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Police are looking for Raphael Bostic’s metal- lic green 2010 Honda Accord with South Car- Man sought for olina license tag LYN 285. Bostic was found dead Saturday in Sum- ter near railroad tracks near Cooks and South questioning in streets. PHOTO PROVIDED

of a gunshot wound, McGirt said police are also looking Sumter County Coroner for Bostic’s car, a metallic green 2010 shooting death Robbie Baker said. His Honda Accord with S.C. license tag next of kin have been no- LYN 285. tified. Anyone with information is asked to Columbia victim found near Sumter railroad tracks Bostic was last seen call the Sumter Police Department at Friday driving his car in (803) 436-2700. Information can be SIMMONS BY ADRIENNE SARVIS Raphael Bostic, 29, of Columbia, was Columbia, McGirt said, given anonymously by calling Crime [email protected] found dead at about 1:15 p.m. down an accompanied by Matthew Stoppers toll free at 1-888-CRIME-SC. embankment from railroad tracks Tyrell Simmons, who is now wanted Tips can also be submitted anony- Now that the body found near rail- near Cooks and South streets, accord- for questioning as police work to de- mously to Crime Stoppers by going to road tracks in the city Saturday has ing to Tonyia McGirt, Sumter Police termine who killed Bostic and why. www.P3tips.com and clicking on the been identified, authorities are work- Department public information offi- Simmons, 27, of Sumter, is described “Submit a New Tip” tab or by down- ing to locate a Sumter man he was cer. as 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighs about 160 loading the P3 Tips app for Apple and seen with before his death. An autopsy determined Bostic died pounds and has brown eyes and hair. Android devices. Board members yet Playing through the playoffs to explain rationale for reopening school 3 of 6 trustees haven’t responded to Item inquiries from last week BY BRUCE MILLS vote to re- [email protected] open Mayewood, The Sumter Item is The Sumter still waiting to hear Item asked from three of the six each of the Sumter school board six trustees BAKER members about their who voted reasons for voting on in favor of Feb. 11 to reopen the reopen- Mayewood Middle ing to ex- School next school year. plain their Ten months ago, the rationale nine-member board — and also consisting of five differ- McLEOD why they ent trustees before the voted November midterm against de- election — voted to laying any close Mayewood and decision merge its students into until the R.E. Davis Elementary board re- School, which is 1.3 ceived a re- miles away. What is RAY sponse now R.E. Davis College from the Preparatory Academy state de- operates as a K-8 mag- partment of education net curriculum. on the financial impact Mayewood’s closing, of reopening the school. and that of F.J. DeLaine To date, Frank Baker, Elementary School, Matthew “Mac” which consolidated into McLeod and Sherril Cherryvale Elementary Ray have provided no DANNY KELLY / THE SUMTER ITEM School, were reasoned responses. A week ago Clarendon Hall junior shooting guard Traveon Davis looks to get around Lowcountry Prep freshman guard Cory by the board at the time today, McLeod and Ray Appleton in the undefeated Saints’ first-round win over the Marlins in the SCISA 1A state playoffs on Saturday at as a way to save money said via email they Wilson Hall’s Nash Student Center. Since then, the Saints defeated Newberry Academy 61-35 in the quarterfinals due to low enrollment. on Tuesday and will play Richard Winn in the semifinals at 7:30 p.m. today at Nash Student Center. The day after the 6-3 SEE MAYEWOOD, PAGE A6 City receives clean audit report with overspending in budget BY ADRIENNE SARVIS An external audit from means all information pre- $58,931,899, resulting in a defi- $15,471,784. However, the un- [email protected] Sheheen, Hancock & Godwin sented to the auditing team cit of $15,938,028, according to assigned fund balance portion LLP in Camden stated the fi- was factual even if a deficit the audit report. The general of the general fund, which City of Sumter ended the nancial statements and other exists in the budget. fund is described as the city’s can be spent at the govern- 2017-18 fiscal year with a appropriate materials pre- By June 30, 2018, the end of chief operating fund. ment’s discretion, was report- clean audit and a net position sented were in accordance the fiscal year, the city’s gen- Total government revenues ed at $16,135,376. of $106,311,217, though its gen- with accounting principles eral fund revenues were re- — $49,267,325 — and expendi- The report also states the eral fund account had a defi- generally accepted in the ported at $42,993,871, and gen- tures — $64,739,109 — also re- cit of more than $15 million. United States. A clean audit eral fund expenditures were sulted in a deficit reported at SEE AUDIT, PAGE A6

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Clarendon man WHAT YOUR GOVERNMENT IS DOING: SUMTER CITY COUNCIL arrested on 10 Council approves annexation near counts of child pornography Gateway Plaza shopping center BY ADRIENNE SARVIS BOARD, COMMITTEE MEMBERS NOT He said the committee's and board's purpose [email protected] SUBJECTED TO TWO-TERM LIMIT focuses on providing advice rather than BY SHARRON HALEY Reading: Resolution, only one vote required implementing policy and considering approvals. Special to The Sumter Item Sumter City Council had a quo- Agenda item: A resolution to extend the terms of Some of the members' terms have been extended rum with four members Tuesday as the members of the Downtown Sumter Committee in the past, he said, but this resolution will formalize MANNING — A 28-year-old members approved final reading of and the Community Development Housing Board. that process. Clarendon County man was an ordinance to annex general com- Background: Mayor Joe McElveen said members of Discussion: Merchant made a motion for approval, arrested Feb. 14 on 10 counts mercial land next to a shopping those two committees would not be subject to the and councilman Colin Davis seconded. involving the sexual exploita- center into the city limits and ap- usual two-term limit "because of special Vote: Approved with a 4-3 majority vote in favor. tion of a minor. prove three resolutions. circumstances existing with those committees." David Dwayne Womack of Olan- LAND NEAR SHOPPING CENTER SUMTER POLICE ENTER MUTUAL AID This contract will permit both agencies to assist the ta was arrested ANNEXED INTO CITY CONTRACT WITH LAKE CITY AUTHORITIES other in the event of a natural disaster, disorder, by investigators Reading: Second and final Reading: Resolution special events and other emergency and law with the South Agenda item: A resolution approving a mutual aid enforcement activities. Carolina Attor- Agenda item: An ordinance to annex .8 acres of land at 1260 Alice Drive into the city. agreement between Sumter Police Department and "This is for a force multiple for either their agency or ney General’s Of- Lake City Police Department. ours depending on the circumstances," Sumter WOMACK fice’s Internet Background: The subject property, currently Police Chief Russell Roark III said. Crimes Against zoned general commercial, is an empty lot in Background: The South Carolina Law Enforcement Assistance Act authorizes agencies to enter into Discussion: Hastie made a motion for approval, and Children Task the Gateway Plaza block — where T.J. Maxx written contracts and provide assistance to each other Merchant seconded. Force. Investigators with the and Young's Beauty are located. This request with law enforcement services, states the resolution. Vote: Approved with a 4-3 majority vote in favor. South Carolina Law Enforce- also includes associated South Carolina ment Division and the Claren- Department of Transportation right-of-way on Alice Drive, according to a staff report from UPCOMING EVENTS BRING ALCOHOL don County Sheriff’s Office as- Sumter Planning Department. Sumter Downtown Market, Downtown Zombie sisted with Womack’s arrest. SALES DOWNTOWN Fest Halloween Event and Sip & Stroll. A CyberTipline report from Specific plans for the property have not been stated. Reading: Resolution The alcoholic beverages will only be permitted in the National Center for Miss- Agenda item: A resolution to authorize the sale containers provided by vendors, according to the ing and Exploited Children led Discussion: Councilman David Merchant made resolution. a motion for approval, and councilman Calvin and consumption of beer and wine only in the to Womack’s arrest and inves- downtown area at multiple annual events. Discussion: Davis made a motion to approve the tigators finding multiple files Hastie seconded. Background: This resolution applies to the resolution, and Merchant seconded. of child pornography in his Vote: Approved with a 4-3 majority vote in following events: Sumter Green Untapped Food Hastie said he opposes the sale and consumption possession. favor of the resolution — Councilwoman Ione Truck Festival, Fourth Fridays on Main Concert of alcohol in the downtown area and planned to ICAC charged Womack with Dwyer, councilman Steve Corley and councilman Thomas Lowery were absent Series, United Way Downtown Derby Day, vote in opposition to the resolution. 10 counts of sexual exploita- Downtown Microbrew Festival, Taste of the tion of a minor, third degree, a from the meeting. Vote: Approved with a 3-1 majority vote in favor Gardens/Iris Festival, Sumter Green Fall Feast, — Hastie voted in opposition and Dwyer, Corley felony offense. If convicted, Downtown OktoberFest, Porches of Sumter, and Lowery were absent from the meeting. Womack faces up to 10 years in prison on each of the 10 counts. Womack’s case will be prose- cuted by the state Attorney Black General’s Office. History CLARIFICATION Month class A story in Wednesday’s edi- tion should have stated that Sumter School District Chief projects Financial Officer Jennifer Miller now projects the dis- trict’s fund balance to reach $10.4 million by this June. In initial calculations from De- cember, Miller projected the fund balance to be at $10.7 mil- lion. After the district’s Janu- ary financial statements, Mill- er now projects a $10.4 million Paulette Tucker's third-grade class at St. Anne & St. Jude Catholic School presented its class projects for Black History Month. The stu- fund balance. dents have spent February learning about blacks who made significant contributions, in not only America, but across the globe. Tucker instructed and inspired her students to learn and appreciate blacks who paved the way so all could have equality and the opportunity to succeed. Some of the people they studied included Arthur Ash Jr., Ruby Bridges, Michael Jackson, Michael Jordan, Martin Luther King If you see a statement in error, Jr., Barack Obama, Rosa Parks, Jackie Robinson and Sojourner Truth. From left are: Lilly M., Scottie D., Valentino E., Quentin C., Vanessa contact the City Desk at 774-1226 or [email protected]. B.-B., Jose G.-M. and Arthur M. Poll of the week This week’s question: Are you still keeping your New Year’s Next week’s question: Do you agree with the recommendation made to the Sumter resolution? school board’s Policy Committee that business and community leaders should be eliminated from the district’s advisory Finance Committee? Answers combined from our poll on www.theitem.com. Have a question you want us to ask? Email pressrelease@theitem. Yes com. No I never made any 68% | 49 VOTES

Yes 21% | 15 VOTES I disagree with the current members being grandfathered in.

No 8% | 6 VOTES I haven’t been following the topic.

I’ve scaled it down 3% | 2 VOTES I think business and community leaders should be on more advisory committees.

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FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — managed, and that large num- nying entry to listees? Is Motor- Operations Timothy Groh filed government or any other agen- The federal government has ac- bers of people wrongly includ- ola screening its software engi- a written statement earlier this cy, he said. knowledged that it shares its ed on the list suffer routine dif- neers who work on cellular in- month acknowledging that The exact number on the list terrorist watchlist with more ficulties and indignities be- frastructure equipment against 1,441 private entities have re- is kept secret by the govern- than 1,400 private entities, in- cause of their inclusion. the TSDB and firing listees? ceived permission to access the ment, but it acknowledged in cluding hospitals and universi- The government's admission Plaintiffs have no idea," Abbas watchlist. Groh says those pri- an earlier lawsuit that it adds ties, prompting concerns from comes in a class-action lawsuit and co-counsels Lena Masri vate entities must be in some hundreds of thousands of civil libertarians that those filed in federal court in Alexan- and Carolyn Homer wrote in a way connected to the criminal names to the list every year. It mistakenly placed on the list dria by Muslims who say they brief submitted Friday. justice system. He cited police also emphasized that names could face a wide variety of regularly experience difficul- In depositions and in court forces at private universities, are routinely removed from the hassles in their daily lives. ties in travel, financial transac- hearings, government officials hospital security staff and pri- list. The government's admission tions and interactions with law had denied until very recently vate correctional facilities as In some quarters, the govern- that it shares the list so broadly enforcement because they have that the watchlist compiled by examples. ment has been criticized for comes after years of insistence been wrongly added to the list. the FBI's Terrorist Screening It is not clear what restric- failing to widely disseminate that the list is generally not The Associated Press is the Center is shared with private tions are placed on how private the list to private agencies who shared with the private sector. first to report on the disclosure entities. At a pretrial hearing in institutions use the list. might need to know about sus- Gadeir Abbas, a lawyer with after reviewing the case docu- September, government lawyer The FBI did not respond to pected terrorists. A 2007 report the Council on American-Is- ments. Dena Roth told U.S. District emails and phone calls seeking from a government watchdog lamic Relations, which has filed Abbas said now that the gov- Judge Anthony Trenga that the comment. criticized the government for a constitutional challenge to ernment has disclosed how Terrorist Screening Center Hugh Handeyside, attorney just that. the government's use of the many private entities receive "does not work with private with the ACLU's National Secu- Abbas, though, said the prob- watchlist, called the govern- access to the Terrorist Screen- partners, and that watchlist rity project, said the govern- lem with disseminating the list ment's admission shocking. ing Database, the official name status itself ... is considered law ment's disclosure is "notewor- is that the list itself is so faulty "We've always suspected of the watchlist, it now needs to enforcement sensitive informa- thy in that it corroborates what and littered with so many inno- there was private-sector dis- explain exactly which private tion and is not shared with the we've long suspected, but it still cent names that, for all practi- semination of the terror watch- entities are receiving it and public." leaves unanswered several im- cal matters, the list is merely a list, but we had no idea the what they're doing with it. He's Despite that assurance, the portant questions." He said compilation of "innocent Mus- breadth of the dissemination asked a judge to require the judge ordered the government more information is needed to lims who have never commit- would be so large," Abbas said. government to be more specif- to be more specific about how it know how private entities use ted a crime." The watchlist is supposed to ic. A hearing is scheduled for disseminates the watchlist. the information. "It is a fool's errand," Abbas include only those who are Friday. Trenga said the plaintiffs are "The likelihood of stigma or said of the watchlist's purport- known or suspected terrorists "Are universities taking entitled to the information to adverse consequences is in- ed goal. "They are trying to pre- but contains hundreds of thou- TSDB status into account in try to prove their case that in- creased" every time the govern- dict, among the innocent, sands of names. The govern- making admission or disciplin- clusion on the list causes them ment shares the list with a pri- which people will be terrorists. ment's no-fly list is culled from ary decisions? Are Inova Alex- to suffer "real world conse- vate organization, a foreign That is an impossibility." a small subset of the watchlist. andria Hospital's building secu- quences." Critics say that the watchlist rity personnel screening visi- In response to Trenga's is wildly overbroad and mis- tors against the TSDB and de- order, TSC Deputy Director of Cash in a FLASH! We Buy: Gold & Silver Jewelry, Silver Coins & Collections, Sterling/.925, Diamonds, Pocket Watches, Antiques & Estates Alabama woman who joined Islamic State in Syria can’t return to U.S. Lafayette Gold WASHINGTON (AP) — An visa to travel to the United in Hackensack, New Jersey, and Silver Exchange Alabama woman who left States.” the lawyer said. 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BY VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Speaking in his of breaching the 1987 Inter- makers, raising the likelihood new weapons that will reach The Associated Press state-of-the-na- mediate-Range Nuclear Forc- of a global nuclear conflict the enemy’s decision-making tion address, es treaty by deploying a over a false launch warning. centers just as quickly. MOSCOW — Russian Presi- Putin charged cruise missile that violates its Putin reaffirmed that Rus- “Russia will be forced to dent Vladimir Putin sternly that the U.S. has limits — the accusations Mos- sia will not be the first to de- create and deploy new types warned the United States abandoned a key cow has rejected. ploy new intermediate-range of weapons that could be against deploying new mis- PUTIN arms control pact The INF treaty banned pro- missiles but warned of a used not only against the siles in Europe, saying to free up its duction, testing and deploy- quick retaliation if the U.S. territories where a direct Wednesday that Russia will hands to build ment of land-based cruise and puts such weapons in Eu- threat to us comes from, but retaliate by fielding new new missiles and tried to shift ballistic missiles with a range rope. also against the territories weapons that will take just as the blame for the move to of 310 to 3,410 miles. “They will only take 10-12 where decision-making cen- little time to reach their tar- Russia. The intermediate-range minutes to reach Moscow,” he ters directing the use of mis- gets. “Our American partners weapons were seen as particu- said. “It’s a very serious sile systems threatening us While the Russian leader should have honestly said it larly destabilizing as they threat to us, and we will have are located,” he said. “The didn’t say what specific new instead of making unfounded take shorter time to reach to respond.” capability of such weapons, weapons Moscow could de- accusations against Russia to their targets compared to the He didn’t directly mention including the time to reach ploy, his statement further justify their withdrawal from intercontinental ballistic mis- the U.S. but noted that the those centers, will be equiva- raised the ante in tense rela- the treaty,” Putin said. siles. That would leave practi- Russian response will be lent to the threats against tions with Washington. The U.S. has accused Russia cally no time for decision- “asymmetrical” and involve Russia.” U.S. steps up winter warfare training

A group of U.S. Marines walk along a snow-covered trail during their advanced cold- weather training at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center on Feb. 10 in Bridgeport, California. After 17 years of war against Taliban and al-Qaida-linked insurgents, the military is shifting its focus to better prepare for great-power competition with Russia and China and against unpredictable foes such as North Korea and Iran.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Military preps for competition against Russia, China, other foes BY LOLITA C. BALDOR mand. “What we really have to do is wake who must prevent more than 800 attackers The Associated Press folks up, expose them to things that they from gaining control of nearby Wolf Creek haven’t had to think about for quite a while.” Bridge. An Associated Press team was al- MARINE MOUNTAIN WARFARE TRAIN- After 17 years of war against Taliban and lowed to accompany them to the Marine ING CENTER, Calif. — Hunkered down be- al-Qaida-linked insurgents, the military is Corps’ Mountain Warfare Training Center hind a wall of snow, two U.S. Marines melt shifting its focus to better prepare for great- south of Lake Tahoe and watch the training. slush to make drinking water after spending power competition with Russia and China Lance Cpl. Reese Nichols, from Pensacola, the night digging out a defensive position and against unpredictable foes such as North Florida, and Lance Cpl. Chase Soltis of Boze- high in the Sierra Nevada. Their laminated Korea and Iran. U.S. forces must be able to man, Montana, dug their defensive position a targeting map is wedged into the ice just survive and fight while countering drones, day ago, and they’ve been watching all night below the machine gun. sophisticated jamming equipment and other for enemy movement, while using a small Nearly 8,000 feet up at a training center in electronic and cyber warfare that can track burner to melt snow to stay hydrated. the California mountains, the air is thin, the them, disrupt communications and kill them The hardest part, said Nichols, is “boiling snow is chest high, and the temperature is — technology they didn’t routinely face over water 24/7. And the cold. It’s cold.” plunging. But other Marines just a few miles the last decade. The cold and wet conditions force the Ma- away are preparing to attack, and forces on “If you were to draw a line from here to rines to use snowshoes and cross-country both sides must be able to battle the enemy the DMZ between North and South Korea, skis to get around. They wrap white camou- and the unforgiving environment. both of these sites are on the 38th parallel. flage around their weapons, struggle to keep The exercise is designed to train troops for And so the weather here accurately repli- the ammunition dry and learn how to posi- the next war — one the U.S. thinks will be cates the weather that we would encounter tion their machine guns so they don’t sink against a more capable, high-tech enemy like in North and South Korea,” said Col. Kevin into the powdery snow. Russia, North Korea or China. The weather Hutchison, the training center commander. “It’s kind of overwhelming coming up here. conditions on the mountain mimic the kind “What you’re seeing here is Marines fighting Many of them have never been exposed to of frigid fight that forces could face in one of Marines, so we are replicating a near-peer snow before,” said Staff Sgt. Rian Lusk, chief those future hotspots. threat.” instructor for the mountain sniper course. “We haven’t had to deal with these things. As a snowstorm swirls around them, Mul- “You’re constantly having to dig or move up We’ve been very focused on Iraq and Afghani- len and Hutchison move through the woods, the mountain range. So, it’s physically taxing, stan,” said Maj. Gen. William F. Mullen, head checking in with the young Marines designat- but more than anything, I think, it’s mentally of the Marines’ Training and Education Com- ed as the adversary force of about 250 troops taxing.” U.S. mining sites dump 50M gallons of fouled wastewater daily RIMINI, Mont. (AP) — Every day ate in the U.S. for more than a century. The records show that at average The volumes vastly exceed the re- many millions of gallons of water load- Companies that built mines for silver, flows, more than 50 million gallons of lease from Colorado’s Gold King Mine ed with arsenic, lead and other toxic lead, gold and other “hardrock” miner- contaminated wastewater streams disaster in 2015, when a U.S. Environ- metals flow from some of the most con- als could move on once they were no daily from the sites. In many cases, it mental Protection Agency cleanup taminated mining sites in the U.S. and longer profitable, leaving behind taint- runs untreated into nearby groundwa- crew inadvertently triggered the re- into surrounding streams and ponds ed water that still leaks out of the ter, rivers and ponds — a roughly lease of 3 million gallons of mustard- without being treated, The Associated mines or is cleaned up at taxpayer ex- 20-million-gallon daily dose of pollu- colored mine sludge, fouling rivers in Press has found. pense. tion that could fill more than 2,000 three states. That torrent is poisoning aquatic life Using data from public records re- tanker trucks. At many mines, the pollution has and tainting drinking water sources in quests and independent researchers, The remainder of the waste is cap- continued decades after their enlist- Montana, California, Colorado, Okla- the AP examined 43 mining sites under tured or treated in a costly effort that ment in the federal Superfund cleanup homa and at least five other states. federal oversight, some containing doz- will need to carry on indefinitely, for program for the nation’s most hazard- The pollution is a legacy of how the ens or even hundreds of individual perhaps thousands of years, often with ous sites, which faces sharp cuts under mining industry was allowed to oper- mines. little hope for reimbursement. President Donald Trump. THE SUMTER ITEM NATION | WORLD THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2019 | A5 Future rabbis plant with Palestinians, sow rift with Israel

AT-TUWANI, West Bank in Pennsylvania during the (AP) — Young American rab- violent years of the second binical students are doing Palestinian uprising in the more than visiting holy sites, early 2000s. "My religious ed- learning Hebrew and poring ucation was steeped in fear over religious texts during of Palestinians," he said. their year abroad in Israel. But in college, Dratch's In a stark departure from ideas about Israel changed. past programs focused on Dratch says he still supports strengthening ties with Israel Israel, while opposing its pol- and Judaism, the new crop of icies in the West Bank. "I re- rabbinical students is reach- alized I could be Zionist with- ing out to the Palestinians. out turning my back on my The change reflects a divide neighbor, on Palestinians," he between Israeli and American said. Jews that appears to be wid- With hundreds of young ening. American rabbis sharing On a recent winter morn- such sentiments, some in Is- ing, Tyler Dratch, a 26-year- rael find the trend alarming. old rabbinical student at He- "I worry about a passion brew College in Boston, was for social justice becoming among some two dozen Jew- co-opted by far-left politics ish students planting olive among future American Jew- trees in the Palestinian village ish leaders," said Yossi Klein of At-Tuwani in the southern Halevi, a senior fellow at the West Bank. The only Jews Shalom Hartman Institute, a that locals typically see are ei- Jewish research center in Je- ther Israeli soldiers or ultra- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS rusalem. nationalist settlers. Young American rabbinical students plant olive trees on the land near the West Bank village of Attuwani, "Future rabbis are margin- "Before coming here and south of Hebron. The students are doing more than visiting holy sites, learning Hebrew and poring over alizing themselves from the doing this, I couldn't speak in- religious texts during their year abroad in Israel. overwhelming majority of Is- telligently about Israel," raeli Jews," he added. Dratch said. "We're saying As Israel heads toward that we can take the same re- tionist and Conservative "We want to propel them to that remains under exclusive elections in April, opinion ligion settlers use to commit movements — liberal streams action, so they invite their fu- Israeli control. polls point to another victory violence in order to commit of Judaism that represent the ture rabbinates to work to- The destinations of the day for Prime Minister Benjamin justice, to make peace." majority of American Jews. ward ending the occupation," — the Palestinian villages of Netanyahu and his religious, Dratch, not wanting to be These movements are margin- said Rabbi Ian Chesir-Teran, At-Tuwani and Ar-Rakkes — nationalist allies. mistaken for a settler, covered alized in Israel, where rabbis T'ruah's rabbinic educator in sit in Area C, also home to In the U.S., meanwhile, sur- his Jewish skullcap with a from the stricter Orthodox Israel. around 450,000 Israeli settlers. veys show American Jews, baseball cap. He followed the stream dominate religious The group began its trip in Palestinians seek all of the particularly the younger gen- group down a rocky slope to life. the most Jewish of ways, a West Bank as the heartland of eration, holding far more see marks that villagers say The T'ruah program, now discussion about the weekly a hoped-for independent state. dovish views toward Palestin- settlers left last month: "Death in its seventh year, is meant to Torah portion that turned The group was guided by ians and religious pluralism. to Arabs" and "Revenge" spray supplement students' stan- into a spirited debate about villagers to their olive trees — Netanyahu's close friendship painted in Hebrew on boul- dard curricular fare: Hebrew the Ten Commandments. an age-old Palestinian symbol with President Donald ders and several uprooted courses, religious text study, "The Torah says don't covet and a more recent casualty of Trump has further alienated olive trees, their stems sev- field trips and introductions your neighbor's fields, and the struggle for land with Is- many American Jews, who ered from clumps of dirt. to Jewish Israeli society. we're going to a Palestinian raeli settlers. tend to vote overwhelmingly This year's student program Though the program is op- village whose private land has Israeli security officials re- Democratic. also includes a tour of the tional, T'ruah says some 70 been confiscated for the sake ported a dramatic spike last Two weeks after visiting flashpoint West Bank city of percent of the visiting Ameri- of covetous Jews building set- year in settler violence At-Tuwani, the group re- Hebron, a visit to an Israeli can rabbinical students from tlements," Chesir-Teran said. against Palestinians. ceived disheartening news: military court that prosecutes the liberal branches of Juda- As their bus trundled Yishai Fleisher, a settler half of the 50 trees they'd Palestinians and a meeting ism choose to participate. through the terraced hills spokesman, blamed the at- planted had been uprooted, with an activist from the The year-long program is south of Hebron, students lis- tacks on the "atmosphere of apparently by settlers. The Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, split into one semester, fo- tened to a local activist's con- tension" in the West Bank. students scrambled to make which is blockaded by Israel. cused on Israel's occupation densed history of the combus- "We're against vigilantism, plans to replant. The program is run by of the West Bank, and anoth- tible West Bank, which Israel unequivocally," he said. Dratch said that while his "T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for er, on alleged human rights captured in the 1967 Mideast As Israeli soldiers watched time in Israel has provided Human Rights," a U.S.-based abuses inside Israel. war. from the hilltop, Palestinians him with plenty of reasons to network of rabbis and can- T'ruah claims its West Bank As part of interim peace and Jews dug their fingers despair, he still harbors hope tors. encounters aren't one-off acts deals in the 1990s, the West into the crumbling soil, set- for change. Most of T'ruah's member- of community service, but ex- Bank was carved up into au- ting down roots where holes "We'll be sharing these sto- ship, and all students in the periences meant to be carried tonomous and semi-autono- torn out of the field hinted at ries to give people a full pic- Israel program, are affiliated home and disseminated to fu- mous Palestinian areas, along recent vandalism. ture of what it means to care with the Reform, Reconstruc- ture congregations. with a section called Area C Dratch said he came of age about this place," he said. Dog reunited with family 101 days after separated in California wildfire

PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — An Akita named saw a missing dog Facebook post placed there Kingston is back with his family 101 days by his family and contacted them. after he jumped out of their truck as they Lepe said the dog had been spotted on sur- fled a devastating Northern California wild- veillance cameras and that he set up a trap fire. big enough for the Akita on Saturday. Kings- The 12-year-old was reunited with the ton weighs at least 75 pounds. Ballejos family of Paradise on Monday, Sac- "When I went to check it on Sunday, there ramento television station KXTV reported. he was! It was awesome to see him and know "When I found out, (it) just about brought he would be fed and warm," Lepe said. me to tears," said Gabriel Ballejos, Kingston's Family members believe Kingston survived owner. "I'm so proud of him. I can't believe it. by eating skunks, because he hunted them BEN LEPE VIA AP He's a true survivor, and it's a testament to before the fire and he smelled of skunk when Maleah Ballejos is seen with her dog Kingston in Paradise, California. the American spirit." they picked him up. The Akita named Kingston was reunited with his family 101 days after Ballejos said they never lost hope and con- The town of Paradise was leveled by the he jumped out of their truck as they fled a devastating Northern Cali- tinued posting flyers and contacting shelters. Nov. 8 blaze that killed 85 people and de- fornia wildfire. "Every night I would ask my dad and tell stroyed nearly 15,000 homes in the area. him that we needed to go look for him," Balle- Angel Herrera, of Friends of Camp Fire jos' daughter, Maleah Ballejos, said. Cats, said the group has rescued more than The family got a call after animal rescue 200 lost pets since the fire and continues set- • DRAINAGE WORK volunteer Ben Lepe trapped Kingston on Sun- ting traps. day and took him to Friends of Camp Fire "If we had the resources, we could trap 50 • FRENCH DRAINS Cats, a local rescue group. The volunteers animals every single night," she said. •SURFACE DRAINS Hanoi barber offers leaders’ hairdos for free

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — At a barbershop tucked away in a Hanoi alley, Le Phuc Hai pa- tiently waits for the dye to turn his black hair the orange shade of President Donald Trump's locks. On a chair next to him, 9-year-old To Gia Huy emerges as the spitting image of a min- iature Kim Jong Un. "Many people say that I look like Kim Jong Un, especially when I have this hairstyle," THE ASSOCIATED PRESS said Huy, who is nicknamed Le Phuc Hai, 66, and To Gia Huy, 9, pose for a photo after having "Un" for his likeness to the Trump and Kim haircuts in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Tuesday. North Korean leader. He was unable to hide his free Trump or Kim hairstyles He said Kim's hairstyle excitement that Kim is coming to about a dozen customers. shows youth, while Trump's to the Vietnamese capital next "Hanoi is a city of peace. displays power. "But Kim's week for his second summit When Donald Trump and Kim style is a lot more popular with the American president, Jong Un decide to come here among customers," he said. Smoak Irrigation Company and hopes for a chance to see to talk about restoring peace, I Hai, a motorcycle taxi driver, Kim in person. think I should do something to went for Trump's orange hair. 803-773-3400 As the summit frenzy grips show that Hanoi people wel- "I really like Donald Trump, so JOEY SMOAK MICHAEL ROWELL Hanoi, hairdresser Le Tuan come the summit," Duong I want to have (his) hairstyle," Serving Sumter and Surrounding Communities Since 1986 Duong has joined in, offering said. he said. A6 | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2019 LOCAL | NATION THE SUMTER ITEM Groups want offshore drilling tests to cease during their lawsuit

BY MEG KINNARD the National Environmental The Associated Press Policy Act when it issued the permits. COLUMBIA — Conserva- Last year, President Donald tion groups suing the Trump Trump’s administration an- administration over plans to nounced a five-year plan to conduct offshore drilling tests open 90 percent of the na- asked a judge on Wednesday tion’s offshore reserves to to halt preparatory work for private development. A judge the drilling until their case is halted issuance of testing heard in court. permits during the recent AP FILE PHOTO The motion filed in federal partial government shut- Beach goers hang out at the Isle of Palms on Sept. 13 as Hurricane Florence spins out in the Atlantic court in South Carolina seeks down. Ocean. Environmental groups suing Donald Trump’s administration about offshore drilling tests want an an injunction to stop testing The groups wrote in injunction to stop preparatory work for the drilling until the case is heard. involving seismic air guns. Wednesday’s filing that they A lawsuit filed by the con- “have negotiated in good to the coastal areas at the utives who requested a drill- of the State address, he said, servation groups and cities faith” with federal officials heart of South Carolina’s $20 ing waiver, seeking the same “We will not have offshore along South Carolina’s coast but that the companies al- billion tourism industry. Drill- sort of promise already given testing or drilling off the seeks to permanently halt the ready issued permits haven’t ing supporters have said that to then-Florida governor and coast of South Carolina.” offshore drilling tests. Ten committed to halting the test- it could mean an economic fellow Trump supporter Rick Federal officials haven’t of- states, including South Caro- ing during litigation. boon for an area increasingly Scott. ficially responded to the law- lina, have joined the suit, The drilling proposal has reliant on tourism. But McMaster, who sup- suit in court filings and have which alleges that the Na- stirred emotions and vocal op- The issue has been difficult ports state Attorney General until April 11 to do so. A tional Marine Fisheries Ser- position along South Caroli- for Republican South Caroli- Alan Wilson’s decision to join White House official did not vice violated the Marine na’s coast, with many ex- na Gov. Henry McMaster, a the federal action, has repeat- immediately respond to an Mammal Protection Act, the pressing concern that drilling Trump ally. Last year, Mc- edly pledged to protect the email message seeking com- Endangered Species Act and could cause irreparable harm Master was among state exec- state’s coastline. In his State ment on the latest filing.

AUDIT FROM PAGE A1 Official: Smollett suspected of lying about attack city’s total outstanding long- term debt increased by BY DON BABWIN masked men at about 2 a.m. on Jan. 29 lance video from the area where Smol- $2,185,725 during the fiscal The Associated Press as he was walking home from a Sub- lett said he was attacked but couldn’t year with $69,013,990 in total way sandwich shop in downtown Chi- find footage of the beating. They did outstanding debt. CHICAGO — Chicago detectives sus- cago. He said they beat him, made rac- find and release images of two people The city’s total net posi- pect that “Empire” actor Jussie Smol- ist and homophobic comments and they said they wanted to question. And tion — the result after the lett filed a false police report when he yelled “This is MAGA last week, police picked up the two city’s liabilities are sub- said he was the victim of a racist, ho- country” — an apparent brothers at Chicago’s O’Hare Interna- tracted from its assets — in- mophobic attack in downtown Chicago reference to President tional Airport as they returned from creased by $4,731,164 to a late last month, a police official said Donald Trump’s campaign Nigeria and questioned them about the total of $106,311,217 during Wednesday. slogan, “Make America attack. They also searched the men’s the previous fiscal year be- Police spokesman Anthony Gugliel- Great Again” — before apartment. cause of a $5,414,236 in- mi also said Wednesday that detectives looping a rope around his The men, who were identified to crease in governmental ac- and two brothers who were earlier SMOLLETT neck and fleeing. multiple media outlets by their attor- tivities and a $683,072 de- deemed suspects in the Jan. 29 attack Fox Entertainment and ney as Abimbola “Abel” and Olabin- crease in business-type ac- were testifying before a grand jury. 20th Century Fox Television issued a jo “Ola” Osundairo, were held for tivities, according to the re- Smollett’s attorneys, Todd Pugh and statement earlier Wednesday saying nearly 48 hours on suspicion of as- port. Victor P. Henderson, met with prosecu- Smollett “continues to be a consum- saulting Smollett before being re- Major assets include tors and police earlier Wednesday af- mate professional on set” and that his leased Friday. downtown streetscape proj- ternoon. It’s unknown what was dis- character isn’t being written off the Police spokesman Anthony Gugliel- ects, fire station renova- cussed or whether Smollett attended show. The statement followed reports mi said last week that media reports tions, the construction of the meeting. The attorneys didn’t reply that Smollett’s role was being slashed about the attack being a hoax were un- the downtown parking ga- to requests seeking comment. amid the police investigation into the confirmed by case detectives, but on rage, water and sewer line Smollett, who is black and gay and reported attack. Saturday, he said the men provided in- projects and routine replace- plays Jamal Lyon on the hit Fox TV Investigators went through hundreds formation that had “shifted the trajec- ment of equipment. show, said he was attacked by two of hours of private and public surveil- tory of the investigation.”

Ghaney said financial infor- lished Feb. 10. In it, he said board to make R.E. Davis That’s proving to be the MAYEWOOD mation showed the schools some board members had work and that saved money case with three special FROM PAGE A1 could be operated as they emphasized a decision to re- from not reopening called meetings in the last were before the consolida- open Mayewood was “about Mayewood could be used for three nights — four overall were working on their re- tion while reaching the $12 more than money.” much-needed services — in the last nine days — for sponses to the questions. million threshold. New data In that piece, Hardy asked teacher recruitment, nurses, the board to discuss and On Tuesday, Ray posted presented on Monday by dis- for the trustees to explain to teacher raises and other re- sort through superintendent on her personal Facebook trict CFO Jennifer Miller the community what were sources — in the district, applicants. All discussions page an 842-word response disputed that claim. the advantages of reopening which is funded below the have been in executive ses- she directed “to the Sumter Brian Alston said the con- Mayewood. state average. sion behind closed doors, community.” She did not solidation has affected He said some trustees only “What I have not heard and, through last night, the send anything to the news- teacher and student morale. steered a 2½ hour presenta- any real discussion about is board has taken no action paper. Without having cited specif- tion and discussion at a figuring out what could re- after returning to open ses- Baker has not answered ic examples or data, The board meeting with various solve the concerns that peo- sion. repeated questions since the Sumter Item has made un- district administrators on ple have with leaving the end of January on his rea- successful attempts to clari- the costs to reopen former Mayewood students It’s your world. soning for voting to reopen fy with him. Mayewood toward costs as- at R.E. Davis,” Hamm said. Mayewood when it was his Barbara Jackson said sociated with continued ren- Read all about it. initial recommendation in Mayewood students have ovations to R.E. Davis. BOARD CONTINUES April 2017 — while he was sacrificed more than any “There were various in- MEETINGS ON still the district’s superin- other middle school in the stances where they kept SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH tendent — to close it and district due to the school’s prolonging the conversation The consultants helping other low-enrollment closing and that she voted and keeping it in a direction the school board with its schools in the district. her conscience. Jackson and to steer the conversations to search for its next full-time Baker made that recommen- McGhaney are the only two almost get the presenters to superintendent said Febru- dation after it was discov- of the six who were on the comment not about on how ary would be a busy month ered that the district over- board when it voted 5-3 to much it would save to close for the trustees, given the Call (803) 774-1200 spent its budget by $6.2 mil- close the schools in April Mayewood, but how much it Jan. 30 deadline for job ap- lion under his direction in 2018, and they both voted would cost to continue the plicants. and get started today. fiscal 2016. against the closing. transition and merger with After the financial crisis, Jackson cited concerns R.E. Davis,” he told The Baker retired in July 2017, over science labs and hall- Sumter Item. “At no point in and Debbie Hamm became ways being too small. time did they ever discuss the interim leader on Aug. 1 Chris Hardy, president the educational advantages of that year. Hamm is in her and CEO of the Greater of reopening Mayewood.” second and final year in the Sumter Chamber of Com- Before the presentation role. merce, distributed an email and discussion, Hamm said As part of a new state law, newsletter to members on in a statement there are still the district must have one Wednesday, addressing the issues with the transition of T: 803.469.8899 month’s operating expenses lack of public comment. Mayewood students into 61 W. Wesmark Blvd. C: 803.316.3396 in its bank account by June Hardy referenced an opin- R.E. Davis, but she said they Sumter, SC 29150 F: 803.469.8890 30, 2020. After it was deplet- ion piece he submitted to seemed solvable to her. ed to $106,449 after fiscal the paper that was pub- She challenged the full jacksonhewitt.com [email protected] 2016, the fiscal 2018 audit showed an ending fund bal- ance of $8.6 million. Winter... Good time for new One month’s operating ex- LANDSCAPE DESIGN. penses for the district is about $12 million. Let Paula help you get your yard Spring ready. Trustee the Rev. Daryl Mc-

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COMMENTARY Our political identity needs to be American

ASHINGTON others. “Please, don’t — There’s share” would be my identity — and hashtag of choice. W then there’s We know too well the identity politics. The dif- proclivities of one Donald ference between them may Trump, who surely repre- well be the crux of our sents the nadir of identity next presidential election. politics. His 2016 victory Identity is, obviously, was sealed by his early who we are — the sum of recognition of identity- our sex, race, religion (or anxiety on the right and lack thereof), experiences the perception that whites and heritage. Identity is were losing their place in essential to our sense of the hierarchy of Ameri- self, our relationship to can society. Trump came, others and our place in so- saw and conquered ciety. Inherent in identity against all odds because COMMENTARY is the nearly universal he understood what need for respect, dignity, Southern politicians have value and, if it’s not too always understood — the Republicans who abide Trump’s trashing of the much trouble, admiration. collective id. His evil ge- When those “desirables” nius was in plumbing the are imperiled, we turn to depths of that id and lib- Constitution should be expelled from public life identity politics, erating the latent drawing attention bias there through NNAPOLIS, Md. — vention that nominated him In 1786, in response to a to plights, prob- his bigot-baiting America’s most im- nor vote for him. And be- dispute between Virginia lems and issues jibes at Mexicans, probably popular cause Hogan has voiced and Maryland over rights of unique to an ig- Muslims and oth- Agovernor, a Repub- barely disguised disgust navigation and commerce on nored, marginal- ers. lican beginning his second about the president’s com- the bay, Virginia’s Legisla- ized, oppressed, To those in- term in perhaps the bluest portment. And because Ho- ture asked all the states to disenfranchised or volved in recent state, resembles a beer keg gan’s father set an example send delegates here to a con- otherwise non-in- identity move- with an attitude. Stocky and of principled insubordina- vention to consider how con- tegrated segment Kathleen ments, such pos- blunt, Larry Hogan, whose tion. And because he, flicts about interstate com- of society. Parker turing by whites job approval is in the high Hogan, is term limited and merce could be handled We’ve all been may seem ludi- 70s, has won twice in the hence has little to lose other under the Articles of Con- participants in crous. The benefi- state with the highest per- than sleep, happiness and federation. Only 12 men identity politics, at one ciaries of white privilege, centage of friends. For all these rea- from five states attended, time or another and to after all, don’t get to blacks of sons, he is being importuned but two of them were prodi- varying extents. The Irish whine about injustice. Yet, any state to challenge the president in giously talented, Alexander (my hand is raised), many as Caucasians see their outside the Republican primaries. He Hamilton and James Madi- of whom came to this numbers dwindling amid Deep South. says he is “listening” and son. The meeting decided country as indentured projections of their near- In 2016, has “not said no.” that there should be (in the servants, were effectively future minority status, Maryland He does, however, have a words of Hamilton’s report treated as slaves. Our his- they might well feel di- voted more day job he is reluctant to ne- to Congress) a conclave “at tory isn’t quite so noble as minished or threatened. emphatical- glect. And he soon will be- Philadelphia on the second we might wish, but we are How one deals with those George ly for Hill- come chair of the National Monday in May next” to ever-changing and evolv- feelings is a function of Will ary Clinton Governors Association. So, consider measures to make ing. many factors, but a great — by 26 per- he clearly is not eager to the Articles “adequate to the Witness the all-LGBTQ leader inspires the angels centage mount a losing challenge — exigencies of the Union.” city council of Palm of our better selves rather points — than all but three which it surely would be — The result was the Constitu- Springs, California. than the demons of our other states. In 2018, Hogan just to unfurl the tattered tion. Though the council is a basest instincts. was re-elected receiving a flag of recognizable Republi- Today, in the U.S. Capitol, triumph of gender identi- Obviously, Trump chose majority of women’s votes canism. Opposing any in- 28.3 miles west of where the ty — featuring one bisexu- the latter path. and 28 percent of the black cumbent president is not a Annapolis meeting occurred al woman, one transgen- Today, we have sunk to vote while running against a day at the beach, and cam- (in a tavern, long gone), a der woman and three gay a level of tribalism that former head of the NAACP. paigning against today’s majority of congressional men — its members re- would seem to predate the Hogan won while almost 50 uniquely smarmy incum- Republicans seem poised to portedly are not exactly modern era. Will we soon percent of Marylanders bent would be especially dis- support Trump’s eviscera- singing in harmony. And, divide ourselves into fief- were saying they would vote agreeable. Hogan has, how- tion of the Constitution’s ar- after a Latino civil rights doms led by warlords? against all Republicans in ever, undergone, while gov- chitecture of checks and group threatened a law- Virtually speaking, we al- order to express contempt ernor, six rounds of chemo- balances. By opposing a suit last year, the council ready have. By seeking for Donald Trump. So, he therapy (24 hours a day, five binding resolution disap- has changed the city’s like-ideological company won against a huge blue days a week, times six, span- proving the president’s dec- electoral system to ensure around internet news wave in a deep blue state. ning 18 weeks) to defeat an laration of an emergency, greater diversity of other sites and political water- But, then, Hogan had advanced and aggressive they would approve Con- orders. The civil rights ing holes, we sate our ended the “rain tax,” which cancer (non-Hodgkin’s lym- gress’ acquiescence in the group was unhappy with need for identity affirma- was known as a “storm phoma), so has endured loss of its core power, that the all-whiteness of the tion, rarely questioning water remediation fee” until something almost as un- of controlling spending. council. whether there might be he rebranded it. It forced pleasant as Donald Trump. These Republicans raise two You can see their point, another way. certain counties to tax ev- Furthermore, his father, a questions: Why is there a which is not the same as And so, we look toward eryone, sometimes based on former FBI agent and a Congress? And why are saying the council mem- 2020, where the line of the amount of “impervious Maryland congressman on such Republicans receiving bers aren’t capable of Democratic candidates is surfaces” on their property. the House Judiciary Com- salaries? making good decisions in- already long. One thing All the great and good in mittee in 1974, was the only Every Republican who dependent of their sexual- seems obvious: The next Maryland defended this as Republican to vote for all supports the president in ity or race. But so goes president of the United environmentally virtuous three articles of impeach- this trashing of the Consti- identity politics: Every- States will need to start a (supposedly helping the ment against Richard Nixon. tution whose creation began body wants a seat at the movement, not merely run Chesapeake Bay). However, Probably for this reason he here thereby violates his or table, and then somebody a campaign. He or she will all but one member of the lost the 1974 Republican her sworn oath to defend it doesn’t like the table. have to make a stand Legislature, which had veto- nomination for governor. and to “bear true faith and By some measures, against our divisions and proof Democratic majorities It is unlikely that Hogan allegiance” to it. Voters Palm Springs represents those who profit by them. in both houses, voted not to will gratify those who are should expel all of them the zenith of identity poli- And we citizens need to terminate their political ca- offering to hold his coat from public life. tics. Hey, hey, we’ve tran- use our votes to conquer reers by continuing to tax while he brawls with scended sexual identifica- the dividers. It’s time to rain. Trump. Still, this town on George Will’s email address tion as a barrier to full so- set aside our differences Because in 2016 Hogan the Chesapeake Bay will re- is [email protected]. cietal participation! Then and reimagine our Ameri- was early in saying that he main known as the incuba- again, how odd to find it can identity — as one na- would neither endorse tor of something else ger- © 2019, Washington Post necessary to publicly de- tion, indivisible. This is Trump nor attend the con- mane to today’s discontents. Writers Group clare one’s — or someone the way we earn those else’s — sexual identity. earlier mentioned desir- That said, “coming out” ables — our worth, our was crucial to the gay national sense of self, our EDITORIAL PAGE POLICIES movement and, perhaps, it dignity, self-respect and still is. Far more notewor- that of others. And, yes, EDITORIALS represent the views of the owners of this the newspaper. They should be no more than 350 thy, however, would be not too, perhaps even the ad- newspaper. words and sent via e-mail to [email protected], knowing such personal miration of a world that COLUMNS AND COMMENTARY are the personal dropped off at The Sumter Item office, 36 W. Liberty St. details, suggesting a truer prays we return to our or mailed to The Sumter Item, P.O. Box 1677, Sumter, transcendence, as well as senses. opinion of the writer whose byline appears. Columns respect for privacy — and, from readers should be typed, double-spaced and no S.C. 29151, along with the full name of the writer, plus not least, one’s right not Kathleen Parker’s email more than 850 words. Send them to The Sumter Item, an address and telephone number for verification to know. address is kathleenpark- Opinion Pages, P.O. Box 1677, Sumter, S.C. 29151, or purposes only. 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The last word ARIES (March LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Don’t in astrology 21-April 19): miss out on an opportunity Look for an because someone is bullying you EUGENIA LAST opportunity, into taking on responsibilities that and jump at don’t belong to you. Make changes the chance to make a positive that will stop others from change. Refuse to let someone put interfering in your productivity and you down or discourage you from ability to live life your way. PICTURES FROM THE PUBLIC following the path that leads to SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): greater freedom to think and do as Socialize, travel and spend more you please. time with people who inspire you TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t to express your opinions and put on the brakes when you should pursue your creative dreams. be speeding up. Nothing will Engage in playtime to discover happen if you don’t take charge what brings you peace of mind. and put your plans in motion. Share your intentions with Recognition and advancement are someone you love. within reach. Celebrate your good SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Be fortune with someone special. careful who you share your secrets GEMINI (May 21-June 20): with. Your reputation will be on the Emotional matters will disorient line if you are too open and your perception of what’s really at trusting. Focus on personal stake or happening. Take a closer improvements, not trying to look at what’s transpiring; you’ll see change or impress others. Don’t ask who is being honest with you. for opportunities; create them. Make changes based on what’s CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Look best for yourself. past the chaos to focus on what’s CANCER (June 21-July 22): Express real. Learn from what others do, your thoughts and desires. and make a point to offer only Discussing what you want to see what’s feasible and what you are happen will bring you closer to willing to part with. Nurture the your dreams. A partnership will relationships that matter, and let take a favorable turn and go of things you no longer need. encourage you to take the initiative AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A to improve the way you live your change at home or to your Brooke Whiteley shares a photo she took of a ruby-throated hummingbird in her backyard. life. surroundings will give you positive LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Stick to the reinforcement that you are doing rules, and take pride in what you what’s best for yourself. Expand do. Note how others respond your interests as well as your before you make decisions. Anger friendships, and learn all you can will not help you get ahead, but that will contribute to reaching patience and wisdom will. Show your goal. compassion, and doors will open. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): HAVE YOU TAKEN PICTURES OF INTERESTING, EXCITING, BEAUTIFUL OR HISTORICAL PLACES? Would you like VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Get Situations will get blown out of to share those images with your fellow Sumter Item readers? E-mail your hi-resolution jpegs to [email protected], or mail to involved in activities that will get proportion. Listen carefully, and Sandra Holbert c/o The Sumter Item, P.O. Box 1677, Sumter, SC 29150. Include clearly printed or typed name of photographer you moving and motivated to don’t say anything if you want to make self-improvements, new avoid being held accountable. and photo details. Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope for return of your photo. Amateur photographers only please. friendships and better relationships Facts matter, and it will be Photos of poor reproduction quality may not publish. With the exception of pictures that are of a timely nature, submitted with the people who have stood by necessary to make sure that your photos will publish in the order in which they are received. your side through thick and thin. words are not twisted or Romance will enhance your life. misconstrued. SECTION B THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2019 Call: (803) 774-1241 | E-mail: [email protected]

PREP BASKETBALL USC MEN’S BASKETBALL 1 and 1A in 2A? Gamecocks rally past Ole Miss 79-64 BY JEFFREY COLLINS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

COLUMBIA — South Caroli- na keeps digging a hole and then the Gamecocks keep find- ing a way to pull themselves out. South Carolina (14-12, 9-4 Southeastern Conference) won its fifth SEC game after trail- ing by double digits, beating Mississippi 79-64 on Tuesday night. The Gamecocks seem like they have been in a hole all year. They started the season 5-8 in nonconference, includ- ing losses to Stony Brook and 6-19 Wyoming. They have been down by at least 10 in nine of their 13 SEC games. PHOTO PROVIDED BY TAMMY VAUGHT And now they are East Clarendon’s Britni Anderson (30) puts up a shot during the Lady Wolverines’ regular seasonwin against Timberland while Rhamey fourth in a league Floyd (14) awaits a possible rebound. EC will meet Mullins for the 2A lower state title on Friday at 4 p.m. at Florence Center. with three teams in the top 13. "They are tak- ‘Surprising’ East Clarendon faces Mullins for lower state title MARTIN ing me on an un- believable ride," BY DENNIS BRUNSON Gracen Watts and Caitlin points lost from a 1A state Friday at Florence Center South Carolina coach Frank [email protected] Timmons as it made the championship team now at 4 p.m. Martin said. move up to the 2A classifi- having to get ready to play So is EC head coach Tuesday's ride for Martin Even though 20-plus point cation. a class higher. Mike Lowder surprised he started with the Rebels (18-8, scorer Talaysia Cooper was Then two days in pre- No need to fear though. will be walking the side- 8-5) hitting their first five shots returning for East Claren- season practice for the The Lady Wolverines will line of Florence Center for and taking a 13-2 lead less don High School’s girls bas- 2018-19 season, returning be trying to get to the 2A a third consecutive sea- than four minutes in. The ketball 1A state champion- starter Valencia Garris state championship game son? Gamecocks answered with 16 ship team, it was going to be was lost for the year with a when they take on Mullins straight points, took their own without two key cogs in knee injury. That was 31 for the lower state title on SEE ECHS, PAGE B3 11-point lead before the half was over and never trailed again. Ole Miss did tie it at 61 with PREP BASKETBALL 6:18 left. But South Carolina scored on its next six posses- sions to put it away. Chris Silva led the Game- Lee Central, Christ Church meet in upper state cocks with 18 points, including four points and an assist in BY DANNY KELLY that final push. [email protected] "Silva just kind of had his way during that last run," Ole The Lee Central High School varsity Miss coach Kermit Davis said. girls basketball team has a big chal- Terence Davis had 18 points lenge, but an even bigger opportunity and Breein Tyree added 17 ahead of it when it takes on Christ points for Ole Miss. Church Episcopal in the 2A state play- A.J. Lawson had 15 points, offs upper state title game on Friday at nine rebounds and six assists 4 p.m. in Greenville. and Hassani Gravett added 15 “Not to sound cocky, but I did,” Lady points and eight rebounds for Stallions head coach Patrice Holmes South Carolina. said when asked if she foresaw her The win put the Gamecocks team making it this far in the playoffs. into fourth place in the SEC all “We had players coming back from last by themselves, which could be year, and I know the systems I wanted critical for a team that might to run with them.” not want to lean on an unorth- Lee Central, which is currently 20-7 odox bubble resume. The top overall and posted an 11-1 record in four teams get a double bye in winning Region IV, is led by senior the SEC Tournament and only guard/forward A’Yanah Lucas. She is need to win three games to get averaging 12.5 points and 8.9 rebounds DANNY KELLY / THE SUMTER ITEM the league's automatic NCAA a game. Lee Central’s Robionne Myers (23) drives the baseline during the Lady Stallions’ 56-30 Win Tournament bid. South Caroli- over Lewisville earlier this season. The Lady Stallions will travel to Greenville on Friday to na leads every other team by SEE STALLIONS, PAGE B3 face Christ Church for the 2A upper state title beginning at 4 p.m. at least two games and now will have the tiebreaker over Ole Miss. PREP SOCCER BIG PICTURE Mississippi: The Rebels are ranked 30th in the new NET Lakewood set to host 23rd Gator Classic soccer tournament rankings the NCAA is using to select tournament teams. Saturday starting at 9 a.m. Clarendon and Florence Tuesday's loss won't knock BY TREVOR BAUKNIGHT WANT TO GO? [email protected] "It's always a fun tourna- counties, public and private them on to the bubble, but ment for the kids and they Admission: $10 (pass good for schools. with home games remaining While a healthy number enjoy playing in tourna- both days) "It's sort of the equivalent against No. 4 Kentucky and of local high schools still ments like Location: Lakewood High School, of the football jamboree, and No. 5 Tennessee, the margin have teams playing basket- this," said 350 Old Manning Rd., Sumter a great way to kick off the for error is getting smaller. ball in the SCISA and Lakewood head season," he said. "We South Carolina: The Game- SCHSL state playoffs, soccer coach Mike brought about doubling the thought it'd be fun to get ev- cocks have been down by dou- isn't waiting. Carraher. "It size of the field. erybody playing together ble digits in nine of their 13 The 2019 season kicks off also gives us a "We've had so many people and get started on the sea- SEC games, including all four on Friday and Saturday for chance to play interested in coming to the son. We're looking forward of their losses. All of South eight programs in the 23rd CARRAHER teams we don't Classic that we expanded it to it, and we're excited -- it's Carolina's defeats have come annual Gator Classic at normally get to to eight teams, so that's been on the calendar for a to the SEC's top three teams, Lakewood High School. play during the season." going to be a big difference," while -- and other coaches the Wildcats, the Volunteers A packed schedule fea- In recent years, the Gator Carraher said. "We're also are excited about coming and LSU. tures four games on Friday, Class has been a 1-day tour- doing it over two days, and too." starting at 4:15 p.m., and nament featuring four we're bringing in a lot of the eight games on two fields on teams, but increased interest local talent from Sumter, SEE CLASSIC, PAGE B3 SEE USC, PAGE B2 B2 | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2019 SPORTS THE SUMTER ITEM

CLEMSON MEN’S BASKETBALL SOUTH CAROLINA 79, MISSISSIPPI 64 MISSISSIPPI (18-8) Olejniczak 1-3 1-2 3, Shuler 2-7 1-2 No. 16 FSU gets 77-64 win at Clemson 6, Tyree 7-15 5-7 19, T.Davis 6-17 4-6 18, B.Hinson 3-10 0-0 8, Stevens 1-5 0-0 2, Naylor 1-2 0-0 2, Buffen 2-2 0-0 CLEMSON — Trent For- 4, D.Davis 0-0 0-0 0, Rodriguez 0-1 rest said Florida State en- 2-2 2. Totals 23-62 13-19 64. tered the season hoping to SOUTH CAROLINA (14-12) make history. The 16th- Kotsar 1-5 0-4 2, Bryant 4-6 2-2 10, Silva 5-13 6-6 18, Lawson 5-14 4-8 ranked Seminoles certainly 15, Campbell 3-9 1-2 8, Haase 2-4 did that at Clemson. 0-0 5, Frink 3-4 0-1 6, Gravett 4-9 3-4 Mfiondu Kabengele had 19 15. Totals 27-64 16-27 79. points and 11 rebounds, and Halftime_South Carolina 40-32. 3-Point Goals_Mississippi 5-23 (B. Florida State set a program Hinson 2-5, T.Davis 2-8, Shuler 1-4, record with its eighth con- Stevens 0-2, Tyree 0-4), South Caro- lina 9-19 (Gravett 4-6, Silva 2-3, secutive Atlantic Coast Con- Haase 1-2, Lawson 1-4, Campbell ference victory in a 77-64 1-4). Fouled Out_Olejniczak. Re- bounds_Mississippi 33 (Buffen 8), win over the Tigers on Tues- South Carolina 40 (Lawson 9). As- day night. sists_Mississippi 10 (Tyree 5), South Carolina 15 (Lawson 6). Total The Seminoles (21-5, 9-4 Fouls_Mississippi 22, South Caroli- ACC) had not won this many na 15. A_10,455 (18,000). consecutive league games since joining the conference before the 1991-92 season. USC They won 11 straight Metro FROM PAGE B1 Conference games in 1977-78. BEWLIDERING BUBBLE TEAM "It shows how locked in we've been," said Forrest, a The Gamecocks aren't even junior guard. "Our seniors on the radar of the bracket ex- came into the year wanting perts yet. But if they keep win- to make history and I feel ning, they could soon be a like we're helping them with most interesting case for the that." NCAA Tournament selection Florida State used its size, committee. strength and speed to keep South Carolina's terrible 5-8 the run going against the Ti- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS nonconference schedule has gers, holding on after seeing Florida State’s David Nichols, left, drives to the basket while defended by Clemson’s Elijah Thomas them 94th in the NET rank- an 18-point edge cut to 59-52 (14) during the first half of the Seminoles’ 77-64 victory over the Tigers on Tuesday in Clemson. ings. Only Georgia and with eight minutes left. Vanderbilt, with just one SEC That's as close as Clemson No. 8 North Carolina on Sat- (16) FLORIDA ST. 77, CLEMSON 64 win between the two of them, (15-11, 5-8) would get in drop- are lower. But South Carolina urday. FLORIDA ST. (21-5) ping its third in a row and is alone in fourth in a league "In reality, it doesn't mean Cofer 2-6 0-0 5, Koumadje 4-6 2-2 10, Forrest 5-8 4-6 14, Mann 3-10 2-2 9, getting swept by Florida anything other than people Walker 2-5 4-6 9, Kabengele 9-13 0-1 19, Gray 1-2 0-0 2, Nichols 1-5 0-0 3, that at the moment appears to State for the second time in are probably going to play Savoy 2-5 0-0 6, Vassell 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-60 12-17 77. have six locks and two teams three seasons. us a little bit harder," he CLEMSON (15-11) on the bubble. Kabengele led the way on said. Skara 4-5 1-2 10, Simms 2-5 2-2 7, Thomas 6-14 1-1 13, Mitchell 4-11 1-1 Martin said any team that 12, Reed 7-16 3-5 20, Tyson 0-1 0-0 0, Jemison 0-0 0-1 0, Trapp 0-8 2-4 2, both sides of the ball. He hit The Seminoles took con- Newman 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-60 10-16 64. wins 12 league games in a con- 9 of 13 from the field, trol after Clemson closed to ference like the SEC should Halftime_Florida St. 38-23. 3-Point Goals_Florida St. 7-18 (Savoy 2-5, blocked two shots, and his 23-21 on Marcquise Reed's Kabengele 1-1, Nichols 1-2, Walker 1-2, Mann 1-4, Cofer 1-4), Clemson get in. But he also keeps the rebounds were a season 3-pointer with 6:18 left in the 8-23 (Reed 3-6, Mitchell 3-8, Skara 1-1, Simms 1-4, Tyson 0-1, Trapp 0-3). advice of his coaching mentor Fouled Out_Thomas. Rebounds_Florida St. 40 (Kabengele 11), Clemson high. Then again, Clemson half. Florida then went on a 28 (Thomas 6). Assists_Florida St. 12 (Mann 4), Clemson 11 (Mitchell 6). Bob Huggins of West Virginia had trouble stopping much 15-2 surge the rest of the Total Fouls_Florida St. 21, Clemson 18. A_7,549 (10,000). in his mind. "At the end of the of anything Florida State half with Kabengele hitting day, if you win enough, you did around the basket. The three buckets and Walker get in," said Martin, quoting Seminoles' starting center in landing a 3-pointer. noles' offense was relent- along with injuries to main- Huggins. 7-foot-4 Christ Koumadje When Trent Forrest got less with guard Trent For- stays like Phil Cofer, who Davis said South Carolina went 4-of-6 shooting for 10 his off-balance push shot on rest and Terance Mann missed the first win over looked like an NCAA Tourna- points with seven rebounds a drive to the basket to go pushing the ball at the bas- Clemson last month. Hamil- ment team Tuesday night. and a pair of blocks. right before the buzzer ket where their bigger ton was confident his team "If they get in the tourna- "Our coaches emphasize sounded, Florida State went teammates like Kabengele would recover and anyway, ment, they can sure win us bigs being a major factor to the locker room ahead 38- and Koumadje took control. "there was a high probabili- games," Davis said. in games," said Kabengele, 23. The lead grew as large as It's a formula that works ty we wouldn't go undefeated THREES GALORE the 6-10 sophomore. "To have 18. well in the postseason in ACC play," he said. me and Christ to both have Forrest finished with 14 where Florida State OLD SCHOOL The Gamecocks made 9 of 19 good parts to the game helps points. reached the NCAA's round 3-pointers, continuing a torrid us get good wins." Reed had 20 points to lead of eight last year. With all the focus on fab- pace. They have made 49 of 88 That wasn't the case early Clemson, which was coming Clemson: The Tigers came ulous freshmen, Florida (55.7 percent) from behind the on in ACC play as Florida off two gut-wrenching, one into the season ranked and State and Clemson had a arc the past four games. State started 1-4 with losses point defeats at Miami (65- with high expectations after throwback game with a South Carolina was 0-for-18 at Pitt and Boston College. It 64) and at Louisville (56-55) their NCAA Tournament combined seven players in shooting from behind the arc got things in gear against before this. Tigers coach run to the Sweet 16 a year the two starting lineups as in the opening game of the Clemson with a 77-68 win on Brad Brownell said his team ago. But the team of four se- seniors. The Seminoles' se- season against USC Upstate Jan. 22 and has not lost was deflated when it re- nior starters appeared way nior starter were Cofer, and has shot 25 percent or since. turned to campus Sunday out of synch in this one. Mann and Koumadje. worse on 3s in five games this "The streak continues," after the Louisville loss, but Clemson has had two three- Clemson had four starters season. Kabengele said with a smile. thought they had rebounded game losing streaks in ACC in Elijah Thomas, David UP NEXT Florida State coach Leon- enough that this game play and may have to do Skara, Reed and Shelton ard Hamilton is grateful for should have been more com- something remarkable for Mitchell. Mississippi: The Rebels host his team's successful run. petitive. make another appearance in UP NEXT next-to-last-place Georgia on He's even happier that his "I thought our energy was the Big Dance. Saturday. players are gelling so well good," Brownell said. "They TURNAROUND Florida State ends a three- South Carolina: The Game- and improving their play were just better than us." game road swing at North cocks head to Mississippi State every time out. The streak? BIG PICTURE Hamilton said his team's Carolina on Saturday. on Saturday in their last It won't help a bit, he said, in early ACC troubles were in Clemson plays Boston Col- chance for an attention-grab- his team's next contest at Florida State: The Semi- part blending in newcomers lege at home Saturday. bing road win.

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Chicago 14 44 .241 29½ Tampa Bay 61 46 11 4 96 242 162 Los Angeles at Nashville, 8 p.m. TV, RADIO Cleveland 12 46 .207 31½ Boston 60 35 17 8 78 181 155 St. Louis at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. TODAY Toronto 59 36 19 4 76 208 167 N.Y. Islanders at Edmonton, 9 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE Montreal 60 32 21 7 71 179 176 Arizona at Vancouver, 10 p.m. 10:30 a.m. — PGA Golf: Puerto Rico Open First Round Southwest Division Buffalo 59 28 24 7 63 170 185 from Rio Grande, Puerto Rico (GOLF). W L Pct GB Florida 58 26 24 8 60 181 199 FRIDAY’S GAMES 2 p.m. — PGA Golf: WGC-Mexico Championship First Houston 33 24 .579 — Detroit 60 23 29 8 54 168 199 Columbus at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Round from Mexico City (GOLF). San Antonio 33 26 .559 1 Ottawa 59 22 32 5 49 186 219 Minnesota at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. — Professional Tennis; ATP Delray Beach Dallas 26 31 .456 7 Metropolitan Division Colorado at Chicago, 7:30 p.m. Quarterfinal Matches, ATP Rio De Janeiro Quarterfinal New Orleans 26 33 .441 8 Anaheim at Calgary, 9 p.m. Matches, ATP Marseille Early-Round Matches, WTA Memphis 23 36 .390 11 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Winnipeg at Vegas, 10 p.m. Dubai Quarterfinal Matches and WTA Budapest Quar- Northwest Division N.Y. Islanders 58 35 17 6 76 169 138 terfinal Matches (TENNIS). W L Pct GB Washington 60 33 20 7 73 202 191 SATURDAY’S GAMES 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Wagner at Bryant (CBS Denver 39 18 .684 — Pittsburgh 60 32 21 7 71 210 187 SPORTS NETWORK). Oklahoma City 37 20 .649 2 Columbus 59 33 23 3 69 188 180 New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 1 p.m. 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Michigan at Minnesota Portland 34 23 .596 5 Carolina 60 31 23 6 68 174 167 Washington at Buffalo, 1 p.m. (ESPN). Utah 32 25 .561 7 Philadelphia 60 28 25 7 63 178 201 Boston at St. Louis, 4 p.m. 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Central Florida at Cincin- Minnesota 27 30 .474 12 N.Y. Rangers 59 26 25 8 60 172 195 Carolina at Dallas, 5 p.m. nati (ESPN2). Pacific Division New Jersey 60 23 29 8 54 176 208 Los Angeles at Florida, 5 p.m. 7 p.m. — College Basketball: Vermont at Maryland- W L Pct GB San Jose at Columbus, 5 p.m. Baltimore County (ESPNU). Golden State 41 16 .719 — WESTERN CONFERENCE Colorado at Nashville, 5:30 p.m. 7 p.m. — NHL Hockey: Carolina at Florida (FOX SPORTS L.A. Clippers 32 27 .542 10 Central Division Montreal at Toronto, 7 p.m. SOUTHEAST, FOX SPORTSOUTH). Sacramento 30 27 .526 11 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia at Philadelphia, Pa., 8 p.m. 7 p.m. — Women’s College Basketball: Kentucky at L.A. Lakers 28 29 .491 13 Winnipeg 59 36 19 4 76 202 171 N.Y. Islanders at Vancouver, 10 p.m. South Carolina (SEC NETWORK, WNKT-FM 107.5). Phoenix 11 48 .186 31 Anaheim at Edmonton, 10 p.m. 8 p.m. — NHL Hockey: Los Angeles at Nashville (NBC Nashville 62 35 22 5 75 191 163 SPORTS NETWORK). THURSDAY’S GAMES St. Louis 59 32 22 5 69 177 164 8 p.m. — NBA Basketball; Boston at Milwaukee (TNT). Miami at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Dallas 59 29 25 5 63 148 154 9 p.m. — College Basketball: San Francisco at Brigham Phoenix at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Minnesota 60 27 27 6 60 164 180 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Young (BYUTV). Portland at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Colorado 59 24 24 11 59 189 192 9 p.m. — College Basketball: Oregon at Southern Cali- Boston at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Chicago 60 25 26 9 59 200 223 TUESDAY MEN’S SCORES fornia (ESPN). Houston at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. Pacific Division EAST 9 p.m. — College Basketball: Connecticut at Southern Sacramento at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. GP W L OT Pts GF GA Buffalo 114, Ohio 67 Methodist (ESPN2). Calgary 59 36 16 7 79 217 176 Colgate 75, Bucknell 64 9 p.m. — College Basketball: High Point at Campbell FRIDAY’S GAMES San Jose 60 35 17 8 78 219 190 Iona 81, Quinnipiac 77 (ESPNU). Chicago at Orlando, 7 p.m. Vegas 61 32 25 4 68 180 172 Penn St. 95, Nebraska 71 9 p.m. — College Basketball: California at Arizona New Orleans at Indiana, 7 p.m. Arizona 60 27 28 5 59 157 174 Siena 72, St. Peter’s 62 (FOX SPORTS 1). San Antonio at Toronto, 7 p.m. Vancouver 60 26 27 7 59 170 188 SOUTH 9 p.m. — Women’s College Basketball: Tennessee at Washington at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Anaheim 60 24 27 9 57 137 187 Dayton 74, Davidson 73 Texas A&M (SEC NETWORK). Detroit at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Edmonton 59 24 29 6 54 165 198 Florida St. 77, Clemson 64 10:30 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Houston at Los Angeles Minnesota at New York, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles 59 23 30 6 52 143 182 South Carolina 79, Mississippi 64 Lakers (TNT). L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 8 p.m. Tennessee 58, Vanderbilt 46 11 p.m. — College Basketball; Hawaii at California- Denver at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime Santa Barbara (ESPNU). Utah at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m. loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild VCU 76, Rhode Island 42 11 p.m. — College Basketball: Oregon State at UCLA cards per conference advance to playoffs. MIDWEST SATURDAY’S GAMES Baylor 73, Iowa St. 69 (FOX SPORTS 1). TUESDAY’S GAMES 11 p.m. — LPGA Golf: Honda LPGA Thailand Second Portland at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Bowling Green 73, Akron 69 Round Brooklyn at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Florida 4, Buffalo 2 Cent. Michigan 84, Kent St. 74 Indiana at Washington, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay 5, Philadelphia 2 Drake 77, Bradley 68 L.A. Lakers at New Orleans, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh 4, New Jersey 3 E. Michigan 76, Toledo 69 NBA STANDINGS Memphis at Cleveland, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers 2, Carolina 1 Kentucky 66, Missouri 58 Phoenix at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Montreal 3, Columbus 2 Maryland 66, Iowa 65 EASTERN CONFERENCE Detroit at Miami, 7:30 p.m. St. Louis 3, Toronto 2, OT Miami (Ohio) 69, Ball St. 66 Atlantic Division Boston at Chicago, 8 p.m. Anaheim 4, Minnesota 0 Purdue 48, Indiana 46 W L Pct GB Sacramento at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Nashville 5, Dallas 3 Rio Grande 85, Wayland Baptist 66 Toronto 43 16 .729 — Houston at Golden State, 8:30 p.m. Arizona 3, Edmonton 2, SO Wake Forest 75, Notre Dame 68 Boston 37 21 .638 5½ Minnesota at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. SOUTHWEST Philadelphia 37 21 .638 5½ WEDNESDAY’S GAMES Dallas at Utah, 10 p.m. Texas A&M 65, Alabama 56 Brooklyn 30 29 .508 13 Chicago at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. FAR WEST New York 11 47 .190 31½ SUNDAY’S GAMES Winnipeg at Colorado, 8:30 p.m. New Mexico St. 80, Texas A&M International 42 Southeast Division Orlando at Toronto, 3:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Calgary, 9:30 p.m. UNLV 66, Wyoming 56 W L Pct GB Boston at Vegas, 10 p.m. Charlotte 27 30 .474 — L.A. Clippers at Denver, 5 p.m. WEDNESDAY WOMEN’S SCORES Miami 26 30 .464 ½ San Antonio at New York, 7:30 p.m. THURSDAY’S GAMES Orlando 27 32 .458 1 EAST Washington at Toronto, 7 p.m. Washington 24 34 .414 3½ American U. 50, Boston U. 48 Ottawa at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Atlanta 19 39 .328 8½ NHL STANDINGS Vermont 58, UMBC 50 Central Division Carolina at Florida, 7 p.m. SOUTHWEST W L Pct GB EASTERN CONFERENCE San Jose at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Houston 83, Tulane 82 Minnesota at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Milwaukee 43 14 .754 — Atlantic Division Iowa St. 91, Oklahoma 70 Buffalo at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Indiana 38 20 .655 5½ GP W L OT Pts GF GA FAR WEST Detroit 26 30 .464 16½ Philadelphia at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Sacramento St. 78, Weber St. 69 THE SUMTER ITEM SPORTS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2019 | B3

Holmes, who has played and STALLIONS coached in three state champion- SCHSL, SCISA PLAYOFF SCHEDULES FROM PAGE B1 ship games as a player and an assis- SCHSL 2A Boys Boys tant at Lee Central under former Semifinals Oceanside Collegiate vs. Gray Shannon Forest vs. Bethesda, 5 Junior guard/forward Kendra head coach Dorothy Fortune, hopes UPPER STATE Collegiate, 5:30 p.m. p.m. At Bon Secour Wellness Arena 4A Girls Hilton Head Prep vs. Christian Lesane averages 9.2 points and 4.5 that her experiences can help her In Greenville North Augusta vs. Myrtle Beach, Academy, 8 p.m. rebounds, and senior guard Robi- players when they need it. Friday 7 p.m. 1A 2A Girls 4A Boys Semifinals onne Myers averages nine points “I’ll be teaching from experi- Lee Central vs. Christ Church, 4 Darlington vs. Wilson or Harts- Thursday and 2.9 rebounds. ence,” said Holmes, who is in her p.m. ville, 8:30 p.m. At Wilson Hall’s Nash Student 2A Boys Saturday Center Holmes knows Christ Church, first year as head coach. “(I’ll teach Silver Bluff vs. Andrew Jackson, 1A Girls Girls which was No. 1 in the final South them) the things we went through 5:30 p.m. Scott’s Branch vs. Lake View, 11 Laurens vs. Cathedral (Gym A), 6 4A Girls a.m. p.m. Carolina Basketball Coaches Asso- and how we dealt with it.” South Pointe vs. Westwood, 7 1A Boys Beaufort vs. Dorchester (Gym B), ciation 2A poll, won’t be an easy out. Holmes hopes she can apply what p.m. Bethune-Bowman vs. Heming- 6 p.m. 4A Boys way, 12:30 p.m. Boys “They’re fundamentally sound, she learned during her time under Wren vs. Ridge View, 8:30 p.m. 3A Girls Clarendon Hall vs. Richard Winn well-coached and they work hard,” Fortune’s leadership to her team’s Saturday Dillon vs. Bishop England, 2 p.m. (Gym A), 7:30 p.m. 1A Girls 3A Boys Cathedral vs. Anderson Chris- said Holmes, whose team in ranked playoff run this season. High Point vs. Estill, 11 a.m. Ridgeland-Hardeeville vs. Man- tian (Gym B) 7:30 p.m. 1A Boys ning, 3:30 p.m. 3A fourth. “It’s not gonna be easy. I “(She taught me to) have faith, High Point vs. Great Falls, 12:30 5A Girls Girls have an idea of the things they’re believe, work hard and never give p.m. Lexington vs. Goose Creek, 5 Semifinals 3A Girls p.m. Friday gonna run. They shoot a lot of 3(- up,” Holmes said. “We’ll have a Emerald vs. Keenan, 2 p.m. 5A Boys at Sumter County Civic Center point shot)s and crash the board chance to be in the game if we work 3A Boys Lexington vs. Berkeley, 6:30 p.m. Girls Chester vs. Keenan, 3:30 p.m. Northwood at First Baptist, 3:30 hard.” hard, play hard and execute.” 5A Girls SCISA p.m. The Lady Cavaliers, who are 25-4 Holmes is ready to hit the hard- Sumter vs. Spring Valley, 5 p.m. 2A Cardinal Newman vs. Porter- 5A Boys Semifinals Gaud, 6:30 p.m. and a perfect 14-0 in Region I, are wood and see what her team can do. Dorman vs. Mauldin, 6:30 p.m. Thursday Boys led by freshman small forward/ “I’m very excited for the upper LOWER STATE At Sumter County Civic Center Heathwood Hall or Hammond vs. At Florence Center Girls Trinity-Byrnes or First Baptist, 5 wing McCall King, who averages 19 state championship,” she said. Friday Hilton Head Christian vs. Spar- p.m. points and 6.3 rebounds per game. “With this group of girls, it’s their 2A Girls tanburg Christian, 3:30 p.m. Pinewood Prep of Porter-Gaud Mullins vs. East Clarendon, 4 Thomas Sumter vs. Spartanburg vs. Cardinal Newman or Augusta Junior guard Marissa Powe averag- first time being there. I’m grateful p.m. Day, 6:30 p.m. Christian, 8 p.m. es 17.4 points and six rebounds. for the opportunity.”

given EC a big inside presence. lower state title game. The Lady ECHS FROM PAGE B1 Floyd is averaging 11.5 points and Wolverines had defeated GSF in 11.0 rebounds, while Anderson is two regular-season meetings, but “Yes sir, I’m very surprised,” averaging eight points and 12 re- lost in overtime in the playoff said Lowder, who has led East Clar- bounds. meeting. endon to a 22-2 record. “That’s East Clarendon, ranked second Jen’Lea Nichols leads Mullins, what we talked about going into in the final SCBCA 2A poll, is which is 17-7 overall, with a 17.0 this season, that this is not last very familiar with No.3 Mullins scoring average. She is also averag- year’s team. since the schools are Region VII ing 8.0 rebounds, 4.5 steals and 2.0 “When we went to summer rivals. EC went 14-0 in region play blocks. camp we never scored more than while the Lady Auctioneers were Janelle Sindab is averaging 14.9 35 points in any game,” he added. 12-2. points, while Tamiesha Lasane is “So we said if we can hold every- The Lady Wolverines beat Mull- averaging 9.6 points. one to fewer than 35 points, we’d ins 58-56 on the road in the first Cooper scored a combined 81 be OK.” contest, outscoring the Lady Auc- points in the two prior meetings. The Lady Wolverines still had tioneers 24-10 in the fourth quarter. Lowder expects the Lady Auction- Cooper, now a freshman who They wrapped up the region title in eers to try a different strategy with entered this year already with the regular-season finale with an Cooper. over 1,000 career points, though. 80-66 win in Turbeville. “I think they will be a little more She is averaging a double-dou- Having to face a team for a deliberate in their game plan,” ble of 27 points, 11 rebounds, third time when you already own Lowder said. “I think they’re going six steals, six assists and two two victories has Lowder a bit un- to concentrate on getting back on de- blocked shots a contest. Cooper easy. fense.” was recently named the 2A “That’s always the case, being con- Cooper scored 37 points in the Player of the Year by the South cerned about having to beat a team a first game and 44 in the second. Carolina Basketball Coaches third time,” Lowder said. “it’s not an Floyd and Anderson both posted Association. easy thing to do. I can’t help but double-doubles in the finale. Floyd PHOTO PROVIDED BY TAMMY VAUGHT They also have a pair of 6-foot- thinking back to us and Green Sea(- had 14 points and 10 boards, while East Clarendon’s Rhamey Floyd (14) is averaging a plus players in Rhamey Floyd and Floyds).” Anderson had 11 points and 12 re- double-double for the Lady Wolverines this season. Britni Anderson. The duo has That occurred in the 2017 1A bounds.

match up," he said. "We tried to design 2019 GATOR CLASSIC SCHEDULE CLASSIC FROM PAGE B1 the tournament where everybody Friday, Feb. 22 - Saturday, Feb. 23 plays somebody they wouldn't normal- Field A - stadium behind school On Friday, Laurence Manning ly play, and we've got some good Field B - practice field in front of school takes on the hosting Gators, followed matchups. (Lakewood) and Laurence FRIDAY by Wilson Hall and Manning , Wilson Manning is kind of a rivalry since Game 1 - 4:30 pm - Laurence Manning (A) vs. Lakewood (H), field A Game 2 - 5:45 pm - Wilson Hall (A) vs. Manning (H), field A and Crestwood and finally The King's they're just right down the road from Game 3 - 7:00 pm - Wilson (A) vs. Crestwood (H), field A Academy and Sumter High. The re- us. Manning and Wilson Hall, I don't Game 4 - 8:15 pm - King’s Academy (A) vs. Sumter (H), field A sults of those games will determine think they've ever played against each SATURDAY the pairings for Saturday. other in soccer. Crestwood and Wilson Game 5 - 9:00 am - Game 2 loser (A) vs. Game 1 loser (H), field B Game 6 - 9:00 am - Game 2 winner (A) vs. Game 1 winner (H), field A Today is the last day of preseason, should be a good matchup of 4A teams Game 7 - 10:15 am - Game 4 loser (A) vs. Game 3 loser (H), field B so the games will count toward the and then I'm really kind of excited Game 8 - 10:15 am - Game 4 winner (A) vs. Game 3 winner (H), field A Game 9 - 12:30 pm - Game 7 loser (A) vs. Game 5 loser (H), field B teams' season records, with tie games about Sumter High against The King's Game 10 - 1:00 pm - Game 7 winner (A) vs. Game 5 winner (H), field A resulting in an official draw. Advance- Academy, kind of a David and Goliath Game 11 - 1:45 pm - Game 8 loser (A) vs. Game 6 loser (H), field B Championship Game 12 - 2:15 pm - Game 8 winner (A) vs. Game 6 winner (H), field A ment through the tournament will be battle. King's Academy actually won determined by penalty-kick shootouts the tournament last year in their first in the event of ties. year, and they can hold their own, and a greater degree of parity between "There are some really good SCISA Carraher said a tournament like this this will be Sumter's first time coming SCISA-affiliated schools and public schools out there and some good pub- is a great way to start the season. to the tournament, so we're excited to schools. lic schools too. It gives us a chance to "It is a trial-by-fire for us and the have them too." "Soccer is a different type of sport, play against each other and it's excit- other teams, to see how well you Carraher said that in soccer, there is and anybody can compete," he said. ing to be able to do that."

O’Neal also landed a regular Sumter County, he was a son pel. Interment will follow at OBITUARIES part on the short-lived TV se- of Sydney Jackson and Azalee Elliott Pentecostal Church ries "Orleans" with Larry McFadden. Cemetery in Wisacky. BELTON O'NEAL COMPTON JR. home, Shelley-Brunson, Hagman. The family will receive rela- Professional and courteous Belton O’Neal Compton Jr., O’Neal moved back to O'Neal's photography has tives and friends at the home, services entrusted to JP Hol- a well-known film and televi- Charleston. In the mid 1980s, been featured in exhibitions 8 Shuler Drive. ley Funeral Home, Bishopville sion actor and di- O’Neal and good friends at the Michael Hoppen Gal- Funeral arrangements are Chapel. rector, died on David Boatwright and Timmy lery (London), Castle incomplete and will be an- Monday, Feb. 18, Mallard started a production Haggenberg (Vienna) and in nounced by Williams Funeral AUDREY PACK WADFORD 2019, at the Dorn company, Bear Films, which private galleries in Los An- Home Inc. of Sumter. Audrey Pack Wadford, 85, VA Medical Cen- produced and directed nu- geles, New York, Chicago, widow of Willie C. Wadford, ter in Columbia. merous award-winning com- New Orleans and South Car- LARNIA A. MCGEE died on Wednesday, Feb. 20, Born on Feb. 5, mercials for Ford, Bojangles olina. His photographs hang Larnia A. McGee, 65, wife of 2019, at Dr. Ronald E. McNair 1951, in Sumter, and others and syndicated in the collections of many Steven McGee, died on Tues- Nursing Center in Lake City. COMPTON O’Neal was a son O’Neal’s beloved character celebrities including Morgan day, Feb. 19, 2019, at her home Born on Oct. 19, 1933, in of the late Belton Justin Thyme. Freeman, Johnny Depp, Billy in Sumter. Sumter, she was a daughter of O. Compton Sr. and Dorothy O’Neal was in high demand Bob Thornton, Sir Anthony Born on Sept. 4, 1953, in the late Carl Benjamin Pack Brunson Compton. as a character actor for years Hopkins, Sharon Stone, Eliz- Sumter County, she was a and Teresa Hodge Pack. She Survivors include four in Los Angeles and New abeth Taylor, John Travolta, daughter of Sam and Martha was a member of Providence brothers, Kell B. Compton York. He was an award-win- Clint Eastwood, Emma Wright Amos. Baptist Church and retired (Carol Ann), Lawrence B. ning writer, producer, pho- Thompson and Oliver Stone. The family will receive rela- from Pinewood Manufactur- Compton (Terri), Joseph R. tographer and director. His O'Neal was commissioned by tives and friends at the home, ing. Compton (Valerie) and Mi- acting career really took off Jerry Seinfeld to create a se- 1100 Kentwood Drive. Survivors include a daugh- chael F. Compton (Rebecca); in the early 1990s with the ries of his "slow speed" natu- Funeral arrangements are ter, Cynthia Graham Brodgon and many nieces and neph- movies "Attack of the 50 Foot ral light portraits of the cast incomplete and will be an- (Mike) of Sumter; three ews. His caregiver for the last Woman" (1993), "The Thing and crew in the last year of nounced by Williams Funeral grandchildren, Ashley Den- 10 years, Sadia Mullins, is Called Love" (1993), "Made in that show. Home Inc. of Sumter. nis, Heather Adkins (Jessie) like a part of the family. America" (1993), "What’s A gathering in celebration and Karl Newman (Katie); O’Neal attended Clemson Love Got to Do with It" (1993), of O’Neal’s life is set for 4 p.m. ELOISE MACK and eight great-grandchil- University for one year be- "Nell" (1994), "Road Racers" Saturday at the Sumter Coun- BISHOPVILLE — Eloise dren, Caroline Dennis, J.J. fore serving in the Navy for (1994) and "Little Big League" ty Museum, 122 N. Washing- Mack, wife of Gussie Mack, Adkins, Hayden Adkins, Jor- four years. He then enrolled (1994). Following these mov- ton St., Sumter. Dress is casu- passed away on Wednesday, dan Adkins, Hayeslee Adkins, at Wofford College, where he ies, he had great parts in al. Feb. 20, 2019, at McCoy Memo- D.J. Adkins, McKenzie New- studied biology, but his pas- "Nixon" (1995), "Diabolique" Memorials may be made to rial Nursing Center. man and Evie Newman. sion was the theater. He was (1996), "Deep Impact" (1998), a charity of one’s choice. The family is receiving She was preceded in death inspired by Dr. James Gross, "Primary Colors" (1998), friends at the home, 333 by a daughter, Sherry New- director of the Wofford The- "Life" (1999) and "Big Eden" EMMA N. GEDDIS Lynchburg Highway, Wisacky. man. atre Workshop at that time. (2000). He acted with the top Emma N. Geddis, of Sum- Professional and courteous A graveside service will be O’Neal had numerous roles actors of his time including ter, died on Tuesday, Feb. 19, services will be announced held at 2 p.m. Friday at the at Sumter Little Theatre and Sir Anthony Hopkins, Mor- 2019. later by JP Holley Funeral Providence Baptist Church was heavily involved in politi- gan Freeman, Ted Danson, Plans will be announced by Home, Bishopville Chapel. Cemetery with Assistant Pas- cal advertising throughout Whoopi Goldberg, Daryl JP Holley Funeral Home, Gar- tor Wayne McElveen officiat- his career. He also was de- Hanna, Sharon Stone and Tia ners Ferry Road Chapel. JACKSON L. GREEN ing. cades ahead of his time with Leoni. He had roles on epi- Jackson L. Green passed on Memorials may be made to the 1981 Compton Plan, a sodes of a number of TV JARVIS A. MCCRAY Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, at the the SPCA, 1140 S. Guignard simple burial or cremation shows including "Martin," Jarvis A. "PaPa" McCray, Dorn VA Medical Center in Drive, Sumter, SC 29150. company. He zoned and built "Quantum Leap," "Home Im- 39, died on Tuesday, Feb. 19, Columbia. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens the first crematorium in At- provement" and "Coach," to 2019, at Prisma Health Tuom- Funeral services will be Funeral Home and Crematori- lanta. After a brief stint as name a few, along with two ey Hospital. held at 2 p.m. on Friday at the um of Sumter is in charge of director of the family funeral appearances on "Seinfeld." Born on Sept. 23, 1979, in JP Holley Funeral Home Cha- the arrangements. B4 | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2019 COMICS THE SUMTER ITEM bizarro Wallace the braVe

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BY KEVIN McDONOUGH show on “Legacies” (9 p.m., Anna Paquin (“The Piano,” CW, TV-14) * Secrets and lies “True Blood”) returns to epi- on “Fam” (9:30 p.m., CBS, TV- sodic TV in “Flack” (10 p.m., 14) * Malcolm hopes Grace Pop, TV-14). Set in the world can play Cupid on “Will & of celebrity excess, “Flack” Grace” (9:30 p.m., NBC, TV-14) presents a frantic publicity * Divided loyalties on procedural. “S.W.A.T.” (10 p.m., CBS, TV- Paquin plays Robyn, a styl- 14) * A suspected pedophile’s ish, brilliant and resourceful story proves more complicat- publicist adept at rescuing ed on “Law & Order: Special Vic- her clients from the brink of tims Unit” (10 p.m., NBC, TV- self-imposed disaster. The 14). single-camera action is brisk and the crises always seem fraught because the stakes LATE NIGHT are so, well, tabloidy in na- Mark Duplass is booked on ture. “The Daily Show With Trevor Unlike a hospital or police Noah” (11 p.m., Comedy Cen- procedural where life or jus- tral) * Steven Yeun and Corey tice hangs in the balance, Rodrigues appear on “Conan” here the action involves get- (11 p.m., TBS, r, TV-14) * An- ting a celebrity chef (Max nette Bening, Ana Navarro Beesley) out of a very com- and Ben Platt are booked on promising situation and “The Late Show With Stephen rushing him to pick up an Colbert” (11:35 p.m., CBS) * award just in time. Jimmy Fallon welcomes Ken Not unlike “The Love POP Jeong, Kate Upton, and An- Boat,” there’s a parade of Guest star Max Beesley, left, stars as Anthony Henderson and Anna Paquin as Robyn in “Flack,” premiering derson .Paak on “The Tonight guest-starring personalities at 10 p.m. today on Pop. Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * playing boldfaced names in Viola Davis, Charles P. Pierce need of Robyn’s special grams, including the Canadi- Luke” (12:30 a.m., TCM). A NBC, TV-14) * The Elders and Cypress Hill hit the touch. As you can imagine, an-produced “Schitt’s Creek,” line from the film, “What offer advice on “Charmed” (8 couch on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” she’s so busy catering to her starring Catherine O’Hara we’ve got here is failure to p.m., CW, r, TV-14) * Skipped (11:35 p.m., ABC, r, TV-14) * madcap clients that she can’t and Eugene Levy. No sub- communicate,” became a grades land Sheldon in the James Spader, Glenda Jack- hold her own life together. In scription or prior cable ac- catchphrase during a period same class as Georgie on son, Brad Leone and Jeff that way, she’s not unlike su- count is required. of anti-authoritarian senti- “Young Sheldon” (8:30 p.m., Friedl visit “Late Night With per-agent producer Princess • Showtime launches “Desus ment. CBS, TV-PG) * Christy butts Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) Caroline (Amy Sedaris) on & Mero” (11 p.m., TV-MA), a out on “Mom” (9 p.m., CBS, * Kal Penn and Chris O’Dowd “Bojack Horseman.” weekly talk show offering off- TV-PG) * A new hire raises appear on “The Late Late Show In addition to Beesley, look the-cuff commentary on poli- SERIES NOTES eyebrows on “Brooklyn Nine- With James Corden” (12:35 for Alan Davies, Katherine tics, music, sports and pop D&D on “The Big Bang Theo- Nine” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14) * a.m., CBS). Kelly and Bradley Whitford culture. Hosts Desus Nice ry” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-PG) * Space adventures on “The Or- as helpless, gaffe-prone disas- and The Kid Mero gained Dwayne Johnson presents ville” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Copyright 2019 ters in need of baby-sitting. wide popularity with their “The Titan Games” (8 p.m., Alaric postpones the talent United Feature Syndicate The New Zealand-born Pa- podcast “Bodega Boys.” Their quin serves as executive pro- first special guest is fellow ducer as well as star in this Bronx native Rep. Alexandria U.K. production. Ocasio-Cortez. • Speaking of celebrity ex- ecutives, “The Oath,” produced by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, TONIGHT’S OTHER returns for a second eight-ep- HIGHLIGHTS isode season on Sony’s • Mad Hatter lends a help- Crackle streaming service. ing hat on “Gotham” (8 p.m., 2018-19 Set in the world of gangs and Fox, TV-14). secret societies, “The Oath” • A massive overdose re- explores just how far people quires attention on “Grey’s will go to maintain the code Anatomy” (8 p.m. ABC, TV-14). of silence that protects each • Maggie goes under the other and their organiza- knife on “A Million Little tions. As season two begins, Things” (9 p.m. ABC, TV-14). the Ravens try to extricate • Annalise vows to solve themselves from their deal Nate Sr.’s murder on “How to with the cartel. Get Away With Murder” (10 Crackle can be downloaded p.m., ABC, TV-14). and used on all smart TVs and devices like Apple TV and Roku. 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