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Johnson one of 18 educators across U.S. to receive this honor BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com Sumter native Stephanie Michelle Johnson, a third-grade teacher at HB Rhame Elementary

School in Columbia’s Richland County School District One, has been named a 2015 Hope Street Group National Teacher Fellow. She is one of only 18 teachers in the U.S. to receive this recognition.

According to a news release from Hope Street Group, it is a “nonpartisan, nonprofit organization (that) provides a group of public school JOHNSON teachers, who are chosen through a rigorous selection process, with skills around peer

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Wreaths Across America at Sumter Cemetery

Spirit of St. Louis flies again Man spends close to a decade building replica A3 BUSINESS

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Second Lt. Tashiyah Stuckey, 2nd Lt. Sam Mobius and Airman 1st Class Tashiba Lampkin, above, salute the wreaths they placed on the fence at Sumter Cemetery on Saturday as part of the Wreaths Across America Project.

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Volunteers, left, carry wreaths to place along the fence at the cemetery. Volunteers from the Civil Air Patrol, Daughters of the American Revolution and the Patriot Guard were among those who helped place 180 wreaths in memory of military loved ones lost.

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Historically strong El Niño may bring warm, wet winter BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com According to meteorologists, a strong warming pattern in the equatorial Pacific Ocean may mean a warmer, wetter winter than normal for South Carolina. The pattern is called “El Niño,” and it gets its

name from fishermen off the west coast of South America, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In some years, the fishermen experienced warming ocean waters and a decline in their fishing success beginning about Christmas time.

They called the phenomenon “El Niño,” meaning the Christ child, or “little boy” in Spanish. The name has been given to the weather phenomenon which affected their harvests, characterized by unusually warm temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. The opposite state, in

which cooler-than-normal temperatures are observed in the area, is called “La Niña,” or “little girl” in Spanish. But what happens in the Pacific does not stay in the Pacific. El Niños usually cause an increase in precipitation across

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Students show skills in robot competition BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Calling Team Thunderbot a bunch of nerds would be rude and sophomoric. Telling them they have a few screws loose is OK, however. They will just check their robot. Tightening the screws after every round is one of the things they learned in their first competition a

week ago according to team member Katie Guo, who helps write the programming for team’s robot, Thunderbot. On Saturday, Team Thunderbot and another Sumter High School team, the Bot Squad, were competing in the Vex Robotics Challenge at the school against other teams from the region. “We found out you had to keep checking your screws,” Guo said.

“After the second part of the competition, they started falling out.” Learning is what the competition is all about said Sumter High engineering, computers and technology teacher Tammy Vaught, who also sponsors the teams. “It’s tied to what they are doing in the classroom,” she said. “This is an academic competition.”

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Ben Tower makes an adjustment to his team’s robot SEE ROBOTS, PAGE A13 during the competition at Sumter High on Saturday.

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Jehovah hosts annual Christmas dinner The Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church will host its fifth Community Christmas Dinner on Christmas Day from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The dinner started as an effort to provide a meal to the homeless and less fortunate but has expanded to include all families in the community, says event organizer Shekia Bradford. Last year the dinner fed more than 300 people and the church plans to provide enough food for 500 people this year, she said. The church asks for volunteers to donate food and items for care packages for that day. Bradford said the church is asking for volunteers to help for one hour that day, but people may work as long as they wish. If you are considering a pledge or a donation, Bradford asks that they be paid or received by Tuesday, Dec. 22. For more information, contact Shekia Bradford at kiabradford2010@gmail.com or the Rev. Napoleon Bradford at (803) 775-4032, extension 109.

City Council will hold special called meeting Sumter City Council will hold a special called meeting Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. in City Council Chambers, Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St., to discuss Community Development Block Grant entitlement budget for 2016-17. Council will later consider first reading of an ordinance to adopt the CDBG budget during its regular meeting at 5:30 p.m., also in council chambers. During the meeting, city council will also consider: • Final reading of an ordinance regarding amendments to the city’s code of ordinances to add certain exemptions to the prohibition against drinking on streets and other public areas; and • Final reading of an ordinance regarding changes to the appeals process for general demolition procedures detailed in the city’s code of ordinances.

Visiting Sumter seniors during holidays not just for families

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Jeremy Howell, from Bethel United Methodist Episcopal Church in Oswego, plays Christmas hyms on a Native American flute as residents listen at Brookdale Senior Living Solutions recently.

Area assisted-living facilities welcome members of the community BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com While many charitable opportunities this time of year focus on children, some of Sumter’s senior living facilities welcome members of the community to visit residents during the holidays. “We honor that,” said Norma Stone, director of Solomon’s Home. She said the residents enjoy musical performances and playing bingo. The facility has

parlor with a piano and hymnals available, she said. Stone said Bible study is regularly held on Tuesdays from 3 to 4 p.m., but visitors can hold a study session other days of the week as well. They love Bible study, she said. Stone requests at least 24 hour notice before visiting. Sterling House of Sumter also encourages visitors. Program Coordinator Donna Carpenter said churches usually visit during

the holidays to sing carols, but residents enjoy visitors anytime of the year. Visitors can drop in and talk with residents, play games, read books or do crafts, she said. Recently, residents were treated to live performances by a pianist and flutist. Carpenter said those who wish to visit should call beforehand to give the staff and residents a heads up. Assisted Living Care Manager Erika Wazney said visi-

tors can come by the manor throughout the week, but not weekends, and sign in before meeting with residents. She encourages community members to visit residents in the memory care building but only if they are prepared to see the residents in that state of confusion. Also, McElveen Manor will host a wine and cheese social at 2 p.m. on Tuesday and its annual Christmas party from 3 to 5 p.m. on Dec. 17.

Veterans Affairs office honors volunteers Leon Richburg, director of the Clarendon County Veterans Affairs office, collected enough donations to buy lunch at Red Lobster in Sumter for volunteers who drive veterans to medical appointments in Columbia, Charleston, Sumter, Florence and other locations in the office’s van. Richburg said the volunteers do it without pay and often must take a whole day out of their schedule to drive veterans to their appointments and back again.

Planning commission will not meet this week Sumter City-County Planning Commission will not meet Wednesday because there are no requests in the planning office that require review by the committee. The commission’s next regularly scheduled meeting will be at 3 p.m. Jan. 27 in Sumter City Council Chambers, Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St.

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Don’t forget your health during this time of year

t’s that time of year again with holiday celebrations and hectic schedules. With so many events revolving around food and tasty treats, it’s easy to lose sight of your goal and put on a few extra pounds. While this holiday season only Missy happens Corrigan once a year, it is not an excuse to overindulge in fattening foods or forget about your healthy habits. With the pressures of balancing family, work and holiday obligations on the rise, it’s even more important to stay focused on your health. With roughly 2 weeks left of the holidays you can get back on track with these helpful tips. • Start the day off right with a healthy breakfast and eat small meals frequently throughout the day to keep your appetite in check. It’s important to eat throughout the day to prevent overindulging in high fat or high sugar foods. • Especially before heading to a holiday party, it is better to eat a light meal than to starve yourself all day. Enjoying a holiday meal is less detrimental to your waistline than snacking on cookies and treats throughout the day. • Try to modify traditional high-fat holiday foods with healthier alternatives. Swap out your high-sodium or high-fat ingredients for reduced ones and

offer to bring a dish to the party. There are many websites and recipe books with healthier traditional holiday options that taste just as good. • When you are eating, remember, it is not a race so slow down and enjoy each bite. • Maintaining your exercise routine can reduce stress and boost your immune system as well as help keep those additional holiday pounds off. Aim to be active for at least 15 minutes every day, even if it is just going for a brisk walk. Some find it easiest to exercise first thing in the morning to prevent unplanned distractions from getting in the way of your workout later in the day. • Food tends to be the center of many gatherings so try putting the focus on a non-food activity. Instead of making cookies and pies make arts and crafts like wreaths or other holiday decorations. Take a walk to tour decorated homes, play games or help serve a meal in your local community. • Heightened stress during the holidays can put your health at risk. Devouring a box of chocolates or reaching for comfort foods will not remove stress. In fact, it can add to your stress. • Be sure to take some quality, quiet time for yourself every day and expect that delays and changes in your schedule that you cannot control may happen. The holiday is a time to focus on family and friends so make the holidays more enjoyable by planning time for exercise, eating healthy and trying to go with the flow.

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Spirit of St. Louis replica plane soars 88 years after Lindbergh RHINEBECK, N.Y. (AP) — Charles Lindbergh would instantly recognize the plane with “Spirit of St. Louis” painted on its nose rumbling above treetops in New York’s Hudson Valley. There’s a 9-cylinder engine similar to the one used in his historic flight, an identical cockpit under a 46-foot wing and a look-alike of his wicker pilot’s seat. The just-completed doppelganger is the very spirit of the Spirit of St. Louis. But unlike the plane Lindbergh flew solo across the Atlantic in 1927, there will be no flights to Paris for this Spirit. It will join other vintage planes and reproductions that buzz and dive for weekend crowds at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, fulfilling decades of planning and toil at the notfor-profit attraction. “It’s a great feeling of accomplishment and a lot of pride. A lot of blood, sweat and tears went into it,” Ken Cassens said as he prepared to fly the plane this week. Cassens has spent about 10 years making the plane, working on and off since 1996. It has required leg work, some scavenging and countless

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hours of tinkering in a hangar 80 miles north of New York City. But it’s a job the 71-year-old had been primed for since he was a boy reading Lindbergh’s memoirs and building Spirit of St. Louis models. The retired flight engineer now fixes and flies planes for the aerodrome. Cassens inherited the job after the 1993 death of aerodrome founder Cole Palen, whose own Spirit replica plans never got fully off the ground. With money tight, he volunteered his time in the last year. Cassens said the project honors his old friend, and he carried Palen’s beret and pilot wings in the cockpit on the replica’s maiden flight. There has been a small

squadron of Spirit reproductions made during the decades, and the original remains prominently displayed at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. The museum’s chief curator, Peter Jakab, said the enduring interest in Lindbergh and his airplane speaks to the “singular moment” of the epic 1927 flight. “It came at a time when there was great focus on the sort of the beginnings of aviation really becoming an industry and becoming something more pervasive in daily life and in business,” Jakab said. “And he had this great story of this relatively unknown pilot doing this thing with minimal resources, on his own.”

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Average gas price soon under $2 S.C. cheapest in America at $1.79/gallon DALLAS (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Gasoline is close to breaking below a key psychological barrier as drivers enjoy some of the cheapest pump prices since the recession. The nationwide average price of a gallon of regular Saturday was $2.02, down 58 cents from this time last year, according to auto club AAA. Experts say it could drop below $2 a gallon in the coming days. For consumers, this winter is shaping up to be a good one, energy-wise. Forecasters predict warmer weather than normal, and fuel prices are low. The retail price of heating oil for December through February is expected to average $2.40 a gallon, down 18 percent compared with last year, according to the Energy Department. The price of natural gas for residential customers is expected to average $8.72 per 1,000 cubic feet, down 9 percent. On the roads, many drivers across the country are already seeing gasoline prices well below $2 a gallon. Ac-

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A customers prepares to pump gas on Monday at a gas station in Pembroke, Massachusetts. With OPECâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision to keep pumping oil at recent levels, analysts expect oil and gasoline to remain relatively cheap well into 2016 and maybe longer. cording to data compiled by AAA and the Oil Price Information Service, drivers in about half of the states are already paying less than $2. South Carolina has the lowest average price at $1.79 a gallon. At the high end, Californians are paying $2.65 and Hawaiians are shelling out $2.76. The relative bargains at the pump might last a while, because global crude oil supplies are high and demand appears to be weakening. Crude prices fell Friday after the Interna-

tional Energy Agency predicted that demand will grow more slowly next year. The organization expects 2016 growth to be only two-thirds the size of 2015â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s increase. Rising production, mostly from OPEC, is also pressuring oil prices. Iran, Iraq and other members of the oil cartel are trying to boost output as they dig out from economic sanctions and wars. Crude oil futures fell $1.14 to close at $35.62 a barrel Friday on the New York

Mercantile Exchange. Tom Kloza, head of energy analysis for the Oil Price Information Service, said gasoline could go as low as $1.79 a gallon by winter, before rising again next year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do think it will be much higher in the spring,â&#x20AC;? he said, predicting they could rise to $2.75 a gallon. Refiners often curtail production to perform maintenance on their plants during the slower late-winter and early-spring periods, and that is followed by the annual summer surge in driving. That yearly decrease in supplies and uptick in demand usually pushes prices up as the beginning of summer approaches. While gas is at its cheapest price in more than six years, some suggest it should be even cheaper. Jodie Gunzberg, the head of commodities research at S&P Dow Jones Indices, studied monthly prices for crude oil and gasoline going back to 1988. She found that the two generally went up or down about the same. But so far this year, she said, oil prices are down 29 percent while gasoline is down only 16 percent. If gasoline prices had behaved exactly the same as oil prices this year, she estimates that consumers would be saving another 6 percent at the pump â&#x20AC;&#x201D; about 12 cents on every gallon.

Shorter legislative session gains support in Senate BY SEANNA ADCOX The Associated Press COLUMBIA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; An effort to shorten South Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s January-to-June legislative session is gaining support in the Senate, where the idea has died repeatedly for two decades. A Senate panel has advanced two proposals that would shave a month off the Legislatureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting days in the Statehouse, amending the House version that would shave two. That chamberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 103-4 vote last March marked at least the 11th time in 20 years it passed a session-shortening bill. Sen. Shane Massey, R-Edgefield, said the Senateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s changing make-up of fewer retirees, as well as growing frustration with extended sessions, could finally prompt a new calendar. The 40-year-old attorney said the lengthy legislative session prevents working people from even seeking a seat as itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very difficult to commit to meeting three days a week for six months, plus occasionally in the fall.

The schedule is â&#x20AC;&#x153;a hindrance to getting good, qualified people to serve,â&#x20AC;? said Massey, who chairs the panel that advanced the measures to the full Senate Judiciary Committee. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We can get our work done much quicker than we get it done.â&#x20AC;? Officially, South Carolina has a part-time Legislature that meets annually from the second Tuesday in January through the second Thursday in June â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jan. 12 to June 9 next year. That makes South Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s regular legislative session the 13th longest among states, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Work often doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t end with the regular session. South Carolina legislators routinely need special sessions to complete their budget work, sometimes into July. But thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plenty of downtime leading up to the sessionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wrap, including daily constituent introductions and team recognitions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We do a lot more work as the deadlines come for us to do

the work,â&#x20AC;? said House Majority Leader Bruce Bannister, RGreenville, adding that legislators can adjust â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and work more efficiently â&#x20AC;&#x201D; under new deadlines. House members have long pushed the money-saving aspect of a shorter session. Legislatorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; base salary is $10,400 no matter how many days they meet. Supplements include a $192 per diem for food and lodging every day theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re at the Statehouse, as well as mileage reimbursement for one round trip a week. That translates to about $115,200 weekly if all 170 legislators attend that three-day

span â&#x20AC;&#x201D; though in reality itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something less than that, depending on absences. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every day weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re down there costs money,â&#x20AC;? said Bannister, lead sponsor of the House version. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We can set an example for the agencies and government weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re overseeing. If we have a lot of wasted time and money in our system, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to criticize others who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have an efficient system.â&#x20AC;? His proposal would create a February-through-May session by shaving one month from the beginning and end. Subcommittees and committees can meet in January with-

out the entire General Assembly gaveling into session, Bannister said. Senators backing a shorter session include Judiciary Chairman Larry Martin, a 36year veteran of the Legislature, who thinks it would force senators to re-evaluate their rules that allow one person to indefinitely hold up legislation. However, while he supports ending in May, he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to delay the sessionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s start. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are ways for us to be more productive and better utilize our time than being down there well into June,â&#x20AC;? said Martin, R-Pickens.

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U.S. Muslim women debate safety of hijab amid backlash BY RACHEL ZOLL AP Religion Reporter NEW YORK — On the night of the California shootings, Asifa Quraishi-Landes sat on her couch, her face in her hands, and thought about what was ahead for her and other Muslim women who wear a scarf or veil in public. The covering, or hijab, often draws unwanted attention even in the best of times. But after the one-two punch of the Paris and San Bernardino attacks by Islamic militants, and amid an anti-Muslim furor stoked by comments of Donald Trump, Quraishi-Landes, an Islamic law specialist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, wanted to send a message. “To all my Muslim sisters who wear hijab,” she wrote on her Facebook page, “if you feel your life or safety is threatened in any way because of your dress, you have an Islamic allowance (darura/necessity) to adjust your clothing accordingly. Your life is more important than your dress.” Amid a reported spike in harassment, threats and vandalism directed at American Muslims and at mosques, Muslim women are intensely debating the duty and risks related to wearing their head-coverings as usual. Sites for Muslim women have posted guidance on how to stay safe. Hosai Mojaddidi, co-founder of the educational group MentalHealth4Muslims, drew nearly 4,000 likes for her Facebook post advising women to “pull out those hooded sweatshirts, beanies, hats and wraps for a while until the dust settles.” Muslimgirl.net posted a “Crisis Safety Manual for Muslim Women,” with tips such as wearing a turban instead of a longer, more obviously religious scarf and carrying a rape whistle. Muslim women in several cities are organizing or taking self-defense classes. The ad for one such class in New York features a drawing of a covered woman in a karate stance. “We’re getting so many calls,” said Rana Abdelhamid, 22, founder of the Women’s Initiative for Self-Empowerment, which offers self-defense and empowerment classes in several cities for young Muslim and Jewish women who face harassment. Abdelhamid, a New York native attending the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, said she had studied karate since childhood and started offering self-defense classes for women after a man tried to pull off her headscarf when she was 16 years old. “Even now when I think about that moment — I have a lot of anxiety moving through the streets to this day — especially with all of the hateful rhetoric because, I don’t know, is it going to happen again?” she said. The question of whether to wear the hijab is already deeply sensitive for Muslim women. Scholars have debated

for years whether women have a religious obligation to dress a particular way. And Muslims disagree about whether the hijab is a symbol of piety or oppression. Women who wear a scarf or veil say they have many motivations for doing so, including demonstrating devotion to their faith and showing pride in their religious heritage. Their decision makes them among the most visible representatives of Islam, in a way that men with beards aren’t. Well before the latest uproar, it was common for American Muslim women wearing the hijab to be stared or cursed at or have strangers tug at their scarves. Now, many Muslim women say this is the exact moment when they need to make their presence known by wearing the hijab without any modifi-

cation as an act of defiance. Suehaila Amen, a community activist in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, said that was the reaction from women she knows in Detroit. Amen said she would never take off her headscarf but said she has the advantage of living in an area with one of the largest concentrations of Arabs and Muslims in the country. Still, she and her sister plan to take a self-defense class this weekend because of the furor. Amen regularly travels to give public talks. “I wasn’t this concerned about my safety after 9/11. This is the first time in my life that I’ve ever said I worry when I leave the house,” Amen said. “Yes, there are people who need to be concerned or modify the way they wrap their scarf so that it’s not as visible.”

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Vermont solider is 1st woman to graduate as a combat engineer COLCHESTER, Vt. (AP) — A few days after two women became the first female soldiers to pass the Army’s grueling Ranger School, a college junior in Vermont became a military pathfinder in her own right. And at first, she didn’t even know it. With no fanfare, Vermont National Guard Spc. Skylar Anderson became the first woman certified as a combat engineer — a battlefield job that, like many others, was once held exclusively by men. “I knew I was going to be one of the first, but I didn’t know I was going to be THE first,” said Anderson, a University of Vermont student. Anderson, 20, said it was a “big eye-opener” when her instructors told her that she was the first woman to complete the course allowing her to work alongside combat troops to solve battlefield challenges as varied — and dangerous — as clearing minefields, building bridges under fire or destroying structures to block the enemy’s advance. Such an opportunity comes with responsibility, Anderson said. “It’s time to step up and not hide in the shadows,” she said. The U.S. military has been

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The Frank Sinatra we remember

n today’s culture of hyperbole, born of desperate attempts to be noticed amid the Niagara of Internet and other outpourings, the label “genius” is affixed promiscuously to evanescent popular entertainers, fungible corporate CEOs and other perishable phenomena. But it almost fits the saloon singer George — his preWill ferred description of himself — who was born 100 years ago, on Dec. 12, 1915, in Hoboken, New Jersey. It is, however, more precise and, in a way, more flattering to say that Frank Sinatra should be celebrated for his craftsmanship. Of geniuses, we have, it seems, a steady stream. Actual craftsmen are rarer and more useful because they are exemplary for anyone with a craft, be it surgery or carpentry. Sinatra was many things, some of them — libertine, bully, gangster groupie — regrettable. But he unquestionably was the greatest singer of American songs. How should an artist’s character and private life condition our appreciation of his or her art? How, say, should knowledge of T.S. Eliot’s antiSemitism condition one’s admiration for his poetry? With Sinatra, tune out the public personality and listen to his music as Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Gerry Mulligan and Oscar Peterson did. They all, according to the culture critic Terry Teachout, named Sinatra their most admired singer. For decades he was, Teachout says, “the fixed star in the crowded sky of American popular culture.” It speaks well of Sinatra, and reveals the prickly pride that sometimes made him volcanic, that he refused to adopt a less Italian name when ethnicity was problematic in the waning days of America’s Anglo-Saxon ascendancy. Anthony Dominick Benedetto (Tony Bennett) and Dino Paul Crocetti (Dean Martin) adjusted. Sinatra was an unadjusted man. In spite of the spectacular vulgarity of Sinatra’s choices of friends and fun, he bequeathed to postwar America a sense of style, even male elegance. His Las Vegas cavorting with “The Rat Pack” (Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop, Peter Lawford) was an embarrassing manifestation of 1950s arrested-development masculinity — adolescence forever. But never mind his toupees and elevator shoes, his loutish flunkies and violent bodyguards, his many awful movies and public brawls, his pimping for

Camelot. And never mind that the comedian Shecky Greene was not altogether joking when he said: “Sinatra saved my life in 1967. Five guys were beating me up, and I heard Frank say, ‘That’s enough.’” Never mind the tawdriness so abundantly reported in the just-published second volume of James Kaplan’s 1,765-page biography (“Sinatra: The Chairman”). But you must remember this: In a recording studio, Sinatra, who could not read music, was a meticulous collaborator with great musicians — including the Hollywood String Quartet — and arrangers. For Sinatra, before a song was music, it was words alone. He studied lyrics, internalized them, then sang, making music from poems. His good fortune was that he had one of the nation’s cultural treasures, the Great American Songbook, to interpret. It was the good fortune of that book’s authors — Cole Porter, the Gershwins, Johnny Mercer and many others — that Sinatra came along to remind some Americans and inform others of that book’s existence. This is one kind of popular music: “I can’t get no satisfaction, I can’t get no girl reaction” This is Sinatra’s kind: “The summer wind came blowin’ in from across the sea It lingered there, to touch your hair and walk with me All summer long we sang a song and then we strolled that golden sand Two sweethearts and the summer wind Like painted kites, those days and nights, they went flyin’ by The world was new beneath a blue umbrella sky Then softer than a piper man, one day it called to you I lost you, I lost you to the summer wind The autumn wind, and the winter winds, they have come and gone And still the days, those lonely days, they go on and on And guess who sighs his lullabies through nights that never end My fickle friend, the summer wind” Frequent performing, and too much Jack Daniel’s, and too many unfiltered Camel cigarettes took their toll before he acknowledged this and left the road, much too late. However, his reputation is preserved by the short-term memory loss of a nation that will forever hear the Sinatra of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Kaplan reports, according to “legend,” that Sinatra’s casket in a Palm Springs cemetery contains some Jack Daniel’s and Camels. If so, even in death, Sinatra did it his way. George Will’s email address is georgewill@washpost.com. 2015, Washington Post Writers Group

LETTER TO THE EDITOR TRUMP SUPPORTERS WILL ALWAYS GRUMBLE AND HATE Trump draws support from the same group of people who started or joined the Teabagger/Birther groups whose very foundation was shaken to the core when man with a different complexion was elected to the White House. The only thing they are “disaffected” from is reality, a sense of fair play and “Real” Christian values. Make up any excuse you want, but we know what

“Make America Great Again” and “Take our Country Back” really mean. Less than a year from now we will have elected a new president, and he or she won’t look like President Obama. (Sorry Uncle Ben but you didn’t really think they would follow through did you?) This may cool the temperature down temporarily but this group of “disaffected” will always find an excuse to grumble and hate. LEE ROY CAMPBELL JR. Kingstree

Five years later, advice remains the same O

n Wednesday, I made “Christmas Mistake No. 1.” All she said was, “Honey, can you sit down tonight and let’s focus on the Christmas list.” She said it real nicely. All I had to say was, “Sure honey, I’d be happy to do that tonight when I get home. I’ll even pick up the chestnuts to roast on the open fire.” But what I said was, “What do you mean? It’s just Dec. 9. We’ve got plenty of time.” I knew it sounded bad even as my man-mouth moved, and the rest of the week was tense around the old homestead. So for all men struggling to get into the Christmas groove with just 12 days to go and temperatures in the 70s, here’s some advice for the ages, first put forth on these pages Dec. 12, 2010. Hard to believe it’s been five years, but this advice has no expiration date. Trust me. •••

ADVICE FOR MEN AT CHRISTMAS: JUST DO IT Christmas is less than two weeks away, and I’ve already had several stress tests. My wife spotted a high quality fake Christmas tree at the Habitat Resale Store in Georgetown, so I was instructed to pick it up and deliver it to my mother-in-law’s house. I have an old 1991 Suburban that we bought from Jay Carter at Jones Chevrolet back in the day, and it still runs great. I put a train horn in it, so the entertainment value has gone up exponentially. My upcoming book, “The Thinking Man’s Guide to a Stress-Free Christmas,” which I’ve been working on for many years, has an entire chapter that hinges on three key rules: 1) Do what you’re told; 2) Don’t ask why; and 3) Execute the task fully. Picking up the fake tree from the Habitat Store started innocently enough as I drove around watching holiday shoppers react to my horn. I got to the store and the manager

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pointed out the fully lit, fully assembled tree in the middle of the store. The Graham thing was Osteen so heavy I thought it was bolted to the floor. It’s like a big bush made of rebar. And who hangs out in a Habitat Resale Store on a Friday afternoon? One busy little woman and a man who looks like the late George Burns, only smaller, frailer and not as helpful or funny. I somehow worked the iron bush out the door and into the back of the Suburban with what appeared to be only minimal damage to myself, the vehicle and the rebar tree. It’s getting late in the afternoon and my next task was to buy a real tree for the house because our grown children are coming home and expect their mother to “make magic” for them. As I pulled into one of those temporary Christmas tree sales lots, I notice smoke coming from under the Suburban’s mighty hood. A quick check reveals a bad looking radiator situation, but I strap a tree on top and head a quarter mile down the road to my man Patrick’s garage. He takes one look at the radiator and says it’s the original one and it’s shot. I can’t even drive back to my house. Now it’s dark, he’s closing his garage, and I can’t leave two Christmas trees in and on top of the Suburban, primarily because it would break all three of the rules stated above. I couldn’t track down my wife, so I call my motherin-law who doesn’t like to drive in the dark any more. She miraculously finds me at the local garage on the darkest night of the year. My wife resurfaces and secures our friend Cotton’s pickup truck. We’re back in the tree business, only now I’m subject to intense supervision.

I don’t think a team of NASA engineers could have gotten the iron bush from the Habitat Store into the Suburban; from the Suburban into Cotton’s pickup truck; and from the truck into my mother-in-law’s house without bending or breaking something on the steel tree, the vehicles, the human body or the house. In spite of excellent instructions from two lovely women whom I adore, I couldn’t do it either. But it was close. As the hellish iron bush was being dragged inch by grueling inch into place, I was reminded repeatedly not to scratch the floors as I prepared it for inspection. Working from a prone position underneath the structure was tricky without a tower crane, but my mother-in-law got rid of hers a while back. Once the tree reached an approved final position, I stood proudly, took off my protective glasses, hard hat and welding gloves, and gave it one last adjustment. Sure enough the top three feet of piney leaf-covered steel snapped right off. Picture a man holding the top of a fake steel Christmas tree with his wife and mother-in-law looking at him with their arms folded and heads tilted. It seems a lot funnier now than it was right then. Both trees are up and decorated, and I’m remaining calm while awaiting more instructions. So remember all ye merry gentlemen out there: Christmas is about love and good cheer, and there will be much more of that if you follow the rules. Don’t let earthly obstacles like busted radiators and lethal steel bushes prevent you from executing the tasks you are given. Christmas is coming, my brothers. I can hear the train horn in the distance. Embrace the inevitable. Graham Osteen is EditorAt-Large of The Item. He can be reached at graham@theitem.com. Follow him on Twitter @GrahamOsteen, or visit www.grahamosteen.com.

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Students meet several times a week and learn how to program, design and build the robots. “You don’t have to be in my engineering class, but if you goof off, you are asked to leave,” she said. “Not a one of these kids is a problem.” Guo said she wasn’t really interested in robots before she joined the team. “I was just looking for something after school to improve my resume,” she said. She said even though they didn’t have any robot parts the first weekend, she was hooked. “I fell in love with the way they do things,” she said. Vaught said she is amazed at how the students get involved. “They’ll beat me to the door and be waiting for me so they can get to work on their robot,” she said. “When it’s time to leave they will glare at me; they want to keep working.” Some of the students are not all that engaged in regular classroom work, she said. “To see that kind of excitement is amazing,” Vaught said. The teams start with a kit they can buy, she said, but for it to work in the competition, they have to modify it. “The kits almost never meet the challenge,” she said. “You are immediately redesigning it. It’s great to KEITH GEDAMKE / THE SUMTER ITEM watch the kids pulling toOwen Midgette, Ethan Witt and Ben Tower, watch as their robot gether.” launches a foam ball toward the net during Saturday’s robot competiVaught said five teams tion at Sumter High School. from Saturday’s competition

TEACHER FROM PAGE A1 and community engagement, data collection and communication strategies while giving them opportunities to amplify positive teacher voice to inform policy decisions.” The 18 fellows spend their year studying methods of improving teacher preparation programs, the release said. At the end of their tenure, the fellows will make recommendations to the U.S. Department of Education and other national education groups and state leaders. Johnson said she applied for the fellowship because she thinks those who have experience in the classroom should have more input on policy affecting public education.

“I am the first selected from South Carolina to receive this opportunity and a minority,” she said, adding that “Fellows are ambassadors of Hope Street Group’s education mission to transform the teaching profession and improve outcomes for students through innovative policy solutions that are created with the involvement and input of educators.” Johnson has been teaching for 10 years and serves on the Executive Board of the South Carolina Education Association. She received a bachelor of arts degree in English and a master of arts in teaching from University of South Carolina. She is also a National Board Certified teacher and was a 2010 state finalist for the Presidential Awards for Excel-

will earn a place at the regional finals with a chance to go to the state championship. Vaught came to Sumter High from Beaufort where she advised students in several robotics competitions, including a team that won the state finals a few years ago. “We didn’t have the best robot, but the best robot kept tipping over,” she said. “We were lucky.” This year, the finals are in Lexington on March 12. “I am hoping and expecting to take a team this year,” she said. “Maybe two.” Guo said it takes a lot of trial and error to get the robot working correctly, but they learn a lot while competing. “You see how everybody else sets theirs up and how to tinker with your own,” she said. “At the first competition, we did better than expected; it will be interesting to see how we’ve improved.” Saturday’s competition was not a win or go home situation, Vaught said, with several more competitions set between now and the championships. “The teacher has a lot of experience, but the team is a bunch of newbies,” Guo said. Vaught said that while Sumter High School’s teams this year are inexperienced, she expect them to get better. “I only have two seniors,” she said. “That bodes well for the future.”

‘I am the first selected from South Carolina to receive this opportunity and a minority.’ STEPHANIE JOHNSON On being named a 2015 Hope Street Group National Teacher Fellow lence in mathematics and science teaching. For more information about the Hope Street Group, visit its website, http:// hopestreetgroup.org/.

the southern U.S., from California across the desert southwest and on to the southeastern states, including South Carolina. This year, NOAA is tracking an unusually strong El Niño. Meteorologist Chris Rohrbach with the National Weather Service in Columbia said people are seeing the peak of the current El Niño pattern. A warmer winter with more precipitation in the Southeast is typical for an El Niño pattern, he said. This year’s El Niño is one of the strongest in history, he said. Rohrbach said scientists started what they call the “El Niño Index” about 1950, when they began to understand its importance to weather patterns worldwide. He said the effects of El Niño are not something you would notice from day to day. “It could be just a matter of a few degrees,” he said. “We do see a more active jet stream in the Southeast during El Niño,” he said. With a more active jet stream, more low-pressure systems are drawn to this area, he said. He said there aren’t any particular type of storms associated with an El Niño, just a tendency for more storms, particularly during the winter. Rohrbach said that with El Niño at its peak right now, the most pronounced effects in this area will probably not be seen until late winter or early spring. He said the opposite condition, La Niña, does not have as pronounced an effect on the weather in the Southeast as El Niño does. “If anything, we might see a more active hurricane season during a La Niña,” he said. This year’s El Niño pattern is predicted to persist at least into the spring, Rohrbach said.

OBITUARIES MARTHA D. EURE Martha Davis Eure, 91, widow of H. Lang Eure, died Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, at her home. Born in Sumter, July 7, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Harry A. Davis Sr. and Mary Sue Sproles Davis. Mrs. Eure was a member of Alice Drive Baptist Church. She was educated in the Sumter schools and attended Flora Macdonald College, Red Springs, North Carolina, and University of South Carolina. She was a stenographer with the Veterans Administration in Columbia. Surviving are two nieces, Mary Winn Nelson of Taylors and Pam Davis of Mt. Pleasant; and one nephew, Harry (Inky) A. Davis III of Manning. She was preceded in death by her husband of 34 years; an infant sister; and her brother, Dr. Harry A. Davis Jr. Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m. today in the Chapel of the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with Dr. Wilson Nelson officiating. Burial will be in the Davis Cemetery Nephews Gus Davis, Ross Nelson, Chris Nelson, Dan Rockefeller, along with family friend, Mike Watson, will serve as pallbearers. Memorials may be made to the Connie Maxwell Children’s Home, Mary Sue Sproles Davis Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 1178, Greenwood, SC 29648. Online condolences may be sent to www.sumtefunerals. com. The family would like to express appreciation to TriCounty Hospice, her caregivers, Hands of Grace, Carol, Tabby, Keema, Sally and also

Vermelle. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements (803) 7759386.

ANNETTE B. DWIGHT BAMBERG — Annette Blanton Dwight was born on Sept. 25, 1940, a daughter of the late John Bonner Blanton and Sarah McDaniel Blanton, and died Friday, Dec. 11, 2015. She was a graduate of North Greenville College and Carson Newman College with a bachelor of arts degree in music. Wanting to spread her love for music, she maintained a private piano studio in Bamberg for more than 50 years. She was a member of the hall of fame in the National Guild of Piano Teachers and chairman of the Bamberg Guild Audition Center since 1963. She also was a member and past three term president of Apollo Music Club; past state president of South Carolina Federation of Music Clubs; and past board member and executive committee member of National Federation of Music Clubs. She was a member of Delta Kappa Gama, International Society for Key Women Educators. She was also a member of First Baptist Church of Bamberg, where she served as choir director, pianist and choir accompanist for many years. She is survived by her husband of 40 years, Dr. F. Mari-

on Dwight of Bamberg; one brother, Wendell (Nina) Blanton of Columbia; two children and five stepchildren: daughter, Pamela (Jay) Connor of Branchville, son, Sid Zemp of Charleston (Melanie Lambert of St. Matthews), Sylvia Dwight Folk of Charleston, Harriet Dwight Ling of Pittsboro, North Carolina, Marion (Joyce) Dwight IV of Bamberg, Polly (Matt) Dwight Freeman of Hillsborough, North Carolina, and Lucy (Rob) Dwight Metcalf of Denver, Colorado; grandchildren, Sidney (Chip) Zemp IV, Savannah, Rebecca and John Connor, Daniel and Rachel Folk, Marshal and Dakota Ling, April Bigham, Rion Dwight, Lindsey and Bailey Freeman, and Sam Metcalf; greatgrandchildren, Landon Folk, Decklan Folk and Zoey Zemp; two nephews, David (Alison) Blanton of Cartersville, Georgia, and John (Hannah) Blanton of Nashville, Tennessee. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday at Bamberg First Baptist Church with burial to follow at Bamberg County Memory Gardens. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Bamberg First Baptist Church. Memorials may be made to Apollo Music Club, 847 Pine St., Bamberg SC 29003 or First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 355, Bamberg SC 29003. Cooner Funeral Home LLC of Bamberg is in charge of arrangements.

MILDRED A. PLAYER Mildred Anderson Player, 91, widow of Martin Bradley Player, died Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born in Sardis, she was a daughter of the late Dallas

Anderson and Eugenia McGee Anderson. Mrs. Player was a member of Friendship Baptist Church and retired after 26 years from Tuomey Hospital as a nurse’s aide. Surviving are cousins, J.W. DuBose (Mary Ann), Tommy DuBose (Juli), all of Sumter; sister in law, Thea Anderson of Florence; numerous cousins; three nieces; and one nephew. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Betty Ann Player, and a brother, Laurie Anderson. Graveside services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery with the Rev. Bobby Nance officiating. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home. Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals. com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of the arrangements. 803-775-9386.

nounced by the Williams Funeral Home Inc.

RODNEY R. RABB Rodney Reshard Rabb, 29, died Friday, Dec 11, 2015, at Cancer Treatment Center of America in Newnan, Georgia. He was born July 4, 1986, in Sumter, a son of the Rev. Robert Rabb and Gloria A. Lowery Rabb. The family is receiving friends at the home of his parents, 1304 Atkins Ave., Lynchburg. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home, LLC, Manning.

EUGENE WILSON Eugene Wilson Sr., 85, husband of Caretha McDonald Wilson died Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015, at Williamsburg Regional Hospital, Kingstree. He was born Jan. 10, 1930, in Salter, a son of the late Alexander and Emma Staggers Wilson. The family is receiving friends at his residence, 25 Catawba Road, Greeleyville, until 10 p.m., nightly. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC, Manning.

JOHN H. ARDIS

WILLIE F. LONDON Willie F. London, 86, died Sat., Dec. 12, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born Sept. 5, 1929, he was the son of Henry Capers and Viola Woods. The family is receiving relatives and friends a the home, 290 Pioneer St. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be an-

John Henry Ardis, 74, widower of Edeltraud (Trudy) Frey Ardis, died Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015, at Toumey Regional Medical Center. Funeral Services will be announced by the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and Crematory, 221 Broad St. 803-775-9386.

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AROUND TOWN will speak. Registration not The Lincoln High School Class of required. Call (803) 435-8633. 1963 will hold its meeting and Christmas luncheon at 5 p.m. The League of Women Voters Do you have questions about the Afon Monday, Dec. 14, at GoldSumter County will hold its fordable Act?Blvd. en Corral, 2385Care Walmart holiday social membership Call (803) 968-4464. meeting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 15, at Logan’s RoadAre you looking for information house, 2531 Broad St. The about the Affordable Care Act? meal will be Dutch. Open to The Harvin Clarendon County all members or those who Library will hold a free prowould like to become a memgram at 6 p.m. on Monday, ber. Call (803) 469-3485. Dec. 14. Carrie Sinkler-Parker

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PUBLIC AGENDA CLARENDON COUNTY COUNCIL Monday, 6 p.m., Administration Building, 411 Sunset Drive, Manning

CLARENDON COUNTY PLANNING & PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Tuesday, 6 p.m., planning commission office, Manning

SUMTER SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES Monday, 6:45 p.m., Ebenezer Middle School, 3440 Ebenezer Road

CLARENDON SCHOOL DISTRICT 2 Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., district office

TAX ACCOMMODATIONS ADVISORY BOARD Tuesday, 3 p.m., Swan Lake Visitors Center SUMTER CITY COUNCIL Tuesday, 5:30 p.m., Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St.

HISTORIC PRESERVATION DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE Thursday, 3:30 p.m., fourth floor, Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St. CLARENDON SCHOOL DISTRICT 3 Thursday, 7:30 p.m., district office, Turbeville

TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Gaﬀney 70/59 Spartanburg 69/58

Greenville 71/58

Columbia 78/61

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don’t start a EUGENIA LAST debate or waste time and energy on petty differences. Do your best to get engaged in learning opportunities and securing your future prospects. A creative approach to partnerships and investments will pay off. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Open up emotionally and share your personal goals, and you’ll be given worthwhile suggestions that will help you make important choices. An important relationship will improve with a little nurturing and understanding. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your creativity will be stifled if you let emotional matters or deceptive incidents cloud your vision. Step away from any negativity in your life and you’ll get a much clearer picture regarding what you must do to reach your objectives. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Unstable emotions will cause problems within your relationships if you labor over what others do or say. Put greater emphasis on fixing up your home or hosting a festive event. Use charm and diplomacy to avoid interference.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You’ll encounter difficulties concerning domestic and emotional matters. You are best to keep your plans a secret until you have a flawless presentation that isn’t likely to draw interference. Change won’t be easy, but it will be necessary.

Today: Mild with a passing shower. Winds light and variable. Monday: Rain and a thunderstorm. Winds south-southwest 12-25 mph.

Aiken 75/61

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your undivided attention will be appreciated, and your contributions will put you in the spotlight. Kindness and generosity will not only make you feel good, but will encourage others to treat you with the same respect. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Reflect on the past. Go over the things you’re proud of and those you aren’t happy about. Soul-searching will help you face any demons you have and bring about the changes that will help you get good results. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You can have the best of everything if you refuse to get drawn in to other people’s feuds and melodramas. Keeping your distance and offering positive energy to those who are trying to make a difference will bring great results.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Set limits and don’t go beyond your means financially, emotionally or physically. Bring about positive change by taking on a challenge that will lead to optimum fitness and good health. A day trip will spark interesting ideas.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Get a jump on the new year by putting your game plan in place for financial and physical success. Look into new trends and see what coincides with your plans. The choices you make now will affect how the next year will unfold.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Regroup and reconsider what’s best for you. Address concerns regarding those you find demanding or responsibilities that are too great. Cut your losses. Look for better ways to save for the future. Make decisions and discuss personal commitments.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Do something charitable. Get into the festive spirit and reminisce about the year gone by. Sum up the highs and lows and make a plan to eliminate whatever you feel has held you back. An important relationship can be improved.

THE NEWSDAY CROSSWORD MY FARE LADIES: Sweet ladies all By S.N. ACROSS 1 Procter & Gamble rival 6 Quick cut 10 Letters on spacesuits 14 What “candy” starts with 19 Telegraph inventor 20 Director Wertmüller 21 Flash of inspiration 22 Earth tone 23 Fruity dessert 25 Sweet tangerine 27 After the buzzer 28 Chalet’s evening activities 30 “No fooling!” 31 Daredevil Knievel 32 Without delay 33 Hayride seat 35 Indefinite amount 36 John Wayne film of ‘70 38 Body art, for

short 40 Quaint hotels 42 __ Luis Obispo, CA 43 Prefix meaning “billionth” 45 Snack cake brand 51 Jamaican music 52 Earlier, in poems 54 Guffaws 55 Hospital’s prepping place 58 Membership fees 59 Mailing ctrs. 61 Cabernet grape 62 By-laws, for short 63 Menlo Park middle name 64 Morning talkshow host 65 Search software 66 MPG monitor 67 Non-alcoholic cocktail 70 Soil-shaping tool 71 Beckon 73 French 101 verb

74 Deftly done 75 Rebecca’s home 76 Beekeeper’s concern 77 Title for Conan Doyle 78 Harbor hauler 79 Passes quickly 80 Volunteer’s offer 81 Hasbro’s major competitor 83 Source of some salt 84 French dessert 88 “Inside” information 90 Opposite of COD 93 Cuban money 94 Top-drawer 96 Brewery product 98 Ruckus 102 Sufficient space 104 Mac eschewer 106 First name of two moonwalkers 107 Ties, as a score 109 Dweller 111 Quite a lot 112 Fruity frozen dessert

Charleston 80/64

Today: Partly sunny and warm with a shower in spots. High 71 to 76. Monday: A brief shower or two. High 74 to 78.

LOCAL ALMANAC

LAKE LEVELS

SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

Temperature High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low

Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

76° 51° 57° 35° 81° in 2007 9° in 1958

SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest. 355.82 76.25 75.12 96.00

24-hr chg +0.04 -0.09 -0.05 -0.21

Sunrise 7:18 a.m. Moonrise 8:56 a.m.

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

0.00" 0.40" 1.21" 57.76" 35.04" 44.81"

NATIONAL CITIES

REGIONAL CITIES

Today City Hi/Lo/W Atlanta 74/64/pc Chicago 62/50/r Dallas 65/44/sh Detroit 64/55/c Houston 67/46/r Los Angeles 67/48/pc New Orleans 80/54/t New York 63/55/c Orlando 82/67/pc Philadelphia 72/55/pc Phoenix 62/44/s San Francisco 56/45/r Wash., DC 68/57/pc

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

Mon. Hi/Lo/W 67/48/r 51/39/sh 68/50/s 59/42/r 71/49/s 62/41/pc 72/51/s 63/55/r 85/65/pc 70/57/r 58/37/pc 55/43/pc 69/54/r

Today Hi/Lo/W 67/58/pc 74/63/pc 79/61/pc 76/63/pc 69/59/pc 80/64/sh 73/59/pc 71/61/pc 78/61/pc 72/60/pc 74/54/pc 74/61/pc 75/60/pc

Mon. Hi/Lo/W 67/39/r 70/46/r 75/44/r 78/56/c 73/59/c 79/55/c 72/45/r 70/47/r 78/49/sh 75/52/sh 74/59/sh 75/54/sh 76/53/sh

Sunset Moonset

5:14 p.m. 7:40 p.m.

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Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr stage yest. chg 12 9.30 -0.13 19 4.40 -1.50 14 7.10 -0.23 14 4.44 -0.01 80 79.64 -0.23 24 15.36 +0.10

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Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 75/59/pc Gainesville 81/65/pc Gastonia 71/60/pc Goldsboro 75/60/pc Goose Creek 78/63/pc Greensboro 71/58/pc Greenville 71/58/pc Hickory 69/56/pc Hilton Head 75/65/pc Jacksonville, FL 80/65/pc La Grange 75/64/pc Macon 77/64/pc Marietta 73/63/pc

Mon. Hi/Lo/W 77/53/sh 82/64/c 70/45/r 75/56/sh 79/55/sh 71/48/r 70/45/r 70/46/r 75/58/c 82/62/c 68/43/r 72/42/r 68/44/r

High 10:06 a.m. 10:13 p.m. 10:47 a.m. 10:58 p.m.

Ht. 3.4 2.8 3.3 2.8

Low 4:19 a.m. 5:06 p.m. 5:03 a.m. 5:50 p.m.

Today City Hi/Lo/W Marion 68/57/pc Mt. Pleasant 76/64/pc Myrtle Beach 73/62/pc Orangeburg 75/63/pc Port Royal 74/64/pc Raleigh 75/59/pc Rock Hill 71/60/pc Rockingham 73/59/pc Savannah 79/64/pc Spartanburg 69/58/pc Summerville 78/63/pc Wilmington 75/60/pc Winston-Salem 70/58/pc

Ht. -0.2 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1

Mon. Hi/Lo/W 67/40/r 77/56/sh 76/56/sh 77/53/c 76/55/c 74/52/sh 71/46/r 74/48/sh 80/55/c 67/45/r 79/54/sh 77/55/c 71/49/r

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114 Shortbread brand 116 Listlessness 117 Gritty film genre 118 Lake adjoining Cleveland 119 Fists, so to speak 120 German industrial city 121 Loses energy 122 Senseless 123 Word printed on mazes DOWN 1 Slow walkers 2 Czech region 3 Used as a blackboard 4 Also 5 Cash in Tokyo 6 Considered overnight 7 Explosive, for short 8 Key concept in criminal law 9 Human Resources’ ranges 10 Minor damage 11 Spontaneous comment 12 Lay eyes on 13 Tigger’s creator 14 Fine-tune 15 Take the role of 16 Massive mammal 17 Backpack material 18 Largest Greek island 24 Nursery rhyme opener 26 Make revisions to 29 Become permanent 34 Be indisposed 37 Working in a mess hall 39 “Cut that out!” 41 Tranquil 44 Bodies of work 46 British coin 47 Swedish tennis great 48 South Pacific tune 49 Steel mill delivery 50 Thinks much of 51 Nautical signal

Myrtle Beach 73/62

Manning 75/62

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The last word in astrology

Florence 75/59

Bishopville 73/60

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SUDOKU

53 As it happens 55 Math class 56 Do over, as walls 57 Part of France’s motto 58 Middle of the sixth century 60 Mundane 61 Lose solidity 63 Nautical signal 64 Sandwich bread 67 Most-nominated Oscar performer 68 Typo list 69 Furry foot 72 Genie’s home 75 Ft. Lauderdale locale 78 Wrote with a template 79 Know somehow 82 Sporty car roofs 83 Athens’ ancient enemy

85 Vaccine fluid 86 Four of Ben Hogan’s titles 87 Animal park 89 Hockey opportunity 90 Second-rate boxer 91 Party consultant 92 Most crowded 95 Novelist Welty 97 Dine at a diner 98 Conical dwelling 99 Top Chef appliances 100 Senior members 101 Exactly when expected 103 Boss man 105 Typography flourish 108 Tibia’s place 110 Cobs with kernels 113 Mauna __ 115 Tooth pro’s

deg. The CLEMENTINE (25 Across) is a hybrid of the mandarin orange/tangelo hybrid citrus and the sweet orange. MATTEL (81 Across) got its name from the first name of two of its

founders, Harold “Matt” Matson and Elliot Handler. The two ALANs (106 Across) who walked on the moon: Alan Bean (Apollo 12) and Alan Shepard (Apollo 14).

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Alabama’s Henry Heisman winner Clemson quarterback Watson finishes 3rd in voting By RALPH D. RUSSO The Associated Press

in the last 16 years. The 6-foot-3, 242-pound Henry is the second Alabama NEW YORK — Derrick player to win the Heisman, Henry bulldozed defenses joining Mark Ingram. Since while carrying Alabama’s ofIngram won the award in 2009, fense this season, and then it had gone to five straight walked away with a Heisman quarterbacks. Trophy. Stanford’s do-it-all running The Crimson Tide’s superback Christian McCaffrey was sized tailback won college foot- the runner-up, making it four ball’s most famous player of second-place finishes for Carthe year award Saturday night, dinal players in seven seasons. becoming just the third runDeshaun Watson, quarterning back to take the Heisman back of No. 1 Clemson, fin-

ished third. It was the closest Heisman voting since Ingram won by the slimmest margin ever, but still a comfortable victory for Henry. He received 1,832 points, 293 more than McCaffrey (1,539). Watson received the third-most points for a third-place finisher with 1,165. Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield came in fourth and Navy quarterback Keenan

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Alabama’s Derrick Henry kisses the Heisman Trophy after winning the See henry, Page B5 award on Saturday in New York.

prep basketball

Party crashers Northwood sweeps Wilson Hall in Baron Classic

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Playing for first-round playoff bye Unbeaten Panthers take on Falcons at home The Associated Press NEW YORK — Cam Newton is building a strong case to be the NFL Most Valuable Player this season. Behind the play of the multi-dimensional fifth-year quarterback, the unbeaten Carolina Panthers have already wrapped up the NFC South division for a third straight season. They can secure a first-round bye in the NFC playoffs with a win today at home against the Atlanta Falcons. Newton has thrown five touchdown passes in two of his last newton three games, and has earned NFC offensive player of the week three times this season. Despite lacking a true No. 1 wide receiver — Kelvin Benjamin was lost in training camp to a season-ending knee injury — Newton has thrown a career-high 25 touchdown passes. He’s also a major factor in Carolina’s thirdranked ground attack with 478 yards rushing and seven touchdowns.

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Clemson players celebrate their College Cup semifinal win over Syracuse on Friday in Kansas City, Kan. Clemson will face Stanford for the title today.

Tigers face Stanford for championship By AMIE JUST Associated Press Ieith Gedamke / The Sumter Item

Wilson Hall’s Easton Ward (5) goes up against Northwood’s Caleb Loudin (20) during the Barons’ 70-51 loss on Saturday in the Baron Classic at Nash Student Center.

BY EDDIE LITAKER Special to The Sumter Item

Baron loss to the Chargers. Meanwhile, the Lady Barons fell victim to too many turnovers and a hotIt might have been Wilson Hall’s shooting, opportunistic Lady party, but the varsity basketball Charger squad in a 70-23 thumpteams from Northwood Academy ing. played the role of party crasher Lady Barons head coach Glen Saturday during Day 2 of the Rector, who also serves as Wilson Baron Classic at Nash Student Hall’s athletic director, did not Center. shy away from tough competition In boys play, Wilson Hall’s in his scheduling of the tournaBrent Carraway and Drew Talley ment. combined for 40 points in a 70-51 “The whole purpose is to gain

more experience against top-level competition so we know what we’ve got to do (to improve) between now and the end of the year,” said Rector, whose team fell to 5-3 overall after a 0-2 finish in tourney play. “So having Northwood and some of the other teams come in is a chance for all of us, really, to be in one central location and kind of size everybody

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — After 110 tough minutes in the semifinals, both Stanford and Clemson advanced after penalty kick shootouts to the national championship of the College Cup on Sunday. “We didn’t win,” Clemson coach Mike Noonan said. “We drew. We advanced.” The previous national championship Clemson (17-2-4) won was in 1987. The first one came in 1984. “There were a lot of the guys from the ‘84 and the ‘87 team (at the semifinal match),” Noonan said. “We’ve been supported by them throughout the entire run and their message to

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Fort Dorchester beats Dorman to win crown COLUMBIA — Fort Dorchester quarterback Dakereon Joyner threw for 303 yards and three touchdowns as the Patriots won their first-ever 4A Division I state championship with a 59-31 victory over Dorman on Saturday. Datron James ran for 137 yards rushing and three TDs for the Patriots (15-0). Diondre Champaigne had 129 yards receiving as Fort Dorchester finished with 537 yards of total offense. Joyner, a sophomore, also ran for a TD. Fort Dorchester took control with two touchdowns in the final minute of the first half. James scored on a 2-yard run with 55 seconds remaining, then William Shaw intercepted a pass with 33 seconds left, leading to James’ 4-yard scoring run and a 31-17 lead. Collin Hill led Dorman (11-4) with 297 yards passing and three touchdowns for Dorman. Northwestern 63 Lexington 13

COLUMBIA — Gage Moloney threw for five touchdowns and ran for another to lead Northwestern to a 63-13 victory over Lexington Saturday night in the 4A Division II state championship. It was the Trojans’ fifth state title overall and third since 2010. Northwestern also won state titles in 1989, 1993, 2010 and 2013. The 63 points tied the record for most points scored in a state championship game. Moloney threw touchdowns passes of 15 yards to Jonathan Morgan, 11 yards to Jerry Howard and 29 yards to Jamario Holley in the first half to help stake Northwestern (141) to a 42-7 halftime lead. He added a 74-yard strike to Jordan Starkes and an 18-yarder to Austin Hoofnagle in the second half. Moloney scored on a 5-yard touchdown run in the opening half. Moloney finished with 270 yards passing. Howard ran for 157 yards and two scores and Miles Corprening added a 54-yard interception return for a score in the decisive first half. South Pointe 35 Midland Valley 0

COLUMBIA — Greg Ruff threw for three touchdowns and ran for a fourth to lead South Pointe to a 35-0 victory over Midland Valley Saturday in the 3A state championship. It’s the fourth state title for South Pointe (14-1) in eight seasons, also winning in 2008, 2011 and 2014. Ruff had scoring passes of 14, 12 and 30 yards to go along with a 62yard scoring run. The senior threw for 165 yards and rushed for 147 for the Stallions. Quay Brown added eight receptions for 121 yards receiving and two touchdowns. South Pointe’s defense held Midland Valley to 222 yards. It was the first championship game appearance ever for Midland Valley (10-5). The Mustangs were led by Daniel Carr, who threw for 168 yards. Dre-Kwon Carr had for 85 yards rushing. North 37 South 27

MYRTLE BEACH — Chapin quarterback Logan Bailey threw for two touchdowns and ran for the clinching score to lead as the North all-stars broke a four-game losing streak with a 37-27 victory over the South in the Touchstone Energy North -South All-Star game on Sat-

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us was, it’s been 30 years. It’s time. It’s about you guys and it’s about your team. We want to start talking about 2015.” Stanford’s (17-2-3) never won a soccer national championship, but coach Jeremy Gunn has. He coached the Fort Lewis College squad from 1999 to 2006, advancing to the NCAA Division II championship three times, taking the title in 2005. “I think what really does help is that I’ve been to, what, seven Final Fours now,” Gunn said. “You get to see that you can come here and run around and try to jump

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Franklin Templeton Shootout host Greg Norman, center, congratulates Jason Dufner, left, and Brandt Snedeker after they won the tournament at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Fla., on Saturday.

urday. Bailey was 15 of 27 passing for 276 yards and touchdown throws of 34 and 57 yards to Hillcrest receiver Brian Spurgeon. Bailey also powered into the end zone from a yard out in the fourth quarter to put the North ahead 37-27. The South could not recover. Bailey, who also had a 12-yard TD run in the first half, was named the North offensive MVP. Wren defensive back Bailey Rogers was named the North defensive MVP for his two interceptions, one which he returned for a TD. Lakewood’s Terry Singleton had one catch for six yards.

USCS fundraiser today The University of South Carolina Sumter will host its Legends Dinner & Silent Auction today at 5 p.m. The event will feature former Major League Baseball players Bobby Richardson, Billy O’Dell and Billy McMillon and former University of South Carolina standouts and current minor leaguers Jordan Montgomery and Grayson Greiner. The event will be held at the USC Sumter gymnasium at a cost of $40 a person. Children age 12 and under will receive free admission. There will be a “Hot Stove” discussion and fundraiser as well as recognition of former USC Sumter head coach Tom Fleenor. There will also be a corn hole tournament, door prizes and beverages. For ticket information, call (803) 938-3904 or go to www.uscsumter. edu.

Dufner, Snedeker win shootout NAPLES, Fla. — Jason Dufner and Brandt Snedeker birdied the last two holes in a best-ball format and won the Franklin Templeton Shootout by two shots on Saturday. The team of Dufner and Snedeker finished at 30-under 186 at Tiburon Golf Club. Harris English and Matt Kuchar, who have finished first, second and second the past three years, shot 28 under for second.

Astros trade for Giles HOUSTON — Closer Ken Giles was traded from the Phillies to the Houston Astros as part of a sevenplayer deal that sent former No. 1 overall draft pick Mark Appel to Philadelphia. Shortstop Jonathan Arauz also was sent to the Astros, and righthanders Vincent Velasquez, Thomas Eshelman and Harold Arauz went to the Phillies along with lefthander Brett Oberholtzer. From staff and wire reports

through every hoop and answer every text, though I’m not sure texts were invented when I first started. You realize just how to manage it for the players.” In its semifinal, Clemson was led by goalkeeper Andrew Tarbell, who made eight saves in regulation and overtime and allowed Syracuse to only score on one of four penalty kicks. His eight saves were the highest he’s had in a match all season. Through the regular season, Tarbell had 75 saves and eight shutouts, the highest in the ACC. “It’s the result of doing your best every day in training and in games,” Tarbell said. “Approaching every

game exactly the same way no matter what stage it is. Just pray and dreams for games like that. Things have to fall your way as a goalkeeper and they did, and that helped us get all the way to the finals.” Stanford is led by Jordan Morris, the first college player to be called up to the U.S. men’s national team since 1999. Morris had three shots in the semifinal against Akron. His penalty kick was blocked. Though Morris has an international cap and has had international success, his team keeps him grounded. “He’s got great teammates who love him,” Gunn said. “But they love him because of who he is.”

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TODAY

5:20 a.m. – International Soccer: FIFA Club World Cup Japan Quarterfinal Match from Osaka, Japan – Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs. TP Mazembe (FOX SPORTS 1). 8 a.m. – College Football: NCAA Division III Playoffs Semifinal Game (ESPNU). 8:25 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Arsenal vs. Aston Villa (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 9:30 a.m. – International Soccer: Bundesliga League Match – Schalke 04 vs. Augsburg (FOX SPORTS 1). 10:55 a.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – West Brom vs. Liverpool (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 10:55 a.m. – International Soccer: Portuguese League Match – Porto vs. CD Nacional (UNIVISION). 11 a.m. – College Football: NCAA Division III Playoffs Semifinal Game – Linfield at St. Thomas (ESPNU). 11:20 a.m. – International Soccer: Bundesliga League Match – Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Borussia Dortmund (FOX SPORTS 2). Noon – College Basketball: St. John’s at Syracuse (FOX SPORTS 1). 1 p.m. – NFL Football: Pittsburgh at Cincinnati (WLTX 19). 1 p.m. – NFL Football: Atlanta at Carolina (WACH 57, WWFN-FM 100.1, WPUB-FM 102.7). 1 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: Stanford at Texas (ESPN). 1 p.m. – Professional Basketball: NBA Developmental League Game – Teams To Be Announced (NBA TV). 2 p.m. – College Soccer: NCAA Tournament College Cup Championship Match from Kansas City, Kan. (ESPNU). 2 p.m. – Professional Golf: Father/Son Challenge Final Round from Orlando, Fla. (GOLF). 2 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: Winthrop at South Carolina (SEC NETWORK, WNKT-FM 107.5). 2:30 p.m. – College Basketball: St. Peter’s at Seton Hall (FOX SPORTS 1). 3 p.m. – Professional Golf: Father/Son Challenge Final Round from Orlando, Fla. (WIS 10). 3 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: Texas (San Antonio) at Oklahoma (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 3 p.m. – Professional Basketball: Laboral Kutxa Vitoria Gastelz vs. Anadolou Efes Istanbul (NBA TV). 4 p.m. – NFL Football: Dallas at Green Bay (WACH 57). 4 p.m. – College Basketball: St. Joseph’s at Temple (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 4 p.m. – College Basketball: North Carolina State at South Florida (ESPNU). 4 p.m. – International Soccer: CONCACAF Under20 Women’s Championship Third-Place Match from San Pedro Sula, Honduras (FOX SPORTS 2). 4 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: CaliforniaSanta Barbara at Louisiana State (SEC NETWORK). 5 p.m. – College Basketball: La Salle at Villanova (FOX SPORTS 1). 5:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Louisiana State at Houston (ESPN2). 6 p.m. – College Basketball: Alabama at Clemson (ESPNU, WWBD-FM 94.7, WPUB-FM 102.7). 7 p.m. – International Soccer: CONCACAF Under20 Women’s Championship Final Match from San Pedro Sula, Honduras (FOX SPORTS 2). 7:30 p.m. – Women’s International Soccer: United States vs. China from Glendale, Ariz. (ESPN2). 8:20 p.m. – NFL Football: New England at Houston (WIS 10, WWFN-FM 100.1, WNKT-FM 107.5). 9 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – Tigres vs. UNAM (UNIVISION). 10 p.m. – College Football: Lott Trophy Award Presentation (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

MONDAY

2:55 p.m. – International Soccer: English Premier League Match – Chelsea vs. Leicester (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 8 p.m. – Women’s College Basketball: North Carolina at Oklahoma (FOXZ SPORTSOUTH). 8:15 p.m. – NFL Football: New York Giants at Miami (ESPN, WWFN-FM 100.1, WNKT-FM 107.5). 8:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Phoenix at Dallas (NBA TV).

NFL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press

AMERICAN CONFERENCE East New England N.Y. Jets Buffalo Miami South Indianapolis Houston Jacksonville Tennessee North Cincinnati Pittsburgh Baltimore Cleveland West Denver Kansas City Oakland San Diego

W L T Pct PF PA 10 2 0 .833 375 247 7 5 0 .583 295 248 6 6 0 .500 296 278 5 7 0 .417 240 300 W L T Pct PF PA 6 6 0 .500 259 305 6 6 0 .500 253 264 4 8 0 .333 275 341 3 9 0 .250 245 296 W L T Pct PF PA 10 2 0 .833 334 196 7 5 0 .583 311 240 4 8 0 .333 272 291 2 10 0 .167 216 347 W L T Pct PF PA 10 2 0 .833 269 210 7 5 0 .583 321 240 5 7 0 .417 284 314 3 9 0 .250 247 324

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East Washington Philadelphia N.Y. Giants Dallas South y-Carolina Tampa Bay Atlanta New Orleans North Green Bay Minnesota Chicago Detroit West x-Arizona Seattle St. Louis San Francisco

W L T Pct PF PA 5 7 0 .417 257 286 5 7 0 .417 278 302 5 7 0 .417 307 296 4 8 0 .333 223 277 W L T Pct PF PA 12 0 0 1.000 373 243 6 6 0 .500 271 298 6 6 0 .500 279 257 4 8 0 .333 299 380

Central Division Cleveland Indiana Chicago Detroit Milwaukee

W L Pct GB 15 7 .682 — 13 8 .619 1½ 12 8 .600 2 13 11 .542 3 9 15 .375 7

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division San Antonio Dallas Memphis Houston New Orleans Northwest Division Oklahoma City Utah Portland Minnesota Denver Pacific Division Golden State L.A. Clippers Phoenix Sacramento L.A. Lakers

W L Pct GB 19 5 .792 — 13 10 .565 5½ 13 11 .542 6 11 12 .478 7½ 6 16 .273 12 W L Pct GB 15 8 .652 — 10 11 .476 4 10 14 .417 5½ 9 13 .409 5½ 9 14 .391 6 W L Pct GB 24 0 1.000 — 13 10 .565 10½ 10 14 .417 14 9 15 .375 15 3 20 .130 20½

Friday’s Games

Indiana 96, Miami 83 Detroit 107, Philadelphia 95 Cleveland 111, Orlando 76 Toronto 90, Milwaukee 83 Golden State 124, Boston 119,2OT New Orleans 107, Washington 105 Charlotte 123, Memphis 99 Denver 111, Minnesota 108, OT Oklahoma City 94, Utah 90 Portland 106, Phoenix 96 San Antonio 109, L.A. Lakers 87

Saturday’s Games

L.A. Clippers at Brooklyn, 5 p.m. Boston at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Indiana at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. New Orleans at Chicago, 8 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Houston, 8 p.m. San Antonio at Atlanta, 8 p.m. Golden State at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. Washington at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. New York at Portland, 10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

Minnesota at Phoenix, 3:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Toronto, 6 p.m. Memphis at Miami, 6 p.m. Utah at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

Monday’s Games

Toronto at Indiana, 7 p.m. Orlando at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Chicago, 8 p.m. Washington at Memphis, 8 p.m. Miami at Atlanta, 8 p.m. Utah at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Phoenix at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Houston at Denver, 9 p.m. New Orleans at Portland, 10 p.m.

NHL Standings

By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 30 19 8 3 41 97 69 Detroit 30 16 8 6 38 78 77 Boston 28 16 9 3 35 91 77 Ottawa 29 15 9 5 35 91 87 Florida 30 14 12 4 32 76 74 Tampa Bay 29 14 12 3 31 70 66 Toronto 28 10 13 5 25 64 76 Buffalo 29 11 15 3 25 70 82 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 27 19 6 2 40 83 61 N.Y. Rangers 30 18 9 3 39 86 67 N.Y. Islanders 29 16 8 5 37 82 70 New Jersey 29 15 10 4 34 74 71 Pittsburgh 28 15 10 3 33 67 67 Philadelphia 30 12 12 6 30 62 83 Carolina 29 11 14 4 26 69 88 Columbus 30 11 17 2 24 72 90

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas 29 22 5 2 46 102 76 St. Louis 29 16 9 4 36 74 72 Chicago 30 16 10 4 36 81 75 Nashville 29 15 9 5 35 78 76 Minnesota 27 14 7 6 34 71 66 Winnipeg 30 14 14 2 30 82 91 Colorado 29 12 16 1 25 79 85 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 28 19 8 1 39 74 59 Vancouver 30 11 11 8 30 79 82 San Jose 28 14 13 1 29 75 76 Arizona 29 14 14 1 29 77 90 Edmonton 30 13 15 2 28 82 90 Anaheim 29 11 13 5 27 56 73 Calgary 28 12 14 2 26 73 99 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Friday’s Games

Los Angeles 3, Pittsburgh 2, SO New Jersey 3, Detroit 2, OT Chicago 2, Winnipeg 0 Dallas 3, Philadelphia 1 Arizona 2, Minnesota 1, OT Edmonton 7, N.Y. Rangers 5 Carolina 5, Anaheim 1

Saturday’s Games

Boston 3, Florida 1 Los Angeles at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Montreal, 7 p.m. Washington at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Columbus, 7 p.m. Dallas at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Colorado at Nashville, 8 p.m. Carolina at Arizona, 9 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Calgary, 10 p.m. Minnesota at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

W L T Pct PF PA 8 4 0 .667 289 238 8 5 0 .615 258 255 5 7 0 .417 251 290 4 8 0 .333 253 315

New Jersey at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m. Colorado at St. Louis, 6 p.m. Vancouver at Chicago, 7 p.m.

W L T Pct PF PA 11 2 0 .846 405 252 7 5 0 .583 305 229 4 8 0 .333 189 257 4 8 0 .333 178 291

Edmonton at Boston, 7 p.m. Washington at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at Columbus, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Buffalo at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division

Sunday’s Games

Monday’s Games

NCAA FCS Playoffs

Thursday’s Game

By The Associated Press

Sunday’s Games

Saturday, Nov. 28 Western Illinois 24, Dayton 7 Chattanooga 50, Fordham 20 The Citadel 41, Coastal Carolina 38 Sam Houston State 42, Southern Utah 39 Montana 24, South Dakota State 17 Colgate 27, New Hampshire 20 William & Mary 52, Duquesne 49 Northern Iowa 53, Eastern Illinois 17

Arizona 23, Minnesota 20 Detroit at St. Louis, 1 p.m. San Diego at Kansas City, 1 p.m. Washington at Chicago, 1 p.m. Buffalo at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. San Francisco at Cleveland, 1 p.m. New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. Tennessee at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. Atlanta at Carolina, 1 p.m. Seattle at Baltimore, 1 p.m. Oakland at Denver, 4:05 p.m. Dallas at Green Bay, 4:25 p.m. New England at Houston, 8:30 p.m.

Monday’s Game

N.Y. Giants at Miami, 8:30 p.m.

NBA Standings

Second Round

Saturday, Dec. 5 Richmond 48, William & Mary 13 Charleston Southern 14, The Citadel 6 Colgate 44, James Madison 38 Illinois State 36, Western Illinois 19 Jacksonville State 41, Chattanooga 35, OT North Dakota State 37, Montana 6 Sam Houston State 34, McNeese State 29 Northern Iowa 29, Portland State 17

Quarterfinals

By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Toronto Boston New York Brooklyn Philadelphia Southeast Division Charlotte Atlanta Miami Orlando Washington

First Round

W L Pct GB 15 9 .625 — 13 10 .565 1½ 10 14 .417 5 7 15 .318 7 1 23 .042 14 W L Pct GB 14 8 .636 — 14 10 .583 1 12 9 .571 1½ 12 11 .522 2½ 9 12 .429 4½

Friday, Dec. 11 Richmond 39, at Illinois State 27 Jacksonville State 58, Charleston Southern 38 Saturday, Dec. 12 North Dakota State 23, Northern Iowa 13 Sam Houston State 48, Colgate 21

Semifinals

Date TBA Jacksonville St. (12-1) vs. Sam Houston St. (11-3) Richmond (10-3) vs. North Dakota State (11-2)

Championship

Saturday, Jan. 9 At Toyota Stadium Frisco, Texas Semifinal winners, Noon

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No. 12 Xavier again beats No. 23 Cincinnati 65-55 Charles Krupa/The Associated Press

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry, center, is mobbed by fans after a double-overtime win against the Boston Celtics on Friday. Curry had 38 points in the 124-119 victory.

Warriors outplay Celtics 124-119 in double OT, go 24-0 By JIMMY GOLEN The Associated Press

said. “The record, the history, the team — it doesn’t happen often so we will cherish it. BOSTON — The Golden Who knows? Next year you State Warriors needed two could be on a different team overtimes to remain perfect on and nobody’s talking about a very imperfect night from you.” the NBA’s reigning Most ValuCurry made only 9 of 27 able Player. shots from the field, a .333 Stephen Curry scored 38 shooting percentage that was points despite his worst shoot- his worst since Game 2 of the ing performance of the season, NBA finals against Cleveland. adding 11 rebounds and eight But he was 6 for 13 from assists on Friday night as the 3-point range and a perfect 14 Warriors improved to 24-0 by of 14 from the free throw line. outlasting the Boston Celtics The Celtics had two chances 124-119 in double overtime. to win it at the end of regula“Exhausting, but it was tion, tied 103-all, but Shaun fun,” Curry said. “Obviously, Livingston blocked Isaiah it was nice to get the win. But Thomas’ attempt. After Goldwe had to claw our way to it.” en State’s try at an alley-oop Counting the wins in their off the inbounds pass failed, final four games last season, Boston had the ball with 0.7 the defending NBA champions seconds left, but Kelly have taken 28 regular-season Olynyk’s off-balance jumper games in a row. That broke a was wide. tie with the 2012-13 Miami Curry sank a pair of foul Heat for the second-longest shots — his only points of the winning streak in league hissecond overtime — with 13.4 tory, and now trails only the 33 seconds left to give the Warstraight by the Los Angeles riors a three-point lead. Jae Lakers in 1971-72. Crowder then missed a The Warriors play the Mil3-pointer to tie it, and Andre waukee Bucks on Saturday Iguodala got the rebound and night to complete a sevendrew the foul. game road trip. No NBA team That sent the Boston fans to has ever gone 7-0 on a single the exits, but the Golden State road trip. crowd remained to see Iguo“We will definitely cherish dala sink both free throws this, because it doesn’t happen and keep the winning streak often,” center Andrew Bogut alive.

CINCINNATI — Myles Davis scored a season-high 17 points and 12th-ranked Xavier ran out to an 18-point lead and beat No. 23 Cincinnati 65-55 on Saturday, the Musketeers’ third straight win over their crosstown rival. The Musketeers (10-0) matched the best start in school history and extended their domination over the Bearcats (8-2), winning the annual game for the seventh time in nine years. Texas 84 (3) North Carolina 82

AUSTIN, Texas — Javan Felix swished a short jumper as time expired, sending Texas to a wild 84-82 win over No. 3 North Carolina on Saturday, giving new coach Shaka Smart his biggest victory with the Longhorns. Smart was left unguarded as players watched Isaiah Taylor’s 3-point attempt in the final seconds bounce off the rim. The ball dropped straight to Felix, who calmly put it in. After a few minutes of reviewing replay video, the game officials ruled the basket good. (5) Kentucky 72 Arizona State 58

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Jamal Murray scored 12 of his 17 points in the second half including two of Kentucky’s five 3-pointers that helped the fifth-ranked Wildcats pull away from Arizona State for a 72-58 victory. Leading 32-31 at halftime and looking somewhat lost with senior forward Alex Poythress temporarily sidelined with a hyperextended right knee, the Wildcats (9-1) regrouped to play more crisply and aggressively in the second. Most importantly, Kentucky found its outside shooting touch, hitting 5 of 10 from long range — after a 1-of-11 first half. (6) Maryland 77 Maryland-Eastern Shore 56

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Melo Trimble scored 18 points, and No. 6 Maryland found its shooting form in

John Minchillo/The Associated Press Xavier’s Myles Davis (15) battles for a rebound against Cincinnati’s Farad Cobb, left, and Coreontae DeBerry, right in Xavier’s 65-55 victory on Saturday. the second half to pull away to a 77-56 victory over Maryland Eastern Shore. After struggling to take a 35-29 halftime lead, the Terrapins (9-1) made their first eight shots from the field after intermission during a 27-11 run that made it 62-40. (7) Oklahoma 96 Oral Roberts 73

NORMAN, Okla. — Buddy Hield scored. Just like he usually does. His defensive energy was just as critical — the senior had a career-high five steals to go with 30 points as No. 7 Oklahoma beat Oral Roberts 96-73 on Saturday. (11) Purdue 95 Youngstown State 64

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — In compiling an 11-0 start, No. 11 Purdue has featured many impressive attributes, none more eye-opening than this talented team’s ability to share the basketball. In Saturday’s 95-64 victory over Youngstown State, the Boilermakers assisted on 26 of their 33 field goals.

under the weather, along with several of his players. (18) Butler 94 Tennessee 86

INDIANAPOLIS — When Butler sophomore Kelan Martin entered Saturday’s game, the reserve forward took every opportunity Tennessee presented him. Martin had 25 points and 11 rebounds, leading the 18th-ranked Bulldogs to a 94-86 victory. (22) Louisville 86 Eastern Michigan 53

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Cardinals (7-1) overwhelmed Eastern Michigan 86-53 on Saturday, torching another opponent with better than 50 percent shooting for the seventh time in eight games this season. Wichita State 67 (25) Utah 50

WICHITA, Kan. — Zach Brown scored 14 points to lead a balanced Wichita State offense as the Shockers beat No. 25 Utah 67-50 on Saturday.

(15) Providence 74

(22) Louisville 86

Bryant 67

Eastern Michigan 53

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Its best player out and its second-best not close to full strength, No. 15 Providence was clearly shorthanded entering Saturday’s game against Bryant. Even Friars coach Ed Cooley admitted he was

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Damion Lee scored 16 points, all in the second half, and No. 22 Louisville shot 53 percent from the field to overwhelm Eastern Michigan 86-53 on Saturday. From wire reports

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Robinsons lead Laurence Manning past Veritas Christian 47-42 Rashaad Robinson and Shakeel Robinson combined to score 33 points to lead Laurence Manning Academy’s varsity boys basketball team to a 47-42 victory over Veritas Christian Academy from Arden, N.C., on Saturday in the Baron Classic at Wilson Hall’s Nash Student Center. Rashaad Robinson led the Swampcats with 18 points. Shakeel Robinson added 15. Wilson Hall 82 First Baptist 75

Sam Watford, Drew Talley and Grier Schwartz combined for 65 points as Wilson Hall defeated First Baptist 82-75 on Friday in the Baron Classic at Nash Student Center. Watford led the Barons with 25 points, seven rebounds and five assists. Talley had a double-double with 23 points and 11 rebounds and Schwartz had 17 points. Brent Carraway had nine points and six assists. Ben Lippen 46 Thomas Sumter 28

Way finished with 10 points and 11 rebounds. Al Hobbs just missed a double-double with 19 points and nine rebounds.

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points, six rebounds and eight steals for the Lady Saints., Delaney Peeler had a double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds. Holly Carlisle had 13 points.

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SUMMERTON — Clarendon Hall improved to 2-3 with a

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SUMMERTON — Clarendon Hall improved to 3-2 with a 25-24 victory over St. John’s Christian on Friday. The Saints’ Thomas Stukes had a double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds. Sumter 57 Crestwood 41

Crestwood High School fell to 2-1 with a 57-41 loss to Sumter on Thurday at the SHS gymnasium. Tyrese Felder led the Knights with 12 points. Tylik Logan added nine.

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COLUMBIA — Thomas Sumter Academy fell to 1-5 on the season with a 46-28 loss to Ben Lippen on Friday at the BL gymnasium. Austin Hudson led the Generals with 13 points. Justin Lyons added eight.

COLUMBIA — Thomas Sumter Academy defeated Ben Lippen 43-33 on Friday at the BL gymnasium. Bree Stoddard led the Lady Generals with 20 points. Haley Hawkins finished with eight.

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SUMMERTON — Dylan Way SUMMERTON — Clarendon had a double-double, but Clar- Hall improved to 4-1 with a endon Hall still lost to St. 56-26 victory over St. John’s John’s Christian 52-47 on FriChristian on Friday. day at the CH gymnasium. Shannon Corbett had 16

27-8 victory over St. John’s Christian on Friday at the CH gymnasium. Brynne Baxley led the Lady Saints with 14 points and nine rebounds.

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For rookies, it’s get on the field and go By BARRY WILNER The Associated Press

tacular breakout, in great part because the line and passing game have slumped in St. Hey kid, get out there and Louis. Gurley, coming off a show us what you can do. major knee injury at Georgia, That’s how the NFL operbecame the first player to start ates these days. Doesn’t matter his career with four 125-yard which position, either. rushing games. Groom quarterbacks? A pol—Thomas Rawls, RB, Seicy of the past. ahawks. Call him “Beast Let defensive backs mature? Mode 2.” Undrafted from CenSure, they have preseason to tral Michigan, Rawls has do that. showed power and speed in Front offices make commitreplacing injured Marshawn ments to rookies in the draft. Lynch. Seattle’s offense woke Coaching staffs try to endorse up when Rawls became firstthose decisions with playing string. time, particularly if a kid who —Donovan Smith, T, Buccais cheaper and has a longneers. No team has a better term future can beat out a crop of rookies than Tampa veteran. Bay; the first-year Bucs have a This season, players on ofcombined 52 starts, most in fense have made the stronger the league. Smith faces the impact. Start with the top best opposing pass rusher overall selections last April: weekly and generally has held quarterbacks Jameis Winston firm. of Tampa Bay and Marcus And try these on defense: Mariota of Tennessee. Ronald Darby, CB, Bills. Rex Mariota’s performances Ryan recognizes skilled corhave ranged from solid to nerbacks and Buffalo chose File/The Associated Press Darby with its first selection, spectacular, and he will hold St. Louis running back Todd Gurley, left, runs for a first down against San Francisco in November. From the 50th overall. Ryan said the several rookie passing marks high-profile guys at the top of the draft, to the low-round gems and undrafted free agents, rookies have by season’s end. Bills “fed him to the wolves” made a significant impact this season. “I think he’s on track for and that the way Darby rewhat we expected from him,” sponded deserves top defenTitans interim coach Mike both Winston and Mariota de- from linemen Malcom Brown ceiver Kevin White, seventh sive rookie honors. Mularkey says. “The one thing serving headlines. Still, the Of- in New England to Eddie Gold- overall, injured his left shin Eddie Goldman, DT, Bears. is, he’s seen a lot. He’s seen a fensive Rookie of the Year race man in Chicago to Leonard and didn’t contribute for the Goldman has filled a gaping lot of different defenses. You could come down to several Williams with the Jets. Plus, Bears. Atlanta LB Vic Beasley hole in the middle of Chicago’s wonder what we do here on others at different positions Henry Anderson and David started well as the Falcons defense. The second-rounder Mondays and Tuesdays, but rather than being between the Parry of the Colts, Rodney went 5-0. They now are 6-6 and had two sacks last week and these are all different defenses, first two draft choices. Gunter of the Cardinals, and his performances plummeted. tops all rookies with 4 1/2 different looks, different blitzThe biggest wave of rookies Mario Edwards of the Raiders. Browns guard Cameron Ervsacks even though he’s been es and different people coming making contributions on ofLinebackers Stephone Aning got a chance to start and on the field for only 430 plays. after him. fense has been on the line: thony and Hau’oli Kikaha of quickly was benched. Eric Kendricks, LB, Vikings. “He has seen a lot and I Denver guard Max Garcia, Gi- New Orleans, Shane Ray of On the positive side, who has The second-rounder moved think he’s progressed very ants tackle Ereck Flowers, Denver, Jordan Hicks of Phila- stood out the most? Try these into the middle and helped well.” Redskins guard Brandon delphia, Shaq Thompson of on offense: turn a developing defense into The progression of the Buc- Scherff, Patriots center David Carolina, Eric Kendricks of —Amari Cooper, WR, Raida very solid one. He missed caneers (6-6), who are on the Andrews, Bills guard John Minnesota, Kwon Alexander ers. Oakland’s best wideout time with a rib injury and fringes of the NFC wild-card Miller, Buccaneers guard Ali of Tampa Bay, and Benardrick since Randy Moss, Cooper is Minnesota’s D struggled. chase, has been more emphat- Marpet and tackle Donovan McKinney of Houston showed closing in on 1,000 yards reMarcus Peters, CB, Chiefs. ic. It’s also coincided with Smith, Chiefs center Mitch progress and playmaking ceiving. He drops too many Few defensive backs, let alone Winston’s development, partic- Morse, Lions guard Laken skills. balls, but he also gets open on rookies, have made as many ularly an ability to avoid the Tomlinson, Jaguars guard A.J. So has a strong group of de- virtually any route. big plays as the 18th overall major mistakes that plagued Cann, and Cowboys guard fensive backs such as Kansas —Stefon Diggs, WR, Vikings. pick. Peters has five picks, one him early in the year. La’el Collins. City’s Marcus Peters, Buffalo’s As a fifth-rounder, he didn’t for a TD against Peyton Man“When we saw him in Week But there’s plenty of talent Ronald Darby, the Giants’ have the publicity of a Cooper, ning, and takes on No. 1 re2, we had one game of evibeing displayed at receiver: Landon Collins, Green Bay’s but Diggs became a regular in ceivers with no fear. dence and that was the tough Oakland’s Amari Cooper, Min- Damarious Randall and Quint- mid-October and had a teamShaq Thompson, CB, Panloss they had to Tennessee,” nesota’s Stefon Diggs, Washen Rollins, and Dallas’ Byron high 604 yards in just eight thers. Unbeaten Carolina has Saints coach Sean Payton said. ington’s Jamison Crowder, Jones. games through Week 13. a terrific linebacking corps “When you start looking at the Carolina’s Devin Funchess, Naturally, there also have —Max Garcia, G, Broncos. and Thompson has fit right in weeks that have followed, and Arizona’s J.J. Nelson. been the major disappointThe Broncos have taken to with his aggressiveness. He’s there is a bunch of tape on And, at running back, from St. ments. calling the fourth-rounder versatile enough to be used at him and he is doing a lot of Louis’ Todd Gurley to Seattle’s Florida linebacker Dante “the future.” He’s played on safety, too. things better each week. ... You Thomas Rawls to Buffalo’s Fowler Jr., the third overall both sides of the line. “He’s a Leonard Williams, DL, Jets. don’t see the minus plays that Karlos Williams; from Arizopick, tore up his knee in rook- very athletic player and he’s At times overshadowed by Mo you maybe saw in that Titans na’s David Johnson to Chicaie minicamp and never got on getting smarter and smarter Wilkerson and Sheldon Richgame. He’s a reason why they go’s Jeremy Langford to Jack- the field for Jacksonville. Run- every time he plays,” tackle ardson, the sixth overall pick are winning.” sonville’s T.J. Yeldon. ning back Melvin Gordon, seRyan Harris says. has been steady if not spectacQuarterbacks always grab The big stars among the lected 15th, has been benched —Todd Gurley, RB, Rams. ular. He leads a good defense the spotlight in the NFL, with freshmen on defense range by San Diego for fumbling. Re- He’s slowed down from a spec- in quarterback hits.

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Some of Newton’s passing numbers — he’s 15th in the NFL in passer rating (93.2), 18th in passing yards (2,797) and 29th in completion percentage (58.4) — may cost him an opportunity to beat out New England’s Tom Brady or Arizona’s Carson Palmer or any other candidates. Regardless, Newton has found a way to win, undefeated in his last 15 starts and 12 this season. “It feels like he went through another ceiling, and that’s what I see so far in the film this year,” Atlanta Falcons coach Dan Quinn said. Newton admitted this week he always gets a little more hyped against his hometown Falcons. But he’ll face an old nemesis in Quinn, a former defensive coordinator with the Seattle Seahawks. Quinn has found ways to slow down Newton in the past and limit his effectiveness with the read option, often frustrating the quarterback. As for the Falcons, quarterback Matt Ryan doesn’t have a

cure-all for Atlanta’s problems on offense. He does know a good place to start — scoring touchdowns in the red zone and taking deep shots in the passing game. The Falcons are struggling in both areas, major reasons why they have dropped six of seven after a 5-0 start. Opponents have either stopped or slowed Atlanta by putting two defenders on Julio Jones, the NFL’s leading receiver, and limiting his yards after the catch. They also have adjusted to running back Devonta Freeman by sealing the line of scrimmage to keep him from reaching the second level of the defense. “That’s what happens over the course of the year,” Ryan said Wednesday. “We just haven’t been able to execute at a high enough level on the offensive side of the ball, really, during the second half of the season.” Carolina ranks second against the run, seventh against the pass and ninth in scoring. Ryan must be extra careful though. The Panthers rank first in interceptions and have recovered 10 of 19 fumbles.

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Charleston Southern wide receiver Kenny Dinkins (80) catches a pass as he is spun around by Jacksonville State safety Brandon Bender (23) during the Buccaneers’ 58-38 loss in the quarterfinals of the FCS playoffs on Friday in Jacksonville, Ala.

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Army’s Boomer Bakich Jr. runs for a touchdown as Navy’s Daiquan Thomasson pursues him duringNavy’s 21-17 victory on Satuday in Philadelphia.

Charleston Southern Navy tops Army 21-17 for falls to Jacksonville 14th straight series win State in quarterfinals By DAN GELSTON The Associated Press

JACKSONVILLE, Ala. — Troymaine Pope and Eli Jenkins had three touchdowns each and top-seeded Jacksonville State beat No. 8 seed Charleston Southern 58-38 in the Football Championship Subdivision quarterfinals on Friday night. Pope carried 16 times for 250 yards with scoring runs of 76, 44 and 54 yards. Jenkins kept it 21 times for 195 yards and two scores and threw a 14-yard TD pass to Dalton Screws. The Gamecocks (11-1) never trailed and broke their own Ohio Valley Conference record from 2013 for points scored in an FCS playoff. Jenkins broke free around the right side for an 83-yard TD run to make it 34-17 before the end of the third quarter. Charleston Southern (10-2) bounced back with touchdowns to get within 10 three times in the fourth quarter. Connor Rouleau’s 38-yard field goal at 3:48 and Pope’s 54yard score at 2:16 clinched it for the Gamecocks, who will face Sam Houston State in the semifinals. North Dakota State 23 Northern Iowa 13

FARGO, N.D. — An evenlymatched playoff football game between conference foes North Dakota State and Northern Iowa might have been decided in a matter of seconds. Bison true freshman Bruce Anderson returned the second-half kickoff for a touchdown to spark the four-time defending FCS champions to a 23-13 victory over Northern Iowa in a hard-fought quarterfinal game Saturday before more than 18,000 fans inside a deafening Fargodome. It was the second straight week that the 18-year-old Anderson took a kickoff all the way. This time Anderson appeared to be corralled at the NDSU 40, but spun out of the tackle and sprinted in on a 97yard scoring play to turn a three-point halftime deficit into a 14-10 lead. The Bison never relinquished the lead, thanks in large part to an inspired defense and the work of standout punter Ben LeCompte. LeCompte pinned the Panthers offense to their goal line twice in the second half, including one that led to a clinching safety when Brian Schaetz tackled Panthers quarterback Aaron Bailey to make it 23-13 with 2:57 left. The Bison (11-2) advance to next week’s semifinal game against Richmond, which surprised last year’s FCS runner-up Illinois State on Friday. Sam Houston State 48

the title. After defeating Colgate Saturday, the Bearkats return to the semifinals looking for that elusive championship. Jeremiah Briscoe threw for 358 yards and four touchdowns to lead Sam Houston State to a 48-21 win over Colgate in the FCS quarterfinals. Sam Houston (11-3) faces top-seeded Jacksonville State in the semifinals. Briscoe, who replaced Jared Johnson in each of the last two playoff games, was 28 of 42 in his second start of the season — first since a 59-7 win over Incarnate Word on Oct. 10 — and had touchdown passes of 26, 8 and 18 yards in the first half as Sam Houston jumped out to a 28-7 lead with less than six minutes remaining in the opening half. It was 31-14 at halftime. Corey Avery had 25 rushes for 197 yards and one touchdown — a 1-yard score that started the scoring three minutes into the game. Yedidiah Louis caught nine passes for 119 yards and a touchdown, and Ladarius Brown caught five passes for 86 yards and two touchdowns for the Bearkats, which had 653 yards of offense and a school-record 37 first downs, compared to Colgate’s 327 yards and 19 first downs. Richmond 39 Illinois State 27

NORMAL, Ill. — Danny Rocco found it difficult to put Jacobi Green’s night into words. But then the Richmond football coach managed to find one. Exceptional. Green scored four touchdowns and the Spiders amassed 557 yards in a 39-27 victory over No. 2-seeded Illinois State in the Football Championship Subdivision quarterfinals on Friday night. The No. 7-seeded Spiders (10-3) advance to next weekend’s FCS semifinals against No. 3-seed North Dakota State. Green, who ran for 137 yards, scored on touchdown runs of 28, 27 yards and 2 yards. The senior running back also had a 35-yard touchdown catch from Kyle Lauletta, who threw for 369 yards on 18-of-29 passing for the Spiders. From wire reports

be closing the gap on Navy — but blew any chance of an upset in the fourth. PHILADELPHIA — With a Daniel Grochowski missed shot at history at stake, a 29-yard field goal early in Keenan Reynolds ended his the quarter. Chris Carter Navy career with a clean lost a fumble at the Navy 34sweep against Army. yard that was recovered by Navy coach Ken Niumatlinebacker Ted Colburn. alolo just might go out the Navy had two interceptions same way. — one off a trick play — on Reynolds rushed for two two straight drives to pretouchdowns and threw for serve the lead. Army’s Hail another score to lead the No. Mary on the final play of the 21 Midshipmen to their 14th game fell short. straight win over the Black Niumatalolo, the winKnights, 21-17 on Saturday ningest coach in Navy histoat Lincoln Financial Field. ry, seemed focused with The Midshipmen (10-2) “Damn The Torpedoes” can hook an anchor to the stenciled on the back of his Commander-In-Chief’s Trohat. But he had much more phy. It’s coming back to An- on his mind than just dominapolis, Maryland, after a nating Army again. one-year hiatus. He could leave after eight Reynolds’ second rushing seasons to follow his heart TD was his 85th career and his religion to BYU. score, the most for any FBS “We’re an institution, and or FCS Division I player. He we’re certainly a football is the first quarterback over program, that’s steeped in the 116-game series to go 4-0. team and not about ‘me.’ All Niumatalolo improved to of a sudden, it’s become 8-0 against the Black about that,” Navy athletic Knights (2-10) two days bedirector Chet Gladchuk said fore he is set to visit BYU to before the game. talk about the program’s Niumatalolo tied former coaching vacancy. Army coach Earl “Red” Army coach Jeff Monken Blaik (8-8-2) for most wins in showed his program might the series.

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was with him in spirit as his childhood dream of winning From Page B1 the Heisman came true. “I love you so much,” he Reynolds was fifth, but said. Henry, McCaffrey and WatHenry came to Alabama son dominated the voting. as a five-star recruit. Before Henry broke the Souththe Heisman came a dose of eastern Conference record humility. For the first time with 1,986 yards rushing — football wasn’t easy. Being previously held by 1982 Heis- bigger, stronger and faster man winner Herschel Walk- wasn’t enough in Tuscalooer — and matched a league sa, Alabama. mark with 23 touchdowns, He was a backup on a leading No. 2 Alabama to the crowded depth chart as a College Football Playoff. freshman and thought about He choked up during his transferring, but with the speech, thanking his family, encouragement of his family coaches and teammates, and decided to stay put. mentioning former Alabama As a sophomore he shared teammate Altee Tenpenny, carries with T.J. Yeldon and who was killed in a car ran for 990 yards and 11 crash two months ago. touchdowns, showing signs Henry was born to teenof big things to come. age parents and raised with This season as a junior, the strong influence of his with Alabama breaking in a grandmother, Gladys, in the first-time starting quartersmall north Florida town of back and inexperienced reYulee, which is just outside ceivers, coach Nick Saban of Jacksonville, but very and the Tide decided to hook much country living. the offense to Henry and let Gladys Henry has been him lead the way. hospitalized for weeks in The Tide hammered away Florida with heart and rewith Henry and he set a spiratory problems. Derrick school record for carries Henry said his grandmother with 339, including an as-

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Reynolds put the spotlight back on the game and showed why he was a late contender for Heisman Trophy consideration. Reynolds, the only player in team history with two 1,000-yard rushing and passing seasons, put the Mids up 21-17 with a 50-yard TD pass to Jamir Tillman late in the third. A three-touchdown favorite, Navy had it tougher than usual in one of the most storied rivalries in college sports. The Mids won the CIC trophy, awarded to the team with the best record in games among the three service academies. Navy beat Air Force 33-11 this season. Army and Navy turned a game already stuffed with pomp and patriotism into a bit of a fashion show. Navy wore seven different hand-painted helmets that paid homage to seven of the ships that make up the U.S. Naval Fleet. Army topped its rivals with 17 different helmets, representing the 17 branches cadets can enter after graduation. Navy leads the series 6049-7.

tounding 90 in Alabama’s last two games against Auburn and Florida. He had four 200-yard games in the second half of the season. He went for 210 against LSU to move to the front of the Heisman race, and had 271 yards in the Iron Bowl against Auburn. Weary defenses got plenty of looks at big No. 5 from behind, his long bundled locks sticking out of the back of his helmet. The Crimson Tide’s Predator. After Ingram won the Heisman in ‘09, he helped Alabama win the national championship about a month later. Henry will try to do the same. The Tide faces Michigan State in the Cotton Bowl on Dec. 31, trying to earn a fourth national championship in nine seasons under Saban. Henry has not announced his intentions yet, but a jump to the NFL seems likely after this season. Alabama placed its championship hopes on Henry’s broad shoulders and he has delivered. “Roll Tide,” Henry said.

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up.” Barons boys head coach Eddie Talley, whose team split its two tourney games and stands at 4-4 heading into its holiday break, agreed with Rector’s assessment of the benefits of playing tough competition early in the season. “That’s exactly why we scheduled our opponents the way we did, to gauge where we are and to just get a feel for what the best teams in the state (are),” Talley said. “Northwood, they were runners-up last year and they are one of the better teams. It gives us a feel for the type of athletes and the type of game that they play. Yeah, if I were just so concerned about wins and losses we never would have scheduled them. Our goal is to make the playoffs and then to go as far as we can in the playoffs, so in order to help prepare us we want to play the best teams that we can during the regular season.” Northwood’s first three baskets of the boys game came from 3-point land, but that proved to be most of the scoring in a first quarter that ended with the Chargers leading 13-4. By halftime, the lead was 18, 35-17, as Dante Jackson grabbed a rebound on Carraway’s late 3-point attempt and flung it from just past midcourt swishing through the net as time expired. Northwood’s lead swelled to 22 on a few occasions early in the third quarter before consecutive treys from Carraway pulled Wilson Hall back to within 13, 44-31, with 3:50 remaining in the period. The Charger lead would stand at 12, 50-38, heading into the final quarter, where a 6-0 opening run would give Northwood enough cushion to cruise in for the win. Carraway hit two more 3s in the fourth to finish with five treys and a game-high 21 points. Drew Talley added a trey of his own in the fourth while closing with 19. “Northwood does a good job. That’s the first team we’ve faced all year that switches everything in their man-to-man, and it took us a while to adjust to that,” coach Talley said. “We haven’t spent much time on that. We’re still taking baby steps, so after the initial shock I thought our guys competed pretty well. They hurt us on the boards, just our lack of height and their size, it was to our disadvantage. I thought in our halfcourt defense, we didn’t do a poor job once we got set, so I think we can do better against them.” Northwod placed four players in double figures, led by Cameron Roberts with 14 points. Jackson closed with 13, Jamaul Edmundson added 12 and Charles Johnson chipped in with 11. The Lady Barons held their own for a quarter against the Lady Chargers, trailing 17-10 after one. From that point on,

Varsity Basketball Manning at Timberland, 6 p.m. Scott’s Branch at North, 5:30 p.m. Varsity and JV Basketball The King’s Academy at Thomas Sumter, 4 p.m. Dillon Christian at Robert E. Lee, 4 p.m. Step of Faith Christian at Sumter Christian (No JV Girls), 4 p.m. Junior Varsity Basketball Lee Central at Crestwood, 6 p.m. Lakewood at Camden, 6 p.m. Middle School Basketball Alice Drive at Chestnut Oaks, 5 p.m. Ebenezer at Manning, 5 p.m. Mayewood at Furman, 5 p.m. Bates at Hillcrest, 5 p.m.

TUESDAY

Varsity Basketball Crestwood at Lee Central, 6 p.m. Camden at Lakewood, 6 p.m. Scott’s Branch at Bowman Academy, 6:30 p.m. Varsity and JV Basketball East Clarendon at Lake City (No JV Girls), 5 p.m. Laurence Manning at Florence Christian, 4 p.m. Varsity Wrestling Sumter at Hartsville, 6 p.m.

WEDNESDAY

Varsity Basketball Mullins at Crestwood, 6 p.m. B Team Basketball Spring Valley at Sumter (Boys Only), 6 p.m. Middle School Basketball East Clarendon at C.E. Murray, 5:30 p.m. Varsity Wrestling Sumter at Swansea, 6 p.m.

THURSDAY

Junior Varsity Basketball Sumter at Crestwood, 6 p.m. Middle School Basketball Manning at Alice Drive, 5 p.m. Ebenezer at Mayewood, 5 p.m. Furman at Bates, 5 p.m. Chestnut Oaks at Hillcrest, 5 p.m. Lee Central at Spaulding, 5:30 p.m.

FRIDAY

Varsity Basketball Crestwood at Sumter, 6 p.m. Timberland at Manning, 6 p.m. Lamar at Lee Central, 6 p.m. Varsity and JV Basketball Scott’s Branch at Lakewood (No JV Girls) , 5 p.m. Laurence Manning at Ben Lippen, 4 p.m. Thomas Sumter at Florence Christian, 4 p.m. Robert E. Lee at Pee Dee, 4 p.m. Holly Hill at Clarendon Hall, 4 p.m. Varsity Wrestling Sumter in Lugoff-Elgin Duals, TBA

SATURDAY

Varsity Wrestling Sumter in Lugoff-Elgin Duals, TBA

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Wilson Hall’s Nicolette Fisher (13) tries to drive past Northwood’s McKenzie Yon in the Lady Barons’ 70-23 loss on Saturday in the Baron Classic at Nash Student Center. points became hard to come by for Wilson Hall, which trailed 34-14 at the break and saw that deficit swell to 33, 47-14, before a Susanna Hutson 3 broke an 18-0 Northwood run. Hutson’s basket, which came at the 3:50 mark of the third quarter, ended a 5:45 scoring drought for the Lady Barons. Along with red-hot shooting, the key to Northwood being able to pull away with such relative ease was its ability to hit the offensive glass. The Lady Chargers were able to come up with second-chance points throughout, with at least one basket coming on a fourth-chance shot. “They’re so athletic and quick and jump so well, and then they shot 80 percent from the field,” Rector said of the Lady Chargers, who stayed perfect at 6-0. “So when a team shoots 80 percent from the

field and 50 percent from the 3-point line, that’s a pretty good basketball team. Our goal was to keep them (the Lady Barons) playing hard and use this as an opportunity to learn. I mean, from the start to the end, what can we learn to get better. Let’s not just let the clock run out. What can we do to become a better basketball team, to handle the pressure a little bit better, so we used it as an opportunity to try to im-

prove on what we need to work on.” McKenzie Yon scored 18 and Katelyn Powell ended with 17 for Northwood. Next up for the Lady Barons is a trip to Heathwood Hall to play in the Highlander Classic on Dec. 22-23. Wilson Hall is scheduled to play Airport High at noon on the opening day, then compete in either the championship or consolation game the next day.

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Churches present 4th ‘Messiah’ Handel’s famed oratorio celebrates coming of Christ BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com

t’s been eight years since two local music ministers decided to

produce a performance of Handel’s Messiah as a gift to the community. Music Director Walter Wilson of the Church of the Holy Comforter and Director of Music Ministries Charles Haraway of Trinity United Methodist Church have since presented the work three times. The 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20, service at Holy Comforter will be their fourth such collaboration. While Handel’s famous oratorio is best known for the “Hallelujah chorus,” the music in other sections is beautiful as

well, Haraway said. “We will be doing Part I” of the three-part oratorio, he said, “adding the Hallelujah chorus,” which is the ending of Part II. “Messiah” was composed by George Frideric Handel in 1741. This was during a time when operas were falling out of favor, possibly because of their expense. At any rate, the public’s tastes had changed, and the oratorio was the thing for a period. Haraway noted that an oratorio is “similar to opera, but with no sets, costumes or acting, (and it’s usually) religious” in its subject matter. Handel wrote many oratorios, but “Messiah” is his best known, perhaps because it can be performed in whole, and each of its parts can be sung appropriately for a specific time in the church calendar. Part I is often presented during Advent. While the oratorio does not follow a dramatic form and the singers do not represent specific characters, there are, however, soloists in the different voices —

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Charles Haraway, music minister for Trinity United Methodist Church, directs chorus members in a rehearsal for Handel’s Messiah, which he and Church of the Holy Comforter music minister Walter Wilson are coproducing. It will be presented at Holy Comforter on Dec. 20. tenor, soprano, alto and bass or baritone. “Messiah” is often described as an extended narrative in three parts. Part 1 comprises prophecies of the Messiah’s coming by Isaiah and other Old Testament prophets and continues through significant events leading up to Christ’s birth. It begins with Isaiah 40: 1-3, which includes the words “... prepare ye the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.” Part II concerns itself with the Passion and is often performed at Easter; the Hallelujah chorus ends this section. Part III, titled “A Hymn of Thanksgiving for the final overthrow of Death,” celebrates the resurrection of the dead. It begins with the familiar “I Know that My Redeemer Liveth,” with words taken from the King James Bible, as are all the lyrics except for some Psalms from the Book of Common Prayer. The lyrics were compiled by Charles Jennens. Sumter’s Messiah boasts an interdenominational choir, Wilson said. Among the many vocalists are Baptists, Presbyterians, Methodists, Episcopalians and members of several other denominations, he said.

Walter “Chuck” Wilson, at the organ, and Haraway go over some of the music for Handel’s Messiah, which they are co-producing for the fourth time as a Christmas gift to the community. Haraway and Wilson will sing and co-direct; Wilson will conduct the Hallelujah chorus. Mark Husey, concert organist and director of music and liturgy at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Columbia, is the organist; Dr. Kenneth Green II of Allen University will play the trumpet parts; and Jay Shealy will be the timpanist. In addition, there will be

soloists in each voice, Wilson said. A reception hosted by local artists will precede the performance. The public is invited to the 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20, performance of Handel’s “Messiah” at Church of the Holy Comforter on the southeast corner of Calhoun and Main streets. There is no charge for admission.

Police school starts; new library to build downtown 75 YEARS AGO – 1941 May 5-11 Sumter and Charleston High baseball nines clashed this afternoon at the Municipal Park in the opener of their three-game series to decide the lower state championship. The second game is to be played in Charleston on Wednesday afternoon and third, if it is necessary, will be played in Kingstree on Friday. Newberry won the upper-state championship last Yesteryear week by in Sumter trouncing SAMMY WAY Union in two games of their three-game series by scores of 16 to 3 and 12 to 7. The Newberry nine is idle this week, awaiting the winner of the lower-state championship next week. James Farmer was slated to pitch for the Birds this afternoon with Gibson doing the backstopping. Tomlinson will hurl the second game, and Farmer will go back on the hill Friday if a third battle is necessary. Ray Stokes, the locals’ fine pitcher, will be ready for action in any of the games should the starting flingers falter. • A 30-day school for the newly added city police will start tomorrow night according to W.C. Kirven, chief.

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1941 — Pupils of the Miller school are seen holding the big quilt they made for Bundles for Britain under the guidance of Mrs. L.E. Leavell. From left, top row: Clara Atkinson, Billy Williams, Jerry Way, Alfred Stephens, Leon Ross, Jack Watson, Dan Rogers; front row, Joline Huggins, Hazel O’Connor, Kathryn Hatfield, Betty Mitchell, Margaret Warner, Evelyn Brown, Margaret Russell, Sarah Bradham, Lila Foxworth, Francine Leffelman, Leah Windham, Lou Ann Baumann. This school will be for the police who did not attend the session which was held in 1938. The following will serve as instructors: Mayor F.B. Creech, Councilmen Moses and Gallagher, Solicitor F.A. McLeod, City Manager J.A. Raffield, City Attorney S.K. Nash, Lt. R.S. Moore of the identification department of the state highway patrol, Recorder Horace Harby, Magistrate C.M. Edmunds and Chief Kirven. • First Lt. George C. Warren Jr., son of Major and

Mrs. George C. Warren of Sumter, has been called into active army duty and will report at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., on May 12. Lt. Warren is a graduate of the class of ’37, Clemson. • Preparations are being made for the commencement exercises of Tuomey Hospital School of Nursing on National Hospital Day, May 12. Baccalaureate services will be held at Episcopal Church at 8 p.m. May 11. • James Farmer, ace of the Sumter pitching staff, paced

his mates to an 8-to-3 victory over Charleston High School here yesterday afternoon in the opening game of a scheduled best two-out-of-three series for the lower-state Class A championship. Farmer fanned nine out of the first 10 men to face him. In the first and third innings, he fanned the six men who faced him. • Plans for Sumter’s second-annual Iris Festival have been just about completed by the committee named to head the event and the directors of the Sumter Retail

Merchants Association. The merchants are tying in on the celebration by putting on “Iris Festival Day,” a selling event that is expected to prove just as popular with shoppers as the two annual Dollar Day sales. G.B. Moseley is president of the association. • Dr. J.P. Garrick, president of Morris College, Sumter, has announced the commencement program of the college, which begins with the class day exercises Friday, May 23, in E.D. White Memorial Hall. The baccalaureate sermon will be delivered at 4 o’clock Sunday by the Rev. F. B. Stewart of Spartanburg. • Wallace G. Hynds Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Hynds, 119 McQueen St., has been awarded one of the 10 honor scholarships that Southwestern College has made available for next year. Hynds is a senior at Edmunds High School. • Beginning Monday, May 12, Sumter Carnegie Public Library will open daily, except Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. The new schedule of hours has been arranged in order to afford better service to patrons of the library, especially those who work during the day but have their evening hours free for reading, study and recreation.

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Gornall-Liuzzo Mr. and Mrs. Gary A. Liuzzo of Lexington announce the engagement of their son, Derek Liuzzo of Sumter, to Jennifer Gornall of Alpharetta, Georgia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Gornall of Alpharetta. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mrs. Laretta Madill and the late Mr. John Madill of Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, and Mrs. Betty Wolfe and the late Mr. Lee Wolfe of Marietta, Georgia. She received a bachelor of arts and sciences in public

relations from the University of South Carolina in 2011. The bridegroom-elect is the grandson of the late Mr. Albert and Mrs. Dorothy Liuzzo of Fife Lake, Michigan, and later of Sumter, and Mr. James D. Skinner and the late Mrs. Ruby Skinner of Sumter. He received a doctor of physical therapy in 2011 and plans to graduate in 2016 with a Ph.D. in exercise science from the University of South Carolina. The wedding is planned for April 2, 2016, at Wintergreen Woods in Lexington.

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School, 3440 Ebenezer Road, at 6 p.m. Those interested in public participation are asked to sign up in the lobby before the meeting.

Sumter School District SHOWER SHAW WITH COOKIES A SUCCESS Sumter School District again participated in the annual Shower Shaw with Cookies project. Shower Shaw is a project of Sumter Volunteers, under the leadership of Director Jo Anne Morris. The community effort provides thousands of dozens of cookies to Shaw Air Force Base and U.S. Army Central men and women living here and serving abroad. Sumter School District provided 2,764 dozen cookies for the effort. Crestwood High School led the baking with 350 dozen, Mayewood Middle School followed with 205 dozen, and Chestnut Oaks Middle School baked 173 dozen. The district also produced approximately 4,000 holiday cards for the troops. Students from National Honor Society at Lakewood High School and their advisers Michelle Robinson and Jennifer Wolfe worked and donated their time and talent throughout the day to help receive, count and load cookies. Members of the military and their dependents also were on hand to load and transport the cookies. Sumter School District serves many military dependents from both the Air Force and the Army and also employs many military retirees and spouses of Shaw personnel. Active-duty military assist in our schools in many ways including mentoring students, spending volunteer hours in the schools and helping with Sumter Volunteers’ My Community and Me program for fourth-graders. The district has always enjoyed a positive relationship with the military in our community and is glad to give back through Shower Shaw with Cookies.

HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS Sumter School District schools are continuing their holiday festivities this week. Evening activities which are open to the public are free, and the students have a wealth of talent on display. The holiday choral and band performances are especially festive and are always enjoyed by young and old alike. To see a complete list of events, please visit our website at www.sumterschools. net.

BOARD TO MEET Sumter School District Board of Trustees will meet Monday at Ebenezer Middle

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tain Science Center in Greenville on Tuesday. It encompasses a campus containing facilities for studying life and natural sciences and space and physical sciences. Among its facilities are the Living History Farm, the Darell W. Harrison Hall of Natural Sciences, the Simms Hall of Science, the T.C. Hooper Planetarium and the Daniel Observatory. Students will have the opportunity to learn about pioneers and gain admiration and respect for pioneers who settled the mountain and foothills areas of South Carolina.

HOLIDAY SCHEDULE Sumter School District schools will be closed from Dec. 21 through Jan. 1. School will resume Jan. 4. From all of us in Sumter School District, have a safe and wonderful holiday and a Happy New Year. — Mary B. Sheridan

Wilson Hall SPECIAL ATHLETIC RECOGNITION Several athletes received special recognition by the S.C. Independent School Association at the conclusion of the fall season. For cross-country, eighth-grader Madison Elmore, senior Anna Lyles and juniors Drew Reynolds and AndrikRivera Nesrala were named to the AAA All-State Teams. These students, along with sophomore Matthew Tavarez, were also selected for the All-Region Teams. Selected for the SCISA North/ South All-Star Football Team were seniors Robert James, Edward McMillan, Jake Reaves and Sam Watford. For tennis, sophomore Zan Beasley was named Region Player of the Year. She, along with senior Mary Margaret Munn and junior Sallie Spencer, were named to the All-Region Team. Debby Williams was voted the Region Coach of the Year. Seniors Caroline Clark and Lauren Hill were chosen for the SCISA/Georgia Independent School Association All-Star Team, and selected for the SCISA North/South All-Star Team were Clark, Courtney Clark and Danielle deHoll. All four of these players were also named to the All-Region Team, and Rip Ripley was voted the Region Coach of the Year.

SCOTTS’ BRANCH MIDDLE SCHOOL EIGHTH-GRADE STUDENTS EXCEL ON END OF COURSE ASSESSMENT

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First row, from left are Faith Lawson and Anaiya Jackson; second row from left are Mikera Livingston, Sarah Midldeton, Tonia Lawson and Kadriyn Johnson; third row from left are Amonte Brown, Xavier Bennett, David Allen, Deondre Brunson; and fourth row is Lottie Fleming, algebra teacher. vised by Heather Eldridge, Sean Hoskins and Cheryl Landstrom.

FIELD TRIPS The preschool classes, taught by Pat Dew, Cathy Hanzlik and Frankie Moore; the kindergarten classes, taught by Tempe Edmunds, Mollie Kinney and Jean White; and the first grade classes, taught by Em Bahnmuller, Susan Cotton and Susie Guldan, went to Patriot Hall on Nov. 20 to watch the Columbia City Ballet’s production of “Frosty the Snowman.” The kindergarten classes visited the residents of Covenant Place on Nov. 24 to present a Thanksgiving music program. — Sean Hoskins

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The Hand-in-Hand Club, a community service organization for students in grades one through five sponsored by the PTO and coordinated by Ashley Watson, collected 2,451 cans, boxes and bags of nonperishable food items to donate to Christian Ministries and United Ministries of Sumter County. The student council sponsored the Warm Feet, Happy Hearts program that collected more than 175 pairs of new socks for United Ministries of Sumter. Cynthia Tavarez coordinated the project. Student council is led by senior Leah Barwick and is ad-

On Nov. 19, 2015, six lower school students and 12 middle school students competed in the regional Battle of the Books competition. Both teams advanced to the SCISA state finals. The state competition takes place April 20. Congratulations to both teams. Lower School Team: Ella Bell Matthew Cross Keegan Distelzweig Jessica Jost Diya Patel Cadin Ragan Middle School Team: Ava Claus Nathan Corns Avery Eddins

Mackenzie Hyder Ava Newman Amber Normandia Jamiah Reese Lauren Scott Megan Stokes Hailey Trimnal Maci Willetts Karleigh Young The National Junior Honor Society collected nearly 500 canned good items to donate to Ms. Marvel Clyburn’s Food Ministry. — Stephanie Saine

Clarendon School District One SUMMERTON EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER • The districtwide Christmas program will be held Thursday at Scott’s Branch Middle/High School at 6:30 p.m. • PTO/SIC meeting has been cancelled for Thursday because of the districtwide Christmas program. The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 28. • Dec. 18 — ½ day for students and staff development day. • Employee of the Month: Ms. Hope Watson Students of the Month: • Pre-kindergarten — Saniya Simmons • Kindergarten — Tegan Raymond • 1st Grade — Aria Gibson • 2nd Grade — Ka’Layah Ragin

ST. PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Our fourth-graders will be traveling to Roper Moun-

Eleven eighth-grade students at Scott’s Branch Middle School had a phenomenal performance on the state’s End of Course assessment in Algebra One. Making 100 percent on the EOC were Xavier Bennett, Deondre Brunson, Anaiya Jackson, David Allen, Tonia Lawson and Faith Lawson. In addition, the following students made “As’” on the assessment. They are: Dominque Bell, Amonte Brown, Kadriyn Johnson, Mikera Livingston and Sarah Middleton. While this assessment is for high school students, these students have excelled to the point where they were enrolled in Algebra One and performed extremely well. Teacher Lottie Fleming thinks that when students are challenged at high levels and are taught without limits, they perform accordingly. She thinks that high standards, collaboration and hard work always yield positive results. Scott’s Branch students have a history of performing well on the EOC. — Beverly Spry

Central Carolina Technical College HOLIDAY HOURS Central Carolina Technical College Main Campus will operate with normal business hours from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. through Tuesday, Dec. 22. Student Services will operate from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 21, and Tuesday, Dec. 22 (this includes Admissions and Financial Aid). The college will be closed from Wednesday, Dec. 23, through Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016. The college will reopen Monday, Jan. 4, 2016, with normal business hours. Spring Semester classes begin Monday, Jan. 11, 2016. — Becky H. Rickenbaker

Apple CEO: More computer science, coding education needed BY BREE FOWLER AP Technology Writer NEW YORK — Teaching kids to code is just as important as teaching them any other language. And the younger they start learning it, the better, Apple CEO Tim Cook said Wednesday. Cook spoke to a group of New York third-graders who visited a Manhattan Apple store for an “Hour of Code” class. In an interview afterward, he said that schools aren’t putting enough emphasis on computer-science education, but he has “great hope” that

will change and coding will ultimately become a required class for all kids. “From an economic standpoint, the job segment itself today is huge, but it’s going to become even larger,” Cook said. And if the concepts are introduced at a young age, in a fun way, it’s more likely that kids will find them cool and stay interested as they grow older, hopefully resulting in a larger and more diverse tech workforce down the road, he said. Cook added that even if kids don’t grow up to get a lucrative job in the tech industry, they’ll discover a new

way to be creative and pick up important problem-solving skills along the way. The kids at Wednesday’s event played with a Star Wars-themed game created by the nonprofit group Code.org in partnership with Disney. On iPad Minis, they used basic drag-and-drop commands to program their droid to do things such as pick up scrap metal and evade Stormtroopers. Their teacher, Joann Khan, said Wednesday’s introduction to coding was probably a first for most of her students, noting that her school, lo-

cated in Manhattan’s East Harlem neighborhood, no longer has a computer lab. She said the lessons taught through the game bring to life some of the math skills the kids are learning in her classroom, something she planned to point out to them when they returned to school. The “Hour of Code” workshop was one of many held by Apple Inc. and a slew of other technology companies around the world this week as part of a Code.org push to introduce as many kids as possible to computer science through a onehour class.

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Part 2: A look at some of Sumter’s 1940s assets

eflections for Nov. 29 was part one of a two-part return

to Sumter during the 1940s; it paid tribute to a number of individuals who helped the community grow by expanding and creating eco-

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two looks at some of Sumter’s important assets. Like part one, it is supported by an article published in The Sumter

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Williams Furniture Co. was among the more than 40 diversified industries operating in Sumter in the 1940s.

Daily Item in 1944, reprinted with a minimum of editing. PART II “Among the beauty spots of Sumter are the famous Iris Gardens at Swan Lake, which are opened free to the public each year during the blooming period of the giant Oriental Iris. Sumter has a modern Radio Broadcasting Station; Sumter has more than 40 diversified industries, including manufactured lumber, furniture, textiles, cooperage, steel fabrication, school and office furniture, caskets, paints, trucks and trailers, machinery and mill supplies, fertilizers, flour, meal and feeds, building materials and chenille bedspreads. There is a wide variety of raw materials available in the area, splendid shipping facilities, ample and cheap electric power and an ample labor supply of both white and colored. “The advantages for additional industries are many: The City and County Governments are cooperative and realize the importance of balancing industry with agriculture of the county and surrounding area. An exemption of taxes for 5 years is given new industry. Tax rates are

very low, and banking accommodations are extended when and if desired. Sumter is located in the center of the state and is accessible in all directions by rail, bus and truck. Any industry using as its raw material lumber, hardwood or cypress, cotton, corn, tobacco and other farm products will find distinct benefits accruing to this location. The water supply is adequate and is considered ideal for manufacturers. “The citizenship of Sumter is composed of as patriotic men and women as will be found in the entire United States. Every bond drive is over-subscribed. Nine miles from Sumter is located Shaw Field, which consists of 2,828 acres, owned jointly by the City and County of Sumter and leased to the Government. This Field was built by the U.S. Army Corps as a basic flying field in 1941. More than 6,000 cadets have completed their training there since its establishment, which is considered by those in authority as being one of the most modern fields in the country, being equipped with its own water works, sewerage system, railroad tracks, etc.” Reach Item Archivist Sammy Way at waysammy@ yahoo.com or (803) 774-1294.

The Farmers Bank & Trust Co. building was the Sumter County Courthouse, designed by Robert Mills, one of the country’s finest architects, best known for designing the Washington Monument.

Carolina Coca-Cola Bottling Co. was a major industry in Sumter for decades. This 1940s photograph shows its location on West Liberty Street, across Council Street from Trinity United Methodist Church (note the steeple).

W.B. Burns & Sons Hardware was a longtime mainstay of Sumter’s Main Street.

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kitchen to whip up a savory course or no-bake sweet treats, such as drop cookies, fudges and cereal bars.

SEASONAL SAVINGS Santa enlists the support of helpers to ensure his big travel day is stress free. Holiday travelers should do the same. Consider the help of rewards programs to relieve budget stress. Many point-based loyalty programs require significant time and investment before you see any benefit. For valuable savings, enroll in one offering instant rewards, coupons and discounts at national retailers, rental car companies, restaurants and more. Budget-friendly activities keep holiday spirits high.

Enjoy winter festivals, ice skating, caroling, a friendly game of your favorite sport or a car ride through the area’s most festive neighborhoods.

‘TIS THE SEASON FOR GIVING Spread a little charitable cheer to those less fortunate. This time of year lends itself to many service opportunities, so identify an organization or give back on your own with a special project. Simple gestures to spread goodwill include anonymous gifts, over-tipping for services or packing stockings for the homeless. More holiday travel tips and information can be found at ExtendedStayAmerica.com.

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Azalea Ball will present 6 debutantes at Cypress Center The Azalea Ball Cotillion will present six debutantes at its annual ball on Jan. 16, 2016, at the Cypress Center in Manning. Morgan Addison Allan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Troy William Allan, will be presented by her father and escorted by Gavin William Allan and Todd Michael Larimer. Elizabeth Anne Elmore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert DeWitt Elmore, will be presented by her father and escorted by William Anderson Elmore and John Tyler Duke. Ann Perrin Jackson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Scott Harmon Jackson Jr., will be presented by her father and escorted by John Landon Black and Austin McCabe Seitz. Dinah Davis Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Howard Johnson and Ms. Tracie Dana Sykes, will be presented by her father and escorted by Andrew Thomas Kennedy and Alexander Colson Craven. Hailey Marlene Patrick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Wells Patrick, will be presented by her father and escorted by Davis Reid Patrick and Thomas Chase Lee. She is sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Elam Lee. Mary Michael Windham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Emory Windham, will be presented by her father and escorted by Don Cagney Brunson III and Thomas Kirk Walker. Sons of members who will be presented are: Richard Francis Drose III, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Francis Drose Jr.; Blanding Galloway Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Edward Johnson Jr.; Charles Nelson Walker Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nelson Walker; and William Capers Wannamaker IV, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Capers Wannamaker III. Dickey Brown Williamson is the president of the Azalea Ball Cotillion, Mrs. David Wayne Epperson is the ball chairwoman, and Mrs. James Paul Eaddy is the debutante chairwoman.

YESTERYEAR FROM PAGE C1 • The Sumter Little Theater will present “Jonesy” on May 20 and 21. This is the final production of this season, and it promises to be one of the most entertaining plays yet given by the Little Theater. The cast is also particularly strong. Mrs. W.H. Stevenson, Miriam and Clement Reid, C.L. Brown, W.R. Daughtrey and James Sigman are already known to Sumter theater goers. • A statewide meeting of representatives of the United Service Organizations was held in Columbia. Attending from Sumter were William Eldridge, W.L. Hirshberg, George Levy, Mrs. A.M. Shattuck, R.F. Haynsworth, Rabbi Samuel R. Shillman and A.M. Francis. The United Service Organizations for National Defense Inc. is a nonprofit corporation which brings together six national agencies in a common program of service.

50 YEARS AGO – 1966 March 7-13 Columbia dumped Sumter’s YMCA team here in the championship game of the State Mite Tournament. Mike Jordan and Spencer Player managed eight and six points respectively for the Sumter five, who couldn’t overcome the height advantage of the Columbia team. In the semi-final game Sumter downed host North Charleston, 34-32, behind Mike Watson’s 13 points and Player’s 10. • The Board of Trustees of Carnegie Public Library has reversed its position and decided to build the new main library on property within the proposed Civic Center. Announcement of this decision was made yesterday by Ramon Schwartz, chairman, after a meeting of the full board. It was recently learned that a building at the proposed Palmetto site location would not be eligible for a federal grant administered by the State Library Board, while the building

would qualify if it were built in the general area of the Civic Center. • Preliminary steps were taken for a vocational rehabilitation program in Sumter, which Dr. L.C. McArthur, School District No. 17 Superintendent, describes as the “finest in the state.” The extensive program includes four modern facilities to be constructed as additions to existing school plants. • The new student council officers for Furman were elected, and they are: President — Calhoun Aycock; vice president — Regina Chilton; secretary — Debra Graham; and treasurer — Toni Avins. • Committees for the Kiwanis Club’s “Pancake Day” were announced by general chairman McBride Dabbs. The annual event will be held at the McLaurin Junior High School cafeteria, West Calhoun Street. Pancakes will be served on an “all you can eat” basis at $1 for adults, 50 cents for children. • The Edmunds High Track team opened its 1965 campaign with a rousing 94 ½ -28 ½ romp over Manning yesterday at the Alice Drive track. The Gamecocks of Coach Bill Painter took first place in 12 out of 15 events while sweeping all field events. Only in the High Hurdles, Low Hurdles and Sprint Medley was the Manning team able to win. Sumter’s Bobby Jackson set a new school mark in the Pole Vault with an effort of 11 feet 8 inches, eclipsing the old record of 11 feet 6 inches, which was set last year by Jackson. • Sumter’s Golfing Gamecocks dropped a 19-8 decision to the Camden linksmen in the 1966 opener at the Sunset Country Club on Thursday afternoon. Elliott Danner was medalist for Sumter with a 77 score, while Eller was low man for Camden with a 75. Coach Bob Kelsey said of the Gamecock team, which is heavy with sophomores and freshmen, “It

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1990 — Maxie Shumpert adjusts a reindeer, one of the many Christmas decorations adorning his house and lawn on U.S. 521. Sumter Mayor Steve Creech proclaimed Shumpert “Mr. Christmas of Sumter.”

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looks like this is going to be a character-building year for us. With the young players we have it could be rough, but time will tell.” • Assistant Supervising Sanitarian J.W. Culler Jr. of the Sumter City – County Health Department announced today that Sumter will be a link in a statewide television hookup to be conducted for management, supervisors and key personnel of all types of food service establishments. • Sunrise Farms, located on Manning Road three miles south of Sumter, will hold its annual workout of race horses at 2 p.m. tomorrow. S.H. “Red” Edwards, owner of the farms, will work a number of trotters and pacers along with horses owned by A.K. Gilmer of Lebanon, Va., and A. Kinsey of Johns Island. Edwards will be assisted by his second trainer, Miss Mickey Murphy. A starting gate will be used to demonstrate how horses are started at pari-mutuel tracks. There is no admission charge to the workout, Edwards said, and the public is invited to attend.

25 YEARS AGO – 1990 Dec. 7-13 Barring unforeseen delays, Manning’s newest school will open on Jan. 2, 1991. Clarendon School District 2 Superintendent Sylvia Weinberg told school board members that teachers should be able to move classroom furniture into the $1.6 million Manning Elementary School by Dec. 17, and the cafeteria and kitchen should be ready by Dec. 27. Dr. Rose Hilliard, assistant principal at Manning Primary School, will be the principal at the new school, which is located on S.C. 261 adjacent to Manning High School. • Forty-nine years later, Don Ralph can still see the streaking Japanese bomber just skimming the top of the Hawaiian Air Depot building. “A little bomb just tumbled out of the airplane,” he said. And two seconds later the whole place went up in flames. And seconds after that, Ralph, Fred Dean and Ben Hudson found themselves in the midst of one of the most devastating acts against the United States in this century — the bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. • Twenty-two athletes have been named to the 1990 Item All-Independent football team. The team was selected from nominations sent in by the head coaches of the six area independent schools. Players were selected from Laurence Manning, Robert E. Lee, Wilson Hall, Thomas Sumter, Clarendon Hall and Hudgens Academy. Robert E. Lee head coach Darren Griggs was named AllIndependent Coach of the Year. • The Item has named 23 high school athletes to its 1990 AllArea Football Team. Players were selected from Sumter High, Hillcrest, Mayewood, Bishopville, Manning, East Clarendon and Mount Pleasant High schools. Sumter High’s

1966 — Sumter’s Mac Summers displays the form that brought him a first-place finish in the broad jump during yesterday’s track meet with Manning. The Gamecocks took first place in 12 of 15 events. Head Coach Tom Lewis was named The Item’s 1990 Area Football Coach of the Year. • Sumter High School survived a brief vacation en route to an 80-57 basketball win over Manning at Sumter High. The Gamecocks, off to a 14-7 lead after one quarter, eased off in the second period and saw the Monarchs come back to take the lead. “I think we forced eight turnovers in the first quarter,” said Sumter coach Byron Kinney. “Then we only had one in the second quarter and then 12 and 13 in the last two. Overall, I was pleased with the way we played.” • Dr. Claude Saint-Come of USC Sumter’s biology department has rats in his office. But far from being pests, the rodents are playing an important role in a research effort that may one day benefit humanity. A native of Saint Marc, Haiti, Saint-Come has been living in the United States for more than 21 years, the last 10 of which have seen him doggedly pursuing his research with laboratory rats. • Tuomey Regional Medical Center’s board of trustees approved the purchase of more than $200,000 in equipment and services during its regular meeting Monday night. Tuomey spokeswoman Diane Bovino said this morning the board approved $94,600 for the replacement of a Mobile Fluoroscopic C-Arm, a viewing device used to assist doctors in implanting pacemakers. • Ann Matthews keeps Christmas in her heart all year long. Now she’s going public. Last month Matthews opened the area’s first year-round Christmas store in Summerton. The Christmas Shoppe stands at the curb, its brick storefront painted peach, with

a large matching awning covering the front door. Two topiary trees with gold ribbons, silk poinsettias and tiny blinking lights beckon from the sidewalk. • The Sumter Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will host an open house at 1140 S. Guignard Drive. The event is a thank you to supporters and a way of familiarizing the community with the SPCA and its local shelter operation, to which about 5,000 animals are brought each year. Santa Claus will join in the celebration, and Harold Truesdale Studios will be on hand to take pet photographs at $10 per 8-by-10, with proceeds benefiting the SPCA. Donations of pet food, rugs, toys or cash may be left under the tree in the front office. • Nearly two months have passed since doctors attached a bone-piercing brace to Russell Smith’s legs, and he’s only halfway through the procedure they hope will straighten his bowed legs. “It’s been just what I thought it would be,” Russell’s mother, Pamylyn, said. “The first two weeks, it was real tough, the pain as well as him dealing with it mentally. It’s not something you get used to.” That was easy to see last week when the 13-year-old prepared for his first physical therapy session in the Sumter YMCA pool. The braces extend several inches away from and along the lower half of each leg, making walking awkward at best. Because of the cumbersome devices, even simple tasks such as putting on a bathing suit prove difficult. Reach Item Archivist Sammy Way at waysammy@yahoo. com or (803) 774-1294.

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Dwayne Deininger shows a Ruger handgun to John Olsen, who is looking for a Christmas present, at Strong Arms LLC gun shop near Shaw Air Force Base on Friday.

Holidays, hunting drive gun sales Store owners say mass shootings not the top force behind local purchases BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com

ccording to local gun store owners, the recent shootings by alleged terrorists

in San Bernardino, California, are not having much of an effect on area gun sales during the Christmas holiday season. But, when President Obama talks about gun control — that’s a different matter. “There is nothing like when the Obama people talk,” said Jim Strong, owner of Strong Arms LLC, 504 Miller Road. He said one of the more popular items right now is concealed-carry handguns. “It makes people feel a little safer nowadays,” he said. Strong said the mass shootings don’t do much to motivate people to buy a weapon in this area.

“In the Southern region, we’ve always liked to carry guns,” he said. “That doesn’t change.” He said it is places such as California that attract the terrorists. “They create areas with no guns; that’s where the terrorists go,” he said. He said the recent incidents haven’t seemed to have raised as much attention as such events might have a few years ago. “There is a much milder tone than in the past; people are becoming desensitized to it,” he said. “People have decided carrying a gun is a God-given right,” Strong said. Strong said his shop offers concealed-carry classes at the end of every month, taught by Ken Nesbitt, a Sumter police officer. “We have 15 to 20 coming in for our next class,” he said. “There’s been a huge rise in women.” Chip Humphries, assistant manager at Simpson Hardware, 40 W. Wesmark Blvd., said sales have been pretty good recently, particularly

Jim Strong, owner of Strong Arms LLC, checks a Beretta Cx4 Carbine for it’s serial numbers at his store on Friday. with hunters and sportsmen. “We are selling a lot of deer rifles and shotguns,” he said. “The shotgun sales have a lot to do with the beginning of duck season.” Some gun sales are attributable to the recent shootings in California, Humphries said, but not a lot. “People are not in panic mode,” he

said. “We haven’t seen a spike in sales.” He said most of what Simpson Hardware is seeing are sales related to the holiday season or the hunting season. Tony Ashy, owner of Tony’s Gun Sales, 4308 Broad St., said business has picked up from last month, with most of the sales related to holiday buyers. He said the political climate has spurred more sales to older buyers. “When Obama talks gun restrictions, they want to buy a gun,” he said. Politicians talking gun control doesn’t go over very well with gun owners, he said. “They concentrate on banning weapons instead of solving the problem,” Ashy said. Home defense is cited as the reason a lot of people buy guns, according to Ashy. The concealed weapon permit classes are popular, but Ashy said he is not holding any classes right now. Local conditions are having as much effect on sales as the wellpublicized incidents in other parts of the country. “An increase in crime is also driving sales for older buyers,” he said.

Chicken or egg? Lifelong business hatched from youthful jobs BY MEGAN MAY Morning News of Florence HARTSVILLE — George Atkins has been a businessman for a long time, specifically a chicken businessman. He started working at Pee Dee Hatchery in Hartsville when he was 15 years old. His neighbor owned the operation and hired Atkins to work all through high school and two summers of college. Atkins said his daily tasks at the hatchery consisted of “the dirtiest things you could do. I counted baby chicks, and I would clear the trays the eggs would hatch in and carried all the waste to the landfill in big 55-gallon drums.” He also recalls transporting chicks to Georgia soon after receiving his driver’s license. Atkins was nervous about driving the big “chick bus” a long distance. His boss, Walter Wofford, told him, “By the time you get back, you’ll have it figured out.” After high school, Atkins attended Wofford College to study economics. He was planning to use his de-

gree to go into the funeral industry. Plans changed, though, when Wofford decided to sell both Pee Dee Hatchery and Chick-A-Ray Poultry and Egg Co. “I planned on going to embalming school and going to work for my father, but he (Wofford) just made me an offer,” Atkins said. “I’d known the chicken business well since I grew up in it, so I told my wife-to-be we’re going to stay in Hartsville, and I’m going in the chicken business.” In 1986, Atkins bought both businesses from Wofford. Atkins didn’t know at the time that buying those two companies would lead him to owning the nation’s last remaining Yogi Bear’s Honey Fried Chicken. For 26 years, Atkins owned Chick-ARay Poultry and Egg Co., which supplied all of the chicken for the Yogi Bear restaurant, just across the street. Atkins told the previous owner, Earl Richardson, that if he ever wanted to sell, speak up. “I knew the volume that the restaurant was purchasing from me because they bought all their chicken from me,” Atkins said. “I kind of had an idea about how the business was doing.” In 2004, Richardson approached Atkins with that exact proposal. “One day he walked in my office, and

he said, ‘I’m ready to sell, and I’m ready to sell right now.’” Atkins says he sees new business ventures as projects and enjoys the demanding job. “I used to work about 100 hours a week for years,” he said. “When I was at Chick-A-Ray, I’d go to work at 3:30 every morning. I just like the challenge. Always have.” Work demands have slowed a little for Atkins since he sold Pee Dee Hatchery approximately 10 years ago and ChickA-Ray three years ago. He says he doesn’t need to be in the office all day but rather peppers his day with stops to check in on the restaurant. Just because Atkins has slowed down a little bit doesn’t mean the business has as well. He said sales have grown roughly 10 percent every year since 2008. Some people might think it is quirky that Atkins owns the last remaining Yogi Bear’s Honey Fried Chicken in the nation. To Atkins, it’s just another business. “It’s really no big deal that we’re the last one,” he said. “It all goes back to management. I think a lot, too, has to do with the way you treat your employees. I give my employees a fit — in a good way, not a bad way. They’re just like family to me.”

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BUSINESS

THE SUMTER ITEM

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2015

Insurance co-op is out of millions BY TOM MURPHY AP Business Writer

AP FILE PHOTO

A customer checks in at a Hertz car rental counter in 2013 at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta. Most car rental reservations can easily be canceled or changed up until you pick up the vehicle, and if prices fall, you can rebook at the lower rate.

5 ways to save money on your next vacation AVOID BAG FEES

BY SCOTT MAYEROWITZ AP Business Writer

EW YORK — Vacations are a great way to relax, reconnect with family and

escape the daily grind of work. But they can also quickly drain your savings account. So here are five of our favorite tips to save a bit of cash on your next trip. SEARCH FOR JUST ONE AIRLINE TICKET Airlines set aside seats in a series of fare buckets or classes. We aren’t talking about first class versus economy class. No, these classes are those tiny letters you often see next to a flight, such as L, Q, K or U. The seats are the same; the price isn’t. A fare bucket might have nine tickets left for sale or just one. And here’s where it gets tricky. If there is just one ticket left but you are searching for two or more seats, the airline will skip over that cheapest ticket and offer seats in the next fare class up. Bargain hunters should always search for one seat at a time. Then increase your search up to the number of tickets you actually want. If the price is the same, go ahead and book it. If the price is different, consider booking two separate itineraries; the first at the cheaper price, the second for the remaining passengers at the higher price. But beware: If your flight is canceled, your party might be split when rebooked onto a new flight.

Getting an airline-branded credit card can mean no checked luggage fees. This isn’t always advisable but can save a large family substantially. Airlines typically charge $25 each way for the first checked suitcase. For a couple checking two bags, that means an extra $100. Add in a suitcase for a kid, and you are looking at $150. American Airlines, Delta Airlines and United Airlines all have credit cards that waive those fees. The cards carry a $95 annual fee, so you really need to do your math. Make sure to read the fine print. All three airlines require you to use the credit card to book your flight. United only waives the fee for the cardholder and one companion. American allows three companions, and Delta waives the fee for up to eight others. Everybody must be on the same reservation.

SAVE ON LIFT TICKETS This is one area where paying in advance almost always saves money. Most ski resorts now offer online ticket sales at a pretty substantial discount. The catch: You must commit to the mountain and — in many cases — exact dates. If the weather is poor, you are out of luck. For instance, Colorado’s Aspen Snowmass resort is offering four-day adult lift tickets during the peak of this year’s season for $476 at the ticket window. Purchase the same ticket at least a week in advance and save $40. Some mountains offer more flexibility. Utah’s Brighton sells a one-day ticket for $75 at the mountain. But a printat-home ticket valid any day during the season is just $68. For further savings, consider Liftopia.

com, which sells advance tickets for specific dates. Locking in a lift ticket now for an early January on Tuesday at Brighton brought the price down to $53. In some cases, Liftopia adds in ski rentals or food vouchers, which can save more.

KEEP CHECKING CAR RENTALS Most car rental reservations can easily be canceled or changed up until you pick up the vehicle. If prices fall, you can rebook at the lower rate. But most travelers don’t have the time to constantly recheck prices. That’s where AutoSlash.com comes in. The site tracks your rentals. First, book a reservation with one of the big car rental companies. Then enter the reservation details into AutoSlash. The site will email you if a better deal is available.

DECLINE CAR RENTAL INSURANCE Car rental firms sell collision damage waiver (CDW) insurance for up to $25 extra a day. It offers protection from theft, vandalism or other damage. Your personal insurance policy likely covers rentals. It probably also extends liability insurance. But confirm this with the insurer long before you get to the rental counter. Many credit cards offer rental car insurance. Some offer primary insurance. Most only cover what your personal insurance does not. And cards have plenty of exclusions. If you are renting for more than two weeks or traveling to Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Australia, Italy or New Zealand, you might not be covered. Exotic and luxury cars, some vans, motorcycles and SUVs aren’t covered. Debit cards typically don’t offer much coverage.

The lone health insurance cooperative to make money last year on the Affordable Care Act’s public insurance exchanges is now losing millions and cutting off individual enrollment for 2016. Maine’s Community Health Options lost more than $17 million in the first nine months of this year, after making $10.9 million in the same period last year. A spokesman said higher-thanexpected medical costs have hurt the cooperative. The announcement casts further doubt on the future of insurance cooperatives, small nonprofit insurers that were created during the ACA’s creation to inject competition in insurance markets. These co-ops immediately struggled to build their businesses. A dozen of the 23 created have already folded. An Associated Press review of financial statements from 10 of the 11 surviving co-ops shows that they lost, on average, more than $21 million in the first nine months of the year. Those losses range from $3.9 million reported by Maryland’s Evergreen Health Cooperative to $50.7 million booked by Land of Lincoln Mutual Health Insurance Co. in Illinois. “Clearly the remaining health care co-ops are in dire circumstances,” said Robert Laszewski, a health care consultant and former insurance executive who has been a frequent critic of the Affordable Care Act. “I don’t know how any of them can survive another year.” The cooperatives, like other health insurers, have been hit by soaring medical and prescription drug costs. Plus they’ve had to spend money building a network of care providers, negotiating rates with them and then marketing their plans to customers. “It is probably impossible for a startup in the health insurance space to make any significant money in the first couple years,” said Standard & Poor’s analyst Deep Banerjee. Established players also have struggled to sell coverage on the ACA’s statebased health insurance exchanges, which are a key element behind the law’s push to cover millions of uninsured people. UnitedHealth Group Inc. recently reported deep losses from its exchange business and said it would decide next year whether to even remain in the exchanges in 2017. But other insurers such as the Blue Cross-Blue Shield carrier Anthem Inc. and Medicaid coverage provider Molina Healthcare both have said they are making money off their exchange business.

New rule: Truck drivers must electronically record hours WASHINGTON (AP) — An estimated 3 million commercial truck and bus drivers must electronically record their hours behind the wheel under a new government rule aimed at enforcing regulations designed to prevent fatigue. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration released the long-awaited rule on Thursday. Drivers have been required to keep paper logs of their hours dating back to 1938, but accident investigators and safety advocates have long complained that it’s easy to change the logs or keep two different sets of records to evade restrictions on hours. Electronic logging devices automatically record driving time by monitor-

ing engine hours, vehicle movement, miles driven and location information. “This automated technology not only brings logging records into the modern age, it also allows roadside safety inspectors to unmask violations of federal law that put lives at risk,” Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said. Efforts to require electronic logs that are more difficult to tamper with have been opposed by drivers who own their truck or small fleets of trucks. The drivers say the companies that hire them to haul freight will be able to access the electronic logs and pressure drivers who haven’t reached their limit of legally allowed hours to stay on the

The safety administration estimates the electronic devices will provide a net savings of $1 billion a year, mostly through paperwork reductions. It also estimates about 26 lives will be saved and 562 injuries prevented each year. The rule also contains procedural and technical provisions designed to protect commerTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS cial truck and bus drivers A new government rule announced by the Federal Motor Carrier Safe- from harassment resulting ty Administration on Thursday requires an estimated 3 million comfrom information generated by mercial truck and bus drivers to electronically record their hours bethe devices, the agency said. hind the wheel in an effort to enforce regulations to prevent fatigue. The rule sets performance and design requirements for road even if they want to rest. “the need for truckers to spend the devices. It also exempts from the requirements tow money on an unproven techThe Owner-Operator Indenology that is no more effective truck drivers, drivers who use pendent Drivers Association, time cards to record their which sued the safety adminis- than paper logs when it comes hours and trucks and buses to safety and hours-of-service tration to block the rule, says older than model year 2000. compliance.” on its website that it questions

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DNR interest in skeet range could be boon to local shooters

can remember back in my formative years, my dad standing at the chalk board that was in our kitchen showing me how to line up a set of iron sights on a rifle. “You center this post in that groove and make it even across the top.” We went out to my uncle’s farm shortly thereafter and I got my first shooting lesson using the old family .22. I have enjoyed shooting ever since. I’ve been extremely fortunate to have been parts of hunting leases that afforded me a place to sight in my deer rifles, back when I used a rifle, and a place to target shoot, or “plink.” I get a lot of joy and satisfaction out of being able to hit what I’m aiming at. To this day, I have never had a gun turn itself on me and try to shoot me, so I guess guns really don’t kill people. Lord knows I’ve given them every opportunity. The key here is safety. I have taken, and been parts of, training classes sponsored by South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, I have taken and completed the SCDNR Hunter Education program and I have completed the Concealed Weapons class. The first thing discussed in every one of those classes is safety! Almost without fail, if I go fishing at my club in the summertime, I’m going

to take a couple of practice shots into the high earthen bank across the creek. It’s a great place to shoot because it’s only about 10 yards across the creek and the bank is a good ten Earle feet high. A bullet-abWoodward sorbing backstop is a really good idea if AFIELD & you’re going to shoot. AFLOAT Add to that the fact that there are no houses or people for almost three miles behind the earthen bank and it’s a really safe place to play. One of the biggest problems a lot of folks run across is where to go to safely fire a weapon. People from outside the area have an especially tough time. There is a shooting range at Manchester State Forest, but it is open on weekends only and, according to their website, it is best to call ahead and be sure it’s open before you go out. The range is located between Wedgefield and Pinewood on U.S. 261. I was contacted the other day by Ralph Baker, a member of the National Rifle Association, and a staunch supporter of the 2nd Amendment, and

he shared what could potentially be some great news for local shooters. It seems that DNR is working with the NRA on another range for the public. Those of you that travel back and forth between Sumter and Columbia will be all too familiar with the Indigo Gun Club, a skeet range on the right hand side of the road just after you cross the Wateree River. It has been a private club for as long as I can remember, but now DNR is interested in purchasing the club and in bringing it up to their high standards and opening it for public usage under DNR control. My guess is that the local NRA chapters will be asked to assist in manning the facility and possibly doing some training, which is great! Hey, that’s a good thing. The range would be convenient to shooters in Sumter and Columbia and would be close to the new Wateree River Wildlife Management Area. Add to that that it will be a place to safely discharge a firearm and you’ve got a winner. As is its custom, DNR will hold a public meeting to discuss the range. It will be held Monday night, Dec. 14, at the Crossroads Community Center in Eastover. It’s really not as far as it sounds. The center is located just off

Deer hunters still support limits, tagging BY S.C. DNR Results of the most recent series of public meetings hosted by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (DNR) continue to indicate significant support among deer hunters for a statewide limit on antlered bucks and a tagging program for deer in South Carolina. “Senate Bill 454 was filed on DNR’s behalf in February and passed the Senate in March of this year. The legislation proposes a limit of four antlered bucks per year and that all deer harvested be tagged. The Antlerless Deer Quota Program (ADQP) that many landowners and hunt clubs utilize would continue to be available with quotas being issued for both bucks and does. The bill currently resides in the House of Representatives and the recent meetings were an ef-

fort by DNR to work with House leaders to address any remaining questions or concerns related to the legislation which will be up for debate when the legislative session reconvenes in January 2016.” Seven meetings were held with three in the piedmont and four in the coastal plain. Total attendance was 685 and approximately 76 percent of meeting attendees supporting both a limit on antlered bucks and a tagging system for deer in South Carolina. Additionally, a “virtual meeting” was posted on the DNR website for those who could not attend a meeting in person. Over 4,500 individuals participated in the virtual meeting with over 80 percent supporting a limit on antlered bucks and a tagging system for deer. A comprehensive summary of the meetings is

available on the DNR web site at the following address: http://1.usa. gov/1lUGiEZ According to Charles Ruth, DNR Deer and Wild Turkey Program coordinator, “The state’s deer population has changed in recent years and although there are still some areas where deer numbers and reports of agricultural damage remain high, the overall population has decreased as indicated by a 35 percent decline in harvest. Reasons for the decline include habitat changes related to forest management, extremely liberal deer harvests over the last two decades, and the complete colonization of the state by coyotes since the turn of the century.” Although there is a 5-buck limit prescribed in the two upstate Game Zones, these limits have never been enforceable

due to no tagging or reporting requirement. In the coastal Game Zones state law specifies there is “no limit” on antlered deer, a situation that has never been a function of DNR. This lack of a reasonable bag limit on bucks is in stark contrast to other states and to the approach with other fish and game species in South Carolina, which typically have limits. From a management standpoint, tagging all deer is beneficial because it would allow better regulation and manipulation of the harvest of antlerless deer (doe deer). This is important as we attempt to mitigate the impact of coyotes on future deer populations. For more information on deer in South Carolina visit the following address on the DNR website: http://dnr.sc.gov/wildlife/ deer/index.html

U.S. 378 at 2750 McCord’s Ferry Road (U.S. 601), and the meeting will start at 6 p.m. Like I said in the opening, I’ve been blessed to have had open ground where it was safe to shoot 100 to 200 yards, and I’ve spent more money than I’d like to admit burning up gunpowder; but not everyone has been so lucky. I know plenty of people that have to beg for places to shoot and a public facility roughly 10 to 12 miles past Shaw Air Force Base would be a wonderful thing for our community. Would it be open during the week? I don’t know. How many shooters will it accommodate? Again, I don’t know; these are questions that would be great to bring up at the public meeting tomorrow night. If you’ve been looking for a place to shoot, but have come up empty, tomorrow night is your great opportunity. Go to the meeting, listen to what DNR has to say and then ask good questions. During years of dealing with DNR, I’ve found them to be straightforward, honest folks that are eager to tell you what they are doing and ask for your input, and they’ll listen to any idea that is worth its salt. There’s no better way to do your civic duty and press for a shooting range at the same time than to attend.

DNR offers youth duck clinic in Georgetown BY S.C. DNR The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is offering a great opportunity for youth to attend a duck clinic on Jan. 18, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., in Georgetown County. The free clinic will introduce youth ages 10-17 to the basics of duck hunting. The clinic’s hands-on sessions include: game care and prep, duck calling, marksmanship skills and how to keep it legal while hunting. The first 25 that contact Sgt. Steve Simpson at simpsons@dnr.sc.gov and complete and return the application will be able to attend. The application will be sent by email after contact is made. DNR will confirm a person’s attendance by email with further instructions. Lunch will be provided at this free event and parents/guardians are welcome to stay while their students participate.

FISHING REPORTS Santee Cooper System Catfish: Fair to good. Captain Jim Glenn reports that due to the significant inflow there has been recent spilling at Santee Dam as well as significant discharge from the St. Stephens Dam, and Lake Moultrie now appears to be more stained throughout the lake. Jim is still finding significant numbers of small catfish in the 1-4 pound range, particularly at mid-depths in the 20s. However, these fish can be found throughout the water column. The big ones are also feeding. Lake Wateree Catfish: Good. It’s big fish time on Lake Wateree, and for Captain Rodger Taylor that means anchoring up to catch a monster Lake Wateree blue catfish. Rodger reports that when conditions will allow it he is starting his trips in the morning by anchoring along the river channel, but this time of year he is concentrating on the area from about Taylor Creek down to Beaverdam Creek instead of going up to the top of the lake as at some other times of year. He will usually anchor along the edges of the river channel in about 10-15 feet of water and fan cast to cover a variety of depths. If there is sufficient current one anchor will keep the boat stationary, but without current to position the boat he will put out a second anchor to maintain his orientation. Right now gizzard shad is Rodger’s bait of choice for all applications, with white perch a second option. He reminds anglers that the bite for big blues will get better and better as temperatures drop. Lake Greenwood Catfish: Good. Captain Chris Simpson reports that now that the lake is calming down after the flood the bite is improving. Drifting with herring and gizzard shad is working pretty well, with

most fish in the 10-25 foot range. Main lake points and humps are the best areas to target right now, and it’s worth checking feeder creeks. Some days the fish will be traveling in and out of those and at those times they are feeding and readily caught. Lake Monticello Bass: Good. Tournament angler Andy Wicker reports that this is an exciting time for bass fishing on Lake Monticello. Much of the year, Lake Monticello bass fishing revolves around a deep bite, but for the next month or so Andy says this is a strong period for shallow water fishing on the lake. Early in the morning he likes to throw a Zara Spook off points, and he reports that most days this bite lasts for a couple of hours - although on cloudy days it can last all day. That is not to say that fish cannot be caught deep, and after the early morning fishing deep is still the primary pattern on Lake Monticello. Andy says that fish can also be caught deep first thing, although his preference is to pursue the shallower fish early. 30-40 feet of water is a good depth range, and the primary pattern is to fish off long tapering points. There will also be some fish found around humps. Both Alabama rigs and jigging spoons are good lures, although particularly on the spoon anglers need to be prepared to weed through large numbers of white perch - which Lake Monticello is full of. Lake Murray White perch: Very good. Lake World reports that the most dependable bite continues to be the white perch bite, and anglers are catching fish in the very broad range of 5-60 feet of water. The prime depth range has been 20-30 feet, however, with fish schooled up near the bottom in those depths. Jigging spoons fished vertically are tough to beat once you locate the fish. Catfish: Fair to good.

Captain Chris Simpson reports that the most productive pattern is still to anchor on humps and points and fan-cast stinkbaits, shrimp and herring for channel catfish. Space your baits on ledges that range from 5-30 feet. Once the lake clears some and water temperatures begin to drop the baitfish should move deeper, which should cause the catfish to move deeper as well and improve the drift bite. Lake Russell Catfish: Fair. Guide Jerry Kotal reports that catfish are mixed in with the bass around the same bait schools, and although he has only targeted them occasionally he has caught a good number fishing with a spoon for spotted bass. Anglers who want to target crappie should fish cut bait on the bottom around the shad schools in 20-40 feet of water in the creeks. As the bait moves deeper so will the crappie. Crappie: Slow. Guide Wendell Wilson reports that he has not caught enough crappie to speak of, and in the last couple of weeks they have only put four or five crappie in the boat. Anglers who want to target crappie despite the tough bite should look around brush in 15-20 feet of water. Lake Thurmond Crappie: Fair to good. Captain William Sasser reports that with the water cooling a bit the crappie bite is improving. Not a lot of fish are being caught yet, but some good sized crappie are biting. The best bet is fishing in the backs of tributaries abound 15 feet down with minnows over tree tops/ brush in about 25 feet of water. Lake Wylie Catfish: Good. Captain Rodger Taylor reports that warmer than typical air and water temperatures are making for a very different bite than would be expected in December. On recent trips

he would have expected to catch around 50% blues and 50% channels, but channels are significantly outnumbering blues. However, yesterday he did catch some nice blues including a 31-pounder, a 20- and a 14- to go with a bunch of channels. In addition to a higher percentage of channel catfish than expected, fish have been shallower than expected. Instead of being bunched up in the 25+ foot range he has found them in the 15-22 foot range, with the creeks most productive. With fish scattered out and somewhat unpredictable anglers are advised to start out trips by drifting to survey what the fish are doing and where they are holding; once a pattern is developed then anglers can shorten their drifts to focus on the most productive areas. A 5-10 mile per hour wind makes for ideal drifting conditions, but at other times the trolling motor can be used to the same effect. In very windy conditions a windsock will allow a more moderate drift speed. Gizzard shad are still the best bait with white perch a distant second Lake Hartwell Catfish: Fair to good. Guide Bill Plumley reports that the channel catfish bite is starting to taper off just a little bit, but some fish are still being caught in 5-10 feet of water on dip baits, worms and cut herring. At the same time that the channel catfishing wanes fishing for blue catfish is improving, and some big blues are starting to pull back into the larger creeks that have a good inflow. Cut herring, big gizzard shad and white perch will all work, and the bite will only get better as water temperatures drop. Bass: Fair. Guide Brad Fowler reports that bass are starting to feed up for winter on Lake Hartwell, but there is no mass movement where all the fish are starting to go deep or anything akin to that. Instead it’s still a pretty good time for

junk fishing, and with water temperatures still hovering in the low 60s fish there has been a decent buzzbait bite and some fish have also been caught on spinnerbaits. Of course the most reliable pattern for numbers of fish is targeting points and structure with drop shot rigs or shakey head worms, and a good number of fish have also been caught on jigs. Lake Keowee Bass: Good. A few weeks ago Guide Brad Fowler of Pendleton reported that if you wanted to catch a bunch of bass Lake Keowee was a good place to do it, and over the last few weeks he says that the bite has only gotten better. On a recent trip Brad caught fish from 20 feet out to 65 feet of water and everywhere in between, and at every spot where they stopped fish were feeding heavily and they left them biting so that customers could see other areas. Even though water temperatures are still in the mid-60s fish are starting to get out deeper, and the current cool snap will only accelerate that trend. More and more fish will pile up around offshore structure such as deep points, humps and channels in the coming weeks. Lake Jocassee Trout: Good. After an odd early fall where fish held deeper than expected Guide Sam Jones reports that Lake Jocassee trout are finally doing what they are “supposed to do” at this time of year. Fish have not made it to the very backs/ shallows yet nor are they on the surface, but they are in the rivers in 30-60 feet of water sticking mostly to the main channel. Bait continues to work well but hardware such as Sutton spoons is also catching fish. There are also fish at the dam year round, although Sam is finding greater numbers of spotted bass in that area.

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Sunday, December 13 - 19, 2015 Singing star Darius Rucker is the host of the new special “American Country Countdown’s Top 10 Stories of 2015,” airing at 8 p.m. Thursday on FOX.

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