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Suspect is ‘danger to the community’ Man, 25, wanted in Sunday high-speed chase, shooting has violent history FROM STAFF REPORTS

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Sumter County Sheriff’s Office and other agencies are continuing the search for a man who reportedly opened fire at officers after

leading authorities on a high-speed chase after an alleged assault early on Sunday.

No one was struck by the shots allegedly fired by 25-year-old Dontrell Mon-

tese Carter, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office.

The incident began about 1 a.m. Sunday when Carter allegedly assaulted his girlfriend before going to her

uncle’s house and discharging a firearm and leading officers on a chase, according to the release.

Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis said speeds during the chase ex-

ceeded 100 mph. Carter should not have been driving because his license is suspended, he said.

Dennis added Carter is

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Hardee to Music at Millford launches the 175th lead S.C.’s anniversary celebration of plantation technical colleges

BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com South Carolina Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education named Central Carolina Technical College President Tim Hardee as the incoming president and executive director of S.C. Technical College System on Monday.

“Dr. Hardee HARDEE knows South Carolina and understands our system, having served as president of Central Carolina for a decade,” said State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education Chairman Nick Odom in a news release from the state technical college system. “We are very happy to have him in the leadership role.”

Before becoming a member of CCTC’s administration 15 years ago, Hardee served as a teacher, coach, counselor, principal and administrator on the kindergarten to 12thgrade level for 15 years, according to a news release from CCTC. As president of the state technical college system, Hardee said his duties will involve working with the 16 technical colleges in South

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Viola performer Ben Ullery, bottom left, and cellist Robert deMaine take a bow to a standing ovation at the end of the Music at Millford concert Sunday. More than 125 guests attended the concert at Millford Plantation. See more photos online at www.theitem.com.

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Gov. John Laurence Manning had the plantation built from 1839 to 1841 when he and his wife, Susan Hampton Manning, were just 22 years old, and before his term as governor from 1852 to 1854. Manning’s father-in-law, John Hampton, dubbed the project “Manning’s Folly” because it cost a whopping $125,000 to build at the time — “before the furniture was installed.”

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ore than 125 guests celebrated the beginning of the 175th anniversa-

ry of the completion of Millford Plantation on Sunday at the fifth

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Travels with the mayor: Hicks’ biography of Riley topic at Rotary

Brian Hicks speaks to guests at Sumter Rotary Club on Monday about his latest book, “The Mayor: Joe Riley and the Rise of Charleston.”

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Peter Kenny, co-president of Classical American Homes Preservation Trust, which now owns and manages the property, provided that information and much more during a lecture, PowerPoint presentation and walk through of the house before the concert. Kenny gave a little history of the architecture of the plantation, referring to it as Greek Revivalist and explaining the detail builder Nathaniel F. Potter used in the construction process.

Brian Hicks knows former Charleston mayor Joe Riley very well. In his latest book, “The Mayor: Joe Riley and the Rise of Charleston,” Hicks called on his 20-something

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years of covering Riley for The Post and Courier, extensive research and interviews with Riley to write the official biography. In addition, he often rode and flew through the years with Riley to official meetings.

On Monday, he shared some

of his experiences “on the road” with Riley with Sumter Rotary Club and guests.

Rotarian Jack Osteen introduced Hicks as a metro columnist for the Charleston newspaper and the author of

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Fire department responds to 2 fires FROM STAFF REPORTS Sumter Fire Department responded to two residential fires, suspected arson on North Magnolia Street and an undetermined fire on Winkles Road, that caused at least $10,000 in damage to both structures during the weekend.

On Saturday, firefighters received a call about a fire at a vacant single-family residence at 420 N. Magnolia St.

about 1:10 a.m.

According to an incident report from the fire department, fire could be seen on the side of the structure when firefighters arrived about 1:15 a.m.

Fire investigators think the incident was intentional because the residence appeared to be abandoned, and there was no power.

An incident report from Sumter Police Department states that suspects entered

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the residence by unknown means and set fire to a mattress in a rear bedroom and a couch in the front living room.

The fire was contained to the rooms of origin, according to the fire department’s report.

An estimated $10,000 in damage was caused to the house and approximately $30,000 of the structure was saved. About $100 in contents were lost.

K-9 units from the police

department conducted a search of fresh footprints leading to the front door of the house with no results, according to the report.

Samples from the mattress and couch were collected for accelerant testing.

About 2 p.m. on Sunday, firefighters arrived at a doublewide mobile home at 1450 Winkles Road after receiving a call about a bathroom fire at 1:55 p.m.

According to the report,

the fire burned through a water line which helped put out some of the fire by the time firefighters arrived.

An estimated $15,000 in damage was caused to the residence while about $15,000 worth of structure was saved.

Approximately $15,000 in contents were lost, and about $15,000 in contents were saved.

The cause of the fire was undetermined when the incident report was approved on Sunday.

Students get forensics lesson Thomas Sumter Academy first-grader Riley Carnes prepares to be fingerprinted at a recent demonstration. The Lower School welcomed Detective Amanda Snapp and Detective James Kearney from the Forensics Office of Sumter Police Department to the Lower School Science Lab. The detectives spoke with students about how evidence is collected at crime scenes and demonstrated how to lift fingerprints. Each student was fingerprinted by the detectives and shown how to identify his or her unique type of fingerprint.

BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com TURBEVILLE — A Turbeville Corrections Institution officer was terminated after being arrested and charged last week for misconduct in office and accessory after the fact to attempted murder.

Jasmine Karlisa Cook, 28, was taken into custody on Wednesday after an investigation by the S.C. Department of Corrections, said Dexter Lee, spokesman for the department.

COOK According to the arrest warrant, a fellow officer told Cook the names of two people who were involved in an attempted murder on Sept. 4.

Cook, however, did not disclose their identities during an investigation into the incident.

Cook allegedly withheld names from investigators when she was questioned on Sept. 4 and in two written statements, according to the warrants.

Cook, a Sumter resident, has worked with the department since 2011.

The investigation is ongoing, Lee said.

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City will discuss annexing, rezoning properties

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Historic review committee to consider demolition Sumter Historic Preservation Design Review Committee will meet at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday in City Council Chambers, Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St., to consider approval of a request to demolish a 466-square-foot kitchen addition on the building at 33 N. Main St. The committee will also consider approval for a request to install white vinyl replacement windows at 117 and 119 N. Main St. and to remove approximately 650 square feet of the building.

The applicant also requests that the committee approve the accent color, New Haven Rose, as a window color on the building facade.

CORRECTION If you see a statement in error, contact the City Desk at 774-1226 or pressrelease@theitem.com.

FROM STAFF REPORTS Sumter City Council will meet in regular session at 5:30 tonight in City Council Chambers on the fourth floor of Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St. Public hearings are also scheduled at 6 p.m.

Council will consider the approval of minutes of the Aug. 16 regular meeting and consider appointments and other vacancies.

The final reading of an ordinance to allow extensions or embellishments to outdoor advertising will be considered, as well as the final reading of an ordinance to transfer approximately three-fourths of an acre of property on North Main Street to Sumter Hotel Venture LLC. Council will also consider the final reading of ordinances to annex more than 75 acres at 320 Loring Mill Road, roughly two-and-a-half acres at 335 and 375 Loring Mill Road and nearly 13 acres on the north and south sides of Loring Mill

Road between Patriot Parkway and Springdale Way. Council will have final reading of an ordinance to rezone more than 31 acres at 95 Keels Road from Residential-15 (R-15) to Residential-9 (R9), which would allow smaller lot sizes.

Also on the agenda are resolutions authorizing a contract for the Edgewater Drive Sewer Replacement Project and a resolution authorizing the commitment of a local match by the City of Sumter for a Hometown Economic Development Grant Application through the Municipal Association of South Carolina.

Council will consider first reading of an ordinance providing for the issuance and sale of a Tax Increment Revenue Bond.

Council will also receive reports from members of their recent activity on organizations and a report from City Manager Deron McCormick.

A period for public comment will

also be taken before council will meet in executive session. Council may take action after the executive session.

At 6 p.m., council will have a public hearing and consider first reading of a request to amend the permitted uses in Sumter West Planned Development to permit mini-warehouse storage as a use on a specific 7.90-acre parcel along the southwestern portion of the planned Constitution Drive, on the south side of Patriot Parkway within the planned development.

Council will also have a public hearing and consider first reading of a request to amend the City Zoning and Development Standards Ordinance (minimum setbacks) to permit a change in tower setbacks to the certified fall zone for all non-residentially zoned properties.

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Gas prices up, stations run out after spill

BY JACOB JORDAN The Associated Press ATLANTA — Lines formed at gas stations across the South on Saturday, and drivers who were able to find fuel had to pay more for it in some cases, as prices edged up after a pipeline spill in Alabama.

Fuel supplies in at least five states — Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and the Carolinas — were threatened by the spill, and the U.S. Department of Transportation ordered the company responsible to take corrective action before the fuel starts flowing again.

Colonial Pipeline Co. must conduct testing and analysis on the failed section of the pipeline, according to the U.S. Transportation Department, which is investigating the spill in rural Alabama.

The company has acknowledged that between 252,000 gallons and 336,000 gallons of gasoline leaked from a pipe-

line near Helena, Alabama, since the spill was first detected Sept. 9. It’s unclear when the spill actually started.

Drivers in Atlanta found some pumps completely dry, or they had to pay 20 cents more because, according to a sign on the pump, the gas had to be pulled from Savannah.

“I just came in to town, so this is shocking to me,” said Gina Dorman as she filled up her nearly empty tank. She said she tried to get gas at several pumps at the service station before finding one that had gas flowing.

At a Kroger gas station a couple of miles away, orange cones were set up where cars usually park to get fuel. The pumps were completely dry, and attendants were not sure when they would get more gas. Many drivers said they didn’t know about the spill.

Rob Gomes said his wife called him and told him to fill

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A sign on a pump at this gas station near Interstate 20 in Atlanta tells customers that the fuel will be more expensive because the store had to get it from Savannah, Georgia, after a pipeline spilled, causing shortages across the region. up after hearing about the shortage.

“We were out, so we said, let’s gas up,” he said.

Colonial announced Saturday it is beginning construction of a temporary pipeline that will bypass a leaking section of its main gasoline pipeline in Shelby County, Alabama, according to AL.com.

Colonial gave no timetable as to when that bypass line would be completed or what path it would take.

Tennessee Emergency Man-

agement Director Patrick Sheehan tried to reassure drivers.

“Tennessee’s consumers need to maintain their normal driving and fuel-buying habits.

If consumers fill up unnecessarily, top off their tanks when they aren’t close to empty and fill multiple containers at the pumps, then our petroleum retailers will not be able to keep up with the demand of the fuel supply,” he said.

Quik Trip spokesman Mike Thornbrugh said several sta-

tions in South Carolina were seeing outages.

“When you have a pipeline of that magnitude go down, it just shows everybody unfortunately how fragile the system is, and it doesn’t take much to cause some hiccups,” he told WYFF. In a statement Saturday, the Alpharetta, Georgia-based company said that repair work had begun in an effort to return the pipeline to service “as rapidly and safely as possible.”

Woman charged with child cruelty after children test positive for drugs FROM STAFF REPORTS Susie Alexis Dinkins, 23, of 11 Gates St., has been charged with child cruelty after four children tested positive for illegal drugs.

According to a news release, officers with Sumter Police Department were notified Wednesday by the South Car-

olina Department of Social Services, which had concerns about the safety of the children.

The children, DINKINS who range in age from 1 to 7 years old, had been placed in the cus-

tody of a family member earlier in the month after one of them tested positive for marijuana, the release said. Since then, the remaining three children were tested, and results were positive for marijuana and cocaine, according to the release.

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The General Election for Federal, State, and County officers, and local candidates will be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. Any person wishing to vote in this election must register no later than Saturday, October 8, 2016. Sumter County Voter Registration and Election Office will be open on Saturday, November 5, 2016 from 9:00 – 1:00.

Voters will be asked to provide one of the following Photo IDs at their polling place.

• S.C. Driver’s License • ID Card issued by S.C. Department of Motor Vehicles • S.C. Voter Registration Card with Photo • Federal Military ID • U.S. Passport If you have one of these IDs, you are ready to vote. Voters should remember to bring one of these IDs with them to the polling place. Voters without Photo ID can get one free of charge from the Department of Motor Vehicles or their county voter registration office. Voters who encounter an obstacle to getting a Photo ID should bring their paper voter registration card without a photo with them to their polling place. These voters can then sign an affidavit swearing to their identity and to their obstacle to obtaining a Photo ID and vote a provisional ballot. This ballot will count unless the county board of voter registration and elections has grounds to believe the affidavit is false. For more information on Photo ID, visit scVOTES.org or contact your county board of voter registration and elections.

At 9:00 a.m. on November 8, the County Board of Voter Registration and Elections will begin its examination of the absentee ballot return envelopes at Courthouse 141 N. Main Street Room 114 Sumter, South Carolina 29150, 803-436-2310, 803 436-2311, 803-436-2312 or 803-436-2313.

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Somali community braces for mall attack backlash

BY KYLE POTTER and AMY FORLITI The Associated Press ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Leaders of Minnesota’s large Somali community acknowledged the prospect of a “long winter” for their people in the wake of the weekend’s mall stabbings by a young Somali man, but warned Monday not to quickly accept the terrorism connection.

Authorities are treating Saturday’s stabbings, which wounded nine people at Crossroads Center Mall, as a possible act of terrorism, in part because an Islamic State-run news agency claimed that the attacker was a “soldier of the Islamic State” who had heeded the group’s calls for attacks in countries that are part of a U.S.-led anti-IS coalition.

But it wasn’t immediately known whether the extremist group had planned the attack or knew about it beforehand.

St. Cloud Police Chief Blair Anderson said the attack appeared to be the work of a single individual, and there was no sign that the attacker, identified by his father as 20-year-old Dahir Adan, was radicalized or communicated with any terrorist group.

President Obama said the stabbings had no apparent connection to weekend bombings in New York and New Jersey.

“We cannot give ISIS and other terrorist organizations more air time and propaganda without real facts,” said Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Minnesota chapter.

An off-duty police officer stopped the minutes-long attack Saturday night by shooting and killing Adan. Federal officials released no new information on the investigation Monday.

Minnesota has the nation’s largest Somali population, an estimated 57,000 people. Both Anderson and Gov. Mark Dayton warned against a pos-

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People stand near the entrance on the north side of Crossroads Center mall between Macy’s and Target as officials investigate a reported multiple-stabbing incident Saturday in St. Cloud, Minnesota. sible backlash because of the stabbings, especially in St. Cloud, where Somalis in the 65,000-resident city about 65 miles northwest of Minneapolis have spoken about mistreatment in the past.

“I implore the citizens of St. Cloud and the citizens of Minnesota to rise above this incident and remember our common humanity,” Dayton said.

Somali leaders planned an evening news conference to urge unity.

“It’s going to be tough times. We know it’s going to be a long winter for this community,” said Haji Yusuf, who is part of UniteCloud, a local group founded to tackle racial and ethnic tension in the city.

Last year, St. Cloud school officials met with Somali parents, community elders and students after Somali-American students walked out to protest their treatment. One

student had said SomaliAmericans were called IS members and had their headscarves pulled off. And a photo posted on social media of a Somali-American student who was using a wheelchair after breaking her leg with a caption that said she was “disabled in ISIS.” Five years earlier, CAIR’s Minnesota chapter asked for a federal civil rights investigation into allegations that Muslim students had been harassed at two St. Cloud high schools. A 2011 agreement resolved the case, but the U.S. Department of Education still was monitoring the case last year.

In 2013, CAIR called on police in nearby Waite Park to reject a training program about Somalis because a flier unfairly suggested the activities of al-Shabab — a militant group in east Africa — are supported by most Muslims.

The motive of Saturday’s

attack is still unclear, but FBI Special Agent-in-Charge Rick Thornton has said it is being investigated as a “potential act of terrorism.” Authorities were digging into Adan’s background and possible motives, looking at social media accounts and electronic devices and talking to his associates, Thornton said.

If the stabbings are ultimately deemed a terrorist act, it would be the first carried out by a Somali on U.S. soil.

Little is known about Adan, who wore a private security uniform during Saturday’s attack. He was employed by the security firm Securitas and was assigned for a few months to an Electrolux factory near the mall, Electrolux spokeswoman Eloise Hale said. His father, Ahmed Adan, speaking through an interpreter, told the Minneapolis Star Tribune that he was 22, but court records and a driver’s license database gave his age as 20.

A spokesman for St. Cloud State University confirmed that Adan was a student majoring in information systems but hadn’t enrolled since the spring semester.

Anderson has said the man began attacking people right after entering the mall, stabbing people in several spots.

The victims included seven men, one woman and a 15-year-old girl.

Five minutes after authorities received the first 911 call, Jason Falconer, a part-time officer in the city of Avon who was there shopping, began shooting the attacker as he was lunging at him with the knife, Anderson said, and continued to engage him as the attacker got up three times.

Avon Police Chief Corey Nellis said Monday that Falconer owns a firing range and is the city’s firearms instructor. “If I was going to ask anybody to fire ... live rounds in a crowded mall, I would trust his abilities next to anybody’s,” Nellis said.

The mall reopened Monday after being closed Sunday.

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Pro-painkiller echo chamber shaped policy amid drug epidemic

BY MATTHEW PERRONE and BEN WIEDER Associated Press and Center for Public Integrity For more than a decade, members of a little-known group called the Pain Care Forum have blanketed Washington with messages about prescription painkillers’ vital role in the lives of millions of Americans, creating an echo chamber that has quietly derailed efforts to curb U.S. consumption of drugs such as OxyContin, Vicodin and Percocet.

In 2012, drugmakers and their affiliates in the forum sent a letter to U.S. senators promoting a recent report on a “crisis of epidemic proportions”: pain in America. Few knew the report stemmed from legislation drafted and pushed by forum members and that their experts had helped author it. The report estimated more than 100 million Americans — roughly 40 percent of adults — suffered from chronic pain, an eye-popping statistic that some researchers call deeply problematic.

The letter made no reference, however, to another health issue that had been declared an epidemic by federal authorities: drug overdoses tied to prescription painkillers.

Deaths linked to addictive opioid drugs had increased more than fourfold since 1999, accounting for more deaths in 2012 than heroin and cocaine combined.

An investigation by The Associated Press and the Center for Public Integrity reveals that similar feedback loops of information and influence play out regularly in the nation’s capital, fueled by money and talking points from the Pain Care Forum, a loose coalition of drugmakers, trade groups and dozens of nonprofits supported by industry funding that has flown under the radar until now.

Hundreds of internal documents shed new light on how drugmakers and their allies shaped the national response to

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OxyContin pills are arranged at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vermont, in 2013. Drug overdose deaths rose for the 11th straight year, federal data show, and most of them were accidents involving addictive painkillers despite growing attention to risks from these medicines. As in previous recent years, opioid drugs — which include OxyContin and Vicodin — were the biggest problem, contributing to 3 out of 4 medication overdose deaths. the ongoing wave of prescription opioid abuse, which has claimed the lives of 165,000 Americans since 2000, according to federal figures.

Painkillers are among the most widely prescribed medications in the U.S., but pharmaceutical companies and allied groups have a multitude of legislative interests beyond those drugs. From 2006 through 2015, participants in the Pain Care Forum spent more than $740 million lobbying in the nation’s capital and in all 50 statehouses on an array of issues, including keeping opioids accessible, according to an analysis of lobbying filings.

The same organizations reinforced their influence with more than $140 million doled out to political campaigns, including more than $75 million alone to federal candidates, political action committees and parties.

“You can go a long, long way in getting what you want when you have a lot of money,” said Professor Keith Humphreys of Stanford University, a former adviser on drug policy under President Obama. “And it’s

only when things get so disastrous that finally there’s enough popular will aroused to push back.”

Opioids were long reserved for severe pain because of surgery, injury or terminal diseases such as cancer. That changed in the 1990s, with a surge in prescribing for more common ailments such as back pain and arthritis. Marketing for new longacting painkillers such as OxyContin helped fuel the trend, along with other factors.

OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma pleaded guilty and agreed to pay more than $600 million in fines in 2007 for misleading the public about the risks of its drug. But the painkiller continued to rack up blockbuster sales, generating more than $22 billion during the last decade.

Purdue’s Washington lobbyist, Burt Rosen, co-founded the Pain Care Forum more than a decade ago and coordinates the group’s monthly meetings in Washington. Purdue declined to make Rosen available for interviews and did not answer questions about its specific lobbying activities.

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HARDEE FROM PAGE A1 Carolina to provide educational opportunities to more than 100,000 state residents.

Large projects in South Carolina such as Boeing, BMW and Volvo work with the system office to make sure that large numbers of South Carolinians are trained as needed for those employers who need thousands of employees in a relatively short time, he said.

“I will also be responsible for working closely with the South Carolina Legislature to address the needs of the technical college system in South Carolina,” he said.

Hardee said he is most looking forward to bringing some of CCTC’s initiatives such as advanced manufacturing, K-12 partnerships and Central Carolina Scholars to the rest of the state.

He said he will miss the great team at CCTC and the willingness of community leaders to help make those initiatives happen.

“Our community partners, from

HICKS FROM PAGE A1 nine books, a frequent guest on radio and TV programs and the winner of more than 30 awards for his work, including his selection as the South Carolina Press Association journalist of the year in 1998. His talk focused not on his own career but on that of Mayor Riley.

“I’ve been in Charleston for about half of Riley’s tenure,” Hicks said. “When Joe took office, there weren’t as many people there as there are in Sumter. Joe grew Charleston from a very sleepy little town — and parts a little scary — to the city it is today.”

When Riley was about to retire, The Post and Courier asked Hicks to write his biography, and because Riley knew him well, he consented.

“I prefer writing about dead people,” Hicks said, half joking, “because they can’t sue you for libel.”

Riley, he said, walked the streets while mayor “always in a coat and tie. He has a wicked sense of humor like most politicians, but he’s smart enough not to show it.”

Hicks wrote and speaks about many of Riley’s foibles in the mayor’s presence, but, he said, Riley’s sense of humor, even about himself, remained intact.

There was Riley’s habit of eating turkey sandwiches at Subway everywhere he went, and “the most bizarre travel” story involved a flight to Washington, D.C., for a conference of mayors.

“We flew to D.C., then turned around and flew right back to Columbia for (Gov. Nikki Haley’s) State of the State address, then back to D.C.,” Hicks said.

“So that is the glamorous life of the Charleston mayor — we ate at Subway and then drank some beer.”

A favorite story, Hicks said, was told to him by Charleston attorney Tom Tisdale. He said

local school districts, economic development officials, elected leaders and business and industry leaders, have worked hand in hand with the college to move the community forward,” Hardee said.

“CCTC is delighted that one of our own was chosen for this statewide leadership role and wishes Dr. Hardee the very best in this distinguished new direction,” said J. Mac Summers, chairman of the Central Carolina Technical College Area Commission, in a news release from CCTC. Hardee said the CCTC Area Commission will find a qualified individual to become president of the college once he takes his new position as system president in Columbia later this year.

“It has been a pleasure to serve this region of the state, and I would like to thank the CCTC area commission for providing me with the opportunity 10 years ago to serve as president of this great college,” Hardee said.

The board did not specify a date when Hardee will assume the new position.

Riley’s inauguration celebration featured a high school band and plenty of fanfare but that at 5 p.m. Charleston “rolled up the streets.” To continue the celebration, Riley and his staff went into the mayor’s office, which would soon be his, “smoked cigars and drank beer.”

“Joe said, ‘We rearranged all the furniture in the place, too,’” Hicks said.

After his brief talk, Hicks answered many questions from the audience about Charleston. Current mayor John Tecklenburg, he said, “has been doing a pretty good job. He’s very Riley-like, has showed some backbone ... if it rains at high tide, Charleston

Police arrest man sought in bombings after battle LINDEN, N.J. (AP) — An Afghan immigrant wanted in the bombings that rocked a New York City neighborhood and a New Jersey shore town was captured Monday after being wounded in a gun battle with police that erupted when he was discovered sleeping in a bar doorway, authorities said.

Ahmad Khan Rahami, RAHAMI 28, underwent surgery for a gunshot wound to the leg, and two officers were wounded but were not critically hurt in the shootout that followed a weekend of fear and dread across New York and beyond.

The arrest came just hours after police issued a bulletin and photo of Rahami, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Afghanistan who lived with his Muslim family in an apartment in Eliza-

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Asked what makes The Post and Courier such a good newspaper, Hicks answered, “It’s family owned. A family is committed to its community. A good paper is committed to journalism, telling the truth no matter who it’s about. The Post and Courier staff lives in Charleston.”

Hicks predicted continued growth and land acquisition for the Boeing company and the continuing restoration and survival of the Morris Island lighthouse at Folly Beach.

First elected in 1975 at the age of 32 and then nine more times, Riley’s legacy can hardly be separated from that of the

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U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, chief federal prosecutor in New York, said New Jersey officials will probably bring charges against Rahami in the police officers’ shooting while federal authorities weigh charges of their own.

“We have every reason to believe this was an act of terror,” New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said after Rahami’s capture.

On Saturday night, a shrapnelpacked pressure-cooker bomb similar to those used in the Boston Marathon attack exploded in New York’s Chelsea section, wounding 29 people, none seriously. An unexploded pressure-cooker bomb was found blocks away.

Earlier that day, a pipe bomb blew up in Seaside Park, New Jersey, before a charity race to benefit Marines. No one was injured.

city of Charleston.

Riley’s accomplishments as mayor are many, and according to Ben Moise, who reviewed “The Mayor: Joe Riley and the Rise of Charleston” for The Post and Courier, Hicks’ book focuses mainly on them.

Moise wrote: “As Hicks has documented, Riley’s legacy can be viewed everywhere within the city and certain places beyond. There are the much-expanded city limits, growing commercial establishments, parking garages, city parks and playgrounds, a world-class civic auditorium, a baseball park, arts venues and, of course, Charleston’s very successful Spoleto Festi-

val USA. Those are the bling on a working city structure undergirded by the well-run machinery of municipal services, which are the core of city government.

“Hicks’ well-documented and crisply written biography is a worthy tribute to an exemplary career in public service. It not only traces Riley’s political trajectory but the rise of a city once beset by serious economic doldrums and social inequality.”

“The Mayor: Joe Riley and the Rise of Charleston” by Brian Hicks with foreword by Pat Conroy is published by Evening Post Books. Cover price is $29.95 and can be purchased in bookstores.

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MILLFORD FROM PAGE A1 He also told about how after the Civil War when Union Troops went to burn the compound, Brig. Gen. Edward Potter, who shared the same surname as its builder, reportedly told his troops to spare the plantation because his brother built it. Kenny called that an unconfirmed report.

Kenny brought the day into perspective, though, when he explained that Manning appreciated classical music to the point that he had musicians train slaves to play string instruments and provide performances much like the musicians from the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

In fact, the pieces performed Sunday included works by Samuel ColeridgeTaylor, an English-born black composer from the late 1800s. Robert deMaine, the principal cellist with the L.A. Philharmonic and one of the string trio performers, said he arranged the five Southern Love Songs written by Coleridge-Taylor with his race in mind. deMaine, who performed for Music at Millford in 2015, said he researched African composers from the period after performing at Millford last year. He said he could envision the black musicians playing in the same room many years ago.

Other members of the trio included Nathan Cole on violin, who serves as first associate concertmaster of the L.A. Philharmonic, and Ben Ullery, assistant principal viola of the L.A. Philharmonic.

One of the more touching moments came when each musician explained the history of his musical instrument and how he travels with valued property. deMaine, the cellist, said he travels with a cello on loan from the philharmonic. And while many guests expressed joy to see the

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Co-president of Classical American Homes Preservation Trust Peter Kenny uses a cellphone to record a video performance of the Los Angeles Philharmonic string trio during a performance Sunday at Millford Plantation.

175-year-old plantation, many “oohed” and “aahed” when he explained the cello was built by Antonio Stradi-

vari in 1684 — 332 years ago.

Because of its size and value, deMaine said he always buys two tickets when

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2016 traveling with the cello so it can travel with him. He said it has as many frequent flier miles as he does, and it always gets the window seat for protection from the aisle.

Likewise, violinist Cole performed with a Stradivari violin built in 1729 and on loan from the philharmonic.

He told the audience he named it “Benny” because it was owned by Jack Benny, who donated it to the philharmonic upon his death.

On Saturday, the string trio played a free concert featuring Star Wars-themed compositions for about 30 youth which included descendants of Ben Pleasant, a slave who served as Manning’s right-hand man.

During Kenny’s lecture, he told of how at one time before the Civil War when Manning and Pleasant traveled to Ontario, representatives of the movement to

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free slaves separated the two and set Pleasant free. Manning went home without him, and Kenny said that Pleasant was such a loyal assistant to him, he returned to the plantation to serve Manning.

The fifth Music at Millford kicks off the 175th Anniversary Celebration of the plantation. The public is invited to participate in a barbecue picnic from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 15, at Millford. The event includes Lowcountry cuisine, music, tours of Millford’s historic interiors and grounds and children’s activities. From 4 to 6 p.m., the Friends of the Millford Benefit will have a behind-thescenes tour, lecture and cocktails. For more information, go to www.classicalamericanhomes.org, and search for information about Millford.

SUSPECT FROM PAGE A1 also a convicted felon who should not have been in possession of a firearm. He is no stranger to law enforcement and is awaiting trial on charges in several previous violent crimes, he said.

The sheriff warned Carter should be considered armed and dangerous.

Carter is described as a black male with black dreadlocks standing 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighing about 170 pounds.

Anyone who knows where the suspect is should not approach him but should immediately call 911, he said.

Dennis said anyone caught harboring or aiding Carter will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Although Carter has eluded apprehension so far, the sheriff’s office and other agencies involved will use every resource available to locate him, he said.

“He has proven himself to be a danger to the community, so we are working diligently to get him and keep him off the streets,” he said.

Dennis said Carter now faces charges of failure to stop for a blue light and siren, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, multiple charges of attempted murder, driving under suspension and firing shots into a dwelling. He added other charges could be filed as the investigation continues.

Dennis lauded the response by law enforcement officers from both Sumter Police Department and the sheriff’s office.

“The three officers involved in this critical incident are alive today because of their quick and well-executed response,” he said. “It is obvious Carter intended on taking their lives. As soon as he wrecked, Carter exited the vehicle firing at the officers with an assault rifle. He put our officers as well as many residents of Sumter County in great danger by firing wildly as he did.”

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Georgetown’s wise start to a new future Editor’s note: This editorial appeared recently in The Post and Courier of Charleston. The Urban Land Institute Study referred to is underway this week in Georgetown.

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hroughout its long history, Georgetown has had to be flexible and inven-

tive.

Early on it prospered from growing rice, producing nearly half of the rice in the country.

When the plantation economy disappeared, some landowners sold property to wealthy duck hunters, and others turned to harvesting and processing wood.

Then there was the largest paper mill in the world, then the port and then, in 1969, the Georgetown Steel Mill, which closed last year.

Now it’s time for Georgetown to reinvent itself once more. Local leaders have wisely engaged the Urban Land Institute to help it plot out the future of 150 acres of developable waterfront property.

The rare opportunity deserves the best planning, and the ULI, with a wide array of professionals on board, is a good organization to use.

Ideally, the project would include both the steel mill site and adjacent property belonging to the State Ports Authority, whose Georgetown port is flagging.

It isn’t often that a city can plan how to use 150 acres of waterfront property in a charming, small town just up the road from Charleston, which continues to garner national and international attention.

With the support of the Frances P. Bunnelle Foundation, Georgetown city and county officials, business leaders and community members are gathering data and setting the stage for an intensive collaboration this fall. ULI

will convene a panel of industry leaders from its membership, including developers, planners, financiers, market analysts, designers, economists, architects and public officials — all selected to meet the specific needs of Georgetown.

They will spend five days touring the study area and meeting with stakeholders and residents. Then they will spend two days framing their recommendations and drafting a report to be presented to the public.

The goal is to chart a course for acquiring, planning, designing and implementing the redevelopment to be sustainable, beneficial to the community and compatible with the city, which has a proud history but is suffering from some economic blows.

It is sure to be complicated.

For example, the site itself is polluted. Officials don’t know the severity of the pollution but expect it includes toxic residue from creosote used by lumber yards as well as residue from steel production.

And just for starters, the slab on which the steel mill sits is six to eight feet thick. If the site is to be used for purposes other than heavy industrial, it will have to be cleaned up.

But given the vision for the site’s renewal, the work will be worth the effort.

Some possibilities are to bring in high-tech businesses, to build offices and to design public parks in a scenic harborfront spot. A lot can be included on 150 acres — almost the size of Drum Island as seen from the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge above it.

Georgetown, with help from the ULI, is poised to reinvent itself again — this time for the long haul.

Making the right decisions could be a benefit to the entire region.

NOTABLE & QUOTABLE Bruce Bartlett, author of “How Fox News Changed American Media and Political Dynamics,” writes in The New York Times that “It’s Not Too Late to Fix Fox News.”

For the first time in its 20year history, Fox News is stumbling. Roger Ailes, its founder and guiding force, has been driven out by embarrassing revelations of repeated sexual harassment.

The newsroom is sharply divided, some long-term contributors are leaving, and the channel’s parent company has started the expensive process of settling with Mr. Ailes’s accusers.

This might sound like bad news for the Republican Party, which has tied itself to the network for years.

But Fox News has long been a double-edged sword for Republicans, and perhaps nothing illustrates that contradiction quite like the rise of Donald J. Trump.

Fox News can be a virtual kingmaker leading up to the primaries, providing candidates with a platform, firepower for their arguments — including Mr. Trump’s long-held assertion, which he rejected only on Friday, that President Obama was not born in the United States — and a large, receptive audience.

But it also boxes in candidates with the narrow, cosseted views of its audience, making it almost impossible to reach out to more moderate Republicans during the general election.

Since at least 1969, when

Vice President Spiro T. Agnew gave a speech criticizing the national media, conservatives have believed that the media is overwhelmingly liberal and hostile to their values. I thought so myself for a long time, but no longer. I think it hews pretty much to the objective center, with Fox well to the right.

Could Fox News be that outlet that a broader coalition of conservatives wants?

The recent ouster of Mr. Ailes and the inevitable takeover of the company by the sons of 85-year-old Rupert Murdoch mean that some change will come.

Opening Fox to broader political views could be a plus for both it and the conservative movement. If Fox News remains an entrenched part of the conservative extreme, the result will be more Republican candidates like Mr. Trump and more defeats at the polls.

••• In “The Age of Distrust,” The New York Times’s Roger Cohen writes, “I have a profound respect for the intelligence of the voter.”

Winston Churchill is often quoted as saying that the best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter, but more important is what he actually said in the House of Commons on Oct. 31, 1944: “At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little man, walking into

the little booth, with a little pencil, making a little cross on a little bit of paper — no amount of rhetoric or voluminous discussion can possibly palliate the overwhelming importance of that point.”

Nobody, looking back at the first 16 years of this century, can suggest that the political, economic and financial elites who brought you the euro crisis, the war in Iraq, the Great Recession of 2008, growing inequality and (at least until last year in the United States) middle-class income stagnation have not made some very serious mistakes, of very enduring consequences, with very startling impunity.

This has not been lost on the little woman with the little pencil in the little booth.

The answer is not to build walls. Western societies need to build education and innovation and opportunity.

A time of great uncertainty is upon the world.

Democracies need to be challenged, unlike dictatorships that fear broad challenge because it may cause them to buckle. Challenge in democracies is also rebirth.

Respect the intelligence of voters. Sooner or later they come to their senses.

Churchill was kicked out of office in an election in 1945, just months after defeating Hitler. Talk about gratitude. He was re-elected in 1951.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR REPUBLICANS MISSING YARD SIGNS SHOULD REPORT THEFTS Some time between 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, and 7 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, three Republican political signs were removed from my yard and one each from two of my neighbors. This appears to be a neighborhood drive through as the signs were on two different roads. A report was made to the Sumter County Sheriffs Office.

If there are other individuals who are missing Republican signs please call Sumter County Sheriffs Department or city police to report your loss.

It may be more than a random theft.

Looks like the Clinton Mafia made it to Sumter.

EMERY MILLER Sumter

DEMOCRATS NEED TO STOP USING THE SNOOZE BUTTON Sitting here early Monday morning, watching the events that happened in New York City and New Jersey, and it has me wondering: Are you Hillary

supporters waking up yet? No? You still support a party that wants to let immigrants in this country by the tens of thousands, each one capable of doing exactly what this guy did in New York/New Jersey? You support a candidate who said she had “heard about the bombings,” yet the mainstream media turns around and berates Trump for using the word “bomb”? How many times are you people going to hit the snooze button?

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LOOK AT FACTS INSTEAD OF SLANDER AGAINST CLINTON Sunday, Sept. 11, headlines, The Sumter Item editorial page said it all.

“We know Trump, we don’t really know Clinton,” “Not necessary to defend every Trump position,” “Trump’s appeal, he sounds real.”

Mr. Vickers, do you know Trump?

Have you seen his tax returns? Have you seen a real medical report? Did

you know that Politifact, fact checkers say 78 percent of his statements checked before July 1 were absolutely false or not completely true? You really know very little about Trump. He only gives lame excuses. Did you hear what Colin Powell said about Trump?

Powell scorches Trump. I hope The Sumter Item will run that.

The same fact checking showed problems with Hillary about a quarter as often as Trump. And he calls her crooked.

Mr. Wilder’s statement about Ukraine doesn’t explain why Trump didn’t even know Russians were already in Crimea! I am told The Huffington Post wrote this: “Both Donald Trump and his campaign chairman said they had nothing to do with altering the Republican Party’s position on Ukraine — GOP leaders confirmed that Trump’s campaign insisted on change.” Donald Trump lies.

“The modified party platform drops its call to provide arms to Ukraine in

response to Russia’s occupation of that country’s Crimea province in 2014. It represents a victory for Russian president Vladimir Putin, who soon after annexed the region.”

They added: “Editor’s note: Donald Trump regularly is a serial liar, racist.”

Mr. Osteen, “Trump’s appeal: He sounds real.” Your fellow journalists call him a serial liar, and you think his appeal is how he sounds now? He has a 50-year history of work, and you think he should be president because of what he says now? Do your job as a journalist and find out facts, not his self-promoting, serial lying to get votes.

And none of you answered my questions from Aug. 22.

Clinton has a work history and has been scrutinized more than 40 years.

Look at the facts, not the politics of slander that have been waged against her.

LOYD YOUNG Sumter

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BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH The new drama “This Is Us” (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14) reminded me of “Logan’s Run,” an old movie and TV series I had completely forgotten. “Run” was set in a dystopian future where dwindling resources dictated that everybody faced liquidation upon turning 30. Folks had every right to feel wary.

We meet the characters on the ensemble dramedy “This Is Us” on their respective 36th birthdays. And each of them greets the day as if facing a firing squad. “This Is Us”: We’re deeply depressed characters on a pretentious TV show!

A brooding dad has a wife carrying triplets through a difficult pregnancy. But he manages to make it all about himself, because, hey, it’s his birthday. An attractive funny woman has eaten herself into morbid obesity. Her studly brother is a popular TV star who is miserable because he’s only appreciated for his perfect body. Oh, the humanity! A very wealthy man with a perfect family broods over the father who abandoned him as a child.

Nobody’s having a happy birthday, and the moody montage music is here to rub it in!

All of the performances are credible and the pilot features a clever hook. But “Us” is so self-important and so self-consciously dreary that it’s almost funny. Almost.

• A show named “Bull” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14) based partial-

ly on the life of Dr. Phil McGraw presents a pretty rich target. I’ll try to contain myself.

Michael Weatherly (“NCIS”) stars as Dr. Jason Bull, the head of a super-high-tech juryconsulting firm with a seemingly bottomless budget. He uses every gadget and breaks every law to psychologically profile jury members and create “mirror” juries that accurately predict verdicts.

The knower of every secret, Bull treats judges, lawyers and prosecutors as mere squashed insects on the windshield of his mind.

I’ve never seen a series pilot with less character development. Make that no character development. Bull presides godlike over the proceedings.

He’s handsome in a middleaged, Clark Kent-meets-Jack Bauer by way of Kevin Bacon sort of way. Absent any clues as to his personality, or presence of wife, kids, mom, dad or siblings, he comes off as a smug know-it-all.

There may be some mystery to his story that will slowly emerge. But I doubt viewers will stick around to find out.

• Just last week, the Turner Company announced its licensing of the entire “Star Wars” film collection. Tonight through Sunday, TNT turns over much of its schedule to the films, beginning with “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace” (8 p.m.) from 1999.

TONIGHT’S SEASON PREMIERES • Car explosions appear linked to Nick on “NCIS” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-PG).

• Witness protection lands the gang in Florida on “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (8 p.m., Fox, TV14).

• House-hunting on “New Girl” (8:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14).

• Jerry O’Connell and Cecily Strong guest-star on “Scream Queens” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-14).

• A sniper targets tourists on “NCIS: New Orleans” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

• Out in the open on “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” (10 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • A television personality runs for president on themes of economic insecurity, white resentment, racism and authoritarianism in “The Contenders: 16 for 16” (8 p.m., PBS, check local listings) profile of Pat Buchanan.

• An offer makes everybody nervous on “Halt and Catch Fire” (10 p.m., AMC, TV-14).

• Paper Boi faces criticism on “Atlanta” (10 p.m., FX, TV-MA).

LATE NIGHT Marshawn Lynch, Brian Posehn and Nick Cody appear on “Conan” (11 p.m., TBS) * First lady Michelle Obama and America Ferrera are booked

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SUPPORT GROUPS Amputee Support Group — AA, AL-ANON, ALATEEN: Fourth Tuesday, 5:30 p.m., CarAA — Monday-Friday, noonSept. and 20, 2016 Support Groups: olinas Rehabilitation Hospital, 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 8 p.m.; 121 E. Cedar St., Florence. Call Sundays, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m., (843) 661-3746.

1 Warren St. (803) 775-1852.

EFMP Parent Exchange Group — AA Women’s Meeting — Last Tuesday, 11 a.m.-noon, Wednesdays, 7 p.m., 1 Warren Airman and Family Readiness St. (803) 775-1852.

Center. Support to service AA Spanish Speaking — Sunmembers who have a dependays, 4:30 p.m., 1 Warren St. dent with a disability or ill(803) 775-1852. ness. Call Dorcus at (803) 8951252/1253 or Sue at (803) 847AA “How it Works” Group — 2377.

Mondays and Fridays, 8 p.m., 1154 Ronda St. Call (803) 494WEDNESDAY MEETINGS: 5180.

Sickle Cell Support Group — Last 441 AA Support Group — MonWednesday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., days, Tuesdays and Fridays, South Sumter Resource Cen8:30 p.m., Hair Force, 2090-D ter, 337 Manning Ave. Call S.C. 441.

(803) 774-6181.

AA Summerton Group — Divorce Care — Wednesdays, Wednesday, 8 p.m., town hall.

6:30 p.m., Bethel Baptist Manning Al-Anon Family Group — Church, 2401 Bethel Church Thursdays, 7:30 p.m., BehavRoad. Call (803) 481-2160. ioral Health Building, 14 Grief Share — Wednesdays, 6:30 Church St., Manning. Call (803) p.m., Bethel Baptist Church, 435-8085.

2401 Bethel Church Road. Call C/A “Drop the Rock” Group — (803) 481-2160.

Thursdays, 9:30 p.m., 1154 Ronda St. Call (803) 607-4543.

THURSDAY MEETINGS:

MONDAY MEETINGS: Sumter Vitiligo Support Group — Second Monday, 5:45-6:45 p.m., North HOPE Center, 904 N. Main St. Call (803) 316-6763.

Find the group on Facebook.

TUESDAY MEETINGS: Sumter Connective Tissue Support Group — First Tuesday of January, March, May, July, September and November, 7 p.m., 180 Tiller Circle. Call (803) 773-0869.

Mothers of Angels (for mothers who have lost a child) — First Tuesday at noon and third Tuesday at 6 p.m., Wise Drive Baptist Church. Call (803) 4696059, (803) 979-4498, (803) 4694506 or (803) 938-8544.

Sumter Combat Veterans Group Peer to Peer — Tuesdays, 11 a.m., South HOPE Center, 1125 S. Lafayette Drive. Veterans helping veterans with PTSD, coping skills, claims and benefits.

Parkinson’s Support Group — Second Tuesday, 5:30 p.m., Carolinas Rehabilitation Hospital, 121 E. Cedar St., Florence. Call (843) 661-3746.

Sumter Amputee Support Group — Second Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., Sumter Prosthetics & Orthotics, 259 Broad St. Call (803) 883-4356.

Sumter Chapter Parents of Murdered Children (POMC) — Third Tuesday, 5:30-7 p.m., Birnie HOPE Center, 210 S. Purdy St. Open to anyone who has lost a loved one to murder in a violent way.

Multiple Sclerosis Support Group — Third Tuesday, 5:30 p.m., Carolinas Rehabilitation Hospital, 121 E. Cedar St., Florence. Call (843) 661-3746.

TOPS S.C. No. 236 (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) — Thursdays, 9 a.m., Spectrum Senior Center,1989 Durant Lane. Call Diane at (803) 775-3926 or Nancy at (803) 469-4789.

Alzheimer’s Support Group through S.C. Alzheimer’s Association — First Thursday, 6-8 p.m., National Health Care, 1018 N. Guignard Drive. Call Cheryl at (803) 905-7720 or the Alzheimer’s Association at (800) 6363346.

Journey of Hope (for family members of the mentally ill), Journey to Recovery (for the mentally ill) and Survivors of Suicide Support Group — Each group meets every first Thursday, 7 p.m., St. John United Methodist Church, 136 Poinsett Drive. Call (803) 905-5620.

Alzheimer’s Support Group, sponsored by Palmetto Health Tuomey Hospice — Last Thursday each month, 10-11:30 a.m., Home Health Services, 500 Pinewood Road, Suite 2. Call BJ Drayton at (803) 773-4663.

FRIDAY MEETINGS: Celebrate Recovery — Fridays, 6 p.m. dinner, 7 p.m. program, Salt & Light Church, Miller Road (across from Food Lion).

For help with struggles of alcohol, drugs, family problems, smoking, etc.

Wateree AIDS Task Force Support Group — Third Friday, 11:30 a.m., 508 W. Liberty St. Call Kevin at (803) 778-0303.

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

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Gaffney 83/68 Spartanburg 84/69

Greenville 84/68

Columbia 84/71

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

Sumter 83/70

IN THE MOUNTAINS Aiken 84/68

ON THE COAST

Charleston 85/71

Today: A shower or thunderstorm. High 82 to 86.

Wednesday: A thunderstorm, but a little rain in northern parts. High 80 to 84.

SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

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92° 73° 83° 61° 94° in 1970 46° in 1981 0.02" 6.54" 2.50" 38.66" 28.40" 36.02"

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

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Sunrise 7:09 a.m.

Moonrise 10:27 p.m.

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Myrtle Beach 83/70

Manning 83/70

Today: A thunderstorm in spots. Winds north-northeast 4-8 mph.

Wednesday: Humid with a couple of showers. Winds northeast 6-12 mph.

LOCAL ALMANAC

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

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Step up and take over. Show your strengths and proceed to the finish line.

Putting a little force behind your plans will help you establish your position. Communication will ensure that everyone you summon to help will do a good job.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Don’t go halfway when finishing what you start will ensure your reputation continues to thrive. It’s important to go through the physical motions to get things up and running properly.

Face challenges head-on.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t let a personal relationship mess with your emotions. Focus on what you can do to improve your home and domestic relationships. Talks will help you find solutions. Use compassion and persuasion to improve family ties.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’ll face added stress if you let the little things bother you. Instead of wasting time worrying, check out your options and connect with people who can offer a different perspective on what’s happening.

Romance and physical activity are encouraged.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A business trip or taking a course that will put you in touch with people who share your concerns is encouraged. Don’t make purchases that are superficial

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Put time, effort and money into your home and family to avoid complaints. Think big, but don’t go over budget. A realistic approach to how you handle your finances will leave you with plenty left over for a romantic getaway.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Don’t lose sight of what you’ve been asked to do. Your success will depend on your ability to get things done without wasting time. A change at home will help to improve an important relationship with someone you love.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Get out and socialize or network with people who can motivate and inspire you to try new things. Your drive and determination will help you find unique ways to turn an idea into a profitable venture.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Communication is best handled with care. Someone will be offended if you aren’t diplomatic about how you present your thoughts. Offering incentives will help you get what you want. Romance will help ease your stress.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Take better care of your health. Added stress will be caused by emotional issues that result from a lack of communication. Face problems head-on. Do your best to find solutions that suit everyone’s needs.

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TRIPLE-A BASEBALL

Finishing year in the spotlight

Montgomery to start on mound for RailRiders in Triple-A National Championship Game

CAROLINA FOOTBALL

McIlwain has his share of support

By Josh Kendall jkendall@thestate.com The leadership of a South Carolina offense that currently sits last in the SEC in scoring now rests in the hands of a true freshman.

Nobody who knows Brandon McIlwain well is worried.

“He’s a thermostat leader,” said former NFL quarterback and current ESPN analyst Trent Dilfer, who coached McIlwain at the prestigious Elite 11 high school camp.

“There are thermometer leaders that kind McIlwain of adapt to the climate of the environment. He’s one that changes it. When he’s around, everyone feels his presence. He jacks that thing up to 80 real quick. The room changes when he’s in it.”

McIlwain, a 6-foot, 205pound former four-star recruit, made his first collegiate start Saturday against East Carolina.

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Jordan Montgomery, shown pitching for Double-A Trenton earlier this season, will start for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in the Triple-A Baseball National Championship Game today against El Paso in Memphis, Tenn. The game will be televised on NBC Sports Network.

By DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com

ginning at 8 p.m.

The RailRiders advanced to the championship game Jordan Montgomery spent by winning the International the last month and a half of League his baseball season performchampioning at a high level at Tripleship. They A. Now he will get to pitch in beat Lethe final game of the Triplehigh Valley A season. in the semiMontgomery, the former finals beSumter High School, Sumter fore topP-15’s and University of ping GwinSouth Carolina standout leftnett in the hander, will toe the rubber IL champiMONTGOMERY onship sefor the Scranton/WilkesBarre RailRiders against the ries 3-1.

El Paso Chihuahuas in the Oddly enough, Scranton’s Triple-A Baseball National only loss against Gwinnett Championship Game at Aucame in Montgomery’s start toZone Park in Memphis, in the opening game of the Tenn. series. It was easily his The game will be televised worst outing of the season. on NBC Sports Network beThe 6-foot-6-inch, 225-pound-

er didn’t get out of the first inning, recording just two outs. He was touched up for six hits and allowed three runs while walking one and striking out one in the RailRiders’ 7-4 loss.

Montgomery’s start against Lehigh Valley in the semifinal series was more akin to the season he had at Double-A Trenton and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in the New York Yankees’ organization. Montgomery tossed seven shutout innings of 3-hit baseball.

Montgomery, a fourthround pick of the Yankees in the 2014 Major League Baseball draft, was called up to Triple-A at the first of August and was tremendous in six regular-season starts for

the RailRiders. He went 5-1 with a 0.97 earned run average in 37 innings. He struck out 37 and walked just nine while allowing 28 hits.Montgomery was named an Eastern League All-Star for the season.

He was 9-4 with a 2.55 earned run average in 102 1/3 innings. He struck out 97 and walked 36 while allowing 94 hits. He also tossed a shutout.

Montgomery’s combined record for the year was 14-5 with a 2.13 ERA. He had 134 strikeouts against 45 walks in 139 1/3 innings.

El Paso won the Pacific Coast League championship. The Chihuahuas are the Triple-A affiliate for the San Diego Padres.

CLEMSON FOOTBALL

No. 5 Tigers’ offense looks better with Georgia Tech up next

By PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press CLEMSON — Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson said the Tigers’ muchneeded breakout performance over South Carolina State was good the fifthranked Tigers — and came at exactly the right time.

The offense, sluggish through a pair of six-point wins over Auburn and Troy the first two weeks, exploded in a 59-0 victory over South Carolina State on Saturday. Sure, the FCS Bulldogs were clearly overmatched, but Watson said Clemson (3-0) got the chance to correct errors and gain some rhythm with its Atlantic Coast Conference opener at Georgia Tech (3-0) coming up Thursday night.

“We’re very confident,” Watson said Monday.

PRO FOOTBALL

The Associated Press

The Carolina Panthers will have to turn to Fozzy Whittaker with running back Jonathan Stewart (28) out with a hamstring injury.

Panthers’ Stewart out at least 2 weeks Whittaker up next, expected to start Sunday

By STEVE REED The Associated Press

The Associated Press

Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson (4) helped get the Tigers’ offense in gear in a 59-0 victory over see CLEMSON, Page B4 South Carolina State on Saturday in Clemson.

CHARLOTTE — While Panthers coach Ron Rivera is awaiting the results of an MRI on running back Jonathan Stewart’s right hamstring, Fozzy Whittaker is ready to roll for Carolina.

Rivera said the initial indications on Stewart are not good.

“If it’s a hamstring — and every indication is that it is — it’s going to be at least a week or two,” Rivera said.

“We’ll see how severe.”

The Panthers won’t announce the extent of Stewart’s injury until

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Stewart injured his hamstring in the first quarter of Carolina’s 47-26 win over San Francisco on Sunday.

He did not return, finishing with 9 yards rushing on five carries.

Whittaker, who ran for 100 yards on 16 carries in the win, is expected to start Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings even though he is viewed as more of a change-of-pace back. Rivera said Cameron Artis-Payne, who is more of a straight-ahead power back, will see plenty of action, too. Artis-Payne was inactive the last two games for Carolina (1-1).

Rivera said that while anything is possible, he did not sound as though the team would bring in a running back from outside the organization.

“We feel good about the combination of guys that we have,” Rivera said.

The 27-year-old Whittaker is just looking to help out where he can.

“I never want to see my own teammate, Jonathan Stewart, go down. I hope he heals up fast,” Whittaker said. “We always have the next man up mentality.

When my number is called, I’m just trying to help produce and get the team a win.”

Panthers quarterback Cam Newton was impressed with Whittaker, saying after the game that he “picked up the rifle and kept shooting.”

Prior to Sunday, Whittaker’s career-high was 41 yards rushing back, that coming back in 2014 against the Atlanta Falcons.

He’s been mostly used as a third-down back since coming into the league as an undrafted free agent out of Texas in 2012. He has nearly had as many yards receiving (279) as he has rushing (332) coming into the season.

At 5-foot-10 and 205 pounds, there is some question whether Whittaker will be able to handle the pounding that comes with being an everydown back in the league.

Prior to Sunday he’d never carried the ball more than nine times in a game so it’s unlikely he’ll get 19 touches per game like he did on Sunday.

But he may not have to in Carolina.

Offensive coordinator Mike Shula said if Stewart is out the strategy will be to “mix it up,” sharing carries between Whittaker, Artis-Payne and fullback Mike Tolbert.

“And we got that other guy back there, too,” Shula said with a coy smile, referring to Newton, who has more TDs rushing than any quarterback in NFL history.

Whittaker said he was excited about his performance and the victory, but also a little upset at himself over a fumble in San Francisco territory that may have cost his team points.

“That’s something I need to correct,” Whittaker said.

“Being able to protect the ball whenever we play other teams in the future, that can come back to bite us in the butt.”

Whittaker and ArtisPayne both have good hands, although it’s clear Rivera views Whittaker as more of a receiver than Artis-Payne. Whittaker had 31 yards receiving on three catches against the 49ers.

NOTES: Stewart wasn’t the only Carolina player to injure his hamstring.

Backup safety Dean Marlowe, who has been plagued by hamstring problems since the preseason, re-injured himself in his first action of the season against the 49ers. It’s possible the injury could force the Panthers could make a roster move at safety.

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AUTO RACING

Truex Jr. rallies to win Chase opener

By MIKE CRANSTON Associated Press

JOLIET, Ill. — Martin Truex Jr. was a lap down after he had to make an unscheduled pit stop for a completely unraveled tire.

Truex could have cursed his bad luck. He could have lost his cool. Instead, he took a different approach.

“The mindset was, all right, this isn’t good, this is bad,” he said. “I really wish this didn’t happen, but it did.

How are we going to overcome it?”

One furious closing charge was enough.

Truex surged to the front on a late re-start and pulled away to give Furniture Row Racing a NASCAR Sprint Cup playoff-opening victory Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway.

“I’ve had a lot of practice at it,” Truex said about the on-track obstacles. “I think my approach really changed

two years ago when (girlfriend) Sherry (Pollex) got diagnosed with cancer. My approach to all those things changed and made me a better driver.”

NASCAR announced after the race that Truex’s No. 78 Toyota failed the laser inspection, but the infraction was not at the level of negating the victory for Chase qualification purposes.

Truex is expected to receive a point penalty this week.

Rookie Chase Elliott appeared on his way to an easy win until Michael McDowell blew a tire and spun out, prompting a caution with five laps left.

Elliott and Truex came in to pit for tires, with Ryan Blaney, Kasey Kahne and Chase contender Carl Edwards staying on the track.

Truex restarted fourth and Elliott fifth, and Truex quickly got to the front and held off Joey Logano on the final lap for his third victory

The Associated Press

Martin Truex Jr., left, and his girlfriend, Sherry Pollex, pose for photos in Victory Lane after Truex won the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400 on Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill. of the season. Truex is guaranteed to move on when the Chase field is cut from 16 to 12 in two weeks.

Truex, whose team gets technical support from Joe Gibbs Racing, made the last four in the 2015 Chase. His 2016 season started with a

near miss at the Daytona 500 and a Coca-Cola 600 win.

Pollex is now in remission after battling ovarian cancer.

“You have to understand, this isn’t the end of the world.” Truex said of racing setbacks. “We can overcome it. That’s what we did today.”

SCOREBOARD TV, Radio

TODAY

2 p.m. – International Soccer: Bundesliga League Match – Borussia Dortmund vs. Wolfsburg (FOX SPORTS 1).

2 p.m. – International Soccer: Bundesliga League Match – Hamburg vs. Freiburg (FOX SPORTS 2).

3 p.m. – International Hockey: World Cup of Hockey Group Stage Match from Toronto – Finland vs. Sweden (ESPN).

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

6:25 p.m. – International Soccer: Futsal World Cup Round-of-16 Match from Medellin, Colombia – Russia vs.

Vietnam (FOX SPORTS 2).

7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Atlanta at New York Mets (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST, WPUB-FM 102.7).

7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Boston at Baltimore or New York Yankees at Tampa Bay (MLB NETWORK).

7:55 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – Toluca vs.

Cruz Azul (UNIVISION).

8 p.m. – International Hockey: World Cup of Hockey Group Stage Match from Toronto – Canada vs. United States (ESPN).

8 p.m. – Minor League Baseball: Triple-A National Championship Game from Memphis, Tenn. – Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre vs. El Paso (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

9:55 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexican League Match – America vs. Necaxa (UNIVISION).

10 p.m. – Major League Baseball: San Francisco at Los Angeles Dodgers (ESPN2).

MLB standings AMERICAN League W L Pct GB 85 64 .570 — 82 67 .550 3 81 68 .544 4 77 72 .517 8 64 85 .430 21 W L Pct GB 86 63 .577 — 79 70 .530 7 77 73 .513 9½ 72 78 .480 14½ 55 95 .367 31½ W L Pct GB 88 62 .587 — 79 70 .530 8½ 78 71 .523 9½ 66 83 .443 21½ 65 84 .436 22½

Sunday’s Games

Detroit 9, Cleveland 5 N.Y. Mets 3, Minnesota 2 Baltimore 2, Tampa Bay 1 Kansas City 10, Chicago White Sox 3 Oakland 5, Texas 2 L.A. Angels 4, Toronto 0 Seattle 7, Houston 3 Boston 5, N.Y. Yankees 4

Monday’s Games

Kansas City 8, Chicago White Sox 3 Boston at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Houston at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

Toronto at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games

Wednesday’s Games

Houston at Oakland, 3:35 p.m.

Toronto at Seattle, 3:40 p.m.

Boston at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.

National League East Division

W L Pct GB Washington 88 61 .591 — 80 69 .537 8 New York Miami 74 75 .497 14 Philadelphia 67 83 .447 21½ Atlanta 58 91 .389 30 Central Division

W L Pct GB x-Chicago 94 55 .631 — St. Louis 78 71 .523 16 74 75 .497 20 Pittsburgh Milwaukee 68 82 .453 26½ Cincinnati 63 86 .423 31 West Division

W L Pct GB Los Angeles 84 65 .564 — San Francisco 79 70 .530 5 Colorado 72 77 .483 12 63 86 .423 21 Arizona San Diego 62 87 .416 22 x-clinched division

Sunday’s Games

By The Associated Press

East Division

Boston Baltimore Toronto New York Tampa Bay Central Division

Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Chicago Minnesota West Division

Texas Seattle Houston Oakland Los Angeles

L.A. Angels (Wright 0-3) at Texas (Griffin 7-4), 8:05 p.m.

Detroit (Boyd 5-4) at Minnesota (Santiago 12-8), 8:10 p.m.

Houston (Musgrove 3-4) at Oakland (Manaea 6-9), 10:05 p.m.

Toronto (Happ 19-4) at Seattle (Iwakuma 16-11), 10:10 p.m.

Boston (Rodriguez 2-7) at Baltimore (Gausman 8-10), 7:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Shields 5-17) at Philadelphia (Thompson 2-5), 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Volquez 10-11) at Cleveland (Tomlin 12-8), 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 6-11) at Tampa Bay (Smyly 7-11), 7:10 p.m.

Cincinnati 7, Pittsburgh 4 N.Y. Mets 3, Minnesota 2 Atlanta 6, Washington 2, 7 innings Miami 5, Philadelphia 4 Milwaukee 3, Chicago Cubs 1 St. Louis 3, San Francisco 0 Colorado 6, San Diego 3 Arizona 10, L.A. Dodgers 9, 12 innings

Monday’s Games

Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Washington at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.

St. Louis at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

Arizona at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.

San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games

Chicago White Sox (Shields 5-17) at Philadelphia (Thompson 2-5), 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Teheran 5-10) at N.Y. Mets (Gsellman 2-1), 7:10 p.m.

Washington (Roark 15-8) at Miami (Fernandez 15-8), 7:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs (Lester 17-4), 8:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Milwaukee (Garza 5-7), 8:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Wainwright 11-9) at Colorado (De La Rosa 8-8), 8:40 p.m.

Arizona (Bradley 7-9) at San Diego (Clemens 3-5), 10:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Cueto 16-5) at L.A. Dodgers (Hill 12-4), 10:10 p.m.

By The Associated Press

WNBA Standings

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

By The Associated Press

East

New England N.Y. Jets Miami Buffalo South

Houston Tennessee Indianapolis Jacksonville North

Pittsburgh Baltimore Cincinnati Cleveland West

Denver Kansas City San Diego Oakland

PA 45 54 43 50

W L T Pct PF 2 0 0 1.000 42 1 1 0 .500 32 0 2 0 .000 55 0 2 0 .000 37

PA 26 40 73 65

W L T Pct PF 2 0 0 1.000 62 2 0 0 1.000 38 1 1 0 .500 39 0 2 0 .000 30

PA 32 27 46 54

W L Pct GB 28 6 .824 — x-Minnesota x-Los Angeles 26 8 .765 2 16 18 .471 12 x-Phoenix x-Seattle 16 18 .471 12 11 23 .324 17 Dallas San Antonio 7 27 .206 21 x-clinched playoff spot

W L T Pct PF 2 0 0 1.000 55 1 1 0 .500 45 1 1 0 .500 65 1 1 0 .500 63

PA 40 46 47 69

Connecticut 87, Washington 78 Indiana 83, Dallas 60 Phoenix 81, San Antonio 65 Seattle 88, Chicago 75

x-New York x-Chicago x-Atlanta x-Indiana Connecticut Washington

W L Pct GB 21 13 .618 — 18 16 .529 3 17 17 .500 4 17 17 .500 4 14 20 .412 7 13 21 .382 8

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Sunday’s Games

Monday’s Games

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

No games scheduled

East

W L T Pct PF N.Y. Giants 2 0 0 1.000 36 Philadelphia 1 0 0 1.000 29 1 1 0 .500 46 Dallas Washington 0 2 0 .000 39 South

W L T Pct PF Tampa Bay 1 1 0 .500 38 Carolina 1 1 0 .500 66 1 1 0 .500 59 Atlanta New Orleans 0 2 0 .000 47 North

W L T Pct PF Minnesota 2 0 0 1.000 42 Green Bay 1 1 0 .500 41 Detroit 1 1 0 .500 54 Chicago 0 1 0 .000 14 West

W L T Pct PF San Francisco 1 1 0 .500 55 Los Angeles 1 1 0 .500 9 Arizona 1 1 0 .500 61 Seattle 1 1 0 .500 15

PA 32 10 43 65 PA 64 48 59 51 PA 30 40 51 23 PA 46 31 30 19

Thursday’s Games

N.Y. Jets 37, Buffalo 31

Sunday’s Games

New England 31, Miami 24 N.Y. Giants 16, New Orleans 13 Dallas 27, Washington 23 Tennessee 16, Detroit 15 Baltimore 25, Cleveland 20 Pittsburgh 24, Cincinnati 16 Houston 19, Kansas City 12 Carolina 46, San Francisco 27 Los Angeles 9, Seattle 3 Arizona 40, Tampa Bay 7 Denver 34, Indianapolis 20 Atlanta 35, Oakland 28 San Diego 38, Jacksonville 14 Minnesota 17, Green Bay 14

Monday’s Games

Philadelphia at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

FCS Coaches Poll

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — The top 25 teams in the Coaches Football Championship Subdivision poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 17, points and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pvs 1. North Dakota State (26) 3-0 650 1 2. Sam Houston State 2-0 605 3 3-0 583 4 3. Chattanooga 4. Jacksonville State 2-1 558 6 5. Eastern Washington 2-1 556 7 6. Montana 2-0 509 9 2-1 429 8 7. James Madison 8. William & Mary 2-1 426 14 9. Richmond 2-1 419 2 10. The Citadel 3-0 372 15 11. Charleston Southern 1-2 368 12 2-1 363 5 12. Illinois State 13. Western Illinois 2-0 326 16 1-2 310 11 14. Northern Iowa 15. Villanova 2-1 250 18 2-1 206 — 16. Eastern Illinois 17. Youngstown State 2-1 187 20 18. South Dakota State 1-2 184 10 1-0 127 22 19. Harvard 20. McNeese State 1-2 123 13 1-1 119 23 21. Colgate 22. N.C. A&T 2-1 118 19 3-0 110 25 23. Albany (N.Y.) 24. Stony Brook 2-1 109 — 25. Northern Arizona 1-2 93 24 25. Portland State 1-2 93 17 Others receiving votes: Southern Utah 62, Cal Poly 37, North Dakota 25, Samford 24, Liberty 22, Stephen F. Austin 14, Grambling State 12, Jackson State 11, Fordham 10, Wofford 9, Southeast Missouri State 8, Eastern Kentucky 6, Dartmouth 4, Monmouth (N.J.) 3, Tennessee Tech 3, Towson 2, Montana State 2, New Hampshire 1, Delaware 1, Southeastern Louisiana 1.

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Golf SCORES

Sunday, Sep. 25

By The Associated Press

Houston at New England, 8:25 p.m.

St. Louis at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Washington at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

Arizona at San Diego, 9:10 p.m.

San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

Washington at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.

Cleveland at Miami, 1 p.m.

Detroit at Green Bay, 1 p.m.

Minnesota at Carolina, 1 p.m.

Denver at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

Arizona at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Baltimore at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.

Oakland at Tennessee, 1 p.m.

San Francisco at Seattle, 4:05 p.m.

Los Angeles at Tampa Bay, 4:05 p.m.

San Diego at Indianapolis, 4:25 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 4:25 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Kansas City, 4:25 p.m.

Chicago at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

NFL Standings

Atlanta at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pct PF 2 0 0 1.000 54 1 1 0 .500 59 0 2 0 .000 34 0 2 0 .000 38

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Sumter High to host baseball camp

Augusta Christian beats TSA in double overtime

The Sumter High School Baseball Fall Camp will be held on Saturday at Gamecock Field beginning at 9 a.m.

The camp, which is open to children ages 7-14, will have registration beginning at 8 a.m. The camp will run for three hours. The registration fee is $20.The camp will be led

by Sumter’s coaching staff of head coach Brooks Shumake and assistants Joe Norris, Randy Twitty, Chad Hoshour, Curtis Johnson, Mike Moss, Dean Pack and Robbie Mooneyham.

For more information, contact Shumake at (803) 491-7886 or at Matthew.shumake@ sumterschools.net.

Tebow arrives at Mets camp PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Tim Tebow has arrived to begin his baseball career.

The 2007 Heisman Trophy winner and former NFL quarterback got to the New York Mets’ complex early Monday, with his first workout as part of their instructional league team to begin later in the morning.

He was given jersey No. 15, the same number he wore as a quarterback as a nationalchampionship-winning phenomenon in college at Florida — where he also donned blue and orange, the same color scheme as the Mets — and as a much-maligned one in the NFL with Denver and the New York Jets. Tebow is one of 58 players on the team’s instructional league roster, and at 29 he’s also four years older than any other invitee. Two of the players on the roster won’t even turn 18 until next year.

Tebow’s last time playing true organized baseball was in his junior year of high school, when he batted nearly .500 for Nease High near Jacksonville, Florida. Hoping now to become a professional outfielder, Tebow worked out for scouts in Los Angeles last month and not long afterward the Mets signed him to a deal that included a $100,000 bonus.

Royals 8 White Sox 3 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Yordano Ventura picked up his first complete-game victory, Kendrys Morales hit a threerun homer and the Kansas City Royals defeated the Chicago White Sox 8-3 Monday.

The Royals have won three straight, keeping their faint playoff hopes flickering with 12 games remaining. The Royals went 14-5 against the White Sox this year.

Ventura (11-11) gave up nine hits, struck out five and walked one. His only other complete game in the majors was a loss July 28 at Texas.

Ventura had allowed 10 runs, 17 hits and six walks in 11 1-3 innings in losing his previous two starts.

Morales homered off Carlos Rodon (7-10) in a four-run fifth. Morales homered in back-to-back games, bringing his total to 29. The last Royal to hit 30 home runs in a season was Jermaine Dye, with 33 in 2000.

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Tim Tebow stretches before batting practice on Monday at the New York Mets’ complex in Port St. Lucie, Fla. The 2007 Heisman Trophy winner and former NFL quarterback got to the complex early Monday and started his first workout as part of their instructional league team.

8-year-old in the Bronx, Vin Scully would grab a pillow, put it under his family’s fourlegged radio and lay his head directly under the speaker to hear whatever college football game was on the air in 1936.

With a snack of saltine crackers and a glass of milk nearby, the red-haired boy was transfixed by crowd’s roar that raised goosebumps.

He thought about how much he’d like to be at the game.

As time went on, he thought he’d like to call the action himself.

His youthful aspirations came true at 22 when he was hired by a CBS radio affiliate in Washington, D.C. The following year, he joined Red Barber and Connie Desmond in the Brooklyn Dodgers’ radio and television booths.

In 1953, at age 25, Scully became the youngest person to broadcast a World Series game, a mark that still stands.

Now 88, Scully is heading into his final week behind the mic at Dodger Stadium before concluding his career on Oct. 2 in San Francisco, where the Dodgers end the regular season against the rival Giants. His 67 years with the Dodgers make Scully the longest-tenured broadcaster with a single team in professional sports.

“I will miss it,” he said Monday. “I know that dramatically.”

Braves 7 Mets 3 NEW YORK — Aaron Blair won for the first time in 13 major league starts, Freddie Freeman drove in three runs off a misfiring Noah Syndergaard and the Atlanta Braves slowed the New York Mets’ wild-card chase with a 7-3 victory Monday night.

Freeman had four hits for the Braves, who have the worst record in the National League, and rookie Dansby Swanson had three hits and three RBIs.

Red Sox 5 Baltimore 2 BALTIMORE — Rick Porcello pitched a four-hitter for his major league-high 21st victory, David Ortiz and Mookie Betts hit two-run homers and the Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 on Monday night to pad their lead in the AL East.

Coming off a four-game sweep of the Yankees, Boston sustained its late-season surge in the opener of an important four-game series for both clubs. The Red Sox stand atop the division by a seasonhigh four games.

Adam Jones homered and Mark Trumbo picked up his 102nd RBI for the secondplace Orioles, who started the day with a one-game lead over Toronto for the top AL wild card.

Chun wins Evian Marlins 4 Championship with major Nationals 3 record round EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — In Gee Chun clinched the Evian Championship in record-breaking style on Sunday, winning by four shots to secure her second major with the lowest ever 72-hole score in a major.

The 22-year-old South Korean sank a difficult 10-foot putt to finish on 21 under, breaking the record for men and women of 20 co-held by Henrik Stenson and Jason Day. She bettered the women’s record by two.

“Without nerves I feel bored,” Chun said. “I had a lot of pressure on the course, but I much enjoyed my game.”

She led from start to finish, although she did share the first-round lead with Sung Hyun Park — who finished tied for second with So Yeon Ryu in a dominant tournament for South Koreans.

MIAMI — Giancarlo Stanton homered and the Miami Marlins beat the Washington Nationals 4-3 on Monday night. Christian Yelich, Ichiro Suzuki, and Derek Dietrich also drove in a run for the Marlins and A.J. Ramos pitched the ninth for his 38th save in 41 chances.

Danny Espinosa hit a threerun homer and A.J. Cole allowed two runs and four hits in four innings for the Nationals.

Brian Ellington (3-2) picked up the win with an inning of relief while Mat Latos (7-3) took the loss.

Miami’s Wei-Yin Chen made his first start since July 20 due to an elbow strain, and allowed three runs and four hits, ending his night after 4 1/3 innings. Chen threw 44 of 66 pitches for strikes.

MARTINEZ, Ga. – Thomas Sumter Academy’s varsity football team dropped a 39-38 decision to Augusta Christian School in double overtime on Friday at the ACS field.

The Generals fell to 2-2 on the season and 1-1 in SCISA Region II-2A. Quarterback Ryan Dixon had 16 carries for 84 yards and three touchdowns, while completing 12 of 23 passes for 130 yards and another score.

Richard Huntley has 12 carries for 116 yards, Astin Coleman had six catches for 65 yards and a score, Kyle Decker had three catches for 41 yards and a score, Josh Barnett had four catches for 51 yards and Jonathan Etling had three catches for 34 yards.

John Bracewell was 5-for-5 on extra points and booted a field goal with three seconds left in regulation to force overtime.

Augusta Christian had the ball last in the second overtime, matched TSA’s score and got the 2-point conversion for the win.

Decker had five solo tackles, two for loss, and two assists to lead the defense. Barnett had five solos and two assists and Devin Harwell had six solos and three assists while breaking up a pass.

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Alice Drive defeated Ebenezer 3-0 on Monday at the AD gymnasium.

The Lady Hawks won by the scores of 25-15, 25-10, 2516.

JUNIOR VARSITY VOLLEYBALL Calhoun 3 Thomas Sumter 1 DALZELL – Thomas Sumter Academy fell to 2-6 with a 3-1 loss to Calhoun Academy on Monday at Edens Gymnasium.

Calhoun won by the scores of 21-25, 25-18, 25-18, 25-22.

Lindsay Daniel led the Lady Generals with seven kills and seven aces. Karleigh Young had five kills and Logan Scruggs had four assists and four aces. Sydney Kindsvater also had four aces.

B TEAM VOLLEYBALL Robert E. Lee 2, 2 BISHOPVILLE – Wilson Hall suffered a pair of 2-0 losses to Robert E. Lee Academy on Monday at the REL gymnasium.

The Lady Barons, 1-6, play host to Heathwood Hall today at 4:15 p.m.

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Varsity Cross Country Sumter at South Florence, 5:30 p.m.

Darlington, Manning at Crestwood, 5 p.m.

Varsity Girls Golf Sumter at Camden, 4:30 p.m.

Varsity Boys Soccer Calvary Christian at Sumter Christian, 4 p.m.

Varsity Swimming Thomas Sumter, Governor’s School, Carolina Forest, St. Francis Xavier at Sumter (at City of Sumter Aquatics Center), 6 p.m.

Varsity Girls Tennis Conway at Sumter, 5 p.m.

Johnsonville at East Clarendon, 5 p.m.

Junior Varsity Girls Tennis Thomas Sumter at Williamsburg, 4 p.m.

Varsity Volleyball Crestwood at Lakewood, 6 p.m.

Buford at Lee Central, 6 p.m.

East Clarendon at Creek Bridge, 5:30 p.m.

Heathwood Hall at Wilson Hall, 5:30 p.m.

Laurence Manning at Trinity-Byrnes, 4 p.m.

Varsity and JV Volleyball Conway at Sumter, 6 p.m.

Williamsburg at Robert E. Lee, 4 p.m.

Clarendon Hall at Jefferson Davis, 4 p.m.

Calvary Christian at Sumter Christian, 4 p.m.

B Team Volleyball Heathwood Hall at Wilson Hall, 4:15 p.m.

WEDNESDAY

Varsity Cross Country Lakewood in Body Shop Invitational (at Lexington High), 5:30 p.m.

Middle School Football Hillcrest at Alice Drive, 5 p.m.

Bates at Furman, 5 p.m.

Manning at Chestnut Oaks, 5 p.m.

Ebenezer at Mayewood, 5 p.m.

Kingstree at East Clarendon, 5:30 p.m.

Scott’s Branch at C.E. Murray, 6 p.m.

Varsity Girls Tennis Robert E. Lee at Pee Dee, 3:30 p.m.

Junior Varsity Tennis Wilson Hall at Hammond, 4:15 p.m.

Thomas Sumter at Carolina, 4 p.m.

Pee Dee at Robert E. Lee, 3:30 p.m.

Varsity Volleyball Bowman at Scott’s Branch, 6 p.m.

Varsity and JV Volleyball Fairfield Central at Lakewood, 5:30 p.m.

Thomas Sumter at Carolina Academy, 4 p.m.

Palmetto Christian at Robert E. Lee, 4 p.m.

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He threw for 195 yards on 16-of-28 passing and rushed for 34 yards and two touchdowns on seven carries as South Carolina beat the Pirates 20-15.

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“We’ve got a lot of swagger on both sides of the ball.”

It was especially critical for the offense, a supposedly once-in-a-generation amalgam of skill players that had looked rather ordinary in its two opening games. Watson was adamant that no one had panicked, but yet he apologized to fans before last week’s game for the “negative energy” he felt he brought to the Troy outing.

There was no need for any “I’m sorrys” this time around, just further refinement and focus to get the ACC season started off right, Watson said.

“Nothing that we were too frustrated about,” Watson said. “Great teams improve throughout the season every week. We got better, a lot of people got more

OBITUARIES ANNETTE D. BLEASDALE ALCOLU — Annette Oliver DuRant Bleasdale, 93, beloved wife of 68 years to Ralph Watson Bleasdale Sr., died on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, at NHC HealthCare, Sumter.

Born on Dec. 31, 1922, in AlcoBLEASDALE lu, she was a daughter of the late Henry Eugene and Gertrude Oliver DuRant. She was a 1944 graduate of Winthrop College, a school teacher, a homemaker and a member of New Harmony Presbyterian Church.

She is survived by her husband of Alcolu; two sons, Frank C. Bleasdale II and Ralph W. Bleasdale Jr. (Mary), both of Alcolu; three daughters, Annette “Bee” Bleasdale of Sumter, Carole B. Utley (Wayne) of Manning and Shirley B. Joubert (Wayne) of Knoxville, Tennessee; a brother, Samuel Eugene DuRant of Gable; a sister, Mary Gertrude Baker of New Zion; eight grandchildren, Carole Anne Bradshaw (Randy), Leah Bleasdale, Jordan Bleasdale, Anna Bleasdale, Mary Ashleigh Mahoney (Chris), Buddy Bleasdale, Kristina Joubert and Alexandra “Sasha” Joubert; and three great-grandchildren, Sage, Tyson and Wren Oliver Bradshaw.

A funeral service was held at 5 p.m. Monday at New Harmony Presbyterian Church.

The Rev. Dr. Gordon K. Reed officiated. Burial will follow in DuRant-New Harmony Cemetery.

Pallbearers were men of the immediate family.

had leadership,” Gamecocks senior offensive lineman Mason Zandi said. “Brandon is a very confident and calm guy. You can look in his eyes and tell he’s not nervous.”

That precocious maturity is one of the reasons South Carolina felt comfortable replacing fifth-year senior quarterback Perry Orth with McIlwain, who last year was playing high school football in

experience. It was something we really needed going into this week.”

The Tigers finished with a season-high 555 yards.

Watson was nearly flawless in less than a half of play, completing 12 of 15 throws for 152 yards and three touchdowns. His receivers, who committed eight drops in a 30-24 win over Troy a week earlier, also performed well. Their performance made up for the loss of reliable Hunter Renfrow, who had TD grabs in Clemson’s first two games but is out for about a month with a broken hand.

Clemson co-offensive coordinator Tony Elliott said his offense’s rebound began at the end of the Troy game where the Tigers scored 17 points in the fourth quarter, all of them necessary to lock things up against the pesky Trojans.

Clemson carried that into a 31-point opening quarter against South Carolina

Newtown, Pa. “The good thing about Brandon is he has a lot of confidence in himself, and not in an arrogant way at all, but in a very positive manner,” Gamecocks coach Will Muschamp said. “He believes in his ability. That’s a calming factor for him and for us and for our players in my opinion.”

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“It was good to see the guys come out and have fun,” Elliott said. “The biggest thing is taking the pressure off and getting back to doing what we do: Play fast, distribute the ball, guys having fun in everybody else’s success.”

Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson said Clemson, who beat the Yellow Jackets 43-24 at Death Valley last year, will be his team’s most talented opponent so far.

“They’re going to come in here with a bunch of cats,” he said. “We’ve got to see if we can line up and play with them. We didn’t a year ago, two years ago we did. I don’t think we’ll be afraid, but we’ve got to play.”

The challenge for Clemson is to carry that success into Georgia Tech, where the Tigers haven’t won since Elliott was a junior receiver who caught a 9-yard TD pass to beat the Yellow Jackets in 2003.

Past and present elders and deacons of New Harmony Presbyterian Church served as honorary pallbearers.

Visitation was held on Sunday at Stephens Funeral Home. The family will receive friends at other times at the residence, 2063 McElveen Road, Alcolu.

Memorials may be made to New Harmony Presbyterian Church, Cemetery Fund, 1174 New Harmony Church Road, Alcolu, SC 29001.

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Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, was in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome.org

WILLIAM H. WOODS William H. Woods, 67, husband of Betty Robinson Woods, entered eternal rest on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

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“The great thing about Brandon is he knows when to be loose and have fun,” said Will Hewlett, who has been McIlwain’s private quarterbacks coach for almost 10 years and now runs The Range quarterback coaching

facility in California. “He knows how to act and relate and communicate and not be that kind of super mature, ‘I’m better than you.’ But when it’s time to process information, there’s no one I’ve met who does it as quick as he does it.”

McIlwain showed an ability to communicate with every type of player while at the Elite 11 camp, Dilfer said.

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The Amway Top 25 football coaches poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 17, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pvs 1. Alabama (59) 3-0 1571 1 2. Ohio State (3) 3-0 1482 4 3. Clemson (1) 3-0 1405 3 4. Louisville 3-0 1331 10 5. Michigan 3-0 1302 5 6. Stanford 2-0 1273 6 7. Houston 3-0 1235 7 8. Mich. State 2-0 1156 8 9. Washington 3-0 1065 9 10. Wisconsin 3-0 872 12 11. Georgia 3-0 847 13 12. Tennessee 3-0 805 15 13. Texas A&M 3-0 791 20 14. Florida State 2-1 742 2 15. Baylor 3-0 658 19 16. Florida 3-0 598 23 17. LSU 2-1 522 22 18. Arkansas 3-0 500 24 19. Miami (Fla.) 3-0 441 25 20. Nebraska 3-0 373 NR 21. Mississippi 1-2 166 17 21. TCU 2-1 166 NR 23. Utah 3-0 155 NR 24. Texas 2-1 143 16 25. Iowa 2-1 140 11 Others receiving votes: Oklahoma 106; North Carolina 95; San Diego State 87; UCLA 81; Boise State 62; Oregon 50; Oklahoma State 46; Arizona State 34; South Florida 32; Georgia Tech 28; Notre Dame 23; West Virginia 19; Western Michigan 16; Minnesota 11; Navy 10; California 6; Central Michigan 6; Toledo 6; Kansas State (1-1 4; Maryland 4; Memphis 4; Army 2; Auburn 2; Western Kentucky 2.

By The Associated Press The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 17, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pv 1. Alabama (50) 3-0 1510 1 2. Ohio St. (4) 3-0 1442 3 3. Louisville (6) 3-0 1406 10 4. Michigan (1) 3-0 1277 4 5. Clemson 3-0 1258 5 6. Houston 3-0 1245 6 7. Stanford 2-0 1195 7 8. Michigan St. 2-0 1084 12 9. Washington 3-0 1040 8 10. Texas A&M 3-0 890 17 11. Wisconsin 3-0 828 9 12. Georgia 3-0 726 16 13. Florida St. 2-1 722 2 14. Tennessee 3-0 707 15 15. Miami 3-0 565 25 16. Baylor 3-0 529 21 17. Arkansas 3-0 528 24 18. LSU 2-1 517 20 19. Florida 3-0 479 23 20. Nebraska 3-0 420 NR 21. Texas 2-1 196 11 22. San Diego St. 3-0 183 NR 23. Mississippi 1-2 172 19 24. Utah 3-0 154 NR 25. Oklahoma 1-2 139 14 Others receiving votes: TCU 132, UCLA 74, North Dakota St. 74, Boise St. 69, Iowa 47, California 44, Oklahoma St. 42, Notre Dame 32, Oregon 23, North Carolina 17, Georgia Tech 17, Cent. Michigan 16, South Florida 7, W. Michigan 6, Toledo 6, Maryland 3, Arizona St. 3, Virginia Tech 1.

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By Amanda McNulty, County Extension Agent Bees Knees, Sneezeweed A small, yellow-flowered plant is making a big show on roadsides and rough places now. If in a mowed area, it will be only three inches or so high but by railroad tracks or other waste areas, it actually makes a bouquet a foot or more in height. The lower leaves dry and fall off, leaving a stalk handy to cut if you want to collect a bunch of these autumn-flowering members of the sunflower family.

Bitter sneezeweed is the common name for this plant; Helenium ararum, and like many Asteraceae members it has composite flowers.

The interior disk flowers are small and surrounded by petal-like ray flowers which give it the characteristic daisy appearance. The bright yellow color is a magnet for certain insects which mine the blossoms for the copious but heavy male gamete-loaded pollen grains. Notice I said “heavy” pollen; like goldenrod and other brightly flowered fall-blooming plants, sneezeweed gets blamed for runny and itchy noses.

Actually, it’s plants with inconspicuous flowers, like ragweed, which are the culprits that escape blame because they don’t catch our eye.

The genus Helenium references Helen of Troy from whose tears sneezeweed appeared according to mythology. The common name,

“sneezeweed,” is attributed to Native American uses of this plant whose crushed leaves were used to induce sneezing as a form of purging.

Although a welcome food source for pollinators, sneezeweed has its dangers. The plant contains extremely toxic compounds and if eaten by grazing animals can be deadly. Although sheep, horses, and cattle avoid consuming sneezeweed, if confined to too small an area, they may ingest this plant with serious, potentially fatal consequences. Hay farmers are vigilant about eradicating this plant from their fields.

But for most of us, sneezeweed is a colorful addition to the nature’s fall palate, and gives us an opportunity to observe a myriad of native bees happily collecting dinner from its blossoms. We could all do our part to protect and support pollinators by leaving a portion of our yard unmowed and untreated with herbicides where plants considered weeds by some can be allowed to fulfill their destiny as food sources for insects that in turn are responsible for every third bite we eat.

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WILBUR CARLYLE ARDIS JR. MANNING — Wilbur Carlyle Ardis Jr., 66, husband of Susan Connor Ardis, died on Saturday, Sept.

17, 2016, at Covenant Place in Sumter.

Born on July 14, 1950, in Sumter, he was a son of the late Wilbur ARDIS Carlyle and Dorothy Zee Copeland Ardis. He was a graduate of Manning High School and Clemson University. He was a U.S. Army veteran; a past master and treasurer of St. Peter’s Masonic Lodge; owner of Manning Farm & Garden Shop after his father’s death in 2008; and he was a member of Manning First Baptist Church.

He is survived by his wife of Manning; two daughters, Stacy Farley (Michael) and Carole Evans (Jeremy), both of Manning; a son, Wilbur Carlyle Ardis III (Kendra) of Sumter; seven grandchildren, Eddie Stevens, Copeland Farley, Taylor Evans, Lana Evans, Deacon Ardis, Lucy Ardis and Besslyn Thomas; and several aunts and cousins.

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. today at Manning First Baptist Church with the Rev. Tom Vassar officiating. Burial will follow in Clarendon Memorial Gardens.

Pallbearers will be Buddy Lester, Richard Taylor, Keith Josey, Jimmy Holladay, Lannes Prothro and Lynn Alsbrook.

Honorary pallbearers will be the Soldiers Again Sunday School class of Manning First Baptist Church.

Visitation was held on Monday at Stephens Funeral Home. The family will receive friends at other times at the home of his daughter and sonin-law, Carole and Jeremy Evans, 1519 Loblolly Drive, Manning.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 128 Stonemark Lane, Columbia, SC 29210 or to Manning First Baptist Church, Music Department, 49 W. Boyce St., Manning, SC 29102.

Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome.org

JAMES W. LEWIS James Wesley Lewis, age 74, beloved husband of 53 years to Judith Ann Strickland Lewis, died on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016, at his residence.

Born in Godwin, North Carolina, he was a son of the late Delbert LEWIS G. and Lucy Hayes Lewis. Mr. Lewis retired from the United State Air Force with more than 26 years of service. Following his retirement from the Air Force, he was the owner of Lewis Lawn Care.

Mr. Lewis coached little league baseball in years past and was an avid sports fan, especially Duke University. He loved spending time with his family and supporting his children and grandchildren in all that they did. He enjoyed traveling and visiting his family in North Carolina. Over the years, he was a mentor to many people and enjoyed various coffee clubs. He was a loving and gentle man, serving God, country and family. Mr. Lewis was a member of First Church of God, Sumter.

Surviving in addition to his wife are three children, Kimberly Knight and her husband, Michael, of Sumter, Pam Lewis of Columbia and Greg Lewis and his wife, Becky, of Sumter; seven grandchildren, Jessica Goins and her husband, Chase, Matthew Ross, Ashley Lyons and her husband, Jason, Kaitlin Knight, Brianna Lewis, Haleigh Lewis and Cade Lewis; three great-grandchildren, Jace Goins, Noah Knight and Paisley Lyons; five brothers, Haywood Lewis, Charles Lewis, Dwight Lewis, Robert Lewis and Gene Lewis; four sisters, Joyce Jones, Celia Edwards, Peggy Manzola and Becky Lucas; and his beloved dog, Duke Lewis.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Kenneth Lewis and Donnie Lewis.

A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. today at First Church of God with Pastor

Ron Bower officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery with full military honors.

The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. today, one hour prior to the service, at First Church of God. Memorials may be made to First Church of God, 1835 Camden Road, Sumter, SC 29153 or to the International Myeloma Foundation, 12650 Riverside Drive, Suite 206, North Hollywood, CA 91607.

You may go to www.bullockfuneralhome.com and sign the family’s guest book.

The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.

BLANEY A. COSKREY JR. Blaney “Sonny” Ansley Coskrey Jr., 86, died on Sept.

18, 2016, in Sumter.

He was born on Oct. 3, 1929, and was raised on the family farm just outside of Summerton. He was a son of the late COSKREY Blaney Ansley Sr. and Corinne Davis Coskrey. Mr. Coskrey was the widower of Jo Ann Benson Coskrey, to whom he was married for 54 loving years. His love for his family and selfless dedication to their well-being are reflected in his 37 years of employment at DuPont. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church. Mr. Coskrey felt most at home in the natural world, and spent the days of his youth hunting the woods and fishing the waters of Clarendon County. Some of his fondest memories were of the thrill of seeing his hunting dogs point, and of the sights and sounds of a covey of quail rising. He spent many summers serving as his family’s fishing guide, making sure they were perfectly positioned to pull in the next big fish. One of the many enduring legacies he passed on to his family was his love of the outdoors.

Mr. Coskrey sought out new friends his entire life. His warmth, generosity, and sense of humor allowed him to connect with people of all ages and from all walks of life. In his later years, he invited Purdy Street passers-by to sit with him in the front yard chairs and tell him about their lives. He also kept a ready supply of dog treats for his many canine friends.

Surviving are one son, Blaney A. Coskrey III of Columbia; one daughter, Grace Coskrey Hawthorne and husband, Leland, of Central; one granddaughter, Elizabeth Hawthorne of Greenville; and numerous beloved nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by two sisters, Elizabeth “Titu” Rollings and Corinne “Dool” Vincent.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday at First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Nick Cheek officiating. Burial will follow in Evergreen Cemetery in Summerton.

The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, 9 W. Calhoun St., Sumter, S.C. 29150 or to the Nature Conser-

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Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals. com.

Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.

TERRY MARINKO WALTERBORO — William Terry Marinko, 66, of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016, at Pruitt Heathcare in Walterboro.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Wednesday at Brice W. Herndon and Sons Funeral Home, Walterboro Chapel. Interment will follow in Grace Advent Christian Church Cemetery, Mount Carmel Road, Walterboro.

Born on May 11, 1950, in Florence, he was a son of the late John A. and Mary Stilley Marinko. He graduated from The Citadel and served his country faithfully in the United States Marine Corps. He was a retired teacher and retired staff trainer for the Department of Corrections at Leiber and McDougall correctional facilities.

Surviving are his wife of 42 years, Corrin Crosby Marinko of Walterboro; brothers, John Andrew Marinko and his wife, Kathy, of Sumter, and Mickey E. Marinko of St. Mary’s, Georgia; sister-in-law, Melinda C. Wilson and her husband, Wayne, of Williston; nieces, Jennifer M. Clayton and her husband, Alan, of Summerfield, North Carolina, and Jessica W. All and her husband, Brad, of Barnwell; nephew, W. Dalton Wilson Jr. and his wife, Leah, of Indianapolis, Indiana; and a great-niece, Caroline All of Barnwell.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Donald E. Marinko.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Brice W. Herndon and Sons Funeral Homes and Crematory, Walterboro Chapel, 1193 Bells Highway, Walterboro, (843) 538-5408. Visit the guestbook online at www.briceherndonfuneralhome.com.

SANDRA F. JONES Sandra Flowers Jones, 76, wife of James E. Jones, died on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016, at her home.

Born on Sept. 23, 1939, in Orangeburg County, she was a

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2016 daughter of the late Clyde L. and Irene Bacot Flowers. Mrs. Jones was a member of Crosswell Baptist Church. She retired from Galloway and Moseley Jewelers and the Piggly-Wiggly Pharmacy. She loved traveling, especially participating in trips with Christians Tours and her church friends.

Survivors include her husband of Sumter; two sons, Jimmy Jones (Shannon DuBose Jones) of Sumter and Timmy Jones (Kit Henry Jones) of Cornelius, North Carolina; five grandchildren, Cassidy Jones, Heidi Jones, Austin Jones, Alex Jones and Logan Jones; a sister, Annie Clyde Barnes (Reggie) of Oriental, North Carolina; and nieces and nephews, Reggie Barnes Jr., Diane Knowles, Linda Haddaway, Cindy Barnes and Dean Barnes.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at Crosswell Baptist Church with the Rev. Charles Owens officiating. Burial will be at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday at Holly Hill Cemetery in Holly Hill.

Pallbearers will be Jeff Merry, Austin Jones, Alex Jones, Logan Jones, Jimmy Knowles, Reggie Barnes Jr. and Wilbur Watson.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home.

Memorials may be made to Crosswell Baptist Church, 604 Mathis St., Sumter, SC 29150 or to Holly Hill Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 203, Holly Hill, SC 29059-0203.

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

LARRY BRUNSON Funeral services for Larry Brunson, husband of Maxine Brunson, were held on Friday in Bronx, New York. He died on Sept. 9, 2016.

He was born on May 11, 1945, in Sumter, a son of the late Willie and Inez Brunson.

He received his education in Sumter public schools and was a member of Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church.

Survivors are his wife; three sons, Carlton Brunson, Robert Brunson and Larry Donell; four sisters, Willene B. (James) Cocklin Sr., Hattie B. (Clifton) Richburg and Merline B. (Willie) Brown, all of Sumter, and Erlene B. Williams; one brother, Isaiah (Angela) Brunson; a host of other relatives and friends.

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FRANKLIN WILLIAMS FORESTON — Franklin “Shorty” Williams, 48, died on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016, at McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence.

He was born on May 10, 1968, in Foreston, a son of Hazel Snider Williams and the late Richard Williams.

The family is receiving friends at the home of his sister and brother-in-law, Gayle and John Parson, 6338 Moses Dingle Road, Manning.

These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

MARGARET E. COCKERILL Margaret Evelyn Cockerill, 81, died on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

Born on April 16, 1935, in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Noah Irby Cockerill Sr. and Retha Hodge Cockerill Flood. Miss Cockerill was a lifelong member of Providence Baptist Church. Margaret lived at Radcliff Group Home for many years. She enjoyed being there and loved all the wonderful people of the Disabilities and Special Needs, her caretakers and housemates. She enjoyed the game of Yahtzee, jigsaw puzzles, old TV shows and the Atlanta Braves.

Surviving are a brother, William M. Cockerill Sr. (Betty) of Sumter; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, Noah Irby Cockerill Jr. and Robert D. Cockerill; and three sisters, Norine Giles, Melba McCall and Susie M. Scurry.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. today at Providence Baptist Church with Pastor Pat Coffey and Pastor Wayne McElveen officiating.

The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. today at the church.

Burial will be in Providence Baptist Church cemetery.

Pallbearers will be nephews.

Memorials may be made to Providence Baptist Church Building Fund, 2445 Old Manning Road, Sumter, SC 29150.

Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals. com.

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

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Personal Representative Rose N. Rhodes C/O Jack Erter Jr. Attorney at Law 126 N. Main Street Sumter, SC 29150

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Personal Representative Janice Gause 80 Ted Court Sumter, SC 29150

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Personal Representative Martha Regalado 4495Kitchell Court Pinewood, SC 29125

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Chillin’

My name is CHILLIN’ and I’m an 11 month old black and white female American Shorthair.

Trudy

My name is SKY and I’m a 1 year old gray tabby and white female American Shorthair.

Butch

Apollo

My name is TRUDY My name is APOLLO and I’m 2 year and I’m an 8 year old calico female old gray tabby male American Shorthair. American Longhair/ Maine Coon.

Thunder

Sky

Daisy

My name is BUTCH and I’m a 9 month old orange tabby and white male American Shorthair.

My name is DAISY and I’m a 1 year old female seal point Siamese.

My name is THUNDER and I’m a 6 month old gray male American Shorthair.

Other things you can do to help!

Though not everyone can take a pet home, the SPCA is always accepting donations.

Monetary Donations • Collars • Animal Food • Leashes Cat Litter • Treats • Beds • Clean Newspapers Blankets • Trash Bags • Towels • Paper Towels Adoption Fee: Dogs - $150.00 • Cats - $125.00 This includes the first vaccinations, first deworming and a voucher towards the spaying or neutering of the animal.

Hours of Operation: 11:00 am to 5:00 pm Closed Wednesday and Sunday

1140 S. GUIGNARD DR.

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