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Women plead guilty to conspiracy Dentist catches mail fraud of insurance company; 8 accused in case

BY JADE ANDERSON janderson@theitem.com A Sumter woman and a Santee woman are among the eight who recently plead guilty to conspiracy to com-

mit mail fraud that bilked Blue Cross Blue Shield out of $368,000.

Lorraine Porcher, 46, of Sumter, and Kimberly Donaldson Broughton, 33, of Santee, reportedly worked

with Malentha RobinsonTaylor, 45, of Cordova, to file false insurance claims out of an Orangeburg-based dentist office. “The dentist realized it,� said Assistant U.S. Attorney

Winston David Holliday Jr. “Malentha was out, and he noticed he was getting explanation of benefits for patients he didn’t remember seeing.�

The way the scheme

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Board focuses on integration of standards Administrator says no major issues seen so far with Common Core

BY BRADEN BUNCH bbunch@theitem.com The implementation of Common Core standards is going relatively smoothly, with most of the teachers within the district supporting the efforts, the district administrator in charge of the effort told the Sumter School District Board of Trustees at their last meeting.

All school districts throughout South Carolina will enact the nationwide academic standards beginning with the 2014-15 school year, and Joan Sagona, assistant superintendent for instruction for the local district, said the local administration is working hard to make sure all parents and teachers are prepared for the implementation. “We have a lot of things in place to support our teachers.

That has been the goal,� Sagona said.

Common Core is an attempt, first organized by the National Governors Association, to nationalize educational standards.

At this time, 45 states have agreed to adopt the standards, although the efforts have come under some criticism. Arguments against the system have come from across the political spectrum and have included beliefs that the effort undermines states’ ability to govern their own educational systems, while others have argued the effort deemphasizes creative, yet important, educational opportunities for students, such as the arts.

Interim superintendent Dr. Frank Baker said despite the

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ABOVE: Leroy House of Carolina Wrecking stands between two cranes in the process of bringing down the former Maxway and CitiTrends buildings on Tuesday.

RIGHT: This artist rendering shows what the green space that will replace the buildings will look like. Officials hope a hotel to host convention-based events will occupy the area.

Green space coming; officials hope hotel will locate downtown

BY BRADEN BUNCH bbunch@theitem.com After nearly a year of planning, the downtown streetscape is undergoing a significant change.

While not immediately visible from Main Street, the demolition of the former Maxway and CitiTrends locations across from the Sumter Opera

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Howie Owens, downtown development manager for the city, said the current target date for completion is in late December. This will come about four months after SEE SPACE, PAGE A6

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BY SEANNA ADCOX The Associated Press

Sip and Stroll tickets selling quickly Tickets for Sip and Stroll have been selling very well, according to Janice Williams of Sumter Senior Services, which sponsors the fundraiser to benefit the area’s elderly population.

“We may not have any left by Friday night,” she said, advising those interested in attending the 6 to 8:30 p.m. wine-tasting event to call now for tickets.

Tickets for Sip and Stroll are available at Sumter Senior Services, 19 S. Sumter St., at Covenant Place on Carter Road and at Shaw Air Force Base for military members and dependents. Prices are $25 in advance, $20 for military and $35 at the door. Call (803) 773-5508 for tickets.

Participants must check in at the Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St., after 6 p.m. Friday, to pick up their wristbands and embossed wine glasses and to get a map of the participating venues.

COLUMBIA — State Sen. Vincent Sheheen’s campaign on Tuesday issued a sharp attack on Gov. Nikki Haley concerning her handling of a massive cyberattack a year ago that compromised the personal records of millions of South Carolina taxpayers.

The Democratic candidate for governor called the episode a “horrible and preventable disgrace” in a letter his campaign emailed Tuesday to tens of thousands of

South Carolinian voters.

Sheheen noted that Haley said a year ago no one was to blame and nothing could have been done to prevent the theft of unencrypted personal information from the Department of ReveSHEHEEN nue. It was later disclosed that 6.4 million people and businesses listed on tax returns filed online.

Several weeks later, however, she acknowledged that state officials did not do

enough to prevent the theft and announced the resignation of former Revenue Director Jim Etter. She also released the findings of an outside expert, who said two things could have prevented the hacking: the encryption of stored data or requiring more than one password to log into the system remotely.

“One year ago today, Nikki Haley stood before the people of the state and said no one should be disciplined for this massive breach of public trust and failure of state government,” read Sheheen’s let-

BACK IN CLASS Bertila Boyd, left, co-owner of Bostic & Boyd LLC, hugs Debbie Sweat, a third-grade teacher at Wilder Elementary School.

Boyd was once a student of Sweat and came to tell her class about following her dreams and finding success.

She also threw a pizza party for the class and gave a special gift to Sweat.

Domestic violence vigil location changed The location for the domestic violence candlelight vigil has moved from the old Sumter County Courthouse, 13 E. Canal St., to the new Sumter County Judicial Center, 215 N. Harvin St. The event will take place at 6 p.m. today. In case of rain or bad weather, activities will be moved inside to the jury assembly room.

For more information, contact Yolanda Debra Wilson at (803) 773-7158.

Sheriff’s deputy shoots, kills 71-year-old man LEXINGTON — A Lexington County Sheriff’s Department deputy shot and killed a 71-yearold Lexington man at a home where gunshots had been reported, authorities said Tuesday.

Officers were called to the home about 1 p.m.

Monday, Sheriff James Metts said. One of the officers entered the home and found a man pointing a gun at him and threatening him.

The officer fired, and the suspect later died.

On Tuesday, officials with the Lexington County Coroner’s Office identified the man as Wilmon L. Hutto.

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ter, which his campaign also posted online. “It’s been a long year since then, full of much worry for families and businesses at risk.”

The anniversary allowed Sheheen to hit on an issue that’s already central to his campaign. In January, he introduced a proposed apology from the Legislature to South Carolinians about the government’s failure to protect their information. The legislation went nowhere. Rob Godfrey, then spokesman for Haley’s office, called it a political stunt.

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Life not meant to be lived in bitterness

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ach morning, I watch one of my neighbors walk her dog to the yard of a nearby church so that it can relieve itself on the front lawn. And each morning, I come up with a new way I would confront her about this decision if I indulged my desire for revenge.

She needs to know that it is wrong, I convince myself. Most of the times in these situations, I begin to think that I would be the perfect agent of such retribution. Maybe the situation SEEKING LOCAL calls for the HEROES IN FAITH old toilet-paper-the-frontI’m starting an occasional series in the Faith Matters column that will yard routine. focus on local heroes in faith. I Maybe I want your nominations of those would employ who have been pillars of spiritual the services of faith in your life or the lives of my own others or who have dedicated their lives to a faith calling. They pooch in a don’t have to be ordained, just similar fashfaithful. Please send me your ion. After all, nominations at faithmatterssumrevenge isn’t ter@gmail.com. When you send always best your nomination, please include the names and contact informaserved cold tion of three references. All entries but hot, are subject to review and approval steaming and

by The Item newspaper staff. stinky.

Most of the time I let this sense of righteous indignation fester. Of course, none of those options are viable in the life of someone

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aiming at spiritual health.

The desire for revenge is a powerful feeling and certainly one that we in the faith community aren’t immune to.

Something as simple as a perceived affront to the front yard of the church might seem like a call to revenge. The savory satisfaction of inflicting pain upon someone who has offended us is a delectable notion. We might even find ourselves fantasizing about the time, location and exact circumstances in which we would unfurl our plans for vindication. It would be so sweet, we would tell ourselves.

Vengeance, even if executed with the greatest of successes, will always leave us wanting more. We will never be satisfied regardless of what lengths we go to avenge.

It’s an incredibly freeing feeling to intentionally live from the pull of revenge, to let the caustic intentions of another roll off us. It’s the freedom of living untethered from the carnal instinct of re-

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venge. Sure the offense hurts in the moment, but our lives are to reflect the spirit of God, not the temporary satisfaction that a landed counterblow would grant us. Life was not meant to be lived in bitterness.

Further, the lifestyle produced by a desire for revenge only serves to put us further away from the goal of honoring our Creator. It is not our job to convict, judge or punish those who transgressed against us. It’s the Almighty’s. Let him decide how to convict the offender. You might be fighting the urge now to let go of the hurt that someone caused you. Just let go and look to God for your sufficiency.

I have no idea if my neighbor’s act is intentional or merely a preference of her canine companion. She may be trying to make a larger statement but, more likely, she probably doesn’t have a second thought about it, even though many might see it as disrespectful. In all fairness, I don’t think anyone has complained or even noticed the act except me, which means I probably shouldn’t focus on this one instance. Instead, I should focus on the thousands of other ways I could glorify my God by showing her His love.

Email Jamie H. Wilson at faithmatterssumter@gmail.com.

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Is blackface ever really OK?

BY LEANNE ITALIE The Associated Press NEW YORK — Is donning blackface to dress up as a favorite TV character ever OK for Halloween?

How about a bloody hoodie and blackface for a costume riff on slain teen Trayvon Martin or full-on minstrel at a splashy Africa-themed party for the fashion elite in Milan?

Each of those costumes made headlines this Halloween season.

And the answer to each, African studies and culture experts said, is never.

“The painful history of minstrelsy is not that long ago for us to think that now, somehow, we can do it differently or do it better,” said Yaba Blay, codirector of Africana Studies at Drexel University in Philadelphia.

Julianne Hough found that out the hard way. She apologized on Twitter during the weekend amid criticism for darkening her skin for a costume as Crazy Eyes from “Or-

ange is the New Black” at a Hollywood bash.

Hough explained on Twitter: “I am a huge fan of the show Orange is the New black, actress Uzo Aduba, and the character she has created. It certainly was never my intention to be disrespectful or demeaning to anyone in any way. I realize my costume

hurt and offended people and I truly apologize.”

There’s a fine line between mockery and tribute — and it’s a line that blackface has the power to obliterate, said Marita Sturken, professor of media, culture and communication at New York University.

“It’s never something very simple, and if you’re going to don a costume and put on a black face there’s no possibility of nuance there,” she said.

“It doesn’t matter that it was a character from a TV show.

That doesn’t get her off the hook. If she’s going to put some substance on her face, that constitutes blackface, and this incredibly

complicated history gets evoked.”

Historically, blackface emerged in the mid-19th century, representing a combination of put-down, fear and morbid fascination with black culture, said Eric Lott, an American studies professor at City University of New York’s graduate center. Among the most prominent examples: Al Jolson and Eddie Cantor.

“It’s constantly a form of entertainment that backs itself into all kinds of trouble, whether political trouble around slavery or a kind of mental trouble having to do with fantasizing about black people,” said Lott, who wrote the 1993 book “Love & Theft: Blackface Minstrelsy & the American Working Class.”

As for Hough, he said: “It’s just a stupid thing to do. It’s a racist thing to do. What blackface does is give the white people privilege of representing black people, of taking black images and treating them as a thing owned.”

Kelsey Crowe, who teaches social work in San Francisco, has been following the fracas on

Facebook. She sees more tribute to Crazy Eyes than hatred in Hough’s costume. Other recent examples are far more troubling, she said.

“Trayvon Martin, that’s awful,” Crowe said of two Florida men whose photo circulated on social media ahead of Halloween on Thursday.

One was in blackface with a simulated bloody bullet hole at the chest, and the other simulated a gun to the head of the faux 17-year-old while dressed as George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot Trayvon in Florida and was acquitted in court.

She was also “not into” the minstrel costumes in Milan. But the look for Hough “didn’t strike me as exploitative at all,” she said.

“In other cases, blackface is used to make fun of people. I really saw this as a way to embody a character

that you like,” said Crowe, who will be a cat for Halloween with her 3-year-old daughter.

“Everybody likes the character of Crazy Eyes,” she added, “but I guess that could be said of Aunt Jemima, too.”

What if the “Rock of Ages” singer, dancer and actress had eliminated blackface from the equation, keeping her simulation of the Bantu knotted hairstyle worn by the character, along with the orange prison jumpsuit she and her friends zipped on as a posse of female inmates from the Netflix series?

“Yes, leave the skin color alone. Leave the stereotypical performance of it, and I would imagine to some degree that could be middle ground,” Blay said.

“People dress up as other people all the time. That’s what happens at Halloween. But she didn’t do that. And as far as Trayvon, no.

Never.”

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PREPARING ORNAMENTS FOR THE 2013 NATIONAL CHRISTMAS TREE DISPLAY

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he National Park Foundation recently announced that Sumter School District was chosen to design and create the ornaments for South Carolina’s tree for the 2013 National Christmas Tree display in President’s Park in Washington, D.C. Kingsbury Elementary School art teacher Sylvester Hickmon led students selected from Crestwood, Lakewood and Sumter high schools to create 24 ornaments for the tree using special colored pencils and water color paper.

Each clear globe ornament features an original work of art showcasing the state’s heritage taking inspiration from some of South Carolina’s most notable historic landmarks, events, symbols and people. The students put the

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ABOVE: Sumter High School senior Lyndsay Krebs takes a close look at her Grove Plantation drawing on an ornament she is making for the National Christmas Tree display.

finishing touches on the ornaments Oct. 24 at Kingsbury Elementary, Hickmon’s home school.

Students chosen to participate were Creena Gonzales, Ellington Lawson, Kendra Kennedy, Griffin Duran, Katelyn Mobley, Tu’Kayicia Pendergrass, Chelsey Johnson, Mistty Waldo, Zoe Mooneyhan, Angela Williams, Taylor Barnes, Erica Ramirez, Destyne Abrams, Lyndsay Krebs, Selena Schwartz, Raygane Lee, Angelica Manzo Ramirez, Micaela Harris and Shanine Fullard.

Lakewood art teacher Michele Collins and Sumter High art teacher Heidi Adler also participated in the project.

Sumter County Cultural Commission provided the supplies. — Sumter School District

RIGHT: Lakewood junior Griffin Duran draws the South Carolina Statehouse’s dome for an ornament for the display.

POLICE BLOTTER CHARGE:

Jason Sims, 28, of 2190 Waterwheel Drive, was charged with second-degree burglary Saturday pursuant to a warrant that alleges the suspect entered a property in the 1300 block of Wilson Hall Road on Thursday and stole $750 worth of assorted items.

STOLEN PROPERTY:

A tan air-conditioning unit valued at $1,500 was reportedly stolen from the 800 block of Murray Street between 1 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. Friday.

A set of 26-inch rims valued at $1,000 were reportedly stolen from a 1999 White Land Rover Discovery between 5:30 p.m. Thursday and 2:24 p.m. Friday.

A yellow-and-black 1.3 cc miniature motorcycle valued at $500, a red-and-black pair of Nike tennis shoes valued at $75, a black Lenova computer modem valued at $400 and a silver terabyte hard drive valued at $100 were reportedly stolen from the first block of Loring Drive between 9:30 p.m. Friday and 8:20 a.m. Saturday.

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U.S. spy programs may have gone too far, lawmakers say

BY JULIE PACE AND LARA JAKES The Associated Press

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Marilyn Tavenner, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, pauses while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

Health policy cancellations: New blow for administration WASHINGTON (AP) — Move over, website woes. Lawmakers confronted the Obama administration Tuesday with a difficult new health care problem — a wave of cancellation notices hitting individuals and small businesses who buy their own insurance.

At the same time, the federal official closest to the website apologized for its dysfunction in new sign-ups and asserted things are getting better by the day.

Medicare chief Marilyn Tavenner said it’s not the administration but insurers who are responsible for cancellation letters now reaching many of the estimated 14 million people who buy individual policies. And, officials said, people who get cancellation notices will be able to find better replacement plans, in

some cases for less.

The Associated Press, citing the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, reported in May that many carriers would opt to cancel policies this fall and issue new ones. Administratively that was seen as easier than changing existing plans to comply with the new law, which mandates coverage of more services and provides better financial protection against catastrophic illnesses.

While the administration had ample warning of the cancellations, it could become another public relations debacle for President Obama’s signature legislation.

This problem goes to the credibility of one of the president’s earliest promises about the health care overhaul: You can keep your plan if you like it.

In the spring, state insurance commissioners started giving insurers the option of canceling existing individual plans for 2014, since the coverage required under Obama’s law is more robust. Some states directed insurers to issue cancellations.

Large employer plans that cover most workers and their families are unlikely to be affected.

The cancellation notices are now reaching policyholders, and they’ve been complaining to their lawmakers — who were grilling Tavenner on Tuesday. “Based on what little information the administration has disclosed, it turns out that more people have received cancellation notices for their health care plans this month than have enrolled in the (health care website),� said Ways and Means Chair-

man Dave Camp, RMich. He cited a news report of 146,000 cancellations in his state alone.

Up and down the dais, lawmakers chimed in with stories of constituents who had received similar notices.

Republicans offered examples of people being asked to pay more.

Democrats countered by citing constituents who had been able to find lower-cost coverage than they have now.

Ranking Democrat Sander Levin of Michigan said one of his constituents has been paying $800 a month for a BlueCrossBlueShield plan and managed to find comparable coverage for $77, after tax credits that lower the premiums.

Still, Levin added, “This has become a matter of legitimate discussion.�

WASHINGTON — Faced with anger over revelations about U.S. spying at home and abroad, members of Congress suggested Tuesday that programs the Obama administration says are needed to combat terrorism may have gone too far.

The chairman of the House intelligence committee said it might help to disclose more about National Security Agency operations, but barring NSA from collecting millions of Americans’ phone records would scrap an important tool. “We can’t ask the FBI to find terrorists plotting an attack and then not provide them with the information they need,� said Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich. He spoke at the start of a hearing where top intelligence officials were testifying, including National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander.

A bipartisan plan introduced Tuesday would end the NSA’s massive sweep of phone records, allowing the government to seek only records related to ongoing terror investigations. Critics both at home and abroad have derided the program as intrusive and a violation of privacy rights.

The proposal comes as President Obama and key lawmakers are saying it’s time to look closely at surveillance programs that have angered many Americans and now are drawing complaints from world leaders because of reports that their cellphone conversations were monitored.

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February, and McCormick initially expressed hope that the project would be completed by this past summer. However, various delays slowed the project during the year.

And although demolition is now underway in earnest, the front façades to the buildings will remain in place until all other demolition aspects are completed.

A large portion of the buildings were removed during the past week, including significant demolition on Tuesday.

Leroy House, a truck driver for Carolina Wrecking who will eventually haul the remnants of the buildings away, spent most of his workday on Tuesday standing on a large rubble pile spraying down debris as two large crane arms would occasionally come within a few short feet of him as they knocked down the walls. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just trying to keep the dust down for the community,â&#x20AC;? House said of his seemingly dangerous job. House, however, said he felt safe in his position working with the other members of the demolition crew, who he said had been doing similar jobs for about 16 years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I can trust them,â&#x20AC;?

House said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done this for a while, so we know how to communicate.â&#x20AC;?

Reach Braden Bunch at (803) 774-1201.

Sumter City Council authorized city administration officials to begin negotiating a final contract to begin demolition. Those efforts have been underway for about three weeks.

The demolition project first became public in December, when city manager Deron McCormick petitioned the Historic Preservation Design Review committee to tear down the century-old buildings to make room for future economic development.

In fact, officials have said they hope the location will attract a downtown hotel large enough to host conventionbased events.

Until then, the location will be used as a green space, with a modest rendering for the location recently being released by the city. Owens said the plans for the open space were scaled back from their initial, more elaborate plans. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We really want development there, so weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going to put too much into it,â&#x20AC;?

Owens said.

Purchased in 2012 by the city, the buildings in the first block of North Main Street were being used by both Maxway and CitiTrends up until their leases expired in

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ccording to a recent Fox News poll, 73 percent of Americans are dissatisfied with the direction of the country, up 20 points from 2012. Americans sense that there’s a lot going wrong in our nation, but most don’t have a clue about the true nature of our problem. If they had a clue, most would have little stomach for what would be necessary to arrest our national decline.

Let’s look at it.

Between two-thirds and three-quarters of federal spending, in contravention of the U.S. Constitution, can be described as Congress taking the earnings or property of one American to give to another, to whom it does not belong. You say, “Williams, what do you mean?”

Congress has no resources of Walter its very WILLIAMS own.

Moreover, there’s no Santa Claus or tooth fairy who gives it resources. The fact that Congress has no resources of its very own forces us to recognize that the only way Congress can give one American one dollar is to first — through intimidation, threats and coercion — confiscate that dollar from some other American through the tax code.

If any American did privately what Congress does publicly, he’d be condemned as an ordinary thief. Taking what belongs to one American to give to another is theft, and the receiver is a recipient of stolen property. Most Americans would suffer considerable anguish and cognitive dissonance seeing themselves as recipients of stolen property, so congressional theft has to be euphemized and given a respectable name. That respectable name is “entitlement.”

Merriam-Webster defines entitlement as “the condition of having a right to have, do, or get something.” For example, I am entitled to walk into the house that I own. I am entitled to drive the car that I own.

The challenging question is whether I am also entitled to what you or some other American owns.

Let’s look at a few of these entitlements.

More than 40 percent of federal spending is for entitlements for the elderly in the forms of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, housing and

other assistance programs. The Office of Management and Budget calculates that total entitlement spending comes to about 62 percent of federal spending.

Military spending totals 19 percent of federal spending. By the way, putting those two figures into historical perspective demonstrates the success we’ve had becoming a handout nation. In 1962, military expenditures were almost 50 percent of the federal budget, and entitlement spending was a mere 31 percent. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that entitlement spending will consume all federal tax revenue by 2048.

Entitlement spending is not the only form of legalized theft. The Department of Agriculture gives billions of dollars to farmers. The departments of Energy and Commerce give billions of dollars and subsidized loans to corporations. In fact, every Cabinet-level department in Washington is in charge of handing out at least one kind of subsidy or special privilege. Most federal non-defense “discretionary spending” by Congress is for handouts.

Despite the fact that today’s increasing levels of federal government spending are unsustainable, there is little evidence that Americans have the willingness to do anything about it.

Any politician who’d even talk about significantly reining in unsustainable entitlement spending would be run out of town. Any politician telling the American people they must pay higher taxes to support handout spending, instead of concealing spending through deficits and running up the national debt and inflation, would also be run out of town. Can you imagine what the American people would do to a presidential candidate who’d declare, as James Madison did in a 1794 speech to the House of Representatives, “Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government”?

If we are to be able to avoid ultimate collapse, it’s going to take a moral reawakening and renewed constitutional respect — not by politicians but by the American people. The prospect of that happening may be whistlin’ “Dixie.”

Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR When you vote for evil, people will revolt This is in reference to Mr. Cox’s letter on Oct. 23. I think you need to think about what party you really belong to. It is OK to change parties whenever you think you should. How do you know that “the likes of Cruz has only hatred of President Obama?” I would have guessed that you have already switched by your last line “My thoughts, and I need no response.” You remind me of Obama when he refused to negotiate with Republicans. It sounds like you are use to giving your opinion without caring about others opinions.

You want to know “Who are you taking the country back from?” There is an expression, “If I have to explain, you wouldn’t understand.” I will give you one example with many names. It is Satan, Devil, Lucifer, Prince of Darkness, the Evil One, demon, etc. He has truly taken over our country. If you don’t believe it, read Jeremiah 5:20 — it says, “Pay attention, you foolish and stupid people, who have eyes, but cannot see, and have ears, but cannot hear.”

Young ladies have babies and then act like victims when they talk about being single mothers. How many people respect their parents, law enforcement etc.? Of course, you can’t respect others if you don’t respect yourself. There are so many people that think it is OK to steal from others as in “redistribution of wealth.” How about all the murders that are taking place, especially in our own neighborhoods? How about all the people who are getting freebies because they are too lazy to work and earn their own money? It’s hard to find a person who speaks the truth because we are worried

about hurting someone’s feelings, which isn’t hard to do.

So, continue voting for evil, and you’ll get people who will revolt against them. I support Sen. Cruz and will continue to as long as he stays true to his convictions. I realize everything is unfolding as it should, but there are some of us who are going to fight against it until the end.

JACQUELINE K. HUGHES Sumter

Health law pushed on us in underhanded, deceitful way My wife and I, like thousands of other people, just received notification from our health insurer that our present policy will be terminated at the end of year. Now we can continue with this company, but in order to meet the new guidelines and mandates set forth by Obamacare, a new policy will cost more than our already expensive one. I get it, we’re screwed. After all the promises that Barack Obama made about what his law wouldn’t do to us, he is now proving what a terrific liar this “gentleman” is.

“You can keep your present policy if you like it.” Bull. “This law will lower premiums.” Bull, again. And my favorite: “If this law adds one dime to the deficit, I won’t sign it into law.” The bull can’t go anymore than he already has. Each of these statements to his fellow Americans was a lie.

I understand it’s the law of the land. I can live with that.

It’s the underhanded, deceitful way this abomination was thrust upon this country that makes me sick. Based on the lies that were presented to this country in order to get the votes from enough Democrats (without reading the bill, of course), my president has proven to me that his words mean

nothing. A narcissistic, very small charactered man is bankrupting the country he was sworn to protect. And when this law that the Democrats passed really hits the fan, maybe even some of the Obama sycophants will think a little differently about this guy.

Unlikely, but one can hope. I have never been more disappointed in my president.

Shameful.

JOHN SELLAR Sumter

Low wages cost taxpayers billions The pay of low-wage workers should be increased, especially for workers in the “fast food” industry. According to the National Employment Law Project last Tuesday, the overall low wages at the top 10 largest fast-food chains cost taxpayers $3.8 billion per year. The Republicans in Congress want to curb spending on food stamps, but they don’t see the problem of low pay. The study shows that McDonald’s low wages cost taxpayers $1.2 billion per year. This could be easily fixed by increasing minimum wages.

This would, maybe, increase the cost of a hamburger by a couple of cents. Just ask Sumter County Council what a “penny” will do. You can’t get your grass mowed for minimum wage. Try getting your house cleaned and see what it costs. You know, we used to hear Christians ask “What would Jesus do?” Well, Jesus became famous in what he did.

How much more could He have accomplished with food stamps or medical care for the poor. Why do we seem to have Christians who pray on Sunday and prey on the community the rest of the week?

LEE INGLE Sumter

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FRAUD from Page A1 doctor she worked for is not a network provider for those policies, the individual is expected to pay out of pocket and then receive a check to apply toward that expense.

“But they never had dental services,” Holliday said. “Malentha made it up. So say she said (you) had wisdom teeth removed. You get a $2,000 check in the mail, and you say ‘thank you. Here’s your cut.’”

The claims submitted totaled about $800,000, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Friday news release.

This is not an unusual scheme, Holliday said.

“Doctors’ offices in particular are susceptible if there are not checks and balances over access to billing,” he said.

The maximum penalty for conspiracy to commit mail fraud is

imprisonment for 20 years and/or a fine of $250,000. U.S. District Judge Joseph F. Anderson Jr. of Columbia accepted the guilty pleas and will impose sentences after he has reviewed the pre-sentence reports prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.

“It’s a formula that takes into account factors such as the amount lost and criminal history,” Holliday said. “It’s not as though the judge is sitting there deciding between zero and 20 years. It’s much more academic.”

The others involved in this case are: R.L. Robinson-Taylor, 46, of Cordova; Robert Green, 55, of Orangeburg; Pamela Richardson, 41, of Florence; Latisha Brown, 36, of Lake City; and Cheryl Frazier, 42, of Orangeburg.

Reach Jade Anderson at (803) 774-1250.

STANDARDS from Page A1 criticisms surrounding Common Core, there is “guarded optimism” about the educational system.

“There’s still some questions. There are still some concerns,” Baker said. “The state has mandated that we move in this direction and has given us a timeline, and we’re doing that.” At the same time, Baker said he was still meeting with both parents and teachers who had raised some concerns and explaining some of the concepts in terms people are more familiar with.

“Standards-based education is nothing new. We’ve had that forever,” Baker said.

And Sagona said teachers are embracing Common Core more as they become more familiar with it through the training they are receiving. “A lot of it, the techniques and the strategies, they already had in their toolboxes,” she said, pointing out that about 97 percent of the current South Carolina standards match the incoming Common Core standards.

While they had some questions, most of the trustees seemed supportive of the direction the district was going.

“We’ve been going back and forth over this for the past two years,” said vice chair-

man Patty Wilson.

“Some days it’s a good thing, some days it’s a bad thing. But there’s no doubt about it; we have to implement this thing full force.”

In other actions, the trustees: • Received a budgetary update on the district’s finances as of Sept. 30. During his presentation, Steve Mann, the district’s executive director of finance, said the district’s budget was running relatively in line with projections, although the district was showing a slight budgetary surplus. This came, Mann said, despite salary expenditures still running above budget projections.

• Ex-officio board member Maj. Sean Brazel, the district’s Shaw Air Force Base representative, floated the idea of creating an airmen mentorship program for students in the district, saying he would bring further details of the proposal at the next board meeting.

• Gave preliminary approval to a series of district policy changes, including changes to the code of conduct that would allow for school officials to consider extenuating circumstances when determining punishment for rule violations.

Reach Braden Bunch at (803) 774-1201.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Don’t be too quick to share your emotions. You are likely to be taken advantage of by someone who has ulterior motives.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Share your thoughts and engage in pastimes that bring you great joy. Explore possibilities that will allow you to use your skills and creative talents to reach your goals.

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what everyone else is doing. A problem at home due to someone’s pushiness will have to be rectified before you can make a positive change.

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Stallions get another shot at Timberland, region title

BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER mchristopher@theitem.com The Lee Central High School football team is in a state of déjà vu as it gets ready to host Timberland on Friday for a shot at the ReTURNER gion VII-2A title.

The Stallions faced the

Wolves with the region title on the line last year. LC hopes the déjà vu ends there though as Timberland won last year’s meeting.

A win against Timberland on Friday and the teams would be tied with 4-1 league records. LC head coach Baron Turner doesn’t know how a region champion would be determined. Instead, all he’s thinking about is a win.

PREP FOOTBALL FRIDAY Conway at Sumter, 7:30 p.m.

Lakewood at Crestwood, 7:30 p.m.

Manning at Marlboro County, 7:30 p.m.

Timberland at Lee Central, 7:30 p.m.

East Clarendon at Hemingway, 7:30 p.m.

Scott’s Branch at C.E. Murray, 7:30 p.m.

Laurence Manning at Wilson Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Thomas Sumter at Robert E. Lee, 7:30 p.m.

Clarendon Hall at Andrew Jackson Academy, 7:30 p.m.

“Win and we get a bye next week (in the opening round of the 2A Division II state

playoffs) and wait till the 15th (of November) to see who we play,” Turner said. “Then we’ll have to two weeks to get ready.”

Even though LC lost to Timberland last year, it set a school record for wins with eight and advanced to the third round of the playoffs for the first time in program history.

The Stallions are 5-4 over-

all and 3-1 in region play, averaging just 18.4 points per game offensively while allowing 24.4. Turner said the team is basically in the same position as last year, and with a little more offseason dedication things might have been different.

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Sumter senior Suzanna Mickey hits a return during her 6-2, 6-2 win over Aiken freshman Fredericka Tucker. Mickey went 16-0 on the season and won the only match for SHS in the Lady Gamecocks’ 5-1 loss to Aiken on Tuesday in the first round of the 4A state playoffs at the SHS courts.

Tough experience

The Sumter High School football team played perhaps its best game of the season last Friday, waxing Carolina Forest 51-12.

The Gamecocks had 479 yards of total offense and held the Panthers to just 12 points.

With that, there had to be some good individual performances, and center Tee Dubose and defensive end Cavozio Wells were honored as The Item Players of the Week.

Dubose was selected as the Offensive Lineman of the Week after grading out at 92 percent and seven knockdown blocks, while Wells had seven total tackles, three quarterback sacks and two more tackles for loss to earn Defensive Player of the Week

honors.

Laurence Manning Academy running back Rashae Bey was selected as the Offensive Player of the Week for the second straight week.

The trio will be honored at the weekly breakfast meeting of the Sumter Touchdown Club on Friday beginning at 7:15 a.m. at the Quality Inn on Broad Street. The guest speaker will be Wofford College head football coach Mike Ayers.

Sumter rushed for 313 yards against Carolina Forest. Dubose said he wasn’t doing anything out of the ordinary.

“I was just doing what the coaches have taught me to do,” Dubose said. “I was just doing what I was supposed to be doing with my blocking and giving SEE HONORS, PAGE B2

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Young SHS tennis team falls to veteran Aiken squad in 4A playoff opener

BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER mchristopher@theitem.com

AIKEN 5, SUMTER 1

Sometimes there is no better teacher than experience, and the Sumter High School girls tennis team found that out on Tuesday in the first round of the 4A state playoffs.

A young, but experienced, Aiken team ended the Lady Gamecocks’ season with a 5-1 win at the SHS courts.

The Lady Fighting Green Hornets, who improved to 16-6 on the year, will face either No. 1

SINGLES 1 — Sabrina Leguizamon (A) defeated Kaitlin Knight 6-2, 6-3.

2 — Suzanna Mickey (S) defeated Fredericka Tucker 6-2, 6-2.

3 — Frelicia Tucker (A) defeated Valencia Brown 6-0, 6-0.

4 — Regan Gregory (A) defeated Shontaria Brown 6-0, 6-1.

5 — Mary Beth Barringer (A) defeated Elexius Moore 6-0, 6-0.

DOUBLES 1 — Did not play.

2 — Lauren Davis/Jaslynn Croft (A) defeated Avery Jones/Emily Mulholland 6-0, 6-0.

seed Wando or No. 4 seed Colleton County on Thursday.

Aiken, the No. 3 seed from

Region V, was similar in age to SHS, but a majority of its players began playing at a younger age as well as participating in yearround tennis.

“Our team is young, but we have kids who have been playing for a while with us,” said Aiken head coach Steve Smith. “We start two freshmen, two sophomores, a junior and a senior.

And some of those freshmen have been starting since seventh grade, so they’re getting some SEE SHS, PAGE B3

BEY Offensive Player Name: Rashae Bey School: Laurence Manning Academy Position: Running back Highlights: Bey rushed for 208 yards and two touchdowns on 24 carries, caught a 25-yard TD pass and threw a 34-yard scoring pass in the Swampcats’ 41-32 victory over Porter-Gaud.

WELLS Defensive Player Name: Cavozio Wells School: Sumter Position: Defensive end Highlights: Wells had three quarterback sacks and two tackles for loss among his seven total tackles in the Gamecocks’ 51-12 victory over Carolina Forest.

DUBOSE Offensive Lineman Name: Tee Dubose School: Sumter Position: Center Highlights: Dubose graded out at 92 percent and had seven knockdown blocks in the Gamecocks’ 51-12 victory over Carolina Forest. SHS had 479 yards of total offense, rushing for 313 yards.

The players will be honored at the weekly breakfast meeting of The Sumter Touchdown Club on Friday. The meeting will be held at the Quality Inn on Broad Street beginning at 7:15 a.m.

Tigers struggling in red zone

USC looks to build on big win

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press

CLEMSON — Clemson was money in the bank last season when it came to scoring in the red zone.

Not this year.

Tigers offensive coordinator Chad Morris has been working to find ways for the country’s former gold standard in the red zone to regain its edge when Clemson gets inside the 20.

No. 9 Clemson led the FBS in red-zone scoring a year ago, capitalizing on 56 of 59 chances. Points have been much harder to come by this fall for the Tigers (7-1, 5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who are tied for 58th nationally in redzone offense.

Clemson faces struggling Virginia (2-6, 0-4) on Saturday.

The red-zone issues

COLUMBIA — Head coach Steve Spurrier believes the best way for South Carolina to build on its dramatic, doubleovertime win at Missouri is to forget it happened.

That won’t be too easy considering how the 14thranked Gamecocks roared back last Saturday night.

Trailing 17-0 entering the fourth quarter, South Carolina (6-2, 4-2 Southeastern Conference) rallied behind banged-up quarterback Connor Shaw for a 27-24 win over the Tigers. The victory kept the Gamecocks’ hopes of winning the SEC’s Eastern Division alive.

Defensive tackle Kelcy Quarles said it also brought the team closer together.

Spurrier said that’s great — but only if South Carolina puts aside the celebrations

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Clemson tight end Stanton Seckinger (81) can’t hold on to a pass after being pressured by Maryland defensive back Isaac Goins during the Tigers’ 40-27 victory on Saturday in College Park, Md. The Tigers have struggled in the red zone this season after leading the country in efficiency last year.

cropped up again last week at Maryland, where the Tigers settled for three field goals in their first four trips

to the Terps 20. Clemson was able to breakaway late SEE TIGERS, PAGE B5

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

South Carolina quarterback Connor Shaw (14) is questionable for Saturday against Mississippi State. USC head coach Steve Spurrier said the Gamecocks must focus on MSU, not last week’s big win over Missouri.

and focuses on playing Mississippi State (4-3, 1-2) on SEE USC, PAGE B5

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SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO TODAY 5:45 p.m. -- Middle School Football: Stover at LugoffElgin (WPUB-FM 102.7).

6:05 p.m. -- Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240).

7 p.m. -- Women’s College Volleyball: Baylor at Kansas (ESPNU).

7 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Brooklyn at Cleveland (NBA TV).

7:30 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: World Series Game Six -- St. Louis at Boston (WACH 57).

8 p.m. -- College Football: Cincinnati at Memphis (ESPN2).

8 p.m. -- NHL Hockey: Boston at Pittsburgh (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

8 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Charlotte at Houston (SPORTSOUTH).

9 p.m. -- Women’s College Volleyball: Texas Tech at Iowa State (ESPNU).

9 p.m. -- Amateur Golf: Re/Max World Long Drive Championship Finals from Las Vegas (GOLF).

10:30 p.m. -- NBA Basketball: Los Angeles Lakers at Golden State (NBA TV).

10:30 p.m. -- Major League Soccer: Western Conference Playoffs Knockout-Round Game -- Colorado at Seattle (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

11 p.m. -- International Soccer: Mexico vs. Finland from San Diego (ESPN2).

11 p.m. -- PGA Golf: World Golf Championships HSBC Champions First Round from Shanghai (GOLF).

COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

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Chicago’s Mike Dunleavy, right, forces Miami’s Dwyane Wade to pass the ball during the first quarter of the Heat’s 107-95 victory on Tuesday in Miami.

Heat top Bulls in opener MIAMI — LeBron James scored 17 points, Shane Battier made all four of his 3-point tries, and the Miami Heat took control with 17 straight second-quarter points on the way to spoiling Derrick Rose’s return and beating the Chicago Bulls 107-95 on Tuesday night in the season-opener for both teams.

Chris Bosh scored 16 points, Battier finished with 14 and Dwyane Wade and Mario Chalmers each scored 13 for Miami, which got its 2013 NBA championship rings in a pregame ceremony. The Heat trailed 9-2 early, then outscored Chicago 52-24 over the remainder of the first half and finished with seven players in double figures.

Rose finished with 12 points in 34 minutes in his

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first game since April 2012.

Carlos Boozer carried the Bulls, scoring 31 points and grabbing seven rebounds.

Jimmy Butler scored 20 points for the Bulls.

PACERS MAGIC

97 87

INDIANAPOLIS — Paul George scored 24 points, and Roy Hibbert added 16 rebounds and seven blocks, leading the Indiana Pacers to a 97-87 victory over the Orlando Magic on Tuesday night.

The two-man tandem looked every bit as dominant in the season opener as they did leading the Pacers (1-0) to the Eastern Conference finals last season.

George’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer at the end of the

third quarter gave Indiana a 69-64 lead and sparked the decisive 17-4 run to open the fourth.

Hibbert nearly matched his career-high for rebounds (17) in the first half.

He had eight points but left the game midway through the fourth quarter after injuring his knee in a spill underneath his own basket.

Team officials said it was not serious and he could have returned.

But it was George’s 3 that provided the spark Indiana needed to seize control.

Victor Oladipo, the exHoosiers star and No. 2 overall draft pick, had 12 points and three turnovers for the Magic (0-1).

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White Knoll volleyball ousts SHS LEXINGTON — The Sumter High School varsity volleyball team saw its season come to an end on Tuesday with a 3-0 loss to White Knoll in the first round of the 4A state playoffs at the White Knoll gymnasium.

White Knoll won by the scores of 25-12, 25-13, 25-16.

Ashley Fleurant led the Lady Gamecocks with seven assists and two kills. Zuri Smith had four kills while Christian Hithe and Courtney Price each had three kills. Aubrey Rickard had six assists, one ace and one kill.

SHS finished its season with a 15-7 record.

handled his displeasure with the five-time champion at Martinsville.

Biffle angrily grabbed Johnson by the collar and spun him around while Johnson was being interviewed on pit road after Sunday’s race. Biffle believed Johnson had run into the back of his car, causing the bumper to fall off and preventing Biffle from racing for the win.

Biffle said Tuesday he’s going to call Johnson to apologize. He says he wishes he’d had a private conversation with Johnson, and should have grabbed his arm to get his attention.

EC TO HOST ALLENDALE-FAIRFAX

DESIGN AND BUDGET FOR FALCONS STADIUM APPROVED

East Clarendon High School will play host to Allendale-Fairfax today at 6 p.m. in the second round of the 1A volleyball state playoffs.

A-F beat Cross 3-1 on Monday in the first round. A-F won by the scores of 17-25, 2523, 25-16, 25-23.

Also on Monday, Scott’s Branch saw its season come to an end with a 3-0 loss to Latta. Latta won by the scores of 25-12, 25-5, 25-11.

ATLANTA — Officials have approved the design and a preliminary $1.2 billion budget for a new Atlanta Falcons stadium.

The Georgia World Congress Center Authority board of governors on Tuesday unanimously approved the complete schematic design and the budget, which is up $200 million from the previous estimate.

Board chairman Tim Lowe told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the extra $200 million included in the budget will be covered by the Falcons.

BIFFLE SORRY FOR NOT TALKING TO JOHNSON IN PRIVATE

CHARLOTTE — Greg Biffle says he plans to apologize to Jimmie Johnson for how he

HONORS from Page B1 100 percent. I felt like I played pretty good.”

SHS head coach Reggie Kennedy said Dubose has been a steady performer all season.

“Tee easily had one of the best performances one of our linemen has had this year,” Kennedy said. “Tee makes our offensive line go.

He’s graded in the high 80s all year, and he knows what he’s supposed to do.”

Wells said his strong per-

formance was due to his physical ability.

“I was able to use my speed and my quickness to have the game I had,” Wells said. “That allowed me to get in the backfield.”

“The last couple of games Cavozio has played really well,” Kennedy said.

“We told him his job was to get pressure on the quarterback, get him to make quick decisions. We just turned him loose on Friday.”

In LMA’s 41-32 victory over Porter-Gaud last Friday, Bey ran for two touchdowns, had a touchdown reception and a touchdown pass. He also rushed for 208

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yards on 24 carries, going over 200 yards for the second straight week.

Swampcats head coach Robbie Briggs said Bey stepped up just as the rest of the offense did when quarterback J.T. Eppley went down with a seasonending injury.

“J.T. went down on the first series of the game, and we just told everybody to step up their games,” Briggs said. “We had to do some different things, and we had Rashae catch a touchdown pass and throw one as well. He just has an innate ability to make him miss, and we’re lucky to have him on our team.”

By The Associated Press Today Cincinnati (5-2) at Memphis (1-5), 8 p.m.

Thursday Louisiana-Monroe (4-4) at Troy (5-3), 7:30 p.m.

South Florida (2-5) at Houston (6-1), 7 p.m.

Rice (6-2) at North Texas (5-3), 7:30 p.m.

Arizona St. (5-2) at Washington St. (4-4), 10:30 p.m.

Friday Southern U. (4-4) at Texas Southern (2-6), 9 p.m.

Southern Cal (5-3) at Oregon St. (6-2), 9 p.m.

Saturday EAST Virginia Tech (6-2) at Boston College (3-4), Noon Illinois (3-4) at Penn St. (4-3), Noon Columbia (0-6) at Yale (3-3), Noon Bryant (4-4) at Robert Morris (3-4), Noon Temple (1-7) at Rutgers (4-3), Noon N. Illinois (8-0) at UMass (1-7), Noon Penn (4-2) at Brown (4-2), 12:30 p.m.

Stony Brook (3-4) at Maine (6-2), 12:30 p.m.

Wake Forest (4-4) at Syracuse (3-4), 12:30 p.m.

Bucknell (3-4) at Colgate (3-5), 1 p.m.

Holy Cross (3-6) at Fordham (8-0), 1 p.m.

Lafayette (2-5) at Georgetown (1-7), 1 p.m.

Jacksonville (4-4) at Marist (5-3), 1 p.m.

Cornell (1-5) at Princeton (5-1), 1 p.m.

Monmouth (NJ) (4-4) at Sacred Heart (7-2), 1 p.m.

CCSU (3-5) at Wagner (2-6), 1 p.m.

Dartmouth (3-3) at Harvard (5-1), 5 p.m.

St. Francis (Pa.) (3-4) at Duquesne (4-3), 6:10 p.m.

Delaware (6-2) at Towson (8-1), 7 p.m.

SOUTH Southern Miss. (0-7) at Marshall (4-3), Noon Bethune-Cookman (7-1) at NC Central (4-4), Noon Mississippi St. (4-3) at South Carolina (6-2), 12:21 p.m.

North Carolina (2-5) at NC State (3-4), 12:30 p.m.

Mercer (7-1) at Davidson (0-8), 1 p.m.

Tennessee St. (7-2) at E. Kentucky (5-3), 1 p.m.

Furman (3-5) at Georgia Southern (4-3), 1 p.m.

W. Kentucky (4-4) at Georgia St. (0-8), 1 p.m.

Hampton (3-5) at Morgan St. (2-6), 1 p.m.

Va. Lynchburg (2-5) at NC A&T (4-3), 1 p.m.

Campbell (1-7) at Stetson (1-6), 1 p.m.

Middle Tennessee (4-4) at UAB (2-5), 1 p.m.

Warner (0-9) at Gardner-Webb (4-4), 1:30 p.m.

New Hampshire (4-3) at William & Mary (5-3), 1:30 p.m.

Howard (3-5) at Delaware St. (3-5), 2 p.m.

Florida A&M (2-6) at Norfolk St. (2-6), 2 p.m.

Rhode Island (3-6) at Old Dominion (5-3), 2 p.m.

Charleston Southern (7-2) at Presbyterian (3-4), 2 p.m.

SC State (5-3) at Savannah St. (1-8), 2 p.m.

Samford (6-2) at The Citadel (2-6), 2 p.m.

Murray St. (5-3) at UT-Martin (5-3), 2 p.m.

Villanova (4-4) at James Madison (5-3), 2:30 p.m.

Charlotte (4-4) at Coastal Carolina (8-0), 3 p.m.

MVSU (1-7) at Grambling St. (0-8), 3 p.m.

Chattanooga (6-2) at Appalachian St. (2-6), 3:30 p.m.

Georgia (4-3) vs. Florida (4-3) at Jacksonville, Fla., 3:30 p.m.

VMI (1-7) at Liberty (4-4), 3:30 p.m.

Clemson (7-1) at Virginia (2-6), 3:30 p.m.

Albany (NY) (1-7) at Richmond (3-5), 4 p.m.

Alabama A&M (2-6) at Alcorn St. (7-2), 5 p.m.

Jacksonville St. (6-2) at Austin Peay (0-8), 5 p.m.

Tulane (6-2) at FAU (2-6), 5 p.m.

New Mexico St. (1-7) at Louisiana-Lafayette (5-2), 5 p.m.

East Carolina (5-2) at FIU (1-6), 6 p.m.

Pittsburgh (4-3) at Georgia Tech (5-3), 7 p.m.

Alabama St. (6-2) at Kentucky (1-6), 7:30 p.m.

Arkansas St. (3-4) at South Alabama (3-4), 7:30 p.m.

Miami (7-0) at Florida St. (7-0), 8 p.m.

SE Louisiana (6-2) at McNeese St. (7-1), 8 p.m.

Cent. Arkansas (5-3) at Northwestern St. (3-5), 8 p.m.

MIDWEST Ohio St. (8-0) at Purdue (1-6), Noon Wisconsin (5-2) at Iowa (5-3), Noon Butler (6-3) at Dayton (6-2), 1 p.m.

Tennessee Tech (3-6) at E. Illinois (7-1), 1 p.m.

San Diego (5-3) at Valparaiso (1-7), 1 p.m.

Morehead St. (3-5) at Drake (4-4), 2 p.m.

N. Iowa (4-4) at Illinois St. (4-4), 2 p.m.

Indiana St. (1-7) at Missouri St. (3-6), 2 p.m.

Urbana (6-2) at SE Missouri (1-7), 2 p.m.

Youngstown St. (7-1) at South Dakota (4-4), 2 p.m.

S. Illinois (4-4) at W. Illinois (3-6), 2 p.m.

Kent St. (2-7) at Akron (2-7), 3:30 p.m.

Minnesota (6-2) at Indiana (3-4), 3:30 p.m.

Iowa St. (1-6) at Kansas St. (3-4), 3:30 p.m.

Michigan (6-1) at Michigan St. (7-1), 3:30 p.m.

Northwestern (4-4) at Nebraska (5-2), 3:30 p.m.

Navy (4-3) at Notre Dame (6-2), 3:30 p.m.

Tennessee (4-4) at Missouri (7-1), 7 p.m.

E. Michigan (1-7) at Toledo (5-3), 7 p.m.

SOUTHWEST West Virginia (3-5) at TCU (3-5), 3:30 p.m.

Kansas (2-5) at Texas (5-2), 3:30 p.m.

UTSA (3-5) at Tulsa (2-5), 3:30 p.m.

Sam Houston St. (6-2) vs. Stephen F. Austin (3-5) at Houston, 4 p.m.

Auburn (7-1) at Arkansas (3-5), 6 p.m.

Nicholls St. (4-4) at Lamar (3-5), 7 p.m.

Oklahoma St. (6-1) at Texas Tech (7-1), 7 p.m.

UTEP (1-6) at Texas A&M (6-2), 9 p.m.

FAR WEST Army (3-5) at Air Force (1-7), Noon Arizona (5-2) at California (1-7), 3:30 p.m.

Montana St. (6-2) at N. Colorado (1-7), 3:40 p.m.

San Jose St. (4-3) at UNLV (5-3), 4 p.m.

Hawaii (0-7) at Utah St. (4-4), 4 p.m.

Weber St. (1-7) at Portland St. (4-4), 4:05 p.m.

Montana (6-2) at Sacramento St. (4-4), 4:05 p.m.

Texas St. (5-3) at Idaho (1-7), 5 p.m.

E. Washington (6-2) at Idaho St. (3-5), 5:05 p.m.

North Dakota (2-6) at N. Arizona (6-2), 7 p.m.

Cal Poly (3-5) at UC Davis (3-6), 7 p.m.

Colorado (3-4) at UCLA (5-2), 7:30 p.m.

Boise St. (5-3) at Colorado St. (4-4), 8 p.m.

New Mexico (2-5) at San Diego St. (3-4), 8 p.m.

Nevada (3-5) at Fresno St. (7-0), 10:30 p.m.

NBA SCHEDULE Tuesday’s Games Indiana 97, Orlando 87 Miami 107, Chicago 95 L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

Today’s Games Miami at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Brooklyn at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Boston at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Washington at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Orlando at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Charlotte at Houston, 8 p.m.

Indiana at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Atlanta at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Memphis at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Utah, 9 p.m.

Portland at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

Denver at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games New York at Chicago, 8 p.m.

| Golden State at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

NFL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 6 2 0 .750 179 144 N.Y. Jets 4 4 0 .500 143 211 Miami 3 4 0 .429 152 167 Buffalo 3 5 0 .375 176 213 South W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis 5 2 0 .714 187 131 Tennessee 3 4 0 .429 145 146 Houston 2 5 0 .286 122 194 Jacksonville 0 8 0 .000 86 264 North W L T Pct PF PA Cincinnati 6 2 0 .750 197 144 Baltimore 3 4 0 .429 150 148 Cleveland 3 5 0 .375 148 179 Pittsburgh 2 5 0 .286 125 153 West W L T Pct PF PA Kansas City 8 0 0 1.000 192 98 Denver 7 1 0 .875 343 218 San Diego 4 3 0 .571 168 144 Oakland 3 4 0 .429 126 150 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Dallas 4 4 0 .500 230 186 Philadelphia 3 5 0 .375 176 211 Washington 2 5 0 .286 173 229 N.Y. Giants 2 6 0 .250 141 223 South W L T Pct PF PA New Orleans 6 1 0 .857 196 120 Carolina 4 3 0 .571 170 96 Atlanta 2 5 0 .286 166 184 Tampa Bay 0 7 0 .000 100 163 North W L T Pct PF PA Green Bay 5 2 0 .714 212 158 Detroit 5 3 0 .625 217 197 Chicago 4 3 0 .571 213 206 Minnesota 1 6 0 .143 163 225 West W L T Pct PF PA Seattle 7 1 0 .875 205 125 San Francisco 6 2 0 .750 218 145 Arizona 4 4 0 .500 160 174 St. Louis 3 5 0 .375 165 198 Thursday’s Game Carolina 31, Tampa Bay 13 Sunday’s Games Kansas City 23, Cleveland 17 New Orleans 35, Buffalo 17 New England 27, Miami 17 Detroit 31, Dallas 30 N.Y. Giants 15, Philadelphia 7 San Francisco 42, Jacksonville 10 Oakland 21, Pittsburgh 18 Cincinnati 49, N.Y. Jets 9 Arizona 27, Atlanta 13 Denver 45, Washington 21 Green Bay 44, Minnesota 31 Open: Baltimore, Chicago, Houston, Indianapolis, San Diego, Tennessee Monday’s Game Seattle 14, St. Louis 9 Thursday, Oct. 31 Cincinnati at Miami, 8:25 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 3 Minnesota at Dallas, 1 p.m.

Tennessee at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

Atlanta at Carolina, 1 p.m.

New Orleans at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.

Kansas City at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

San Diego at Washington, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Seattle, 4:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Cleveland, 4:25 p.m.

Pittsburgh at New England, 4:25 p.m.

Indianapolis at Houston, 8:30 p.m.

Open: Arizona, Denver, Detroit, Jacksonville, N.Y. Giants, San Francisco Monday, Nov. 4 Chicago at Green Bay, 8:40 p.m.

NHL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 11 8 3 0 16 39 31 Toronto 12 8 4 0 16 40 30 Boston 10 7 3 0 14 30 17 Montreal 12 7 5 0 14 35 22 Detroit 12 6 4 2 14 27 33 Ottawa 11 4 5 2 10 30 32 Florida 12 3 7 2 8 26 42 Buffalo 14 2 11 1 5 23 41 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 12 8 4 0 16 38 29 N.Y. Islanders 11 4 4 3 11 35 36 Carolina 12 4 5 3 11 26 36 Columbus 11 5 6 0 10 31 29 Washington 12 5 7 0 10 34 38 New Jersey 11 2 5 4 8 24 36 Philadelphia 10 3 7 0 6 18 27 N.Y. Rangers 10 3 7 0 6 15 35 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Colorado 11 10 1 0 20 35 16 Chicago 12 7 2 3 17 39 33 Minnesota 13 6 4 3 15 30 31 St. Louis 9 6 1 2 14 35 23 Nashville 12 6 5 1 13 23 32 Winnipeg 13 5 6 2 12 32 37 Dallas 11 5 5 1 11 30 34 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 12 10 1 1 21 48 20 Vancouver 14 9 4 1 19 41 39 Anaheim 12 9 3 0 18 39 31 Phoenix 12 7 3 2 16 40 39 Los Angeles 12 8 4 0 16 35 30 Calgary 11 5 4 2 12 34 39 Edmonton 13 3 8 2 8 36 50 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Monday’s Games Dallas 4, Buffalo 3 Pittsburgh 3, Carolina 1 Montreal 2, N.Y. Rangers 0 Chicago 5, Minnesota 1 Vancouver 3, Washington 2 Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Rangers at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.

Anaheim at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.

Ottawa at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Winnipeg at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Toronto at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

Los Angeles at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

Today’s Games Boston at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m.

Toronto at Calgary, 8 p.m.

Detroit at Vancouver, 10:30 p.m.

San Jose at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Anaheim at Boston, 7 p.m.

Buffalo at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

Nashville at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

TRANSACTIONS

By The Associated Press BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES _ Name Dave Wallace pitching coach.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX _ Agreed to terms with 1B-DH Jose Abreu on a six-year contract.

FOOTBALL National Football League CINCINNATI BENGALS _ Placed CB Leon Hall on the injured reserve list. Signed LB J.K. Schaffer from the practice squad. Waived DE DeQuin Evans.

DALLAS COWBOYS _ Released DE Jason Vega. Released RB Davin Meggett from the practice squad.

Signed DE Everette Brown.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS _ Acquired DT Isaac Sopoaga and a 2014 sixth-round draft pick from Philadelphia for a 2014 fifth-round draft pick. fWASHINGTON REDSKINS _ Waived S Jordan Pugh.

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Saints face Andrew Jackson with playoff berth on the line gion II and tied for fourth, two games behind the third-place team and two games in front of the sixth-place team. Win or lose, there isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a possibility of finishing any higher than fourth or any lower than fifth for either team. The caveat is the fourth-place team earns a spot in next weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s state playoffs while the season is done for the fifth-place team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our players know the situation, know whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at stake,â&#x20AC;?

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The Saints, who are 6-3 overall, would no doubt like

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennisb@theitem.com When the 8-man football teams from Clarendon Hall and Andrew Jackson Academy meet on Friday in Ehrhardt, the only scoreboard that will need to be watched will be the one at the AJA field. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we win, we CARLISLE go to the playoffs; if we lose, we stay home,â&#x20AC;? said CH head coach Billy Carlisle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the same thing for Andrew Jackson.â&#x20AC;?

Both teams are 3-3 in Re-

to continue playing. They are on a 4-game winning streak after beating Faith Christian 62-6 last week in a non-region contest. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re playing our best football right now,â&#x20AC;? Carlisle said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve cut down on the mistakes weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been making and have been capitalizing on the mistakes made by the other teams.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s almost a total reversal of the way it was at the beginning of the season.â&#x20AC;?

Clarendon Hall has relied on the running game most of the season, having rushed for 2,973 yards going into the contest. Running back Tilton

McCrea has 921 yards and eight touchdowns on 105 carries while quarterback Dustin Way has rushed for 791 yards and 12 TDs on 94 carries.

Daniel Pappas has 463 yards and six scores on 72 attempts.

Way has completed just 27 of 56 passes for 340 yards, but he has tossed eight scoring passes against just two interceptions. He was 5-for-8 for 89 yards and two touchdowns against Faith Christian. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our quarterback has improved by leaps and bounds from the first of the season,â&#x20AC;?

Carlisle said of Way, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in his first year as a starter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our running backs have been

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strong too, both on the field and in leadership.â&#x20AC;?

Andrew Jackson is 4-5, but it is finishing the season strong as well as it is on a 3-game winning streak after beating Greenwood Christian 34-8 last week.

Clarendon Hall and AJA own region wins over the same teams (Richard Winn, Greenwood Christian and Jefferson Davis Academy) and took region losses to the same teams (Carolina Academy, Wardlaw and W.W. King). The Saints have been outscored 230-188 in its six region contests, while Andrew Jackson has been outscored 174-130.

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experience.â&#x20AC;?

SHS finishes the season at 12-4 overall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You take (Tuesday) out of the equation and we exceed expectations, and all the way to the end of the season we made some great strides, probably bigger strides than what I wouldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve thought,â&#x20AC;? SHS head coach Jason Loudenslager said.

That experience perhaps was the difference as it allowed Aiken to focus faster, something Loudenslager said perhaps his girls had trouble doing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think nerves came into it a little bit today,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The more you play the less nerves rattle you.

When you have a tough match or when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in a tiebreaker or when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in the playoffs and times get tough, are you confident in what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing? I think maybe we questioned ourselves a little bit out there today, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to happen when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re young and learning how to play.â&#x20AC;?

Aiken took four out of the five singles matches and won at No. 2 doubles as Lauren Davis and Jaslynn Croft beat, Avery Jones and Emily Mulholland 6-0, 6-0.

Senior Suzanna Mickey won the lone match for Sumter at No. 2 singles, beating Fredericka Tucker 6-2, 6-2. She completed an undefeated season at 16-0. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I focused and she kind of changed her style (of play) mid-match, and I had to change mine a little bit, so I was able to regroup,â&#x20AC;? Mickey said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was pretty impressed with the way I played, knowing she was a pretty strong player going in.â&#x20AC;?

Mickey and No. 1 senior teammate Kaitlin Knight were a strong duo, finishing the season with a combined record of 26-2. Sabrina Leguizamon beat Knight 6-2, 6-3.

Despite the season-ending loss, Mickey said she was very proud of the team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even though we lost, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m still proud of the team.

I know Valencia (Brown) played a good match, especially for a freshman in the first round,â&#x20AC;? Mickey said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She had to play up a spot so that was impressive for her. I know we all did our best and did what we could. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The team is younger so we have to keep encour-

TODAY Middle School Football Furman at Bates, 5 p.m.

Hillcrest at Alice Drive, 5 p.m.

Varsity Volleyball Cross or Allendale-Fairfax at East Clarendon, 6 p.m.

THURSDAY Junior Varsity Football Sumter at Conway, 7:30 p.m.

Crestwood at Lakewood, 6 p.m.

Marlboro County at Manning, 6:30 p.m.

Lee Central at Timberland, 6:30 p.m.

FRIDAY Varsity Football Conway at Sumter, 7:30 p.m.

Lakewood at Crestwood, 7:30 p.m.

Manning at Marlboro County, 7:30 p.m.

Timberland at Lee Central, 7:30 p.m.

East Clarendon at Hemingway, 7:30 p.m.

Scottâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Branch at C.E. Murray, 7:30 p.m.

Laurence Manning at Wilson Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Thomas Sumter at Robert E. Lee, 7:30 p.m.

Clarendon Hall at Andrew Jackson Academy, 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY Varsity Cross Country Sumter in 4A State Qualifier Meet (at Clemson Extension in Columbia), TBA Varsity Equestrian Wilson Hall at Hammond (at Emerald Leaf), TBA

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Sumter No. 1 singles player Kaitlin Knight returns a ball to Aikenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sabrina Leguizamon on Tuesday in the 4A state playoffs at the SHS courts. Leguizamon won 6-2, 6-3 as Aiken went on to a 5-1 victory.

aging them, that if they work they can get their goals,â&#x20AC;? Mickey said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know they all have the potential to do well.â&#x20AC;?

SHS will have the core of its team coming back as No. 3 singles player Valencia Brown is just a freshman and No. 4 singles player Shonteria Brown is an eighth-grader. The No. 2 doubles team is eighthgrader Jones and sophomore Mulholland. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The girls that are playing Nos. 4, 5 and 6 in our ladder, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s our Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 down the road,â&#x20AC;?

Loudenslager explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve known that for a while, and yeah, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re nervous about it, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good nerves because they bought into what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing. They know what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re getting into and I think this will be a good offseason for us.â&#x20AC;?

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Red-hot Ortiz 1 win from 3rd title

BY HOWARD ULMAN The Associated Press BOSTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The banner hangs from a light pole on the sidewalk outside Fenway Park.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a profile of David Ortiz with that infectious smile and the words â&#x20AC;&#x153;OCTOBER BASEBALLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; beneath it.

He is, literally, the face of the Red Sox franchise.

This is, once again, his time of year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think you could ever ask for more out of an individual than what he does on and off the field,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Boston ace Jon Lester said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The guyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got a heart of gold.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; And a bat that keeps smacking balls past fielders and over fences.

One win from his third championship in 10 years, Ortiz will take a .733 World Series batting average into Game 6 tonight against the St. Louis Cardinals.

Only Billy Hatcher did better in a single series, .750 in 1990 for the Cincinnati Reds when they swept the Oakland Athletics.

But such World Series displays are nothing new to the only player left from the team that won the Red Sox their first championship in 86 years.

St. Louis saw that on Ortizâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first at-bat of the 2004 Series when he hit a three-run homer in Bostonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 11-9 win. He batted .308 in a four-game sweep.

The Colorado Rockies saw it in 2007 when he went 3 for 5 in a 13-1 rout in Game 1. That time, he hit .333 in another sweep.

Now, he enters the potential clincher with 11 hits in 15 at-bats in this Series. He has two homers, two doubles, six RBI, five runs and four walks.

Ortiz has one-third of Bostonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hits against St. Louis, while the rest of the Red Sox are batting .151. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was born for this,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; he said.

Strikeouts in this Series? None.

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The face of the franchise for the better part of the last decade, Bostonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s David Ortiz, left, is one win away from his third World Series title. Ortiz has a lifetime batting average of .733 in the Fall Classic.

in baseball even fields flawlessly at first base.

In three games in St. Louis under NL rules, Ortiz handled all 23 chances without an error after playing just six games there â&#x20AC;&#x201D; also without an error â&#x20AC;&#x201D; during the regular season.

Indeed, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a charmed month for Big Papi, who has even legged out a few infield hits lately â&#x20AC;&#x201D; albeit with the second baseman often playing 50 feet or so out in right field.

Slugger. Speedster. Fielder.

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one out in a game?

Ortiz hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t done that either in a World Series in which heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all but locked up the MVP award if the Red Sox can finish off the Cardinals.

Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright made the mistake of pitching to Ortiz in the first inning of Game 5 on Monday night. Jacoby Ellsbury led off the game by striking out, but Dustin Pedroia doubled to left. Up strode Big Papi with first base open. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like walking anybody,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Wainwright said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Got a guy on second already. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the first inning. He hit a good pitch. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s out of his mind right now.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Cards turn to Wacha once more

BY BEN WALKER The Associated Press BOSTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Michael Wacha had a funny way of preparing for his World Series start thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s supposed to save the season for the St. Louis Cardinals.

The 22-year-old October ace spent Tuesday afternoon on the tarmac at the St. Louis airport when the team plane got grounded by mechanical problems.

No telling when the Cardi(Best-of-7; x-if necessary) nals would arrive in Boston, All games televised by Fox trailing the Red Sox 3-2 going Boston 3, St. Louis 2 Oct. 23: Boston 8, St. Louis 1 into Game 6 tonight.

Oct. 24: St. Louis 4, Boston 2 No telling where the CardiOct. 26: St. Louis 5, Boston 4 Sunday: Boston 4, St. Louis 2 nals would be without Wacha.

Monday: Boston 3, St. Louis 1 Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 4-0 with a 1.00 ERA in Today: St. Louis (Wacha 4-1) at Boston (Lackey 10-13), 8:07 four starts, including a win over p.m.

John Lackey and the Red Sox in x-Thursday: St. Louis at Boston, 8:07 p.m.

Game 2. Lackey will again oppose the tall right-hander. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think anything will be much different,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Wacha said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just try to approach every game the same. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be too much different. We know the next two games are must-wins. It all starts with me tomorrow night.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Wacha came within an out of a no-hitter against

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BosSIMMONS ton Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia and right fielder Shane Victorino also were honored, along with Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright.

Colorado third baseman Nolan Arenado became the 10th rookie to win a Gold Glove and first since Seattle outfielder Ichiro Suzuki in 2001. Atlanta shortstop Andrelton Simmons and Baltimore third baseman Manny Machado also were among the eight first-time recipients. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty awesome,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Simmons said in a brief interview on ESPN during the awards show.

The Orioles and Royals had three winners apiece, tied for the most of any team.

Kansas City left fielder Alex Gordon won his third in a row, while first baseman Eric Hosmer and catcher Salvador Perez each received their first. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a trophy case back in Lincoln, (Neb.), so this one wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be the chip-

and-dip tray. This one will actually go up in the trophy case,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Gordon said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It means a lot. The first one was pretty special, just because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the first one, but to be able to share it with two teammates makes this one the best one of all.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Baltimore MOLINA shortstop J.J. Hardy and center fielder Adam Jones were repeat winners, as was Rockies left fielder Carlos Gonzalez.

Center fielder Carlos Gomez became the first Milwaukee player to win a Gold Glove since Robin Yount was honored at shortstop in 1982, ending the longest drought for any team in the 57-year history of the award.

Toronto knuckleballer R.A. Dickey was the winner among American League pitchers.

Arizonaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gerardo Parra won in right field after taking the NL honors in left two years ago. Other recipients in the NL were Cincinnati second baseman Brandon Phillips, his fourth, and Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt, his first. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pretty cool,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; said Goldschmidt, who also won the Hank Aaron Award as the NLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top hitter this season.

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St. Louis quarterback Kellen Clemens (10) is brought down by Seattle defensive end Chris Clemons (91) during the first half of the Seahawksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 14-9 victory on Monday in St. Louis.

Seahawks hold on to top Rams

BY DAVE SKRETTA The Associated Press

SEAHAWKS 14, RAMS 9

ST. LOUIS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Seattle Seahawks punted the ball away with about 5 minutes left, leaving the St. Louis Rams 97 yards from the goahead touchdown and a dramatic come-from-behind victory.

The Seahawks let them move 96 yards before making a stand.

Their stingy defense first repelled Rams running back Daryl Richardson on third-and-goal from just outside the goal-line, and then forced quarterback Kellen Clemens to throw incomplete on the final play of the game, preserving a dramatic 14-9 victory Monday night. â&#x20AC;&#x153;On the last play of the game, they could have done anything,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We called something very aggressive, a good call that might hit the run and at least get some heat on the quarterback. It was one-onone for guys across the board. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They did a really good job.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; The outcome capped a lousy night for St. Louis sports fans. The Cardinals lost 3-1 to the Boston Red Sox in Game 5 of the World Series, played just up Broadway at Busch Stadium. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was such a great sense of resolve in the huddle,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; said Clemens, who started for the first time in

TIGERS from Page B1 for a 40-27 victory, but the problems of getting past the goal line have Morris working overtime to correct. â&#x20AC;&#x153;While we wouldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve liked to have scored touchdowns every time we get inside the 5 yard line,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Morris said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen that way.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s has happened fewer and fewer times for the Tigers

Seattle 0 7 7 0 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 14 St. Louis 3 0 3 3 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 9 First Quarter StL â&#x20AC;&#x201D; FG Zuerlein 33, 4:37.

Second Quarter Sea â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Tate 2 pass from Wilson (Hauschka kick), 5:37.

Third Quarter StL â&#x20AC;&#x201D; FG Zuerlein 28, 4:01.

Sea â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Tate 80 pass from Wilson (Hauschka kick), 3:45.

Fourth Quarter StL â&#x20AC;&#x201D; FG Zuerlein 27, 12:51.

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Sea StL First downs 7 23 Total Net Yards 135 339 Rushes-yards 15-44 37-200 Passing 91 139 Punt Returns 2-9 4-7 Kickoff Returns 0-0 3-79 Interceptions Ret. 2-46 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 10-18-0 15-31-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 7-48 3-19 Punts 9-44.8 4-45.5 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 10-83 8-53 Time of Possession 21:51 38:09 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Seattle, Lynch 8-23, Wilson 3-16, Turbin 3-5, Robinson 1-0. St. Louis, Stacy 26-134, Richardson 8-39, Givens 1-16, Clemens 2-11.

PASSING â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Seattle, Wilson 10-18-0-139. St. Louis, Clemens 15-31-2-158.

RECEIVING â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Seattle, Tate 5-93, Miller 2-14, Turbin 1-16, Baldwin 1-12, Lynch 1-4. St. Louis, Givens 4-59, Cook 3-31, Pettis 2-33, Kendricks 2-23, Austin 2-9, Richardson 1-8, Stacy 1-(minus 5).

MISSED FIELD GOALS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; St. Louis, Zuerlein 50 (WR).

two years in place of the injured Sam Bradford. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nobody really had to say anything. We gave ourselves a chance to win at the end, but unfortunately we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make the play.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Seattle (7-1) extended the best start in franchise history despite

this season. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve managed 24 TDs in the 37 times theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve reached the oppositionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 20.

Clemson under Morris the past three seasons has used a quick-strike offense to put games away by halftime. Instead, team leaders like quarterback Tajh Boyd and receiver Sammy Watkins have been pressed into action late to secure victories. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had some guys that were open, we had some underneath cutters coming that we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hit,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Morris said, detailing his teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s red-zone fail-

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gaining just 135 yards, with 80 coming on Russell Wilsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second TD pass to Golden Tate. It was the third-fewest yards for the Seahawks in a win, and their seven first downs were the fewest. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The great thing is we found a way to win,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Wilson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you look at the record books, nobody remembers the scores.

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve just got to find a way to come up with the Wâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; The Seahawks have done an impressive job of that this season, winning a close game over Carolina, an overtime game against Houston and another close game against Tennessee.

They still lead the 49ers by a game in the NFC West.

The Rams (3-5) are now in the division cellar after losing their second straight game, and without Bradford for the rest of the season because of a knee injury, they have an uphill fight if they want to squeak into the playoffs this season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Guys just said this would be a good week to hunker down and play more like us, and we played more like us,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; said Rams defensive end Chris Long. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to pull that win out, man.

That one hurts. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll build off that. But Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m proud of the guys the way they fought and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a good football team in here.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

ures. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an area that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to continue to emphasize and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to get better at.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Clemson looked like its high-scoring, old self for the seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first month, averaging nearly 43 points a game in a 5-0 start. The scoring problems that began in a 24-14 win over Boston College were exposed to the nation a week later in Florida Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 51-14 dismantling of the then-thirdranked Tigers. During one series, the Seminoles held Clemson out of the end zone from a yard away after the Ti-

gers first-stringers ran eight plays inside the 20.

When the faults resurfaced early against Maryland â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Tigers were up just 19-13 in the third quarter after a fourth field goal from inside the 20 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it set off concern for Morris whose been accustomed to offensive success since arriving before the 2011 season.

Things eased at Maryland after Boyd and tailback Rod McDowell scored short-yardage TDs in the second to give Clemson a comfortable margin at the end.

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Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney said the effort was a strong sign the Tigers had put the crushing Florida State loss behind and were pointed toward a special season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They responded. We had a chance to take control of the game early (but didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t), and that was disappointing,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But I was really pleased with the way we competed and just kept playing.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Part of Clemsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s issues came from Boydâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sore ankle suffered against Florida State that forced Morris to limit his runs.

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Gamecocks lineman who had two sacks and six tackles against previous undefeated Missouri.

Spurrier, though, said last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean anything if the Gamecocks stumble against Mississippi State. The Gamecocks have won seven straight against the Bulldogs and have the chance to win their 15th in a row at home to tie the school record set from 197880. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously, that was a big win for us,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; said Elliott Fry, the freshman kicker. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve just got to look forward to the next one.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; If Shaw canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play, it will again be up to Thompson to keep the Gamecocks pointed toward the SEC East title and the Georgia Dome.

Mississippi State quarterback Dak Prescott believes South Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defense and defensive end Jadeveon Clowney will be primed to keep their success going. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know where heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got some things for him,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Prescott said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all in the game plan.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; South Carolina SEC title hopes need some outside help: one more league loss by Missouri (the Tigers have four SEC games left including contests with Ole Miss and Texas A&M) and injury riddled Georgia (the Bulldogs have three games remaining including rivals Florida and Auburn).

The Gamecocks also canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stumble against Mississippi State or Florida in their last two league games, although both are at WilliamsBrice Stadium where South Carolina hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t lost since Oct. 1, 2011.

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Saturday. Especially with Shaw, 22-5 as the Gamecocks starter, questionable for Saturday game since he hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t practiced this week while dealing with the virus that sidelined him at the start of the Missouri game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know we were very fortunate last week, and we are trying not to harp on it, talk about it,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Spurrier said Tuesday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in the record books and now we have to try to play our best against Mississippi State.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;I still donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think our team,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Spurrier continued, â&#x20AC;&#x153;has played as well as we are capable.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Maybe not for an entire game, but the fourth quarter against Missouri wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t bad.

Shaw entered with 6:36 left in third period. Playing on a sprained knee injured in the final quarter of a 23-21 loss at Tennessee on Oct. 19, Shaw got the call to play with the Gamecocks down 17-0 and struggling to overcome mistakes with backup Dylan Thompson under center.

Shaw put on a dazzling display with 201 yards and three touchdowns â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the last one coming on fourth down in the opening overtime when failure wouldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve meant a Missouri win.

He was carried off the field by teammates, celebrating not just the win by South Carolina but boosting its chances of playing for a league title in the Georgia. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go to sleepâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Saturday night after returning home, said Quarles, the

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NORMA B. LIBBY SCARBOROUGH, Maine â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Norma Boney Libby, age 88, died Oct. 25, 2013, at the Maine Veterans Home, Scarborough, following a long illness.

Norma was born Dec. 2, 1924, in Sumter, LIBBY where she was raised by her parents, the late Leslie L. Sr. and Ellie Mae Allen Boney. She graduated from Edmunds High School and attended Limestone College, Gaffney. She was married to Ernest Steven Libby, with whom she spent 62 years, until Steveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s passing in 2005.

She is survived by her two children, Allan Winfield Libby of Hampstead, N.C., and Susan Libby Cole of Kennebunk, Maine. She is also survived by five grandchildren and a number of great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her brother, Leslie L. Boney Jr. Norma had a passion for sacred music and enjoyed her favorite classical music radio stations. She worshipped in a number of churches of which she was a member, including First Presbyterian Church, Sumter; First Presbyterian Church, Garden City, N.Y.; Sweet Hollow Presbyterian Church, Melville, N.Y.; St. Andrews Presbyterian Kirk, Nassau, Bahamas; and West Newfield Congregational Church, West Newfield, Maine.

In addition to volunteer work in her churches, she served on the ex-

ecutive board of the Huntington Hospital Auxiliary, Huntington, N.Y. She was an avid reader. She enjoyed needlepoint, cross stitch and rug hooking. She accompanied Steve when he devoted full time to travel writing, spending time in the Caribbean, Europe and South Africa.

There are no calling hours.

A graveside service will be held at noon Thursday at Dunstan Cemetery, Route One, Scarborough.

The family would like to extend special thanks to the staff at Maine Veterans Home in Scarborough for their many kindnesses.

The family suggests that expressions of sympathy be shared with Maine Veterans Home or a charity of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice.

Arrangements are in care of Bibber Memorial Chapel, Kennebunk. www.bibberfuneral. com

NELLIE J. WEBB Nellie Johnson Webb, 80, widow of Sheridan Webb, departed this life on Monday, Oct. 28, 2013, at her residence.

Born June 30, 1933, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late James China and Mary Johnson Dawson.

The family is receiving friends at the home, 5670 Shakemia Road, Dalzell, SC 29040.

Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Jobâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mortuary Inc. of Sumter.

JAMES MICHAEL SHANNON LEXINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; James Michael â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mikeâ&#x20AC;?

Shannon, 42, died Sun-

day, Oct. 27, 2013.

Mike is survived by his father and stepmother, Freddie and Dean Shannon; and fiancĂŠ, Jennifer Edmonds.

Barr-Price Funeral Homes of Lexington is in charge of arrangements. www.barr-price. com

PETER E. KESKE Peter Edward Keske, age 74, beloved husband of Gladys Annette Keske, died on Monday, Oct. 28, 2013, at his residence.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced

by Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter.

BOBBY G. NOBLES Bobby Gordon Nobles, age 46, beloved husband of Margarethe Nobles, died on Friday, Oct. 25, 2013, at his residence.

Bobby was a son of the late Bobby and Beverly Lynn Crapes Nobles. He attended Alice Drive Baptist Church and will be remembered as a loving husband, brother and friend.

Surviving in addition to his wife are two sisters, Karen Smith and her husband, Joseph, of Sumter and Christina McGoldrick and her husband, William, of Summerville.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m.

Saturday at Alice Drive Baptist Church.

You may sign the familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com.

The family has cho-

sen Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter for the arrangements.

CHRISTOPHER C. FOY SUMMERTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Brother Christopher Columbus Foye was born Jan. 16, 1946, in Orangeburg, a son of the late Long Daniel and Eliza Smith Foye.

He was one of six children, and was preceded in death by three sisters and one brother. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mr. Chris,â&#x20AC;? as he was affectionately called, was united in holy matrimony to Sister Mary Oliver Foye on June 25, 1972. They lovingly reared a nephew and niece, James and Melissa Oliver, as their own.

He was employed by Godwin Builders of Summerton, until his retirement in 2008. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mr. Chrisâ&#x20AC;? was an active member of the trustee board, the Sons of Allen, and supported all other ministries of the church. It was a joy and honor for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mr. Chrisâ&#x20AC;? to be of service as the van driver for Historic Liberty Hill AME Church for many, many years. Bringing members to church and taking the children and adults on trips was a ministry he wholeheartedly enjoyed and one he did with a smile.

He drove the church van until he just could not do it anymore. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mr. Chrisâ&#x20AC;? was awarded â&#x20AC;&#x153;Father of the Yearâ&#x20AC;? in 1994; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Little Man in the Shoeâ&#x20AC;? by the grandparentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ministry on Sept.

11, 2010; and a certificate for Christian Liv-

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ing and Services to Mankind by the Eta Zeta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. of Sumter on Sept. 26, 2010.

God saw that Christopher Columbus Foye was getting weak and that the road was getting rough, so he sent his angels to give him peace and bring him home early Saturday morning, Oct. 25, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Left with fond memories are his loving and supportive wife, Mary Oliver Foye of the home; two children he reared as his own, James (Fashonda) Oliver of Sumter and Melissa Oliver of Thomasville, N.C.; one brother, James (Carrie) Foye of Santee; one brother-inlaw, Jeremiah (Olivia) Oliver of Sumter; one niece reared as his sister, Clara Mae Nelson of Elloree; six grandchildren; and a host of other nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

Funeral services for Mr. Foye will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Historic Liberty Hill AME Church with the Rev. Dr. Leslie J. Lovett, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

The remains will be placed in the church at 10 a.m. until the hour of the service.

Online condolences may be sent to summertonfuneralhome@gmail. com.

Viewing will be held from noon until 6 p.m. today at the funeral home.

The family will receive friends at the home, 1161 Washington St., Summerton.

Funeral arrange-

ments are entrusted to Summerton Funeral Home LLC, 23 S. Duke St., Summerton, (803) 485-3755.

DEYERL T. SQUIRES Deyerl Thomas Squires, 37, husband of Julie Barwick, died Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born in Sumter, he was a son of Thomas H. Squires and Ruth Hughes Riley. He was a member of Wedgefield Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife of Sumter; father of Sumter; mother and stepfather, Bobby Riley of Wedgefield; a son, Cody Squires of the home; five brothers, Andrew Squires, Patrick Squires, Justin Brown, Thomas Cockerill and Eddie Cockerill; three sisters, Angie Cox, Crystal Cockerill and Casey Cockerill; paternal grandmother, Bertie Lee Squires of Sumter; maternal grandmother, Eleanor Hughes of Sumter; and a number of nieces and nephews.

Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m. today at the Wedgefield Baptist Church cemetery with the Rev. Paul Goff officiating.

Pallbearers will be Jeff Hughes, Allen Hughes, Jody Hughes, Patrick Squires, Andrew Squires and Eddie Cockerill.

Honorary pallbearers will be Mikey Cockerill and Ricky Geddings.

The family will receive friends at 19 Glade St., Wedgefield.

Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

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BY CURT ANDERSON The Associated Press MIAMI â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The man accused of fatally shooting Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor during a botched 2007 burglary testified Tuesday that he never went into the playerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home

that night and cast his confession as coming only under police pressure and amid purported threats to his family.

Testifying in his murder trial, Eric Rivera Jr., 23, blamed the shooting on another member of the group of five that drove from Fort Myers to Miami,

supposedly to steal large amounts of cash they thought Taylor kept around.

Rivera said he and a friend never even got out of the car parked outside Taylorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just thought they was going to go in and get the money and come back out,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Rivera testified. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was just sitting

in the passenger seat.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Rivera said another member of the gang, Venjah Hunte, had a gun and acknowledged firing the fatal shot.

Hunte has pleaded guilty in the case but did not admit to shooting Taylor.

Three others charged in the case face trial later.

AREA SCOREBOARD BASKETBALL CHURCH LEAGUE REGISTRATION EXTENSION

Registration for the YMCA of Sumter Church Basketball League has been extended through Saturday.

There are leagues for boys and girls ages 3-15.

For children ages 3-4, the cost is $25 for a member and $40 for a potential member. For ages 5-15, the cost if $40 for a member and $75 for a potential member.

Practice begins this month with the season running from December through February.

The league is also looking for coaches and scorekeepers as well.

For more information, call the YMCA at (803) 773-1404 or visit www.ymcasumter.org.

RECREATION DEPARTMENT BASKETBALL

Registration for the Sumter County Recreation Departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s youth basketball leagues is under way and will run through Thursday, Nov. 14.

The leagues are open to boys and girls ages 5-17 as of Sept. 1, 2013. The registration is $40 for 5-6 year olds and $45 for children ages 7-17.

No late registration will be taken.

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For more information, call the recreation department at (803) 436-2248 or visit www.sumtercountysc.org.

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A team sponsorship is $150.

For more information, call Christopher Williams at (803) 436-2248 or email him at cwilliams@sumtercountysc.org.

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IRISH DANCE, MUSIC AT OPERA HOUSE

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he Sumter-Shaw Community Concert Association continues its 2013-14 season with a trio of sisters from the Pacific Northwest who can sing, dance and play a variety of instruments — and all very well. The Gothard Sisters, Greta, Willow and Solana, will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, at the Sumter Opera House.

All three play violin, and all are champions in Irish dance, both in Ireland and the United States. In fact, they started as an Irish dance group, but by adding their violins, guitar and bodhrán, their repertoire has grown tremendously.

Sandi Edens, SSCCA president, saw the Gothard Sisters in a showcase of performers in Memphis earlier this year. She is excited that the association was able to book them for its 2013-14 season.

“Besides being beautiful,” Edens said, “these young ladies are so spirited and so talented. They give a very lively performance.

“I think they will appeal to a very wide audience.”

Reviews for the Gothards has been consistently positive. Lonely Planet called them “...three amazingly talented sisters ...,” while CelticRadio.net said they are “...talented in so many ways it fairly boggles the brain.”

Already, Edens said, “I’ve been getting calls from people excited about seeing them. They’re a beautiful group that’s going to lift all our spirits.”

The Gothard Sisters from the Pacific Northwest, were all home-schooled through high school and continued their music studies afterward.

Greta, the oldest, took up the violin when she was 5 and attended both the Academy of Music Northwest and the Seattle Conservatory of Music, also spending a decade playing with the Seattle Youth Symphonies.

Finding time for her Celtic dance, Greta has qualified three times for the Western region’s Oireachtas, placing eighth and ninth, and when she’s not performing, she coaches younger aspiring musicians at Seattle’s Chamber Music Madness. Also the group’s guitarist, Greta is an arranger, composer, teacher, web guru and videographer.

Middle sister Willow has placed numerous times in Irish dance competitions, finishing with high marks at the Western Region Oireachtas, 20th at the North American National Championships and the 2008 World Championships of Irish dance in Philadelphia. She has also been playing classical violin

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What is a bodhrán?

The bodhrán is an Irish drum originally made from wood and covered with a head of goat skin. It is played with a double-head drumstick called a cipín, tipper or beater. While some believe it is an ancient instrument, most now accept that it was first used in the early 20th century. Theories on the bodhrán’s country of origin also differ; some people think it came from Africa or Asia, but most say it is native to Ireland. According to John Brendan since she was 5 and shares her love of chamber music with kids in the Seattle area.

Among Willow’s other instruments are the mandolin and the bodhrán, a type of Irish drum, so she’s often the “rhythm section” of the trio. She also writes music for the group and designs and makes their costumes.

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Both sides of a bodhrán, an Irish drum, are shown here.

Keane, an Irish writer from County Kerry, the bodhrán was first called a tambourine, shortened to bourine and then bodhrán.

Bodhrán is pronounced bow’-ron, “bow” rhyming with “cow.”

Youngest Gothard Solana is also the youngest dancer from her part of the country to qualify for the World Championships of Irish Dancing; at the age of 11, she placed 6th at the Western Region Oireachtas.

Solana is lead singer for the Gothard Sisters. A classical violinist since she was 3, Solana began

studying Irish dance then, also. Recently, she’s added bodhrán and other percussion instruments to her repertoire and continues to serve as assistant concert mistress of the Cascade Youth Symphony orchestra in Seattle.

To see a video of the Gothard Sisters, visit www.youtube.com/user/ TheGothardSisters.

Tickets Tickets for the Sumter-Shaw Community Concert Association 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14 presentation of the Gothard Sisters concert will be available for $20 at the door of the Sumter Opera House beginning at 6:30 p.m. The association will also present Hal Linden at Patriot Hall on April 11, 2014. For more information call Sandi Edens at (803) 469-2264 or hedens@ftc-i.net; or call Betsy Ridgeway at (803) 469-2114.

Halloween’s more fun for grown-ups these days

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alloween is my fadeciding on a costume, convorite holiday, at sulting with our friends to be least among those I sure there were no duplicadon’t actually get to take off tions, or better yet, constructfrom work. Unfortunately, it’s ing our own outfits that were now among those holidays so unique or so scary there that aren’t nearly as much was not a chance anyone else fun for kids today as they would even think about were in the past. doing the same thing.

It seems HallowIn the ‘50s and ‘60s een has been so waeverybody knew their out & about neighbors, so we kids tered down the past couple of decades had no trouble maponly we adults know ping out which homes how to celebrate it. had the best and worst We buy candy, carve treats, even without cell jack-o’-lanterns, phones. On the good a guide to dress up in costume arts & leisure treats list was Mr. Sneland wait patiently for grove, who gave out Ivy MOORE trick-or-treaters that Three Musketeers bars, almost never come. and Mrs. King, who They’re all out attending fall made great popcorn balls; festivals or getting their treats not so good were the man from lawmen and store ownwho gave out pennies and ers or out of car trunks. two doors down from him, I want to shake them and the neighbor who said we’d shout “It’s not about the have to do a trick before he’d candy! It’s about the process.” give us a treat. Obviously, he That is to say, long weeks of totally misunderstood the

concept of Halloween.

And of course, there were the people who gave out plain apples, no caramel shell.

Only on a dare would we visit the homes of people who were already so weird we’d take a wide detour around their houses — like the man who fished in mud puddles after rainstorms, or the woman who killed chickens in her front yard to fry for Sunday dinner.

The only bad Halloween experience I ever had trickor-treating happened when I was about 7 or 8. My best friend Lew Wrenn and I were headed home with grocery bags heavy with candy (and a few pieces of the dreaded fruit) when the neighborhood bully, a guy named Glen, jumped out from behind a bush in front of us and demanded our bags without even saying “Trick or treat?”

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Some people still know how to celebrate Halloween. I’ll bet the Jennings family has great treats, too.

We figured he was just angry because at 15, he was too old to go door to door himself (plus he was a lot bigger than us), so we handed the goodies over, went home for new

bags and started over – it’s the process, after all.

It was a faster trip around the neighborhood this time, because we knew where the apple-givers were.

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Getting great pork chops is all about size

BY ELIZABETH KARMEL Associated Press Everyone loves the idea of a grilled pork chop, but they often fall short of expectations.

And I blame the butcher!

Many chops and steaks are cut so thin it is almost impossible not to overcook them, even for a seasoned griller like me.

When chops and steaks are cut thin, say 1/2 inch or less, the price is appealing but the end result may not be to your liking. It is far better to buy one thicker steak or chop and split it than buy two thinner cuts.

I have found that a boneless center-cut pork chop is the answer. And it always exceeds expectations. You can buy the chops from your butcher or cut them yourself from a pork loin.

Just make sure that they are a generous 1-inch thick.

The next secret is to brush the chop all over with olive oil.

My motto: Oil the food, not the grill! The olive oil not only helps prevent the meat from sticking to the grates, it also promotes caramelization, which in turn helps lock in the meat’s juices. If you don’t brush the chop with oil, the natural juices will evaporate as the meat cooks.

A quick sprinkle of kosher or sea salt and you are ready to grill. I recommend a medium direct heat and 5 to 6 minutes per side.

Finally, it is essential that you let the pork chops rest at least 5 minutes so the juices will redistribute, making your chop tender and juicy. This means no cutting into the chop — even to test for doneness!

Use an instant read meat thermometer or learn visual clues for doneness. It is much better to serve a warm pork chop that has had time to rest than a piping hot chop that hasn’t had time to rest and loses all of its juices once you cut it.

Now that you’ve mastered grilling the chop, you are ready to take your outdoor cooking repertoire to the next level by making a compound butter. A compound butter is simply softened (unsalted) butter that is flavored with herbs, spices and almost any flavor ingredient and seasoning. I love compound butters so much that I devoted a whole chapter to

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Pork Chops with Chipotle-Pumpkin Seed Butter

them in one of my cookbooks.

Compound butters can be sweet or savory and are a quick and easy way to dress up any meal. The beauty of a compound butter is that when it melts on hot food, it seasons the food like a complicated sauce, but without any of the time needed to make one.

Even better, the flavors are much brighter because they haven’t been cooked.

Since pork chops are synonymous with fall for me, I like to serve a chipotle-pumpkin seed butter on top of my chops. The autumnal orange-red color of the butter studded with green pumpkin seeds smiles with Halloween colors, making this a perfect dinner for all your ghosts and goblins.

The butter balances and rounds out the smoke and the heat from the chipotle chili and the adobo sauce, and the toasted green pumpkin seeds add texture and eye appeal to the butter. I use fleur de sel or Maldon sea salt in all of my butters to add a nice little crunch to the butter and the finished dish.

The butter can be made up to a week in advance and refrigerated or frozen until ready to use. I like to refrigerate the butter until it is hard, slice it into medallions and freeze them in an airtight container.

That way, I have “coins” of compound butter any time I need them. The butter also is really great on grilled or baked squash, almost any vegetable, and any fish, poultry or meat, so I usually double the recipe.

PORK CHOPS WITH CHIPOTLEPUMPKIN SEED BUTTER Start to finish: 1 hour Servings: 4 For the chipotle-pumpkin seed butter: 1 stick unsalted butter, softened 1 small chipotle chili in adobo sauce, drained and chopped finely 1 tablespoon lightly toasted and cooled hulled pumpkin seeds (often called pepitas) 1/2 teaspoon ancho chili powder 1/2 teaspoon Maldon salt

flakes or fleur de sel For the pork chops: 4 boneless center-cut pork chops, 1-inch thick Olive oil Kosher salt and ground black pepper To make the butter, in a medium bowl mash or stir the butter until it is smooth and slightly fluffy. Add the chipotle, pumpkin seeds, chili powder and salt. Mix together, mashing with the back of a fork to make sure all the ingredients are incorporated. Taste, then adjust with additional salt, if needed.

Set a 6-by-12-inch sheet of kitchen parchment or plastic wrap on the counter. Spoon the butter onto it to form a log.

Roll the butter up, then smooth out to form a round log about 5 inches long. Refrigerate until firm and easy to cut into rounds, about 15 minutes. The butter can be made in advance and stored, tightly covered, in the refrigerator for up to a week (or in the freezer for up to 3 months).

When ready to prepare the pork chops, prepare the grill

for direct, medium heat cooking.

Remove the butter from the refrigerator and cut four 1/2inch slices off of the log (you will have some butter left over) and set aside.

Meanwhile, use paper towels to pat the pork chops dry.

Brush with a thin coat of olive oil, then season with salt and pepper.

Place the chops directly on the cooking grate and grill for 5 to 6 minutes per side. The chops will be done when they feel “firm” to the touch and register 140 F at the center. Remove the chops from the grill and top immediately with a piece of the butter.

Let the chops rest for 5 minutes before serving and allow the butter to melt over the top as it rests. If desired, serve with a second round of butter.

Nutrition information per serving: 410 calories; 300 calories from fat (73 percent of total calories); 33 g fat (17 g saturated; 0.5 g trans fats); 125 mg cholesterol; 1 g carbohydrate; 0 g fiber; 0 g sugar; 26 g protein; 450 mg sodium.

Pumpkin, not potatoes, make these latkes winners

BY ALISON LADMAN Associated Press Potato latkes may be the best known variety of this crispy staple of Hanukkah meals, but don’t feel you need to limit yourself to them.

Though potatoes have their own symbolism in this Jewish holiday, it is the oil used in the frying that is particularly significant; it symbolizes the long-lasting oil burned in the temple lamps in the story of Hanukkah. And that is why there are so many latke variations, including sweet potato, onion and carrot.

Since the first day of Hanukkah falls on Thanksgiving this year, we decided to draw on a staple of that all-American holiday to make a delicious variation — pumpkin latkes. We top ours with a cranberry-spiked sour cream, but applesauce would be just as delicious.

PUMPKIN LATKES WITH SPICED CRANBERRY SOUR CREAM Sour cream not on

your Hanukkah-Thanksgiving menu? Applesauce is an easy and delicious substitute.

Start to finish: 30 minutes Servings: 10 1 cup sour cream 1/4 cup finely chopped dried cranberries 2 tablespoons packed dark brown sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves Vegetable oil 1 medium yellow onion, chopped 1 small sugar pumpkin, peeled, seeded and shredded (about 3 cups) 2 eggs 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper Toasted pecans, to garnish In a small bowl, stir together the sour cream, cranberries, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Set aside.

In a medium skillet over medium, heat 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil.

Add the onion and cook

until very tender and well browned, about 12 to 15 minutes. Transfer the onion (reserving the skillet) to a medium bowl and mix in the shredded pumpkin, eggs, flour, salt and black pepper.

Wipe out the skillet used to cook the onions.

Return it to mediumhigh heat and add a 1/4 inch of vegetable oil.

Working in batches, scoop the pumpkin mixture by the heaping tablespoonful into the pan, 3 or 4 scoops at a time.

Flatten each scoop with the back of the spatula and cook until browned on both sides and tender at the center, about 3 minutes per side.

Transfer to a wire rack set over a baking sheet to drain. Serve topped with the cranberry sour cream and garnished with toasted pecans.

Nutrition information per serving: 140 calories; 80 calories from fat (57 percent of total calories); 9 g fat (3.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 50 mg cholesterol; 12 g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 7 g sugar; 3 g protein; 220 mg sodium.

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The Shepherdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Center will offer public information classes at 24 Council St. from 11 to 11:50 a.m. each Thursday as follows: Oct. 31, Tracy Pender will discuss Native Americans in South Carolina; Nov. 7, Dr. Carolyn Brown will discuss dental health and its impact on overall health; and Nov. 14, Pearl Fryer will speak.

The Sumter County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office will host young trick-ortreaters 6-8 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 31.

Deputies will hand out candy and a surprise or two in the parking lot on the right side of the building, 1281 N. Main St. Call Cpl. Gene Hobbs at (803) 4362010.

Transatlantic Brides and Parents Association (British Wives Club) will meet at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 1, at Spectrum Senior Center, Pinewood Road. All British expats are invited. Call Josie at (803) 775-8052.

The Sumter Branch NAACPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 30th Annual Freedom Fund Banquet will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, at the Sumter County Civic Center, 700 W. Liberty St. The Rev. Telley L. Gadson will speak.

A 5K benefit race for Marcus White will be held Saturday, Nov. 2, at Dillon Park. Registration will begin at 7 a.m. with race beginning at 8 a.m. Pre-register on Facebook or via email at themarcusmaddash@gmail.com.

Marcus, a Sumter High School student, is undergoing treatment for glioblastoma, an aggressive brain tumor rarely found in children. Call Holly Kidd at (270) 519-9005 or Jana Brown at (730) 3508555.

The Shepherdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Center annual flea market and bake sale will be held 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, at 24 Council St. Call (803) 773-1944.

The Annual Sumter Life Chain will be held 2:30-3:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3, along Broad Street between North Salem Street and Bethesda Church of God. Call Hugh Wilson at (803) 481-7972 for instructions on participating.

Concerned Citizens of Lee County will sponsor an informational forum on the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) at 7 p.m.

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BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Now in its second season, the critically acclaimed melodrama â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nashvilleâ&#x20AC;? (10 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) remains as addictive as ever.

Like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Friday Night Lights,â&#x20AC;? Connie Brittonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s earlier series, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nashvilleâ&#x20AC;? has everything going for it, except a large audience. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Nashvilleâ&#x20AC;? avoids the cliches of basic cableâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s condescending hillbilly glut (see â&#x20AC;&#x153;Duck Dynastyâ&#x20AC;? below) and shows that power struggles and romantic entanglements in Tennessee can be just as complex and contentious as those in New York, Washington or Hollywood.

I also admire how the show explores the extraordinarily elastic definition of so-called â&#x20AC;&#x153;countryâ&#x20AC;? music. Many of the tunes composed by Gunnar (Sam Palladio) and Avery (Jonathan Jackson) sure sound like pop to me. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re reminded that in this age of lip-syncing, auto-tuning, sampling and all-around digital fakery, Nashville remains one of the last bastions of guitar-based, harmonyrich popular music. And many of the showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best numbers are performed in a small club, at church or on a living room couch â&#x20AC;&#x201D; far from studio gimmickry.

Who couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t love how Juliette (Hayden Panettiere) considers her

tween-idol status to be a musical and spiritual prison â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one she canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait to escape. The show also exudes disdain for the manufactured pop of â&#x20AC;&#x153;American Idolâ&#x20AC;? and its many imitators, having introduced a new character, Layla (Aubrey Peeples), a Juliette-wannabe heavily promoted by Jeff (Oliver Hudson), the labelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soulless new executive.

You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really need to love country music to appreciate â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nashville.â&#x20AC;?

But you may find yourself humming a few numbers after you tune in. â&#x20AC;˘ Appearing tonight in repeat marathon fashion, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Duck Dynastyâ&#x20AC;? (7 p.m. to 4 a.m., A&E, TV-PG) may no longer be the most popular show on television, as it was last summer. But it has to be the most thoroughly franchised. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s difficult to go to the store and not confront items emblazoned with the boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; hairy faces. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Duck Dynastyâ&#x20AC;? now has its own mobile game app, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Duck Dynasty: Battle of the Beards,â&#x20AC;? for iPhone or iPad. Players begin with a shaven Robertson avatar and are asked to complete a number of chores appropriate to their bayou milieu. With each completed task, the beard grows longer. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unsungâ&#x20AC;? (8 p.m., TV One) begins a new season of profiling musical acts that have fallen from fame. First up:

Heavy D & the Boyz.

Look for installments on Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam (Nov. 6), Geto Boys (Nov. 13), The Delfonics (Nov. 20) and CeCe Peniston (Nov. 27).

Tonightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Other Highlights â&#x20AC;˘ Doubts about Monroe emerge on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Revolutionâ&#x20AC;? (8 p.m., NBC, TV14). â&#x20AC;˘ Oliver encounters the Canary on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Arrowâ&#x20AC;? (8 p.m., CW, TV-14). â&#x20AC;˘ On two episodes of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Law & Order: Special Victims Unitâ&#x20AC;? (TV-14): indecent exposure (9 p.m., r), Benson hedges (10 p.m.). â&#x20AC;˘ David Pogue hosts a â&#x20AC;&#x153;NOVAâ&#x20AC;? (9 p.m., PBS, TVPG, check local listings) special on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Making Stuff Colder,â&#x20AC;? technology that can help trauma patients, enable quantum computers and conceivably cool a warming planet. â&#x20AC;˘ A gambling spree ends in death on â&#x20AC;&#x153;CSIâ&#x20AC;?

(10 p.m., CBS, TV-14). â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Raw to Readyâ&#x20AC;? (10 p.m., PBS, TV-G, check local listings) looks at the â&#x20AC;&#x153;ingredientsâ&#x20AC;? that compose an 18-wheeler. â&#x20AC;˘ Fiona sparks a rift with Marie on â&#x20AC;&#x153;American Horror Story:

Covenâ&#x20AC;? (10 p.m., FX, TVMA).

Cult Choice A troubled husband (Burt Lancaster) crosses a suburb, one backyard pool at a time, in the 1968 fantasy â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Swimmerâ&#x20AC;?

(10 p.m., TCM), based on a short story by John Cheever.

Series Notes A campfire eviction on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Survivorâ&#x20AC;? (8 p.m., CBS, TV-PG) * Sue holds a seance on â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Middleâ&#x20AC;? (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * Halloween lessons on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Back in the Gameâ&#x20AC;? (8:30 p.m., ABC, TV-PG)* A killer seems inspired by the Salem witch trials on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Criminal Mindsâ&#x20AC;? (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14) * Claire takes Halloween to extremes on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Modern Familyâ&#x20AC;? (9 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG) * Ultraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most wanted returns on â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Tomorrow Peopleâ&#x20AC;? (9 p.m., CW, TV-14) * Kimmie has a moment of clarity on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Super Fun Nightâ&#x20AC;? (9:30 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).

Late Night

Show With Jon Stewartâ&#x20AC;?

(11 p.m., Comedy Central) * Johnny Knoxville, Casey Wilson and Queens of the Stone Age appear on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Conanâ&#x20AC;? (11 p.m., TBS) * Kate Bosworth, Michael Polish, John Caparulo, Jen Kirkman and Greg Proops are booked on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chelsea Latelyâ&#x20AC;? (11 p.m., E!) * Penn Jillette appears on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Totally Biased With W. Kamau Bellâ&#x20AC;? (11 p.m., FXX) * Jack Andraka sits down on â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Colbert Reportâ&#x20AC;? (11:30 p.m., Comedy Central)*.Will Arnett and the Avett Brothers appear on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Late Show With David Lettermanâ&#x20AC;? (11:35 p.m., CBS) * Jay Leno welcomes Kim Kardashian, Abigail Breslin and Two Door Cinema Club on â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Tonight Showâ&#x20AC;? (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Ben Kingsley, Rob Delaney and No No No appear on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jimmy Kimmel Liveâ&#x20AC;? (11:35 p.m., ABC)*.Aziz Ansari, Minka Kelly and the Weekend visit â&#x20AC;&#x153;Late Night With Jimmy Fallonâ&#x20AC;? (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Craig Ferguson hosts Drew Carey and Pamela Silva on â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Late Late Showâ&#x20AC;?

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Thanksgiving and Hanukkah together at the table JIM ROMANOFF Associated Press

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t’s a meeting of holidays so rare it will be tens of thousands of years before it happens again.

Thanksgiving and the first day of Hanukkah — the Jewish Festival of Lights — fall on the same day this year, creating what many celebrants have dubbed “Thanksgivukkah.”

And it’s opened up a whole new world of culinary opportunities.

Laura Frankel, executive chef for Wolfgang Puck Kosher Catering in Chicago, mused that the two holidays occurring in tandem presents a sort of mini existential crisis: “Do I celebrate as a Jewish American or as an American Jew.” She decided on the latter.

“After all,” she said, “I feel blessed to live in a country where we are free to celebrate our religious beliefs however we want. And that’s not something one should take for granted in this world.”

Plus, Frankel feels the holidays work well together in a traditional as well as a culinary sense. Both Thanksgiving and Hanukkah are celebrations of appreciation, says Frankel. The former is about being grateful for our country, and the latter fetes the miracle of a small amount of oil burning for eight days and the dedication of the new temple in Jerusalem.

As far as the food is concerned, both are holidays are filled with traditions rather than hard and fast rules. “Hanukkah is one of the few Jewish holidays when we’re not specifically told what to eat,” Frankel says. Frying foods in oil is really symbolic rather than essential.

So on Thanksgiving itself, Frankel plans on bringing a little Hanukkah spirit to her traditional Thanksgiving dinner by, for one thing, serving sweet potato latkes with a cranberry-apple sauce alongside the turkey.

The key to the sweet potato latkes is to start with a white potato, such as a russet, to make the batter, then add shredded sweet potatoes.

On their own, sweet potatoes don’t have enough starch to hold together well and contain too much sugar, which causes them to burn easily, she says. The blend will give you perfectly crisp and golden, but slightly sweet latkes.

LATKE-CRUSTED APPLE STUFFING Start to finish: 1 hour 10 minutes (30 minutes active) Servings: 12 2 large russet potatoes 4 eggs, divided 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons minced fresh sage Salt and ground black pepper Vegetable oil, for frying 1 large yellow onion, roughly chopped 3 stalks celery, roughly chopped 2 carrots, roughly chopped

1 green bell pepper, cored and roughly chopped 1/4 cup chopped fresh chives 2 medium apples, peeled and diced 1 large loaf (about 1 pound) challah bread, cut into 1/2-inch cubes and toasted 2 cups low-sodium chicken or turkey broth or stock

Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Coat a large casserole dish or a 9-by-13-inch pan with cooking spray.

Into a medium bowl lined with several layers of paper towels or a clean kitchen towel, shred the potatoes. Gather the towels with the potatoes inside and squeeze out as much liquid as possible. Discard the liquid, dry the bowl, then return the potatoes to the bowl, removing the towels. Stir in 2 of the eggs, the flour, sage and a hefty pinch each of salt and pepper.

In a large skillet over medium-high, heat 1/4 inch of oil over medium-high. Working in batches, drop the potato mixture in 1/4 cup mounds into the oil, flattening them with the back of a spatula. Cook until golden brown on both sides, about 2 to 3 minutes per side. Transfer the latkes to a paper towel-lined plate and repeat with the remaining potato mixture.

In a food processor, combine the onion, celery, carrots and green pepper. Pulse until finely chopped.

Drain all but 1/4 cup of the oil from the pan used to cook the latkes. Set the pan over medium heat, then transfer the vegetable mixture to it and cook until lightly browned and tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer the mixture to a large bowl, then add the chives, apples and challah. Season with a hefty sprinkle each of salt and pepper.

In a small bowl, whisk together the 2 remaining eggs and the broth. Pour over the stuffing mixture and mix well. Spoon the stuffing into the prepared pan. Arrange the latkes over the top. Wrap with foil or cover and bake for 35 minutes. Remove the foil or cover and continue baking for 10 minutes, or until 165 degrees in the center.

Nutrition information per serving: 260 calories; 50 calories from fat (19 percent of total calories); 6 g fat (1 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 80 mg cholesterol; 42 g carbohydrate; 4 g fiber; 7 g sugar; 8 g protein; 330 mg sodium.

Bruce Aidells, chef and author of “The Great Meat Cookbook,” is bringing Hanukkah to his Turkey Day with some sides as well. He and his wife Nancy Oakes, chef-owner of Boulevard in San Francisco, will start the meal with crispy, mini potato latkes topped with caviar (though Aidells says smoked salmon makes a great topping, as well).

To go along with his bird, Aidells will take some inspiration from his grandmother, who owned a Jewish deli in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, and make a sweet potato, prune and carrot tzimmes, which is a typical Eastern European sweet stew often served at holidays.

“The sweet potatoes and carrots will fit right in with the Thanksgiving theme,” says Aidells.

For dessert, Aidells suggests a variation on the traditional Hanukkah doughnuts, sufganiyot, filled or topped with a sweet cranberry or apple compote.

Laura Frankel is thinking sufganiyot as well, but taking the idea

a step further by making the traditional yeast dough with the addition of canned pumpkin, which she says adds great flavor and color.

For other nights during Hanukkah this year, Frankel says she she’ll take advantage of the availability of fresh turkey. She’s created a turkey spiedini in which bite-size chunks of breast meat will be threaded onto skewers, dipped in lightly beaten egg whites, then dusted with seasoned panko breadcrumbs and fried in olive oil. For dipping, she’ll serve the spiedinis with a roasted pumpkin seed, garlic, raisin and sage pesto.

To help you get in the Thanksgiving-Hanukkah mood, we’ve developed a delicious holiday hybrid.

These latke-crusted turkey cutlets can be made with leftover brisket (perhaps from the first night of Hanukkah), or if you like you can leave the meat out of the latke batter with equally good results. The Meyer lemon applesauce makes a perfect topping for this crispy dish, but leftover cranberry sauce would work as well.

LATKE CRUSTED TURKEY CUTLETS Start to finish: 25 minutes Servings: 6 10 tablespoons all-purpose flour, divided 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1 cup grated sweet onion 20-ounce bag fresh shredded potatoes (about 4 cups) 3/4 pound finely shredded or chopped cooked brisket or corned beef 4 egg whites, whisked until frothy 1 1/4 pounds fresh turkey breast cutlets 2 whole eggs, lightly beaten Peanut or vegetable oil, for frying Heat the oven to 350 degrees.

In a small bowl, whisk together 6 tablespoons of the flour, the salt, pepper and baking powder. Set aside.

Place the grated onion on a clean dish cloth or several layers of paper towels, gather up the edges to form a bundle. Holding the bundle over the sink, squeeze out at much liquid as possible.

In a large mixing bowl, combine the onion, potatoes, brisket, flour mixture and egg whites. Mix well to make a batter that is loose, but holds together well, adding a bit more flour if necessary. Set aside.

Place the remaining 4 tablespoons of flour in a wide, shallow bowl. Place the 2 whole eggs in a second wide, shallow bowl.

To prepare the cutlets, one at a time dip each first in the flour, then the beaten eggs.

Then use your hands press 1/3 cup of the potato mixture evenly onto one side of each cutlet.

In a large skillet over medium-high, heat about 1/4 inch of oil until a shred of potato dropped into the oil sizzles immediately.

Working in batches, add the cutlets potato side down, to the skillet. Cook until the potatoes are crispy and browned and the turkey is no longer pink at the center, 4 to 5 minutes.

Press another 1/3 cup of the potato mixture on top of each turkey cutlet, then flip and brown on the second side for another 4 to 5 minutes. Transfer to a rimmed baking sheet, then repeat with remaining cutlets.

Bake for 10 minutes, or until the turkey reaches 165 degrees at the center.

Serve immediately with Meyer lemon applesauce.

Nutrition information per serving: 500 calories; 200 calories from fat (40 percent of total calories); 23 g fat (5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 170 mg cholesterol; 30 g carbohydrate; 2 g fiber; 2 g sugar; 41 g protein; 1,110 mg sodium.

MEYER LEMON APPLESAUCE PUMPKIN HONEY DOUGHNUTS Start to finish: 1 1/2 hours (45 minutes active) Makes 3 dozen doughnut holes 2 teaspoons instant yeast 3 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice

1/2 cup warm water 15-ounce can pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling) 1 egg

1/3 cup honey 2 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 teaspoon cinnamon Vegetable oil, for frying

In a medium bowl, stir together the yeast, flour, salt and pumpkin pie spice. Stir in the water, pumpkin and egg until a thick, smooth batter forms. Cover with plastic wrap and allow to rest for 45 minutes.

In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine the honey, sugar, lemon juice and cinnamon. Bring to a boil and stir well. Remove from the heat.

In a large, deep skillet over medium-high, heat 1 inch of oil to 375 degrees.

Working in batches, carefully drop the batter by the tablespoonful into the hot oil. A cookie or small ice cream scoop makes this easier. Turning occasionally, fry the doughnuts until deep golden brown all over and cooked through, about 5 minutes. Use a slotted spoon to transfer the fried doughnuts to a large bowl. Drizzle the honey syrup over the doughnuts and toss to coat. Repeat with remaining doughnuts. Serve immediately.

Nutrition information per serving: 80 calories; 25 calories from fat (31 percent of total calories); 2.5 g fat (0 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 5 mg cholesterol; 12 g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 4 g sugar; 2 g protein; 30 mg sodium.

Start to finish: 30 minutes Makes about 3 cups 4 large apples, peeled, cored and chopped into 1/2-inch pieces 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 cup water Zest and juice of 1 Meyer lemon 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg Pinch of kosher salt In a heavy saucepan over medium heat, combine the apples, sugar, water, lemon zest and juice, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Cook, stirring often, until the apples are very soft and some have broken down completely, 15 to 20 minutes. Serve the applesauce warm or chilled. The applesauce will keep, tightly covered in the refrigerator, for 1 week.

Nutrition information per serving: 110 calories; 0 calories from fat (0 percent of total calories); 0 g fat (0 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 31 g carbohydrate; 2 g fiber; 27 g sugar; 0 g protein; 40 mg sodium.