florence, SC 29505 within Reception area w/ hdwd floors, 4 action, of which a copy is herewith County. Reference to said plat is thirty (30) days of the service hereof HVAC Lead Installer Evangeline D. Johnson, Deceased, served upon you, and to serve a copy hereby craved for a more complete Well established company is seek- Private offices, Conference rm, their heirs or devisees, successors upon you, exclusive of the day of of your Answer on the subscribers at and accurate description. such service, and if you fail to ing dedicated and energetic per- Secretarial work area, Copier/Equip. and assigns, and all other persons their offices, 2712 Middleburg Drive, Rm, Shower rm, 2 1/2 baths, file entitled to claim through them; all answer as aforesaid the Plaintiff son to lead a fast paced residential Suite 200, Columbia, Post Office Box This being the same property herein will apply to the Court for the installations department. You will storage rm, $2050 mo+$57.76 CAM unknown persons with any right, 2065, Columbia, South Carolina, conveyed to Evangeline Johnson by title or interest in the real estate relief prayed for in the Complaint be responsible for installing the Call 803 773-1477 29202-2065, within thirty (30) days deed of Central Carolina Homes, and judgement by default will be described herein; also any persons after the service hereof, exclusive of Inc., dated August 30, 2007 and finest air conditioning systems in who may be in the military service of rendered against you for the relief the day of such service; except that recorded September 4, 2007 in Book demanded in the Complaint. this area. Must be quality driven the United States of America, being a the United States of America, if 1091 at Page 576 in the Office of the and experienced in planning, REAL class designated as John Doe; and named, shall have sixty (60) days to Register of Deeds for Sumter organizing, and supervising jobs. any unknown minors or persons NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANT(S) answer after the service hereof, County. ABOVE NAMED: Willingness to be creative and ESTATE under a disability being a class exclusive of the day of such service; designated as Richard Roe; SC work hard will earn you a and if you fail to do so, judgment by TMS No. 0930002026 NOTICE is hereby given that the Housing Corp.; South Carolina default will be rendered against you progressive compensation pack- Department of Revenue; and The Complaint in the foregoing action, age and the ability to advance. for the relief demanded in the Property address: together with the Summons, of which United States of America, acting by Complaint. Good driving record a must. EPA Homes for Sale and through its agency, The Internal 6195 Fish Rd the foregoing is copy, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for certification a plus. Revenue Service, YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE Dalzell, SC 29040 Boykin Air Conditioning DEFENDANT(S). Florence County, on the 23nd day of that should you fail to Answer the May 2017. Services foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff SCOTT AND CORLEY, P.A. 845 S Guignard Dr TO THE DEFENDANT(S) AERIAL will move for a general Order of Ronald C. Scott J., A MINOR, INDIVIDUALLY, AND ([email protected]), The Law Office Of Linward Edwards Sumter SC Reference of this cause to the II AS LEGAL HEIR OR DEVISEE OF Master-In-Equity or Special Referee SC Bar #4996 THE ESTATE OF EVANGELINE Reginald P. Corley Linward C. Edwards, for Sumter County, which Order Attorney for Plaintiff Needed: HVAC Technician. Mini- JOHNSON A/K/A EVANGELINE shall, pursuant to Rule 53 (e) of the ([email protected]), DAVIS JOHNSON A/K/A 2301 S. Irby Street mum 5 years experience. $15-$20 an South Carolina Rules of Civil SC Bar #69453 EVANGELINE D. JOHNSON, Angelia J. Grant Florence, SC 29505 hour depending on exp. Must be Procedures, specifically provide that (843)410-9605 DECEASED AND ARKELL J., A the said Master-In-Equity or Special ([email protected]), EPA certified. Call 803-825-9075 MINOR, INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS Master is authorized and empowered SC Bar #78334 Beckwoodshire Development 50 LEGAL HEIR OR DEVISEE OF THE to enter a final judgment in this Jessica S. Corley Help Wanted from Manning, SC. ESTATE OF EVANGELINE ([email protected]), Frodo Circle 1,925 Sq Ft. 4BR 2.5 cause. Live in care giver needed for elderly JOHNSON A/K/A EVANGELINE SC Bar #80470 BA, Spacious, porches, 2 car woman. For more info please DAVIS JOHNSON A/K/A TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN Allison E. Heffernan garage, LG Fenced back Yard. contact 267-442-8603 or EVANGELINE D. JOHNSON, YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) ([email protected]), 803-795-6140 or 803-905-4384 DECEASED ABOVE NAMED: SC Bar #68530 267-608-7952 UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH Matthew E. Rupert YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED ([email protected]), Tru by Hilton, Please apply in WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES TRANSPORTATION and required to answer the AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SC Bar #100740 person at Spring Hill Suites 2645 Complaint in the above entitled SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: William P. Stork Broad St. Seeking front desk clerk, action, copy of which is herewith ([email protected]), house keeping and maintenance served upon you, and to serve copy YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED SC Bar #100242 engineer. [email protected] of your answer upon the AND NOTIFIED to apply for the undersigned at their offices, 2712 appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem Middleburg Drive, Suite 200, P.O. Contractors Wanted! within thirty (30) days after the Autos For Sale Box 2065, Columbia, South Carolina service of this Summons and Notice The Sumter Item has a newspaper 29202, within thirty (30) days after route for the Bishopville area. service hereof upon you, exclusive of Contractor will service home Holiday Sales the day of such service, and if you delivery, newspaper racks & Cars, Trucks and Vans fail to answer the Complaint within newspaper dealers. Starting at $1995 the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for Also need contractor for the Price is Right Auto Sales the relief demanded in the Mayesville, Elliott & Lynchburg 3210 Broad St 803-494-4275 Complaint, and judgment by default route. will be rendered against you for the Must have good dependable relief demanded in the Complaint. transportation & a phone in your LEGAL A2 | TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 2017 THE SUMTER ITEM home. Come by & apply at 36 W. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE Liberty St. or call Reda at that should you fail to Answer the NOTICES foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff 803-774-1257 will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master CONTRACTORS WANTED!* in Equity for Sumter County, which Legal Notice Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil For Routes in Our Delivery Area Procedure, specifically provide that NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: the said Master in Equity is Great for person looking for extra income. The following self-storage Cube authorized and empowered to enter If you have good dependable transportation and a contents containing household and a final judgment in this cause. other goods will be sold for cash by phone in your home and a desire to earn a good CubeSmart 4194 Broad Street TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN Sumter, SC 29154 to satisfy a lien on YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) extra income... January 10th 2017 at 11:00 AM at UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF www.storagetreasures.com AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES COME BY & APPLY AT Cube 190-Donald L. Lucas AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER Cube 154-Dennis Wells SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: 36 W. Liberty Street YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the Sumter, SC appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem to represent said minor(s) within *PRN CONTRACTORS AS NEEDED. thirty (30) days after the service of SECTION C WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2018

Don’t miss your chance to see The Lettermen 1 show only at Sumter Opera House

FROM STAFF REPORTS sold-out crowds in venues The Lettermen, whose musi- across the U.S. and abroad in- cal careers span more than five cluding Thailand, Singapore, decades, will perform one Japan, the Philippines, Hong night only at Sumter’s Opera Kong, France, Mexico and House. Saudi Arabia. The trio made famous by With more than 10,000 sold- classic hits “The Way You Look out shows, The Lettermen ap- Tonight,” “Turn Around, Look peal to audiences of all ages, at Me,” “Hang on Sloopy,” and their music stands the test “Blue on Blue” and numerous of time. others, will make a rare South Sumter Opera House Opera- Carolina appearance at 3 p.m. tions Manager Ellen Jansen on Sunday, Jan. 14. echoed Reimer’s comments “We are excited to have them and praised local support in coming and apparently, we’re the release. “We’ve got a lot of not alone,” Sumter Opera people coming from out of House Cultural Manager Seth town who will being staying in Reimer stated in a news re- our motels, eating at our res- lease. “Ticket sales have been taurants and taking in every- steady since the announce- thing Sumter has to offer while ment was first made. We still they are here,” she said. “But it have some pretty good seats all starts with local community left, but I wouldn’t procrasti- and business support. Without nate too long!” that, we couldn’t bring these “We have a finite number of names to our stage.” seats,” he said. “We’re not like The Lettermen have had two some of the large, outside ven- Top 10 singles, 16 Top 10 singles ues that can bring in extra on the adult contemporary bleachers. Once the tickets are chart, 32 consecutive Billboard all gone, that’s it. We won’t Magazine chart albums, 11 have any more.” gold records and five Grammy In the 1950s, The Lettermen nominations. began with Mike Barnett, Dick The group was inducted into Stewart and Tony Butala, who the Vocal Group Hall of Fame is the only original member in 2001 and the Hit Parade Hall still with the trio. of Fame in 2012. Between 1962 and 1969, the Tickets for The Lettermen group released 23 albums that are $29 to $35. Sumter Opera included hits such as “You’ll House, 21 N. Main St., has Never Walk Alone,” “Put Your ample free parking. Head on My Shoulder,” “Up, For more information, visit Up and Away” and “Going Out www.SumterOperaHouse.com of My Head.” They sang to online or call (803) 436-2616.

40 years later, Debby Boone is still lighting up our lives

BY NICK THOMAS Debby Boone is Special to The Sumter Item shown at a recent concert. She plans to Her recording of “You Light Up My tour and record CDs, Life” not only became a monster hit of a format not available 1977, but it also went on to become one 40 years ago. of the most popular songs of the decade. “I have a hard time believing it’s been 40 years,” said Debby Boone recently PHOTOS PROVIDED from a hotel in Colorado as she pre- pared for a Christmas holiday concert. The album of the same title released that year became certified platinum (1 million in sales in the U.S.), yet it was never released on CD when the new music format became popular in the ’80s. “To celebrate its 40th anniversary, we have just released the original album on CD for the first time, along with addi- tional tracks,” explained Boone. Distrib- uted by Real Gone Music in early De- cember (see www.realgonemusic.com), more than a dozen bonus songs are fea- tured on the disc including several vin- tage recordings of ’60s pop classics such as “He’s a Rebel” and “Popsicles and Ici- cles.” “It’s been such a long time since these were recorded — some with my sisters Boone first heard her version while — I didn’t even realize some had never driving. “It’s a memory seared perma- been released before.” nently in my mind. I was in the car with Boone grew up in a musical family my best friend when the song came on with three sisters, two parents and a the radio. We had to pull over because grandfather (Red Foley) who were all we were just screaming, and there were singers. And while she may have been tears in my eyes.” destined for a career in entertainment, Since that day Boone, now 61, says it wasn’t her original goal. “I’ve been an she’s probably performed the song thou- animal lover since I was a little girl and sands of times with her renditions thought I might become a veterinarian. evolving over the years. “When I was Then as I grew up and became more younger I had a more powerful voice, ‘girly,’ and considered being a hairstyl- but now I have a lot more maturity in ist.” my voice which I love. I think I com- That all changed when she was 14 and mand the lyrics better today than I did accompanied her father, Pat Boone, on a in my early 20s.” working trip to Japan so the family With a new year ahead, Boone says could remain together. there are plans to release more albums “He made a mistake and put me in his as well as plenty of live performances. show!” she said, laughing. “I got a taste “So I’m looking forward to all that 2018 of the work and loved it, so that’s when will bring.” I knew for the first time I had the ability And looking back, she says she’s for- to be an entertainer.” ever grateful for the success of her big Just 21 when “You Light Up My Life” hit four decades ago. became a hit, Boone had to adapt to “Some people still consider me to be a fame quickly (see www.debbyboone.com) one-hit wonder with ‘You Light Up My and still recalls hearing the song for the Life’ even though I’ve had No. 1 country first time. records and won three Grammys. But “I came home to my parents’ house I’ve had a strong public persona over and my mother said Mike Curb (Execu- the years and am still performing and tive at Curb Records) had brought a cas- recording after 40 years. People remem- sette of this song they wanted me to re- ber that song, but they also remember cord. At that point, I had only per- who sang it!” formed with the family, so I was Nick Thomas teaches at Auburn Uni- PHOTO PROVIDED shocked because we hadn’t talked about versity at Montgomery, Alabama, and Debby Boone is celebrating the 40th anniversary of her big hit, “You Light Up My Life,” me doing anything on my own. But I has written features, columns, and in- recorded when she was 21, with an updated release. Boone remembers hearing her ver- was pleased when I heard this lovely terviews for more than 650 newspapers sion of the song for the first time while driving with her best friend: “We had to pull song and my parents were supportive and magazines. See www.tinseltown- over because we were just screaming, and there were tears in my eyes.” when I flew to New York to record it.” talks.com. C2 | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2018 COMICS THE SUMTER ITEM bizarro soup to nutz

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Or she may simply prefer my son’s wife was instantly at- someone so young would find not to discuss it with you. My tracted to my 54-year-old hus- him attractive, her behavior intuition tells me that you will band. It’s always uncomfort- makes both of you uncomfort- have nothing to gain by con- able for the two of us when able. Then let him explain to tinuing to push her. If you do, it they come to visit. She stares at her that it is time to cool her not only won’t bring you closer; him throughout the entire engines. it may do the opposite. visit, tries to either sit right Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, next to him or directly across DEAR ABBY — My wife and I are also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was Ed Sessa 1/3/18 from him and expects a hug in our 60s. We have been mar- founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. ACROSS 50 Many 10 Russell __ 36 Stuffed one’s every time they arrive and ried for some time and are very Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. 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Full House Full House Joey Full House “The Big Full House “Our The Middle “Pilot” The Middle “The The Middle The Middle Brick The Golden Girls The Golden Girls The Golden Girls HALL 52 183 plans to leave. Three-O” Very First Promo” Cheerleader” gets a girlfriend. “That Old Feeling” “All That Jazz” HGTV 39 112 Property Brothers Property Brothers “Lakeside Dreaming” Property Brothers (N) House Hunters (N) Hunters Int’l Property Brothers Property Brothers HIST 45 110 Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Vikings Lagertha is betrayed. Vikings Bjorn returns to Kattegat. (N) (:01) Knightfall (N) (DVS) (:02) Knightfall (DVS) (12:03) Vikings Law & Order “Chattel” Two divorce law- Law & Order “By Perjury” Plaintiff in Law & Order “Pledge” Biologists’ son is Law & Order “Lucky Stiff” Owner of a Law & Order “Illegitimate” A troubled Law & Order ION 13 18 yers are murdered. lawsuit is killed. killed. trucking company is murdered. NYPD officer takes hostages. “Crimebusters” Little Women: Atlanta Andrea reveals a Little Women: Atlanta Monie makes a Little Women: Atlanta “You’re Fired” (:02) Little Women: LA Problems with (:02) Married at First Sight “Wedding (12:01) Little Wom- LIFE 50 145 big secret to Amanda. final plea to her ex. (N) Minnie trains for her first 5K run. (N) plans for the new kitchen. (N) Prep” Wedding preparations begin. en: Atlanta MSNBC 36 92 Hardball With Chris Matthews (N) All In With Chris Hayes (N) The Rachel Maddow Show (N) The Last Word The 11th Hour With Brian Williams (N) Rachel Maddow NICK 16 210 Paradise Run (N) The Thundermans Full House Full House Full House Full House Fresh Prince Fresh Prince Friends Friends Friends SPIKE 64 153 Friends Friends Friends Friends ›› “National Treasure” (2004, Adventure) Nicolas Cage. A man tries to steal the Declaration of Independence. The Italian Job (6:00) ››› “Men in Black” (1997) Tom- Happy! “Saint Nick” A hit man meets an Happy! “What Smiles Are For” Sax crash- Happy! “When Christmas Was Christmas” Happy! “Year of the Horse” Sax and › “I, Frankenstein” SYFY 58 152 my Lee Jones, Will Smith. imaginary horse. es a poker game to win guns. Sax journeys through a dark past. Happy go to Chinatown. (2014) The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang Full Frontal With Conan Actor Anna Faris; actor Nathan Full Frontal With TBS 24 156 Theory Theory Theory Theory Theory Theory Theory Samantha Bee Fielder. Samantha Bee (6:15) ›››› “Forbidden Planet” (1956) ››› “The Boy With Green Hair” (1948) Pat O’Brien. A young ››› “A Fistful of Dollars” (1964, Western) Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch. An ›››› “Pather Panchali” (1955) Kanu TCM 49 186 Walter Pidgeon. (DVS) war orphan’s hair changes color overnight. amoral gunman works both sides of a divided Western town. Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee. TLC 43 157 (6:00) My 600-Lb. Life My 600-Lb. Life Steven Assanti’s dysfunction escalates. (N) (:03) Dr. Pimple Popper (N) (:04) My 600-Lb. Life Steven Assanti’s dysfunction escalates. (6:00) ››› “Shrek 2” (2004) Voices of The Librarians People mysteriously ›› “Shrek the Third” (2007) Voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy. Animated. Shrek The Librarians People mysteriously Hawaii Five-0 TNT 23 158 Mike Myers. (DVS) vanish in a forest. (N) and friends look for the true heir of Far, Far Away. (DVS) vanish in a forest. “Pu’olo” TRUTV 38 129 Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Laff Mobb Laff Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers TV LAND 55 161 M*A*S*H (:36) M*A*S*H (:12) Everybody Loves Raymond Love-Raymond Love-Raymond Mom Mom King of Queens King of Queens King of Queens NCIS “Being Bad” A murder probe uncov- ››› “Remember the Titans” (2000, Drama) Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Donald Adeosun Faison. ››› “Remember the Titans” (2000, Drama) Denzel Washington, Will Patton. A black USA 25 132 ers a theft ring. (DVS) Premiere. A black man coaches high-school football after integration. (DVS) man coaches high-school football after integration. (DVS) WE 68 166 Law & Order Divorce leads to stabbing. Law & Order “Carrier” Law & Order “Stalker” Law & Order “Disappeared” Law & Order Quadriplegic boy is killed. Law & Order WGNA 8 172 Cops Cops Cops “Atlanta” Cops “Atlanta” Cops Cops Cops Cops Cops Cops Cops A recap of some of 2017’s most memorable TV moments

BY FRAZIER MOORE sort of way,” her new Muppet joke, she insisted. But few ob- AP Television Writer chum Abby explained to the servers were laughing. At a show’s young viewers. televised press conference, NEW YORK — It’s been a Griffin tearfully predicted her wild and wearying year in the ILLNESS ISN’T PARTISAN career was over and said the world of TV, with memorable The video of a 13-minute Trumps were “trying to ruin moments by the dozens. Here monologue by Jimmy Kimmel my life forever.” are nine signal moments was viewed by tens of mil- (though a few of them are per- lions after its May airing on CNN TAKES A HIT haps best forgotten): “Jimmy Kimmel Live” as this Trump tweeted his own pro- father of a newborn son emo- vocative video in July, depict- HE’S FIRED? tionally told how the infant ing himself beating up a hu- Before ascending to the had successfully had surgery manoid CNN figure. The presidency early last January, for a life-threatening birth de- video showed Trump running Donald Trump played TV crit- fect. He did so to illustrate toward a wrestling ring and ic by berating his successor as that this was the sort of medi- tackling a man with a CNN host of “The New Celebrity cal treatment that could be- logo for a head, punching him Apprentice.” Mocking Arnold come unavailable to many repeatedly in the face. Predict- Schwarzenegger for his puny parents as politicians battle ably, reaction to the video var- ratings, Trump tweeted, “So THE ASSOCIATED PRESS over health care. “If your ied according to each viewer’s much for being a movie star,” In this Feb. 26, 2017 file photo, host Jimmy Kimmel, left, and present- baby is going to die and it attitude toward Trump. which sparked a Twitter spar- er Warren Beatty discuss the results of best picture on stage at the Os- doesn’t have to, it shouldn’t ring session as Schwarzeneg- cars in Los Angeles. The winner had been incorrectly announced. matter how much money you DISAPPEARING ACT ger fired back expressing make,” Kimmel declared. Actors and other public fig- hope that Trump would work “Whether you’re a Republican ures began vanishing from as aggressively as president BATTER UP midway when audience mem- or a Democrat or something the TV screen (and elsewhere) as he had as a ratings-hungry Jeffrey Dean Morgan main- bers and viewers learned the else, we all agree on that, in October as scores of allega- TV celebrity. In February, tained his hitting streak as winner was actually “Moon- right?” tions of sexual misconduct Trump tweeted that Schwar- “The Walking Dead” returned light.” This was the sort of en- targeted one prominent man zenegger was an even worse in February with him back as velope mix-up even the post HEAD OF STATE after another. Fox News Chan- TV host than California gov- arch-villain Negan, a grin- office could never equal. A video by comedian Kathy nel’s fired Bill O’Reilly had ernor. By March, Schwar- ning, swaggering brute whose Griffin created a storm within led the way in April, but in zenegger said he had had non-regulation barbed-wire- A DRIVE FOR ACCEPTANCE hours of its posting on social the wake of Harvey Wein- enough, declaring that wrapped baseball bat named Folks on Sesame Street have media in June, sparking out- stein’s disgrace, Kevin Spacey Trump’s “baggage” was what Lucille scored one hit after a way of making everyone feel cry from the White House, en- was removed from the final killed his ratings and that, another against Rick Grimes accepted. That certainly goes ergizing Republican fundrais- season of Netflix’s “House of even if invited, he wouldn’t be (series star Andrew Lincoln) for Julia, a Muppet youngster ers, fueling harsh coverage Cards.” Louis C.K. lost a Netf- available for a new season. and the good guys he led. The with blazing red hair, bright over several news cycles, and lix comedy special and other first half of Season 7 in fall green eyes — and autism. losing her TV and standup TV projects. Charlie Rose was FAKE MEDIA BRIEFING 2016, however, proved too bru- Rather than being treated like gigs and even an endorsement removed from “CBS This Melissa McCarthy lam- tal even for some fans, and an outsider, Julia was wel- deal for the Squatty Potty. Morning” and his own public pooned then-White House viewership of the perennially comed as one of the gang on a Griffin’s video, which depict- television interview show was press secretary Sean Spicer in popular AMC show waned “Sesame Street” episode in ed her holding a likeness of cancelled. Then, a week later, a Jan. edition of a “Saturday when the series came last April. “She does things just a the president’s severed, it was “Today” show host Night Live” sketch where the winter, maybe as a result. little differently, in a Julia bloody head, was meant as a Matt Lauer who was fired. actress taunted reporters as “losers,” fired a water gun at OSCARS UPSET the press corps and used the Host Jimmy Kimmel voiced lectern to ram a (fake) Wall the question of the night at Street Journal reporter. “I the 2017 Academy Awards — want to begin tonight by apol- “Warren, what did you DO?” Happy New Year! ogizing on behalf of YOU to — when, in February, a con- ME for how you have treated fused Warren Beatty and co- me these last two weeks,” Mc- presenter Faye Dunaway Whirlpool Range Black Carthy said in opening the shared the night’s booby prize Stainless Steel mock press briefing. “And by announcing “La La Land” • 30”, 6.4 cu. ft. that apology is NOT accept- as best picture. 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