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New police station, fire HQ would serve Sumter if 2nd penny tax passes BY JOE KEPLER joe@theitem.com EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one in a series of stories examining $75 million worth of new construction needs in Sumter County, as identified in the proposal for a renewed penny sales tax. Sumter County voters will be asked to approve the tax in November, and funds raised by the tax, should it pass, will go toward a series of building, infrastructure and other projects throughout the county.

Cotton cut from crops supported by USDA

The proposed Penny for Progress tax is aiming to fill a major need for emergency services in Sumter, with a $5 million police station and $5.6 million fire station headquarters nearing the top of the list of projects. In conjunction with the $10 million E911 Emergency Services facility that would also be funded by the penny tax if it’s renewed in November, leaders from both the fire and police departments are optimistic about the future of first responders in the city.

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Sumter Fire Chief Karl Ford shows the initial plans for the possible new police and fire station headquarters recently. The two buildings would share the same plot of land behind the Walgreens at North LaSEE EMERGENCY, PAGE A9 fayette Drive and East Calhoun Street if the penny tax renewal passes.

ANNUAL BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS

Because of new farm bill, those qualified for payments can apply BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com With the implementation of the 2014 Farm Bill, cotton will no longer be a supported crop, and cotton farmers have until Tuesday to contact the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Services Agency if they wish to receive Cotton Transition Program payments, said FSA County Executive Director Jim Montgomery. He said the agency is seeking to get all farmers who qualify for the payments to apply. “If they are not sure whether they applied or not, please call,” Montgomery said. The USDA mailed a letter to all farmers currently getting support from the federal government outlining what steps farmers need to take as the provisions of the new farm bill take effect. In the letters, farmers were given information about their farms’ crop history, base acreage and yields. “If the information is both complete and accurate,” the letter says, “farmers do not need to take any immediate action.” However, the letter instructs farmers that if they determine that any data is “incorrect, incomplete or missing,” they must contact the office in their county with “verifiable documentation” within 60 days of receipt of the letter. David DeWitt, Clemson Extension agronomist, said farmers should take the opportunity to update their base acreage and crop yield information.

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Sumter horse Tail-A-Blaze is blessed at the Church of the Holy Cross in Stateburg on Saturday morning by Pastor Mike Ridgill. Ridgill blessed about a dozen pets during the annual ceremony meant to honor St. Francis of Assisi, who loved animals.

Creatures big and small blessed, too BY JOE KEPLER joe@theitem.com

Ridgill blesses Wolf the German shepherd on Saturday at the event.

n unusual crowd gathered outside Church of the Holy Cross on North Kings Highway in Stateburg on Saturday morning. It was not your typical group of worshippers; it sounds more like the setup to an odd joke. Fourteen dogs, two cats and a retired thoroughbred race horse came with their owners to the church to be sprinkled with holy water as part of the annual Blessing of the Animals. Father Michael Ridgill, rector of the church, said the

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blessing is “a recognition of creation” and honors the symbiotic and interdependent relationship between humans and animals of all shapes and sizes. Ridgill has been a priest for 11 years, serving communities in Myrtle Beach, Hartsville and now Sumter. “Everywhere I go, we’ve been doing a blessing of the animals, and it’s always joyful and a lot of fun,” Ridgill said. “In many ways, they show us unconditional love and, gosh, don’t we need that? It’s just a wonderful event.”

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Prepare to be scared Lee, Sumter offer fun and frightful festivities

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Dorn VA Medical Center offers flu shots for vets The William Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center, 6439 Garners Ferry Road, Columbia, is offering the seasonal flu vaccine at no cost to veterans. Veterans can visit their primary care clinic to get their flu shot, including their outpatient clinics, during scheduled appointments or on a walk-in basis from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Flu shots are also available at Dorn’s Mental Health Clinics on a walk-in basis on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 1

p.m. Specialty clinics are providing flu vaccines during regularly scheduled appointments. If a veteran has not applied for VA health care, visit www. va.gov/healthbenefits/enroll.

Bring your dog, dressed or not, to Patriot Park Sumter Stormwater Solutions is partnering with Sumter County Public Works and the Sumter County Recreation Department to bring Dog Day to Patriot Park from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21. The event is to recognize the installation of four new pet waste stations to help park visitors pick up after their pets. Bring your furry friend

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tour through the large home Considered the longest-runand maze. Similar to Scream ning haunted house, Scream Acres, money raised at this Acres was ranked No. 3 by the October has just begun, and spooky spectacle is donated to same website that gave Kreepy already Lee and Sumter councharity. Tickets are $6. Hollow a No. 1 ranking. ties have some frightful fun to Located at 2681 Camden HighCurrent owner Bobby Haoffer up. way, Bishopville, Cedar Creek sibar said the attraction started opens Friday at 8 p.m. and runs The haunted mecca tends to in the early ’90s. be Lee County with the reuntil the visitors stop pouring nowned Kreepy Hollow; Scream “If we have a good year, we in. This attraction will run FriAcres Haunted House and Hay- get 8,000 to 10,000 people,” he days and Saturdays through ride LLC; and Cedar Creek said. “It goes up and down deNov. 1. Flu shots for veterans dressedon orthe economy.” Haunted House andBring Maze.your dog,pending For more information, visit not, to Patriot ParkHe’s been in charge of it since cedarcreekhauntedhouse.com. But this year, the University of South Carolina Sumter Stu2000. USC SUMTER’S HAUNTED William dent Life will host a Halloween As the full nameThe implies, thisJennings HOUSE AND CARNIVAL Bryan Dorn VA Medical Carnival and Haunted House, attraction a hayride Sumter Stormwater Solu-features Center, 6439 GarnersUSC Sumter’s Haunted too. and a haunted tions is partnering with Sum- house. Ferry Columbia, “You can onRoad, through ter County Public Works andgo right Houseisand Carnival won’t be KREEPY HOLLOWthe Sumter County offering the theRecrehouse and then get on theseasonal heldflu until Oct. 30 and 31. vaccine at no cost toThe veterhayride,” said. “We try Department to bringHasibar carnival is from 6 to 9 Started in 2006,ation Kreepy Holans. be as family oriented as posyouthe a Dog Patriot p.m. both nights and is free. It low has been called No. 1Day atto Veterans can visit their as “fun for the whole sible.TuesIt’s more of an entertainfromby 2 to 4 p.m. is billed haunted house inPark the state careof clinic to get and will feature ment factor not as much Oct. 21, the andprimary family” hauntworld.com. day, It features a to celebrate their flu shot, including a scare new factor.” pet candy, games, hayrides, face scary bus ride asinstallation well as the of four their outpatient General is $13, and clinics, park admission painting and “Blaze” the Fire haunted house. waste stations to help during scheduled appointfast passes Proceeds go Ant. visitorswill pick up after their are $25. This year’s attraction to benefit locals.ments or on a walk-in pets. Bring your furry friend The Haunted House is $5 for have a zombie-themed area. Cebasis, from to 4 p.m. It runs 6 to 10 p.m. “We have to cover our bills8 a.m. admission. dressedto inaphis or her favorite lebrity guests scheduled advertising,” Hasibarthrough said. Friday. Halloween (optional) to Monday Oct. 30 and 6 to 11 p.m. Oct. 31. pear Oct. 10 and 11 are Kane outfit and Flu shots avail-carnival is designed “Then I donate money out toare also“The enter the the 13th” costume contest. Hodder of the “Friday able at Dorn’s people in the community who Mental giveaways: bandanfor families and young chilseries and VictorFree Crowley from Pet Health Clinics a walk-said Misty Hatfield, dineedbottles, help. 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Participants in the Walk Against Domestic Violence march down North Harvin Street on Saturday morning. Police escorts were on hand to ensure the group’s safety as it walked through the city streets. Debra Wilson, right, executive director of the YWCA in Sumter, speaks to participants before the walk begins. The Sumter High School International Baccalaureate students sponsored the event and collected items for the YWCA shelter for abused women. According to statistics, one in every four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime, and an estimated 1.3 million women are victims of physical assault by an intimate partner each year.

POLICE BLOTTER CHARGES Lonnie Perry, 58, of 810 Pitts Road, was arrested and charged with criminal domestic violence following an incident that reportedly occurred about 1:43 p.m. Wednesday in the 800 block of Pitts Road. According to the report, a 46-year-old woman told law enforcement that the suspect grabbed her by the wrists, pinned her to the floor and pinched both her cheeks “really hard.” Zachaery Tyler Hein, 21, of 3677 Oatfield Road, was arrested and charged with larceny, two counts of first-degree burglary, two counts of trespassing and possession of a stolen vehicle following an incident that reportedly took place about 2:32 a.m. Thursday in the 200 block of East Emerald Lake Drive. According to the report, a witness saw four men in a camper and called law enforcement. When deputies

responded, they found a green Ford Ranger piled with items and no one around. They later located the suspect and another who attempted to flee into nearby woods but were apprehended. Michael Taylor Lightsey, 21, of 4860 Significant Drive, was arrested and charged with two counts of firstdegree burglary and possession of a stolen vehicle following an incident that reportedly took place about 2:32 a.m. Thursday in the 200 block of East Emerald Lake Drive. According to the report, a witness saw four men in a camper and called law enforcement. When deputies responded, they found a green Ford Ranger piled with items and no one around. They later located the suspect and another who attempted to flee into nearby woods but were apprehended. STOLEN PROPERTY A Smith & Wesson 9mm handgun valued at $300 was reported stolen about 10:38 p.m. Wednesday from the 5000 block of Longbranch Drive, Dalzell.

A 32-inch flat-screen TV valued at $400, a 42-inch flat-screen TV valued at $650 and two jars containing an estimated $100 in coins were reported stolen about 1:09 a.m. Thursday from the 300 block of Pack Road. A black Evans Single Axle 5-by-12-foot trailer valued at $1,500 was reported stolen between 7 p.m. Tuesday and 12:21 p.m. Wednesday from the 400 block of South Guignard Drive. Batteries valued at a total of $500 were reportedly stolen from four cars between 6 p.m. Tuesday and 7 a.m. Wednesday from the first block of East Bartlette Street. A black Glock semi-automatic .45-caliber with a full clip valued at $545 was reportedly stolen between 8 and 8:10 p.m. Wednesday from the 300 block of Pinewood Road. A Sig Sauer SP2022 9mm handgun valued at $800 was reportedly stolen between 5:30 p.m. Tuesday and 3:25 p.m. Wednesday from the 700 block of Henderson Street. An assorted amount of electronics valued at nearly $2,000 were reportedly

stolen from an apartment in the 1000 block of Guignard Drive between Sept. 13 and 1 p.m. Wednesday. A chainsaw valued at $360 and an impact drill valued at $285 were reportedly stolen from a Mayesville carport in the 100 block between Salem Street between Sept. 19 and Sept. 22. A flat-screen television, two pistols and a rifle with undisclosed values were reportedly stolen from a Lynchburg home in the 10400 block of Lynches River Road between 6 p.m. Wednesday and 4:30 p.m. Thursday. Fishing rods and angling equipment valued at nearly $750 total were reported stolen from a boat parked in a driveway in the 1000 block of Island Drive at 6:25 a.m. Thursday. VANDALISM A home in the first block of Burgess Court reportedly sustained about $2,500 in property damage following reports of vandalism there between 6 p.m. Wednesday and 10:30 a.m. Thursday.

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WHY ORDER PEOPLE TO STAY HOME? Texas officials say those four ordered to stay put and have no visitors werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t complying with requests to voluntarily stay home for 21 days, Ebolaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s incubation period. Officials had reached out to as many as 100 people to determine if they had any contact with the patient, Thomas Eric Duncan, or someone close to him, deliberately casting a wide net so as not to miss anyone. But Friday, officials said only 50 may really have been exposed in some way and thus need monitoring and that 10 of them are considered at higher risk.

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Hazardous material cleaners prepare to hang black plastic on Friday outside the apartment in Dallas where Thomas Eric Duncan, the Ebola patient who traveled from Liberia to Dallas, stayed last week. The crew was expected to remove items including towels and bed sheets used by Duncan, who is being treated at an isolation unit at a Dallas hospital. The family living there has been confined under armed guard while being monitored by health officials.

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Yearly potato harvest schools Maine teens in work, 1st paycheck BY DAVID SHARP The Associated Press BLAINE, Maine — In the gentle hills of northern Maine, far from the rocky coastline and lighthouses, teenagers trade warm classrooms for cold potato fields every fall, just as they have for generations. Schools shut down — sometimes for weeks at a time — while their students haul in the harvest or monitor conveyor belts for potatoes that don’t measure up as farmers rush to fill their stores before the ground freezes. But as farm operations consolidate and heavy machinery make them more efficient, farmers wonder how much longer there will be a place for the harvest breaks that as little as 20 years ago saw kids hand-picking potatoes for 50 cents a barrel. “Eventually it’ll probably fade away,” said Wayne Garrison, the 72-year-old co-owner of Garrison Farms, which hired eight high school students to help harvest its 700 acres of potatoes. “I’d hate to

see it go, I really would.” Up until the 1940s, Maine was the nation’s potato capital, and Aroostook County — a place so vast that it’s about the same size as the combined states of Connecticut and Rhode Island — is still home to roughly 50,000 acres of potato farms. Nearly a dozen high schools here emptied for this year’s harvest — fewer than the old days, when virtually all schools shut down. This year, only a handful of high schools have closed for the entire three-week harvest. And school boards are continually grappling with whether to continue the tradition as modern farming reduces the need for large numbers of laborers. “All things change,” said Don Flannery, executive director of the Maine Potato Board. “Will there be harvest recess 10 years from now in Aroostook County? I’d be surprised.” The harvest is a dirty, noisy mechanized ballet of tractors, trucks and forklifts. But there’s still a need for young

Adam Paterson, 15, strains Sept. 25 to dump a barrel of discarded potatoes during a 12-hour work day at a potato storage facility in Mapleton, Maine.

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High school students Adam Paterson, 15, front left, and Jordi Legasse pull rocks and unwanted materials Sept. 25 from a conveyor belt moving potatoes into a storage facility in Mapleton, Maine. farmhands, for now at least. On a recent day in Mapleton, 16-year-old Nick Powers was operating one of the potato trucks, creeping alongside a harvester that offloads more than 30,000 pounds of potatoes every 15 minutes. “It’s not easy work, but it’s a good way to make quick money,” he said. Those who work the full three weeks will earn about $2,000 — money some will save for college, a car or hunting gear. They’ll also get a lesson in hard work. “It’s a good learning experience,” said 16-year-old Malerie Buck, a Presque Isle High School junior and the daughter of one of the farm’s owners, who was lined up along a conveyor belt, pulling rocks, plants and bad potatoes as they tumbled by. “You never

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FROM PAGE A1 The two buildings would share the same plot of land behind the Walgreens at North Lafayette Drive and East Calhoun Street. The fire department headquarters, at the corner of East Hampton Avenue and Magnolia Street, was first built in 1968. Aside from technological advances made in the 46 years since, the department has grown in manpower that has left the building bursting at the seams. “When this station first came about, it was built for 50 people at the most,” Fire Chief Karl Ford said. “Over the years, we’ve grown; I think we have 111 firefighters now. There just isn’t any room.” Under the proposed project, the fire department’s headquarters will go from its current 12,000 square feet to 20,000 square feet, and more parking would be added to accommodate the larger workforce. The existing building would likely be turned over to Sumter County EMS. That will allow them to get their trucks inside and away from the weather, which exacerbates the wear and tear on them. “It’s going to fit many needs, because EMS sooner or later is going to need a bigger building, and this

FARM BILL FROM PAGE A1 “For every tract of land, the FSA office has base acres,” DeWitt said. “It could be any crop. A 100-acre farm could have 10 acres of cotton base, 15 acres of corn base and 20 acres of wheat, and then the rest of the land doesn’t have anything.” The base acreage is determined by the historical amount of crops that have been planted on that farm, he said. “These are numbers from when the program first started, and we have had one opportunity to update these bases. I think it was in the 1995 Farm Bill,” he said. Most farmers should benefit from updating their yields, DeWitt said. “The yields are based on old data, and most people make better yields these days than they did years ago,” he said. Farmers will not be allowed to increase their base acreage, DeWitt said, but they can update what crops are being grown. “That is based on your planting history over the last five years,” he said. “If you planted a lot more of one crop now than you historically planted, you can convert your old base acres into a new covered commodity. “If you only have five acres of peanut base on your farm and 30 acres of corn base, but you have been planting mostly peanuts, you can go in and change your base acres from corn to peanuts.” One thing the 2014 Farm Bill will end is direct payments to farmers, DeWitt said. “Direct payments are kind of a touchy subject because the direct payments are based on these base acres,” he said. “A farm operation would get a direct payment from the USDA. It was really to try to prop up the farm economy and keep food prices more in line.” DeWitt said in many cases, commodity prices are too low for farmers to stay in business without some form of government assistance.

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will be mandated starting in January 2016, meaning that the 1997 analog system will no longer be supported. Ideally, Roark explained, the department would like to install the new E911 system in conjunction with the construction on the new headquarters, rather than moving the system at a later time, which will lead to extra costs for taxpayers. “It’s difficult to put a price on a system that provides for every level of the county, from fire, EMS, police and sheriff,” Roark said. “That is a mission-critical function. It is a core function of government that we have to have; we have no choice.” While the police department headquarters at 107 E. Hampton Ave. is not as old as the fire department’s, it also has a laundry list of needs that come with a building designed for a different era. The first floor of the station, which is 17,000 square feet, was built in 1972. A second floor was added in 1985. Along with the same ADA compliance issues faced by the fire department, the police station also needs upgraded facilities for its female staff, which was significantly smaller in number when the building first went up. The biggest changes will be to the security of the building and more space for the day-to-day operations, including the front lobby where re-

half of that 35 percent.” DeWitt said farmers can instead choose a price support policy. Peanut farmers, for instance, will no longer receive direct payments but can qualify for a price on support-based insurance. “Peanut farmers did well,” he said. “There is no more subsidy, but there is a low rate that is a very good price. The price is about even with what the current contracts

ports are taken from the public along with new interview rooms. New security measures will also be made to help every person in the building, no matter his or her role. The access to the building would be limited to one door, and the traffic control it brings will make “a huge difference,” according to Roark. “We’ve outlived what would be a productive usefulness of this building. We’ve used every space of the building that’s usable. We have office space and interview rooms that were once closets,” Roark said. “Our building was set up in a 1972 environment — we’re no longer in a 1972 environment. We need some serious upgrades on the security side of the facility, not only to protect the officers, but the individuals that we bring in.” While neither Ford nor Roark wanted to wade into the politics behind the penny tax, both said that it would be a preferable way to upgrade a critical facet of the city and county. “The beauty of this penny tax is that everyone is taking part in paying for it. These are services that are provided for not just the property owners or business owners who foot a lot of the tax bills, it’s for everybody,” Ford said. “Get out and vote, because we do need this. Let us give us a chance to show you what we can do with this money. Let’s take what’s working and continue it.”

are right now for peanuts. It basically guarantees the peanut farmer that he can sell his peanuts for that amount.” DeWitt and Montgomery said everyone is still learning how to deal with the changes. “We are just getting started,” Montgomery said. “We had a training last week.” DeWitt said Clemson Extension is planning meetings to give anyone interested an

overview of the new farm bill in November or early December and regional meetings for landowners and operators early next year. “The USDA hasn’t released when the actual signup will be, but it will probably be in the spring, so we have some time,” DeWitt said. “The only deadline we have that is solid is the Oct. 7 deadline for cotton transition payments.” For more information, call (803) 905-7650.

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in the church now. Along with ‘Cat’echism, Ridgill’s family also had a pair of 10-year-old Yorkshire terriers in attendance named Deacon and Dunston. Through the years of presiding over the ceremony, Ridgill has seen all manner of creatures that have come to be blessed. As he listed them off, some were strange (tarantulas) while others (gerbils and hamsters) were more commonplace in the home. He even has had to bless some creatures he wasn’t too crazy about. “Snakes,” he said as he went through his list out loud. “I’m not a big fan of snakes, so I blessed that one from a distance.” Ridgill has blessed horses in the past as well, including a show horse whose owners were hoping to get a “special blessing” before a big competition. They didn’t show up the next year. “I guess maybe they didn’t do as well,” he said with a laugh. “But we don’t make guarantees.” The Blessing of the Animals happens around the world every fall. It has become a custom used to remember St. Francis of Assisi and his love of animals. It’s typically held on or about his feast day of Oct. 4.

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What you should know about respiratory bug plaguing kids NEW YORK (AP) — A wave of severe respiratory illnesses has swept the country in the last two months, propelled by what was long considered an uncommon germ. The enterovirus 68 has caused serious breathing problems in many children and now is being eyed as a possible factor in at least four deaths and muscle weakness and paralysis in children in Colorado and perhaps other states. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday released a report on the Colorado cluster. The investigation continues, and many questions remain unresolved.

Q: IS THIS VIRUS NEW? A: No. It was first identified in the U.S. in 1962, and small numbers of cases have been regularly reported since 1987. Because it’s not routinely tested for, it may have spread widely in previous years without being identified in people who just seemed to have a cold. It’s one of a group of viruses that contribute to an uptick in cold-like illnesses every year around the start of school. In August, the virus got more attention when hospitals in Kansas City, Missouri, and Chicago had many children with trouble breathing. Some needed oxygen or more extreme care, such as a breathing machine. Tests found enterovirus 68.

Q: HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SEVERELY SICKENED BY THE VIRUS? A: Lab tests by the CDC have confirmed illness caused by the germ in 538 people in 43 states and the District of Columbia. Almost all are children. Testing is limited and has been focused on very sick children, so it’s likely that many, many more people — including adults — have been infected.

ting out the call, several reports have come in, but the CDC is still evaluating which should be counted as similar cases.

Melissa Lewis of Denver helps her son, Jayden Broadway, 9, on Sept. 8 as he coughs in his bed at the Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora, Colorado. He was treated for the enterovirus 68 and released, but his asthma made the illness more difficult to fight.

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World’s 1st bullet train, made in Japan, turns 50 BY EMILY WANG AND KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press Writer TOKYO — It was, retired Japanese railway engineer Fumihiro Araki recalls, “like flying in the sky.” Zipping cross-country in a super-high-speed train has become commonplace in many countries these days, but it was unheard of when Japan launched its bullet train between Tokyo and Osaka 50 years ago Wednesday. The Shinkansen, as it’s called in Japan, gave a boost to train travel in Europe and Asia at a time when the rise of the automobile and the airplane threated to eclipse it. It also was a symbol of pride for Japan, less than two decades after the end of World War II, and a precursor of the economic “miracle” to come. The Oct. 1, 1964, inauguration ceremony was re-enacted at Tokyo Station on Wednesday at 6 a.m., complete with ribbon cutting. The first bullet train, with its almost cute bulbous round nose, traveled from Tokyo to Osaka in four hours, shaving two-and-ahalf hours off the 319-mile journey. The latest model, with a space-age-like elongated nose, takes just two hours and 25 minutes. Araki, now 73, drove the Shinkansen briefly in the summer of 1967 as part of his training as a railway operations engineer. Last week, he slipped back in time as he sat in the driver’s seat of one of the early model bullet trains at a railway museum outside of Tokyo. He pulled a lever on the control panel, looking straight ahead as he was trained, though all he could see were other museum exhibits. “It was like flying in the sky, it was that kind of feeling,” said Araki, the acting director of the museum. “On a clear day, you could see Mount Fuji, and riding atop the railway bridge at Ha-

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A Shinkansen bullet train heads for Tokyo Station on the Tokaido Main Line in Tokyo on Sept. 24. Japan launched its bullet train between Tokyo and Osaka 50 years ago Wednesday. manako lake was very pleasant. It felt like you were sailing above the sea.”

A CONTROVERSIAL PROJECT Japan started building a high-speed line during World War II, but construction was halted in 1943 as funds ran out. The idea was revived in the 1950s, but many questioned undertaking such a costly project, particularly with the expansion of air travel and highways. Criticism turned to pride when construction, financed partly by an $80 million World Bank loan, was completed in time for the Tokyo Olympics in October 1964.

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EUROPE, ASIA, BUT NOT U.S. The Shinkansen renewed interest in high-speed rail elsewhere, notably in Europe.

France and Spain are among the leaders in Europe, and Turkey last year became the ninth country to operate a train at an average speed of 124 mph, according to Railway Gazette. South Korea and Taiwan also operate high-speed systems in Asia. The United States is an exception, though there are proposals to build lines in California and Texas. The fastest train in the U.S., Amtrak’s Acela Express, averages 105 mph on a short stretch between Baltimore and Wilmington, Delaware, the speed survey says.

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hai launched a German-built maglev train in 2004 on a 18mile route between the city and the airport. It can hit 267 mph. A Japanese maglev train in development has topped 310 mph in tests. If built, it could reduce the travel time between Tokyo and Osaka to just over one hour. With speed, though, some of the romance is lost. A faster Shinkansen has eliminated its dining car. “The problem is that Japan is such a small country,” said Araki, the retired engineer. “If you go too fast, you’ll get there in no time. No time to enjoy an onboard meal.” Associated Press writer Noriko Kitano contributed.

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For all our woes, there are some good things, too This column first appeared on Oct. 1, 1989, in the aftermath of Hurricane Hugo.

he old Gamecock city is pretty well wrecked from the unwelcome guest who stole into our midst at 2 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 22, a day that will live in infamy in Sumter County history. Hugo came too quickly, at up to 109 mph, and stayed entirely too long. He definitely exceeded the speed limit as he blew in during the dead of night. What ironies attach to this particular hurricane. Thirtyfive years ago (almost), another hurricane whose name started with an “h” — Hazel — struck the coast of South Carolina. But, Hazel was kinder and gentler to the inland areas of our state as she spun around the coast wreaking havoc on Myrtle Beach, Surfside Beach and Garden City. The latter is now history after Hugo, a tangled rubble, while Myrtle Beach, Surfside, Pawleys Island and Litchfield Beach weren’t exactly spared. Pawleys, for example, lost

100 homes, officials estimate. Summer Academy, one of the island’s oldest homes, was among the casualties. No longer arrogant, Pawleys is just plain shabby. Here at home, we have a few things to be thankful for, besides the one reported death due to the hurricane. The Opera House is still standing, although the clock tower is missing a clock. In the midst of the twisted trees in Memorial Park, the new bandstand Hubert D. sparkles with Osteen Jr. hardly a blemish. Swan Lake lost a number of trees but seems to be reasonably intact. Sadly, the Brown Chapel, once the main sanctuary of First Baptist Church on East Liberty Street, was demolished by Hugo. Other lovely landmarks of Sumter, such as the Brick Church near Dabbs Crossroads, were badly damaged. The destruction to these

beautiful old edifices is like tearing a page out of a history book and tossing it to the winds. When the shock of all this destruction gradually wears off and we begin returning to normal, whatever that may be, we’re in for an even greater shock, and that is the loss of our trees and forests. Sumter is going to look entirely different without the comforting shade of its magnificent oaks, pines and dogwoods. Our skyline will be stark and forbidding, like a scene from a World War II battleground, until the broken and uprooted trees are removed, and then it will only be bare. The trees that are left, we should cherish. In the meantime, after the appropriate interim of feeling sorry for ourselves and bemoaning our fate, we should begin putting things into perspective. Think about the people of London during World War II and the destruction, deprivation and loss of life they had to endure while Nazi Germany tried to bomb that ancient city back to the stone ages. Thousands died,

and many thousands more lost their homes during the Blitz. And that went on for months. We, by contrast, had to endure one night of terror, and while the aftermath is depressing, we probably won’t see another Hugo in our lifetimes. Small consolation, but we should be thankful for that somewhat comforting thought. And think about, too, how kind people have been to one another. Crises such as killer hurricanes can bring out the worst in some people, but those who behaved badly during this one — the looters, the price gougers, the careless drivers, the insensitive and indifferent — were the exception rather than the rule. Most of Sumter showed genuine care and concern for their fellow man, extending themselves in endless variations of neighborliness and thoughtfulness, many going above and beyond the Golden Rule. As we’ve had to function without the normal creature comforts, such as water and electricity, we’ve found out

how flexible we can be. I discovered how to operate an electric generator, for example, and since I live in the country, I’ve also adjusted to using the woods as a “facility,” along with a shovel and a roll of toilet paper. For those of us in the boonies, it’s back to nature in its rawest form until the CP&L crews rediscover us. Life goes on. Sumter and its neighboring counties have been roughed up by old Hugo. But in the midst of all this turmoil and destruction, we relearn the old lesson of how interdependent we are, how a helping hand during an emergency might not be such a bad way to conduct ourselves when things are less critical. We find, in the aftermath of Hugo, how much we need each other — friends, family, strangers alike. We’ve all been hurt in some way; yet we should realize the pain and disruption can forge a bond out of adversity and make all of us stronger — and better. Reach Hubert D. Osteen Jr. at hubert@theitem.com.

NOTABLE & QUOTABLE ‘MOST RELIABLE TRUTH TELLERS ARE DESPERATE PEOPLE’ In “The New Bureaucratic Brazenness,” Peggy Noonan writes that “official arrogance is the source of public cynicism.” Read it online at www.wsj.com: We’re all used to a certain amount of doublespeak and bureaucratese in government hearings. That’s as old as forever. But in the past year of listening to testimony from government officials, there is something different about the boredom and indifference with which government testifiers skirt, dodge and withhold the truth. The only people who seem to tell the truth now are the people inside the agencies who become whistleblowers. They call a news organization, get on the phone with a congressman’s staff. That’s basically how the Veterans Affairs and Secret Service scandals broke: Desperate people who couldn’t take the corruption dropped a dime. What does it say about a great nation when its most reliable truth tellers are desperate people?

SOCIAL MEDIA SITES SELLING OUR INFO FOR PROFIT From a summary (by Ellen Slavitz) of the book “Digital Disconnect: How Capitalism is Turning the Internet Against Democracy,” by Robert W. McChesney. Read it online at http://bit. ly/1oHQ5t2. Google, Facebook, YouTube, Yahoo. We believe they exist to make our lives more convenient, more interesting, more fun. According to Robert W. McChesney, these Internet marvels are the products of carefully designed operations that enable a small number of corporations to earn huge profits, while providing the public with less and less value, service and information essential in a democratic society. McChesney explains how government, guided by teams of handsomely paid lobbyists, has enabled a cartel of huge corporations to own and control the Internet, much like a tiny number of companies have come to dominate the wireless and cable industries. Large players have gobbled up small and medium sized Internet ventures, eliminating competition and ensuring maximum profits and control. McChesney details how Internet companies earn enormous profits through sophisticated methods of collecting personal data, which is then sold to advertisers. Every

Google search or Facebook “Like,” every Web site visit is monitored, accumulated, and monetized for advertisers. “If you’re not paying for something, you’re not the customer, you’re the product being sold,” says one of McChesney’s sources. Google, Facebook, and similar sites may have started as useful technological innovations but have quickly transformed themselves into businesses that sell our personal information for enormous profits.

PROTECT YOURSELF AFTER PERSONAL DATA BREACH In “Ways to Protect Yourself After the JPMorgan Hacking,” New York Times reporter Tara Siegel Bernard writes, “The numbers are shocking: Personal information from 76 million households may have been compromised as part of the cyberattack on JPMorgan Chase.” Read it online at www.nytimes.com: The intrusion compromised the names, addresses, phone numbers and emails of those households, and can basically affect anyone — customers past and present — who logged onto any of Chase and JPMorgan’s websites or apps. That might include those who get access to their checking and other bank accounts online or someone who checks their credit card points over the web. Seven million small businesses also were affected. While nobody knows what the hackers are planning to do with the data from JPMorgan — if anything at all — privacy experts say the biggest risk is that the thieves will try to extract more sensitive information from affected consumers. “It would give the thief a call log of who to victimize, but that in and of itself is not enough to steal someone’s identity,” said Matt Davis, a senior victims adviser at the Identity Theft Resource Center. “That is the silver lining there.” There is no evidence that account numbers, passwords, user IDs, dates of birth or Social Security numbers were compromised, according to the bank, nor did the bank suggest that customers change their passwords. “I think it is always good practice to regularly watch your accounts,” said Trish Wexler, a JPMorgan spokeswoman. “That is just good financial hygiene.” Notable & Quotable is compiled by Graham Osteen. Contact him at graham@theitem.com.

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RINCETON, N.J. — Every 36 years, it seems Jeff Bell disturbs New Jersey’s political order. In 1978, as a 34-year-old apostle of supply-side economics and a harbinger of the Reagan Revolution, he stunned the keepers of the conventional wisdom by defeating a four-term senator, Clifford Case, in the Republican primary. Bell, a Columbia University graduate who fought in Vietnam, lost to Bill Bradley in the 1978 general election, but in 1982 he went to Washington to help implement President Reagan’s economic policies that produced five quarters of above 7 percent growth and six years averaging George 4.6 percent. Will Bell, now 70, is back. He won the Republican nomination to run against Sen. Cory Booker, 45, the Democratic former mayor of Newark who last October won a special election to serve the last year of the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg’s term. New Jersey last voted Republican for president in 1988; in 2012, Barack Obama carried it by 18 points; it has not elected a Republican senator since 1972. Booker, who has raised more than $16 million, is a prodigy at siphoning money from Wall Street. Bell is running this year’s most penurious Senate campaign, having raised and pretty much spent about $300,000. Yet Booker’s lead is only in the low double digits — 13 points in the RealClearPolitics average of polls. Because Bell speaks incessantly about the dangers of fiat money and the wisdom of the gold standard, some people dismiss him as a one-issue candidate whose issue is an anachronism. He calls this “chronological snobbery”: The gold standard is a bad idea because it is an old idea and because the economics pro-

COMMENTARY fession opposes it. Besides, his supposed single issue (actually, he has many) is the declining value of money, which affects everything. His audiences, he says, are not just disgusted by today’s feeble economy, they are puzzled by it. Bell wants to alert the nation before the government again has to pay 4 percent interest on its borrowing, thereby adding, he estimates, $400 billion to the deficit. He is running because “something substantive ought to be offered before the 2016 cycle.” Booker, who is ignoring Bell, just as Case did, has a better résumé (Stanford, Oxford, Yale Law School) than reputation. His liberalism is as conventional as his eccentricity is disturbing. He is a fabulist (he has been called “the Garden State’s Mother Goose”) given to asserting as facts various self-aggrandizing figments of his imagination. A senator is 1 percent of one-half of one of the three branches of one of America’s governments, so senatorial elections rarely alter the nation’s trajectory. Here, however, is why this one matters: Cory Bookers are many, predictable and fungible; Jeff Bells are few, idiosyncratic and invaluable because they look at familiar things in unfamiliar ways and leaven politics with new agendas, such as restoring the Federal Reserve’s single mandate to preserve the currency as a store of value. New Jersey has not rejected an incumbent senator in a general election since 1942. Next month, it should begin doing so, at least every 72 years. George Will’s email address is georgewill@washpost.com. © 2014, Washington Post Writers Group

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Cool this morning; sunshine

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IN THE MOUNTAINS

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Fill up your EUGENIA LAST day with all the errands you’ve been putting off. Opportunities will arise, bringing about a positive change. Share your knowledge with an expert, and you will pick up valuable information. Love is highlighted. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Speak up and clear the air. As long as you stick to the truth and keep your complaints simple, solutions will be offered and promises put in place. A proactive approach will help you put stress behind you. Ask and you shall receive. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You can make self-improvements without breaking the bank. Look for simple but effective changes you can make to update your look or to make your skills and attributes more appealing. Socialize, and you will encounter someone who has something to offer. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Come to a decision before someone puts pressure on you. Don’t ignore the signs or complaints being made. It’s best to be upfront and take care of business. Once you address concerns, you will feel free to relax.

presented to the right person. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Expect to face opposition at home. Get out and do things that bring you joy to avoid a domestic situation that is likely to leave you facing uncertainty. Focus on exploring your options and discussing your concerns with a trusted friend.

Today: Cool with sunshine. Winds southwest 3-6 mph. A moonlit sky. Monday: Sunny to partly cloudy. Winds southwest 6-12 mph.

Aiken 69/45

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Plan a unique way to improve your home and surroundings. Implement changes that allow you the freedom to explore your creative skills, and you will feel more excited about turning something you enjoy into a prosperous venture. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Think about your next move. What you’ve done in the past, coupled with your current position, will make your next move easy if you just follow through with your plans. Don’t give in to blackmail or emotional manipulation. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Don’t feel you have to make a move if you aren’t ready yet. Back away from a situation that is causing you stress. Focus on what you have to offer and start putting your ideas and plans on paper. A unique career plan looks appealing.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Review your personal investments, legal matters and health concerns, LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Look at a and you will find workable challenge as a chance to show off. solutions. Love is in the stars, and a Give your all, and you will leave an stronger vow to someone you think unforgettable impression. Turn on is special will bring you closer your charm and flirt a little, and you together. Children will bring you will encourage a romantic good fortune. encounter with someone special. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Get out get frazzled because someone and ask questions. Research will be opposes your ideas or challenges your ticket to advancement. you. Concentrate on doing what Network and attend industry you do best and presenting the events that will allow you to display options you have to offer. You will your skills and knowledge. A win favors thanks to your creative creative idea will be considered if imagination and persistent nature.

THE NEWSDAY CROSSWORD WISE GUYS: 14 of them, to be exact By S.N. ACROSS 1 Nautical “Halt!” 6 Actor Neeson 10 Sultan’s wives 15 Mideast airline 19 Religious belief 20 Presidential caucus state 21 Justice Kagan appointer 22 Coming right up 23 Onetime 60 Minutes regular 25 Back to the Future lead role 27 Adjusts, as tires 28 Civil War historian 30 Straw hat 31 Misfortunes 32 Singer Frankie or Cleo 33 Female turkeys

34 Really impress 37 Many a newspaper 38 Exchanged witticisms 42 Spring zodiac sign 43 On the Waterfront lead role 45 In the past 46 Tampers with 47 Wharf 48 Tallow source 49 Fictional governess 50 Med. scan 51 One of two bandleader siblings 55 Fossil preserver 56 Underhanded 57 __ out a victory (barely wins) 58 Succulent plants 59 Utters impulsively 60 Societal norms 62 Stores securely 63 Model-plane

wood 64 Monkey business 66 Measuring device 67 Air of mystery 68 Ruckus 71 Ill-tempered 72 One of two bandleader siblings 74 Dude 75 With skill 76 The King and I setting 77 Ad-__ (improvises) 78 US acquisition of 1898 79 Trash-bag closer 80 Outfielder who became an evangelist 84 Cardiology concern 85 Stadium seating for VIPs 87 Three, to Marie 88 Beseeched 89 Very long time 90 Obliterate 91 Gathers dust 92 Physicist

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Today: Sunny and cool; pleasant in the afternoon. High 68 to 72. Monday: Cool in the morning; otherwise, plenty of sun. High 74 to 78.

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Today Mon. City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Atlanta 69/54/s 77/59/s Chicago 55/42/c 60/48/sh Dallas 86/65/s 89/69/t Detroit 54/44/c 61/47/sh Houston 85/67/s 82/70/pc Los Angeles 92/66/s 89/64/s New Orleans 80/66/s 84/70/s New York 60/50/s 68/60/s Orlando 77/58/s 81/65/s Philadelphia 61/48/s 71/59/pc Phoenix 94/69/s 93/69/s San Francisco 82/60/s 78/59/s Wash., DC 63/50/s 75/60/pc

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

Today Hi/Lo/W 61/46/s 68/50/s 69/44/s 70/51/s 66/52/s 71/50/s 65/47/s 68/52/s 69/48/s 68/46/s 65/47/s 66/46/s 66/47/s

Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr stage yest. chg 12 4.72 -0.15 19 3.09 +0.24 14 3.44 -0.21 14 2.23 +0.07 80 76.16 -0.08 24 7.51 +1.47

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City Florence Gainesville Gastonia Goldsboro Goose Creek Greensboro Greenville Hickory Hilton Head Jacksonville, FL La Grange Macon Marietta

Today Hi/Lo/W 69/48/s 72/48/s 64/46/s 65/47/s 71/49/s 62/47/s 64/49/s 62/46/s 69/54/s 72/49/s 72/51/s 70/47/s 68/52/s

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Sakharov 95 Allan-__ (Robin Hood pal) 96 Defeat, à la Oakley 100 Motown Records founder 102 Rock-music pioneer 104 Doggy-biscuit shape 105 Friend in the ‘hood 106 Singer Tori 107 Hymn instrument 108 Before long, in a poem 109 Trifled 110 Busey who portrayed 102 Across 111 Zigzag DOWN 1 Worship from __ 2 Rooftop spinner 3 Verdi masterwork 4 Renders creatively 5 Tickles pink 6 Civic service club 7 Charged atoms 8 Wow 9 London highrent district 10 “Too,” to “two” 11 Drop off 12 Hard to come by 13 Paramedic: Abbr. 14 Tentative negative 15 Cover completely 16 Exited 17 Car shaft 18 About six trillion mi. 24 Make eyes at 26 Bearded actor Woolley 29 Butterlike 32 Novelist McMurtry 33 Roots writer

Myrtle Beach 68/51

Manning 70/46

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The last word in astrology

Florence 69/48

Bishopville 68/45

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34 Has the nerve 35 Disney mermaid 36 Second-generation reggae artist 37 Considers 38 Jazz genre 39 Fahrenheit 451 author 40 Heron cousin 41 Industrious ones 43 Sixth word of A Tale of Two Cities 44 Braying beasts 47 Toll roads 49 Aussie birds 51 Erratic 52 Single statistic 53 Scientific study 54 Paddled 55 Put to rest 59 Makes public

61 Nothing more than 62 Rat Pack name 63 Film choreographer Berkeley 64 HS exams 65 Cube creator 66 Aspirations 67 3 Down selections 69 Seeing red 70 Roamer 72 Word-game pieces 73 Any 102 Across tune 76 Pretty tall 78 Disembark 80 Good score for a duffer 81 Got sidetracked 82 River of Russia 83 Steed feeder

84 Gallery event 86 Devoid of vegetation 88 Feel bad for 90 Murphy of Shrek 91 Full of froth 92 “Mamma Mia!” foursome 93 Inert gas 94 First 007 film

95 Large group 96 Fragrance 97 Olympic gymnast Korbut 98 Patron saint of Norway 99 Newcastle’s river 101 Tic-tac-toe win 103 Ulla in The Producers

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PREP FOOTBALL

TIGERS FOOTBALL

Knights, Nelson earn 1st victory BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com Roosevelt Nelson had one thing to tell his Crestwood High School football team after its 21-12 victory over Darlington on Friday at Donald L. Crolley Memorial Stadium in Dalzell. “Our record is 1-0,” Nelson said he told the Knights. “That’s our record.” Actually, Crestwood is 1-5 on the season, but there is no doubt it is 1-0 in Region VI-3A. And it’s the final five region games on the schedule that determine who does and NELSON doesn’t make the 3A state playoffs. “It was good to get a win in our first region game,” said Nelson, who also got an ice water cooler bath after getting his first victory as the Knights’ head coach. “We felt like we had been improving from game to game, and we put it together tonight.” The surprising part was Crestwood did it against a Darlington team that brought a 4-1 record into the contest. The Falcons’ only loss this season was to 2-time defending 2A Division I state champion Dillon. Nelson credited the non-region games that left Crestwood with the 0-5 start for the success it enjoyed on Friday. “Not to put down our region, but we played some awfully tough teams in our first five games,” Nelson said. “There wasn’t too much we hadn’t seen over those first five games.” Crestwood running back Ty’Son Williams scored on a

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Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson (4) runs with the football as North Carolina State cornerback Mike Stevens (30) tries to hold on during the Tigers’ 41-0 victory on Saturday in Clemson. Watson ran for two touchdowns and passed for two more.

Running over the Pack Clemson posts first shutout in six years in 41-0 rout of N.C. State BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press

SEE KNIGHTS, PAGE B6

CLEMSON — Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson let people in on a secret: the Tigers have a great defense, too. Watson threw for two touchdowns and ran for two others, while Clemson’s defense held North Carolina State to 156 yards of offense in posting its first shutout in six years in a 41-0 victory over the Wolfpack on Saturday. The buzz the past few weeks has been squarely on

Watson, the five-star freshman who’s seamlessly fit into the Tigers’ high-pace offense and taken flight. The defense deserved attention as well, Watson said, for the way it shut down the Atlantic Coast Conference’s No. 1 offense. “We’re all just out there having fun,” Watson said with a smile. It’s easy to grin after a victory like this. The Tigers (3-2, 2-1 ACC) had lost two of their first three games, but have rallied to two straight wins behind Watson behind center. He threw

for a school mark six TDs in a 50-35 win over North Carolina a week ago. He added two long scoring throws of 56 and 31 yards to Mike Williams for a lead Clemson’s defense made stand up. Defensive end Vic Beasley notched his 28th career sack, tying former NFL standouts Michael Dean Perry and the late Gaines Adams atop Clemson’s career list. Beasley’s sack also jarred the ball loose from North Carolina State quarterback Jacoby Brissett and the senior end took it 16 yards for a touchdown and

Clemson’s final points. Beasley’s been a big part of Clemson’s defensive revival — the Tigers gave up 70 points to West Virginia in the Orange Bowl three seasons back — and thinks his group can share the headlines with Watson and the offense. “I always knew that we had the talent,” he said. “We just had to put it together and we just had to play a full game offensively, defensively. That’s what we did.”

SEE TIGERS, PAGE B6

USC FOOTBALL

NASCAR

Carolina, Kentucky tied 17-17 at halftime

Kyle Busch out to overcome Kansas Speedway demons BY DAVE SKRETTA The Associated Press

FROM STAFF REPORTS LEXINGTON, Ky. – After jumping out to a 14-0 lead early in the second quarter, the University of South Carolina found itself in a 17-17 tie with Kentucky at halftime of their college footSEC EAST ball game BATTLE on Saturday at Read more Commonabout the wealth StaGamecocks dium. and Wildcats Trying to www.theitem.com rebound from a 21-20 loss to Missouri in which they gave up two touchdowns in the final seven minutes, the Gamecocks won the toss and elected to receive the football. They reeled off a 19-play 79-yard scoring drive that took 7 minutes, 56 seconds, off the clock. On fourth down and goal from the Wildcat 1-yard line, running back Mike Davis went in for the score. Placekicker Elliott Fry’s extra point made it 7-0 with 7:04 left in the first quarter. USC, which came into the

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South Carolina center Alan Knott, left, and tight end Rory Anderson congratulates running back Mike Davis after he scored his team’s first touchdown against Kentucky during the first half at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington, Ky. on Saturday. game with a 3-2 overall record and a 2-2 mark in the Southeastern Conference, ran the ball 17 times on the drive, seven by Davis, six by running back Brandon Wilds and four by quarterback Dylan Thompson. The next time Carolina got the football it went 72 yards in 11 plays, taking 5:18 off the clock in going up 14-0. Davis, who had 106 yards on 15 carries in the first half, closed this drive

as well on a 2-yard run with 14:42 left in the second quarter. USC avoided disaster at the start of the drive when the ball was snapped over Thompson’s head and he managed to recover it for an 18-yard loss. On the next play though, Carolina ran an option to Davis, who went 40 yards to get it out of a hole and send it on the

SEE CAROLINA, PAGE B5

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Nearly all who rolled into Kansas Speedway this weekend still in contention for the Sprint Cup championship should feel good about their chances. Brad Keselowski won at the track a few years ago. Matt KensKYLE BUSCH eth has two victories in the last five races there. Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon and Kevin Harvick — Sunday’s pole sitter — have all won at the fast, mile-and-a-half oval that kicks off the latest round of the Chase. Even Kasey Kahne, who barely squeezed into the 12-driver field for the contender round of NASCAR’s postseason, posted back-to-back top-five finishes at Kansas. “I feel like we have a shot,” Kahne said. “We’ve had really fast cars, but things haven’t gone our way the last few races, but I think our cars have been pretty quick.” Yep, optimism abounds up and down pit road at Kansas. Until you get to Kyle Busch. If there’s anybody who should feel a bit nervous about the three-race stretch that will pare the field to eight, it’s the Joe Gibbs Rac-

ing driver. He’s crashed out of the Chase race the last two years at Kansas, and three of the last four races there overall. Each time, he had arrived with high hopes. Each time, he left in frustration. “We’ll see how this time goes,” said Busch, who nearly backed his Nationwide car into the wall during practice Friday. “There have been some times where we felt like we should have been faster some places this year and haven’t quite been, so no reason to think that Kansas being one of our worst tracks we can’t go there and try to run well.” Kansas hasn’t always been Busch’s personal house of horrors. He’s raced well at the track in the Truck Series and the Nationwide Series, and even this week he has been strong in practice. He’ll roll off Sunday from the seventh starting position. But when Busch hops into his Sprint Cup car, everything goes haywire. The wall seems to jump out and bite him, chewing up a big chunk of his title hopes along the way. Or some other misfortune hits, such as getting busted for speeding on pit road. Even when he’s managed to get to the checkered flag, Busch usually isn’t close to

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SPORTS

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2014

SPORTS ITEMS

Saints give GC first loss of year with 40-30 win GREENWOOD – Clarendon Hall handed Greenwood Christian its first loss of the season on Friday, winning 40-30 at the GC field. The Saints improved to 5-1 on the season and 4-1 in SCISA 8-man Region II. The Hawks fell to 5-1 and 3-1. The Saints totaled 325 yards rushing and 172 passing for 507 total yards for the game. Dustin Way was 6-for-9 passing for 156 yards and two touchdowns against one interception, while rushing 15 times for 90 yards and running for two 2-point conversions. Gavin Allan rushed 11 times for 145 yards and two touchdowns and caught three passes for 21 yards. Daniel Pappas added 78 yards and a TD on 14 carries and had two receptions for 57 yards and a TD. Matthew Corbett had two catches for 94 yards and a TD. Cody Armstrong added a TD run. Pappas led the defense with 16 tackles, one fumble recovery and four quarterback pressures. COWBOYS PUT CLAIBORNE ON INJURED LIST

IRVING, Texas — Dallas Cowboys cornerback Morris Claiborne was put on injured reserve Saturday, four days after season-ending knee surgery. Dallas signed linebacker Keith Smith from its practice squad, and he is likely to play in his second game this season Sunday against Houston. Claiborne, the third-year defensive back, injured his knee in the first quarter of last Sunday’s 38-21 home victory over the New Orleans Saints. He was the sixth overall pick in the 2012 draft. Smith provides some depth at linebacker, with Bruce Carter out against the Texans because of a quadriceps strain. NATS’ WILLIAMS, CABRERA EJECTED IN 10TH INNING

WASHINGTON — Nationals second baseman Asdrubal Cabrera and manager Matt Williams were ejected with one out in the 10th inning of Game 2 of their NL Division Series

NASCAR FROM PAGE B1 the front. His best finish at Kansas is just seventh, and that was in 2006. His average the past four races is 30th, and that result Sunday would put him in plenty of trouble with stops at Charlotte and the crapshoot known as Talladega looming. Ryan Newman might be the only Chase contender who can come close to rivaling Busch’s bad luck at Kansas. He hasn’t finished in the top 10 in his last seven starts. Yet asked what his expectation is this weekend, Newman’s reply was easy: “Win.” “It sounds simple,” he said, “and we’ve tried so hard for the first 29 races, whatever it’s been. But in the end, it’s just going out there and doing the best you possibly can.” There is a premium on doing that under NASCAR’s new Chase format. The winner guarantee himself a spot in the eliminator round, and also takes the pressure off the next couple of weeks. That no small thing considering the high-speed potholes that can pop up at Talladega, where the slightest bobble at the restrictor-plate track can wipe away half of the field — and a slew of championship contenders. That’s why the last race

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The Dallas Cowboys placed cornerback Morris Claiborne on the injured reserve list Saturday four days after having season-ending knee surgery. against the Giants. Cabrera threw down his bat and his red batting helmet after a called third strike by home umpire Vic Carapazza. Cabrera then yelled at the ump and was ejected. That’s when Williams came over, pushed Cabrera away and started arguing with Carapazza, brim-tobrim, before also getting kicked out of the game. The score was tied at 1. The Giants led the best-offive series 1-0. NCAA, PENN STATE LOSE ROUND IN SUIT OVER $60M FINE

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a Pennsylvania senator and the state treasurer over the massive fine imposed on Penn State for its handling of the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal. The NCAA and Penn State had asked Commonwealth Court to dismiss the

suit, but Judge Anne Covey refused. Her ruling Friday could pave the way for a trial early next year. Penn State accepted a $60 million penalty as part of a 2012 consent decree with the NCAA that also imposed a four-year ban on postseason play, a temporary loss of some football scholarships and the elimination of 112 victories from late head coach Joe Paterno. State Sen. Jake Corman and Treasurer Rob McCord filed the lawsuit to enforce a 2013 state law requiring the NCAA fine to be spent on fighting child abuse in Pennsylvania. The NCAA had intended national distribution of the funds. In a filing last month, Penn State and the NCAA said the lawsuit was now moot because college sports’ governing body had agreed to allow Pennsylvania to control the fine. From staff, wire reports

HOLLYWOOD CASINO 400 LINEUP The Associated Press After Friday qualifying; race Today At Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kan. Lap length: 1.5 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 197.621 mph. 2. (55) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 196.307. 3. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 196.15. 4. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 196.05. 5. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 196.05. 6. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 196.021. 7. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 195.972. 8. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 195.702. 9. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 195.518. 10. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 195.362. 11. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 194.974. 12. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 194.721. 13. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 195.27. 14. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 195.164. 15. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 195.08. 16. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 195.059. 17. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 195.016. 18. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 194.918. 19. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 194.868. 20. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 194.833. 21. (51) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 194.679.

in the current three-race portion of the Chase is the one that fills most drivers — not named Kyle Busch — with the greatest amount of dread. “If you have two solid weeks here, a crash at Talladega might not hurt you so bad, especially if all the guys you’re racing wreck as well,” said six-time champion Jimmie Johnson, who starts 32nd on Sunday after spinning out during his first qualifying run. “Two people, or maybe one,

22. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 194.609. 23. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 194.259. 24. (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 194.021. 25. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 193.736. 26. (13) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 193.653. 27. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 193.611. 28. (95) Michael McDowell, Ford, 192.678. 29. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 192.096. 30. (36) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 191.993. 31. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 191.198. 32. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 191.123. 33. (23) Alex Bowman, Toyota, 190.988. 34. (98) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 190.84. 35. (40) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 190.799. 36. (7) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 190.725. 37. (34) David Ragan, Ford, Owner Points. 38. (83) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, Owner Points. 39. (26) Cole Whitt, Toyota, Owner Points. 40. (33) Timmy Hill, Chevrolet, Owner Points. 41. (37) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, Owner Points. 42. (32) Joey Gase, Ford, Owner Points. 43. (66) Mike Wallace, Toyota, Owner Points.

will have that opportunity,” Johnson said, “but the other 10 Chasers will show up there with a lot of pressure to get to the checkered flag.” That makes finishing near the front on Sunday all the more important. “Our confidence is high,” said Jeff Gordon, who won last week at Dover and will start fifth on Sunday. “I think all the competition finds a way to step it up when you get to this point in the season, so certainly, going to have to work for it.”

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6:55 a.m. -- International Soccer: Barclays Premier League Match from Manchester, England -- Everton vs. Manchester United (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 7:30 a.m. -- Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Alfred Dunhill Links Championship Final Round from St. Andrews, Angus and Kingsbarns, Scotland (GOLF). 9 a.m. -- International Soccer: Barclays Premier League Match from London -- Arsenal vs. Chelsea (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 11:05 a.m. -- International Soccer: Barclays Premier League Match from East London, England -- QPR vs. West Ham (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). Noon -- Women’s College Soccer: Kentucky at Texas A&M (ESPNU). Noon -- Women’s College Soccer: Florida at Arkansas (SEC NETWORK). 1 p.m. -- NFL Football: Houston at Dallas (WLTX 19). 1 p.m. -- NFL Football: Chicago at Carolina (WACH 57, WWFN-FM 100.1, WPUB-FM 102.7). 2 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 from Kansas City, Kan. (ESPN, WEGX-FM 92.9). 2 p.m. -- Women’s International Basketball: FIBA Women’s World Championship Final Game from Istanbul (ESPN2). 2 p.m. -- Women’s College Volleyball: Florida State at Miami (ESPNU). 2 p.m. -- Women’s College Volleyball: Florida at Mississippi State (SEC NETWORK). 2:30 p.m. -- Formula One Racing: Japanese Grand Prix from Suzuka, Japan (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 3:45 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: American League Playoffs Division Series Game Three -- Baltimore at Detroit (TBS). 4 p.m. -- Women’s College Volleyball: Missouri at Georgia (SEC NETWORK). 4:25 p.m. -- NFL Football: Kansas City at San Francisco (WLTX 19). 5 p.m. -- Horse Racing: Dixiana Bourbon Stakes and Juddmonte Spinster Stakes from Lexington, Ky. (WIS 10). 6 p.m. -- NBA Exhibition Basketball: Maccabi Tel Aviv at Cleveland (NBA TV). 6 p.m. -- Women’s College Volleyball: Texas A&M at Kentucky (SEC NETWORK). 8:20 p.m. -- NFL Football: Cincinnati at New England (WIS 10, WNKT-FM 107.5). 7:30 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: American League Playoffs Division Series Game Three -- Los Angeles Angels at Kansas City (TBS).

MONDAY

1 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: League Playoffs Division Series Game (MLB NETWORK). 6:05 p.m. -- Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 7:30 p.m. -- NBA Exhibition Basketball: Philadelphia at Boston (NBA TV). 8:15 p.m. -- NFL Football: Seattle at Washington (ESPN, WNKT-FM 107.5). 8:30 p.m. -- Major League Baseball: League Playoffs Division Series Game (TBS). 10 p.m. -- NBA Exhibition Basketball: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Denver from San Diego (NBA TV).

NASCAR The Associated Press SPRINT CUP LEADERS

Through Sept. 28 Points 1, Brad Keselowski, 3,000. 2, Jeff Gordon, 3,000. 3, Joey Logano, 3,000. 4, Jimmie Johnson, 3,000. 5, Kevin Harvick, 3,000. 6, Matt Kenseth, 3,000. 7, Denny Hamlin, 3,000. 8, Kyle Busch, 3,000. 9, Ryan Newman, 3,000. 10, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 3,000. 11, Carl Edwards, 3,000. 12, Kasey Kahne, 3,000. 13, AJ Allmendinger, 2,077. 14, Kurt Busch, 2,073. 15, Greg Biffle, 2,072. 16, Aric Almirola, 2,061. 17, Kyle Larson, 859. 18, Clint Bowyer, 817. 19, Jamie McMurray, 805. 20, Paul Menard, 781. Money 1, Brad Keselowski, $6,412,706. 2, Jeff Gordon, $6,029,628. 3, Jimmie Johnson, $5,696,528. 4, Joey Logano, $5,587,043. 5, Kevin Harvick, $5,385,031. 6, Matt Kenseth, $5,377,787. 7, Jamie McMurray, $5,308,170. 8, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $5,290,619. 9, Kyle Busch, $5,138,435. 10, Denny Hamlin, $4,762,553. 11, Greg Biffle, $4,539,799. 12, Austin Dillon, $4,466,759. 13, Clint Bowyer, $4,363,520. 14, Kyle Larson, $4,340,240. 15, Brian Vickers, $4,264,963. 16, Aric Almirola, $4,260,539. 17, Paul Menard, $4,230,456. 18, Carl Edwards, $4,176,917. 19, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., $4,104,795. 20, Marcos Ambrose, $3,920,385.

PREP FOOTBALL The Associated Press

Friday’s Scores A.C. Flora 29, Camden 13 Abbeville 33, Strom Thurmond 14 Academic Magnet 27, North Charleston 21 Allendale-Fairfax 40, Denmark-Olar 0 Andrew Jackson Academy 76, Francis Hugh Wardlaw Academy 26 Andrews def. Lee Central, forfeit Bamberg-Ehrhardt 32, Bethune-Bowman 6 Barnwell 17, Wade Hampton (H) 13 Belton-Honea Path 54, West Oak 0 Ben Lippen 28, Spartanburg Christian 0 Berkeley 27, Beaufort 21 Bethesda Academy, Ga. 70, First Baptist 8 Brookland-Cayce 21, Aiken 13 Broome 28, Clinton 0 Calhoun Academy 48, King’s Academy 6 Calhoun County 30, Blackville-Hilda 7 Cardinal Newman 26, Wilson Hall 21 Carvers Bay 41, Creek Bridge 0 Central 32, Indian Land 3 Chapin 34, Richland Northeast 8 Chapman 34, Berea 14 Cheraw 42, Buford 3 Chesnee 40, Liberty 0 Chesterfield 62, North Central 20 Christ Church Episcopal 48, Whitmire 0 Clarendon Hall Academy 40, Greenwood Christian 30 Colleton County 38, South Aiken 7 Crestwood 21, Darlington 12 Cross 67, Burke 13 Dillon 43, Aynor 14 Dillon Christian 33, Pee Dee Academy 6 Dixie 10, McCormick 6 Dreher 21, Lower Richland 14 Dutch Fork 27, Irmo 7 Easley 7, T.L. Hanna 0 East Clarendon 40, Timmonsville 6 Emerald 14, Blue Ridge 6 Estill 52, Branchville 8 Florence Christian 40, Thomas Sumter Academy 0 Fort Dorchester 20, West Ashley 6 Fox Creek 28, Ridge Spring-Monetta 14 Gaffney 31, Rock Hill 14 Garrett Academy of Technology 18, Battery Creek 7 Georgetown 14, St. James 6 Goose Creek 38, Ashley Ridge 7 Gray Collegiate Charter 48, Scott’s Branch 28 Great Falls 32, C.A. Johnson 24, OT Greer 70, Eastside 19 Hammond 37, Laurence Manning Academy 7 Hanahan 21, Hilton Head Island 10 Hannah-Pamplico 28, C.E. Murray 19 Hartsville 20, Marlboro County 16 Hemingway 6, Latta 0 Hilton Head Christian Academy 37, Palmetto Christian Academy 12 Hilton Head Prep 26, Colleton Prep 22 Holly Hill Academy 42, Trinity Byrnes School 19 Lake Marion 33, Johnsonville 9

Lake View 36, Green Sea Floyds 26 Lakewood 41, Manning 0 Lamar 48, Andrew Jackson 7 Lancaster 27, Chester 0 Laurens 35, Woodmont 14 Lexington 27, Lugoff-Elgin 13 Loris 34, Marion 6 McBee 63, Lewisville 19 Mid-Carolina 42, Columbia 7 Midland Valley 55, Gilbert 38 Military Magnet Academy 20, Lincoln 14 Myrtle Beach 38, Wilson 0 Newberry 30, W.J. Keenan 22 Ninety Six 28, Saluda 14 North 38, Wagener-Salley 34 North Augusta 37, Ridge View 13 North Myrtle Beach 19, Lake City 15 Northwood Academy 41, St. Andrew’s, Ga. 0 Orangeburg Prep 27, Thomas Heyward Academy 6 Orangeburg-Wilkinson 52, R.B. Stall 0 Patrick Henry Academy 32, Cathedral Academy 12 Pelion 54, Eau Claire 6 Pickens 40, Walhalla 3 Pinewood Prep 10, Augusta Christian, Ga. 7 Powdersville 34, Landrum 9 Richard Winn Academy 49, Carolina Academy 28 Ridge Christian 60, James Island Christian 36 Ridgeland-Hardeeville 26, Silver Bluff 24 Seneca 41, Palmetto 13 St. John’s 28, Baptist Hill 12 St. Joseph 40, Ware Shoals 6 Stratford 21, Summerville 9 Swansea 28, Airport 20 Timberland 38, Kingstree 0 W. Wyman King Academy 52, Jefferson Davis Academy 14 Waccamaw 34, Mullins 18 Wade Hampton (G) 21, J.L. Mann 14 Wando 56, Bluffton 20 Westside 24, Hillcrest 23 Westwood 28, West Florence 7 Whale Branch 28, Bishop England 6 White Knoll 13, Spring Valley 7 Williamsburg Academy 40, Christian Academy of Myrtle Beach 0 Williston-Elko 34, Hunter-Kinard-Tyler 14 Woodland 20, Edisto 6 Woodruff 40, Pendleton 19 Wren 49, D.W. Daniel 42

NFL STANDINGS By The Associated Press AMERICAN CONFERENCE EAST Buffalo Miami New England N.Y. Jets SOUTH Houston Indianapolis Tennessee Jacksonville NORTH Cincinnati Baltimore Pittsburgh Cleveland WEST San Diego Denver Kansas City Oakland

W 2 2 2 1

L 2 2 2 3

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .500 .500 .500 .250

PF 79 96 80 79

PA 75 97 90 96

W 3 2 1 0

L 1 2 3 4

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .750 .500 .250 .000

PF 87 136 60 58

PA 67 95 110 152

W 3 3 2 1

L 0 1 2 2

T Pct PF 0 1.000 80 0 .750 103 0 .500 97 0 .333 74

PA 33 60 99 77

W 3 2 2 0

L 1 1 2 4

T 0 0 0 0

PF 102 75 102 51

PA 63 67 79 103

Pct .750 .667 .500 .000

NATIONAL CONFERENCE EAST Philadelphia Dallas N.Y. Giants Washington SOUTH Atlanta Carolina New Orleans Tampa Bay NORTH Detroit Green Bay Chicago Minnesota WEST Arizona Seattle San Francisco St. Louis

W 3 3 2 1

L 1 1 2 3

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .750 .750 .500 .250

PF 122 115 103 95

PA 104 86 91 109

W 2 2 1 1

L 2 2 3 3

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .500 .500 .250 .250

PF 131 73 95 72

PA 113 96 110 119

W 3 3 2 2

L 1 2 2 3

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .750 .600 .500 .400

PF 85 134 92 101

PA 62 106 100 126

W 3 2 2 1

L 0 1 2 2

T Pct 0 1.000 0 .667 0 .500 0 .333

PF 66 83 88 56

PA 45 66 89 85

THURSDAY’S GAME

Green Bay 42, Minnesota 10

TODAY’S GAMES

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

MONDAY’S GAME

Seattle at Washington, 8:30 p.m.

THURSDAY, OCT. 9

Indianapolis at Houston, 8:25 p.m.

SUNDAY, OCT. 12

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

MONDAY, OCT. 13

San Francisco at St. Louis, 8:30 p.m.

TRANSACTIONS The Associated Press

BASEBALL

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Traded RHP Preston Guilmet to Pittsburgh for cash. National League PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Designated OF Jose Tabata for assignment.

FOOTBALL

National Football League DALLAS COWBOYS — Placed CB Morris Claiborne on injured reserve. Signed LB Keith Smith from the practice squad. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Released FB Mario Harvey with an injury settlement. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Released TE Mickey Shuler. Activated WR Ace Sanders from suspension. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Released LB Jake Knott from the practice squad with an injury settlement.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League BOSTON BRUINS — Traded D Johnny Boychuk to the N.Y. Islanders for 2015 and 2016 second-round draft picks and a conditional third-round draft pick. CAROLINA HURRICANES — Assigned F Patrick Brown to Charlotte (AHL). CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Agreed to terms with F Daniel Carcillo on a oneyear contract. Assigned F Teuvo Teravainen and D Klas Dahlbeck to Rockford (AHL). DETROIT RED WINGS — Reassigned G Jake Paterson from Grand Rapids (AHL) to Saginaw (OHL).

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Run-run-run happy Price, Tigers hope to avoid elimination vs. O’s Royals could knock BY NOAH TRISTER The Associated Press DETROIT — When the Detroit Tigers acquired David Price at this year’s trade deadline, they appeared to have assembled a powerful starting rotation that could carry them deep into the postseason. Now, Price PRICE will take the mound for the first time in these playoffs — and Detroit is already facing elimination. “This is the time you want to be able to step up for your team, for your fan base, for the city of Detroit,” the star left-hander said Saturday. “This is a special moment, to be able to go out there and throw my game, and that’s what I plan on doing.” The Tigers dropped the first two games of this AL Division Series in Baltimore, unable to overcome a shaky bullpen that has been a problem all year. Price

shut down Minnesota on the final day of the regular season to lift Detroit to a fourth straight AL Central title, but the stakes will be higher Sunday against the Orioles in Game 3 of the best-of-five series. Baltimore counters with right-hander Bud Norris, who went 4-0 with a 2.08 ERA in September. “I’ve pitched in some big games in my career. This obviously might be the biggest,” Norris said. “But as far as I’m concerned, it’s another 60 feet, 6 inches. I’m just going to go out there and compete and pitch as best I can.” Detroit’s starting rotation was transcendent at times during the last two postseasons, and the addition of Price gave the Tigers the last three American League Cy Young Award winners. The other two — Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander — started the first two games of this series, and the Orioles won them both anyway. “I think that’s the back-

bone of our team, has been our starting pitching, so we feel like there’s some depth there,” Detroit manager Brad Ausmus said. “You don’t want to be down 0-2 in any series, but we are at home, we have David Price going (Sunday) and we have Rick (Porcello) on Monday, if we have Monday.” The question facing the Tigers isn’t just how effective their big-name starters will be — it’s how long they can stay in the game. Verlander was taken out in the sixth inning of Game 2 after 101 pitches, and although Detroit led 6-3 in the eighth, Joba Chamberlain and Joakim Soria gave up the lead. Chamberlain has retired one batter over the first two games of this series, allowing four earned runs and three hits. He was still in a relaxed mood in the clubhouse Saturday. Chamberlain, who went to college at Nebraska, was preparing to head to East Lansing to see the Cornhuskers play Michigan State in football Saturday night.

PRO FOOTBALL

Panthers to use committee approach at running back BY STEVE REED The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — Panthers coach Ron Rivera expects to use a running back-by-committee approach against the Chicago Bears on Sunday. With starter DeAngelo Williams out with RIVERA a sprained ankle and Jonathan Stewart doubtful with a sprained knee, Rivera said Friday that Fozzy Whittaker, Darrin Reaves and recently signed Chris Ogbonnaya will split carries. Rivera said Whittaker and Reaves will get the majority of carries, but he’ll gravitate toward using the back with the “hot hand.”

“It really depends on who looks the best early on,” Rivera said. “Each guy is going to get some carries early. ... It Fozzy starts having one of those games like he did against Kansas City or Pittsburgh (in the preseason) that could be exciting for him, and for us.” Whittaker combined for 162 yards and two touchdowns in those two games and led the Panthers in rushing in the preseason. Mike Tolbert and Richie Brockel will not play, leaving the Panthers without a true fullback. The Panthers didn’t sign a replacement free agent fullback this week. Rivera said tight end Brandon Williams and Ed Dickson could see action at that spot. However, Dickson’s status for Sunday is up in the air.

Rivera said he will make a game-time decision on Dickson (hip). Rivera said Stewart worked “very well” on the side, but isn’t quite ready for game action. “He took a big step,” Rivera said. Williams, the franchise’s all-time leading rusher, will miss the next two games and possibly more. He tweeted a picture of himself earlier this week wearing a pink cast on his ankle. The Panthers (2-2) enter the game ranked 29th in the league in offense and averaging just 3.1 yards per carry, one of the main reasons for their current twogame losing streak.

KEEPING UP

Clark leading Waldorf XC team

unior Cody Clark is the leader of the Waldorf College (Iowa) men’s cross country team. The Wilson Hall High School graduate has been on the team since his freshman season, when the Warriors fielded a roster with just two men. The team has a roster of eight men now. Clark has been the top finisher among the WarCLARK riors in each of the first four meets. He ran a career-best 29 minutes, 56 seconds in the Border Battle Invitational 8K. Barbara He was Boxleitner fifth overall in the Buena Vista University Invitational 8K, finishing in 30:59.41. MEN’S GOLF

Cody Clepper of Limestone College tied for 28th in the Aflac/Cougar Invitational. The Sumter High School graduate shot a 218 (74-72-72) to share the lowest score among the Saints. Laurence Manning Academy product John Taylor Duke shot a 236 (77-77-82) for Coker

out mighty Angels BY DAVE SKRETTA The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals, that scrappy run-run-run team quickly endearing itself to baseball purists, is proving small ball works on the game’s biggest stage. After a wild win over Oakland in its first playoff game in nearly three decades, the Royals — who finished last by a wide margin in home runs this season — are just one win away from sweeping the mighty, power-hitting Los Angeles Angels as their best-offive Divisional Series shifts to Kansas City on Sunday. Led by a manager who grew up in the National League, where bunting and stolen bases often win the day, the Royals are taking a decidedly old-school approach to the postseason. “I think that here, especially in the past, everybody got into hitting two- and three-run homers and that kind of abandoned bunting, stealing and playing the game aggressively in that fashion,” said Ned Yost, who learned his craft from longtime Braves manager Bobby Cox. “Do we have power? Yeah, we have some guys that can hit the ball out,” Yost said. “But we don’t have any 25, 30, 35-home run hitters on our team. So we do other things.” The Royals led the majors with 153 stolen bases this season, and were such a threat on the base paths that Oakland manager Bob Melvin crafted his lineup to deal with their speed. It didn’t do a whole lot of good. The Royals wound up swiping seven bases in last Tuesday’s wild-card game, matching the record for a postseason game shared by the 1907 Cubs and 1975 Reds. And all those stolen bases proved invaluable, too, in what resulted in a 9-8, 12-inning victory. “That’s one of their strengths,” Melvin said. “It affected us, no doubt about it.” It’s not lost on Angels manager Mike Scioscia, either. “It’s the way their team is

By The Associated Press x-if necessary

WILD CARD

Tuesday: Kansas City 9, Oakland 8, 12 innings Wednesday: San Francisco 8, Pittsburgh 0

DIVISION SERIES

(Best-of-5) American League All AL games televised by TBS Baltimore 2, Detroit 0 Thursday: Baltimore 12, Detroit 3 Friday: Baltimore 7, Detroit 6 Today: Baltimore (Gonzalez 10-9) at Detroit (Price 15-12), 3:45 p.m. x-Monday: Baltimore at Detroit (Porcello 15-13), 12:07 or 1:37 p.m. x-Wednesday, Oct. 8: Detroit at Baltimore, 5:37 or 8:07 p.m. Kansas 2, Los Angeles 0 Thursday: Kansas City 3, Los Angeles 2, 11 innings Friday: Kansas City 4, Los Angeles 1, 11 innings Today: Los Angeles (Wilson 13-10) at Kansas City (Shields 14-8), 7:37 p.m. x-Monday: Los Angeles at Kansas City, 6:07 p.m. x-Wednesday, Oct. 8: Kansas City at Los Angeles, 8:37 or 9:07 p.m. National League San Francisco 1, Washington 0 Friday: San Francisco 3, Washington 2 Saturday: San Francisco at Washington Monday: Washington (Fister 16-6) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 1810) (FS1 or MLBN), 3:07 or 5:07 p.m. x-Tuesday, Oct. 7: Washington at San Francisco (FS1), 8:37 or 9:07 p.m. x-Thursday, Oct. 9: San Francisco at Washington (FS1), 5:07 or 8:37 p.m. St. Louis 1, Los Angeles 0 Friday: St. Louis 10, Los Angeles 9 Saturday: St. Louis at Los Angeles, late Monday: Los Angeles (Ryu 14-7) at St. Louis (Lackey 3-3) (FS1 or MLBN), 9:07 or 9:37 p.m. x-Tuesday, Oct. 7: Los Angeles (Haren 13-11) at St. Louis (Miller 10-9) (FS1), 5:07 or 8:37 p.m. x-Thursday Oct. 9: St. Louis at Los Angeles (FS1), 8:37 or 9:07 p.m.

built,” he said. “One of their best tools is their ability to create on the base paths, and they do it as well as anybody I’ve seen. It’s reminiscent of the Cardinals back in ‘85 — maybe not quite to that extent, but that’s how they pressure teams.” By the way, those ‘85 Cardinals? They lost to the Royals in the World Series. All of this makes sense, too. The number of home runs this year fell by nearly 500 to 4,186 comparted to last year, according to STATS, and the number of runs scored also dropped by about 500. So many teams have had to get creative scoring runs, and that’s resulted in a return to small ball.

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College in the Cougar Invitational. Jon Weiss of James Madison University tied for 16th in the Janney VCU Shootout. The former Gamecock carded a 221 (75-71-75), second among the Dukes. Francis Marion University’s John Michael Schaffer shot a 231 (78-77-76) in the VCU Shootout. Another past Gamecock, he was third among the Patriots. USC-Aiken redshirt senior Brian Amick shot a 73, third among the Pacers, in the shortened Kiawah Island Invitational. Amick competed for Sumter High. WOMEN’S GOLF

Previously at Sumter High, Annabelle Dallery shot a 169 (88-81) for Newberry College in the Smokey Mountain Intercollegiate.

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Southern Wesleyan University senior defender Leah Johnson started all seven games. The Sumter resident led the team with one goal and two assists. Out of Sumter High, Megan Moore is a freshman midfielder who has appeared in one game for Erskine College. Send updates about area athletes to Barbara Boxleitner at BKLE3@aol.com.

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Mississippi madness Bulldogs, Rebels pull off major upsets OXFORD, Miss. — Bo Wallace threw for 251 yards and three touchdowns, including two in the fourth quarter, and No. 11 Mississippi rallied from a fourth-quarter deficit to stun No. 3 Alabama 23-17 on Saturday. It was a methodical, nearly flawless comeback for the Rebels (5-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference), who have won five games to start the season for the first time since 1962 and ended a 10-game losing streak against the Tide. When it was over, drinks flew into the air and students rushed the field in disbelief, celebrating what may be the biggest win for Ole Miss in a generation. It capped a stunning day for the Magnolia State — No. 12 Mississippi State beat No. 6 Texas A&M 48-31 earlier Saturday in Starkville. The Rebels trailed 17-10 midway through the fourth quarter, with a brutally efficient Alabama offense controlling the tempo most of the afternoon. But Ole Miss pulled even on Wallace’s 34-yard touchdown pass to Vince Sanders with 5:29 remaining. On the ensuing kickoff, Alabama’s Christion Jones fumbled and Ole Miss recovered, giving the Rebels great field

backer Richie Brown, who matched a school record. (13) GEORGIA 44 VANDERBILT 17

ATHENS, Ga. — Hutson Mason threw two touchdown passes to Chris Conley, Todd Gurley ran for 163 yards with two scores and No. 13 Georgia beat Vanderbilt 44-17 on Saturday. Georgia (4-1, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) used Gurley’s scoring runs of 4 and 14 yards and Mason’s first touchdown pass to Conley to take a 21-0 lead in the first quarter. Vanderbilt (1-4, 0-4) remained winless in the SEC. FLORIDA 10 TENNESSEE 9 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mississippi running back Jaylen Walton (6) catches a 10-yard touchdown pass against Alabama defensive back Landon Collins (26) during the Rebels’ 23-17 upset win on Saturday in Oxford, Miss. position at the Alabama 31. Channing Ward forced the fumble. Ole Miss took a 23-17 lead on Wallace’s 10-yard touchdown throw to Jaylen Walton with 2:54 remaining. Alabama (4-1, 1-1) still had a chance to win, but Senquez Golson intercepted a pass from Blake Sims in the end zone with 37 seconds remaining.

(12) MISSISSIPPI STATE 48 (6) TEXAS A&M 31 STARKVILLE, Miss. — Dak Prescott threw two touchdown passes, added three Tebow-style TD runs, and No. 12 Mississippi State overwhelmed No. 6 Texas A&M 48-31 on Saturday as a new contender emerged in the SEC West. The Bulldogs (5-0, 2-0 South-

eastern Conference) jumped out to a 28-7 lead in the first half and never let Kenny Hill and the high-scoring Aggies (5-1, 2-1) get close enough to threaten the lead — or quiet the Bulldogs fans and their clanging cowbells at Davis Wade Stadium. Hill threw for 365 yards and four touchdowns, but was picked off three times by line-

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Austin Hardin made a 49-yard field goal with 6:20 remaining Saturday as Florida erased a nine-point, fourth-quarter deficit to beat Tennessee 10-9 and continue its decade-long mastery of this rivalry. Florida (3-1, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) rallied behind freshman quarterback Treon Harris, who led both of the Gators’ scoring drives after replacing an ineffective Jeff Driskel. From wire reports

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FSU rolls to 43-3 win versus WF TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A lackluster effort from quarterback Jameis Winston and the Florida State offense allowed kicker Roberto Aguayo and the defense to star in a 43-3 victory over Wake Forest on Saturday. Winston threw for 297 yards with a touchdown and an interception while Aguayo kicked a career-high five field goals in a single game. The reigning Lou Groza Award winner also set a school record with 21 consecutive field goals. The FSU defense dominated the overmatched Demon Deacons (2-4, 0-2) and held them to 126 offensive yards, including 40 rushing. Linebacker Reggie Northrup forced and recovered a fumble and ran it 31 yards for a touchdown that put Florida State up 30-3 in the third quarter. Wake Forest quarterback John Wolford was held to 58 yards passing and an interception. The game took its toll on Florida State (5-0, 3-0) as leading receiver Rashad Greene (concussion) and starting center Austin Barron (arm) both left and did not return. Freshman defensive end Lorenzo Featherston was a surprise star for the Florida State defense after making his first career start. He posted seven tackles, including 2 1/2 for loss and a fumble recovery. Wake Forest could not block him early in the first half. Wake Forest entered as the worst offense in the ACC and one of the worst in the country — and that was exactly what Florida State needed to work out some bugs. The Seminoles missed more than 30 tackles last week and had allowed 300 yards passing in two of three games against FBS opponents this season. That didn’t happen at all in 2013. VIRGINIA TECH 34 UNC 17

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Kendall Fuller returned an interception 47 yards for a momentum-shifting touchdown and Virginia Tech beat North Carolina 34-17 on Saturday. Michael Brewer was 18 of 27 for 186 yards with a 26-yard touchdown pass to Bucky

Hodges, while Marshawn Williams had an early 8-yard scoring run and J.C. Coleman had a game-sealing 1-yard TD. The Hokies (4-2, 1-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) scored two touchdowns in the opening 3½ minutes, forced three turnovers and had five sacks while avoiding their first 0-2 start to league play since joining the ACC a decade ago. Elijah Hood had a short touchdown run and Marquise Williams rushed for 94 yards and was 17 of 33 for 187 yards passing. He briefly made things interesting with his 9-yard touchdown pass to Quinshad Davis with 4:15 left. The Tar Heels (2-3, 0-2) have lost their first two conference games for the second straight year. This time, the offense — and not the maligned defense — was at fault. North Carolina — which allowed 70 and 50 points in its last two games — entered averaging a leagueleading 40.8 points, while no power-conference team is allowing more yards (543) or points (44) per game. The Tar Heels mostly bottled up Virginia Tech, holding the Hokies to a season-low 357 total yards. But Tech’s defense neutralized North Carolina, which finished with a seasonworst 323 yards. FRIDAY LOUISVILLE 28 SYRACUSE 6 SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Bobby Petrino wore a satisfied look after his latest victory — another defensive masterpiece for Louisville’s offensive guru. Brandon Radcliff ran for 110 yards and two touchdowns, and Louisville had two interceptions and two safeties in a 28-6 victory over Syracuse on Friday night, the Orange’s third straight loss. The Cardinals (5-1, 3-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) moved to 4-0 against Syracuse under Petrino. With a grueling schedule ahead, Syracuse (2-3, 0-1 ACC) began ACC play with a thud, getting just a pair of field goals from Cole Murphy, one in each half.

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Miles 23, Benedict 13

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Clemson 41, North Carolina State 0 South Carolina at Kentucky (late) Wofford 17, Citadel 13 Presbyterian 19, Western Carolina 14 Coastal Carolina at Furman (late) South Carolina State 13, North Carolina A&T 0 Newberry 33, Wingate 10 North Greenville 38, Limestone 9

(11) Mississippi 23, (2) Alabama 17 (5) Auburn vs. (15) LSU (late) (12) Mississippi State 48, (6) Texas A&M 31 (13) Georgia 44, Vanderbilt 17 Florida 10, Tennessee 9

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Arizona 31, (2) Oregon 24

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Utah State 35, (18) BYU 20

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Louisville 28, Syracuse 6

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(1) Florida State 43, Wake Forest 3 Virginia Tech 34, North Carolina 17 Miami at Georgia Tech (late) Pittsburgh at Virginia (late)

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(25) TCU 37, (4) Oklahoma 33 (7) Baylor 28, Texas 7 (8) UCLA vs. Utah (late) (9) Notre Dame 17, (14) Stanford 14 (10) Michigan State vs. (19) Nebraska (late) (16) Southern Cal vs. Arizona State (late) Northwestern 20 (17) Wisconsin 14 (20) Ohio State 52, Maryland 24 (21) Oklahoma State 37, Iowa State 20 (22) East Carolina 45, SMU 24 (23) Kansas State vs. Texas Tech (late)

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TCU defensive end Josh Carraway (94) tackles Oklahoma quarterback Trevor Knight (9) during the Horned Frogs’ 37-33 upset victory on Saturday in Fort Worth, Texas.

TCU upends Oklahoma FORT WORTH, Texas — Paul Dawson returned an interception 41 yards for a touchdown, TCU made a huge fourth-and-1 stop with just over 3 minutes left and the No. 25 Horned Frogs remained undefeated with a 37-33 victory over No. 4 Oklahoma on Saturday. Oklahoma (4-1, 1-1 Big 12) had the ball after the teams had three turnovers in a span of four plays — another interception by Trevor Knight between two fumbles by TCU. On fourth down from the TCU 22, Samaje Perine was stuffed by linebacker Marcus Mallet for no gain. Officials confirmed on a replay review that Perine, who had three TD runs in the game, was stopped short of a first down. Dawson’s big pick for TCU (4-0, 1-0) came with 14:12 left. He reached up with both hands to grab the ball and raced untouched to make it 37-31. The Sooners got two points when Jordan Phillips blocked the extra point and Zack Sanchez returned it to the end zone. TCU improved to 4-0 for the fifth time in the last seven seasons under coach Gary Patterson, but this was the kind of big attentiongrabbing victory the Horned Frogs didn’t have in their first two Big 12 seasons. After winning three consecutive Mountain West titles, the Frogs moved to the power conference and went 6-12 in league games the first two seasons. They made quite a statement in their third league opener — and provided a jolt to Oklahoma’s standing for the new four-team College Football Playoff, though the Sooners weren’t the only highly ranked team to lose to start October. Trevone Boykin, the dual-threat quarterback flourishing in TCU’s new offense, was 20-of-38 passing for 318 yards with two touchdowns, and added 77 yards on 22 carries. Boykin fumbled on a keeper in the fourth quarter, but two plays later Chris Hackett had an interception for TCU before B.J. Catalon gave it right back on a fumble at the Frogs 46 with 6 minutes left.

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SPARTANBURG — Kevin Thomas tackled Aaron Miller on the 1-yard line as time ran out Saturday, preserving Wofford’s 17-13 win over The Citadel. The Citadel (1-5, 0-2 Southern Conference) got the ball on its 35 with 2:45 to play and squeezed in 16 plays, including a fourthdown conversion from the Terriers’ 31. The Bulldogs had a first and goal from the 3, but had three incompletions before the quarterback draw. Evan Jacks rushed 22 times for 141 yards and two touchdowns, including the winner for Wofford (4-2, 2-0) in the final minute of the fourth quarter. Jacks completed all three of his passes for 18 yards. The Terries were hurt by three lost fumbles. After going 7 of 13 for 57 yards on the final drive, Miller finished 9 of 19 for 97 yards. Cam Jackson had an 11 yard TD run in the third quarter and Eric Goins had 28- and 35-yard field goals.

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S.C. STATE 13

STILLWATER, Okla. — Desmond Roland ran for 95 yards and two touchdowns and Tyreek Hill returned a kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown Saturday to help No. 21 Oklahoma State defeat Iowa State 37-20. Brandon Sheperd caught a career-high eight passes for 91 yards and Jhajuan Seales added four catches for 75 yards and a score for the Cowboys (4-1, 2-0 Big 12). Hill had 148 yards in kickoff returns and 46 yards in punt returns. Daxx Garman passed for 271 yards and a touchdown and Ben Grogan made three field goals for the Cowboys.

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ack in the corner of the end zone with 61 seconds left as No. 9 Notre Dame overcame two turnovers and two bungled snaps on field goal attempts on a cold, rainy Saturday to beat No. 14 Stanford 17-14. (20) OHIO STATE 52 MARYLAND 24

COLLLEGE PARK, Md. — Ohio State marched up and down a field it had never seen before as if it owned the place, scoring on one quick drive after another as the No. 20 Buckeyes piled up 533 yards Saturday and spoiled Maryland’s Big Ten home debut with a 52-24 win. J.T. Barrett completed 18 of 23 passes for 267 yards and four touchdowns and also ran 16 times for 71 yards and a score. Ezekiel Elliott rushed for 139 yards on 24 carries, and the defense had four interceptions to hush the first sellout crowd at College Park in nearly six years. NORTHWESTERN 20 (17) WISCONSIN 14

EVANSTON, Ill. — Godwin Igwebuike had three interceptions and Justin Jackson rushed for 162 yards, helping the resurgent Wildcats upset Melvin Gordon and No. 17 Wisconsin 20-14 on Saturday.

(7) BAYLOR 28

(22) EAST CAROLINA 45

TEXAS 7

SMU 24

AUSTIN, Texas — Shock Linwood ran for 148 yards and the clinching touchdown and No. 7 Baylor overcame a rare off day by quarterback Bryce Petty and the nation’s No. 1 offense to beat Texas 28-7 on Saturday. With Petty misfiring, the Bears (5-0, 2-0 Big 12) won with tough defense, two big plays on special teams and a power running game that wore down Texas (2-3, 1-1) in the second half. Terrell Burt scored Baylor’s first touchdown with a 62-yard return after a blocked field goal in the first quarter. A fake punt in the third set up Petty’s touchdown pass to Antwan Goodley. Linwood put it away with a short touchdown run in the fourth. Texas held Baylor to 390 total yards, but only narrowly avoided its first shutout at home since 1976. Longhorns quarterback Tyrone Swoopes had three turnovers, including a fumble at the Baylor 1 just before halftime.

GREENVILLE, N.C. — Shane Carden threw for 410 yards and four touchdowns to help No. 22 East Carolina beat SMU 45-24 in its American Athletic Conference debut Saturday. Justin Hardy had three first-half touchdown catches for the Pirates (4-1, 1-0 AAC), who were playing with a national ranking for the first time in six years. Carden became the program’s career passing leader midway through the third quarter while ECU finished with 581 yards. FRIDAY UTAH STATE 35

(14) STANFORD 14

(18) BYU 20 PROVO, Utah — It was supposed to be Chuckie Keeton’s comeback season. Instead, it’s looking like the year when Darell Garretson will emerge as Utah State’s next star. Garretson threw for 321 yards and three touchdowns, leading Utah State to a 35-20 upset of No. 18 Brigham Young on Friday night.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Everett Golson threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to Ben Koy-

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CAROLINA FROM PAGE B1 way to a score. UK, which brought a 3-1 overall record and a 1-1 SEC record into the game, finally got on the scoreboard on a 6-play, 52-yard drive. JoJo Kemp scored on a 3-yard run with 9:15 left in the first half to make 14-7. South Carolina looked got a big break when Kentucky quarterback Patrick Towles lost the football while being

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sacked by Larenz Bryant. Jonathan Walton recovered for the Gamecocks at the Wildcat 34. USC couldn’t’ punch it in the end zone though, having to settle for a 31-yard field goal by Fry with 4:45 to go to make it 17-7. UK needed just three plays to go 73 yards for a touchdown that made it 17-14. Running out of the Wildcat formation, Braylon Heard

scored on a 38-yard run through the middle of the Carolina defense with 3:39 remaining in the first half. South Carolina was driving at the end of the half when Thompson was intercepted by A.J. Stamps with 22 seconds left. A 23-yard pass from Towles to Garrett Johnson gave Kentucky a first down at the Gamecock 30 with five seconds left. Austin McGinnis booted a 47-yard field goal as time expired to make it 17-17.

ATLANTA (AP) — Jalen Simmons and Adrian Kollock Jr. scored touchdowns to lead South Carolina State to a 13-0 win over North Carolina A&T in the Atlanta Football Classic on Saturday. Simmons had 24 carries for 95 yards and Kollock finished with 99 yards on 8-for-19 passing and added another 75 yards rushing on 16 attempts. The last shutout for SC State (4-2, 2-0 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) came in the season opener, a 63-0 victory over Division II Bene-

dict. The Bulldogs found the end zone just seconds after the opening kickoff, with Simmons scoring on a 2-yard run. They wouldn’t score again until late in the fourth quarter when Kollock kept the ball and carried it in from the 1. The PAT kick missed. Hasaan Klugh led North Carolina A&T (4-2, 1-1) with 113 yards on 14-for-27 passing with an interception. PRESBYTERIAN 19 WESTERN CAROLINA 14

CLINTON — Deonte Davis’ 32-yard interception return for a touchdown with 1:46 left to play gave Presbyterian the edge over Western Carolina 19-14 on Saturday. Davis’ score was the second interception TD for Presbyterian. The first came two plays into Western Carolina’s first possession after the game-opening kickoff when Ed Britt picked off the Catamounts Troy Mitchell and returned it 25 yards for the score. The Blue Hose (3-2) led 13-7 at the break but a Mitchell TD pass late in the third quarter gave the Catamounts (3-2) a 14-13 lead that they were able to maintain until late in the fourth. Presbyterian’s Kaleb Griffin was 15 of 26 and 133 yards passing. Demarcus Rouse carried 22 times for 87 yards. Mitchell finished with 10of-24 and 141 yards passing. He was injured in the third quarter and replaced by Garrett Brown who threw the interception that won the game for the Blue Hose. From wire reports

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TIGERS FROM PAGE B1 North Carolina State entered as the ACC’s top offense, averaging 505 yards a game. But the Wolfpack managed just 156 yards in losing their 10th straight league game. Clemson’s last shutout was a 54-0 win over South Carolina State. The last time the Tigers blanked an ACC opponent was 1998 in a 23-0 win over Maryland. “Coach (Dabo) Swinney actually said it was his first shutout since he was a head coach,” Williams said. “So just to see the defense go out there and play their best game, that was good.” Brissett and the Wolfpack had come off a near-miss loss to top-ranked Florida State where they put up 520 yards. Clemson defense had none of that at Death Valley, holding them 364 fewer yards and Brissett to 4 of 18 passing for 35 yards. Brissett also had two of the Wolfpack’s three fumbles, both leading to Clemson touchdowns. “We could never get any momentum,” said Dave Doeren, who’s winless in ACC games in two seasons. “I think all offenses are the game. If you get a first down, then you could get some rhythm and we just could never get a first down.” North Carolina State was 3 of 14 on third downs and finished with 12 first downs, less than half Clemson’s 25. Watson finished 17 of 29 for 267 yards. He spent most of the second half on the bench with the game well in hand. He threw for a Clemson record six TDs a week ago in his first-ever start, a 50-35 win over North Carolina and proved that wasn’t a onetime fluke. Watson arched a pretty pass to Williams for a 56yard touchdown on Clemson’s opening drive and found Williams again a series later for a second score. This time, Watson led Williams perfectly between two Wolfpack defenders for a 31yard scoring pass and a 14-0 lead. Watson showed his versatility on Clemson’s third series. He had a shifty, cutting 17-yard run to break into North Carolina State territo-

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Clemson wide receiver Mike Williams (7), above, runs after making a catch against North Carolina State safety Hakim Jones (20) during the Tigers’ 41-0 victory on Saturday in Clemson. Williams had more than 150 yards receiving. Clemson defensive end Corey Crawford (93), left, picks up a North Carolina State fumble as teammate Vic Beasley looks on and North Carolina State running back Shadrach Thornton (10) gives chase.

ry. Eight plays later, he ended the drive with a 5-yard run around the right side, leaping over Wolfpack cornerback Jack Tocho on his way to the end zone. “The playmakers have got

to make plays and that was the best way I could get in the end zone,” Watson said. Watson added some flash, mimicking the Superman chest swipe after his score, which he said was a shout-

out to one of his favorite NFL stars, Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton. “I just had to do a little something for him,” Watson said.

CLEMSON 41, NC STATE 0 NC State 0 0 0 0— 0 Clemson 21 10 10 0—41 First Quarter Clem_M.Williams 56 pass from D.Watson (Lakip kick), 12:38. Clem_M.Williams 31 pass from D. Watson (Lakip kick), 9:42. Clem_D.Watson 5 run (Lakip kick), 4:32. Second Quarter Clem_D.Watson 3 run (Lakip kick), 10:56. Clem_FG Lakip 31, 5:32. Third Quarter Clem_FG Lakip 43, 9:31. Clem_V.Beasley 16 fumble return (Lakip kick), 9:23. A_78,459. NCSt Clem First downs 12 25 Rushes-yards 38-121 50-226 Passing 35 267 Comp-Att-Int 4-19-0 17-30-0

Return Yards 7 40 Punts-Avg. 9-45.6 3-37.7 Fumbles-Lost 3-3 1-0 Penalties-Yards 5-45 9-103 Time of Possession 25:20 34:40 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_NC State, Creecy 7-43, Thornton 6-39, Dayes 7-17, Brissett 16-16, Cherry 1-6, Underwood 1-0. Clemson, D.Watson 15-62, Gallman 13-58, Choice 9-56, Howard 5-30, Davidson 4-18, Stoudt 1-6, Humphries 1-(minus 1), Team 1-(minus 1), Schuessler 1-(minus 2). PASSING_NC State, Brissett 4-18-035, Team 0-1-0-0. Clemson, D.Watson 17-29-0-267, Stoudt 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING_NC State, Thornton 1-18, Alston 1-9, Underwood 1-8, Dayes 1-0. Clemson, M.Williams 6-155, Gallman 3-21, Choice 2-21, Kitt 2-8, Hopper 1-28, Leggett 1-21, Humphries 1-8, Davidson 1-5.

KNIGHTS FROM PAGE B1 2-yard run in the first quarter and that was enough to give the Knights a 7-0 lead at halftime. Crestwood pushed the lead to 14-0 in the third quarter when defensive back Julius Pearson picked up a fumble and returned it 24 yards for a touchdown. The Falcons scored a touchdown in the third quarter when Tra’Quan Dubose caught a 7-yard touchdown pass from Shakeem Thomas. The 2-point conversion run failed, leaving the score at 14-6. Elmo Johnson kicked a pair of field goals for Darlington early in the fourth quarter to make it 14-12. However, the Knights put

the game away on a 10-yard touchdown run by Williams with 2 1/2 minutes left in the game. Williams, a University of North Carolina commitment, rushed for 60 yards on 12 carries. “We made plays on offense when we need to make plays,” Nelson said. The Knights were also ballhawks on defense, forcing three turnovers. “We played a really good game on defense,” said Nelson. “We’ve been improving.” Crestwood will ge a big test on Friday. It travels to Kelleytown to take on undefeated Hartsville.

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Brissett, the Florida transfer, was expected to match Watson pass for pass and score for score. Instead, the Tigers defense kept him and the Wolfpack off stride throughout the opening half.

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Known as the icon of the Amusements of American midway, the Giant Wheel features a spectacular light show as it takes passengers 110 feet above the ground, affording them a panoramic view of Sumter.

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SUMTER COUNTY FAIR SCHEDULE

hether it’s a spectacular ride or some other thrill, the Sumter County Fair, opening Tuesday,

will have something to give you a chill, promises fair manager Mel Curtis. In fact, he explained last week, “spectacular” and “thrill” are actually two of four categories

OPENING DAY — Tuesday, Oct. 7

of midway rides provided by Amusements

Tuesday – $4 general admission JUDGING: 8:30 a.m. – Poultry & Baby Animals 10 a.m. – Commercial/Educational Displays 12:30 p.m. – Flower Show 4 p.m. – Judging Dairy Cattle 5 p.m. – Judging Sheep & Goat Show 6 p.m. – Judging Swine 5 p.m. – GATES, MIDWAY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 4-10 p.m. – All Exhibits On Display Free performances: 5:30 p.m. – The Shots (band) 6 and 8 p.m. – Lady Houdini, escape artist 6:30 and 9 p.m. – Lance Gifford, magician 7 and 9:30 p.m. – Barnyard Review 7:30 and 10 p.m. – Rosaire’s Royal Racers (racing pigs) Midnight – Midway Closes

of American, the largest traveling amusement park in the world. The other two are “family” and “kiddy” rides. Spectacular rides include the Giant Wheel, Fireball and the Ring of Fire, while some of the thrill rides are the Cliff Hanger, Gravitron and Trapeze. Curtis said this year’s fair will have more than 30 rides, at least five of them spectaculars and 10 or more, thrill rides. Family and kiddy rides make up the rest. Don’t underestimate the family rides for thrill value — a couple of them are rated “high thrill” level, on a par with the Spectacular Flying Bobs. Fair goers will have six days to ride them all, Tuesday through Sunday, Oct. 12. The fair is presented each year by American Legion Post 15, which has brought the fair to Sumter for close to a century. Curtis is in his fifth year as manager. It’s a job he works at year-round, along with other members of Post 15’s fair committee. Last year was one of the best-attended fairs in recent years, Curtis said, and with the economy still on the upswing, he’s hoping this year will be even better. Besides that, he said, “We’ve

New this year are Paul and Renee Carden with alligator, frog legs and crayfish, among other items.

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Wednesday, Oct. 8 4 p.m. GATES, MIDWAY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 4-10 p.m. – All Exhibits On Display JUDGING 5 p.m. – Mule and Donkey Show Free performances: 4:30 p.m. – Lakewood High Band 5 and 8 p.m. – The Shots 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. – Lance Gifford 6 and 8:30 p.m. – Lady Houdini 6:30 and 9 p.m. – Rosaire’s Royal Racers 7 and 9:30 p.m. – Barnyard Review 10 p.m. – Exhibits close Midnight – Midway closes

The Jamil Jets will be serving up french fries from the Potato House during the Sumter County Fair, Oct. 7-12.

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‘Gone with the Wind’ at Sumter Theatre; area continues Hugo recovery 75 YEARS AGO – 1940 Feb. 26 – March 4 On March 6 at 4 p.m., the Tuomey Hospital Auxiliary will give a large bridge tournament and style show in the beautiful new Nurses Home. Mrs. R. C. Williams and Mrs. Lucy Sowell are co-chairmen of the tournament, with Mrs. Donovan Harby in charge of the style show, and Mrs. Robert Bultman as chairman of the ticket sale. Those Yesteryear who do not play in Sumter bridge will find the following style SAMMY WAY show and tea will be most enjoyable. Sumter girls and young matrons will act as models. The following stores are cooperating to make the style show a success: Schwartz, RuVelle, Sumter Dry Goods Alpert’s Ness, the Smart Shop and Polly Prentiss. • City Building Inspector J.D. Chandler reported this morning

that building permits issued during the month of February totaled $43,700. Included in this total was $42,700 for 17 new buildings and $1,000 for a repair job. • The Sumter Generals defeated the Sumter High Gamecocks in a hard fought basketball game in the high school gym by a score of 38-28. The game was played before a small crowd. Lanky Bill Harder and Bernard James snagged one for the high school but the Generals were out in front 10-9 as the quarter ended. The second quarter the Generals, paced by Harder, James and Propst, got hot, and as the rest period whistle sounded the high school was trailing 22-16. • Sumter’s new radio station, WFIG, was on the air for the first time this morning from 3 to 5:15 a.m. for the test program. The program was a series of tests for the equipment and the studio facilities. • Tickets for “Gone with the Wind” will go on sale March 11. No phone orders, as all tickets have to be paid for when reserved. Manager Ward said everyone would have ample

time to buy their tickets before the engagement. • Sumter is fortunate in having Betty Lane as director of the Little Theater. Mrs. Lane is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Art in New York City. There she took two years intensive study appearing in a great variety of roles in public productions of the Academy. Later she was associated with dramatic organizations in Springfield, Massachusetts, and Dallas, Texas. Since coming to Sumter two years ago she has coached numerous plays, private pupils and conducted classes in drama and public speaking. “The Importance of Being Earnest” is the first three-act play she has directed for the Little Theater. The play will be presented Tuesday and Wednesday nights at the Central School Auditorium. • Tomorrow at the Edmunds High school auditorium, the Marionette Guild Puppeteers, celebrating their eighth year of animating wooden people, will present performances of

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1940 - Fred Gray, Sumter 148-pounder, has Lee, Brookland-Cayce boxer, backed up against the ropes and is pouring it on. A second or two after the picture was taken, Lee crumpled to the canvas, Gray getting a knockout before the first round was over.

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Green-Boyle PAWLEYS ISLAND — Lindsay Dalton Green and Mr. Adville Barnes Boyle IV were united in marriage at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014, at All Saints Parish, Waccamaw. The Rev. Clay Alexander Millener and the Rev. Mark Eugene Yoder officiated. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Yancey Green of Bishopville, and the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lee Clyburn of Camden, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Francis Laval Green of Bishopville. She graduated from Clemson University with a bachelor of arts in communication studies. She is employed by Reckitt Benckiser. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Adville Barnes Boyle III of Sumter, and the grandson of Mrs. Adville Barnes Boyle Jr. of Pawleys Island and the late Mr. Boyle, Mr. and Mrs. George Byard McEwen Jr. of Sumter, and Mr. Robert Edgar Wilder of Manning. He graduated from Wofford College with a bachelor of arts in finance. He is employed by Keenan Suggs Bowers Elkins as an insurance broker. The bride was escorted by her father. Matron of honor was Mrs. Kelsey Green Mubarak, sister of the bride. Bridesmaids were Mrs. Anna Louise Dixon Carter, Mary McKenzie Glenn, Amanda Rose Jordan, Eleanor Margrethe McDaniel and Ellen Meryl Mundy.

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The bridegroom’s father served as best man. Groomsmen were Austin O’Neil Boyle, Davis Wilder Boyle and John Evans Boyle, brothers of the bridegroom, John Boyd Davis IV, James Laughton Jones, Edwin Thompson Kinney, John Kenneth Langford and David Philip Mubarak. Ushers were Marshall Adam Clinkscales, Benjamin Preston Kight, Shane Daniel Knight, Austin Robert Neal, Matthew Kirk Smith and William Belton White. A rehearsal party was given by the bridegroom’s parents at the Reserve Harbor Yacht Club. A reception followed at Pawleys Plantation on Pawleys Island. After a wedding trip to the Bahamas, the couple will reside in Columbia.

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DEAR ABBY — I recently had an interesting conversation with a friend after a funeral. It was about cremation versus burial, and I’d be interested in your thoughts and those of your

readers. We noted that cremation has become more common, and guessed that one of the main reasons might be funeral and plot costs. After thinking about it, we thought there might be other considerations propelling people toward the practice of cremation. In modern society, individuals and families seem less tied to one area, and also, larger communities make it more difficult to make trips to cemeteries. Any insight on this trend? Plotting and planning in Arizona DEAR PLOTTING AND PLANNING —

Cremation is nothing new. It has been practiced since ancient times — 5,000 years ago and possibly even longer than that. The early Romans did it, but with the rise of Christianity it fell out of favor. (It is accepted by the Christian religion today.) Buddhists, Hindus and Sikhs commonly cremate their deceased. However, it is opposed by traditional Jewish culture, which believes our bodies belong to God and we are not supposed to actively destroy God’s property, and by the Muslim religion. You and your friend have covered the major considerations that make people choose cremation instead of burial. I would only add that in the past, I have heard from readers who could not bear to part with the remains of their loved one, and who have kept the ashes in their home. Others would like to have their own ashes co-mingled with their loved one’s at the appropriate time and placed in a columbarium. However, if readers have anything they would like to add, I’ll share some of their input with you.

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Many of us have one room in the house that doesn’t really have a job. Maybe we set it up with an air bed once in a while for guests, or shove out-of-season clothing boxes in there, or use it as a holding zone for stuff we’re not sure what to do with. But when your house is on the market, every room has a role to play to make the sale. Next to fixing whatever’s broken, staging — decorating rooms in an inviting way to help people imagine living in them — is important. “The purpose of home staging is to draw the buyers into the house emotionally so they say, ‘Wow, we want to live here!’” says Melinda Bartling, a real-estate agent and home stager in Overland Park, Kansas. “Buyers must be able to see themselves living in the house, not questioning why it looks the way it does. For example, if you use your finished basement as a catch-all, buyers will wonder what’s wrong with the space.” New York-based real-estate agent Nathalie Clark’s motto is “minimalism with personality.” “The owner’s presence must be as discreet as possible, but the rooms have to feel inhabited and should clearly state their function,” she says. Some ideas from stagers on what to do with an unused space:

MAKE IT A CLOSET Everyone wants good storage. Turn a potential shortcoming into a valuable feature by transforming a small room into a large closet or dressing room. Install a shelving system; if money’s an issue, just outfit one long wall to achieve the purpose. Add a chair or ottoman and a large mirror, perhaps, so buyers can imagine a

dressing room. If your home is short on storage, consider outfitting an under-stair niche or other “dead” space with shelving, and stock the shelves with smart-looking boxes and bins. But leave some empty space in a closet, too. “Closets filled with items other than clothes send the message there isn’t enough storage in the house,” says Bartling.

MAKE IT CREATIVE Transform a bedroom with a tiny closet into creative workspace. Suggest a craft or art studio with a table and some neatly displayed materials. Line up a series of identical bookshelves and make a small yet inviting library by adding a rug, a comfortable chair and a side table.

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In this photo provided by Better Homes & Gardens, stage an extra bedroom or section of the basement as a craft room to show potential buyers the usability of the space. A worktable and storage can be upcycled from rummaged furniture or bought new.

MAKE IT AN OFFICE Real-estate agents tend to prefer that bedrooms be staged as bedrooms, because buyers usually want lots of those. But depending on your market, it may pay off to stage one of those rooms as a home office. If you’ve got more than four bedrooms, Clark says, turn one into a home office. In a four-bedroom home, “use the room farthest from a bathroom,” she advises. Add a desk, chair and lamp, and lay down a fresh new rug in either a chic neutral hue or a style-savvy pattern that ties it into neighboring rooms.

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In this photo provided by Better Homes & Gardens, a small closet usually says “no storage,” but if you show it as a children’s closet, you’ve created instant charm with a clever solution.

Empty nesters often have basements that once were playrooms. Clark suggests converting a space like that into a cozy TV room or gym. “For a gym, you don’t need a lot of fancy equipment,” she says. “A bench, some neatly stacked weights, a few ropes or bands hung on pretty hooks, a mirror and a mat can all easily be arranged to create a powerful visual effect.”

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The name’s Rimmer, Shane Rimmer BY NICK THOMAS Tinseltown Talks Special to The Item Widely recognized as the voice on a 1960s British children’s show, Shane Rimmer also worked alongside the BBC’s original Dr. Who, helped R2-D2 into an X-wing fighter, delivered an atomic bomb in “Dr. Strangelove,” and battled villains with two James Bond actors. Originally from Canada, Rimmer made a film career playing technicians, military men and numerous supporting characters (see www.shanerimmer.com). He has lived in Great Britain since the 1950s, retaining a distinctive North American accent that makes him much sought after in the British film industry. “I hit England at a lucky time when there weren’t many North American actors here,” said Rimmer by phone from his home in Hertfordshire. “I could have moved to Los Angeles instead,” he said. “But you really had to put your career ahead of everything else, and I just didn’t like the idea of handing over my life to Hollywood.” In 1966 he appeared in an early episode of “Dr. Who” which, still in production today, is now well-known in the U.S. “William Hartnell played the first Doctor back then,” recalled Rimmer. “My first

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Shane Rimmer, right, supported Roger Moore as James Bond in “The Spy Loved Me.” day on the set, he came up and asked if I was from north or south of the Mason-Dixon Line! He could be a rough old bugger, but once you got to know him he was fine.” But it was in the 1960s British sci-fi kids show “Thunderbirds” that Rimmer made an impact, voicing Scott Tracy, pilot of the Thunderbird 1 aircraft. The action show, created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, became extremely popular in Europe, Canada, Japan and Australia and used marionette puppets, detailed minia-

ture models, and dramatic special effects to portray the adventures of an international rescue team. “Gerry Anderson heard me on a BBC serial and thought my voice would be good,” said Rimmer. “He wanted a midAtlantic sound – not totally British, nor American. I still remember the recording sessions because all the actors were crowded around one gigantic microphone. They had some beautiful receiver mics in those days – ours looked like Big Ben in the middle of the studio!”

A 1964 role as copilot of a bomber sent to Russia in “Dr. Strangelove” gave his movie career a boost. “A big film like that gets your name out there and entry to other projects you might never have had,” he said. As a result, Rimmer joined the Bond family in the ‘60s and ‘70s, making three spy films working with both Sean Connery and Roger Moore. “Connery had a tremendous presence. I liked him, but you didn’t fool around and stuck to the script,” Rimmer said. “Moore was charming and

YESTERYEAR, FROM PAGE C1 “Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates” and “The Count of Monte Cristo.”

50 YEARS AGO – 1964-65 Dec. 27, 1964 – Jan. 2, 1965 Two Clarendon County hunters, Osteen Evans and Alfonso Welch, stumbled upon the skeletal remains of a human body as they trudged through Black River Swamp on a Christmas Day hunting trip. The skeleton, partially covered by the swamp water, was scattered about an area having a diameter of approximately ten feet. It was located about three miles east of the Gable Crossing on Highway 301 in the middle of Black River Swamp. A preliminary pathologist’s report, released today by Clarendon County Sheriff T.J. Jackson, revealed that the skeleton was that of a white male approximately 35 years old. • “The American Heritage New Illustrated History of the United States,” a new 16-volume series with a forward written especially for Volume 2 by the late President John F. Kennedy, will go on sale Jan. 11 at the A&P supermarkets in Sumter. • The Sumter County Christmas Seal Campaign Returns now total $5,400, Beverly Wolff Dwiggins, honorary chairwoman reported. “The campaign continues through Dec. 31, and all Sumter County citizens who have not yet answered their Christmas Seal Appeal are urged to do so,” Dwiggins said. • Establishment of the Robert H. Reeves Memorial Trophy for outstanding Clarendon County athletes was announced today by John Katsos, member of the trophy committee and one of the organizers of the project. The trophy is being awarded in memory of one of the area’s most sports-minded residents and the county’s oldest Clemson graduate, prior to his recent death. Robert H. Reeves, prominent farmer and former member of the House of Representatives from Clarendon County, was a member of Clemson’s varsity football team in the early 1900s. • “It broke the monotony of practice,” Coach Charlie Hodgin declared this morning as he looked back on yesterday’s 10-team Basketball Jamboree at Darlington. His Sumter High boys turned in two good performances in exhibition games. They outscored Conway 75-46 and in the afternoon outperformed Southside by 71-59. In the Conway game Hodgin was pleased with the

work of his two quick guards, Winston Jewell and Doug James, who dropped in 14 points apiece. The afternoon game found the big forwards doing the work, as Tommy Edens sank 24 and Robbie Baird 14. • People in the flat Pee Dee area of South Carolina begin thinking of Hill’s when they need a plumber. And well they might, as the family by that name owns plumbing establishments in Sumter, Camden and Bishopville and has done a heap of pipe threading and leak fixing in the past 47 years. K.B. Hill Sr., who is opening a brand new shop on North Main Street in Sumter the first of January, has been in the trade for nearly a halfcentury. Now, working primarily in an advisory capacity, K.B. is leaving most of the hard work to his sons and employees.

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1964 — Six scouts of Pitts Presbyterian Church received God and Country awards. All are members of Troop 350, sponsored by the Men of Pitts Church. The Rev. Samuel Lipsey, assisted by S.A. Tisdale, institutional representative for scouting, presented the awards, and the scouts were pinned by their mothers; the scouts then presented the pins to their fathers. From left are Tim Whitehead, son of Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Whitehead; Robby and Billy Guttshall, son of Mr. and Mrs. R.B. Guttshall; Nat Gist, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nat Gist; Mark Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. A.D. Brown; and Mike Alford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Alford.

25 YEARS AGO – 1989 Sept. 29 – Oct. 5 Hurricane Hugo’s toll of destroyed homes stands at almost 1,200 in Sumter County, with many people still living in them, Sumter County Civil Defense Director Vic Jones told the state’s lieutenant governor Thursday. Lt. Gov. Nick Theodore, who came to Sumter to view the hurricane damage and rebuilding progress, commended Jones for this work and county residents for their caring in the aftermath of the storm. He thanked National Guardsmen at the courthouse and assured Jones that the Guard presence would remain until the emergency is over. • Hurricane Hugo hasn’t dampened plans by Wilder Elementary School to spruce up the school’s property and neighborhood Saturday afternoon. The cleanup, spearheaded by Wilder Principal Eddie Myers, will draw on the donated time and materials of Sumter businesses, local residents, teachers, parents and Wilder students. It had been scheduled for this past Saturday, but was canceled in the wake of Hurricane Hugo. • About 100 people lined the fence in front of the Sumter County Exhibition Center by 7 a.m. Friday. They should have been waiting to gain entry to the grounds for the fourth day of the Sumter County Fair. Instead, they stared glumly at the wreckage of fairgrounds buildings and prepared to wait two hours to get in and start applying for federal disaster aid and emergency food stamps. • Lee County Emergency

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1989 — Eddie Newman and his daughter Dana weathered the storm at Eddie’s father’s house on Boulevard Road. Operations Center officials said Friday they are finding more people who have substantial damage to their homes and are without food. Baby and food supplies are in high demand, said Bishopville Fire Chief Ronnie Williams, who is heading the EOC. • It’s an axiom that a college education is expensive. But in recent years high school counselors, parents and prospective students alike have been flabbergasted by leaping college costs. According to a recent Merrill Lynch study, in 1988-89 a year at a top private U.S. college cost almost $18,000, putting a $70,000 plus price tag on a four-year degree. And in-state tuition at public universities, the “bargain” price, still approached $6,000 a year. • For eight hours a day Gary Nelson is your typical somewhat mild-mannered teacher, plying his trade as an educator at Sumter High School. However, when the last bell of the day rings at 3:30 p.m. signaling the end of school, an amazing metamorphosis occurs. Nelson assumes another role, that of athletic trainer

for one of the largest high schools in the state of South Carolina. Nelson’s training room, normally quiet except for soft music coming from a radio for the better part of the day, suddenly is filled with a mass of teenage humanity wanting to be treated for the bumps, bruises and injuries incurred from the sports they participate in. Nelson, with the help of six student trainers, is responsible for caring for each athlete competing in any sport offered by SHS. • Residents of Swan Lake Drive feel like they’ve been through a war. “I was floored the next morning when I saw it,” said Mary Kitchener of 2 Swan Lake Drive. “I said, ‘This looks like someone dropped an atomic bomb.’” • Sumter’s Julie Tharp says she’ll go along with the old adage that a woman’s place is in the house, as long as it’s a firehouse, of course. Tharp is one of nine female volunteer firefighters in Sumter County. Tharp, in her second year of battling blazes, thinks she can handle a ladder, use an ax or man a hose as well as the next guy or girl. “I just

took it all more lightly. He reworked the Bond character to fit his personality.” As for the latest Bond incarnation, Daniel Craig, Rimmer approves: “I quite admire him. He brought back the edginess that Connery had.” In 1977, Rimmer appeared briefly in the original “Star Wars.” “I was an engineer and had to help R2-D2 into the spaceship cockpit,” he recalled. “You’d get his leg in, then an arm would fall off. It took a day and a half to film that sequence!” With connections to so many iconic films and TV shows of the 20th century, Rimmer is a popular guest at fan conventions. “They’re big over here and draw two to three thousand people every weekend,” he said. “I still do a lot of those, plus voiceover work, and I write.” Works penned by Rimmer include TV scripts and his recent autobiography, “From Thunderbirds to Pterodactyls.” “You’ve got to be multidirectional in this business,” he says. “When one area dries up, you need something else you can turn to.” Nick Thomas teaches at Auburn University at Montgomery, Alabama, and has written features, columns, and interviews for more than 400 magazines and newspapers.

call myself a firefighter,” said the 22-year-old who volunteers at Sumter’s Cherryvale Station. • Sumter City Council spent much of its brief meeting Tuesday afternoon praising city employees for getting Sumter back on its feet so soon after the hurricane. “We’ve got at least seven families in our city family that lost everything,” Mayor Steve Creech said during the 40-minute meeting. “I can tell you they were out Friday morning (after the storm) and were out 12 to 14 hours a day. We want to publicly thank our city employees,” he said, adding that letters of appreciation will be sent to department heads and workers involved in the cleanup. • Tony Myers, the 1989 United Way campaign chairman for Sumter County, said a couple of weeks ago that he would be very surprised if this year’s goal of $744,842 wasn’t met. But that was before Hurricane Hugo. Now that the violent storm has wrecked the area, causing an estimated $500 million in damage to Sumter alone, Myers sadly admits the agency might not be able to raise the amount it initially expected. And that could hurt some local agencies financed in part by the United Way. • Lee County industries together suffered about $2.5 million in damage during Hugo’s rampage through town – a formidable figure when you consider the small industry base in this rural area. Although officials said it could have been worse, the storm damage was great enough to force the Bishopville division of Hartsville Manufacturing Co. to temporarily shut down. • The Sumter County Recreation Department ended its long search for an athletic director recently, hiring Danny Miller of Greenwood. The 38-year-old was born in Greenwood, attended Greenwood High School and Piedmont Technical College of Greenwood for four years, studying business and management courses. • As if Hurricane Hugo hadn’t done enough damage to Sumter’s poultry industry, heavy rains that drenched the area Sunday night were responsible for killing more chickens and turkeys throughout the county. So far, the Category 4 hurricane has led to the loss of more than a half million birds, according to Rowland Alston, Sumter County director of the Clemson Extension Service. Reach Item Archivist Sammy Way at waysammy@ yahoo.com or (803) 774-1294.

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Numerous legal offices line Law Range.

Haynsworth, Fraser, Shore law office 1 of Sumter’s oldest buildings

oday Reflections looks at the history of one of Sumter’s oldest buildings, commonly known as the George Shore building. This

facility is believed to the oldest building remaining in the downtown historic district. According to Cassie Nicholes in her text “Historical Sketches of Sumter County,” the building that served as the “law office of W.F.B. Haynsworth and Thomas B. Fraser Sr., was built

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about 1820 by Dr. Joseph Cox Haynsworth.” The information and photos used in preparation of this article were obtained from The Sumter

Item archives and Nicholes’ writings. The old Haynsworth law office was located on the corner of Main Street and what became Law Range circa 1880. In 1909 the building was used temporarily as the public library until a permanent facility could be constructed. Records indicate that the building, constructed circa 1820, had been occupied by a long line of “distinguished lawyers.” The building was scheduled to be demolished by owner C.G. Rowland to create space for the construction of a modern restaurant planned by Chris Chokas. “A movement was among the lawyers of Sumter to have the building moved to the rear of the courthouse square and preserved for its historical value.” Rowland’s cooperation was sought in this undertaking. The Sumter Bar Association scheduled a picture to be taken in front of the old building formerly occupied by McLeod and Shore. Judge G.B. Green, Court Stenographer Luther Wimberly and Sheriff C.M.

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Hurst were scheduled to stand for the photo. The building was purchased by George D. Shore and F.A. McLeod in 1936 and was “moved to a lot adjoining the jail property on Law Range. The lot was purchased by Messrs. McLeod and Shore from S.K. Nash, and the building was acquired from C.G. Rowland.” The building still graces Law Range and remains a jewel in the downtown historic district. Reach Item Archivist Sammy Way at waysammy@yahoo.com or (803) 7741294.

Louise Epperson, Gussie Hood, Holly Brown and Gertrude Knight pose on a horse in front of a law office circa 1903. The courthouse, left, is seen from Law Range.

Sumter Bar are photographed on the porch of Haynsworth Shore building in 1936. The side view, left, and walkway of one of the law offices is shown.

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Recordui Mims, a student at Central Carolina Technical College, holds a “Texting and Driving ... it can wait” sticker at an event sponsored by the college’s Office of Student Life. The event held Sept. 25 at the Main Campus, Kershaw County Downtown Campus, F.E. DuBose Campus, Lee County site and Base Education Center allowed participants to take a personal pledge to not text and drive. Students also had an opportunity to experience a simulator illustrating why the practice is so dangerous and outlawed in South Carolina.

Central Carolina Technical College SUICIDE PREVENTION WORKSHOP Guest speaker Scott Douglass held an hour-long Suicide Prevention Workshop on Sept. 25, sponsored by Central Carolina Technical College’s Veterans Resource Center. The workshop was held in recognition of National Suicide Prevention Month and covered tips on how to recognize different signs of suffering. —Becky Rickenbaker

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Thomas Sumter Academy Homecoming Queen Kayla Chappell was escorted by senior football player Brian Prewitt.

HOMECOMING HELD SEPT. 26 Senior Kayla Chappell was crowned Homecoming Queen on Sept. 26. Kayla was escorted by senior football player Brian Prewitt. Members of the 2014 Homecoming Court are (by grade): Senior Sara Jackson escorted by Patrick Kuzbary; senior Taylor Knudson escorted by Drew Stengel; senior Emily Nevels escorted by Cody Segura; senior Emily DeMonte escorted by Noah White; senior Christie Shannon escorted by Kevin Lewis; junior Kylie Horst escorted by Jordan Adams; sophomore Victoria Bundy escorted by Matthew Beymer; and freshman Marley McCormick escorted by Joshua Galloway — Kim Roedl

University of South Carolina Sumter FALL BASEBALL MINI-CAMPS The Fire Ants Baseball team will host fall baseball mini camps throughout October. During each Saturday in October, coaches will focus on various fundamentals for players ages 6-14. Camps will be held at the USC Sumter practice facility from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays through Oct. 25. Register online at uscsumter.edu/ athletics.

LAWS OF VARIATION The University of South Carolina Sumter will feature “Laws of Variation” by Fran Gardner in the University Gallery through Nov. 24. The artist lecture will be held Friday, Oct. 10, in the University Gallery. The lecture is free and open to the public. A native South Carolinian, Fran Gardner lives and works in the communities of Heath Springs and Lancaster, not far from her birthplace, Hartsville. She received a bachelor of fine arts from Columbia College (1982) and later, a master of fine arts from Vermont College of Norwich University (1993). She is professor of art and art history at the University of South Carolina Lancaster where she teaches a variety of studio courses, art history, appreciation and art education. Her work has been exhibited regionally and nationally and published in Fiberarts and

Needle Arts magazines and in the books Expressive Drawing by Steve Aimone, Crafting Personal Shrines by Carol Owen and The Art of Textiles by Mary Schoeser. “Petroglyphs, architecture, graffiti – examples of our collective human urge to leave an imprint. These relics are a historical record with a tenacious existence. Think the caves of Lascaux, the pyramids, and the surfaces of train cars,” says Gardner. Gardner has won a variety of awards in competitive exhibits both statewide and nationally. In addition, she has exhibited at numerous art centers and museums across the United States. A career highlight was the invitation to be a National Park Artist-In-Residence at Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico in 2012. While in residence, she produced 30 pieces to be installed permanently in the visitor center. “My work speaks to this human urge for mark leaving, referring to that enduring historical record while simultaneously becoming a part of it. The materials, not rock, brick or steel, but rather fabric, thread and paint translate into an intimate and ephemeral account of my perception of our shared history, present and future.” To see her work, visit www. frangardner.homestead.com or contact her at fgardner@mailbox.sc.edu. USC Sumter has five art galleries on campus that are open to the public. Visit www.uscsumter.edu for more information on current and upcoming displays or contact Professor Cara-lin Getty, USC Sumter’s director of galleries and curator of exhibits by calling 9383727. — Misty Hatfield

Wilson Hall 4 NATIONAL COMMENDED STUDENTS Seniors Chase Belk, Carter Dwight, Gigi Moore and Addie Singleton have been named Commended Students in the 2015 National Merit Scholarship Program. About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. These students placed among the top 5 percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the competition by taking the 2013 Preliminary SAT.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS Wilson Hall has five international students, one from China, three from South Korea and one from Thailand, enrolled in the high school for the 2014-15 academic year. These students attend the school on an F1 visa and are monitored through the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System operated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Wilson Hall had to complete a rigorous screening process with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to receive approval to enroll international students through this program.

FUNDRAISER EXCEEDS GOAL The PTO’s annual fundraiser, Charleston Wraps, exceeded its goal by generating approximately $82,540 in sales. The PTO keeps nearly 55 percent of the sales as profit to use for the many programs and projects it sponsors for the school. Julie Hobday served as the chairwoman and Amy Wilson as the

The Baron Mentors, members of the senior class who volunteer to serve as mentors to first-grade students, recently visited the first-grade classrooms to introduce themselves. Each Wednesday the mentors visit with their first-graders in their classrooms during lunch. The purpose of the program, for which seniors Daisy Chumbler, Simmons deHoll and Carter Dwight serve as the cochairs and Cheryl Landstrom serves as the advisor, is to develop a positive relationship between some of the school’s oldest and youngest students. — Sean Hoskins

Clarendon Hall STUDENTS OF THE MONTH Clarendon Hall has recently instated a Student of the Month Incentive Program to encourage students to excel in all they do. A winner was chosen from both the high school and middle school. Nominations from faculty and staff were submitted in mid-September and voted on the following week. The winners were announced in chapel services on Sept. 24. Haleigh Anderson, daughter of Jody and April Anderson, received the High School SMIP award. Haleigh, a sophomore, is involved in every aspect of the school, from sports to chorus, to volunteer work with fundraisers. She is kind to other students, respectful to her teachers and diligent in her school work. Eighth-grader Kasey Hinman, daughter of Duane and Laura Hinman, won the Middle School SMIP award. Kasey is also very involved in school activities. She is meticulous in her class work and courteous to all. Most importantly, she has a penchant for making people feel important and included. Each of the winners received a prize basket, including a free movie pass donated by Steve Hendricks with Harmonyx Diagnostics in Memphis, Tennessee. — L. Travis McIntosh

Lee County School District REAMES EXCELS Traves Reames, the son of Carolyn Reames and Wallace Brunson, a 2010 graduate of Lee Central High School, is employed as head cheerleading coach of Lee Central Middle School, assistant band director at Lee Central High School, and substitute at Lee County School District Administration Complex. Traves is a senior at Morris College in Sumter, where he is pursuing a bachelor of arts degree in pastoral ministries. He is also the gospel choir director at Morris College. This past week, Traves was invited to participate in the annual Congressional Black Caucus held annually in Washington, D.C. He went as the director of One Purpose Community Choir out of Sumter. Upon arrival he was asked to be the director of the Congressional Black Caucus Mass Choir.

BULLYING PREVENTION October is Bullying Prevention Month. The district will offer parenting sessions, continue professional development and continue to educate students to prevent bullying. — Jonita Pearson

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2014 such a great male presence throughout the school. Thanks to all the men who took the time to make their children’s day memorable.

ST. PAUL ELEMENTARY More than 80 moms, grandmothers and guardians showed their love and support by enjoying breakfast with their children during Muffins for Moms. The SPES cafeteria was filled with students and their loved ones who enjoyed muffins and mingling with Principal Dr. Rosa Dingle. The dads and father figures will celebrate Donuts for Dads on Oct. 9.

SCOTT’S BRANCH HIGH Leading the Scott’s Branch High School Army JROTC Program are Senior Army Instructor Col. Clarence Hilton of Summerton and Assistant Army Instructor Sgt. First Class Nakina N. Dawson of Columbia. Hilton is a 1976 graduate of Scott’s Branch High School and a graduate of Howard University in Washington, D.C. He began his military career as a Military Intelligence Officer at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, and has served more than 33 years in military intelligence. Dawson is a 1988 graduate of the University of Phoenix, where she earned a bachelor’s degree of science. Much of the progress of the school’s JROTC program is the result of the work of Dawson, and Hilton is setting a new standard at the school. Because of the wealth of knowledge and experience that Hilton brings to the table, Scott’s Branch High will have its first applicant ever to apply to West Point Military Academy. For the month of September, the JROTC cadets are sponsoring a “Give-Will” program which will allow cadets to collect winter clothing to donate to local organizations in an effort to assist those in need. For the month of October, the cadets will “Adopt-A-Citizen.” This program will provide cadets with the opportunity to complete simple chores or yard work for the elderly citizens in the community. They will also “Honor-A-Teacher” (who fought and survived breast cancer) for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In November, they will conduct a school and community blood drive, along with the annual holiday food drive to collect canned goods and nonperishable food items for the local food bank. Many of the cadets maintain more than a 4.0 grade point average and place in the top percentile on their SAT/ACTs score. — Beverly Spry

Sumter School District FORUMS SCHEDULED The Sumter School District Teacher Forum will sponsor two Meet the Candidates events. The first one is scheduled for Thursday night from 6 to 7 p.m., followed by a reception until 7:30. All 13 candidates for the various school board races will participate, and the event will be held in the Sumter High School auditorium, 2580 McCray’s Mill Road. The second forum will be for State Superintendent of Educa-

tion candidates and will be held at the Crestwood High School Fine Arts Center, 2000 Oswego Road, from 6 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 16. A reception will follow. Members of the public who want to submit questions for possible use during the forums may visit the district website at www.Sumterschools.net and click on the “submit a question” link on the homepage or by emailing directly to sumtercandidatesforum@gmail.com. The public is invited and encouraged to attend these free, informative sessions.

HEAD START CELEBRATES 50 YEARS Head Start began in May of 1965, and the program is celebrating 50 years of service. Last month, Early Head Start children, staff, and parents donned their red, white, and blue to kick-off the year-long celebration. Early Head Start serves 99 children and their families throughout Sumter County. Located at the Crosswell Park Early Childhood Center, the program is administered by the district and is accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. The Early Head Start program was established in 1994 to serve children from birth to 3 years of age in recognition of the mounting evidence that the earliest years matter a great deal to children’s growth and development. Libby DuBose, the district’s Director of Early Childhood Education, also serves as Director Early Head Start. — Mary B. Sheridan

Sumter Christian School STUDENTS GET INSTRUMENTS Students in grades 4 through 12 are able to participate in one of the school’s three levels of band. After some training in music basics, fourth- and fifthgrade students got their band instruments on Sept. 29 and are excited to learn how to play them.

TYPING CLASS BEGINS Eighth grade has begun a new introductory typing class with an introduction to Microsoft Office Suite that will prepare them for their freshmen keyboarding class, which explores proper typing techniques, proofreading, formatting, and practice working with a variety of documents in Microsoft Office.

CHAPEL SPEAKERS Every week at Sumter Christian School, students and faculty find spiritual refreshment from the chapel speakers. Administrator Ron Davis strives to schedule a variety of speakers to deepen the students’ experiences and open the door for several opportunities. On Sept. 23, Joe Fant from the Wilds Christian Camp in Brevard, North Carolina, issued a meaningful challenge to the students in grades 7-12 and also presented the opportunity for students to get a look into camp retreats. On Oct. 8, a musical team from Bob Jones University will minister to the SCS students and church members of Sumter Bible Church and present another opportunity for the students to explore their college options. — Miriam Marritt

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Clarendon School District 1 SUMMERTON EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER Puppeteers from the Columbia Marionette Theater, in conjunction with Palmetto Pride, presented a puppet show to prekindergarten through second-graders at Summerton Early Childhood Center on Sept. 16. Students assembled in the Cultural Arts Center to learn the message of how litter trashes everyone. It was a great show that kept students entertained and informed simultaneously. At the end of the show, everyone recited the Palmetto Pride Promise to remind family and friends to pick up their trash and keep S.C. litter-free. SECC invited dads, granddads, uncles and other father figures to enjoy doughnuts and juice with their “sweeties” on Sept. 26. It was a joy to witness

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STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) is being implemented daily with emphasis on what we call “STEAM Fridays.” The theme for this month is Life and Health. The students have been learning about eating healthy and ways to prevent the spread of germs. The K5 and first grade made a dental model using egg cartons as teeth. The carton was cut into individual teeth, painted and then glued down to the mouth mold. The students then made and cut out germs and food particles to be placed between the teeth. They used plastic string as dental floss to practice flossing for healthy dental hygiene. From left, Bryce Bradley, Shaniya McDonald, Casey Shaw and Jaden Scott make their dental model. — Lateasha Harris

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Mystery tree is often mistaken for cypress BY JOHN NELSON Curator, USC Herbarium These are quiet, majestic giants in the swamp, sharing their space with towering cypresses and the mournful hoot-owls. Their trunks are flared out at the base (much like cypress), and of course, you’ve probably seen their peculiar, crooked roots arising from the wet ground, together with knobby, upright knees of the cypress. Mosses and liverworts frequently cover their thin, scaly bark. After a flood event, water lines can be seen on them. I remember as a kid floating around in a boat in a spooky swamp with my dad, who explained it, the lines distinct and clear, way up on the trunk. It was amazing to me! These trunks, especially on the larger trees, are sometimes hollow, and if there is a convenient knothole or crack, will provide perfect habitat for resident bats and other critters. Large trees really do look a good bit like cypresses, and have been a source of confusion to hikers and beginning botanists. It’s actually rather easy to tell the difference. The bark of this tree will be gray and fairly smooth, sometimes

with checkering, and of course, various kinds of mosses like to grow on the bark. The base of the tree is swollen. Cypress, on the other hand, has bark which is a bit shreddy toward the base, and has a sort of orange tint. Mosses don’t seem to grow as commonly on cypress. Cypress tree bases are also swollen, but in addition, are commonly fluted, or buttressed around the edges, especially on the larger individuals. Our mystery tree occurs naturally only on the coastal plain, from southern Virginia through the Florida panhandle, over to eastern Texas, and up the Mississippi River valley as far as southern Illinois. It really likes its feet wet, and is at home in deep river swamps, easily capable of surviving long periods of flooding. Its leaves are elliptical, up to 8 inches long, often with a large tooth or two on the margins. Now, in the early autumn, the leaves start to turn a rich, deep gold-yellow before falling away. The sour, oneseeded fruits, which are shaped like large, narrow olives, are ripening now. They are tasty, if you can find one without too many bug holes. During some years, huge

amounts of these fruits will be produced, eventually falling away, and providing a food source for wildlife. If you are in a quiet swamp with these plants, you can hear the fruits falling: “ka-PLOOP.” Seeds distributed this way commonly fall to the bottom of a swampy gut, and eventually sprout when the swamp dries down. The plants bloom in the late spring, producing masses of flower clusters up in the canopy. These flowers are much prized by bees for their nectar. In fact, beekeepers have learned that an excellent honey can be made from this nectar. The trick is to move your beehives into the swamp at just the right time, when not many other species are blooming; otherwise the honey would be something of a mixture of flavors. Answer: “Water tupelo,” Nyssa aquatica John Nelson is the curator of the A.C. Moore Herbarium at the University of South Carolina, in the Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia SC 29208. As a public service, the Herbarium offers free plant identifications. For more information, visit www.herbarium. org or call (803) 777-8196, or email nelson@sc.edu.

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This week’s mystery tree occurs naturally only on the coastal plain, from southern Virginia through the Florida panhandle, over to eastern Texas, and up the Mississippi River valley as far as southern Illinois. It really likes its feet wet, and is at home in deep river swamps, easily capable of surviving long periods of flooding.

FAIR, FROM PAGE C1 got some really great entertainment coming. There’ll be a show starting about every 30 minutes.” Curtis said one of the fair crowd’s favorite shows involves watching the pigs run around the track, and he’s got “the ultimate racing pigs” in Rosaire’s Royal Racers. Rosaire will bring three different breeds of pigs to run in three different racing events. Of special interest to Curtis are the Vietnamese potbelly pigs. “They’re really laid back,” he said, laughing. “They’re pretty big, and they might need some encouragement from the crowd.” The two other breeds are really fast, he added, often “zooming around” the track in less than 8 seconds. Some in the crowd will be selected to be “Big Rooters,” eligible to win free prizes. The Barnyard Cackle Review brings Rocky Da Rooster and the singing hens to the fairgrounds. Hear songs and jokes from Rocky, Tanya Clucker, Loretta Hen, Patty Eggless, Reba MacEggtire, Patsy Coop and Sh’nia Twang. Even when they’re not presenting one of their shows, these chickens will pop up to tell jokes when fair-goers press Rocky’s Magic Button. Back for the third consecutive year is the crowd-pleasing show, “The Magic of Lance Gifford and Company.” Gifford has been conjuring up mindbending illusions since he was 12, and since the age of 16 he has been taking his act on the road all over the U.S. and Canada. His illusion “Metamorphosis” was once performed by the great Harry Houdini. Curtis said, “Lance will have two special shows on Friday and Saturday nights — his hypnosis show.” Also performing one of Harry Houdini’s most famous tricks will be Kristen Johnson. After an appearance at CBS Studios in New York, a producer at Inside Edition dubbed her “Lady Houdini,” and the name stuck. Just last year, Johnson broke Harry Houdini’s record by performing 1,001 public escapes. Watch for her Water Torture Cell escape at the Sumter fair. Look for a variety of games circling the midway, Curtis said, several of them suitable for children. And of course, it wouldn’t be a fair without “fair food.” United Ministries of Sumter County and the Jamil Shriners will be serving up fresh-cooked burgers and hot dogs with all the trimmings, raising funds for their charities in the permanent buildings on the Liberty Street side of the fairgrounds. Even more Shriners will be manning the Potato House, cooking what have become known as the best french fries around. Whether you eat them plain or with ketchup or vinegar — or both, they’ll be hot and abundant, served to go. Curtis and Nick Nero, chairman of the fair committee, eat at the fair every day. Curtis said he always looks forward to Burger Bob’s hamburgers, Jerry Walker’s Italian sausage, the brick oven pizza and more. New this year, he said, are Paul and Renee Carden with alligator, frog legs and crayfish, among other items. All the regulars will be back, too, Curtis said — cotton candy, candy apples, elephant ears and caramel apples and, no doubt, some new deep fried items. Local vendor Billy Revill will be back

SCHEDULE, FROM PAGE C1 Thursday, Oct. 9 4 p.m. GATES, MIDWAY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC JUDGING: 5 p.m. – Beef show Free performances: 5 and 8 p.m. – The Shots 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. – Barnyard Review 6 and 8:30 p.m. – Rosaire’s Royal Racers 6:30 and 9 p.m. – Lady Houdini 7 and 9:30 p.m. – Lance Gifford 10 p.m. – Exhibits close Midnight – Midway closes

Friday, Oct, 10 4 p.m. GATES, MIDWAY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 4-10 p.m. – All exhibits on display 4-10 p.m. – Midway open Free performances: 5 and 8 p.m. – The Shots 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. – Barnyard Review 6 and 8:30 p.m. – Rosaire’s Royal Racers 6:30 and 9 p.m. – Lady Houdini 7 and 9:30 p.m. – Lance Gifford 10 p.m. – Exhibits close Midnight – Gates close

Saturday, Oct. 11

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A wide variety of prizes are up for grabs to skilled game players at the Sumter County Fair.

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Lady Houdini, who will appear daily at the Sumter County Fair, has broken the immortal Harry Houdini’s record for the most Water Torture Cell escapes ever performed. with his hand-dipped corn dogs, funnel cakes and more. There will even be red velvet funnel cakes from local vendor Pam Shuler. And that’s just a start. The Sumter County Fair, like most, got its start as an agricultural fair, with farmers taking the opportunity to show off their crops, bakers and canners showing off their cakes, pies, pickles and jams, seamstresses and crafters competing to take home rib-

bons for making clothing, quilting and more. They’ll be in the Civic Center with other exhibitors from around the area. Check out the agricultural building for more farm-related exhibits. Over in the Swine, Poultry and Livestock buildings, you can see a wide variety of pigs, birds, small animals like rabbits and guinea pigs, sheep, goats, horses, donkeys, mules, cattle and more. Spectators are welcome to attend the judging, which is always both informative and entertaining. Don’t forget to check out the flower and art shows in the Fair Memorial Building. The Council of Garden Clubs of Sumter has both horticulture awards and design awards for arrangements on the theme “Historic Trees and Historic Places.” All entries are from local gardeners. The art show has youth and adult, amateur and professional entrants vying for a variety of ribbons. The Sheriff’s Office will provide security for the fair, and there will be special wristbands for children, on which parents can write their cellphone numbers, just in case junior wanders off. “Any law enforcement officer in uniform who shows his badge will get in to the fair free,” Curtis said. On Tuesday, admission to the Sumter County Fair will be $4 for everyone. Seniors, children 5 and younger and military with ID pay $4 every day. Gate admission is $6. For all-day rides, get a hand stamp for $25 during fair hours, or $20 with a coupon from The Sumter Item. See the fair’s website, www.sumterfair.com for a list of locations for advance hand stamps, on sale through Monday for $16.

10 a.m. GATES, MIDWAY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 10 a.m.-10 p.m. – All exhibits on display 10 a.m.-midnight – All rides available JUDGING: Noon: Pony and Horse Show Free performances: 10:30 a.m. – Boots and Buckles Band Noon, 3 and 6 p.m. – The Shots 1, 3 and 6:45 p.m. – Barnyard Review 1:30, 4 and 8 p.m. – Rosaire’s Royal Racers 2, 4:30 and 8:30 p.m. – Lady Houdini 2:30, 5 and 9:15 p.m. – Lance Gifford 6-9 p.m. – One Man Band in Civic Center 10 p.m. – Exhibits close Midnight – Midway closes

Sunday, Oct. 12 1:30 p.m. – Gates open to the public, $6 general admission 1:30-9 p.m. – All rides available 6 a.m. – Livestock removed 9 a.m.-2 p.m. – Commercial exhibits removed 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. – Poultry & baby animals removed 2-3:30 p.m. – Individual entries removed 2-3:30 p.m. – Premium checks picked up Free performances: 2 and 4 p.m. – Barnyard Review 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. – The Magic of Lance Gifford 3 and 5:15 p.m. – Lady Houdini 3:30 and 6 p.m. – Rosaire’s Royal Racers 9 p.m. – Midway closes On Tuesday, admission to the Sumter County Fair will be $4 for everyone. Seniors, children 5 and younger and military with ID pay $4 every day. Gate admission is $6. For all-day rides, get a hand stamp for $25 during fair hours, or $20 with a coupon from The Sumter Item. See the fair’s website, www.sumterfair.com for a list of locations for advance hand stamps, on sale through Monday for $16.

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Alan Pinkerton and Jacky Keels play golf on the newly renovated The Links at Lakewood golf course recently. A new ownership group that took over in December has invested more than $1 million in renovations in the course.

THE GRASS IS GREENER AT

Lakewood Links BY JOE KEPLER joe@theitem.com

WANT TO PLAY?

WHAT: The Links at Lakewood WHERE: 3600 Greenview Parkway, Sumter The course is just off U.S. 15 South. PHONE: (803) 481-5700 to book a tee time.

he grass is greener at The Links at Lakewood golf course, and it’s not just a figure of speech. Under a new ownership group that has invested more than $1 million in renovations, the course is hoping to return to championship form that was enjoyed in the not-too-distant past. The ownership group comprises Donald Brown, course general manager Shiromini Gartner and Jimmy Huggins, whose son Jay is the course pro and works on course maintenance. The group took over at Lakewood in December after a successful track record of rehabilitating golf courses across the Midlands. Brown works in construction at Carolina Piping and Rigging in Bishopville. He first entered the golf course business through his work on the town’s country club, which was on the brink of closure. After that, he went in on a joint ownership of The Palms Course at Oakdale in Florence before coming to Lakewood. While he considers his previous experiences successes in their own right, Brown sees added potential in the Lakewood course. “We saw the vision that it could be one of the top golf courses in the area,” Brown said. “The bones were there to turn this place around.” The “bones” he referred to is the basic design of the course. Sitting on 154 acres, the course already featured the only island green in the area and custom greens made to United States Golf Association specifications. Through landscaping changes, Brown and his group were able to enhance those features. “We had to redesign those previous courses, change around the landscape with the mounds and hills,” Brown said. “Here we didn’t have to do any of that, we just cleaned it up.” “We came and took a look at it, and we liked that we could make it work. There were a lot of areas that we had the equipment and expertise to improve in,” Gartner added. In order to revamp the course, major irrigation system changes were made and trees, which had previously interfered with play, were taken out, returning the course to its original design. In their place went 80 palm trees. The sand traps were reshaped, and new sand was added as well. Along with changes to the course itself, the clubhouse will see continued changes under the new leadership. The parking lot outside has been ex-

One of the most expensive changes at Lakewood is over-seeding the course, which keeps the grass green year-round. panded, and a new restaurant is planned, as is a new pool outside for families. The two costliest changes to the course were made to the grass used on the greens and fairways. The original greens were killed off and replaced with mini verde greens, which Brown calls a “game changer.” “A good golfer wants good greens, so we tried to give them what they’re looking for: the best greens they could play on,” he said. When the group was first scouting out the course, the greens were seen as an immediate advantage. “The greens here have the proper drainage and soil mix, which is a big leg up on other courses,” Brown said. “That was the thing we liked best about this course.” There are two kinds of greens, he said. A “push-up” green is made from

leftover dirt when the course is first being constructed — literally pushed up from whatever was left after the hole is constructed. The best greens, Brown explained, are made by bringing in dirt specifically mixed for it with the proper drainage included. With proper green construction and the mini verde grass, Brown said he has had positive feedback from avid golfers who compare the course favorably with contemporaries in major golfing areas such as Hilton Head and Charleston. The fairways also saw expensive changes, as the Lakewood ownership group opted for over-seeding to keep the courses green year-round. While the grass on other area courses will go dormant in fall and as winter approaches, Lakewood will over-seed to help the course’s appearance yearround.

“It’s a big expense. I don’t know of a lot of courses that are over-seeding because it’s very expensive, but we are,” Brown said. “You’re mowing 12 months a year now, and you’re pooling the money to mow and the wear and tear every day.” As the man in charge of maintenance and the course pro, Jay Huggins knows the course better than most and is pleased with the progress he and his partners have made so far. After playing golf for four years at Francis Marion University, he owned a course of his own before partnering with Brown and Gartner on the courses in Bishopville and Florence. “I knew we could turn it around, but not this quick,” Huggins said. “It has really come together. It ain’t easy getting a golf course like this.” Huggins described the course as having “a very modern layout. It has well-mounded greens, and it’s just a fun golf course to play. It’s wide off the tee, and it’s short enough where all golfers can enjoy it.” While the course has officially been open since Aug. 1, the staff has been trying to increase awareness in the community. One place where the renovations have been well received is in Lakewood itself, as the course’s deterioration under past ownership affected the local residents in a big way. “The homeowners were concerned because of the shape that the course was in. It depreciated the value of their homes because it was a bad course,” Brown said. “With the major renovations we did here, the homeowners thank us for what we’ve been able to do. We’ve had people come and tell us that the course is starting to look like the old days.” “We’re hoping the people of the Lakewood community rally around us so we can keep it up and even make it better,” Gartner added. The Links at Lakewood won The Sumter Item’s Reader’s Choice Award in October of 2003 and formerly held major tournaments. With the new renovations, Brown and his group hope to bring in corporate outings and host junior clinics in the near future. For more information or to book a tee time, interested golfers can call (803) 481-5700.

STOCKS: THE MARKET WEEKLY REVIEW

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PUBLIC RECORD

THE SUMTER ITEM MARRIAGE LICENSES • Antoine Jean Arthur Poussin and Emily Valine Maudrey Defacq • James Tanner Curry and Kayla Marie Anderson • Osiola Wesley Tisdale and Abbie Lee Sarvis • Henry Cook Jr. and Helen Wilkes Felder, both of Evans, Georgia • Tyler Thomas Kemplin and Katherine Danielle Bevil, both of Dalzell • Christopher Bradley and Catherine B. Glisson • Richard Lee Gamble of New Zion and Doreen Ineata Holmes of Charlotte, North Carolina • Wade Christopher Skinner and Sarah Elizabeth Hancock • William Phillip Chandler and Christin Elizabeth Louise Smith • Eric Ashton Dupont and Michella Casanovia Dobson • Ryan Keith Marney of Lone Oak, Texas, and Sheena Trammell Wofford of Newberry • Joshua Jerry Bailey and Ebony Ayanna Holder of Magnolia, Delaware • Scott Eugene Thomsen and Barbara Michelle Williams • Patrick Adam Niswonger and Rebecca Elizabeth Hardee • Robert Adardiuos Scott of Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Zakiya Amor Mack of Dalzell • Dustin Michael Scott and Rachel Renee Salazar • Milo Stanvilis Moore and Letitia Trinette Cummings • Bryant Keith Quinn of Hartsville and Ashley Kenyetta Bradley

BUILDING PERMITS • Gerry Russell and Robyn Mitchell, owners, Joseph F. Strickland dba Strickland Roof, contractor, 907 Ridgehill Drive, $7,000 (remove / replace shingles, residential). • James A. III and Stephanie Owens, owners, Guy Roofing Inc., contractor, 3491 Widman Drive, $5,614.10 (remove / replace shingles, residential). • Danny J. and Gail P. Dowless, owners, Guy Roofing Inc., contractor, 3240 Walking Horse Lane, $15,757.35 (remove / replace shingles, residential). • Barbara C. Brock, owner, Frank’s Roofing, contractor, 510 Pitts Road, $6,400 (reroof, residential). • Larry F. Small and Lawrence Lee, owners, Lawrence Small, contractor, 6340 Catchall Road, Dalzell, 1,792 unheated square feet, $27,585 (detached barn, residential). • Roseward Inc., owner, Maxwell J. Terry, contractor, 1800 Sam Gillespie Blvd., $23,869 (construct 40x40 canopy, commercial). • Jerry Harrison Estate and Pamela Harrison, owners, Shelwood China, contractor, 1245 N. Kings Highway, 1,441 heated square feet and 476 unheated square feet, $98,000 (new dwelling, residential). • Dana M. Sr. and Linda Lou Obrien, owners, Donald Buddin dba Sumter Roofing, contractor, 1105 Willcroft Drive, $7,000 (reroof and vinyl, residential). • Roland D. and Serapiona C. McCombs, owners, Larry E. Timmons, contractor, 1869 Palomino Circle, $7,400 (install metal roof, residential). • Janice M. Neuner, owner, Lynn J. Verzwyvelt dba Southeastern Roof, contractor, 1320 Kolb Road, $9,633 (roof replacement, residential). • Kenneth L. and Loretta B. Reid, owners, Ray Brunson Brunson Constructions, contractor, 279 Keels Road, $6,930 (remove / replace shingles, residential). • Timothy R. and Laura J. Rider, owners, Donnie Ryan Beard, contractor, 3065 Ashlynn Way, $8,550 (reroof, residential). • Angel and Teresa J. Sanchez, owners, Jonathan Brent Waynick dba JBW Properties, contractor, 1115 Malone Drive, $16,325 (new roof / windows / repair vinyl and metal fascia, residential). • Neal and Dedie Salisbury, owners, Jonathan Brent Waynick dba JBW Properties, contractor, 302 Adams Ave., $7,146 (new roof only, residential). • John D.a nd Oraporn Hudgins, owners, Square It Up Roofing Inc., contractor, 2341 Orvis St., $6,513 (reroof, residential). • Rigoberto Antonio Rodas, owner, Jeffrey D. Haas, contractor, 701 W. Hampton Ave., $5,960 (reroof / fascia repair / gutters, residential). • Caroline C. Mason (lifetime estate), owner, Richard H. Nelson, contractor, 6465 Sweet Olive Court, $7,579 (remove / replace shingles, residential). • Charles P. and Tammy M. Sterling, owners, C&S Construction, contractor, 1140 Malone Drive, $7,100 (replace roof / minor vinyl repair, residential). • James J. Sanyi, owner, Christopher Culler dba Chris Culler, contractor, 952 Ridgehill Drive, $7,600 (reroof, residential). • Brian Gerald Borry and Connelly, owners, Richard H. Nelson, contractor, 564 Mattison Ave., $8,745 (remove / replace shingles, residential). • Gregory L. Sr. and Rachel C. Brown, owners, Jeffrey D. Haas, contractor, 1025 Meadowcroft Drive, $7,624 (reroof / fascia / siding / six windows, residential). • Jeffrey M. and Cynthia S. Davis, owners, Charpy’s Pool Service, contractor, 2792 Bertha Circle, $22,000 (swimming pool, residential). • Brabham Properties LLC, owner, Peach Orchard General Contracting LLC, contractor, 1081 Alice Drive, $7,000 (exterior wall repair from auto accident, commercial). • Christine Chichester, owner, Harvey McDonald, contractor, 6520 Cougar Way, Wedgefield (mobile home, residential). • Nathan R. and Valerie J. Timmons, own-

ers, Larry E. Timmons, contractor, 3000 Sun Valley Drive, $5,200 (replace shingles, residential). • Dean G. McElveen, owner, William Lee dba Lee’s Roofing Co., contractor, 2059 McCrays Mill Road, $9,300 (reroof, residential). • Estelle J. Reed, owner, Triple R. Construction LLC, contractor, 3210 U.S. 521 South, $5,545 (remove / replace shingles, residential). • Von R. and James C. Jr. and Tomlinson, owners, Campbell Roofing LLC, contractor, 3880 Trinity Road, Lynchburg, $8,000 (reroof, residential). • Roger R. and Estelle C. Reed, owners, Triple R Construction LLC, contractor, 3240 U.S. 521 South (3230), $5,400 (remove / replace shingles, residential). • RNK Investment Properties LLC, owner, Julius David Gainey dba Dream Builder, contractor, 111 Jasmine St., $6,250 (new roof and 12 windows, residential). • Stacy N. Poole, owner, Stacy Poole, contractor, 3531 Widman Drive, $15,500 (swimming pool, residential). • Mary H. Arnold, owner, Cherokee Builders LLC, contractor, 70 Spencer Lane, Rembert, 384 unheated square feet, $6,164 (detached storage building, residential). • Carol J. Seech, owner, John Bailey, contractor, 3135 Ashlynn Way, $6,300 (remove / replace shingles, residential). • Robert J. and Beverly C. Langlois, owners, Shelwood China, contractor, 1155 Waterway Drive, $9,300 (reroof only, residential). • Dwayne A. and Stacy L. McCray, owners, Shelwood China, contractor, 2653 Lorentz Drive, $5,307 (reroof / vinyl siding, residential). • Daniel S. and Angela Thompson, owners, George E. Cantlon dba Sumter Siding, contractor, 1049 Kentwood Drive, $6,830 (reroof, residential). • James Leslie Mains, owner, George E. Cantlon dba Sumter Siding, contractor, 847 Kolb Road, $5,185 (vinyl siding, residential). • David Lee Weidner, owner, Joseph F. Strickland dba Strickland Roof, contractor, 2133 Balmoral Court, $6,000 (remove / replace shingles, residential). • Marion T. and Ruth M. (lifetime estate) Budden, owners, James A. Dyson dba Aaron Dyson Construction, contractor, 1256 Shoreland Drive, $6,000 (reroof — shingles, residential). • Andrea R. and David A. Marcella, owners, Welch’s Quality Builders & Roofers LLC, contractor, 1206 Shoreland Drive, $9,110 (reroof, residential). • Jack E. Sr. and Teresa Kay Hyatt, owners, Craig Drennon dba Storm Team Construction, contractor, 15 Oak Haven Court, $9,384.84 (reroof, residential). • Wayne A. Hanlon, owner, Craig Drennon dba Storm Team Construction, contractor, 2790 Ridgehill Drive, $6,443.44 (reroof, residential). • Angela Rabon, owner, Ginn Contracting, contractor, 1030 Chesterfield Drive, $8,054.63 (roof replacement, residential). • Elias Reyna, owner, Ginn Contracting, contractor, 2970 Tuckaway Drive, $5,000 (roof replacement, residential). • Jacob W. Weatherman, owner, Jeffrey D. Haas, contractor, 1280 Kolb Road, $9,800 (reroof / fascia, residential). • Alan N. and Susan R. Simmons, owners, Square It Up Roofing Inc., contractor, 935 Muirfield Court, $9,031 (reroof, residential). • Ronald D. Mooney, owner, Jeffrey D. Haas, contractor, 2520 Lorentz Drive, $6,721 (reroof / fascia, residential). • Brenda M. and Carl G. McAllister, owners, George Fluharty dba Equity Home Improvements, contractor, 1495 Morris Way Drive, $6,000 (reroof, residential). • Willie L. Bohles, owner, George Fluharty dba Equity Home Improvements, contractor, 70 Planters Drive, $6,000 (reroof, residential). • Bobbie G. Jewell Jr., owner, James Miller Construction, contractor, 1015 Twin Lakes Drive, $6,000 (new roof, residential). • Roger and Beverly Morris, owners, James Miller Construction, contractor, 3325 Ashlynn Way, $6,500 (new roof, residential). • William L. and Norma H. Holland, owners, William L. Holland, contractor, 511 W. Hampton Ave., 1,100 unheated square feet, $9,000 (detached carport with enclosed area at end, residential). • Rolling Meadows I LLC / Windsor, owner, Harvey McDonald, contractor, 23 Somerset (A) (mobile home, residential). • James L. Parrott, owner, Maxwell J. Terry, contractor, 3216 U.S. 521 South, 4,000 unheated square feet, $30,000 (new ag building, commercial). • James A. and Emiko Y. Sullivan, owners, Nunnery Roofing & Remodeling, contractor, 2354 Peach Orchard Road, $6,000 (repair low sloped roof system, commercial). • O’Neal Stukes, owner, Wells Builders, contractor, 1022 S. Main St., $8,000 (change window / door / exterior siding, residential). • Cynthia Renee McFadden, owner, Baxley’s Bestway Transportation, contractor, 1886 Amberwood Drive (mobile home, residential).

PROPERTY TRANSFERS • Geraldine W. Smith to Rebecca S. Mercer, one lot, one building, 814 Grimble Court, $121,000. • H.O. Roberson Sr. to Horace O. and Shirley A. Roberson, one building, 22-24 Dink St., $5 etc. • Alexander and Patsy Y. Johnson to Delton E. Speers, one lot, two buildings, 5420 Plantation Drive, $68,000. • Secretary of Housing & Urban Develop-

ment to Bridget Boling, one lot, one building, 3720 S.C. 261 South, $38,000. • Brenda H. Holmes and Barbara H. Herlong to Gallery 406 Interiors LLC, one lot, one building, 1933 Millwood Road, $30,000. • Sara Anna Barkley (lifetime estate) to Sara Anna Barkley (lifetime estate), one building, 3565 Pinewood Road, $5 etc. • Vernice Porcher and Waddell Porcher Estate to Vernice B. and Yolanda D. Porcher, one lot, one building, 1340 Salterstown Road, $5 etc. • Michael Christopher Garza and Jasmine V. Tirado to Jeremy Wayne and Aura May Lewis, one lot, one building, 2865 Foxcroft Circle, $182,500. • Clarence J. Mundy II et al to Jenna L. Jones, one lot, one building, 899 Perry Blvd., $74,000. • Kathleen M. Adams to Brandon and Olivia N. Ivey, one lot, one building, 8 Yellowstone Circle, $122,000. • Brandon Ivey to Kathleen M. and Christopher Adams, one lot, one building, 22 Glade Drive, $75,000. • Franklin D. Berry to Kimberly D. Clark and Wayne C. Dubose, 105 Old Manning Road, $5 etc. • Edward K. Bynum to John H. Geddings IV, one lot, one building, 892 Whatley St., $56,500. • Lee’s Preserve LLC to Robert M. and Nancy S. Branham, Loring Mill Road, $93,500. • Lee’s Preserve LLC to Sandra Dee Heredia, 3480 Preserve Court, $125,000. • Samuel J. Holladay to County of Sumter, one lot, South Lafayette Drive, $5 etc. • Junius Vaughn Estate to William Vaughn et al, 3959 St. Marks Road, $5 etc.; Junius Vaughn Estate to Matthew Vaughn, one building, 3955 St. Marks Road, $5 etc. • Raymond Hodge (lifetime estate) and Jo Ann Hodge (all interest of Cheryl Weatherly) to Joann Hodge Logan, four buildings, 545 and 551 Geddings Road, $5 etc. • Dunlap Properties LP to Mungo Homes Inc., one lot, 2225 Canadiangeese, $765,000; Dunlap Properties LP to Mungo Homes Inc., one lot, 2245 Canadiangeese, $765,000; Dunlap Properties LP to Mungo Homes Inc., one lot, 2265 Canadiangeese, $765,000; Dunlap Properties LP to Mungo Homes Inc., one lot, 2065 Indiangrass Cove, $765,000; Dunlap Properties LP to Mungo Homes Inc., one lot, 2085 / 2075 Indiangrass Cove, $765,000; Dunlap Properties LP to Mungo Homes Inc., one lot, 2115 / 2125 Indiangrass Cove, $765,000; Dunlap Properties LP to Mungo Homes Inc., one lot, 2135 Indiangrass Cove, $765,000; Dunlap Properties LP to Mungo Homes Inc., one lot, 2145 Indiangrass Cove, $765,000; Dunlap Properties LP to Mungo Homes Inc., one lot, 2155 Indiangrass Cove, $765,000; Dunlap Properties LP to Mungo Homes Inc., one lot, 2165 Indiangrass Cove, $765,000; Dunlap Properties LP to Mungo Homes Inc., one lot, 2175 Indiangrass Cove, $765,000; Dunlap Properties LP to Mungo Homes Inc., one lot, 2260 Canadiangeeses, $765,000; Dunlap Properties LP to Mungo Homes Inc., one lot, 2270 Canadiangeese, $765,000; Dunlap Properties LP to Mungo Homes Inc., one lot, 2180 Indiangrass Cove, $765,000. • Elizabeth White Colclough Estate to Delores Waddell, one lot, three buildings, 737 Olive St., $5 etc. • Bernice S. Brunson to Cheryl B. Merager and Debra B. Hodge, one lot, two buildings, 1123 Russell Ave., $5 etc. • Charlie Johnson to Lorene P. Chestnut, one lot, 17 Benedict St., $5 etc. • John T. Truluck and Diane Jordan to John T. and Susan P. Truluck, one lot, Lynches River Road, $5 etc.; John T. Truluck and Diane Jordan to John T. and Susan P. Truluck, one lot, Lynches River Road, $5 etc.; John T. Truluck and Diane Jordan to John T. and Susan P. Truluck, one lot, Lynches River Road, $5 etc.; John T. Truluck and Diane Jordan to John T. Truluck, Lynches River Road, $5 etc.; T. Truluck and Diane Jordan to Diane T. Jordan, Lynches River Road, $5 etc.; John Thoman Truluck et al to Diane T. Jordan, $5 etc. • Lester K. and Donna S. McMickell to Donna S. McMickell, one lot, one building, 6695 Hidden Haven Road, $5 etc. • Gilbert and Velda Anderson to Gilbert Anderson, one lot, two buildings, 202 Lawrence St., $5 etc. • Mary E. Bartlette to Mary E. Bartlette Estate, one lot, one building, 504 Dogwood Drive, $5 etc. • Calvin and Minnie J. Brisbone to Calvin Brisbone and Minnie Brisbone Estate, one lot, one building, 1149 Lewis Road, $5 etc. • Robert R. and Willie Mae Cokley to Willie Mae Cokley, one lot, one building, 512 Red & White St., $5 etc. • Samuel and Jean D. Curtis to Jean D. Curtis, one lot, two buildings, 112 Crescent Ave., $5 etc.; Samuel and Ezekiel E. Curtis to Samuel Curtis Estate et al, one lot, one building, 4 Charles St., $5 etc.; Samuel and Ezekiel Curtis et al to Samuel Curtis Estate et al, Stateburg Township, $5 etc. • Patricia B. and Frederick W. Davey to Patricia B. Davey, one lot, one building, 402 Adams Ave., $5 etc. • Edgar Dinkins (lifetime estate) to Janet L. Dallas, one building, 4285 Spencer Road, $5 etc. • Ruth C. Wilkinson to Ruth C. Wilkinson Estate, one lot, two buildings, 9 Ellen Drive, $5 etc. • Charles Griffin III et al (lifetime estate resident Naomay A. Griffin) to Charles L. Griffin III et al, one lot, two buildings, 322 Reynolds Road, $5 etc. • Fannie Mae Harris and Ethel H. Major to Fannie Mae Harris Estate and Major Ethel, one building, 6300 Dinkins Mill Road, $5 etc. • John Henry and Maggie S. Hunter to John Henry Hunter Estate and Maggie S. Hunter, two buildings, 435 Pitts Road, $5 etc. • Mary E. Hunter to Mary E. Hunter Estate,

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one building, 5570 Cane Savannah, $5 etc. • Jack E. Sr. and Teresa Kay Hyatt to Jack E. Hyatt Sr. Estate and Teresa Kay Hyatt, one lot, one building, 15 Oak Haven Court, $5 etc. • Fred Jr. and Pauline S. James to Fred James Jr. Estate and Pauline S. James, one building, 3275 Merlene Nixon Road, $5 etc. • Quincy Leyon and Chantel Edwards to Ketti C. Davison, one lot, one building, 1825 Mossberg Drive, $145,000. • Joshua P. and Jennifer L. Lee to Joshua P. Lee, one lot, two buildings, 306 N. Salem Ave., $5 etc. • Robert P. Carter to Robert P. Carter (lifetime estate), one lot, two buildings, 4100 Brabham Drive, $5 etc. • Robert E. Ragin to Alertha K. Ragin, one lot, Wright Street, $5 etc. • Alton S. Meeler and Carolyn Meeler Estate to Alton S. Meeler, one lot, three buildings, 1381 Mooneyhan Road, $5 etc. • John Davey and Norma J. Benn to John Davey, one lot, two buildings, 2405 Peach Orchard Road, $5 etc. • Charles M. Smith to Rose Marie Ray, one lot, 2270 Haywood Choice Road, $59,900. • Glenn J. Evans to Jesse N. III and Melanie J. Williams, Pinewood Road, $150,000. • Doris E. Eber Gayle S. Rubin (trustee) to Sumter School District, one lot, Kilgo Street, $5 etc. • Tyrone A. Williams to Tyrone A. and Linda L. Williams, one lot, two buildings, 1 Golfair Court, $5 etc. • Palmetto Properties of Sumter Co. LLC to Sharon McGee, one lot, 925 Lightwood Road, $2,500. • New Start Homes LLC to Brandon Turk, one lot, 241 Masters Drive, $175,000. • Evette P. Bonds (1/2 interest) to Evette P. Bonds (trustee), one lot, two buildings, 887 Watts Drive, $5 etc. • Norma Jean Rogers to Issiah and Mary A. Prince, one lot, two buildings, 394 Timmons St., $30,000. • Lori A. Smith to Andrew T. and Lori A. Smith, two buildings, 2700 Fenimore Drive, $5 etc. • BHW LLC to BHW of Sumter LLC, one lot, two buildings, 712 Wren St., $5 etc. • U.S. Bank NA (trustee) to Frank McCauley, one lot, two buildings, 1831 Queen Chapel Road, $21,000. • Diane P. Johnson (lifetime estate) et al to Diane P. Johnson (lifetime estate), two buildings, 5440 Rooster Circle, $5 etc.; Diane P. Johnson (lifetime estate) et al (interest of Willie Johnson) to Olden L. and Diane P. Johnson (lifetime estate), off West Avenue South, $5 etc.; Diane P. Johnson (lifetime estate) et al (interest of Willie Johnson) to Olden L. and Diane P. Johnson (lifetime estate), eight buildings, Reynolds Road, $5 etc. • James and Viola Larry to Viola Larry, one lot, 1868 River Birch Drive, $5 etc. • Thomas R. McAllister and Leila M. Mello to Leila M. Mello, one lot, two buildings, 513 Laurens Ave., $5 etc. • John Henry Ardis to John Henry Ardis (lifetime estate), one lot, three buildings, 969 Westfield Court, $5 etc. • Emily S. Edens to Stuart Daly and Emily S. Ward, one lot, two buildings, 2301 Clematis Trail, $5 etc. • Branch Banking & Trust Co. to Yolanda Bailey, one lot, one building, 6755 JJ Roberts Drive, $122,500. • Kayode Clark to Antonio and Annette Postell Harris, one lot, one building, 302 Lemmon St., $80,000. • Lee and Kristen Broome to Lee Broome, one lot, one building, 1789 Mossberg Drive, $5 etc. • Benjamin and Rachel Westveer to Susan Solivan, one lot, one building, 3600 Rhododendron St., $137,900. • Palmetto Properties of Sumter Co. LLC to Shubach Deliverance Outreach Ministries Inc., one lot, one building, 955 Eagle Road / 4875 Slick W, $6,000. • Hattie Mae McCray to Hattie Mae McCray Estate, two buildings, 9975 Clash Lane, $5 etc. • Edmund M. McDonald Jr. to Edmund M. McDonald Jr. Estate, one lot, one building, 5-7 W. Liberty St., $5 etc.; Edmund M. McDonald Jr. to Edmund M. McDonald Jr. Estate, one lot, Dingle, $5 etc.; Edmund M. McDonald Jr. to Edmund M. McDonald Jr. Estate, one lot, three buildings, 1044 S. Main St., $5 etc.; Edmund M. McDonald Jr. and Valeria W. McDonald to Valeria W. McDonald, one lot, three buildings, 16 Runnymede Blvd., $5 etc. • RIC Inc. to Brown Properties of Sumter LLC, one lot, one building, 2 David Court, $8,000. • Julie A. McLeod to Rian D. Jennings, one lot, 4555 Pond Loop, $12,000. • Dunlap Properties LP to Mungo Homes Inc., one lot, 2280 Canandiangeese, $765,000. • Noreen Anne Baker to Lameka T. Jones, one lot, one building, 1790 Ketch Ave., $114,000. • Scott and Sheila Laws to Timothy John Gardner, one building, 3099 Bruce Circle, $166,500. • Loretta Denise Henderson et al to Loretta Denise Henderson et al, one lot, one building, 106 S. Magnolia St., $5 etc. • Marcia K. and Brian T. Peterson to Aaron D. and Tiffany A. Johnson, one lot, one building, 390 Mallard Drive, $278,000. • Gregory Alan Lewis to Amy M. Lewis, three buildings, 4700 U.S. 521 South, $5 etc. • Caroline Anne W. Dyson et al (lifetime estate resident for Joyce G. Miller) to James Aaron Dyson, one building, 110 Anne Park, $10,000. • Edward D. Porter to Edward D. Porter Estate, one lot, one building, South Pike West, $5 etc. • Deloris B. Wright et al to Deloris B. Wright Estate et al, one lot, 774 Pridgen Lane, $5 etc. • Frank Yarbrough to Frank Yarbrough Estate, one lot, two buildings, 1630 Barzee Drive, $5 etc.

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MERCHANDISE Auctions Absolute Land Auction - 63 +/Acres Divided into 8 Tracts Pamplico Hwy. (Hwy. 51), Pamplico, Florence County, SC - Saturday October 11, 11AM - Damon Shortt Auction Group 877-669-4005 SCAL2346 damonshorttproperties.com ESTATE AUCTION Estate of Jeffie McDonald 905 N. Guignard Dr., Sumter Home & all contents Sat. October 11th @ 10 am Rain or shine. Preview Fri. Oct. 10th, 1 - 5 pm. www.rickwattsauctions.com or call Rick Watts SCAL #124 843-669-5717 or 843-687-1499 ADVERTISE YOUR AUCTION in 107 S.C. newspapers for only $375. Your 25-word classified ad will reach more than 2.6 million readers. Call Donna Yount at the S.C. Newspaper Network, 1-888-727-7377. Online Only Auction Furniture & Accessories Bid Friday 10/3 at 5:00pm thru Tuesday, 10/7 at 7:00pm www.rhlee.com Ridgeway, SC R.H. Lee & Co. Auctioneers, Inc. SCAL192

In Loving Memory Of Leonard C. Bartlette Sunrise: December 24, 1945 Sunset: October 5, 2013 It's been a year but feels like forever. There is no stairway for us to visit, but just know that your presence is felt by us everyday. Your love lives on in our hearts and memories. You are so very missed and there is an empty place in our lives and hearts without you. Love your wife Easter, Children: Lynn, Kim, Susie, Luke and David, Grands and Great-Grandchildren.

Farm Products Ray Tobias & Company Septic tank pumping & services. (803) 340-1155. Ask about other discounts. $10 off for new customers when you mention this ad! www.raytobiasseptic.com

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Dogs In Loving Memory of Charles Plowden "CB" 12/-07/20 - 10/06/06 We thought of you today, but that is nothing new. All we have are memories of you. God has you now. Still have you in our hearts. Love, Children, grands & Greatgrands

Shitzu M 1 yr old grey & white, not neutered, for sale $250. Comes with crate & toys. 803-406-1553 Chihuahua puppies 2M 14 wks old. $195 Each. CKC . Call Tina 803-305-7287

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FISH DAY Friday, Oct. 24, 2014 • 9:00am Pond Stocking *Bluegill/Shellcracker

35¢/ea 1” - 2” Recommend 1000/acre *Channel Catfish 40¢/ea 3” - 5” Recommend 100/acre up to 1000/acre *Hybrid Bluegill 40¢/ea 1” - 2” Recommend 3000/acre Sterile Grass Carp $12.00/ea 8” - 11” Recommend 20 or more per acre

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James E. "Newkey" Hunt 10/06/1960 Happy Birthday Newkey. We miss you but God knows best. Love, Barbara, Andrew, & Family

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Seeking experienced nurses to provide excellent care for our hospice patients in Sumter & Surrounding communities. Excellent computer skills required. Current Openings: RN Supervisor Full Time & PRN Registered Nurses Please apply online at: www.carishealthcare.com Click on Career tab or send resume to: LHardy@CarisHealthCare.com EOE

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BUSINESS SERVICES Full-time position responsible for providing employment services to business customers seeking qualified personnel to fill positions. Position will make direct contacts with regional business & industry focusing on business owners, plant managers, & human resource directors to identify specific job needs and qualifications. Information obtained will be provided in an integrated team setting to staff that assist individual customers with accessing resources to secure employment, training, or other community organization services. A bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or related field with a minimum of two years' experience is preferred. Salary range in the low to mid 30s. Send resume by Friday, October 10, 2014 to "Business Services" by fax 803.773.9903, email ycrolley@slcog.org, or mail PO Box 1837, Sumter SC 29151.

•Industrial HVAC with 5 years experience (EPA Certification Required) •CDL-A with Hazmat endorsement •CDL-Calss A driver-local deliveries also requires some hours working on-site at facility •Paralegal •Diesel Mechanic •Licensed Insurance Agent •Front Desk/Reception •Electrician-Industrial must have experience with PLC programming •Production Supervisor (2+ years experience in supervisory role) •Dispatching Administrator •Front Counter / Accounting Clerk •Material Handler / Forklift Operator-Computer Skills a Must •Welders •Metal fabricators •Temporary Call Center (Medical Terminology a MUST!)

For sale Sweet Potatoes Call 803-473-3355.

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REDUCE YOUR CABLE BILL!* Get a whole-home Satellite system installed at NO COST and programming starting at $19.99/mo. FREE HD/DVR Upgrade to new callers, SO CALL NOW 1-866-981-7319 DirectTV. 2 Year Savings Event! Over 140 channels only $29.99 a month. Only DirecTV gives you 2 YEARS of savings and a FREE Genie upgrade! Call 1-800-908-5974 Cemetery Plots- Two plots with vaults, opening/closing fees and granite marker with vase in Evergreen Memorial Park , Sumter, SC. Save thousands. Call 803-469-9763 Firewood for Sale Will Deliver. Call 803 651-8672

EMPLOYMENT Help Wanted Full-Time LOCAL CORPORATION seeking upbeat, highly motivated and energetic individual for Part or Full Time Administrative Position. Proficient computer skills required. Must work well in a team-oriented environment and be adaptable to a flexible work schedule. Must possess excellent communication skills and have ability to multi-task. Please send Resume' to P-371 c//o The Item, PO Box 1677, Sumter SC 29151.

Kennel help Apply in person at 87 Market St. Total Pet Care. Ding Dong Avon Calling Avon by Vi, ISR. $15 to start. Let's talk 803-934-6292 or join online today! www.startavon.com Ref: Viola Seeking Skilled Construction Crew Rapidly expanding Real Estate Firm is seeking skilled construction crew for housing repairs. Must have experience in the following area: cement finishing, painting, dry wall, plumbing, electrical, tile/stucco, framing and roofing. Serious inquires please contact Ted Wilson at 803-983-7448. Resumes can be emailed to cjames@ubimf.com Drivers: CDL-A. Average $52,000 per yr plus Excellent Home Time + Weekends. Monthly Bonuses up to $650. 5,000w APY's for your Comfort + E-Logs. Excellent Benefits. 100% no touch. 877-704-3773

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Medical Help Wanted Certified CNA or LPN needed for pediatric office. Individual should be personable, positive, and able to work well with others. Full time employment(Monday-Friday). Experience preferred. Please send resumes and salary requirements to: 1334 Broad St. Ext. #118, Sumter, SC 29150 Pediatric office in need of a positive, energetic, outgoing individual for front office position(full time Monday-Friday). Individual must be professional, work well with others, and have good communications skills. Experience preferred. Please send resumes and salary requirements to: 1334 Broad St. Ext. #118, Sumter, SC 29150

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Unfurnished Apartments Hampton Pk Hist. Dist Clean,attractive 3 Rm (1Bdrm) Range, Refrig.,Washer & Dryer Ceiling fans, No pets. Off Street parking $410 Mo. +Sec Dep w/Yr Lease Credit report & Refs Req. Call 773-2451 Senior Living Apartments for those 62+ (Rent based on income) Shiloh-Randolph Manor 125 W. Bartlette. 775-0575 Studio/1 Bedroom apartments available EHO

Unfurnished Homes 4980 Hwy 15 S. 3br 1ba, liv. rm, din rm, kit., $650/mo + dep. Call 803-481-7118 or 236-1587 2 Bedroom house on Rast St. $600 mo. Call 803-968-0939 3BR/2BA Brick home w/garage. Lg fncd yard. No pets $750/mo + $750/dep. Call 803-968-5816 304 Haynsworth 3BR 2BA , Hrdwd flrs, fenced yard. $895/mo + $1,000 Dep. Good credit needed. Agent owned 468-1612 W. Hampton Ave 2BR, 1BA, LR, kitchen area, CH/A, Rent $500 mth Call 803-968-0006 House for Rent 3BR 2BA located in Manning 1247 James Martin Rd. Call 803-473-2946 2 & 4 Br S/W & D/W Mobile homes & houses, located in Manning & Sumter. 1 - 3 Br, 2 Ba D/W in Pinewood. No Sect. 8. Rent + dep. req. Call 803-225-0389.

Part-time Assistant needed for a busy office in Manning. Please send all response to P-Box 336 c/o The Item, PO Box 1677 Sumter SC 29151 $$$ AVON $$$ FREE TRAINING! 803-422-5555

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On 88 acres of Farm and wooded land, Monte Carlo Ln., 4BR 2BA, Heat pump, carpet & vinyl floors, Contact: R. Davis 270-839-0459

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Lease or Sale 5200 sq ft Building. 5 offices plus 1 Room w/1600 sq ft with H & C , and 1 w/1200 sq ft & shop area. 822 S Guignard Call 803 968-5762

Owners Moving To Lake Marion $100.000 Renovation Completed In 2009

DALZELL 2BR 1.5 BA quiet family park, 5 min from Shaw/Sumter $425 mo. 499-2029 LV msg.

2 & 3 BRs 803-494-4015

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For Sale 1993 Grand Prix, 2 door, low miles, $1000. Call after 10am 803-499-5120 or 803-840-1214

Antiques / Classic Cars 1974 MGB Engine & transmission pulled. Ready for restoration. $1,000. Call 803-494-4825

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At a loss — wondering where did all the deer go? O

K, I’m confused. I know, those that know me will say that I’m always confused, but this is serious. From all indications, my deer have vanished. I’ve been running trail cameras since early August on one piece of property and hunting a smaller tract about once a week, and while I wasn’t seeing a lot of deer, I was seeing Earle enough for Woodward me to keep AFIELD & going back. AFLOAT Over the last 10 years, I have noticed that on the larger property -the land with the clover patch on it -- the deer were always slow to arrive. I would see few deer in August and early September, but the numbers would increase quickly in midSeptember, and I’d have a pretty good herd going into October, just as the activity starts to heat up. Not this year.

I started out in August with a cow-horned deer, a 5-point, four big does and five fawns, along with a flock of turkeys that numbered well into double digits. I had decided to let the two bucks have a pass this year unless I didn’t have a deer by December, then the bets were off. I am more than happy with a nice, fat doe in the freezer. Over the last five to six years, my big bucks had started showing up on the cameras by October. Not this year. I pulled the SD card from the trail camera overlooking the little clover patch during the week of Sept. 21-25 and found that neither the cow-horn, nor the 5-point were on any of the frames taken for the entire period. There were, however, the full group of does and about eight or nine turkeys that showed up on a regular basis. I planned a hunt. The wind was perfect for the ground blind on Tuesday, Sept. 30, so I crawled in fully expecting to at least see a couple of the fawns and a few birds. I sat there until it was about too dark to see, stumbled out, straighten up my cramped

frame and went over to retrieve the SD card from the camera to check when I got home. Talk about a disappointment and a feeling of wasting my time! I plugged the card into the old home computer and began to scroll through the pictures; nothing! I had not been to that location in almost a week, and all that was on the card was a picture of two fawns, or maybe it was the same one because it was one deer in the frame on two separate days. Nothing else, nada. There should have been close to 100 pictures and there were maybe 10, mostly of empty field taken when the wind blew and made a limb move in front of the camera. I had installed a camera on the smaller property last Saturday after watching four does come through every afternoon. I was interested to see if they were also coming through in the mornings, so that I could hunt this Saturday morning. While placing the camera, I noticed several scrapes under a small oak and, upon a little scouting,

Wildlife populations plummet GENEVA (AP) — About 3,000 species of wildlife around the world have seen their numbers plummet far worse than previously thought, according to a new study by one of the world’s biggest environmental groups. The study Tuesday from the Swiss-based WWF largely blamed human threats to nature for a 52 percent LAMBERTINI decline in wildlife populations between 1970 and 2010. It says improved methods of measuring populations of fish, birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles explain the huge difference from the 28-percent decline between 1970 and 2008 that the group reported in 2012. Most of the new losses were found in tropical regions, particularly Latin America. WWF describes the study it has carried out every two years since 1998 as a barometer of the state of the planet. “There is no room for complacency,” said WWF International Director General Marco Lambertini, calling for a greater focus on sustainable solutions to the impact people are inflicting on nature, particularly through the release of greenhouse gases. The latest “Living Planet” study analyzed data from

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that the western population of the yellow-billed cuckoo has been listed as a threatened species and will be protected under the Endangered Species Act. about 10,000 populations of 3,038 vertebrate species from a database maintained by the Zoological Society of London. It is meant to provide a representative sampling of the overall wildlife population in the world, said WWF’s Richard McLellan, editor-in-chief of the study. It reflects populations since 1970, the first year the London-based society had comprehensive data. Each study is based on data from at least four years earlier. Much of the world’s wildlife has disappeared in what have been called five mass extinctions, which were often associated with giant meteor strikes. About 90 percent of the world’s species were wiped out around 252 million years

ago. One such extinction about 66 million years ago killed off the dinosaurs and three out of four species on Earth. In the new WWF study, hunting and fishing along with continued losses and deterioration of natural habitats are identified as the chief threats to wildlife populations around the world. Other primary factors are global warming, invasive species, pollution and disease. “This damage is not inevitable but a consequence of the way we choose to live,” said Ken Norris, science director at the London society. “There is still hope. Protecting nature needs focused conservation action, political will and support from industry.”

South Carolina turkey harvest down FROM THE S.C. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Over 45,000 turkey hunters take to the woods annually in South Carolina with hopes of harvesting a wily gobbler. However, not as many were harvested in the spring season. With an estimated harvest of 16,248 birds, the spring turkey harvest was down about 15 percent from 2013 and down cumulatively 36 percent from the record harvest established in 2002, according to Charles Ruth, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources Deer and Wild Turkey Program coordinator. This year’s decrease in harvest is likely due to decreased reproduction during the summers of ’12 and ’13. South Carolina’s spring wild turkey season opens April 1 and closes May 1 in

most areas of the state and on all public lands with turkey hunting. The season opens March 15 on private lands in 12 Lowcountry counties in the state. The top counties for total turkey harvest were Williamsburg, Laurens, Berkeley, Union and Fairfield. However, because counties vary in size, a better method of comparing harvests between counties is the harvest per unit area, for example turkeys harvested per square mile. Using this method, the top counties were Union, Laurens, Cherokee, Spartanburg and Greenville. Other statistics from this year’s survey indicate that there were approximately 45,949 turkey hunters with the average hunter spending about five days in the field. Total effort expended by all

hunters was approximately 227,069 days in ’14. The success rate was about 22 percent in harvesting at least one gobbler, and the week of the season during which the most turkeys were harvested was the first week in April with 36 percent of all birds taken during that single week. Finally, hunter opinion on the turkey population indicated that it was viewed as decreasing and this opinion coincides with the declining harvest and reproductive trends. Annually, spring turkey hunters contribute more than $30 million in direct expenditures to South Carolina’s economy. Results of the 2014 spring turkey season can be found on the DNR website at the following address: http:// www.dnr.sc.gov/wildlife/turkey/ 2014TurkeyHarvest.html

found scrapes all over the place. This time of year the scrapes really don’t account for much. They are just the preliminary version and most will be abandoned in a few weeks as the bucks settle into the rut and pick their primary scrape sites. What this did tell me is that not only were four does in the area, but at least one buck was as well and, from the size of his foot print, he was sizable. Again, on Wednesday the wind was perfect, and since I had nothing to write about, I decided to sit in that spot and see if I could lay eyes on the buck. I sat in the stand until it was too dark to see without seeing so much as a squirrel, climbed down and got the SD card from the camera. Again, nothing, not the four does, no buck, no squirrels, no raccoons, nothing! The camera had been watching the trail over four days and got zilch! It had six pictures that were all due to wind blowing limbs. So, where are they? I have probably hunted about half the time that I have

hunted in years past, so I feel like the pressure on any given spot is not what it has been. I’ve tried to hunt the clover patch about once a week and the trail about once a week, which should give the places a pretty good rest in between, but it just isn’t working. By this time of year, I should be overrun with at least a bunch of does and several bucks, but I’m not. So, what has changed? The only thing that has had a major impact on the property we hunt is the ice storm in February. Since most of the property is pine forest with a scattering of oaks and other hardwoods, the storm did wreak havoc on the trees, but is that enough to thin the herd this much? I don’t think so. At present, I’m at a loss for the answer. I can’t explain it, although Lord knows I’ve tried to figure it out. Perhaps it’s the few acorns that are starting to drop, perhaps it’s all the soybeans in the area, I just don’t know. Maybe it will come to me one day, maybe not. Until then, I guess I’ll just stay confused.

FISHING REPORT Santee Cooper System Crappie: Good to very good. Fish are suspended in 7-18 feet of water around the tops of brushpiles in approximately 15-28 feet of water. Generally fish are about to 8-10 feet off the bottom (at the top of the brush) and they will usually eat minnows. Recently the upper lake has been better producing better than the lower lake with white crappie in the upper lake concentrated in tight schools. Largemouth bass: Slow. Bass fishing is very tough on Santee Cooper. As temperatures cool October fishing should improve and fish will make their way to the creeks. Lake Murray Striped Bass: Very good. Fish are starting to spread out from the dam to the mid lake. Right now the largest numbers of fish are between Spence and Shull Island, and in the big water fishing is strong in front of the swimming area on the Lexington side of the dam. This is the time of year when most any technique can be effective, including fishing for schooling striper, trolling lures, down lining and free lining. Largemouth Bass: Slow to fair. Fish are still grouped up on the main lake. The suspended pattern - fishing topwater or barely sub-surface baits around points - is still the dominant pattern, and he is finding that the fishing is best in areas with cleaner water. Crappie: Fair. Fish are starting to make a mirror image run of their spring pattern. Crappie are moving up the rivers into shallow brush, and although the brush may be in 15-20 feet of water the fish are likely to be in the tops maybe 10-12 feet down. The bridges are also a good place to look. Lake Wateree Catfish: Good. Fish are holding close to the bottom, and fishing 10-13 feet deep over 12-16 feet of water is a good range. Some people are tight lining and a lot of people are vertical jigging. Popular lures include Fish Stalker jigs in pearl white or yellow, Triple Ripple jigs and plain minnows. Crappie: Good. Try deep and medium running crankbaits on points and channel swings in the creeks. Everything will move shallow in the next few weeks, so it’s a good idea to check docks with a jig on a daily bases. Lake Greenwood Catfish: Good to very good. Drifting will work but anchoring on secondary points in creeks and in the backs of creeks is more productive. Shrimp and stink bait are the best baits for quickly filling a cooler. Using cut bait will produce larger but less frequent fish, and the gar will give you a hard time. Bream: Fair to good. Fish remain shallow around docks and in the backs of coves. Fish crickets and worms under a float or on a split shot rig. Largemouth Bass: Slow. The best pattern seems to be flipping worms around docks and brush. It’s starting to get towards a good period of the year on the lake - when fish can be caught on buzzbaits and floating

worms shallow around sea walls and rocky banks. Lake Monticello Catfish: Good. The big fish bite has been consistently lately, and the teenage sized fish are feeding well, too. Most fish are being caught anchoring in the 35-60 foot range, and on some days steep ledges are the key while on other days gradual drop-offs are stronger. Large and small pieces of cut white perch and bream are both producing. Lake Russell Black Bass: Fair to good. Bass fishing on Lake Russell is improving and he has seen lots of bass chasing shad in the backs of creeks. A good way to target these fish running and busting bait, which are generally largemouths, is to throw Rattle Traps or spinnerbaits in the stained water at the backs of the Rocky River, Beaver Dam Creek and Coldwater Creek. Crappie: Fair to good. Some good crappie have been caught early and late trolling 1/16 ounce curly tail jigs in the backs of creeks where crappie are following schools of shad. Fish are on the move and the best depth to target is 10-12 feet of water. Lake Thurmond Striped and Hybrid Bass: Good. Striper are schooling on the lower end of the lake - in the mouth of Keg Creek, the Little River and at the mouth of the Savannah River. The best schooling activity is coming around 4 p.m., and larger fish will take Sammys and Zara Spooks, while for smaller fish popping corks and ice flies will do well. Bigger teenage sized fish can be caught below the Russell Dam on planer board/ live herring rigs. Crappie: Good. Fish live minnows 20 feet down over trees and brush in about 30 feet of water and fish have moved into the backs of coves and the big creeks. Lake Wylie Catfish: Good to very good. Typically, the afternoon bite has been strong in years past drifting cut baits from 5-15 feet in the major creeks. Early morning patterns usually find fish a good bit deeper 15-25 feet in the creeks and near main channel structure. One can often follow the bass to catfish in the fall as the largemouth bass school up to attack large surface schools of small shad — these areas are easy to spot. Lake Jocassee Trout: Good. Fish in the 100-200 foot range with Apex spoons and shiners for best results. Best times are from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lake Keowee Largemouth and Spotted Bass: Improving. The fish are primarily feed at the top of the water around points and creeks. Use Carolina rigs, drop shot rigs and shakey head worms. Lake Hartwell Striper: Poor. It’s a tough time on the lake for striper fishing, although there are some reports of schooling activity. Largemouth Bass: Good. Some schooling activity. Use small bait up the river and in the major creeks. Not so much the main lake. You can catch them shallow on buzzbaits and spinnerbaits.

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In our modern culture, if you want to know where your friends went to dinner, you just check out their social media pages. We document our lives for the world to see, without working on those relationships in real life that matter. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d rather text or tweet than talk and actually hang out. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a sad lesson that Eliza Dooley (Karen Gillan, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dr. Who,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Guardians of the Galaxyâ&#x20AC;?) is learning on â&#x20AC;&#x153;SelďŹ e,â&#x20AC;? airing Tuesday at 8 p.m. on ABC. In this twist on George Bernard Shawâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pygmalion,â&#x20AC;? Eliza recently discovered that she had no friends, even though she had more than 263,000 online followers. One mishap in public and sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s become the laughing stock of the web and at work. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s enlisted the help of market guru Henry (John Cho, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Star Trek Into Darknessâ&#x20AC;?) to give her a lifestyle and personality makeover. Henry has his work cut out for him. Eliza is self-absorbed and clueless when it comes to communicating with real people. She is always on her phone and fails to see the world around her. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that it does feel very topical and very relevant to me,â&#x20AC;? says creator and executive producer Emily Kapnek (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Suburgatoryâ&#x20AC;?). â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that as an area to explore, that sort of investigation of someone who is stuck behind that device, and in some ways realizes that sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not getting out of it what she thinks she is, just feels like a great, rich area.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;selďŹ eâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is a very provocative word,â&#x20AC;? Kapnek continues. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But I think that for us, it really speaks to the disease that Eliza has in that sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sort of consumed by this world and keeping the world at armâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s distance. She has the phone in her hand, and it becomes a descriptive word for us. I think Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s character in Henry is probably equally as self-absorbed as Eliza.â&#x20AC;? The transformation will take some time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We do expect it to take seasons and seasons,â&#x20AC;? Kapnek says of the characterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s makeover. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are baby steps, and I think that some of these habits die hard. There are things that will change more immediately, but I think with her character itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a little bit of one step forward, two steps back. Karen and John have fantastic chemistry. I think we were surprised by how much it popped for us in the pilot, particularly in the scene where he picked her up to go to the wedding, and even at the end somewhat, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deďŹ nitely something we want to grow slowly, but we have our work cut out for us with Eliza and her lessons bit by bit.â&#x20AC;? A brilliant workaholic, Henry isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exactly perfect. While he has a reďŹ ned nature and can teach Eliza a great deal, the lines between teacher and student sometimes blur. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She notices quickly that what heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s preaching, he isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily practicing,â&#x20AC;? Kapnek says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;His life needs work as well. So, it really is our intention to grow Henry into a character who is really right for her in some ways and vice versa.â&#x20AC;?

Cho admits he has some of his characterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cynicism. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It does seem like the entire world is Eliza to me,â&#x20AC;? says Cho. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone is posting everything as it happens in real time, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s distracting. Jonathan Franzen says, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Social media is like looking in a mirror and inviting the whole world to look in it with you, at you.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; And I feel like thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty accurate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was just thinking recently about Henryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s background and looking at â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;My Fair Lady,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? continues Cho. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Henry Higgins] was a linguistics expert. I was thinking about how as an immigrant I kind of have that. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a bit of a linguistics expert, too. When youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not born in this country, you tend to study how the natives talk. A little bit like â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Gatsbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; or something â&#x20AC;&#x201C; I mean, it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work when you look different, which is the lesson I learned. But you become an expert in how your neighbors, friends and schoolmates come off.â&#x20AC;? While Scottish actress Gillan is aware of social media, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s far from an expert. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I became more aware of it when I was on â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Dr. Whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; because we were being talked about,â&#x20AC;? Gillan says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I learned then that you should probably never Google yourself, so that became a rule in my life. I did join Twitter. It was very exciting. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand hashtags. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re for. I know how to use them. I should probably know that. Maybe I should do some research on that,â&#x20AC;? she laughs.

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