October, 15, 2014 by The Sumter Item

Sumter’s economic success now model for other areas Advisor group chooses county for its job creation, educational opportunities BY JADE REYNOLDS jade@theitem.com WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2014

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Sumter is once again in the limelight for economic development. According to an article on Statesboroherald.com, Boyette Strategic Advisors pointed to Sumter’s economic development organizations and those of six other counties in

Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama for the Development Authority of Bulloch County, Georgia, to use as models on “how it should be funded and fixed with land, buildings and incentives to bring more jobs to Statesboro and Bulloch County.” “It’s always good to see your business, community or initiative as someone else’s benchmark because

it means you’re doing something right and good,” said Jay Schwedler, president and CEO of the Sumter Development Board, the Sumter Smarter Growth Initiative and TheLINK, a regional alliance of Lee and Sumter counties. “It also means you have to continue to be

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Bentley Lin gets a mustache thanks to his mother, Yan Wu, at Millwood Elementary School’s Pumpkin Night during its “Build a Pumpkin” event on Tuesday after school. Students and their families and friends dressed in their favorite costumes and enjoyed fall-themed refreshments to celebrate the season.

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DHEC hears from possible landfill trustees BY JOE KEPLER joe@theitem.com The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control heard from potential vendors Tuesday morning in Columbia who want to assume control of the closed landfill in Pinewood. It then hosted a brief public forum to allow for concerned residents to bring questions to DHEC staff. In all, seven vendors made

presentations pitching their services in an attempt to assume control from an interim group that will manage the site once Kestrel Horizons ceases operations Oct. 31. The interim managers were one of the vendors looking to become the long-term trustees of the site, as lawyers Ben Hagood and Robert Kerr from Moore & Allen PLLC in Charleston presented their services. Their fellow vendors came from all corners of the state, from An-

derson to Charleston, with e-PEAK LLC from Stephenville, Texas, as the lone out-of-state hopeful. Advanced Environmental Solutions LLC from Columbia and Emerald Inc. from Sumter were the lone presenting vendors from the Midlands, closest to the area in question. The biggest issue for the site is balancing the environmental impact of hazardous waste on nearby Lake

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Community group continues its efforts Movement plans November town-hall meeting on crime BY MATT BRUCE matthew@theitem.com About 100 people gathered inside the main sancMATT BRUCE / THE SUMTER ITEM tuary at Mount Zion MisSumter city councilman Calvin Hastie presents a missionary Baptist Church to sion sign to a coalition of community groups and discuss plans for a newly members gathered Sunday for the monthly One Sum- established coalition in ter meeting at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church. town.

One Sumter held its monthly meeting Sunday night at the Fulton Street church, with a collective of religious, education, law enforcement, civic and community leaders on hand trying to resolve the ills of Sumter County. The community group grew after its “Stop the Violence” campaign, which gained traction this summer as yards across the county were

decorated with the antiviolence movement’s redand-white posters. Organizers said that was just one leg of the group’s overall mission. One Sumter is a “diversified collective of activists, community leaders and residents who are on the move to unite the Sumter community” as characterized by its Facebook page, which went online in late July.

Sumter councilman Calvin Hastie of Ward 3 said the group’s main objective is to improve the quality of life for all of the county’s residents. He presented a flow chart to the crowd on hand Sunday that symbolized the issues facing the community. Those issues, which were brought up by discussions with community

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Florida men charged with drug trafficking BY MATT BRUCE matthew@theitem.com Two central Florida men, reportedly with more than 100 grams of exotic drugs in their possession, face drugtrafficking charges after being arrested Monday in Sumter County. Angel Luis Pizarro, 28, of Lutz, Florida, was charged with trafficking in MDMA or Ecstasy (100 dosage units or more) and possession of marijuana in connection with the incident. Efrain

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Matos Rivera, 28, of Lakeland, Florida, faces a charge of trafficking in MDMA or Ecstasy (100 dosage units or more) stemming from the arrest. According to a Sumter County Sheriff’s Office report, deputies spotted the two men traveling southbound along Interstate 95 in a late-model Hyundai Genesis with Florida plates just after 9 a.m. Monday. Officers stopped the car for speeding and noted the smell of marijuana coming from the vehicle. Deputies searched Rivera and found

$534 in cash as well as a black bag that contained hundreds of pieces of wax paper and rubber bands commonly used to package drugs. Deputies searched Pizarro, the report continued, and found a small amount of marijuana and about 116 grams of suspected MDMA wrapped in duct tape. The drug is commonly referred to on the street as “Molly.” On the way to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center, Rivera told officers he had recently met Pizarro at a party

in North Carolina and said he was unaware of the Molly officers found in his possession, reports said. Deputies strip searched Rivera when he arrived at the multi-county jail and removed about 76 grams of suspected Molly wrapped in duct tape from his pants. Officers think he concealed the drugs in his rectum and tried to hide them in his pants pockets, which had just been searched before jail officials discovered the narcotics.

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BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com “Breakfast, Bakery and Books” sounds like an ideal menu for a Saturday morning, and the Eta Zeta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. wants the public to join them this Saturday morning for all three. The 9 to 10:30 a.m. event with that title is more than just a hearty breakfast — for the price of your food, you’ll help AKA and the HYPE program improve the reading efficiency and comprehension of children in Sumter, Lee and Clarendon counties. Deborah Calhoun of Eta Zeta Omega said the annual event helps AKA “get books in the hands and homes of children.” In addition to purchasing books, the chapter “will also have reading centers one day a week at the (HYPE) center at Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church’s M.H. Newton Family Life Enrichment Center.” HYPE, the acronym for Helping Youth Pursue Excellence, was started in 2004 in partnership with Sumter School District 17. In 2005, the program received a grant through the S.C. Department of Education 21st Century Learning Center, which has been a crucial part of HYPE’s continuing success, Director Barney Gadson said recently. Just this year, Eta Zeta Omega partnered with HYPE to provide two sorority members once a week to work in the centers, with HYPE providing study materials. In addition to their focus on reading, the members will direct activities to encourage children to develop good writing skills. Each student will be provided age-appropriate writing tablets and pens and pencils.

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For group dress-up day, one of the five themes for Wilson Hall’s spirit week held during the week of homecoming, seniors Hanna Niebuhr, Catherine Parker, Kendall Brogdon and Carter Dwight dress as the characters from Ghostbusters.

Foundation continues to help school district Board gets update on group’s efforts to improve education BY RAYTEVIA EVANS ray@theitem.com Sumter School District board of trustees had its regular meeting Monday evening at Pocalla Springs Elementary School, where a representative of Sumter Education Foundation gave a report of its progress and efforts to assist the district in the two years since it was established in 2012. Friend of the foundation and district liaison Shelly Galloway presented to the board previous projects the foundation has completed and what the next steps are for the organization. Since it started on its mission, the Sumter Education Foundation has raised $11,500 to assist Sumter School District in various ventures to improve the educational experience and academic performance in the county. Money donated by local corporations and community leaders has previously helped the foundation in promoting

education programs and awarding mini-grants to teachers. Recently, the foundation established a few committees to better organize and plan its efforts to assist the district in steadily improving education for every child, teacher, parent and staff members. The foundation now has fundraising, public relations and marketing and elite donations committees. Galloway told the board that the foundation’s focus is on technology in the classroom, students’ soft skills and mini-grants. In its first year of operation, the foundation awarded 54 mini-grants to teachers for educational tools. The foundation awarded 103 mini-grants in 2013 and has the potential to award more than 130 minigrants by the end of 2014. “This is a wonderful concept, and it’s supporting the school district. I’m excited and looking forward to seeing it expand,” said board member the Rev. Ralph Canty after Galloway’s presentation. The board of trustees has shown its support of the foundation, which is a

501(c)(3) organization and is referred to as the “philanthropic arm for Sumter School District.” The foundation is independently operated from Sumter School District. Board vice chairwoman Patty Wilson serves on the foundation’s board along with Superintendent Frank Baker and other local leaders. Chairman Keith Schultz has also given a portion of his board compensation to the foundation as well as the school district’s Teacher Forum, said Galloway. Other board matters included discussing recent test scores for SAT, AP and end of course exams and approving more high school diploma petitions to be sent to the S.C. Department of Education for approval before awarding the applicants and former students with their diplomas from previous years. Wilson also briefly discussed the recent finance meeting suggesting the school district look into costs for flatscreen TVs for schools to upgrade from projectors, which can become costly with bulb replacement.

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Margaret van Bulck Smith’s photography involves printing large-scale (40-by-60 inch) images of water reflections on paired layers of charmeuse and chiffon with acid-dye inks.

Photo exhibit celebrates water FROM STAFF REPORTS University of South Carolina Sumter will feature “water colors” by Margaret van Bulck Smith in the Umpteenth Gallery through Dec. 15. The exhibit is free and open to the public. Originally from Sumter, Smith is an award-winning fine-art nature photographer with a career spanning academia, photography, public accounting and economics. She SMITH conducts photography workshops and is an adjunct instructor at Central Carolina Technical College. Her photographs and essays have been published regionally and nationally. Smith’s work has won regional, national and international awards and has been exhibited in a wide variety of venues. Her current work involves printing large-scale (40by-60-inch) images of water reflections on paired layers of charmeuse and chiffon with acid-dye inks. She also works with encaustic to create tactile images of intimate ocean encounters and enjoys printing on metal and metal leaf, working with Van Dyke Brown (an early printing process whose color resembles that of a brown used by the 16th century Flemish painter Sir Anthony van Dyck), image transfers and various other alternative processes. “I have been drawn to water for as long as I can remember,” Smith said. “It is all around us. It is in the air that

Smith’s exhibit runs through Dec. 15 at University of South Carolina Sumter’s Umpteenth Gallery and is free and open to the public.

we breathe, it is under the ground where we walk, it is in the oceans, lakes, swamps and marshes on this round ball we all call home. It has been a part of us since conception. Semen carrying the sperm that generates new life is 96 percent water. The amniotic fluid surrounding that new life begins as 99 percent water. The body at birth is approximately 75 percent water and remains around 60 percent for the rest of our lives. “Without water, life as we know it could not exist. We may live for weeks or months without other nutrients, but without water, we can survive only a few days. Water flows through our veins as the water on our planet flows through its rivers and streams. Science tells us we cannot survive without that amazing combination of hydrogen and oxygen. Yet, we take it for granted.” Smith is completing her Master of Fine Art degree in photography at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. She now resides in Bishopville and Pawleys Island. She is married to Martin Smith, a retired principal from Florence. She has two grown children, Marc and Sydney van Bulck. USC Sumter has five art galleries on campus that are open to the public. The Umpteenth Gallery is located in the Arts and Letters Building. Visit www.uscsumter.edu for more information on current and upcoming displays, or contact Professor Cara-lin Getty, USC Sumter’s director of galleries and curator of exhibits, at (803) 938-3727.

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Founder and director of K.A.T.’s Special Kneads Kathy Stafford is hoping for good weather for the third-annual Par 4 Pets Golf Tournament on Saturday. It kicks off about 8:30 a.m. at Crystal Lakes, 1305 Clara Louise Kellogg Drive. Several sponsorships are available.

Round up your golf buddies, hit the green to help pets in need able to put a percentage of the monies raised into a land and building fund as well.” Registration begins at 8 Saturday brings another a.m., and the format is a opportunity to break out the four-man captain’s choice. golf clubs for a good cause. The entry fee is $40 per The third-annual Par 4 player or $160 per team, and Pets Golf Tournament to it covers golf cart rentals, benefit K.A.T.’s Special lunch and beverages. Kneads will kick off at 8:30 Mulligans will be available a.m. at Crystal Lakes, 1305 for $5 apiece during registraClara Louise Kellogg Drive. tion but are “It costs a lot limited to two of money to WANT TO GO? per person. raise a pet but Prizes will be even more WHAT: Third-annual Par 4 Pets awarded to money to comGolf Tournament first- through pletely vet — WHEN: 8:30 a.m. Saturday; third-place inoculations, registration starts at 8 a.m. teams as well spay/neuter, WHERE: Crystal Lakes Golf as all closest to any other types Course, 1305 Clara Louise the pin on all of medical Kellogg Drive par 3s. needs — a fosCOST: $40 per player or $160 “We have ter animal to per team; $5 Mulligans also plenty of room get them ready available for more teams, for adoption,” BENEFITS: K.A.T.’s Special and if anyone said Kathy Kneads would like to Stafford, foundbecome a hole er and director CONTACT: Kathy Stafford at katsspecialkneads@yahoo.com sponsor, the of the nonprofor at (803) 469-3906 cost is only it animal res$100,” Stafford cue. “We cansaid. not spend that Larger sponsorships are large amount of money plus available, too. food and board out of our For more information, conown pockets. The money tact Stafford at katsspecialraised by the golf tourney helps out quite a bit with the kneads@yahoo.com or at (803) 469-3906. medical needs, and we are

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The S.C. Commission on Higher Education has provided Palmetto Fellows Scholarship application materials for the Early Award to each South Carolina high school and home school association. Seniors who graduate by the end of the academic year ending in May and June and who meet the eligibility requirements should contact their high school guidance counselor or home school association director immediately about obtaining application information. To be eligible for the scholarship, student applicants must meet the following criteria: score at least a 1200 on the SAT (or 27 on the ACT) by the November test administration, earn a minimum 3.50 cumulative GPA based on the SC Uniform Grading Policy at the end of the junior year; and rank in the top six percent of either their sophomore or junior year or score at least 1400 on the SAT (or 32 on the ACT) by the November test administration and earn a minimum 4.00 cumulative GPA based on the SC UGP at the end of the junior year (date calculated on transcript must be June 15th or earlier). The Early Award application deadline is Dec. 15, 2014. Additional information about the Palmetto Fellows Scholarship program is available online at www.sccango.org or www.che. sc.gov or by contacting Elizabeth Caulder at (803) 737-2262 or Karen Woodfaulk at (803) 737-2244 at the S.C. Commission on Higher Education.

S.C. State still owes $6.5M on unpaid bills COLUMBIA — South Carolina State University still owes $6.5 million on bills and needs more help from the state to move forward, President Thomas Elzey told the Budget and Control Board on Tuesday. The state’s only public historically black university is seeking a $12 million loan to be disbursed during three years, with a first installment this fiscal year of $6 million, followed by $4 million next year. That request must first be approved by a legislative panel and could officially go before the state’s financial oversight board as early as December.

CLARIFICATION In Saturday’s paper, a story regarding Thursday’s forum for school board candidates referenced a comment made by Area 1 candidate Philip Marlowe about the superintendent position. Marlowe recently clarified he was aware and acknowledges Frank Baker as the superintendent for Sumter School District and was speaking in regard to Baker’s interim period as superintendent after the resignation of former superintendent Randolph Bynum.

Nominations are now being accepted for the 5th Annual Women of Excellence program sponsored by the Social Justice Consortium. Women from Sumter, Lee, Clarendon and Kershaw counties may be nominated. The consortium celebrates a diverse group of women who have done outstanding work in the community. The deadline for nominations is Friday, Oct. 17, and the event will take place at 11:45

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SUMTER COUNTY FAIR FLOWER SHOW WINNERS The Council of Garden Clubs of Sumter has announced the winners of the 2014 Sumter County Fair Flower Show. The show has two main categories: horticulture and design. The theme for this year’s design category was “Historic Trees and Historic Places.” Some of the winning entries are pictured here. Winners receiving ribbons were: • Designer’s Choice — Jane B. Hammond; • Tricolor Design — Beverly Johnson; • Best in Show, Youth — EmmaLee Peyton; • Isabelle Dowdle Award — Beverly Johnson; • Evening Garden Club Award — Fair Edmunds; • Arboreal Award — Gail Harvin; • Horticulture Sweepstakes — Gail Harvin; • Award of Merit, roses — Jane Hammond; • Award of Merit, annuals — Beverly Johnson; • Azalea Garden Club Arboreal — Gail Harvin; • Award of Merit, herbs — Katherine Barrett; • Award of Merit, perennials — Gail Harvin; and • Collector’s Showcase Award — Katherine Barrett.

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EmmaLee Peyton — Design Youth Best in Show Award

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Katherine Barrett, Horticulture Award Jane Hammond — Designer’s — Collector’s Showcase Award Choice Award

POLICE BLOTTER CHARGES Tommie Michael Stavis, 49, was charged about 4:15 p.m. Friday for failure to register as a sex offender. According to reports, this is Stavis’ third violation. Michael Wright, 53, of 1047 Yankee Drive, was arrested and charged with criminal domestic violence after an incident that reportedly occurred about 8:22 p.m. Friday. A woman told deputies that Wright slapped her and knocked her to the ground. She said her left eye was hurt, and she had a scratch on her knee. Kennan Alonza Georgia, 18, of 1068 Fireglow St., Manning, was arrested and charged with second-degree burglary after an incident that reportedly occurred about 11:42 a.m. Friday in the 2000 block of Lowder Road in which about $1,500 in jewelry was stolen, according to the report. Maurice Alex Haynesworth, 27, of 1029 Porter St., was arrested and charged with accessory after the fact and receiving stolen goods after an incident that reportedly occurred about 11:42 a.m. Friday in the 2000 block of Lowder Road in which about $1,500 in jewelry was stolen, according to the report. Christopher Jackson, 20, of 1232 Collingwood Drive, was charged with malicious injury to courthouse or jail after reportedly breaking a sprinkler head at Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center. Jail records show Jackson has been jailed at the detention center since mid-June on multiple charges. A report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office indicated he broke the sprinkler head in his cell. STOLEN PROPERTY A 1988 red Honda FourTrax ATV valued at $1,500 was reported stolen about 9:52 a.m. Saturday from the 500 block of Timmerman Street.

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Daniel Pettley exhales vapor as he demonstrates the use of his electronic cigarette at Salt Lake Vapors in Salt Lake City. Poison control workers say that the number of children exposed to the liquid nicotine of e-cigarettes is on the rise. The American Association of Poison Control Centers reports that more than 2,700 people have called about liquid nicotine exposure this year.

SALT LAKE CITY — Poison control workers say that as the e-cigarette industry has boomed, the number of children exposed to the liquid nicotine that gives hand-held vaporizing gadgets their kick also has spiked. More than 2,700 people have called poison control this year to report an exposure to liquid nicotine, more than half of those cases in children younger than 6, according to national statistics. The number shows a sharp rise from only a few hundred total cases just three years ago. The battery-powered electronic vaporizers often resemble traditional cigarettes and work by heating liquid nicotine into an inhalable mist. The drug comes in brightly colored refill packages and an array of candy flavors that can make it attractive to young children, heightening the exposure risk and highlighting the need for users to keep it away from youngsters. “With kids, the exposure we’re seeing is usually parents or family members leave out refill bottles that they try and open,” said Ashley Webb, director of the Kentucky Regional Poison Control Center.

OLD: No way to window shop anonymously when the system went live. NEW: Window shopping for health insurance plans available without first creating an account. But the site still lacks a way for consumers to search for plans by simply entering their doctor’s name. Instead, they’ll have to follow links to individual insurance company directories. Tip: Double check with your doctor’s office to see whether he or she is still in the plan.

OLD: Seventy-six online screens to muddle through in insurance application. NEW: Sixteen screens — for the basic application that most new customers will use. But about a third of those new customers are expected to have more complicated cases, and how they’ll fare remains to be seen.

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customers have to go back into their long-form application for 2014. It will have the information they already provided, but it’s not the new streamlined form.

WASHINGTON (AP) — HealthCare.gov, the website for health insurance under President Obama’s health care law, has been revamped as its second enrollment season approaches. But things are still complicated because other major provisions of the Affordable Care Act are taking effect for the first time. The following is a look at some of the website and program changes ahead:

Poison control workers often see a spike in calls with new and growing products, Webb said. The number of e-cigarette users has climbed to several million worldwide, and the devices have become the center of an industry that has grown in the last four years from about $82 million to $2.5 billion in annual sales, at least $500 million of which comes from liquid nicotine. Despite the recent increase, liquid nicotine exposures are still less than half of traditional cigarettes, but e-juice is potentially more toxic, said Robert Bassett, a medical toxicologist in Philadelphia. “It would be really hard for a child to eat a whole pack of cigarettes, but now we’re dealing with these very, very concentrated forms; you get more than a pack of cigarettes in a small, ingestible amount,” Bassett said. Bassett consulted on the case of a 10-month-old boy who drank from a refill bottle while his mother’s back was turned. The toddler recovered within hours, but he had vomited, and his heart was pounding when he was brought to the emergency room. “Unfortunately with little kids it’s hard,” Bassett said. “They simply can’t tell you what they’re feeling.”

OLD: Subsidies to keep premiums affordable were paid directly to your health insurance plan. NEW: The government will keep paying your health plan, but this year you will also have to show the Internal Revenue Service that you got the right subsidy for 2014. If you got more than you were entitled to, your tax refund will be dinged. If you got less than you deserved, your tax refund will be fatter.

OLD: Prone to crashing, even with relatively few users. NEW: Built to withstand last season’s peak loads and beyond, at least 125,000 simultaneous users. Actual performance still to be demonstrated. OLD: Six-month open enrollment season, extended to accommodate customers bogged down by website glitches or stuck in line at the last minute. NEW: Shorter open enrollment season, just three months, from Nov. 15 to Feb. 15.

OLD: Fines for staying uninsured the full year start at $95. NEW: Fines for staying uninsured all of 2015 start at $325.

OLD: Everybody was new to the system. NEW: As many as 7 million existing customers could be coming back, and that could create a crunch. Returning customers who want to make changes to their accounts must act by Dec. 15 for those changes to take effect Jan. 1. Many will want to at least look because they could save money. Potential wrinkle: Returning

OLD: Amateur Spanish, to put it kindly. NEW: HealthCare.gov’s Hispanic-oriented website could still use a going-over from a high-school Spanish teacher. But one conspicuous mistake in translating the appeal to “get ready” got fixed quickly. Maybe that’s a sign of things to come.

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Dozens helped care for Ebola patient in Dallas Infected nurse says she is ‘doing well’ DALLAS (AP) — The Texas nurse who became the first person to contract Ebola on American soil said Tuesday that she is doing well as her hospital expressed optimism about her recovery. Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas released a statement on Nina Pham’s behalf Tuesday. The comments were her first since she became infected with Ebola while caring for a man from Liberia who later died of the disease. “I’m doing well and want to thank everyone for their kind wishes and prayers,” Pham said. The CEO of the hospital also put out a statement in which he said doctors and nurses “are working tirelessly to help her in this courageous fight. The doctors and nurses involved with her treatment remain hopeful.” Pham was among about 70 staff members who cared for Duncan, according to medical

records. She wore protective gear that included gowns, gloves, masks and face shields while caring for Duncan, but the 26-year-old nurse still became infected. Officials blamed it on a breach of protocol. When Pham’s mother learned her daughter was caring for Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan, Pham told her, “Mom, no. Don’t worry about me,” family friend Christina Tran told The Associated Press on Monday at Our Lady of Fatima church in Fort Worth. About 30 people at the church gathered for the regular evening Mass, where they offered extra prayers for Pham. Tran said she had spoken a few times to Pham’s mother, Ngoc Pham, since she found out Sunday that Nina Pham had been infected with the virus. She said Pham’s parents are doing well and praying for their daughter’s recovery. Pham’s parents live in Fort Worth, where they are part of a closely knit, deeply religious

WHO: 10,000 new cases per week could be seen LONDON (AP) — West Africa could face up to 10,000 new Ebola cases a week within two months, the World Health Organization warned Tuesday, adding that the death rate in the current outbreak has risen to 70 percent. WHO assistant director-general Dr. Bruce Aylward gave the grim figures during a news conference in Geneva. Previously, the agency had estimated the Ebola mortality rate at about 50 percent overall. In contrast, in events such as flu pandemics, the death rate is typically under 2 percent. Acknowledging that Ebola was “a high-mortality disease,” Aylward said the U.N. health agency was still focused on trying to get sick people isolated and provide treatment as early as possible. He told reporters if the world’s response to the Ebola crisis isn’t stepped up within 60 days, “a lot more people will die” and health workers will be stretched even further. Experts say the epidemic is doubling in size about every three weeks. WHO raised its Ebola death toll tally Tuesday to 4,447 people, nearly all of them in West Africa, out of more than 8,900 thought to be infected. Aylward said calculating the death rate means tracking the outcomes of all possible patients — a complicated process because the numbers of cases are substantially underreported and much patient data is missing. Health workers have been hit hard by the virus, which is spread by contact with bodily fluids such as blood, vomit and diarrhea. Doctors Without Borders said 16 of its employees had been infected with Ebola and nine of them have died. Speaking Tuesday in Johannesburg, the head of the char-

ity’s South Africa unit, Sharon Ekambaram, said medical workers have received woefully inadequate assistance from the international community. “Where is WHO Africa? Where is the African Union?” asked Ekambaram. “We’ve all heard their promises in the media but have seen very little on the ground.” For the last month, there have been about 1,000 new Ebola cases per week — including suspected, confirmed and probable cases, Aylward said. The U.N. agency was aiming to get 70 percent of Ebola cases isolated and 70 percent of victims safely buried by December to reverse the outbreak. Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia have been the hardesthit nations in the current epidemic, and Aylward said WHO was very concerned about the spread of Ebola in their capital cities — Freetown, Conakry and Monrovia — where people move freely across borders. While some regions have seen the number of Ebola cases stabilize or fall, Aylward said “that doesn’t mean they will get down to zero.” He said WHO was still focused on trying to treat Ebola patients, despite West Africa’s often-broken health care systems. “It would be horrifically unethical to say that we’re just going to isolate people,” he said, noting that new strategies such as handing out protective equipment to families and setting up very basic clinics — without much treatment — was a priority. Aylward said there was no evidence that any countries were hiding Ebola cases but said countries bordering the affected area, including Ivory Coast, Mali and Guinea-Bissau, were at high risk of importing the disease.

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Father Jim Khoi leads evening mass at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Fort Worth, Texas, on Monday. Ebola patient Nina Pham is a member of the church. community of Vietnamese Catholics. She is a Texas Christian University nursing school graduate. The Rev. Jim Khoi, pastor at Our Lady of Fatima, said Ngoc Pham had spoken via video chat with her daughter

and that she appeared to be in good spirits. Nina Pham’s mother “says she’s doing well,” Khoi said. “She’s calm. She trusts in God. And she asks for prayers.” Khoi described the family’s relief that a recovered

Ebola patient, Dr. Kent Brantly, provided a blood transfusion, calling it “golden blood.” Duncan died Oct. 8 at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, where Nina Pham works.

German hospital: UN worker dies of disease BERLIN (AP) — A United Nations medical worker who was infected with Ebola in Liberia has died despite “intensive medical procedures,” a German hospital said Tuesday. The St. Georg hospital in Leipzig said the 56-year-old man, whose name has not been released, died overnight of the infection. It released no further details. The man tested positive for Ebola on Oct.

6, prompting Liberia’s UN peacekeeping mission to place 41 staff members who had possibly been in contact with him under “close medical observation.” He arrived in Leipzig for treatment on Oct. 9. The hospital’s chief executive, Dr. Iris Minde, said at the time that there was no risk of infection for other patients, relatives, visitors or the public.

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SUCCESS FROM PAGE A1 creative, work hard and adapt and transform or those benchmarking you will pass you by.” Grier Blackwelder, president of Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce, agreed. “It’s certainly a compliment to Sumter that we’re being talked about as an example,” he said. “I always thought we had been, just the results were not there yet. With the work that has been done over the last eight to 10 years to get us to this point, now they are. It’s great to have this type of notoriety in the Sumter community. It’s all about teamwork and the desire to make things happen.” One of the highlights of the article was, of course, Continental Tire the Americas, which when announced in October 2011 was said to be bringing

LANDFILL FROM PAGE A1 Marion with the economic issues involved with maintaining the trust fund that was set up to run the oversight on the landfill through the year 2100. In the general discussion portion of the meeting, former state senator Phil Leventis brought up a number of questions he felt should be answered for the public as well as any group interested in running the site. Issues concerning the construction of the landfill and who would hold the permits would be vital knowledge for any potential trustee. The permit holder would be the one held liable for the site should any leak or contamination happen. While public safety remains a major concern, Leventis said the economic side of the landfill concerns him more at this point. At the meeting, DHEC officials said they were going to ask for a $3.8 million recurring proviso from the government to put toward the landfill, coming after it already received $2 million. The proposed request rankled the former

1,600 jobs and $500 million in investments during the next 10 years. Its first saleable tire was produced last October, and the company was formally operational in January of this year. “The impact of Continental will be felt for generations to come,” Schwedler said. “Continental is a big reason others are talking about us today, but Continental only chose Sumter because others that came before them had been so successful. From the old textile and furniture plants that are mostly gone now to companies like Eaton, Caterpillar, Apex, BD and dozens of others, Sumter’s present rests on a solid foundation it took a century to build.” Boyette Strategic Advisors also noted the higher education opportunities in the area such as University of South Carolina Sumter. “USC Sumter, Morris College, Central Carolina (Technical College) and

politician, who said there should have been funding taken from those dumping at the site to help mitigate the financial stress that now impacts state taxpayers. “That points out clearly what we have always said: This is not just a Sumter issue, this is not a Lowcountry issue. This is a state issue,” Leventis said. “The company (Laidlaw/Safety Kleen) made tens of millions of dollars here in Sumter County, and now they’re gone, and who’s left putting back in the tens of millions of dollars? You and me.” The duo of Hagood and Kerr will be the managers starting Nov. 1 until a permanent solution is found. The meeting was a first step for DHEC, which wanted to get background on each group and proposed staff who would work for the site. Formal proposals will be solicited at a later time. Public comments about the process of searching for a permanent trustee will be received by DHEC through Oct. 24. Comments can be submitted to David Scaturo, the division of waste management director for DHEC, by phone at (803) 898-0290, or email scaturdm@dhec. sc.gov.

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the several institutions of higher learning affiliated with Shaw Air Force Base are huge assets for our community,” Schwedler said. “As we continue to transition to an economy based on knowledge and higher-level skills, the role of all our educational institutions, including Sumter School District and our private schools, will only become more important. It’s critical all our educators have the resources and community support they need to meet the demands of today and tomorrow. It’s also imperative that the educators, parents and kids know that manufacturing is again a career path worthy of consideration.” And while the article mentions incentives and Schwedler said those are important, they’re only part of the equation to economic success. “The role of incentives is usually overstated in the press,” he said. “Yes, incentives are important to the

EFFORTS FROM PAGE A1 members, ranged from schools to jails and jobs to religious organizations and gangs. But the common thread among many residents’ list of major issues was the issue of family. “All of this starts with the family. All of this involves the family. So we are working together to make a difference here in Sumter,” Hastie said. The discussions included residents reporting hot spots for drug and gang activity and community officials noting resources available to help stem some of the issues at hand. Valencia Gray-Williams told those on hand about the South Sumter Resource Center at 337 Manning Ave., a hub that offers several curriculums — including mentoring and placement programs — to youth between the ages of 16 and 24. Group officials announced One Sumter will host a townhall crime discussion at 6 p.m. Nov. 6 at Church of the Holy Comforter at the intersection of North Main and Calhoun streets. The meeting is slated to include a panel of the city and county’s top law-enforcement leaders addressing residents’ concerns.

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deal, but every economic development deal has a dozen legs to stand on. Incentives are just one of those legs. It’s pretty common for economic developers who didn’t win the project to claim the winning community just threw money at the deal, but it’s rarely true. “We are not in the business of giving away the farm. We are in the business of adding value to our community and expanding the tax base. You can’t do that by making bad deals.” The accolades are nice, he also said, but Sumter is far from done with its economic journey. “We have an incredible team that works together as well as any community in the United States,” Schwedler said. “We benchmark, too, and we still have a long way to go to be what we really have the potential to be. But, through solid leadership, we will continue to improve.”

The message behind many of the discussions was a call to action. The Rev. Marion Newton, pastor at Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church, presided over Sunday night’s gathering. He implored those on hand to not just talk about their intentions, but also to set them in motion. “All we have to do is to use the minds that we have. We have some of the greatest leaders, some of the greatest politicians right here in Sumter,

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FDA approval delays are killing Americans

he Food and Drug Administration can make two types of errors. It can approve a drug that has dangerous unanticipated side effects, or it can reject or delay approval of a drug that is safe and effective. Let’s look at these errors, because to err on the side of under- or over-caution is costly. It’s in an FDA official’s selfinterest to err on the side of over-caution. People who are injured by incorrectly approved drugs — and their families — will know that they are victims of FDA mistakes, or under-caution. Their suffering makes headlines. FDA officials face unfavorable publicity, perhaps congressional hearings and possible termination. The story is very difWalter ferent when Williams the FDA incorrectly delays or denies drug approval — errs on the side of overcaution. Here victims are people who are prevented access to drugs that could have helped them. Their suffering or death is seen as reflecting the state of medicine rather than the status of an FDA drug application. Their doctor simply tells them there’s nothing more that can be done to help them. This kind of FDA victim is invisible. Dr. Henry I. Miller is a medical researcher, a 15-year veteran of the FDA and now a research fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. He has an article in the New York Post titled “Lifesaving drugs and deadly delays” (9/28/2014). He says that the FDA has just granted expanded access to an experimental drug for the Ebola virus. Safety and efficacy testing of the drug TKM-Ebola has barely begun, and there have been no clinical trials. Miller says, “It’s OK as far as it goes, but it’s an exception to the FDA’s reluctance to approve the use of life-saving products.” Miller asks, “Why expend the agency’s time and energy on a drug that will be used rarely, if at all, in the United States?” He asks us to consider the case of Bexsero, a vaccine for meningitis B. Bexsero has been approved by the European Union, Australia and Canada but hasn’t been approved by the FDA, even though outbreaks occur on U.S. college campuses, recently killing a Georgetown University student. FDA policy is responsible for the death of that student, but you won’t hear anything about it. As early as 1974, FDA Com-

‘If U.S. doctors know that a lifesaving drug has been approved in Europe, Japan and Canada, it is their ethical duty to inform their patients.’ missioner Alexander M. Schmidt said: “In all of FDA’s history, I am unable to find a single instance where a congressional committee investigated the failure of FDA to approve a new drug. But the times when hearings have been held to criticize our approval of new drugs have been so frequent that we aren’t able to count them. The message to FDA staff could not be clearer.” In other words, no problem as long as the victims are invisible. Citizens have taken some initiative. Miller points to a mother of a University of California, Santa Barbara student who sent her son to England to be immunized with Bexsero. The mother of a woman who died from meningitis B organized bus trips for dozens of people, mostly college-age kids, to Windsor, Ontario, where she arranged for the group to be seen by a doctor and vaccinated. Miller cites the case of pirfenidone, a drug that treats idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, which kills tens of thousands of Americans each year. Pirfenidone has been marketed in Europe (since 2011), Japan (2008), Canada (2012) and China. The FDA has yet to approve pirfenidone for use in the U.S. Miller guesses that it will approve the drug by the end of this year. The FDA’s four-year approval delay has led to the deaths of 150,000 Americans from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Miller’s New York Post article (http://tinyurl.com/ mq3w6hg) points to the needless death and suffering from other FDA approval delays. I have two recommendations. If U.S. doctors know that a lifesaving drug has been approved in Europe, Japan and Canada, it is their ethical duty to inform their patients. Second, when the FDA calls a news conference to announce approval of a drug, somebody should ask the official how many Americans died from the drug’s not being approved the previous year. Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. © 2014 creators.com

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The question unanswered

ASHINGTON — So unpopular is President Obama these days that the (D) following Democratic candidates’ names might stand for Denial. And, so desperate are political pundits for any fresh news crumb that a molehill quickly becomes a mountain. One ill-chosen word — or, worse, failure to answer a reporter’s question — and the candidate is suddenly redrawn into a caricature he doesn’t recognize. Just ask Mitt “47 percent” Romney or former Virginia Gov. George “macaca” Allen. Now add to the list Kentucky Democrat and U.S. Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes, who, upon dodging a question about whether she voted for President Obama, is sitting atop a mountain of media pain. A bright, attractive candidate any state would be proud to claim, Grimes staked her campaign on how much she isn’t like Barack Obama. Her ads have been so starkly separatist — “I’m not Barack Obama” — that she might Kathleen as well have been wearing Parker a Hazmat suit. Note to politicos: When your ad begins “I’m not ... ,” you’re probably already in trouble. And, when you choose to distance yourself from your own party’s leader, people are going to wonder whether you ever supported him — and when you stopped. Thus, when an editorial board asked Grimes whether she had voted for Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012 (she was a Hillary Clinton delegate in 2008), Grimes tepidly mentioned “the sanctity of the ballot box,” and then tried to direct attention elsewhere. Later, when asked the same question during a recent debate with incumbent Sen. Mitch McConnell, she elaborated on her principled position against such questioning, but her reply was too little too late. The unanswered question had seized the buzz and foretold the deluge. The point she was trying to make is the only one that matters: How people vote is no one else’s business. This is foundational in a free, democratic society. Yet, voters will hear little else in the remaining weeks before Election Day than that Grimes wouldn’t come clean, followed by all the implicit questions and doubts about her honesty, forthrightness, and, the only sin Americans won’t forgive, hypocrisy. Oh, what tangled webs ...

But of course Grimes voted for Barack Obama! (Or did she?) By her refusal to answer, are we to infer that she voted for John McCain or Mitt Romney? Perhaps she didn’t vote at all. Lie avoidance seems a more plausible explanation than fear of revealing the obvious. Besides, who agrees with everything a president does along party lines, anyway? A: Only people who have nothing interesting to say. I admit to some ambivalence on the molehill that didn’t have to become a mountain. On the one hand, the question shouldn’t be asked. Or rather, it needn’t be answered. On the other hand, well, why not just answer the dadgum question? Media reaction to her dodge at first seemed a function of narcissistic injury than virtuous pursuit of public interest. How dare she flout our right to know? In fairness, reporters (including yours truly) will always ask the (any) question on the well-grounded assumption that the victim, I mean respondent, will usually answer. Even so, criticism of Grimes’ petite omission seems unduly harsh. Some analysts have all but called her campaign over. On a personal note, I don’t even know how my husband votes — and he would never ask me for whom I voted. What is marriage without a little mystery? Right or wrong, the unanswered question will linger if only because we are a little bored. The truth is, Grimes’ only substantive error was not being prepared for a question that, given her campaign ads, was all but inevitable. Her attempt to focus attention on ballot sanctity suffered from a first mention that was weak and a second that seemed too studied for an exam that had already passed. Too bad Grimes didn’t seize the opportunity and make memorable the moment when she chastised the media for forgetting the bloodshed by our forebears and, not long ago, our fellow African-American citizens, who suffered and died for the right to cast a ballot without fear of retribution. Well, you don’t get a chance to take a principled stand every day. This bitter episode — or teachable moment, if you prefer — may yet prove less than fatal, but we are reminded nonetheless that the unanswered question often reveals more than the answered one. Kathleen Parker’s email address is kathleenparker@washpost.com. © 2014, Washington Post Writers Group

LETTER TO THE EDITOR MARLOWE WANTS THE BEST FOR OUR CHILDREN With all of the problems that Sumter School District has had in the last few years, this election is a great opportunity to look to others to lead the school board going forward. That is why I am planning on voting for Philip Marlowe in Area 1 in the Nov. 4 election. Mr. Marlowe is a local business owner that takes great pride in his business and

Sumter. And, more importantly, he wants the best for your children. He realizes that the formative years of your child’s education will not only make them more successful in the future, but constructive citizens of our community as well. Mr. Marlowe is a good and decent man, and I am voting for him. JOHN SELLAR Sumter

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WEDNESDAY MEETINGS: Sickle Cell Support Group — last Wednesday each month, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., South Sumter Resource Center, 337 Manning Ave. Call Bertha Willis at (803) 774-6181.

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. Asthma Support Group — Every 1st Thursday, 6 p.m., Clarendon County School District 3 Parenting Center, 2358 Walker Gamble Road, New Zion. Call Mary Howard at (843) 659-2102. Alzheimer’s Support Group through S.C. Alzheimer’s Association — Every 1st Thursday, 6-8 p.m., McElveen Manor, 2065 McCrays Mill Road. Call Cheryl Fluharty at (803) 905-7720 or the Alzheimer’s Association at (800) 636-3346. Journey of Hope (for families members of the mentally ill), Journey to Recovery (for the mentally ill) and Survivors of Suicide Support Group — Each group meets every 1st Thursday, 7 p.m., St. John United Methodist Church, 136 Poinsett Drive. Call Fred Harmon at (803) 905-5620.

MONDAY MEETINGS: Sumter Vitiligo Support Group — second Monday of each month, 5:45-6:45 p.m., North HOPE Center, 904 N. Main St. Call Tiffany at (803) 316-6763. Find us on Facebook at Sumter Vitiligo Support.

TUESDAY MEETINGS: Sumter Connective Tissue Support Group — 1st Tuesday of Jan., March, May, July, Sept. and Nov., 7 p.m., 180 Tiller Circle. Call (803) 773-0869. Mothers of Angels (for mothers who have lost a child) — Every Tuesday, 6 p.m., Wise Drive Baptist Church. Call Betty at (803) 469-2616 or Carol at

FRIDAY MEETINGS: Celebrate Recovery — Every Friday, 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.

SATURDAY MEETINGS: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy/ Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Support Group — 1:30 p.m. every third Saturday, 3785 Blackberry Lane, Lot 7. Call Donna Parker at (803) 481-7521.

DAILY PLANNER

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WEATHER

AccuWeather® ﬁve-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

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Nice with a full day of sunshine

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TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Gaﬀney 72/50 Spartanburg 71/51

Greenville 69/51

Columbia 75/54

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

Sumter 75/54

IN THE MOUNTAINS Aiken 74/51

ON THE COAST

Charleston 77/57

Today: Heavy rain and a storm, but rain in central parts. High 74 to 79. Thursday: Sunny; however, some clouds in northern parts. High 71 to 75.

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SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

Today Hi/Lo/W 69/53/pc 56/49/sh 81/55/s 64/50/sh 81/53/s 74/59/sh 76/55/s 76/65/sh 84/62/t 77/64/r 92/66/pc 72/58/c 75/62/r

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Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

86° 71° 75° 51° 87° in 1954 29° in 1988

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Myrtle Beach 75/58

Manning 76/53

Today: Less humid with clearing. Winds southwest 7-14 mph. Thursday: A shower in places in the afternoon. Winds west 6-12 mph.

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

Today Hi/Lo/W 64/47/sh 68/51/pc 76/51/pc 79/56/c 78/63/r 77/57/r 73/51/pc 70/54/pc 75/54/pc 75/53/r 79/58/r 73/55/r 75/55/r

Thu. Hi/Lo/W 62/43/pc 70/48/s 73/47/s 74/54/s 72/60/pc 74/54/s 70/47/pc 70/49/pc 72/50/s 71/49/s 75/53/pc 72/51/s 72/51/s

Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 75/55/r Gainesville 78/54/pc Gastonia 71/51/pc Goldsboro 72/55/r Goose Creek 77/56/r Greensboro 72/51/r Greenville 69/51/pc Hickory 69/49/pc Hilton Head 76/57/c Jacksonville, FL 78/54/c La Grange 71/51/s Macon 73/49/s Marietta 66/51/pc

Thu. Hi/Lo/W 72/51/s 76/53/s 70/47/pc 73/52/s 74/53/s 70/48/pc 70/46/pc 65/46/pc 72/55/s 75/53/s 71/48/s 74/46/s 67/48/s

Today City Hi/Lo/W Marion 70/49/sh Mt. Pleasant 77/58/r Myrtle Beach 75/58/r Orangeburg 75/54/pc Port Royal 78/57/c Raleigh 73/53/r Rock Hill 71/50/pc Rockingham 75/51/r Savannah 78/56/pc Spartanburg 71/51/pc Summerville 77/56/c Wilmington 76/57/r Winston-Salem 72/51/r

Thu. Hi/Lo/W 66/44/pc 74/56/s 72/55/s 72/50/s 73/55/s 71/50/pc 70/47/pc 71/47/s 75/53/s 70/47/pc 72/55/s 74/53/s 70/48/pc

Weather(W): s–sunny, pc–partly cloudy, c–cloudy, sh–showers, t–thunderstorms, r–rain, sf–snow ﬂurries, sn–snow, i–ice

PUBLIC AGENDA CLARENDON COUNTY FIRST STEPS PARTNERSHIP BOARD Thursday, 4 p.m., Clarendon County First Steps, 16 S. Brooks St., Manning

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Expect an old EUGENIA LAST friend to reconnect with you. Problems will develop at home, leaving you in a situation that may require you to move. Focus on getting along with partners, not letting emotions bubble up until you are faced with a dilemma.

The last word in astrology

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Stick close to home. Uncertainty when dealing with authority figures, institutions or government agencies can be expected. Keep things in perspective. Overreacting will set you back instead of getting you ahead. Take care of pressing matters swiftly. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Put your thoughts into motion. Don’t let emotional interference cloud your vision or stop you from following through. You may not feel compelled to be completely honest with someone putting up a fuss. Mix business with pleasure. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Mood swings are in the forecast, but if you channel your energy wisely and set your sights on accomplishment, you will avoid taking a destructive course in an irreversible and potentially moneydraining direction. Don’t make personal changes. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Temptation can be a good thing if you see it as an opportunity tied in with a little intrigue and a positive challenge. Anything worthwhile takes hard work, dedication and some sacrifice. Move forward quickly. Romance is highlighted. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Generosity may be a fine quality to have, but it can also lead you to the poorhouse. Protect what you have and refuse to let anyone give away something that belongs to you.

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0% APR & 48 months Disagreements are likely if someone isn’t being honest. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Keep emotions in check. Focus on spending quality time with someone who appreciates you. A change of heart must not be taken as a negative, but rather as a chance to be free-spirited and try new things. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Put yourself first and don’t feel guilty. A vacation or time to follow through with a project you’ve wanted to tackle will ease your stress and bring you a sense of satisfaction. Stay away from anyone who is displaying instability. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Money will slip through your fingers. Don’t spend, lend or borrow money or possessions. Concentrate on the positive changes you can make at home that will help you cut corners. Don’t pay for others. Make an impression by doing, not donating. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Impulse is the enemy. Stick with what and whom you know and trust. You may feel the urge to travel or to share your thoughts, but both will lead to unsatisfactory results. Stick close to home. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Change is recommended, especially if it will help you bring in more cash or secure a position you already have. Wheeling and dealing will lead to a choice. Before you move forward, question your motives and refrain from being impulsive. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Learn from your interactions with children or creative individuals who can offer a different slant to a situation you face. Greater stability can be yours if you make an unexpected move. A partnership is due for an overhaul and a redistribution of power.

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LOTTERY NUMBERS PALMETTO CASH 5 TUESDAY

POWERBALL SATURDAY

9-14-20-21-32 PowerUp: 2

10-19-37-38-39 Powerball: 28 Powerplay: 2

PICK 3 TUESDAY

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7-2-3 and 2-7-5

3-9-7-7 and 0-1-2-5

MEGAMILLIONS numbers were unavailable at press time.

PICTURES FROM THE PUBLIC Mark Ousley took this photo while waiting for the start of the Sumter High School Gamecocks versus the Stratford Knights varsity football game in Goose Creek. Ousley comments, “The pot of gold at the end of this rainbow was found on the Sumter Gamecocks end.”

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Throwing error leads to walk-off win for Giants

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2014

Call: (803) 774-1241 | E-mail: sports@theitem.com

PREP FOOTBALL

Still within reach

Bennett, Odom, White, Hoover grab top honors BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com

KEITH GEDAMKE / SPECIAL TO THE SUMTER ITEM

Lakewood’s Latheron Rogers-Anderson (8) and the rest of the Gators look to rebound from a disappointing 24-14 loss to Marlboro County by getting back in the Region VI-3A title picture on Friday against Darlington.

Gators control destiny in Region VI-3A race despite loss to MC BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER michaelc@theitem.com Coming off a 24-14 loss to Marlboro County High School, the Lakewood football team knows it still has a lot of goals in front of it. Tied with three other teams at 1-1 in Region VI-3A play, the 4-3 Gators are looking to bounce back as it travels to one of those 1-1 teams, 5-2 Darlington on Fri-

day. “We definitely want to get in the playoffs, and we’re looking at this game as a chance to win the region championship,” said Gators head coach Perry Parks. “We’ve got three games (left) and if we find a way to win out we can take the region championship, and in doing that the next game we have is Darlington. “(The players) know they can still win the region champion-

ship, they know they can get in the playoffs, they know if they win out they can still host a playoff game – which is something that’s never been done at Lakewood High School — they know if they get in the playoffs they can win a game and that’s history,” Parks said. Running the ball might be the recipe for success against Darlington,

Bennett was having a solid season before Friday’s game, averaging over 100 yards rushing a contest for the 3-4 Monarchs. However, the performance against the Falcons put those numbers in a different stratosphere. He has 933 yards on 121 carries, good for a 7.7 yards-per-carry average. Bennett has had some huge games, but nothing like against Darlington. Bennett said he didn’t realize his numbers because his attention was on getting back in the game. “We came back out in the second half to try and help the team get the win,” said Bennett, whose team trailed 13-0 at halftime. “My main focus was to come back out and try to help the team.” Bennett will carry a 131.9 per-game average into Friday’s home game against undefeated Hartsville. In C.E. Murray’s 19-16 victory over East Clarendon, Odom and White were both instrumental in the win as 2-way starters. Odom just stood out on the

The Manning High School football team may have suffered its second loss in as many Region VI-3A contests last Friday, falling to Darlington 21-20, but it doesn’t detract from running back Ra’Quan Bennett’s performance. The senior rushed for 315 yards and scored all three of the Monarchs’ touchdowns on 27 carries. That performance earned Bennett The Sumter Item Offensive Player of the Week award. C.E. Murray’s Isiah Odom is the Offensive Lineman of the Week, while his teammate, Shyhiem White, is the Defensive Player of the Week. Wilson Hall’s Cody Hoover won the special teams honors. The quartet will be honored at the weekly breakfast meeting of the Sumter Touchdown Club Presented by FTC on Friday beginning at 7:15 a.m. at the Quality Inn on Broad Street Extension. University of South Carolina Heisman Trophy-winning running back George Rogers will be the guest speaker.

SEE HONORS, PAGE B4

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

BENNETT OFFENSIVE PLAYER

WHITE

ODOM

DEFENSIVE PLAYER

HOOVER

OFFENSIVE LINEMAN

SPECIAL TEAMS

SEE GATORS, PAGE B4

USC FOOTBALL

CLEMSON FOOTBALL

Spurrier: Gamecocks working to finish strong

Boulware makes most of 1st start BY SCOTT KEEPFER Greenville News

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press COLUMBIA — Steve Spurrier’s done with the outbursts after two straight losses, choosing to concentrate on the work South Carolina’s put in to turn around a struggling season. The Gamecocks (3-3) return to the field Saturday from a week off when they face Football Championship Subdivision opponent Furman (2-4). Spurrier said he won’t bring out the loud, fiery words to get South Carolina out of its funk. The 10thyear coach has seen plenty of evidence through the last 10 days that gives him hope for a strong second half. “I think our guys actually work pretty hard in the weight room yesterday and I think they want to finish with a good season,’’ Spurrier said Tuesday. “I really do. We do have a lot of senior players, fourthyear players and so forth, so hopefully senior leadership will kick in and we’ll start playing better.’’ That hasn’t always been the case

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

South Carolina wide receiver Pharoh Cooper (11) and the rest of the 3-3 Gamecocks look to turn things around and finish the season strong, starting with Saturday’s game against Furman. this year with the team picked to win the Southeastern Conference Eastern Division this summer. Spurrier was “embarrassed’’ by the Gamecocks 52-28 loss to Texas A&M that ended the Gamecocks’ longest-in-the-country 18-game home win streak to start the sea-

son. He was mortified again a few weeks later, this time in a win over Vanderbilt when his team gave up two kickoff return touchdowns. But that was back when the Gamecocks

SEE USC, PAGE B3

CLEMSON — The way Ben Boulware sees it, if he’s going to go to the trouble of hitting someone, he might as well leave a lasting impression. “I want BOULWARE them to remember my hit and remember my number,” Boulware said. “You don’t want to hurt anyone, but you want them to feel it. You want them to know you’re there.” Boulware was here, there and everywhere in Saturday’s victory against Louisville. The sophomore linebacker capitalized on the first start of his career, collecting a careerhigh 12 tackles, in-

cluding three for loss and a sack. His 12 tackles matched his total during the first five games of the season. “His performance the other night was tremendous,” Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney said Tuesday. “He’s one of those guys who’s always around the ball.” Boulware was afforded his first start thanks to an injury to starting weakside linebacker Tony Steward. Steward, a senior, was in the midst of his best season before injuring a hamstring against N.C. State; now he’s questionable for Saturday’s game at Boston College and may be hard-pressed to supplant Boulware in the starting role.

SEE BOULWARE, PAGE B3

SPORTS

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2014

AREA ROUNDUP

Bates blanks Ebenezer 14-0 Bates Middle School defeated Ebenezer 14-0 on Tuesday at the Bantams field. Dimone McKnight and Karem Burson-Wells each scored touchdowns for the Bantams. McKnight had 20 yards rushing and three tackles along with an interception on defense. Donte Coleman led the team with 40 yards rushing. Defensively for Bates, Ontra Harvin had three tackles, a fumble recovery and an interception. Lester Cohen contributed two tackles and an interception. Lester Cohen added two tackles and an interception.

BOYS VARSITY CROSS COUNTRY SHS PLACES SIXTH

FLORENCE— Sumter High’s boys varsity cross country team finished sixth on Tuesday at the South Florence meet. SHS’ Brandon Poston took first overall with a personal best time of 17 minutes and 30 seconds. Tobias Favor and Zach Delaney finished at 19:56 and 20:46, respectively.

GIRLS VARSITY GOLF SHS FINISHES 5TH AT REGION MEET

FLORENCE —The Sumter High girls golf team finished fifth in the Region VI-4A meet on Tuesday at the Palms Course. West Florence earned the region title shooting a 331. Carolina Forest (352) took second followed by Socastee (371), Conway (444) and Sumter (452). The Gamecocks had one player qualify as Kathleen Kirlis shot a 108 to lead the team. The lower state tournament will be held at Beech Creek Golf Club in Sumter on Monday.

VARSITY VOLLEYBALL SUMTER 3 CONWAY 1 CONWAY— Sumter defeated Conway 3-1 on Tuesday at the Tigers gymnasium by scores of 23-25, 25-11, 25-19 and 25-15. Zuri Smith led the team with 14 kills and four aces. Courtney Price had nine kills and two aces and Brook Gentele contributed seven kills and two aces. Aubrey Rickard led the team with

20 assists. MARLBORO COUNTY 3 LAKEWOOD 0

BENNETTSVILLE — Lakewood fell 3-1 to Marlboro County on Tuesday at the Bulldogs gymnasium by scores of 4-25, 13-25 and 4-25. Shanekia Jackson had three kills and nine digs to lead the Lady Gators. Keymani Bradley and Payton Mickens each had four digs. WILSON HALL 3 BEN LIPPEN 0

Wilson Hall’s varsity volleyball team improved to 16-6 on the year with a 3-0 win over Ben Lippen at the Falcons gymnasium on Monday. Delaney Johnson led the offense with 11 kills and a block. Simmons deHoll had five kills, 14 points and six aces. Caroline Clark added 11 points and three kills. Courtney Clark had 11 points, three kills and 18 assists.

JUNIOR VARSITY VOLLEYBALL SUMTER 2 CONWAY 1 CONWAY — Sumter’s junior varsity volleyball team improved to 10-5 overall with a 2-1 victory over Conway at the Tigers gymnasium on Tuesday. Game scores were 25-18, 17-25 and 16-14 for SHS. The JV Gamecocks, who are 7-2 in region play, will host South Florence on Thursday at 6 p.m. for their final match of the season. MARLBORO COUNTY 2 LAKEWOOD 0

BENNETTESVILLE — Lakewood was swept 2-0 by Marlboro County on Tuesday at the Bulldogs gymnasium by scores of 19-25 and 25-26. Whitney Tisdale and Kaleigh Geddings each had four digs in the loss. WILSON HALL 2 BEN LIPPEN 0

Wilson Hall’s junior varsity volleyball team improved to 12-8 on the year with a 2-0 victory over Ben Lippen at the Falcons gymnasium on Monday. Abbie Glaser finished with five points, three aces and a kill. Madison Sliwonik added five points, three aces and three kills for the Lady Barons.

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7:30 a.m. – NBA Exhibition Basketball: Sacramento vs. Brooklyn from Beijing (NBA TV). 9 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour World Match Play Championship Day One Group Matches from Kent, England (GOLF). 4 p.m. – Major League Baseball: American League Championship Series Game Four – Baltimore at Kansas City (TBS). 4 p.m. – PGA Golf: PGA Grand Slam of Golf Final Day from Southampton, Bermuda (TNT). 5:45 p.m. – Middle School Football: Lugoff-Elgin at Camden (WPUB-FM 102.7). 6 p.m. – Women’s College Volleyball: Florida at South Carolina (ESPNU). 6:-05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 7 p.m. – Women’s College Volleyball: Arkansas at Texas A&M (SEC NETWORK). 8 p.m. – Major League Baseball: National League Championship Series Game Four – St. Louis at San Francisco (FOX SPORTS 1). 8 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Boston at Detroit (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 11 p.m. – LPGA Golf: KEB HanaBank Championship First Round from Incheon, South Korea (GOLF). 3 a.m. – Women’s International Soccer: CONCACAF Championship World Cup Group Stage Qualifying Match from Kansas City, Kan. -United States vs. Trinidad & Tobago (FOX SPORTS 1).

NASCAR By The Associated Press SPRINT CUP LEADERS

Through Oct. 12 Points 1, Joey Logano, 3,088. 2, Kyle Busch, 3,082. 3, Kevin Harvick, 3,081. 4, Ryan Newman, 3,077. 5, Carl Edwards, 3,076. 6, Jeff Gordon, 3,074. 7, Denny Hamlin, 3,073. 8, Kasey Kahne, 3,057. 9, Matt Kenseth, 3,056. 10, Brad Keselowski, 3,038. 11, Jimmie Johnson, 3,031. 12, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 3,031. 13, AJ Allmendinger, 2,142. 14, Greg Biffle, 2,127. 15, Kurt Busch, 2,109. 16, Aric Almirola, 2,096. 17, Kyle Larson, 940. 18, Jamie McMurray, 867. 19, Austin Dillon, 847. 20, Clint Bowyer, 844. Money 1, Brad Keselowski, $6,674,397. 2, Jeff Gordon, $6,425,285. 3, Joey Logano, $6,113,765. 4, Jimmie Johnson, $5,958,305. 5, Kevin Harvick, $5,831,297. 6, Matt Kenseth, $5,659,334. 7, Jamie McMurray, $5,628,708. 8, Kyle Busch, $5,557,372. 9, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $5,468,974. 10, Denny Hamlin, $4,993,163. 11, Greg Biffle, $4,807,749. 12, Austin Dillon, $4,756,066. 13, Kyle Larson, $4,749,175. 14, Clint Bowyer, $4,583,342. 15, Brian Vickers, $4,512,384. 16, Aric Almirola, $4,505,161. 17, Paul Menard, $4,448,484. 18, Carl Edwards, $4,435,987. 19, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., $4,356,145. 20, Marcos Ambrose, $4,153,550.

NBA PRESEASON By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION Brooklyn Toronto Boston New York Philadelphia SOUTHEAST DIVISION Washington Charlotte Orlando Atlanta Miami CENTRAL DIVISION Cleveland Detroit Chicago Indiana Milwaukee

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SPORTS ITEMS

Keselowski, Stewart fined after Charlotte CHARLOTTE — NASCAR fined Brad Keselowski $50,000 and Tony Stewart $25,000 on Tuesday for their roles in the fracas at Charlotte Motor Speedway over the weekend. Both drivers also were placed on probation, with NASCAR saying the penalties “are about maintaining a safe environment following the race.’’ KESELOWSKI Matt Kenseth and Denny Hamlin were not penalized for their roles in the skirmishes after Saturday night’s race. “We knew that the new Chase format was STEWART likely going to raise the intensity level, and we want our drivers to continue to be themselves,’’ said Robin Pemberton, NASCAR senior vice president of competition and racing development. “However, the safety of our drivers, crew members, officials, and workers is paramount and we will react when that safety could be compromised.’’ The sequence of events began on the cool-down lap when Hamlin admittedly brake-checked Keselowski to show his displeasure with how Keselowski raced him over the final two laps. Keselowski then tried, but failed, to spin Hamlin. He then hit Kenseth’s car as they traveled toward pit road in an act of retaliation, Keselowski said, for Kenseth driving across the front of his car under caution with six laps remaining in the race. Keselowski inadvertently ran into the back of Stewart’s car as the entire field headed toward pit road. Stewart responded by backing his car up into Keselowski’s car. Keselowski then drove around several stopped cars and into the garage, with Hamlin following in his car. The two drivers cut through an empty garage stall before coming to a stop, and Hamlin had to be restrained from confronting Keselowski. As Keselowski walked between two team haulers, Kenseth rushed in from behind and jumped him. Crew members quickly peeled Kenseth

away, and he made it clear he was upset Keselowski hit him while his seatbelts were off and his window net down. Keselowski could be heard on video yelling: “You hit me under yellow!’’

Utah Minnesota Oklahoma City Portland Denver PACIFIC DIVISION Golden State Phoenix L.A. Lakers Sacramento L.A. Clippers

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MONDAY’S GAMES L.A. EXTENDS DEAL TO SNAG NFL TEAM

LOS ANGELES — The City Council on Tuesday gave developer AEG another six months to lure a professional football team to the nation’s second-largest city, which has lacked one for two decades. Without discussion, the council extended AEG’s 2012 agreement to build a downtown stadium and convince an NFL team to move there. The original deal was set to expire on Saturday but the new deadline to obtain a team commitment is April. AEG would then have until October of next year to finalize the deal. AEG has had no luck getting a team to come but its chief legal and development officer, Ted Fikre, told a council committee last week that there has been “renewed dialogue’’ with the league. WINSTON ADVISER WANTS EXPLANATION FOR LATE HEARING

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The adviser for the family of Jameis Winston has asked Florida State why it has chosen now to engage in the Title IX process and accuses the school of trying to protect its own interests and responding to media pressure, according to a letter obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press. Florida State announced last week it will use an independent official in a student code of conduct hearing. A female student said Winston sexually assaulted her in December 2012. Attorney David Cornwell notes in a letter that university and federal policy requires a timely investigation. He asks university officials why Florida State has ignored those guidelines and writes that Winston deserves a prompt explanation. From wire reports

Charlotte 99, Orlando 97 Toronto 81, New York 76 Chicago 110, Denver 90 Houston 95, Phoenix 92 Utah 102, L.A. Clippers 89

TUESDAY’S GAMES

New York vs. Philadelphia at Syracuse, NY, 7 p.m. Milwaukee at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Houston at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Memphis at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Sacramento vs. Brooklyn at Beijing, China, 7:30 a.m. Detroit at Charlotte, 11 a.m. Indiana vs. Cleveland at Cincinnati, OH, 7 p.m. Toronto vs. Boston at Portland, ME, 7:30 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Boston at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Chicago, 8 p.m. Oklahoma City at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Denver vs. Golden State at Des Moines, IA, 8 p.m. San Antonio at Phoenix, 10 p.m. Utah vs. L.A. Lakers at Anaheim, CA, 10 p.m.

NFL STANDINGS By The Associated Press AMERICAN CONFERENCE

Indianapolis Houston Tennessee Jacksonville NORTH Cincinnati Baltimore Cleveland Pittsburgh WEST San Diego Denver Kansas City Oakland

W 4 3 2 1

L 2 3 3 5

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .667 .500 .400 .167

PF 160 118 120 96

PA 129 126 124 158

W 4 3 2 0

L 2 3 4 6

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .667 .500 .333 .000

PF 189 132 104 81

PA 136 120 153 185

W 3 4 3 3

L 1 2 2 3

T 1 0 0 0

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PF 134 164 134 124

PA 113 97 115 139

W 5 4 2 0

L 1 1 3 5

T 0 0 0 0

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PF 164 147 119 79

PA 91 104 101 134

NATIONAL CONFERENCE EAST Philadelphia Dallas N.Y. Giants Washington SOUTH Carolina New Orleans Atlanta Tampa Bay NORTH Detroit Green Bay

0 0

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143 104

144 143

W 4 4 3 1

L 1 2 2 4

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .800 .667 .600 .200

PF 116 141 133 101

PA 106 123 113 150

THURSDAY’S GAME

Indianapolis 33, Houston 28

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Tennessee 16, Jacksonville 14 Detroit 17, Minnesota 3 Baltimore 48, Tampa Bay 17 Denver 31, N.Y. Jets 17 New England 37, Buffalo 22 Carolina 37, Cincinnati 37, OT Cleveland 31, Pittsburgh 10 Green Bay 27, Miami 24 San Diego 31, Oakland 28 Dallas 30, Seattle 23 Arizona 30, Washington 20 Chicago 27, Atlanta 13 Philadelphia 27, N.Y. Giants 0 Open: Kansas City, New Orleans

MONDAY’S GAME

San Francisco 31, St. Louis 17

THURSDAY, OCT. 16

N.Y. Jets at New England, 8:25 p.m.

SUNDAY, OCT. 19

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

MONDAY, OCT. 20

Houston at Pittsburgh, 8:30 p.m.

NHL STANDINGS By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W Montreal 4 3 Tampa Bay 3 2 Ottawa 3 2 Detroit 2 1 Toronto 3 1 Boston 4 1 Florida 3 0 Buffalo 3 0 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W New Jersey 2 2 Columbus 2 2 Pittsburgh 2 2 N.Y. Islanders 2 2 Washington 2 1 N.Y. Rangers 3 1 Philadelphia 3 0 Carolina 2 0

L 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 3

OT 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0

Pts 6 5 4 2 2 2 1 0

GF 11 12 6 4 11 4 3 4

GA 14 6 5 4 12 9 9 14

L 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2

OT 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0

Pts 4 4 4 4 3 2 1 0

GF 11 8 11 9 5 8 8 6

GA 5 3 6 6 2 13 12 9

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Pts 4 4 4 2 2 2 1

GF 8 7 9 6 7 2 3

GA 0 3 4 4 9 9 7

WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION Minnesota Nashville Chicago St. Louis Winnipeg Colorado Dallas PACIFIC DIVISION

GP 2 2 2 2 3 3 2

W 2 2 2 1 1 1 0

GP W San Jose 2 2 Vancouver 2 2 Anaheim 3 2 Los Angeles 3 1 Arizona 2 1 Calgary 3 1 Edmonton 2 0 NOTE: Two points for overtime loss.

L 0 0 0 1 2 2 1

L OT Pts GF 0 0 4 7 0 0 4 9 1 0 4 12 1 1 3 6 1 0 2 5 2 0 2 8 1 1 1 6 a win, one point

GA 0 6 9 8 8 10 10 for

Colorado 2, Boston 1 Anaheim 5, Buffalo 1 Ottawa 1, Florida 0 Tampa Bay 7, Montreal 1

TUESDAY’S GAMES

N.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. San Jose at Washington, 7 p.m. Dallas at Columbus, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Carolina, 7:30 p.m. Colorado at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. New Jersey at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Calgary at Nashville, 8 p.m. Edmonton at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Boston at Detroit, 8 p.m. Calgary at Chicago, 8 p.m. Edmonton at Arizona, 10:30 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAMES

San Jose at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Dallas at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Washington, 7 p.m. Carolina at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Boston at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Colorado at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. St. Louis at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

TRANSACTIONS By The Associated Press BASEBALL

American League TAMPA BAY RAYS _ Named Matt Silverman president of baseball operations and Brian Auld team president. National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS _ Named Andrew Friedman president of baseball operations. Announced general manger Ned Colletti will stay on as a senior adviser to team president and CEO.

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National Basketball Association TORONTO RAPTORS _ Picked up the fourthyear team options on C Jonas Valanciunas and F Terrence Ross for the 2015-16 season. Women’s National Basketball AssociationNEW YORK LIBERTY _ Announced they will not renew the contract of coach and general manager Bill Laimbeer.

FOOTBALL

EAST New England Buffalo Miami N.Y. Jets SOUTH

3 4

MONDAY’S GAMES

SOUTHWEST DIVISION Houston Dallas Memphis New Orleans San Antonio NORTHWEST DIVISION

3 2

W 5 5 3 1

L 1 1 3 5

T 0 0 0 0

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PF 183 165 133 132

PA 132 126 138 166

W 3 2 2 1

L 2 3 4 5

T 1 0 0 0

Pct .583 .400 .333 .167

PF 141 132 164 120

PA 157 141 170 204

W 4 4

L 2 2

T 0 0

Pct .667 .667

PF 116 161

PA 82 130

National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS _ Signed LB Kaelin Burnett and CB Ross Weaver to the practice squad. Released LB Jonathan Brown from the practice squad. CINCINNATI BENGALS _ Placed WR Marvin Jones on the injured reserve list. Signed WR Greg Little. Waived LB Khairi Fortt. Released WR Colin Lockett from the practice squad. Signed WR Cobi Hamilton to the practice squad. CLEVELAND BROWNS _ Signed DL Sione Fua. Placed DL Armonty Bryant on injured reserve. Released WR Lee Doss from the practice squad. MIAMI DOLPHINS _ Reinstated DL Derrick Shelby from the suspended list. Placed RB Knowshon Moreno on injured reserve.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League BOSTON BRUINS _ Signed F Simon Gagne to a one-year contract. Waived F Bobby Robins for purpose of assignment. Sent F Jordan Caron to Providence (AHL). DALLAS STARS _ Recalled LW Curtis McKenzie from Texas (AHL). MINNESOTA WILD _ Named Richard Park player development coach. Reassigned D Stu Bickel to Iowa (AHL). American Hockey League MILWAUKEE ADMIRALS _ Assigned F Josh Shalla, D Jaynen Rissling and D Mikko Vainonen to Cincinnati (ECHL). ECHL GWINNETT GLADIATORS _ Announced F Dan O’Donoghue was assigned to the team from Portland (AHL).

MOTORSPORTS

NASCAR _ Fined Brad Keselowski $50,000 and Tony Stewart $25,000 for their post-race conduct on Oct. 11 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

COLLEGE

SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE _ Announced the retirement of commissioner Mike Slive, effective July 31, 2015. NEW JERSEY CITY _ Named Rell Smith women’s bowling coach.

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(2) Florida State vs. (5) Notre Dame, 8 p.m. (3) Mississippi vs. Tennessee, 7 p.m. (4) Baylor at West Virginia, Noon (7) Alabama vs. (21) Texas A&M, 3:30 p.m. (8) Michigan State at Indiana, 3:30 p.m. (9) Oregon vs. Washington, 8 p.m. (10) Georgia at Arkansas, 4 p.m. (11) Oklahoma vs. (14) Kansas State, Noon (12) TCU vs. (15) Oklahoma State, 4 p.m. (13) Ohio State vs. Rutgers, 3:30 p.m. (17) Arizona State vs. (23) Stanford, 10:30 p.m. (19) Nebraska at Northwestern, 7:30 p.m. (22) Southern Cal vs. Colorado, 6 p.m. (24) Clemson at Boston College, 3:30 p.m. (25) Marshall at FIU, 6 p.m.

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Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive will retire next summer after 13 years leading the league and plans to begin treatment for a recurrence of prostate cancer. The 74-year-old Slive said his retirement will take effect July 31.

Slive to retire as SEC commish in July BY RALPH D. RUSSO The Associated Press Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive will retire next summer after 13 years leading the league to unprecedented success and prosperity. The 74-year-old Slive said his retirement will take effect July 31, and also announced he plans to begin treatment for a recurrence of prostate cancer. Slive has become one of the most powerful figures in college sports. Under his leadership, the SEC became the nation’s most premier football conference, dug out from under a pile of NCAA compliance issues and won seven consecutive BCS titles. Overall, the SEC won 67 national championships in 15 of

its 21 sponsored sports since he took over in 2002. “I have been blessed in more ways than I can count and I will have as much passion for this job on my last day as I did on my first,’’ Slive said Tuesday in a statement released by the conference. “I consider my health situation a temporary detour in a remarkable road that has allowed me to meet amazing people, experience incredible events and celebrate historic victories. I will relish my final year in this position and look forward to being the biggest fan of the SEC for many years to come.’’ The statement said Slive’s recurrence was diagnosed after back surgery in August. He was first treated for prostate

BOULWARE FROM PAGE B1 “I’ve been scrapping for playing time since I got here,” Boulware said. “I’ve been working my butt off since I got here my freshman year, trying to prove to these coaches and prove to this community that I can play. “I know Tony’s a senior leader, and he’s a great dude and one of my good friends, but he knows that I’m working my butt off to take his job. I love the dude, but it’s football. We all want to start.” To that end, it helps that Boulware’s knowledge has increased greatly during the past year. Football, it seems, is a bit more pleasurable when you know what you’re doing. “When you’re out there knowing what you’re doing and are confident in your ability, it’s great,” Boulware said. “I’ve been out there on the opposite side of the spectrum where I was like, ‘I don’t know what I’m

cancer in the 1990s. He will continue to carry out his responsibilities from the SEC office and his home office in Birmingham, Alabama. His travel and appearances may be limited, the conference said. After his treatment, the conference said he will be a consultant to the league for four years. Even with the news of Slive’s health issues, his retirement at this point comes as no shock. While he had given no timetable for his exit in recent years, he had hinted that getting the SEC Network off the ground could be his last big project. In 2012, he said he’d stay with the conference at least two more years. He helped the conference land huge television rights deals with CBS and ESPN

doing.’ “I put in a lot of work last year, but I didn’t know how to study game film or game plan in my playbook. So a lot of times I was just playing ball, running around trying to make tackles and I was nervous. ... But Saturday I was really confident and I was able to play fast. It was my opportunity and I didn’t want to miss it.” By any measure, he didn’t. Just one week after suffering a concussion against N.C. State, there Boulware was, going pad to pad and helmet to helmet against Louisville’s punishing running backs, delivering blows that appeared to be both teeth-rattling and well, memorable. “You can see when you watch he plays with a little bit of an edge, like he’s mad at the world,” Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables said. “And whatever deficiencies he may have, whether its stature or what have you, he makes up for it with attitude and his love for the

worth billions and in August the SEC Network was launched with ESPN as a partner. Conference revenues shared among the 14 member schools have grown from about $96 million when he took over to $310 million last year. “Mike possesses all of the qualities of a great leader — visionary, consensus builder, integrity, intuition and commitment, but more than anything he is a great friend to so many of us in this league,’’ Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley said in a statement. “He’s led this conference to historical milestones during his tenure and the impact he’s had on collegiate athletics management and structure will be felt for many years.’’

game and the passion, the intensity, the toughness. “He needs to work on some of his motions he’s displaying out there and dance moves or whatever they are,” Venables said, laughing. “But he likes to play, and as a coach you don’t want to take that away from him. That’s when he’s in his element. I like that about him. It’s infectious when guys have that kind of attitude. And obviously he likes contact.” Boulware always has been that way, from middle school to junior varsity to the varsity at Anderson’s T.L. Hanna High, where he made a habit of terrorizing opposing offensive players. “I remember watching him against Easley, the very first time we watched him on video, and it wasn’t a highlight tape and he made like 20 tackles,” Venables said. “He almost made every play, he’s getting off of blocks, he’s getting to the football – and he’s getting there with bad intentions.”

still have realistic chances at winning the east. Those effectively ended with two straight fourth-quarter collapses, the first when South Carolina gave up 14 points in the final seven minutes to lose to Missouri 21-20 before Kentucky scored 21 points in the last 12 minutes a week later for a 45-38 victory. The Gamecocks held a players-only meeting, something Spurrier thought a good move by senior leaders to make sure the team remained together through a difficult stretch. “It’s hard looking back and reflecting,’’ said senior linebacker Sharrod Golightly. “But I’m a forward thinker and I try and get the team on the same note. I’m going to try and take advantage of my last six games and try to make the best out of it.’’ That starts this weekend against Furman, which shared the Southern Conference championship last season and advanced to the NCAA FCS playoffs. The Paladins have played the Gamecocks just once in the past 34 years, South Carolina winning 38-19 in 2010. Furman also had a week off since its last game, a 37-31 overtime loss to Coastal Carolina. “We gained some confidence there,’’ Furman coach Bruce Fowler said. “We got some guys that are playing that are young guys that are gaining more confidence.’’ Spurrier hopes the same is true for his team. He said he’d like to find an opportunity for one of reserve quarterbacks, either Connor Mitch or Perry Orth, to take a few snaps behind senior starter Dylan Thompson. “We may be the only team in America that hasn’t played a backup quarterback through the first six games,’’ Spurrier said. Spurrier acknowledged the projections for the Gamecocks, who’ve gone 33-6 the past three seasons and finished a program-best No. 4 in last year’s final rankings, were too high this season. “We’re probably not as talented as we thought,’’ Spurrier said a day after the Kentucky loss. More than anything, Spurrier simply wants crisper play from the Gamecocks. Defensive coordinator Lorenzo Ward will move from sidelines to the pressbox to get a better handle on what opposing offenses are doing to beat South Carolina defenders. True freshman Chris Lammons may start at cornerback over Rico McWilliams. Another freshman, D.J. Smith, will miss the first half because of his targeting penalty in the Kentucky loss before returning to his starting safety spot. Receiver Pharoh Cooper said the players are ready to get back to work and back to winning. “We’ve got to bounce back with confidence and show we can win games and we do have a talented team,’’ he said. “Everybody else thinks that.’’

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The PGA of America wants to take a closer look at its Ryder Cup failures. It is creating a task force that includes Tiger Woods, second from right, and Phil Mickelson, second from left,along with three past captains of losing American teams.

Americans look to solve Ryder Cup with task force BY DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press After two decades of European dominance in the Ryder Cup, the Americans have created a task force to figure out why they keep losing. Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson were among 11 players, captains and PGA of America officials who were appointed to the “Ryder Cup Task Force’’ that will look at everything from qualifications to captain’s picks and even practice schedules during the matches. Europe has won the Ryder Cup eight of the last 10 times, including a comfortable victory last month at Gleneagles that was remembered as much for Mickelson indirect-

HONORS FROM PAGE B1 offensive line while White had a huge game on the defensive front. Odom, a 5-foot-11-inch, 215 pound junior guard who starts at linebacker on defense, graded out at 90.5 percent and had three knockdown blocks. The Eagles rushed for 342 yards and had two players rush for over 100 yards. “Isiah is our best offensive lineman overall,” said CEM head coach Brian Smith. “He’s just a very physical player who we run behind as much as we can.” White is a 6-0, 230-pound sophomore defensive tackle who starts at center on of-

ly criticizing U.S. captain Tom Watson’s leadership style in the closing press conference. “This is a great step by the PGA to accomplish what we all want — to win the Ryder Cup,’’ Woods said in a statement issued Tuesday by the PGA of America. Woods has played on only one winning team in his seven Ryder Cup appearances. Mickelson (10 appearances) and Jim Furyk (nine) have played on only two winning teams. The other players are Steve Stricker, an assistant captain at Gleneagles, and Rickie Fowler, who has yet to win a match in his two Ryder Cups. The former captains are Davis Love III (2012), Tom Lehman (2006) and Raymond

fense. He had eight solo tackles, five assists, four tackles for loss and one quarterback hurry against EC. “Shyhiem is a very physical defensive tackle who is both quick and strong,” Smith said. “He has an ability to get off of blocks and get to the ball.” In Wilson Hall’s 28-27 overtime victory over PorterGaud, Hoover, the Barons’ placekicker, had two touchbacks on kickoffs and pinned the Cyclones inside their own 20-yard line on two other kickoffs. He was also true on all four of his extra-point attempts, which was the difference in the game after P-G missed its PAT following its touchdown in overtime. “Cody’s been our kicker for three years, and he’s strong in all phases of the game,” said

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Floyd (1989). None captained a winning team. The previous two Ryder Cups were decided by one point, including Medinah in 2012 when Europe rallied from a 10-6 deficit behind impeccable putting. Justin Rose sank a 45-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole in singles and Ian Poulter made five straight birdies in a momentum-turning fourballs match Saturday afternoon. PGA President Ted Bishop, saying he was tired of losing, picked Watson to be captain for Gleneagles. Watson had not been to a Ryder Cup since he was captain of the last U.S. team that won in Europe in 1993, and at 65 he was the oldest captain in Ryder Cup history.

WH head coach Bruce Lane. “He’s always been good on extra points and field goals, and in the last year and a half

which allowed more than 350 yards on the ground to Manning in a 21-20 victory last week. The Monarchs’ Ra’Quan Bennett had 315 of those year. Parks feels the key to beating the Falcons will be establishing the running game and sticking with it. “We couldn’t establish the run for four quarters,” Parks said of the Marlboro game. “We had a couple of big runs, but there was nothing really established out of that. I think the rest of the season we’ve got to establish the run game, and we’re capable of doing that, but we’ve got to do a better job up front and if we get that going I like our chances every game.” Lakewood hurt itself against the Bulldogs, allowing two turnovers to lead to scores. The defense held MC to less than 200 total yards of total offense. “Our defense is playing well and our offense is playing well, we’re just not finishing in the red zone,” Parks explained. “You look at our schedule and we haven’t been really been shut out, knock on wood, and we haven’t really been stopped on offense other than when we stop ourselves.” Gators senior quarterback Roderick Charles leads the spread offense with 687 yards passing with seven touchdowns to four interceptions. He is also the team’s second-leading rusher with 467 yards and one TD on 55 totes. Sophomore tailback Latheron Rodgers-Anderson leads LHS in rushing with 877 yards rushing and four scores on 107 attempts. Senior running back Trayvon Thomas leads the Darlington offense with 1,030 yards and 13 touchdowns on 139 totes. Senior quarterback Sha-

he’s become really good on kickoffs. “You really help your defense when the other team

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keem Thomas has thrown for 975 yards, including five scores against five interceptions, completing 67 of 146 passes. Tra’Quan Dubose is the leading receiver with 307 yards and a TD on 23 catches. He is followed by Melquan Depugh with 266 yards and two scores on 17 catches.

has to drive 85 yards for a score,” Lane added. “He’s a huge weapon in helping us get field position.”

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Cowboys RB Randle arrested for shoplifting DALLAS (AP) — Cowboys running back Joseph Randle has been arrested on a shoplifting charge, accused of taking $123 worth of cologne and underwear from a suburban Dallas department store and telling a police officer he thought to himself, “all right, y’all got me,’’ after a security guard stopped him. Randle, who is charged with a Class B misdemeanor theft between $50 and $500, was detained Monday evening by store security and later taken to the Frisco city jail before posting bond early Tuesday, police Sgt. Brad Merritt said. The arrest came a day after one of Randle’s best games since joining Dallas as a fifthround draft pick out of Oklahoma State last season. He had a 38-yard run and a key tackle on a kickoff in a 30-23 victory at Super Bowl champion Seattle. According to an arrest report, Randle was caught on video placing items later identified as a “tester’’ bottle of Gucci Guilty Black cologne and a two-pack of Polo under-

wear into a Dillard’s bag after making a purchase at the store at Stonebriar Centre, about 30 miles north of Dallas. The 22-year-old Randle was stopped by a security guard in the parking lot and later told a police officer that when he saw the “old guy,’’ referring to the security guard, he thought to himself, “All right, y’all got me.’’ After getting stopped by security, Randle returned to the store and the items were recovered. The cost of the items was $123.50 before sales tax. Randle is in the second year of a four-year, $2.3 million rookie contract with a base salary of $495,000 this season. He finished with 52 yards rushing on five carries against the Seahawks and has 113 yards on 16 carries for the season as the backup to NFL rushing leader DeMarco Murray. Randle had 164 yards rushing and two touchdowns as a rookie last year. The Cowboys did not respond to a request for comment. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Dallas running back Joseph Randle has been arrested by police after taking underwear and cologne from a mall department store without paying. Frisco Police Sgt. Brad Merritt says Randle is charged with Class B misdemeanor theft. He was detained Monday evening by store security before being arrested and booked into the Frisco city jail. Merritt says Randle posted bond early Tuesday.

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San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) passes as he is pressured by St. Louis defensive end William Hayes (95) during the 49ers’ 31-17 victory on Monday in St. Louis.

49ers throttle Rams 31-17 BY R.B. FALLSTROM The Associated Press ST. LOUIS — The San Francisco 49ers defense got beat early by unfamiliar plays and Austin Davis calling the signals. “No disrespect, but I didn’t know who their quarterback was,’’ linebacker Ahmad Brooks said. “We got some good pressure on him. That helped us.’’ Davis was sacked five times, twice each by Brooks and Dan Skuta. They carried the day, keeping the St. Louis Rams offense stalled, and giving Colin Kaepernick a chance to warm up in a 31-17 victory on Monday night. Kaepernick threw for 343 yards and three touchdowns for the 49ers, who erased an early 14-point deficit. The defense stepped up again when

Dontae Johnson returned an interception return for a TD in the final minute to seal it. “Talk about an opportunity, I had the chance to make a play,’’ Johnson said. Brandon Lloyd, Anquan Boldin and Michael Crabtree each caught a scoring pass for the 49ers (4-2), who have won three in a row. The 49ers permitted one first down on St. Louis’ first six possessions of the second half. “We’ve had the ball in every game with a chance to either win or tie,’’ Davis said. “That’s where hopefully my experience will help, the more opportunities I get. “You’ve got to be able to go win games at the end.’’ Kaepernick had plenty of time to throw and wasn’t sacked. “We just want to win,’’ Kaepernick said. “Whatever

it takes, if we’re up with the lead or if we have to come from behind.’’ Kaepernick found Boldin zipping across the end zone for an 11-yard touchdown pass, capping a go-ahead 80-yard drive to start the second half. As the Niners were taking the 17-14 lead, several fans in the upper deck unfurled a large banner above the videoboard on the opposite end of the stadium as part of ongoing protests about the Michael Brown shooting in suburban Ferguson in August. San Francisco then added to its advantage when Kaepernick connected with Crabtree for a 32-yard score with 13 seconds left in the third. The Rams had one last chance to tie the game, but Johnson returned an interception 20 yards for the clinching score with 53 seconds to go.

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Playoff games push past 3½-hour mark BY MIKE FITZPATRICK The Associated Press Nail-biting tension. Extrainning excitement. Gamechanging home runs. Baseball’s postseason has offered up all the drama any fan could ask for this year — if you can stay awake long enough to see it unfold. With playoff games now commonly pushing past 3 1/2 hours, sticking around from start to finish is becoming a time-consuming task like never before. And even the players are noticing. “They’re really slow. It’s tough to watch,’’ Baltimore Orioles reliever Darren O’Day said after the first two games of the AL Championship Series each lasted more than 4 hours, 15 minutes. “I understand it’s postseason, but these are just taking too long.’’ The average time of the 20 postseason games played so far was 3 hours, 49 minutes. Six went to extra innings, including an 18-inning marathon between San Francisco and Washington that lasted a record 6 hours, 23 minutes. So those skew the numbers a bit. But even the nine-inning games have averaged 3 hours, 31 minutes, according to STATS. That’s quite a jump from 3:02 during the regular season, which set a record for the longest mark in major league history. That means games that start a little after 8 p.m. are often closing in on midnight (or later) when they finally end. “It’s past my bedtime, too,’’ said 91-year-old St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Famer Red Schoendienst. The reasons? First, advertising. Postseason commercial breaks are usually 2 minutes, 55 seconds — 30 seconds longer than a national telecast during the regular season, and 50 seconds longer than a typical local broadcast. So that adds about 8-14 minutes to each game right from the get-go in October. Then there are the stakes. With every pitch so important, players and coaches constantly huddle on the mound to talk strategy. Nobody wants to give away a sign or make that one careless mistake that could cost his team a chance to win the World Series. Managers often make changes earlier in the game, matching up lefty-righty for any given situation. And this year in particular, the speedy Royals are a culprit — through no fault of their own. Four of their six playoff

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LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

(Best-of-7) American League All AL games televised by TBS Kansas City 2, Baltimore 0 Friday, Oct. 10: Kansas City 8, Baltimore 6, 10 innings Saturday, Oct. 11: Kansas City 6, Baltimore 4 Monday, Oct. 13: Baltimore at Kansas City, ppd., rain Tuesday, Oct. 14: Baltimore (Chen 16-6) at Kansas City (Guthrie 1311), 8:07 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15: Baltimore (Gonzalez 10-9) at Kansas City (Vargas 11-10), 4:07 p.m. x-Thursday, Oct. 16: Baltimore at Kansas City, 4:07 p.m. x-Friday, Oct. 17: Kansas City at Baltimore, 8:07 p.m. x-Saturday, Oct. 18: Kansas City at Baltimore, 8:07 p.m. National League San Francisco 2, St. Louis 1 Saturday, Oct. 11: San Francisco 3, St. Louis 0 Sunday, Oct. 12: St. Louis 5, San Francisco 4 Tuesday, Oct. 14: San Francisco 5, St. Louis 4, 10 innings Wednesday, Oct. 15: St. Louis (Miller 10-9) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 8-13), 8:07 p.m. (FS1) Thursday, Oct. 16: St. Louis at San Francisco, 8:07 p.m. (FS1) x-Saturday, Oct. 18: San Francisco at St. Louis, 4:07 p.m. (Fox) x-Sunday, Oct. 19: San Francisco at St. Louis, 7:37 p.m. (FS1)

WORLD SERIES

(Best-of-7) All games televised by Fox Tuesday, Oct. 21: at American League Wednesday, Oct. 22: at AL Friday, Oct. 24: at National League Saturday, Oct. 25: at NL x-Sunday, Oct. 26: at NL x-Tuesday, Oct. 28: at AL x-Wednesday, Oct. 29: at AL

games have gone extra innings, and every time one of their jackrabbit basestealers gets on, play seems to grind to a halt as the opposing pitcher tries step-offs and pickoff throws to keep the runner close. “Whew,’’ Kansas City manager Ned Yost said. “So much excitement. So much that goes on in those games. And they’re just naturally going to be longer. “You look up at the clock and see it’s 7:30, quarter to 8, and you’re in the sixth inning. Wait a minute, did we start this game at 4? But you just play them. It’s the excitement of the postseason.’’ Throw in expanded instant replay this year, and it’s a recipe for some long nights — both at the ballpark and on the couch. “We have let the boys stay up as long as they could to watch the games,’’ said Laurent Roy, the father of two young Royals fans, 13-yearold Peyton and 9-year-old Hunter, in Overland Park, Kansas. “There have been some afternoon naps after school. This is a pretty special time in KC and we want the boys to have great memories of this run.’’ Part of baseball’s beauty, of course, is that the game is played without a clock. All the anxious waiting only heightens the drama sometimes.

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San Francisco Giants’ Brandon Crawford (35), catcher Buster Posey, right, and Pablo Sandoval celebrate at home after Gregor Blanco bunted, and a wild throw by St. Louis pitcher Randy Choate allowed Crawford to score in the 10th inning of Tuesday’s Game 3 of the NLCS in San Francisco. The Giants won 5-4.

Giants beat Cards on wild throw BY JANIE MCCAULEY The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Once the Giants finally got a bunt down, the rest was easy. A wild throw by reliever Randy Choate on a bunt allowed Brandon Crawford to score the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning, lifting the San Francisco Giants over the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 on Tuesday for a 2-1 lead in the NL Championship Series. Crawford drew an eightpitch walk from Choate to begin the inning, ending a stretch of 16 straight Giants retired since Tim Hudson’s two-out single in the fourth.

After failing on two sacrifice attempts, Juan Perez singled to bring up Gregor Blanco. Blanco fouled off a bunt try, too, but then pushed one to the left side of the mound and the left-handed Choate’s sidearmed throw sailed past lunging second baseman Kolten Wong, who was covering first base. “We don’t do anything easy,’’ Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. “We might have got a little lucky there with Perez when he couldn’t get a bunt down and he gets a base hit. But Blanco laid down a beauty. ... I don’t know if that’s luck as much as great bunt, great speed to put pressure on them.’’

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Randal Grichuk tied it with a solo homer in the seventh that chased Hudson. Game 4 in the best-of-seven series is today, with Ryan Vogelsong pitching for the Giants against fellow righty Shelby Miller. This walkoff win came 12 years to the day after Kenny Lofton’s single in the ninth inning ended the 2002 NLCS against the Cardinals and sent the Giants to the World Series. Playing without injured catcher Yadier Molina, the Cardinals had their chances. They squandered Wong’s double in the second before he delivered a wind-aided, two-run triple in the fourth.

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The Fourth Annual Omega Men against Domestic Violence 5K Fun Run/Walk will be held on Saturday at Dillon Park. The event, sponsored by the Gamma Iota Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, has a registration fee of $20 for runners 17 years or older and $15 for those 16 and under. Registration will be taken on the day of the race. Registration will also be taken online at ques-gammaiota.org/. TURKEY TROT

The 32nd Annual Turkey Trot 5K and Gobbler Dash will be held on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 27. Early registration for the event will run through Nov. 24. The entry fee is $20 per individual, while the cost for a family is $20 for the first member and $10 for each additional family member from the same househould age 10 or older. The fees increase by $5 for those who register Nov. 25-27. People can register online at www.ymcasumter.org. For more information, call the Sumter Family YMCA at (803) 774-1404.

TRIATHLON TRISUMTER TRIATHLON

The TriSumter Triathlon will be held on Saturday beginning at 8:30 a.m. at the City of Sumter Aquatics Center.

The event starts with a 300yard pool swim in the outdoor heated pool at the aquatics center with a stagger start with one person starting every five seconds. There will be a 16-mile bike course and a 5K running course that will travel throughout Sumter. All of the events will start and end at the City of Sumter Aquatics Center. Ten age groups will be available from 12 to 60 and above. Registration before race day is $60 for individuals and $90 per team. The fee on race day is $90 for individuals and $120 for a team. Registration on the day of the race begins at 7 a.m. To register, go to the City of Sumter website at www. sumtersc.gov.

BASKETBALL CHURCH LEAGUE BASKETBALL

Registration is being taken for the Sumter Family YMCA Church League Basketball. Registration will run through Oct. 25. The cost is $50 for members and $75 for non-members. It will be an extra $10 for late registration. Practice begins on Nov. 10 with the season starting on Dec. 5.

SOCCER KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS SOCCER CHALLENGE

The Knights of Columbus Soccer Challenge will be held on Saturday beginning at 9 a.m. at Patriot Park SportsPlex Field No. 6. The competition is open to boys and girls ages 9-14. Winners will have a chance to progress from the local com-

petition to district competition to the state level. International champions are announced by the K of C international headquarters in New Haven, Conn., based on scores from the state-level competitions. Participants are required to furnish proof of age and a written parental consent. For entry forms or additional information, contact Jim Smith at (803) 840-1121 or visit the website http://kofcknights.org/ councilsite/?cno=2207.

GOLF PAR 4 PETS TOURNAMENT

The Par 4 Pets 3rd Annual Golf Tournament will be held on Saturday, Oct. 18, at Crystal Lakes Golf Course. The format for the tournament is 4-Man Captain’s Choice. The entry fee is $160 per team or $40 per player. The tournament is limited to the first 20 teams. Prizes will go to the top three teams and prizes will be given to closest to pin on all par 3 holes. Money raised from the tournament goes to K.A.T.’s Special Kneads. For more information on the organization, check it out on Facebook or go to katsspecialkneads@yahoo.com. For more information on the tournament, call Kathy Stafford at (803) 469-3906, Teresa Durden at (803) 917-4710 or Mike Ardis at (803) 7751902. LAKEWOOD TEE IT UP CLASSIC

Lakewood Baseball’s First Tee It Up Classic will be held on Dec. 6 at The Links at Lakewood. The format for the tournament will be 4-man Captain’s

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2014 Choice and will begin at 8 a.m. with a shotgun start. The cost is $200 per team or $50 per player. Lunch will be provided. The registration and payment deadline is Nov. 21. For more information, call Lakewood baseball head coach Mike Chapman at (843) 685-0568 or (803) 506-2700 (Ext. 1001) or email him at Chapmonis@gmail.com. 4-PERSON SCRAMBLE

The Links at Lakewood Golf Course will host a 4-person scramble every Thursday. The cost is $25 per person and includes golf, prizes and food following the scramble. Call the pro shop at (803) 481-5700 before 4 p.m. on Thursday to sign up.

FOOTBALL SUMTER TOUCHDOWN CLUB

The Sumter Touchdown Club will meet each Friday at the Quality Inn located at 2390 Broad Street Extension from 7:15 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. The 13-week program features a guest speaker, a devotional, a high school coaches corner, the recognition of The Item Players of the Week, a catered breakfast and a pick’em contest. The speakers will include people involved in different aspects of football on the high school, college and professional levels. The club is accepting members at a price of $100 per membership. It is also looking for sponsorships at a cost of $200. Sponsorship and membership forms are on the club’s website, www.sumtertdclub. com.

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NBA to test shorter game BY BRIAN MAHONEY The Associated Press NEW YORK — The NBA is going to evaluate if a shorter game could be a better one. The Brooklyn Nets and Boston Celtics will play a 44-minute preseason game on Sunday as the league tests a format that features fewer minutes and fewer mandatory timeouts. The contest will be four minutes shorter than the NBA’s standard 48-minute game. The league said Tuesday that the preseason game will feature four 11-minute quarters, one minute shorter than normal. No long-term changes are currently being considered, but shorter games could be a way to keep players healthier, since there are no plans to shorten the season. “At our recent coaches’ meeting, we had a discussion about the length of our games, and it was suggested that we consider experimenting with a shorter format,’’ Rod Thorn, the NBA’s president of basketball operations, said in a statement. “After consulting with our Competition Committee, we agreed to allow the Nets and Celtics to play a 44-minute preseason game in order to give us some preliminary data that will help us to further analyze game-time lengths.’’

OBITUARIES SAMMIE RICHBURG SUMMERTON — Sammie Richburg, 93, died on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital, Manning. He was born on Dec. 7, 1920, to the late Harry and Ellen Colbert Richburg. Funeral services are incomplete and will be announced at a later date by King-Fields Mortuary of Summerton, (803) 485-5039.

SUSAN W. WILDER COLUMBIA — The homegoing service for Susan W. Wilder will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday at Berea Seventh Day Adventist Church, 675 Lafayette Drive, Sumter, with burial at Hillside Memorial Park. Bostick-Tompkins Funeral Home, 2930 Colonial Drive, Columbia, is in charge of arrangements. Born in Alcolu, Susan was the second of five children born to the late William and Susanna Wilson. She passed away in her home on Oct. 11, 2014. She was 83. Susan was preceded in death by her husband, Ulysses Wilder; two brothers, William and John Wilson; and a sister, Wilhelmenia Waldon. Educated in the Sumter public schools, Susan went on to obtain a bachelor of arts in education from Allen University in Columbia. For more than 30 years, she worked for Head Start Community Action as a teacher and then head teacher of the program. She became a Seventh-day Adventist more than 35 years ago. She is survived by her daughters, Deidre (Rayner) Edwards, Brenda (Charles) Bruce and Dr. Hope (Melvin) Reed; a sister, Mary Green; her grandchildren, Alexis, Cedric, Aaron, Sarah, Jevon and Jordan; and a host of cousins, niece, nephews and other family and friends who will miss her dearly. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.bosticktompkinsinc.com.

JOSEPH M. REYNOLDS Joseph Milton Reynolds, age 79, beloved husband of 20 years to Sylvia Dorothy Umney Reynolds, died on Monday, Oct. 13, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born in Columbia, Mr. Reynolds was a son of the late

Clyde Eugene and Annie Mae Long Reynolds. Mr. Reynolds retired after serving 21 years with the United States Air Force, during which he served two tours in Vietnam. He later retired from Campbell Soup Co. He was an avid golfer and was active with the Shriners, Elks and VFW Post 3034. He will be remembered as a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend. Surviving in addition to his wife are one son, Joey Reynolds and his wife, Jackie, of Bluffton; one daughter, Connie Vaught and her husband, Doug, of Lamar; five stepsons, Paul Davies of England, Mark Davies of Sumter, Gary Davies and his wife, Debbie, of York, Daniel Davies of Sumter and Andrew Wright and his wife, Melissa, of Sumter; one stepdaughter, Kim Tedder and her husband, George, of Sumter; 19 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. In addition to his parents, Mr. Reynolds was preceded in death by his first wife, Mary Reynolds, and two sisters. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. on Thursday in

the Bullock Funeral Home Chapel with Masonic and Elks rites as well as military honors. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Memorials may be made to the Shriners Hospital for Children, 950 W. Faris Road, Greenville, SC 29605 or to the Elks Lodge 855, Sumter Special People, 1100 W. Liberty St., Sumter, SC 29150. You may sign the family’s guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com. The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter for the arrangements.

HELEN PEARSON BISHOPVILLE — Funeral services for Helen Pearson, who passed away on Oct. 11, 2014, will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday at Mechanicsville United Methodist

Church. Internment will follow in the church cemetery. The Rev. Kenneth Carter will officiate. The family is receiving friends at the home. Services have been entrusted to New Life Funeral Services LLC of Bishopville. Online condolences can be made at www.newlifefuneralservices.com.

ELSIE FOGLE Elsie “Sister” Fogle, widow of Hosie Fogle, died on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, at her residence in Sumter. Born in Timmonsville, she was a daughter of the late Steven and Lizzie White Gary. The family will receive friends at the Fogle home, 528 W. Hampton St. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Palmer Memorial Chapel Inc. of Sumter.

WESTERN EPPS NEW ZION — Western “West” Epps, 85, died on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014, at the home

of his sister, Pearlean Epps Lowery, 1162 527 Subdivision Road, New Zion. He was born on Jan. 2, 1929, in Alcolu, a son of the late Johnny and Hattie Abraham Epps. He received his formal education in Lodabar Parochial School, New Zion. He was a member of Lodabar AME Church. West was a farmer most of his adult life. Survivors are two sisters, Pearlean Epps Lowery of New Zion and Katharine McFadden of Gable; and two brothers, Robert (Eleanor) Epps and James (Katie) Epps, both of New York. The celebratory services for Mr. Epps will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday at Lodabar AME Church, New Zion, with the Rev. Debra Bradley, pastor. Burial will follow in the churchyard cemetery. Mr. Epps will lie in repose one hour prior to service time. The family is receiving friends at the home of his sister. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER EASTER BLAIR, PETITIONER v. RODNEY COOPER AND ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS OF THE ESTATE OF JEANETTE BLAIR COOPER A/K/A ANNETTA BLAIR, RESPONDENTS, TO: THE RESPONDENTS ABOVE-NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY summoned and required to answer the Petition to Determine Heirs in this action which was filed in the Office of the Probate Court for Sumter County, South Carolina, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the subscriber at 201 N. Main Street, Sumter, SC 29150 within THIRTY (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day

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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 2014-CP-43-313 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Elonda Blyther, individually and as Personal Representative for the Estate of Isabella Shannon, Plaintiff, vs. Tyrone Willie Dennis and Javonna E. Daniels, Defendants. TO: THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint on the subscribed, 35 South Sumter Street, Post Office Box 370, Sumter, South Carolina 29151, within thirty (3) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the date of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE OF FILING TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVE NAMED: TAKE NOTICE that the Summons in the above mentioned action, together with the Complaint, was filed with the Sumter County Common Pleas Court on the 18th day of February, 2014. Garryl L. Deas, Esquire The Deas Law Firm, LLC 201 North Main Street Post Office Box 1211 Sumter, South Carolina 29151 (803) 775-7004 Attorney for the Plaintiff

SUMMONS IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 2013-ES-43-28 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SUMTER Sarah Heyward Petitioner, v. Julia Glover, Janie Lou McKnight, Willie Alma Bradley, Larry Bradley, Norman Bradley, Sarah Heyward, Willie Glover, Betty Romeo, Ella Fortune, Linda Stacey, Alfreda Glover, Andre Glover and Marcus Glover, Respondents YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to Answer the Petition in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Petition on the Petitioner or her attorney, Larry C. Weston, Esquire, at this office, 201 North Main Street, Sumter, South Carolina, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to Answer the Petition, within the time aforesaid, the Petition in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Petition.

NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVE NAMED: TAKE NOTICE that the Summons in the above mentioned action, together with the Complaint, was filed with the Sumter County Probate Court on the 9th day of January, 2014. The Guardian ad Litem for any unknown heirs of the Estate of Walter Bradley, Sr. in this matter is Garryl L. Deas, Esquire, Deas Law Firm, 201 N. Main Street, Sumter, South Carolina. Larry C. Weston, Esquire Attorney for the Petitioner 201 North Main Street Post Office Box 1571 Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 778-2421

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Evelyn, played by Cierra Stewart, and Adam, Tristan Pack, discuss their relationship, which is very complicated, as the antagonist and protagonist in Sumter Little Theatre’s producion of Neil LaBute’s “The Shape of Things.” The play directed by Eric Bultman opens Thursday at 8 p.m. with a reception at 7.

SLT examines ‘The Shape of Things’ BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com

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he Shape of Things,” Sumter Little Theatre’s second production of

the 2014-15 season, might be seen as a “My Fair Lady” for our times, but its plot is much more nefarious — and the protagonist is male. The play opens at 8 p.m. on Thursday. The cast is “doing a great job,” Director Eric Bultman said. “I was able to cast actors who are the same ages or just slightly younger (than their characters),” he said. “I have really enjoyed listening to them discuss the characters during rehearsals, trying to figure out the characters’ objectives and motivations. The situations and circumstances are tricky. The characters are complex, and we are having a great time figuring them out. There is a lot of dialogue. The challenge is to find the action.” As in the play, the actors are college students. Tristan Pack as Adam, Marissa Boyd as Jenny, and Andrew Miles as Phillip attend the University of South Carolina Sumter, and Cierra Stewart as Evelyn is a student at USC in Columbia. Bultman notes that “Adam makes a reference to ‘My Fair Lady’ early on in the play,” even before he knows what a metamorphosis is in store for

Adam (Tristan Pack), left, takes in Evelyn’s compliments and positive reinforcement of his health and workout efforts. Cierra Stewart , right, as Evelyn talks to Adam about his personal improvement regimen during a scene from SLT’s “The Shape of Things.” him. “He undergoes a transformation that makes him more attractive, healthier and self-confident,” Bultman said. “Like Eliza (in ‘My Fair Lady’), he is someone’s project. He is raw material from which an artist plans to create a work of art.” English major Adam meets art student Evelyn at a museum and, not particularly successful with women, is flattered when she takes an interest

in him. And what a transforming interest it turns out to be! Evelyn encourages Adam to start exercising, eat well and dress better, with the result that his friend Phillip and especially Phillip’s fiancée Jenny are very impressed with him and Evelyn’s handiwork — so much so that Jenny attempts to seduce Adam. The play should stimulate conversations about the importance of physical appearances in today’s society as

well as ethics, self esteem and trust. “I don’t think (the play) is dark,” Bultman said. “We are shocked by the dark intentions of a particular character. One of the most interesting things about the play for me is that the antagonist is a woman. “We have to believe that what Adam becomes is a stronger person by the end of the play, although that might not seem possible. The play leaves the audience with questions, but the playwright gives us lots of possibilities to consider for the characters.” Michael Duffy and Carmela Bryan have designed the set. Light design is by David Shoemaker, and lighting tech is Sumer Jarvis; Michael Bacon designed the sound and will be sound technician. Sylvia Pickell is costumer and property manager. While the play has mature themes and adult language, Bultman said it’s not restricted to “adult audiences so much as mature audiences. I want young people to see it. “That is one of my hopes for this play, that young people will see it and hopefully become interested in our theatre. ... ‘The Shape of Things’ is a good play, and I hope our audiences will think so too. I just want them to know that there is some strong language in the play and to be prepared for it.” Sumter Little Theatre presents Neil LaBute’s “The Shape of Things” Thursday through Sunday and Oct. 23 through 26. Sunday matinees start at 3 p.m., all other performances are at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for students, seniors and military. Call (803) 775-2150 for reservations.

Actress counts John Ford westerns in filmography BY NICK THOMAS Tinseltown Talks Few actors could name Whitefish, Montana, as their show business origin, much less while attending first grade. Constance Towers remembers the day, around 1940, when visitors arrived at her school in search of radio talent. TOWERS “They wanted someone to play a little boy for Northwest Theatre, so I raised my hand,” recalled Towers from her home in Los Angeles. “I had no idea what I was getting myself into and ended up working on radio for 3 years.” It was the beginning of a long career that extended into stage, film and television, including 13 years on the daytime soap, “General Hospital,” as the vengeful Helena Cassadine. By 12, little Connie was singing and later attended the Juilliard School of Music when her father, a pharmaceutical executive, moved the family to New York. “I developed a love for opera

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Constance Towers, center, co-starred with William Holden and John Wayne in “The Horse Soldiers” in 1959. and Broadway,” said Towers, who eventually appeared in several productions including “The King and I” alongside Yul Brynner in 1977. “We gave over 1,000 performances, including several months before and after the Broadway production,” recalled Towers. “We would get to the theater at 5 p.m. and have a cup of tea in one of our dressing rooms. ‘The King’ (Brynner) had a wonderful sense of humor and became ‘giggly’ if something struck him as funny, even on stage.” Tower’s film career had

begun two decades earlier as lead actress in two John “Pappy” Ford westerns, the first being 1959’s “The Horse Soldiers” shot in Louisiana and Mississippi. Her co-stars were John Wayne and William Holden. “Duke Wayne was delightful – to meet him was to know him,” said Towers. “He would return from a day’s shooting covered in dirt and stand for an hour talking to fans. I remember one kid asking his advice because his father wouldn’t let him use the car on Saturday nights. Duke told him

‘Well, do you ever thank your dad? Do you offer to wash the car? Tell him you love him!’ The kid was in awe.” Holden was another story. “He kept to himself and didn’t feel obliged to talk to fans when they came up for autographs,” recalled Towers. “He felt he was hired to do a job – act in a film – and that’s what he did to the best of his ability.” Despite his reputation for toughness – or perhaps because of it – Ford fostered a strong bond with his actors and crew. This was apparent when tragedy struck the set. “Freddy Kennedy was one of two stuntmen assigned to take care of me,” recalled Towers. “It was the last shot of the picture and he was supposed to jump a fence, get shot and fall off his horse. Duke decided to play a joke on him and told me Freddy would lie still on the ground until someone said ‘cut’ and that I should run up and surprise him with a kiss. When I did, I lifted his head and it was just a bunch of bones cracking in my hands. He had broken his neck and died.” The close-knit cast and crew were devastated, with Towers,

Ford, Wayne and Holden all returned to Kennedy’s home to console his wife. Towers’ second Ford film the following year was “Sergeant Rutledge.” It co-starred Woody Strode, one of the best AfricanAmerican actors of the period, who died in 1994. July 25 was the centenary of his birth. “Pappy could be rough on actors,” said Towers. “He convinced Woody’s wife, Luana, to walk out on Woody the night before he had a big emotional courtroom scene. Woody arrived next day on the set absolutely distraught, but Pappy told him to complete the scene which he did, brilliantly. Woody adored Ford, but came very close to verbally abusing him that day.” Towers, 81, continues to act and will appear in Radick Cembrzynski’s upcoming independent film, “Aghape.” “It’s so seductive,” she said about acting. “I can’t imagine giving it up and feel so lucky people still want me.” Nick Thomas teaches at Auburn University at Montgomery, Ala., and has written features, columns, and interviews for over 400 magazines and newspapers.

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Bulk up your salads with Brussels sprouts BY MELISSA D’ARABIAN The Associated Press Eating a salad a day is one of my strategies for making sure I get at least one serious daily dose of raw veggies. And if you love salads as much as I do, listen up, because I’m about to change your saladbuilding world. Ditch the usual greens and get your hands on Brussels sprouts! Fact is, for a long time none of us knew what to do with Brussels sprouts except boil them. Yuck! Thankfully, they’ve become trendy and now everyone knows how delicious they are roasted, sauteed, broiled and even grilled. And with good reason. It’s hard to not love the sweet earthy flavor of a sprout tossed in olive oil and browned until the crisp little edges of

SHAVED BRUSSELS SPROUTS AND CHICKEN SALAD WITH BLACK PEPPER-MUSTARD DRESSING Start to finish: 30 minutes Servings: 4 For the dressing: 1/4 cup plain low-fat Greek yogurt 1/2 clove garlic, smashed or roughly chopped 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar 1 tablespoon water 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper For the salad: 1 Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored and diced 1 teaspoon lemon juice 1 pound Brussels sprouts, shaved or thinly sliced (about 5 cups) 1 pint grape tomatoes, halved 1/4 cup almonds, toasted and

the outer leaves turn smoky and almost papery. But today I am celebrating Brussels sprouts as a salad green. That’s right — raw and in a salad. It’s as simple as it sounds. Slice them thinly with a knife or mandoline, or buy them pre-shaved in the produce aisle. They are delicious, lightly crunchy and crisp, and have a wonderful fresh flavor. Brussels sprouts belong to the same family as cabbage, broccoli and kale, so it’s no surprise that they are incredibly healthy. Not only do they have tons of fiber and vitamins, but a 1-cup serving of shaved Brussels sprouts also packs about as much protein as a handful of raw almonds or a half cup of milk. And all that fiber and protein means you’ll stay full longer and be less likely to snack later.

roughly chopped 1 boneless, skinless chicken breast, cooked and chopped or shredded (about 1 cup) 1 scallion, chopped 1 ounce Parmesan cheese, broken into shards Lemon wedges, for serving To make the dressing, in a blender combine all ingredients and blend until smooth. Set aside. To prepare the salad, in a large serving bowl toss the diced apple with the lemon juice. Add the Brussels sprouts, tomatoes, almonds, chicken and scallion. Drizzle 1/4 cup of the dressing and toss well to coat. Top with Parmesan shards. Serve with the remaining dressing and lemon wedges on the side. Nutrition information per serving: 280 calories; 120 calories from fat (43 percent of total calories); 14 g fat (2.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 35 mg cholesterol; 23 g carbohydrate; 7 g fiber; 10 g sugar; 21 g protein; 400 mg sodium.

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Brussels sprouts belong to the same family as cabbage, broccoli and kale, so it’s no surprise that they are incredibly healthy. They are used in this recipe for Shaved Brussels Sprouts and Chicken Salad with Black Pepper-Mustard Dressing.

Tips for breaking through an artichoke’s armor BY SARA MOULTON The Associated Press Artichokes are the armadillos of the vegetable kingdom. There is a tender and succulent heart at the center of each specimen, but getting past its armor of prickly leaves can be daunting. How tough are those leaves? In my innocent younger years, I once tried to pulverize some artichoke leaves in my kitchen sink disposal and ended up destroying the machine in the process. Despite that, steaming — and eating — a whole artichoke is relatively easy. You just cut off the stem and the top, trim the spiky tips of the leaves, place it in a steamer, and cook it for about 45 minutes. You then eat it a leaf at a time, zeroing in on the plump tasty nugget at the base of each leaf (dipped in butter, of course). It’s a very pleasant way to clear away the brush until the happy moment when you arrive at the undefended heart. But what if you don’t want to eat it that way? What if your goal from the get-go is the heart and nothing but the heart? That’s when artichokes can be a pretty tough slog. I was taught the standard method — cut off and discard the stem, peel down the leaves one by one until each breaks off at the base, slice off the top of the artichoke, then trim down the bottom to the part that’s light green. Talk about laborious. I was not inspired to run through that routine very often. Then I went to an artichoke seminar in Castroville, California. Demonstrating a recipe that centered on artichoke hearts, one of the chefs showed us a much easier way to lose the leaves. He simply placed the artichoke on its side, then cut down and around the outside of the artichoke, thus removing all the leaves in one fell swoop. Amazed and grateful, I’ve done it that way ever since. By the way, do not cut off

FETTUCCINE WITH SAUTEED ARTICHOKE HEARTS AND PANCETTA

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Often the autumn artichokes will have some brown spots, but that doesn’t mean they’re spoiled. In fact, these specimens are what the farmers call “frost-kissed” and may be even more flavorful than their springtime cousins. the stem. Though it is as fibrous and forbidding as the stem of a head of broccoli, if you peel away the rough outer layer, you’ll reach the sweet, green and eminently eatable center. A couple other notes about artichokes. They come our way twice each year — March through May, then again in early fall. Often the autumn artichokes will have some brown spots, but that doesn’t mean they’re spoiled. In fact, these specimens are what the farmers call “frostkissed” and may be even more flavorful than their springtime cousins.

Also, there is no such thing as a “baby artichoke.” The size of each individual artichoke depends on its place on the central stalk. The ones at the top are large; the ones at the bottom can be quite small. The little ones are adorable and every bit as tasty as their big brothers. They also are more tender. I’ve often wondered about the first human brave (or desperate) enough to hack away at the artichoke’s armor in search of the jewel at its core. But I admire that spirit of adventure. We benefit from it to this day.

Start to finish: 1 hour Servings: 4 1 whole lemon plus 1 tablespoon lemon juice, divided 6 globe artichokes 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil Salt and ground black pepper 2 ounces pancetta, medium chopped 1 teaspoon minced garlic 1 cup chicken or vegetable broth 1 1/2 ounces Parmesan cheese, grated 12 ounces fettuccine pasta Chopped fresh basil or parsley, to garnish Into a large bowl, juice the lemon and throw in the halves along with 1 quart of cold water. Working with 1 artichoke at a time, lay each artichoke on its side and cut down on one side to trim off the tough outer leaves and expose the lighter green inner leaves. Discard the outer leaves. Turn the artichoke a quarter turn and continue trimming off the exterior leaves, repeating the process all around the artichoke. Cut off the top 1 1/2 inches of the artichoke, discarding those leaves. Using a melon baller, reach into the top of the artichoke and scoop out the fuzzy choke and discard it. Trim off the bottom 1/4-inch of the artichoke stem then, working very quickly using a paring knife or a peeler, cut off the tough outer layer of the stem until you reach the tender light green core. Using the paring knife, trim off all the tough green part at the base of the artichoke that surrounds the heart until you have gotten down to the tender inner green part. Cut the artichokes into quarters and drop them into the water. When all of the artichoke hearts have been prepared, remove them from the water and use paper towels to pat them dry. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. In a large skillet over medium-high, heat the oil. Reduce the heat to medium, add the artichoke hearts and saute them, stirring often, until they are golden brown on all sides, about 8 to 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, then transfer them to a large bowl. Return the skillet to the heat and add the pancetta, reduce the heat to medium-low and cook, stirring frequently, until it is golden, about 2 minutes. Return the artichokes to the pan along with the garlic and saute 1 minute. Add the chicken broth and bring the liquid to a boil. Set aside, off the heat, while you cook the pasta. Add the fettuccine to the boiling water and cook, according to package directions, until almost al dente. Drain the pasta, reserving 1 cup of the cooking liquid, and add the fettuccine to the skillet. Cook, adding the remaining 1 tablespoon of lemon juice and as much of the reserved cooking liquid as necessary to form a sauce, stirring, until the pasta is just finished cooking. Stir in half the cheese and pepper to taste. Divide among 4 serving bowls, then top each portion with additional cheese and basil or parsley. Nutrition information per serving: 640 calories; 170 calories from fat (27 percent of total calories); 19 g fat (5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 20 mg cholesterol; 93 g carbohydrate; 17 g fiber; 9 g sugar; 28 g protein; 940 mg sodium.

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Cutting the sugar? Up the zest so you won’t notice BY MELISSA D’ARABIAN The Associated Press

at least 1 hour. Just before serving, top each cup with shaved chocolate.

When it comes to sweets, I have a surprising trick up my sleeve. And the best part about it? It probably won’t cost you a penny because most likely you already have it, but throw it in the trash. I’m talking about orange zest, the thin outer skin of an orange. I don’t mean the white part, called the pith. That’s bitter. The zest is just the paper-thin layer of colored skin, which has tons of fragrant and flavorful oils. Those oils are perfect for tricking us into thinking something is sweeter than it really is. I use zest in cakes, muffins and cookie doughs, and to bring out the sweetness in root vegetables, such as roasted beets or carrot soup. It’s easy to build a stock of this ingredient. Any time you grab an orange for a snack, take an extra minute to run a wand-style grater or vegetable peeler gently over the peel, being careful not to extract any of the pith. The zest can be saved either by freezing it in a small container or by drying. To dry zest, place it in a 200 F oven, turn off the heat and let it sit undisturbed until the zest is dry, about 30 to 60 minutes. Let cool completely, then place the dried zest in a clean spice jar. Very quickly you’ll have a supply of flavor ready to go in either your pantry or freezer. Note that you may need to chop up larger pieces, and the zest will lose some potency as it ages, so just add a smidge extra when following recipes that call for fresh zest. I’m sharing a seasonal favorite in our house — orange zest pudding with shaved dark chocolate. I use low-fat milk to make the pudding, but add an egg yolk at the end to impart just enough richness to make the pudding feel custardy and decadent. I like it because it’s not overly sweet and it features one of my favorite food combinations — orange and chocolate. But my kids like love it for another reason: the creamy orange color topped with dark chocolate looks Halloweenthemed.

Nutrition information per serving: 220 calories; 80 calories from fat (36 percent of total calories); 8 g fat (4 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 60 mg cholesterol; 34 g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 26 g sugar; 6 g protein; 95 mg sodium.

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ORANGE ZEST PUDDING WITH SHAVED DARK CHOCOLATE The best tool for zesting citrus is a fine wand-style grater. These very sharp graters are easy to use and do an excellent job of removing the flavorful zest without getting the bitter white pith beneath it. Start to finish: 20 minutes, plus cooling Servings: 4 1 3/4 cups low-fat or reduced-fat milk 2 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch 1/4 cup light brown sugar Zest and juice of 1 large orange 1 egg yolk, lightly beaten 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Pinch of salt 2 ounces dark or bittersweet chocolate, shaved using vegetable peeler or wand-style grater In a large saucepan over medium heat, whisk together the milk and cornstarch until dissolved. Add the brown sugar and continue to whisk while bringing the mixture to a gentle simmer. Cook, whisking constantly, until the milk thickens to a thick pudding, about 2 minutes. Whisk in the orange zest and juice, then remove the pan from the heat. Place the egg yolk in a small bowl. One at a time, while whisking, add a few tablespoons of the hot pudding to the egg. Transfer the egg-pudding mixture to the saucepan with the remaining pudding. Return the pudding to low heat and cook, whisking constantly, until it just begins to bubble. Remove from the heat, whisk in the vanilla extract and salt, then divide between 4 parfait glasses. Chill for

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‘Now’ recognizes, celebrates technological innovations BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH We live in an era when technology is both omnipresent and indispensable. Some people cannot cope without smartphone technology that didn’t exist 10 years ago. How did we live without the Internet, which came into wide use over the last two decades? Or personal computers, not yet 40 years old? The six-part series “How We Got to Now” (9 p.m. and 10 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings) is hosted by Steven Johnson and based on his book of the same name. Each segment explores a fundamental change in technology that altered life in unexpected ways — often brought about by scientists and developers we’ve never heard of who may have been looking for something else entirely at the time. Johnson opens each segment with a seemingly simple question. The query, “How do we make something cold?” leads to a concise history of refrigeration and air-conditioning. This quest to cool things was sparked by printers whose presses made life unendurable for those who worked with them. The ability to create cool air on demand would go on to change the economy and our society. Air-conditioning’s rise coincided with the development of movie palaces and boosted America’s film industry. On a more profound level, it changed the demography of America and the world. Before air-conditioning, most Americans lived in the more temperate Northeast and Midwest. The rise of the modern South and the “Sunbelt” would be inconceivable without the technology. If you don’t believe me, I invite you to spend a single summer day in Houston without the availability of air-conditioning. “Now” puts great emphasis on the personalities, both famous and anonymous, behind these scientific breakthroughs, as well as the rivalries — personal, political and corporate — that spurred, or retarded, innovation. “Now” explains how it wasn’t always the smartest or the first who got the credit, or the best technology that flourished. • As Snoopy withdraws deeper into a fantasy world, Linus endures the skepticism of his peers to celebrate the holiday

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Think beyond Thanksgiving pies with canned pumpkin BY MELISSA D’ARABIAN The Associated Press

et’s talk about one of the season’s most iconic vegetables — canned pumpkin. Yes, canned, because that’s how 99 percent of us get our pumpkin. Which is fine except for one thing — Americans overwhelmingly associate canned pumpkin with just one dish (pumpkin pie) and one day of the year (Thanksgiving). But canned pumpkin actually has all sorts of uses in the kitchen, no matter what the season. Pumpkin puree’s rich flavor and creamy sweetness work great in both sweet and savory dishes. While we are so busy topping our pies with whipped cream, we have forgotten what a nutritional bargain this bulbous squash actually is, packing tons of fiber and vitamins. And while it is naturally sweet, 1 cup has only about as much sugar as milk. One good part about canned pumpkin’s association with Thanksgiving... It often goes on sale this time of year. Since it stores so well,

this is the time to stock up. (True story: I just used my final can of pumpkin from last fall this week in order to make today’s recipe.) Some of my favorite uses for pumpkin puree include: • Stirring 1/2 cup into brownie or chocolate cake batter to add nutrients and moisture. • Adding 1/4 cup to smoothies for creaminess and vitamins. • Slimming down baked goods by swapping out part of the fat for pumpkin puree. • Whisking a bit into stews or chilies for added richness and depth. • Layering it with Greek yogurt, bananas, maple syrup and granola for a super-charged morning breakfast parfait. • Blending it with coffee, milk and spices for a homemade fall latte. And let’s not forget that pumpkin is, after all, a squash. Why not consider making a pumpkin puree soup? No laborious peeling and cubing needed! The sweet flavor pairs perfectly with spices, but feel free to use pumpkin puree in any of your favorite winter squash soup recipes.

PUMPKIN PEANUT CURRY BISQUE Start to finish: 25 minutes Servings: 4 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil (or coconut oil) 1 small yellow onion, chopped (about 3/4 cup) 4 cloves garlic, chopped 1 small Yukon gold potato, peeled and cubed (1-inch cubes) 1 Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored and cubed (1-inch cubes) 3 tablespoons Thai red curry paste 2 cups reduced-sodium chicken stock or vegetable stock 1 cup water, plus more if needed 15-ounce can pumpkin puree 3 tablespoons smooth peanut butter Salt and ground black pepper Chopped fresh mint or cilantro, to serve In a large saucepan over medium, heat the

oil. Add the onion and cook until tender, but not brown, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic, potato, apple and curry paste. Cook, stirring constantly, until the curry paste is very fragrant, about 3 minutes. Increase the heat to high, add the stock and 1 cup of water. Once the liquid boils, reduce the heat to medium-low, partially cover the pan, then let the soup cook until the potato and apple are very tender, about 15 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and let cool slightly. Stir in the pumpkin and peanut butter. Working in batches, transfer the soup to a blender and puree until smooth, about 1 minute. The texture should be like heavy whipping cream. If the soup is too thick, whisk in a bit of water. Season with salt and pepper. Divide between 4 serving bowls and top with mint or cilantro.

Nutrition information per serving: 250 calories; 120 calories from fat (48 percent of total calories); 13 g fat (2 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 28 g carbohydrate; 7 g fiber; 10 g sugar; 8 g protein; 770 mg sodium.

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Tomato rice soup: A speedy bowl of creamy comfort BY J.M. HIRSCH The Associated Press When I was a kid, creamy tomato and rice soup was one of my go-to comfort foods. My mom would make it for me, and she would make it from a box. The soup was cloyingly creamy-sweet and the rice was overcooked and mushy. I didn’t much care. It was happiness in a bowl. I’ve been pretty much chasing that flavor memory ever since. And I’ll just say, whenever I’ve come close, it hasn’t involved a box. But I’m not opposed to cracking a few cans. Of tomatoes. This creamy tomato and rice soup is my work-in-progress attempt to replicate the comfort food of my childhood, but with better results and much better ingredients. For depth of flavor, I start with canned whole tomatoes. They get a brief stint under the broiler to caramelize the sugars and deepen the flavors. For even more flavor, the rice is cooked in a blend of chicken broth and the tomato juices strained from the cans. But it’s the creaminess the puts it over the edge. Instead of cream, I use cashew butter. It’s just as rich and creamy, but less sweet. Nuts and tomatoes work wonderfully together, and this soup is a fine example. The cashew butter, keeps the overall flavor of the soup savory without sacrificing the creaminess we find so comforting.

SPEEDY ROASTED TOMATO AND RICE SOUP Start to finish: 30 minutes Servings: 6 Two 28-ounce can whole, peeled tomatoes 2 cups low-sodium chicken broth 1/2 cup long-grain white rice 2/3 cup smooth cashew butter 2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme Salt and ground black pepper Hot sauce, to taste Heat the oven’s broiler. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil, then mist it with cooking spray. Holding a mesh strainer over a large soup pot, strain the tomatoes. Set the pot aside, reserving the tomato juice. Split each tomato in half and arrange on the prepared baking sheet. Mist the tops of the tomatoes with cooking spray, then set on the oven’s middle rack and broil for 5 minutes, or until lightly charred. Use tongs to

flip the tomatoes and broil until the second sides are charred, another 5 minutes. Meanwhile, add the broth to the pot of tomato juice. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Add the rice, return to a simmer, cover, then reduce heat to maintain a simmer and cook for 15 minutes, or until the rice is tender. The rice will not absorb all of the liquid. When the tomatoes are charred, use tongs to transfer them to a blender or processor. Add the cashew butter, then puree or process until very smooth. Add the tomato-cashew mixture to the rice, then return to a simmer. Add the thyme, then season with salt and pepper. Taste, then stir in hot sauce. Aim to add just enough hot sauce to heighten the flavors, but not add a discernable heat.

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