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side of Patriot Parkway near on the north side of the the restrictive Agriculture Sign ordinance Deschamps Road on Tuesday parkway, said he was Conservation zoning even to detail at its regular meeting. How- asked before Patriot Park- though it would “substantial- fails, annexation ever, council only narrowly way was built to allow his ly reduce our family’s abili- approved the first reading of acreage to be zoned Agri- ties to one day freely develop approved during a companion ordinance to cultural Conservation to our parkway property.” cause of change zoning for the proper- preserve agricultural and Councilwoman Ione council meeting ty from Agricultural Conser- rural character of the Dwyer spoke against the vation to Residential Multi- parkway and to protect zoning change, saying home- crisis BY JIM HILLEY Family in a 4-3 vote. Shaw Air Force Base from owners who invested in the [email protected] Residents of the area, in- encroachment. neighborhood expected the BY BRUCE MILLS cluding property owner Har- “It’s called a parkway,” he surrounding properties to [email protected] Sumter City Council voted vey Senter, voiced opposition said. “What do you think remain single family resi- unanimously to annex 12 to the rezoning at a recent that means?” dential. acres of property and an acre public hearing on the matter. In a handout from Senter, The financial consultant of right-of-way on the south Senter, who owns land he said his family agreed to SEE FIGHT, PAGE A7 hired by the Sumter School Board last month to decipher its current financial crisis will report to the board Monday at its next regular meeting on what caused the district to spend $6.2 million Lending Albany a helping hand over budget last year, says the Sumter residents repay board chairman. Scott Allan was tornado-stricken Georgia hired by the board four weeks town for 2015 assistance ALLAN ago on Jan. 9 to guide the district BY RICK CARPENTER through its debt [email protected] crisis. His first major task has been to analyze the root causes Donors have filled seven pallets so for how the district over-spent far after Sumter United Ministries by $6.2 million last fiscal year put out a request last week to repay and had an ending general residents of Albany, Georgia, for an fund balance on June 30, 2016, act of kindness the community of $106,449 — a critically low- showed to Sumter after the October level, according to auditor 2015 flood that devastated the Sumter Robin Poston. area. Board Chairman the Rev. Sumter native Ted Durant, who Daryl McGhaney announced works at a truck rental company in after a board finance commit- Albany, filled a trailer full of supplies tee meeting Monday that Allan and brought the truck to Sumter will provide his analysis at the United Ministries to distribute food board’s next meeting. and supplies after the flood. Allan has said he’s specifi- Gene Durant, Ted’s father, asked cally looking at areas that Sumter United Ministries if the or- caused the district to go over ganization could return the favor RICK CARPENTER / THE SUMTER ITEM budget and “60 job positions after a tornado hit in Albany on Jan. Sumter United Ministries Construction Director Aaron Koenig, left, wraps a pallet on a trail- that caused the most damage 22. er bound for Albany, Georgia, as SUM Crisis Relief Coordinator Ed Venticinque prepares to in the general fund.” More Sumter United Ministries Execu- move the pallet Tuesday morning. than 80 percent of the dis- tive Director Mark Champagne trict’s budget consists of sala- agreed to put out a request for their nator for Sumter United Ministries, next week. ries and associated benefits for needs. Needs include blankets, said some churches are collecting If you’re interested in assisting in employees, according to board sheets, pillows and pillowcases, items at their churches, and they will the effort, you can take requested attorney William “Bick” Halli- washcloths and towels, socks, flash- deliver them to the ministry next items to Sumter United Ministries, gan. Halligan said the percent- lights, cleaning supplies, toiletries, week. He said the organization plans 36 Artillery Drive, from 9 a.m. to 5 age is similar for all public school supplies and pre-packaged to load the trailer on Tuesday, Valen- p.m. Monday through Friday or to school districts in the state. food items. tine’s Day, and deliver the supplies to Bynum Insurance, 1170 Wilson Hall Ed Venticinque, crisis relief coordi- Albany on Wednesday or Thursday of Road. SEE BOARD, PAGE A8 Military leaders say budget caps are crippling armed forces

BY RICHARD LARDNER ment, we’re going to load it up. You’re President The Associated Press going to get a lot of equipment,” Trump arrives Trump said at Central Command on as he is WASHINGTON — Pleading for a re- Monday. introduced by peal of a law that strictly limits de- Each of the military services have Army Gen. fense spending, a panel of four-star delivered to Congress plans for in- Joseph L. Votel, military officers warned lawmakers creasing the 2017 defense budget by commander of Tuesday that the fiscal constraints are more than $30 billion to acquire new U.S. Central crippling the military’s ability to re- jet fighters, armored vehicles, im- Command, spond to threats around the world. proved training and more. The infor- before speaking Appearing before the House Armed mal proposals, obtained by The Asso- to troops while Services Committee, the officers deliv- ciated Press, represent the first at- at MacDill Air ered a message that appears to grow tempt by Trump’s Defense Depart- Force Base in grimmer each time it’s delivered. It ment to halt the erosion of the mili- Tampa, Florida, echoed President Trump who prom- tary’s combat readiness. The shortfalls on Monday. ised to reinvest in a “depleted” mili- outlined in the documents may pro- tary although annual defense spend- vide Trump and the national security THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ing is more than $600 billion. “You’ve been lacking a little equip- SEE CAPS, PAGE A8

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Call: (803) 774-1226 | E-mail: [email protected] Hastie to speak 3 charged with attempted murder at One Sumter tributing cocaine base. Suspects reportedly According to the news release, Hickman is connected to the Silver group meeting fired shots at 2 homes Street shooting; Shannon and Shrop- shire are linked to the Lafayette Drive on youth, crime FROM STAFF REPORTS shooting. HICKMAN SHROPSHIRE SHANNON Tonyia McGirt, public information Sumter Police Department charged officer for the police department, said FROM STAFF REPORTS three Sumter men with attempted mur- the kind of firearms used are not der on Friday for allegedly firing shots pied at the time, but no injuries were known at this time. The One Sumter Communi- at two homes in the city on Jan. 28. reported. The incidents are considered isolated ty Group Meeting will be held Officers responded to calls in Janu- An investigation led to the arrests because the three suspects know one at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Mt. Zion ary after suspects reportedly fired of Willie James Hickman, 19, of 120 another and are involved in an ongoing Missionary Baptist Church, shots at a home in the 500 block of La- Bear St.; Torey Ikeem Shropshire, 20, dispute with another individual or indi- 315 W. Fulton St. The program fayette Drive about 2:45 a.m. and at an- of 30 Adolf Circle; and Michael Du- viduals, McGirt said. topic will be youth and crime other home in the 500 block of Silver rell Shannon Jr., 17, of 340 Enter St. All three men are being held without in the Sumter community. Street minutes later before fleeing, ac- Shannon also faces a drug charge bond at Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Attorney and Sumter City cording to a news release from the po- from Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Center. Councilman Calvin Hastie will lice department. The homes were occu- for reportedly manufacturing or dis- An investigation is continuing. be guest speaker for the program. He knows well the number of youth who are entering the court rooms, the jails and the juvenile systems and can share with the community County makes way down road repair list where he sees the problems and what we as a community should do to lock arms to try BY ADRIENNE SARVIS Residents living to save our young people, ac- [email protected] on Bar Zee cording to a news release from Drive are the organization. Sumter County Public benefitting After retiring as a lieutenant Works is making its way from a newly colonel from the U.S. Army, down the list of roads in- paved road. Hastie went on to become an cluded in the 2016 Penny for attorney and began represent- Progress that need to be RICK CARPENTER / THE SUMTER ITEM ing young people in our penal paved or resurfaced, start- system in Sumter, the release ing with the paving of Bar states. He was elected Public Zee Drive and the resurfac- Defender of the Year for Juve- ing of roads in Lakewood niles in 2012 for the State of Subdivision. South Carolina, and ran suc- For 2017, county public cessfully for City Council and works plans to begin work to become an ordained minister. pave approximately 15 miles The public is invited to at- and resurface 6.5 miles. tend. For more information County public works Di- call Hastie at (803) 774-7776. rector Eddie Newman said paving on Bar Zee Drive, a road the department has received a lot of calls about, is CLARIFICATION complete, and a construc- plete each project, especial- of asphalt is poured onto a administrator Robert Dick- tion crew is now working to ly the road pavings. He said roadway for resurfacing, he inson, the bridge is struc- In Sunday’s edition of The pave Mallory Drive in the more work goes into paving said. turally deficient and will be Sumter Item, it was incorrectly same area. a road because of all the en- Newman said the county replaced by a 50-foot pre- written that Sumter County He said at least two other gineering to establish drain- plans to begin bidding to re- stressed concrete bridge. magistrates have civil and roads on the list have also ing and other things. surface roads in Dove Mead- The letter also states the criminal cases one to two been resurfaced. It is difficult to say for ows Subdivision, McLaugh- bridge will be closed for ap- weeks each month at Sumter The goal is to have engi- sure when each road project lin Estates and Lee Altman proximately 11 weeks and is County Summary Court. Mag- neering for each road to be will be complete because Subdivision in March. Bid- anticipated to reopen on istrate judges preside over civil paved completed by the end additional work might come ding to pave eight other April 28, pending unexpect- and criminal cases every week, of the year, Newman said. up, Newman said. It could roads in the county will ed weather and material de- and there are also jury trials According to the county take 30 months to turn a start in March and June. lays. for civil and criminal cases at public works 2017 paving dirt road into a paved road, In other news, South Car- While the bridge is closed, Sumter County Summary schedule, 22 roads across he said. olina Department of Trans- traffic in the area will be de- Court one to two weeks each the county are in the engi- Newman said resurfacing portation plans to begin re- toured to U.S. 76; Florence month. neering phase. Engineering does not take as long as pav- placing the bridge over Alli- Highway; and U.S. 378, Myr- for nine other roads will ing because the roadway gator Branch on East Brew- tle Beach Highway. DOT es- If you see a statement in error, begin sometime in June. and engineering have al- ington Road on Monday. timates that the detour contact the City Desk at 774-1226 or Newman asks for patience ready been established. According to a letter from length will be approximate- [email protected]. as the county works to com- One-and-a-half to 2 inches acting district engineering ly 3.4 miles. Community forum to encourage open dialogue to reduce violent crime FROM STAFF REPORTS A deliberative dialogue forum is She said the discussion will take And, for each option the public different than a town hall because it about 2 hours to complete. That time will discuss multiple examples of Sumter residents are invited to at- is based on what the citizens have to is necessary to get through all the how to accomplish each goal and the tend the Safety and Justice Delibera- say, Brown said. materials, she said. consequences that could surface, she tive Dialogue Forum from 2:30 to 4:30 She said the forum will not involve Brown said participants will dis- said. p.m. on Saturday at Sumter County experts telling the citizens what to cuss three options to reduce crime in A free copy of the booklet con- Library, 111 N. Harvin St., to discuss do but will allow everyone to be on Sumter: how to enforce the law to- taining the discussion materials the best ways to reduce violent an equal level to speak. gether; how to apply the law fairly; can be downloaded from the Na- crimes across the county. The deliberative dialogue will give and how to d-eescalate and reduce tional Issues Forums Institute web- Barbara Brown, director of Citi- the public the opportunity to relate violence. site, nifi.org, under the “order ma- zens Center for Public Life, said she discussion topics to their personal She said the options include listing terials” tab. Brown said she will decided to organize the forum after experiences, she said. things that citizens and law enforce- also have copies available at the reading through a national crime re- You can hear firsthand how local ment can do together to reduce forum. port that showed an increase in vio- issues are affecting citizens, she crime; discussing how laws are im- She said Citizens Center for Public lent crimes in South Carolina be- said. This will also be an opportu- plemented across the community; Life is partnered with National Is- tween 2015 and 2016. Citizens Center nity for information sharing be- and identifying specific issues in the sues Forums Institute to offer the for Public Life is a nonprofit organi- tween citizens and local officials, community and how to reduce crime. forum. zation based in Sumter with the aim she said. There are more than two options For more information about the to encourage healthy communities Brown said she will moderate the to prevent a polarizing atmosphere Safety and Justice Deliberative Dia- through deliberative dialogue fo- forum to make sure everyone gets a by giving citizens more options to logue Forum, contact Barbara rums. chance to talk and a chance to listen. consider, she said. Brown at (803) 968-0388.

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BY SEANNA ADCOX years. Roughly $28 billion is Master on Monday, said the $4M+ from government The Associated Press still needed in the next 25 new Republican governor years to bring the state’s ex- “wants to be the person that BY MEG KINNARD ally provided. COLUMBIA — A proposal isting highway system — brings the ball across the The Associated Press A year later, according to that eventually would pump the nation’s fourth-largest finish line” by working with prosecutors, Vennefron creat- an additional $600 million — up to good condition, she legislators to find consen- COLUMBIA — Two men ac- ed a security company “for annually into fixing South said. sus, not issue conditions in cused of scamming millions the sole purpose of submitting Carolina’s roads advanced On Monday, Gov. Henry his own plan. of dollars from a project to false invoices, for non-existent Tuesday on a unanimous McMaster sought $5 billion The federal money is wel- turn warheads into nuclear goods,” to Thompson’s compa- vote. from the federal govern- come but doesn’t provide reactor fuel are due in South ny. The latest road-funding ment to help pay for that. the long-term funding solu- Carolina federal court later The government says the plan heading to the full That’s roughly the amount tion the state needs, said this month. scheme went on for more than House Ways and Means that laws passed in 2013 and Simrill, who’s led the A pretrial conference is five years, until the men were Committee would raise the last year collectively allow in House’s road-funding effort scheduled for Feb. 27 in the indicted in December 2015. state’s 16-cents-per-gallon infrastructure spending dur- for several years. wire fraud and conspiracy case During the course of that gas tax to 26 cents per gal- ing the next decade, largely “People who are waiting against Phillip Thompson and time, the men received more lon in five years. It would through borrowing. on the federal government Aaron Vennefron, according to than $4 million in payments increase the vehicle sales “It is too much at this usually just get old and federal court records. from the government, accord- tax cap to $500 and raise the time to ask our people to tired,” he said. “South Caro- Prosecutors say the men ing to prosecutors. biennial vehicle registration bear this burden alone, lina cannot wait on the fed- created more than $4 million Thompson and Vennefron fee by $16. heightening fears of in- eral government to take in fraudulent invoices for have pleaded not guilty. They It also creates several creased gas taxes, delay, care of our problem.” work they claimed to have have not filed an official re- fees: a one-time vehicle reg- missed opportunities and Supporters at Tuesday’s done on the mixed-oxide fuel sponse in court, and their law- istration fee for people mov- decline,” McMaster wrote in hearing included represen- facility at the Savannah River yers didn’t immediately re- ing to South Carolina, bien- his letter to President tatives of the state’s Truck- Site. The multibillion-dollar turn emails seeking comment. nial fees on hybrid and elec- Trump. ing Association, Forestry project is intended to turn The plant’s mission has tric vehicles, and a tax on The released letter repre- Association and Association weapons-grade plutonium been to help the U.S. hold up out-of-state truckers. sented McMaster’s first of Convenience Stores, as into commercial nuclear reac- its end of a disarmament deal The goal is to ensure all public comments on the well as the Alliance to Fix tor fuel. with Russia under which each who use South Carolina’s road-funding question. But Our Roads, a coalition of Thompson ran a construc- country would dispose of 34 roads help pay for them, it didn’t answer whether he businesses. tion labor business that con- metric tons of weapons-grade said House Majority Leader would veto legislation that Lynn Murray, represent- tracted with the company plutonium, the equivalent of Gary Simrill, R-Rock Hill. includes a gas tax increase ing Southeast Toyota, asked building the facility at the about 17,000 nuclear war- “We’re looking at as many — as his predecessor, for- the panel to remove the $60 sprawling federal complex heads. ways as we possibly can to mer Gov. Nikki Haley, biennial fee for hybrid vehi- along the South Carolina- In October, amid increasing- capture outside revenue,” vowed throughout her first cles. Georgia border. Vennefron ly strained relations between he said. “Because of our term. Haley later said she “Hybrids don’t evade fuel worked for an Ohio hardware Moscow and Washington, Rus- lack of action and leader- could agree to raise the gas taxes,” she said. “We’re pay- store and in 2009 allegedly cre- sian President Putin suspend- ship, we’re further behind tax — unchanged since 1987 ing at the pump.” ated fake invoices, which he ed his end of the agreement, than most.” — only if legislators also Marty Coates, represent- then submitted to Thompson’s citing the “emerging threat to Last week, Department of slashed income taxes and ing used car dealers, op- company. strategic stability as a result Transportation Director gave the governor full over- posed a simple sales tax cap Government records don’t of U.S. unfriendly actions” but Christy Hall told a Senate sight of the DOT. Her veto increase. detail what items were in- saying the deal could be re- panel that roads have dete- threat and stipulations Since 1984, anyone who cluded but said the invoices stored if the U.S. pulls back riorated so badly, it will made it easy for opponents pays at least $6,000 for a ve- “appeared to be for legiti- forces deployed near Russia’s take a decade just to climb of increasing the gas tax to hicle, boat or plane in South mate goods needed” for the borders and revokes anti-Rus- out of the maintenance hole block legislation. Carolina pays $300 in sales project that were never actu- sian sanctions. created over the past five Simrill, who met with Mc- taxes.

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Pickup different debt: the house pay- trucks crowd parking lots at ment, the student loans, the the 3M plant and Cabela’s dis- vacuum cleaner she bought on tribution center where hun- credit. dreds work. Just a few vacant Lydia Holt and her husband storefronts hint at the seething tuck money into these enve- resentment that life still seems lopes with each paycheck to harder here than it should. whittle away at what they owe. In this place that astonished They both earn about $10 an America when it helped hand hour. She did the math; at this Trump the White House, many THE ASSOCIATED PRESS rate, they’ll be paying these of those who chose him greet- Marlene Kramer stands for the national anthem while watching her stepdaughter cheerlead at a high same bills for 87 years. ed the frenetic opening acts of school wrestling meet in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, on Thursday. Kramer, who voted twice for Obama, In 2012, Holt voted for his presidency with a shrug. used to watch Trump on “Celebrity Apprentice.” “I said to myself, ugh, I can’t stand him.” And when he an- Barack Obama because he Immigration is not their top nounced his candidacy, she thought it was a joke. “Then my husband said to me, ‘Just think, everything he promised her change, but she concern, and so they watched touches seems to turn to money,’” she said, and she changed her mind. feels that change hasn’t with some trepidation as reached her here. So last year Trump signed orders to build a “If you ask anybody here, wrong.” Kramer said she’s glad the she chose a presidential candi- wall on the Mexican border we’ll all tell you the same Marlene Kramer is also opti- Affordable Care Act has date unlike any she’d ever and bar immigrants from thing: We’re tired of living like mistic Trump will make good helped millions get insurance, seen, the billionaire business- seven Muslim countries, sow- this,” said Mark Berns, lean- on his promises. Her priority is but it hasn’t helped her. man who promised to help ing chaos around the world. ing through the service win- health care. She and her husband were people like her win again. They are still watching, and dow in the small-engine repair Kramer, who voted twice for stunned to find premiums Many of her neighbors did, they are waiting, their hopes shop that he can barely keep Obama, used to watch Trump more than $1,000 a month. too — so many that for the first pinned on his promised eco- open anymore. on “Celebrity Apprentice.” “I They opted to pay the penalty time in more than 30 years, nomic renaissance. Berns watched Trump’s first said to myself, ‘Ugh, I can’t of $2,000 until Trump, she Crawford County, Wisconsin, a Jim Bowman, director of the days in office half-hopeful, half- stand him.’” When he an- hopes, keeps his promise to re- sturdy brick in the once- county’s Economic Develop- frightened. He bemoaned what nounced his candidacy, she place the law with something mighty Big Blue Wall, aban- ment Corporation, says some he described as Trump’s quan- thought it was a joke. “Then better. doned the Democratic Party, of the economic anxiety here tity-over-quality, “sign, sign, my husband said to me, ‘Just Across town, Robbo Cole- and that wall crumbled. Some is based not on measurable sign” approach to governing. think, everything he touches man leaned over the bar he 50 counties stretching 300 decay but rather a perception “I just hope we get the jobs seems to turn to money.’” And tends and described a similar miles down the Mississippi that life is decaying. There are back and the economy on its she changed her mind. political about-face. He held up River — through Minnesota, plenty of jobs, but it’s hard to feet so everybody can get a de- She’s 54, and she’s worked a pen, wrapped in plastic Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois — find one that pays more than cent job and make a decent liv- since she was 14, all hard jobs: stamped “Made in China.” transformed in one election $12 an hour. Ambitious young ing and have that chance at the feeding cows, standing all day “I don’t see why we can’t season into Trump Country. people move away. Rural American dream that’s gone on factory floors. Now she make pens in Prairie du Chien They voted for Trump for an schools are dwindling and with away over the past eight or 10 works at a sewing shop, where or in Louisville, Kentucky, or array of reasons, and the list them a sense of pride and pur- years. I’m still optimistic,” he she’s happy and gets to sit. But in Alabama or wherever,” of grievances they hope he pose. said, sighing. “I hope I’m not there’s no health insurance. 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WASHINGTON (AP) — The ridicule DeVos’ comment dur- Senate on Tuesday confirmed ing her confirmation hearing school choice advocate Betsy that some schools might want DeVos as Education secretary guns to protect against grizzlies. by the narrowest of margins, Her opponents also charge that with Vice President Pence DeVos has no experience to run breaking a 50-50 tie in a historic public schools, having never at- vote. tended one or sent her children Two Republicans joined Dem- to a public school. ocrats in the unsuccessful effort DeVos has provided few de- to derail the nomination of the tails about her policy agenda. wealthy Republican donor. The She will have to weigh in on the Senate historian said Pence’s implementation of the Every vote was the first Student Succeeds Act and possi- by a vice presi- bly undo some of the previous dent to break a tie administration’s regulation ini- on a Cabinet nom- tiatives on school accountability ination. and spending, which have been Democrats cited criticized by Republicans as fed- her lack of public eral overreach. Rules on such DEVOS school experience things as accountability already and financial in- have been on hold. terests in organizations pushing THE ASSOCIATED PRESS She will have to address sev- charter schools. DeVos has said This image from video, provided by Senate Television, shows Vice President Pence presiding over the Sen- eral hot-button issues in higher she would divest herself from ate on Tuesday on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. education, such as rising tuition those organizations. costs, growing student debt and Republicans Susan Collins of tweeted later in the day that ence is dismantling public reform of public education dur- the troubled for-profit colleges, Maine and Lisa Murkowski of supporting DeVos was “a vote schools.” ing the last 30 years,” said Sen. many of which have closed Alaska fear that DeVos’ focus for every child having a chance Sen. Patty Murray of Wash- Lamar Alexander, the chair- down, leaving students with on charter schools will under- at a world-class education.” ington state, the top Democrat man of the education commit- huge loans and without a good mine remote public schools in Devos, 59, is the wife of Dick on the Health, Education, Labor tee. “And she has worked tire- education or job prospects. their states. DeVos, the heir to the Amway and Pensions Committee, vowed lessly to help low-income chil- Despite the win, DeVos marketing fortune. She has to continue championing quali- dren have more choices of bet- emerges bruised from the high- spent more than two decades ty public education in America. ter schools.” ly divisive nomination process. promoting charter schools and “We may not have won this Senate Majority Leader Mitch She has faced criticism, even publicly funded voucher pro- fight today, but people across McConnell said DeVos will seek ridicule for her stumbles and grams for private schools in her the country have stood up and to empower states, not federal confusion during her confirma- home state of Michigan and in made their voices heard on the bureaucrats, to make important Homeowners tion hearing and scathing criti- other states. importance of strong public ed- education decisions. cism from teachers unions and Democrats were quick to de- ucation in America, and we are “I know that she is committed and Rentersnters civil rights activists over her nounce the confirmation. not going to stand down.” to improving our education sys- support of charter schools and “President Trump’s swamp DeVos supporters, however, tem so that every child — every IInsurance,nsurance, too.too her conservative religious ideol- got a new billionaire today,” the saw her confirmation as an oc- child — has a brighter future,” ogy. 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36 W. Liberty St., Sumter, South Carolina 29150 • Founded October 15, 1894 Minimum wage and discrimination here is little question in most COMMENTARY tion effect of minimum wages can be blacks and whites were to be paid academic research that in- seen from a few quotations. During equal wages. Union members ex- creases in the minimum wage tion effect of higher South Africa’s apartheid era, racist pressed their delight, saying, “If this Tlead to increases in unemploy- minimum wages. You unions, which would never accept a course of action is followed by the ment. The debatable issue is the mag- see it by putting your- black member, were the major sup- company and the incentive for em- nitude of the increase. An issue not self in the place of a porters of minimum wages for ploying the Negro thus removed, the often included in minimum wage de- businessman who has blacks. In 1925, the South African strike will not have been in vain.” bates is the substitution effects of to pay at least the Economic and Wage Commission Our nation’s first minimum wage minimum wage increases. The substi- minimum wage to said, “The method would be to fix a law, the Davis-Bacon Act of 1931, had tution effect might explain why Busi- anyone he hires. Say minimum rate for an occupation or racist motivation. During its legisla- ness for a Fair Minimum Wage, a na- Walter that you are hiring craft so high that no Native would be tive debate, its congressional support- tional network of business owners and Williams typists. There are likely to be employed.” Gert Beetge, ers made such statements as, “That executives, argues for higher mini- some who can type 40 secretary of the racist Building contractor has cheap colored labor mum wages. Let’s look at substitution words per minute and Workers’ Union, complained, “There that he transports, and he puts them effects in general. others, equal in every other respect, is no job reservation left in the build- in cabins, and it is labor of that sort When the price of anything rises, who can type 80 words per minute. ing industry, and in the circumstanc- that is in competition with white labor people seek substitutes and measures Whom would you hire? I’m guessing es, I support the rate for the job throughout the country.” During hear- to economize. When gasoline prices you’d hire the more highly skilled. (minimum wage) as the second-best ings, American Federation of Labor rise, people seek to economize on the Thus, one effect of the minimum wage way of protecting our white arti- President William Green complained, usage of gas by buying smaller cars. If is discrimination against the employ- sans.” “Equal pay for equal work” “Colored labor is being sought to de- the price of sugar rises, people seek ment of lower-skilled workers. In became the rallying slogan of the moralize wage rates.” cheaper sugar substitutes. If prices of some places, the minimum wage is $15 South African white labor move- Today’s stated intentions behind the goods in one store rise, people search an hour. But if a lower-skilled worker ment. These laborers knew that if support of minimum wages are noth- for other stores. This last example could offer to work for, say, $8 an hour, employers were forced to pay black ing like yesteryear’s. However, inten- helps explain why some businessmen you might hire him. In addition to dis- workers the same wages as white tions are irrelevant. In the name of de- support higher minimum wages. If crimination against lower-skilled workers, there’d be reduced incen- cency, we must examine the effects. they could impose higher labor costs workers, the minimum wage denies tive to hire blacks. on their less efficient competition, it them the chance of sharpening their South Africans were not alone in Walter E. Williams is a professor of might help drive them out of business. skills and ultimately earning higher their minimum wage conspiracy economics at George Mason University. That would enable firms that survive wages. The most effective form of against blacks. After a bitter 1909 To find out more about Walter E. Wil- to charge higher prices and earn training for most of us is on-the-job strike by the Brotherhood of Locomo- liams, visit the Creators Syndicate web- greater profits. training. tive Firemen and Enginemen in the page at www.creators.com. © 2017 cre- There’s a more insidious substitu- An even more insidious substitu- U.S., an arbitration board decreed that ators.com

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DISTRICT’S OVERSPENDING management by board mem- ISN’T THE FAULT OF bers and the superintendent. COUNCIL We must not allow the de- Will wonders ever cease? I generation of STEM educa- knew it wouldn’t be long be- tion. It’s essential to future fore Sumter County Council economic development in was blamed for the Sumter Sumter County. School District’s $6.2 million EUGENE R. BATEN budget deficit. I am aware of Sumter County Council, some typical defense mecha- District 7 nisms (denial, projection, blaming, etc.) that people use TRUMP IS DOING WHAT HE when they don’t want to take PROMISED HE WOULD DO responsibility for their ac- So, President Trump has tions. been president for two weeks Let’s do away with alterna- now. And, in general, the tive facts and be truthful. The Democrats have gone stupid. Sumter School District Board Which means he is doing ex- of Trustees is responsible for actly what he said he would the 2015-2016 fiscal year bud- do. And the Democrats are get deficit. It appears that the slowly being laughed out of superintendent failed to in- D.C. Your “duly elected” form the board of unbudgeted Democrat senators have seen expenditures, which prevent- fit to not attend confirmation EDITORIAL ROUNDUP ing Sunday. But when ques- ed them from making timely hearings. They are “protest- tions arose about the legali- adjustments during the bud- ing.” What they are really Recent editorials from South ry and secondary roads ty of removing the flag get cycle. Although the board mad about is that the “rules” Carolina newspapers: throughout rural South under the South Carolina gave the superintendent the they made eight years ago are Carolina. Heritage Act, Hamilton had authority to manage the bud- coming back to bite them in Roadway shortcomings little choice but to comply get, this didn’t relieve them of the rear end. They are mad are part of the problem, with state rules. their fiscal responsibility. You because all of Trump’s nomi- The Post and Courier but highway safety is also Ultimately, though, we can delegate authority but not nees are being confirmed, Jan. 31 diminished by drivers who think the only fair and last- responsibility. and they can do nothing to speed, drive aggressively, ing solution is to change to As a member of Sumter stop them. So rather than try, S.C.’S HIGHWAY FATALITY don’t wear seat belts and Heritage Act to allow local County Council, I resent peo- they sit home sucking their RATE AND IMPROVING are otherwise distracted jurisdictions more control ple blaming county council thumbs, crying like infants ROAD CONDITIONS: when they should be keep- over historical monuments for not providing adequate fi- because the American people South Carolina has the ing their eyes on the road. and memorials. nancial support to the Sum- are ignoring them. highest highway fatality That’s why an initiative We understand that many ter School District. Before the Where do I begin with the rate in the nation, and headed by the state Depart- of the old statues, plaques consolidation of school dis- mainstream media? Nothing some of its worst roads. It’s ment of Public Safety and place names genuinely tricts 17 and 2, county coun- has changed, except that CNN only logical that the state should complement the reflect the state’s heritage cil, since my election to coun- has been outed as “fake Department of Transporta- DOT plan. and are a part of South Car- ty council in 2004, always pro- news.” Not really a surprise tion turns its focus to the State troopers will in- olina’s historical landscape. vided the financial support there. Fox News always says rural roads on which most crease enforcement for A wholesale attempt to requested by each district. “we report, you decide.” of those deadly accidents dangerous driving includ- change every plaque or de- After consolidation, the com- CNN’s might as well be “we occur. ing “speed, following too molish every statue of a bined school district started decide how we report.” And if The DOT wants to allo- closely and distracted driv- Confederate soldier would with a budget deficit because you don’t think that they are cate $50 million annually to ing behaviors such as tex- be a misguided and futile at- of inadequate financial overall on the Democrat side, go address the problem with a ting and driving,” accord- tempt to erase history. sight during the transition look on YouTube as each one variety of improvements, ing to a DPS spokesman. But there is no rationale period. reported the moment they de- including wider shoulders, With a fatality rate that is that justifies a Confederate Although Mr. Bynum, the clared Trump the winner. raised pavement markings, 53 percent higher than the flag — a symbol of racial new superintendent, inherit- Two different “issues” have roadside rumble strips, national average, both ini- injustice and hatred for ed a budget deficit, he was now become related. One highly reflective signs, tiatives are welcome. And many — hanging in a coun- frequently criticized for in- being the “transgender” guardrails and the reloca- so would a gas tax increase ty courtroom. We commend competent financial manage- issue, and the other being the tion of drainage ditches. to further provide for im- Hamilton’s instincts in ment. His request for assis- “women’s rights” issue. Being Of course, paving also provements to deteriorat- using the occasion of the tance in 2012 was met with a man, I keep my opinion will provide for road safety, ing South Carolina high- courthouse reopening as an strong opposition from the about women’s rights to my- and the hazardous situa- ways. opportunity to move the Sumter business community self. However, something has tion should get the Legisla- Online: flag to a different, more ap- and the Republican Party. me very confused. Katie Cou- ture’s attention as it looks http://www.postandcouri- propriate location in the However, when he resigned ric was on the “Ellen” show. to increase the state gas tax er.com/ courthouse. from the school district, the On one hand she says “a fe- so that long overdue im- Regardless of the Heri- budget was balanced with male fetus could feel male,” provements can be made. tage Act, that was the right more than $2 million in the indicating transgender is- The gas tax was last in- The Herald thing to do. reserve fund. The school dis- sues. On the other hand, she creased in 1987 and is We realize that Hamilton Jan. 31 trict didn’t request funds in is pro-choice and an abortion among the lowest in the na- must comply with the law. 2014. sympathizer. I think what she tion. STATE LEGISLATION But we hope the attorney When Mr. Steve Mann, the was trying to tell the liberal The DOT will also look at REGARDING THE general will find legal school district’s director of women was “life begins at wider “clear zones” adja- CONFEDERATE FLAG: grounds to allow the flag to finance, departed, the budget conception, because a fetus cent to roadways, which be moved. was balanced with no foresee- can feel. But reserve the right usually means cutting York County Clerk of The Legislature needs to able shortages. When in- to abort your pregnancy if it roadside trees. It should do Court David Hamilton had defer to the judgment of formed of the school dis- interferes with your social so selectively, recognizing the right idea, we think, in residents regarding the fate trict’s deficit, he said he was life.” I think I’m starting to that there are safety alter- choosing to remove a Con- of local memorials and shocked. Conversely, the bud- understand Democrat logic. natives for scenic roads. federate flag and other Civil monuments in their own get deficit wasn’t due to lack Nothing a good dose of Ex- Secretary of Transporta- War memorabilia from the backyards. of support from county coun- Lax can’t cure. tion Christy Hall’s plan in- courtroom in the county Online: cil. It’s the result of inade- DENNIS VICKERS cludes improvements to in- courthouse before the cele- http://www.heraldonline. quate fiscal oversight and Wedgefield terstates, as well as prima- bration of its grand reopen- com A10 | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2017 DAILY PLANNER THE SUMTER ITEM

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For more information, Spartanburg call Henry Dinkins at (803) tions and will hold blood TODAY’S drives as follows: 2-7 p.m. Greenville 71/48 499-4990 or Lula King at 73/49 (803) 316-0772. Thursday, Feb. 23, Grace SOUTH Baptist Church, 219 W. Cal- Florence The Mary McLeod Bethune houn St.; 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Sat- CAROLINA Section of the National Coun- Bishopville 75/58 urday, Feb. 25, High Hills WEATHER 71/55 cil of Negro Women will hold AME Church, 6780 Meeting its annual commemorative House Road, Dalzell; and 9 Temperatures shown on map are Columbia Sumter black history meeting at 5 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Monday, today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 76/56 74/57 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 10, at Myrtle Feb. 27, Thomas Sumter Manning Beach the South Sumter Re- Academy, 5365 Camden IN THE MOUNTAINS source Center, 337 Man- 72/55 71/59 Highway, Dalzell. Down- Today: Very warm with clouds and sun. ning Ave. Call Miranda Aiken load the Red Cross Blood Winds west-southwest 4-8 mph. Choice at (803) 651-8540. 72/53 Donor App, visit www.red- Thursday: Times of clouds and sun. Winds crossblood.org or call “A Night to Remember” Val- northwest 10-20 mph. entine gala will be held at 5 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800- p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 11, 733-2767). ON THE COAST Charleston at Taw Caw Outreach The Sumter Branch NAACP’s 76/60 Community Center, 1126 annual black history program Today: Mostly cloudy; a shower or thunder- Granby Lane, Summerton. will be held at 5 p.m. on storm. High 68 to 75. The Sumter SPCA Valentine Sunday, Feb. 26, at Trinity Thursday: Cloudy and breezy; a little rain Dance will be held from 7 Missionary Baptist Church, in northern parts. High 60 to 64. to 11 p.m. on Saturday, 155 Wall St. The Rev. Napo- Feb. 11, at the Elaine D. leon A. Bradford will Korn Memorial Center, speak. LOCAL ALMANAC LAKE LEVELS SUN AND MOON 1100 S. Guignard Drive. The 17th Annual Cavalier SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY Full 7 a.m. 24-hr Sunrise 7:13 a.m. Sunset 5:59 p.m. Music will be provided by Pride Auction will be held Lake pool yest. chg Temperature Moonrise 3:50 p.m. Moonset 5:07 a.m. Terence Lonon & the Un- on Saturday, March 18, at Murray 360 356.79 none High 76° touchables. Cost is $25 per Marion 76.8 75.05 -0.07 Full Last New First Robert E. Lee Academy in Low 47° person (must be 21 years Moultrie 75.5 74.93 -0.10 Bishopville. Food will be Normal high 57° or older) and all proceeds Wateree 100 98.33 +0.06 served from 5 to 7 p.m. Normal low 34° benefit the Sumter SPCA. Feb. 10 Feb. 18 Feb. 26 Mar. 5 Bidding will begin at 5:30 Record high 76° in 2017 Call (803) 773-9292. p.m. with the first table RIVER STAGES Record low 16° in 1978 TIDES Adults, did you attend Catho- closing at 7 p.m. Tickets Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr lic school in Sumter? 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PREP BASKETBALL Lady Gators SHS’ region repeat beat L-E, secure Sumter never trails in 72-52 win over Socastee playoff berth as Gamecocks secure title BY EDDIE LITAKER Special to The Sumter Item BY DENNIS BRUNSON [email protected] Lakewood’s varsity girls basketball team overcame an up-and-down outing to post a It was Senior Night for the Sum- 45-32 Region VI-4A victory over Lugoff-El- ter High School varsity boys bas- gin on Tuesday at The Swamp. ketball team on Tuesday at the With the win, the Lady Gators also se- Sumter gymnasium. And that’s a cured a berth to the state playoffs, likely very big deal for the Gamecocks as the region’s No. 4 seed. Lakewood holds since they carry nine seniors on a 2-5 region record heading into its final their 16-man roster. region game at home on Thursday against There was much more on the Darlington. line against Socastee though than The Lady Gators played well in spurts, closing the seniors’ regular-season but still had many lulls and gaps between careers out with a victory. A win their points at times. A 12-2 start was re- for Sumter meant the Region duced to a 13-7 lead at the end of the open- VI-5A championship and three ing quarter, with the Lady Demons pulling home games in the state playoffs, within three, 13-10, before consecutive which begin next week. threes from Ki’Ari Cain and Lashala Har- Sumter scored the game’s first vin broke a nearly four-minute scoreless four points and never trailed, tak- skein. ing complete control of the game The lead was six, 21-15, at the half before in the second quarter. The Game- Lakewood scored the first nine points of cocks went on to a 75-52 victory the second half, extending an 11-0 run that that gave them their second briefly doubled up Lugoff-Elgin, 30-15. The straight region crown. Lady Demons scored the final five points Coming off an emotional 61-52 of the third quarter and extended the run victory over West Florence on Fri- to 7-0 with a Brooke Grant runner that cut day that gave Sumter the chance the lead to eight, 30-22. Once again it was to win the region title outright, Cain who hit a three to get Lakewood back Sumter head coach Shawn Jones up by double digits. was pleased with his team’s start. Lugoff-Elgin would pull within eight one “We came out ready to play and final time, 35-27, after two free throws I’m proud of them for that,” said from Alyssa Weems with 5:56 to go. Three Jones, whose team improved to free throws and a low-post bucket from 17-6 overall and finished 9-1 in the Cain, who scored 12 of her game-high 25 region. “They knew what was at points in the final quarter, pushed the lead stake and they came out focused.” back to 13 and the Lady Demons got no The Gamecocks’ intentions were RICK CARPENTER / THE SUMTER ITEM closer the rest of the way. Sumter’s Jaylenn Corbett (22) goes in for a layup in the Gamecocks’ 75-52 victory over Socastte on Tuesday at the SHS gymnasium. Sumter won the Region VI-5A SEE REPEAT, PAGE B3 championship with the triumph. SEE GATORS, PAGE B2

USC MEN’S BASKETBALL No. 19 Gamecocks succumb to Crimson Tide in 4 OTs

BY PETE IACOBELLI South Carolina (19-5, 9-2). Avery Johnson Jr. and Ar’Mond missing the free throw after his tying AP Sports Writer Alabama (14-9, 7-4) had a 17-point Davis had career highs of 23 points basket. lead in the first half and a 12-point and 19 points for Alabama, which won Davis’ jumper from the left side at COLUMBIA — Riley Norris scored edge with less than 5 minutes to go, beat a ranked SEC opponent on the the end of the first overtime hit the six of his 11 points in the fourth and watching the Gamecocks rally back to road for the first time rim and bounded away to bring anoth- final overtime, including the go- force the extra periods. since winning at No. 4 er extra period. ahead free throws with 56 seconds The Crimson Tide trailed 70-63 with Mississippi State, 77-73, After Johnson’s 3-pointer put Ala- left, and Alabama finally put away 2:12 left in the second overtime, yet on Feb. 21, 2004. bama ahead 74-72, No. 19 South Carolina 90-86 on Tues- outscored South Carolina 11-4 to tie Both teams had several Thornwell tied it up once more to day night, overcoming a career night things once more. chances to win. force a third overtime. Johnson by Gamecocks star Sindarius Thorn- It was the Gamecocks who rallied in Johnson’s long tried to drive to the basket in the well. the final 90 seconds of the third over- MARTIN 3-pointer with 3 seconds final seconds, but had the ball Thornwell finished with career time after trailing 82-77. left in regulation bound- knocked away. highs of 44 points and 21 rebounds. South Carolina, though, ran out of ed away and time ran Alabama got another chance to win He made 25 free throws, surpassing gas at the end and missed its last eight out during the scramble. South Caro- at the end of third overtime. This LSU great “Pistol” Pete Maravich’s field goal attempts to fall into a three- lina had its chance to move in front time, Corban Collins’ 3-point attempt mark of 21 in a Southeastern Confer- way tie for the SEC lead with No. 15 moments earlier, but Thornwell from just right of the key wouldn’t ence game. But it was not enough for Kentucky and No. 17 Florida. could not finish a three-point play, go.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL WH’s Scott earns all-conference honor in senior year at Maryville

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS out. He studied every position Scott said. “I put a lot of work [email protected] along the offensive line – just in over the last four years and in case he was needed at a po- I’m really proud of where I Horace Lee Scott’s fresh- sition other than center. finished.” man year for the Maryville “That definitely helped me Scott played only on special College (Tenn.) football team get on the field,” Scott said. teams his first year before fi- was typical of “Even though they’re all line- nally earning playing time as a most incoming men, everybody does some- center his sophomore season. players – a lot of thing different on every play. Scott was inserted into the time in the It was lot to learn, but after starting lineup his junior year weight room and my freshman year, the coach- at left tackle, and has been a a lot of time es felt I had a pretty good stalwart along the line ever learning the of- grasp of everything. since. This season, he moved fense. “Whenever injuries came to left guard for most of the SCOTT “I was under- up, they were able to plug me year after injuries and other sized when I got in where they needed me.” factors put the lineup in flux. there,” said Scott, the former Scott’s journey took him from “He started every game for Wilson Hall center. “I put on special teamer to starter and fi- us the last two years,” said about 25 pounds that summer nally, in his last season at MC offensive coordinator/of- after my freshman year and I’ve Maryville, to earning a USA fensive line coach Philip Bai- played at about 250 since then.” South Athletic Conference first- ley. “We were 8-2 each of the MARYVILLE COLLEGE ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS What helped his career the team all-conference selection. Former Wilson Hall standout offensive lineman Horace Lee Scott (67) most, however, was learning “It really meant a lot for it earned an all-conference honor playing for Maryville College in Ten- the MC playbook inside and to come in my senior year,” SEE SCOTT, PAGE B4 nessee during his senior season. HHaloalo RingsRings $995$995 & upup Valentines Day February 14

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Detroit 113, Philadelphia 96 Toronto 118, L.A. Clippers 109 AREA ROUNDUP SCOREBOARD Utah 120, Atlanta 95 Miami 115, Minnesota 113 New Orleans 111, Phoenix 106 TV, RADIO Denver 110, Dallas 87 Memphis 89, San Antonio 74 Swampcats top century mark in TODAY Chicago 112, Sacramento 107 10 a.m. – Professional Tennis: Open Sud de France Early-Round Matches TUESDAY’S GAMES from Montpellier, France (TENNIS). Brooklyn at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Noon – Professional Tennis: Ecuador Orlando at Houston, 8 p.m. Open Quito Early-Round Matches Portland at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. big win over Orangeburg Prep (TENNIS). 2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: FA TODAY’S GAMES Cup Fourth-Round Match – Derby vs. Cleveland at Indiana, 7 p.m. Leicester City (FOX SPORTS 1). San Antonio at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. ORANGEBURG – Jalil Robinson scored GIRLS 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk Denver at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). L.A. Lakers at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. 30 and Nazir Andino added 21 as Laurence 6:30 p.m. – College Basketball: DePaul Washington at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Manning Academy’s varsity boys basket- at Xavier (FOX SPORTS 1). L.A. Clippers at New York, 8 p.m. VARSITY BASKETBALL 6:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Missis- Miami at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. ball team cracked the century mark in a sippi at Tennessee (SEC NETWORK). Phoenix at Memphis, 8 p.m. 109-45 rout of Orangebug Prep on Tuesday SUMTER 61 7 p.m. – College Basketball: South Toronto at Minnesota, 8 p.m. SOCASTEE 42 Florida at Connecticut (CBS SPORTS Utah at New Orleans, 8 p.m. at the Indians gymnasium. NETWORK). Boston at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m. Jerrell Kelly added 15 for the Swampcats MYRTLE BEACH – Sumter High School 7 p.m. – College Basketball: North Chicago at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Carolina State at Florida State followed by Seth Green with 13 and Cam closed out its season with a 61-42 victory (ESPN2). THURSDAY’S GAMES Singleton with 10. over Socastee on Monday at the Socastee 7 p.m. – College Basketball: Baylor at Houston at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Oklahoma State (ESPNU). Philadelphia at Orlando, 7 p.m. LMA improved to 21-7 overall and 5-0 in gymnasium. 7 p.m. – College Basketball: Pittsburgh Cleveland at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. SCISA region II-3A and will travel to Wil- Tamerah Brown led Sumter with 21 at Boston College (FOX SPORT- Utah at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. SOUTH). Boston at Portland, 10:30 p.m. son Hall on Friday. points. Latrice Lyons added nine and Dyna- 7 p.m. – College Basketball: George sia Jackson had eight. Mason at Davidson (TIME WARNER LAKEWOOD 65 1250). NHL STANDINGS LUGOFF-ELGIN 48 The Lady Gamecocks finished the season 8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Los Angeles The Associated Press with a 3-18 overall record and a 1-9 mark in Clippers at New York (ESPN). 8 p.m. – College Basketball: Houston EASTERN CONFERENCE Grant Singleton scored 25 points as Lake- Region VI-5A. at Tulane (ESPNEWS). 8 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: ATLANTIC DIVISION wood earned a 65-48 victory over Lugoff-El- CRESTWOOD 51 Texas Tech at Texas Christian (FOX GP W L OT Pts GF GA gin on Tuesday at The Swamp. DARLINGTON 31 SPORTS SOUTHEAST). Montreal 54 30 16 8 68 158 134 8 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Chicago at Min- Ottawa 50 27 17 6 60 137 135 Dontrea Osborne added 17 points for the nesota (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). Toronto 51 24 17 10 58 160 155 Gators followed by Malik Wilson with 12. DARLINGTON – Jah’Che Whitfield led 8:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Provi- Boston 55 26 23 6 58 143 149 dence at Seton Hall (FOX SPORTS 1). Florida 52 23 19 10 56 124 143 LHS improved to 16-5 overall and 7-0 in three Crestwood players in double figures 8:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Mis- Detroit 52 22 21 9 53 132 152 Region VI-4A and will host Darlington on with 19 points as the Lady Knights closed souri at Texas A&M (SEC NETWORK). Buffalo 52 21 21 10 52 126 145 9 p.m. – College Basketball: West Vir- Tampa Bay 53 23 24 6 52 144 157 Thursday in its final regular-season out the regular season with a 51-31 victory ginia at Oklahoma (ESPN2). METROPOLITAN DIVISION game. over Darlington on Tuesday at the DHS 9 p.m. – College Basketball: Central Florida at Cincinnati (ESPNU). GP W L OT Pts GF GA gymnasium. Washington 53 36 11 6 78 175 114 WILSON HALL 39 9 p.m. – College Basketball: Virginia FLORENCE CHRISTIAN 37 Lindsey Rogers and Monajah Lewis each Tech at Miami (FOX SPORTSOUTH). Columbus 51 33 13 5 71 170 127 9 p.m. – College Basketball: Virginia Pittsburgh 51 33 13 5 71 184 147 added 11 points for CHS. Commonwealth at George Washing- N.Y. Rangers 52 33 18 1 67 177 139 FLORENCE – Jacob Cotton scored 17 ton (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). Philadelphia 54 26 21 7 59 144 164 LEE CENTRAL 39 10 p.m. – Professional Golf: European N.Y. Islanders 51 23 18 10 56 153 153 points as Wilson Hall edged Florence ANDREW JACKSON 38 PGA Tour Maybank Championship New Jersey 54 23 21 10 56 127 153 Christian School 39-37 on Tuesday at the First Round from Kuala Lumpur, Ma- Carolina 51 24 20 7 55 138 146 FCS gymnasium. KERSHAW – A’Yanah Lucas had 11 laysia (GOLF). WESTERN CONFERENCE 10:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Chicago Drew Talley added eight points and 14 re- points and 13 rebounds as Lee Central at Golden State (ESPN). CENTRAL DIVISION 11 p.m. – College Basketball: Nevada- GP W L OT Pts GF GA bounds for the Barons, who improved to edged Andrew Jackson 39-38 on Tuesday at Las Vegas at Nevada (CBS SPORTS Minnesota 51 34 12 5 73 172 119 11-9 overall and 4-1 in the region and will the AJ gymnasium. NETWORK). Chicago 54 32 17 5 69 152 141 11 p.m. – College Basketball: Califor- Nashville 52 25 19 8 58 142 135 host Laurence Manning Academy on Fri- Jiah Ervin added eight points and two nia at Arizona State (ESPNU). St. Louis 53 26 22 5 57 149 162 day. steals for the Lady Stallions while Shay 11 p.m. – College Basketball: Stanford Winnipeg 55 25 26 4 54 161 172 at Arizona (FOX SPORTS 1). Dallas 53 21 22 10 52 147 169 THOMAS SUMTER 45 Harris finished with seven points, three re- 2 a.m. – Professional Golf: European Colorado 49 14 33 2 30 99 168 PGA Tour Maybank Championship ROBERT E. LEE 43 bounds and three steals. First Round from Kuala Lumpur, Ma- PACIFIC DIVISION LCHS improved to 10-9 overall and 7-4 in laysia (GOLF). GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 53 33 17 3 69 144 121 DALZELL – Kyle Decker scored 19 points the region. Anaheim 54 28 16 10 66 141 135 as Thomas Sumter Academy edged Robert Edmonton 55 29 18 8 66 156 141 LAURENCE MANNING 44 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Los Angeles 53 27 22 4 58 132 128 E. Lee Academy 45-43 on Tuesday at Edens ORANGEBURG PREP 34 The Associated Press Calgary 55 27 25 3 57 146 157 Vancouver 52 23 23 6 52 123 150 Gymnasium. MEN’S SCORES Arizona 51 17 28 6 40 116 161 Zach Fugate added 11 points for the Gen- ORANGEBURG – Lexi Bennett led three Monday EAST NOTE: Two points for a win, one point erals. Laurence Manning Academy players in Albany (NY) 69, New Hampshire 55 for overtime loss. The Cavaliers were led by William Cor- double figures with 13 points as the Lady Bucknell 82, Holy Cross 68 Canisius 72, St. Peter’s 70 MONDAY’S GAMES bett with 11 points followed by Bryce Bar- Swampcats topped Orangeburg Prep 44-34 Maine 52, Hartford 41 St. Louis 2, Philadelphia 0 rett with 10. on Tuesday at the OP gymnasium. Monmouth (NJ) 74, Rider 69 N.Y. Islanders 6, Toronto 5, OT Quinnipiac 73, Fairfield 71 New Jersey 2, Buffalo 1 Brooke Bennett finished with 11 points Stony Brook 83, Mass.-Lowell 72 for LMA followed by Cora Lee Downer Vermont 71, Binghamton 51 TUESDAY’S GAMES JV BASKETBALL SOUTH San Jose at Buffalo, 7 p.m. with 10. Alabama St. 71, MVSU 66 Calgary at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. LAURENCE MANNING 30 Alcorn St. 75, Grambling St. 65 Carolina at Washington, 7 p.m. ORANGEBURG PREP 29 FLORENCE CHRISTIAN 27 Ark.-Pine Bluff 65, Alabama A&M 49 Anaheim at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. WILSON HALL 25 Bethune-Cookman 71, Howard 67 St. Louis at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. ORANGEBURG – Chase Lee scored 18 Delaware St. 80, Florida A&M 77, OT Dallas at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Georgia Southern 74, Louisiana-La- Columbus at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. points as Laurence Manning Academy FLORENCE – Florence Christian School fayette 70 Los Angeles at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. edged Orangeburg Prep 30-29 in over- outscored Wilson Hall 11-3 in the final quar- Georgia St. 69, Louisiana-Monroe 55 Minnesota at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. Hampton 93, SC State 64 Vancouver at Nashville, 8 p.m. time on Tuesday at the Indians gymnasi- ter to earn a come-from-behind 27-25 victory NC Central 86, Coppin St. 77 Montreal at Colorado, 9 p.m. Norfolk St. 92, Savannah St. 87 um. on Tuesday at the Eagles gymnasium. Southern U. 88, Jackson St. 75 TODAY’S GAMES Bryce Carmack added six points for the Courtney Clark led the Lady Barons with Virginia 71, Louisville 55 Chicago at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Wofford 79, ETSU 76 JV Swampcats, who improved to 12-6 over- 13 points and seven rebounds. Cameron MIDWEST THURSDAY’S GAMES all and 3-1 in the region and will travel to Duffy was next with six points and four as- Kansas 74, Kansas St. 71 San Jose at Boston, 7 p.m. SOUTHWEST Anaheim at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Wilson Hall on Friday. sists. WH hosts Laurence Manning Acade- Arkansas St. 67, Coastal Carolina 57 Nashville at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. my on Friday. UALR 69, Appalachian St. 62 Detroit at Washington, 7 p.m. WILSON HALL 34 Vancouver at Columbus, 7 p.m. FLORENCE CHRISTIAN 32 MEN’S SCHEDULE N.Y. Islanders at Philadelphia, 7 JV BASKETBALL TUESDAY p.m. EAST St. Louis at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. FLORENCE – Evan Hoffman hit LAURENCE MANNING 36 Maryland at Penn St., 6 p.m. Los Angeles at Florida, 7:30 p.m. 3-pointer with eight seconds left to tie ORANGEBURG PREP 32 Princeton at Penn, 7 p.m. Dallas at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Rhode Island at UMass, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Colorado, 9 p.m. game and then Miller Jones stole the in- N. Illinois at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Montreal at Arizona, 9 p.m. bounds pass and made a layup as Wilson ORANGEBURG – Audrey Bennett had 13 Siena at Iona, 7 p.m. Georgetown at Villanova, 7 p.m. FRIDAY’S GAMES Hall rallied for a 34-32 victory over Flor- points and Katherine Burns added 12 as SOUTH Chicago at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. ence Christian School on Tuesday at the LMA remained unbeaten in region play Alabama at South Carolina, 6:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Florida at Georgia, 7 p.m. FCS gymnasium. with a 36-32 victory over Orangeburg Prep Tulsa at Memphis, 7 p.m. Emory Moore led the Barons with 12 on Tuesday at the OP gymnasium. LSU at Kentucky, 7 p.m. Allen at NC A&T, 7 p.m. LOCAL PREP SCHEDULE points followed by Nathan Harris with Bryce Erickson added six points for the Tusculum at Georgia Tech, 7:30 p.m. TODAY nine. JV Lady Swampcats and Breanna Boykin Syracuse at Clemson, 8 p.m. Mississippi St. at Auburn, 9 p.m. VARSITY AND JV BASKETBALL WH improved to 14-5 overall and 4-1 in finished with five. MIDWEST Central Pageland at Lee Central (No Ball St. at Akron, 6 p.m. JV Girls), 5 p.m. the region and will host Laurence Manning LMA improved to 14-3 overall and will Bowling Green at Kent St., 7 p.m. Academy on Friday. travel to Wilson Hall on Friday. E. Michigan at Toledo, 7 p.m. JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL W. Michigan at Miami (Ohio), 7 p.m. Lakewood at Darlington, 6 p.m. Cent. Michigan at Ohio, 7 p.m. Wake Forest at Notre Dame, 7 p.m. B TEAM BASKETBALL Illinois at Northwestern, 8 p.m. Laurence Manning at Calhoun Acad- Illinois St. at Drake, 8 p.m. emy, 5 p.m. eight rebounds and two points. Saint Joseph’s at Dayton, 8 p.m. GATORS FROM PAGE B1 Butler at Marquette, 9 p.m. THURSDAY While competing in the playoffs will be a Michigan St. at Michigan, 9 p.m. VARSITY BASKETBALL new experience for all but Cain, Adams- SOUTHWEST Darlington at Lakewood, 6 p.m. Vanderbilt at Arkansas, 8:30 p.m. East Clarendon at Hemingway, 6 p.m. While pleased with the win, Lakewood Ludd has a wealth of personal knowledge Iowa St. at Texas, 9 p.m. head coach Demetress Adams-Ludd was she can draw upon and share from her play- Texas Tech at TCU, 9 p.m. B TEAM BASKETBALL FAR WEST Trinity-Byrnes at Robert E. Lee, 6 troubled by her team’s uneven play. ing days on Lee Central teams that were pe- Utah St. at Colorado St., 9 p.m. p.m. “That’s something at halftime we spoke to rennial state champion contenders under San Diego St. at San Jose St., 11 p.m. FRIDAY the girls about in the huddles,” said Adams- coach Dorothy Fortune. VARSITY AND JV BASKETBALL Ludd, whose team stands at 9-11 overall. “I’m excited, knowing what the future Laurence Manning at Wilson Hall, 4 “My assistants and myself were just trying could hold for this team, and I think this is NBA STANDINGS p.m. The Associated Press Thomas Sumter at Carolina Acade- to get them out of that lethargic mentality. just a taste of what is to come for these my, 4 p.m. EASTERN CONFERENCE Robert E. Lee at Williamsburg, 4 They have to pick it up a lot sooner. Maybe girls,” Adams-Ludd said. p.m. strategically we’ll have to do some things “They’re young, they’re energetic and ATLANTIC DIVISION W L Pct GB differently, but we’re still a work in prog- they’re talented, so we’ve just got to contin- Boston 33 18 .647 — TRANSACTIONS ress. Whatever we have to do as a coaching ue to work. A lot of what I do comes from Toronto 32 21 .604 2 The Associated Press New York 22 31 .415 12 staff to get them ready, we may have to my time at Lee Central, as well as playing at Philadelphia 18 33 .353 15 BASEBALL change some things to do that. We under- South Carolina and even some overseas Brooklyn 9 42 .176 24 American League stand that you can’t do that, and we preach things. I tell the girls a lot of stories about SOUTHEAST DIVISION KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to W L Pct GB terms with C Brayan Pena on a minor that to the girls several times. We’re just the battles at USC, or when I was at Lee Washington 30 21 .588 — league contract. thankful for the win at the end of the day, Central, and just the mentality and the cul- Atlanta 30 22 .577 ½ TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Agreed to Charlotte 23 28 .451 7 terms with C Jarrod Saltalamacchia because it could have gone the other way.” ture that we had, and the fact that we didn’t Miami 22 30 .423 8½ on a minor league contract. While the Lady Gators seemed never in understand anything BUT winning the state Orlando 20 33 .377 11 National League MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Assigned danger of losing, Adams-Ludd would have championship. So I think they’re starting to CENTRAL DIVISION RHP Rob Scahill outright to Colorado W L Pct GB Springs (PCL). liked to see her team build more of a cush- catch on and adapt to that mentality but, Cleveland 35 15 .700 — ion late and finish stronger. like I said, we’re still a work in progress. Indiana 29 22 .569 6½ BASKETBALL Chicago 26 26 .500 10 National Basketball Association “We’re trying to get our kids to under- “It was sort of miraculous, the teams that Detroit 24 28 .462 12 DALLAS MAVERICKS — Signed G Yogi stand that, and that’s the part of the game coach Fortune had and the fact that she Milwaukee 22 28 .440 13 Ferrell to a multi-year contract. that I can say, as a coach, is missing,” the didn’t have to do a lot to mold us. A lot of WESTERN CONFERENCE FOOTBALL former Lee Central and University of South the intangibles, we were just ingrained with SOUTHWEST DIVISION National Football League Carolina standout said. them; it was God-given. With these girls, it’s W L Pct GB ATLANTA FALCONS — Named Steve San Antonio 39 12 .765 — Sarkisian offensive coordinator. “But this is a huge learning experience just a little bit of a different situation, but Houston 37 17 .685 3½ BUFFALO BILLS — Named Gill Byrd Memphis 32 22 .593 8½ defensive backs coach and Bobby for them. Most of them, this is their first I’m just trying to do my best to give them Dallas 20 31 .392 19 Babich assistant defensive backs time on varsity, so they have to understand those intangibles in any scenario or game coach. New Orleans 20 32 .385 19½ what runs are and how to stop a team in a where we can pick it up along the way. NORTHWEST DIVISION HOCKEY run, how to waver a run or how to build off That’s kind of what makes up a good team. W L Pct GB National Hockey League Utah 33 19 .635 — BOSTON BRUINS — Fired coach of a run.” It’s not just the talent but it’s the heart and Oklahoma City 30 23 .566 3½ Claude Julien. Promoted assistant it’s the courage to go out there and just Denver 23 28 .451 9½ coach Bruce Cassidy to interim head Cain and Harvin added seven steals Portland 22 30 .423 11 coach. apiece, with two other Lady Gators stuffing make something happen or get a stop. Our Minnesota 19 33 .365 14 NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Placed F the stat sheet in different categories. Serena girls are slowly learning that, but I think by PACIFIC DIVISION Harry Zolnierczyk on injured reserve. W L Pct GB Recalled F Pontus Aberg from Mil- Choice closed with 11 rebounds, five steals next year we’ll have it, and who’s to say we Golden State 43 8 .843 — waukee (AHL). and four points while Valencia Croom had won’t go to state next year.” L.A. Clippers 31 21 .596 12½ NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Assigned F Sacramento 20 32 .385 23½ Joseph Blandisi and D Karl Stollery to L.A. Lakers 18 36 .333 26½ Albany (AHL). Phoenix 16 36 .308 27½ COLLEGE MONDAY’S GAMES ARMY — Suspended defensive coordi- Cleveland 140, Washington 135, OT nator Jay Bateman two weeks and fined Indiana 93, Oklahoma City 90 him $25,000 for mishandling information L.A. Lakers 121, New York 107 about Wake Forest football team. THE SUMTER ITEM SPORTS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2017 | B3

Sumter’s Tylik Sibblies- REPEAT FROM PAGE B1 Simon (5) drives around Socastee’s Alex evident from the outset as Jaylenn Corbett Collins in the Game- got out in front of the Braves’ defense for a cocks’ 75-52 victory on couple of fast break layups to start the Tuesday at the SHS game. With Socastee having 7-foot-1-inch, gymnasium. Sumter 260-pound Jason Cudd on the floor, Sumter won the Region VI-5A wanted to run as much as possible. championship with the “Push the ball. That was our game plan triumph. tonight,” Jones said. “We knew (Cudd) wasn’t fast enough to run with us and he RICK CARPENTER / THE SUMTER ITEM didn’t have a lot of help tonight.” Socastee, which fell to 12-11 and 4-6, pulled within 5-4, but got no closer. Sumter reeled off nine straight points to go up 14-4 and led 16-8 after one quarter. The Braves never got closer than seven points the rest of the way. Kendrell Genrette converted a 3-point play to pull Socastee within 25-17 with 3:49 left in the first half. Ahmad Peoples drilled a 3-point shot, Cor- bett followed up a miss and Tylik Sibblies-Si- mon sank a 3 to make it 33-17 with 2:10 left. The Braves didn’t get back within single digits again as Sumter led 39-20 at halftime. The Gamecocks blew the game open in the third quarter as Andrew Tiller hit three straight treys in a 46-second span to make it 58-29. Sumter led 63-34 after three quarters. Isaih Moore led the Gamecocks with 14 points. All nine seniors scored for Sumter, led by Corbett with 12. Tiller, Peoples and Sibblies-Simon each had nine, Brandon At- kins and Antoine Benbow both had four, Ryan Missildine had three, Raymond John- son two and Darius Williams one. Cudd had 22 points and six rebounds to lead Socastee. The University of South Caro- lina signee had just one blocked shot, but Sumter chose not to challenge him, instead outrunning him. Zack Henderson added nine.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP Hart helps No. 2 Villanova survive late Georgetown run

VILLANOVA, Pa. — Josh for Kentucky. Huerter scored 12 points each Hart scored 25 points and No. Antonio Blakeney had a and Melo Trimble added 11 for 2 Villanova held off a late season-high 31 points and the Terrapins (20-4, 8-3) who Georgetown run in a 75-64 vic- Brandon Sampson added 17 lost their second in a row. tory Tuesday night. for the Tigers (9-14, 1-10), who The Nittany Lions played With Hart on a second-half have lost 10 straight for the stingy defense early and led scoreless skid, the Hoyas (13- first time since 2011. for all but 1:48 and by as many 12, 4-8 Big East) sliced a 17- as 14 points with 9:59 remain- point deficit to two and had (17) FLORIDA 72 ing. the Wildcats reeling at the Pa- GEORGIA 60 The Terps cut the lead to vilion. L.J. Peak buried a 3 ATHENS, Ga. — Chris Chi- 62-58 with 3:26 left after Jack- and Rodney Pryor hit a jump- ozza scored 15 points and No. son and Jaylen Brantley hit er to key a 17-4 run that 17 Florida recovered after consecutive 3s. But a layup pulled the Hoyas to 60-58 with blowing a 16-point lead to beat from Nazeer Bostick and six 3:49 left. Georgia. combined free throws from The Hoyas, swept by Villa- Kasey Hill had 12 points for Carr, Stevens and Josh Reaves nova in three games last sea- Florida (19-5, 9-2 Southeastern kept the game out of reach. son, seemed poised to pull off Conference), which has won the upset they needed to try five straight. The Gators SYRACUSE 82 and make a run at the NCAA began the night one game be- CLEMSON 81 Tournament. hind Southeastern Confer- CLEMSON — Tyus Battle The Hoyas just couldn’t stop ence leader South Carolina. hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to Hart in the clutch. Hart, a na- Yante Maten led Georgia give Syracuse a one-point win tional player of the year can- (13-11, 4-7) with 19 points. The over Clemson. didate, scored 17 points in the Bulldogs suffered their third Tyler Lydon drove the lane first half and missed his first straight loss, each to a ranked and the Tigers collapsed, al- seven shots in the second. But opponent. lowing Lydon to find the he buried a 3 to make it a sev- The Gators’ winning freshman wide open in the en-point lead and turned a streak includes Saturday’s right corner to give the Or- steal into a layup that made it impressive 88-66 win over ange (16-9, 8-4 Atlantic Coast 70-60 and sent the Pavilion No. 8 Kentucky. Florida has Conference) their fifth win in crowd into a frenzy. made runaway wins look a row. Syracuse has come The Wildcats (23-2, 10-2) routine in their winning back from double-figure defi- held on and won the 79th streak, and they appeared cits in its last three wins. game in the series between ready to pull away from the Andrew White led the Or- these decades-long rivals. Bulldogs early. After Georgia ange with 23 points. Lydon Hart got the Wildcats roll- led 5-0, Florida took the lead added 17 points and nine re- ing after they missed six of with a 13-2 run. bounds. their first seven 3-point at- Consecutive 3-pointers by Jaron Blosssomgame led tempts. Hart hit three 3s in Devin Robinson and Justin Clemson (13-10, 3-8) with 20 the first half and scored 17 Leon helped Florida stretch points. It was another heart- points to help the Wildcats the advantage to 30-14. breaking loss for the Tigers take an early 17-point lead. Villanova’s Josh Hart, left, goes up for a shot against Georgetown’s who have now lost a pair of The Wildcats are at that PENN STATE 7 1-point games in the ACC, a Jagan Mosely during the first half of the Wildcats’ 75-64 victory over (21) MARYLAND 64 point of the season where the Hoyas on Tuesday in Villanova, Pa. 3-point game in overtime fans are just waiting for STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — and a 4-point game, all at March. The students even Lamar Stevens scored 16 of home. started a “Trust the Process” The Hoyas desperately needed Southeastern Conference) his 25 points in the second Donte Grantham hit a chant when Philadelphia a marquee win to help its won for just the second time half and Penn State beat No. jumper from the free throw 76ers center Joel Embiid NCAA Tournament hopes. in five games and had to with- 21 Maryland. line with 6.2 seconds to go to made a cameo in the second The 2017 Big East champi- stand the Tigers’ late rally Tony Carr added 14 points give Clemson the lead before half. onship trophy made a stop at that got them within 91-85 and Mike Watkins had 10 for John Gillon’s drive and dish Donte DiVincenzo scored 11 the Pavilion and it’s hard to with 9 seconds remaining. the Nittany Lions (13-12, 5-7 to Lydon that led to the win- of his 15 points in the second imagine it won’t soon find a Monk’s free throw 1 second Big Ten) who snapped a two- ning basket. half for the Wildcats. Peak led permanent spot at Villanova. later sealed a win that fol- game skid and beat their Clemson also led by as Georgetown with 21 points The Wildcats are the three- lowed Kentucky’s 22-point fourth Top 25 opponent since many as 12 in the first half, and Pryor had 20. time defending conference loss at No. 17 Florida on Sat- last February. but the Orange reeled the Georgetown was involved in champs and lead the Big East urday. Justin Jackson and Kevin game back in before half. a crash on Monday on I-95 again this season. Villanova Gabriel provided the initial North outside of Baltimore on extended its school record offensive boost and finished 7 the way to Pennsylvania. with its 48th straight win at of 11 from the field including There were no major injuries the Pavilion. three 3-pointers to beat his to any members of the team. previous career best of 15. 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SPORTS ITEMS Patriots get hero’s welcome during Super Bowl parade BOSTON — Snow, rain and nine years in the organiza- development at a school chilly temperatures didn’t tion. He completed his fifth wracked a by a sexual assault dampen the joy of New Eng- season as head coach of the scandal. land Patriots fans exulting in Providence Bruins in 2015-16, Brandon Washington was their team’s latest champion- having spent the three previ- fired Saturday after school of- ship Tuesday. ous seasons with the club as ficials learned he had been ar- The five-time Super Bowl an assistant. rested earlier in the day on a winners received a hero’s wel- FALCONS HIRE STEVE SARKISIAN misdemeanor punishable by come as they paraded through AS NEW OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR up to 180 days in a jail and a downtown Boston aboard $2,000 fine. World War II-era duck boats FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Deputies arrested the 33-year- that have become a staple of The Atlanta Falcons have old coach at a Waco-area hotel, the city’s recent title celebra- hired Steve Sarkisian as their McLennan County Sheriff Par- tions. new offensive coordinator. nell McNamara said. Sounds of “Brady! Brady!” The move was announced Baylor officials said the ‘’TB12!” and “MVP” rang out Tuesday, less than 24 hours school conducted a full back- throughout the procession as after Kyle Shanahan left to be- ground check before hiring fans proudly wore No. 12 jer- come head coach of the San Washington. seys over thick parkas and THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Francisco 49ers. AP SOURCE: NAPOLI, RANGERS sweaters, holding signs de- New England fans gather for the parade Tuesday in Boston to cele- Sarkisian took over as Ala- WORKING ON REUNION claring star quarterback Tom brate the Patriots’ 34-28 win over Atlanta in Super Bowl LI on Sunday. bama’s offensive coordinator Brady the G.O.A.T. — the in the national championship Mike Napoli and the Texas greatest of all time. Fans were still in disbelief With the team in danger of game, but his tenure with the Rangers are working toward Brady grinned and just took over New England’s stunning missing the playoffs for a Crimson Tide stunningly last- another reunion, this time to it all in, at one point tossing 34-28 comeback win in overtime third straight season, General ed only one contest. He is a fill pressing needs the AL West footballs back and forth with against the Atlanta Falcons. manager Don Sweeney apolo- former head coach at Wash- champions have for a first fans on the route as the duck “We were all sweating bul- gized for the timing, Sweeney ington and Southern Cal. baseman and another big bat boats rumbled along. lets the whole time, and then felt he had little choice. Bos- Sarkisian was named Ala- in the middle of the lineup. “We’re going to remember we saw the best comeback in ton has lost two in a row and bama’s offensive coordinator The slugger and the team this one for the rest of our the world and the greatest six of nine and fallen out of a after Lane Kiffin left to be- have been negotiating a con- lives and we know you will thing we’ve ever seen,” said playoff spot in the Eastern come the head coach at Flori- tract, a person with direct too,” he shouted from a stage James Mastrangelo, of Quin- Conference. Assistant Bruce da Atlantic University. knowledge of the negotiations at the parade’s end at City cy, Massachusetts. Cassidy was named interim The 42-year-old Sarkisian told The Associated Press. Hall. “I told you we were going BRUINS FIRE COACH JULIEN coach. takes over the NFL’s scoring That person spoke on condi- to bring this sucker home, and AFTER 419 WINS, CUP TITLE Four of the past eight Stan- offense led by MVP quarter- tion of anonymity Tuesday we brought it home!” ley Cup champions have made back Matt Ryan, All-Pro re- because talks were ongoing. Cannons shot out red, white BOSTON — The Bruins felt a coaching change midseason. ceiver Julio Jones and 1,000- Texas general manager Jon and blue confetti along the they needed to a change at the Julien was the longest-ten- yard rusher Devonta Freeman. Daniels didn’t respond to mes- route, which started near the top, even if it meant doing it ured current coach in the BAYLOR ASSISTANT FIRED FOR sages from the AP. Boston Marathon finish line, on a day when the city was NHL, starting with the Bruins SOLICITING PROSTITUTE The AL West champion where three spectators were celebrating a championship. in the 2007-08 season. He went Rangers would have to clear a killed and 260 others wounded Boston fired Stanley Cup- 419-246-94 in nearly 10 sea- WACO, Texas — Baylor Uni- spot on their 40-man roster in bombing attacks in April winning coach Claude Julien sons, including two trips to versity fired a newly hired as- for Napoli, which means a 2013. The route wound past fa- on Tuesday, just hours before the NHL finals and a Stanley sistant strength and condi- deal may not be finalized until mous city landmarks such as a downtown parade in honor Cup title in 2011. tioning coach after he was ar- after spring training opens. historic Faneuil Hall and the of the New England Patriots’ Cassidy, 51, is not a newbie rested on a prostitution solici- Boston Common. Super Bowl victory. to the Bruins, having spent tation charge, the latest legal From wire reports

at both run and pass blocking – some- “We run a lot of zone and there was a long time and had a lot of reps in. His SCOTT FROM PAGE B1 thing he’s continually worked on since different assignment for every position understanding of our concepts, under- his freshman year, he said. on every play.” standing of angles and gap placement last two years, so he was 16-4 overall as “I think all linemen love to run block, It is not an easy transition either, Bai- made moving some pieces around easi- a starter. so moving from center to tackle was the ley said, nor is it to go from tackle to er. He fit in seamlessly.” “He’s a very smart kid and he’s very hardest thing I ever had to do because I guard as Scott did this year. Bailey also harped on Scott’s en- deserving of his all-conference award.” really had to work on my pass block- “The demands of the position are dif- hanced role as a leader this season – Maryville, an NCAA Division II ing,” Scott said. “At tackle, you’re kind ferent, especially in pass blocking,” he something that will likely come in school, had about as balanced an of- of on island by yourself out there with said. “You’re dealing with speed rushers handy down the road as he prepares to fense as Bailey can remember this sea- everyone coming off the edge. Tackle on the end at guard, and then at guard make the potential move from player to son as the Fighting Scots averaged 267.3 had the most assignments and we had you’re up against those big interior de- coach. yards passing and 225.2 yards rushing to do a lot of things with our split ad- fensive linemen who have a lot of power. “I love football,” Scott said. “So, yeah per game. justments and knowing where the ball “But I knew Horace could do it be- I definitely see myself coaching at some That meant that Scott had to be adept was going. cause he’d been in our program for a level down the road.”

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outh Carolina, which has one season and he said Carolina the next day. 22; Scout-USC 19, Clemson 26; scholarship remaining for the the Gamecocks have Tavernier said he talked with some 247Sports-USC 17, Clemson 18; ESPN- 2017 class, is not finished with been in touch with Vanderbilt coaches at his last show- Clemson 10-USC 19. JUCO All American corner- his coach as have Ole case event. He said he’s the only play- S CLEMSON back Mike Hughes and he’s not fin- Miss and Florida. He er in his class invited to the Best of ished with the Gamecocks. made an unofficial the Midwest Showcase later this LB Teradja Mitchell of Virginia According to Garden City JC, Kan- visit to USC in Au- month in Indianapolis. Beach, Virgina, released his top 11 and sas, head coach Jeff Simms, Hughes gust. Martin said if it includes Clemson. He also has did not sign Wednesday because he he does not qualify he CLEMSON AND USC Southern Cal, Florida, Georgia, Ala- has not graduated. And whenever Phil Kornblut plans to attend a prep DE Stephon Wynn Jr., the son of the bama, Ohio State, Virginia Tech, Hughes does graduate, Sims, said, RECRUITING school, possibly Mil- former Clemson star defensive line- Michigan, Penn State, LSU and Flori- South Carolina wants him. CORNER ford Prep. man now attending IMG Academy in da State. “They are going to wait however 2017 QB Drew Dins- Bradenton, Florida, is thought by Clemson is in the final nine with DB long it takes for him to graduate,” the more (6-foot-6-inches, many in the recruiting world as a lock Verone McKinley II of Plano, Texas. coach said. “I’m sure they are going 210 pounds) of Atlanta announced he for the Tigers. He may eventually fol- The others are Alabama, LSU, Nebras- to sign him as he gets a little bit clos- will walk-on at USC with an invite low in his dad’s footsteps but at this ka, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas er academically. He will get it done, from Will Muschamp to join the pro- stage of the recruiting process Wynn A&M, Penn State and UCLA. the question is when will he get it gram and compete for a scholarship. is taking it all in and considering all DB Kyler McMichael of Duluth, done. It could be as late as Christmas. He was offered by Cornell and Eastern comers. Georgia, took a visit to Clemson for He has to graduate. He hasn’t been Kentucky. “Yes, I grew up a Clemson fan but last month’s junior day. McMichael’s here a year. It’s not that he’s not a Punter Joe Doyle of Knoxville has a none of that will affect my recruit- offers include Clemson, USC, Georgia, good student, he’s a good student. It’s preferred walk-on offer from USC and ing,” Wynn Jr. said. “If I decide to go Florida, Tennessee, Virginia Tech, the amount of work he has to get is planning a visit right now for Feb. to Clemson it will be because I decide Michigan State, LSU, Notre Dame, Au- done. He has given me every impres- 17. He’s also planning to visit Arkan- to go to Clemson, not because my fam- burn, North Carolina and Michigan. sion that South Carolina is where he sas the following weekend. ily went to school there or my dad This month he is going to Georgia on likes. It’s an SEC school that’s near One-time USC commitment RB played there, nothing like that. I’m re- Feb. 11 and Duke on Feb. 18. his house (in North Carolina). There Kyshaun Bryan of Fort Lauderdale, ally open to any school that gives me a One-time Clemson commitment RB have been other schools that have Florida, signed with Iowa. scholarship. I want to take my time, Cordarrion Richardson of Memphis, contact me and said that they would DL William Green of Albany, Geor- evaluate each school and pick the best Tennessee, who was expected to sign do every they could within the rules gia, signed with Jones County JC, Mis- school for me. I’m still wide open. I re- with Maryland, signed with Central to get him and he’s been unim- sissippi on Monday. USC has been in- ally haven’t thought about committing Florida. pressed. He’s made me feel that that’s volved with him and likely will be yet, I’m just taking my time with it TE James Mitchell of Big Stone Gap, the place he wants to go and he hasn’t moving forward. He’s also been look- and enjoying the process.” Virginia, took in Clemson’s junior day wavered at all.” ing at Mississippi State. Wynn just picked up an offer from last month. Mitchell also visited Clem- Head coach Will Muschamp and de- LB Dax Hollifield of Shelby, N.C., Alabama. He has had a top eight of son during the season. He also has offensive coordinator Travaris Robinson was at USC the Saturday before last. Clemson, USC, Auburn, Georgia, LSU, fers from Virginia, Virginia Tech, recruited Hughes when they were at He has had the Gamecocks, Virginia North Carolina, Tennessee and Vir- Duke, Vanderbilt and James Madison. Florida so they have had a relation- Tech and North Carolina at the top of ginia Tech but he said he’s rethinking He will go to Duke for a junior day in ship with him for years. his list. that list now, especially after getting February and is also going to Tennes- Hughes started his career at North Stanford is now recruiting him hard the Alabama offer. see. Carolina where he played as a fresh- and he plans to visit there. Wynn was at Clemson last month OL Trey Hill of Warner Robbins, man in 2015. LB Eli Adams of South Pointe has a for a junior day, which for him also Georgia also attended Clemson’s ju- He transferred to Garden City and USC offer and the Gamecocks, early served as a return home to nearby An- nior day. He also visited Clemson last was a standout on a national champion, reside in a prominent place in his derson. Wynn said USC also is recruit- summer for a camp but this visit gave onship team in 2016. As a two-way mind. ing him hard and despite his Clemson him a chance to see the new digs and player, he had 47 tackles with two in- Adams was the leader of the Stal- heritage he plans to give the Game- get closer with the coaches. Hill has terceptions on defense and 871 all-pur- lions’ defense last season that won an- cocks as much consideration as the nearly 30 offers at this point so he’s pose yards with seven touchdowns. He other state championship. Adams also rest. not sure where anyone fits. He will go was named the defensive player of the has offers from Maryland and East Wynn plans others visits over the to Georgia and Florida State in Febru- year in his conference. Carolina. He plans to attend USC’s ju- spring and he will go to Alabama for ary. USC also is one of his offers and Hughes does not have any junior nior day Feb. 25 and he also wants to sure. IMG typically takes some of its he hopes to get there this spring or college eligibility left so if it takes him visit Maryland. top recruits on a tour of schools thru summer. until Christmas to graduate, he will He wants to make his decision be- the Southeast so Wynn will no doubt One of the top prospects at Clemson not play this season for the Broncos. fore his senior season. get back to Clemson and USC for that. for that junior day was TE Mustapha He will have three years to play two at TE Gavin Schoenwald of Nashville He plans to make his commitment be- Muhammad of Missouri City, Texas. the next level. was in for USC’s recent junior day. He fore the season but he will take official He was making his first visit to Clem- USC has reached out the West Coast also visited last season for the Mis- visits after his commitment. son. Muhammad said he will be visit- in an attempt to attract a placekicker souri game. Schoenwald also holds of- QB Dakereon Joyner visited USC ing Oklahoma State this month. Some for the 2017 class. Chase McGrath of fers from Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Au- last month but did not make it to of his other offers are Michigan, LSU, Newport Coast, California, said he burn, Georgia, Iowa and Ole Miss. Clemson’s junior day the end of Janu- Ohio State, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas was offered Thursday night by the USC put out several new 2018 of- ary. He has upcoming visits to Georgia A&M and TCU. Gamecocks. He also picked up an offer fers… DL Aeneas Hawkins of Cincin- and N.C. State. As for the USC visit, Also at Clemson for that junior day from Virginia to go along with earlier nati; DB Jordan Miner of Tampa; DE Joyner had another good experience. were DB Derrik Allen of Marietta, ones from Texas Tech, Utah State and Kingsley Enagbare; DL Trevor Trout He also has visited Virginia Tech. Georiga; DB Patrick Surtain of Planta- Army. of St. Louis; WR Seth Williams of Cot- Clemson recruiter Tony Elliott tion, Florida, and DB Tyson Campbell It’s not clear if the offers are for tondale, Alabama; RB Deshaun Fen- checked in on Joyner the end of last of Plantation, Florida. scholarships or walk-on opportunities. wick of Bradenton, Florida, and DL month. Clemson offered 2018 DL Thomas McGrath has taken an official visit to Nesta Silvera of Fort Lauderdale, Ben Lippen QB Patrick McClure did Booker of Baltimore and 2019 DE Texas Tech. McGrath was named the Florida. not sign Wednesday. Clemson is now Khristopher Bogle of Ft. Lauderdale, All-County placekicker last season. He For 2019, USC offered DE Derrick showing interest as a possible walk-on Fla. was 3-for-5 on field goals with a long McClendon of Tucker, Georgia, and opportunity that might not material- of 51 yards and 90-for-93 on extra WR Kameron Brown of Colleyville, ize until January. USC and Virginia BASKETBALL points. Texas. Tech also have talked with him about 2018 prospect Zion Williamson (6-6) DL Romello Martin of Brooklyn did 2021 QB Maddox Tavernier of Fish- walk-on spots. And he has visited of Spartanburg Day made an unoffi- not sign Wednesday as he awaits the ers, Indiana, is planning to camp at Jacksonville University. cial visit to USC on Saturday for the return of his most recent SAT score. USC this summer. He’s coming to USC National rankings for Clemson and Georgia. Williamson also visited USC recruited Martin for much of the on June 3 and then heading to North USC classes….Rivals-USC 17, Clemson Clemson in January for a game.

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If you do not receive an application in the mail, please stop by our ofﬁ ce at 12 W. Liberty Street in the Liberty Center (the old Brody bldg) or give us a call at 774-1601. We will be available to assist you with your application or answer any questions you might have. SECTIONC WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2017 Call Ivy Moore at: (803) 774-1221 | E-mail: [email protected] Museum, university present Mother Emanuel programs ‘We Are Charleston’ authors will discuss tragedy, racism BY IVY MOORE [email protected]

oth the University of South Carolina Sumter and Bthe Sumter County Museum will present programs featuring the three authors of the book “We Are Charleston: Tragedy and Triumph at Mother Emanuel” on Thursday, Feb. 16. USC Sumter’s program will be presented during the noon hour in the Arts and Letters Hall, while the museum’s program is set for 6 p.m. that day in the Heritage Education Center. Admis- sion to both is free to the public.

Ray McManus, director of thors, each of whom has a the Center for Oral Narrative personal relationship with based at USC Sumter, said the Mother Emanuel. Each re- university’s event will be a gards the tragedy from a dif- reading and discussion of the ferent perspective, and the au- book by Herb Frazier, Ber- thors found their varied back- nard Powers Jr. and Marjory grounds necessary to tell Wentworth. The three authors their story. PHOTOS PROVIDED seek to make sense of the In the introduction, they Bernard Powers Jr., Marjory Wentworth and Herb Frazier are the authors of “We Are Charleston: Tragedy seemingly senseless actions of write: “Using the tools of the and Triumph at Mother Emanuel,” which recounts the events of June 17, 2015, when white supremacist convicted murderer and white investigative reporter to find Dylann Roof murdered nine members of a Bible study class at Mother Emanuel Church in Charleston as a supremacist Dylann Roof, the central stories, the histori- basis for the story of “the racialized history of Charleston and the nation.” They will present programs at who on June 17, 2015, entered an’s grasp of the past as con- University of South Carolina Sumter and the Sumter County Museum on Feb. 16. Emanuel African Methodist text, and the poet’s ability to Episcopal Church on Calhoun plumb the depths of the LEFT: The cover of “We Are Street in Charleston, sat human condition ... we soon Charleston” is shown. Represen- through a Bible study, then discovered that to be success- tatives from Books-A-Million in opened fire on the very people ful, it would take our com- Sumter Mall will be present with with whom he’d been sitting. bined abilities to achieve a copies of the book, which cost Roof killed nine people that task that not one of us could $26.99, including tax. Twenty night, then escaped briefly, have accomplished alone. ... percent of sales will benefit the only to be captured the follow- What happened on June 17 museum. ing day in North Carolina. was an assault on humanity, When journalist Frazier, his- and what has happened since torian Powers and poet Went- has implications that echo far worth wrote “We Are Charles- beyond South Carolina.” worth is free and open to the ton,” Roof had not yet been Herb Frazier is an award- public. Representatives from convicted. Their book looks not winning journalist who has Books-A-Million will be pres- at a trial and conviction but at been a reporter and editor ent with copies of “We Are the racism that still pervades with five Southern newspa- Charleston,” which sell for the country. It’s the story of the pers, including Charleston’s $26.99 including tax; twenty African Methodist Episcopal Post and Courier. He is cur- percent of all sales will bene- denomination and especially rently the marketing and pub- fit the museum. Refreshments Mother Emanuel, both person- lic relations manager at Mag- will be served. al and historically accurate, nolia Plantation and Gardens For more information on and it’s a story of the power of near Charleston. the noon Feb. 16 USC Sumter forgiveness in the face of un- Dr. Bernard Powers Jr. event, contact Ray McManus, abated hatred and violence. teaches U.S. and African- director of the S.C. Center for Dylann Roof has yet to ex- American history at the Col- Oral Narrative, at drmcman@ press any regret for his mur- lege of Charleston. He has uscsumter.edu or (803) 938- derous acts. been seen in numerous PBS the co-founder of the Low- literary works in the nation 3717. For more on the 6 p.m. Sumter County Museum Di- films, including The African country Initiative for the Lit- each year. Feb. 16 Sumter County Muse- rector Annie Rivers describes Americans: Many Rivers to erary Arts and a five-time The 6 p.m. Feb. 16 communi- um event, contact Director the 6 p.m. program there as Cross. nominee for the Pushcart ty conversation and book Annie Rivers at arivers@sum- “more of an informal commu- Marjory Wentworth is poet Prize, which honors the best signing at the museum with tercountymuseum.org or (803) nity discussion” with the au- laureate of South Carolina, poetry and other short form Frazier, Powers and Went- 775-0908. Posters promote dialogue on positive social change

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful Museum starting Feb. 16. They present the histori- development of a more humane and informed citi- committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it cal experiences of individuals and communities, ex- zenry. Using historical events as a learning tool, is the only thing that ever has. plore the impact of cultural differences and encour- students make the essential connection between — Margaret Mead, age viewers to consider the consequences of every- history and the moral choices they confront in anthropologist, 1901-78 day choices — to discover how “little things are big” their own lives. For more information, visit www. — and to make a difference in their own communi- facinghistory.org. The Sumter County Museum will open a Smith- ties. SITES has been sharing the wealth of Smithson- sonian Institution Poster exhibit in conjunction These graphically compelling colorful posters are ian collections and research programs with mil- with the We Are Charleston event. The Smithson- being distributed at no cost to schools, libraries, lions of people outside Washington, D.C., for nearly ian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service museums and community organizations through 60 years. SITES connects Americans to their (SITES) has partnered with the educational orga- partnerships including Teaching Tolerance, Boys & shared cultural heritage through a wide range of nization Facing History and Ourselves to dramati- Girls Clubs of America and the American Library exhibitions about art, science and history, which cally increase access to the themes and content Association. Founded in 1976, Facing History and are shown wherever people live, work and play. presented in its national initiative “Choosing to Ourselves is an international educational and pro- For more information, visit www.sites.si.edu. The Participate” with a set of 11 posters designed to en- fessional development nonprofit organization Walmart Foundation is the National Sponsor of courage dialogue, engagement, respect and partici- whose mission is to engage students of diverse Choosing to Participate. Support for distribution to pation in classrooms and communities. backgrounds in an examination of racism, preju- Teaching Tolerance is made possible by the Malka The posters will be on view at the Sumter County dice and antisemitism in order to promote the Fund. At Your Service Home Care Your Concierge With a locally practicing physician and local medical equipment specialist at the helm, AYSHC has combined expertise in health care and see the growth of the aging population within their own community. Personal Assistance for safe daily living VA, Medicaid, Long Term Insurance Provider www.ays-homecare.com 1250 Wilson Hall Rd | Sumter, SC 29150 803-607-9677 37 W. Rigby St | Manning, SC 29102 C2 | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2017 COMICS THE SUMTER ITEM BIZARRO SOUP TO NUTZ

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BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH easy description. It simply has As someone who has long Wild” (8 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, LATE NIGHT “Mind-bending” is a phrase to be seen. outgrown comic books, I can check local listings), a “Na- Anthony Anderson, Mi- that’s fallen out of favor. But Some may find the series’ understand how “Legion” ture” miniseries. chelle Monaghan and Cristela it’s the perfect way to describe depictions of schizophrenia might appeal to a generation • Nelson continues to orga- Alonzo are booked on “Conan” “Legion” (10 p.m., FX, TV-MA), more than a little disturbing. too familiar with the casual nize while serving a life sen- (11 p.m., TBS) * Robert De a visually dazzling and well- Others may fault its overtly medication of inconvenient be- tence on part two of “Madiba” Niro, Jake Tapper, Ezra Edel- acted new drama that seems “druggy” atmosphere, even havior as well as the mass in- (8 p.m., BET), starring Lau- man, Flo Morrissey and Mat- destined to become the think- though the mind-altering sub- carceration of young men of rence Fishburne, based on the thew E. White on “The Late ing person’s comic book series. stances taken here are pre- color. “Legion” just may be a memoirs of Nelson Mandela. Show With Stephen Colbert” The show’s audacious style scribed by authority figures. story for our times. I didn’t say • “Unsung” (8 p.m., TV One) (11:35 p.m., CBS) * Jimmy Fal- grabs you from the start. The The name of David’s new they were good times. profiles Blackstreet singer lon welcomes Seth Meyers, opening sequence offers a vi- friend Syd Barrett clearly re- • “So Cosmo” (8 p.m., E!, TV- Dave Hollister. Dev Patel and Kid Cudi on sual montage of a man’s fers to the founding member of 14) documents the high-strung • Contagion spreads on the “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., growth from cradle to adult- Pink Floyd, whose use of hal- antics of the staff at a fashion/ season finale of “Code Black” NBC) * Ice Cube, Ruby Rose hood, from Mommy’s little dar- lucinogens and subsequent in- lifestyle magazine. (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14). and Ty Segall visit “Late Night ling to troubled teenage vandal stitutionalization have become • A teen runaway’s remains With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., to a heavily medicated part of rock and roll history. are discovered on “Chicago P.D.” NBC) * Neil Patrick Harris, 30-something all too accus- David’s name may or may TONIGHT’S OTHER (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14). Sienna Miller and Tom Ford tomed to institutions. not refer to the title character HIGHLIGHTS • The search for Rip contin- are on “The Late Late Show With David Haller (Dan Stevens, played by Keir Dullea in the • Cahill attracts a stalker on ues on “Six” (10 p.m., History, James Corden” (12:35 a.m., “Downton Abbey”) has been 1962 film “David and Lisa,” a “Lethal Weapon” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-MA). CBS, r). hearing voices all his life and love affair set in a mental insti- TV-14). • Lucy has second thoughts taking medication and confer- tution that also featured a fear • Robotic critters capture in- on “Man Seeking Woman” (10:30 Copyright 2017 ring with a therapist for nearly of physical contact. timate moments on “Spy in the p.m., FXX, TV-MA). United Feature Syndicate as long. He’s first seen passing idle time with his chatty sidekick, Lenny (Aubrey Plaza, “Parks ACE PARKER TIRE & Recreation”), who seems more animated and addled than David. His routine chang- Starting as es with the arrival of the beau- We carry tiful Syd (Rachel Keller, a wide aufman low as “Fargo”), who is open to being selection of K $115525 David’s girlfriend but utterly phobic about physical contact. Trailers It would reveal too much to • Professional design • Repair • Installation • Maintenance discuss their interaction and the changes it brings to Da- • Service repair work on most all makes and models vid’s life and his self-aware- ness. Look for Jean Smart (“Fargo”) as a reassuring pres- 2645 Warehouse Blvd. • P.O. Box 1285 • Sumter, SC ence. Phone: (803) 481-8200 • Fax: (803) 481-8256 “Legion” features a plot and 930 N. LAFAYETTE DR. • SUMTER • 803-775-1277 • [email protected] Check us out on the web at www.advanceheating.air.com a visual approach that defy SERVING SUMTER & THE SURROUNDING AREAS FOR OVER 34 YEARS! Licensed & Insured

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BY KATIE WORKMAN Associated Press CHEESY WHITE AND GREEN ing: Heat the tablespoon butter in a drained spinach into the reserved SPINACH LASAGNA large saucepan over medium heat ricotta mixture. until melted. Add the shallots and gar- Lay out all of the lasagna noodles n the quest for crowd food, lasagna reigns Serves 10 to 12 lic, season with salt and pepper and on a clean counter top. Spread the supreme. And at this time of year, you may Start to finish: 2 hours saute for 2 minutes until tender. Add spinach-ricotta filling evenly over all of the spinach in batches and saute, add- the noodles, so that each is topped I Spinach-Basil-Ricotta Filling: find yourself hosting a party, or just holding more spinach as each batch wilts with about a 1/2-inch-thick layer of 1 tablespoon unsalted butter down, about 6 minutes in all, until all the spinach-ricotta mixture. ing a cozy, friendly gathering. 1/2 cup minced shallots of the spinach is added and wilted. Pour a small amount of Bechamel 1 tablespoon minced garlic Adjust the seasoning, transfer to a Sauce into the bottom of a 9-by-13- This lasagna is rich and creamy, absent the tomato Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper strainer over a bowl, press down with inch pan and spread it out. Place four sauce that anchors many lasagnas, filled with sau- to taste a spoon to release excess liquid, and ricotta-covered noodles in the bottom teed spinach folded into fluffy ricotta and a very sim- 2 pounds baby spinach leaves, roughly set aside to cool slightly. of the pan to cover it in a single layer. ple béchamel sauce, rich with melty cheeses. The chopped In a large bowl combine the ricotta, Drizzle 1/3 of the white sauce over the nutmeg is optional — a little can add a nice flavor, 2 pounds ricotta, preferably fresh eggs, 1 cup Parmesan, and the basil. noodles. Place another layer of the but too much can overpower. 2 large eggs Season with salt and pepper, and set ricotta-covered noodles over the top, A few more notes on the ingredients: You may 1 cup finely grated Parmesan cheese, aside. drizzle with another third of the sauce, think that 2 pounds of spinach looks like an awful plus 1/3 cup for sprinkling the top Make the Béchamel-Cheese Sauce: and then repeat the layers once more. lot for one lasagna, but it cooks down to just a few 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil leaves cups. No-boil, or oven-ready, lasagna noodles are a Heat the 4 tablespoons butter in a me- Sprinkle with the remaining Parmesan gift to the busy cook, and the reason I make lasagna Béchamel-Cheese Sauce: dium saucepan over medium heat cheese. Bake for about 40 minutes more often. I have also made this recipe in a super- 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted until melted. Whisk in the flour until until the top is golden and the lasagna large lasagna pan and increased the quantities by butter the mixture turns a light golden color, is bubbling. If you want a more half again. Then it will serve 12 to 16. 1/4 cup all-purpose flour about 3 minutes. While whisking con- browned top, run it under the broiler It is tempting to dig into a bubbling lasagna, but 4 cups (1 quart) whole milk stantly, slowly pour in the milk. Con- for 1 or 2 minutes, watching it careful- resist the urge. Letting it sit for at least 10 minutes Pinch ground nutmeg (optional) tinue to cook and whisk until the mix- ly. will reward you with slices that hold together, and it 1 pound fresh mozzarella, shredded ture thickens and bubbles, about 4 Let the lasagna rest for at least 10 to will still be perfectly warm — in fact, just the right 8 ounces shredded Monterey Jack minutes, adding the nutmeg, if using. 15 minutes before cutting into squares temperature for you to enjoy the flavors without the cheese Whisk in the mozzarella and Monterey and serving warm. pieces sliding apart on the plates. 1 (8-ounce) package no-boil lasagna Jack cheeses until they are melted, Nutrition information per serving: 674 calo- This can also be assembled a day ahead, held in noodles (containing 12 noodles) and season with salt and pepper. ries; 383 calories from fat; 43 g fat (25 g saturat- the fridge and baked before dinner. Or it can be Preheat the oven to 375 F. If the spinach still seems wet, give it ed; 0 g trans fats); 174 mg cholesterol; 871 mg baked up to two days ahead and reheated for about Make the Spinach-Basil-Ricotta Fill- a squeeze with your hands. Stir the sodium; 35 g carbohydrate; 3 g fiber; 6 g sugar; 20 minutes in a 375 F oven. 38 g protein.

Four 1 1/4 to 1 1/2-inch thick bone-in pork about 1 1/2 minutes a side and transfer them to the skillet and cook gently, turning the Give pork chops a chops (about 10 to 12 ounces each) to a rimmed sheet pan. (Reduce the heat if the chops until they are warmed, about 1 minute. 1/4 cup vegetable oil, divided spice mix starts to color too much in the pan.) Transfer the chops to each of four plates and 1 cup thinly sliced onion Add the remaining chops and sear them, trans- top each one with a mound of the pepper mix- taste of New Orleans 3/4 cup thinly sliced red bell pepper ferring them to the sheet pan. Bake the chops ture. 3/4 cup thinly sliced green bell pepper on the middle shelf of the oven until they BY SARA MOULTON 1/3 cup thinly sliced celery reach an internal temperature of 140 F, about 5 CREOLE SPICE MIX The Associated Press 1 cup medium chopped cherry or plum minutes. Transfer them to a plate and cover tomatoes loosely with foil. Makes a scant 3 tablespoons With Mardi Gras fast approaching, I 2 teaspoons minced garlic Add the remaining oil and the onions to the 2 teaspoons hot paprika thought it might be fun to salute New 1 tablespoon flour skillet and cook, stirring occasionally, until the 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder Orleans’ cuisine by finding a new use 1 cup chicken broth onion is golden, about 5 minutes. Add the 1 teaspoon kosher salt for the city’s unique and far-famed Cre- 2 tablespoons Creole (whole grain) mustard peppers and celery and cook, covered, stirring 3/4 teaspoon onion powder ole spice mix. Kosher salt and black pepper occasionally until they are tender, about 10 3/4 teaspoon cayenne Sprinkle 1 teaspoon of the spice mix all over minutes. Add the tomatoes and garlic and 3/4 teaspoon oregano SPICY PORK CHOPS IN CREOLE each chop, coating it well. Marinate the chops, cook, stirring occasionally until the tomato is 3/4 teaspoon thyme MUSTARD SAUCE covered, for at least 1 hour and preferably 6 softened, about 4 minutes. Add the flour and 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper hours. cook, stirring 1 minute. In a small bowl combine all the ingredients Start to finish: 50 minutes (20 active) Preheat the oven to 350 F. Pat the chops dry. Add the chicken broth, bring it to a boil, re- and stir well. Servings: 4 In a large skillet, heat half the oil over medium- duce the heat and simmer it for 2 minutes. Stir Nutritional information per serving: 429 calories; 242 cal- 4 teaspoons Creole Spice Mix (recipe below) or high heat. Reduce the heat to medium, add 2 in the mustard and salt and pepper to taste. ories from fat; 27 g fat (4 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 107 of the chops, cook them until nicely seared Add the chops and any juices from the plate mg cholesterol; 425 mg sodium; 8 g carbohydrate; 1 g store-bought creole spice mix, divided fiber; 2 g sugar; 36 g protein.

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