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A total of 37 unbudgeted new hires and drastically underbudgeted expenditures for other existing personnel contributed greatly to Sumter School District overspend-

ing by $6.2 million last fiscal year, according to a financial consultant’s report Monday. Scott Allan made his report Monday night to the Sumter School District Board of Trustees on what happened to cause the district’s current financial crisis at

the board’s meeting at Wilder Elementary School before an overflow crowd of more than 300 residents. The crisis was first revealed in December when the 2015-16 audit report revealed the district overspent

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said, chuckling. Is that true? “Well ... ,” his wife of almost 64 years said with a smile. What attracted them to each other? “We were both single,” Bob said. Doris said, “He had a car — a green 1948 Plymouth.” “That made her think I was rich,” he said. Neither was wealthy, however. Both were children of the Great Depression. She remembers it well; her family had to move in with her grandmother. “The whole village was multifamily homes,” she recalled. On their first date, Doris said, “Bob drove us home from church.

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Last-minute orders? Local florist plans for that BY RICK CARPENTER rick@theitem.com Most men wait until the last minute to order roses for a loved one, says the owner of a local florist company specializing in roses. But A Ring Around The Roses stocks up for such occasions, owner Christi Brunson said. As many as 70 percent of Valentine’s Day rose orders

come in on the day before or the day of the holiday, says floral designer Tiffany Marsh, who was accenting a dozen roses with caspia flowers on Friday. And the next biggest day? Ahem, the day after Valentine’s Day, she says. Brunson says the store does more business each day of this week than an entire

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Poorly insulated homes create challenges for local homeowners Father, son receive help filling their propane tank BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Despite the unseasonably mild temperatures, families are still requesting assistance for heat-related needs at Sumter United Ministries, Crisis Relief Director Kevin Howell said. “Many residents in Sumter live in older-model mobile homes or poorly insulated, old block-style homes,” he

said. “The homes present challenges for adequate heating.” In these cases, radiant heat such as kerosene, propane or natural gas is necessary but often unaffordable for the ministry’s clients, he said. “A family came to SUM this week asking for help with filling up his

200-gallon propane tank,” Howell said. “The man is a 64-year-old disabled veteran who lives with his 41-year-old son.” The man’s son suffers from a mental condition and draws disability income. “Financially, they need one another to make the budget work, but the propane expense is nearly 50 percent of their combined monthly income when a fill-up is required,” Howell said. Without the propane, the home would not be adequately heated during the cool mornings and evenings. “Thanks to the donations made to

the Fireside Fund, Sumter United Ministries offered substantial financial assistance toward the propane invoice along with food and referrals,” Howell said. The client was also encouraged in his struggles and found a listening ear as he explained his circumstances. “Thank you for continuing to support the Fireside Fund and thus allowing SUM to be available to offset the financial stress of winter heating expenses,” Howell said.

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The International Franchise Association has named Sumter native Gordon Logan, founder and CEO of Sport Clips Haircuts, as the 2016 IFA Entrepreneur of the Year, according to an IFA press release. Sport Clips, which is headquartered in Georgetown, Texas, is the largest franchise dedicated to men’s and boys’ hair care, the release said. According to the IFA, the Entrepreneur of the Year Award is given annually to “a visionary who is willing to take risks and who possesses the management skills necessary to create a successful franchising business enterprise.” The award was formally presented Jan. 31 during the Association's 57th Annual Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. “Gordon’s work to consistently develop not only his entrepreneurial business efforts but also those of others, demonstrates, his role as a model of leadership within the franchise industry,” said IFA Chairman Aziz Hashim, founder and managing partner at NRD Capital. “He has been an integral member of IFA’s growth and success and we applaud him on his well-deserved recognition.”

Child’s abusive death prompts efforts for tougher laws in S.C. BY ANDREW DYS The Herald of Rock Hill LANCASTER (AP) — The abuse death of 5-year-old Soren Chilson that ended in court recently with her mother and a Purple Heart veteran going to prison is over, but the fight to protect other South Carolina children from abusers appears ready to start. State Rep. Ralph Norman, R-Rock Hill, and Sen. Wes Climer, R-Rock Hill, both say they are so appalled by the crime that each plans to talk to other legislators, in the S.C. House of Representatives and Senate, about introducing legislation that would stiffen penalties for abusers and those who cover up the crimes. Soren died in Lancaster in 2013 after weeks of beatings at the hands of her mother's boyfriend. Her mother covered up the beatings and did nothing to stop them, court testimony showed. "No hell is hot enough for people who abuse children. This child died from abuse," Norman said. "We do need tougher laws. Something has got to be done. Children can't stand up for themselves. We have to stand up for them." Vickie Gleason, Soren's mother, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for child neglect after text messages showed in court that she knew of the abuse at the hands of her thenboyfriend Phillip Gleason, and tried to cover up the crimes. Phillip Gleason, an Iraq War veteran and Purple Heart recipient wounded in 2006, claimed PTSD and brain injury before pleading guilty to weeks of abuse that ended with Soren's skull crushed. "This crime of abuse is so severe a child died, shocks the conscience. It is appalling," Climer said. "We must use this opportunity to look at whether our sentencing guidelines are strong enough." Climer said he will urge legislators to look at whether laws need sharper teeth for adult inaction and cover-up of abuse. "There is not a harsh enough penalty for the abuse in this case," Climer said. "This little girl's suffering and death is as bad as it gets." Soren's death is similar to a 2012 North Car-

‘No hell is hot enough for people who abuse children’ STATE REP. RALPH NORMAN, R-ROCK HILL olina case that prompted state and federal action. Kilah Davenport was beaten by her stepfather. She is thought to have died in 2014 but her body was never recovered. Laws passed afterward stiffened penalties and reporting requirements in cases of child abuse. Norman and others already have introduced bills that would make it more difficult for abusive parents to regain custody once their children have been taken away by S.C. Social Services. Soren's case is different: Her abuse was covered up until she was already dead. Soren's grandfather, Donald Chilson, said he would be willing to help push any tougher laws. He mentioned the idea of naming the law in honor of Soren, but a recently enacted state law would prohibit that. "That little girl, my granddaughter, was a defenseless child," Chilson said. "She couldn't defend herself from him. And her mother, she allowed it." Soren died in March 2013. In the past four years, her grandfather has been so distraught that he could not go to her grave in rural Lancaster County. His son Jeremy, Soren's father, died months before Soren died. "I could claim post traumatic stress disorder if you use the nonsense they tried to use, but the only one who was hurt in this thing was Soren," Donald Chilson said. "There is no reason this had to happen. None." Recently, Chilson finally went to the grave. He found no gravestone. He immediately made arrangements to have a monument made that will be installed in the coming weeks. Chilson will pay for it. It is the next step in a grandfather's journey to protect other children. "I don't know what we can do to stop this from ever happening again to another child, but we owe it to every child to try," he said.

Before founding Sport Clips in 1993 and beginning to franchise the concept in 1995, Logan owned and operated salons throughout Texas as a franchisee of Command Performance, the release said. Realizing that men and boys usually don’t relish getting a haircut, he decided to place an emphasis on the experience. Logan assembled a top management team and orchestrated the Sport Clips concept, which includes innovative haircutting systems, operating procedures and marketing programs designed to capitalize on the men’s and boys’ haircut market, according to the release. Today, Sports Clips operates more than 1,500 locations, and the number will exceed 1,600 by 2017. Sport Clips is the only hair care concept operating in all 50 states, plus five provinces in Canada, according to the IFA. In naming Logan as the award winner, the IFA said Logan’s experience as a business owner — dealing with the daily needs of a small operation — set him on a path to become a successful leader of a franchise system. The leadership qualities he developed over the years are a direct result of his time as an aircraft commander in the U.S. Air Force, according to the IFA.

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Camden man killed in motor-home crash A single-vehicle wreck Sunday on St. Pauls Church Road claimed the life of a Camden man. According to South Carolina Highway Patrol Cpl. Sonny Collins, a 1983 motor home veered off the right side of the roadway at about 11:45 a.m. and struck a tree. The driver was airlifted to Palmetto Health Richland in Columbia, Collins said. A passenger, Robert Skidmore, 47, of Camden, was killed in the wreck, according to Sumter County Coroner Bobby Baker. Collins said neither occupant of the motor home was wearing seatbelts.

Turbeville Council meeting today Turbeville Town Council will meet at 6 p.m. today at Turbeville Town Hall, 1400 Main St. On the agenda are approval of minutes, public participation and election of mayor pro tem and committee members. The audit report for fiscal year 2015-16 will be presented, and council will consider sponsorship for the Puddin Swamp Festival. In executive session, council will consider changes to ordinances involving employee sick leave and hours of employment. Council will also hear a report from Administrator Rodney Johnson and conduct unfinished business. For information, call (843) 659-2781.

Bicyclist killed in alleged hit and run A 25-year-old man has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death after a man on a bicycle was struck and killed Sunday in South Sumter. Steve Allen WALTERS Sumter, 51, of 309 Manning Ave., was riding a bike near South Harvin and East Bee streets when he was struck by a white 2004 Oldsmobile Alero that left the scene, according to a news release from Sumter Police Department. Sumter was transported to Palmetto Health Tuomey, where he was pronounced dead, the release said. Later, at Penn Street and Manning Avenue, police reportedly found a vehicle which matched the description of the car which struck Sumter, but the driver was not with the vehicle. A suspect, Diontae Lyquel Walters, of 767 Brand St., was located hours later at a residence on Laurel Street and taken into custody without incident, according to the department.

Auditions announced for SLT’s ‘The Producers’ The Sumter Little Theatre will hold auditions for “The Producers” at 6:30 p.m. today and again Feb. 20 and 21 at the theater, 14 Mood Ave. Male and female singers in all ranges are invited to audition. For more information, contact the Sumter Little Theatre at (803) 775-2150 or Bryan at (803) 983-9349, or email piros100@yahoo.com.

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Speaker shares journey of blacks in education BY LETICIA G. HOPKINS USARCENT Public Affairs Special to The Sumter Item

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Robert T. Vinson, an associate professor of History and African Studies at the College of William and Mary, discusses the roles of prominent black leaders in American education Feb. 8 at Shaw Air Force Base, during U.S. Army Central’s Black History Month observance.

U.S. Army Central’s equal opportunity directorate held its “The Crisis in Black Education” themed Black History Month observance at Shaw Air Force Base on Feb. 8. This year’s theme emphasized centuries of obstacles that were overcome along with the efforts made by many to educate blacks, while recognizing it is still an ongoing effort. “Today’s black history program brings attention to the crisis in education within the African-American community,” said Col. Oscar Doward, 2503d Digital Liaison Detachment commander as he introduced the guest speaker. “And how inequalities in the American education system fueled the creation of racially segregated institutions of higher learning that continue to

POLICE BLOTTER CHARGES Joseph Ellison, 59, of 1168 Jasper Lane, Summerton, was arrested Feb. 7 and charged with grand larceny for allegedly taking assorted jewelry valued at approximately $8,900 from a residence on Delray Lane in Sumter on Jan. 27. According to a news release from Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, the items were recovered from a pawn shop in Clarendon County. Stefan Smith, 27, of 110 Murphy St., was arrested Feb. 7 and charged with six counts of distribution of heroin; distribution of crack cocaine; posses-

serve African-Americans to this day.” Doward added that he was a proud product of one of those institutions, Alabama A&M University, before expressing his confidence in Robert T. Vinson’s ability to enlighten everyone on the significance of those institutions. Vinson, who received his doctorate in African-American History and is an associate professor of History and Africana Studies at the College of William and Mary, used a storytelling and interactive method to grab his audience’s attention. While addressing the audience, Vinson gave what he referred to as a “greatest hits” version of what he normally covers in his classes. Some of the people Vinson’s “greatest hits” included were Robert Smalls, Booker T. Washington, Septima Clark and Rosa Parks. “I loved the way he did it … like a storytelling,” said Sgt.

sion with intent to distribute methamphetamine, exposing child to methamphetamine, possession of controlled substance, trafficking heroin, trafficking crack cocaine and possession of weapon during violent crime for allegedly distributing drugs. According to a news release from the sheriff's office, deputies seized approximately $3,600 in crack cocaine; $2,000 in heroin; $1,000 in methamphetamine; and $500 in hydrocodone and oxycodone pills. Officers also seized two handguns, ammunition and $3,950 in cash after a six-month investigation. Smith was transported to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center. Asiatic J. Samuel, 18, of 509 S. Lafayette

1st Class April Millington, USARCENT equal opportunity adviser. “He took us on a journey.” Vinson highlighted the importance of Smalls’ actions during the Civil War. Smalls and others who fought helped open doors to opportunities such as education for blacks. “So we move from the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendment(s) and people like Roberts Smalls are thinking about their political rights and having land” Vinson said. “But they’re also thinking about education, and in this moment this is when historically black colleges and universities, like my alma mater Howard University are opened.” Vinson added that it was through a combined effort of people with good will that is was possible. They recognized education was “absolutely crucial in the advancement of African-Americans

Drive, was arrested on Thursday and charged with pointing and presenting a firearm at a person for allegedly pointing a black semi-automatic handgun at another person, causing the victim to fear for his life, on Oct. 24, 2016. STOLEN PROPERTY A 55-inch LG TV valued at $1,200; a 32-inch flat-screen TV, unknown brand, valued at $200; $1,800 in men's clothing; and three pairs of Nike shoes valued at $400 were reportedly stolen from a residence in the 100 block of Brentwood Drive between 1 and 7 a.m. on Wednesday. A black 32-inch Emerson TV valued at $100; a black 50-inch Sceptre TV

— and indeed all Americans,” said Vinson. Vinson loosely tied his characters together to show the importance of their accomplishments. Washington was a former slave and author who became instrumental in the founding and building of Tuskegee Institute. Clark attended a higher school of education for blacks and became a teacher. She later became a civil rights activist and worked with citizenship schools. Parks attended one of Clark’s workshops in 1955, the same year she later made history by not giving up her seat on a bus. “We always remember that education was central to advancing the objectives of African-Americans to make freedom real — to make it matter,” said Vinson. “But we also know that this particular African-American story is not just African-American history, not just black history. It is all of our history.”

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Is President Trump crossing a ‘sacred line?’ Pledge to lessen limits on church political activity draws criticism and questions ATLANTA (AP) — Republican President Donald Trump's pledge to scrap limits on church political activity could have sweeping effects that extend beyond his conservative supporters to more liberal congregations, including the black evangelical church that has long been a key component of the Democratic Party's electoral machinery. Yet many prominent black religious leaders say they like the law the way it is. And across the spectrum, there are questions about whether churches could be pulled into the campaign finance vortex and effectively become "dark money" committees that play partisan politics without disclosing donors. "This opens up a can of worms that would undermine the church's moral authority," said the Rev. Raphael Warnock, senior pastor at Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church, where civil rights icon the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once preached. In South Carolina, the Rev. Darrell Jackson doubles as a state senator. He allows politicians to attend Bible Way Church services in Columbia but says he doesn't even ask his parishioners to vote for him. "That's crossing a sacred line," Jackson said. Trump reignited the issue recently when he used the National Prayer Breakfast to repeat his campaign pledge to "totally destroy" a rarely enforced 1954 law that threatens religious and many other nonprofit entities with loss of their tax-exempt status if they engage in explicit electioneering, such as endorsing candidates or spending money advertising in a ballot initiative campaign. The president frames the socalled "Johnson amendment," named for its original sponsor, then-Sen. Lyndon Johnson, as an assault on religious freedom. The law does not actually prevent churches or their leaders from weighing in on issues of the day. Republican and Democratic politicians are fixtures in pews during election season. Theologically conservative evangelicals often emphasize opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage and their unyielding support for Israel — all Republican hallmarks. More liberal evangelicals often tout "social justice," advocating policies that reflect the Democratic Party. Voices of the Roman Catholic and mainline Protestant churches can be found in both camps. Warnock said faith and politics necessarily mix. "You can't advocate for the poor," he said, "without being political." But he said there's a difference between pushing policy and backing candidates. Indiana University professor Brad Fulton, who studies political activity in the U.S. religious community, cited research that suggests liberal congregations actually have become more politically active in recent years. Conservative evangelical congregations, meanwhile, appear to have become less so in the decades since the Christian Coalition and Moral Majority movement blossomed to the benefit of Republicans. Those conclusions come from the National Congregations Study, an academic project that tracks activities including hosting political speakers, registering voters and distributing issue-based

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tered freedom to spend money in the political arena. Warnock called the distinction "naive." Even a narrow tweak, he said, could foster an atmosphere where campaign financiers "purchase endorsements" from churches and secretly funnel money through offering plates for partisan advertising. Unlike political committees that back specific candidates, religious entities don't have to disclose donors publicly. Fulton, the Indiana professor, said the "much larger implications" of Trump's idea have nothing to do with "verbal endorsements," but instead the possibility of religious entities financing political campaigns and ballot initiatives in "unlimited amounts, while maintaining their tax-exempt status." Moreover, contributions to churches are tax-deductible for the donors, unlike contributions to entities legally structured as political committees. That raises the possibility of tax write-offs effectively subsidizing political activity that is now disallowed. The White House did not respond to questions about whether Trump wants only a narrow allowance for endorsements or more sweeping changes. In North Carolina, meanwhile, Trump-supporter Harris shrugged off any concerns about pastors or their congregations being compromised: "I don't see the church becoming one big Super PAC."

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from previous billing cycles. And the process has become as simple as making a few clicks from an online bank statement Credit card users who feel or taps in a bank smartphone helpless when dealing with merchants that provide shoddy app. "It's really easy to do," Brasler goods and services should know they have a powerful tool avail- says. Consumers' Checkbook has called the chargeback "a able to them: chargebacks. consumer superweapon." A chargeback occurs when a credit card holder disputes a USE JUDICIOUSLY charge and the transaction is reversed. People tend to think But with the great power of a of chargebacks as remedies for chargeback comes great responbilling errors or fraudulent pur- sibility. chases. But consumers can also Chargebacks are costly to redispute a charge if they're distailers. Not only do they lose satisfied with the quality of money from disputed sales, but merchandise, service or delivthey also incur chargeback fees ery and the merchant refuses to and potentially higher processmake things right, according to ing rates. Credit card procesthe federal Fair Credit Billing sors may even drop retailers Act. that have too many chargeExperts say that although the backs. law hasn't changed, the power A January 2016 study by reof chargebacks has surged, to searchers at the Federal Rethe point that banks and credit serve Bank of Kansas City card processors typically side found that the overwhelming with consumers. When Conmajority of successful chargesumers' Checkbook, a nonprofit backs — 80 to 90 percent — rater of local service vendors, from 2013 to 2014 were resolved asked its members to share sto- as a "merchant liability." ries about chargebacks in 2016, Merchants would prefer conmore than 100 replied, and 90 sumers dispute charges as a last percent said they were success- resort, as the law intended. But because the process has become ful, according to Executive Diso easy, retailers say some cusrector Kevin Brasler. tomers use a chargeback inDisputing a charge allows consumers to at least temporar- stead of returning an unwanted ily avoid paying without risking item for a refund or getting in touch to work out a solution. damage to their credit. They Consumers might even dispute can also dispute paid charges

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Disputing a credit card charge isn’t only for billing errors and fraud. Consumers can also dispute a credit card charge if they’re dissatisfied with the quality of merchandise, service or delivery. charges in an attempt to get their money back and keep the merchandise, a behavior sometimes dubbed "friendly fraud." "One of the rules is, you have to try to work it out with the merchant first," Brasler says. "That's only fair." And as merchants incur the costs of chargebacks, they pass them along to consumers in the form of higher prices, says Craig Shearman, spokesman for the National Retail Federation. "Most retailers are very glad to work with their customers. They want to resolve the dispute and have a happy customer come back," Shearman says.

the-scenes change related to the new security chips in credit cards. On Oct. 1, 2015, liability for in-person fraudulent purchases switched from banks to retailers if the disputed charge came from a credit card equipped with an anti-fraud microchip but the retailer's card reader didn't accept chip cards. Some retailers who usually saw a few hundred dollars' worth of chargebacks per year were suddenly seeing thousands' worth, Shearman says. Much of that was because of fraud, but consumer disputes were also being automatically

charged to retailers who didn't yet have chip-card readers, he adds. "There's been a surge in malicious chargeback activity in the past year and half or so, and a certain number of consumers are taking advantage, too," Shearman says. The retail federation wasn't able to quantify the problem, he adds. Brasler says merchants' fear of chargebacks has given consumers new power that they should use sparingly. "Don't be shy about saying, 'I have this option, and I'll use it if I have to,'" he says.

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oral thugs are the most annoying kind. Run-of-the-mill thugs, as despicable as they are, at least have the decency to not pretend they’re any good. They’re goons, and they know it. They’re out to hurt you, and that pretty much is that. Moral thugs on the other hand try to convince the world that they’re inflicting their damage for what we’re supposed to believe is a noble cause. And the supposedly noble cause we’re witnessing today is a nationwide boycott launched by activists who so detest Donald Trump that they want to punish any American business that sells anything with his name on it — and shame businesses whose executives had the gall to actually support him. Oh the humanity! Anti-Trump activists haven’t Bernard had much luck in the world of Goldberg politics — trying to block his cabinet appointments has gone nowhere. But they’re doing better in another arena. They’re having some success in the world of business. Does the name Grab Your Wallet ring any bells? Grab Your Wallet is a grassroots movement that started on social media and has come out with a long list of businesses that they’ve put in their crosshairs for peddling Trump merchandise. Macy’s is on the list, along with Burlington Coat Factory, Bed Bath & Beyond, Amazon, Lord & Taylor, Dillard’s, Hudson Bay, Bon-Ton, Belk, Bloomingdale’s and a lot more. QVC, the L.A. Clippers basketball team and See’s Candy also are on the hit list. Why? Because they advertise on Celebrity Apprentice. Then there’s LL Bean, Lending Tree, MillerCoors and New Balance. Grab Your Wallet is targeting them because the company’s CEO or a board member had the audacity to raise money for the Trump campaign or a Super PAC that supported him. And now there’s Nordstrom, the upscale department store that has become the latest highvalue target of Grab Your Wallet. Nordstrom no longer sells clothing and shoes designed by Ivanka Trump because she has the audacity to be President Trump’s daughter. In Grab Your Wallet circles, such an offense will not be tolerated. For the record, Nordstrom says the decision to dump Ivanka was all about business, nothing more. In a tweet the company said, “It’s not a political decision for us. We didn’t buy the [Ivanka Trump] brand for this season based on its sales performance.” But even the Grab Your Wallet crowd didn’t buy that explanation. As soon as Nordstrom caved, the activists took to social media to gloat over their victory. “It’s working people!@nordstrom is ending its relationship with Ivanka Trump products! Keep it up! #GrabYourWallet” was one tweet. Another said, “Thanks to the #GrabYourWallet #boycott, @Nordstrom came to its senses and dumped @IvankaTrump. #LoveTrumpsHate.” Grab Your Wallet has claimed several other scalps — stores that have either removed Trump merchandise from their websites or from their brick-and-mortar stores. Collaborators, after all, are not innocent bystanders in the eyes of the high-minded folks at Grab Your Wallet. Boycotts, of course, are legal and sometimes really do serve a noble purpose. In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to go to the back of the bus, and that led to the Montgomery [Alabama] Bus Boycott, which in turn led to a United States Supreme Court decision declaring that the city’s law requiring segregated buses was unconstitutional. The Montgomery boycott was about something truly important, civil rights. The Grab Your Wallet boycott is about shoes and earrings and handbags and ties. Despite his faults — and he has plenty — Donald Trump won. Grab Your Wallet activists don’t have to like it. A lot of Americans don’t. But to try to shame people for supporting him, to try to hurt businesses for selling anything with his name on it, is a movement steeped in its own smallness. What they’re doing is legal. But that’s all it is. And it certainly isn’t noble. Bernie Goldberg is an opinion writer and a news and media analyst for Fox News’ O’Reilly Factor. He is a graduate of Rutgers University and a member of the school’s Hall of Distinguished Alumni.

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WITH RECENT NEWS, GOD HAS HIS HANDS FULL Recently, while channel surfing for news, I happened upon a station that revealed that Chili’s management group will donate funds to Planned Parenthood. Is this an example of “fake news” or just a disgruntled competitor? Regardless of motive, God sure has his hands full. Just looking for an honest answer. RICHARD SHADOAN Sumter PS: Kudos to Ivy Moore for her article of Jan. 25, 2017, on Christian Charities.

PUBLIC WANTS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT COMMUNITY ISSUES I would like to know why citizens of Sumter have to go to WISTV 10 to get our water issues out in the open? WISTV 10 did what Sumter (almost) Daily Item should have done, which was to ask our city leaders hard questions concerning our water issues.

It seems as if the Item only publishes what is given to it and nothing more. Maybe the Item needs to hire an investigative reporter, someone who can do more than find cute dogs and cats. We have questions and aren’t getting decent answers. Such as: Why are we getting so much iron in our water? Every city uses groundwater, but it is not the color of ours. Why is our lead concentration allowed to stay right at the minimum passable level of 15 ppb. Delray Beach, Florida, which is right on the coast, is 4.3 ppb. Why are we having recurring problems with our school district overspending money? Remember a few years back we had a school employee using district money to bankroll his high lifestyle and spreading it around to certain of his buddies. Why haven’t we heard any more on the police shooting a few weeks back? I know you reported on the group calling itself “the movement.” You should have called it what it really is, a “gang.” It is not a “neighborhood social club” gone bad. These and other items, the Item should be keeping us informed on. I am not asking for mudslinging but factual in-depth reporting of the local news and not just what you are given by the powers that be. I am sure some of our city leaders do not want certain issues placed before the public, but that is their problem. I want to know what is going on in the community I chose to live in. This is not Russia, where they get only what the government wants them to have. I see why so many people buy The State paper. ROBERT JOHNSON Sumter Editor’s note: Thanks for being an engaged reader. We have covered the stories you mentioned and are working to get more details as you requested.

LAW ENFORCEMENT IS AS HUMAN AS EVERYONE ELSE [Feb. 6] was a special night at

our monthly American Legion meeting. We recognized the Public Service Employees of the Year for 2016. Although I am sure that many deserve this honor, only one person from each department is recognized each year. There have been a lot of disgraceful events happening in the USA for way too long. Thank God that most of that doesn’t get to the Sumter community. If things do happen we have leaders and law enforcement to take care of the situation. I believe that most people know that our law enforcement is here for us when we need them. Do most of us appreciate what they do for us? Do we know how much they must train and learn to do their job? Do we know how much they sacrifice to keep us safe? I think we expect too much from them; after all, they are only as human as those they protect. Do you expect everything while giving nothing? Do you thank public service employees when you have the chance? Do you report crime in your neighborhood, or do you expect them to be everywhere and know everything? We must all work together to make our community a better place for all of us. It is your right to pursue happiness. Happiness comes from feeling safe and secure where we live. If you don’t feel happy, what can you do to change that? May I suggest that a good place to start is to attend “One Sumter” meetings on the second Sunday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church on 325 W. Fulton St. I believe that there are many people who are really trying to make Sumter a better place for all of us. Another way to make Sumter better, if you are a veteran, is to attend our Post meetings on the first Monday of each month at 7 p.m. on 34 South Artillery Drive. JACQUELINE K. HUGHES Sumter

WHO REPRESENTS YOU SUMTER COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 Christopher F. Sumpter II 1200 Broad St., PMB 180 Sumter, SC 29154 (803) 305-9375 (cell) csumpter@sumtercountysc.org DISTRICT 2 Artie Baker 3680 Bakersfield Lane Dalzell, SC 29040 803-469-3638 (home) DISTRICT 3 James Byrd Jr. PO Box 1913 Sumter, SC 29151 (803) 468-1719 (cell) (803) 436-2108 (fax) jbyrd@sumtercountysc.org DISTRICT 4 Charles T. Edens 3250 Home Place Road Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 775-0044 (home) (803) 236-5759 (cell) cedens@sumtercountysc.org DISTRICT 5 Vivian Fleming-McGhaney 9770 Lynches River Road Lynchburg, SC 29080 (803) 437-2797 (home) (803) 495-3247 (office) vmcghaney@sumtercountysc.org DISTRICT 6 James T. McCain Jr.

317 W. Bartlette St. Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 773-2353 (home) (803) 607-2777 (cell) DISTRICT 7 Eugene Baten PO Box 3193 Sumter, SC 29151 (803) 773-0815 (home) council@sumtercountysc.org SUMTER CITY COUNCIL MAYOR Joseph T. McElveen Jr. 20 Buford St. Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 773-0382 jmcelveen@sumter-sc.com WARD 1 Thomas J. Lowery 829 Legare St. Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 773-9298 tlowery@sumter-sc.com WARD 2 Ione Dwyer PO Box 1492 Sumter, SC 29151 (803) 481-4284 idwyer@sumter-sc.com WARD 3 Calvin K. Hastie Sr. 810 S. Main St. Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 774-7776 chastie@sumter-sc.com

WARD 4 Steven Corley 115 Radcliff Drive Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 305-1566 scorley@sumter-sc.com WARD 5 Robert Galiano 608 Antlers Drive Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 469-0005 bgaliano@sumter-sc.com WARD 6 David Merchant 26 Paisley Park Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 773-1086 dmerchant@sumter-sc.com STATE LAWMAKERS Rep. Will Wheeler, D-Bishopville District 50 (803) 484-5454 (office, Bishopville) (803) 212-6958 (office, Columbia) (803) 428-3161 (home) (803) 229-2407 (cell) Rep. Joe Neal, D-Hopkins District 70 PO Box 5 Hopkins, SC 29061 (803) 776-0353 (home) (803) 734-9142 (fax) (803) 734-2804 (Columbia) jn@schouse.org

Rep. Dr. Robert L. Ridgeway III, D-Clarendon District 64 117 N. Brooks St. Manning, SC 29102 (803) 938-3087(home) (803) 212-6929 (Columbia) Rep. Murrell Smith Jr., R-Sumter District 67 PO Box 580 Sumter, SC 29151 (803) 778-2471 (business) (803) 778-1643 (fax) (803) 734-3042 (Columbia) murrellsmith@schouse.gov Rep. J. David Weeks, D-Sumter District 51 2 Marlborough Court Sumter, SC 29154 (803) 775-5856 (business) (803) 734-3102 (Columbia) Sen. Gerald Malloy, D-Darlington District 29 1216 Salem Road Hartsville, SC 29550 (843) 339-3000 (803) 212-6148 (Columbia) Sen. Kevin L. Johnson, D-Manning District 36 PO Box 156, Manning, 29102 (803) 435-8117 (home) (803) 212-6108 (Columbia) Sen. J. Thomas McElveen III, D-Sumter District 35 PO Box 57, Sumter, 29151

(803) 775-1263 (business) (803) 212-6132 (Columbia) NATIONAL LAWMAKERS Rep. Mick Mulvaney — 5th District 1207 Longworth HOB Washington, D.C. 20515 (202) 225-5501 531-A Oxford Drive Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 327-1114 Rep. Jim Clyburn — 6th District 319 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 (202) 225-3315 1703 Gervais St. Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 799-1100 jclyburn@hr.house.gov Sen. Lindsey Graham 290 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-5972 Midlands Regional Office 508 Hampton Street, Suite 202 Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 933-0112 (main) Sen. Tim Scott 167 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-6121 (202) 228-5143 (fax) 1301 Gervais St., Suite 825 Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 771-6112 (803) 771-6455 (fax)

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AROUND TOWN Volunteers from AARP will offer beans, dessert, roll and a drink. Call James L. Green at free tax preparation from 9 Sumter Chapter National Federation of (803) 968-4173. a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on MonBlind to meet days and Wednesdays The Lincoln High School Preserthrough April 12 at the Shep- vation Alumni Association will herd’s Center, 24 Council St. meet at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Applicants are advised to Feb. 19, at the Lincoln High bring the following with School cafeteria. Call James them: photo ID; Social SecuL. Green at (803) 968-4173. rity cards for all household members being claimed; tax The American Red Cross is in urgent need of blood donations documents — W-2 forms, and will hold blood drives as 1099R, 1099SSA, interest infollows: 2-7 p.m. Thursday, come and all other income statements; 2015 tax returns Feb. 23, Grace Baptist Church, 219 W. Calhoun St.; 8 and power of attorney a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, forms if filing for someone High Hills AME Church, 6780 other than yourself. For inMeeting House Road, Dalformation, call Henry Dinkins at (803) 499-4990 or Lula zell; and 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27, Thomas King at (803) 316-0772. Sumter Academy, 5365 CamThe Sumter Chapter of the Naden Highway, Dalzell. Downtional Federation of the Blind of load the Red Cross Blood South Carolina will meet at Donor App, visit www.red7 p.m. today at Shiloh-Rancrossblood.org or call 1-800dolph Manor, 125 W. RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767). Bartlette St. The presiders The Sumter Branch NAACP’s for the “Valentine’s Evening annual black history program of Elegance Date Night” will will be held at 5 p.m. on Sunbe Lee and Laura Colcloughday, Feb. 26, at Trinity MisJames. Transportation prosionary Baptist Church, 155 vided within their coverage Wall St. The Rev. Napoleon area. Contact Debra Canty, A. Bradford will speak. chapter president, at (803) The 17th Annual Cavalier Pride 775-5792 or debra.canty@ Auction will be held on Saturfrontier.com. Donations are day, March 18, at Robert E. welcome and can be mailed Lee Academy in Bishopville. to NFB Sumter Chapter, P.O. Food will be served from 5 Box 641, Sumter, SC 29151. to 7 p.m. Bidding will begin The Sumter County Chapter of at 5:30 p.m. with the first AARP will meet at 3 p.m. on table closing at 7 p.m. TickThursday, Feb. 16, at Sumter ets are $15 in advance or Senior Services Center, 119 S. Sumter St. All persons age $20 at the door. Call the school office at (803) 48455 or older are invited. Call 5532. Johnny Jones at (803) 773The Rembert Area Community 9681. Coalition’s 5th Annual Spring The General George L. Mabry Parade will be held from 10 Jr. Chapter 817, Military Order a.m. to noon on Saturday, of the Purple Heart will meet April 8. The parade will at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. begin at the Rembert Com16, at the Sumter Combat Veterans Group building, 529 munity Car Wash and continue onto Lee Street, along N. Wise Drive. All Purple Young Street, down McLeod Heart recipients and those Chapel Road, down Pisgah interested in association Road, onto U.S. 521 and end membership are invited. at 8420 Camden Highway. Call (803) 773-0658. The parade will be followed The Lincoln High School Preser- by a family and friends vation Alumni Association will event until 3 p.m. There will hold a dinner fundraiser from be food, beverages, live 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, music and entertainment Feb. 17, at the Lincoln High and more. Participation, School cafeteria, Council sponsorship and vendor Street. Cost is $8 per person forms are available on the and menu will consist of RACC website under “News baked or barbecued chick& Events.” en, peas and rice, lima

PUBLIC AGENDA LEE COUNTY COUNCIL Today, 9 a.m., council chambers

SUMMERTON TOWN COUNCIL Today, 6 p.m., town hall

SUMTER HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION Today, noon, Sunset Country Club

PINEWOOD TOWN COUNCIL Today, 6:30 p.m., town hall

SUMTER COUNTY LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES Today, 5 p.m., library LYNCHBURG TOWN COUNCIL Today, 6 p.m., Teen Center on Magnolia Street, Lynchburg

TURBEVILLE TOWN COUNCIL Today, 6:30 p.m., town hall MAYESVILLE TOWN COUNCIL Today, 7 p.m., town hall

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Draw on the EUGENIA LAST knowledge and experience you have and share your thoughts with those looking for similar results. Intelligence and physical efforts will allow for greater opportunity to build your own foundations for success. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Learn as you go. Put in the time to discover new possibilities. Be a participant and offer alternatives. It’s up to you to follow through, so don’t wait to be asked to join in. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Work toward a better you. Get into better physical shape. The changes you want to see happen will only take place if you instigate them on your own. Emotional relationships with children, family or your partner will improve with conversation. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Keep your life simple and your plans within budget. Don’t be tempted to keep up with those who profess to be doing spectacularly. Someone offering false impressions will distract you from reaching your goals. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Make plans to travel. Plan to incorporate both business and pleasure into your arrangements. You’ll learn by observing someone with experience. Take care of responsibilities and you will gain support and long-lasting allies. Romance and domestic changes are encouraged. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Money problems will develop if you aren’t smart about the way you handle investments, spending habits and your generosity. Being able to say no to someone asking for too much will help keep you out of

trouble. Honesty must prevail. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Change will be within reach. Take the initiative to reach out and grab what you want. There is no room for hesitation if you want to get ahead. Share your thoughts and make things happen. Engage in intellectual and physical activities.

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WEATHER

AccuWeather® ﬁve-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

TONIGHT

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Cooler with periods of rain

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Sunny and pleasant

Rain and drizzle in the p.m.

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69° / 48°

Chance of rain: 0%

Chance of rain: 25%

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SSW 6-12 mph

SSW 4-8 mph

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WNW 7-14 mph

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TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Gaﬀney 61/46 Spartanburg 63/47

Greenville 65/48

Columbia 70/53

Temperatures shown on map are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

IN THE MOUNTAINS

Sumter 69/53

Aiken 70/50

ON THE COAST

Charleston 71/54

Today: Plenty of sun. High 61 to 73. Wednesday: Occasional rain and drizzle. High 63 to 73.

LOCAL ALMANAC

LAKE LEVELS

SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

67° 51° 58° 35° 77° in 1949 11° in 1973

SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest. 356.84 74.78 74.63 97.96

24-hr chg none none -0.05 none

RIVER STAGES

Precipitation 24 hrs ending 4 p.m. yest. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date

River Black River Congaree River Lynches River Saluda River Up. Santee River Wateree River

trace 0.42" 1.53" 4.96" 5.36" 5.47"

NATIONAL CITIES

REGIONAL CITIES

Today City Hi/Lo/W Atlanta 69/51/pc Chicago 45/23/pc Dallas 53/41/r Detroit 44/27/pc Houston 73/48/t Los Angeles 72/51/pc New Orleans 77/53/c New York 39/35/s Orlando 81/60/pc Philadelphia 45/33/s Phoenix 74/54/pc San Francisco 64/49/pc Wash., DC 52/38/s

City Asheville Athens Augusta Beaufort Cape Hatteras Charleston Charlotte Clemson Columbia Darlington Elizabeth City Elizabethtown Fayetteville

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 56/33/r 35/22/pc 59/35/s 33/21/sf 65/41/pc 79/55/pc 61/43/c 45/30/c 82/58/t 48/29/pc 75/52/s 64/56/c 51/31/pc

Myrtle Beach 63/55

Manning 69/52

Today: Pleasant with clouds and sun. Winds west-southwest 4-8 mph. Wednesday: A little rain. Winds northnorthwest 3-6 mph.

Temperature High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low

Florence 68/53

Bishopville 68/52

Today Hi/Lo/W 60/38/pc 70/47/pc 74/51/s 73/54/s 54/48/pc 71/54/s 64/48/pc 65/49/pc 70/53/s 66/53/s 55/45/pc 65/50/pc 65/52/pc

Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr stage yest. chg 12 8.31 -0.02 19 3.48 -0.12 14 6.16 +0.19 14 2.24 -0.01 80 76.77 +0.09 24 4.31 -6.31

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 46/27/pc 60/32/r 68/36/r 73/40/r 59/39/r 70/37/r 56/30/r 61/34/r 63/34/r 61/32/r 53/31/r 60/32/r 58/33/r

Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 68/53/s Gainesville 78/56/pc Gastonia 63/48/pc Goldsboro 62/49/pc Goose Creek 71/54/s Greensboro 59/44/pc Greenville 65/48/pc Hickory 60/45/pc Hilton Head 71/55/s Jacksonville, FL 76/55/s La Grange 72/54/pc Macon 73/52/s Marietta 67/47/pc

Sunrise 7:07 a.m. Moonrise 9:53 p.m.

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6:05 p.m. 9:19 a.m.

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Low Ht. 5:52 a.m. -0.4 6:14 p.m. -0.2 6:37 a.m. -0.1 6:53 p.m. 0.0

Today City Hi/Lo/W Marion 58/44/r Mt. Pleasant 71/55/s Myrtle Beach 63/55/s Orangeburg 70/53/s Port Royal 71/56/s Raleigh 60/47/pc Rock Hill 64/46/pc Rockingham 62/50/pc Savannah 76/55/s Spartanburg 63/47/pc Summerville 71/54/s Wilmington 64/51/pc Winston-Salem 58/44/pc

Wed. Hi/Lo/W 55/28/r 70/37/r 67/37/r 66/37/r 74/42/r 53/30/r 56/30/r 55/29/r 76/41/r 57/31/r 69/37/r 65/33/r 53/29/r

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Check out what’s going on behind the scenes, but don’t share information about your personal affairs. Learn from the way others behave and the outcome of questionable decisions. Don’t feel pressured to participate in something that doesn’t interest you. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Express the way you feel about situations at work and at home, and you will have a positive impact on the outcome. Your willingness to do the work to make things happen will help you gain respect. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A diplomatic approach to any situation you face involving peers, neighbors or relatives will help you avoid trouble. Don’t fold under pressure or give in to someone using brawn over brains to get his or her way. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Do whatever needs to be done in order to get what you want. Make this a day of celebration. Join forces with someone who contributes positively to your life. Explore, experience and work to become the person you want to be. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t feel overwhelmed or pressured by what others do or say. Make choices that suit you, not those around you. It’s important to live up to your standards and beliefs, not someone else’s. Observe but don’t give in to pressure.

Hannah Kyle comments on her photo submission, “It is baby time at Swan Lake! What a wonderful scene of nature taking its course. The baby was learning how to survive in the water as the mother and father helped it along the way. This was a very sweet moment!”

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2017 Call: (803) 774-1241 | E-mail: sports@theitem.com

PREP BASKETBALL

Lady Monarchs blow out Georgetown 75-43 BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com MANNING – The Manning High School girls basketball was in control of its first-round game in the 3A state playoffs against Georgetown on Monday at Thames Arena. However, it only led 22-14 with 4:16 remaining in the second quarter. Just over a minute later though, the Lady Monarchs had pretty much put the game in the win column and moved on to the

second round. MHS poured in 13 straight points in just over a minute to race out to a 20-point halftime lead on the way to a 75-43 victory. Manning, which improved to 20-5 on the season, will be on the road on Thursday to face topranked and undefeated Swansea. Swansea topped May River 47-20 on Monday to improve to 21-0. “We had that stretch in the second period where we played really well defensively,” said Lady Monarchs head coach Darren Ma-

zyck. “We had all kinds of energy and effort during that stretch and we hitting our shots. We played really well during that time.” Georgetown, which finished 11-8, had pulled within 19-12 with 5:20 to go in the first half after trailing 18-8 after one quarter. MHS’ Karisma Kennedy drained a 3-point shot to push the lead to 10 before the Lady Bulldogs’ Arian Lance hit a layup to make it 22-14.

SEE MANNING, PAGE B3

LOCAL STATE PLAYOFFS MONDAY Girls

3A Manning 75, Georgetown 43 1A Scott’s Branch 50, St. John’s 17

TODAY Boys 3A Manning at Loris, 7 p.m. 1A Lowcountry Leadership at East Clarendon, 7 p.m. Creek Bridge at Scott’s Branch, 7 p.m.

Girls 4A Colleton County at Crestwood, 7 p.m. Lakewood at Hilton Head, 7 p.m.

Lee Central at Southside Christian, 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY Boys 5A Spring Valley at Sumter, 7 p.m. 4A Hilton Head at Lakewood, 6 p.m. Beaufort at Crestwood, 7 p.m. 2A Liberty at Lee Central, 7 p.m.

THURSDAY Girls 1A Scott’s Branch or St. John’s at East Clarendon, 7 p.m.

USC MEN’S BASKETBALL

Close to perfect

USC’s Martin sings praises of SEC Player of Week Thornwell BY DAVID BRANDT The Associated Press

STARKVILLE, Miss. — South Carolina’s Sindarius Thornwell scored 28 points on Saturday night. He also guarded Mississippi State star Quinndary Weatherspoon for much of the game and helped hold him to just five points. They were two huge reasons the then 19thranked and now No. 21 Gamecocks pulled away for a hard-fought 77-73 road victory over Mississippi State. Even so, South Carolina head coach Frank Martin was barking at Thornwell close to the end of the game, upset that his best player had fallen for a shot fake. Martin grinned. He knew he was nitpicking. “That’s the kind of stuff I have to get mad at him about because he does everything else perfect,” Martin said. Thornwell’s big night and Chris Silva’s 15 points helped South Carolina (20-5, 10-2 Southeastern Conference) bounce back from a 90-86 four-overtime loss to Alabama on Tuesday. Because of his performance against the Bulldogs and a 44-point outing in the loss to Alabama Thornwell was named the SEC Player of the Week. This game was close and hard-fought, too: Mississippi State led 64-63 with 5:17 remaining, but the Gamecocks scored the next nine points to pull away for the road win. “We executed,” Thornwell said. “With older guys on the court, we’ve been in that situation numerous times. Just trying to finish the game and not wanting to lose two in row kept us moTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS tivated.”

South Carolina guard Sindarius Thornwell (0) goes up for three of his 28 points in the Gamecocks’ 77-73 victory over Mississippi State on Saturday. Thornwell was named the SEC Player of the Week on Monday.

SEE USC, PAGE B3

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

PGA TOUR

Braves acquire Brandon Phillips from Reds in trade for 2 pitchers

Jordan Spieth keeps pace with Tiger Woods, at least for now

ATLANTA (AP) — The Braves acquired three-time All-Star Brandon Phillips on Sunday from the Cincinnati Reds for left-hander Andrew McKirahan and minor league right-hander Carlos Portuondo. Braves general manager John Coppolella called Phillips a “Gold Glove-caliber defender who will also deepen our offensive lineup.” “We are thrilled to ‘welcome home’ Brandon to Atlanta, where he will play in front of his family and friends and many of his fans,” Coppolella said. Phillips graduated from Redan High School in Stone Mountain, Georgia, in 1999, when he was drafted in the second round by the Montreal Expos. He made his debut with the Cleveland Indians in 2002. Phillips, a 35-year-old second baseman, has a $14 million salary this season, of which $2.25 million is deferred without interest, then can become a free agent. As a player with at least 10 years of major league service, including five with his current team, Phillips had the right to block any trades. In exchange of Phillips waiving that provision, the Braves agreed to add a $500,000 assignment bonus if he is traded by Atlanta.

BY DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Atlanta Braves acquired 3-time All-Star Brandon Phillips from the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday for left-hander Andrew McKirahan and minor league right-hander Carlos Portuondo on Sunday.

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Jordan Spieth can’t seem to win a tournament without hearing six words that only raise expectations, if not hyperbole. “The youngest player since Tiger Woods.” Comparisons require SPIETH context, though it’s still good company to keep. The latest example was Sunday at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, which Spieth happily turned into a most boring finish. He led by six shots going into the final round, made 14 straight pars at one point, closed with a 70 and won by four. Spieth jokingly apologized for not producing any highlights, except for a 30-foot birdie putt that didn’t matter. All he really cared about was winning. It was the ninth PGA Tour victory for the 23-year-old Texan. That made him — wait for it — the youngest player since Woods to win nine times on tour. Woods was 23 years, 5 months when he won his ninth PGA Tour event at the 1999 Memorial. Spieth

is a little more than a month behind. Even if Spieth were to win this week at Riviera, he still would be a few weeks older than when Woods captured his 10th tour victory, and catching up to Woods after that would be unlikely. Woods won eight PGA Tour events in 1999, including four straight to close out the year. Numbers alone don’t paint the full picture. Pebble Beach was Spieth’s 100 start on the PGA Tour as a pro, so he is winning at a 9 percent clip. In Woods’ 100th start on the PGA Tour, he won for the 28th time. “I don’t think anyone’s going to win at the same percentage that Tiger won,” Spieth said. “So that’s a bit different.” Even so, he said he is more comfortable hearing comparisons with Woods than he was a few years ago. Coming off a 2015 season in which he won the Masters and the U.S. Open and came as close as anyone to the Grand Slam, Spieth began 2016 with an eightshot victory at Kapalua. He said then he was able to keep grounded by looking

SEE SPIETH, PAGE B4

SPORTS

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2017

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SUNDAY’S GAMES San Jose 4, New Jersey 1 Minnesota 6, Detroit 3 N.Y. Islanders 5, Colorado 1 Nashville 5, Dallas 3 Boston 4, Montreal 0 Vancouver 4, Buffalo 2

BY TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer

MONDAY’S GAMES N.Y. Rangers at Columbus, 7:30 p.m. Arizona at Calgary, 9 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES Vancouver at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Colorado at New Jersey, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Buffalo at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Dallas at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. Anaheim at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Arizona at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES Toronto at Columbus, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Detroit, 8 p.m. Philadelphia at Calgary, 9:30 p.m. Florida at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAMES Winnipeg at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Ottawa at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Colorado at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. Dallas at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Vancouver at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Philadelphia at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Arizona at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

PGA SCORES By The Associated Press

Sunday At Pebble Beach, Calif. p-Pebble Beach Golf Links: 6,816 yards, par-72 s-Spyglass Hill Golf Course: 6,953 yards, par-72 m-Monterey Peninsula Country Club: 6,958 yards, par-71 Final Final round played on Pebble Beach Golf Links Jordan Spieth (500), $1,296,000 68m-65s65p-70—268 Kelly Kraft (300), $777,600 69m-70s66p-67—272 Dustin Johnson (190), $489,600 70m-69s66p-68—273 Brandt Snedeker (135), $345,600 68m-69s67p-70—274 Jason Day (100), $262,800 69m-64s75p-67—275 Jon Rahm (100), $262,800 73s-67p67m-68—275 Gary Woodland (100), $262,800 70m-73s67p-65—275 Seung-Yul Noh (83), $216,000 68s-71p69m-70—278 Rob Oppenheim, $216,000 69m-69s68p-72—278 Mackenzie Hughes (68), $172,800 70m-70s68p-71—279 Kevin Kisner (68), $172,800 72m-67s71p-69—279 Cameron Percy (68), $172,800 73p-66m71s-69—279 Nick Taylor (68), $172,800 70s-70p68m-71—279 Martin Flores (49), $108,160 70m-68s72p-70—280 Shane Lowry (49), $108,160 70p-68m72s-70—280 Will MacKenzie (49), $108,160 70m-68s74p-68—280 Trey Mullinax (49), $108,160 73s-69p68m-70—280 Geoff Ogilvy (49), $108,160 71m-70s66p-73—280 Pat Perez (49), $108,160 73p-64m74s-69—280 Scott Stallings (49), $108,160 72s-70p65m-73—280 Kevin Streelman (49), $108,160 74m-70s67p-69—280 Nick Watney (49), $108,160 70p-71m69s-70—280 Luke Donald (32), $56,520 75p-69m65s-72—281 Ken Duke (32), $56,520 73m-70s69p-69—281 Derek Fathauer (32), $56,520 70s-64p73m-74—281 Tony Finau (32), $56,520 71m-68s72p-70—281 Robert Garrigus (32), $56,520 69s-71p70m-71—281 J.B. Holmes (32), $56,520 70m-75s69p-67—281 Matt Jones (32), $56,520 72p-67m71s-71—281 Jason Kokrak (32), $56,520 77m-68s69p-67—281

PGA CHAMPIONS SCORES By The Associated Press

Minnesota 117, Chicago 89 New York 94, San Antonio 90 Detroit 102, Toronto 101 Sacramento 105, New Orleans 99

SUNDAY At The Old Course at Broken Sound Boca Raton, Fla. Purse: $1.75 million Yardage: 6,807; Par: 72 Final

MONDAY’S GAMES Philadelphia at Charlotte, 7 p.m. San Antonio at Indiana, 7 p.m. Memphis at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Orlando at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Detroit at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Oklahoma City at Washington, 8 p.m. Boston at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Golden State at Denver, 9 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Utah, 9 p.m. New Orleans at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Atlanta at Portland, 10:30 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES Cleveland at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Toronto at Chicago, 8 p.m. Sacramento at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES Indiana at Cleveland, 7 p.m. San Antonio at Orlando, 7 p.m. Charlotte at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Dallas at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Miami at Houston, 8 p.m. New Orleans at Memphis, 8 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Minnesota at Denver, 9 p.m. Portland at Utah, 9 p.m. New York at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m. Atlanta at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. Sacramento at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAMES Washington at Indiana, 7 p.m. Boston at Chicago, 8 p.m.

NHL STANDINGS By The Associated Press

Curry, on sharing stardom with KD: ‘We just let it happen’

Scott McCarron, $262,500 66-66-67—199 Carlos Franco, $140,000 68-67-65—200 Kenny Perry, $140,000 65-69-66—200 Paul Broadhurst, $94,500 69-68-64—201 Doug Garwood, $94,500 68-64-69—201 Stephen Ames, $52,000 72-63-67—202 Fred Couples, $52,000 68-65-69—202 Joe Durant, $52,000 67-65-70—202 Fred Funk, $52,000 68-66-68—202 Colin Montgomerie, $52,000 68-68-66—202 Kevin Sutherland, $52,000 69-69-64—202 Esteban Toledo, $52,000 69-67-66—202 Olin Browne, $33,250 63-69-71—203 Tom Pernice Jr., $33,250 69-64-70—203 Willie Wood, $33,250 69-69-65—203 Billy Andrade, $27,169 71-68-65—204 Jay Don Blake, $27,169 67-67-70—204 Scott Dunlap, $27,169 68-66-70—204 Paul Goydos, $27,169 70-65-69—204 Billy Mayfair, $21,700 73-65-67—205 Fran Quinn, $21,700 70-70-65—205 Wes Short, Jr., $21,700 71-69-65—205 Tom Byrum, $16,042 66-71-69—206 Marco Dawson, $16,042 66-70-70—206 Jay Haas, $16,042 69-70-67—206 Lee Janzen, $16,042 70-69-67—206 Jeff Sluman, $16,042 72-65-69—206 David Toms, $16,042 67-72-67—206 Miguel Angel Jimenez, $16,042 68-68-70— 206 Jerry Smith, $16,042 68-67-71—206

Stephen Curry had no preconceived notion on how being Kevin Durant’s teammate was supposed to work. He just knew it would. It was a fair question when the season began: How were superstars like Curry and Durant going to mesh with the Golden State Warriors? No one need ask anymore, not with the Warriors holding the best record in the NBA and the team about to send four players — Curry and Durant included, of course — to New Orleans for next Sunday’s All-Star Game. “I kind of went into it with a fresh perspective, just understanding what KD’s game is like and what he’s like as a person,” Curry said. “I knew some things from playing with him, on Team USA and stuff. From there, we had a certain identity to how we play. I knew that he would blend right in and bring his skill set to the table. “Didn’t want to put too much pressure on the transition,” Curry added. “We just let it happen.” He makes it sound so simple. Those who have been there before know it’s not. Paul Pierce went through it in Boston when the Celtics added Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen, and Dwyane Wade did in Miami when the Heat landed LeBron James and Chris Bosh. “It’s very challenging. It’s like being a bachelor and then you get married,”

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Golden State’s Stephen Curry (30) said he and first-year teammate Kevin Durant are just letting things happen on the floor as they learn to play with each other. Wade said. “You aren’t going to have as much bathroom time, you aren’t going to have as much of the bed. You have to figure out how to get comfortable.” Curry apparently has. His scoring is down from a league-best 30.1 per game last season to 25.2 this season. He’s shooting less and doesn’t have the ball in his hands as often. There’s other parts to the formula. Harrison Barnes took 10 shots per game last season for Golden State; he’s now in Dallas. Draymond Green has given up some of his shots, and Durant himself is shooting a tad less often than he did in Oklahoma City. But when Durant signed with the Warriors last summer Curry immediately knew his role would change, even coming off consecutive

MVP seasons. He hasn’t complained. “When you have an opportunity to get a piece who isn’t just a good piece but a great piece, a future Hall of Fame piece, it’s easier to take a little bit of a side step,” former NBA star Jerry Stackhouse said. “It’s not a backstep at all. You still need Steph Curry to be Steph Curry for them to have a chance to win a championship.” A play in Saturday’s game that had Durant back in Oklahoma City might illustrate how well he and Curry are clicking. It was midway through the first quarter, Warriors down by seven and Durant having missed his last three jumpers. Curry dribbled across midcourt with his left hand, and pointed at Durant with his right.

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Citadel celebrates historic 2016 season FROM STAFF REPORTS CHARLESTON — The Citadel football team celebrated its historic 2016 season inside McAlister Field House on Saturday. The highlight of the banquet was the presentation of the team’s 2016 Southern Conference championship rings celebrating back-to-back conference titles for the first time in school history. The program, which was emceed by The Citadel Athletic Hall of Famer and Sumter’s Lee Glaze, featured the recognition of 58 lettermen from the 2016 season as well as the 20 seniors who played their final season for the Bulldogs. In addition, team captains Joe Crochet, Tevin Floyd, DeAndre Schoultz and Kyle Weaver were introduced. The Citadel also handed out individual awards, including player of the year for offense, defense and special teams. The first awards presented were to linebacker Joe Crochet and offensive lineman Nick Jeffreys, The Citadel’s two Academic All-Americans. Crochet and Jeffreys are the first Bulldog pair to earn Academic AllAmerica status in the same season, and Crochet is the first Bulldog to be named an Academic All-American in consecutive seasons since 1976-78. Senior B-Back Tyler Renew was honored as The Citadel’s Offensive Player of the Year. Renew rushed for 1,096 yards, the seventh-highest single-season total in program history, and four touchdowns while adding five receptions for 120 yards and two touchdowns. He was selected as an All-American by STATS for the second straight year and earned All-Southern Conference recognition from the coaches and media. Junior defensive back Kailik Williams

took home the team’s Defensive Player of the Year award. Williams was selected as the Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Year by the conference’s media contingent, becoming the first Bulldog to take home defensive honors from the media since 1986, and was a first-team All-Southern Conference selection by the coaches and media. Williams finished the season with 103 tackles, tied for the third-highest single-season total in program history, with 10.5 for loss and 0.5 sack, two interceptions, five pass breakups and one forced fumble. The co-Special Teams Players of the Year were senior punter Will Vanvick and senior punt returner DeAndre Schoultz. The Citadel completed a 10-2 campaign in the first season under head coach Brent Thompson, who broke the program’s 100-year-old record for wins by a first-year head coach. The Bulldogs earned their second straight Southern Conference championship and tied the record for most SoCon wins in a season by completing only the seventh 8-0 conference mark in SoCon history. The Citadel broke the program’s single-season program record with six road wins, the most in FCS in 2016, and finished with the second-highest single-season wins total in school history. The Citadel was awarded the No. 6 seed in the FCS Playoffs, earning a national seed for the first time under the current 24-team format, and hosted a playoff game for the first time since 1992. The Bulldogs made their fifth postseason appearance and advanced to the playoffs in back-to-back seasons for the first time while Coach Thompson became the only first-year head coach to lead the Bulldogs to the postseason.

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Texas Tech stuns No. 4 Baylor 84-78 LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Keenan Evans scored 23 points, Niem Stevenson had 21 and Texas Tech toppled fourth-ranked Baylor 84-78 on Monday night. The Red Raiders rallied in the second half after blowing an early 12-point lead. Texas Tech opened the game with an 11-0 run and used an identical spurt late in the second half to go ahead to stay.

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South Carolina guard Duane Notice (10) passes away from Mississippi State guard Xavian Stapleton (3) during the first half of the Gamecocks’ 77-73 victory over the Bulldogs on Saturday in Starkville, Miss.

(8) LOUISVILLE 76 SYRACUSE 72 (OT)

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — No. 8 Louisville scored 10 consecutive points in overtime, including five straight by Anas Mahmoud, to outlast Syracuse 76-72 on Monday night. John Gillon sent the game to overtime on a 3-pointer for Syracuse with 40 seconds to go in regulation that tied the score at 58. The Orange took a 63-61 lead on two free throws by Andrew White, but Louisville scored the next 10 points to take control and hold on.

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CHARLOTTE (AP) — Dario Saric had 18 points and 11 rebounds off the bench, and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the slumping Charlotte Hornets 105-99 on Monday night for their third straight win. Charlotte guard Nic Batum failed to make good on his guarantee that the Hornets would beat the 76ers. He had 16 points on 5-of-12 shooting, but the Hornets lost for the 10th time in 11 games. SPURS 110 PACERS 106

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kawhi Leonard scored 32 points and the San Antonio Spurs clinched their NBA-record 20th consecutive winning season with a 110-106 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Monday night. LaMarcus Aldridge scored 10 of his 19 points during the final 6½ minutes as the Spurs improved to 42-13 in the season following Tim Duncan’s retirement. They have had a winning record every season since 1997-98, when Duncan was a rookie, and broke a tie with the Utah

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Charlotte’s Kemba Walker (15) drives past Philadelphia’s Nerlens Noel (4) in the first half of the 76ers’ 105-99 victory on Monday in Charlotte. Jazz, who had 19 straight winning seasons from 1985-2004. MCCARRON EAGLES 18TH TO WIN PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS EVENT

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Scott McCarron eagled the par-5 18th hole Sunday to win the Allianz Championship for his third PGA Champions Tour victory in his last 17 starts. The 51-year-old McCarron hit a 6-iron shot from 178 yards to 8 feet to set up the eagle, his second of the day. He closed with a 5-under 67 for a one-stroke victory over Kenny Perry and Carlos Franco. McCarron finished at 17-under 199 on The Old Course at Broken Sound. He opened with consecutive 66s to take a share of the lead into the final round.

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LMA, Wilson Hall to battle for tourney title Laurence Manning Academy and Wilson Hall will play for the SCISA Region II-3A boys basketball tournament championship today while the WH girls will play for the girls title after semifinal wins on Monday at Sumter County Civic Center. The LMA boys defeated Orangeburg Prep 81-41, while WH topped Florence Christian School 56-53 in overtime. In the girls semis, the Lady Barons topped LMA 47-19 while Florence Christian topped Orangeburg Prep 38-22. Wilson Hall and Laurence Manning are scheduled to play today at approximately 7:30 p.m. while the girls game between WH and FCS is scheduled to begin at 6. Nazir Andino led the Swampcats, who are 24-7 on the season, with 16 points. Jalil Robinson had 14, Shakeel Robinson nine and Jerrell Kelly and Grayson Dennis both had eight. Drew Talley had a doubledouble of 23 points and 12 rebounds to lead 12-10 Wilson Hall past Florence Christian. Grant DeVarona added 13 points. EJ Porter led FCS with 32 points.

The Wilson Hall girls led 10-1 after the first quarter and 21-5 at halftime. Courtney Clark led the Lady Barons, who improved to 18-5, with 11 points. Maddie Elmore added 10. The junior varsity girls game will between LMA and Wilson Hall beginning at 3:30. LMA defeated OP 31-20 on Saturday. Katherine Burns led LMA with 14 points and Breanna Boykin had 11. The JV boys game will have FCS taking on OP at 4:45.

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ST. JOHN’S T. Green 1, S. Green 2, Stenley 3, Meche 4, Boatwright 6, Brown 1. SCOTT’S BRANCH Wimberly 5, Parker 6, Lawson 9, Madison 17, Gibson 2, Hunt 2, Monroe 9.

THOMAS SUMTER 46 WILLIAMSBURG 31 KINGSTREE – Thomas Sumter Academy finished an undefeated run in SCISA Region II-2A with a 46-31 victory over Williamsburg Academy on Monday at the WA gymnasium. Bree Stoddard led TSA, which was 10-0 in region play with 21 points. Catelyn Martin had nine and Carmen Silvester grabbed 11 rebounds.

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SUMMERTON – Scott’s Branch High School rolled to an easy 50-17 victory over St. John’s in its first-round game in the 1A state playoffs on Monday at the SBHS gymnasium. The Lady Eagles will travel across Clarendon County to face East Clarendon in Turbeville on Thursday in a second-round game. Teja Madison led Scott’s Branch with 17 points. Chani-

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MANNING FROM PAGE B1 Kennedy followed with another 3-pointer to make it 25-14 with four minutes to go. Then came four straight turnovers by GHS that led to layups by Keyshaunna Walker. A layup by Kayla Goldsmith made it 35-14 with 3:50 left in the first half. “Georgetown’s a wellcoached team, but we were able to get them to do some things they didn’t’ want to do,” said Mazyck, whose team led 38-18 at halftime. “We were really effective with our pressure.” Manning forced Georgetown in 21 first-half turnovers, including 12 in the second quarter. The Lady Bulldogs managed to hit just eight of 31 shots in the first half. The Lady Monarchs led 54-34 after three quarters before turning it into a complete blowout in the final stanza. Kennedy, who was 3-for-3

ya Monroe and Tonia Lawson both had nine.

from 3-point range led MHS with 17 points. Goldsmith had 15 while Mahogany

KINGSTREE – Thomas Sumter Academy closed its season with an 18-16 victory over Williamsburg Academy on Monday at the WA gymnasium. Karleigh Young led the 9-10 Lady Generals with eight points and 12 rebounds. Clara Burnette added four points, five rebounds and three assists.

Green had 14 and Walker 13. Lance led Georgetown with 14. Alexis Milton had 12 and Desideria Anderson had 11.

Mississippi State (14-10, 5-7) was led by freshman Tyson Carter, who scored a career-high 22 points. That helped the Bulldogs stay in the game because Weatherspoon — the Bulldogs’ leading scorer who averages more than 17 per game — didn’t score until the final few minutes. The Bulldogs have lost six of their past eight games. “We’re just still making some mistakes — some small mistakes,” Carter said. “Maybe giving up an open shot or an open layup or giving up an offensive rebound.” Thornwell was coming off a 44-point, 21-rebound performance in the Alabama loss. He was nearly as dominant during Saturday’s first half, scoring the Gamecocks’ first 10 points on the way to 19 before halftime. He finished the game 9 of 15 from the field, 3 of 5 from 3-point range and 7 of 8 on free throws. But it was his defensive work on Weatherspoon and others that might have been the most impressive. “He’s really good,” Martin saiud. “He understands film. He studies player, tendencies and where teams try to get guys shots. That’s a credit to him, plain and simple.” Mississippi State kept up with the Gamecocks for most of the night. Carter came off the bench to score 16 first-half points for the Bulldogs and the game went into

halftime tied at 36.

FOUL DISCREPENCY Mississippi State’s fans spent much of the game yelling at the officials. The reason for their irritation was simple: The Bulldogs were called for 27 fouls, while the Gamecocks only had 15.

CARTER’S BIG GAME Carter’s 22 points were stunning considering he’s had a hard time getting playing time over the past two months. He had scored just 26 points in the previous 10 games combined.

BIG PICTURE South Carolina: The Gamecocks were able to bounce back from a gutwrenching home loss to Alabama. Thornwell was great in the first half and South Carolina made several smart plays down the stretch to get high-quality looks near the basket. Mississippi State: The Bulldogs continued to slide down the SEC standings. It was a great performance for Carter, who shot 8 of 13 from the field, including 5 of 10 from 3-point range. But the quiet night from Weatherspoon was tough to overcome.

UP NEXT South Carolina: The Gamecocks return home to face Arkansas on Wednesday. Mississippi State: The Bulldogs go on the road to face Georgia on Tuesday.

AP MEN’S TOP 25 By The Associated Press The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 12, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25thplace vote and last week’s ranking: Record Pts Prv 1. Gonzaga (60) 26-0 1620 1 2. Villanova (5) 24-2 1564 2 3. Kansas 22-3 1493 3 4. Baylor 22-3 1394 6 5. Arizona 23-3 1301 9 6. UCLA 23-3 1276 10 7. Oregon 22-4 1229 5 8. Louisville 20-5 1204 4 9. West Virginia 20-5 1012 13 10. North Carolina 21-5 1005 8 11. Wisconsin 21-4 868 7

12. Duke 20-5 857 18 13. Kentucky 20-5 854 15 14. Virginia 18-6 825 12 15. Florida 20-5 717 17 16. Purdue 20-5 682 16 17. Florida State 21-5 665 14 18. Cincinnati 22-3 634 11 19. SMU 22-4 415 25 20. Creighton 21-4 298 23 21. South Carolina 20-5 296 19 22. Saint Mary’s 22-3 269 20 23. Maryland 21-4 136 21 24. Butler 19-6 129 22 25. Notre Dame 19-7 122 — Others receiving votes: Wichita State 87, Xavier 72, Northwestern 60,Southern Cal 16, VCU 14, Dayton 4, Middle Tennessee 3, Monmouth 2, Oklahoma State 1, Vermont 1.

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SPIETH FROM PAGE B1 at the careers of Woods (79 victories, 14 majors) and Phil Mickelson (42 victories, five majors). Are the comparisons fair? Not necessarily. “But at the same time, I’m not here to tell you guys how to do your job,” he said. “You don’t tell me how to do mine — you just ask me about mine. So you guys can do whatever you want. I think less of that than I have in the past, and it’s an honor. It really is an honor. Getting to where you’re the first guy, even including Tiger, to do something is maybe the next goal. “But that,” he added with a smile, “might be pretty hard.” Spieth has been hearing comparisons with Woods since he was chosen for the Presidents Cup team in 2013, at age 20 the youngest American on a team. Two years later, he was the youngest Masters champion since Woods and tied his 72-hole record at Augusta National. His runner-up finish in the 2015 PGA Championship elevated him to the top of the world ranking, making him the youngest player since Woods to be No. 1. By the end of 2015, his aggregate 54-under-par in the majors was one shot better than what Woods did in 2000. That, too, requires context. Woods won two of those majors by a combined 23 shots. The comparisons, whether they involved Spieth, Rory McIlroy or anyone else, seem like a stretch because of the consistent and relentless dominance of Woods. Spieth enters the conversation again because he is hitting the ball great and his putting is starting to come around.

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Jordan Spieth looks over the fourth green of the Pebble Beach Golf Links during the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am on Sunday in Pebble Beach, Calif. Spieth won by four strokes. Spieth’s bad weeks with the putter are still better than most players’ good weeks. And still fresh are the memories of what he did two years ago — the Masters, the U.S. Open, the FedEx Cup, all the awards. But it’s only February. The Masters is nearly two months away. The majors are the measure. And remember, Spieth is still No. 6 in the world. That’s what impresses him about Woods. Spieth’s longest spell at No. 1

OBITUARIES ANSLEY JAMES Funeral services for Ansley James will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at Mt. Pisgah AME Church, 217 W. Bartlette St., Sumter, with the Rev. Dr. Laddie Howard officiating. Interment will be held at White Cemetery. The public may view from 1 to 6 p.m. today at Palmer Memorial Chapel, 304 S. JAMES Main St., Sumter. Mr. James will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. on Wednesday for viewing until the hour of service. Mr. James, 72, transitioned on Feb. 8, 2017, at his residence in Sumter. Born in Newark, New Jersey, he was a son of the late Ansley James and Beatrice Dixon-James. Upon graduating from Weequahic High School, he joined the United States Marine Corps. Mr. James proudly worked in the Newark Police Department, where he served 26 years. After relocating to the Sumter area, he enjoyed being a member of the S.C. Combat Veterans Group. Survivors include: six children; a devoted sister, Dolores James of Sumter; and a host of other relatives and dear friends. Condolences may be made on his tribute page found at www.PalmerMemorialChapel. com. Palmer Memorial Chapel Inc. is in charge of the services.

CHERYL Y. SIMS BISHOPVILLE — Cheryl Y. Mott Sims entered eternal rest on Feb. 11, 2017, at Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center, Hartsville. The family is receiving friends at the residence, 312 Munnerlyn St., Bishopville. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville.

BRADY M. LAMBERT SR. Brady Mitchell Lambert Sr. went to be with the Lord on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017. Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Bullock Funeral Home.

TOM HARRIS SR. BISHOPVILLE — Tom Harris Sr. entered eternal rest on Feb. 12, 2017, at his residence, 169 Cherry Lane, Bishopville. The family is receiving

friends at the residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville.

JAMES WATSON James Watson, 82, husband of Ruth Robinson Watson, departed this life on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, at his residence. He was born on Nov. 5, 1934, in Sumter County, a son of the late Oder and Lurethia Blair Watson. The family will receive friends at the home, 5 Van Buren St., Sumter, SC 29150. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements.

EDWARD SABB Edward Sabb, age 89, widower of Olivia Richburg Sabb, entered into eternal rest on Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, at McLeod Health Clarendon, Manning. Born in Clarendon County, he was a son of the late Nero and Eddie Thames Sabb. The family is receiving friends at the home, 1414 House Road, Summerton. Professional services entrusted to Dyson’s Home for Funerals, Summerton, (803) 485-4280.

BOBBY ANN G. MAHONEY BISHOPVILLE — Bobby Ann Gregg Mahoney, 62, passed on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017, at her residence in Newark, New Jersey. Born in Lee County, she was a daughter of the late Alvin and Hannah Mack Gregg. The family will receive relatives and friends at the home of her daughter, Quizzy Gregg, 408 Perkins St., Bishopville. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Square Deal Funeral Home, 106 McIntosh St., Bishopville.

NORMA L. CALVIN MAPLE Norma L. Calvin Maple, widow of Freddie L. Maple, was born on Oct. 19, 1948, to the late Ed and Viola Dunham Calvin. Norma, affectionately known as “Tam,” entered into eternal rest on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. Norma received her early education at St. Jude’s Catholic School and later with Sumter Adult Education, where she received her high school diploma. Norma gave her life to Christ at an early age and became a member of Allen Chapel AME Church. She later joined St. Mark 4B Missionary Baptist Church, where she faithfully served as a member of the intercessory ministry, sanctuary choir, outreach ministry and prayer bond. Her service to God and others was endless.

was a mere 20 weeks. Since losing the top spot to Jason Day last March, he has slipped to No. 6. Still ahead of him are Day, McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Henrik Stenson and Hideki Matsuyama. Woods had no challengers and still played as though he had something to prove. That’s what led Spieth to refer to Woods as “underrated.” “You almost need that next level, that next person in front of you,” he said. “That’s what’s amazing about what Tiger’s done with the game and

She leaves to cherish her life: her children, Evetta (John) Logan, Loretta (Mitchell) Logan and Felicia Maple; two nephews reared as her own, James (Rebecca) Brooks and Aubrey Brooks, all of Sumter; grandchildren, Latisha Maple of Spartanburg, Courtlyn Maple and Cleveland Maple of Sumter and Mikel Logan of Conway; nine special grandchildren, all of Sumter; one brother, Eddie “Pete” Calvin of Sumter; five sisters, Gloria C. Brooks, Carolyn (Frank) Howard, Alice McKenzie and Meochia (James) Ford, all of Sumter, and retired Lt. Col. Arlean Witherspoon of Goose Creek; a special church daughter, Yulanda Richardson of Bishopville; a godchild, Dr. Quaneck Walkes of Sumter; a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends; and her boy, Shon Maple, whom she loved very dearly. She was preceded in death by her sister, Daisy C. Smith; and three nephews, Malachi Lewis, Matthew Horace and Andre Witherspoon. Public viewing will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. today at Job’s Mortuary. Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at St. Mark 4B Baptist Church, 2280 Four Bridges Road, Sumter, SC 29151, with the Rev. Dr. Sammie Simmons officiating. Interment will follow in Hillside Memorial Park. The family will be receiving friends at the home of her daughter, Loretta Maple Logan, 840 Nevada Court, Sumter, SC 29153. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements. Online memorials may be sent to the family at jobsmortuary@sc.rr.com or visit us on the web at www.jobsmortuary. net .

LOYD A. YOUNG Loyd Andrew Young, 85, husband of Betty Moore Young, died on Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, at Palmetto Health Tuomey. Born on May 10, 1931, in Norman, Oklahoma, he was a son of the late Oscar A. and Jewell McHughes Young. He was educated in Oklahoma, where he attended public schools and the University of Oklahoma, lettering in Sooner football. Proudly serving his country as an air policeman in the U.S. Air Force, Loyd went on to wear many other hats. He retired as a longtime employee of Farmers Telephone Coop.; the pit gate manager at Sumter Rebel Speedway; and as a faithful employee of Roofco Inc. of Sumter. He was a member of Sumter Elks Lodge 855 and American Legion Post 15. Loyd enjoyed many pastimes, such as Atlanta Braves baseball, working in the family garden, and fishing all over the southeast.

his ability to stay there for years and years and years. ... As a player who has reached that and is trying to get back there, I think he’s underrated, which is incredible to say, because he’s rated the greatest of all time.” For Spieth, repeating the kind of season he had in 2015 is a tall order. Keeping pace with Woods will be even tougher. “I’m not sure what my standard is yet,” Spieth said. “I think it takes maybe a decade to figure that out.”

He lent his enthusiasm to the Sumter County Democratic Party as a loud and proud supporter, as well any other issue, political or otherwise, worth writing a letter to the editor over. Above all else, “Papa” Loyd’s greatest passion in life was his love for his family and time spent with them. Surviving in addition to his wife of 64 years are his children, Thomas Childers (Annette), John Childers (Helen), Brenda Ard, Loyd “Andy” Young Jr., Ralph Young (Cindy) and Debbie Sisson (Bobby), all of Sumter; 17 grandchildren; 44 greatgrandchildren; six greatgreat-grandchildren; cherished friends, June Miles, Essie Crosswell and Phil Leventis; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Shirley Hair (Tommy Gene); a son, Jimmy Childers; a son-in-law, George Walker; grandchildren, Tommy Hair Jr., Marie Hair and Patrick Ard; his sister, Elsie Johnson (Merle); and his eternal fishing partner, Jackson “Jack” Miles. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. on Wednesday at the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel, 515 Miller Road, Sumter, SC 29150. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service from 2 to 3 p.m. Wednesday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home. Following the services, the family will gather at the residence of Ralph and Cindy Young, 2545 Stirrup Lane, Dalzell, SC 29040. The family of Loyd A. Young would like to express their sincere appreciation to the staff of Palmetto Health Tuomey and Tuomey Hospice for their dedicated care and support through this time. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

JEANETTA POTTS Jeanetta Potts, 75, died on Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. She was born on April 1, 1941, in Sumter. Survivors: her children, Gloria Ellebe, Willie Mae (Travis) Simmons, William (Rachel) Potts Jr., Angelia (Matthew) Hicks and Stacey (Haskell) Bradley; and a host of other relatives and friends. Public viewing will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. today at Greater Mt. Pisgah MB Church, Miller Road. Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday at Mulberry MB Church with Dr. Nate Brock. The family is receiving friends at the home, 1051 Na-

thaniel St., Sumter. JP Holley Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

BILLIE D. KIRKLAND CHAPIN — Billie Dunbar Kirkland, age 81, passed away peacefully on Feb. 9, 2017, at her home on Lake Murray in Chapin. Ms. Kirkland was born on March 12, 1935, in Allendale, to William Patrick and Sophie Schramm Dunbar. Ms. Kirkland graduated from Allendale High School. She received both her Bachelor of Arts degree in early childhood education and her Interdisciplinary Master of Arts degree in natural science from the University of South Carolina. After teaching middle school life science in Lexington / Richland School District Five for 25 years, she retired, but was later recruited to help the struggling public school system in her hometown of Allendale. Ms. Kirkland was predeceased by her son, Dana Dunbar Kirkland. She is survived by her “Sista,” Kathleen Dunbar Myrick of Beaufort; son, Stephen Patrick Kirkland (Janie) of Chapin; daughters, Sophie Louanne Kirkland of Seneca and Kathleen Kirkland Brunson (Robert) of Sullivan’s Island; grandchildren, Brandon Kirkland (Kedron) of Chapin, Brantley Kirkland (Wendy) of Sumter, and Kathleen Clarke and Dana Patrick Brunson of Sullivan’s Island; and three great-grandchildren. Ms. Kirkland to her students, Billie to her friends and family, and Mimi to her grandchildren — she lived a simple life in a renovated boat house on Lake Murray, where her study of nature in her own backyard remained a constant joy. A private graveside service will be held at Swallow Savannah Cemetery in Allendale. Funeral arrangements will be handled by Keith Smith Funeral Service, 128 Water St., Allendale, SC 29810, (803) 584-2492. The family would also like to thank Amedisys Hospice Care of West Columbia for their compassionate support. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the Dana Dunbar Kirkland Music Scholarship, University of South Carolina School of Music, 813 Assembly St., Columbia, SC 29208.

ORA MAE BOYKIN TOBIAS BISHOPVILLE — Funeral services for Ora Mae Denton Boykin Tobias, 98, who died peacefully on Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, will be announced by Hancock-Elmore-Hill Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

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‘Underground’ searches for buried passageways BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH It’s Valentine’s Day! What a perfect day to climb under a rock. The new series “Secrets of the Underground” (10 p.m., Science) does just that. Host Rob Nelson combines science, archaeology, geology, urban legends and long-held myths to explore hidden tunnels, caves and peculiar earth works. He’s aided in his quest by new technology, including ground penetrating radar (GPR), LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging), and 3-D imaging. These tools enable him to “look” underground without lifting a shovel. Along the way, he looks for legendary passageways in Louisville, Kentucky, where it’s long been rumored that Al Capone had them built as Prohibition-era escape routes. He also looks for hidden tunnels beneath Alcatraz, a network that had long fueled the escape fantasies of inmates. Another search takes him to the floor of Lake Michigan, to explore legends of an “underwater Stonehenge.” • Netflix is already streaming “Michael Bolton’s Big, Sexy Valentine’s Day Special.” Now it adds to the hearts and flowers with the romance / mystery movie spoof “Girlfriend’s Day,” streaming beginning today. Bob Odenkirk, Amber Tamblyn, Natasha Lyonne and Ed Begley Jr. star in this farcical fantasy. In a city where greeting card writers

are treated like rock stars, the romance novelist Ray Wentworth (Odenkirk) used to reign supreme. Having lost his touch and his status, he’ll stop at nothing to concoct the perfect card for the newly invented holiday, “Girlfriend’s Day.” • Also in a vaguely romantic mood, “The Mindy Project” begins streaming the second half of its fifth season on HULU, and the romantic comedy “You Me Her” (8 p.m.) on the Audience Network, available to subscribers of DirecTV. • “American Experience” (9 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings) revisits Ruby Ridge, a deadly 1992 confrontation between federal marshals and a family living off the grid in Idaho who had steeped themselves in extremist politics, anti-government conspiracies and belief in end-times theology. A companion piece to last week’s look at the Oklahoma City bombing of 1995.

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • Stolen intelligence looms large in crossover episodes of “NCIS” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-PG) and “NCIS: New Orleans” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14). • Kid Rock sits down with Dan Rather on “The Big Interview” (8 p.m., AXS). • A whistle-blower needs a good defense on “Bull” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14). • Kevin has opening-night

tied to Booth’s old unit pop up with eerie frequency on “Bones” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Unneighborly watches on “Fresh Off the Boat” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-14) * Accelerated rot on “The Flash” (9 p.m., CW, r, TV-14) * Secrets and lies on “The Real O’Neals” (9:30 p.m., ABC, TV-14).

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Bull (Michael Weatherly), left, has Benny defend Lt. Tamsin Dale (Holly Curran), a whistle-blowing Army analyst being court-martialed, on the “It’s Classified” episode of “Bull,” airing at 9 p.m. today on CBS. jitters on “This Is Us” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14). • The Farrells engage in the annual winter hunt on “Outsiders” (9 p.m., WGN, TV-MA). • Anderson feels betrayed on “Chicago Fire” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14). • The race to save Mace on “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-PG). • Delaney faces the full fury of the East India Company on “Taboo” (10 p.m., FX, TV-MA).

to turn their lives around submit to an obstacle course on “Tough Mudder: The Challenge Within” (8 p.m., CW, TV-PG) * Mickey tries discipline on “The Mick” (8:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Katie hates Valentine’s Day on “American Housewife” (8:30 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * Bodies

Laverne Cox is booked on “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah” (11 p.m., Comedy Central) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes Charlie Day, Kendall Jenner and NxWorries on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Shailene Woodley, Annaleigh Ashford, Evan McMullin and Brann Dailor visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Katherine Heigl, Andrew Rannells and Lisa Hannigan appear on “The Late Late Show With James Corden” (12:35 a.m., CBS). Copyright 2017 United Feature Syndicate

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Persons having claim against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the indicated Personal Representatives, appointed to administer these estates, and to file their claims on Form #371PC with the Probate Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or before the date that is eight months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, (unless previously barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), or such persons shall be forever barred as to heir claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements, indicating the name and the address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the amount claimed and the date when due, and a description of any security as to the claim.

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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CIVIL ACTION NO: 2016-CP-43-02293 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Sanquenette D. Seay PLAINTIFF, vs. Lille Ann Copeland and John Doe, DEFENDANTS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Complaint was filed in the above entitled action in the Sumter County Clerk of Court's Office on December 15, 2016, for the purpose of instituting an action against the Defendant as a result of an auto accident which occurred December 30, 2013.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES Persons having claim against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the indicated Personal Representatives, appointed to administer these estates, and to file their claims on Form #371PC with the Probate Court of Sumter County Courthouse, N. Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150, on or before the date that is eight months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, (unless previously barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), or such persons shall be forever barred as to heir claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements, indicating the name and the address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the amount claimed and the date when due, and a description of any security as to the claim. Estate:/Warren Julius Lesane, Sr. #2017ES4300075 Personal Representative Warren J. Lesane, Jr. 3601 Seminary Avenue Richmond, VA 23227

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Flynn’s future hangs in the balance White House struggles with damage control over national security adviser’s Russia contact David Jackson and Gregory Korte USA TODAY WASHINGTON President Trump is “evaluating the situation” with respect to embattled national security adviser Michael Flynn, and he is speaking with Vice President Pence about what Flynn might have said about a disputed phone call with the Russian ambassador, the White House announced Monday. Trump spokesman Sean Spicer

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declined to take questions after reading a formal statement that came shortly after aides said the president had “full conﬁdence” in Flynn amid questions about his future in the wake of revelations he might have interfered with U.S. relations with Russia while a private citizen. Trump himself, caught in the hallway by reporters, declined to answer questions about whether he still has conﬁdence in Flynn. He instead praised Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and referred reporters to Spicer’s statement about Flynn. In that statement,

Spicer said Trump was speaking to “various other people” about what he considers the most important issue of his presidency: the nation’s security. After Spicer released his statement, the spokesman addressed reporters again and said, “The statement speaks for itself.” He would not identify whom Trump would talk to beyond Flynn and Pence. Spicer said Trump spent the weekend on other matters — Japan, North Korea, Canada — but is focused on the allegations surrounding Flynn, who remains on the job. White House aide Kellyanne Conway said Flynn simply can’t

Michael Flynn’s phone call with the Russian ambassador before Donald Trump became president has made the retired general a target. EVAN VUCCI, AP

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Erosion damage to Lake Oroville’s spillway led authorities to order the evacuation of more than 188,000 people. ELIJAH NOUVELAGE, GETTY IMAGES

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Paula Gillock, 53, waits in line for breakfast at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds on Monday in Chico, Calif. She had to evacuate her home in Gridley and slept in her car with her cat, Mimi.

If they haven’t found something really good ... things are going to go downhill further.” Brandt Maxwell, National Weather Service

Though the level of California’s second-largest reservoir dropped about 3.5 feet overnight, communities downstream still faced the threat of extreme ﬂooding Monday. A pair of storms are likely to hit the state this week, and they could bring 2 to 6 inches of rain to Oroville, where the concrete spillway at Oroville Dam has been crumbling since Tuesday. An emergency earthen spillway with a concrete lip was eroding so severely Sunday that officials warned a 30-foot wall of water could be unleashed on Oroville and other towns along the Feath-

er River. At least 188,000 residents were ordered to evacuate the area, about 150 miles northeast of San Francisco, late Sunday. Forecasters anticipated a moderate storm Wednesday and a “really big and strong” storm Friday, said Brandt Maxwell, National Weather Service meteorologist. An additional 8 inches of rain could fall in the mountains before draining into Lake Oroville, and that would increase the ﬂow of water at the dam where severe erosion could drop the top of the spillway enough for water to pour out uncontrolled. “If they haven’t found something really good to do by Friday, CONTINUES v STORYSTORY CONTINUES ON 2B ON C2

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Voyage to the bottom of the sea: Tons of toxins are there Crustaceans show vast contamination Traci Watson Special for USA TODAY

Researchers exploring the ocean’s deepest reaches are accustomed to seeing oddities, from ﬁsh as fragile as tissue paper to translucent sea cucumbers. But even veteran deep-water scientists are shocked by the latest discovery at the very bottom of the sea: toxic pollution — lots of it. Tiny shrimp-like crustaceans

living in the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific, one of the world’s most remote habitats, are laced with staggering levels of industrial chemicals, a new study shows. Scientists found that some of the Mariana crustaceans are more contaminated with the harmful pollutants called PCBs than crabs living in waters fed by one of China’s most polluted rivers. The scientists found high levels of flame retardants in the bodies of crustaceans living in the Kermadec Trench, the world’s fifthdeepest and more than 4,000 miles from the Mariana. Humans have left a “footprint in the deepest places in the

world,” said study co-author Alan Jamieson of Britain’s Newcastle University. “Not only are (the pollutants) in every single sample, regardless of species, depth, trench, whatever, the concentrations are extraordinarily high. That was a big surprise.” Anything that lives in in the Mariana Trench — the world’s deepest, at more than 6 miles — and other underwater gashes in the Earth’s surface is a tough customer. It must thrive in utter darkness and under pressures of 7 tons per square inch. The scavengers called amphipods thrive by snatching any bit of food that ﬂoats by. But that

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Hirondellea gigas are voracious scavengers, known to consume almost any organic material that descends from the surface waters, including many pollutants.

voracity can backfire: The contaminants in the amphipods’ bodies probably came from the food they ate, the scientists write in this week’s Nature Ecology & Evolution. It’s not clear whether the poisons do amphipods any harm, but ill effects would not be a surprise. Cancer and other health problems in animals have been linked to PCBs, and their manufacture was phased out decades ago. Researchers did not trace the contaminants to their origins, but landfills are one possibility. Poorly maintained landfills could leach chemicals into rivers, which would funnel them to the ocean.

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Marco della Cava recall whether he discussed the @marcodellacava additional sanctions the United USA TODAY States placed on Russia with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak shortly after the sanctions were SUNNYVALE , CALIF. The evoluannounced in the final days of the tion of Bill Gates has seen the MiObama administration. crosoft co-founder master Flynn has apologized to Pence, technology and philanthropy. speaking with him in person and Now he may need to conquer on the telephone, said a White diplomacy. House official who spoke on conFor the first time since creating dition of anonymity to discuss a the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundasensitive personnel matter. Pence tion in 2000, the billionaire powdenied to CBS News last month er couple find themselves in the that Flynn had discussed “any- role of convincing governments thing having to do with the United why funding global health initiaStates’ decision to expel diplomats tives are in the nation’s best inor impose censure against Russia.” terest. Conway and the White House In interviews with USA TOofficial said Flynn says he may have DAY, both expressed deep condiscussed sanctions but cannot be cern over the inward-looking certain. Conway spoke shortly af- nature of the newly elected govter 4 p.m. An hour later, Spicer ernments in the USA and Great emerged with his statement, which Britain. essentially contradicted Conway’s “If you interpret America First statement that Trump had full (the stated doctrine of President confidence in Flynn. Trump) in certain ways, it would Despite the speculation about suggest not prioritizing the stabilFlynn’s future, no questions ity of Africa and American leaderabout Flynn were asked in the ship in Africa,” Gates, 61, told news conference Monday held by USA TODAY during a visit to SiliTrump and Canadian Prime Min- con Valley, weeks after arguing ister Justin Trudeau. Trump took that point in a private meeting two questions from U.S. report- with the then-president-elect. ers; both were from conservative. “With this new crowd, and leaning media outlets. Flynn sat with some of things they want to in the front row with other ad- do fiscally, it just means we’re goministration officials. ing to have to tell the story of how The controversy involves a amazing this work is,” he said. phone call in late December with The pair worry a new nationalKislyak amid the Obama admini- ist view in these two global powstration’s crackdown in retaliation for suspected Russian hacking during the 2016 presidential campaign. The timing of the call — and Russia’s decision not to retaliate against the U.S. measures — raised further questions about the relationship between Trump’s inner circle and the Kremlin. Initially, Flynn said he did not discuss sanctions with Kislyak, a denial passed on to the public by Spicer and Pence, among others. In past weeks, Flynn has said the v CONTINUED FROM conversation was general in na- CONTINUED FROM C1 1B ture, including holiday greetings. After a Washington Post story things are going to go downhill last week cited nine unnamed in- further,” Maxwell said. “That telligence sources as saying Flynn could be a really strong storm, and the Russian ambassador did not just lots of rain but lots of discuss sanctions, the national se- wind, too.” curity adviser adjusted his story. State water officials worked to Pence is said to be particularly reduce the lake’s water level by 50 upset with Flynn’s changed story, feet in anticipation of the storms. said another official, who spoke That would allow more room for on condition of anonymity be- runoff and allow officials to stop cause staff members were not au- using the spillways entirely, so thorized to speak publicly about they could make repairs to the the matter. crumbling main spillway. Flynn’s phone call with the The storms — particularly the Russian ambassador has long one Friday — have been on foremade him a target. Critics ac- casters’ radar for several days and cused him of violating the so- could be large enough to cause called Logan Act, though that flash flooding in the Golden State. prohibition on private citizens The storms will hit Northern conducting foreign policy has California before making their never been enforced. The Logan way south, Maxwell said. Act became law in 1799. State water experts don’t know Democrats have called for why the emergency spillway Flynn’s dismissal. eroded after water was sent down it Sunday for the first time in the dam’s almost-50-year history, Corrections & Clarifications said California’s acting director of water resources, Bill Croyle. USA TODAY is committed “I’m not sure anything went to accuracy. To reach us, contact Standards Editor wrong,” he said. “That system has Brent Jones at 800-872been installed since the early 7073 or e-mail accu1960s. It’s been monitored, but racy@usatoday.com. Please indicate whether I’m not sure what caused the you’re responding to damage itself. It’s designed for content online or in the higher flows.” newspaper. Sunday, the mandatory evacuation order below Oroville Dam triggered a chaotic exodus, filling highways as evacuees headed north and west toward higher ground. An emergency shelter at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 24 miles north, filled within hours. Several other shelters were PRESIDENT AND PUBLISHER established. John Zidich The emergency spillway had EDITOR IN CHIEF Patty Michalski never been activated since the dam was topped off in October CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER Kevin Gentzel 1967 but was pressed into service because Oroville Dam’s main con7950 Jones Branch Dr., McLean, Va. 22108, crete spillway developed a 200703-854-3400 foot-long, 30-foot-deep hole Published by Gannett Tuesday that continued to erode. The local edition of USA TODAY is Both spillways sit off to the side published daily of the dam itself. 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Bill Gates visits Trump Tower in December to meet with the then-president-elect to discuss Gates’ global health initiatives. erhouses could jeopardize the $30 billion and $16 billion in foreign aid respectively that, when combined with the foundation’s $40 billion endowment, are critical to preventing deaths in poor counties. The foundation’s latest annual letter, out Tuesday, lays out the concern bluntly: “We hope this story will remind everyone why foreign aid should remain a priority, because improving lives abroad is in our own national interest as well as the world’s.” The pointed reference to the new political climate is a detour from the foundation’s typical letters — a sign of how the shake-up in administrations in the USA and the United Kingdom, which voted to leave the European Union, ripples across many sectors, from manufacturing to philanthropy. “Governments have to look outward,” Melinda Gates said by phone. “The message we are giving is, we are a global community.

Ebola came here. When we help the world, peace and security also shows up on our doorstep.” Melinda noted that the purposes of big government and private sector donations aren’t to create an inﬁnite loop of charity. “You don’t make these donations forever,” she said, alluding to the fact that she and her husband hope to give away their wealth within their lifetimes. “We are starting countries on a path. When you do the right thing for people in terms of health and agriculture and banking, you lift people out of poverty. South Korea used to be a recipient of aid from the world, and now they’re a donor country to the world. So we need to make these investments.” The leaned on numbers to state their case. Those include: 122 million (the number of children’s lives saved through vaccines and nutrition), 300 million (the number of women in the developing world using

modern contraceptives, up 50% from 2003), 35 (the number of polio cases) and zero (the target the foundation has for cases of AIDS/HIV, malaria, tuberculosis and other killer diseases). “If you want to improve the world meaningfully in aggregate, with 2 billion very poor people, you have to think numerically,” Gates said. “If you say, ‘I helped this guy and that guy,’ well that’s wonderful and connects to your heart, but given the size of our resources, we had to try and dramatically raise the health of all poor children in the world,” he said. “So that 122 million (lives saved since 1990), that’s the biggest impact we’ve had.” The foundation’s letter starts with the words “Dear Warren” and is penned as an accounting of actions to investor and close Gates mentor Warren Buffett, who steered $30 billion of his own foundation funds Bill and Melinda’s way in 2006. “I met Warren on July 5, 1991, and I fell in love with the way he thinks about things,” Gates said. He and the Berkshire Hathaway chairman share a competitive fondness for bridge and golf. “I didn’t think that would happen, because the idea of buying stocks for a low price and selling for a high price, that didn’t strike me as fundamental or as highvalue-added,” he said. “But the way he approaches the dynamics of companies, of products, of people, it’s very sophisticated.” Buffett is going strong at 86, and Gates and his wife plan to continue their work “for the next couple of decades at least.”

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didn’t include a close examination, according to a California safety report released in July. “A visual inspection from some distance indicated no visible signs of concrete deﬁciencies,” according to the report from the California Division of Safety of Dams. It was unclear why the spillway was not more closely inspected, Chris Orrock, a division spokesman, said last week. Officials hoped that increased use of the main spillway would save the emergency backup chute and that efforts to backﬁll the auxiliary spillway’s holes with bags of rocks could shore it up Monday. California’s National Guard said it would provide eight helicopters to assist with reconstruction efforts. Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said Sunday that he had no choice but to order an evacuation. “I didn’t have the luxury of waiting to see if all was OK. We need to get people moving quick-

ly and to save lives in case the worst case came to fruition,” Honea said. “This is a very dynamic situation. This is a situation that could change very, very rapidly.” It remained unclear when residents might be allowed to return home. Croyle said his agency may need 15 days or longer to put a plan in place to make repairs. “The danger could persist for a day or two or even longer,” said Kelly Houston, deputy director of the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services State Operations Center. “People should not have an expectation they would come back (home) in a short number of hours. ... We don’t know what Mother Nature is going to do.” Lucy Watt, 65, of Oroville decided to spend Sunday night in her car on top of the dam, ﬁguring it was the safest place to be. “Everybody’s scared,” she said Monday, but she was more cold than scared; temperatures were

in the upper 40s overnight. Those who defied the evacuation order and came home early returned to ghost towns — closed shops and empty parking lots. “My faith supersedes everything else, and I just feel like I’ll be safe,” said James Campbell, 47, of Oroville. “We will be fine.” Janet Frye, 48, found her Yuba City, Calif., home, 2 miles from the Feather River, just as she had left it. Special photo albums were placed on the highest shelves. She returned to check on friends and planned to stay with other friends in Colusa County. George Ayers, who’s 82 and uses a wheelchair, said he’ll stay put in Oroville. “I’m crippled up real bad. But you know, it’s silly,” Ayers said of the evacuation order. “I’ve been in this town over 50 years, and I don’t let too much scare me.” Tuesday, state Department of Water Resources officials identified the hole in the dam’s spillway. Thursday, they said they knew of “no imminent or expected threat to public safety or the integrity of Oroville Dam.” Friday, reservoir operators said that if releases from the nearly full reservoir could be maintained, it was less likely the lake would rise to the point where the emergency spillway would be needed. If it was needed, that was within the agency’s contingency plans and posed no flood threat downstream. Sunday was when officials discovered the problem with the emergency spillway, where water from Lake Oroville was flowing. Contributing: Colin Atagi, The (Palm Springs, Calif.) Desert Sun; the Reno (Nev.) Gazette-Journal

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LIFE LIFELINE MAKING WAVES Nick Cannon is walking away from ‘America’s Got Talent.’ The star announced his intended exit on social media Monday, sharing on GETTY IMAGES Facebook that he made the decision after NBC executives allegedly threatened him with termination after a joke he made about race during a comedy special. “There is no amount of money worth my dignity or my integrity,” he wrote. “So I wish AGT and NBC the best in its upcoming season but I (cannot) see myself returning.” HOW WAS YOUR DAY? GOOD DAY BEYONCÉ FANS After getting in ‘Formation’ at the Grammys, Beyoncé fans were treated to a new Bey collaboration, courtesy of DJ Khaled. The ‘All I Do Is Win’ artist released ‘Shining,’ which features the queen of ‘Lemonade’ and her husband, Jay Z, shortly after the ceremony. The single is now available for streaming on TIDAL.

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STYLE STAR After rocking the mike at the Grammys, Katy Perry rocked the red carpet at Universal Music Group’s Grammy Awards afterparty. The singer hit the scene in a plunging black Zuhair Murad jumpsuit with a dramatic split that had stylewatchers seeing fireworks. WILLY SANJUAN, INVISION/AP

CAUGHT IN THE ACT Lights, camera, fashion! Christina Ricci and Emmy Rossum stole the show at New York Fashion Week’s Carolina Herrera collection, drawing photographers with their black ensembles.

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NBC’s Saturday Night Live, a pop-culture arbiter of the tumultuous election season, is off to its biggest start since 1994, thanks in part to a Trump bump. SNL is averaging 10.6 million viewers for its first 12 shows through Jan. 21, up 22% from last season’s first 11 shows. Saturday’s Alec Baldwin-hosted episode scored the show’s biggest audience in six years, according to preliminary Nielsen estimates from top markets. SNL isn’t the only show reaping political rewards. TBS’ Full Frontal With Samantha Bee is up 50% since the election season began, compared with its performance last winter and spring. And CBS’ Late Show With Stephen Colbert notched its first weekly win since its September 2015 premiere for the week ended Feb. 3, edging NBC’s Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon by a slim 12,000 viewers. While TV ratings slip nearly across the board, late-night comedy with a Washington bent is gaining — or at least losing less ground than rivals — a function of the public’s insatiable thirst for cathartic presidential satire that has drawn the ire of the actual president on Twitter. SNL has long been the biggest late-night draw, and fills a special role as the arbiter of mockery with Baldwin’s impersonation of Trump, and Melissa McCarthy reprising her spot-on

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TRUMP BUMP take Saturday of White House press secretary Sean Spicer, aka “Spicey.” Kate McKinnon’s Kellyanne Conway also returned. Still, not all late-night talk shows are sharing in the spoils. Colbert is up 6% over last year, but Fallon — who mostly avoids political humor — is off 13%. ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live fell 7%, to 2.3 million. During the same stretch, Fallon’s Trump-bashing companion, NBC’s Late Night With Seth Meyers is down just 3%, averaging 1.6 million viewers, though CBS’ Late Late Show With James Corden rose 7%, to 1.4 million. Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, which struggled after Jon Stewart’s departure, also regained its footing, climbing 7% to

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Alec Baldwin’s ongoing stint as President Trump has been a ratings boon for Saturday Night Live. 1.3 million. HBO’s Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, which returned Sunday for a fourth season, counts last year’s third as its highest-rated yet. The hosts say they’d rather not focus on presidential politics: “I don’t want to spend any time on him,” Bee says. “But that’s the world we’re living in, and it’s hard to look at other stories. It’s so important and it’s so in our faces right now, we just have to,” she says. “People are turning to our show for something of a catharsis; that’s all we’re trying to do for ourselves.” But Oliver last week said he hopes the proportion of presidential material will diminish: “I’m very anxious to not make it all Trump all the time, just on the level of interest and what the human soul can sustain.” “No one marked 2017 as ‘The year I want more political humor in my life,’ ” says Meyers’ executive producer Mike Shoemaker. “But whenever we plan for something light it gets overtaken. ... We can’t ignore it. And viewers can’t seem to ignore it even if they want to. ... And whether you’re conservative or liberal, you’ve never seen a president like this before, and I think everyone just wants to make sense of it all.” BEE BY MYLES ARONOWITZ; COLBERT AND OLIVER BY MICHELE CROWE, CBS; MEYERS BY RICHARD SHOTWELL, INVISION/AP; MCCARTHY AND MCKINNON BY WILL HEATH, NBC

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rarely taking home the night’s biggest award. It’s a struggle that Beyoncé, Frank Ocean and Lamar all know well. Bey’s Lemonade took home urban contemporary album Sunday, the category that Ocean’s Channel Orange won in 2013, while Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterﬂy was awarded best rap album in 2016. None of the three artists has won album of the year. Bey fans hoped that Lemonade could overcome the Grammys’ questionable history of racial inequity.

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“What the (expletive) does (Beyoncé) have to do to win album of the year?” That’s a good question, one posed by Adele backstage at the Grammys on Sunday night, minutes after 25 beat Beyoncé’s Lemonade for album of the year. The answer? Short of going more pop, or magically becoming a white artist, it’s unclear. Beyoncé’s loss reﬂects the Grammys’ problems, conﬁrming that “music’s biggest night” is just as out of touch and racially fraught as critics claim.

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While Beyoncé’s loss dismayed many fans, it wasn’t a surprise to some Grammyswatchers. Adele is a perennial favorite at the awards, sweeping the 2012 Grammys with six trophies for 21. Thanks to its earlier release date, her album 25 dwarfed Lemonade in sales.

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Beyoncé poses with her awards during the 59th Grammys, yet the album of the year honor has eluded her. While the two albums posted similar numbers in 2016 (2.4 million and 2.2 million total units, respectively), Adele already had also sold 8.01 million units in 2015 before Lemonade arrived in April 2016. BLACK ARTISTS HAVE STRUGGLED TO WIN ALBUM OF THE YEAR

The Grammys’ album of the year preferences extend beyond just stats. Last year, Frank Ocean told The New York Times that he was skipping the Grammys because of the voters’ weak track record in recognizing black art-

ists, particularly when it comes to album of the year. “1989 getting album of the year over To Pimp a Butterﬂy. Hands down one of the most ‘faulty’ TV moments I’ve seen,” Ocean wrote in a Tumblr post, pointing out how Taylor Swift’s album beat out the Kendrick Lamar favorite last year. THE GRAMMYS HAVE AN ‘URBAN CONTEMPORARY’ PROBLEM

In one of the modern Grammys’ most worrisome trends, critically favored rap and R&B artists are rewarded in their respective genre categories, while

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Adele’s win wasn’t exactly as an upset. But as Adele said backstage, Beyoncé winning album of the year for Lemonade would’ve recognized not just her music, but the vital cultural role the singer occupied in 2016, a pop megastar whose work still spoke powerfully to members of her race and gender. “I felt like it was her time to win,” Adele said. Beyoncé will get more chances at the top prizes, even if she has to record an album of jazz standards or pop covers to ﬁnally claim album of the year. And yet, Lemonade will never have another chance to win, and another contemporary masterpiece from a black artist is overlooked.

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Daughter uncomfortable by mom baring it all DEAR ABBY — I am 26 years old, and my mother still walks around naked in front of me Dear Abby with no warning. ABIGAIL I’ve told her VAN BUREN several times that it makes me uncomfortable, but she seems not to take me seriously. In her culture (she’s not from the U.S.), walking around naked is no problem. But I’m tired of seeing her breasts unexpectedly. I’m all about positive body image, but it’s strange to me to see a 62-year-old woman’s breasts. Am I the one who has an issue? I’m open to any

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advice or recommendations. ‘Nudie’s’ daughter in Houston DEAR DAUGHTER — It appears you are, indeed, the one who has the issue. If you’re seeing your mother walk around in a state of undress, I’m guessing that, although you are an adult, you are still living under her roof. In her house, she has the privilege of making the rules, not you. If she is comfortable walking around au naturel, you will either have to accept it or move out. The choice is yours. DEAR ABBY — There is a reaction that sometimes happens when my daughter and I meet someone new that really frosts me. When someone says, “You look like sisters,” I want to say, “Baloney!” In the first place, we do NOT look like sisters —

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our 22-year difference is very obvious. I know the speakers think they are flattering me, but what they are really doing is making my daughter think she looks older. Please ask your readers to stop and think before making such fake-flattery comparisons. Baloney in Colorado DEAR BALONEY — I can ask my readers to refrain from saying it, but please explain to your daughter that the compliment is meant for you, indicating that you look young for your age — not that she looks old for hers. DEAR READERS — I deeply appreciate the relationship I have with you. You make my life a joy. Please allow me to wish you all a Happy Valentine’s Day. Love, Abby

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ACROSS 1 Bindle-toting migrants 6 “Oliver!” no-goodnik 11 Bygone intl. carrier 14 Face in the crowd, in film 15 With no help 16 A, in Aachen 17 Crude early version of a work of art 19 Bottom-row PC key 20 Natural salve additive 21 Slightly 23 Financial claim 26 Coin-in-afountain thought 28 Pakistani language 29 “The Lord of the Rings” beast 30 Computer programming glitch 33 What marathoners load up on 35 WWII conference site 36 Like swimming competitions 39 Getting by 43 Rants and raves 45 Bold 46 New York City zoo locale

2/14/17 51 Slithery fish 52 Et __: and others 53 Harp constellation 54 Daly of “Cagney & Lacey” 55 Sun protection for kissers? 58 Former Russian ruler 60 “__ no use!” 61 Lakeside launching aid ... and, literally, each set of circled letters 66 Pot pie veggie 67 When Macbeth kills Duncan 68 French-speaking Caribbean country 69 FDR successor 70 2000s TV series set in California 71 Snooze DOWN 1 Seagoing pronoun 2 Good Grips kitchenware brand 3 A/C capacity meas. 4 Church instrument 5 Satirist Mort 6 Secret agent’s passport, say

7 Some craft beer 8 Advanced in one’s career 9 At no addl. cost 10 Grape soda brand 11 Italian playhouse 12 “I’m on it, boss” 13 Pre-poker deal demand 18 Planted, as seed 22 New Orleans university 23 “Livin’ La Vida __”: Ricky Martin hit 24 Baghdad’s land 25 Beige shade 27 Crafty 30 To be, in Barcelona 31 __-mo replay 32 Perform miserably 34 Bill for drinks

37 “Hometown Proud” supermarket chain 38 Roomie in prison 40 Earl __ tea 41 Pizza cooker 42 Actor Chandler of “Bloodline” 44 CIA operative 46 Muslim bigwig 47 Upper crust groups 48 Attacks, puppy-style 49 Super cold 50 Motorola phone 54 __ by jury 56 Blind as __ 57 Ness, for one 59 Massage reactions 62 Padre’s brother 63 Whopper 64 Summer, in 68-Across 65 Fabric mishap

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