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Haley orders evacuations ahead of storm BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has ordered the mandatory evacuation of coastal areas of South Carolina beginning at 3 p.m. today as Hurricane Matthew threatens to wreak havoc on coastal South Carolina starting Friday night. In particular, she cited the prospect of a storm surge. Evacuation routes on major roadways will become one-way at 3 p.m. today to facilitate the evacuation of an estimated 1.1 million people. She urged people to fill their automobiles with fuel and try to leave before the mandatory evacuations are in effect. “The worst thing would be

for everyone to leave at once,” she said. Schools in much of eastern South Carolina have been ordered closed, including schools in Florence, Darlington, Clarendon, Sumter and Lee counties, to make room for evacuees. Schools are often used as emergency evacuation locations in which evacuees can stay temporarily. Government offices have also been ordered closed to keep traffic off the roads, she said. “This is not something we want to play with,” Haley warned. “If you don’t get out in time, you might be stuck.” Meteorologist Frank Alsheimer of the National Weather Service in Columbia

said Tuesday the latest forecast track has the storm within 20 or 30 miles of the South Carolina coast Friday into Friday night. “Given that the hurricane force winds extend out over 40 miles, assuming the track remains as it currently is forecast, it would extend hurricane conditions all along the South Carolina coast,” Alsheimer said. “Certainly along the coast the storm surge is a significant concern.” The storm is expected to weaken as it crosses the Bahamas and moves north, Alsheimer said.

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The GOES East satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Hurricane Matthew about SEE HALEY, PAGE A6 220 miles southeast of Kingston, Jamaica.

CLOSURES AND POSTPONEMENTS Schools • Public schools in Sumter, Lee and Clarendon counties are all closed today through Friday. • All Central Carolina Technical College campuses in Clarendon, Lee and Sumter counties will be closed today. All Kershaw County campuses will remain open on Wednesday. CCTC will provide updates each day as Hurricane Matthew emergency plans evolve. Daily announcements will be available on the college phone system, Facebook and www.cctech.edu. Events • The Fall Family Farm Day event scheduled for this Saturday at Old McCaskill’s Farm and featured in today’s Panorama story on page C1 has been postponed to Saturday, Oct. 15, because of expected weather conditions. Farm co-owner Kathy McCaskill said the event schedule and agenda will be exactly the same, as all participants have been able to reschedule. • The Downtown Sumter Pokémon Go Lure-a-thon 2.0 with Ray’s Hobbies and Toys Comic Convention has been postponed to Saturday, Nov. 5, because of inclement weather anticipated for this weekend. All of the details about the event will remain the same. See the sports pages for updated game schedules. Please send updated closures and postponements to pressreleases@theitem.com and we will post them online as soon as possible.

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Food Lion customers were stocking up in case Hurricane Matthew blows into Sumter. This shopper explained that his wife had sent him to do the household shopping, concentrating on the hurricane staples such as water, bread, canned beans, nuts and snacks.

DHEC: Don’t forget special needs family members when preparing for hurricane ITEM STAFF REPORT Preparing properly for a natural disaster such as a hurricane can require a lot of thought, especially if your family includes the elderly, the infirm or the very young. South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Services has a list of emergency survival supplies residents may need during and after disasters such as hurricanes, including for family members who may not be able to prepare for themselves. Here are some of the items that your kit should include, according to DHEC: Cash or travelers checks. ATM’s and Pay-AtThe-Pump services won’t be available if the power is out; A battery-operated radio and spare batteries; A flashlight for each person and spare batteries; A week’s supply of water — one gallon per person per day; A fire extinguisher; A week’s supply of non-perishable food, plus a manual can opener, paper plates, plastic cups and utensils. Good choices are crackers, peanut butter, canned fruit, raisins and other dried fruit, canned beans, beverages such as fruit juices and milk in cans or boxes, canned soup, granola bars, cold cereal, instant coffee, hard candy, tea bags, cookies and seasonings; Plastic containers to hold dry foods, spare batteries, duct tape and matches; A four-week supply of prescription medications; A first aid kit; Rain gear; Trash bags; Matches (in a waterproof container); Pet food (if you have pets); Insect repellent; Charcoal; Ice and cooler; Plastic tarps; Unscented, regular strength bleach or other water purification

aids; Books and games; Sunscreen; A camera and spare batteries. You will want to take pictures of your house, inside and outside, for insurance purposes. Store in a waterproof container; Toilet paper; Paper towels; Moist towelettes; Duct tape; Sewing kit; Hat and work gloves; Sunglasses; Important documents stored in a waterproof container. These documents should include immunization records, passports, wills, insurance policies, deeds, contracts, stocks and bonds, social security cards and birth certificates; Bedding or sleeping bags; Extra clothing; Paper and pen; Basic tool kit; Personal hygiene and toiletry items. Don’t forget soap, toothbrushes and toothpaste; and Cleaning supplies, including disinfectant, towels, buckets, mops, etc. Special Needs Items As you put your kit together, be sure to take in the “special needs” of family members. These individuals include infants, the elderly and persons with disabilities or serious illnesses. For Baby: Formula (Preferably pre-prepared); Diapers; Bottles; Powdered milk; Baby food; Medications; Moist towelettes / baby wipes; and Diaper rash ointments. For Adults: Ask your doctor about storing prescription medications such as heart and high-blood pressure medications, insulin and other prescription drugs. Denture needs; Contact lenses and supplies; Extra eye glasses; Walking canes, walkers, etc.; and Oxygen tank. Source: http://www.scdhec.gov

Council gets blighted housing program A ringer update, approves celltower amendment BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com Sumter Planning Department Director George McGregor and Quality Assurance Manager John MacLoskie presented an update on the city’s Sumter Pride Program, the Neighborhood Initiative Program and demolition enforcement activities during Tuesday’s regular meeting of the Sumter City Council. McGregor presented City Council with an award given to the City’s Abandoned and Dilapidated Housing Demolition Program as the Outstanding Planning Project by the South Carolina Chapter of the American Planning Association. MacLoskie told City Council that while some demolition projects have been slowed or derailed by title issues, currently 103 demolition projects have been submitted, 98 approved and 95 contracts let for demolition. He said 143 blighted structures have been demolished since February 2015. JIM HILLEY / THE SUMTER ITEM A hidden success of the blighted housing demolition Mayor Joe McElveen, right, presents a program, MacLoskie said, is the property owners who gift to Central Carolina Technical Colhave decided to repair blighted homes to make them

lege President Tim Hardee at Tuesday night’s council meeting.

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A 25-year-old Sumter resident remains in jail after allegedly shooting and injuring a man during an argument on Saturday. According to a news release from Sumter Police Department, reports indicate that Steven Vanburen, of 324 Bowman VANBUREN Drive, and the victim were at a gathering on Crescent Avenue when an argument began between the two men and shots were fired. The victim, 59-year-old Paul Levern Jenkins, of Asheville, North Carolina, was shot and taken to Palmetto Health Tuomey where he was treated for non-lifethreatening injuries. Vanburen is charged with attempted murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon. He is being held at the Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center pending bond. An investigation is continuing.

A year after a catastrophic flood devastated parts of Sumter, Lee and Clarendon counties, more people have flood insurance policies in place, and the average premium has gone down in most areas, says a Federal Emergency Management Agency external affairs executive. The flood occurred during a four-day period from Oct. 3 through Oct. 6, 2015. The City of Sumter received 21.3 inches of rain during that period and Manning, in Clarendon County, received 19.75 inches, while Bishopville in Lee County received 11.43 inches. Danon Lucas, an external affairs representative for FEMA Region IV, which

PUBLIC INVITED TO ABSENTEE VOTING PREP OPENING The Sumter County Registration/Election Commission will have its Tabulation Test Run for the Nov. 8 General Election at 10 a.m. Friday and the absentee preparation/ opening at 10 a.m. on Monday. Both events will be held at the Sumter County Courthouse, room 114. The public is invited to attend.

LEE COUNTY BUSINESS AFTER HOURS SET The Lee County Chamber of Commerce will have a Business After Hours event from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, hosted by Lee County Farm & Garden Market and Lee County Consignment Barn, 283 Church St. For more information, call (803) 483-2800.

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covers eight states in the Southeast, attributes the drop in average price of a policy to having less risky property covered. Higher risk property owners are charged a higher premium than less risky property owners. “People need to understand that just because they are in a low risk area, that doesn’t mean a ‘no risk’ area,” Lucas said. As of July 31, 2016, in the tri-county area, 879 property owners had policies in place compared to 573 on the same date in 2015. The total dollar amount paid for premiums in 2016 was $508,874 compared to $369,215 the prior year. And the average price of a premium dropped to $579 in 2016 from $644 in 2015. Broken down by county: • Sumter County saw a 56 percent in-

crease in flood insurance policies in force from 440 policies in 2015 to 686 in 2016. The average price of a policy dropped from $623 in 2015 to $567 this year; • Clarendon County had an increase of 35 percent in the number of policies written for flood insurance for 2016, up from 117 policies in place in 2015 to 158 in 2016. And the average price fell from $768 to $628 this year; and • Lee County had a 119 percent increase from 16 policies in 2015 to 35 policies in 2016. The average premium in Lee County increased from $407 in 2015 to $586 from 2016. Lucas said that Lee’s increase in premiums could be because of the addition of homes in a riskier location or an increase in the value of homes covered under the federal program.

Pets receive blessings at Holy Cross BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com More than 10 dogs and one cat received blessings on Saturday at Church of the Holy Cross in Stateburg during the annual blessing of the animals on Saturday. Father Michael Ridgill said he looks forward to the Feast of St. Francis, observed on Oct. 4, every year. St. Francis of Assisi celebrated all of God’s creatures, he said. This day shows what true love looks like with the pet’s unconditional love for their owners, Ridgill said. Saturday was Ridgill’s fourth year blessing local pets at Holy Cross. He said a few of the pet owners who stopped by were not members of the Holy Cross, which means the blessing of the animals is spreading throughout the community. This is open to everybody, he said. Bruce Knoblock said it was the third or fourth time he and his wife, Jacqueline, brought their three dogs — Greta, Wulfe and Cheyenne — to Holy Cross to be blessed. He said the dogs and church are part of his family so he wanted to bring both sides together. “We can’t bring them to church on Sunday so we bring them here to have

Elijah Bradford, center, CEO of Coffee House Productions and lead singer of The Valentinos, will celebrate his 10 years in that capacity and as minister of music at Salem Avenue Missionary Baptist Church on Saturday at Salem Missionary Church. PHOTO PROVIDED

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Judy Burch holds Tess tightly as Father Michael Ridgill blesses Tess during the Blessing of the Animals at the Church of the Holy Cross Saturday. them blessed,” he said. “We try to come every year,” Jacqueline said. It’s nice that the church does this, Bruce said. “We’re all creatures of god.” Melissa Williams brought her 6-month-old Great Pyrenees puppy Dolce to be blessed as he learns to become a herd dog for her chickens and lambs. It’s important for him to be protected, she said. Williams said the Saturday blessing is also a great way for other pet owners to meet.

Chantway, a pure bred Carolina, appears a little reluctant to receive his blessing from Father Michael Ridgill during ceremonies Saturday at the Church of the Holy Cross.

Coffee House Productions celebrates a decade BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com In celebration of his 10 years as CEO of the recording and concert promotion company Coffee House Productions, Elijah Bradford will release a new album of gospels and inspirational music on vinyl on Saturday at Salem Missionary Church, which he has served as minister of music for a decade. Bradford, known for his singing and songwriting, said the album titled “Yesterday, Today, and Forever” has 19 songs, including eight

new ones and “some of our biggest hits from the past.” Special guests for the night will be Thelma Isaac and One Purpose, Amber Smith, The Singing Angels, The Chosen One and others.” A highlight of the celebration, Bradford said, will be a nostalgic reunion of Purpose Driven and the Salem Mass Choir. Bradford, who is lead singer with The Valentinos, seven men who sing, dance and play instruments, said The Valentinos are complemented perfectly by the five women of Purpose Driven.

“Introducing them together on this album has been as great a thrill for me as traveling and working with them on a weekly basis,” he said. The 7 p.m. Coffee House Productions 10th anniversary celebration and new album release party will begin at 7 p.m. Saturday at Salem Missionary Baptist Church, 320 W. Fulton St. Admission is free, and the public is invited to attend. For more information or to preorder the album “Yesterday, Today and Forever,” visit the website www.elijahbradford.com.

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the shooting, did not need medical attention, Anderson County Sheriff’s Lt. Sheila Cole said Tuesday. Because of the student’s injuries, however, Adams lodged another charge of attempted murder against the teen, who is 14. The teen now faces two murder charges: for Jacob’s death and that of the teen’s father, whom police say he fatally shot before driving to the school. He faces three attempted-murder charges in connection to the survivors. The teen is charged as a juvenile, and Adams has not said whether she will seek to try him as an adult. The Associated Press generally does not identify juveniles charged with crimes. Jacob’s relatives said a favorite superhero was Batman and that he himself told them he was out saving Townville while everyone slept.

POLICE BLOTTER CHARGES Jamie L. Taylor, 20, of 5 E. Charlotte Ave., was arrested on Monday and charged with shoplifting after she allegedly attempted to take various kitchenware items valued at about $70 while at a store in the 1200 block of Broad Street about 11:30 a.m. Taylor was transported to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center. Harry Montgomery, 59, of 12 Hasel Street, was arrested on Sunday and charged with criminal sexual conduct with a minor after he allegedly performed a lewd act on a 9-yearold girl while she was visiting his residence on June 20. The case remains under investigation. Michael James Brown, 57, of 3155 Oleander Drive, was arrested on Sunday and charged with cruelty to children after he allegedly hit a 7-year-old

girl in the upper body when he was watching her while the girl’s mother was at work between June 24 and June 25. According to Sumter Police Department, officers noticed a small raised area on the child’s body that did not require medical treatment. The case remains under investigation. Kenyard Maurice Bolden, 33, of 1105 N. St. Pauls Church Road, was arrested on Saturday for reportedly striking a female victim with a 2004 Chevrolet Suburban while in the 2200 block of Peach Orchard Road and later hiding a 32-caliber revolver in a candy rack at a business on Oct. 1. According to a news release from Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, a store clerk discovered the handgun and the store’s surveillance camera recorded Bolden hiding the weapon. A

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Townville says goodbye to victim of shooting TOWNVILLE (AP) — Townspeople and classmates filled a church Tuesday evening to say goodbye to a 6-year-old boy who died in a school shooting, filing past a casket adorned with large photos, balloons and a life-size figure of one of his favorite superheroes, Batman. Authorities say a teen shot at a back door of the Townville Elementary school last Wednesday as a class left for recess, hitting Jacob, a classmate and a first-grade teacher. The teacher, shot in the shoulder, and the student, shot in the foot, were treated at hospitals and released the day of the shooting. Jacob died on Saturday. News that a third student had been injured came Monday night in a news release issued by Solicitor Chrissy Adams. That student, who was on the playground during

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Wilson Hall kindergarten students Aleca Dimitriadis, Ella Grace Sandifer, Ashley Carter, Morgan Chewning and Avi Hicks cheer to the crowd during halftime of a recent varsity football game at Spencer Field. They were among the 130 students who participated in the annual mini-cheerleading clinic sponsored by the varsity cheerleading squad.

records check revealed that Bolden is prohibited from possessing a firearm or ammunition, states the release. He is charged with assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, unlawful carrying of a pistol and unlawful possession of a weapon.

STOLEN PROPERTY Approximately $1,150 in assorted clothes and jewelry; 25 Xbox games valued at $1,250; an Xbox valued at $300; and a 38-inch LG flat-screen TV valued at $600 were reportedly stolen from a residence on Torwood Court in Wedgefield on Monday. An 18-volt Porter Cable kit valued at $190; a 20-volt Porter Cable kit valued at $180; a Craftsman tool pouch with wrenches and other tools, valued at $450; a 12-gauge Winchester pump-shotgun valued at $500; a green Coleman grill valued at $50; a black onyx man’s ring valued at $200; and

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$60 in cash were reportedly stolen from a vehicle while it was parked at a residence in the 300 block of Timmons Street between Sept. 21 and Sept. 30. A PlayStation 4 gaming system valued at $500 and four video games with a combined value of $240 were reportedly stolen from a dorm room in the 100 block of West College Street between 2 and 4:30 p.m. on Friday.

DAMAGED PROPERTY A 2004 Chevrolet Silverado sustained an estimated $1,200

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Gender equality in 2016? It’s complicated THE ASSOCIATED PRESS It’s a complicated time for gender relations in the U.S., as the campaign pitting Hillary Clinton against Donald Trump has underscored — most recently, with the fallout from their first debate and a sharp exchange about Trump’s attention to a former Miss Universe and her weight. On one hand there’s been great progress toward equality. Women have climbed to the top of many a corporate ladder, IBM and General Motors being just two examples. They were recently approved to serve in all military combat jobs, and depending on the election outcome, troops could soon be saluting the first female commander in chief. At the same time, deep and obvious gaps remain — not only in terms of economic inequality and continuing discrimination and harassment in the workplace, but in everyday actions and conversations. Consider this year’s reboot of “Ghostbusters,” with women replacing the male leads of the original. Misogynistic comments circulated on social media demanding the film’s stars appear nude or be “hot.” Or the way some sports commentators covered women’s accomplishments at the Rio Olympics. An NBC newsman drew criticism for referencing the husband-coach of a Hungarian swimmer as the “guy responsible” for her record-breaking performance. Or the backlash in, of all places, progressive Seattle, after the five female councilors voted against the proposed

sale of a street to help make way for a new arena that could host an NBA team. One local attorney, in a signed email to all five women, described them as “disgraceful pieces of trash” and added, “I can only hope that you each find ways to quickly and painfully end yourselves.” He later apologized. Council member Lorena Gonzalez, a lawyer whose past work included representing victims of sexual abuse and harassment, said the Seattle controversy “hit a nerve” because it coincided with a presidential campaign that has exacerbated gender tensions. Women of all political persuasions needed to band together to “push back” against such treatment, she said. Just a few decades ago, women rarely held the collective political power that they now wield in Seattle. In many male-dominated domains, women’s strides have been slow-paced and, even then, often greeted with resentment. “Cultural change often comes with some backlash,” said Emily Martin, the National Women’s Law Center’s general counsel. “Some people feel threatened by women’s progress. Making vile attacks on the internet is an easy way to express yourself if the world is changing in ways you feel are threatening.” That culture clash has become striking in this election year. In the opening debate, after Trump questioned her looks and stamina, Clinton quickly pivoted to the issue of sexism.

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A member of the audience holds a sign that reads, “227 Years of Men. It’s HER Time!” during a January 2016 rally for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. “This is a man who called women pigs, slobs and dogs,” she said. Polls show Clinton, a Democrat, benefiting from a gender gap that’s been a fact of American politics since 1980, with women voting for her party more reliably than men in each presidential election. This year’s gap could be the biggest ever; a New York Times poll in mid-September showed Trump, a Republican, leading among likely male voters by 11 percentage points, while Clinton led among likely female voters by 13 points There’s also a gender gap in turnout — nearly 10 million more women voted than men in 2012. Brooke Ackerly, a political science professor at Vanderbilt who specializes in gender issues, said the sexist sentiments on display during the campaign aren’t new to American politics, but are louder

and more visible than before. “It suggests to me there’s some latent anger that’s being given permission to express itself,” said Ackerly, adding that Trump was the catalyst for this. “What’s new is that we’re seeing it in public.” Clinton, of course, has long been targeted by sexist taunts, and says she’s learned to take them in stride. Still, said Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, “I’m concerned about what it means for younger women who see this as what you might confront if you dare to tread on what is seen as male turf.” Women comprise more than half the U.S. population, yet account for just a fifth of all members of Congress and one-fourth of state lawmakers, according to an Associated Press survey earlier this year. And that’s a better showing than for women in

such fields as firefighting, construction and video-game design. Depending on the questions posed, opinion polls show curiously mixed views on gender issues. For example, polling by Gallup shows that 92 percent of Americans — including overwhelming majorities of both men and women —would vote for a woman for president if they felt she was qualified. Yet there’s a split as to whether obstacles remain that make it harder for women to get ahead. About 63 percent of women say this is the case, compared to 41 percent of men, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey. Pay equity is another issue with gender overtones; surveys show that nearly twothirds of minimum wage earners are women. Clinton says she supports raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $12 an hour. Trump said in July that the minimum wage should be $10, but added that states should “really call the shots.” Trump has many enthusiastic female supporters, including Amber Smith, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan as a helicopter pilot with the Army’s 101st Airborne Division. Now a writer and commentator with a just-published memoir, Smith perceives Clinton as seeking to portray women as victims. “We live in a country that provides equal opportunities for men and woman,” Smith said. “I’m an example of that. I wanted to be an air mission commander based on my own merits and skill level, not because of my gender.”

Experts: No criminal case over Trump tax disclosure NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump tax documents were published without his permission in The New York Times, but that doesn’t necessarily make for a clear-cut criminal case against the newspaper or its source. For one thing, it’s not clear who did the divulging — the Times says it received the documents anonymously in the mail. And legal experts say the newspaper itself should be on solid First Amendment grounds if it used newsworthy, accurate information and did nothing illegal to get it. “When you’re in an election and you’re looking at candidates’ tax returns, I don’t think it’s dangerous” le-

gally for the Times, said media lawyer James Goodale, the Times’ general counsel when the federal government sought unsuccessfully in 1971 to stop the newspaper from publishing the “Pentagon Papers,” a classified military study showing that the U.S. had secretly expanded the Vietnam War. Trump’s lawyers have threatened “prompt initiation of appropriate legal action” of their own over Saturday’s story, which said the businessman had declared $916 million in losses in 1995. The deduction was so big he could have forgone paying federal income taxes for 18 years. The Times said Monday it hadn’t

heard further from Trump’s lawyers. “Our job is to report on matters of public concern, and that’s what we did here,” the newspaper said in a statement. “Nothing could be more central to the First Amendment than our right to publish, and the public’s right to know, important information about presidential candidates.” Trump has built his campaign around his business acumen and financial success, while bucking a 40-year-long custom of presidential candidates releasing their income tax returns. His campaign told the Times he had paid hundreds of millions of dollars in various forms of taxes, had

a duty to his business, family and employees “to pay no more tax than legally required” and had gained a unique understanding of the tax code. The Times published the first page of Trump’s 1995 Connecticut, New Jersey and New York state tax returns and said his former accountant had authenticated them. All three states have criminal laws against disclosing such tax information without permission. Connecticut Department of Revenue Services commissioner Kevin Sullivan said Monday his agency conducted internal checks and was confident no staffers had improperly looked up Trump’s returns.

Official: Investigators think train in crash was speeding HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) — Federal investigators estimate a commuter train was traveling two to three times the 10 mph speed limit when it slammed into a New Jersey rail terminal last week, a U.S. official told The Associated Press Tuesday. The official, who was briefed on the investigation, said investigators estimated the train was moving between 20 and 30 mph when it crashed into Hoboken Terminal last Thursday. The estimate is based on the extent of damage, not on data from the train’s instruments. The official spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity. One person was killed and more than 100 people were injured. The train’s engineer, Thomas Gallagher, told investigators that he had no memory of the crash but said he was operating at 10 mph as he approached the station, said T.

Bella Dinh-Zarr, the vice chair of the National Transportation Safety Board. Gallagher, 48, said he only remembered waking up on the floor of the engineer’s cab, Dinh-Zarr said Sunday during the most recent public briefing on the investigation. The speed estimate comes as investigators work to extract the second of the train’s two data recorders. Access to the device, in the front of the train, and video from the train’s forward-facing camera has been hampered by the debris. A second data recorder, which was in the locomotive at the rear of the train, wasn’t functioning on the day of the crash and didn’t record speed, braking or other information about the trip, the NTSB said. Dinh-Zarr said NTSB investigators also obtained surveillance video and video from forward-facing cameras on nearby trains.

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Major Hurricane Matthew brings destruction to Haiti LEOGANE, Haiti (AP) — Hurricane Matthew roared across the southwestern tip of Haiti with 145 mph winds Tuesday, uprooting trees and tearing roofs from homes in a largely rural corner of the impoverished country as the storm headed north toward Cuba and the east coast of Florida. A fisherman was reported drowned in Haiti as the storm closed in, and four deaths were recorded in the neighboring Dominican Republic, bringing the death toll from Matthew’s path through the Caribbean to at least seven. The dangerous Category 4 storm blew ashore around dawn in a corner of Haiti where many people live along the coast in shacks of wood or simple concrete blocks. Matthew was inflicting major damage, though the extent was not immediately known, said Marie Alta Jean-Baptiste, director of the country’s Civil Protection Agency. “It’s much too early to know how bad things are, but we do know there are a lot of houses that have been destroyed or damaged in the south,” JeanBaptiste said. Many streets were flooded or blocked with fallen trees throughout the southwestern peninsula. Rivers surged with muddy water as heavy rain fell. Local radio reported that the water was shoulder high in parts of Les Cayes, near where Matthew came ashore. Milriste Nelson, a 65-year-old farmer in the town of Leogane, said his neighbors fled when the wind ripped the corrugated metal roof from their home. His own small yard was strewn with the fruit he depends on for his livelihood. “All the banana trees, all the mangos, everything is gone,” Nelson said as he boiled breadfruit over a fire in the morning light. “This country is going to fall deeper into misery.”

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Wind blows coconut trees on Tuesday during the passage of Hurricane Matthew in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The Category 4 storm roared into the southwestern coast of Haiti, threatening a largely rural corner of the impoverished country as it headed north toward Cuba and the U.S. Haitian authorities had tried to evacuate people from the most vulnerable areas ahead of the storm, but many were reluctant to leave their homes. Some sought shelter only after the worst was already upon them, making their way through debris-strewn streets amid pounding rain. “Many people are now asking for help, but it’s too late because there is no way to go evacuate them,” said Fonie Pierre, director of Catholic Relief Services for the Les Cayes area, who was huddled in her office with about 20 people. Matthew was expected to bring 15 to 25 inches of rain, and up to 40 inches in isolated places, along with up to 10 feet of storm surge and battering waves. “They are getting everything a major hurricane can throw at them,” said Dennis Feltgen, a meteorologist with the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami. The storm was moving along the Windward Passage between Haiti and Jamaica, where it was

dumping heavy rain that caused flooding. It was headed for southeastern Cuba and then the Bahamas. Forecasters said Matthew could menace Florida toward the end of the week and push its way up the East Coast during the weekend. “We do not know yet whether the center of Matthew will actually come ashore in Florida. That’s possible,” said Rick Knabb, director of the hurricane center. “It also could go to the right and stay farther offshore. The farther offshore it is, the lesser the impacts will be, but the impacts are going to happen no matter what.” Cuba’s government declared a hurricane alert for six eastern provinces, and workers removed traffic lights from poles in the city of Santiago to keep them from falling. In the U.S., Florida Gov. Rick Scott urged residents along the state’s Atlantic Coast to prepare for the possibility of a direct hit, and the Red Cross put out a call for volunteers in South Carolina.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — High winds led Albuquerque balloon fiesta officials to ground pilots Monday, a day after two balloons hit power lines, sparking an explosion and knocking out electricity to hundreds of residents. The explosion and outage occurred when the “Outlander” alien-themed balloon hit a line Sunday and knocked out power for about 1,200 residents. Crews with the Public Service Co. of New Mexico had to cut the gondola from the balloon to rescue the pilot and passengers. “I thought it was just going to go up in flames, but it didn’t. Thank God,” witness Allen Escobar told KOB-TV in Albuquerque. Photos and video of the crash posted on social media showed the balloon dangling from utility lines as crews worked to remove it. No one was injured. The only damage appeared to be a hole in the balloon, officials said. Another balloon landed on a power line to the south. A photo released by Albuquerque police showed a balloon hanging from a power line. Balloon Fiesta spokesman Tom Garrity said a female passenger suffered superficial injuries after the gondola was on the ground. She was treated and released from a hospital, he said. The 45th Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta began Saturday and is expected to draw close to a million visitors to central New Mexico before it ends Sunday. Garrity said the fiesta averages about 4,000 balloon launches and landings and rarely sees accidents. “But they happen,” he said, adding that he did not have the average number of crashes at each event. The National Transportation Safety Board said the most recent fatal crash at the fiesta occurred in 2008, when a balloon hit power lines and burst into flames, throwing both men on board to the ground and killing one of them. The year before, a California woman fell at least 70 feet to her death from a gondola, and three other women were hospitalized after the “Heavenly Ride” balloon hit a utility line.

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HALEY FROM PAGE A1 Sumter Emergency Management Director Erik Hayes said Tuesday afternoon it is too early to know if shelters in Sumter will be opened for incoming evacuees. Hayes said shelters are opened as needed, depending on the track of the storm and the extent of the evacuation. Hayes said most areas ordered evacuated will be using the Interstate 26 corridor and will not be directed to the Sumter area unless shelters farther south and west fill. Alsheimer said as you get inland, there is less likelihood of hurricane-force conditions, but the east half of the state could see

tropical storm-force winds along with some very heavy rain. “There’s been quite a bit of rain already for the last couple of months, so there is concern on this track for inland flooding,” he said. “When you get this much rain, it makes trees, especially shallow-rooted trees, more susceptible to be blown over.” Alsheimer said with the storm still four days out, the average error in the track is more than 100 miles. “There’s a lot of variability in the impact,” he said. “At this point, it looks unlikely it will go so far out to sea that we won’t see anything,” he said. “We will most likely see at least some effects; the question is the severity of the effects.”

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Discrimination and segregation I was invited, along with several other American professors, to deliver lectures at South Africa’s University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg in 1979. Pieter Willem Botha was the prime minister, and apartheid, though becoming a bit relaxed, was the law of the land. Under apartheid, intermarriage between blacks, coloureds and Indians on the one hand and whites was prohibited. There was the Group Areas Act, which determined where different races could live. In addition to many other racially discriminatory laws, there were job reservation laws that determined who could hold what jobs by race. My lecture sought to produce the argument that in free market settings, one is apt to observe less racial discrimination because it is costly to both the discriminated and the discriminator. So my lecture began with this question: Why doesn’t South Africa have a law against elephants flying? Elephants having no radar and understanding of flight procedures would pose a severe air traffic control problem. The answer to my question is quite simple. There is no need for a law banning elephants from flying because elephants cannot fly. Think about South Africa’s Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act of 1949, which banned marriages between people of different races. What about its job reservation laws, which required that only whites be employed in certain occupations, such as blasting, running elevators, driving engines, supervising boilers and other machinery, supervising people’s shifts, and overseeing mines? A question naturally arises: If white people would not intermarry or if white mine owners would not hire blacks to run mine elevators and other machinery, why in the world would a law banning them from doing so be necessary? The answer is that whenever there is ! a law on the books, one’s immediate suspicion should be that the law is there because not everyone would behave according to the law’s specifications. In other words, some people would intermarry and some mine owners would hire blacks in those reserved jobs. From the 1880s into the 1960s, the majority of American states enforced some form of segregation through what were known as Jim Crow laws. Here’s a tiny sampling

of those laws: “It shall be unlawful for a negro and white person to play together or in company with each Walter other at any Williams game of pool or billiards.” “All marriages between a white person and a negro, or between a white person and a person of negro descent to the fourth generation inclusive, are hereby forever prohibited.” “No colored barber shall serve as a barber to white women or girls.” “Separate free schools shall be established for the education of children of African descent; and it shall be unlawful for any colored child to attend any white school, or any white child to attend a colored school.” Just as in the case of South Africa, why in the world would a law be required to prevent interracial billiard playing, interracial marriage, a black barber’s fixing the hair of white women or a white student’s attending a black school? Again, the answer is apparent: Not everyone would behave according to the law’s specifications. Some white women would patronize black barbers. Some white men would play billiards with blacks. The bottom line is that racists cannot trust free markets to racially discriminate. Free markets, with their dispersion of power, have little respect for race. Racial solidarity could not prevent white South African businessmen from contravening laws that banned them from hiring blacks in jobs “reserved” for whites. In the U.S., Jim Crow laws were frequently ignored. In South Africa, the U.S. and elsewhere, the private desire for profits and other personal gain challenged racial loyalty. Racists need the force of government to have success. Nowadays, there is not much respectability for using racism for rigging the economic game. The more respectable forms that produce similar results are market-interfering measures such as the Davis-Bacon Act, minimum wage laws and occupational and business licensing regulations. Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. © 2016 creators.com.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR PUBLIC SHOULD HAVE VOICE IN SCHOOL DISTRICT DEBT Last year, the Sumter School District was caught giving nobid contracts, which cost taxpayers a lot of money. I called attention to this in letters to the editor and by talking directly to school board members. I was told it would never happen again. Recently in The Sumter Item there was a story about the chairman and the superintendent asking the rest of the board to approve $18 million in bonds for school building BEFORE voting on which projects would be included in this work. When a board member simply wanted to see how other districts did this business, he was told he could not. Based on this story, I believe

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he overwhelming media consensus regarding the first presidential debate — Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton and Lester Holt — is that Hillary Clinton won. If she did win, it was because Trump, after a strong opening 30 minutes, allowed himself to get baited into emotional and tendentious self-defense. And because the media have decided to focus on the tendentious — such as the utterly moronic issue of whether, in 1996, Trump called an overweight Miss Universe “Miss Piggy” — almost all the debate analyses ignored many of the most important things each candidate said. On those grounds, Clinton did not win. On many truly significant subjects she said things that were actually frightening, and he said things that were actually important. Some examples: How she will expand government control over American life: “We also have to make the economy fairer. That starts with raising the national minimum wage and also guarantee, finally, equal pay for women’s work. I also want to see more companies do profit-sharing. If you help create the profits, you should be able to share in them, not just the executives at the top.” It’s astonishing how little attention this proposal to

ding process for all projects including who designs them. And there is something not right then do business in a much with the entire process. more open manner and stop Shouldn’t the board vote on a trying to suppress board memplan, a very specific plan, so bers who ask questions or seek local contractors can know more information on behalf of what bid projects are coming the public. and get ready? And, by the way, the compaThe board chair said the ny that got several no-bid conprojects were on each members tracts over the last several work station at the district. years with the school district This is far different from apdid not even bid this time when proving in public what is being the contracts were open for fair proposed. The public needs to bidding. Makes you wonder. have its say on this as well. Was LOYD YOUNG the chairman implying these Sumter were the final projects? Who approved them and when? Asking the public to take on THEFT OF POLITICAL SIGNS $18 million in debt without an A CRIME, HAPPENING HERE open process raises real quesThe stealing of political tions. Present the projects for pub- signs here in Sumter is appalling. These signs are not $5 lic review and do not allow signs and the removal of them changes after the board has voted approval. Follow the bid- by anyone other than the

force companies to give a specified share of their earnings to employees received in the post-debate coverage. It’s socialism, bordering on communism. What she will have the government provide for free: “Let’s be sure we have affordable child care and debtfree college.” How she will have it paid for: “By raising taxes on the wealthy … I think it’s time that the wealthy and corporations paid their fair share to support this country.” According to Clinton, a 50 percent–plus individual income tax rate (including state income taxes and property taxes); and the top one percent of wage earners paying nearly half of all individual income taxes while earning 20 percent of total income do not constitute a “fair share.” Nor does the 35 percent corporate tax rate, the highest among major Western countries. Trump’s tax proposal: “Under my plan, I’ll be reducing taxes . . . from 35 percent to 15 percent for companies, small and big businesses. That’s going to be a job creator like we haven’t seen since Ronald Reagan. . . . Companies will come. They will build. They will expand. New companies will start.” Is that not important and substantive? Clinton on reducing corporate taxes: “That is not how we grow the economy.” Isn’t that economy-crushing view worthy of more attention than “Miss Piggy?” Trump, on the other hand, knows what virtually every economist knows — that tax cuts and regulatory reductions produce jobs: “My tax

rightful owner is criminal and punishable by a fine. If this is being done at the direction of someone running for office, it is like trying to steal an election! I believe that if you steal a sign, you will steal other things of value. In some countries people who steal things risk having their fingers or hands cut off for the crime. All the signs that have been put out against Jimmy Byrd by CRG have been stolen. Other politicians report their signs being stolen en masse. If Byrd is not taking the signs then his cronies are doing this criminal deed. Maybe Councilman Byrd should work on a law that stiffens the penalty for this type of behavior. He is in a position to do so now. This type of activity is not right and I hope that law enforcement takes notice and acts to curb it.

cut … will create tremendous numbers of new jobs.” “You are going to approve one of the biggest tax increases in history,” Trump said to Clinton. “You are going to drive business out. … You are going to regulate these businesses out of existence. … New companies cannot form and old companies are going out of business. And you want to increase the regulations and make them even worse. I’m going to cut regulations. I’m going to cut taxes big league, and you’re going to raise taxes big league, end of story.” “End of story” is correct. Could Trump be clearer on how to revive the American economy? Could Clinton be clearer on how she would suppress growth and vastly expand the size and power of the government? Perhaps my favorite moment of the evening — also completely ignored — was his quick reaction to Clinton saying that nuclear weapons “is the No. 1 threat we face in the world.” Trump: “I agree with her on one thing — the single greatest problem the world has is nuclear armament. Nuclear weapons, not global warming, like you think, and your president thinks.” She never responded to this devastating point about left-wing hysteria over global warming. But she did have a lot to say about Miss Piggy, birtherism, and Trump’s tax returns. As do her allies, the American media. Dennis Prager is a nationally syndicated radio talk-show host and columnist. He may be contacted at dennisprager. com. © 2016 creators.com.

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SUPPORT GROUPS Amputee Support Group — AA, AL-ANON, ALATEEN: Fourth Tuesday, 5:30 p.m., AA — Monday-Friday, noon Support Groups: Oct. 5,Carolinas 2016 Rehabilitation and 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 8 Hospital, 121 E. Cedar St., p.m.; Sundays, 10:30 a.m. Florence. Call (843) 661-3746. and 7 p.m., 1 Warren St. (803) EFMP Parent Exchange Group 775-1852. — Last Tuesday, 11 a.m.AA Women’s Meeting — noon, Airman and Family Wednesdays, 7 p.m., 1 WarReadiness Center. Support ren St. (803) 775-1852. to service members who AA Spanish Speaking — Sunhave a dependent with a days, 4:30 p.m., 1 Warren St. disability or illness. Call Dor(803) 775-1852. cus at (803) 895-1252/1253 or Sue at (803) 847-2377. AA “How it Works” Group — Mondays and Fridays, 8 p.m., WEDNESDAY MEETINGS: 1154 Ronda St. Call (803) 4945180. Sickle Cell Support Group — Last Wednesday, 11 a.m.-1 441 AA Support Group — Monp.m., South Sumter Resource days, Tuesdays and Fridays, Center, 337 Manning Ave. 8:30 p.m., Hair Force, 2090-D Call (803) 774-6181. S.C. 441. Divorce Care — Wednesdays, AA Summerton Group — 6:30 p.m., Bethel Baptist Wednesday, 8 p.m., town Church, 2401 Bethel Church hall. Road. Call (803) 481-2160. Manning Al-Anon Family Group Grief Share — Wednesdays, — Thursdays, 7:30 p.m., Be6:30 p.m., Bethel Baptist havioral Health Building, 14 Church, 2401 Bethel Church Church St., Manning. Call Road. Call (803) 481-2160. (803) 435-8085. C/A “Drop the Rock” Group — Thursdays, 9:30 p.m., 1154 Ronda St. Call (803) 607-4543.

MONDAY MEETINGS: Sumter Vitiligo Support Group — Second Monday, 5:45-6:45 p.m., North HOPE Center, 904 N. Main St. Call (803) 3166763. Find the group on Facebook.

TUESDAY MEETINGS: Sumter Connective Tissue Support Group — First Tuesday of January, March, May, July, September and November, 7 p.m., 180 Tiller Circle. Call (803) 773-0869. Mothers of Angels (for mothers who have lost a child) — First Tuesday at noon and third Tuesday at 6 p.m., Wise Drive Baptist Church. Call (803) 469-6059, (803) 9794498, (803) 469-4506 or (803) 938-8544. Sumter Combat Veterans Group Peer to Peer — Tuesdays, 11 a.m., South HOPE Center, 1125 S. Lafayette Drive. Veterans helping veterans with PTSD, coping skills, claims and benefits. Parkinson’s Support Group — Second Tuesday, 5:30 p.m., Carolinas Rehabilitation Hospital, 121 E. Cedar St., Florence. Call (843) 661-3746. Sumter Amputee Support Group — Second Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., Sumter Prosthetics & Orthotics, 259 Broad St. Call (803) 883-4356. Sumter Chapter Parents of Murdered Children (POMC) — Third Tuesday, 5:30-7 p.m., Birnie HOPE Center, 210 S. Purdy St. Open to anyone who has lost a loved one to murder in a violent way. Multiple Sclerosis Support Group — Third Tuesday, 5:30 p.m., Carolinas Rehabilitation Hospital, 121 E. Cedar St., Florence. Call (843) 6613746.

THURSDAY MEETINGS: TOPS S.C. No. 236 (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) — Thursdays, 9 a.m., Spectrum Senior Center,1989 Durant Lane. Call Diane at (803) 7753926 or Nancy at (803) 4694789. Alzheimer’s Support Group through S.C. Alzheimer’s Association — First Thursday, 6-8 p.m., National Health Care, 1018 N. Guignard Drive. Call Cheryl Fluharty at (803) 9057720 or the Alzheimer’s Association at (800) 636-3346. Journey of Hope (for family members of the mentally ill), Journey to Recovery (for the mentally ill) and Survivors of Suicide Support Group — Each group meets every first Thursday, 7 p.m., St. John United Methodist Church, 136 Poinsett Drive. Call Fred Harmon at (803) 905-5620. Alzheimer’s Support Group, sponsored by Palmetto Health Tuomey Hospice — Last Thursday each month, 1011:30 a.m., Home Health Services, 500 Pinewood Road, Suite 2. Call BJ Drayton at (803) 773-4663.

FRIDAY MEETINGS: Celebrate Recovery — Fridays, 6 p.m. dinner, 7 p.m. program, Salt & Light Church, Miller Road (across from Food Lion). For help with struggles of alcohol, drugs, family problems, smoking, etc. Wateree AIDS Task Force Support Group — Third Friday, 11:30 a.m., 508 W. Liberty St. Call (803) 778-0303.

SATURDAY MEETINGS: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy/ Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Support Group — Third Saturday, 1:30 p.m., 3785 Blackberry Lane, Lot 7. Call Donna Parker at (803) 4817521.

DAILY PLANNER

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WEATHER

AccuWeather® ﬁve-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

TONIGHT

Clouds and sun; breezy, humid

Partly cloudy

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Breezy with clouds Some wind and rain and sun in the p.m.

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TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Gaﬀney 74/59 Spartanburg 75/59

Greenville 77/58

Columbia 79/64

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

Sumter 76/63

IN THE MOUNTAINS Aiken 76/61

ON THE COAST

Charleston 78/69

Today: A stray shower; watch for rough surf and rip currents. High 76 to 80. Thursday: A couple of showers. High 74 to 78.

SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

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81° 65° 78° 55° 98° in 1954 30° in 1974 0.00" 0.00" 0.52" 39.12" 49.45" 37.89"

NATIONAL CITIES City Atlanta Chicago Dallas Detroit Houston Los Angeles New Orleans New York Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix San Francisco Wash., DC

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LAKE LEVELS Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest. 355.34 74.74 74.70 97.86

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Sunrise 7:19 a.m. Moonrise 11:16 a.m.

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Myrtle Beach 79/67

Manning 75/65

Today: Morning fog; clouds breaking. Winds northeast 7-14 mph. Thursday: Times of clouds and sun. Winds northeast 7-14 mph.

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Bishopville 75/63

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

Sunset 7:00 p.m. Moonset 10:05 p.m.

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High 12:00 a.m. 12:32 p.m. 12:37 a.m. 1:12 p.m.

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Today Hi/Lo/W 73/51/pc 82/58/pc 80/63/pc 79/69/c 80/72/sh 78/69/c 76/58/pc 81/63/pc 79/64/pc 75/64/pc 75/66/c 77/64/c 77/62/pc

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Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 77/64/pc Gainesville 86/74/pc Gastonia 75/60/pc Goldsboro 77/63/c Goose Creek 76/67/c Greensboro 72/58/pc Greenville 77/58/pc Hickory 74/56/pc Hilton Head 76/70/c Jacksonville, FL 82/73/t La Grange 84/62/pc Macon 85/62/pc Marietta 81/59/pc

Thu. Hi/Lo/W 78/70/pc 84/75/c 74/63/pc 76/68/c 77/71/sh 74/60/pc 77/62/pc 75/60/pc 78/74/sh 82/74/t 80/67/s 81/66/s 81/64/s

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happier outlook. Do what’s best for you. Romance is encouraged. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Make plans that will get you up and moving. A little exercise will help alleviate some of the stress and anxiety you are experiencing. Deal with domestic problems cautiously and keep an open mind to avoid getting involved in a dispute.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Temptation is best ignored. Stay focused on personal improvements and work on making the gains that you know are within reach. A conversation will encourage a closer partnership with someone who can help you reach your goals. Romance is highlighted.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Try to present what you have to offer without giving away too much information. Once you’ve grabbed everyone’s attention, you will be in a much better position to get the help you need without worrying about someone stealing your idea.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Social events, entertainment and doing things with children will bring you closer to someone you love. Plan to network with the people you enjoy spending time with, and together you will come up with a plan that will lead to new opportunities.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Observe what’s going on around you. Find out what others think of your ambitions. Use the information you gather to tweak your plans and avoid opposition. Ask questions if you think someone has an ulterior motive.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): A job that interests you won’t be all it’s drummed up to be. Ask questions before accepting an offer built on lofty hearsay. If someone talks down to you, walk away. Follow your heart and focus on your best interests.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Back away from anyone exhibiting confusion or insecurity. Surround yourself with stable individuals who can contribute to your ideas without leaving you to fight your battles all alone. The incentives you offer won’t be a waste.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Protect against illness or emotional stress. Take time out to assess your situation and to find a way to use whatever difficulties you face to your advantage. A disciplined attitude will make others hesitant to mess with you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Times are changing, and it’s up to you to stay on top of what’s happening around you. Broaden your outlook and learn whatever you need to know to be more tech-savvy.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Share your thoughts and resurrect old dreams. You can implement something you love into your daily routine and enjoy the benefits of less stress, better health and a

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t let anyone put extreme demands on you or your time. Minimize travel and cut down on lengthy conversations that will not lead to the results you want. Rely on your talent, skills and innovative ideas to get where you want to go.

SUMTER ANIMAL CONTROL PET OF THE WEEK Sweet Sadie is a young lab mix who was found wandering. No one has come to claim her and she is now looking for a family to call her own. Sadie is 2 to 3 years old and weighs approximately 28 pounds. She gets along with other dogs and adores attention from humans. Salooking She for ais family to 23 callat die’s energySadie level isismedium. in kennel Sumter Animal Control, 1240 Winkles Road, (803) 4362066. Thank you for considering a homeless pet from Sumter Animal Control. You can view more adoptable pets on our Facebook page — Sumter Animal Control. Remember to check with us if your pet is lost.

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2016 Call: (803) 774-1241 | E-mail: sports@theitem.com

PREP FOOTBALL

Jackson, Harwell, Griffin, Floyd earn top weekly honors BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com The touchdowns kept coming, but Sumter High junior quarterback Zykiem Jackson wasn’t really aware. “I was kind of not keeping track of it,” Jackson said. “I was just trying to play the game and help my team win. “...These games set us up for the playoffs. There was a lot on the line.”

And Jackson delivered in nearly every way imaginable. The junior quarterback accounted for five total touchdowns and 289 all-purpose yards in a huge 48-41 victory over South Florence to give SHS an early lead in the Region VI-5A race. For that, Jackson has been named The Sumter Item Offensive Player of the Week. Joining him are Thomas Sumter Academy’s Devin Harwell

as the Defensive Player of the Week, Crestwood’s Aaron Griffin as the Special Teams player and Carolina Academy’s Thomas Floyd as the top Offensive Lineman of the week. The quartet will be honored on Friday at the Sumter Touchdown Club’s weekly breakfast meeting at Swan Lake Visitors Center, located inside the gates of Swan

SEE HONORS, PAGE B2

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

ZYKIEM JACKSON

DEVIN HARWELL

THOMAS FLOYD

AARON GRIFFIN

OFFENSIVE PLAYER

DEFENSIVE PLAYER

OFFENSIVE LINEMAN

SPECIAL TEAMS

HURRICANE MATTHEW

A change in schedule Hurricane threat leads to wholesale prep games being changed

CLEMSON FOOTBALL

Clemson’s path seems clear to title BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press

Crestwood, Lakewood at Hartsville, Central at Lee Central, East Clarendon at Lake View, Scott’s Branch at Bethune-Bowman, Pinewood Prep at Wilson Hall and Oakbrook Prep at Thomas Sumter Academy. The Sumter and Lee

CLEMSON — No. 3 Clemson used a dramatic win at home over Notre Dame last year to kick start its run to the Atlantic Coast Conference title and the College Football Playoff. The Tigers’ 42-36 victory over No. 7 Louisville on Saturday night looks like a similar boost — and the Tigers apSWINNEY pear to have few hurdles on the way back to the top. “My mind is on the national championship,” Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson said. Watson proved that against the Cardinals (4-1, 2-1 ACC), who overcame a 28-10 deficit to lead 36-28 in the final period. That’s when Watson, a Heisman Trophy favorite entering the season, took over by leading the Tigers (5-0, 2-0) to two touchdowns and throwing the last of his five TDs to wide open tight end Jordan Leggett with 3:14 to go for the winning points. Clemson’s defense withstood a final push by Louisville, whose drive ended a yard short of a first down with 33 seconds to go. Tigers coach Dabo Swinney called it “Clemson tough.” “We’re built for games like this,” he said. These Tigers may be built for even more — and there’s little to slow down another run to the playoffs. Clemson, which moved up two spots in the AP Top 25, has a stronghold on the ACC Atlantic Division, needing to lose at least twice to open the door for Louisville to play in the conference title game in Orlando, Florida.

SEE CHANGE, PAGE B2

SEE CLEMSON, PAGE B5

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Crestwood linebacker Michael Huffman (44) brings down Darlington running back Phache Richargson in the Knights’ 63-28 victory last week. Crestwood’s home game against Lugoff-Elgin scheduled for Friday has been moved to Monday at 7 p.m. due to the threat of inclement weather from Hurricane Matthew.

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@thietem.com Ten of the 11 high school football games involving local schools scheduled for Friday have been postponed and the other has been cancelled due to the threat of inclement weather from Hurricane Matthew.

Eight of the postponed games have been definitely or tentatively moved to Monday while one has been moved to today. Robert E. Lee Academy will play host to Augusta Christian school today at 6 p.m. The one game that has been cancelled is Laurence Manning Academy’s home

game against Hilton Head Christian. Since it is a nonregion game, the decision was made not to reschedule it, according to Laurence Manning Academy head coach and athletic director Robbie Briggs. The games moved to Monday are West Florence at Sumter, Lugoff Elgin at

USC FOOTBALL

Struggling South Carolina offering more on defense than offense so far BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press COLUMBIA — South Carolina linebacker Bryson AllenWilliams believes his team’s offense is improving, no matter how much it struggles to score. The Gamecocks (2-3, 1-3 Southeastern Conference) remain last in the league in offense and points while the defense is in the top half of the SEC, giving up 18.6 points a game. Last week, South Carolina held potent Texas A&M to its lowest point total of the season — and 15 points below its season scoring average — in a 24-13 loss last week.

South Carolina’s offense, though, could not move the ball enough to threaten the No. 8 Aggies. “We’re all a team. We win together, we lose together,” Allen-Williams said. “We have no frustration with the offense whatsoever. They’re continuing to work. We know they’re a young side of the ball and we have a little bit more experience on defense. That’s the approach we take to the game, we’ve got to win the game.” The defense will have its hands full this week with Georgia (3-2, 1-2), which expects to get star runner Nick Chubb back from injury. Chubb had one 3-yard carry

last week in a loss to Tennessee before sitting out the game with his left ankle sprain. But Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart said Chubb was cleared to practice all week and, barring any setbacks, was expected to be fully ready to face South Carolina. South Carolina starting quarterback, freshman Brandon McIlwain, again struggled to get things going and was replaced in the fourth quarter by senior Perry Orth, who finished 11-of-18 passing for 138 yards. The Gamecocks ended THE ASSOCIATED PRESS with 378 yards of offense, their South Carolina defensive back D.J. Smith (24) wraps up Texas A&M most this season. However, a

quarterback Trevor Knight on Saturday in Columbia. The Gamecocks’ SEE USC, PAGE B5 defense will have its hands full this weekend against Georgia.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2016

SPORTS

AREA ROUNDUP

Wilson Hall tennis, TSA volleyball remain perfect Wilson Hall’s varsity girls tennis team improved to 10-0 on the season with a 9-0 sweep of Laurence Manning Academy on Tuesday at Palmetto Tennis Center. The Lady Barons next host Florence Christian School on Monday. SINGLES 1 — Z. Beasley (WH) defeated Newman 6-0, 6-1. 2 — Spencer (WH) defeated Ham 6-4, 6-1. 3 — E. Beasley (WH) defeated Davis 6-1, 6-1. 4 — Davis (WH) defeated Tsukalas 6-1, 6-0. 5 — Guldan (WH) defeated Graham 6-0, 6-0. 6 — Allred (WH) defeated Robinson 6-0, 6-0. DOUBLES 1 — Z. Beasley/E. Beasley (WH) defeated Newman/Tsukalas 8-2. 2 — Davis/Guldan (WH) defeated Ham/Davis 8-0. 3 — Dowling/Land (WH) defeated Wilson/Johnson 8-0.

WEST FLORENCE 5 SUMTER 1

FLORENCE — West Florence earned a 5-1 Region VI-5A win over Sumter on Tuesday at the WFHS courts. SINGLES 1 — Crawford (S) defeated Dunnam 6-1, 7-5. 2 — Emmerson (WF) defeated E. Alan 6-1, 6-2. 3 — Sansbury (WF) defeated Smutz 6-4, 6-3. 4 — Yarnal (WF) defeated R. Alan 6-4, 6-1. 5 — King (WF) defeated Shuping 6-0, 6-1. DOUBLES 2 — Yamau/Storr (WF) defeated Dubose/Pittman 6-0, 6-1.

a 6-3 victory over Florence Christian School on Monday at Palmetto Tennis Center. SINGLES 1 — Cauthen (FCS) defeated Newman 6-0, 6-0. 2 — Ham (LMA) defeated Thomson 6-1, 6-3. 3 — Wood (FCS) defeated Davis 6-3, 7-6 (7-3). 4 — Tsukalas (LMA) defeated Aikens 6-0, 6-0. 5 — Graham (LMA) defeated Odom 6-0, 6-1. 6 — Robinson (LMA) won via forfeit. DOUBLES 1 — Thomson/Wood (FCS) defeated Newman/Tsukalas 8-2. 2 — Robinson/Wilson (LMA) defeated Aikens/Odom 8-4. 3 — Johnson/Mack (LMA) won via forfeit.

VARSITY VOLLEYBALL WILSON HALL 3 LAURENCE MANNING 0 MANNING — Wilson Hall earned a 3-0 sweep of Laurence Manning Academy on Tuesday at Bubba Davis Gymnasium by the scores of 25-18, 25-18, 25-22. Courtney Clark had 11 kills and three aces for the Lady Barons, who improved to 19-11 overall. Becka Noyes had six kills and Cameron Duffy had four with Catherine Clark adding three aces. Brooke Ward led the Lady Swampcats with five kills. Tekoa Youngblood added two kills and three blocks. THOMAS SUMTER 3

LAURENCE MANNING 6

WILLIAMSBURG ACADEMY 0

FLORENCE CHRISTIAN 3 Laurence Manning earned

KINGSTREE — Thomas Sumter Academy kept its

CHANGE

JV VOLLEYBALL WILSON HALL 2 LAURENCE MANNING O MANNING — Wilson Hall earned a 2-0 victory over Laurence Manning Academy on Tuesday at Bubba Davis Gymnasium by the scores of 25-22, 25-22. Madelyn Richburg led LMA with four points and three aces.

SCOREBOARD TV, RADIO TODAY

5 a.m. – Professional Tennis: ATP Tokyo Matches, ATP Beijing Matches or WTBA Beijing Matches (TENNIS). 9 a.m. – Women’s Professional Golf: Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open de Espana Femenino Final Round (GOLF). 2:30 p.m. – NBA Preseason Basketball: Oklahoma City at Barcelona (NBA TV). 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 7 p.m. – Women’s College Volleyball: Texas Christian at Baylor (ESPNU). 7 p.m. – Women’s College Volleyball: Georgia Tech at Clemson (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 7 p.m. – NBA Preseason Basketball: Orlando at Cleveland (NBA TV). 7:30 p.m. – Women’s College Volleyball: Kansas at Iowa State (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST). 8 p.m. – Major League Baseball: National League Wild-Card Game – San Francisco at New York Mets (ESPN). 8 p.m. – College Football: Georgia Southern at Arkansas State (ESPN2). 8 p.m. – Women’s College Volleyball: Louisiana State at Mississippi (SEC NETWORK). 9 p.m. – Women’s College Volleyball: Texas A&M at Arkansas (ESPNU). 9:30 p.m. – Professional Golf: Fiji International First Round (GOLF). 10 p.m. – NBA Preseason Basketball: Utah at Phoenix (NBA TV). 10 p.m. – Professional Tennis: ATP Tokyo Matches, ATP Beijing Matches or WTBA Beijing Matches (TENNIS). 1 a.m. – Amateur Golf: Asia -Pacific Amateur Championship First Round from Incheon, South Korea (ESPN2). 1 a.m. – LPGA Golf: Fubon LPGA Taiwan Championship First Round from Taipei, Taiwan (GOLF). 5 a.m. – Professional Tennis: ATP Tokyo Matches, ATP Beijing Matches or WTBA Beijing Matches (TENNIS).

NFL STANDINGS By The Associated Press

WILLIAMSBURG 2

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

THOMAS SUMTER 0

EAST

KINGSTREE — Wiliamsburg Academy earned a 2-0 victory over Thomas Sumter Academy on Monday at the Lady Stallions’ gymnasium by the scores of 25-12, 25-17. Lindsay Daniel led the Lady Generals with six kills and two assists. Karleigh Young added three kills while Logan Scruggs had four assists.

New England Buffalo N.Y. Jets Miami SOUTH

scheduled for Saturday in Columbia. It has been moved to Friday, Oct. 14.

FROM PAGE B1

Central games have been tentatively scheduled for Monday. The Crestwood, Wilson Hall, Scott’s Branch and East Clarendon games will be played at 7 p.m. Lakewood’s contest will be at 7:30 p.m. while TSA’s game is scheduled for a 5 p.m. start. Clarendon Hall’s road game against Ridge Christian has not been rescheduled as of yet. When the talk of moving games began on Tuesday, many of the schools moved them up a day to Thursday. However, when Gov. Nikki Haley announced that schools from the Midlands to the coast would be closed for the rest of the week, the games were moved back. All of the other sporting activities in Sumter School District, Lee School District and the Clarendon County school districts have been cancelled. Wilson Hall, TSA and Clarendon Hall sched-

perfect record intact with a 3-0 victory over Williamsburg Academy on Monday at the Lady Stallions’ gymnasium by scores of 25-19, 25-11, 25-18. Taja Hunley led TSA with 15 kills and four blocks, Anita Cookey-Gam added 13 kills and Bree Stoddard had nine kills to go along with four blocks. Sydney Daniel had 28 assists and Diamond Gibson served six aces.

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VARSITY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

TODAY Augusta Christian at Robert E. Lee, 6 p.m. MONDAY West Florence at Sumter (tentative), time to be announced Lugoff-Elgin at Crestwood, 7 pm.. Lakewood at Hartsville, 7:30 p.m. KEITH GEDAMKE/THE SUMTER ITEM Central at Lee Central, Sumter cornerback Anthony (tentative), time to be anWilliams (10) tackles wide renounced ceiver Freddy Sparks in the East Clarendon at Lake Gamecocks’ 48-41 win last View, 7 p.m. week. Sumter’s home game Scott’s Branch at Bethuneagainst West Florence schedBowman, 7 p.m. uled for Friday has been tentaPinewood Prep at Wilson tively moved to Monday due to Hall, 7 p.m. the threat of inclement weathOakbrook Prep at Thomas er from Hurricane Matthew. Sumter, 5 p.m. Yet to be rescheduled Clarendon Hall at Ridge uled their events for the rest Christian, 7:30 p.m. of the week as well. Cancelled The 5A state swim meet, Hilton Head Christian at in which Sumter High’s girls team will be competing, was Laurence Manning, 7:30 p.m.

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two more TDs, none bigger than his final one. He had 14 FROM PAGE B1 carries for 35 yards and his final tote resulted in the Lake-Iris Gardens on Libereventual game-winning ty Street beginning at 7:15 score with less than a mina.m. As of press time, the ute remaining in the game. meeting was still scheduled “The game was on the as planned. line, and the (offensive)-line Players are selected by did a good job of giving me The Sumter Item sports dethe hole and I just made the partment based on nominaplay,” Jackson said. tions from the local high Harwell had about as wellschool coaches. rounded a game as you can The guest speaker will be have on defense for the GenEllis Johnson, the former erals in their 37-14 victory University of South Carolina over Florence Christian. The defensive coordinator and senior outside linebacker assistant head coach who is registered four solo tackles, now in his second stint with two assists and one tackle the Gamecocks as an analyst for a loss. on head coach Will MusHarwell also came away champ’s staff. with two fumble recoveries Sumter needed every sinand returned an intercepgle one of Jackson’s scores tion 53 yards for a touchas it turned out. He had two down. passing TDs of more than 60 “He has a nose for it,” yards -- one to James Harris Generals head coach Troy and one to Donovan Leneau Kessinger said of the fumble and finished 8 of 10 for 239 recoveries. “The first one, it yards. was a bad snap and he ran “I just want to give the back and tackled the quarcredit to my team -- my wide terback and grabbed the ball receivers and my (offensive) in a pile. linemen,” Jackson said. “His quickness on defense “They gave me the time to is amazing. He’s a very physthrow the ball and they went ical kid and a very wellup and made plays, which I rounded kid.” knew they would.” If that wasn’t enough, he Jackson also caught a also had three catches for 27 touchdown pass for a 21yards and ran three jet yard score and rushed for sweeps on offense.

Cincinnati 22, Miami 7

THURSDAY’S GAMES

N.Y. Jets at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. New England at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Tennessee at Miami, 1 p.m. Houston at Minnesota, 1 p.m. Washington at Baltimore, 1 p.m. Chicago at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Philadelphia at Detroit, 1 p.m. Atlanta at Denver, 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati at Dallas, 4:25 p.m. San Diego at Oakland, 4:25 p.m. Buffalo at Los Angeles, 4:25 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Green Bay, 8:30 p.m.

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Tampa Bay at Carolina, 8:30 p.m.

NBA PRESEASON By The Associated Press

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TUESDAY’S GAMES

Miami at Washington, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Boston, 7 p.m. Indiana at New Orleans, 8 p.m. New York at Houston, 8 p.m. Sacramento at L.A. Lakers, 10 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Oklahoma City at FC Barcelona, 2:30 p.m. Orlando at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Utah at Phoenix, 10 p.m. Toronto at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL By The Associated Press

TOP 25 SCHEDULE

Friday No. 3 Clemson at Boston College, 7:30 p.m. No. 19 Boise State at New Mexico, 9 p.m. Saturday No. 1 Alabama at No. 16 Arkansas, 7 p.m. No. 2 Ohio State vs. Indiana, 3:30 p.m. No. 4 Michigan at Rutgers, 7 p.m. No. 5 Washington at Oregon, 7:30 p.m. No. 6 Houston at Navy, 3 p.m. No. 8 Texas A&M vs. No. 9 Tennessee, 3:30 p.m. No. 10 Miami vs. No. 23 Florida State, 8 p.m. No. 15 Stanford vs. Washington State, 10:30 p.m. No. 17 North Carolina vs. No. 25 Virginia Tech, 3:30 p.m. No. 18 Florida vs. LSU, Noon No. 20 Oklahoma vs. Texas at Dallas, Noon No. 21 Colorado at Southern Cal, 4 p.m. No. 24 Utah vs. Arizona, 10 p.m.

WNBA PLAYOFFS By The Associated Press

THIRD ROUND

(Best-of-5) (x-if necessary) Minnesota 3, Phoenix 0 Sept. 28 Minnesota 113, Phoenix 95 Sept. 30 Minnesota 96, Phoenix 86 Sunday Minnesota 82, Phoenix 67 Los Angeles 2, Chicago 1 Sept. 28 Los Angeles 95, Chicago 75 Sept. 30 Los Angeles 99, Chicago 84 Oct. 2 Chicago 70, Los Angeles 66 Oct. 4 Los Angeles at Chicago, 8 p.m. x-Thursday, Oct. 6 Chicago at Los Angeles, TBA

FINALS

(Best-of-5) Minnesota vs. Los Angeles-Chicago winner Sunday, Oct. 9 Los Angeles-Chicago winner at Minnesota, 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11 Los Angeles-Chicago winner at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14 Minnesota at Los Angeles-Chicago winner, TBD x-Sunday, Oct. 16 Minnesota at Los Angeles-Chicago winner, 8:30 p.m. x-Thursday, Oct. 20 Los Angeles-Chicago winner at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

TRANSACTIONS

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed QB Zac Dysert and WR Brittan Golden from the practice squad. Re-signed RB Kerwynn Williams. Placed S Tyvon Branch and RB Chris Johnson on injured reserve. Waive-injured P Drew Butler. BALTIMORE RAVENS — Released RB Justin Forsett. BUFFALO BILLS — Signed TE Gerald Christian. Released TE Jim Dray. Signed WR Corey Washington to the practice squad. Released WR Matt Hazel from the practice squad. CHICAGO BEARS — Signed DL CJ Wilson. Waived RB Raheem Mostert. CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed TE Connor Hamlett from the practice squad. Waived DB Don Jones. DETROIT LIONS — Signed TE Clay Harbor. Released TE Orson Charles. Claimed DE Armonty Bryant off waivers from Cleveland. Placed DE Wallace Gilberry on injured reserve. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Released CB Antonio Cromartie. Waived LB Sio Moore. Signed S Lee Hightower to the practice squad. OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed LB Perry Riley Jr. Placed LB Ben Heeney on injured reserve. Signed LB James Cowser to the practice squad. Released DL Demetrius Cherry and LB Darnell Sankey from the practice squad.

HOCKEY

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“He’s been with us for four years and we really felt like he was going to be a player for us,” Kessinger said, “He showed some signs last year even though he was dealing with a shoulder injury, but he’s really come on this year. Both sides of the ball, but he’s playing about as well as anybody we have on defense right now.” Crestwood was busy putting up touchdowns in a lopsided 63-28 victory over Darlington, and that kept senior kicker Aaron Griffin busy. He was 9-for-9 on extra points and also handled some of the kickoffs and punts. “He did a good job for us and the entire PAT unit did an excellent job,” Crestwood head coach Roosevelt Nelson said. “He had a well-rounded game with some punts and some good kickoffs, too. “He’s been solid all year, and brings a lot of experience to the position.” Carolina Academy had a big 54-20 victory over John Paul II on Friday, and the running game was a big reason why. The Bobcats rushed for 442 yards, and Floyd was in the middle of it. He had three knockdown blocks as the CA offensive line imposed its will for most of the night.

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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE ARIZONA COYOTES — Signed F Tobias Rieder to a two-year contract. CALGARY FLAMES — Assigned D Kenney Morrison to Stockton (AHL).

TENNIS COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT CAS — Reduced Maria Sharapova’s two-year doping ban to 15 months, enabling her to return to competition in April, 2017.

COLLEGE

UNITED COLLEGIATE HOCKEY CONFERENCE — Announced the formation a men’s and women’s ice hockey league for NCAA Division III institutions that will begin play in the 2017-18 season. Ten men’s and women’s teams from Chatham, Elmira College, Hobart and William Smith, King’s College (Pa.), Lebanon Valley, Manhattanville, Neumann, Stevenson and Utica College (NY). The conference also includes Nazareth men’s team and the Wilkes (Pa.) men’s and women’s teams will join in 2018-19. Wilkes will play an abbreviated conference schedule in 2017-18. Named Chuck Mitrano commissioner and Patricia Thompson vice president and chair of the director of athletics committee. KANSAS — Announced OL Jordan Shelley-Smith retired from football due to repeated concussions. MINNESOTA — Reinstated CBs KiAnte Hardin and Ray Buford, S Dior Johnson and DE Tamarion Johnson from suspension.

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Giants’ Bumgarner, Mets’ Syndergaard set for duel BY MIKE FITZPATRICK The Associated Press

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Atlanta interim manager Brian Snitker, left, will be considered to manage next season while coach Terry Pendleton, right, was also interviewed by the team.

Braves plan interviews with Black, Washington BY PAUL NEWBERRY The Associated Press

as NL Manager of the Year in 2010. Black appeared to be in line ATLANTA — The Atlanta for the Washington Nationals Braves are thrilled with the job going into this season, but job that interim manager negotiations broke down and Brian Snitker did this season. Dusty Baker was hired inThey’re still going to look at stead. other potential candidates to Washington spent nearly lead the team in 2017. eight seasons as Texas managLess than 24 hours after the er, guiding the Rangers to conBraves finished a last-place secutive World Series appearseason with a flourish, team ances from 2010-11 and capturpresident John Hart said foring a pair of AL Manager of mer managers Bud Black and the Year awards. He surprisRon Washington would be iningly resigned during the 2014 terviewed for the job, and season, revealing later that he other outside candidates may stepped down because he had be considered as well. been unfaithful to his wife of That doesn’t mean Snitker is 42 years. out of the running. Washington spent the last “Brian Snitker did a tremen- two seasons as a coach with dous job,” Hart said Monday. the Oakland Athletics, but his “The year was spiraling out of ties to Hart go back to when control. He restored order.” both worked for the Rangers. The Braves won 50 of their “When you go outside and last 97 games, including their talk (to candidates), you learn finale at Turner Field on Sun- things,” Hart saId. “There are day. The team is moving to a a lot of smart guys out there. new stadium in the suburbs It would be shame on us if we next season. didn’t take this opportunity to Atlanta was 9-28 when man- take a look at the landscape ager Fredi Gonzalez was fired and get a feel for what people and stood at 18-46 when it think about our club, our playbegan a dramatic turnaround ers.” under Snitker. In addition to Snitker, the Hart and general manager Braves have also interviewed John Coppolella both said coaches Terry Pendleton, Snitker was a strong candidate Eddie Perez and Bo Porter. But to keep his job based on the Coppolella seemed to rule way the team responded to his them out when he said it was leadership. unlikely the team would hire Snitker even attended an someone with no managerial end-of-the-year media session, experience over Snitker, espeinsisting he’s comfortable with cially off his own coaching the process and doesn’t mind staff. waiting for the Braves to make Besides the managerial a decision. search, here are some things “If I was them, I’d be doing to watch for as the Braves the same thing,” Snitker said. head into the offseason: Hart said it was imperative to look at all potential options BIG SPENDERS After several years cutting before deciding who should be in the dugout for the first sea- payroll and bulking up the farm system, the Braves plan son at SunTrust Park. Black spent nearly 8½ years to be a player in the free-agent as San Diego’s manager, going market this winter. The team took on much of Matt Kemp’s 649-713 before he was fired during the 2015 season. He had $21.75 million annual salary only two winning records and through 2019 in a midseason trade, and the move paid off never led the Padres to the playoffs, though he was picked handsomely. Kemp (35 HRs,

108 RBIs) paired with slugger Freddie Freeman (.302, 34 HRs, 91 RBIs) to lead Atlanta’s resurgence. With the move to SunTrust Park and an expected boost in revenue, team owners have cleared the way for a payroll increase.

WILD CARD

Tuesday: Baltimore (Tillman 16-6) at Toronto (Stroman 9-10), 8:08 p.m. (TBS) Wednesday: San Francisco (Bumgarner 15-9) at New York (Syndergaard 14-9), 8:09 p.m. (ESPN)

DIVISION SERIES

(Best-of-5; x-if necessary) AMERICAN LEAGUE Texas vs. Baltimore-Toronto winner Thursday: Baltimore-Toronto winner at Texas, 4:38 p.m. (TBS) Friday: Baltimore-Toronto winner at Texas, 1:08 p.m. (TBS) Sunday: Texas at Baltimore-Toronto winner, 7:38 p.m. (TBS) x-Monday, Oct. 10: Texas at Baltimore-Toronto winner, TBA (TBS) x-Wednesday, Oct. 12: BaltimoreToronto winner at Texas, TBA (TBS) Cleveland vs. Boston Thursday: Boston (Porcello 22-4) at Cleveland (Bauer 12-8), 8:08 p.m. (TBS) Friday: Boston (Price 17-9) at Cleveland (Kluber 18-9), 4:38 p.m. (TBS) Sunday: Cleveland (Tomlin 13-9) at Boston, 4:08 p.m. (TBS) x-Monday, Oct. 10: Cleveland at Boston, TBA (TBS)

x-Wednesday, Oct. 12: Boston at Cleveland, TBA (TBS) NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago vs. San Francisco-New York winner Friday: San Francisco-New York winner at Chicago, 9:15 p.m. (FS1) Saturday: San Francisco-New York winner at Chicago, 8:08 p.m. (MLB) Monday, Oct. 10: Chicago at San Francisco-New York winner, TBA (FS1 or MLB) x-Tuesday, Oct. 11: Chicago at San Francisco-New York winner, TBA (FS1) x-Thursday, Oct. 13: San FranciscoNew York winner at Chicago, TBA (FS1) Washington vs. Los Angeles Friday: Los Angeles (Kershaw 12-4) at Washington (Scherzer 20-7), 5:38 p.m. (FS1) Saturday: Los Angeles (Hill 12-5) at Washington, 4:08 p.m. (FS1) Monday, Oct. 10: Washington at Los Angeles (Maeda 16-10), TBA (FS1 or MLB) x-Tuesday, Oct. 11: Washington at Los Angeles, TBA (FS1) x-Thursday, Oct. 13: Los Angeles at Washington, TBA (FS1)

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

(Best-of-7; x-if necessary) AMERICAN LEAGUE

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San Francisco pitcher Madison Bumgarner will get the start today against the N.Y. Mets.

NL playoff spot on the final day of the regular season. New York, the defending NL champion, was two games under .500 on Aug. 19. But with slugger Yoenis Cespedes and shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera back from the disabled list, the Mets posted the top mark in the majors (27-13) from that point on and jumped over four teams in the pennant race, booking their postseason trip Saturday with one game to spare. Both teams were 87-75, and New York earned homefield advantage by winning the season series 4-3. “Good major league players, when it comes crunch time, they turn it on,” Mets manager Terry Collins said. “So I’m not really sure that momentum going in means a whole lot. Both of us have had to play good at the end — we did.”

WHERE TO SPEND The Braves are likely to go mostly for starting pitching. Julio Teheran has ace-like stuff, though a lack of run support left him with a 7-10 record. Mike Foltynewicz (9-5, 4.31 ERA) looks as though he’s finally ready to hold down a spot in the rotation, and Matt Wisler (7-13, 5.00) showed flashes of potential but needs to be more consistent. Coppolella said the team is looking to add at least two new starting pitchers and maybe three for 2017.

STANDING PAT The Braves are happy with their everyday lineup. Rookie shortstop Dansby Swanson is a star in the making, and Adonis Garcia (.273, 14 HRs, 65 RBIs) returned from a stint in the minors to nail down the third base job. Tyler Flowers did a solid job at catcher, though the Braves would like to sign another veteran to share the job. Also keep an eye on second base, where top prospect Ozzie Albies is on the verge of breaking through, though a late-season injury in the minors could set him back.

THE BACK END Jim Johnson agreed to a twoyear contract extension on the final day of the regular season and will go into 2017 as the expected closer. His presence gives the Braves a chance to bring along some of their younger pitchers in less-stressful roles, including hard-throwing Mauricio Cabrera and Jose Ramirez. Former closer Arodys Vizcaino could be in the mix if he can bounce back from shoulder problems that shut him down this season.

MLB POSTSEASON By The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Bright lights, big city, ol’ country hardball. Madison Bumgarner against Noah Syndergaard with the season on the line. A pair of towering tough guys you probably don’t want to mess with. Playoff pitching matchups don’t get much better. Toting his outstanding October resume to the mound, Bumgarner will start for the San Francisco Giants against Syndergaard and the New York Mets in the NL wild-card game Wednesday night. The winner moves on to face the major league-best Chicago Cubs (103-58) in a best-of-five Division Series. The loser heads home for the winter. “It’s going to be an exciting game,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said Tuesday, when both teams worked out at Citi Field. “I mean, this is the fun thing about postseason is you’re going to get great matchups like this.” It took 162 games to set it up. San Francisco, the top team in the majors at the All-Star break, struggled badly throughout the second half before finishing with a four-game winning streak. That was enough to hold off St. Louis by one game and secure the last

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Hurricane could put a hit on USC-Georgia BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press

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Jack Nicklaus makes remarks during a memorial service for golfer Arnold Palmer in the Basilica at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pa., on Tuesday. Palmer died Sept. 25 at age 87.

Nicklaus, others say farewell to Palmer BY DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press LATROBE, Pa. — A farewell to the King turned somber when Jack Nicklaus, his voice cracking as a large tear formed in his left eye, urged the elite and the everyman to remember how Arnold Palmer touched their lives and “please don’t forget why.” “I hurt like you hurt,” Nicklaus said. “You don’t lose a friend of 60 PALMER years and don’t feel an enormous loss.” The service Tuesday at Saint Vincent College in Palmer’s hometown was filled with just as much laughter and warmth from stories of the most significant figure in modern golf. Nearly 1,000 golf dignitaries from around the world, referred to by former LPGA Commissioner Charlie Mechem as the “elite battalion of Arnie’s Army,” crammed into the basilica. Some 4,000 others headed to remote sites across the college to watch. Long lines

of traffic formed two hours before the service began. Palmer died Sept. 25 in Pittsburgh at age 87 as he was preparing for heart surgery. His family had a private funeral Thursday and asked that a public service be held after the Ryder Cup so no one would be left out. “We were looking down at the air strip and the fog just suddenly lifted,” Ernie Els said after landing in one of several private jets that descended on Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe. “This is a beautiful day. We’ve all met different people in life. He was a man who didn’t change. It didn’t matter if you cut the grass or you were a president. He was the same with everybody. He was just ... he was the man.” Palmer won 62 times on the PGA Tour, including seven major championships. He inspired the modern version of the Grand Slam by going over to the British Open and making it important in the eyes of Americans again. He was a captain twice in the Ryder Cup, and the gold trophy the Americans won Sunday at Hazeltine sat on a table for guests to see as they took their

seats. But this service was more about the lives Palmer touched than the tournaments he won. In the large portrait at the front of the stage, Palmer wasn’t holding a golf club or a trophy. It was just the King and that insouciant grin that made everyone feel like they were friends, even if they had never met. “Have there been better golfers? Perhaps, but not many. Has anyone done more for the game? No one has come even close,” former R&A chief Peter Dawson said. “Is there a finer human being? I haven’t met one yet.” Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III, Phil Mickelson and a few other members of the U.S. team were there. So was the generation before them, Tom Watson and Curtis Strange, Lee Trevino and Mark O’Meara. Dozens of others were there, along with the heads of every major golf organization. All of them alternately smiled and wiped away the occasional tear. “He was the king of our sport,” Nicklaus said. “And he always will be.”

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Vikings unbeaten at quarter point of season BY DAVE CAMPBELL The Associated Press EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — The quarterback, running back and left tackle are all out, likely for the whole season. The Minnesota Vikings have been playing as if nobody’s missing at all. “In the NFL,” coach Mike Zimmer said, “it’s adapt or you get eaten up.” Injuries are a given in this game, so overcoming the loss of key players is hardly a novel accomplishment. The Vikings (4-0) have only finished the first quarter of the schedule, so their replacements have much more to prove over the long haul that they can render moot the absence of Teddy Bridgewater, Adrian Peterson and Matt Kalil. The way this team has responded to these potentially devastating setbacks, though, is the type of trait that title contenders possess. “I say it all the time, because it’s true about this football team. It’s so important to have the right kind of guys in here,” Zimmer said. “Guys that when it gets down to it, we fight.” The damage to Bridgewater’s left knee that occurred in practice on Aug. 30 caused widespread conster-

well filling in with Peterson out in 2014 while the child abuse case against the star running back played out. Plus, the defense has reached a new height of dominance, in its third year under Zimmer. The news, then, that Kalil would need season-ending surgery on his right hip became almost an afterthought at that point. The left tackle is crucial in the protection plan, frequently facing the THE ASSOCIATED PRESS opponent’s best and fastest Minnesota receiver Charles pass rusher, but Kalil had Johnson, right, catches a pass clearly been struggling over New York Giants defender through the injury at less Trevin Wade on Monday night than full strength. T.J. Clemin Minneapolis. mings, who started at right tackle as a rookie last seanation, but once the Vikings son, has held his own over were able to visit with the the past two games. popular quarterback they Bradford, who has yet to loosened up a little. turn the ball over, has The trade for Sam Bradshown a quick release, an ford was made only four days accurate touch and ample later, an instant pick-me-up strength to throw deep. for the players that signaled He has especially been the organization was still se- confident in throwing the rious about chasing that elu- ball to his most-trusted opsive championship. tions, wide receiver Stefon Bradford was playing so Diggs and tight end Kyle Ruwell in his debut on Sept. 18 dolph, in heavy traffic that against the rival Green Bay Bridgewater was less willing Packers that the departure to test. of Peterson with damage to The Vikings beat the New his right knee wasn’t as deYork Giants 24-10 on Monmoralizing as it could have day behind their most-balbeen. anced offensive production Jerick McKinnon and to date in 2016, rushing for a Matt Asiata fared relatively season-most 104 yards.

Tigerville, home of North Greenville some 230 miles northwest of the Bulldogs’ COLUMBIA — With Hurrihome in Charleston. cane Matthew approaching, South Carolina announced it the South Carolina-Georgia has cancelled classes at its football game is still on for main campus for Wednesday Saturday night, even though and anticipated remaining Gov. Nikki Haley says she closed Thursday and Friday. “can’t imagine” the game If South Carolina’s game is being played as scheduled. changed or delayed, it would Several other games in the be the second straight season Palmetto State were affected that weather has altered the with Football Championship Gamecocks’ football season. Subdivision teams Charleston Last year’s deadly flooding Southern and South Carolina after a weekend of unpreceState postponing their Saturdented rain led the university day contests. Citadel, another to move a home game with FCS school, moved its game to LSU to Baton Rouge, Louisithe campus of Division II opana, in part because many of ponent North Greenville and the state troopers and safety will play Thursday night inofficials necessary to hold a stead of Saturday. home football game were takBut the biggest contest of ing part in cleanup and recovthe weekend is scheduled for ery duties. Saturday night at WilliamsA similar situation might Brice Stadium, where upward occur if Matthew hits South of 80,000 fans turn out to Carolina. watch Southeastern ConferHaley said Tuesday that the ence matchups. ultimate call on whether to South Carolina administraplay the game would be made tors said Tuesday they were by the schools and the SEC. consulting with the SEC, the “As of now, I can’t imagine National Weather Service and that happening, but certainly local authorities and would we’re going to continue to make a decision about the watch this,” she said. “I would game later in the week. love nothing more than to see Matthew is a Category 4 this take a right-hand turn storm with winds up to 145 and go out to sea.” mph. It is on track to hit South South Carolina coach Will Carolina and potentially disMuschamp said he’s not inrupt the game at Williamsvolved in planning for the Brice Stadium. storm because he’s too busy The storm was about 1,000 looking into how to slow down miles from Charleston on Tues- Georgia’s offense. day. But forecasters predict the “Our administration is hanhurricane will move near or dling all of that through the along South Carolina’s coast SEC office,” he said. “All of late Friday into early Saturday my energy is game planning as a Category 2 storm. for the game. Whatever hapCharleston Southern, locatpens happens. I’m not the least ed about 20 miles from the bit worried about it.” coast, canceled several sportNo. 3 Clemson is on the road ing events the rest of the this week, playing Friday week, including its football night at Boston College. The game with Albany State. The Tigers are scheduled to leave school had pushed the game Thursday and should miss any up to Thursday night before potentially bad weather. deciding to postpone it. The only other FCS game South Carolina State, an scheduled for Saturday in the FCS school that’s about an Palmetto State was Furman hour’s drive from the coast, hosting Samford in Greenville, postponed its game Saturday far from the coastal areas against Bethune-Cookman. where the storm’s heaviest imCitadel shuffled its game to pacts are expected.

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Sharapova to return in April after doping ban gets reduced LONDON — Maria Sharapova will be eligible to return to competitive tennis in April after her two-year doping ban was reduced to 15 months on Tuesday by a sports court that found the Russian star bore no “significant fault” for her positive drug test and did not intend to cheat. The Court of Arbitration for Sport cut nine months off the suspension imSHARAPOVA posed on Sharapova, who tested positive for the banned heart medication meldonium at the Australian Open in January. Sharapova, a five-time Grand Slam champion and former No. 1-ranked player, appealed to CAS in June seeking to overturn or reduce the two-year penalty imposed by the International Tennis Federation. In a 28-page ruling , the CAS panel found that Sharapova bore “some degree of fault” but “less than significant fault” in the case that has sidelined one of the world’s most prominent and wealthy female athletes. “The panel has determined, under the totality of the circumstances, that a sanction of 15 months is appropriate here given her degree of fault,” the three-man arbitration body ruled. While Sharapova did commit a doping violation, “under no circumstances ... can the player be considered to be an ‘intentional doper,”’ the panel said. Sharapova’s ban, which took

effect on Jan. 26, was originally due to run until Jan. 25, 2018. Now she can return on April 26, 2017, a month ahead of the French Open, a Grand Slam tournament she has won twice. “I’ve gone from one of the toughest days of my career last March when I learned about my suspension to now, one of my happiest days, as I found out I can return to tennis in April,” Sharapova said in a statement.

JURY SELECTION ONGOING IN ROSE RAPE CASE LOS ANGELES — Potential jurors in a $21 million rape lawsuit against NBA star Derrick Rose were asked Tuesday what they know about the case, what basketball team they root for and whether they can set aside their own sexual moral beliefs and biases. Rose, who is returning to the sport with a new team after several injuries, was not in the Los Angeles courtroom because the New York Knicks open their preseason in Houston the same day. He was expected to appear Thursday. His two friends and the woman who accused the trio of gang-rape attended jury selection. Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald gave a panel of 50 prospective jurors an outline of the case. The woman, who dated Rose on and off for two years, claims he and two friends raped her while she was incapacitated in her apartment after a night of drinking in August 2013. Los Angeles police are still investigating. From wire reports

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Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson (4) throws a pass during Saturday’s big win over Louisville at Clemson.

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The Tigers got a similar dramafilled win over the Fighting Irish , 24-22, when defensive tackle Carlos Watkins stopped quarterback Deshone Kizer short on a tying 2-point conversion at the end. Clemson’s offense took off after the victory, averaging more than 44 points and 554 yards a game the rest of the way. “Even though we hadn’t been playing our best before the game or during the game, our guys never gave up their belief,” co-offensive coordinator Jeff Scott said. “They believed in each other that they could get it done.” Like in 2015, the Tigers biggest regular-season hurdle appears to be Oct. 29 at Florida State, which was pummeled by Louisville last month and fell to North Carolina on an improbable 54-yard field goal as time expired. Clemson has not won in

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DALZELL — Amy Elizabeth Davidson Hurley, age 38, beloved wife of Louis Keith Hurley Jr., died on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016. Born in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Ricky Van Davidson and Jan Elizabeth Phillips. Amy was always happy and enjoyed cooking for her family. She worked as a sales representative at Wally’s HURLEY Hardware and loved to help and laugh with her customers. Her true love in life came from her family and friends. She will be remembered as a very loving wife, mother, sister and friend. She will be dearly missed by all who know her. Amy was a member of Dalzell Baptist Church. In addition to her husband, she is survived by one son, Joshua Morgan of Sumter; three daughters, Mariah Davidson of Texas and Deanna Nunley and Emily Louise Elizabeth Hurley, both of Dalzell; and one brother, Mathew Davidson and his wife, Tara, of Dalzell. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Branden Rick Davidson. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday at the Bullock Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends at the residence.

Tallahassee, Florida, since 2006 and dropped its last game there, 23-17, in overtime when Watson took over as the team’s starting quarterback. Clemson starts the rest of its season Friday at Boston College, which has not beaten the Tigers since 2010. The Tigers other remaining ACC foes — North Carolina State, Syracuse, Pittsburgh and Wake Forest — are a combined 0-11 against Clemson over the past four years. Pitt has not faced Clemson since joining the ACC. There’s also Clemson’s yearly season-closer with rival South Carolina. Just a few years ago, the Gamecocks had won five straight against the Tigers but don’t appear to have the offense in coach Will Muschamp’s first year to hand with Clemson’s playmakers. The ACC title game could mean rematches from a year ago with Miami (58-0 Clemson win) or North Carolina (45-37 victory in the league championship). Or maybe Virginia

You may go to www.bullockfuneralhome.com and sign the family’s guest book. The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.

JOHN M. AROOJI MATTHEWS, North Carolina — John M. Arooji, 90, of Matthews, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016, at CMC – Union. He was born on Aug. 25, 1926, in Iran, a son of the late Haydar and Mahbano Arooji. He is survived by his wife, Daphne J. Arooji; and his children, Fred (Michelle) Arooji, Robert Arooji, Jerry AROOJI (Angela) Arooji, Steve (Mitra) Arooji, Freeda (Hamid) Etezadkhah, Frank (Ladan) Arooji and David (Robin) Arooji. He is also survived by 25 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Heritage Funeral Home – Weddington Chapel, 3700 Forest Lawn Drive, Matthews, where a funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn East Cemetery. To offer condolences to the family and to sign the online guestbook, please visit www. heritagecares.com

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Tech, which moved into the rankings at No. 25. There are plenty of things to clean up. Watson had four turnovers (a fumble and a career-high three interceptions) against Louisville. Clemson’s defense bottled up Lamar Jackson and held the Cardinals to 205 yards in the opening half, then gave up 26 points on five straight second-half possessions to surrender the lead. Louisville put up 568 yards, more than Clemson’s allowed to anyone over the past two season including to Alabama in the 45-40 national championship loss last January. Swinney said that like last year, the Tigers are far from a finished product. Nor do they have to be right now. It’s a long season of ebbs and flows— and Swinney likes the flow his team has going right now. “At the end of the day, you either have the heart or you don’t,” Swinney said. “You have the will to win or you don’t. What can you say?”

huge chunk of that came a few seconds into the game on A.J. Turner’s 75-yard touchdown run. Tight end Hayden Hurst said the problems come early in drives with mistakes and bad plays that force second- or thirdand-long situations. “Early in drives, we get behind the eight ball,” he said. “We’ll get a negative play that kills our drives. As long as we can just keep the ball moving, getting first downs, we’ll get the ball moving down the field.” Hurst understands how some might see a divide between a group doing its job and one that’s struggling. But Hurst said the defense has been supportive, helping the offense in practices where it can. “We’re so close as a unit, the defense is going to pick us up and we’re going to pick the defense up, too,” he said. South Carolina faced Texas A&M without top receivers Deebo Samuel and Bryan Edwards, both injured. The two were back at practice this week and are expected to play against Georgia. “With Deebo Samuel and Bryan Edwards back at practice, we’re better coaches (offensively). It’s amazing how that works,” Muschamp said. “That’s good to see.” The Gamecocks were not crisp on offense last week. An eight-play stretch in the second quarter, with McIlwain running the offense, yielded six negativeyardage plays plus an incomplete pass. Georgia’s coach, who has also started a freshman quarterback in Jacob Eason, understands how choppy an offense can look with a young player at the controls. “It’s one of those deals that he is a freshmen so he’s going through a little bit of what (Jacob Eason) goes through where you see some formations,” Smart said. “You see some plays where it’s like ‘Wait a second, was it supposed to be that way or was it supposed to be another way?”’ Muschamp said his team has not splintered and had a spirited practice prepping for the Bulldogs. “Guys are bouncing around,” he said. “It’s good.”

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South Carolina tight end Hayden Hurst (81) picks up yardage after a reception against Texas A&M on Saturday in Columbia.

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Robert Lewis “Bob” Davis, age 80, beloved husband of Nancy Martin Davis, died on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016. Born in Charlottesville, Virginia, he was a son of the late Chester Murray Davis and Nora Sacre Davis. Mr. Davis was an alumni of the Miller School of Albemarle, Virginia. He received a degree in criminal justice from the University of South Carolina and attended the S.C. Criminal Justice Academy. He was a master mason. Mr. Davis retired from the U.S. Air Force after 21 years of service and later retired from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. Surviving in addition to his wife are one son, William Scott Davis and his wife, Cheryl, of South Dakota; one special brother-in-law, R. David “Butch” Martin and his wife, Debbie, of Virginia; two grandchildren, Crystal Rose Davis and Justin H. Davis; two great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday at Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery. Honorary pallbearers will be the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to a charity of one’s choice. You may go to www.bullockfuneralhome.com and sign the family’s guest book. The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.

SUMMERTON — Grover Lee Reed, 70, husband of Willie Mae Richardson Reed, died on Monday, Oct. 3, 2016, at his residence. He was born on April 25, 1946, in Orangeburg, a son of Virginia Dice Reed and the late Grover Reed. The family is receiving friends at his residence, 6411 Summerton Highway, Silver community, Manning. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

JULIUS T. SIMMONS JR. LAKE CITY — Julius Thomas Simmons Jr., 62, died on Friday, Sept. 30, 2016, at Lake City Community Hospital. A committal service will be held at 3 p.m. on Thursday at the Fort Jackson National Cemetery in Columbia. The procession to Fort Jackson National Cemetery will leave at 1:55 p.m. from the funeral home. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

MORRIS CHINA JR. Morris China Jr., 84, widower of Earline Butler China, departed this life on Monday, Oct. 3, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey. He was born on Jan. 8, 1932, in Sumter County, a son of the late Morris Sr. and Lillie Mae Bradford China. The family will receive friends at the home, 1690 N. St. Paul Church Road, Sumter, SC 29154. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge

of arrangements.

ANDREW S. BENJAMIN Andrew S. Benjamin, 51, husband of Georgia Wilson Benjamin, departed this life on Monday, Oct. 3, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey. He was born on Aug. 3, 1965, in Darlington County, a son of Jesse and Louise Williams Benjamin. The family will receive friends at the home, 50 Planters Drive, Sumter, SC 29154. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements.

ESTHER M. ROBINSON Esther M. Robinson, 77, wife of David L. Robinson, died on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016, at National Health Care Center, Columbia. Born on June 15, 1939, in Lee County, she was a daughter of Harvey and Martha Wheeler McDuffie. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 248 Green Acres Circle, Lexington. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc.

ANTHONY M. POWELL Anthony M. Powell, 48, departed this life on Monday, Oct. 3, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey. He was born on Aug. 11, 1968, in New York, a son of Gloria McCoy Powell and the late Myrone Powell Sr. The family will receive friends at the home, 1350 Pepperidge Drive, Sumter, SC 29154. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements.

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Spend a day in the country Have ‘a day in the life’ of a farm BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com

t’s harvest time for many crops in the Southeast, and Old McCaskill’s Farm in Rembert invites the public to come out Saturday to see what’s happening

on the farm — and to participate in some fun “country” activities. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., visitors to the farm can walk freely around the grounds or take part in hay rides, horseback rides and a variety of games, as well as tour the McCaskill’s working sawmill and grits mill and check out the pumpkin patch.

Fall Family Farm Day is just that, an opportunity to see a working family farm as it celebrates the season. Owners Lee and Kathy McCaskill bought the property near Rembert in 1989, but the house was lost in a fire in 2007, Kathy said. Lee McCaskill is a contractor, so the couple decided to rebuild, modeling their home after the KershawCornwallis House in Camden. Kathy said the farm itself “was a little hobby farm” at first, but grew rapidly with the addition of animals, a grits mill, sawmill, and more. She was taking care of the farm and their children, when the two realized “the vet’s bill was higher than the pediatrician’s bill. About that time the farmers’ markets ‘exploded’, and we started one through trial and error.” Now the McCaskills open the farm for two big events a year — Shearing Day in the spring and Fall Family Farm Day around harvest time. “We’ve moved Fall Family Farm Day from Sunday to Saturday this year, so we can have longer hours and spread the crowd out a little,” Kathy said. “Last year was right after the flood, and we had about 2,500 people come.” She said one of the most popular activities is horse-

back riding. “Janson Cox of Bishopville brings his Marsh Tackies, and we also have pony cart rides,” she said. Marsh Tackies are a small horse known for their ability to maneuver in marshy terrain; they were used by Gen. Francis “Swamp Fox” Marion during the American Revolution. McCaskill said blacksmith John Outlaw and his apprentice will be demonstrating their skills in the farm’s forge, woodworkers in period clothing will be working in their shop, and “the sawmill will be going, sawing boards from logs.” In the grits mill, she said, “Children will be able to remove the corn from the cobs and turn the hand crank to make grits.” Other activities include the “corn pool,” which children love to play in “like a sandbox,” she said. There will also be a retriever demonstration, and some animals the children can pet or just watch, including two young, bottle-fed calves, piglets, sheep, goats and various poultry. The farm also has a store that sells meats, vegetables, wool and canned items. Farm day visitors will be able to purchase and food from the con-

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A crowd gathers as a week-old goat is fed during Farm Day 2015. Old McCaskill’s Farm in Rembert has moved its popular Fall Family Farm Day from Sunday to Saturday this year. The 10 a.m.-to-6 p.m. event on the farm in Rembert features live music, horseback rides, games and plenty of food.

cessions area attached. “We’ve got our barbecue, hot dogs, pizza from our brick oven and beverages,” McCaskill said. “I also make fried pies from blueberry, blackberry and peach pie filling we can each year.” The McCaskills’ daughter, Ashley Robinson, is in charge of the restaurant, which serves a farm fresh lunch each Friday, and her fresh frozen meals are also available in the store. Items such as the Prince Edward Island blankets will be available, too, made largely from wool sheared from the McCaskills’ sheep. Bluegrass band Lonesome Road will provide music. In short, the farm day ofPHOTO PROVIDED fers the chance for city folks Baby goats are always a big attraction for both the children and and nostalgic former farm adults attending Fall Family Farm Day at Old McCaskill’s Farm. dwellers to experience the

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Animals await visitors to Old McCaskill’s Farm recently. The farm is expecting a large crowd for its annual Fall Family Farm Day on Saturday. joys of farm life. Driving directions: Take U.S. 521 toward Camden, go about 19 miles, passing through Rembert. Turn right on Cantey Lane. Old McCaskill’s Farm, 377 Cantey Lane in Rembert pres-

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Mystery plant grows naturally along Edisto River the beginning point for several hundred scientific plant names still in use today. Pick a tree – any tree – and Now, our mystery tree is a try to describe it using only pine, of course, and different eight words, in Latin. That’s pines grow throughout the what botanist Thomas Walter Southeastern states. Most pine did in 1788, after studying and species are residents of high then naming this tree. His ground, but this one is a bit eight words (see below) indiunusual in growing in rather cate that the tree has paired wet places, often along river needles, a short, oblong or eggbottoms in sandy soil, alshaped cone, and a smooth though it also occurs on lowtrunk. country river bluffs, together Walter, of course, was the with beech, oaks and hickofirst American author of a ries. Additionally, the trees are North American treatment of able to handle considerable a regional group of plants, and PHOTO COURTESY JOHN NELSON shade: Most pines demand he did this in South Carolina. plenty of sun throughout their This mystery pine, which can He was a resident of old grow as tall as 100 feet, thrives in life span, especially as seedBerkeley County, and he lived wet places. Its bark is thin and lings. Foresters will say that a about halfway between prestree species that is at home in sensitive to fire. ent-day Manning and Moncks shade is said to be “tolerant.” Corner, on the south side of This is obviously an important the mighty (at least then) San- est in learning the local flora feature, especially for seedtee River. of the outer coastal plain. His lings and small plants, while Although he was born a publication, called “Flora Car- they are likely to have plenty British citizen, he was at home oliniana,” was published in of bigger, taller neighbors, in South Carolina, where he London (just after his death, it hogging the available sunlight. developed an enormous interturns out), and it represents Shade-intolerant seedlings

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won’t do well at all in shady forest settings, and will waste away after they have sprouted.) Our mystery pine, once mature, can be quite large, up to 100 feet tall. Its bark is rather thin, and the trees are thus sensitive to fire. The lower trunk may be lightly checkered, while the uppermost part of the trunk is smooth, something like a white pine. Sure enough, as Walter said, the needles are paired, in twos, and the tiny cones are short and somewhat eggshaped. These cones have smooth scales, so they aren’t prickly, as in some other pines. Its wood tends to be brittle, and is therefore not very highly prized for lumber. Our pine may be found from South Carolina, mostly south of the Santee River drainage, through northern Florida, the southern parts of Georgia, Mississippi, Ala-

bama, and into eastern Louisiana. It can be an attractive specimen tree for a yard, sometimes adopting a sort of “bonsai” look. If you happen to be visiting my beautiful state, a good place to see it growing naturally would be along the Edisto River around Givhans Ferry State Park, which is 30 miles or so northwest of Charleston. Walter’s description? “Foliis geminatis, strobilo oblongoovato brevi, cortice glabro.” Answer: “Spruce pine,” Pinus glabra 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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Lemon tarts, or lemon bars as they are also known, are such a baked good. People who love them love them. I once spent a long time making my grandfather a chocolate cake from a famous recipe, and after he finished his slice, he said to me, “You know what I like?” “What?” I said (expecting a compliment on the rich filling, the moist cake, something like that). “Lemon,” he said wistfully. The filling in these squares, or bars, is a bit tart — I don’t see the point of too-sweet lemon squares — but not confrontational. Adding a couple tablespoons of heavy cream offers a silkier texture to the filling and a smoother citrus experience. Sometimes lemon zest is added to the filling, and while I love the extra burst of citrus, I’m more in love

LEMON SQUARES Servings: Makes 15 large squares Crust 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/2 teaspoon kosher or coarse salt 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons (1 3/4 sticks) cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces Filling 5 large eggs 2 1/2 cups granulated sugar 1 cup fresh lemon juice 2 tablespoons heavy cream 3/4 cup all-purpose flour 1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar for dusting Preheat the oven to 325 F. Butter a 9-by-13-inch pan or spray it with nonstick cooking spray, and line the bottom with a piece of parchment paper cut to fit cleanly on the bottom of the pan but hang over the two long sides (you will use this to lift out the squares once they are baked and cooled). In a food processor, combine the flour, confectioners’ sugar and salt. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse cornmeal (or you can cut the butter into the flour mixture in a bowl using two with a super smooth filling, so I skip it. But you can add a teaspoon or so of zest if you like. If you want to gild the lily, serve these with some sweetened whipped cream on the side. These lemon squares can be

knives, a pastry cutter or your fingers). Transfer the mixture to the pan and press it evenly into the bottom. Bake 15 to 18 minutes until golden and a bit firm to the touch. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, combine the eggs and granulated sugar, and whisk or beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Beat in the lemon juice and cream, and then beat in the flour, until very smooth. When the crust is golden and set, pour in the filling, return the pan to the oven and bake for 25 to 35 minutes, until it doesn’t jiggle at all when you gently shake the pan. Let cool completely on a wire rack to room temperature. Run a knife around the edge of the pan, and cut the bars into 15 (or more) squares. Remove the bars with a spatula, or carefully use the overhanging edges of the parchment to smoothly lift out the lemon bars. Place the 1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar into a small sieve and dust it over the lemon bars just before serving. Nutrition information per serving: 361 calories; 117 calories from fat; 13 g fat (8 g saturated; 1 g trans fats); 103 mg cholesterol; 89 mg sodium; 58 g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 43 g sugar; 4 g protein.

stored at room temperature for a day or in the refrigerator for several days, in a tightly covered container with a piece of wax or parchment paper between each layer. Don’t dust them with confectioners’ sugar until just before serving.

BY MELISSA D’ARABIAN The Associated Press I love dessert. I also love being healthy. My four kiddos also love sweets. So over the years, I’ve created some great strategies for getting some dessert in our lives while also honoring our bodies, which frankly do not need as much sugar as our palates seem to crave. If you (or your family) love baked goods too, go ahead and preheat that oven and listen in — I’ve got some tips for keeping dessert alive while staying reasonable. First: Make your own.

Second healthy dessert tip: Cut up small portions of treats and serve them on a tray alongside a healthier “open quantity” option. For instance, I may place a large bowl of clementines or lowfat Greek yogurt on the table next to a plate of homemade banana bread cut into small squares. Third tip: Invest in a confectioners’ sugar duster, and fill it up with organic powdered sugar. Even a tiny dusting of powdered sugar fools our palates into thinking something is sweeter than it is, simply because it’s visible.

EARL GREY LEMON TEACAKES Start to finish: 40 minutes Servings: 14 1/4 cup coconut oil, soft but not melted (pop in freezer for a few minutes if needed) 1 tablespoon Earl Grey tea leaves, pounded to a coarse powder (use a small plastic bag and mallet or heavy spoon) 1 tablespoon lemon zest 1/4 cup light agave syrup (or 1/3 cup sugar) 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3 tablespoons lemon juice 1 cup all-purpose flour 3/4 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt Confectioners’ sugar for decoration, optional Preheat the oven to 325 F. Line bottom of an 8-inch square baking pan with parchment paper, and spray with nonstick spray. In a medium bowl, whip coconut oil, Earl Grey leaves, lemon zest and agave syrup

using a hand mixer until well blended and light. Add the eggs one at time, and mix well with mixer in between. Add the vanilla and lemon juice, and mix well. In a small bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Then pour half the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, and mix very briefly. Add the second half of the flour, and mix just until blended. Do not overmix. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan, and bake until cake springs back after pressing lightly with your finger, about 25-30 minutes. Let the cake cool for 10 minutes in the pan, and then remove to let cool completely on a rack. Cut into 14 fingers, sprinkle with confectioners’ sugar (optional) and serve. Nutrition information per serving: 96 calories; 40 calories from fat; 5 g fat (4 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 31 mg cholesterol; 103 mg sodium; 12 g carbohydrate; 0 g fiber; 5 g sugar; 2 g protein.