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U.S. Rep. Mick Mulvaney said he has “no idea” what policies Donald Trump will pursue as president. “You can look at some things he said on the campaign trail and find instances where he said the exact opposite,” Mul- vaney said as he addressed Sumter Rotary Club on Mon- day during a luncheon at the O’Donnell House in Sumter. He said he did expect the new president to spend his first hours in office rescinding exec- utive orders issued by Presi- dent Obama. “Those are easy for an in- coming president to undo,” he said. The Republican representing the Fifth Congressional District said he will be able to get a lot of things done for his constitu- ents he couldn’t do during the PHOTO PROVIDED Obama administration. John DeLuca, as “Chet,” and Maddy Curley as “Apple” talk in a scene from the movie “Chalk It Up,” produced and co-written by Sumter “If you have something that High graduate Brooke Buffington. is impacting your business, let me know,” he said. Buffington helped ute movie in ating from SHS in 1997, has Case” and the movie “Stick Now re-elected for a fourth 12 days can be long had an interest in It” starring Jeff Bridges. term in the House of Represen- write the script for screen writing, she said. Together, Buffington and tatives, Mulvaney said to ex- “maddening.” Eventually, she partnered Curley had produced two pect the House to be in session film she produced with actress and screen short films and a portfolio “non-stop” from Jan. 3, 2017, “A lot of peo- writer Maddy Curley to of pilot scripts for TV, Buff- into March. BY JIM HILLEY BUFFING- ple have to work work on the script which be- ington said. He said Congress will make [email protected] TON together to came “Chalk it Up,” a movie When she is not teaming heavy use of the 1996 Congres- make what you about a rejected college up with Curley to write, sional Review Bill, which was umter High School see on screen,” she said. “girly girl” who begins a Buffington is the associate part of former Speaker of the Buffington, who accepted gymnastics team at her col- director of career services House Newt Gingrich’s “Con- graduate Brooke an athletic scholarship to lege to impress her ex-boy- at Elon University, a private, tract with America.” Buffington said join the gymnastics team at friend. Curley has appeared liberal arts school in Elon, The act allows Congress to S University of North Caroli- in numerous TV series such filming an entire 90-min- na-Chapel Hill after gradu- as “Olympia” and “Cold SEE MOVIE, PAGE A5 SEE POLICIES, PAGE A6 Heating fuel can be an immediate need for many in the area BY JIM HILLEY Hunter said. “Some clients even use Ministry interviews clients for every [email protected] portable propane tanks that connect type of heat source imaginable. to a pipe inside to heat their homes.” “In most cases, we are readily avail- Though some people in Sumter In each case, when the supply has able to assist in a short time span to County have heating that is 100 per- been used, the need becomes immedi- ensure that clients will have the heat cent electric and paid on a monthly ate. they need,” Hunter said. “Without fi- basis, many residents use heating “Unlike monthly utility bills, these nancial assistance, many Sumter sources which are paid on an “as- customers will have no heat source County residents would go without needed” basis, said Sumter United “Many of our clients use kerosene without urgent assistance,” Hunter heat for periods of time.” Ministries Director’s Assistant Kathy for true, radiant heat in mobile homes said. Hunter. and older houses that are drafty,” She said the charity’s Crisis Relief SEE FIRESIDE, PAGE A6

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BY ADRIENNE SARVIS tion. David Clea has since they were flown to Georgia. ered a total loss with approx- home and $23,000 in contents [email protected] been treated for his injuries Benjamin was transported imately $12,000 in damage were saved, according to the and released, according to from the scene by Sumter and $10,000 in lost contents. incident report. REMBERT — One of the Lynthia Owens, a represen- County Emergency Medical According to the report, The call for the fire came victims of a house fire in the tative in the Joseph M. Still Services and received treat- the cause of the fire is unde- in about 8:30 p.m., and fire- 4100 block of Victoria Pol- Burn Center media depart- ment for minor burns and termined. fighters arrived about 8:55 lard Road in Rembert on Fri- ment. smoke inhalation from local Another house fire on Fri- p.m. and had the fire under day is in critical condition at According to an incident health care professionals. day in the 2000 block of control at approximately 9:45 Joseph M. Still Burn Center report from Sumter Fire De- When firefighters arrived Goodman Road in Lynch- p.m. in Augusta, Georgia, after partment, Sarah Benjamin, at 3:18 a.m., the 1,200-square- burg resulted in approxi- It was determined that the she was burned during the the Cleas’ daughter, removed foot mobile home was heavi- mately $15,000 in damage to blaze started as a grease fire early morning blaze. the couple from the resi- ly involved, and a portion of the structure and about in the kitchen that later Alpha Clea, 74, and her dence after she discovered the structure had collapsed. $2,000 in lost contents, ac- spread to a portion of the husband, 78-year-old David the house was on fire. She Firefighters had the blaze cording to an incident re- attic. Clea, were flown to the burn then took her parents to under control about 6:45 port. No injuries were reported center for their injuries that Kershaw County Medical a.m. Approximately $25,000 of at the time the incident re- also include smoke inhala- Center in Camden before The structure is consid- the 1,600-square-foot mobile port was completed.

STATE BRIEF 1 injured in rollover wreck FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS

Church shooting suspect will act as his own attorney CHARLESTON — The white man ac- cused of fatally shooting nine black pa- rishioners at a church was allowed Monday to act as his own attorney, opening the door to courtroom specta- cles at his death penalty trial, includ- ing Dylann Roof questioning survivors of the attack and relatives of the dead. Roof’s decision to represent himself comes months after he offered to plead guilty in exchange for the promise of life in prison. But federal prosecutors have refused to take the death penalty off the table in the slayings at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. Until now, Roof has been represented by one of the nation’s most respected capital defenders.

CORRECTION In Sunday’s edition of The Sumter Item, in the story “Hoping for a mira- cle,” it was incorrectly reported that Denny Stevens is on dialysis and that he is no longer employed. Stevens is not on dialysis and is still employed. It was also incorrectly reported that Ste- RICK CARPENTER / THE SUMTER ITEM vens’ son is Preston Anderson. Ander- Sumter County Emergency Medical Services load a victim into a flight-for-life helicopter Monday after a rollover wreck on Mc- son is Stevens’ grandson. Crays Mill Road near Santa Fe Trail. No other details were available Monday.

Sunday’s free Festival of Choirs ushers in sacred season BY IVY MOORE gins on the fourth Sunday be- Realms of Glory” by Henry T. on piano. Brown, will present “Morning [email protected] fore Christmas — Nov. 27 this Smart, all arranged by Dan • The Woman’s Afternoon of Promise (Veni, Emmanu- year — and ends on Christ- Edwards. Music Club Ensemble, direct- el)” by Joseph M. Martin. Ac- Forty-six years have passed mas Eve. Spirituality and great hap- ed by Betty Shofner, will pres- companists will be Barbara since the Woman’s Afternoon The four weeks, especially piness in anticipation of the ent “A La Nanita Nana (with Rearden on flute and Hamil- Music Club started its annual the Sundays, preceding second coming are reflected in Coventry Carol),” a tradition- ton Stoddard on piano. Festival of Choirs. The pro- Christmas are special times to the hymns and carols per- al Spanish melody joined with • Trinity United Methodist gram of Christmas music meditate not only on Christ’s formed by each ensemble. a traditional carol, all ar- Church choir will be directed held on the Sunday afternoon birth more than 2,000 years Sunday’s program will in- ranged by Greg Gilpin. Piano by Charles Haraway in sing- nearest the first Sunday of ago, but also on his second clude the following choirs and accompaniment is by Susan ing the traditional carol “In Advent has become known coming, or advent, at an un- selections: Hutson. Dulci Jubilo,” arranged by through the years as the har- known point in the future. • First Baptist Church, di- • The Church of the Holy Matthew Culloton. binger of the sacred Christ- The 47th Annual Festival of rected by Jake Ferrell, pre- Comforter choir, directed by As has been customary for mas season in Sumter. Choirs concert will open with senting “The Majesty and Danielle Sekel, will present many years, the final selec- Beginning at 3 p.m. Sunday a prelude by Trinity United Glory of Your Name” by Tom “Sanctus,” a Latin piece ar- tion in the program will be at Trinity United Methodist Methodist Church organist Fettke, with accompaniment ranged by Sherri Porterfield. the joyous Hallelujah Chorus Church, choirs from several Beth Lewallen, who will play by Michael Baier on cello, Floride McKoy will accompa- from Messiah, sung by all the local churches, as well as the Trinity’s new harpsichord; Debbie Hudson on piano and ny the choir on piano. choirs and directed by Sumter Civic Chorale and the she will be followed by the Walter S. Wilson Jr. on organ. • The St. James Lutheran Charles Haraway. They will Woman’s Afternoon Music Trinity Ringers, directed by • The Sumter Civic Cho- Church choir, directed and ac- be accompanied by Beth Club Ensemble, will each per- Charles Haraway, playing rale, directed by Paul Frey, companied on the organ by Lewallen on organ and Ste- form a specially selected piece “Bells Ringing Angels Sing- will perform “All on a Starry William Scobee, will present phen Winn on timpani. of music for the season of Ad- ing,” which incorporates Night,” with words by J. Paul “Bell Carol” by William Math- The public is invited to the 3 vent, the period Christians “Ding, Dong Merrily on Williams and music by Jo- ias. p.m. concert at Trinity UMC, recognize as the beginning of High,” a traditional carol, seph Graham. Anne Dave • The First Presbyterian 226 W. Liberty St. Admission the church year. Advent be- along with “Angels from the will accompany the chorale Church choir, directed by Joni is free.

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ter County, a field trip to Sumter Opera House is their Say Y.E.S. to a student first exposure to a live per- forming arts event. We don’t want it to be their last. Opera House launches education fund Sumter Opera House is pirate taught watch and reflect critically dedicated to building an arts 10-year-old Crystal — and to connect personal community throughout the about cloud forma- experience to universal county and will seek to A tions and nautical themes, via the arts. Expo- strengthen relationships terms. sure to live theater ignites a with community partners Jackie, 16, discovered that child’s imagination in a such as Sumter School Dis- Shakespeare “liked to write unique way, opening the trict and Sumter County about the same stuff I do.” door to a Cultural Commission in And Samantha, just 5, greater un- order to continue providing stayed behind at her school derstanding these arts education oppor- because her family couldn’t of the world tunities for students. Collab- afford a field trip. and a life- orative efforts combined In Sumter, as in other long love of with the Y.E.S. Fund will school districts, there are the arts. make it possible for thou- children who must miss the In addi- sands of students to experi- opportunity to experience tion, live arts ence the arts. and learn through the arts Seth are a re- Today, Nov. 29, is Giving because their families sim- Reimer markable Tuesday (#GivingTuesday). ply cannot pay for them. carrier of de- Giving Tuesday kicks off the Most teachers must ask stu- light and ex- charitable season, when dents to bring money from citement. These and other PHOTO PROVIDED many focus on their holiday home to attend a perfor- positive emotions are among Sumter Opera House has begun a unique scholarship to fund field and end-of-the-year giving. mance with their class. For humans’ most vital resourc- trips and tickets to cultural events for young students whose parents Support #GivingTuesday by some students, this is simply es: They attract others, lift cannot afford to pay for them. The Youth Education Scholarship fund saying “yes” to a field trip, not an option, and they are our mood and protect us will enrich not just the students’ appreciation of the arts, but can also “yes” to artists in school and unable to go. from sadness and illness. In improve reading, writing, math and science skills, improve school at- “yes” to a student. Sumter Opera House un- a world where families and tendance and provide other benefits. If you wish to make a do- derstands the power of the children experience trauma nation to the Y.E.S. Fund, arts, and we passionately be- from violence, war and natu- stop by Sumter Opera House, lieve that all children should ral disasters, music and the sponded: “Wonderful, educa- • Four times more likely to 21 N. Main St., call the box have access to the arts re- other arts can play a power- tional performance; this is participate in math and sci- office at (803) 436-2616, or gardless of their economic ful role in their healing. the way kids need to learn.” ence fairs; simply check the box and status. Donations to the Y.E.S. Arts education develops • Three times more likely add a donation during your In an effort to increase ac- Fund would also help us the very talents that busi- to win an award for school next online ticket purchase cess to the arts, Sumter send artists into local class- ness leaders, educators and attendance; and at www.SumterOperaHouse. Opera House is excited to rooms to lead workshops for parents feel are needed for • Four times more likely to com. Your donation will help launch our Youth Education teachers and students. This students to be creative prob- win an award for writing an say “YES” to children like Scholarship Fund. double exposure between lem solvers, analytical think- essay or poem. Samantha. This new program will live performances and in- ers, collaborative workers (Source: NGA Center for Best provide tickets to students school workshops deepens and discerning in their rela- Practices’ Impact of Arts Edu- Seth Reimer is Sumter City with economic hardships to learning, provides students tionships with others. For cation on Workforce Prepara- cultural manager and a co- offset some of the costs asso- with positive role models example, children who study tion) owner of Miss Libby’s School ciated with seeing a perfor- and expands the arts experi- the arts are: For many children in Sum- of Dance. mance. Donors to the Y.E.S. ence beyond the walls of the • Four times more likely to Fund would then make it theater. be recognized for academic possible for thousands of When asked whether this achievement; children in the Pee Dee re- process of double exposure • Elected to class office gion to experience the arts works, an R.E. Davis Ele- within their schools three SAVINGS ON regardless of economic cir- mentary School teacher re- times as often; cumstances. A donation means every- thing to a child who wants to go on a field trip with his or JASPER CONNER her class. All it takes is $10 RECLINER RECLINER to say “Yes” to a child like $ LAWRENCE $ 399 RECLINER 399 Samantha. It is even possible $ to sponsor an entire class- 399 room for $250. Why are live performances important? Bringing stu- dents to a live theatrical per- at formance challenges them to

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KASHIWA, Japan (AP) — tody battle ensued. The court compared photos. They found At a public bath in a Yokoha- ruled in Sweden’s favor in they had similar ones of their ma slum in the 1950s, a red- 1958. father. They visited the grave haired girl scrubs her skin Under a compromise with of their father, who had died with a pumice stone, hard, to the Swedish Embassy, the on Feb. 3, 2003, at the age of try to get the white out. child would go to an interna- 77. Other kids sometimes taunt tional school, live with a for- “I had to give him respect, her. “American, American.” eign host family during the you know. But, um, hmm, it She yells back, “I’m Japa- week and stay with her nanny was like, you know, ‘Why did nese!” Fumi Yamaguchi on week- you die 11 months ago?’” Mar- She is told she was aban- ends. ianne said. “You could have doned. Only much later would That wasn’t the only change lived a little bit longer after all she learn that her family had the deal required. Until then, these years.” been a casualty of anti-Asian the girl had been known as She decided to claim her immigration policy in the Mary Ann Yamaguchi. “From U.S. citizenship, in his honor. United States. Her American now on,” Yamaguchi told her, It would take 12 years. U.S. of- father got Congress to pass a “your name is going to be ficials had questions about special bill that would have al- Marianne Wilson.” the law and about why some- lowed her to enter the U.S., It was a name she hated. one who did not intend to yet she went most of her 67 Marianne is the Swedish ver- move to America wanted citi- years without knowing that. sion of Mary Ann, and in her zenship. “So many coincidences hap- 9-year-old mind, it was the “Her case is a consequence pened in my life,” she said in source of all her troubles. She of this history of discrimina- an interview at her house out- struggled to learn English, tion from immigration law side Tokyo. “But altogether, and while she met other and citizenship law that I you know, I managed to put mixed-race children, it didn’t thought really needed to be the whole story, that now I’m help her understand her own corrected,” said Rose Cuison settled, and I have peace of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS family. Villazor, a professor at the Im- mind. Thank goodness that I Marianne Wilson Kuroda offers flowers to her family graves Sept. 17 On her deathbed in 1975, Ya- migration Law Clinic at the don’t have to live with two at the Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery in Yokohama, near Tokyo. maguchi told Marianne every- University of California, people anymore.” Red-haired girl Marianne in a Japanese slum knew she was different, thing. James Vaughn was her Davis, who helped Marianne. Those two people are Mary but she didn’t know why; six decades later, she finally put the last father, and he hadn’t aban- “There was ... this awful histo- Ann Vaughn, the girl she was piece of her shattered identity into place. Marianne Wilson was torn doned her but had tried to ry that I felt needed to be ad- born as, and Marianne Wil- from her parents — by U.S. immigration policy and by fate — before find her. She gave her old pho- dressed as a matter of jus- son, the girl that fate made she was old enough to remember them. It took her decades to learn tos and said, these are your tice.” her. the truth and decades more to reclaim her family. parents. The U.S. ultimately granted Her father, Texas-born Marianne did not investi- Marianne citizenship. A photo James Vaughn, arrived in law, because she was half- American. In fact, she was gate further until after she posted this June on Facebook Japan in early 1946. The Japanese. Back in the U.S., taught to be terrified of had a family of her own and shows a smiling Marianne 20-year-old civilian was as- he wrote to Congress, which Americans. But ultimately, an had become Marianne Wilson standing outside the U.S. Em- signed to a U.S. military base passed a law allowing Wilson organization set up to help or- Kuroda. Even then it took bassy in Tokyo, holding up in Yokohama. He met 16-year- and her daughter to enter phans left behind by Ameri- years to get answers. In 2004, the oath of allegiance she had old Vivienne Wilson working the U.S. It was dated Aug. 5, can soldiers found her. the Japanese Red Cross told just signed. in the PX to help support her 1950. In letters to the Swedish her: We found James Vaughn, She says she has one more family. Their daughter, Mary That very day Vivienne Wil- consul in Tokyo in 1955, the but unfortunately he died 11 task. She wants to visit the Ann Vaughn, was born in a son died of tuberculosis. Mary group reported that Mary months ago. And you have a cemetery in the west Texas Yokohama hospital on April Ann was 16 months old. Ann’s nanny wanted to adopt younger brother in America. city of Spur where her pater- 17, 1949. Wilson’s family asked her her but questioned whether Three months later, she was nal grandparents are buried. It was an ill-fated romance. nanny to take care of Mary that was advisable, given her flying to Albuquerque, New “I want to show them my The military denied Vaughn Ann until her father returned. impoverished circumstances. Mexico. American passport and say, permission to marry Wilson, He never did. Sweden decided it should She and her 56-year-old ‘Grandpa, Grandma. I’m based on U.S. immigration She didn’t know she was find a home for her, and a cus- half-brother, Steve Vaughn, home.’”

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Kickstarter,” Buffington said. “But we Movie co-writer, producer What did she learn about making did get in touch with the people who movies? funded it through the site.” worked doing project management. “Everything takes longer than it By December 2013, they had se- “Making sure people were where needs to,” she said. cured the funding, and the film was they needed to be,” she explained. She and Curley are not done screen- shot in September 2014 in Riverside, The filming was followed by nine writing, she said. California. months of post-production, she said. “We are working on a pilot that is Hisonni Johnson directed the “There are a lot of small parts of an inside look at an NCAA Division I movie, and Curley was cast as the post-production that people don’t take athletics department through the eyes PHOTO PROVIDED lead role. The movie also stars John into consideration,” Buffington said. of the athletic director,” Buffington Chalk it Up is a family friendly movie available on DeLuca. “For example, if you watch our film said. “What really happens behind the Netflix and Amazon and was produced by Sumter During filming, Buffington said she when an actress is looking at some- scenes.” High School graduate Brooke Buffington. Senate leader says he won’t be No. 2 if Haley goes to UN COLUMBIA (AP) — South day’s statement makes it offi- But some argue a 2014 refer- quit the lieutenant governor ernor should choose the re- Carolina’s most powerful poli- cial without indicating any of endum approved by voters al- job to be president of the Col- placement. tician is refusing to become the political chess moves that lows McMaster to choose his lege of Charleston, his succes- While voters approved the lieutenant governor — a job could occur in the coming replacement. The question sor as pro tem, Sen. John changes, many point to the no one seems to want — if weeks to fill a job considered may ultimately be decided by Courson, resigned the post opening clause of the ballot Gov. Nikki Haley becomes am- part-time. the state Supreme Court. rather than be forced to leave question, which specified bassador to the Lt. Gov. Henry McMaster When former Lt. Gov. Ken the Senate. The GOP-con- changes were to begin “with United Nations. will replace Haley as South Ard pleaded guilty to cam- trolled Senate then chose a the general election of 2018.” It Senate Presi- Carolina’s governor if the U.S. paign violations in 2012, then- Democrat as pro tem, immedi- was the Senate that required dent Pro Tem Senate confirms Donald Senate President Pro Tem ately pushing him into the the delay before approving the Hugh Leather- Trump’s pick for his Cabinet. Glenn McConnell reluctantly lieutenant governor’s spot be- question. man said Monday It’s a job that McMaster — the resigned his Charleston seat cause no Republican wanted The stipulation infuriated he will not leave nation’s first statewide office- of 32 years to fulfill what he that job. The voters elected Haley, who said at the time LEATHER- his Senate seat holder to endorse Trump — called his constitutional du- McMaster five months later. that it ensured the restructur- MAN “under any cir- has long wanted. Haley says ties. A stickler for the rules, To prevent another such ing she’d pushed for since her cumstances.” she’ll remain governor until McConnell said then he could scenario, the Legislature 2010 campaign won’t take ef- “I would like to make it very then. not have looked at himself in asked voters in 2014 whether fect until she’s out of office. If clear that I have no ambition The state constitution has the mirror if he tried to cir- the governor and lieutenant confirmed as ambassador, the for statewide office,” said the called for the Senate president cumvent the Constitution’s governor should run on the term-limited governor will be 85-year-old Florence Republi- pro tem to become lieutenant line of succession. same ticket, and, if the No. 2 leaving office two years before can, who was re-elected in No- governor. But when McConnell later spot becomes vacant, the gov- her tenure expires. vember to a 10th term after winning a three-way primary in which Haley backed the sec- ond-place finisher. “I will not leave my Senate seat to serve as lieutenant governor. 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COMMENTARY New GOP end of ‘checklist conservatism’ BY F.H. BUCKLEY

here was a telling moment in the mid- dle of the Republican primaries when a reporter asked Donald Trump to Tcomment on charges that he really wasn’t a conservative. “It’s called the Republican Party,” he an- swered. “Not the conservative party.” Understand that, and you’ll understand the path Trump took to victory — through Penn- sylvania, Ohio and Michigan, not through the Conservative Political Action Conference or K Street. It’s something nearly everyone on the left missed, from the academy to fake-news sites like the Washington Post. They painted him as an arch-reactionary, at best Barry Gold- water but more likely George Wallace. He’s nei- COMMENTARY ther of them, of course. He’s a proud New Yorker, at ease with mod- ern society, with same-sex marriage, with So- cial Security, with the idea that our health care Credulous Western dupes and Castro laws should look after the most vulnerable Americans. BY JOHN FUND tweeting, “With the death of it’s been holding on to power — He’s not in any way a bigot, and the only #FidelCastro, the world has which is easy to do when you blinkered folks who would think he is are peo- exico City — Fidel lost a man who was a hero for don’t have elections.” ple who can understand the world only through Castro was a re- many.” The debate over Castro will the prism of race and gender and who more- markably lucky dic- Then there was Canadian rage on, but arguments over over are eager to smear their opponents. M tator. Unlike many prime minister Justin him should take account of Here’s what Trump isn’t: a right-wing ideo- — Romania’s Ceausescu and Trudeau. The 46-year-old lead- how unusual a dictator he was. logue, a member of the Republican Party of Libya’s Qaddafi come to mind er fondly recalled that his fa- My colleague Andrew Stutta- Mitt Romney and Ted Cruz, of checklist con- — he wasn’t executed by his ther, Pierre, when he was ford has noted at NRO that servatism and of the idea that 47 percent of own people and instead died in prime minister, had frequently during the Cuban Missile Cri- Americans are “takers.” That party died in bed at age 90. During the visited with Castro. The young- sis of 1962, Castro wanted to 2012, a victim in part of its own heartlessness. Cuban missile crisis, he wrung er Trudeau lauded Castro for start a nuclear war. He urged It took with it the right-wing intellectuals who, a secret promise from the U.S. supposed advances in health Soviet leader Nikita Khrush- after all, aren’t so very intelligent and the that it would never invade care, education and literacy chev to launch a first strike right-wing thinkers who aren’t well read either Cuba. He then survived dozens and described him as “a larger against the United States. In a and who so closely resemble the left in their of assassination attempts by than life leader who served his letter, Khrushchev felt com- contempt for Trump’s supporters. the Kennedy administration people for almost half a centu- pelled to talk his ally off the What unites those at the extremes of our pol- until a Castro sympathizer ry.” He confesses that he felt ledge thusly: itics is a belief in the rottenness of ordinary named Lee Harvey Oswald put “deep sorrow” at Castro’s “Cuba would have burned in Americans. a stop to them and to the life of death, adding, “While a contro- the fires of war. ... We struggle For the left, it’s a story of racial prejudice, President Kennedy in 1963. versial figure, both Mr. Cas- against imperialism, not in of misogyny and gay-bashing. For the right, Castro ruled for 45 years tro’s supporters and detractors order to die, but to draw on all it’s a story of moral decay, of shiftless, Oxy- after that, until his retirement recognized his tremendous of our potential, to lose as lit- sniffing degenerates from broken homes. For in 2008, persecuting dissidents, dedication and love for the tle as possible, and later to win both, it has spawned a redneck-porn literature jailing gays and murdering op- Cuban people who had a deep more, so as to be a victor and in which the upper-class reader is encouraged ponents. and lasting affection for ‘el Co- make Communism triumph.” to hug himself in delight as he contemplates Even after he turned power mandante.’” Lastly, for all of Castro’s the awfulness of those beneath him, the coal over to his brother Raul, Fidel Such willful blindness ranting about the exploitive miner, the struggling housewife, the laid-off continued to be feted and ad- spurred other Twitter users to nature of capitalism, it takes a worker. mired by world leaders. Few launch the tag #trudeaueulo- truly mercenary mind to come Trump wasn’t having any of that. He didn’t dictators could have collected gies to mock the clueless Cana- up with the schemes his re- think that Americans were bigots or that any- the kind of respectful foreign dian leader. gime employed to garner hard one lost his job because he sniffed Oxy. In- tributes that poured in from “While controversial, Darth currency — from drug-running stead, if anyone sniffed Oxy, it’s because he Western countries after his Vader achieved great heights to assassinations to, well, vam- was demoralized because he didn’t have a job. death last Friday. in space construction & played piric behavior. The Inter- Trump trusted in the basic goodness of Amer- Here in Mexico, which har- a formative role in his son’s American Commission on icans and thought that fixing the job situation bored the young revolutionary life,” quipped Jason Markusoff, Human Rights reported in 1966 is the only moral rearmament crusade we Castro and provided the a correspondent for Canada’s that 166 Cuban prisoners were need or could have. The voters got it, and so launching pad for his return to Maclean’s magazine. executed on a single day in did extremists on the right and left, which is Cuba in 1956, the response Canadian sports commenta- May of that year. But before why they hated him. from government officials was tor Mike Hogan added: “Today they were killed, they were Trump bids to create a different kind of Re- pathetic. we mourn the loss of Norman forced to undergo the extrac- publican Party. As America’s natural govern- Mexican President Enrique Bates, a family man who was tion of an average of seven ing party, it would be one that more closely re- Peña Nieto called Castro a truly defined by his devotion to pints of blood from their bod- sembles Eisenhower’s Republican Party, with friend of Mexico who had pro- his mother.” ies. its interstate highway and Great Lakes Seaway moted bilateral relationships Australian news columnist This blood was sold to Com- programs, or John F. Kennedy’s Democratic based on “respect, dialogue Rita Panahi wrote, “Although munist Vietnam at a rate of $50 Party, with its space exploration and tax-re- and solidarity.” flawed, Hitler was a vegetarian per pint. Those who underwent form policies. Miguel Angel Mancera, the who loved animals, was a con- the bloodletting suffered cere- Those were parties that took pride in Ameri- head of government in Mexico tributor to the arts & proud ad- bral anemia and a state of un- ca and would not have been satisfied with any- City, also expressed solidarity vocate for Germany.” consciousness and paralysis. thing less than American Greatness. with Fidel on his Twitter ac- Trudeau’s comments infuri- But that didn’t stop the execu- The Democratic Party used to be one of count: “Death of an icon of ated Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the tions; the victims were carried noble ideals, best articulated in Kennedy’s In- history, Fidel Castro, leader of former chair of the House For- on a stretcher to the killing augural Address, a speech one can’t read the Cuban Revolution, go with eign Relations Committee. Ros- field where they were then today without feeling a tremendous sense of the people of Cuba in their Lehtinen had to flee Cuba as a shot. loss. One heard an echo of it from President mourning. Rest in peace #MM” small child with her family Luckily, to our knowledge, Obama in 2008, but these were themes he But none of the Mexican offi- after Castro’s takeover. Speak- such atrocities aren’t carried quickly abandoned in favor of identity poli- cials descended to the depths ing on CNN, she directly ad- out in Cuba anymore. tics, divisiveness and a supercilious contempt of Jill Stein, leader of Ameri- dressed Trudeau: But the evil that the old vam- for his opponents. ca’s Green party. She took time “I’ve been reading his sicken- pire Fidel perpetrated over a That left a hole in American politics, a hole off fundraising to launch re- ing love letter to dead Fidel span of five decades should be filled by Trump and by a new Republican counts of this month’s presi- Castro and I’m thinking, ‘Sure, remembered even as credulous Party that bids to render obsolete all the for- dential election to tweet her you did not lose a loved one to Western leaders continue to mer distinctions in American politics. The old homage: “Fidel Castro was a an execution squad. You did not look the other way and ignore right-left axis is dead. In its place, new ones symbol of the struggle for jus- lose a loved one to the gulags in the malevolence he represent- will arise — between political virtue and the tice in the shadow of empire. Cuba. ... The only thing that ed. corruption of crony capitalism, between com- Presente!” Fidel has been successful in has passion and the callousness of right-wing EU Leader Jean-Claude not been health or education, John Fund is NRO’s national- ideologues and left-wing haters, and between Juncker added to the encomia, or human rights or democracy, affairs correspondent. great- and small-souled people, those who be- lieve in American Greatness and those con- tent with mediocrity. EDITORIAL PAGE POLICIES Trump is a shape-shifter, the agent of trans- formation who utterly changed one political EDITORIALS represent the views of the owners of this LETTERS TO THE EDITOR are written by readers of the party and confounded the other. He is the artist newspaper. newspaper. They should be no more than 350 words and sent of Trump Tower and will shortly be the artist via e-mail to [email protected], dropped off at The Sumter of the White House. Item office, 20 N. Magnolia St. or mailed to The Sumter Item, Trump’s faith in the American people earned COLUMNS AND COMMENTARY are the personal opinion of P.O. Box 1677, Sumter, S.C. 29151, along with the full name of him the contempt of extremists on the right the writer whose byline appears. Columns from readers should and left. That’s as it should be. As Oscar Wilde the writer, plus an address and telephone number for be typed, double-spaced and no more than 850 words. Send noted, when critics disagree, the artist is in ac- verification purposes only. Letters that exceed 350 words will them to The Sumter Item, Opinion Pages, P.O. Box 1677, Sumter, cord with himself. be cut accordingly in the print edition, but available in their S.C. 29151, or email to [email protected] or graham@ entirety at www.theitem.com/opinion/letters_to_editor. F.H. Buckley’s most recent book is “The Way theitem.com. Back: Restoring the Promise of America.” A8 | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2016 DAILY PLANNER THE SUMTER ITEM

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PREP BASKETBALL USC BASKETBALL USC cracks Marquee Monday Top 25 polls Corbett, Williams lead Sumter boys past Lakewood in battle of preseason top 5 teams after recent victories FROM STAFF and WIRE REPORTS

A pair of victories over Top 25 basketball teams were enough to get the University of South Carolina into both The Associated Press and USA Today Top 25 polls. The Gamecocks, who beat then No. 25 Michigan on Wednesday and followed it with a win over then No. 18 on Saturday, are No. 20 in the AP poll released on Monday. USC MARTIN is No. 23 in the USA Today poll. Carolina, which is 6-0 on the season, did not re- ceive any votes in last week’s AP poll. South Carolina knocked off Michigan 61-46 in Columbia before traveling to Brooklyn, N.Y., and knocking off Syracuse 64-50. Kentucky and Villanova re- main the top two teams in the AP poll while Baylor made the week’s biggest jump, from No. 20 to ninth. The Kentucky Wildcats (6-0) received 40 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel while Villanova, also known as the Wildcats, was No. 1 on 20 ballots.

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RICK CARPENTER / THE SUMTER ITEM Sumter High’s Jaylenn Corbett (22) comes down with a rebound over Lakewood’s Dontrea Osborne (1) during the Gamecocks’ 51-37 vic- tory on Monday at the SHS gymnasium. Corbett had 15 points and 10 rebounds to lead Sumter.

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS rivalry matchup was just a alum Frances Fields got her first [email protected] momentary hiccup. victory as the Lady Gamecocks new Jaylenn Corbett scored 15 points head coach as they cruised past Second-year Sumter High School and Darius Williams added 10 as Lakewood, one of Fields’ former THE ASSOCIATED PRESS boys basketball head coach Shawn Sumter pulled away in the second teams, 72-27. Carolina quarterback Cam Newton Jones was almost gushing about this half to top LHS 51-37 in a battle of Sumter travels to A.C. Flora on (1) watches on the sideline during year’s group of players on Monday preseason contenders. Both the Friday while Lakewood will travel to the Panthers’ 35-32 loss to Oak- after the Gamecocks opened their Gamecocks and Gators were ranked Manning on Thursday. The schools land on Sunday in Oakland, Calif. season against rival Lakewood at fifth in the initial preseason will play again on Saturday at The the SHS gymnasium. coaches’ poll for their respective Swamp. Gators head coach Bryan Brown, classes. on the other hand, hopes the early Meanwhile on the girls side, SHS SEE SUMTER, PAGE B3 Panthers deal with ACC CHAMPIONSHIP Hokies’ Evans happy as ‘other’ QB to Clemson’s Watson another

BY HANK KURZ JR. The Associated Press bummer BY JOSH DUBOW One of the quarterbacks in the ACC The Associated Press Championship game has already bro- ken records for touchdown passes OAKLAND, Calif. — Cam and total yards in a season at his Newton's return to the Bay school. The other one is Clemson’s Area finished in similar fash- Heisman Trophy contender, Deshaun ion to his last trip here for Watson. the Super Bowl: a lost fumble Virginia Tech’s Jerod Evans is just on a strip sack that ended fine with being the “other” quarter- any hopes for a Carolina back this week. comeback. Evans said he is not going to get While the stakes were far caught up in all the hoopla heading lower than in the Super Bowl into Saturday night’s game in Orlan- defeat to Denver, the roller- do, Florida. While Watson is making a coaster 35-32 loss to the Oak- late-season surge that has enhanced land Raiders on Sunday his Heisman hopes, and the Tigers’ might have ended the Pan- playoff chances, Evans just wants to thers hopes of making it back focus on giving his team its best to the playoffs. chance to win. Carolina (4-7) scored 25 “I’m not paying attention to all the straight points to take an hype or all the media attention,” eight-point lead early in the Evans said. “... I’ll get my chance, and fourth quarter before allow- when I do, I’ve just got to make the ing Derek Carr and the Raid- most if it. It is what it is. I’m not fo- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ers (9-2) to rally to take the cused on that. Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson reacts after throwing a touchdown pass to tight lead. end Jordan Leggett against South Carolina during the Tigers’ 56-7 win on Saturday in SEE CLEMSON, PAGE B5 Clemson. The Tigers face Virginia Tech in the ACC Championship on Saturday. SEE PANTHERS, PAGE B4 B2 | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2016 SPORTS THE SUMTER ITEM USC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCOREBOARD EASTERN CONFERENCE Dallas at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. TV, RADIO New Jersey at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. ATLANTIC DIVISION Florida at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. TODAY W L Pct GB Nashville at Colorado, 9 p.m. 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk Toronto 10 6 .625 — Toronto at Edmonton, 9 p.m. (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). Boston 9 7 .563 1 Arizona at San Jose, 10 p.m. 6:30 p.m. – College Basketball: North New York 8 8 .500 2 Montreal at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Dakota State at Xavier (FOX SPORS Brooklyn 4 12 .250 6 Minnesota at Vancouver, 10 p.m. 1). Philadelphia 4 13 .235 6½ 6:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Dela- SOUTHEAST DIVISION WEDNESDAY’S GAMES ware State at St. John’s (FOX SPORTS Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders, 8 p.m. 2). W L Pct GB Atlanta 10 7 .588 — Toronto at Calgary, 8:30 p.m. 7 p.m. – College Football: College San Jose at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Football Playoff Top 25 (ESPN). Charlotte 9 7 .563 ½ Orlando 6 11 .353 4 7 p.m. – College Basketball: ACC/Big THURSDAY’S GAMES Ten Challenge – Pittsburgh at Mary- Washington 5 10 .333 4 Miami 5 11 .313 4½ N.Y. Islanders at Washington, 7 p.m. land (ESPN2). Dallas at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. 7 p.m. – College Basketball: ACC/Big CENTRAL DIVISION N.Y. Rangers at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Ten Challenge – Georgia Tech at Penn W L Pct GB Carolina at Boston, 7 p.m. State (ESPNU). Cleveland 13 2 .867 — Florida at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. 7 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Detroit at Chicago 10 6 .625 3½ Philadelphia at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Charlotte (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST). Indiana 9 9 .500 5½ Edmonton at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. 7 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Carolina at New Milwaukee 7 8 .467 6 Tampa Bay at St. Louis, 8 p.m. York Rangers (FOX SPORTSOUTH). Detroit 8 10 .444 6½ New Jersey at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. 7 p.m. – College Basketball: Charles- Los Angeles at Arizona, 9 p.m. ton Southern at Alabama (SEC NET- WESTERN CONFERENCE Columbus at Colorado, 9 p.m. WORK). 7:30 p.m. – College Basketball: ACC/ SOUTHWEST DIVISION Anaheim at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Big Ten Challenge – Syracuse at Wis- W L Pct GB consin (ESPN). San Antonio 14 3 .824 — 7:30 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Boston at Memphis 11 6 .647 3 NCAA FCS PLAYOFFS Philadelphia (NBC SPORTS NET- Houston 11 6 .647 3 WORK). New Orleans 6 12 .333 8½ The Associated Press 8 p.m. – Youth Golf: Junior League Dallas 3 13 .188 10½ Saturday, Nov. 26 Golf National Championship from NORTHWEST DIVISION Villanova 31, Saint Francis (Pa.) 21 Scottsdale, Ariz. (GOLF). Chattanooga 45, Weber State 14 W L Pct GB New Hampshire 64, Lehigh 21 8:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Buffa- Oklahoma City 10 8 .556 — lo at Creighton (FOX SPORTS 1). Wofford 15, Charleston Southern 14 Utah 9 8 .529 ½ Richmond 39, N.C. A&T 10 9 p.m. – College Basketball: ACC/Big Portland 9 10 .474 1½ Ten Challenge – Iowa at Notre Dame Central Arkansas 31, Illinois State 24 Denver 7 10 .412 2½ Youngstown St. 38, Samford 24 (ESPN2). Minnesota 5 11 .313 4 9 p.m. – College Basketball: ACC/Big San Diego 35, Cal Poly 21 Ten Challenge – North Carolina State PACIFIC DIVISION at Illinois (ESPNU). W L Pct GB SECOND ROUND 9 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Houston at Golden State 15 2 .882 — Saturday, Dec. 3 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Utah (NBA TV). L.A. Clippers 14 4 .778 1½ New Hampshire (8-4) at James Madi- 9 p.m. – College Basketball: Houston L.A. Lakers 9 9 .500 6½ son (10-1), 2 p.m. South Carolina guard Doniyah Cliney (4) drives past at Louisiana State (SEC NETWORK).h Sacramento 7 10 .412 8 Youngstown State (9-3) at Jackson- Louisville guard Asia Durr (25), left, during the Gamecocks’ 9:30 p.m. – College Basketball: ACC/ Phoenix 5 13 .278 10½ ville State (10-1), 2 p.m. Big Ten Challenge – Michigan State at Villanova (9-3) at South Dakota State 83-59 victory in the Basketball Hall of Fame Women’s Challenge Duke (ESPN). SUNDAY’S GAMES (8-3), 3 p.m. on Sunday in Springfield, Mass. 10 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Toronto at Ed- Cleveland 112, Philadelphia 108 Chattanooga (9-3) at Sam Houston monton (Joined In Progress) (NBC Denver 120, Phoenix 114 State (11-0), 3 p.m. SPORTS NETWORK). Indiana 91, L.A. Clippers 70 San Diego (10-1) at North Dakota Milwaukee 104, Orlando 96 State (10-1), 3:30 p.m. Sacramento 122, Brooklyn 105 Central Arkansas (10-2) at Eastern Dallas 91, New Orleans 81 Washington (10-1), 4 p.m. No. 3 USC women NFL STANDINGS Houston 130, Portland 114 Wofford (9-3) at The Citadel (10-1), 6 By The Associated Press L.A. Lakers 109, Atlanta 94 p.m. Richmond (9-3) at North Dakota (9-2), AMERICAN CONFERENCE MONDAY’S GAMES 6 p.m. Sacramento at Washington, 7 p.m. whip Louisville 83-59 EAST Boston at Miami, 7:30 p.m. QUARTERFINALS W L T Pct PF PA Oklahoma City at New York, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9-Saturday, Dec. 10 New England 9 2 0 .818 293 197 Philadelphia at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. San Diego-North Dakota State win- BY DOUG FEINBERG Miami 7 4 0 .636 249 240 Charlotte at Memphis, 8 p.m. ner vs. Villanova-South Dakota State WOMEN’S TOP 25 Buffalo 6 5 0 .545 281 236 Utah at Minnesota, 8 p.m. winner The Associated Press N.Y. Jets 3 8 0 .273 196 266 Atlanta at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. The Associated Press Chattanooga-Sam Houston State SOUTH winner vs. New Hampshire-James The top 25 teams in The Associ- W L T Pct PF PA TUESDAY’S GAMES Madison winner SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Detroit at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Youngstown State-Jacksonville State ated Press’ women’s college Houston 6 5 0 .545 194 236 L.A. Clippers at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Dawn Staley knows her basketball poll, with first-place Tennessee 6 6 0 .500 308 296 winner vs. Wofford-The Citadel win- Cleveland at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. ner South Carolina team plays votes in parentheses, records Indianapolis 5 6 0 .455 270 301 L.A. Lakers at New Orleans, 8 p.m. through Nov. 27, total points Jacksonville 2 9 0 .182 214 293 Richmond-North Dakota winner vs. its best when the offense is Orlando at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Central Arkansas-Eastern Washing- based on 25 points for a first- NORTH Houston at Utah, 9 p.m. place vote through one point ton winner balanced. W L T Pct PF PA for a 25th-place vote and previ- WEDNESDAY’S GAMES The third-ranked Game- ous ranking Baltimore 6 5 0 .545 218 201 SEMIFINALS Pittsburgh 6 5 0 .545 266 222 Sacramento at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16 cocks did just that to rout Record Pts Prv Cincinnati 3 7 1 .318 213 245 Detroit at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Pairings TBD, 7 p.m. No. 4 Louisville 83-59 on 1. Notre Dame (16) 6-0 803 1 Cleveland 0 12 0 .000 197 352 Memphis at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17 2. UConn (14) 4-0 797 2 L.A. Lakers at Chicago, 8 p.m. Pairings TBD, 6:30 p.m. Sunday in the Basketball 3. S. Carolina (3) 5-0 766 3 WEST New York at Minnesota, 8 p.m. 4. Baylor 7-1 725 5 W L T Pct PF PA Washington at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Hall of Fame women’s chal- Oakland 9 2 0 .818 307 275 CHAMPIONSHIP 5. Maryland 6-0 694 6 San Antonio at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7 lenge. 6. Mississippi St. 7-0 636 7 Kansas City 8 3 0 .727 252 214 Atlanta at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Denver 7 4 0 .636 266 219 At Toyota Stadium Alaina Coates had 17 7. Louisville 6-1 634 4 Miami at Denver, 9 p.m. Frisco, Texas 8. Florida St. 6-1 551 10 San Diego 5 6 0 .455 313 291 Indiana at Portland, 10 p.m. points and 14 rebounds Semifinal winners, Noon 9. Ohio St. 5-2 546 8 NATIONAL CONFERENCE while A’ja Wilson and Alli- 10. UCLA 5-1 541 9 THURSDAY’S GAMES 11. Stanford 6-1 479 11 EAST Dallas at Charlotte, 7 p.m. sha Gray also scored 17 12. Oklahoma 5-0 445 13 W L T Pct PF PA Milwaukee at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. NCAA DII PLAYOFFS 13. Washington 6-1 423 15 Dallas 10 1 0 .909 316 213 L.A. Clippers at Cleveland, 8 p.m. points apiece for the Game- Orlando at Memphis, 8 p.m. The Associated Press 14. Texas 2-2 400 14 N.Y. Giants 8 3 0 .727 231 213 UCLA is 11th followed by Saint cocks (5-0), who turned a 15. DePaul 5-1 318 18 Washington 6 4 1 .591 280 264 Miami at Utah, 9 p.m. Houston at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Mary’s, Indiana, which dropped 10 tight game into a blowout, 16. West Virginia 7-0 303 19 Philadelphia 5 5 0 .500 241 186 places following its loss to Fort 17. Kentucky 5-1 276 20 Wayne, Louisville, Purdue, using a 17-3 run spanning 18. Miami 5-1 245 21 SOUTH W L T Pct PF PA Arizona, Wisconsin, Butler, Iowa 19. Florida 4-1 192 16 NHL STANDINGS State and USC. The last five teams the half to take control. 20. Syracuse 4-3 146 11 Atlanta 7 4 0 .636 358 302 Tampa Bay 6 5 0 .545 249 264 By The Associated Press are Rhode Island, Syracuse, Oregon, “We’re pretty balanced 21. Colorado 6-0 116 - Florida and West Virginia. The four 22. Tennessee 3-2 99 17 New Orleans 5 6 0 .455 334 307 offensively. They did a good Carolina 4 7 0 .364 276 281 EASTERN CONFERENCE teams that dropped out are No. 22 23. Auburn 6-1 70 - Texas, No. 24 Michigan State and job of playing off our point 24. Oregon St. 3-1 69 22 NORTH ATLANTIC DIVISION Michigan and Florid guards,” Staley said. “Our 25. Texas A&M 5-0 68 - W L T Pct PF PA GP W L OT Pts GF Detroit 7 4 0 .636 247 238 GAMontreal 22 16 4 2 34 67 48 FIRST ROUND post players are used to Others receiving votes: South Minnesota 6 5 0 .545 218 192 Ottawa 22 14 7 1 29 51 51 Saturday, Nov. 19 playing with each other.” Florida 51, Oregon 49, Arizona Green Bay 4 6 0 .400 247 276 Tampa Bay 23 13 9 1 27 70 60 Indiana (Pa.) 62, Fairmont State 13 St. 45, Michigan St. 36, Virginia Chicago 2 9 0 .182 178 264 Boston 22 12 10 0 24 53 50 LIU Post 48, Winston-Salem 41 South Carolina led 39-32 Tech 33, Georgia Tech 30, Mar- WEST Florida 22 11 10 1 23 57 58 Shepherd 48, Assumption 31 quette 26, Michigan 22, Califor- Toronto 21 9 8 4 22 66 69 North Carolina-Pembroke 24, Valdos- when Kaela Davis hit con- nia 20, Northwestern 18, Green W L T Pct PF PA Seattle 7 3 1 .682 224 187 Detroit 22 10 10 2 22 54 58 ta State 21 secutive 3-pointers to ex- Bay 10, Gonzaga 7, Oklahoma Buffalo 21 7 9 5 19 39 53 Tuskegee 35, Newberry 33 St. 7, South Dakota St. 7, Kan- Arizona 4 6 1 .409 245 228 pand the advantage to dou- Los Angeles 4 7 0 .364 170 236 METROPOLITAN DIVISION North Greenville 27, Florida Tech 13 sas St. 6, Missouri 6, Boise St. 5, Ferris State 65, Midwestern State ble digits. Fellow transfer Duke 5. San Francisco 1 10 0 .091 228 344 GP W L OT Pts GF GAN.Y. Rangers23 15 7 1 31 85 57 (Texas) 34 Allisha Gray then added a THURSDAY’S GAMES Pittsburgh 22 13 6 3 29 66 65 Emporia State 59, Minnesota-Duluth three-point play with 6:42 made it 48-32 and capped Detroit 16, Minnesota 13 Washington 21 13 6 2 28 57 48 26 Dallas 31, Washington 26 Columbus 20 11 5 4 26 62 47 Sioux Falls 34, Azusa Pacific 21 left in the third quarter that the burst. Pittsburgh 28, Indianapolis 7 New Jersey 21 10 6 5 25 53 55 Harding 48, Central Missouri 31 Philadelphia 23 10 10 3 23 74 78 Texas A&M-Commerce 34, Colorado SUNDAY’S GAMES Carolina 21 9 8 4 22 52 56 Mesa 23 Atlanta 38, Arizona 19 N.Y. Islanders 20 6 10 4 16 49 63 Colorado School of Mines 63, South- San Diego 21, Houston 13 west Baptist 35 Baltimore 19, Cincinnati 14 WESTERN CONFERENCE SECOND ROUND Buffalo 28, Jacksonville 21 CENTRAL DIVISION Tennessee 27, Chicago 21 Saturday, Nov. 26 ville in winning the Battle 4 New Orleans 49, Los Angeles 21 GP W L OT Pts GF California (Pa.) 44, Indiana (Pa.) 23 USC Atlantis, got the other first- N.Y. Giants 27, Cleveland 13 GAChicago 23 14 6 3 31 66 59 Grand Valley State 55, Texas A&M- Miami 31, San Francisco 24 St. Louis 22 12 7 3 27 58 60 Commerce 32 FROM PAGE B1 place vote and was followed Tampa Bay 14, Seattle 5 Minnesota 21 11 7 3 25 58 42 Shepherd 40, LIU Post 21 in the Top 10 by Creighton. New England 22, N.Y. Jets 17 Nashville 21 10 8 3 23 60 54 North Greenville 45, Tuskegee 26 Oakland 35, Carolina 32 Dallas 22 9 8 5 23 57 72 Ferris State 38, Colorado School of Two other teams besides Kansas City 30, Denver 27, OT Winnipeg 24 10 12 2 22 63 70 Mines 17 North Carolina (7-0), the Gamecocks are making Colorado 20 9 10 1 19 44 58 Northwest Missouri State 44, Empo- MONDAY’S GAMES PACIFIC DIVISION ria State 13 which moved up one place their first appearance of the Green Bay at Philadelphia, 8:30 p.m. GP W L OT Pts GF Harding 27, Sioux Falls 24, OT to third after winning the season in the Top 25: Butler GAEdmonton 23 12 9 2 26 68 59 North Alabama 41, North Carolina- THURSDAY, DEC. 1 San Jose 22 12 9 1 25 52 48 Pembroke 17 Maui Invitational, got four and Florida. Dallas at Minnesota, 8:25 p.m. Los Angeles 22 12 9 1 25 57 54 No. 1 votes. Kansas, Duke UCLA was 11th followed Anaheim 22 10 8 4 24 57 54 QUARTERFINALS SUNDAY, DEC. 4 Calgary 24 10 13 1 21 56 75 Saturday, Dec. 3 and Virginia all moved up by Saint Mary’s, Indiana, Kansas City at Atlanta, 1 p.m. Vancouver 22 9 11 2 20 49 66 Shepherd (12-0) at California (Pa.) one place to fourth through which dropped 10 places fol- Los Angeles at New England, 1 p.m. Arizona 20 8 10 2 18 50 63 (11-0), 1 p.m. Philadelphia at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. NOTE: Two points for a win, one point Ferris State (11-2) at Grand Valley sixth. Xavier moved up two lowing its loss to Fort Miami at Baltimore, 1 p.m. for overtime loss. State (12-0), 1 p.m. places to seventh and Gon- Wayne, Louisville, Purdue, Denver at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. Harding (13-0) at Northwest Missouri Detroit at New Orleans, 1 p.m. SUNDAY’S GAMES State (12-0), 2 p.m. zaga went up three spots to Arizona, Wisconsin, Butler, San Francisco at Chicago, 1 p.m. Boston 4, Tampa Bay 1 North Greenville (9-4) at North Ala- eighth. Iowa State and USC. Houston at Green Bay, 1 p.m. Winnipeg 3, Nashville 0 bama (9-1), 2 p.m. Buffalo at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. Arizona 2, Edmonton 1 Baylor (6-0), which beat The last five teams were Washington at Arizona, 4:25 p.m. Carolina 3, Florida 2 SEMIFINALS Michigan State and Louis- Rhode Island, Syracuse, Or- Tampa Bay at San Diego, 4:25 p.m. Ottawa 2, N.Y. Rangers 0 Saturday, Dec. 10 N.Y. Giants at Pittsburgh, 4:25 p.m. Philadelphia 5, Calgary 3 California (Pa.)-Shepherd winner vs. egon, Florida and West Vir- Carolina at Seattle, 8:30 p.m. Northwest Missouri State-Harding ginia. The four teams that Open: Tennessee, Cleveland MONDAY’S GAMES winner MEN’S TOP 25 Calgary at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. North Alabama-North Greenville win- dropped out were No. 22 MONDAY, DEC. 5 Dallas at St. Louis, 8 p.m. ner vs. Grand Valley State-Ferris The Associated Press Indianapolis at N.Y. 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SUMTER LOCAL PREP FROM PAGE B1 SCHEDULE TUESDAY Varsity Basketball “I just think we have to Crestwood at Lee Central, 6 p.m. get comfortable with play- Varsity and JV Basketball ing,” Brown said. “First Manning at East Clarendon, 4 p.m. game, a lot of first-game jit- Hammond at Wilson Hall, 4 ters and playing a rival was p.m. Porter-Gaud at Laurence Man- kind of a double-whammy ning, 4 p.m. on jitters. That wasn’t the Robert E. Lee at Marlboro Academy, 4 p.m. team that we normally see.” B Team Basketball Lakewood finished with Hammond at Wilson Hall, 4:30 p.m. just one player in double figures in Tyrell Still who WEDNESDAY Varsity Basketball had 10 and the Gators made C.E. Murray at Crestwood, 6 just three 3-pointers in the p.m. Scott’s Branch at East Claren- game. The last one by Don- don, 6 p.m. trea Osborne pulled them Varsity and JV Basketball Calhoun Academy at Wilson within 34-31 in the third Hall, 4 p.m. quarter, but LHS was un- Hammond at Thomas Sumter, 4 p.m. able to get any closer the Junior Varsity Basketball rest of the way. Lakewood at Sumter, 6 p.m. Middle School Basketball “We wanted to guard the East Clarendon at Lee Central, 3-point line as much as pos- 5:30 p.m. sible,” Jones said. “We THURSDAY Varsity Basketball wanted to keep them out of Laurence Manning in Trinity- the lane. When they do get Byrnes Tournament, 4 p.m. Varsity and JV Basketball in the lane, we wanted to Lakewood at Manning, 4 p.m. send them to (our) bigs, and B Team Boys Basketball Sumter at A.C. Flora, 6 p.m. if they kicked it, we had to Varsity Bowling close out.” Wilson Hall, Laurence Manning at Cardinal Newman (at Royal Corbett led the way with a Z Lanes in Columbia), 4 p.m. double-double of 15 points FRIDAY and 10 rebounds. He had Varsity Basketball seven points in the final Sumter at A.C. Flora, 6 p.m. Lee Central at Lamar, 6 p.m. quarter as Sumter out- Lake City at East Clarendon, 6 scored the Gators 13-6. Tylik RICK CARPENTER / THE SUMTER ITEM p.m. Scott’s Branch at Governor’s Sibbles-Simon added eight Sumter High’s Tamerah Brown (10) fights for a rebound against a host of players, including Lakewood’s Science & Math, 6 p.m. points for SHS, which im- Shayla Hadden (3) during the Lady Gamecocks’ 72-27 victory on Monday at the SHS gymnasium. Laurence Manning in Trinity- Byrnes Tournament, 4 p.m. proved to 1-0. Grant Single- Pee Dee at Robert E. Lee, 4 p.m. ton also had eight points for Varsity and JV Basketball C.E. Murray at Manning, 4 p.m. Lakewood, which fell to 0-1. Fields applied and was cocks, who improved to 1-0, and five sophomores. They Sumter Christian at Grace “A couple times on of- hired to take over at her outscored Lakewood 19-4 in kept pace in the first quar- Christian (No JV Girls), 4 p.m. B Team and Varsity Basketball fense, we just weren’t exe- alma mater. the second quarter and ter, but scored just 14 points Northside Christian at Wilson cuting,” Brown said. “We “Ironically, we worked to- never looked back. They in the final three frames Hall, 4 p.m. SATURDAY missed a lot of layups. De- gether at Lakewood,” Scriv- were led by three freshmen combined. Rahteisha Bur- Varsity Basketball fensively, we gave them a lot en said. “I thought her work in Tamerah Brown, Carna- gess had 11 to lead LHS fol- Laurence Manning in Trinity- Byrnes Tournament, 4 p.m. of fast breaks. Transition ethic and what she does well sia Wells and Nina Edlow. lowed by Ki’Ari Cain with Varsity and JV Basketball Sumter at Lakewood, 3 p.m. defense is something we was a good fit for our girls. I Brown had 24 points and 11 10. Lee Central at Crestwood, 3 have to work on and get bet- think she’s going to do a re- rebounds to pace all scorers “We’re young as far as age p.m. ter at.” ally good job. while Wells finished with 13 and experience at the varsi- Sumter’s girls played for “She’s home and she’s en- and Edlow 11. ty level,” said Lakewood the 4A state championship joying it.” “It was a lot better energy head coach Demetress Ad- last season, but a decision Fields said it was “little from that second quarter on ams-Ludd, whose team fell was made about head coach shocking” to be back on the and we played more as a to 1-2 on the season. “We’re Jason Loudenslager before sideline as a coach instead team,” Fields said. “We had teaching them to play to- this school year began, SHS of a player. a lot of stuff forced tonight, gether and fight through Athletic Director Terrence “It’s an honor to be back,” and I was a little nervous things. Sometimes it’s pret- Scriven said. Fields said. “Humble. I’m al- about turnovers, but most ty and sometimes it’s ugly. “It was just a personnel ways humbled and I’m just of it was forced shots. It’s “But it’s a talented group. decision,” he said. “Not re- trying to get a (state cham- just about young girls learn- We just have to put the tal- ally a comment on it or any- pionship) banner.” ing to play.” ent, the work ethic and the thing. That was just a per- Monday was a good first The Lady Gators are in a mental toughness sonnel change.” step as the Lady Game- similar spot with no seniors together.”

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PRO FOOTBALL ALL-ACC TEAMS The Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C. — The all-AAC football team, as announced Monday following a vote of 48 Broncos falls to seventh in AFC playoff race members of the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association, with BY ARNIE STAPLETON Cairo Santos’ 34-yarder that game for us. And this right “We just got to get into the first-team votes worth three points, second-team votes worth The Associated Press clanked off the left upright here will put us over the top, playoffs,” cornerback Chris two points and third-team votes and over the crossbar in the put us to the next level.” Harris Jr. said. “I feel like if worth one point. FIRST TEAM DENVER — Brandon final second of overtime Instead, the defending we get in the playoffs, we can Offense McManus was wide left and Sunday night. champs slipped behind a six- be scary for anybody.” QB_Lamar Jackson, soph., Louisville (125) now the defending Super Bowl That left the Chiefs (8-3) a pack of teams, including That task just got a whole RB_Dalvin Cook, jr., champs are on the outside game behind Oakland (9-2) in division leaders Houston and lot trickier for the Broncos, Florida State (139) RB_James Conner, jr., looking in on the AFC playoff the AFC West while the Baltimore, which both have who hit the road for the next Pittsburgh (119) race, too. Broncos (7-4) slipped behind worse records than Denver at two games, at Jacksonville WR_Mike Williams, jr., Clemson (131) The Kansas City Chiefs the Dolphins (7-4) for the 6-5. and Tennessee, before WR_A. Etta-Tawo, sr., Syracuse (125) capitalized on short field current final playoff spot. Winners of six straight returning home for a game WR_Ryan Switzer, sr., North Carolina (107) position following McManus’ In pregame remarks on the games, Miami has the Broncos against New England. They TE_Jordan Leggett, sr., Clemson (95) missed 62-yard attempt to NBC broadcast, DeMarcus beat on the conference wrap up against the Chiefs OT_Roderick Johnson, jr., drive down and win it 30-27 on Ware called this “a must-win tiebreaker as it stands now. and Raiders. Florida State (118) OT_Mitch Hyatt, soph., Clemson (104) OG_Tyrone Crowder, jr., Clemson (104) OG_Dorian Johnson, sr., Pittsburgh (88) C_Jay Guillermo, sr., Clemson (86) K_Mike Weaver, jr., Wake Forest(47) sealed the win. Spec._Quadree Henderson, soph., Pittsburgh (103) PANTHERS Thomas, normally a guard, Defense FROM PAGE B1 had to move to right tackle DE_DeMarcus Walker, sr., Florida State (125) with Mike Remmers shifted DE_Ejuan Price, sr., Pittsburgh(107) over to the left side in place of DT_Carlos Watkins, sr., Clemson (113) Then a key dropped pass by injured Michael Oher. DT_Woody Baron, sr., Greg Olsen and Khalil Mack’s The Panthers were also on Virginia Tech (79) LB_Ben Boulware, sr., Clemson (131) sack of Newton sealed the their third center with starter LB_Micah Kiser, jr., Virginia (99) latest disappointing loss for a LB_Devonte Fields, sr., Ryan Kalil missing the game Louisville (70) Panthers team that found with a shoulder injury and CB_Tarvarus McFadden, soph., Florida State (113) ways to win games such as backup Gino Gradkowski CB_Cordrea Tankersley, sr., this last season on the way to leaving with an injured knee. Clemson (97) S_Quin Blanding, jr., Virginia (100) a 15-1 regular season. The Super Bowl also was S_Jadar Johnson, sr., “We are done comparing decided on a strip sack when Clemson (94) P_Nicholas Conte, sr., Virginia (118) everything to last year,” Olsen Von Miller brought down SECOND TEAM said. “The reality is that we Newton and forced a fumble. Offense are 4-7. It is a tough loss. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS That ended a charmed season QB_Deshaun Watson, Carolina quarterback Cam Newton (1) prepares to pass against the jr., Clemson (102) Obviously, there are a lot of in which Carolina went 8-1 in RB_Matthew Dayes, Oakland Raiders during the Panthers’ 35-32 loss on Sunday in Oak- sr., N.C. State (79) things that we could have games decided by eight points RB_Wayne Gallman, jr., done better to give us a better land, Calif. or fewer. This season, they Clemson (73) WR_Isaiah Ford, jr., chance. are 2-5 in those kinds of Virginia Tech (103) There was an interception quick passes to get the ball to make the plays and come to games and are in last place in WR_Travis Rudolph, jr., Florida State (81) by Newton late in the first the Oakland 44 with 1:15 to me when (the game) is on the the NFC South. WR_Ahmmon Richards, half that Mack returned for a play. Newton then threw two line. You have got to make the “We’re just got to find fr., Miami (50) TE_Cole Hikutini, sr., Louisville (62) touchdown , a blocked extra straight incompletions as the play.” ways,” Newton said. “For OT_Adam Bisnowaty, point by Denico Autry in the Raiders got pressure against Carolina still had one more most of this year we have to sr., Pittsburgh (88) OT_Jon Heck, third quarter, two missed a banged-up offensive line shot, but Mack beat Trai come together and win these sr., North Carolina (57) OG_Tony Adams, jr., N.C. State (54) 2-point conversion attempts, and the Panthers needed to Thomas on the fourth-down close games. OG_Kareem Are, including a dropped pass by call their final timeout before play to strip Newton and That’s what it comes down sr., Florida State (54) C_Lucas Crowley, Olsen, and the decision to the third down play to get the recover the fumble that to.” sr., North Carolina (64) punt on fourth-and-1 late in right personnel in the game. K_Greg Huegel, soph., Clemson (39) the fourth quarter before Newton then found Olsen Spec._T.J. Logan, sr., Oakland drove for the go- deep over the middle, but North Carolina (57) Defense ahead field goal by Sebastian Olsen was unable to come DE_Harold Landry, jr., Janikowski. down with what would have Boston College (92) DE_Christian Wilkins, But despite all that, the been a tough catch. 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tor, outstanding athlete, great little bit heavier than De- surely many others, were curi- AMWAY TOP 25 POLL CLEMSON leader, and great quarter- shaun,” Boulware said. “He’s ous to see how Evans would The Amway Top 25 football coaches poll, with first-place FROM PAGE B1 back,” Watson said, noting definitely a bigger body, pack- adapt to a significant step up votes in parentheses, records he’s watched the Hokies on ing a little more pounds than in competition. Ekanem said through Nov. 26, total points based on 25 points for first television, including their Deshaun, but I think they’re that any concerns he had were place through one point for Once I get my chance, I game against Pittsburgh when very similar in their game, eliminated in the spring. 25th, and previous ranking: think people will see, but right Evans tweaked his ankle, sat how they’re able to throw the “We saw a lot of promise in Record Pts Pv now I’m thinking about me out a few plays and then re- ball and also incorporate it him in his time here before he 1. Alabama (64) 12-0 1600 1 2. Ohio State 11-1 1520 2 and my team and what we can turned. “He can make all the into the run game.” won the job,” Ekanem said. 3. Clemson 11-1 1475 3 do to win this game.” throws. He can make any run. Evans arrived at Virginia “You know, he’s made a really 4. Washington 11-1 1388 5 5. Wisconsin 10-2 1298 6 Watson, a Heisman finalist He’s a hard worker, and re- Tech during the transition good transition from JUCO to 6. Michigan 10-2 1265 4 last year when he led the Ti- gardless if he’s banged up or from Frank Beamer to Justin FBS football. Couldn’t be more 7. Oklahoma 9-2 1223 7 8. Penn State 10-2 1156 8 gers to the national champion- not, he’s going to go out there Fuente last December, and had proud of him and the season 9. Colorado 10-2 1116 9 ship game, is expected to be a and be able to play for his been recruited by Fuente at he’s having.” 10. Okla. State 9-2 1018 10 11. Southern Calif. 9-3 965 12 finalist again this year. He has team and do great things.” Memphis. He also was familiar Boulware, like Watson, ex- 12. Florida State 9-3 902 14 thrown for 34 touchdowns Boulware suspects that with the up-tempo offense fa- pects the Tigers will have their 13. West Virginia 9-2 814 17 14. Western Mich.12-0 659 18 with 14 interceptions and run going against Watson in prac- vored by the Hokies new hands full on Saturday night. 15. Louisville 9-3 554 11 16. Florida 8-3 515 13 for four more. tice is good preparation for coach, and came with gaudy “Just a guy that wants to 17. Stanford 9-3 474 NR Evans stacks up pretty well facing Evans, although Evans statistics from his year at Trin- win, that will do anything pos- 18. Virginia Tech 9-3 467 NR 19. Auburn 8-4 442 16 statistically with Watson. The is bigger and a more signifi- ity Valley Community College sible for his team, his program 20. Navy 9-2 380 NR Hokies quarterback has cant part of the Hokies’ run- in Texas: In eight games, and university and that will 21. LSU 7-4 315 NR 22. Nebraska 9-3 309 15 thrown for 26 touchdowns ning game than Watson is for Evans threw for 38 touch- put his body and sacrifice his 23. South Florida 10-2 237 NR with just five interceptions the Tigers. Evans leads Virgin- downs, was intercepted just body on the line for the better- 24. Utah 8-4 159 20 25. Iowa 8-4 114 NR and run for eight more. ia Tech with 713 rushing yards three times, and he also ran ment of his team,” the line- Others receiving votes: Boise That may surprise some, but and a long of 55 yards. for more than 400 yards and backer said, “so you definitely State 93; Houston 58; Pittsburgh not Watson or Tigers lineback- “I think he’s very similar to four TDs. respect that for him as a player 56; Washington State 44; Miami (Fla.) 34; Texas A&M 34; Temple er Ben Boulware. Deshaun in their approach to Defensive end Ken Ekanem and as a leader. He’ll do any- 26; Tennessee 23; San Diego “He’s a very great competi- the game. I think he might be a acknowledges that he, and thing possible to get a win.” State 18; Air Force 12; Georgia Tech 9; North Carolina 9; Min- nesota 6; Tulsa 5; Appalachian State 3; Western Kentucky 2; Middle Tennessee 1; Troy 1; Wy- oming 1.

AP TOP 25 POLL The Associated Press The Top 25 teams in The Associ- ated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in paren- theses, records through Nov. 26, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pv 1. Alabama (61) 12-0 1525 1 2. Ohio St. 11-1 1456 2 3. Clemson 11-1 1383 4 4. Washington 11-1 1298 6 5. Michigan 10-2 1264 3 6. Wisconsin 10-2 1237 5 7. Oklahoma 9-2 1141 7 8. Penn St. 10-2 1118 8 9. Colorado 10-2 1035 9 10. Southern Cal 9-3 948 12 11. Oklahoma St. 9-2 931 10 12. Florida St. 9-3 847 15 13. W. Michigan 12-0 807 14 14. West Virginia 9-2 726 19 15. Florida 8-3 471 13 16. Louisville 9-3 468 11 17. Stanford 9-3 452 NR 18. Auburn 8-4 423 16 19. Virginia Tech 9-3 420 NR 20. Navy 9-2 387 NR 21. LSU 7-4 338 25 22. Iowa 8-4 217 NR 23. Nebraska 9-3 181 17 24. Pittsburgh 8-4 168 NR 24. South Florida 10-2 168 NR Others receiving votes: Houston 98, Boise St. 92, Utah 88, Wash- ington St. 35, Texas A&M 33, Air Force 22, Temple 21, Tennessee 12, Troy 7, Miami 5, Georgia Tech 2, Tulsa 1.

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JAMES W. LEVINE JR. Funeral ser- Power and Light as an elec- Daniel Rodriguez will be Manning. James William Levine Jr. vices will be tronic technician. After tak- held at 11 a.m. today in the These services are en- was born on Jan. 27, 1967, in held at 11 a.m. ing an early retirement, he chapel of Summerton Fu- trusted to Samuels Funeral Sumter, the eldest son of today at Society relocated to Sumter. Mr. neral Home LLC. Burial will Home LLC, Manning. James William Hill AME Janis was a member of the follow in Sunrise Sunset Levine Sr. and Church, Man- Fleet Reserve in Allentown, Cemetery in Paxville. ANNIE JEAN SHANNON Mable D. Levine. BILLIE ning, with the Pennsylvania; the Tin Can Condolences may be sent Annie Jean Shannon, 57, He took flight Rev. Mary Sailors of the National As- to summertonfuneralhome@ wife of William Shannon, from the call of Rhodes, pastor, sociation of Destroyer Vet- gmail.com. died on Monday, Nov. 28, our heavenly fa- officiating. Burial will fol- erans; the American Legion Funeral arrangements are 2016, at her residence in ther on Friday, low in the church cemetery. Post 15; the Sumter New- entrusted to Summerton Fu- Pinewood. LEVINE Nov. 25, 2016. The family is receiving comers Club; Midlands Re- neral Home LLC, 23 S. Duke Born in Jersey City, New He was a 1985 friends at the home of her tired Military Association; St., Summerton, phone (803) Jersey, she was a daughter graduate of Hillcrest High mother, 8154 Bloomville and the Phi Theta Kappa 485-3755. of the late Willie and Mary School of Dalzell, where he Road, Manning. Fraternity of Thomas Edi- Bullard Jackson. excelled in football and These services have been son College. His hobbies in- SONIE WALKER The family will receive track and field. He contin- entrusted to Samuels Funer- cluded feeding his lake Sonie Walker, 35, was born friends at the residence, ued his education at Chow- al Home LLC, Manning. ducks and supporting the on Feb. 4, 1981, in Orange- 6010 Panola Road, Pinewood, an Junior College in Mur- Drum and Bugle Corp of Al- burg, a daughter of Michael SC 29125. freesboro, North Carolina, BARBARA D. HARKINS lentown and the Caballeros C. and Eleanora Simmons Funeral arrangements are and Morris College, Sumter, DALZELL — Barbara of New Jersey. He was of Walker. She departed this incomplete and will be an- where he continued to excel Dean Harkins, age 71, died the Catholic faith. life on Saturday, Nov. 26, nounced by Palmer Memori- in sports. He was employed on Friday, Nov. 25, 2016, at Surviving in addition to 2016, at Palmetto Health Tu- al Chapel Inc. by Eaton Corp. of Sumter. Palmetto Health his wife are three sons, omey. He was a member of Jeho- Tuomey. Brian Janis of Las Vegas, The family will receive REBECCA D. OLIVER vah Missionary Baptist of The family Nevada, Kevin Janis and his friends at the home, 1002 PINEWOOD — Rebecca Sumter. He had several tal- will receive husband, George Kupczak, Skardon St., Sumter, SC Dukes Oliver, 78, widow of ents, to include being an friends from 4 to of Whitehouse Station, New 29154. Robert Oliver Sr., died on artist, poet, and he made 6 p.m. on Thurs- Jersey, and Kenneth Janis Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016, at music. day at Bullock and his wife, Melissa, of Main St., Sumter, is in McLeod Health Clarendon, James is survived by his HARKINS Funeral Home. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; charge of arrangements. Manning. loving wife, Sharon D. An- You may go to one daughter, Kimberly She was born on Dec. 1, drews Levine; one son, www.bullockfuneralhome. Janis of Easton, Pennsylva- LOMAN BROOKS JR. 1937, in the Silver communi- James William Levine III; com and sign the family’s nia; three grandchildren, Loman Brooks Jr., 74, was ty of Pinewood, a daughter one daughter, Delanci B. guest book. Jason Janis and his wife, born on April 6, 1942, in of the late John Wesley and Levine; his parents, James The family has chosen Beth, Madeline Janis and Sumter, a son of the late Rebecca Canty Dukes. William Levine Sr. and Bullock Funeral Home for Daniel Janis; two great- Loman Sr. and Rosa Lee The family is receiving Mable D. Levine of Sumter; the arrangements. grandchildren, Hailey Janis Howard Brooks. He depart- friends at her residence, three brothers, Terry C. and Shea Janis; along with ed this life on Monday, Nov. 1240 Garlie Circle, Pine- Levine of Monroe, Louisi- many nieces and nephews. 28, 2016, at Palmetto Health wood. ana, Gary O. (Renee) Levine He was preceded in death Tuomey. These services have been of Phoenix, Arizona, and by his parents, grandpar- The family will receive entrusted to Samuels Funer- Vernie E. Levine of Atlanta; ents, and brother, Charles friends at the home, 185 al Home LLC, Manning. three sisters, the Rev. Dr. Janis. Heartbeat Lane, Wedgefield, Avril (Pastor Joseph) Wig- PEARL S. DENNIS A funeral service will be SC 29168. BERNARD MAGAZINE gins of Upper Marlboro, held at 11 a.m. on Thursday Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Bernard Magazine, of 232 Maryland, Santia A. (Willie) REMBERT — Pearl Sum- at the Bullock Funeral Main St., Sumter, is in Perkins Ave., Brockton, Pettaway of Jacksonville, ter Dennis, age 65, beloved Home Chapel with full mili- charge of arrangements. Massachusetts, entered eter- Florida, and Renee A. wife of the late Frank Den- tary honors. Interment will nal rest on Nov. 26, 2016, at Levine of Sumter; mother- nis Sr., died on Saturday, be private. SALLIE W. ABRAHAM a local hospital. in-law and father-in-law, Ge- Nov. 26, 2016, at her resi- The family will receive Sallie Williams Abraham, Funeral arrangements are neva Andrews and Bobby dence. friends from 5 to 7 p.m. on 56, was born on Feb. 22, incomplete but will be an- Andrews; three brothers-in- Arrangements are incom- Wednesday at Bullock Fu- 1960, in Sumter, a daughter nounced by Wilson Funeral law, Vincent, Rickie and De- plete at this time and will be neral Home. of the late Ishmell Williams Home, 403 S. Main St., Bish- mond Andrews of Green- announced by Bullock Fu- Memorials may be made and Evelyn McKiever. She opville, pending the arrival wood; four aunts, Levy D. neral Home. to The Cadets Drum and departed this life on Sunday, of his remains. (Samuel) Allen, Louise Bugle Corp, 601 W. Hamilton Nov. 27, 2016, at Palmetto The family will receive (Ray) Conyers, Essie Mc- St., Allentown, PA 18101 or Health Tuomey. friends at the home of his Cluskey and Mary Frances to a charity of one’s choice. The family will receive sister, Louise McCall, 1076 Levine; a host of nieces, You may go to www.bull- friends at the home, 251 Browntown Road, Bishop- nephews, other relatives ockfuneralhome.com and Rast St., Apartment P No. 1, ville. and friends. sign the family’s guest book. Sumter. James was preceded in HENRY C. JANIS The family has chosen Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. JAMES THOMPSON death by his grandparents, Bullock Funeral Home for Main St., Sumter, is in MANNING — On Monday, Eugene R. Levine Sr., Willie Retired U.S. Navy Chief the arrangements. charge of arrangements. Nov. 28, 2016, James Thomp- Johnson, Annie Bell L. Way, Petty Officer Henry Charles son, husband of Dorothy Gonza Way and Azalee Janis, age 80, beloved hus- JAMES E. FULTON SR. Owens Thompson, heard his Johnson; two uncles, Eu- band of 58 years to Arlene BALTIMORE, Maryland master’s call at his resi- gene R. Levine Jr. and Fran- Elizabeth Carroll Janis, died — James Edward Fulton Sr., dence. cis E. Brown; and one aunt, on Friday, Nov. 25, 2016, at 68, husband of Ethel Pend- Born on Nov. 12, 1934, in Annie Mae L. Sinkler. Palmetto Health Heart Hos- ergrass Fulton, died on Manning, he was a son of Funeral service will be pital in Columbia. LITTLE DANIEL RODRIGUEZ Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, at the late Joe and Rebecca held at noon on Wednesday Born in Manhattan, New his residence, 2037 E. Belve- Wells Thompson. at Jehovah Missionary Bap- York, he was a son of the Little Daniel Rodriguez, 1, dere Ave., Baltimore. The family is receiving tist Church, Sumter, with late Henry Michael and entered eternal peace on He was born on Feb. 8, relatives and friends at the the Rev. Marion H. Newton. Charlotte Theresa Hicks Monday, Nov. 21, 2016, at 1948, in Manning, a son of residence, 2109 Mallette Interment will follow in Ev- Janis. Mr. Janis retired Palmetto Health Richland in Eugene Fulton and the late Road, Sugar Hill communi- ergreen Memorial Park. from the U.S. Navy with Columbia. Ruth Conyers Fulton. ty, Manning. The family will be receiv- more than 24 years of ser- Born on June 5, 2015, in The family will begin re- Funeral services are in- ing friends at 9 N. Pike West vice. While in the Navy, he Columbia, he was a son of ceiving friends on Wednes- complete and will be an- Road, Sumter. was under five commands. Eric and Marie DeJesus Ro- day at the home of his sis- nounced by Fleming & De- In lieu of flowers, contri- Following his military ca- driguez. ter-in-law, Bobbie Pender- Laine Funeral Home and butions may be forwarded to reer, he went on to work and Funeral services for Little grass, 2088 Mallett Road, Chapel. the family or as a memorial retire from Jersey Central to Jehovah Missionary Bap- tist Church. It’s your world. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in Read all about it. charge of arrangements. HELEN D. BILLIE MANNING — Helen Dukes Billie, 62, died on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016. She was a daughter of Call (803) 774-1200 Evoila Butler Dukes and the late Thomas Dukes. and get started today.

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In psychology class, “we got the text. Stay indoors. Active shooter. That’s when I started freaking out.” Wisconsin Meredith Johnson, 19, Ohio State freshman denies Terrorism not ruled out recount in Ohio campus attack request Stein vows lawsuit, takes aim at Pa. and Mich. as well

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MADISON Green Party candidate Jill Stein continued her quest Monday for a recount of the presidential election but was thwarted Monday by the Wiscon- sin Elections Commission, which rejected her request to require a count by hand. Stein quickly responded that she would sue and also filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania to force a recount there, and her supporters began filing recount requests at the precinct level. Initial results showed Republican Donald Trump ahead of Democrat Hilla- ry Clinton by 70,638 votes. The commission set a timeta- ble Monday for a recount of the presidential election. States must Stein — who complete received just a their tiny piece of the vote — also recounts by plans to ask for a Dec. 13 arecount indeadline Michigan on set by the Wednesday, federal according to govern- PHOTOS BY JOE MAIORANA, USA TODAY NETWORK Mark Brewer, former chair- ment. Ohio State student Gilles man of the Munezero shelters in place FBI joins investigation after knife-wielding suspect is Michigan Democratic Party and while police check buildings killed by police officer; at least 11 people hurt in violence lawyer for Stein. during active-shooter alert. Michigan’s Board of Canvassers certified its election results Mon- John Bacon day afternoon, showing Trump @jmbacon won the presidential race by a USA TODAY This is an edition of USA TODAY 10,704-vote margin over Clinton. provided for your local newspaper. An The certification made the expanded version of USA TODAY is An Ohio State student crashed election results official, but it also available at newsstands or by his vehicle into pedestrians on started the 48-hour clock for subscription, and at usatoday.com. the Columbus campus Monday, Stein to seek a recount. then slashed students with a Stein, who has raised more butcher knife before being fatally than $6.3 million online to pay For the latest national sports coverage, go to sports.usatoday.com shot by a university police officer, for recounts in Wisconsin, Penn- authorities said. sylvania and Michigan, she’s not Eleven people were rushed to requesting the recounts because

© hospitals and one was in critical she thinks they will change the USA SNAPSHOTS condition, according to university outcome of the presidential race. Police Chief Craig Stone. Instead, she said in a video on her Pet-ty greetings The drama began shortly be- Facebook page, that she picked fore 10 a.m. ET, when the suspect the three states where the vote deliberately drove over a curb was the closest to ensure the in- and began his attack, Stone said. Columbus police seal off a parking garage after a brutal morn- tegrity of the election. He said the officer arrived about a ing attack with a car and knife at Ohio State University. The Clinton campaign an- minute later and engaged the nounced Saturday that it will par- suspect. native of Somalia living in the why our federal partners are here ticipate in the Wisconsin recount “We are very fortunate that an United States as a legal perma- and helping,” she said. to ensure fairness. OSUPD officer was there and nent resident. The Associated Homeland security adviser Li- Trump called the effort a took quick action,” Stone said. Press reported he was 20. sa Monaco briefed President “scam” aimed at filling the Green 70% Monica Moll, the university’s He was shot by officer Alan Obama on the incident, White Party’s “coffers.” of female shoppers like public safety director, identified Horujko, 28, who has been on the House press secretary Josh Ear- In addition, Trump alleged in a to see the family pet the assailant as Abdul Razak Ali university force for almost two nest said. He said FBI agents in tweet that there was “serious vot- on holiday cards. Artan, a student at the school. years, Moll said. Columbus were assisting with the er fraud” in Virginia, New Hamp- Multiple media outlets including Columbus Police Chief Kim Ja- investigation. shire and California and blamed

SOURCE Minted via SurveyMonkey survey of NBC News and the Associated cobs, whose officers also respon- “Buckeye Alert: Active Shooter the media for not reporting on it. Press, citing sources who request- ded to the attack, said terrorism 1,000 women STORY CONTINUES ON C2 STORY CONTINUES ON C2 MICHAEL B. SMITH AND VERONICA BRAVO, USA TODAY ed anonymity, described him as a had not been ruled out. “That’s v STORY CONTINUES ON 2B v STORY CONTINUES ON 2B Coral gets ‘cooked’ in dire die-off at Great Barrier Reef Australian scientists Terry Hughes, director of the few millimeters long, budded on most biologically diverse ecosys- Australian Research Council top of one another. Over centu- tems of the planet and provide a sound siren on climate Centre of Excellence for Coral ries, their shells combine to form number of ecosystem services Reef Studies, told the BBC. the exotic shapes of coral reefs. that hundreds of millions of peo- At 1,400 miles long, Australia’s The vibrant colors that draw ple rely on,” said Greg Torda, also Doyle Rice Great Barrier Reef is the world’s thousands of tourists to the Great of the center, in an email to USA @usatodayweather largest coral reef and the planet’s Barrier Reef each year come from TODAY. “These include provi- USA TODAY biggest structure made by living algae living in the coral’s tissue. sioning (fishing, other types of organisms. In the northernmost When water temperatures be- harvesting, for pharmaceuticals, One of the world’s treasures, section of the reef, which had come too high, coral becomes for example), coastal protection, the Great Barrier Reef, has suf- been considered the most “pris- stressed and expels the algae, aesthetic and cultural values.” fered its worst coral die-off ever tine,” some 67% of the coral died. leaving the coral a bleached white Tourism on the Great Barrier recorded, Australian scientists The good news, scientists said, color. Mass coral bleaching was Reef employs 70,000 people and announced Monday. was that central and southern never observed before the 1980s, ARC CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR CORAL REEF STUDIES generates $5 billion (Australian) Stress from unusually warm sections of the reef fared far bet- as global warming ramped up. A scientist assesses coral in income each year, the center ocean water heated by man-made ter, with “only” 6% and 1% of the Reefs also shelter land from mortality on Zenith Reef after said in a statement. If all of its climate change and the natural El coral dead, respectively. storms and are a habitat for myri- the mass bleaching event on coral died, “it would be among Niño climate pattern caused the Coral reefs result from the ads of species. the northern section of Aus- the largest mass extinction events die-off. “The coral was cooked,” work of polyps, creatures only a “Coral reefs are therefore the tralia’s Great Barrier Reef. in history,” Torda said. C2 | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2016 · THE SUMTER ITEM

ADAM CAIRNS, AP Police surround the body of a suspect at Ohio State. “We prepare for situations like this, but we hope we never have one,” school President Michael Drake said. Students hunker down Ohio State student

v CONTINUED FROM 1B CONTINUED FROM C1 is ID’d as attacker mine the motive of the attack. on campus. Run Hide Fight. Aamer Madhani Watts Hall. 19th and College” the Ohio State officials said the @AamerISmad university’s emergency manage- USA TODAY quick action of Officer Alan ment agency tweeted within min- Horujko, who fatally shot Ar- utes of the attack. “Run hide tan, prevented more people fight” is emergency protocol used A 20-year-old Ohio State from being injured in the to warn people to flee if possible, University student has been incident. hide from the shooter and, if all identified as the suspect behind Columbus Police Chief Chief else fails, fight for your life. the gruesome attack Monday Kim Jacobs, whose officers also Stone said it did not immedi- on the school’s campus. responded to the attack, said ately appear that the attacker The alleged attacker, Abdul terrorism had not been ruled used a gun. The alert, however, Razak Ali Artan, was killed by out. “That’s why our federal apparently was sent after the sus- police after driving a car into a partners are here and helping,” pect was fatally shot. group of people and then at- she said. A short time later, the agency tacking victims with a butcher’s The attack comes as the ter- tweeted a warning to “Continue knife, said Monica Moll, public ror group the Islamic State, to shelter in place in north cam- safety director at Ohio State. also known as ISIL or ISIS, pus area. Follow directions of Po- FBI agents had joined local po- through its online recruiters lice on scene.” lice in investigating the inci- has called on U.S.-based sympa- A SWAT team, K-9 and bomb dent. Eleven people were thizers to carry out attacks on squad units and scores of law en- PAUL VERNON, AFP/GETTY IMAGES injured; all are expected to American soil if they cannot forcement officials descended on A young man participates in a vigil after the car-and-knife survive. find a way to join the fight in the sprawling campus. Less than attack in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday. Artan was born in Somalia Syria and Iraq. two hours after the first alert, and living in the United States In May, FBI Director James university police said the shelter- room,” he said in the tweet. “If and Engineering building. as a legal permanent resident. Comey said ISIL was having a in-place order was lifted and the you’re on campus, get in a room “I got flooded with messages ... Investigators discovered a mes- harder time recruiting U.S. “scene was secure.” Classes were and stay safe.” asking me if I was safe, and I sage he posted on a Facebook sympathizers to travel to Syria, canceled for the rest of the day. Freshman Meredith Johnson, didn’t even realize this was hap- page before the attack in which but the agency was seeing more “We prepare for situations like 19, was in a psychology class when pening,” said Chen, a senior. he expressed anger about the incidents in which potential this, but we hope we never have the university alert popped up on “Now I’m just scrambling to treatment of Muslims around suspects were being recruited one,” school President Michael her teacher’s screen. The teacher make sure that people I know are the world, according to reports to plot strikes in the U.S. Drake said. and students thought it might safe as well.” from multiple news outlets, cit- Omar Hassan, president of Student Harrison Roth tweet- have been a scam, she said. Victoria Morishita, a senior ing unidentified law enforce- the Columbus-based Somali ed a picture from inside a class- “Three or four minutes later, we studying logistics management, ment officials. Community Association of room, with chairs stacked up to got the text,” Johnson said. “Stay said she was off campus, but her Artan was enrolled at Co- Ohio, said that a member of Ar- block the door. indoors. Active shooter. That’s phone quickly loaded with texts lumbus State Community Col- tan’s family told him the sus- “I’m safe in a barricaded when I started freaking out.” from people near the scene. lege from the autumn semester pect’s mother and siblings had Peterson Pierre, a junior bio- “I was scared because it hap- of 2014 through the summer been interviewed by law en- chemistry major, said he woke up pened near our CBEC and busi- semester of 2016, according to forcement authorities after the Corrections & Clarifications to the campus alert. He and his ness building and a lot of my college spokesman Allen Kraus. incident. Columbus has the roommate decided to go outside friends were there,” she said. Artan graduated with an as- second-biggest Somali popula- Monday’s 1B story on Raúl Castro and see what was happening. Facebook activated its safety sociate of arts degree in the tion in the U.S. with about misspelled the Cuban Moncada “We saw a body covered with a check, entitled “The Violent Inci- spring of 2016 and then took a 50,000 immigrants. Barracks. white sheet,” Pierre said. dent in Columbus, Ohio,” allows non-credit class for summer Hassan said the incident Other students hunkered down those in the area to mark them- 2016. He had no record of be- would reverberate in the Soma- havioral or disciplinary issues li diaspora in the U.S. “The tim- USA TODAY is committed in their apartments, waiting for selves “safe,” “unsafe” or “outside to accuracy. To reach us, the threat to pass. the affected area” with the click during his time at Columbus ing is not good,” Hassan said. contact Standards Editor “It’s honestly kind of terrifying of a button. Users can also invite State and graduated with hon- “We are black. We are Muslim. Brent Jones at 800-872- ors, Kraus added. We are Somali. We are all the 7073 or e-mail accu- because I was at home and away friends to mark their safety [email protected]. from my phone at the time,” said status. Ohio State Police Chief Craig negative stigmas.” Please indicate whether Jenny Chen, who stayed in her Stone said that Artan was alone you’re responding to apartment about two blocks from Contributing: Walbert Castillo; during the attack and that po- Contributing: Mark Curnutte, the content online or in the Cincinnati Enquirer newspaper. Watts Hall, listed on the school’s Tinae A. Bluitt; Gregory Korte; lice were still trying to deter- website as a Materials Science Sophia Tulp; Cincinnati Enquirer Winner

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MAKING WAVES After embracing the ‘Troublemak- er’ label, Leah Chastain Remini is con- tinuing to speak out against the Church of Scientology. The enters the actress/author, INVISION/AP who executive- produced and stars in the up- coming documentary series ‘Leah Remini: Scientology and political fray the Aftermath,’ visited the ‘Today’ show Monday and shared that she was inspired to do the eight- part series after hearing how Ambition Andrea Mandell the church targeted former @andreamandell Scientology members. “I just suits her USA TODAY want to give people strength,” well as she said. ‘Scientology and the Aftermath’ premieres Tuesday a power BEVERLY HILLS After a conten- (A&E, 10 ET/PT). player tious election, Miss Sloane arrives rife with lessons on cloudy Amer- ROYALS REPORT in ‘Miss ican politics. PRINCE WILLIAM Sloane’ In the new political thriller (in HAS SPOKEN select theaters in Los Angeles and William is standing by his New York, expands nationwide younger brother. On Monday, Dec. 9), Jessica Chastain takes the Duke of Cambridge released the reigns as the ferociously intel- a statement assuring the media ligent (fictional) Republican lob- that he supported Prince Harry, byist Elizabeth Sloane, who who broke from tradition earlier ditches a high-profile job to push this month to release a statement a bill restricting firearm sales confirming his relationship with through Congress. actress Meghan Markle and “It’s not interested in lecturing calling for her privacy. “The anyone,” says the actress, curling Duke of Cambridge absolutely up on a couch at the Four Sea- understands the situation con- sons. She says Miss Sloane, which cerning privacy and supports reveals the sausage-making on the need for Prince Harry to (and off) Capitol Hill, could just support those closest to him,” as easily have used an issue such a Kensington Palace spokesman as climate change or immigration said in an emailed statement to make its point. to USA TODAY. “It just uses that to show an in- ner world of the American political system and the fundraising — what it takes to get a bill passed and how corrupt the system can be when it’s led by money,” she says. Chastain, 39, spent pre-pro- duction Googling top female lob- byists and walked away from a trip to Washington with a decid- edly different take on Sloane, a character she presumed would wear little makeup and rotate the same wardrobe day in and out. “It was almost naïve of me to think that, because there’s something about the way Elizabeth Sloane dresses and about some of the women TRAN VAN MINH, AP that I met in D.C. where they intimidate before they DAN MACMEDAN, USA TODAY CAUGHT IN THE ACT even enter the room,” says Say cheese! Michael Fassbender the actress, whose charac- against Hillary was that gether for such a long time, we’re and Marion Cotillard were all ter’s war paint is dark nail pol- she was overprepared. I in it for the long haul,” she says. smiles Monday during a press ish and crimson lipstick. never heard in my entire She’s also switching gears after event for ‘Assassin’s Creed’ Critics are praising her per- life that a man was overpre- working relentlessly, having just in Sydney. The co-stars were in formance in the film, which has a pared for anything. I am over- wrapped the Sitting Bull drama Australia to drum up interest for 72% positive rating on the review KERRY HAYES prepared in my life,” she says. Woman Walks Ahead and just the Justin Kurzel-directed film, site Rotten Tomatoes. “Equally Republican “What’s wrong with being ambi- started the Aaron Sorkin-directed which hits theaters Dec. 21. icy and savvy, Sloane has no pa- lobbyist tious, being overprepared, being Molly’s Game in Toronto. tience for hippies, naïve Millenni- Elizabeth one step ahead?” “I’m at an interesting point in als or the old boys’ club, whose Sloane (Jessi- Offscreen, Chastain seems my life and in my career. A few glass ceiling she’s pretty much ca Chastain) ready to recalibrate her fame. years ago, I started to examine pulverizing with a jackhammer takes on the The private star has even started where I was in the world and what any chance she gets,” wrote old boys’ club sharing a slice of her personal life I was contributing to society,” says USA TODAY critic Brian Truitt. on Capitol via Instagram, selectively posting Chastain, adding that she’s ready The criticism lobbed at Hillary Hill. occasional shots with her long- to direct and share the spotlight. Clinton in the presidential elec- time boyfriend, fashion executive “It becomes like you’re eating tion is top of mind for the actress. Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo. cake every day. You just want to During the debates, “the criticism “Gian Luca and I have been to- share the cake!” BRENDAN ESPOSITO, EPA

IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY MOVIES WHO’S CELEBRATING TODAY? Hedges shines bright in ‘Manchester’ He counts Mary-Louise Parker Teen has breakout as “an amazing mentor” — she role as he collects helped the up-and-coming actor through that key Manchester fans and accolades scene — and his parents also have been a strong grounding force. As Brian Truitt for his Hollywood aspirations, @briantruitt “my dad is only as excited as I USA TODAY am,” Hedges says. WIREIMAGE; USA TODAY; GETTY IMAGES Hedges is taking a year off Don Cheadle is 52. Anna Faris Heading into his first awards from the University of North Car- is 40. Chadwick Boseman is 40. season, Lucas Hedges already has olina School of the Arts to work. a fun story to tell his school “I’d be leaving school to go to Compiled by Jaleesa M. Jones chums about a fan interaction. In school,” he figures. He has already his case, though, it was with fel- filmed roles for Martin McDo- low Oscar hopeful Emma Stone. nagh thriller Three Billboards USA SNAPSHOTS© The 19-year-old Manchester by Outside Ebbing, Missouri and the Sea star gushes as he recalls Greta Gerwig comedy Lady Bird. Drake’s drumbeat meeting Stone at the Governors In January, the Brooklyn native Awards. What would be better, makes his stage debut in a lead though, is if he could actually re- role in the off-Broadway playYen . member any of it. By then, he might be getting “I blacked out the second I CLAIRE FOLGER other accolades: Twenty-four of looked into her eyes,” Hedges Lucas Hedges stars as a scrappy New England teenager who 27 experts on the awards predic- Manchester by the Sea says with a laugh. loses his father in . tions site GoldDerby.com expect After a cameo in his director a best-supporting-actor nomina- Works by Drake claim father Peter Hedges’ 2007 dra- Lee is stuck in the past and Pat- casting someone he had never tion for Hedges. “He’s definitely the biggest share of medy Dan in Real Life, the actor rick just wants to move forward worked with, but Hedges “was the on the short list,” says Dave Karg- online sharing by music has his breakout as a scrappy with his life. one I was most interested in er, special correspondent for video watchers: New England kid in Manchester What makes him crucial to the watching,” he says. movie site IMDb.com. by the Sea. film: While most of the adults are Hedges knew Patrick was dif- “It feels weird, man,” Hedges 38% Played by Hedges, Patrick is a saddled with heartbreak of some ferent from him in high school, says when Oscar talk comes up. Massachusetts teenager dealing kind, Patrick is filled with youth- but he was dying to play the part “I’d be lying if I said it didn’t with not only the loss of his fish- ful vigor. Without him, Hedges when he read the scene where knock me upside the head in NOTE Rihanna is second, with 31%. erman father (Kyle Chandler) but says, “the movie seemed to fall Patrick loses that cool façade and some way. Ultimately, I’m just SOURCE Data from DabKick the fact that his Uncle Lee (Casey into despair.” finally breaks down. “I knew in really grateful to be seen right video-sharing app Affleck) has been named his sole Manchester writer/director that moment that fundamentally now for a piece of work I’m really TERRY BYRNE AND KARL GELLES, USA TODAY guardian. Tension arises when Kenneth Lonergan worried about he just wants to be loved.” proud of.” C4 | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2016 COMICS THE SUMTER ITEM BIZARRO SOUP TO NUTZ

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