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Elma Strong, library media specialist and group adviser, fits a prosthetic hand as a Kensington demonstration on Mary Katherine Geddings, a seventh- grade student at Alice Drive collection Middle School, on Friday. will move Students literally giving a to Seneca BY IVY MOORE [email protected] helping hand to children

Scarborough-Hamer Foundation an- nounced Monday that its collection of 19th- and early 20th-century decorative arts, which for 19 years comprised the furnish- ings of Kensington Mansion at Eastover, will be transferred to the City of Seneca. The mansion, owned by International Paper, was badly damaged in the ice storm of February 2014, and repairs have not been completed. International Paper asked the foundation in March 2015 to move the collection to prevent damage; it was moved shortly after that and has been in storage since. Rickie Good, former curator at Sumter

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PHOTOS BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY / THE SUMTER ITEM Sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students at Alice Drive Middle School assemble prosthetic hands at the school on Fri- day as part of the “Hearts to Hands” club that will give 3-D printed hands to children in need around the world. Middle-schoolers use 3-D printer to make limbs for needy worldwide JIM HILLEY / THE ITEM Chris Sumpter announces his candidacy for BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY the life of a child who wants noth- Sumter County Council District 1 at the [email protected] ‘This will make a ing more than to do regular activi- O’Donnell House on Saturday afternoon. ties, such as being able to ride ocal students are making difference in the life of a their bike and hold onto both of their handlebars at the same prosthetic hands for chil- child who wants nothing time,” Strong said. Sumpter says dren with disabilities in Strong said she discovered the L more than to do regular project online. developing nations. A group of A computer prototype for the Alice Drive Middle School stu- activities, such as being prosthetic hands was already de- he will run for veloped on www.thingverse.com dents, called “Hearts to Hands” able to ride their bike and then downloaded onto the 3-D club, are working on a project printer. The printing program uses various processes to synthesize a District 1 seat involving a three-dimensional and hold onto both of 3-D object. The objects are made printer that molds shapes of a from a plastic-type wire, which the BY JIM HILLEY their handlebars at the printer molds into models. [email protected] hand and fingers into a hard Once the hand and fingers are plastic-type material. same time.’ printed, separately, students as- An enthusiastic crowd of more than 40 semble the models with pins, plas- supporters gathered to hear Chris Sumpter The group is doing the project ELMA STRONG tic strings and fishing lines. Some announce his candidacy for Sumter County through e-NABLE, an organization of the tools students use, such as Council District 1 on Saturday at the that brings together individuals “Hearts to Hands” club adviser hard plastic hammers, were also O’Donnell House. from around the world who are made on the printer. The 23-year-old Crestwood High School using their 3-D printers to create at Alice Drive Middle School With the prosthetic hand, a child graduate was born and raised in Sumter free 3-D printed hands and arms who is missing fingers will be able County. He was student body president of for those in need of an upper limb gers or who have lost them be- to make fingers move by flicking Crestwood and University of South Caroli- assistive device, according to its cause of war, disease or natural di- his or her wrist. na Sumter, he said. In high school, he was website, www.enablingthefuture. saster, said Elma Strong, library Lance Gould, a seventh-grade active in 4-H and FFA. Sumpter said he also org. media specialist and the group’s student, said assembly is not a The prosthetic hands will go to adviser. SEE SUMPTER, PAGE A7 children who are born missing fin- “This will make a difference in SEE HANDS, PAGE A7 Fireside sees its busiest week yet for assisting families BY JACK OSTEEN mother who took in five of her young And an elderly woman Fireside Fund [email protected] grandchildren. She felt like she was assisted with propane last year hasn’t starting all over again, and instead of been able to fill her tank again until this Fireside Fund had its busiest week to heating just half her home for herself, year, thanks to the fund. date, assisting more than 60 clients this she must try to heat her entire home to These are just a few of the people past week, Salvation Army social work- keep the grandchildren warm at night. Fireside Fund helps week after week er Christy Lamb said. Another young man was raising two here in the Sumter community. According to Lamb, the type of client citizens to single parents to those out of kids by himself, lost his job in Novem- Lamb encourages families to keep she helps doesn’t fit into any kind of work or struggling with health issues. ber and is struggling to find steady profile either. They range from senior This past week alone she had a grand- work in the area. SEE FIRESIDE, PAGE A7

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LOCAL & STATE BRIEFS Airman teaches Willow Drive FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS Hydrant flow tests set for 2 days this week Elementary students STEM skills City of Sumter will be per- forming fire hydrant flow tests BY KONSTANTIN from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednes- VENGEROWSKY day and Thursday on Alice [email protected] Drive, Preot Street and Wise Drive. Water customers in the Willow Drive Elementary surrounding area may experi- School fifth-grade students ence temporary discolored are learning about Science, water. Technology, Engineering Direct any questions or con- and Math fields during the cerns to the City of Sumter next two weeks at McEntire Public Services Department at Joint National Guard Base (803) 436-2558. in Hopkins. About 100 students from Dorn Medical Center the school, 50 this week and hosts town hall Feb. 12 50 the next, will be taking daily field trips to the base William Jennings Bryan where they will participate Dorn VA Medical Center will in the STARBASE Swamp host a town hall meeting from Fox program. 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 12, at The Department of De- the Sumter County Recreation fense funds the program Building, 155 Haynesworth St. hosted by the Air National Attendees will hear updates Guard. on the Dorn Medical Center, The free program only re- including improvements of pa- quires the district to pro- tient care and nursing servic- vide transportation to the es. There will also be a presen- base. tation on veterans benefits. Students participate in a Medical center leadership, curriculum instructors call representatives from the Sum- “hands-on/minds-on” with ter Outpatient Clinic, the Vet- experiential activities in the PHOTOS BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY / THE SUMTER ITEM erans Affairs regional office STEM fields. Willow Drive Elementary School fifth-grader Logan Keels, above, director and medical center “We strive to make sure gets ready to launch a balloon as part of a lesson on fluid mechan- advocates will be available to we cover many of the fifth- ics and aerodynamics as retired S.C. Air National Guard Lt. Col. Jim answer questions. grade science and math Hyott, STARBASE Swamp Fox program’s deputy director, does a Updates on the Dorn Medi- state standards in our 25 countdown. At left, Willow Drive fifth-grade student assembles a cal Center area also available hours of instruction,” said parachute for a model rocket on Monday as part of the STARBASE at www.facebook.com/VACo- retired S.C. Air National Swamp Fox program. lumbiaSC or on Twitter @ Guard Brig. Gen. John Mot- VAMCColumbiaSC. ley, director of the pro- “budget” to spend on mate- students are learning in gram. “Teamwork and goal rials for the design. their courses. Business leaders discuss setting are also a constant Some of the other proj- “It brings to life what theme as students work to- ects students are involved they are learning; these are state of manufacturing gether to explore, explain, with throughout the week also things the students will elaborate and evaluate con- include: building blocks of remember when we study NORTH CHARLESTON — cepts.” matter, 3-D computer-aided the material later in the se- Top business leaders are dis- On Monday, one class of engineer design process by design, physical and chemi- mester,” Jackson said. cussing the state of manufac- fifth-graders was building building a safety restraint cal changes and navigation Motley said the program turing in South Carolina and model rockets at the school device for an egg. and mapping. sees an average increase of in the nation. with a goal of teaching stu- The egg would represent Students will also get to about 30 percent in knowl- The president and CEO of dents about Newton’s three a passenger, affectionately see an airplane and helicop- edge gained from pre-test to the National Association of Laws of Motion, fluid me- called “Eggbert,” who ter at the base and learn post-test in students. Manufacturers, Jay Timmons, chanics and aerodynamics, would be placed on a model about various STEM ca- The program is offered to spoke at the event Monday at said retired S.C. Air Nation- glider, said retired S.C. Air reers. fifth-grade students in pub- Trident Technical College in al Guard Lt. Col. Jim Hyott, National Guard Senior Students in the program lic, private and even home North Charleston. the program’s deputy direc- Master Sgt. Lola Banks, the take a pretest before the schools in the midlands State Commerce Secretary tor. program’s lead instructor. weeklong projects and a area, Motley said. Bobby Hitt is also speaking, as Each student will The goal of the project post-test afterward, Banks Motley said the program is Eric Spiegel, the president “launch” his or her rocket was for students to design said. has worked with 21 schools and CEO of Siemens USA. The on Friday at the base. the safety restraint device Aimee Jackson, Willow in eight counties. topics include the status of Another class was doing a in a way that it would with- Drive fifth-grade science For more information, or manufacturing in the state project in which students stand the crash. and math teacher, said the to apply for the program, and in the nation, as well as learned the basics of the The team also had a set program correlates to what visit www.scstarbase.org. the challenges that manufac- turers face. S.C. trooper killed in 1956 recognized HEMINGWAY — South Car- City council approves purchase of vehicles, firefighter gear olina has honored a state trooper who died trying to stop BY ADRIENNE SARVIS ager Deron McCormick said was a Burns Hardware building, in the cen- cars from racing on a public [email protected] good idea in order to take advantage of tral business district for redevelop- road in Williamsburg County the favorable interest rate for the en- ment. in 1956. Sumter City Council approved final tire agreement. McCormick said the building is Douglas Road off S.C. 261 reading of a lease-purchase agreement Council then approved a resolution among a list of other downtown prop- near Hemingway was named not exceeding $1.45 million for several authorizing a contract for a Washing- erties that the city plans to convey to the “SCHP Patrolman Arnold vehicles and gear for Sumter Fire De- ton and Bartlette streets waterline private entities for redevelopment. Reo ‘Buck’ Carter Memorial partment during a special called meet- project for 2016. And, after an executive session, Highway” on Friday. ing Monday in City Council Chambers. The city accepted a bid of $171,220 council approved the acquisition of .609 Carter had been a trooper The lease-purchase agreement au- from Lee Construction Co. of Sumter acres of land off Alice Drive, adjacent for about two years when he thorizes the acquisition of a fire rescue for the project that will include replac- to Alice Drive Fire Station. got a call about two vehicles truck with equipment, a front-loader ing old waterlines in the area. Plans for the property were not stat- racing on a public road in 1956. garbage truck, a clam truck, a recy- McCormick said the streets will be ed. Authorities say one of the cling truck, a can hauler truck and resurfaced after the lines have been re- Mayor Joe McElveen said council’s cars went off the road and hit firefighter protective gear. placed. regular meeting for today has been the 27-year-old officer. He died The protective gear was later added A start date for the project was not canceled because many of the council a short time later. to the lease-purchase agreement, origi- announced. members will be attending Municipal The Legislature approved nally approximately $1.26 million, after Also, council authorized the sale of Association of South Carolina events the memorial last year. first reading, which Sumter City Man- property at 35 N. Main St., the old in Columbia.

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BY TOM FOREMAN JR. Eisenhauer and Lovell The Associated Press knew each other before she disappeared. But officials BLACKSBURG, Va. — A have not commented fur- Virginia teenager whose ther on any possible mo- body was found during the tive. weekend overcame serious Nicole’s life hadn’t been health problems as a young easy, her mother, Tammy girl and was then bullied at Weeks, told The Washing- her school and online before ton Post. She survived a her death, her mother said. liver transplant, MRSA Virginia Tech student and lymphoma when she David Eisenhauer, 18, has was 5, Weeks said. AP FILE PHOTO been charged with first-de- “God got her through all Embryos are placed onto a CryoLeaf ready for instant freezing using the vitrification process in 2008. In a gree murder and abduction that, and she fought statement Monday, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, Britain’s fertility regulator, has ap- in the death of 13-year-old through all that, and he proved a scientist’s application to edit the human genetic code using a new technique. Nicole Madison Lovell, took her life,” Weeks said. whose body was found Sat- Nicole didn’t like going urday in North Carolina, to school because girls police said. Another Vir- called her fat and talked ginia Tech student, Natalie about the scars from her Britain OKs controversial Keepers, 19, faces charges transplant, Weeks said. of improper disposal of a Lovell often cried to stay body and accessory after home from school, her the fact in the commission mother said. gene-editing technique of a felony. “It got so bad I wouldn’t Eisenhauer appeared send her,” Weeks said, but briefly in court Monday the bullying continued on BY MARIA CHENG of an embryo’s growth. that many researchers are morning, out of sight of re- social media. AP Medical Writer This research will “enhance keen to try. porters, ahead of the Lovell loved pandas and our understanding of (in-vitro Yet critics warn that tweak- scheduled 10 a.m. time. wanted to be on “American LONDON — Britain’s fertili- fertilization) success rates by ing the genetic code this way Eisenhauer had retained a Idol” when she got older, ty regulator has approved a looking at the very earliest could eventually produce a court-appointed attorney, Weeks said. scientist’s request to edit the stage of human develop- slippery slope that eventually the clerk’s office said. Davy Draper, who said human genetic code in an ef- ment,” said Paul Nurse, direc- leads to so-called “designer ba- Keepers also was in court, he’s a close family friend of fort to better understand how tor of Francis Crick Institute. bies,” where parents not only entering in an orange the Lovells and knew the embryos develop — but critics Peter Braude, an emeritus aim to avoid inherited diseases jumpsuit with handcuffs teen most of her life, called fear the new technique crosses professor of obstetrics and gy- but seek taller, stronger or and shackles. She told her an energetic and out- too many ethical boundaries. necology at King’s College smarter children with specific Judge Robert Viar Jr. that spoken girl who got along The Human Fertilisation London, said the mechanisms physical characteristics. she understood the charges with everyone. and Embryology Authority being investigated by Niakan “This is the first step on a and that she had also re- “She was an awesome lit- announced Monday it has and her colleagues “are cru- path that scientists have care- tained counsel. Her next tle girl. 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KENSINGTON ABOUT KENSINGTON FROM PAGE A1 MANSION Built in 1854, the mansion was the County Museum, is executive direc- centerpiece of the Singleton family’s Headquarters Plantation. Matthew Richard tor of Scarborough-Hamer Founda- Singleton (1817-54), who had spent time in tion. She explained the “core” of the Europe, asked architects Edward Jones and collection was assembled by Robert Francis Lee to design a home in the Lee Scarborough in order “to assist Italianate Revival style. It stood as a symbol in the interpretation of the social, po- of the incredible wealth of the Singleton litical and economic history of lower family, although most of the fortune was Richland and Sumter counties. The gone by the end of the Civil War. Scarborough-Hamer Foundation was During the early 20th century, Kensington’s established in 1997 to manage and en- ownership changed hands several times. sure the wellbeing of the collection.” After it was acquired and restored by Members of the foundation often International Paper in 1984 at a cost of $1 served as costumed docents in the an- million, it was opened for infrequent tours. tebellum mansion, especially during With the partnership of the Scarborough- the popular Christmas tours. Hamer Foundation, it became a popular In the collection are “many of the tourist destination. furnishing styles popular during the PHOTO PROVIDED Its future is unknown at this time. Victorian period, including Eastlake, Kensington Mansion, an Italianate home built in 1854 and now owned by International Federal, Eclectic, Rococo Revival, Re- Paper, was originally owned by Matthew Richard Singleton, a prominent Sumter County res- naissance Revival and American Em- ident. The property had fallen into disrepair when it was purchased by International Paper pire,” Good said. In addition, there are — then Union Camp — in 1981. It was restored and opened for occasional tours in 1984. be maintained for future genera- glass, porcelain, housewares, linens, tions.” art and books. ored to receive the collection.” lands, Waters added, “It is unfortu- The foundation has also transferred Dr. Mary Baskin Waters, chairwom- Good added, “While both board and nate that we were unable to keep the artifacts from the collection to Histor- an of the foundation’s board of trust- staff regret that the foundation is no bulk of the collection in Richland ic Columbia and to the South Carolina ees, said she was gratified that the col- longer able to partner with the owners County. However, we are very excited State Museum. lection is being kept together. of Kensington Mansion, we are very that our photographic and archival Good said that because the Scarbor- It “will be a majestic addition to the pleased that the collection has found a collections will be transferred to the ough-Hamer Foundation was “created City of Seneca’s current museums, home with the City of Seneca. The South Caroliniana Library at the Uni- to manage the collection and interpret The Lunney House and the Bertha proposal submitted by the city will en- versity of South Carolina. With these the history of that area,” it will likely Lee Strickland Cultural Museum,” she sure that the collection remains to- transfers to Seneca and to the South “begin winding down (its) affairs in said. gether and will continue to be exhibit- Caroliniana Library, the board of preparation of dissolving. Greg Dietterick, city administrator, ed to the public.” trustees has ensured that the unity “We are just happy that the collec- said Seneca is both “excited and hon- In thanking supporters in the Mid- and integrity of these collections will tion has a new home.” Iowa caucuses kick off 2016 presidential election

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — many states. But given its ners — former Arkansas Gov. who worried the young black campaign schedule during After a long year of cam- prime leadoff spot in the pri- Mike Huckabee and former senator would struggle to win the final sprint, including a paigning, Republican and mary season, the state gets Pennsylvania Sen. Rick San- white voters. pair of rallies Monday. Democratic presidential can- extra attention from presiden- torum — faded as the race Monday’s contest offered Cruz has modeled his cam- didates faced voters for the tial campaigns. stretched on. But Obama’s the first hard evidence of paign after past Iowa winners, first time, battling in Iowa Even so, Iowa has decidedly unexpected 2008 victory was whether Trump can turn the visiting all of the state’s 99 Monday for a boost toward mixed results in picking instrumental in his path to legion of fans drawn to his counties and courting influen- the White House — or in eventual nominees. The past the Democratic nomination, plainspoken populism into tial evangelical and conserva- many cases, simply a reason two Republican caucus win- easing the anxieties of those voters. He intensified his tive leaders. to stay in the race. The contests in both parties were tight heading into the evening caucuses. Among Re- publicans, billionaire Donald Trump appeared to have a slim edge over Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Hillary Clinton and Ver- mont Sen. Bernie Sanders were locked in an unexpected- ly close Democratic contest, reviving memories of the for- mer secretary of state’s disap- pointing showing in Iowa eight years ago. “We knocked on 125,000 doors this past weekend,” NEED MONEY? Clinton told NBC’s “Today” show. Sanders, the Vermont sena- tor who has been generating big, youthful crowds across the state, urged voters to help him “make history” with a win in Iowa. Candidates face an elector- ate deeply frustrated with Washington. While the econo- my has approved under Presi- dent Obama’s watch, the re- SELL YOUR FIREARMS TO US OR covery has eluded many Americans. New terror GET A LOAN INSTEAD. threats at home and abroad have also ratcheted up nation- al security concerns. SUMTER & MANNING’S In Iowa, which has for de- OLDEST & LARGEST PAWN SHOP cades launched the presiden- tial nominating contest, can- didates also faced an elector- 33 West Liberty Street • Downtown Sumter ate that’s whiter, more rural 18 N. Brooks Street • Downtown Manning and more evangelical than

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WASHINGTON (AP) — for example, repeatedly Police across the United telling a suspect to drop the States are rethinking how weapon. they use force amid nation- The principles also rec- al outrage about question- ommend departments stop able shootings and violent training on what it called arrests. “outdated concepts,” such The changes include ef- as the “21-foot rule,” which forts in Dallas to train offi- refers to the distance an cers to de-escalate situa- armed suspect with a knife tions by moving backward can close before an officer during target practice and can draw his or her weap- arming some with sponge on. Instead, officers are en- projectiles rather than couraged to create more guns. distance and use cover, so In Camden, New Jersey, that they give themselves THE ASSOCIATED PRESS officers are taught about more time to respond. Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks during a campaign rally on Sunday at the sanctity of life and en- Researchers traveled University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa. couraged to take time to de- with police chiefs to Scot- fuse a situation, even if a land last year to study how suspect is wildly waving a police there, who are nearly knife at them. all unarmed, use distance, Amid Republican rivals to Trump After months of work, often backing away from nearly 200 law enforcement suspects with their hands leaders gathered in Wash- up, for example, to encour- ington on Friday to review age calm. and Cruz, Rubio has most cash and discuss new guiding In one video shown Fri- principles that, if enacted day, officers in downtown BY JULIE BYKOWICZ rise. Should one or more of have struggled to gain traction by the roughly 18,000 law Camden encountered a AND CHAD DAY them continue on after New among donors, their fundrais- enforcement agencies in man high on narcotics who The Associated Press Hampshire, they’ll face a cost- ing reports show. the United States, would had threatened a man in a intensive primary calendar Kasich and Christie each significantly remake how restaurant with a knife last WASHINGTON — Marco that demands travel among raised about $3 million in be- policing has been done for November. Video showed Rubio, Jeb Bush, John Kasich some two dozen states and ad- tween Oct. 1 and Dec. 31. Ka- decades. officers walking with the and Chris Christie, the four vertising in some of the coun- sich closed out the year with The 30 principles include man for four city blocks, Republican candidates in a try’s priciest media markets about $2.5 million in cash and an unprecedented acknowl- clearing pedestrians ahead showdown for their party’s before March 15. Christie with just more than edgment from leading law of him and telling other re- traditional supporters, closed Of the four, Rubio, a Florida $1 million. enforcement professionals sponders to stand by as he last year with roughly as senator, led the money chase Kasich’s allies were eager to that officers should go be- wildly waved his knife at much money in the bank com- in the final three months of portray his financial prospects yond the Supreme Court- them. bined as Ted Cruz, the conser- the year, collecting $14.2 mil- as improving. Outside groups adopted basic legal stan- “About a year and a half vative insurgent they hope to lion and ending with $10.4 mil- supporting his bid said they’ve dard that asks what a “rea- ago, we would’ve shot and topple. lion in the bank. What’s more, landed $4 million in checks sonable officer” would do killed him; there’s no doubt And then there’s Donald he was on the upswing, having from six donors in the past few in such a situation and that in my mind,” said Camden Trump, a celebrity business- more than doubled his fund- weeks, a period of time not officers should focus on County Police Chief Scott man who has just begun to raising pace from earlier in the covered by the reports filed preserving all human lives Thomson. But “we were flex his billion-dollar bank ac- year. In total, he collected $39.5 Sunday. in any encounter. very happily trying to walk count, lending his campaign million in 2015. Cruz, by contrast, has “There’s an expression, him back to Philadelphia,” $10.8 million from his personal That’s more than Bush’s an- proved an adept fundraiser. ‘Lawful but awful,’” said he joked. wealth late last year. nual total. And the former For the year, he raised about Chuck Wexler, executive di- A little more than a year The Republican candidates Florida governor’s fundraising $47 million. rector of the Police Execu- ago the department added seeking to challenge Trump fortunes appear to be moving His most recent report tive Research Forum, who the sanctity of life to their and Cruz at the top of the field in the opposite direction as Ru- showed 42 percent of that led the effort to develop the use-of-force policy. were in varying degrees of fi- bio’s. came from contributors giving principles. “I think (these In Dallas, the department nancial distress at the end of He raised just $7.1 million $200 or less, people who can principles) would impact is providing 100 blue-tipped 2015, fundraising reports filed between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, continue to replenish his trea- on some level these really sponge projectiles to Sunday night show, with about half what his haul had sury. Donors are limited to tragic shootings of the trained patrol officers who Rubio in the best position to been in the preceding fund- $2,700 apiece for the primary mentally ill, the homeless may use those less-lethal move forward. As the calendar raising quarter. He closed the contest. That small-donor rate person, the unarmed per- rounds as early as June. flipped to 2016, the foursome year with about $7.6 million in is far better than those of son. It could have an enor- Once on scene, patrol offi- had a combined $21.6 million the bank. He had detected a Rubio, Bush, Kasich and mous impact.” cers would back up and put left in the bank, while Cruz cash crisis in the fall and re- Christie. The group’s principles, their guns away and allow had almost $18.7 million at his trenched his national plan to On the opposite end of giv- which will be released offi- specially trained officers to disposal. focus almost exclusively on ing, the outside groups known cially in an upcoming re- take on the problem, said With voting beginning Mon- New Hampshire. as super political action com- port, also require officers Dallas police Deputy Chief day in the state of Iowa, and Yet in that state, where vot- mittees also are displaying the to respond proportionally Jeffrey Cotner. continuing next week in New ers weigh in Feb. 9, there are effects of a crowded Republi- to a suspect, imagining the “We’re trying to instill in Hampshire, Rubio, Bush, Ka- two others who have gone all- can primary. 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ONE SUMTER GROUP SPEAKS Let’s recommit ourselves to OUT AGAINST VIOLENCE no violence.” Enough emphasis has been The One Sumter group placed on “Black lives matter” meets every second Sunday at and not enough on “All lives Mount Zion Missionary Bap- matter.” Yes, there has been tist Church, where the Rev. shooting in Sumter resulting James Blassingame is pastor, in black shooting and killing to keep the Sumter communi- blacks. Yet there was not an ty focus on not only stopping uprise from the community. the violence but also to keep The community should stop the community informed and evaluate itself. If “black about all issues that concern lives matter,” where were we us as a people of Sumter. when blacks were killing each We are asking the Sumter other? Not one protest, march, City Council, the County phone call or letter to the edi- Council, every neighborhood tor. association, the NAACP, every Is it true “black lives mat- fraternal organization, law en- ter” when the killings are forcement, city and county, done by whites; then and only the Sumter Ministerial Asso- then does a black life matter? ciation, the Concerned Clergy We cannot have it both and every church denomina- ways. All lives should matter, tion that says Jesus is Lord of regardless of age, gender, race Lords and King of Kings to or national origin or who join the One Sumter Commu- pulled the trigger. nity group in an open protest Remember the blood that against violence in our city runs through our veins has and county, that not only do but one color — red. It is time “black lives matter” but that to stop making a difference of “all lives matter!” who’s been killed and by The One Sumter Communi- whom; rather, we as a commu- ty group was birthed out of nity should unite in our quest protest, and here we are again as one community to stope pleading with the Sumter the violence, period. community to stop the vio- We should recognize vio- lence. lence comes in many forms: JOSHUA DUPREE JR. domestic, the elderly, child One Sumter Community abuse — and the list goes on. Sumter Protect S.C. coast: No retreat from ‘line in the sand’ BY ELIZABETH M. HAGOOD COMMENTARY highly erosional beach areas and to Making special interest exceptions is have a fair, uniform rule that applied contrary to the intent of the final rec- outh Carolina faces an histor- our existing beaches and does not equally to all beachfront property. ommendations from the Blue Ribbon ic opportunity this legislative want to overbuild only to have Mother This commonsense recommendation Committee. As our final report assert- session, with a vote on the Nature wash away houses built too has been proposed by state Sen. Ray ed, “the majority of committee mem- S floor likely in the coming close to the ocean. Nor do the citizens Cleary, R-Murrells Inlet, who served bers agree that there is a need for a weeks. As our state has been a past of South Carolina want to bear the fi- on the BRC. consistent and more conservative leader in coastal management policy, nancial risk of protecting houses built Unfortunately, a special interest statewide policy that effectively ‘holds we have a chance to refine beachfront too close to the ocean. amendment put forth by Sen. Paul the line’ on development along the regulations that protect both our trea- Nearly a decade ago, DHEC con- Campbell, R-Goose Creek, under- oceanfront.” sured shoreline and S.C. taxpayers. vened a Shoreline Change Advisory mines the very purpose of that recom- Common sense dictates that you And the time could not come soon Committee to research and report on mendation, erodes the consistency don’t build on shifting sands, and our enough, as our coastal communities the state of our beachfront manage- and clarity of purpose of freezing the beachfront regulations ought to re- face record-breaking storm surges, ment. The agency then appointed a baseline and exposes our shoreline to flect that common sense. This is an sea level ris, and flooding events. representative array of stakeholders greater risk and cost to taxpayers in historic opportunity and an urgent State policy dictates that the South to serve on a Blue Ribbon Committee the long term. matter. Carolina Department of Health and to recommend specific policy changes. Sen. Campbell asserts that his The BRC recommended and the Environmental Control designate a I proudly served on the Blue Ribbon amendment is in the interest of sci- DHEC board approved that a perma- baseline along the coast every eight to Committee alongside real estate de- ence and equity. nent baseline be set immediately 10 years. The most recent revision velopers, private business owner and However, the Shoreline Advisory using existing data and according to was completed in 2010. This process is elected official including state legisla- Committee and the BRC have already the objective, scientific standards performed by DHEC using both his- tors and coastal mayors. conducted the necessary scientific used in the original BRC report. toric shoreline data and present-day After several years of deliberation, and legal due diligence for this bill — Our state senators have the chance profiles. The “line in the sand” dic- discussion and examination of the it was part of their five-year analysis to stand up for what is sensible and tates the point beyond which develop- challenges facing the Beachfront and deliberation. Sen. Campbell pro- right for the taxpayers of our state by ment cannot occur at least for that Management Program, the Blue Rib- poses the permanent baseline be de- voting for Sen. Cleary’s Blue Ribbon- particular cycle. bon Committee released its final rec- layed, and that the state still provide based amendments to preserve the During the years, as coastal erosion ommendations in 2013. A key recom- the opportunity for developers to peti- original intent of his bill. has increased and the call for beach mendation, overwhelmingly support- tion the Administrative Law Court if Or they can side with one legislator renourishment has sharpened, it has ed by the BRC and later approved by they don’t approve of where the per- for the presumed benefit of one devel- become clear that neither “renour- DHEC’s board, was to establish a per- manent baseline ultimately sets. oper. ished” beaches nor shifting shorelines manent baseline, rather than moving His amendment is for the sole pur- make stable, smart locations for new it every decade. pose of allowing one developer the ill- Elizabeth M. Hagood is a past chair of houses. The purpose behind this action is advised opportunity to build 50 homes the DHEC Board and was a member of In fact, the public is protective of simple: to prevent the development of on a highly erosional spit of sand. the Shoreline Blue Ribbon Committee.

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BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH PG) * Stuck on the Tar pit on Forgive my excitement. It “The Flash” (8 p.m., CW, TV-PG) just feels like an old-fashioned * The spa treatment on “Grand- February sweeps month is fathered” (8:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14) breaking out. Tomorrow, ABC * In need of a brand-new launches “Madoff,” a two- brand on “The Muppets” (8:30 night miniseries starring Rich- p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * Manning ard Dreyfuss. Tonight, FX returns from maternity leave presents the deliciously addic- on “Chicago Med” (9 p.m., NBC, tive “The People v. O.J. Simpson: TV-14) * Peggy tangles with American Crime Story” (10 p.m., Frost on “Marvel’s Agent Carter” TV-MA). (9 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * Vance Perhaps we needed 20 years returns to the field on “NCIS” to pass before revisiting this (10 p.m., CBS, r, TV-PG) * A obsessively over-covered story. mass shooting unfolds on “Chi- And perhaps we needed the cago Fire” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14) mind of executive producer * Candid cameras capture and first-episode director Ryan moral quandaries on “What Murphy (“American Horror Would You Do?” (10 p.m., ABC, Story,” “Scream Queens”) to TV-PG). project recent history through the prism of two decades of pop culture and reality TV. LATE NIGHT Given its “stranger than fic- David Schwimmer, Joel tion” narrative, it’s wise that Osteen and M. Ward are Murphy and crew abandoned booked on “The Late Show With the lurid excesses of “Horror RAY MICKSHAW / FX Stephen Colbert” (11:35 p.m., Story” and the shrill, bitter David Schwimmer stars as Robert Kardashian and John Travolta as Robert Shapiro in the 10-episode limit- CBS) * Jimmy Fallon wel- tone of “Queens” to let this ed series “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story,” premiering at 10 p.m. today on FX. comes Kevin Hart, Noel Field- unfold as a crime procedural, ing, Joshua Topolsky and Dr. studded with larger-than-life Lonnie Smith on “The Tonight characters and delicious per- tomorrow. And they’ll be talk- • Katey Sagal guest-stars as • “Rattled” (10 p.m., TLC) fol- Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC, r) * formances. ing about “The People v. O.J. Jake’s mother on “Brooklyn lows four sets of newborns Eva Longoria, Jason Mantzou- The casting is excellent. Simpson” for weeks. Nine-Nine” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14). and their parents as they grow kas, Sunil Yapa and Glenn Cuba Gooding Jr. is impres- • “American Experience” pres- • A dead librarian’s sexy to know each other and adjust Kotche visit “Late Night With sive, but he has the misfortune ents “Murder of a President,” re- sideline affords food for to new work and sleeping hab- Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC, of playing Simpson, a man calling the death of James thought on “iZombie” (9 p.m., its. r) * Jennifer Jason Leigh, Joe whose ludicrous over-exposure Garfield in 1881. Shot by CW, TV-14). Manganiello, Juno Temple and has left him only more of an Charles Guiteau, a delusional • Asa submits to a brutal test Chris Martin appear on “The enigma. David Schwimmer office seeker, on July 2, 1881, on “Outsiders” (9 p.m., WGN, SERIES NOTES Late Late Show With James Cor- makes the most of his role as Garfield would survive for the TV-MA). Nick’s relatives get weird on den” (12:35 a.m., CBS). the Juice’s good friend Robert next 79 days, eventually dying • Dean and Timothy stage a “New Girl” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Kardashian. And don’t think on Sept. 19, a victim of a mad- mock trial on “The Grinder” Chinese New Year on “Fresh Copyright 2015, the show spares us the sight of man’s bullet as well as doctors’ (9:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14). Off the Boat” (8 p.m., ABC, TV- United Feature Syndicate Kardashian’s young daugh- arrogance and malpractice. ters, future reality stars, watching their daddy on TV. Sarah Paulson gets a 1990s TV ON DVD perm and chain-smokes with TV-themed DVDs available Sumter Auto Mall intensity as Marcia Clark. today include “The Lizzie Bor- Courtney B. Vance brings a den Chronicles” and “From EVERYONE RIDES dignity and brilliance to John- Dusk Till Dawn, Season 2” nie Cochran. Cochran’s char- GOOD CREDIT, SLOW CREDIT, BAD CREDIT, acter and the series’ reflec- tions on police misconduct in CULT CHOICE BANKRUPTCY OR REPOSSESSION. the aftermath of the 1992 Rod- A vain weatherman (Bill ney King riots resonates rath- Murray) gets the lesson of sev- er powerfully in our own post- eral lifetimes in the perfectly IT DOESN’T MATTER! Ferguson era. delightful 1993 comedy But the standout perfor- “Groundhog Day” (7:24 p.m., mance is John Travolta as Comedy Central). WE HAVE PROGRAMS THAT HAVE Robert Shapiro. He plays a man completely mannered, EVERYONE RIDING IN A NEW CAR. TONIGHT’S OTHER calculating, vain, pompous YOUR DOWN PAYMENT IS YOUR CREDIT! and self-serving — a wax mu- HIGHLIGHTS seum figure of a Hollywood • Boomer Esiason and Kath- lawyer come to life. It’s the arine McPhee host “Super closest that “Simpson” comes Bowl’s Greatest Commercials Regardless of your credit... Everybody Rides! to going over-the-top. 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Heavy hors d’oeuvres ing, speech and developmental will be served. Call (803) 73° 58° 77° / 52° 60° / 36° 52° / 28° 54° / 34° screenings as part of a child 773-9292. Chance of rain: 25% Chance of rain: 55% Chance of rain: 80% Chance of rain: 55% Chance of rain: 5% Chance of rain: 15% find effort to identify stu- The Annual Black History ESE 6-12 mph SSE 7-14 mph S 10-20 mph W 4-8 mph N 8-16 mph SSW 4-8 mph dents with special needs. Month Parade, hosted by the Screenings will be held from MLK Riders of South Caroli- 9 a.m. to noon at the Sum- Gaff ney na, will be held on Sunday, 59/54 merton Early Childhood Feb. 14. The parade will Spartanburg Center, 8 South St., Sum- begin at 1:30 p.m. at Riley TODAY’S merton, on the following Ball Park and will end at Greenville 61/56 Thursdays: Feb. 11; March Barlette and Main Street. SOUTH 63/55 10; April 14; and May 12. Call There is no registration fee Sadie Williams at (803) 485- but a donation of $10 is re- CAROLINA Florence 2325, extension 116. Bishopville 68/56 quested. Churches, groups, 69/57 AARP will offer free tax prepa- clubs, schools, individuals WEATHER ration from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 are all welcome. Call Jacob Temperatures shown on map are Columbia Sumter p.m. on Mondays and Dennis Sr. at (803) 840-4784 today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 74/60 73/58 Wednesdays through April or Harry Lesane at (803) Myrtle 13 at the Shepherd’s Center 983-5389. IN THE MOUNTAINS Manning Beach of Sumter, 24 Council St. Ap- 74/59 66/55 The Sumter Combat Veterans Today: Mild with a passing shower. Winds east- plicants are advised to Group will meet at 10 a.m. Aiken northeast 4-8 mph. bring with them govern- on Friday, Feb. 19, at the 74/59 ment-issued photo IDs, So- South HOPE Center, 1125 S. Wednesday: A shower and thunderstorm. cial Security cards and / or Lafayette Drive. All area vet- Winds south-southwest 8-16 mph. Medicare cards for anyone erans and active military ON THE COAST in the household, last year’s are invited. Charleston tax forms, W-2 and / or 1099 76/60 forms, and power of attor- The 16th Annual Cavalier Pride Today: Partly sunny, except more clouds in ney certification forms if Auction will be held on Sat- northern parts. High 65 to 75. they are filing for someone urday, March 5, at Robert E. Wednesday: Morning showers, then a shower else. Call Henry Dinkins at Lee Academy, 630 Cousar and thunderstorm around. High 69 to 73. (803) 499-4990 or Lula King St., Bishopville. Food will be at (803) 316-0772. served from 5 to 7 p.m. Bid- ding will begin at 5:30 p.m. Lincoln High School Class of with the first table closing LOCAL ALMANAC LAKE LEVELS SUN AND MOON 1964 will hold an informative at 7 p.m. Silent and live auc- SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY Full 7 a.m. 24-hr Sunrise 7:19 a.m. Sunset 5:53 p.m. meeting regarding the class tion tickets are $15 in ad- Lake pool yest. chg Temperature Moonrise 1:52 a.m. Moonset 12:48 p.m. reunion at 10 a.m. on Satur- vance and $20 at the door. Murray 360 355.54 +0.10 High 75° day, Feb. 6, at Shoney’s. Call Marion 76.8 76.36 -0.01 New First Full Last Shaw Air Force Base will host Low 44° Frances Woods at (803) 773- Moultrie 75.5 75.43 -0.12 the Shaw Air Expo open house Normal high 56° 3804, Lillie Wilson at (803) Wateree 100 95.15 +0.03 and air show Saturday and Normal low 33° 775-9088 or Bertha Willis at Feb. 8 Feb. 15 Feb. 22 Mar. 1 (803) 775-9660. Sunday, May 21-22. The free Record high 81° in 2002 event will be open to the Record low 14° in 1966 RIVER STAGES The Campbell Soup friends TIDES general public from 8 a.m. Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr lunch group will celebrate to 5 p.m. both days. Visit Precipitation River stage yest. chg 24 hrs ending 4 p.m. yest. 0.00" AT MYRTLE BEACH their 24th anniversary at www.shaw.af.mil/airexpo/ Black River 12 10.07 -0.07 Month to date 0.00" High Ht. Low Ht. 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. for more information. Also, Congaree River 19 5.90 +0.80 Normal month to date 0.12" Today 3:35 a.m. 2.6 10:29 a.m. 0.7 6, at Golden Corral. “like” the Shaw Air Force Lynches River 14 9.56 -0.34 Year to date 2.30" 3:39 p.m. 2.4 10:30 p.m. 0.4 The Sumter Chapter of the Na- Base Facebook page at Saluda River 14 10.72 -0.08 Last year to date 4.80" Wed. 4:33 a.m. 2.7 11:29 a.m. 0.5 Up. Santee River 80 80.24 -0.07 tional Federation of the Blind https://www.facebook. Normal year to date 4.06" 4:37 p.m. 2.4 11:28 p.m. 0.2 of South Carolina will meet com/20FighterWing/ for up- Wateree River 24 12.85 +0.10 at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 9, to-date information. Aerial at Shiloh-Randolph Manor, demonstration teams or 125 W. Bartlette St. Lee and performances will include: NATIONAL CITIES REGIONAL CITIES Laura Colclough-James will U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds; speak. The 2016 king or U.S. Army Black Daggers Today Wed. Today Wed. Today Wed. Today Wed. queen will be crowned for parachute demo; 20th Fight- City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W the Sumter Chapter. Con- er Wing Air Power; F-16 Atlanta 73/63/c 67/39/t Asheville 55/50/c 65/35/t Florence 68/56/c 78/56/t Marion 53/49/sh 69/37/t tact the chapter president, Viper; USAF Heritage Flight; Chicago 44/36/r 37/20/sf Athens 73/62/c 71/41/t Gainesville 81/64/pc 77/63/t Mt. Pleasant 72/60/pc 73/56/t Debra Canty, at (803) 775- Canadian Air Force CF-18; Dallas 65/36/pc 53/30/s Augusta 78/61/pc 75/50/t Gastonia 60/54/c 70/45/t Myrtle Beach 66/55/c 72/58/t 5792 or at debra.canty@ U.S. Navy F/A-18; Warbirds Detroit 46/39/r 48/28/sn Beaufort 75/59/pc 73/57/t Goldsboro 62/52/c 74/60/t Orangeburg 75/61/pc 75/54/t frontier.com. For chapter (historical military aircraft); Houston 73/43/t 61/37/s Cape Hatteras 56/51/c 66/57/t Goose Creek 76/61/pc 75/56/t Port Royal 72/60/pc 71/55/t updates, listen to the 24/7 and Gary Ward & Greg Con- Los Angeles 64/44/s 66/46/pc Charleston 76/60/pc 76/59/t Greensboro 52/48/sh 70/43/t Raleigh 57/52/c 74/53/t message line at (206) 376- nell. The acts are not in New Orleans 77/56/t 63/44/pc Charlotte 63/53/c 72/48/t Greenville 63/55/c 72/43/t Rock Hill 62/57/c 71/47/t 5992. Transportation is pro- order of performance and New York 47/42/s 57/47/r Clemson 67/61/c 74/44/t Hickory 52/48/sh 70/40/t Rockingham 61/55/c 75/52/t vided within the mileage are subject to change. Orlando 81/66/pc 82/65/t Columbia 74/60/pc 77/51/t Hilton Head 71/60/pc 71/56/t Savannah 78/62/pc 76/57/t Philadelphia 50/39/s 63/44/r Darlington 67/56/c 75/54/t Jacksonville, FL 77/62/pc 77/62/t Spartanburg 61/56/c 71/44/t Phoenix 56/35/s 58/39/s Elizabeth City 55/47/c 70/56/t La Grange 74/64/c 70/40/sh Summerville 76/61/pc 75/56/t San Francisco 55/44/c 56/49/c Elizabethtown 66/54/c 77/56/t Macon 78/64/c 72/46/t Wilmington 66/52/c 74/60/t Wash., DC 51/43/c 62/43/r Fayetteville 65/53/c 77/58/t Marietta 71/62/c 64/36/sh Winston-Salem 51/48/sh 69/45/t

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Take on a project encounters will spark your that will help improve your lifestyle imagination. Share an adventure or contribute to an optimistic with someone you love, and you attitude. A creative or innovative will find common ground that will Sue Hawkins shares a picture of her moonflower vine, which blooms late in the afternoon and closes up in project will help you look at life the morning. bring you closer together. differently. Love will enhance your LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The plans personal life. SECTION b Tuesday, February 2, 2016 Call: (803) 774-1241 | E-mail: [email protected] national signing day USC Basketball Carrera leads No. 25 USC Decision time against UGA Nine local By WILLIE T. SMITH III athletes set to The Greenville News COLUMBIA – Since stepping sign letters of on the University of South Caro- lina campus, Michael Carrera has exuded a passion for basket- intent on ball. That hasn’t always Wednesday been a good thing. But this season, it By Dennis Brunson has helped catapult [email protected] the Gamecocks to one of their best seasons Nine local high school ath- in recent history. letes -- eight football players “Michael is as good carrera and one cross country run- a teammate as I’ve ner -- are scheduled to sign been around as far as national letters of intent on his caring for teammates, his Wednesday, the first day will to win, his will to work,” football players can sign to said USC coach Frank Martin. be part of their respective “The harder the moment, the programs’ 2016 recruiting taller he stands. It is just who he class. is. He is as loyal as the day is Three Sumter High School long.” players -- Charlie Miranda, It is not a coincidence that Xzavion Burson and Quin- Carrera is enjoying his best sea- tein Anderson -- will sign son as USC is having its most along with Ralph Singleton successful season under Martin. and Daquan Tindal of Lake- When the Gamecocks (19-2), wood, Christoper Rembert of travel to Athens, Georgia, to Crestwood and Melquan challenge Georgia tonight, they House and Maliq Green of will be ranked No. 23 in the USA Scott’s Branch. The cross TODAY Sports coaches poll and country athlete is Andrea No. 25 in The Associated media Liddell of Manning. poll. Carrera is their leading Miranda will sign with scorer and rebounder, averaging Gardner-Webb, while Burson 14 points and 11.2 rebounds per is signing with South Caroli- game. na State and Anderson with Carrera, who is listed as 6-foot- Limestone along with House 5 and 214 pounds, is doing that and Green. Singleton will be while spending most of his time signing with Presbyterian, on the wing after spending the Tindal with Coffeyville Com- bulk of his first three seasons munity College in Kansas playing underneath. and Rembert with Hutchin- “He has been working on his son Community College in game throughout the time he Kansas. Liddell will sign with Spartanburg Methodist See USC, Page B4 College. Miranda, a safety for SHS, The Sumter Item file photo committed to Gardner-Webb Sumter High running back Quintein Anderson has committed to play college football with Lime- in December. Miranda had stone, an NCAA Division II school in Gaffney. Anderson is one of nine local athletes scheduled to one interception and 57 tac- sign with their respective schools on Wednesday. iles, including 26 solo stops. He had 4 1/2 tackles for loss, three tackles for loss. He had Sumter Item Area Player of with 62 tackles, five tackles clemson broke up four passes, two one interception, forced a the Year. Anderson rushed for loss and two QB sacks on Basketball fumble recoveries, one fumble and recovered a fum- for 1,277 yards and 23 touch- the defensive side. caused fumble and one ble. Burson saw a lot of time downs on 187 carries. He Tindal played linebacker blocked punt. He also re- on offense in his first two caught fie passes for 102 for the Gators. He had 87 turned six kickoffs for 115 seasons on the SHS varsity, yards and three TDs and tackles, 14 tackles for loss, Tigers try to yards. but didn’t get many touches completed all three of his two quarterback sacks and Burson and Anderson under first-year head coach pass attempts for 34 yards two interceptions. He also made their commitments Mark Barnes. He returned and two more scores. He scored two defensive touch- get back on within the last week. Burson seven kickoffs for 169 yards scored 156 points. downs. played defensive back and and six punts for 73 yards. Singleton played tackle on Rembert played linebacker outside linebacker for the Anderson had a huge sea- both sides of the football for for Crestwood and led the track vs. Wake Gamecocks, but missed a few son despite coming back the Gators. He graded out at Knights with 140 tackles, games due to a concussion. from a torn anterior cruciate 80 percent and had 25 knock- By SCOTT KEEPFER He had 35 tackles, including ligament to be named The down blocks while finishing See DECISION, Page B2 [email protected]

CLEMSON – Clemson Univer- sity’s men’s basketball team went 6-2 in January. super bowl 50 Replicate that in February and the Tigers could be sitting pretty come March. That quest will continue tonight Rivera, Panthers have support when Clemson plays at Wake Forest to tip off the second half of its Atlantic Coast Conference of Hispanics in Super Bowl 50 schedule. BROWNELL A second NCAA By STEVE REED but jokes he still feels like a Tournament ap- The Associated Press “trail blazer.” pearance in coach Brad “For the most part it’s usu- Brownell’s six seasons could be Viva Rivera. ally baseball and soccer (that in the offing, and it would be NFL Coach of the Year are popular) there,” Rivera the program’s first since 2010- contender Ron Rivera and told The Associated Press. 11, Brownell’s first season. the Carolina Panthers are “But football is trying to be- “It doesn’t change the way we expected to have the support come a world sport... So it’s do things,” Brownell said. “We of the Hispanic community neat to see that kind of sup- have conversations with our when they play the Denver port, and because of my par- team about it, but we want to Broncos in Super Bowl 50 ents’ heritage, there is a tre- make sure they don’t get so next Sunday. mendous amount of pride.” worried about that that they Rivera is Hispanic, raised Randall Alexander Var- forget to do the things we did to by a mother of Mexican de- num, 29, from Mexico City, win. scent and a father whose will be tuning in to watch “It’s good in terms of publici- family still calls Puerto Rico the Super Bowl to root on ty, giving our guys confidence home. Carolina. He’s been a fan of and motivating our fans, for us With Rivera now in his the Panthers his entire life. to continue to play better here fifth year at the helm, the He even lived in Charlotte, down the stretch.” Panthers’ popularity has be- North Carolina for a while Clemson is 13-8, including 6-3 come so widespread in the and attended some games. in the ACC. Wake Forest is 10- Hispanic community they “The fact they have Ron 11, 1-8. But Brownell knows that now employ their own Rivera could be a factor for the Demon Deacons’ next-to- broadcast team to call their some fans to pay attention to last-place standing in the league games in Spanish. the game, even if they’re not belies the talent they have on Rivera knows he isn’t the fans of either team,” Var- hand. first Hispanic to coach in a num said. Wake Forest has played the Super Bowl — Tom Flores Esteban Rivera, 30, the Chuck Burton/The Associated Press toughest schedule in the nation, won two championships Carolina head coach Ron Rivera is the second Hispanic to be the with the Oakland Raiders — See super bowl, Page B4 head coach of a Super Bowl team. See clemson, Page B4 B2 | Tuesday, February 2, 2016 sports The SUMTER ITEM area roundup Scoreboard TV, Radio Sunday’s Games Top-seeded Lady Falcons top Hillcrest L.A. Clippers 120, Chicago 93 TODAY Miami 105, Atlanta 87 2:55 p.m. – International Soccer: Eng- Orlando 119, Boston 114 The top-seeded Chestnut lish Premier League Match – Liver- Dallas 91, Phoenix 78 PREP SCHEDULE pool vs. Leicester City (NBC SPORTS Golden State 116, New York 95 Oaks Middle School girls NETWORK). Portland 96, Minnesota 93 basketball team defeated 4 p.m. – College Football: ESPNU Sign- Charlotte 101, L.A. Lakers 82 TODAY p.m. ing Day Special (ESPNU). Hillcrest 41-18 in the first 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk Monday’s Games round of the Sumter Middle Varsity Basketball B Team Basketball (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). Cleveland at Indiana, 7 p.m. South Florence at Sumter, 6 p.m. Thomas Sumter at Wilson Hall, 7 p.m. – College Basketball: Kentucky Detroit at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. School Conference tourna- Hartsville at Crestwood, 6 p.m. 4 p.m. at Tennessee (ESPN). Memphis at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ment on Monday at the CO Lakewood at Manning, 6 p.m. WEDNESDAY 7 p.m. – College Basketball: South Washington at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Lee Central at Timberland, 6:30 Carolina at Georgia (ESPNU, WDXY- Dallas at Atlanta, 8 p.m. gymnasium. p.m. Varsity and JV Basketball FM 105.9, WNKT-FM 107.5, WDXY-AM Orlando at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Dynashia Jackson led the Hannah-Pamplico at Scott’s Porter-Gaud at Wilson Hall, 4 1240). Chicago at Utah, 9 p.m. Branch, 6:30 p.m. p.m. 7 p.m. – College Basketball: George- Toronto at Denver, 9 p.m. Lady Falcons with 16 points. town at Butler (FOX SPORTS 1). Milwaukee at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Carnashia Wells and Amare Varsity and JV Basketball B Team Basketball 7 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: C.E. Murray at East Clarendon BD Cooper at Laurence Man- West Virginia at Texas Tech (FOX Tuesday’s Games Singleton had six points (No JV Girls), 5 p.m. ning, TBA SPORTS 2). Boston at New York, 7:30 p.m. Thomas Sumter at Wilson Hall, 7 p.m. – College Basketball: Louisiana Miami at Houston, 8 p.m. apiece. 4 p.m. THURSDAY State at Auburn (SEC NETWORK). Toronto at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Chestnut Oaks will play Calhoun Academy at Laurence 7:30 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Florida at Milwaukee at Portland, 10 p.m. Manning, 4 p.m. Junior Varsity Washington (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). Minnesota at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. host to either Bates or Fur- The King’s Academy at Robert Basketball 8 p.m. – College Basketball: Nevada- man on Wednesday in a E. Lee, 4 p.m. Sumter at Carolina Forest, 6 Las Vegas at New Mexico (CBS Dorchester at Clarendon Hall, 4 p.m. SPORTS NETWORK). semifinal game. 8 p.m. – College Basketball: Texas NHL Standings Christian at Oklahoma (ESPNEWS). By The Associated Press Manning 37 8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Miami at EASTERN CONFERENCE Mayewood 17 Houston (NBA TV). nasium. BISHOPVILLE – K.J. Hol- 8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Clemson at Atlantic Division MANNING – Manning Ju- Tashanna Harris led the loman and Daveon Thomas Wake Forest (WWBD-FM 94.7). GP W L OT Pts GF GA 9 p.m. – College Basketball: Indiana at Florida 49 29 15 5 63 135 108 nior High School defeated 8-0 Lady Stallions with 21 both had triple-doubles to Michigan (ESPN). Tampa Bay 49 27 18 4 58 130 117 9 p.m. – College Basketball: West Vir- Mayewood 37-17 on Monday points and Kendra Lesane lead Lee Central Middle Detroit 49 25 16 8 58 122 124 ginia at Iowa State (ESPN2). Boston 49 26 18 5 57 147 131 in the first round of the had 10. School to a 59-46 victory 9 p.m. – College Basketball: Duke at Montreal 50 24 22 4 52 136 134 Georgia Tech (ESPNU). Sumter Middle School Con- over Kingstree on Monday at Ottawa 50 23 21 6 52 139 155 9 p.m. – College Basketball: Provi- Buffalo 50 20 26 4 44 114 136 ference tournament on Mon- the LC gymnasium. dence at DePaul (FOX SPORTS 1). Toronto 48 17 22 9 43 114 134 JUNIOR VARSITY 9 p.m. – College Basketball: Alabama day at the MJHS gymnasi- Holloman had 18 points, 10 at Mississippi State (SEC NETWORK). Metropolitan Division um. BASKETBALL assists and 10 steals for the 10:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Min- GP W L OT Pts GF GA nesota at Los Angeles Lakers (NBA Washington 47 35 8 4 74 158 104 Sequio Juniois led the 10-3 Hartsville 46 Stallions, who finished 12-0 TV). N.Y. Rangers 49 27 17 5 59 142 129 11 p.m. — College Basketball: Colora- N.Y. Islanders 47 25 16 6 56 130 118 Lady Monarchs with 18 Crestwood 10 in winning the Upper Pee do State at San Diego State (ESPN2). Pittsburgh 48 24 17 7 55 121 120 points. Taja Dow had 12 Dee Conference regular-sea- New Jersey 50 25 20 5 55 114 118 Carolina 51 23 20 8 54 123 135 points and three assists. HARTSVILLE – Crest- son title. Thomas had 18 Philadelphia 47 21 18 8 50 109 127 Manning will play at Alice wood High School fell to 9-5 points, 20 rebounds and five NFL Playoffs Columbus 51 19 27 5 43 133 163 By The Associated Press Drive on Wednesday in a with a 46-10 loss to Harts- steals. WESTERN CONFERENCE semifinal game. ville on Monday at the HHS Jordan Williams had 11 Wild-card Playoffs Central Division Alice Drive 37 gymnasium. points while Naquan Peeples Saturday, Jan. 9 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Sedajah Rembert led the had a double-double of 10 re- Kansas City 30, Houston 0 Chicago 53 33 16 4 70 147 122 Pittsburgh 18, Cincinnati 16 Dallas 50 31 14 5 67 162 133 Ebenezer 5 Lady Knights with eight bounds and 10 steals. Nyke- St. Louis 52 28 16 8 64 129 128 Alice Drive Middle School points. lius Johnson had 12 re- Sunday, Jan. 10 Colorado 52 27 22 3 57 143 142 Seattle 10, Minnesota 9 Nashville 50 24 18 8 56 129 131 defeated Ebenezer 37-5 in the obunds. Green Bay 35, Washington 18 Minnesota 49 23 17 9 55 121 115 first round of the Sumter Lee Central will face East Winnipeg 49 22 24 3 47 126 140 B TEAM BASKETBALL Divisional Playoffs Pacific Division Middle School Conference Clarendon in the first round Wilson Hall 31 GP W L OT Pts GF GA tournament on Monday at of the conference tourna- Saturday, Jan. 16 Los Angeles 49 30 16 3 63 129 113 New England 27, Kansas City 20 San Jose 48 26 18 4 56 142 129 the AD gymnasium. Orangeburg Prep 4 ment on Wednesday at the Arizona 26, Green Bay 20, OT Arizona 49 24 20 5 53 131 146 Margaret McMahon led Wilson Hall improved to Hannah-Pamplico High Anaheim 47 22 18 7 51 101 111 Sunday, Jan. 17 Vancouver 50 20 19 11 51 122 139 the Lady Hawks with 14 10-3 with a 31-4 victory over gymnasium. Carolina 31, Seattle 24 Calgary 48 21 24 3 45 126 146 points. Tajanique Johnson Orangeburg Prep on Monday Denver 23, Pittsburgh 16 Edmonton 50 19 26 5 43 122 149 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point and Inga Colclough both had at Nash Student Center. B TEAM BASKETBALL Conference Championships for overtime loss. eight points. Becca Cromer led the Sunday, Jan. 24 SUNDAY’S GAMEs Alice Drive will play host Lady Barons with eight Wilson Hall 44 Orangeburg Prep 21 AFC Team Atlantic 4, Team Metropolitan 3 to Manning in a semifinal points and Andie Grae Denver 20, New England 18 Team Pacific 9, Team Central 6 game on Wednesday. Wingate had six. Wilson Hall improved to 9-5 Team Pacific 1, Team Atlantic 0 NFC Lee Central 41 with a 44-21 victory over Or- Carolina 49, Arizona 15 monday’s Games angeburg Prep on Monday at No games scheduled Kingstree 12 BOYS Pro Bowl Nash Student Center. Tuesday’s Games BISHOPVILLE – Lee Cen- Graham Van Patten led the Sunday, Jan. 31 MIDDLE SCHOOL Toronto at Boston, 7 p.m. tral Middle School won the Barons with 12 points while At Honolulu N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Minnesota at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Upper Pee Dee Conference BASKETBALL grabbing rebounds and get- Team Irvin 49, Team Rice 27 Montreal at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. regular season title with a Lee Central 59 ting five steals. Emery Moore Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. 41-12 victory over Kingstree had 11 points and Nathan Super Bowl Florida at Washington, 7:30 p.m. Kingstree 46 St. Louis at Nashville, 8 p.m. on Monday at the LC gym- Harris added 10. Sunday, Feb. 7 Dallas at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. At Santa Clara, Calif. Chicago at Colorado, 9 p.m. Denver vs. Carolina, 6:30 p.m. (CBS) Columbus at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Los Angeles at Arizona, 9 p.m. San Jose at Anaheim, 10 p.m. NBA Standings sports items By The Associated Press golf EASTERN CONFERENCE By The Associated Pres Atlantic Division W L Pct GB PGA-Farmers Insurance Par Scores No. 19 Cards top No. 2 UNC 71-65 Toronto 32 15 .681 — Monday Boston 27 22 .551 6 San Diego New York 23 27 .460 10½ Purse: $5 million LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Snedeker PGA winner made birdie on the 18th to Brooklyn 12 36 .250 20½ s-Torrey Pines, South Course: Yard- Philadelphia 7 41 .146 25½ age: 7,698; Par: 72 (Host Course) Damion Lee scored 24 SAN DIEGO — With his force a playoff. But then he n-Torrey Pines, North Course: Yard- points, including two free glove tucked in his back realized there was no crowd. Southeast Division age: 7,052; Par: 72 W L Pct GB Final throws with 8.3 seconds re- pocket and a putter in his It started with Snedeker. Miami 27 21 .563 — Final two rounds played on the South maining, to help No. 19 Lou- hand, Brandt Snedeker In gusts that consistently Atlanta 27 22 .551 ½ Course Charlotte 23 25 .479 4 Brandt Snedeker (500), $1,170,000 isville upset No. 2 North walked off the green pump- topped 40 mph and peaked at Washington 21 24 .467 4½ 73s-70n-70-69—282 -6 Carolina 71-65 on Monday ing his arms to celebrate a over 50 mph, he played the Orlando 21 25 .457 5 K.J. Choi (300), $702,000 68s-67n-72- Central Division 76—283 -5 night, ending the Tar Heels’ six-shot comeback to win final 17 holes Sunday with- Kevin Streelman (190), $442,000 69s- W L Pct GB 69n-72-74—284 -4 12-game winning streak. the Farmers Insurance out a bogey and closed with Cleveland 34 12 .739 — Freddie Jacobson (123), $286,000 69s- After scoring just six Open. That was the only a 3-under 69, which was Chicago 26 20 .565 8 69n-71-76—285 -3 Indiana 25 22 .532 9½ Jimmy Walker (123), $286,000 69s- points in Saturday’s loss to part of his victory that nearly nine shots better Detroit 25 23 .521 10 71n-68-77—285 -3 then-No. 11 Virginia, Lee lift- looked normal. than the field. The average Milwaukee 20 29 .408 15½ J.B. Holmes (95), $225,875 70n-68s- 72-76—286 -2 ed the Cardinals to a hard- He was on the practice score (77.9) was the highest WESTERN CONFERENCE Jonas Blixt (95), $225,875 77s-66n-66- fought victory over the first- green, not the 18th green. for the fourth round at a Southwest Division 77—286 -2 W L Pct GB Billy Horschel (75), $175,500 67n-70s- place Tar Heels by making 8 Snedeker never hit a shot regular PGA Tour event San Antonio 39 8 .830 — 74-76—287 -1 of 12 shots, including con- Monday. since the tour began keeping Memphis 28 20 .583 11½ Patton Kizzire (75), $175,500 67n-73s- Dallas 28 22 .560 12½ 71-76—287 -1 secutive 3-pointers that Having delivered one of such statistics in 1983. Houston 25 25 .500 15½ Aaron Baddeley (75), $175,500 73s- helped provide a 55-50 lead the great closing rounds on Snedeker won at 6-under New Orleans 18 28 .391 20½ 69n-69-76—287 -1 Martin Laird (75), $175,500 69s-68n- with 9:35 remaining. the PGA Tour on Sunday, all 282, the highest winning Northwest Division 73-77—287 -1 Chinanu Onuaku later he could do was wait to see scores at Torrey Pines since W L Pct GB John Huh (75), $175,500 69n-69s-71- Oklahoma City 36 13 .735 — 78—287 -1 added a three-point play to if it was good enough when Fuzzy Zoeller in 1979. Portland 23 26 .469 13 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic make it 63-55, Ray Spalding the wind-blown tournament Utah 21 25 .457 13½ Par Scores Suns fire Hornacek Denver 18 30 .375 17½ Sunday scored and Trey Lewis fol- concluded before no specta- Minnesota 14 35 .286 22 At Ocean Club Golf Course lowed with a big layup and tors because of safety con- PHOENIX — The Phoenix Pacific Division Paradise Island, Bahamas W L Pct GB Purse: $1.4 million then two free throws with 26 cerns for all the debris on Suns, mired in one of the Golden State 44 4 .917 — Yardage: 6,625; Par: 73 seconds left for a four-point the South Course at Torrey worst stretches in their his- L.A. Clippers 32 16 .667 12 Final Sacramento 20 27 .426 23½ Hyo Joo Kim, $210,000 70-70-68-66— lead. Pines. tory, have fired coach Jeff Phoenix 14 35 .286 30½ 274 -18 L.A. Lakers 9 41 .180 36 Stacy Lewis, $96,957 73-68-67-68— Lee sealed the win by The jangled nerves came Hornacek and promoted 276 -16 making two more at the free from watching the forecast, Earl Watson to interim Saturday’s Games Sei Young Kim, $96,957 71-68-69-68— throw line as Louisville (18- and then the telecast. Snede- coach. Golden State at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. 276 -16 Detroit at Toronto, 6:30 p.m. Anna Nordqvist, $96,957 70-69-68- 4, 7-2 Atlantic Coast Confer- ker finally went to the put- Watson was selected after Brooklyn at New Orleans, 7 p.m. 69—276 -16 ence) handed the Tar Heels ting green and figured the interviews were conducted Denver at Indiana, 7 p.m. Pornanong Phatlum, $47,939 71-72- Sacramento at Memphis, 8 p.m. 69-65—277 -15 (19-3, 8-1) their first confer- crowd’s reaction would let Monday with all three Suns Washington at Houston, 8 p.m. Paula Creamer, $47,939 68-72-71-66— ence loss. him know if K.J. Choi had assistants. San Antonio at Cleveland, 8:30 p.m. 277 -15

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RECRUITING Gamecocks flip Pollard; Tigers get ‘17 OL commit he final Sunday of the plans to enroll ation. I really liked the coach- week. He also considered UF and gave the Tigers an update. 2016 football recruiting at Clemson in ing staff and the fans. They and Ohio State. “Can’t say nothing bad about campaign brought hap- January of have nice facilities and a nice Jake Bentley, a ’17 QB from Clemson,” Wallace said after piness to the Universi- ‘17. He gives indoor (facility).” Opelika, Ala., made an unoffi- his visit. “I met a lot of great Tty of South Carolina and Clemson six Roach visited Texas two cial visit to USC over the men there. Clemson camps. USC turned a commitments weeks ago. Last season, he had weekend for the second “Both visits (Clemson and big time wide receiver from a for the ‘17 147 tackles and 16 quarterback straight weekend. Ohio State) went very well. Southeastern Conference class. sacks. USC offered several ‘17 pros- Ohio State is short on defensive rival, and the Tigers added an- Also visiting USC over the pects last week -- DE Tre Law- backs and they just won a na- other major offensive lineman USC weekend were defensive line- son of North Augusta High, tional championship. I like the to their ‘17 class. Phil Kornblut USC had a man Stephon Taylor of New LB Jamal Riggins and DE coaches and I like what they USC head coach Will Mus- Recruiting busy weekend Orleans and WR Jeriko Morris Jarez Parks of Sebastian, Fla., are doing with their players.” champ’s long standing rela- with official of Crystal Springs, Miss. Tay- RB Adarius Lemons of Clear- Wallace said “I think I have tionship with WR Kiel Pollard visits and lor also took visits to Texas water, Fla., OL TJ Slaton of an idea” on a decision, but he (6-feet-2-inches, 228 pounds) of seemed to help itself with and Florida State and has Plantation, Fla., DB Shawn wants to hear the opinions of Moultrie, Ga., and the persis- most its targets. been talking to Louisiana Davis of Miami, DL Ryan his mother and head coach. He tent efforts of assistant coach- Defensive end Jacoby Hill of State and Oklahoma. He plans Johnson of Mobile, Ala.,, LB feels he has an opportunity to es Bobby Bentley and Byron Atlanta left his official visit to announce on Wednesday. Sherrod Greene of Rocky play early at any of the schools. McClendon resulted in a big with USC feeling very good. Morris will decide if he Mount, N.C., and DE Brad Shrine Bowl OL Cade Stew- recruiting victory for Mus- He called USC his leader and wants to stick with his com- Johnson of Pendleton High. art of Daniel High in Central, champ’s new program as Pol- appeared headed toward a mitment to Southern Missis- USC also offered these ‘18 a Georgia Southern commit, lard switched his commitment USC signing on National Sign- sippi or switch to USC. Morris prospects last week -- DB officially visited Clemson on from Arkansas to USC. ing Day on Wednesday. How- has not been available for com- Jalyn Armour-Davis of Mo- Jan. 22 and was offered a Pollard was one of the top ever, some time to think about ment, but his head coach, Ste- bile, Ala.,, OL Tank Jenkins of greyshirt. That means Clem- offensive players in Georgia things and a telephone conver- phen Rice, talked with his Montgomery, Ala, DB Patrick son wants him in the program, last season. He was named the sation with his Memphis re- mother on Saturday. Surtain Jr. of Plantation, Fla., but can’t offer him a scholar- 6A Offensive Player of the cruiter on Sunday night shuf- “They seemed to have had a and DL Rick Standidge of Con- ship until January of ‘17. Year after helping lead fled things in Hill’s mind. As real good time; she seemed cord, N.C. Stewart, whose mother was a Colquitt County High School he went to bed, he did so favor- real kind of happy and said Clemson athlete, has not de- to the state championship with ing Memphis. they enjoyed everything,” Rice CLEMSON cided on his plans as of yet. 76 receptions for 1,163 yards “The conversation me and said. “We’re going to sit down Clemson hosted two official As for the junior day part of and 18 touchdowns. Mus- Coach Muschamp had on the Monday night. He has a couple visits over the weekend and things,, Clemson added a high- champ and Bentley had hardly way out changed my decision of opportunities. He’s been one earlier in the week, plus ly touted OL to its ‘17 class in settled into their new jobs for USC,” Hill said. “But Mem- committed to Southern Miss, the Tigers staged their first ju- Matt Bockhorst (6-5, 300) of when they set their sights on phis has stuck with me and is but they’ve had a coaching nior day for the ‘17 recruiting Cincinnati. Among his other Pollard, who had already been recruiting me hard. I’m a priori- change. calendar. offers are Boston College, committed to Arkansas for ty guy there. South Carolina “We’ll see what they want to Headlining the weekend was Duke, Illinois, Louisville, several months. McClendon, says it, but action speaks louder do as a family. He was real im- the presence of DL Rashan Maryland, Michigan, Michi- who had recruited Pollard than words. Me and the head pressed, real happy. I think it Gary of Paramus, N.J., regard- gan State, UNC, PSU and while at Georgia, joined the ef- coach (Memphis’ Mike Norvell) went as well as it could go ed by some as the top player in Vanderbilt. fort in January. are engaged. Anytime I have from talking to her.” the country. Gary and his Bockhorst made his commit- “Having a great relationship had a problem, I call him.” Visiting USC on Friday and family have gone silent about ment to Clemson head coach with Coach McClendon and He said that’s one of the dif- part of Saturday was DL Kara- what they are thinking and he Dabo Swinney and OL coach Coach Bentley; they just felt ferences in the two programs, mo Dioubate of Philadelphia. will announce on Wednesday Robbie Caldwell while attend- like family,” Pollard said. “I that he has asked to have Mus- He said he had a good visit and at 1 p.m. on ESPN2. Gary also ing the Tigers’ junior day on just went with my gut and my champ’s number so he can is mulling over his decision took official visits to Michi- Saturday. gut was saying South Carolina reach him directly, but it was this week. He’s getting a gan, Ole Miss, Auburn and “What Coach Swinney has the whole time. I started feel- never given to him. strong push to stay home and Southern California. built in Death Valley is unlike ing it after my official visit, Hill said Memphis leads go to Temple. Owls head coach It is expected his decision anything else in the country,” and I’ve known Coach Mus- USC by a 60 percent to 40 per- Matt Rhule visited him on Sat- will come down to the Tigers Bockhorst said. “They take a champ for a good many years. cent margin. He did not talk urday. He’s also considering and Wolverines. He has fami- blue collar mentality to work- When he was at Florida, he with USC coaches on Sunday PSU, Auburn, Ohio State and ly in Anderson, but he also outs and practice, and that is came down to watch me prac- night, but he has, at one time Michigan State. has several close friends and a one of the many reasons why tice, and he wanted me at Au- or another, talked with all the Athlete Stephen Davis Jr. of former coach at Michigan. they are successful. They work burn. He can tell real talent defensive coaches except for Dutch Fork High in Irmo had DB Isaiah Simmons of hard, play hard. That attitude when he sees it.” newly hired Mike Peterson. planned to visit USC this past Olathe, Kan., made Clemson is something that is missing Pollard knows the slate is Hill won’t announce his deci- weekend, but didn’t make it. his final official visit over the from most places in college clean at USC with a new sion until Wednesday. He has visited Auburn. weekend after also seeing football, and they get it. coaching staff and that jobs WR Randrecous Davis of At- DE Mykelle McDaniel of Lo- Michigan, Illinois, Nebraska “They understand that play- will be open. He’s looking for- lanta is deciding between USC ganville, Ga., had hoped to and Missouri. ing college football is not just ward to the opportunity and and Miami and he came out of visit USC over the weekend, “I know that he really thinks about getting to the NFL, be- expects to contribute early. his weekend in Columbia with but because he has not yet (Clemson defensive coordina- cause if you look at statistics “I’m looking at playing the USC as the leader. However, posted a standardized test tor) Coach (Brent) Venables is that is a very small minority. inside or outside receiver and he’s not ready to make the score he can’t take official vis- a cool guy,” said Olathe North But the degree from Clemson just coming in and working solid commitment. its. McDaniel has long favored High head coach Chris Mc- and the tools for life that they hard and making plays,” he “I’m not sure; I’ll have to USC and the coaches visited Cartney. “The fact they played instill in you is what is going said. “I’m not really sure what think about it,” he said. him earlier in the month. Mc- for the national championship to set you up to be a better fa- to expect, but don’t be sur- “South Carolina is the favor- Daniel has visited USC for a and they had some guys seek ther, husband, businessman, prised to see us in the SEC ite, but I’m waiting until sign- game in the past and for an the NFL (National Football etc. Clemson has it going on.” Championship.” ing day. unofficial visit. League) are the big things.” He also visited Clemson last Pollard currently gives USC “The visit was awesome. The Running back Justin Craw- The Tigers need help in num- season, and that’s when he 23 newcomers in the class for facilities, the people, the envi- ford of Northwest Mississippi bers at safety and Simmons began to think hard about the fall of ‘16 though it’s ex- ronment. They look for me to Community College visited would fit the bill. McCartney making the Tigers his choice. pected that OL Lloyd Cushen- come in and play early. They West Virginia over the week- said he’s an excellent athlete Besides the brick and mortar berry will come off after not are running the spread and a end instead of USC. USC who does things effortlessly on of the school and the athletic making his official visit over pro(fissional) tempo and they pulled off Crawford after get- the field. McCartney said he department, Bockhorst also the weekend. are looking for receivers to ting a commitment from JUCO and Simmons have not nailed was sold on the idea of playing Clemson added another big throw the ball to.” Davis had RB Tyren Jones, giving them down an exact day and time for Caldwell and Swinney. time OL in Blake Vinson (6-5, 53 catches for 1,154 yards and three RBs in the class. for his decision this week. “Coach Caldwell is just an 285) of Ocala, Fla., who made 17 TDs. Longtime USC DE commit- DB K’Von Wallace of High- amazing guy,” he said. “He his pledge while on an unoffi- DE Aaron Thompson of Fort ment Cecil Stallings of Tucker, land Springs, Va., visited Ohio knows what he’s doing. He’s a cial visit. Vinson also had of- Lauderdale, Fla., arrived at Ga., will not sign with USC on State over the weekend after hard-nosed, old school offen- fers from USC, UF, North Car- USC for his official visit over Wednesday. Though Mus- seeing Clemson on Thursday sive line coach. People have de- olina, Alabama, Auburn, the weekend as a Maryland champ said he would honor and Friday. He has been com- scribed my playing style as old Miami, Louisiana State, Penn commitment, but he left up in his offer, he also told Stallings mitted to Cincinnati, but is school because I may not be State, Mississippi, West Vir- the air over his final decision. he did not think he was a fit also considering Clemson, the tallest guy on the field or I ginia, Tennessee, Virginia Thompson said he’ll now have for their defense. Ohio State, Michigan State and may not be a 5-star, All-Ameri- Tech and others. a signing day decision between Two other longtime USC Pittsburgh, announcing a deci- can, but I’m going to get after He said Clemson gives him USC and Maryland. commitments dating back to sion on Wednesday. you and put my hand in the everything he’s looking for in “It went great,” Thompson the Steve Spurrier staff were Wallace said he talked with dirt across from yours and it’s a college and a football pro- said of his visit. “The stu- confirmed last week as not Clemson on Sunday morning going to be me against you.” gram. dents, they’ve really got a lot planning to sign with USC. “The atmosphere around the of pride. It’s chill up there. The head coach of linebacker program and all the coaches The coaches and facilities are Jacorey Morris of Grove Hill, are really strong in their faith cool, really nice. Coach Mus- Ala., said his player would not and that’s important,” Vinson champ told me I was a versa- be joining USC and WR Tre Got Jackson of Baton Rouge an- GET A CAR! said. “The good atmosphere tile player who can play inside, around the program, where I the 3 technique, but athletic nounced a decommitment a Job? fit in well, and where the enough to play across the line. from USC. coaches would develop me as a “They definitely want me. I Defensive back Daniel NO CREDIT CHECK player and as a young man.” told them the same thing I’m Thomas of Montgomery, Ala., NO CREDIT - NO PROBLEM! BANKRUPTCY - NO PROBLEM! BAD CREDIT - NO PROBLEM! DIVORCE - NO PROBLEM! REALLY BAD CREDIT - NO PROBLEM! Vinson also is caught up in telling you; I’m up in the air.” visited Auburn over the week- the Clemson football fever WR Korey Banks of Tyrone, end and will have a signing with the Tigers one of the na- Ga., has been committed to day announcement. He also tion’s hottest programs com- North Carolina, but his week- took official visits to USC, 2002 Ford ing off a 14-1 season and a na- end at USC seems to have Minnesota and UNC. Thomas tional championship game ap- given him more to think about. said he spoke with USC on Focus ZX5 pearance. “It was great,” Banks said of Thursday, and though he “That’s something that’s re- the visit. Asked if he was plan- won’t say USC is out, it ap- ally cool, playing for the na- ning to flip over to USC, Banks pears he will go elsewhere. tional championship, and like replied, “We’ll see.” “They are kind of full,” he 2009 Dodge I’m part of the next recruiting Banks said he’ll make a final said of USC. “I pretty much class the year after that and declaration on signing day. He know where I’m going.” Caliber SXT that’s pretty special,” Vinson has also been considering Ala- USC DB target Marlon Char- said. “I’m the third offensive bama. acter, who has been committed lineman commitment and I’m DE Malcolm Roach of Baton to Auburn, visited VT over the “The people are easy to get pretty excited.” Rouge, La., said after visiting weekend. He’s also been to along with and buying a car was Vinson said he’s equally ef- USC he has a decision to make USC and Auburn. an easy process. fective in run and pass block- on Wednesday. He has been QB Tylin Oden of Columbia, ” ing and did not allow a sack or committed to Texas, but he Tenn., who drew interest from Anahea Blazer & Tracey Worrell a tackle behind the line of said the visit put USC right up USC, committed to Rutgers Apply For Credit scrimmage last season. He with the Longhorns. last week. said the Clemson coaches love “As of right now, I don’t Former USC DB commit- Online At: his versatility as an OL. know (about a decision),” ment JJ Givens of Mechanics- www.boylebhph.com “One of the things the Roach said. “I’ll have to talk it ville, Va., committed to North coaches like about me is I can over with my family and pray Carolina State last week. USC play any of the five (posi- about it. I’m going to wait DE target Jordan Woods of tions),” he said. “I’m aggres- until signing day and an- Citra, Fla., committed to Geor- We Finance in House sive on the field and I play ‘til nounce it. gia Tech last week. the whistle blows.” “I had a great time at South USC WR target Sam Bruce BOYLE Buy Here Pay Here Vinson said he’s on track to Carolina. 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The Associated Press jah Sessions pushed South WOMEN’s TOP 25 Carolina (21-0, 9-0 SEC) to a By The Associated Press COLLEGE STATION, Texas The top 25 teams in The Associ- 60-54 lead following two fruit- — South Carolina moved a ated Press’ women’s college bas- less A&M possessions over the ketball poll, with first-place votes step closer to an upcoming in parentheses, records through span of about two minutes. showdown against No. 1 Con- Jan. 31, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote The Aggies (15-6, 5-3) tight- necticut with another road through one point for a 25th- ened the gap to four at 60-56 on place vote and previous ranking: win over a top 10 team. Rcd Pts a jumper by Courtney Walker A’ja Wilson scored 27 points Prv with 5:06 left, but Mitchell 1. UConn (32) 20-0 800 1 as the Gamecocks stayed un- 2. South Carolina 21-0 765 2 quickly responded with a beaten by holding on for a 70-63 3. Notre Dame 20-1 739 3 3-pointer in giving the Game- 4. Baylor 21-1 700 4 victory over No. 10 Texas A&M. 5. Maryland 19-2 659 5 cocks a 63-56 lead with 3:38 re- South Carolina, which opened a 6. Texas 20-1 652 6 maining, in putting the Aggies 7. Ohio St. 16-4 590 7 three-game lead in the South- 8. Arizona St. 18-3 587 8 away for good. eastern Conference race, has a 9. Oregon St. 17-3 542 9 South Carolina dominated 10. Florida St. 18-4 500 11 lone home game against No. 12 11. Mississippi St. 19-4 452 13 A&M in points in the paint (40- Kentucky on Thursday before 12. Texas A&M 15-6 443 10 24), and Sessions and Mitchell 13. Louisville 17-5 408 14 playing host to top-ranked Con- 14. UCLA 16-5 372 15 each collected three steals for necticut on Feb. 8. 15. Stanford 17-5 311 16 the winners. 16. Miami 18-3 292 17 But first, there were the Ag- 17. Michigan St. 16-4 273 18 “Tiffany Mitchell’s steals got gies to try and take care of, as 18. Kentucky 15-5 248 12 her some clean looks at the 19. South Florida 15-5 212 20 A&M had won four of its last 20. Oklahoma 15-5 195 21 basket,” Gamecocks coach five league contests. 21. Missouri 18-4 181 22 22. Florida 18-4 150 — Dawn Staley said. “I was just letting the game 23. Tennessee 13-8 60 19 Mitchell added 20 points for 24. Washington 16-5 47 25 come to me,” said Wilson, who 25. Oklahoma St. 16-4 45 — the Gamecocks and Wilson scored 13 of her points in the Others receiving votes: George and Coates contributed 10 re- Washington 40, DePaul 37, West second quarter. “We knew it Virginia 26, UTEP 21, San Diego bounds each, while Courtney was going to be rowdy, and 14, Colorado St. 11, BYU 7, Green Walker led the Aggies with 23 Bay 6, Duquesne 5, NC State 3, that they were going to be ex- Purdue 3, Albany (NY) 2, Duke 2. points and seven rebounds. cited, and we were going to be “We just put players in posi- Pat Sullivan/Associated Press excited.” Gamecocks’ Tiffany Mitchell tions where they could get eas- South Carolina’sTiffany Mitchell (25) shoots over Texas A&M’s Court- The excitement peaked with drained a jump shot from the ier looks, and our defense cre- ney Walker on Sunday in College Station, Texas. Mitchell scored 20 the game tied 54-54 with 7:42 left side, and ensuing layups ated some easy offense,” Stal- points in the Gamecocks’ 70-63 victory. remaining. That’s when the by Alaina Coates and Khadi- ey said.

MEN’s TOP 25 ing for USC to be successful ac- is. That’s what he loves. He SUPER BOWL By The Associated Press USC tually have been detrimental. craves that. That’s what he From Page B1 The top 25 teams in The Associat- From Page B1 That’s where Martin steps in. loves. ed Press’ college basketball poll, “Sometimes I get mad at “But that’s the challenge with first-place votes in parenthe- sports editor for GFR Media ses, records through Jan. 31, total has been here, throughout the him and I’m not even mad at with him because he needs in Puerto Rico, said there points based on 25 points for a years, in the offseason work- him,” said Martin. “When he that, but at the same time he first-place vote through one point hasn’t been overwhelming for a 25th-place vote and previous ing on his shot so he could sees me full of passion, he needs to channel that in the support for the Panthers yet, ranking: play on the wing, which he is eats it up. That’s just who he right direction.” Rcd Pts Prv but expects that could 1. Oklahoma (45) 18-2 1,605 1 doing now,” said USC junior change once more people 2. N. Carolina (20) 19-2 1,578 2 guard Sindarius Thornwell. 3. Villanova 18-3 1,384 6 learn of Rivera’s heritage. 4. Maryland 19-3 1,366 8 “He’s been good.” 5. Iowa 17-4 1,362 3 “Puerto Ricans usually 6. Xavier 19-2 1,344 7 Never has he been better support their own in sports, 7. Kansas 17-4 1,233 4 than in USC’s past four 8. Texas A&M 18-3 1,169 5 Keeping Sumter Beautiful so Ron Rivera and the Pan- 9. Virginia 17-4 1,086 11 games, during which he has thers will be the favorites on 10. Michigan St. 19-4 1,018 12 averaged 23.8 points and 10 11. Providence 18-4 900 10 By Amanda McNulty, the island,” he said. 12. SMU 19-1 853 13 rebounds. The Gamecocks Rivera was raised in a mil- 13. Iowa St. 16-5 851 14 posted a 3-1 record during County Extension Agent 14. West Virginia 17-4 814 9 itary family, a self-described 15. Baylor 17-4 728 17 the stretch of Southeastern Army brat. His parents met 16. Oregon 18-4 551 23 Conference games. Paint Your Toenails terflies? You’ll learn how to manage 17. Miami 16-4 537 15 pests without harming those beneficial at a USO dance, the Rivera 18. Purdue 19-4 511 21 Carrera scored 19 points Recently, I’ve been going through my family moved from one mili- 19. Louisville 17-4 478 16 and pulled down nine re- insects, and you’ll get tips on what 20. Kentucky 16-5 429 20 California daughters’ left-behind make plants give them the nectar and pollen tary base to another, with 21. Wichita St. 16-5 323 22 bounds in a come-from be- over drawers looking for fingernail pol- they need. stops in Maryland, Washing- 22. Indiana 18-4 270 19 hind win over Mississippi, but ish. The dead of winter is the only time 23. Arizona 17-5 245 18 We meet every Monday from 11 to 4 ton, Panama and Germany. 24. Dayton 18-3 168 — had his best game statistically that my toenails are clean enough to up here in the Clemson Extension kitch- But home base for the Riv- 25. South Carolina 19-2 87 — in a home win against Missis- paint. For most of the year, soil shifts en on the fifth floor of the Sumter Others receiving votes: Saint eras was always Fort Ord, Mary’s (Cal) 63, Southern Cal 40, sippi State when he scored a through my tennis shoes and socks, and Skyscraper, right next door to the down- California, a little over an Utah 33, VCU 33, Michigan 21, Notre career-high 34 points and I’m reduced to dipping a nail brush in town library. The coffee pot is filled and Dame 21, Valparaiso 7, Duke 6, Clorox and bleaching the dirt. there are always tempting treats to get hour’s drive from Santa Pittsburgh 4, Florida 3, Saint Jo- pulled down 15 rebounds. But this is down time for gardeners. Clara, the Super Bowl site. seph’s 1, San Diego St. 1, Stony There have been times you through the lectures – but our lec- Brook 1, Texas 1. We are planting seeds for transplants, tures are exciting!! You have to put up “It is a homecoming of when his passion and yearn- but that takes place indoors in a soilless with me teaching the “hard core” topics sorts,” Rivera said. medium that leaves your hands clean (but I throw in enough zingers so you Rivera is known in Caroli- and doesn’t get in your shoes. Most of won’t nod off), and then you’ll get all na as a player’s coach. He my time is spent wishing – looking at sorts of wonderful, fun instructors for regularly walks through the catalogues, picking out seeds, and trying the varied subjects yet to be explored. locker room, where he feels the Tigers’ first game at Joel to put the brakes on when I want to If you want to join an organization that Clemson “click” on an expensive woody plant or never requires that you wear high heels, most at home, having played Coliseum since February tree. Even at the office, soil tests are fil- nine seasons as a linebacker From Page B1 2014 – a 62-57 defeat. stockings, or a jacket and is filled with tering in, but most farmers and garden- people who have figured out what is with the Bears, part of the Clemson’s success de- ers took those several months back – important in life and don’t freak out if Monsters of the Midway who including six ranked teams pends largely on the play of remember that lime, unlike fertilizer, the cat gets on the kitchen table, sign up ran roughshod over the NFL in January, and counts a junior forward Jaron Blos- needs to go out early as it moves for the 2016 Master Gardener Training for the 1985 championship. one-point loss to Virginia somgame, who is the team’s through the soil slowly. Program. The cost is $300, admittedly Pro Bowl tight end Greg and a two-point loss to Vir- leading scorer and rebound- If you’ve got an itch to be ready to hit steep, but you’ll never need to go to a Olsen said if players have ginia Tech during the past er. Blossomgame has pro- the ground running with knowledge and counselor (gardening is dramatically a plan to make your home landscape or therapeutic) or spend money on Spanx concerns about the intensity couple of weeks. duced four consecutive vegetable or flower garden more beauti- of practice, play call sugges- “Our transition defense games against ACC foes again. (We do have some financial sup- ful when those warm spring days finally port from the wonderful membership of tions or even personal prob- has got to be a heckuva lot with at least 20 points, be- arrive, come and take the 2016 Master the Friends of Swan Lake. Call us lems, Rivera’s door is always better than it was against coming the first Clemson Gardener Training Program with us. 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By JOCELYN GECKER Djokovic said during a TV in- Federer in straight sets in the The Associated Press terview after the final. He was semifinals before moving on to asked, if he does win at the Murray. Nadal lost in the first- MELBOURNE, Australia — French and manage to capture round, raising more questions Novak Djokovic has a new four consecutive major cham- about whether his Grand Slam goal for the year. He calls it pionships, would he give it a winning days have passed. the Djoker Slam. name? On the women’s side, Last year was the first season The No. 1-ranked player has Serena Williams has done it since 2004 that Nadal did not one thing missing from his before and her feat was called win a major title. fast-growing collection of 11 the “Serena Slam.” Throughout the tourna- Grand Slam trophies. “Djoker Slam. Not bad, I like ment, Djokovic was repeatedly “The French Open. It’s the that one,” said the 28-year-old asked about the increasingly one I never won,” Djokovic Serbian, referring to his nick- wide gulf between him at No. 1 said early Monday, after win- name, the Djoker. and the rest of the players. At ning his record sixth Austra- “No doubt that I’m playing his final news conference, lian Open, but already casting the best tennis of my life in the Djokovic answered the ques- an eye toward Paris. “I’ll try to last 15 months,” Djokovic said. tion with a metaphor. put myself in a position to get “The results are showing that. The wolf that is running up that trophy.” Rafiq Magbool/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS I’m just trying to keep it up.” the hill is much hungrier than Djokovic’s relentless desire Novak Djokovic kisses the trophy he received for winning the Austra- With his 11th major title, the wolf standing at the top of for tennis perfection has lian Open on Sunday. He defeated Andy Murray in three sets. Djokovic is steadily gaining on the hill, Djokovic said. pushed him to a brilliant level, Rafael Nadal’s 14 and Roger “I believe that all the guys one that was too high for Andy imprint on the tournament, finished 2015 at No. 1 for the Federer’s record 17. that are out there fighting Murray who lost Sunday’s tying him with Roy Emerson fourth time in five years. He The so-called Big Four of each week to get to No. 1 are final 6-1, 7-5, 7-6 (3). The for the most singles titles in won the Australian Open, men’s tennis — Federer, very hungry to get to No. 1,” straight-sets win highlighted the event’s long history. Emer- Wimbledon and the U.S. Open. Nadal, Murray and Djokovic he said. “I want to enjoy, and I Djokovic’s dominance and son played in the 1960s and He reached the final at the — has been looking more lop- will, but it’s not going to go for Murray’s shortcomings: the won his Australian titles in French Open, but lost to Stan sided with Djokovic’s winning more than a few days. After No. 2-ranked Murray has now the amateur era. Wawrinka. It was his third record. He now leads the pack that, I’m already thinking played five finals in Mel- Djokovic’s strong start to the runner-up trophy at Roland with head-to-head wins over about how can I continue play- bourne and lost them all — in- season comes after a year that Garros. them all — Federer (23-22), ing well through the rest of cluding four to Djokovic. has been described as one of “Each year when I go back I Murray (22-9), Nadal (24-23). the season at each tourna- It also stamped Djokovic’s the finest in tennis history. He feel like I’m a step closer,” In Melbourne, Djokovic beat ment.”

OBITUARIES WALLACE R. JACKSON loved and will be missed by ELIZABETH A. RICHARDSON She was preceded in death Clarendon County, she was a Wallace Reed Jackson, 83, many. Elizabeth Anderson Rich- by a daughter, Donna Marie daughter of the late Joseph died on Wednesday, Jan. 27, She is survived by two sons, ardson, 77, wife of James Welch; a great-granddaughter; Hilton, Bryon Bulter and 2016, at his residence in Sum- S. Derrick Mozingo Jr. and his Richardson, departed this life two brothers; and one sister. Helen Briggs Bulter. ter. wife, Suzanne, of Myrtle on Friday, Jan. 29, 2016, at Pal- Funeral services will be The family will receive Funeral services will be Beach and Eugene Brown metto Health Tuomey. held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday friends on Sunday at the resi- held at noon on “Buck” Mozingo of Sumter; She was born on April 10, at Bethany Baptist Church dence, 3rd Street, Summerton. Wednesday at one daughter, Rochelle M. 1938, in Lynchburg, to the late with the Rev. Dr. James Chan- Funeral arrangements are Palmer Memorial Hiott and her husband, Ed, of Marion and Louise Durant dler officiating. Burial will be incomplete at this time and Chapel, 1200 Fon- Charlotte; one granddaughter, Anderson. in the church cemetery. will be announced by Sum- taine Place, Co- Jessica Rochelle Luckey and The family will be receiving The family will receive merton Funeral Home LLC. lumbia, SC 29223. her husband, Travis, of Char- friends at the home, 305 Sandy friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today Interment will be lotte; and one brother, the Run Drive, Sumter, SC 29153. at the home of her daughter, JEWEL THOMPSON JACKSON held at 2 p.m. at Rev. Walter L. Proctor Jr. and Funeral plans are incom- Teresa Elmore, 39 Levy Road, Jewel Fay Slaughter Fort Jackson Na- his wife, Elizabeth, of New plete and will be announced Bishopville. Thompson, 72, wife of James tional Cemetery in Columbia. Zion. later by Job’s Mortuary Inc. Hancock-Elmore-Hill Fu- Davis “Dave” Thompson, died Mr. Jackson will be placed She was preceded in death of Sumter. neral Home of Bishopville is on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016, at in the chapel at 11 a.m. for by one brother, Lt. Col. in charge of the arrange- Carolinas Hospital System in public viewing prior to the Charles Herbert Proctor; and L.J. BROWN ments. Florence. service. one sister, Mary Lee Proctor L.J. Brown, age 71, was Born on Feb. 7, 1943, in Con- Public viewing will be held Freeman. born on Jan. 20, 1945, in Clar- ERNEST W. LEDBETTER SR. way, North Carolina, she was from 1 to 5 p.m. today at Palm- Funeral services will be endon County to the late Ollie Ernest Wayne Ledbetter Sr., a daughter of the late Charlie er Memorial Chapel, 304 S. held at 4 p.m. today at Bethel Sr. and Mary Gaymon Brown. 80, widower of Mary Kathryn Gray and Fay Burgess Slaugh- Main St., Sumter, SC 29150. United Methodist Church in He entered into eternal rest Ledbetter, died on Saturday, ter. She was a member of Born in Sumter County, he Oswego with the Rev. Jeremy on Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, at Jan. 30, 2016, at Palmetto First Baptist Church, where was a son of the late Wilson Howell officiating. Burial will his residence in Wilson, North Health Tuomey. she taught Sunday school and and Amanda Gramison Jack- be in the church cemetery. Carolina. Born in Rutherford, North served on various committees. son. Mr. Jackson was educat- The family will receive at He leaves to cherish his Carolina, he was a son of the Survivors include her hus- ed in the public schools of the home. memories: a brother, the Rev. late Dexter Noland and Inez band of 50 years; two daugh- Sumter County. He served his Memorials may be made to Ollie (Maebelle) Brown Jr.; a Marie Searcy Ledbetter. He ters, Patricia Anne Thompson country in the United States Bethel United Methodist sister, Geneva (Moses) Pem- was a graduate of Glenwood and Wendy Leigh Thompson, Army and was honorably dis- Church Cemetery Fund, 5575 berton; a special friend, Bar- High School and retired as a both of Sumter; a sister, Char- charged. Lodebar Road, Sumter, SC bara Laveron; and a host of master sergeant from the lene Godwin (Tommy) of In addition to his parents, 29153. other close relatives and U.S. Air Force after 23 years Ahoskie, North Carolina; and he was preceded in death by Elmore-Cannon-Stephens friends. of service. He later retired a number of nieces and neph- 11 siblings. Funeral Home and Crematori- Funeral services will be from Cover Manufacturing ews. Survivors include his sister, um of Sumter is in charge of held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday as a manufacturing supervi- She was preceded in death Susan Jackson of the home; the arrangements. at Mt. Pleasant UME Church, sor. by a brother, Jesse Gray and a host of nieces, nephews, Pinewood, with the Rev. Lava- Survivors include his chil- Slaughter. other relatives and friends. DAVID CLEA rone Johnson, pastor, officiat- dren, Ernest “Wayne” Ledbet- Funeral services will be Condolences may be made David Clea, 39, died on Sun- ing, and Bishop Willie Green, ter Jr. (Barbara) of Columbia, held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday on their tribute page found at day, Jan. 31, 2016, at Palmetto eulogist. Final resting place Scotty Ray Ledbetter (Marga- at First Baptist Church with www.PalmerMemorialChapel. Health Tuomey. will be Spring Grove Ceme- ret) of Wilmington, North the Rev. Dan Barber and the com. Born on June 9, 1976, in tery, Pinewood. Carolina, and Karen Lynn Rev. Charles Clanton officiat- Palmer Memorial Chapel is Sumter County, he was a son Visitation will be held from Ledbetter Miller (Steve) of ing. Burial will be in Ever- in charge of funeral arrange- of David Wright and Mattie 3 to 7 p.m. today at Dyson’s Dalzell; grandchildren, Julie green Memorial Park ceme- ments. Clea. Home for Funerals chapel. and Andrew Ruffin, Emily tery. The family is receiving rela- Professional services en- Ledbetter, Brian Ledbetter, Pallbearers will be Eddie DWAYNE DAWSON tives and friends at the home, trusted to Dyson’s Home for Sarah Catherine Ledbetter, Harrison, Wallie Jones, John Dwayne Dawson, 56, son of 1655 N. St. Pauls Church Road. Funerals, 237 Main St., Sum- Shannon and Timmy Knud- Jones, John James, Jim Mc- Wallace R. Dawson Jr., passed Funeral arrangements are merton, (803) 485-4280. son and Allison and Allen Millan and C.W. Ard. on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016, in incomplete and will be an- Cuttino; two great-grandchil- Honorary pallbearers will Newark, New Jersey. nounced by Williams Funeral IDA MAE B. CEASAR dren, Tucker Knudson and be members of the Adult IV Funeral servic- Home Inc. MANNING — Ida Mae Ben- Trae Cuttino; and siblings, Sunday School Class of First es will be held at jamin Ceasar, 76, widow of Hugh Ledbetter (Joyce), Edna Baptist Church and Dr. 11 a.m. today at CHRISTOPHER R. FREEMAN Henderson Ceasar Sr., died on Elliott (Sam), Ethel Reynolds, Ramzy Hourany. Cotton Funeral SUMMERTON — Christo- Monday, Feb. 1, 2016, at her Diane Dellinger (Harold) and The family will receive Services, 1025 pher Randall Freeman, 76, residence, 1213 Fleming Cir- Jean Hill. friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today Bergen St., New husband of Diana E. Free- cle, Manning. He was preceded in death at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Jersey. man, died on Sunday, Jan. 31, She was born on July 15, by two sisters, Iverea Dalton Funeral Home and other DAWSON This is a cour- 2016, at his residence. 1939, in Sumter, a daughter of and Kay Smith. times at 18 Bobs Drive. tesy announce- Born on Jan. 13, 1940, in the late Johnson Oliver and Funeral services will be Memorials may be made to ment of Williams Funeral Charlotte, he was a son of the Mary Lucille Benjamin Mc- held at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday the First Baptist Church Be- Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., late Edwin Lee and Ann Ran- Fadden and reared by stepfa- at Montford Cove Baptist nevolence Fund, 107 E. Lib- Sumter. dall Freeman. He was of the ther James McFadden. Church in Rutherford Coun- erty St., Sumter, SC 29150; Online memorial messages Baptist faith. The family is receiving ty, North Carolina, with the the Pulmonary Hypertension may be sent to the family at He is survived by his wife; friends at her residence. Rev. Steve Miller officiating. Association, 801 Roeder [email protected]. two sons, Christopher Ran- The services have been en- Burial with full military hon- Road, Suite 1000, Silver com. Visit us on the web at dall Freeman II (Stacy) of trusted to Samuels Funeral ors will be in the church cem- Spring, MD 20910; or the www.williamsfuneralhomeinc. Sumter and Ryan Taylor Home LLC of Manning. etery. Susan G. Komen Foundation, com. Freeman (Catherine) of The family will receive P.O. Box 650309, Dallas, TX North Augusta; three daugh- ADA RHEA P. BAKER friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today 75265-0309. JESSIE MAE MOZINGO ters, Whitney Autumn Hunt- BISHOPVILLE — Ada Rhea at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Jessie Mae Proctor Mozin- er (Randy) of Greenville, Parker Baker, 74, wife of Wil- Funeral Home; from 12:30 to Funeral Home and Crematori- go, 90, widow of Sidney D. Amanda Gail Grett of Hattis- liam “Buck” Baker, died on 1:30 p.m. on Thursday at um of Sumter is in charge of Mozingo Sr., was called home burg, Mississippi, and Stacey Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016, at Montford Cove Baptist the arrangements. by her Lord and Savior on Lamson of Summerton; a McLeod Regional Medical Church; and other times at Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016, from stepson, Mark Varnum of Pa- Center in Florence. the home. CLEVELAND MCBRIDE SR. her home with her loving ducah, Kentucky; a step- Born in Florence, she was a Memorials may be made to Elder Cleveland McBride family by her side. daughter, Michelle Varnum daughter of the late Shelton Montford Cove Cemetery Sr., 91, husband of Dorothy Born in Sumter, in the Holder (Kenny) of Indiana; and Gaynell McKenzie Parker. Fund, 4920 Cove Road, Union Hammonds McBride, entered same home in which she two brothers, Edwin Lee She was a member of Ash- Mills, NC 28167. into eternal rest on Monday, died, she was a daughter of Freeman Jr. (Shirley) of wood Nazarene Church. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Feb. 1, 2016, at his residence. the late Walter L. Sr. and Pendleton and David Paul Survivors include her hus- Funeral Home and Crematori- He was born on Sept. 13, Hollie Brown Proctor. Mrs. Freeman of Atlanta; one sis- band; children, Larry Welch um of Sumter is in charge of 1924, in Clarendon County, to Mozingo was a lifelong ter, Kay F. Driggers (Bynum) (Jackie), Teresa Elmore (Joe), the arrangements. the late Charlie and Alice member of Bethel United of Raleigh; and 15 grandchil- Tommy Welch (Joyce), Terry Amos McBride. Methodist Church in Oswe- dren. Welch (Teresa) and Calvin FRIZEL H. BRIGGS The family will receive rela- go. She was a loving wife, Stephens Funeral Home & Welch (Melissa); stepdaugh- NEW YORK — Frizel Hilton tives and friends at the home, mother, grandmother and Crematory, 304 N. Church St., ters, Marie Boykin (Larry) Briggs, 74, departed this 1060 Morris Way Drive. friend with an infectious Manning, is in charge of ar- and Kathy Edwards (Dale earthly life on Thursday, Jan. Funeral services are incom- smile, a sweet and selfless rangements, (803) 435-2179. Watts); 19 grandchildren; 17 28, 2016, at Mt. Sinai-St. Luke plete and will be announced spirit, always putting others www.stephensfuneralhome. great-grandchildren; and a Hospital in New York City. by Community Funeral Home before herself. She was org sister, Linda Philips. Born on April 20, 1941, in of Sumter. B6 | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2016 COMICS THE SUMTER ITEM BIZARRO SOUP TO NUTS

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Development; Credit Acceptance OF ESTATES OF ESTATES OF ESTATES OF ESTATES OF ESTATES Corporation; Persons having claim against the Persons having claim against the Persons having claim against the Persons having claim against the Persons having claim against the Defendant(s). following estates are required to deliver following estates are required to deliver following estates are required to deliver following estates are required to deliver following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the indicated or mail their claims to the indicated or mail their claims to the indicated or mail their claims to the indicated or mail their claims to the indicated TO THE DEFENDANT(S),Paul Personal Representatives, appointed to Personal Representatives, appointed to Personal Representatives, appointed to Personal Representatives, appointed to Personal Representatives, appointed to Kiggins a/k/a Paul J. Kiggins: administer these estates, and to fi le their administer these estates, and to fi le their administer these estates, and to fi le their administer these estates, and to fi le their administer these estates, and to fi le their claims on Form #371PC with the Probate claims on Form #371PC with the Probate claims on Form #371PC with the Probate claims on Form #371PC with the Probate claims on Form #371PC with the Probate YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. and required to appear and defend Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or by answering the Complaint in this before the date that is eight months after before the date that is eight months after before the date that is eight months after before the date that is eight months after before the date that is eight months after foreclosure action on property the date of the fi rst publication of this the date of the fi rst publication of this the date of the fi rst publication of this the date of the fi rst publication of this the date of the fi rst publication of this located at 2187 Kingsbury Drive, Notice to Creditors, (unless previously Notice to Creditors, (unless previously Notice to Creditors, (unless previously Notice to Creditors, (unless previously Notice to Creditors, (unless previously Sumter, South Carolina 29154-7247, barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), being designated in the County tax or such persons shall be forever barred or such persons shall be forever barred or such persons shall be forever barred or such persons shall be forever barred or such persons shall be forever barred records as TMS# 207-14-02-008, of as to heir claims. All claims are required as to heir claims. All claims are required as to heir claims. All claims are required as to heir claims. All claims are required as to heir claims. All claims are required which a copy is herewith served to be presented in written statements, to be presented in written statements, to be presented in written statements, to be presented in written statements, to be presented in written statements, upon you, and to serve a copy of your indicating the name and the address indicating the name and the address indicating the name and the address indicating the name and the address indicating the name and the address Answer on the subscribers at their of the claimant, the basis of the claim, of the claimant, the basis of the claim, of the claimant, the basis of the claim, of the claimant, the basis of the claim, of the claimant, the basis of the claim, offices, 100 Executive Center Drive, the amount claimed, the date when the the amount claimed, the date when the the amount claimed, the date when the the amount claimed, the date when the the amount claimed, the date when the Suite 201, Post Office Box 100200, claim will become due, the nature of any claim will become due, the nature of any claim will become due, the nature of any claim will become due, the nature of any claim will become due, the nature of any Columbia, South Carolina, uncertainty as to the amount claimed and uncertainty as to the amount claimed and uncertainty as to the amount claimed and uncertainty as to the amount claimed and uncertainty as to the amount claimed and 29202-3200, within thirty (30) days the date when due, and a description of the date when due, and a description of the date when due, and a description of the date when due, and a description of the date when due, and a description of after the service hereof, exclusive of any security as to the claim. any security as to the claim. any security as to the claim. any security as to the claim. any security as to the claim. the day of such service; except that Estate: Olen Ellis Burkett the United States of America, if Estate: Betty A. Partin Estate: Jessie Lee Benenhaley Estate: Joseph Powell Estate: Doris Gwendolyn named, shall have sixty (60) days to #2016ES4300060 #2016ES4300032 Hastie Fulwood Personal Representative Etheredge #2016ES4300044 answer after the service hereof, #2016ES4300036 Personal Representative Personal Representative #2016ES4300043 exclusive of the day of such service; Mark L. Burkett Personal Representative Personal Representative Jester D. Sharp Ruby Powell and if you fail to do so, judgment by and Sheila B. Parnell Randall Bertrand Fulwood Celeste D. Ardis 1119 Cherryvale Drive 7040 Share Crop Lane default will be rendered against you 1245 Pawn Shop Circle #40 Sumter, SC 29154 C/O Calvin Hastie Sr. Sumter, SC 29154 70 Annie Court Rembert, SC 29128 for the relief demanded in the Dalzell, SC 29040 Attorney at Law Complaint. Estate: Carolyn Jones Butler 17 East Hampton Street Estate: Beatrice Bracalente Estate: Robert Lee Felder Sumter, SC 29150 #2016ES4300038 #2016ES4300064 #2016ES4300031 TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN Estate: Gary Lee Warren, Sr. Personal Representative YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) Personal Representative #2015ES4300670-2 Personal Representative Estate: Kenneth Hudak Donna B. Johnston William H. Butler Joeann E. White UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF Personal Representative C/O Sam Bass #2016ES4300021 AGE AND THE PERSON WITH 3480 Congruity Road Treva Warren 3820 Crest Drive Personal Representative Sumter, SC 29153 Attorney at Law Hephzibah, GA 30815 WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES C/O KelseyWilley PO Box 670 Lynn Hudak AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER Estate: Inez W. Leaf Attorney at Law Rock Hill, SC 29731-6670 2745 Circleview Drive SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: #2016ES4300016 PO Box 714 Estate: Henry Laval Jackson, Sumter, SC 29154 Charleston, SC 29402 Jr. Personal Representative Estate: Henry Moses Wright YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED #2016ES4300040 Estate: Julia Nadine Smith Rita L. Hampton #2016ES4300017 AND NOTIFIED to apply for the Personal Representative #2016ES4300057 1065 Acres Avenue Estate: Mary Jane Brice Personal Representative appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem Sumter, SC 29153 #2016ES4300042 Eleanor D. Jackson Personal Representative to represent said minor(s) within Devon Wright 3045 Claremont Road David M. Smith Personal Representative 2970 Lowder Road thirty (30) days after the service of Horatio, SC 29062 5608 Longview Road Estate: Wilma Dorothy Lewis Dayton Howard Brice Sumter, SC 29153 this Summons upon you. If you fail to McLeod 614 Knob Hill Circle Sumter, SC 29154 do so, application for such #2016ES4300051 Dothan, AL 36301 Estate: Johnnie Ely Estate: Rudolph M. Newman appointment will be made by the Personal Representative #2016ES4300023 Estate: Teresa Thames Plaintiff(s) herein. Bernell Ransom and Gladys R. Mack #2016ES4300033 Browder Estate: Bessie Lee Personal Representative Personal Representative 6420 Springhill Road Rose Marie Newman #2016ES4300056 NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANTS Rembert, SC 29128 Pringle-James Helen Spearman Personal Representative C/O Jonathan Lee 744 Fawn Circle ABOVE NAMED: #2016ES4300026 Sumter, SC 29150 Douglas Wayne Browder Estate: Ernest E. Moses Personal Representative Attorney at Law 623 Henderson Street YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE #2016ES4300020 Leroy James 1301 Gervais Street Suite 1920 Sumter, SC 29150 that the Summons and Complaint, of Personal Representative C/O Dwight Moore Columbia, SC 29201 Estate: Janie Lee Welch which the foregoing is a copy of the Shearon E. Moses Attorney at Law #2016ES4300066 Summons, were filed with the Clerk 1100 Warwick Drive 26 N. Main Street Estate: Janet A. James A/K/A Personal Representative of Court for Sumter County, South Sumter, SC 29150 Sumter, SC 29151 Janet Louise James Robbie L. Welch Carolina on November 23, 2015. #2016ES4300025 1770 Bar Zee Drive Estate: Everee Graner Sumter, SC 29154 Estate: Ruby A. Thomas Personal Representative NOTICE OF #2016ES4300055 Robert S. James, Jr. Personal Representative #2016ES4300070 FORECLOSURE Personal Representative C/O JackW. Erter, Jr. Marlon J. Garner Attorney at Law INTERVENTION 2350 Crossfield Road Lisa K. Barwick 565 Mikom Road 126 North Main Street Sumter, SC 29154 Sumter, SC 29150 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT Sumter, SC 29153 Harvin Manor pursuant to the South Carolina Estate: Emma Mae Spencer Estate: Virginia Kiser Ray Supreme Court Administrative #2016ES4300027 Estate: Willie Lonnie Dixon Order 2011-05-02-01, you may have a Personal Representative #2016ES4300052 #2016ES4300047 Personal Representative Apartments right to Foreclosure Intervention. To Natasha Green Personal Representative be considered for any available Laura Ray Blanchard 5429 Meadow Dr. Stephen Barry Dixon Foreclosure Intervention, you may Sumter, SC 29154 and Robert Dee Ray 53 Church St., Summerton, SC 29148 C/O J. Cabot Seth C/O Kenneth Hamilton communicate with and otherwise Attorney at Law deal with the Plaintiff through its Estate: James F. Hampton Attorney at Law 803-485-2077 #2016ES4300071 PO Box 1268 PO Box 525359 law firm, Rogers Townsend and Sumter, SC 29151 Thomas, PC. Rogers Townsend and Personal Representative Sumter, SC 29152 Applications Accepted At The Site Offi ce Thomas, PC represents the Plaintiff Odessa Hampton in this action. Our law firm does not 2910 Ervin Lane Tuesdays & Thursdays 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. represent you. Under our ethical Sumter, SC 29154 rules, we are prohibited from giving you any legal advice. You must Estate: Michael A. Krzemien, 1 BEDROOM APARTMENTS submit any requests for Foreclosure Jr. HOUSING FOR PERSONS 62 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, Intervention consideration within 30 #2016ES4300048 days from the date you are served Personal Representative HANDICAP/DISABLED with this Notice. Michele Smith 681 Wood Lee Drive FULL RENTAL ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE FOR QUALIFIED APPLICANTS IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR Myrtle Beach, SC 29572 Central Heat/Air • Blinds/Carpet • Stove/Refrigerator VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO Estate: Ione B. Chancey Washer/Dryer Connections • Laundry Facility On Site PARTICIPATE IN FORECLOSURE #2016ES4300015 INTERVENTION, THE Community Room • Smoke Free Community Personal Representative FORECLOSURE ACTION MAY James S. Richardson, Jr. “IF YOU WISH TO FILE A CIVIL RIGHTS PROGRAM COMPLAINT OF DISCRIMINATION, COMPLETE THE PROCEED. PO Box 1513 USDA PROGRAM DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINT FORM, FOUND ONLINE AT HTTP://WWW.ASCR.USDA. Sumter, SC 29151 GOV/COMPLAINT_FILING_CUST.HTML, OR AT ANY USDA OFFICE, OR CALL (866) 632-9992 TO REQUEST THE Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC FORM. YOU MAY ALSO WRITE A LETTER CONTAINING ALL OF THE INFORMATION REQUESTED IN THE ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF Estate: Albert Mouzone FORM. SEND YOUR COMPLETED COMPLAINT FORM OR LETTER TO US BY MAIL AT U.S. DEPARTMENT OF Robert P. Davis #2016ES4300037 AGRICULTURE, DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF ADJUDICATION, 1400 INDEPENDENCE AVENUE, S.W., WASHINGTON, (SC Bar #74030), Personal Representative D.C. 20250-9410, BY FAX (202) 690-7442 OR EMAIL AT [email protected].” [email protected] Alma Sampson Mouzone Accessible Units Andrew W. Montgomery C/O Walter G. Newman (SC Bar #79893) Attorney at Law Reasonable Accommodations Andrew.Montgomery 27 West Calhoun Street @rtt-law.com Sumter, SC 29150 TTY Relay# 1-803-735-2905 John J. Hearn (SC Bar # 6635), Estate: Marguerite Virginia [email protected] Barwick Kevin T. Brown #2016ES4300022 (SC Bar # 064236), Personal Representative [email protected] Joseph Barwick Jason D. Wyman 345 Mallard Road SHOW YOUR (SC Bar # 100271), Coward, SC 29530 [email protected] Andrew M. Wilson Estate: Martha Davis Eure (SC Bar# 72553) #2016ES4300029 [email protected] Personal Representative 100 Executive Center Drive, Pamela Davis Suite 201 Post Office Box 860 Detyens Road 100200(29202) Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 Columbia, SC 29210 Estate: Thurman Randolph (803) 744-4444 McElveen A-4559618 01/26/2016, 02/02/2016, #2016ES4300063 Personal Representative Gwen McElveen 2800 Lillington Drive Lov e ! Sumter, SC 29150 Estate: Mary Chaney #2016ES4300018 Personal Representative Rosa G. Kelley PO Box 253 Wedgefield, SC 29168

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