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Community leaders say lsquoitrsquos time to get it rightrsquoSearch consulting firm for district superintendent hosts forums

ldquoLetrsquos get this right this time and realize our full potentialrdquo

That was a theme mentioned Thursday night by some local resi-dents at a community forum at Sumter High School on the dis-trictrsquos superintendent search pro-cess which has just begun And according to the lead consultant with the firm assisting Sumter School District in the search for its next leader it was also a common theme in focus group meetings throughout last week

It has been eight years since the Sumter County Legislative Delega-

tion consolidated Districts 2 and 17 into one in Sumter Some forum at-tendees said itrsquos been a tug-of-war since then between the former two boards who attendees say have been unable to work together and two superintendents have left the head job unceremoniously and under turmoil

Kevin Castner with search con-sulting firm BWP and Associates facilitated the forum at Sumter High and said it is now time for ev-eryone to be ldquoone Sumterrdquo mdash a theme often used by some groups throughout the community sup-porting a spirit of cooperation in the diverse county

Castner said Sumterrsquos diversity

is represented in the fact that itrsquos racially mixed (about a 50-50 ratio of blacks and whites) contains dif-fering city and rural landscapes and has a significant military pop-ulation component with Shaw Air Force Base in the county

ldquoItrsquos lsquoone Sumterrsquo nowrdquo Castner said ldquoPeople have got to get over the past The point is during the process with the board and the new leader you canrsquot ignore that you must have a game plan to con-tinue to move forward

ldquoWe already know what the lsquowhat isrsquo that you all have talked about tonight Yoursquove got to reach a

BY BRUCE MILLSbrucetheitemcom

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Shop smart this season with tips from Sumter law enforcement

The holiday shopping season is in full swing but shoppers shouldnrsquot get so absorbed in the holiday cheer that they leave themselves and purchas-es vulnerable to Grinches

Local authorities encourage residents to plan ahead and put safety first when waiting on deliveries and shopping around town

While shopping online have a plan to ward against ldquoporch piratesrdquo or individuals who are looking to snatch your pur-

chases once they are delivered said Tonyia McGirt public in-formation officer for Sumter Police Department

Suggested precautions in-clude installing security cam-eras at home so you can moni-tor package drop-offs arrang-ing for packages to be left in

areas where they are less like-ly to be bothered tracking de-liveries and checking for al-ternative delivery options

SHOPPINGbull Park in well-lit areas and

keep packages out of sight if left inside vehicles

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BY MIHAEL GRACZYKThe Associated Press

George HW Bush a pa-trician New Englander whose presidency

soared with the coalition victo-ry over Iraq in Kuwait but then plummeted in the throes of a weak economy that led voters to turn him out of office after a single term has died He was 94

The World War II hero who also presided during the collapse of the Soviet Union and the final months of the Cold War died late Friday night at his Houston home said family spokesman Jim McGrath His wife of more than 70 years

Barbara Bush died in AprilThe son of a senator and father

of a president Bush was the man with the golden resume who rose through the political ranks from congressman to UN ambassador Republican Party chairman to envoy to China CIA director to two-term vice president under the hugely popular Ronald Reagan The 1991 Gulf War stoked his popu-larity But Bush would acknowl-edge that he had trouble articulat-ing the vision thing and he was haunted by his decision to break a stern solemn vow he made to vot-ers Read my lips No new taxes

He lost his bid for re-election to Bill Clinton in a campaign in which businessman H Ross Perot took almost 19 percent of the vote as an independent candidate Still he lived to see his son George W twice elected to the presidency mdash only the second father-and-son chief executives following John Adams and John Quincy Adams

The 43rd president issued a statement Friday following his fa-thers death saying the elder Bush was a man of the highest charac-ter

The entire Bush family is deeply grateful for 41s life and love for the compassion of those who have cared and prayed for Dad the statement read

After his 1992 defeat George HW Bush complained that media-created myths gave voters a mis-taken impression that he did not identify with the lives of ordinary Americans He decided he lost be-cause he just wasnt a good enough communicator

Once out of office Bush was con-tent to remain on the sidelines ex-cept for an occasional speech or paid appearance and visits abroad He backed Clinton on the North American Free Trade Agreement which had its genesis during his own presidency He visited the Middle East where he was revered for his defense of Kuwait And he returned to China where he was welcomed as an old friend from his days as the US ambassador there

He later teamed with Clinton to raise tens of millions of dollars for

LAWRENCE JACKSON APFormer President George H W Bush arrives on the South Lawn of White House in Washington on Sunday May 11 2008

GEORGE HW BUSH bull 1924 - 2018

Former president dies at age 94

SEE BUSH PAGE A7

41st commander in chief remembered fondly by many

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A2 | SUNDAY DECEMBER 2 2018 THE SUMTER ITEM

THIS MONTH IN SC HISTORY

FROM THE SC HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Throughout her life Carrie Teller Pollitzer worked to improve education and to advance the rights of women in South Carolina The first daughter of Gustave Moritz Pullitzer and his wife Clara Carrie was born in Charleston on Dec 5 1881 Gustave was a prominent cotton broker and both parents were active in the community and at their synagogue Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Car-rie graduated from Memminger Normal School in 1901 and went on to study at Co-lumbia Teacherrsquos College in New York City

As the Progressive Era gained momentum Carrie joined those who wanted to improve the standard of living and alleviate poverty throughout the nation Like other progres-sives she felt that many of societyrsquos prob-lems could be addressed through education She returned to Charleston in 1908 and launched the cityrsquos first free kindergarten in a carriage house behind the Pullitzer home on Pitt Street Shortly after that Carrie was appointed assistant principal of the South Carolina Kindergarten Training School In this position she worked with others to initi-ate parent-teacher organizations social work programs for children and teacher visits to studentsrsquo homes The two free kindergartens that Carrie established in Charleston taught health and nutrition along with fundamen-tals such as letters and numbers

In addition to her work on behalf of educa-tion Carrie was a strong proponent of wom-enrsquos rights She distributed fliers supporting womenrsquos suffrage was secretary and chair-woman of the Charleston Equal Suffrage League and a member of the Executive Board of the Charleston Federation of Wom-enrsquos Clubs In 1917 she and other members of the Federation of Womenrsquos Clubs peti-tioned the College of Charleston to admit women She was informed that a womenrsquos lounge and a matron would be required if women attended the College of Charleston Hearing that Carrie secured the funds to pay for both The college opened its doors to women the following year

Both Carrie and her sister Mabel were recognized by the Charleston chapter of the National Organization of Women for their contributions to the womenrsquos movement Carrie lived with Mabel in the family home in Charleston and remained active with the Free Kindergarten Association throughout her life She died in 1974 and is buried in Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Cemetery in Charleston

For more on Carrie and the Pollitzer fami-ly visit the digital exhibit at httpldhili-brarycofceduexhibitsshowpollitzer_fami-ly_scintroduction

FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE SC HISTORICAL SOCIETYPortrait of Carrie Pollitzer circa 1905

Carrie Pollitzer worked to improve education advance womenrsquos rights

4-year-old Sumter girl uses latest technology to manage diabetes

Four-year-old Sumter resident Olivia Klingshirn was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when she was 21 months old but she hasnrsquot let that stop her from run-ning in races and traveling around the world

Thanks to the wearable Dexcom G6 Olivia and her family can track her blood glucose levels without hav-ing to prick her finger A small sensor placed on Oliv-iarsquos lower abdomen continuously sends her glucose levels to her parentsrsquo smartphones and smart watch-es

ldquoWe calibrate it twice a dayrdquo Mike Klingshirn Oliv-iarsquos father said ldquoWe see trends and itrsquos 100 percent wirelessrdquo

Olivia has been on trips with her family to Chicago New York Germany and Iceland where the family has run marathons to raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Olivia did not partici-pate in these marathons but she did run in the Ki-awah 5K last weekend and has completed the Tuomey five-miler twice

However when the family went to Iceland about a year ago they were very grateful to have the Dexcom G6 on the flight

ldquoHer blood sugar was low and we couldnrsquot get her enough juice so we used an emergency sugar penrdquo Oliviarsquos mother Isabel Klingshirn said ldquoWithout Dexcom we wouldnrsquot have known where her blood sugar was We were above the Atlantic Ocean so it was very invaluable to have at that point wersquore very thankful for this technology and itrsquos a great resource for anyone with Type 1 diabetes to haverdquo

When the family runs in marathons with JDRF they call themselves Team Olivia to represent what they are running for

ldquoI like running with Team Oliviardquo Olivia said ldquoMy favorite thing is runningrdquo

Also Olivia is now no longer afraid when she gets her blood drawn instead of saying Irsquom sorry when she would cry she now says Irsquom brave to keep her-self strong

ldquoWhen they took the blood out of my muscle I said lsquoIrsquom braversquo and I didnrsquot even feel itrdquo Olivia said

Oliviarsquos family has gained a lot of inspiration from Olivia in the past few years

ldquoWhen we first heard she had Type 1 diabetes we were crushedrdquo her father said ldquoOlivia has an uphill battle forever but you should always turn something into a positive JDRF and our doctors said donrsquot put yourself on an island and make a team out of it The warrior spirit in Olivia motivates others to run mara-thonsrdquo

PHOTO PROVIDEDFour-year-old Olivia Klingshirn uses the Dexcom G6 system to track her blood sugar levels and her mother is able to track it on her phone with the Dexcom app

BY DANNY KELLYdannytheitemcom

Well they are finally out at least Amid varying levels of criticism

and skepticism which can be com-mon with a new state-wide school rating system the state Department of Education released Thursday school report cards including scores for individual schools

The new report cards represent an overhaul of the statersquos education accountability system and for the first time in four years schools have ratings mdash ranging from unsatisfac-tory to excellent The ratings are based on a 100-point scale that fac-tored in academic success student progress graduation rates and col-lege and career readiness among other measurements

Overall Sumter School Districtrsquos middle schools scored higher than its elementary schools and high schools according to the 2018 report cards which reflect school perfor-mance during the 2017-18 school year

Hillcrest Middle School achieved an excellent overall rating led by its excellent rating in ldquostudent prog-ressrdquo That indicator measures if a

school on average grew more or less than the state average based on the statersquos grade-level tests

Several administrators across the state said some of their districtsrsquo best-performing schools were hurt on that indicator mdash which was weighted heavily overall mdash because their average performance as mea-sured by state tests improved by a smaller amount than the state aver-age

Nevertheless Hillcrest also re-ceived an average rating in the ldquoaca-demic achievementrdquo indicator

Only 51 of the statersquos middle schools earned an excellent overall rating

Alice Drive Middle was the only other middle school in the district to earn an average in ldquoacademic achievementrdquo It received an overall rating of average largely because its ldquostudent progressrdquo ranking was below average

Chestnut Oaks Middle also earned an average overall rating even though it scored unsatisfactory in ldquoacademic achievementrdquo On ldquostu-dent progressrdquo though Chestnut Oaks received an average rating

Ebenezer Middle and the former Mayewood Middle received good

overall ratings fueled by the ldquostu-dent progressrdquo measurement and not necessarily overall achievement

Among the districtrsquos 14 elementa-ry schools six earned average over-all ratings led by Alice Drive Ele-mentary and Millwood Elementary on the achievement indicator Four elementary schools scored below av-erage overall and four were unsatis-factory

State schools Superintendent Molly Spearman told The State newspaper that the 2018 report cards are not the ldquofinished productrdquo

ldquoItrsquos a good product but therersquos room for improvementrdquo Spearman said

ldquoThey (schools) need to take an honest look at it (report cards) I hope that we wonrsquot become defen-sive but that wersquoll use it as a road map for the areas that we really need to work on and admit that we canrsquot do it by ourselvesrdquo

The Department of Education had planned to release the report cards in mid-November However it was forced to delay the release after vendor ldquoerrors in critical data filesrdquo left the state agency un-able to complete school rankings at that time it said

State releases school report cards amid criticism skepticismHillcrest Middle earns excellent overall rating to lead districtBY BRUCE MILLSbrucetheitemcom

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A4 | SUNDAY DECEMBER 2 2018 LOCAL THE SUMTER ITEM

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NOW SHOWING ATTHEITEMCOMSTUDIOSUMTER

Willow Drive Elementary School fourth-graders learn about Colonial life through demonstrations activities and cooking

The cold weather encour-ages strains of ldquoWinter Won-derlandrdquo but the two current exhibits at the Sumter Gal-lery of Art celebrate water wonderlands creativity and a measure of warmth Jocelyn Chacircteauverts ldquoPaper Wran-glerrdquo and Sumter native Mary Ann Reamesrsquo ldquoLand-scape of My Liferdquo showcase the artistsrsquo 30 years each of dedication to art

Chacircteauvertrsquos exhibit is like walking into a Disney undersea fantasia with the Little Mermaid Her pieces are magical Not everything is about the sea but it is about creativity of using the artistrsquos handmade paper ldquothe most common and least known material paper Over-sized and immersive diminu-tive and whimsical my pieces dilate the natural world and bring it insiderdquo Her bust forms capture the feminine laciness of ruffs and collars combining subtle color com-binations that emphasize del-icate shapes and textures Her massive morning glory installation flows across the ceiling using only one box of her five-box collection of the sprawling joyously shaped white and beige blossoms

The majority of her pieces create a mystical sense of un-derwater experiences Large multi-colored forms hang from the ceiling seeming to immerse the viewer in an un-derwater fairyland of large anemones floating jellyfish and other fragile-looking sea growth Her use of texture is incredibly complex and deli-cate often layering shapes and combining an aura of movement and form Close inspection of her creations reveal multiple layers of silky lace like plants and deeply intense combinations of growth Some structures

are lit from underneath add-ing to a sense of depth and texture

Chacircteauvertrsquos large paper quilt is a patchwork of yel-lowy beige squares of com-plex textures and designs Its immense size contrasts with the intricacy of the various small panels It con-sumes the roomrsquos corner but is almost overwhelmingly filled with subtle motion

and individuality Sumter native Mary Ann

Reamesrsquo ldquoLandscape of My Liferdquo celebrates her many roles mdash teacher mother grandmother sister friend neighbor and artist The vari-ety of composition technique and subject matter highlight her many artistic abilities Paintings like ldquoExchange Buildingrdquo and other subjects like cows palm fronds and

flowers in a water-filled vase attest to her ability as a real-istic painter Her intimate portraits of children ldquoDig-ging Shellsrdquo ldquoGreen Shoalrdquo ldquoBeach Girlrdquo ldquoBuilding Cas-tlesrdquo and the exuberant ex-pression on the young girl holding apples accentuate her skill as a portrait painter

It is her landscapes and use of water that afford an excit-ing look at her range of artis-

tic skills Her oil on linen ldquoWadmalaw River Creekrdquo captures the secluded wind-ing road solitary mailbox and dripping moss ldquoSunrise at Willie Suersquosrdquo underscores her ldquoskyrsquos the limitrdquo ability to evoke emotion darker clouds billow but are lifted by the yellow-and-pastel back-ground creating a sense of urgency and calmness ldquoMorning Tiderdquo is emotional-ly charged with the splaying of yelloworange over the green-and-blue-tinged water and the impact of the sun Compositions like ldquoWakerdquo capture the motion of waves seeming to move within the painting ldquoOutgoing Tiderdquo somewhat impressionistic recalls the vast horizon given life with the flow of the sky and the downward moving light into the coral-tinged water a subtle moment em-phasized by the openness of Reamesrsquo technique A painter of varied subjects her over-all handling of sky and water her ability to use oil or acrylic realism or impres-sionism combine to make her exhibit an enjoyable and rewarding experience

Both artists demonstrate their 30 years of dedication to art has been time well spent The two exhibits will remain at gallery until Jan 11 2019 For more information con-tact the gallery 200 Hasell St at (803) 775-0543 Admis-sion is free and open to the public

Gallery exhibits are magical emotionally chargedBY JANE COLLINSSpecial to The Sumter Item

REVIEW

PHOTO PROVIDEDJocelyn Chacircteauvertrsquos ldquoMorning Gloriesrdquo is among her works of handmade paper in her exhibition titled ldquoPaper Wranglerrdquo at the Sumter County Gallery of Art Work by Sumter native Mary Ann Reames is also on exhibit

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The Carolinian Ball will present six debu-tantes on Thursday Dec 20 at Sunset Coun-try Club

Katherine Gilland Duffy daughter of Dr and Mrs Edward William Duffy Jr will be presented by her father and escorted by John Evans Boyle and Stephen Calbreth Hucks

Lauren Elizabeth Elmore daughter of Mr and Mrs Gerald Wayne Elmore Jr will be presented by her father and escorted by John Austin Peters and Andrew James Reynolds Jr

Gillian Ann Hagerty daughter of Dr and Mrs Shawn Patrick Hagerty will be present-ed by her father and escorted by Kiel Curran Bilton and Caleb Robert Turner

Corbett Elizabeth Moore daughter of Mr and Mrs Kurt Emerson Moore Sr will be presented by her father and escorted by Pat-rick Scott Bell and Richard Banks Burns

Margaret Snow Segars daughter of Mr and

Mrs George Wise Segars Sr will be present-ed by her father and escorted by George Trask Gore Jr and Ronald Hunter Hendrix

Cassidy McKay Williams daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Mark Williams will be pre-sented by her father and escorted by James Douglas Chandler and Aubrey Kade Williams She is sponsored by Mr and Mrs Robert Bea-sley Smith

Sophomore sons being presented are Kiel Curran Bilton son of Mr and Mrs James Woodrow Bilton III Ronald Hunter Hendrix son of Mr and Mrs Ronald Ivan Hendrix Jacob Charles Mossell son of Mr and Mrs Mark Alan Mossell and Andrew James Reyn-olds Jr son of Dr and Mrs Andrew James Reynolds

Mr Charles Anthony Bracalente is presi-dent of the club Ball chairwoman is Mrs An-thony Ray Scott and debutante chairwoman is Mrs Roger McSwain Armfield

MISS DUFFY MISS ELMORE MISS HAGERTY

MISS MOORE MISS SEGARS MISS WILLIAMS

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Follow these guidelines for holiday tipping

Holiday tips are a way to thank the people who make your life easier So why is it so hard to figure out whom to tip and how much

Guides published by eti-quette experts dont always agree on whats appropriate What people actually do is another matter altogether

Only about half of Ameri-cans give any holiday tips according to a recent Con-sumer Reports survey and those who do tip often give less than the amounts rec-ommended by etiquette ex-perts For example 56 per-cent of those who had housekeepers gave them a tip and the median amount was $50 The manners ma-vens at the Emily Post Insti-tute suggests the tip equal the cost of one visit which according to HomeAdvisor averages at $167

Plenty of people dont even realize that holiday tip-ping is a thing Others want to tip but struggle with bud-gets already strained by other holiday spending

From an etiquette stand-point we try not to say You have to do it exactly like this otherwise its wrong says etiquette expert Lizzie Post co-president of the Emily Post Institute in Burl-ington Vermont There are so many varied relation-ships that we have or our budgets might not be able to accommodate it the way our hearts would like

Ideally your holiday tip-ping list would include ev-eryone who makes your life easier by providing you with regular service throughout the year mdash but if you get a lot of help that can get expensive Here are some guidelines that may help you decide whom to tip and how

1 CASH IS OFTEN BEST BUT NOT REQUIRED

If you can afford to give only a few dollars a small gift or homemade item may be a better way of express-ing appreciation Post re-members her parents bak-ing cookies and making candy for their mail carri-ers garbage collectors and newspaper delivery folks Of course not everyone is good in the kitchen mdash or welcomes homemade good-ies

2 MATCH THE TIP TO THE RELATIONSHIP

The amount you give can reflect the quality and fre-quency of your interactions You might tip an occasional babysitter the equivalent of one evenings pay for exam-ple while a live-in nanny could get a bonus equal to one weeks pay or more A small gift in addition to a tip is a nice touch when the re-lationship is more personal

A tip roughly equal to the cost of a single visit might

be appropriate forbull Housekeepersbull Babysittersbull Dog walkers and groom-

ersbull Personal trainersbull Pool cleanersbull Hairstylists or barbersbull Massage therapists fa-

cialists and manicuristFor others Post says

amounts can varybull Yard and garden work-

ers ($20 to $50 each)bull Trash and recycling col-

lectors ($10 to $30)bull Handyman ($15 to $40)bull Package deliverer ($20 if

allowed check with the company)

bull US Postal Service mail carriers (small gift only no cash per USPS rules)

bull Day care workers ($25 to $75 each for those who work with your child check with facility)

bull Newspaper deliverer ($10 to $30)

bull Building superinten-dents ($20 to $80)

bull Doormen ($15 to $80)bull Parking attendants ($10

to $30)

3 NOT EVERY HELPER SHOULD BE TIPPED

If you tip someone regu-larly throughout the year a holiday tip may not be nec-essary Cash tips also arent appropriate for certain peo-ple such as professionals (doctors lawyers accoun-tants) and anyone who works for an entity that prohibits them For govern-ment workers for example a tip can look like a bribe Check with nursing homes home health care providers package delivery companies and day care centers espe-cially before tipping indi-vidual workers Post sug-gests that instead of tipping your childrens teachers offer to buy classroom sup-plies or go in with other parents on a gift or gift card

4 MAKE IT PRETTYFresh crisp bills tucked

into a card with a handwrit-ten note Classy Wadded bills thrust at the service provider on your way out the door Not so much Ditto leaving an extra-large tip on a credit card receipt Somethings certainly bet-ter than nothing but put-ting some care into your presentation can demon-strate that you really do ap-preciate what they do for you

5 TIP EARLYIn the past Ive scram-

bled to deal with holiday tips This year I started writing thank-you notes be-fore Thanksgiving and plan to deliver the tips by early December Tipping as early as possible in the holiday season means the people youre trying to reward have extra cash for their holiday spending mdash which may include giving out their own holiday tips

BY LIZ WESTONNerdWallet

Ruth C Franklin widow of John Mr Sing Franklin cel-ebrated her 101st birthday on Sunday Dec 2 2018

A pillar in the community of Woodrow for more than 80 years Mrs Franklin owned her own beauty shop for more than 40 years which was almost unheard of for an African-American woman in the 1950s and 60s She has been a member of Bennetts-ville Baptist Church for more than 80 years holding a posi-tion or membership in almost every organization in the church

Mrs Franklin has four chil-dren 11 grandchildren 12 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild

Ruth C Franklin celebrates 101st birthday

CENTENARIAN

A6 | SUNDAY DECEMBER 2 2018 NATION THE SUMTER ITEM

NEW YORK (AP) mdash After repeated food poisoning outbreaks linked to ro-maine lettuce the produce industry is confronting the failure of its own safety measures in preventing contaminations

The E coli outbreak announced just before Thanksgiving follows one in the spring that sickened more than 200 peo-ple and killed five and another last year that sickened 25 and killed one No deaths have been reported in the latest outbreak but the dozens of illnesses highlight the challenge of eliminating risk for vegetables grown in open fields and eaten raw the role of nearby cattle operations that produce huge volumes of manure and the delay of stricter fed-eral food safety regulations

A contested aspect of the regulation for example would require testing irri-gation water for E coli The Food and Drug Administration put the measure on hold when the produce industry said such tests wouldnt necessarily help pre-vent outbreaks Additional regulations on sanitation for workers and equip-ment mdash other potential sources of con-tamination mdash only recently started being implemented

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said he thinks the combination of rules once fully in place will make vegetables safer to eat

I dont think any one element of this is going to be the magic bullet Gottlieb said

Health officials say improved detec-tion may make outbreaks seem more frequent Still that is intensifying pres-sure on growers and regulators to pre-vent catch and contain contamination

PREVENTIONIts not yet known how romaine got

contaminated in the latest outbreak

The spring outbreak was traced to ro-maine from Yuma Arizona Irrigation water tainted with manure was identi-fied as a likely culprit and investigators noted the presence of a large animal feeding operation nearby

Subsequently an industry agreement in Arizona and California was adjusted to expand buffer zones between vegeta-ble fields and livestock The industry says the change was in place for lettuce now being grown in Yuma which hasnt been implicated in the latest outbreak But Trevor Suslow of the Produce Mar-keting Association said there isnt con-sensus about the exact distances that might effectively prevent contamina-tion

He noted specific buffer zones arent required by the new federal rules on produce safety

They look to the industry to deter-mine what is the appropriate distance Suslow said

Growers in Yuma also started treat-ing irrigation water that would touch

plant leaves with chlorine to kill poten-tial contaminants Suslow said But he said such treatment raises concerns about soil and human health

Meanwhile the proximity of produce fields to cattle operations is likely to continue posing a problem Travis Forgues of the milk producer Organic Valley noted consolidation in the dairy industry is leading to bigger livestock operations that produce massive vol-umes of manure

TESTINGAlready the industry agreement in

Arizona and California requires leafy green growers to test water for generic E coli

But James Rogers director of food safety research at Consumer Reports said its important to make water testing a federal requirement Since romaine is often chopped up and bagged a single contaminated batch from one farm that skips testing could make a lot of people sick he said

Teressa Lopez of the Arizona Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement also said federal regulation can ensure greater compliance even though the industry agreement has stricter measures

Despite industry measures imple-mented after a spinach outbreak more than a decade ago health officials noted this month there have been 28 E coli outbreaks linked to leafy greens since 2009

The produce industry says the failure to prevent the Yuma outbreak could also reflect the limitations of testing water for generic E coli

Elizabeth Binh a food science expert at Cornell University said the tests look for the amount of fecal matter in water The problem is some feces has patho-gens in it some feces doesnt said Binh who is part of a federal program helping farmers comply with the new produce regulations

Testing for specific E coli strains that are harmful is more difficult and it doesnt rule out the possibility of other harmful bacteria Binh said

CONTAININGWhole-genome sequencing is mak-

ing it easier to detect outbreaks which is pressuring the produce in-dustry

The FDA warned against all ro-maine last week because it said it was able to identify it as a likely source early enough The agency narrowed its warning to romaine from Califor-nias Central Coast after the produce industry agreed to label romaine with harvest dates and regions so people know whats OK to eat

The labeling is voluntary and the industry said it will evaluate whether to extend it to other leafy greens

The youngest children in kindergarten are more likely to be diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in early grades a study shows an intriguing finding for parents on the fence about when to start their child in school

The study found younger stu-dents especially boys are also more likely to be started on medications for ADHD and kept on the drugs longer than the oldest children The medi-cations are generally safe but can have harmful side effects

Doctors and therapists need to factor that into their deci-sion-making study co-author Dr Anupam Jena of Harvard Medical School said They should ask Does he really have ADHD or is it because he needs six more months to ma-

ture That extra year makes a big difference

About 6 million US children and teenagers have been diag-nosed with ADHD which causes inattention hyperactivi-ty and impulsivity The rate of diagnosis is climbing

The study published Wednesday by the New Eng-land Journal of Medicine stemmed from a lunchroom conversation about kindergar-ten redshirting for a co-au-thors son The term is bor-rowed from athletics and means waiting a year to give a child time to mature

The parents were thinking about whether or not to hold their child back an additional year Jena recalled That led the researchers to ask What happens to kids who are in the same class who are perceived to be different

They used insurance claims

to compare more than 71000 students with August and Sep-tember birthdays in 18 states with Sept 1 cutoffs A child who turns 5 before Sept 1 can start kindergarten If not the child waits until the next year An August birthday can mean a child is the youngest in class while those born in September are the oldest

Overall from birth to the first few years of school the number of children diagnosed with ADHD was low The re-searchers calculated that the rate of ADHD diagnosis was a third higher in August-born kids than in September-born kids based on 309 cases among about 36300 with August birth-days and 225 cases among about 35300 born in September

There was no group differ-ence before age 4 it showed up after school enrollment

The researchers also looked

at asthma diabetes and obesity rates and found they were the same for the August and Sep-tember babies And no other month-to-month comparison showed a sharp difference in ADHD

Finally using insurance data for more than 400000 children in all 50 states the researchers looked at states that dont use a Sept 1 cutoff and the effect dis-appeared

They did so many careful (checks) to make sure of their findings It was really striking it was so consistent said Dr William Cooper a pediatrics and health policy professor at Vanderbilt University in Nash-ville who wasnt involved in the research

Cooper said younger chil-dren can have more trouble paying attention sitting still and controlling their impulses

BY CARLA K JOHNSONAP Medical Writer

Younger school entry could set stage for ADHD diagnosis

Repeat outbreaks pressure industry to step up safetyRomaine lettuce sits on the shelves as a shopper walks through the pro-duce area of an Al-bertsons market in Simi Valley Califor-nia After repeated food poisoning outbreaks linked to romaine lettuce the produce indus-try is confronting the failure of its own safety mea-sures

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victims of a 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean and Hurri-cane Katrina which swamped New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in 2005 During their wide-ranging travels the polit-ical odd couple grew close

ldquoWho would have thought that I would be working with Bill Clinton of all peoplerdquo Bush quipped in October 2005

In his post-presidency Bushrsquos popularity rebounded with the growth of his reputa-tion as a fundamentally decent and well-meaning leader who although he was not a stirring orator or a dreamy visionary was a steadfast humanitarian Elected officials and celebri-ties of both parties publicly ex-pressed their fondness

After Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990 Bush quickly began building an internation-al military coalition that in-cluded other Arab states After liberating Kuwait he rejected suggestions that the US carry the offensive to Baghdad choosing to end the hostilities a mere 100 hours after the start of the ground war

ldquoThat wasnrsquot our objectiverdquo he told The Associated Press in 2011 from his office just a few blocks from his Houston home ldquoThe good thing about it is there was so much less loss of human life than had been pre-dicted and indeed than we might have fearedrdquo

But the decisive military de-feat did not lead to the regimersquos downfall as many in the ad-ministration had hoped

ldquoI miscalculatedrdquo acknowl-edged Bush His legacy was dogged for years by doubts about the decision not to re-move Saddam Hussein The Iraqi leader was eventually ousted in 2003 in the war led by Bushrsquos son that was followed by a long bloody insurgency

George HW Bush entered the White House in 1989 with a reputation as a man of indeci-sion and indeterminate views One newsmagazine suggested he was a ldquowimprdquo

But his work-hard play-hard approach to the presidency won broad public approval He held more news conferences in most months than Reagan did in most years

The Iraq crisis of 1990-91 brought out all the skills Bush had honed in a quarter-century of politics and public service

After winning United Na-tions support and a green light from a reluctant Congress Bush unleashed a punishing air war against Iraq and a five-day ground juggernaut that sent Iraqi forces reeling in dis-array back to Baghdad

He basked in the biggest out-pouring of patriotism and pride in Americarsquos military since World War II and his ap-proval ratings soared to nearly 90 percent

The other battles he fought as president including a war on drugs and a crusade to

make American children the best educated in the world were not so decisively won

He rode into office pledging to make the United States a ldquokinder gentlerrdquo nation and calling on Americans to volun-teer their time for good causes mdash an effort he said would cre-ate ldquoa thousand points of lightrdquo

It was Bushrsquos violation of a different pledge the no-new-taxes promise that helped sink his bid for a second term He abandoned the idea in his sec-ond year cutting a deficit-re-duction deal that angered many congressional Republi-cans and contributed to GOP losses in the 1990 midterm elec-tions

An avid outdoorsman who took Theodore Roosevelt as a model Bush sought to safe-guard the environment and signed the first improvements to the Clean Air Act in more than a decade It was activism with a Republican cast allow-ing polluters to buy othersrsquo clean-air credits and giving in-dustry flexibility on how to meet tougher goals on smog

He also signed the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act to ban workplace discrimi-nation against people with dis-abilities and require improved access to public places and transportation

Bush failed to rein in the def-icit which had tripled to $3 tril-lion under Reagan and gal-loped ahead by as much as $300 billion a year under Bush who put his finger on it in his inau-guration speech ldquoWe have more will than walletrdquo

Seven years of economic growth ended in mid-1990 just as the Gulf crisis began to un-fold Bush insisted the reces-sion would be ldquoshort and shal-lowrdquo and lawmakers did not even try to pass a jobs bill or other relief measures

Bushrsquos true interests lay else-where outside the realm of nettlesome domestic politics ldquoI love coping with the prob-lems in foreign affairsrdquo he told a child who asked what he liked best about being presi-dent

He operated at times like a one-man State Department on the phone at dawn with his peers mdash Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union Francois Mitterrand of France Germa-nyrsquos Helmut Kohl

Communism began to crum-ble on his watch with the Ber-

lin Wall coming down the Warsaw Pact disintegrating and the Soviet satellites falling out of orbit

He seized leadership of the NATO alliance with a bold and ultimately successful proposal for deep troop and tank cuts in Europe Huge crowds cheered him on a triumphal tour through Poland and Hungary

Bushrsquos invasion of Panama in December 1989 was a mili-tary precursor of the Gulf War a quick operation with a resoundingly superior Ameri-can force But in Panama the troops seized dictator Manuel Noriega and brought him back to the United States in chains to stand trial on drug-traffick-ing charges

Months after the Gulf War Washington became engrossed in a different sort of confronta-tion over one of Bushrsquos nomi-nees to the Supreme Court Clarence Thomas a little-known federal appeals court judge was accused of sexual harassment by a former col-league named Anita Hill His confirmation hearings explod-ed into a national spectacle sparking an intense debate over race gender and the mod-ern workplace Thomas was eventually confirmed

In the closing days of the 1992 campaign Bush fought the impression that he was distant and disconnected and he seemed to struggle against the younger more empathetic Clin-ton

During a campaign visit to a grocersrsquo convention Bush re-portedly expressed amazement when shown an electronic checkout scanner Critics seized on the moment saying it indicated that the president had become disconnected from voters

Later at a town-hall style de-bate he paused to look at his wristwatch mdash a seemingly in-nocent glance that became freighted with deeper meaning because it seemed to reinforce the idea of a bored impatient incumbent

In the same debate Bush be-came confused by a womanrsquos question about whether the deficit had affected him person-ally Clinton with apparent ease left his seat walked to the edge of the stage to address the woman and offered a sympa-thetic answer

Bush said the pain of losing in 1992 was eased by the warm reception he received after leaving office

ldquoI lost in lsquo92 because people

still thought the economy was in the tank that I was out of touch and I didnrsquot understand thatrdquo he said in an AP inter-view shortly before the dedica-tion of his presidential library in 1997 ldquoThe economy wasnrsquot in the tank and I wasnrsquot out of touch but I lost I couldnrsquot get through this hue and cry for lsquochange change changersquo and lsquoThe economy is horrible still in recessionrsquordquo

George Herbert Walker Bush was born June 12 1924 in Mil-ton Massachusetts into the New England elite a world of prep schools mansions and servants seemingly untouched by the Great Depression

His father Prescott Bush the son of an Ohio steel magnate made his fortune as an invest-ment banker and later served 10 years as a senator from Con-necticut

George HW Bush enlisted in the Navy on his 18th birthday in 1942 right out of prep school He returned home to marry his 19-year-old sweet-heart Barbara Pierce daugh-ter of the publisher of McCallrsquos magazine in January 1945 They were the longest-married presidential couple in US his-tory She died on April 17

Lean and athletic at 6-foot-2 Bush became a war hero while still a teenager One of the youngest pilots in the Navy he flew 58 missions off the carrier USS San Jacinto

He had to ditch one plane in the Pacific and was shot down on Sept 2 1944 while complet-ing a bombing run against a Japanese radio tower An American submarine rescued Bush His two crewmates per-ished He received the Distin-guished Flying Cross for brav-ery

After the war Bush took just 2frac12 years to graduate from Yale then headed west in 1948 to the oil fields of West Texas Bush and partners helped found Zapata Petroleum Corp in 1953 Six years later he moved to Houston and became active in the Republican Party

In politics he showed the same commitment he dis-played in business advancing his career through loyalty and subservience

He was first elected to Con-gress in 1966 and served two

terms President Richard Nixon appointed him ambas-sador to the United Nations and after the 1972 election named him chairman of the Republican National Commit-tee

Bush struggled to hold the party together as Watergate destroyed the Nixon presiden-cy then became ambassador to China and CIA chief in the Ford administration

Bush made his first bid for president in 1980 and won the Iowa caucuses but Reagan went on to win the nomina-tion

In the 1988 presidential race Bush trailed the Democratic nominee Massachusetts Gov Michael Dukakis by as many as 17 points that summer He did little to help himself by picking Dan Quayle a lightly regarded junior senator from Indiana as a running mate

But Bush soon became an aggressor stressing patriotic themes and flailing Dukakis as an out-of-touch liberal He car-ried 40 states becoming the first sitting vice president to be elected president since Mar-tin Van Buren in 1836

He took office with the hu-mility that was his hallmark

ldquoSome see leadership as high drama and the sound of trumpets calling and some-times it is thatrdquo he said at his inauguration ldquoBut I see histo-ry as a book with many pages and each day we fill a page with acts of hopefulness and meaning The new breeze blows a page turns the story unfoldsrdquo

He became the patriarch of one of the nationrsquos most prominent political families In addition to George W be-coming president another son Jeb was elected Florida governor in 1998 and made an unsuccessful run for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016

The other Bush children are sons Neil and Marvin and daughter Dorothy Bush LeB-lond Another daughter Robin died of leukemia in 1953 a few weeks before her fourth birthday

Graczyk retired from the AP in July 2018 after a 45-year ca-reer with the news service

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point now where you say lsquoSo what Now whatrsquo The issue now is lsquonow whatrsquo And thatrsquos what everybody has to learn Obviously itrsquos been hard but we must go forward and this search process opportunity gives everybody that chancerdquo

At the forum Castner solicited re-sponses from the 25 attendees on what the districtrsquos strengths and challenges are and what characteristics people are looking for in the next superinten-dent

Many in attendance said the dis-trictrsquos dedicated teachers and staff are one of its biggest strengths

ldquoWe need to be sure we get this right because itrsquos critically important for our children and also for the future of this communityrdquo said Bryan Funke a doctor whose children attended Sum-ter public schools ldquoWe need to prep our kids for life whether that be col-lege or get them ready for the area workforce We need to get them ready to be responsible citizens and good employees in order to move this com-munity forward to where it needs to gordquo

Funke said he thinks the school board hasnrsquot gotten the superinten-dent search right in the past Other challenges he said the district faces now include dealing with its rural communities where earlier this year

it closed two low-enrollment schools which is always a delicate decision Also Sumter County Council has not granted the district a millage increase for the last two years showcasing dif-ferences in leadersrsquo opinions Funke also said the board needs to be more transparent in its actions

Castner said the board has the obli-gation to get it right this time in the search process for its new leader

With more than 40 years of experi-ence in public education including 11

years as a superintendent Castner said he thinks the district is now building on good points and that Inter-im Superintendent Debbie Hamm has done a nice job in the post Hamm began her position on Aug 1 2017 and this school year is her second and final year with the district

Stephanie Harper a teacher at Oak-land Primary School said she has been with the district for eight years dating back to the consolidation and that now is the first time she has felt

appreciated She said other teachers feel the same way

Harper said one of Hammrsquos strengths has been to bridge commu-nity involvement She referenced the districtrsquos first-ever professional devel-opment conference last summer among other items

ldquoThat conference was amazing and collaborativerdquo Harper said ldquoI have never felt more appreciated by Sumter School District than at the confer-encerdquo

On Thursday BWP also facilitated community forums at Lakewood and Crestwood high schools A total of 36 residents attended the Lakewood forum and 17 were at the Crestwood event Castner said

Including the focus group events with community leaders Castner said his team had 29 meetings last week with more than 250 people to gather input on the superintendent search

SPECIAL-CALLED MEETING MONDAY NIGHT

BWP and Associates will report its findings and a draft leadership profile for the next superintendent to the Board of Trustees on Monday at a spe-cial called meeting at the district of-fice 1345 Wilson Hall Road

The meeting is at 6 pm and like all board-related meetings is open to the public Public participation is not on the agenda

SEARCH FROM PAGE A1

BRUCE MILLS THE SUMTER ITEMOakland Primary School teacher Stephanie Harper left talks during the community forum at Sumter High School on Thursday night Kevin Castner with BWP and Associ-ates standing facilitated the forum

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ONLINE PURCHASE EXCHANGES

Donrsquot shortchange your safe-ty when shopping for bargains or selling items through online exchanges McGirt said

bull If you are the seller set a time and location for an ex-change Do not be persuaded to agree to a location and to terms that may not be in your best interest Be especially wary if the plan changes mul-tiple times

bull Trust your instincts If a deal sounds too good to be true look for other options

bull Arrange exchanges in public areas or areas provid-ed by law enforcement such

as the police departmentrsquos E-Zone in the agencyrsquos parking lot at 335 N Lafayette Drive or in Sumter County Sher-iffrsquos Officersquos parking lot at 1281 N Main St

The police department also recommends residents always take note of strange vehicles or people in their neighbor-hoods McGirt said

Jot down a description mdash ve-hicle make model color and tag number she said For peo-ple she said pay attention to their size hair color and style and body markings such as a tattoos and birthmarks A good description can help po-lice if they are called to inves-tigate she said

She said residents can also consider organizing a Neigh-borhood Watch program which can be effective in deter-ring crime

For packages delivered to your home Ken Bell public in-formation officer for Sumter County Sheriffrsquos Office urges shoppers to consider the fol-lowing options

DELIVER TO THE OFFICEIf your employer allows it

Bell said it may be a good al-ternative to have packages de-livered to your place of work Weekend delivery may not be available he said but this is a convenient and safe way to have packages delivered when you canrsquot be home to wait

REQUEST A REROUTE OR RE-DELIVERY

Request that packages be held at the facility of your de-liverer rerouted to another lo-cation or delivered on another day

ASK A NEIGHBOR FOR HELPFind a neighbor who may be

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HOME-MONITORING SYSTEMS

Set up a wireless door moni-tor that uses a Wi-Fi-enabled camera and phone app to see when packages are delivered and also to see who is stopping by even when yoursquore not home

REQUEST A SIGNATURE CONFIRMATION

Requesting a signature de-livery may be less common today but you may be able to call the delivery service to re-quire a signature for a pack-age using the tracking num-ber to make sure the item isnrsquot left outside

For more holiday safety tips contact Sumter Police Depart-ment at (803) 436-2700 or Sum-ter County Sheriffrsquos Office at (803) 436-2000 Always dial 911 in case of an emergency

US POSTAL SERVICE RECOMMENDATIONS

bull Donrsquot leave mail in the mailbox overnight Ask a trusted friend or neighbor to pick up mail if yoursquore expect-ing checks credit cards or other negotiable items

bull Contact the issuing agency immediately if you donrsquot re-ceive checks or other valuables

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mailbull Tell your post office when

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TIPS FROM UPSbull Avoid sending cash by

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bull Consider an alternate ship-ping address such as to a neighbor who is home during the day to work rent a post of-fice box or opt to retrieve pack-ages from the local post office Deliveries can also be redirect-ed in transit

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COMMENTARY

The enduring miracle of the American ConstitutionThis column is excerpted from Charles Krauthammerrsquos forthcoming posthu-mous book ldquoThe Point of It Allrdquo The book and column were edited by his son Daniel Krauthammer

In October 1981 when Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was assas-sinated the networks ran over to Cairo and began covering the

events all day and all night The only thing I remember of all that coverage was a news anchor bringing in a Mid-dle East expert and saying ldquoWersquove just looked at the Egyptian constitu-tion and our researchers tell us that the next in line for the presidency is the speaker of the parliamentrdquo The Middle East expert burst out laughing ldquoNobody in Egypt has read the consti-tution in 30 yearsrdquo he said ldquoNo one knows it exists And no one cares whatrsquos in itrdquo Then he prompted ldquoWhorsquos the leader of the militaryrdquo The anchor answered ldquoHosni Mubarakrdquo and the expert said ldquoHersquos your next presidentrdquo

Two things struck me about that First how naive we are about what constitutions are and what they mean around the world And the second thing the reason for the first is how much reverence we have mdash in the United States and very few other countries mdash for this document

Many things are miraculous about the US Constitution The first is that somehow on this edge of the civilized world two and a half centuries ago there could have been a collection of such political geniuses as to have actu-

ally written itThe second miracle is the substance

of it mdash the way that the founders drawing from Locke and Montesquieu and the Greeks created an extraordi-nary political apparatus that to this day still works and that has worked with incredible success for nearly a quarter of a millennium

But the third miracle and the one that I think we appreciate the least is the fact of the reverence that we have

for it This reverence is so deeply ingrained that we donrsquot even see it we just think itrsquos in the air that we breathe But it is ex-traordinarily rare It exists in only a hand-ful of countries For almost all of the world it is completely alien

Consider the oath of office that we take for granted Whenever we bestow upon anyone the authority to wield the power of the state over free citizens we make them swear to protect not the people not the nation not the flag but the Consti-tution of the United States A piece of paper Of course it stands for the pil-lars of the American experiment it-self the ideas the structures the phi-losophy that define a limited govern-ment with enumerated powers whose mission is to preserve liberty and indi-vidual rights

This is a gift mdash that we intrinsically have this sense of reverence for the

Constitution And itrsquos important to re-member that it is a gift from the past It is not something that we can in any way credit to ourselves If anything recent generations have allowed that kind of reverence to diminish to bleed away over the decades as we try mdash as it were mdash to adapt constitutionalism to modernity

Whatrsquos so remarkable is that consti-tutions are highly reactionary docu-ments The very essence of a constitu-tion is to constrain the enthusiasms of a future that one cannot even see In America constitutionalism demands that even the most distant progeny swear allegiance to a past embodied in a document written in the late 1780s If ldquotradition is the democracy of the deadrdquo as GK Chesterton had it then constitutionalism mdash which is ancient wisdom rendered into legal code mdash is the tyranny of the dead the ultimate reach of the past into the future

And in America it succeeded The propagandist Lincoln Steffens famous-ly said upon visiting Bolshevik Russia shortly after the revolution ldquoI have seen the future and it worksrdquo Ameri-can constitutionalism declares ldquoWe have seen the past and it worksrdquo Par-adoxically for all the forward-looking blue-sky futuristic spirit of its people the astonishing stability majesty and success of the American experiment owe much to the inherent restraint and conservatism of its original con-stitutional blueprint

Irsquove always had a sense that there is something providential about Ameri-can history And this is from some-

body who isnrsquot exactly religious But starting with the Declaration of Inde-pendence and the Constitution Here is a nation founded on the edge of civi-lization mdash a tiny colony living on the outskirts of the civilized world mdash that at a time when it needed it miracu-lously produced the greatest genera-tion of political thinkers in the history of the world Then a century later when it needed a Lincoln to save the republic it found a Lincoln In the first half of the 20th century when it needed an FDR to get through the De-pression and defeat fascism it found him In the second half when it need-ed a Reagan to revive the country he was there

This is not to say that we will always be able to find our way I donrsquot see or expect or wait for the next great fig-ure But over the years we have seen extraordinary spontaneous popular reactions against government over-reach and in support of constitutional principles and they are further signs of hope

There is something about the Amer-ican spirit mdash about the bedrock decen-cy and common sense of the Ameri-can mdash that seems to help us find our way something about American histo-ry that redeems itself in a way that in-spires all I would summarize it by quoting my favorite pundit Otto von Bismarck He was not known for his punditry but he is famously said to have said ldquoGod looks after children drunkards idiots and the United States of Americardquo I think He still does I hope He still does

CharlesKrauthammer

EDITORIAL PAGE POLICIESEDITORIALS represent the views of the owners of this newspaperCOLUMNS AND COMMENTARY are the personal opinion of the writer whose byline appears Columns from readers should be typed double-spaced and no more than 850 words Send them to The Sumter Item Opinion Pages PO Box 1677 Sumter SC 29151 or email to letterstheitemcom LETTERS TO THE EDITOR are written by readers of the newspaper They should be no more than 350 words and sent via e-mail to letterstheitemcom dropped off at The Sumter Item office 36 W Liberty St or mailed to The Sumter Item PO Box 1677 Sumter SC 29151 along with the full name of the writer plus an address and telephone number for verification purposes only Letters that exceed 350 words will be cut accordingly in the print edition but available in their entirety at wwwtheitemcom

Protect yourself others against flu during National Influenza Vaccination Week

With the spirit of giving resting upon us during this holiday sea-

son there is no better public gift you can give than provid-ing flu vaccinations for your-self and your family The an-

nual flu vac-cine is the single best way to pro-tect yourself and your loved ones

Although we are al-ready two months into the flu sea-

son it is not too late to get vaccinated As a matter of fact with this being National Influenza Vaccination Week (Dec 2-8) this is a perfect time to get vaccinated

This is about more than avoiding the flu so you wonrsquot be forced to miss the annual Christmas party Illness with

the flu can cause hospitaliza-tion or even death Each flu season is unique the timing of the peak activity and how severe a season will be are hard to predict making it very important to protect yourself against flu as early as possible

Last yearrsquos flu season was one of the worst wersquove seen in recent years with a high number of deaths and hospi-talizations here in South Carolina and across the na-tion It is important to get vaccinated now before any significant spread of the flu virus begins in our commu-nity

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and DHEC recommend that ev-eryone 6 months old and older get a yearly flu vac-cine Even if you donrsquot have a regular health care provid-er the vaccine is available in many settings In addition to DHEC clinics many local

providers mdash including doc-torsrsquo offices clinics pharma-cies college health centers schools and workplaces mdash now offer flu vaccines Find the facility that works best for you

Some people are more like-ly to get serious complica-tions from the flu such as pneumonia or inflammation of the heart or brain This includes infants and young children older adults preg-nant women and anyone with chronic medical condi-tions like asthma heart or lung disease and diabetes Making sure that you mdash and those in these vulnerable groups mdash are vaccinated will provide much-needed protec-tion

There are significant bene-fits to getting the flu vaccine

bull It gives your body the ability to fight the flu if you are exposed to someone who is ill

bull It is effective in protect-

ing against several different strains of the flu that circu-late each season

bull It offers lasting protec-tion against the flu for at least six to eight months

bull It is the only protection shown to reduce hospitaliza-tion and deaths caused by the flu

In addition to receiving an annual flu vaccine take other preventive measures such as avoiding people who are sick and staying home from work school and other places if you are sick Also cover your mouth and nose when you cough or sneeze and wash your hands often and thoroughly

Other habits that can help you stay healthy year round include getting plenty of ex-ercise and sleep managing your stress drinking water and eating nutritious foods

But we canrsquot overlook the critical role immunizations play in protecting children

families and communities by preventing and reducing the spread of infectious diseases Whether itrsquos getting young children vaccinated against diseases such as whooping cough and measles ensuring teens are protected against conditions such as HPV or making sure those in your circle get vaccinated against the flu immunizations help us stay healthy

So donrsquot forget your flu shot The protection it will provide for you and others around you will be one of the best gifts you will give this holiday season

Dr Linda Bell is director of the Bureau of Communicable Disease Prevention and Con-trol and state epidemiologist at the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control For more informa-tion about the flu and to find a clinic near you visit wwwscdhecgovflu

Dr Linda Bell

JUMBLE

SUDOKU

SATURDAY rsquoS ANSWERSCROSSWORD

WEATHER

TODAYrsquoS

CAROLINA

WEATHERTemperatures shown on map are todayrsquos highs and tonightrsquos lows

LOCAL ALMANAC

NATIONAL CITIES REGIONAL CITIES

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TIDESRIVER STAGES

Temperature

Precipitation

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SpartanburgGreenville

Gaff ney

Columbia

BishopvilleFlorence

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Sumter

Manning

Charleston

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Strong t-storm damaging wind

THURSDAY

Cool with partial sunshine

52deg 35deg

SSE 3-6 mph

Chance of rain 0

WEDNESDAY

Mostly sunny and cool

52deg 29deg

NW 6-12 mph

Chance of rain 5

TUESDAY

Partly sunny and cooler

58deg 38deg

NNE 4-8 mph

Chance of rain 10

MONDAY

Periods of rain

72deg 43deg

SW 6-12 mph

Chance of rain 65

TONIGHT

Cloudy a t-storm or two late

WSW 6-12 mph

Chance of rain 60

SW 8-16 mph

Chance of rain 55

High 58degLow 42degNormal high 61degNormal low 37degRecord high 79deg in 1991Record low 20deg in 1964

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SUMTER THROUGH 2 PM YESTERDAY

Murray 360 35362 -031Marion 768 7621 +002Moultrie 755 7474 noneWateree 100 9588 -039

Black River 12 930 -016Congaree River 19 570 -120Lynches River 14 873 -007Saluda River 14 524 -006Up Santee River 80 8096 +004Wateree River 24 1756 -023

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Dec 7 Dec 15

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Florence 7659t 7244cGainesville 8166c 7857tGastonia 7350c 6839cGoldsboro 7559c 7144cGoose Creek 7562c 7047rGreensboro 7250c 6638cGreenville 7150c 6739cHickory 7245c 6536cHilton Head 7364c 6750rJacksonville FL 8269c 7753rLa Grange 7452c 6740cMacon 7755t 7041cMarietta 7349sh 6336c

Marion 7244pc 6437cMt Pleasant 7463c 6849rMyrtle Beach 7363c 6945rOrangeburg 7559t 7046rPort Royal 7364t 6748rRaleigh 7255c 6741cRock Hill 7252t 6740cRockingham 7354t 7042cSavannah 8066t 6946rSpartanburg 7148c 6639cSummerville 7461t 6946rWilmington 7464c 7144rWinston-Salem 7249c 6538c

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Today Mon

IN THE MOUNTAINS

Today A passing shower Winds southwest 4-8 mphMonday Cloudy Winds west-southwest 4-8 mph

ON THE COAST

Today A shower or thunderstorm in spots in the afternoon High 72 to 76Monday A little rain High 67 to 71

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Are you interested in getting involved

ARIES (March 21-April 19) Take time to consider what others want

Partnerships will undergo changes that need to be dealt with civilly A willingness to talk openly and honestly about how you feel and what you want to see happen will be essential

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) A family gathering or getting together with friends or peers will lead to information that will help you make an important decision regarding partnerships life and prospects Romance will enhance your life and bring about positive change

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) A problem will arise if you or someone close to you is indulgent or excessive in any manner Question feelings as well as future dreams and find out if yoursquore hanging out with the right person or group

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Social events will be emotionally taxing If you plan to participate stick to people who arenrsquot likely to cause emotional upset Personal improvements a spa day or a creative endeavor will be less stressful

LEO (July 23-Aug 22) Be a participant and challenge yourself A change to the way you live or decorating your home for upcoming festivities will prompt you to reconnect with old friends Donrsquot overspend love is the greatest gift of all

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sept 22) An adventure that brings you in touch with like-minded people will do you good and help you put personal dilemmas in perspective If you canrsquot

trust someone you should be questioning why this person is in your life

LIBRA (Sept 23-Oct 22) Check out the possibilities A trip or chance to express the way you feel and what you want to see happen should not be ignored You can clear up unfinished personal business if you are open and receptive to change

SCORPIO (Oct 23-Nov 21) Make changes at home that will encourage you to explore your creative talents Preparing for an event will remind you of the people who have helped you get to where you are Connect with old friends

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21) Trust and belief will be your tickets to success Follow your heart and head and donrsquot let anyone discourage you from following the path that makes you happy The personal changes you make will encourage those who look up to you

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19) Be careful how you handle delicate situations A close friend or family member will make a last-minute change that wonrsquot sit right with you Give others space If you interfere you will be the one who looks bad

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18) Manage your money carefully You may like nice things and want to please others with extravagant gifts but sticking to a set budget will be in your best interest Romance is in the stars

PISCES (Feb 19-March 20) You donrsquot have to be extravagant to grab someonersquos attention Focus on how to take care of personal business and documents that need to be updated before the year ends Sound judgment will lead to financial gain

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tight10 Tread heavily15 Monocle es-

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ria was em-press

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be31 Wrath33 Ancestral dia-

grams35 Chicksrsquo chirps38 Chinese take-

out appetizer42 Takes the

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carefully56 Resolve with

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ean teen58 Shout59 ldquoNot sordquo reply61 Small hill64 Sidekick65 Author Silver-

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mand per-haps

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ing advice36 Be very frugal37 Ornamental

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back71 Tennis offi-

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Italian87 Postpaid en-

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Earnhardt119 Away from

here121 Mystical

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earliest color TVs

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124 NL Central team

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wardrdquo period Abbr

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Queen Victoria assumed the title Empress of INDIA (20 Across) in 1876 18 years after the dis-solution of the

British East India Compa-ny which had ruled much of the country The LEE of 48 Across is the title character of the Edgar Allan Poe poem ldquoAnna-bel Leerdquo which con-tains six oc-currences of the phrase ldquoby the seardquo The ldquoexam-ines carefullyrdquo meaning of VETS (54 Across) is de-rived from a veterinarianrsquos examination of a horse be-fore a race

The Christian Golfersrsquo Association (CGA) meets at 8 am each Tues-day for Bible study at the CGA office in Dillon Park Refresh-ments provided and golf after Bible study Call (803) 773-2171

The Ballard-Palmer-Bates American Legion Post 202 meets at 630 pm on the third Monday of each month at the Post 310 Palmetto St All veterans are welcome to attend Call (803) 773-4811

The Civil Air Patrol Sumter Compos-ite Squadron meets from 7 to 9 pm each Monday at the Sumter Airport Contact Jared Buniel at (803) 481-7915 or JaredLotRjunocom Visit wwwscwgcapgovsumter

Lake Marion VFW Post 11078 Sum-merton meets on the third Tues-day of each month at 1 Duke St Summerton behind First Citi-

zens Bank Dinner begins at 630 pm with the meeting beginning at 7 pm All VFW members are encouraged to attend Call Carl A Farley at (803) 460-8910

DAV Gamecock Chapter 5 meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month Call Elizabeth West at (803) 499-1003 for time and loca-tion

The Rembert Area Community Coali-tion (RACC) offers a senior citizens program 10 am-noon each Mon-day and Wednesday at 6785 Bradley St (behind community car wash) Rembert SC 29128 Transportation is available Call (803) 432-2001

The Westside Neighborhood Associ-ation meets at 530 pm on the third Monday of each month at the Birnie HOPE Center 210 S Purdy St

A10 | SUNDAY DECEMBER 2 2018 DAILY PLANNER THE SUMTER ITEM

THE NEWSDAY CROSSWORD

The last word in astrologyEUGENIA LAST

SANTEE-LYNCHES REGIONAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS BOARD OF DIRECTORSMonday noon Central Carolina Technical College Advance Manufacturing Technology Training Center 853 Broad St

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERSBOARD MEETINGMonday 530 pm Sumter Sheriffrsquos Office conference room

SUMTER CITY COUNCILTuesday 530 pm Sumter Opera House 21 N Main St

BISHOPVILLE CITY COUNCILTuesday 630 pm Colclough Building

TOWN OF LYNCHBURG PLANNING COMMISSIONWednesday 4 pm town hall

Call (803) 774-1241 | E-mail sportstheitemcom

BSECTION

SUNDAYDECEMBER 2 2018

PREP BASKETBALL

Lakewood boyscruise to 69-61win over SumterSHS girls triumph

TREVOR BAUKNIGHT THE SUMTER ITEMLakewoodrsquos Juwan Purdue (10) drives to the basket as Sumterrsquos Kwaleek Jones (23) defends during the Gatorsrsquo 69-61 victory on Friday at The Swamp

Gators humble Gamecocks

It was an electric atmo-sphere at The Swamp on Fri-day as homestanding Lake-wood High School took on Sumter School District rival Sumter High in the boys game

Both teams fed off the energy in the building from the start of the game but it was the Gators who grabbed the momentum and never let it get away

Lakewood led 20-10 after one quarter and the Gamecocks never got closer than six points the remainder of the game as the Gators won by a not-nearly-as-close-as-it-sounds final score of 69-61

ldquoIrsquom really pleased with the way we played tonightrdquo said Lakewood head coach Bryan Brown whose team improved to 2-3 on the season ldquoWe played with a lot of intensity from the beginning and we were able to maintain the mo-mentumrdquo

BY DENNIS BRUNSONdennistheitemcom

SEE GATORS PAGE B1

USC FOOTBALL COLLEGE FOOTBALL

THE ASSOCIATED PRESSAlabama tight end Irv Smith Jr (82) hits Georgia defensive back TysonCampbell (3) in the helmet during the Crimson Tidersquos 35-28 victory on Saturday in Atlanta

No 1 Alabama rallies behind Hurts tops No 4 Georgia 35-28

ATLANTA (AP) mdash In a dra-matic twist on last seasonrsquos national championship game Jalen Hurts came off the bench to pass for one touch-down and run for another in the fourth quarter rallying No 1 Alabama to a 35-28 victo-ry over No 4 Georgia in the Southeastern Conference title game Saturday

Heisman Trophy favorite Tua Tagovailoa had to be helped off the field with just over 11 min-utes remaining after one of his own linemen stepped on the quarterbackrsquos right ankle as he attempted to throw

Enter Hurts who led Ala-bama to the national title game as a freshman but lost the starting job to Tago-vailoa Hurts calmly guided the Crimson Tide (13-0 No 1 CFP) to tying touchdown with a 10-yard pass to Jerry Jeudy

After Georgia (11-2 No 4 CFP) was stuffed on a fake punt near midfield Hurts took matters into his own

hands for the winning score Spotting an opening up the middle he took off on a 15-yard TD run with 104 left

This was a reversal of the storyline from last seasonrsquos na-tional title game when Tago-vailoa replaced an ineffective Hurts at the start of the second half with Alabama trailing Georgia 13-0 The replacement threw three touchdown passes including a 41-yarder in over-time that gave the Tide a stun-ning 26-23 victory

Tagovailoa won the start-ing job in preseason practice and performed brilliantly during the regular season throwing 36 touchdown passes with only two inter-ceptions

The SEC title game took a different path Georgia put quite a beating on Tagovailoa who threw two interceptions spent much of his spare time in the medical tent and was largely ineffective as the Bull-dogs built a pair of two-touch-down leads

Carolina handles Akron 28-3

THE ASSOCIATED PRESSSouth Carolina quarterback Jake Bentley (19) throws a pass during the first half of the Gamecocksrsquo 28-3 victory over Akron on Saturday at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia The game was a late addition to the USC schedule after its Sept 15 game against Marshall was cancelled due to Hurri-cane Florence

COLUMBIA mdash On a cool and soggy day at a well under capacity Williams-Brice Stadi-um South Carolina wide receiver Deebo Samuel made the most of the first half of his final home football game in the Garnet and Black

The Gamecocks led the Zips 28-3 at the half with Samuel responsible for three of those scores Two came in standard Deebo fashion on receptions of 15 and five yards with the third coming on a first for the tal-ented wideout -- a fumble recovery in the end zone on a botched Akron punt attempt

ldquoGreat first half We played extremely wellrdquo said USC head coach Will Muschamp ldquoHersquos (Samuel) been a great football player here at the University of South Carolina Fought through a lot of adversity last year When hersquos been on the field hersquos been an electric player in college footballrdquo

The always humble Samuel who closed

BY EDDIE LITAKERSpecial to The Sumter Item

COLUMBIA mdash It was a strange game to say the least when the South Carolina Gamecocks took on the Akron Zips at Williams-Brice Stadium on Saturday

The Gamecocks defeated the Zips 28-3 in a makeup game that saw rain low crowd attendance and no points in the second half

The game came about when the Game-cocksrsquo home game against Marshall scheduled for Sept 15 was canceled due to Hurricane Florence

ldquoFirst of all I want to thank our fans who were here mdash pretty miserable day weather-wiserdquo South Carolina head coach Will Muschamp said ldquoThey cer-tainly were loud for us and we appreciate

Weird day for USCBY DANNY KELLYdannytheitemcom

SEE WEIRD PAGE B6SEE USC PAGE B6

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B2 | SUNDAY DECEMBER 2 2018 SPORTS THE SUMTER ITEM

TV RADIOTODAY655 am mdash International Soccer English Premier League Match mdash Fulham vs Chelsea (NBC SPORTS NETWORK)9 am mdash International Soccer English Premier League Match mdash Tottenham vs Arsenal (NBC SPORTS NETWORK)930 am mdash International Soccer Bundesliga League Match mdash Borussia Monchengladbach vs RB Leipzig (FOX SPORTS 1 UNIVISION)11 am mdash PGA Golf Hero World Challenge Final Round from New Providence Bahamas (GOLF)1110 am mdash International Soccer English Premier League Match mdash Everton vs Liverpool (NBC SPORTS NETWORK)Noon mdash College Football College Football Playoff Selection Show (ESPN)Noon mdash International Soccer Bundesliga League Match mdash Vfl Wolfsburg vs Eintratcht Frankfurt (FOX SPORTS 1)Noon mdash College Basketball Texas AampM (Corpus Christi) at Tennessee (SEC NETWORK)1 pm mdash PGA Golf Hero World Challenge Final Round from New Providence Bahamas (WIS 10)1 pm mdash NFL Football Baltimore at Atlanta (WLTX 19)1 pm mdash NFL Football Carolina at Tampa Bay (WACH 57 WWFN-FM 1001 WPUB-FM 1027)1 pm mdash College Basketball Arizona at Connecticut (ESPN2)1 pm mdash Womenrsquos College Soccer NCAA College Cup Championship Match from Cary NC (ESPNU)2 pm mdash Womenrsquos College Basketball Mississippi State at Texas (FOX SPORTS 1)2 pm mdash Professional Basketball NBA G-League Game mdashGrand Rapids at Raptors 905 (NBA TV)2 pm mdash Womenrsquos College Basketball Texas Tech at Florida (SEC NETWORK)225 pm mdash International Soccer Italian Serie A Match mdash Inter Milan vs AS Roma (ESPNEWS)3 pm mdash College Basketball Central Florida at Missouri (ESPNU)4 pm mdash NFL Football Minnesota at New England (WACH 57)4 pm mdash Womenrsquos College Basketball Connecticut at Notre Dame (ESPN)4 pm mdash Womenrsquos College Basketball Tennessee at Oklahoma State (FOX SPORTS 1)4 pm mdash Womenrsquos College Basketball Oklahoma at Auburn (SEC NETWORK)5 pm mdash NBA Basketball New Orleans at Charlotte (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST)7 pm mdash Womenrsquos College Basketball Baylor at South Carolina (ESPN2 WNKT-FM 1075)820 pm mdash NFL Football Los Angeles Chargers at Pittsburgh (WIS 10)

MONDAY220 pm mdash International Soccer Bundesliga League Match mdash Bayer Leverkusen vs FC Nurnberg (FOX SPORTS 2)605 pm mdash Talk Show Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 1059 WDXY-AM 1240)630 pm mdash College Basketball Iowa at Michigan State (FOX SPORTS 1)630 pm mdash College Basketball Liberty at Georgetown (FOX SPORTS 2)7 pm mdash NBA Basketball Oklahoma City at Detroit (NBA TV)8 pm mdash College Basketball Troy at Florida State (FOX SPORTSOUTH)8 pm mdash College Basketball Northwestern State at Texas AampM (SEC NETWORK)815 pm mdash NFL Football Washington at Philadelphia (ESPN WNKT-FM 1075)830 pm mdash College Basketball Florida AampM at DePaul (FOX SPORTS 1)

PREP FOOTBALLSCHSL STATE PLAYOFFSSemifinalsFriday5AUpper StateTL Hanna 57 Byrnes 28Lower StateDutch Fork 47 Summerville 14 4AUpper StateGreer 35 Daniel 23Lower StateMyrtle Beach 52 Hartsville 313AUpper StateChester 21 Union County 14 Lower StateDillon 18 Wade Hampton 132AUpper StateAbbeville 28 Southside Christian 21Lower StateBarnwell 57 Carvers Bay 261AUpper State Lamar 18 Dixie 14 Lower StateGreen Sea-Floyds 47 Hemingway 7STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS5ASaturdayAt Williams-Brice Stadium In ColumbiaTL Hanna vs Dutch Fork 630 pm 4ASaturdayAt Williams-Brice Stadium In ColumbiaGreer vs Myrtle Beach noon3ASaturday

At Williams-Brice Stadium In ColumbiaChester vs Dillon 3 pm2AFridayAt Charlie W Johnson StadiumIn ColumbiaAbbeville vs Barnwell 8 pm1AFridayAt Charlie W Johnson StadiumIn ColumbiaLamar vs Green Sea-Floyds 5 pm

NFL STANDINGSAMERICAN CONFERENCEEast W L T Pct PF PANew England 8 3 0 727 307 249Miami 5 6 0 455 223 283Buffalo 4 7 0 364 161 272NY Jets 3 8 0 273 221 281South W L T Pct PF PAHouston 8 3 0 727 273 222Indianapolis 6 5 0 545 325 273Tennessee 5 6 0 455 195 223Jacksonville 3 8 0 273 197 243North W L T Pct PF PAPittsburgh 7 3 1 682 316 249Baltimore 6 5 0 545 271 198Cincinnati 5 6 0 455 276 347Cleveland 4 6 1 409 253 283West W L T Pct PF PAKansas City 9 2 0 818 404 294LA Chargers 8 3 0 727 307 219Denver 5 6 0 455 252 252Oakland 2 9 0 182 187 327

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast W L T Pct PF PADallas 7 5 0 583 247 223Washington 6 5 0 545 220 229Philadelphia 5 6 0 455 230 253NY Giants 3 8 0 273 237 288South W L T Pct PF PANew Orleans 10 2 0 833 419 269Carolina 6 5 0 545 287 282Atlanta 4 7 0 364 280 307Tampa Bay 4 7 0 364 294 338North W L T Pct PF PAChicago 8 3 0 727 317 211Minnesota 6 4 1 591 265 246Green Bay 4 6 1 409 264 267Detroit 4 7 0 364 238 286West W L T Pct PF PALA Rams 10 1 0 909 389 282Seattle 6 5 0 545 276 243Arizona 2 9 0 182 155 293San Francisco 2 9 0 182 239 293

THURSDAYrsquoS GAMESDallas 13 New Orleans 10

SUNDAYrsquoS GAMESLA Rams at Detroit 1 pmCarolina at Tampa Bay 1 pmArizona at Green Bay 1 pmDenver at Cincinnati 1 pmBaltimore at Atlanta 1 pmChicago at NY Giants 1 pmCleveland at Houston 1 pmIndianapolis at Jacksonville 1 pmBuffalo at Miami 1 pmNY Jets at Tennessee 405 pmKansas City at Oakland 405 pmSan Francisco at Seattle 425 pmMinnesota at New England 425 pmLA Chargers at Pittsburgh 820 pm

MONDAYrsquoS GAMESWashington at Philadelphia 815 pm

THURSDAY DEC 6Jacksonville at Tennessee 820 pm

SUNDAY DEC 9New Orleans at Tampa Bay 1 pmNY Giants at Washington 1 pmAtlanta at Green Bay 1 pmIndianapolis at Houston 1 pmNY Jets at Buffalo 1 pmCarolina at Cleveland 1 pmNew England at Miami 1 pmBaltimore at Kansas City 1 pmCincinnati at LA Chargers 405 pmDenver at San Francisco 405 pmDetroit at Arizona 425 pmPhiladelphia at Dallas 425 pmPittsburgh at Oakland 425 pmLA Rams at Chicago 820 pm

MONDAY DEC 10Minnesota at Seattle 815 pm

NBA STANDINGSEASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division W L Pct GBToronto 19 4 826 mdashPhiladelphia 16 8 667 3frac12Boston 12 10 545 6frac12Brooklyn 8 15 348 11New York 8 16 333 11frac12Southeast Division

W L Pct GBCharlotte 11 11 500 mdashOrlando 11 12 478 frac12Miami 8 13 381 2frac12Washington 8 14 364 3Atlanta 5 18 217 6frac12Central Division W L Pct GBMilwaukee 15 7 682 mdashDetroit 12 7 632 1frac12Indiana 13 9 591 2Chicago 5 18 217 10frac12Cleveland 4 17 190 10frac12

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division W L Pct GBMemphis 13 8 619 mdashDallas 10 10 500 2frac12New Orleans 11 12 478 3Houston 10 11 476 3San Antonio 10 12 455 3frac12Northwest Division W L Pct GBDenver 15 7 682 mdashOklahoma City 14 7 667 frac12Portland 13 9 591 2Minnesota 11 11 500 4Utah 11 12 478 4frac12Pacific Division W L Pct GBLA Clippers 15 6 714 mdashGolden State 15 8 652 1LA Lakers 13 9 591 2frac12Sacramento 10 11 476 5Phoenix 4 18 182 11frac12

FRIDAYrsquoS GAMESBoston 128 Cleveland 95Detroit 107 Chicago 88Philadelphia 123 Washington 98Utah 119 Charlotte 111Memphis 131 Brooklyn 125 2OTHouston 136 San Antonio 105Miami 106 New Orleans 101Oklahoma City 124 Atlanta 109Orlando 99 Phoenix 85Denver 113 Portland 112LA Lakers 114 Dallas 103

SATURDAYrsquoS GAMESNew York 136 Milwaukee 134 OTBrooklyn at Washington 7 pmGolden State at Detroit 7 pmBoston at Minnesota 8 pmChicago at Houston 8 pmToronto at Cleveland 8 pmIndiana at Sacramento 10 pm

SUNDAYrsquoS GAMESPhoenix at LA Lakers 330 pmNew Orleans at Charlotte 5 pmMemphis at Philadelphia 6 pmUtah at Miami 6 pmLA Clippers at Dallas 7 pmPortland at San Antonio 7 pm

MONDAYrsquoS GAMESOklahoma City at Detroit 7 pmCleveland at Brooklyn 730 pmDenver at Toronto 730 pmGolden State at Atlanta 730 pmWashington at New York 730 pmHouston at Minnesota 8 pmLA Clippers at New Orleans 8 pm

TUESDAYrsquoS GAMESChicago at Indiana 7 pmOrlando at Miami 730 pmPortland at Dallas 830 pmSacramento at Phoenix 9 pmSan Antonio at Utah 9 pm

COLLEGE FOOTBALLFCS PLAYOFFSFirst RoundSaturday Nov 24Duquesne 31 Towson 10Wofford 19 Elon 7Southeast Missouri State 28 Stony Brook 14Montana State 35 Incarnate Word 14James Madison 20 Delaware 6Nicholls State 49 San Diego 30Northern Iowa 16 Lamar 13Jacksonville State 34 ETSU 27

Second RoundSaturday Dec 1Maine 55 Jacksonville State 27Colgate 23 James Madison 20Kennesaw State 13 Wofford 10North Dakota State 52 Montana State 10South Dakota State 51 Duquesne 6Weber State 48 Southeast Missouri State 23Eastern Washington 42 Nicholls State 21Northern Iowa (7-5) at UC Davis (9-2) 7 pm

QuarterfinalsFriday Dec 7 or Saturday Dec 8North Dakota State (12-0) vs Colgate (10-1)South Dakota State (9-2) vs Kennesaw State (11-1)Eastern Washington (10-2) vs Northern Iowa-UC Davis winnerMaine (9-3) vs Weber State (10-2)

SemifinalsFriday Dec 14 or Saturday Dec 15TBD

ChampionshipSaturday Jan 5At Toyota StadiumFrisco TexasSemifinal winners Noon

PRO FOOTBALL

Chiefs set for Oakland game while Hunt wonders whatrsquos next

KANSAS CITY Mo mdash Ka-reem Hunt went from the Kan-sas City Chiefsrsquo practice field to looking for a job in about six hours a spectacular fall for the NFLrsquos reigning rushing championhe Pro Bowl run-ning back had been preparing for Sundayrsquos game at Oakland when a months-old video sur-faced online The footage from a Cleveland hotel security camera showed Hunt shoving and kicking a woman with po-lice ultimately responding No charges were filed

The Chiefs immediately sent Hunt home as the TMZ video rippled across social media An organization that prides itself on providing sec-ond chances said in a state-ment late Friday it had re-leased the 23-year-old star The team was traveling Satur-day

The NFL had no comment Friday night beyond saying Hunt was on the commission-errsquos exempt list meaning he canrsquot play or attend games while the league investigates

The question now for both the Chiefs and Hunt is simple Whatrsquos next

The Chiefs (9-2) are barrel-ing toward the No 1 seed in the playoffs and the loss of their leading rusher is sub-stantial Hunt already had run for more than 800 yards and had 14 total touchdowns

helping Kansas City form one of the leaguersquos most dy-namic offenses

His ability to churn out yards on the ground helped the Chiefs put away several games His ability to catch passes out of the backfield had been just as useful

Yet the falloff to Spencer Ware isnrsquot that significant

The Chiefsrsquo backup was the unquestioned starter heading into last season even after the team made Hunt their third-round pick It wasnrsquot until Ware mdash whose skill set closely mirrors that of Hunt mdash went down with a season-ending knee injury in the preseason that the rookie took over

ldquoThere was a question whether he would be able to come back from that injury It was a pretty tough injury to come back fromrdquo Chiefs coach Andy Reid said recent-ly ldquoThe last couple weeks he has played good football You can see where he is more con-fident each week hererdquo

The Chiefs are also confi-dent in backups Damien Wil-liams and Darrel Williams And with a soft schedule down the stretch including two games against the Raid-ers there is plenty of time for their offense to adjust to life without Hunt in the backfield

So that is whatrsquos next for the Chiefs What happens to

HuntThe Chiefs and the NFL

knew what happened in Feb-ruary in Cleveland and the organization spoke to Hunt on several occasions before han-dling discipline internally But neither the team nor the league had seen the video be-fore it became public Friday

The NFL made multiple at-tempts to obtain it a person fa-miliar with the case told The Associated Press speaking on condition of anonymity be-cause of the ongoing investiga-tion The hotel informed the league that corporate policy al-lowed the video to be given only to law enforcement

The NFL then contacted Cleveland police the person said Police declined to pro-vide the video Police and hotel officials have not com-mented

The video showed Hunt lunging toward a woman and several others in a hotel hall-way and the player being re-strained several times before knocking two people down Two police reports were filed in which each person accuses the other Hunt is listed as the suspect in one a woman Abi-gail Ottinger is the suspect in the other

In its grainy and graphic footage the video brought a new dimension to develop-ments showing that what Hunt had told the Chiefs was not the case The team said he was ldquonot truthful in

those discussionsrdquoThe matter brought imme-

diate comparisons to the video of Ravens running back Ray Rice punching a woman in an elevator which ultimately led to a long legal saga that ended with him never playing in the NFL again

The big difference between Rice and Hunt though is this Rice was on the downward side of his career while Hunt was on the ascent

Being on the exempt list does not prevent another team from taking a chance on a player That was the under-lined when the Washington Redskins signed linebacker Reuben Foster who had been cut last week after he was ar-rested on suspicion of domes-tic violence

The Redskins faced harsh public criticism and there will no doubt be a similar out-cry if a team signs Hunt But balancing such opposition against the benefits of a young star in his prime is a delicate decision for team ex-ecutives

Hunt issued a brief apology late Friday a small first step toward getting another chance But as the Chiefs get ready to play in Oakland Hunt will be watching on tele-vision

There are many more steps before Hunt takes the field again

If it ever happens

THE ASSOCIATED PRESSKansas City running back Kareem Hunt (27) has gone from being one of the top running backs in the National Football League to out of a job after the Chiefs cut him on Friday after video surfaced of him kicking a woman

BY DAVE SKRETTAThe Associated Press

SCOREBOARD PRO FOOTBALL

QBs look to elevate Panthers Bucs down the stretch

TAMPA Fla mdash Cam Newton and Jameis Winston know therersquos no surefire way for a quarterback to lead a team out of a funk

What works in one situation may not necessarily be the answer in an-other

Newtonrsquos second-place Carolina Panthers (6-5) have lost three straight games following a 6-2 start moving closer to the bottom of the

NFC South than the top

Winstonrsquos getting an-other chance to lead the Tampa Bay Bucca-neers (4-7) out of the di-vision cellar after spending a month on the bench because of his propensity for mak-

ing costly mistakesldquoIn the NFL part of winning is

not losing not beating yourselfrdquo Bucs coach Dirk Koetter said re-flecting on Winston delivering his best performance of the season to help Tampa Bay stop a four-game skid last week

ldquoYou have to just keep it simplerdquo said Winston who lost his starting job after turning the ball over 11 times in 14 quarters

The fourth-year pro said the dif-ference during last weekrsquos 27-9 rout of San Francisco was his decisive-ness with the football

ldquoIrsquom thinking about one play at a time one completion at a time one game at a timerdquo Winston said ldquoItrsquos easier to keep it simple when yoursquore decisive making quick decisions and getting the ball out of your handsrdquo

The Panthers havenrsquot won since beating the Bucs 42-28 at home on Nov 4 Kicking woes factored in narrow losses the past two weeks to Detroit and Seattle however and Newton said hersquos focused on the next opportunity to get back on track

Win or lose he has learned you give yourself 24 hours to get over the excitement or disappointment

ldquoYou can either celebrate or sulk and sobrdquo the Carolina quarterback said ldquoAfter that 24 hours is up let it go That has been so helpful for me in my growth as a manrdquo

For Winston Sundayrsquos game against the Panthers represents the next test in what amounts to an audition to determine if hersquos Tampa Bayrsquos quarterback of the future

The 24-year-old didnrsquot face the Panthers last time He was benched after throwing four interceptions the previous week at Cincinnati

BY FRED GOODALLThe Associated Press

NEWTON

THE SUMTER ITEM SPORTS SUNDAY DECEMBER 2 2018 | B3

RECRUITING CORNER

Tigers pick up third offensive lineman for 2020 class

Clemson picked up its fifth commitment for the 2020 foot-ball recruiting class on Sun-day in offensive lineman Paul

Tchio of Alpharetta Ga Tchio (6-feet-5-inches 325 pounds)

also had offers from Georgia Alabama Florida Florida State Tennessee Ohio State Oklahoma Louisville and others

He narrowed his decision to Clem-son Alabama and UGA He was at Clemson on Saturday for the South Carolina game his third visit of the season He said he actu-ally made up his mind after visiting for the Syracuse game

ldquoThe family atmosphere it was so real and genuine there that me and my family could definitely notice that and it was something we really wanted to be a part ofrdquo Tchio said ldquoThey are definitely dominating the ball All three of the running backs are pro-ducing the O-Line is moving the ball real well and they are doing a real good job Itrsquos something I canrsquot wait to be a part ofrdquo

Tchio is the third OL to commit for the Tigersrsquo lsquo20 class An offensive guard hersquos ranked eighth nationally at his position by Rivals and 24th over-all in the state of Georgia

ldquoThey like me so much because Irsquom versatile I can play offense and defen-sive linerdquo he said ldquoIrsquove been playing a lot of defense this year And the fact that I can play guard and tackle and maybe Irsquoll play center when I get there too With the way my body fills in they could put me at a lot of differ-ent placesrdquo

And hersquos looking forward to being tutored by Clemson OL coach Robbie Caldwell

ldquoHersquos a real cool duderdquo Tchio said ldquoHersquos like old-style but hersquos always fun to be around He knows when to be se-rious and he knows how to get the job done I think thatrsquos the most important thing getting that job donerdquo

His high school teammate safety Jo-seph Charleston is a Clemson com-mitment for the lsquo19 class

The Tigers also have OL commit-ments for lsquo20 from John Williams of Canton Ga and Walker Parks of Lex-ington Ky

Center Clay Webb of Oxford Ala told Rivals he will announce his deci-sion on Dec 10 Hersquos down to Clemson Alabama Auburn and UGA He is not taking any official visits He has visit-ed all schools unofficially and re-turned to Alabama on Saturday

Linebacker Quavaris Crouch of Charlotte took his official visit to Clemson for the Duke game In an in-terview with Rivals Crouch indicated FSU and Tennessee are fading because both have new coaches and are in a re-building mode and hersquos not looking for that He said Clemson and Michi-gan were his best official visits He

also cited the proximity to Clemson as important for his grandmother to be able to easily see him play He said he also might take an official visit to Southern California Crouch plans to privately commit at some point and sign in December but he wonrsquot an-nounce his plans until the US Army All-American Game on Jan 5 2019

DJ Uiagalelei a rsquo20 quarterback from Bellflower Calif was back at Clemson over the weekend for the Pal-

metto Bowl Uiagalelei is the top ranked player in the lsquo20 class He also visited last sum-mer His dad joined him on this visit for his first look at Clemson Uiagalelei visited Auburn two weeks ago and those Tigers are at the top of the list along with Clemson and Oregon but Uiagalelei is also hearing from Alabama and Washington

Bryan Bresee (6-5 280) a rsquo20 defenside end from Damascus Md also visited Clemson on

Saturday Hersquos rated the top DE na-tionally in his class by Rivals

Brandon Edwards a rsquo20 running back from Blythewood High School visited Clemson for the Duke game ldquoI donrsquot know how interested they arerdquo Edwards said ldquoIf I do get an offer from them thatrsquos great if I donrsquot itrsquos fine Irsquoll just play as hard as I can this next seasonrdquo

Christian Miller a rsquo20 cornerback from Hilton Head High also was at Clemson for the Duke game ldquoI believe itrsquos (an offer) coming hopefully after the season when they get deep in 2020srdquo Miller said ldquoThey have offered a few but itrsquos going to start moving after the season (Defensive coordina-tor) Coach (Brent) Venables has seen me compete beforerdquo

Miller has an offer from South Flor-ida and is also getting attention from USC Northwestern Wake Forest UGA Rice Coastal Carolina North Carolina State Georgia Tech Duke Virginia Tech and others

Clemson recently offered lsquo20 LB Phillip Webb (6-4 210) of Buford Ga Some other offers include Auburn Cincinnati Boston College and Appa-lachian State He said Clemson does figure into his future recruiting plans Webb planned to visit Clemson on Sat-urday He has also visited Auburn GT UGA and Tennessee

Clemson offered lsquo20 DE Tyler Baron (6-4 250) of Nashville Tenn Rivals ranks him fifth nationally at his posi-tion He has nationwide offers from a host of Power Five programs

Khalid Williams a rsquo20 wide receiver from Manassas Va visited Clemson on Saturday He has not been offered at this point

USCUSC missed out on one of its top CB

targets when Jalen Perry of Dacula Ga committed to Michigan following

an official visit to Ann Arbor Perry had made multiple unofficial visits to USC and was scheduled for an official visit on Saturday

Fortunately for USC it has a bevy of quality CB targets still on the board including Shilo Sanders of Cedar Hill Texas Sanders took his official visit to USC on Oct 12 and USC is keeping up the pursuit of the son of one the most famous CBs in football history Deion Sanders

ldquoI love themrdquo Shilo Sanders said ldquoAs of right now thatrsquos the only school Irsquove visited so Irsquove got to take some other visits Irsquom not going to say that (USC is the favorite) Irsquom just going to say I like them a lot I donrsquot really have a favorite because I havenrsquot really seen anything But I like them a lot for surerdquo

Tennessee has become a major play-er as well and Sanders said he will set up an official visit with the Volun-teers He does have an official visit set with Colorado State for Dec 14 and is looking at Michigan State and FSU for possible visits as well

CB Collin Duncan has taken unoffi-cial visits to USC and Mississippi State and he said those two are his top two at this point with no leader He has not scheduled his officials but those two will get those visits Hersquos not sure about any other officials at this point Duncan said he talked with his USC recruiter Pat Washington recent-ly Hersquos also heard from DC Travaris Robinson He said both still feel en-couraged about him He plans to be an early signee

CB Dequanteous Watts of Atlanta took an unofficial visit to USC for the Chattanooga game He stayed over-night and met with head coach Will Muschamp Robinson and offensive coordinator Brian McClendon before heading home Those coaches must have given him something strong to think about because Watts decommit-ted from Central Florida and now has a new favorite

ldquoSouth Carolina would be the favor-ite right nowrdquo Watts said ldquoI havenrsquot visited any other schools It possibly could change when I go visit other schools but as of now they are the fa-voriterdquo

He hopes to return to USC for Satur-dayrsquos Akron game but hersquos scheduled to take the Scholastic Aptitude Test that morning He also plans to take an official visit with USC but no date has been set Watts also is hearing from North Carolina USF West Virginia and UCF Hersquod like to make his deci-sion in the next few days

CB Jaydon Hill of Madison Ala took his official visit to USC for the Chattanooga game and he got the VIP treatment from Muschamp and Robin-son Hill has been committed to UF since September

ldquoI just liked the whole visitrdquo Hill said ldquoWe talked a lot We spent a bunch of time together I talked to

T-Rob (Robinson) and Muschamp a lot the whole weekend Irsquom a priority for them and I can come get developed and play as a true freshmanrdquo

Whatrsquos particularly appealing to Hill about the USC situation is Mus-champrsquos and Robinsonrsquos histories of developing DBs of all places UF

ldquoT-Rob and Muschamp knowing the guys they produced in the past at Flor-ida thatrsquos big knowing what T-Rob and Muschamp can do with DBs at my positionrdquo he said ldquoThey are definitely on the riserdquo

Hill took his official visit to UF in October for the Louisiana State game and he said there are no more visits to be taken He will have home visits next month with coaches from both staffs The question for USC now is can Muschamp and Robinson say enough to turn him from the Gators before he signs in December

ldquoItrsquos something to think about for surerdquo Hill said ldquoI wouldnrsquot just say Irsquom all the way in It could happen I wouldnrsquot say it couldnrsquot happen Really just keep doing what they are doing Theyrsquove been doing a great job of re-cruiting merdquo

Hill suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his fourth game of the season going up to defend a pass and coming down wrong on his leg He said hersquos ahead of schedule on his re-habilitaton and could begin running in another week or so As a junior he had five interceptions and broke up 26 passes

RB Tahj Gary of Atlanta saw his season come to an end with a broken leg he suffered while going up for a pass Gary is the subject of a recruit-ing battle between USC and Virginia Tech He is committed to VT but has been to USC several times He was scheduled for an unofficial visit to USC for the Chattanooga game but his surgery kept him home

He is scheduled for official visits to VT this weekend and to USC on Dec 7 and he said he plans to make those visits Hersquos also talking to Mississippi State UCF and Kentucky about possi-ble official visits

USC offered RB DJ Williams of Se-bring Fla He currently is committed to App State but hersquos also picked up recent offers from Mississippi Texas Tennessee Miami and Auburn

USC DL target Jaquaze Sorrells set an official to Penn State for Dec 7

Avery Jernigan a rsquo20 OL from Blackshear Ga was at the Chattanoo-ga game He already has a USC offer

ldquoI really enjoyed getting to talk to the coaches then watching the game and getting to go in the locker room after the gamerdquo Jernigan said ldquoI real-ly like USC they are definitely a pro-gram thatrsquos on the riserdquo

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

MORE TO THE STORY

Read on at wwwtheitemcom

Phil Kornblut

Playoff hopeful No 5 Oklahomabeats No 9 Texas for Big 12 title

ARLINGTON Texas mdash Kyler Murray threw for 379 yards and three touchdowns as No 5 Oklahoma beat No 9 Texas 39-27 in the Big 12 championship game Saturday with the Sooners avenging their only loss and making their case for a return to the College Football Playoff

Murray the Heisman Tro-phy-contending dual-threat quarterback threw two of his TDs to Grant Calcaterra That included an impressive 18-yard score on a third-and-10 play with two minutes left as the Sooners (12-1 No 5 CFP) won their seventh consecutive game despite being held to fewer than 40 points for the first time in nine games(7) CENTRAL FLORIDA 56MEMPHIS 41

ORLANDO Fla mdash Darriel Mack shrugged off two early turnovers to rush for three second-half touchdowns and rally No 7 UCF to a 56-41 vic-tory over Memphis in the American Athletic Conference championship game Saturday

With the red-shirt freshman filling in for injured quarter-back McKenzie Milton the Knights (12-0 No 8 CFP) won their second straight league title and extended the nationrsquos lon-gest winning streak to 25 games

Mack also threw for 348 yards and two TDs without an interceptions to keep UCF the

only FBS team to finish unde-feated a year ago in the con-versation about whorsquos deserv-ing of consideration for berths in the College Football PlayoffUAB 27MIDDLE TENNESSEE 25

MURFREESBORO Tenn mdash Spencer Brown ran for 156 yards and a touchdown Nick Vogel put UAB ahead with a field goal with 323 remaining and the Blazers who reinstat-ed their program last season after a two-year hiatus beat Middle Tennessee 27-25 in Sat-urdayrsquos Conference USA championship gameFRIDAY

(10) WASHINGTON 10(17) UTAH 3

SANTA CLARA Calif mdash Byron Murphy returned a de-flected interception 66 yards for the gamersquos only touch-down to lead No 10 Washing-ton to a 10-3 victory over No 17 Utah in an offensively chal-lenged Pac-12 championship game Friday night

In a matchup of the two stingiest defenses in the con-ference neither offense could get much of anything going at all So it was only fitting that a dropped pass by Utah (9-4 No 17 CFP) led to an interception for Washington (10-3 No 11 CFP) and the only touchdown

From staff reports

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OMAHA Neb mdash Zach Nor-vell Jr scored 23 of his ca-reer-high 28 points in the sec-ond half and top-ranked Gonzaga wiped out an early double-digit deficit and beat Creighton 103-92 on Saturday

The Bulldogs (8-0) who took over the No 1 ranking this week after beating Duke in the Maui Invitational overcame a boisterous crowd of more than 18000 at the CHI Health Center to win in their first true road game

Norvell was held in check the first 20 minutes but came out strong after halftime as he did in last yearrsquos win over Creighton in Spokane Wash-ington

The Bulldogs held Creigh-ton (6-2) scoreless for nearly four minutes in the middle of the second half while going on a 12-0 run to go up 84-73

Brandon Clarke added 27 points and 10 rebounds and Rui Hachimura added 22 and 11 boards for the Bulldogs

Ty-Shon Alexander led the Bluejays with 27 points Damien Jefferson had 15 and Martin Krampelj scored 10(7) MICHIGAN 76(19) PURDUE 57

ANN ARBOR Mich mdash Jor-dan Poole scored 21 points as part of a balanced offense and Michigan was stingy on defense as it routed a third ranked team this season

The Wolverines (8-0) are off to their best start since win-ning the first 16 games of the 2012-13 season They were coming off an 84-67 win over No 11 North Carolina and they beat then-No 8 Villano-va 73-46 on its home court last month(10) KENTUCKY 78UNC GREENSBORO 61

LEXINGTON Ky mdash Reid Travis scored 22 points Kel-don Johnson added six of his 13 points during a 14-2 second half run and Kentucky won

its seventh straightThe Spartans seemed

poised to take control with a 55-50 edge with 1308 remain-ing before Kentucky (7-1) had consecutive three-point plays by Travis and Ashton Hagans for a 56-55 leadMARQUETTE 83(12) KANSAS STATE 71

MILWAUKEE mdash Markus Howard scored 45 points and went 19 of 21 from the foul line and Marquette used tight defense to hand Kansas State its first loss(20) TEXAS TECH 78MEMPHIS 67

MIAMI mdash Tariq Owens had 13 points and 11 rebounds and tied a career high with eight blocks Jarrett Culver scored 14 of his 20 points in the second half and Texas Tech rallied to beat Memphis at the HoopHall Miami Invi-tational

Deshawn Corprew scored 12 points and Brandone Fran-cis added 10 for Texas Tech which has won all seven of its games this season by dou-ble digits Owens had seven of his blocks in the second half to help the Red Raidersrsquo comeback

(21) BUFFALO 85SAN FRANCISCO 81

BELFAST Northern Ire-land (AP) mdash Nick Perkins scored 22 points Jeremy Har-ris added 15 with eight re-bounds and Buffalo held off San Francisco in the title game of the Basketball Hall of Fame Belfast Classic(23) VILLANOVA 85LA SALLE 78

PHILADELPHIA mdash Eric Paschall scored 27 points Phil Booth had 19 and Villa-nova held off La Sallersquos upset bid

Villanova (6-2) remained the class of the city and won its 23rd straight in the Big 5 round-robin play among five Philadelphia Division I bas-ketball teams The Wildcats havenrsquot lost a city series game since Dec 5 2012 against Temple

They got a pretty good scare against winless La Salle (0-8) who got 17 points from Traci Carter and 15 from Isiah Deas The Wild-cats could never really shake the Explorers until the wan-ing moments and each team hit 12 3-pointers

From wire reports

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25 How work may be done near a deadline

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34 Use a certain two-handed signal

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(oneself) for action

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HOW TO PLAYEach row column and set of 3-by-3 boxes must contain the numbers 1 through 9 without repetition

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JUMBLETHAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAMEBy David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

USC MENrsquoS BASKETBALL

Gamecocks beat Coastal 85-79COLUMBIA (AP) mdash South

Carolinarsquos AJ Lawson and Hassani Gravett each notched a career-high in points as the Gamecocks held on to beat Coastal Carolina 85-79 on Fri-day night

Lawson was scoreless in South Carolinarsquos last game but with preseason All-SEC selection Chris Silva again in early foul trouble Friday he shouldered the scoring load with 25 points against the Chanticleers Gravett added 23

The Gamecocks (4-3) erased an eight-point deficit in the first half to lead by nine at the break but the Chanti-cleers who hit 11 3-pointers never went away

Coastal erased a 10-point deficit to lead by one seven minutes into the first half but Silva playing with three fouls woke up He swished a soft hook shot from the right side put a miss back with a thunderous dunk and tight-ened his defense

His six points when the game was tied at 61 made up most of a 9-0 USC run to give the Gamecocks a comfortable lead Silva ended with nine points and five rebounds crediting the burst to clear-ing his mind

ldquoI think I just been over-thinking putting too much pressure on myselfrdquo Silva said ldquoI kind of forgot how to enjoy the game Coach told me to go out there and play as hard as you can and enjoy the gamerdquo

The Chanticleersrsquo Zac Cuthbertson and his team-matesrsquo long-range shooting kept Coastal close but South Carolina in the bonus with 12 minutes to play kept hit-ting free throws The Game-cocks were 25-of-33 from the line and stroked 10 3-pointers of their own

ldquoWe know that this team right now the game goes

through Silva and (forward Maik) Kotsarrdquo Coastal coach Cliff Ellis said ldquoYou got to make other people beat you Well Gravett did what hersquos supposed to dordquo

BIG PICTURESouth Carolina The Game-

cocks were humbled on their home court last time out by Wofford a strong team but not one that should hang with much less beat a team that was in the Final Four less than two years ago Coach Frank Martin is still working with a young team that has already had numer-ous injuries and keeps preaching a learning process

ldquoWersquore a soft basketball team We donrsquot rebound and we donrsquot make competitive plays on the ballrdquo Martin said ldquoWe got to work on thatrdquo

Coastal Carolina Cuthbert-son is a potential Sun Belt player of the year candidate leading the Chanticleers in scoring rebounding and as-sists The Chants lost their top two point guards to inju-ry within the first two games ldquoWersquove got to get some guys backrdquo Ellis said

STAR WATCHMartin doesnrsquot allow fresh-

men to speak to the media until after the first semester ends but he may not want Lawson to speak as well as hersquos playing The rookie from Canada who re-classified to enroll early at South Caroli-na has scored in double fig-ures in five of seven games and had nine points in anoth-er

ldquoThe whole season hersquos had a great time with us and made some big playsrdquo Gra-vett said ldquoPeople have down days sometimes He definite-ly came back and responded to the challenges asked of himrdquo

HE SAID ITWhy did Martin start three

freshmen (Lawson TJ Moss and Keyshawn Bryant)

ldquoI just want to keep getting balderrdquo Martin said ldquoItrsquos im-portant to me that my bald spot keeps growingrdquo

UP NEXTSouth Carolina begins a

four-game stretch that will go a long way toward determin-ing its postseason chances The Gamecocks are at Wyo-ming on Wednesday then travel to No 7 Michigan Dec 8 to complete the road trip After that is the exam break and back-to-back games against No 4 Virginia and archrival Clemson which re-cently fell out of the Top 25

Coastal Carolina hosts Hampton on Wednesday to start its last four-game stretch of non-conference games The Chanticleers will have two home and two away games during the stretch in-cluding a Dec 9 game at Wof-ford which whipped the Gamecocks by 20 points

SOUTH CAROLINA 85COASTAL CAROLINA 79

COASTAL CAROLINA (4-4)Bamba 3-11 1-1 7 Cuthbertson 8-15 5-7 24 Gumbs-Frater 2-7 2-3 6 Brown 1-8 3-4 5 Sanders 2-7 2-2 8 Hippolyte 0-0 0-0 0 Burton 3-6 4-4 10 Kralj 3-4 0-0 9 Pierce 3-6 1-2 10 Jones 0-0 0-0 0 Totals 25-64 18-23 79

SOUTH CAROLINA (4-3)Silva 4-9 1-2 9 Kotsar 2-4 2-2 7 Bryant 3-8 1-1 7 Lawson 6-10 11-15 25 Moss 1-8 1-2 4 Haase 1-6 4-4 7 Frink 0-2 0-0 0 Campbell 1-1 0-0 3 Gravett 7-10 5-7 23 To-tals 25-58 25-33 85

Halftime_South Carolina 50-41 3-Point Goals_Coastal Carolina 11-23 (Kralj 3-3 Cuthbertson 3-4 Pierce 3-5 Sanders 2-3 Burton 0-1 Gumbs-Frater 0-2 Brown 0-5) South Carolina 10-26 (Gra-vett 4-7 Lawson 2-5 Campbell 1-1 Kotsar 1-1 Moss 1-5 Haase 1-6 Frink 0-1) Fouled Out_Pierce Rebounds_Coastal Carolina 36 (Cuthbertson 12) South Carolina 32 (Kotsar 8) Assists_Coastal Carolina 12 (Sanders Cuthbert-son 3) South Carolina 13 (Gravett 4) Total Fouls_Coastal Carolina 24 South Carolina 17 A_9315 (18000)

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE ASSOCIATED PRESSGonzagarsquos Brandon Clarke (15) and Filip Petrusev rear and Brandon Clarke (15) guard Creightonrsquos Samson Froling (31) during top-ranked Gonzagarsquos 103-92 triumph on Saturday in Omaha Nebraska

No 1 Gonzaga rallies past Creighton in 1st true road game

The Swamp was filled on Friday with two ranked teams facing off SHS ranked fourth in the 5A South Carolina Basketball Coaches Associ-ation preseason poll was coming off an 88-77 season-opening win over Hartsville Lakewood ranked fourth among 4A schools defeated Lee Cen-tral 77-69 on Tuesday

ldquoIt was a great atmosphere to-nightrdquo Brown said ldquoIt was just so loud from the beginning of the game I couldnrsquot hear myself so I know my players couldnrsquot hear merdquo

It was also a matchup of two NCAA Division I players in the Gamecocksrsquo Calvin Felder and the Gatorrsquos Juwan Perdue The 6-foot-8-inch Felder recently signed with Boston College while the 6-6 Perdue is set to sign with Jacksonville State on Thursday

Perdue had two slam dunks in the first three minutes of the game as Lakewood jumped out to an 8-2 lead Felder answered with six straight points ndash four of them coming off of dunks ndash to tie the game at 8-8 with 340 left in the first quarter

LHS answered with nine straight points to go up 17-8 and it never re-ally lost control of the game from there A 3-point basket by Quentin Hodge put the Gators up 20-10 after one quarter

The Gamecocksrsquo Jalen Johnson scored the first four points of the second quarter to make it 20-14 The Gators opened the lead back to 10 be-fore Cardrelle Cooper drained a trey to make it 24-17 with 514 left in the first half

A 3 by Nyquan Stevens and a con-ventional 3-point play by Perdue pushed the lead out to 30-17 Lake-wood led 37-21 at halftime

ldquoI was really disappointed with the way we played tonight offen-sivelyrdquo said Sumter head coach Shawn Jones ldquoYou have to give Lakewood credit for the way they played We just never could get anything going offensively They (Lakewood) played the passing lanes really wellrdquo

SHS scored the first four points of the second half to cut the lead to 12 but the Gators continued to make it difficult for points to come Lake-wood led 53-37 after three quarters and scored the first seven points of the final stanza to go up 60-37

A late run by Sumter made the final score look respectable

ldquoI was very happy with the way we played defensivelyrdquo Brown said ldquoI wasnrsquot happy (against Lee Central) with the way we rotated We worked on it in practice and did a much bet-ter jobrdquo

Hodge led Lakewood in scoring with 21 points while Perdue had a double-double of 20 points ndash includ-ing five dunks -- and 11 rebounds

ldquoJuwan played really wellrdquo Brown said ldquoI think he is proving why he is considered one of the best players in the staterdquo

Stevens added 12 points while Nazir Andino had nine points and six assists

Felder had 17 points ndash and also five dunks ndash to lead Sumter Cooper and Johnson both had 10 points and Cody McCoy had nine

ldquoWe need to play better defensive-lyrdquo Jones said ldquoWersquore going to keep working though and I think wersquoll be OKrdquo

In the girls contest Sumter jumped out to a 14-2 lead after one quarter and never looked back in a 53-28 triumph

The Lady Gamecocks led 24-11 at halftime and 36-14 at halftime Still head coach Jeff Schaffer wasnrsquot im-pressed with his teamrsquos defensive ef-fort

ldquoI told the girls I thought our de-fensive grade was C+ at bestrdquo said Schaffer whose team improved to 4-1 ldquoWersquove got to do a better job ro-tating The intensity was there but our fundamentals have to get betterrdquo

Tamerah Brown led Sumter with 20 points CeCe Wells added 11 and Layken Cox had nine

LaShala Harvin had 13 points for 1-1 Lakewood Rahteshia Burgess added eight

Lakewood head coach Demetress Adams-Ludd had no issues with her teamrsquos performance

ldquoWe knew Sumter was a very good teamrdquo Adams-Ludd said ldquoIt took us a while to get things going offensive-ly but I thought we got the idea at the end of the game I think our team is coming along right nowrdquo

PREP SCHEDULEMONDAYVarsity and JV BasketballBen Lippen at Lakewood (No Varsity Boys) 530 pmCarolina at Laurence Manning 4 pmJunior Varsity BasketballSumter at Hartsville 6 pmMiddle School BasketballBates at Alice Drive 5 pmChestnut Oaks at Hillcrest 5 pmEbenezer at RE Davis 5 pmFurman at Manning 5 pmRonald E McNair at Lee Central 530 pm

TUESDAYVarsity BasketballHartsville at Sumter 6 pmCrestwood at West Florence 6 pmEast Clarendon at Lake City 6 pmScottrsquos Branch at Denmark-Olar 6 pmVarsity and JV BasketballWilson Hall at Northside Christian (No Var-sity Girls) 5 pmFirst Baptist at Laurence Manning 4 pmThomas Sumter at Robert E Lee 4 pmAndrew Jackson Academy at Clarendon Hall 4 pmJunior Varsity BasketballOrangeburg Christian at Sumter Christian (No JV Girls) 6 pmB Team BasketballCardinal Newman at Wilson Hall 5 pm

WEDNESDAYVarsity and JV BasketballCalhoun County at Manning 430 pmLamar at Lee Central 5 pmVarsity WrestlingKeenan at Sumter 630 pm

THURSDAYJunior Varsity BasketballSumter at Crestwood 6 pmMiddle School BasketballAlice Drive at Furman 5 pmBates at Manning 5 pmRE Davis at Chestnut Oaks 5 pmEbenezer at Hillcrest 5 pmLee Central at Ronald E McNair 530 pmVarsity and JV EquestrianWilson Hall in SCISA Event (at Tally Ho Equestrian Center in Timmonsville) TBA

FRIDAYVarsity BasketballSumter at Crestwood 6 pmThomas Sumter at Wilson Hall (in Baron Classic) 7 pmLaurence Manning vs Augusta Christian (in Baron Classic) 4 pmVarsity and JV BasketballLakewood at Lee Central (No JV Girls) 5 pmManning at CE Murray 4 pmRobert E Lee at Williamsburg 4 pmClarendon Hall at St Johnrsquos Christian 4 pmJunior Varsity BasketballSumter Christian at Step of Faith Christian 5 pm

SATURDAYVarsity BasketballPinewood Prep at Wilson Hall (in Baron Clas-sic) 230 pmCarolina vs Laurence Manning (in Baron Classic) 1130 amHeathwood Hall vs Thomas Sumter (in Baron Classic) 1130 amVarsity and JV BasketballLakewood at Sumter 3 pmEast Clarendon at Manning 3 pmVarsity WrestlingSumter in Dutch Fork Invitational TBA

GATORS FROM PAGE B1

PHOTOS BY TREVOR BAUKNIGHT THE SUMTER ITEMSumterrsquos Tamerah Brown (10) dribbles against the defense of Lakewoodrsquos Stevye Sinkler during the Lady Gamecocksrsquo 53-28 victory on Friday at The Swamp

BOYS AREA ROUNDUP

Gilmore lifts Clarendon Hall to 78-69 win over Scottrsquos BranchSUMMERTON mdash Zyan

Gilmore scored 25 points grabbed eight rebounds and had eight steals to lead Clar-endon Hall to a 78-69 varsity boys basketball win over Scottrsquos Branch High School on Thursday at the SBHS gym-nasium

Kylic Horton and Tyrese Mitchum each had 11 for the Saints who were playing their season opener Kade Elliott added eight points and four blocked shots

Scottrsquos Branch which fell to 0-3 on the season was led in scoring Lavontae Fleming with 13 points Sean Swaring-er had a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds while CJ Hickman had eight points

Antayvius Stukes grabbed

15 rebounds and scored seven pointsBEN LIPPEN 68LAURENCE MANNING 51

COLUMBIA mdash Laurence Manning Academy fell to 1-2 with a 68-51 loss to Ben Lip-pen on Friday at the BL gym-nasium

Justus Boone led LMA with 19 points while Umar Lawson had 11

On Thursday in Florence Laurence Manning lost to The Kingrsquos Academy 70-68

Chase Lee led the Swamp-cats with 19 points Lawson added 18 and Boone had 12LEE CENTRAL 72LAMAR 7

LAMAR mdash Lee Central ham-mered Lamar 72-7 on Thursday

at the LHS gymnasiumDaveon Thomas led the 1-1

Stallions with 16 points LeB-ron Thomas added 13 and Daurrion Kelly had 10

JUNIOR VARSITYLAKEWOOD 38SUMTER 33

Lakewood High School de-feated Sumter 38-33 on Thurs-day at The Swamp

Justice Singletary led the 2-0 Gators with 13 points Ja-mond Lewis added 10

Deven Boston led Sumter with nine points

MIDDLE SCHOOLBATES 83HILLCREST 27

Bates had five players score

in double figures in an 83-27 victory over Hillcrest on Thursday at the BMS gymna-sium

Caleb Jenkins led the Ban-tams with 16 points Corean Nelson had 15 while Zyeir Gamble Matthew Rogers and AJ Bracey each scored 10ALICE DRIVE 44MANNING 36

MANNING mdash Alice Drive improved to 2-0 with a 44-36 victory over Manning Ju-nior High School on Thurs-day at the MJHS gymnasi-um

Quantez Jenkins led the Hawks in scoring with 18 points Marquis Lane-Owens had a double-double of 14 points and 10 rebounds to go with three steals

CHESTNUT OAKS 48EBENEZER 16

Quamiar Stovall scored 28 points to lead Chestnut Oaks to a 48-16 victory over Ebene-zer on Thursday at the EMS gymnasium

Monteque Rhames grabbed 13 rebounds and scored four points for the Falcons who improved to 1-1KINGSTREE 59LEE CENTRAL 52

BISHOPVILLE mdash Lee Cen-tral lost to Kingstree 59-52 on Thursday at the Lee Central gymnasium

Tedric Thompson led the Stallions with 11 points Rob-ert Spann and Dontavius Nedd both added eight

From staff reports

GIRLS AREA ROUNDUP

Lady Barons fall 56-43 to Northwood LMA Lee Central triumphSUMMERVILLE mdash Wilson Hallrsquos

varsity girls basketball team fell to Northwood 56-43 on Friday and is now 2-1 on the season

Natalie Jackson led the Lady Barons with 18 points Maddie Elmore added eight points and Sydney Jarecki had sevenWILSON HALLJackson 18 Elmore 8 Segars 4 Cromer 2 Hut-son 3 Duffy 1 Jarecki 7

NORTHWOODJones 13 Simpson 13 Bostick 12 Manigault 9 Halverson 6 Harris 3

LAURENCE MANNING 63THE KINGrsquoS ACADEMY 40

FLORENCE mdash Lexi Bennett scored 25 points to lead Laurence Manning Academy to a 63-40 victory over The

Kingrsquos Academy on Thursday at the TKA gymnasium

Katherine Burns added 14 for the 2-0 Lady Swampcats Audrey Bennett had eight and Carrier Rickenbaker had sevenLEE CENTRAL 54LAMAR 39

LAMAR mdash Lee Central improved to 3-2 with a 54-39 triumph over Lamar on Thursday at the LHS gym-nasium

ArsquoYanah Lucas had a double-double of 21 points and 16 rebounds to lead the Lady Stallions Tashanna Harris added nine points and eight rebounds while Robionne Myers had eight points

JUNIOR VARSITYBEN LIPPEN 23LAURENCE MANNING 22

COLUMBIA mdash Laurence Manning Academy fell to 1-1 with a 23-22 loss to Ben Lippen on Friday at the BL gym-nasium

Madison Truett led LMA with six points LB Brogdon had five

On Thursday in Florence Laurence Manning opened its season with a 31-14 triumph over The Kingrsquos Acade-my

Truett led LMA with 11 points Car-leigh Moore had seven and Brogdon added six

MIDDLE SCHOOL

HILLCREST 34BATES 31

Teniya Morant scored 23 points to lead Hillcrest to a 34-31 over Bates on Thursday at the BMS gymnasium

Shamira Andrews led the 1-1 Lady Bantams with nine points while Dal-aisia Brunson and Kharya Reed had eight points apieceKINGSTREE 35LEE CENTRAL 25

BISHOPVILLE mdash Lee Central lost to Kingstree 35-25 on Thursday at the LCMS gymnasium

Kamonie Charles led the Lady Stal-lions with 18 points

From staff reports

Lakewoodrsquos Nazir Andino (5) puts up a shot as Sumterrsquos Calvin Felder defends during the Gatorsrsquo 69-61 victory on Friday at The Swamp

RENIA MAE BRUNSONRenia ldquoPeggierdquo Mae

Brunson 68 died on Thurs-day Nov 29 2018 at her place of residence

Born on Aug 16 1950 in Clarendon County she was a daughter of Malene ldquoMabe-linerdquo Brunson and the late Charlie Brunson

The family will receive family and friends at the home 1069 Furse Road Sum-merton

Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Sum-merton Funeral Home LLC

SARAH SMALLSarah Small 106 died on

Thursday Nov 29 2018Born on April 17 1912 in

Shorterville Alabama she was a daughter of the late Augus and Elouise Williams

The family will receive fam-ily and friends at the home 1023 Cage Circle Summerton

SYLVIA CHRISTINA A HERLONG

MANNING mdash Sylvia Chris-tina Ash Herlong 83 widow of Hoyt Herlong died on Mon-day Nov 26 2018 at her home

Born on Oct 12 1935 in Au-rora Missouri she was a daughter of the late Sidney A and Bertha M Powers Ash

She is survived by a son Hoyt Henson Herlong (Barba-ra Roy) of Atlantic Beach Florida and two grandchil-dren Kyle Herlong of Atlantic Beach and Laura Jayne Adams (Justin) of Greer

A celebration of life service

will be held at 11 am on Tuesday Dec 11 2018 at New Covenant Presbyterian Church

Stephens Funeral Home amp Crematory 304 N Church St Manning is in charge of ar-rangements (803) 435-2179 wwwstephensfuneralhomeorg

LORENA R BRAILSFORDPINEWOOD mdash Lorena

Richardson Brailsford 92 wife of Richard Brailsford Sr died on Friday Nov 30 2018 at her residence

She was born on Feb 15 1926 in Rimini a daughter of the late Willie and Irene Adams Richardson

The family is receiving friends at the residence 8572 Old River Road Pinewood

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

ALICE YVONNE H GRIFFINAlice Yvonne Harrelson

Griffin 68 widow of George Griffin died on Thursday Nov 29 2018 at Palmetto Health Tuomey

Born in Dillon she was a daughter of the late Rembert and Louise Jackson Harrel-son Mrs Griffin was a mem-ber of Green Acres Assem-bly of God Church She was formerly employed at McElveen Manor as a nurs-ing assistant

Surviving are two sons James A Mount III and David J Griffin both of Sumter a daughter Dorian L Strick-land (Dann) of Sumter a sis-ter Sandra Mitchum of Sum-ter six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren

Memorial services will be held at 1 pm on Monday at Green Acres Assembly of God

Church with the Rev Michael Bowman officiating

The family will receive friends from noon to 1 pm on Monday at Green Acres As-sembly of God Church

Online condolences may be sent to wwwsumterfuneralscom

Elmore Hill McCreight Fu-neral Home amp Crematory 221 Broad St Sumter is in charge of the arrangements (803) 775-9386

ISABELLE S WILSON

Isabelle Stephens Wilson 89 passed away on Friday Nov 30 2018

The family is receiving friends at 430 Ceder Lane Bishopville

Professional and courteous services have been entrusted to JP Holley Funeral Home Bishopville Chapel

CYNTHIA R LUTHER STALZERCynthia Reneeacute Luther Stalz-

er age 49 beloved wife of John ldquoJohnnyrdquo C Stalzer died on Friday Nov 30 2018

Arrangements will be an-nounced by Bullock Funeral Home

HAROLD MYERS

Harold Myers 71 husband of Brenda S Myers died on Thursday Nov 29 2018 at Palmetto Health Richland in

Columbia Born in Hemingway he was

a son of the late James and Virleen Hicks Myers

The family will receive friends at the home 1034 Plowden Mill Road Sumter SC 29153

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be an-nounced by Palmer Memorial Chapel Inc

LOUISE GOINES WILSON

Louise Goines Wilson 68 wife of Robert Lee Wilson Sr departed this life on Friday Nov 30 2018 at Palmetto Health Tuomey

She was born on Feb 13 1950 in Clarendon County a daughter of the late Blanding and Loree S Goines

The family will receive friends at 330 Dusty Circle Sumter SC 29150

Jobrsquos Mortuary Inc 312 S Main St Sumter is in charge of arrangements

KAY G MOOREKay Goy Moore 95 widow

of Chalres T Moore passed away Saturday Dec 1 2018 at her home

Services will be announced by the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home amp Crematory 221 Broad Street Sumter (803) 775-9386

EDDIE DARLINGMr Eddie Darling passed

away on Friday Nov 30 2018 Professional and courteous services has been entrusted to JP Holley Funeral Home Bishopville chapel and will be announced later

RAQUEL B CAINRaquel Benson Cain 32 de-

parted this life on Wednesday Nov 28 2018 in Columbia

She was born Oct 26 1986 in Hearne Texas to Karen Benson and Earl Wallace

Funeral services are incom-plete and will be announced later by Whites Mortuary LLC

MARTHA M DUFFIEMrs Martha Mae Duffie 71

the wife of the late Marvin Duffie Jr departed this life on Friday Nov 30 2018 in Florence

She was born Oct 25 1947 in Alcolu to the late Eliza Bell Davis and Amos Simon

The family is receiving friends at 1004 Collins St Sumter from 1-9 pm daily

Services are incomplete and will be announced later by Whites Mortuary LLC

MARY M PRINGLEMANNING mdash On Friday

Nov 30 2018 Mary Lee McDuffie Pringle widow of the late Lester Pringle ex-changed time for eternity at McLeod Health Clarendon

Born on March 16 1937 in Pinewood she was a daughter of the late Epperson and Everlena McDuffie

The family is receiving rela-tives and friends at the resi-dence1065 Boyd Road Pine-wood

Funeral services are incom-plete and shall be announced by the Fleming amp DeLaine Fu-neral Home and Chapel

OBITUARIES

with four receptions for 33 yards summed up his record-setting career at USC by saying ldquoCoach puts me in positions to go out there and make plays (and) I just go out there and do what they ask me to dordquo

USCrsquos other first-half score came on a 70-yard pass from quarterback Jake Bentley to wide receiver Bryan Ed-wards who closed the half and game with five receptions for 109 yards

Edwards expanded on what makes Samuel such a special player

ldquoJust being an unselfish guy going out there and always doing what the coach asks he always does thatrdquo Ed-wards said ldquoHe goes out there and at-tacks the game the way a player is supposed to Hats off to himrdquo

Not much positive would happen in the second half for either team as a scoreless 30 minutes would see the game end with the same 28-3 score as the Gamecocks ran their record to 7-5 and now await the announcement of their bowl destination and opponent on Sunday

The third quarter saw South Caro-linarsquos five drives end in a punt two fumbles an interception and on downs Akron also fumbled the ball away twice with Zips quarterback Kato Nelson adding an interception for a total of six turnovers The high-light for the Gamecocks was a 61-yard run by running back Mon Denson with the quarter ending in somber fashion as star offensive lineman Zack Bailey was carted off with what Muschamp would later call a fibula injury

ldquoIt was a big runrdquo said Denson who closed with 110 yards on 17 carries for his second 100-yard rushing effort of the season ldquoI think I should have scored Getting in the box helped the

offense out The key to it was I got the offense goingrdquo

Denson served as a good comple-mentary runner to Rico Dowdle who added 86 yards on 13 carries

The fourth quarter was not much better at least on the offensive side as seven combined drives ended in five punts and two stops on downs

The passing games for both teams struggled on a day that saw wet condi-tions throughout Bentley connected on just 14 of 27 passes for 199 yards with the three touchdowns and two in-terceptions while Nelson ended up 19 for 39 for 178 yards for the Zips who finished 4-8

ldquo(We) bounced around pretty good (in the first half) just got sloppy in the second halfrdquo Muschamp said ldquoAt times the conditions catered to not

throwing it extremely wellrdquo Akronrsquos lone score came on a 45-

yard Nick Gasser field goal that fol-lowed Samuelrsquos 15-yard touchdown re-ception on the Gamecocksrsquo second possession The Zipsrsquo score culminated a 12-play 47-yard drive powered by two 13-yard Nelson passes to Kwadar-rius Smith and Mykel Bennett

After Bentleyrsquos bomb to Edwards the Zips drove 47 yards in eight plays before stalling at the USC 35 Gasser was called upon for a 52-yard attempt that sailed wide right with 19 seconds to go in the opening quarter

Though the game was played in less than ideal weather conditions in front of a sparse crowd Muschamp said the extra game which was added after a scheduled game with Marshall was cancelled and additional practice time

should benefit his team heading into its bowl game

ldquoA lot of young guys especially on the defensive side of the ball played and we needed this gamerdquo Muschamp said ldquoI appreciate (Athletics Director) Coach (Ray) Tanner for making this happen We needed to get as many snaps as possible as the young players continue to develop

ldquoReally proud of our team this year We faced a lot of adversity We faced a lot of things out of our control as far as injuries and such They kept play-ing kept hanging in there kept fight-ing That says a lot about No 1 the individuals in that locker room and No 2 the culture that our staff has been able to create within our organi-zation and our community Really proud of these guysrdquo

USC FROM PAGE B1 SOUTH CAROLINA 28 AKRON 3Akron 3 0 0 0 mdash 3South Carolina 14 14 0 0 mdash 28First QuarterSC_Samuel 15 pass from JBentley (PWhite kick) 929AKR_FG Gasser 45 359SC_BEdwards 70 pass from JBentley (PWhite kick) 301Second QuarterSC_Samuel 0 fumble return (PWhite kick) 809SC_Samuel 5 pass from JBentley (PWhite kick) 133A_53420 AKR SCFirst downs 18 16Rushes-yards 40-82 38-185Passing 178 199Comp-Att-Int 19-39-0 14-27-2Return Yards 38 49Punts-Avg 7-3642 6-3383Fumbles-Lost 5-2 2-2Penalties-Yards 3-24 6-41Time of Possession 3620 2340

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING_Akron KWhite 13-56 Suggs 14-40 Sands 2-12 Nelson 10-(minus 2) (Team) 1-(minus 24) South Carolina Denson 17-110 Dowdle 13-86 Fenwick 4-3 JBentley 4-(minus 14)PASSING_Akron Nelson 19-39-0-178 South Carolina JBentley 14-27-2-199RECEIVING_Akron KwSmith 6-69 Morris 3-38 DaBrimage 2-32 Traylor-Bennett 2-21 Knight 2-13 Suggs 2-0 McGriff 1-4 Sands 1-1 South Carolina BEdwards 5-109 Samuel 4-33 August 2-37 Vann 2-14 Pollard 1-6MISSED FIELD GOALS_Akron Gasser 52

that appreciate their support (The) most loyal fanbase in the country and we certainly appre-ciate what they do for usrdquo

There was an announced attendance of 53420 but the empty seats due to the inclem-ent weather and a game scheduled in the last couple of months told a different story

ldquoIt was different but I appreciate the fans that did comerdquo junior quarterback Jake Bent-ley said ldquoIt is definitely an adverse situation to come to the game with the rain and everything Irsquom proud of the ones that came and we could definitely hear themrdquo

Akronrsquos three points were the fewest allowed by a Muschamp-led defense at South Carolina

ldquoWe just have guys coming in and getting some quality repsrdquo junior linebacker TJ Brunson said of the defense ldquoOur scheme doesnrsquot really change much Those guys getting those reps theyrsquoll know what is expected and what to do in the future games Itrsquos just another game to go out and playrdquo

The game also saw six turnovers in a third quarter where it seemed like both teams couldnrsquot

get out of their own wayUnfortunately for the Gamecocks who are

already riddled with injuries senior offensive lineman Zack Bailey went down with an injury at the end of the third quarter with a leg inju-ry

ldquoZack Bailey broke his fibula itrsquos a non-weight bearing bonerdquo Muschamp said ldquoSo thatrsquos a good thing at the end of the day I did tibia and fibula ndash I told him I was tougher than him Hersquos going to be fine Itrsquos a setback but itrsquos not a catastrophic injury in my mindrdquo

The players also felt badly for Bailey who was playing in his last game at Williams-Brice Stadium

ldquoIt was unfortunate but I think hearing Coach (Muschamp) talk saying it wasnrsquot as bad as it could be helped us in coming togeth-errdquo Bentley said ldquoBut he is a pivotal player for us and has brought a lot of leadership and ex-perience to the offensive line We are definitely going to miss him for surerdquo

ldquoIt is sad to see guys go down especially se-niors in their last gamerdquo junior running back Mon Denson said ldquoBut we are pretty glad that he got up and gave the crowd a wave to make sure that he was okayrdquo

WEIRD FROM PAGE B1

THE ASSOCIATED PRESSSouth Carolina running back Mon Denson (34) breaks a tackle during the Gamecocksrsquo 28-3 victory over Akron on Saturday in Columbia

Kennesaw edges Wofford 13-10 in FCS 2nd round

KENNESAW Ga (AP) mdash Kennesaw State turned a late turnover into a Justin Thompson field goal with less than two minutes to play for a 13-10 victory over Wofford in the second round of the FCS playoffs on Sat-urday

With the Terriers facing third-and-long near midfield Anthony Gore sacked Joe Newman and forced a fumble that was recovered by Andrew Butcher for a loss of 20 yards

As befitting the defensive struggle in the rain the Owls went nowhere but Thompson kicked a 30-yard field goal with 152 to play

The fourth-seeded Owls (11-1) are home against fifth-seeded South Dakota State in the quarterfinals next week-end

Other than two big plays early in the second quarter neither of the run-dominated teams was able to muster much of an attack

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Compiled by Mary Cadden

STREAMING

Watch The Amazon series ldquoThe Mar-velous Mrs Maiselrdquo returns for a sec-ond season Wednesday Rachel Bros-nahan stars as a 1950s housewife whobecomes a stand-up comic

Listen Van Morrisonrsquos40th studio albumldquoThe Prophet Speaksrdquois out Friday The titletrack was released inOctober

Tune in Pastry chef Sherry Yard joinsPaul Hollywood as a judge as ABCrsquosldquoThe Great American Baking ShowHoliday Editionrdquo premieres its fourthseason on Thursday at 9 ESTPST

Go to ldquoMary Queen of Scotsrdquo outFriday follows the story of Mary Stu-art (Saoirse Ronan) as she tries tooverthrow Queen Elizabeth I (MargotRobbie) The film is based on Queen ofScots The True Life of Mary Stuartrdquo

DVDBLU-RAY

View ldquoMission Impos-sible ndash Falloutrdquo starringTom Cruise is out onTuesday USA TODAYrsquosBrian Truitt gave thefilm eeeE writing thisinstallment ldquogives thefranchise more depththan the usual nonstopaction of similar farerdquo

CALENDAR

TENNESSEANCOM

BROSNAHAN BY AMAZON

Plan your week inentertainment withthese highlights andpop-culture milestones

MARK BOURDILLIONABC

SUNDAY

North Americarsquoslargest ski resortwill give you a liftCanadarsquos WhistlerBlackcomb offers 200trails on a variety of terrains and threedozen lifts connecting two mountains

The holiday season is officially here so get ready for Santa

Claus coming to town and Bill Murrayrsquos self-centered TV ex-

ecutive learning a thing or several about the meaning of

Christmas Friday marks the 30th anniversary of

ldquoScroogedrdquo director Richard Donnerrsquos modern (at least circa

1988) take on Charles Dickensrsquo ldquoA Christmas Carolrdquo by cen-

tering on Frank Cross (Murray) a small-screen bigwig whorsquos

mean as a Grinch to everyone and in sore need of a multiple-

ghost comeuppance With a month to go you have plenty

of time to seek out all sorts of holiday fare ndash including the

new Netflix action-adventure ldquoThe Christmas Chroniclesrdquo

with Kurt Russell as Santa In honor of ldquoScroogedrdquo letrsquos

rank the 20 best Christmas theatrical releases (so sorry OG

ldquoGrinchrdquo-philes)

MOVIES

Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) goes all out for the holiday in ldquoNational Lampoonrsquos Christmas Vacationrdquo WARNER BROS

We revisit the verybest of Christmas past

See CHRISTMAS Page 2U

Brian Truitt USA TODAY

Frank Cross (Bill Murray) encounters a playfully vicious fairy(Carol Kane) in ldquoScroogedrdquo PARAMOUNT

THE SUMTER ITEM SUNDAY DECEMBER 2 2018 | C1

PRESIDENT AND PUBLISHERMaribel Perez Wadsworth

EDITOR IN CHIEFNicole Carroll

CHIEF REVENUE OFFICERKevin Gentzel

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Fire up favoritesfor a Decemberto remember As 2018 draws to a close we still have one month left for your favorite

streaming services such as Netflix Hulu Amazon and HBO Now to

offer new titles for your binging pleasure We picked the very best of

the new TV show and movie offerings in streaming this December

from goofy comedies to timeless classics to teen feelings and stun-

ning documentaries

If you want to celebrate legendaryscreenwriter William GoldmanlsquoAll the Presidentrsquos Menrsquo

Goldman who wrote such classicfilms as ldquoThe Princess Briderdquo andldquoButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kidrdquodied in November at age 87 Therersquos nobetter way to celebrate the Hollywoodlegend than by watching one of his mostacclaimed films ldquoAll the PresidentrsquosMenrdquo which chronicles Bob Woodward(Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein(Dustin Hoffman) as they investigatePresident Nixon and Watergate

Stream it on Amazon

If yoursquore in the mood forpresidential humor lsquoDaversquo

If ldquoAll the Presidentrsquos Menrdquo is a littletoo heavy into politics and corruptionfor you try this goofy 1993 comedyabout an actor who impersonates thepresident when he falls into a coma andends up being a better leader than theguy who was elected Although itrsquos ab-surd and ethically questionable ldquoDaverdquois a sweet good-hearted rom-com withenough charm from stars Kevin Klineand Sigourney Weaver to make it work

Stream it on HBO NowGo

If yoursquore missing your friends overthe holidays lsquoThe Sisterhood ofthe Traveling Pantsrsquo

Even if yoursquore traveling across thecountry or world this season itrsquos hard to

see every person you love No movie un-derstands the ins and outs of long-dis-tance friendship than this teen classicstarring Blake Lively Alexis BledelAmerica Ferrera and Amber Tamblyn

Stream it on Hulu

If you want to be equally awedand terrified lsquoBlue Planet IIrsquo

Part of the series of incredible BBCldquoPlanet Earthrdquo documentaries this un-derwater epic takes a deep look at theEarthrsquos oceans and the harm humansare doing to them If the first ldquoBlue Plan-etrdquo was filled with wonder at the beautyof our world the second is a terrifyingcautionary tale about how much harmcan come to that beauty

Stream it on Netflix starting Dec3

If you liked lsquoGossip Girlrsquo andlsquoPretty Little Liarsrsquo lsquoYoursquo

One of the best new shows of fall ismaking its way to Netflix at the end ofthe month and itrsquos absolutely worth thewait Starring Penn Badgley of ldquoGossipGirlrdquo fame the series follows a man whobecomes obsessed with a random wom-an he meets stalking her online and inperson until he is able to worm his wayinto her life Itrsquos the kind of show thatwill make you question such films asldquoTwilightrdquo where obsessive behaviorsseem romantic and sweet rather thanthe abuse they really are

BINGEING

Kelly Lawler USA TODAY

Robert Redford left and Dustin Hoffman play Washington Post reporters BobWoodward and Carl Bernstein in ldquoAll the Presidentrsquos Menrdquo GPN

Joe (Penn Badgley) keeps an eye onBeck (Elizabeth Lail) in Lifetimes YouLIFETIME

Amber Tamblyn and Blake Lively starin ldquoThe Sisterhood of the TravelingPantsrdquo JOE LEDERERWARNER BROS

20 lsquoArthur Christmasrsquo (2011)

The animated British gem centers onSanta Clausrsquo son Arthur (James McA-voy) who works to get a present to theone girl forgotten by his familyrsquos milita-ristic high-tech delivery system

19 lsquoHome Alonersquo (1990)

Macaulay Culkin is unfailingly preco-cious and watching an 8-year-old foil apair of dimwitted burglars in inventivefashion is fine Whatrsquos often forgotten iswhat the film has to say about the im-portance of family

18 lsquoThe Ice Harvestrsquo (2005)

Set in Wichita Kansas on ChristmasEve this twisty funny film noir castsJohn Cusack as a Mob lawyer who steals$2 million from his boss (Randy Quaid)and has issues hightailing it out of town

17 lsquoThe Bishoprsquos Wifersquo (1947)

Maybe the strangest love triangleyoursquore bound to see ndash with an angel (Ca-ry Grant) falling for the spouse (LorettaYoung) of the bishop (David Niven) hersquossupposed to be helping ndash yet it works

16 lsquoThe Nightmare BeforeChristmasrsquo (1993)

Tim Burton puts his spin on a holidaymashup where Jack Skellington the bigman in Halloween Town decides to takeover Christmas Town

15 lsquoLethal Weaponrsquo (1987)

One of the best buddy-cop action pic-tures forces together Danny Gloverrsquos ag-ing Roger Murtaugh and Mel Gibsonrsquosloose cannon Martin Riggs The season-al stuff makes it better including ashootout at a Christmas tree lot andRiggs finding a family with whom toshare a holiday dinner

14 lsquoJoyeux Noelrsquo (2005)

This war drama snagged an Oscarnomination for foreign-language filmand explores the victory of humanityover brutality as it chronicles the real-

life story of the Christmas truce of 1914

13 lsquoWhite Christmasrsquo (1954)

Two Bing Crosby musicals used thesong ldquoWhite Christmasrdquo Letrsquos leave off1942rsquos ldquoHoliday Innrdquo and go with Crosbyand Danny Kaye as crooning World WarII GIs who try to save their oldcommanding officerrsquos country inn

12 lsquoGremlinsrsquo (1984)

The holiday tale doubles as a goodentry into horror for youngsters with asmall town beset by freaky gremlinsTry finding anything as cute as littleMogwai Gizmo in a Santa hat

11 lsquoThe Shop Around the Cornerrsquo(1940)

The basis for ldquoYoursquove Got Mailrdquo is thisHungarian holiday jam featuring JimmyStewart and Margaret Sullavan as bick-ering co-workers at a Budapest leather-goods store whorsquove unknowingly fallenin love with each other through anony-mous letters

10 lsquoA Christmas Storyrsquo (1983)

I despised this movie as a kid whowasnrsquot into BB guns or leg lamps As anadult the comedy resonates as an ode tothe exhaustive nature of being a parentaround the holidays

9 lsquoA Christmas Carolrsquo (1951)

Among the various ldquotraditionalrdquo ver-sions of the Charles Dickens classic thisone cuts to the dark tones of the originaltext with Scrooge (Alastair Sim) livingthrough an insightful horror film to come

out the other side a better man

8 lsquoThe Apartmentrsquo (1960)

The romantic dramedy stars JackLemmon as an office drone known forlending out his place for bosses to taketheir mistresses He starts to fall hardfor an elevator girl (Shirley MacLaine)whom the big boss (Fred MacMurray)secretly takes to the love den on Christ-mas Eve

7 lsquoDie Hardrsquo (1988)An

Sorry Santa no one squeezesthrough tight spaces in a building to getthe job done ndash in this case thwarting ter-rorists and saving his estranged wife ndashbetter than Bruce Willisrsquo John McClane

6 lsquoNational Lampoonrsquos ChristmasVacationrsquo (1989)

Anybody who has ever tried entirelytoo hard during the holidays can empa-thize with Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase)and his battles to decorate his housedeal with wacko relatives and have themerriest Christmas imaginable

5 lsquoMiracle on 34th Streetrsquo (1947)

If you can stand the gratuitous hoki-ness therersquos an intriguing ldquoLaw amp Orderrdquoepisode to be had when Kris Kringle(Ed-mund Gwenn) does a little too good of ajob replacing a drunk Macyrsquos ParadeSanta and is put on trial for mental insta-bility when he insists hersquos the real deal

4 lsquoLove Actuallyrsquo (2003)

Intertwining tales of love featuringBrits and others conjure all sorts of holi-day emotions and are entirely manipula-tive But watching a little boy racethrough Heathrow to find his crush orseeing Andrew Lincolnrsquos silent ode toKeira Knightley yoursquore too busy beingbombarded by feels to care

3 lsquoElfrsquo (2003)

Will Ferrell has one of his best roles asan overgrown elf who finds out hersquos hu-man and the high jinks that follow arefilled with heart humor and wonder

2 lsquoItrsquos a Wonderful Lifersquo (1946)

Jimmy Stewartrsquos heavenly journey asGeorge Bailey is the ldquoCitizen Kanerdquo of

Christmas movies a man being shownhow bad life would have been had he notbeen born will pull the Christmas spiritkicking and screaming out of you

1 lsquoScroogedrsquo (1988)

ldquoScroogedrdquo is a perfect blend of slap-stick and black humor love and loss lifeand death that has no business being as-tounding Itrsquos superbly cast from BillMurrayrsquos Frank Cross to Carol Kanersquosfairy If yoursquore not welling up when ldquoPut aLittle Love in Your Heartrdquo kicks in youmight be visited by three ghosts yourself

ChristmasContinued from Page 1U

George Baileyrsquos (Jimmy Stewart) eyesare opened in the 1946 favorite ldquoItrsquos aWonderful Liferdquo REPUBLIC PICTURESNBC

PUZZLE ANSWERS

C2 | SUNDAY DECEMBER 2 2018 THE SUMTER ITEM

SUNDAY EVENING DECEMBER 2 SP FT 7 PM 730 8 PM 830 9 PM 930 10 PM 1030 11 PM 1130 12 AM

LOCAL CHANNELS

WIS 3 10Football Night in America (N) (Live) (20) NFL Football Los Angeles Chargers at Pittsburgh Steelers The Chargers visit the Steelers In Week 12 Pittsburghrsquos six-

game win streak was ended by Denver Los Angeles earned its biggest win of the year 45-10 over Arizona but also was dealt its toughest loss as Melvin Gordon III suffered a knee injury (N) (Live)

WIS News 10 at 11 (N)

RightThisMinute (N)

WLTX 3 9 960 Minutes (N) Garth Live at Notre Dame Performance at Notre Dame Stadium NCIS Los Angeles ldquoWarrior of Peacerdquo

Callen fears for his father (DVS)News 19 at 11pm (N)

NCIS New Orleans ldquoMy Cityrdquo Pride has suspicions about a mole

WOLO 9 5 12Americarsquos Funniest Home Videos Christ-mas-themed clips (N) (DVS)

Dancing With the Stars Juniors ldquoThe Semi-Finalsrdquo (N)

Shark Tank A large database of Santa entertainers (N) (DVS)

The Victoriarsquos Secret Fashion Show Holiday Special Victoriarsquos Secret 2018 holiday special

ABC Columbia News at 11 (N)

New Larry King Update Is Your Credit In Crisis

Elementary Inves-tigating a clownrsquos murder

WRJA 11 14Rick Steves Special European Festi-vals The top 10 festivals in Europe

Great Performances ldquoMichael Buble Tour Stop 148rdquo Michael Bubleacute performs

The Fab Four -- The Ultimate Tribute A Beatles tribute band performs

Grateful Dead -- Downhill From Here The Grateful Dead performs in Wisconsin

WACH Y 6 6NFL Football Vikings at Patriots

The OT (N) (Live) The Simpsons ldquoDaddicus Finchrdquo (N) (DVS)

Bobrsquos Burgers ldquoUFO No You Didnrsquotrdquo (N)

Family Guy ldquoCon Heiressrdquo (N) (DVS)

Rel Brittany gets an unexpected visitor (N)

WACH FOX News at 10 (N)

Gamecock Football With Coach Will Muschamp

Sports Zone 5th Quarter

NFL GameDay Prime (N) (Live)

WKTC Oslash 4 22How I Met Your Mother ldquoThe Wed-ding Briderdquo

How I Met Your Mother ldquoDoppel-gangersrdquo

Supergirl ldquoBunker Hillrdquo Nia has a dream about Agent Liberty (N)

Charmed ldquoBug a Boordquo Mel is on the hunt for Jada (N)

Family Guy ldquoA Fistful of Megrdquo

Family Guy ldquoBoo-pa-dee Bappa-deerdquo

Bobrsquos Burgers ldquoSleeping With the Frenemyrdquo

Bobrsquos Burgers ldquoThe Hurt Soccerrdquo (DVS)

CABLE CHANNELS

AampE 46 130 (530) rsaquorsaquorsaquoldquoOceanrsquos Thirteenrdquo (2007) George Clooney

rsaquorsaquoldquoNational Treasurerdquo (2004 Adventure) Nicolas Cage Diane Kruger Justin Bartha A man tries to steal the Declaration of Independence

(04) rsaquorsaquoldquoFasterrdquo (2010) Dwayne Johnson An ex-con begins a race against time to avenge his brotherrsquos murder

AMC 48 180 (600) rsaquorsaquorsaquoldquoNational Lampoonrsquos Christ-mas Vacationrdquo (1989)

(15) rsaquorsaquorsaquoldquoNational Lampoonrsquos Christmas Vacationrdquo (1989 Comedy) Chevy Chase Beverly DrsquoAngelo Randy Quaid A traditional Griswold yuletide backfires in comic fashion

rsaquorsaquoldquoJingle All the Wayrdquo (1996 Childrenrsquos) Arnold Schwarzenegger Sinbad Phil Hartman A father tries desperately to find a special Christmas toy

ANPL 41 100 Crikey Itrsquos the Irwins Crikey Itrsquos the Irwins (N) Amanda to the Rescue (N) The Zoo Two tiger cubs are moved The Zoo ldquoMoving Dayrdquo Amanda-Res

BET 61 162 (657) rsaquorsaquorsaquoldquoWhatrsquos Love Got to Do With Itrdquo (1993 Biography) Angela Bassett Laurence Fishburne Vanessa Bell Calloway The life of singer-actress Tina Turner

Kevin Hart Seriously Funny The com-icrsquos take on his family

Martin ldquoSophomore Jinxrdquo

Martin ldquoWorking Girlsrdquo

Martin The Paynes shop for a house

BRAVO 47 181The Real Housewives of Atlanta The ladies are in the hot seat

The Real Housewives of Atlanta The Real Housewives of Orange County ldquoReunion Part Twordquo (N)

Dirty John ldquoRed Flags and Paradesrdquo The newlyweds celebrate in secret (N)

Watch What Hap-pens Live

The Real Housewives of Atlanta

CNBC 35 84 Undercover Boss ldquoThe Dwyer Grouprdquo Undercover Boss ldquoRetro Fitnessrdquo Undercover Boss ldquoEmpireCLSrdquo Undercover Boss ldquoMaacordquo Undercover Boss Undercover Boss CNN 3 80 CNN Newsroom With Ana Cabrera (N) CNN Newsroom With Ana Cabrera (N) CNN Special Program Race for the White House Race for the White House Race for

COM 57 136 (620) rsaquoldquoThatrsquos My Boyrdquo (2012 Comedy) Adam Sandler Andy Samberg Leighton Meester A young manrsquos estranged father tries to reconnect with him

rsaquorsaquorsaquoldquoTrading Placesrdquo (1983 Comedy) Dan Aykroyd Eddie Murphy Ralph Bellamy Two menrsquos lives are altered by a bet made between tycoons

(35) South Park ldquoBuddha Boxrdquo

(1210) South Park

DISN 18 200 rsaquoldquoHome Alone 3rdquo (1997) Alex D Linz Olek Krupa A clever 8-year-old boy defends his home from spies

(45) Coop amp Cami Ask the World

Star Wars Resis-tance (N)

Ravenrsquos Home Andi Mack Coop amp Cami Ask the World

Bizaardvark

DSC 42 103 Alaska The Last Frontier Alaska The Last Frontier Exposed (N) Alaska The Last Frontier (N) The Last Alaskans (N) Alaskan Bush People ldquoIt Beginsrdquo (N) Alaska ESPN 26 35 SportsCenter (N) (Live) Championship Drive Whorsquos In (N) (Live) SportsCenter (N) (Live) SportsCenter ESPN2 27 39 Womenrsquos College Basketball Baylor at South Carolina (N) (Live) 2018 ACL Southern College Cornhole Championship From Atlanta (N) Drone Racing Drone Racing FOOD 40 109 Holiday Baking Championship Guyrsquos Grocery Games Holiday Gingerbread Showdown ldquoElfrdquo Holiday Baking Championship Christmas Cookie Challenge Gingerbread FOXN 37 90 FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace OBJECTified (N) The Next Revolution With Steve Hilton Life Liberty amp Levin (N) OBJECTified Revolution

FREE 20 131 (620) rsaquorsaquoldquoDr Seussrsquo How the Grinch Stole Christmasrdquo (2000 Childrenrsquos) Jim Carrey A curmudgeon hates the Christmas-loving Whos of Whoville

ldquoLife-Size 2 A Christmas Everdquo (2018 Comedy) Tyra Banks Francia Raisa Pre-miere Gracersquos old doll magically awakens to help get her back on track

rsaquorsaquoldquoThe Holidayrdquo (2006) Cameron Diaz Two women from different countries swap homes at Christmas

FSS 21 47 P1 AquaX USA 2018 (N) MLS Soccer Atlanta United FC at New York Red Bulls ldquoThey Fightrdquo (2018 Documentary) Womenrsquos College Basketball

HALL 52 183(600) ldquoMingle All the Wayrdquo (2018) Jen Lilley Brant Daugherty

ldquoA Majestic Christmasrdquo (2018 Drama) Jerrika Hinton Christian Vincent Helena Marie Premiere An architect returns to her hometown during the holidays

ldquoFinding Santardquo (2017 Romance) Jodie Sweetin Eric Winter Laura Mitchell A woman rushes to find a St Nick replacement for a parade

ldquoWith Love Christ-masrdquo (2017)

HGTV 39 112 Property Brothers ldquoColor Clashrdquo Hawaii Life (N) Hawaii Life (N) Bahamas Life Bahamas Life (N) Island Life (N) Island Life (N) Hunters Intrsquol Hunters Intrsquol Bahamas Life HIST 45 110 American Pickers ldquoHello Jell-Ordquo American Pickers ldquoMikersquos Big Buyrdquo (02) American Pickers (DVS) (05) American Pickers (DVS) (05) American Pickers American Pickers

ION 13 18ldquoMerry Kissmasrdquo (2015 Romance) Karissa Staples Brant Daugherty Brittany Under-wood A magical kiss leaves a woman torn between two men

ldquoChristmas Cupidrsquos Arrowrdquo (2018 Romance) Elisabeth Harnois Jonathan Togo Premiere A woman decides she is going to meet Mr Right

ldquoA Prince for Christmasrdquo (2015) Viva Bianca Kirk Barker A prince from Europe meets a charming waitress

LIFE 50 145(600) ldquoJingle Bellerdquo (2018 Romance) Tatyana Ali Obba Babatunde

ldquoThe Christmas Pactrdquo (2018 Romance) Kyla Pratt Jarod Joseph Jasmine Guy Premiere As children Sadie and Ben made a Christmas pact

(03) ldquoA Star for Christmasrdquo (2012 Childrenrsquos) Briana Evigan Travis Van Winkle Corey Sevier Premiere A businesswoman falls in love with a troubled actor

(1201) ldquoThe Christ-mas Pactrdquo

MSNBC 36 92 Kasie DC (N) Kasie DC (N) Headliners Headliners Dateline Extra Lockup Raw NICK 16 210 Henry Danger Henry Danger SpongeBob rsaquorsaquoldquoCheaper by the Dozen 2rdquo (2005) Steve Martin Bonnie Hunt Friends Friends (35) Friends (1210) Friends PARMT 64 153 rsaquorsaquoldquoRedrdquo (2010) Bruce Willis The CIA targets a team of former agents for assassination rsaquorsaquoldquoRed 2rdquo (2013 Action) Bruce Willis John Malkovich Retired operatives return to retrieve a lethal device

SYFY 58 152 (434) rsaquorsaquorsaquoldquoIron Manrdquo (2008)

(25) rsaquorsaquorsaquoldquoAvengers Age of Ultronrdquo (2015 Action) Robert Downey Jr Chris Hemsworth Mark Ruffalo The Avengers reassemble to battle a technological villain (DVS)

Nightflyers ldquoAll That We Left Behindrdquo Scientists seek contact with aliens

(10) Nightflyers ldquoAll That We Left Behindrdquo Scientists seek contact with aliens

TBS 24 156 (430) rsaquorsaquorsaquoldquoLove Actuallyrdquo

The Big Bang Theory

The Guest Book (DVS)

rsaquorsaquoldquoFred Clausrdquo (2007 Comedy) Vince Vaughn Paul Giamatti (DVS)

TCM 49 186 (545) rsaquorsaquorsaquoldquoCharaderdquo (1963) Cary Grant Audrey Hepburn

rsaquorsaquorsaquoldquoThe Shop Around the Cornerrdquo (1940) Margaret Sullavan Frank Morgan Bickering Budapest co-workers fall in love as secret pen pals (DVS)

rsaquorsaquorsaquoldquoHoliday Affairrdquo (1949 Romance) Robert Mitchum Janet Leigh Wendell Corey Two men want to marry war widow for Christmas

rsaquorsaquorsaquorsaquoldquoPandorarsquos Boxrdquo (1929)

TLC 43 157 (600) 90 Day Fianceacute (N) 90 Day Fianceacute ldquoReady to Runrdquo (N) Return to Amish (N) My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding 90 Day Fianceacute

TNT 23 158 (530) rsaquorsaquorsaquoldquoIron Man 3rdquo (2013 Action) Robert Downey Jr (DVS)

rsaquorsaquorsaquoldquoCaptain America Civil Warrdquo (2016 Action) Chris Evans Robert Downey Jr Scarlett Johansson Captain America clashes with Iron Man (DVS)

rsaquorsaquoldquoBatman v Superman Dawn of Justicerdquo (2016 Action) Ben Affleck Henry Cavill Amy Adams (DVS)

TRUTV 38 129 Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers TV LAND 55 161 Reba Reba Love-Raymond Love-Raymond Love-Raymond Love-Raymond Two and Half Men Two and Half Men King of Queens King of Queens King of Queens

USA 25 132Law amp Order Special Victims Unit A bullied teenager disappears

Law amp Order Special Victims Unit An old kidnapping case is reopened

Law amp Order Special Victims Unit Rollins goes under cover (DVS)

Law amp Order Special Victims Unit Ben-son sets ground rules with Sheila

Modern Family Luke goes missing

Modern Family ldquoRoyal Visitrdquo

Modern Family ldquoFrankrsquos Weddingrdquo

WE 68 166 Law amp Order ldquoOld Friendsrdquo Law amp Order ldquoSecond Opinionrdquo Law amp Order ldquoComardquo Law amp Order ldquoBlue Bamboordquo Law amp Order ldquoFamily Valuesrdquo Law amp Order WGNA 8 172 Cops ldquoArizonardquo Cops Cops Cops Cops Cops Cops Cops Cops Cops Person of Interest

THE SUMTER ITEM TELEVISION SUNDAY DECEMBER 2 2018 | C3

MONDAY EVENING DECEMBER 3 SP FT 7 PM 730 8 PM 830 9 PM 930 10 PM 1030 11 PM 1130 12 AM

LOCAL CHANNELS

WIS 3 10WIS News 10 at 7 (N)

Entertainment Tonight (N)

The Voice ldquoLive Top 10 Performancesrdquo The top 10 artists perform live (N) (Live) Deal or No Deal ldquoHappy Howie Daysrdquo (N) WIS News 10 at 11 (N)

(34) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Margot Robbie Jackie Chan (N)

WLTX 3 9 9News 19 at 7pm (N) Inside Edition (N) The Neighborhood

Marty introduces his new girlfriend

Happy Together Cooper helps Jake with a presentation

Magnum PI (N) Bull ldquoSeparationrdquo (N) News 19 at 11pm (N)

(35) The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

WOLO 9 5 12Wheel of Fortune ldquoWinter Breakrdquo (N)

Jeopardy (N) The Great Christmas Light Fight Kokomo Ind Weirsdale Fla (N) The Good Doctor ldquoQuarantinerdquo The staff races to contain an infection (N) (Part 1 of 2)

(35) Jimmy Kimmel Live

WRJA 11 14Super Woman Rx With Dr Taz Good health weight and energy

Celtic Woman Ancient Land Celtic Woman performs in Ireland Chet Atkins Certified Guitar Player Salute to the guitarist Visions of Italy Southern Style

WACH Y 6 6The Big Bang The-ory ldquoThe Zarnecki Incursionrdquo

The Big Bang Theory

The Resident ldquoThe Prince amp the Pauperrdquo Conradrsquos dad tries to cut costs (DVS)

9-1-1 ldquoStuckrdquo Athena contemplates taking a promotion (DVS)

WACH FOX News at 10 (N) (Live) Sports Zone DailyMailTV (N) TMZ (N)

WKTC Oslash 4 22Last Man Standing ldquoTree of Striferdquo

Last Man Standing Mike gets a history of the house

Arrow ldquoUnmaskedrdquo Felicity stands by her decisions (N)

DCrsquos Legends of Tomorrow ldquoHell No Dollyrdquo Rory and Ava are at odds (N)

Law amp Order Criminal Intent ldquoEospho-rosrdquo A well-known atheist is murdered

Law amp Order Criminal Intent ldquoGreat Bar-rierrdquo Goren has to interrogate his nemesis

The Game Keira and Malik share a tender moment

CABLE CHANNELS

AampE 46 130The First 48 ldquoTrap Houserdquo A man is murdered just before Christmas

The First 48 Scene of the Crime ldquoThe Chase One Shot Dead Wrong Secrets amp Liesrdquo Homicide of a 69-year-old Navy veteran (N)

(04) The First 48 A tenantrsquos eviction does not go well

The First 48 Scene

AMC 48 180 (600) rsaquorsaquoldquoJingle All the Wayrdquo (1996) Arnold Schwarzenegger Sinbad

rsaquorsaquoldquoThe Santa Clause 2rdquo (2002 Childrenrsquos) Tim Allen Elizabeth Mitchell David Krumholtz Santa must get married in order to keep his job

ANPL 41 100 The Last Alaskans No Manrsquos Land The Last Alaskans ldquoThe Cold Welcomerdquo Alaskans collect provisions for winter Into Alaska ldquoEpisode 8rdquo (N) North Woods Law ldquoCaught in a Lierdquo The Last Alaskans

BET 61 162Martin ldquoHoliday Bluesrdquo

Martin Martin ldquoThanks for Nothingrdquo

Martin ldquoScroogerdquo Kevin Hart Seriously Funny The com-icrsquos take on his family

Kevin Hart Laugh at My Pain The comic discusses his life

(04) Martin (34) Martin (1205) Martin

BRAVO 47 181Vanderpump Rules ldquoReunion Part 2rdquo Andy recaps events of the season

Vanderpump Rules ldquoReunion Part 3rdquo Exploring Jaxrsquos epic meltdown at SUR

Vanderpump Rules ldquoA Decent Proposalrdquo Jax proposes to Brittany

Unanchored ldquoBon Voyagerdquo Nine friends sail the Bahamas

CNBC 35 84 American Greed American Greed ldquoOnline Dating Traprdquo American Greed American Greed Shark Tank Dual-use breath freshener Shark Tank CNN 3 80 Erin Burnett OutFront (N) Anderson Cooper 360 (N) Cuomo Prime Time (N) CNN Tonight With Don Lemon (N) CNN Tonight With Don Lemon (N) Anderson Cooper

COM 57 136(650) The Office (25) The Office

ldquoCasino Nightrdquo The Office ldquoGay Witch Huntrdquo

The Office ldquoThe Conventionrdquo

The Office ldquoThe Couprdquo

The Office ldquoGrief Counselingrdquo

The Office ldquoIniti-ationrdquo

The Office ldquoDiwalirdquo The Daily Show With Trevor Noah

Big Questions Huge Answers With Jon Dore Comic Jon Dore on cyberbullying

DISN 18 200(655) Ravenrsquos Home

(20) Ravenrsquos Home (10) Andi Mack (35) Coop amp Cami Ask the World

Bizaardvark Stuck in the Middle Bunkrsquod Emma spies on Xander

Bunkrsquod Jorge is homesick

Ravenrsquos Home Ravenrsquos Home Nia contacts her father

Bizaardvark

DSC 42 103 Street Outlaws Memphis Street Outlaws Memphis Full Throttle Street Outlaws Memphis ldquoEpisode 20rdquo Street Outlaws Street-Memphis ESPN 26 35 (600) Monday Night Countdown (N) (15) NFL Football Washington Redskins at Philadelphia Eagles (N) (Live) (15) SportsCenter With Scott Van Pelt (N) (Live) ESPN2 27 39 SportsCenter (N) (Live) Boxing From Madison Square Garden in New York From May 12 2018 (N) Championship Drive Whorsquos In FOOD 40 109 Holiday Baking Championship Holiday Baking Championship Holiday Baking Championship (N) Christmas Cookie Challenge (N) Holiday Gingerbread Showdown ldquoElfrdquo Holiday Baking FOXN 37 90 The Story With Martha MacCallum (N) Tucker Carlson Tonight (N) Hannity (N) The Ingraham Angle (N) Fox News at Night with Shannon Tucker Carlson

FREE 20 131(525) ldquoLife-Size 2 A Christmas Everdquo

(25) rsaquorsaquorsaquoldquoThe Santa Clauserdquo (1994 Childrenrsquos) Tim Allen Judge Reinhold Wendy Crewson An adman takes over for fallen Santa

Pop Up Santa Holiday Special Heartwarming moments spread joy

The 700 Club rsaquorsaquoldquoThe Family Stonerdquo

FSS 21 47 Hawks Pregame NBA Basketball Golden State Warriors at Atlanta Hawks From State Farm Arena in Atlanta (N) (Live) Hawks Postgame Hawks 4th Quarter NBA Basketball Golden State Warriors at Atlanta Hawks

HALL 52 183Meet the Peetes Peete family throws a Christmas party (N)

ldquoChristmas in Evergreen Letters to Santardquo (2018 Drama) Jill Wagner Mark Deklin Chris Cope Lisa tries to save her townrsquos general store

ldquoItrsquos Christmas Everdquo (2018 Drama) LeAnn Rimes Tyler Hynes A school superinten-dent rediscovers her love of music

ldquoChristmas Next Doorrdquo (2017)

HGTV 39 112 Love It or List It Love It or List It ldquoElbow Roomrdquo Love It or List It (N) House Hunters (N) Hunters Intrsquol House Hunters Hunters Intrsquol Love It or List It HIST 45 110 The Curse of Oak Island Drilling Down The Curse of Oak Island Digging Deeper ldquoRickrsquos Big Bang Theory Extendedrdquo (N) (04) The Curse of Oak Island Digging Deeper

ION 13 18Law amp Order Special Victims Unit A mother reports statutory rape

Law amp Order Special Victims Unit ldquoNightrdquo Serial rapist

Law amp Order Special Victims Unit ldquoBloodrdquo Assault and carjacking

Law amp Order Special Victims Unit A womanrsquos dismembered body is found

Law amp Order Special Victims Unit Two police officers attack their wives

Law amp Order Spe-cial Victims Unit

LIFE 50 145(600) ldquoA Gift Wrapped Christmasrdquo (2015) Meredith Hagner

ldquoMy Christmas Innrdquo (2018 Drama) Tia Mowry-Hardrict Rob Mayes Jackeacutee Harry A woman from San Francisco inherits a cozy inn in Alaska

(03) ldquoSnowed Inn Christmasrdquo (2017 Romance) Bethany Joy Lenz Andrew W Walker Jefferson Brown Jenna and Kevin help to save a historic town inn

(1201) ldquoMy Christ-mas Innrdquo (2018)

MSNBC 36 92 Hardball With Chris Matthews (N) All In With Chris Hayes (N) The Rachel Maddow Show (N) The Last Word The 11th Hour With Brian Williams (N) Rachel Maddow NICK 16 210 The Loud House The Loud House Rugrats (DVS) SpongeBob SpongeBob Friends Friends Friends Friends Friends PARMT 64 153 Friends Friends rsaquorsaquorsaquoldquoI Am Legendrdquo (2007) Will Smith Bloodthirsty plague victims surround a lone survivor rsaquorsaquorsaquoldquoRise of the Planet of the Apesrdquo (2011) James Franco

SYFY 58 152(430) ldquoAvengers Age of Ultronrdquo

rsaquorsaquorsaquoldquoAnt-Manrdquo (2015 Action) Paul Rudd Michael Douglas Evangeline Lilly Ant-Man uses his shrinking skills to battle Yellowjacket (DVS)

Nightflyers ldquoTorches and Pitchforksrdquo DrsquoBranin puts his team first (N)

(1054) Futurama (25) Futurama ldquoT The Terrestrialrdquo

(1156) Futurama

TBS 24 156Family Guy ldquoMeg Stinksrdquo

Family Guy ldquoHersquos Bla-ackrdquo

Family Guy ldquoChap Stewierdquo

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Family Guy ldquoThe Book of Joerdquo

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Reflections remembers the re-vival of Tilting (also known as Lancing) a sport which tested riding skills and eye-

hand coordination This ancient dis-play of medieval skills which had its origin in jousting tournaments found its way into prominence in the South Carolina Lowcountry circa 1925 lead-ing to numerous exhibitions being held in several areas after a long ab-

sence Information and photos used to prepare this brief ar-ticle were obtained from The Sumter Item archives and The Carologue Publica-tion ldquoRiding to the Ringsrdquo from spring 2013 Vol 28 No 4

ldquoIn a letter written by Marjorie Craig in April 1935 recollec-

tions of the sport were offered by W R Symmes a St Matthews attorney lsquoThis sport was very popular in South Carolina immediately after the Civil War and was held annually at its state fair in Columbia For some reason or other its popularity end(ed) and until 1900 its meets were few and far be-tween From 1900 to about 1925 I doubt if there was such an event held in South Carolina hellip The sport has al-ways been most popular in southern and central South Carolina hellip These sections were mostly agricultural and had better mounts to engage in this past time About 1925 a tournament was held at Singleton near St Mat-thews home place of Henry Wienges The course was held on his racetrack where he trained his thoroughbreds for the tracks of the west Since that time a tournament has been again held at the State Fair in Columbia and many tournaments in this vicini-ty hellip In the little town of Cameron South Carolina some 3000 people at-tended that tournament In the city of Aiken there was a tournament held at its centennial hellip and the large polo field was a mass of humanity St Mat-thews Cameron Pinewood Sumter Bishopville and towns in the vicinity of these have proven the most popular at this ancient sport since 1925rsquordquo

The first mention of the sport of tilt-ing (lancing) in the Sumter area was found in the Watchman and Southron published in 1895 The article noted that a tournament took place in Ha-good and Jordan with proceeds going to the building fund of the new church at Hagood After the tournament a number of horse races were held in-volving several of the fastest steeds in the county Mr T O Sanders Jr was listed as the contact person for entry into the tournament and races

ldquoA feature of the opening day of the South Carolina State Fair was a tilting contest This statewide contest fol-lowed the revival of the ancient and thrilling sport held at Cameron SC in February of 1925 This contest was soon followed by similar events at St Matthews and Eastover Between 20 and 30 riders were expected to partici-pate in the tourney at the State Fair Groundsrdquo The riders competed under the glare of powerful arc lights The grandstand provided seating space for the large audience who came to wit-ness this first statewide contest since the revival of the sportrdquo

The towns represented were Colum-bia Eastover Bishopville Allendale Orangeburg Cameron Eutawville St Matthews and the community of Wa-teree The contestants participating began practice a week before the fair on horses which were shipped to the site The winner of the tournament was allowed the honor of selecting and crowning the queen of the tourney

The tilting rules required the horse-men to ride at full speed the length of a 100-foot court attempting to spear four rings hung at regular intervals along the course This required expert riding skills and considerable ability in handling a lance The record in the early years was set by the Rev C D Brearley of St Matthews who speared 50 rings out of a possible 50 in a tour-nament

The list of contestants entered in the competition at the State Fair read like a whorsquos who in the sport of tilting Some of the best-known riders from South Carolina included Peter Gail-

liard Eutawville Carsey McCants Cameron D K Summers Cameron West Farnum Orangeburg R C Hamer Eastover Harry Darby Easto-ver Judge Schalik Eastover Rev CD Brearly St Matthews F L Weinges St Matthews O H Weinges St Mat-thews H W Shaw Bishopville

In 1928 a list of rules were posted updating the requirements expected of tilting competitors competing in Cameron SC Horses were required to be no more than 14 hands in height with lances measuring 8 feet in length and 5 feet from guard to point The distance of the course was extended to 75 yards and consisted of 3 rings sus-pended 25 yards apart Each rider was required to cover the distance (75 yards) in 6 seconds It was also recom-mended that Knights wear sweaters and riding trousers with colors

The tilting tournament of 1930 hit a high point at the Sumter County Fair The tournament marked the high spot both in attendance and interest in Sumter That year saw one of the larg-est crowds in the history of the fair as-semble for the event ldquoIncluded in the list of riders were the following Joe Bates of Wateree champion tourna-ment rider in the state Miss Edith Bookhart of Cameron the youngest rider in the state O D Harvin Knight of Fulton D K Summers Knight of Melrose Dave Barwick Knight of Pinewood Lee Barwick Knight of White Cloud R W Ingram Knight of Starlight A P Cotton Knight of Boykin S A Harvin Knight of Cedar

Hall Sam Young Jr Knight of Dalzell R H Roper Knight of Beverley A J Hodge Knight of Cross Roads Carsey McCants Knight of Orangeburg G H McCutchen J W McCutchen of Mount Zion Dr George T Harmon will deliver the charge to the Knights prior to beginning of the first run Henry P Moses will act as marshal Ormsby Blanding as herald J M El-

eazer chief announcer The judges were George T Little of Camden R C Hamer of Eastover and George D Shore of Sumter Timekeepers are Dr H L Shaw and Dr Raymond Kitch-enrdquo

Tilting (lancing) continues to take place on special occasions as tourna-ments are frequently held in many of the surrounding communities

REFLECTIONS

Sammy WayREFLECTIONS

Tilting once popular in SumterAlso known as lsquolancingrsquo horseback sport popular at Sumter County Fair

SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTOSThe youngest rider ever known to take part in a tilting tournament Edith McCants Bookhart was to ride during the Sumter County Fair in 1932

S A Harvin planned to ride his horse Gin-ger in a tilting tournament at Sumter County Fair in 1931

English Josey tilts during an Azalea Festival tournament in Sumter in 1939

YESTERYEARSumter soldiers filmed for movie Simpson opens new store75 YEARS AGO mdash 1944June 24 mdash June 30

bull Mrs John D Pace report-ed to The Item today she had received a letter from her hus-band written from the battle-fields of France It was the first notification The Item has received of a communication coming through from the in-vasion front although many Sumter boys are known to be participating in the fighting Pvt Pace known familiarly as ldquoSamrdquo is a member of a quar-termaster outfit

bull Showing at the Rex The-ater today is ldquoThe Black Para-chuterdquo Cast John Carradine and Osa Massen The head-line story about guerrilla fighting against the Nazi con-querors in the Balkans Wednesday and Thursday ldquoCrime Schoolrdquo Cast Hum-phrey Bogart and the Dead-End Kids Friday and Satur-day ldquoLumber Jackrdquo Cast William Boyd A thrilling western with William Boyd in the role as Hop alongside Cas-sidy

bull Citizens crowded Munici-pal Park to view graduation exercises of aviation cadet class 44-H Shaw Field Cere-monies included a full formal review and a parade of 44-H cadets A feature of the pro-gram was a war bond plea made by John J Riley and military representatives The Shaw Field band directed by chief warrant officer Robert Simpson played a concert after which Col Roy T Wright commanding officer of the basic flying school opened the ceremonies by pre-senting awards to aviation ca-dets George H Shedd and John R Bruni Col Wright announced that the graduat-ing class has oversubscribed its quota in the Fifth War Loan and commended Sumter County for being the first to go over the top in the state

bull Cpl Robert W Wells has written his wife the former Annie Laurie McCormick that Sumter boys are featured in the newsreel pictures of the fall of Rome The picture is showing at the Sumter The-ater Cpl Wells stated that a group of Sumter boys (all of the 178th Field Artillery) were ldquofilmedrdquo by the cameraman as they stood near St Peterrsquos cathedral

bull Dr James Keith Palmer of Sumter has received an ap-pointment to a fellowship in urology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota Dr Palmer graduated from the College of Charleston and from the Medical College of South Carolina in 1943 He was a member of AKK Na-tional Medical Fraternity and president of the student body He was commissioned a lieu-tenant (jg) in Navy Medical Corps Reserve upon gradua-tion and was licensed to prac-tice in South Carolina At present Dr Palmer is intern-ing at Bethesda Hospital in St Paul Minnesota and will re-port to the Mayo Clinic on Oct 1 He is the son of Mrs L D Jennings of Sumter

bull Rehearsals are proceeding splendidly for ldquoVictory Vani-tiesrdquo the local talent show being sponsored by the Lions Club which will be presented June 29 and 30 in the Edmunds Auditorium for the benefit of the Lions sight conservation program and the Boy Scouts of Sumter The play is under the direction of Miss Freda Cloe Foster of Kansas City who has had much experience in this type of work Miss Fos-ter said today that she is great-ly pleased with the cast and anticipates one of the finest shows that she has ever direct-ed

bull Newest US award to mili-tary naval or civilian person-nel for heroic or meritorious achievement against the enemy is the Bronze Star re-cently authorized by the pres-ident Decoration consists of acid-toned bronze star pen-dant from a ribbon with small modeled star in center of larger one Ribbon worn on service uniform instead of medal is red piped in white

with vertical blue stripe also white-piped in center

bull City Manager J A Raf-field asked authorization at a council meeting to charge off taxes amounting to $278695 on June 30 due to the fact that the citizens owing that amount are now in service or have moved away Last year $360936 was charged off Un-collectable water bills for the year amount to only $2770 Raffield said The water de-partment has collected an ap-proximate amount of $62000 for the year

bull The award of the Distin-guished Flying Cross to 2nd Lt Thomas Neal Beall Jr of Sumter husband of Mrs Mary B Beall Samford Texas and grandson of Mrs J S Lancaster Newton North Carolina has been an-nounced by Ninth Air Force headquarters Lt Beall 21 a pilot on a B-26 Marauder bomber has previously been awarded the Air Medal with nine Oak Leaf Clusters He was cited for ldquoextraordinary achievement while serving as a pilot on a B-26 airplane on 25 bombardment missions over enemy-occupied conti-nental Europe Lt Beallrsquos su-perior flying skill and untir-ing energy materially aided in the successful completion of these missions His steadfast devotion to duty and his gal-lant courage reflect great credit on himself and upon the military forces of the United Statesrdquo

bull City council adopted an amendment to a section of the ordinance granting a fran-chise to the Sumter Coach Co to operate in the city which will allow the coach company to charge a maximum fare of seven cents Heretofore the maximum fare has been five cents Conditions of the amendment are that the high-er rates will be charged only during the emergency period and will be lowered to the five-cent maximum upon the termination of the war with Germany It is understood that the bus company will sell four tickets for a quarter and may possibly use bus tokens

50 YEARS AGO mdash 1969Feb 23 mdash March 1

bull Airman James R Revelle was named Januaryrsquos Airman of the Month by the Sumter Merchantsrsquo Association in its monthly recognition project for Shaw Air Force Base person-nel Revelle is in teletype opera-tions with the 728th Tactical Control Squadron He has been in the Air Force since May and at Shaw since October

bull ldquoFormer President Dwight D Eisenhower is resting as comfortable as can be expect-edrdquo Walter Reed Army Hospi-tal officials announced after late-night emergency abdomi-nal surgery A brief statement issued said the generalrsquos heart condition was stable The combination of Eisenhowerrsquos 78 years and history of seven heart attacks had made the surgery a decided risk

bull Hillcrestrsquos Wildcats clawed their way back from a 13-point

deficit late in the third quar-ter to overturn Timmonsville 68-64 in the finals of the Upper 6AA Conference cham-pionship Carl Sprousersquos 36 points triggered the Hillcrest comeback in the second half The win puts the Wildcats in the 6AA finals

bull A film ldquoCandidate for Strokerdquo will be shown by Mrs O T Hobbs at the Du-We-Go Grange Hall Dr Charles White of Sumter and a native of Oswego will be on hand to comment on the film and answer questions Dr White attended Sumter schools and graduated from Wofford and the Medical Col-lege of South Carolina

bull The Rev Ralph McCaskill pastor of Bishopville Presby-terian Church was named Lee Countyrsquos ldquoOutstanding Young Man of the Yearrdquo at the Jayceesrsquo annual Ladies Night and DSA banquet Rev Mc-Caskill was chosen on the basis of character service to the community civic leader-ship and religious outlook In accepting the Jayceesrsquo highest honor Rev McCaskill said ldquoI canrsquot accept this for myself alone but will accept it for all of you who have worked so hard to make Bishopville a better communityrdquo

bull Gen Kendall S Young com-mander of the 363rd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing donned his silver stars in a promotion ceremony Maj Gen Timothy F OrsquoKeefe commander of the Ninth Air Force and Mrs Ken-dall S Young pinned the silver stars on Gen Young As com-mander of the 363rd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing Gen Young is responsible for the largest wing in the Tactical Air Command

bull Simpson Hardware Store will have a grand opening for its new store located in Pal-metto Plaza The new store which was completed in early December has two-thirds as much floor space as the old store Carl Simpson manager and owner said the new store has more outdoor space for the expansion of the lawn and gardening department ldquoWe are upgrading the lawn and gardening department ex-panding our sporting goods and our gifts and hardware departmentsrdquo Simpson said

bull Business and industry will have a chance to learn about the new South Carolina Ap-prenticeship program being offered through the Chamber of Commerce and Sumter Area TEC Speakers at the seminar will be Marion C Caldwell director Division of South Carolina Apprentice-ship and Glen Pearson owner of the TV Service Cen-ter in Sumter Pearson will talk about the practical appli-cations of setting up an ap-prenticeship program

bull The VK Quattlebaums and the RA Wegers of Man-ning have been recent hosts to two young natives of Brazil Itamar Carrijo and Claude Wuillaume According to 21-year-old Itamar his stay in a small Southern town in the United States has been ldquovery

different and very interest-ingrdquo Being from Sao Paulo Brazil which is large and bus-tling he found Manning a contrast ldquofriendly restful and quietrdquo An ambitious student he works all week at his fa-therrsquos electronics store in order to be able to attend col-lege two days a week He meets classes on Friday from 8 am to 11 pm and Saturday from 730 am to 4 pm This is his first year of college where he studies law and hopes to practice when the five-year course is completed

bull Tech Sgt Allen Weber of the 363rd Transportation Squadron has been chosen Shawrsquos NCO of the Month for February Sgt Weber is as-signed to the Traffic Manage-ment Office as NCOIC of Ter-minal Service Unit which deals mainly with freight air freight packing and preserva-tion The Gladstone Michi-gan native is a graduate of Gladstone High School

bull Mrs RA Bradham Sr is showing her collection of Ma-donnas at the YWCArsquos Profes-sional and Businesswomenrsquos Club She has been collecting for 48 years She received her first Madonna a framed pic-ture 48 years ago as a wed-ding present Most of her col-lection is imported from Italy and Japan She has over 100 Madonnas made of ceramic glass china and also those framed Her real loves is an Andrew Del Sarto painting of the Madonna and Child

bull Local response to the Dis-trict 17 Board of Trusteesrsquo de-cision to reject the zoning plan for schools next year has been very favorable according to John W Godbey chairman of the board Godbey said that people he doesnrsquot even know have called him to congratu-late the board on its decision to stick to the freedom of choice plan opposed by the Department of Health Educa-tion and Welfare He said ldquoI have received nothing but fa-vorable comments and this sort of praise is very unusual for a school board memberrdquo

25 YEARS AGO mdash 1993Nov 26 mdash Dec 1

bull There were a couple of questions to be answered dur-ing the Hillcrest Basketball Jamboree at Hillcrest High School Will the defending state 4A basketball champions miss Ray Allen whorsquos now playing with the University of Connecticut Can Thomas Sumter Academy hold its own against the public schools now that it has three ex-change students with excel-lent basketball skills The an-swers were clear after Hill-crest routed Mayewood 46-16 and Furman downed the Gen-erals 39-17 in the two-quarter format tournament

bull Lee County Memorial Hos-pital laid off seven employees this week because fewer pa-tients are using the facility The hospital laid off five full-time and two part-time work-ers in an effort to cut $150000 in spending ldquoWe are only doing what other hospitals

are doingrdquo hospital trustee Al Holland said ldquoThe number of patients has dropped and our revenue didnrsquot meet our bud-get Our goal is to just break even this yearrdquo

bull Even as the US military is downsizing by about 25 per-cent more and more high school students are getting a taste of military life by join-ing Junior ROTC The num-ber of Junior ROTC units is expected to nearly triple over the next decade and right now in the three-county area Junior ROTC is becoming one of the most popular extra-cur-ricular activities on campus

bull The parking lots and streets of Sumter were backed up with cars as shoppers turned out in strength for the first big Christmas shopping day traditionally the biggest of the year Sales were report-ed to be heavy across South Carolina and much of the na-tion While some Sumter shoppers said they would be more cautious about their hol-iday purchases this year than last others said they planned to spend more on gifts and re-tailers said they are confident sales will be higher than in 1992

bull By now you probably have heard that your community YWCA will have its annual Hanging of the Greens on Dec 1 and the public is invit-ed Your response may have been ldquoWhat you mean that they want me to come and help decorate their adminis-trative buildingrdquo No thatrsquos not what itrsquos all about Hang-ing of the Greens is sponsored by our Cooperative Develop-ment Committee annually for the benefit of the National YWCArsquos World Mutual Ser-vice Fund mdash now known as the World YWCA Resource Sharing Program The YWCA provides an envelope for your contribution and you hang that envelope on its Christmas tree In short the ldquoGREENSrdquo are your donations not cedar pine or mistletoe

bull Country music star Aaron Tippin electrified a Sumter audience in a concert that was a prelude to an award back-stage for the South Carolina native Kindergarteners se-nior citizens and people of every age in between were a colorful combination of blue jeans cowboy boots and rip-roarinrsquo spirit at the Sumter County Exhibition Center as Tippin heated up the stage

bull Hillcrest head basketball coach James Smith says his Wildcats are under no pres-sure as they prepare to defend their 4A state championship this season ldquoThe pressure was last yearrdquo said Smith whose team finished with a 27-4 record last season includ-ing a 71-63 win over Byrnes in the state title game ldquoWe had the best player in the state and everybody expected us to win There is no pressure this year We just have to go out and play good basketballrdquo

bull Andy and Peter Ford were at Sumter High School visit-ing friends and their high school football coaches when they heard the news that their college coach Ken Hatfield had quit his post at Clemson It was a not-so-surprising sur-prise to the identical twins ldquoIt took me by surpriserdquo Andy said ldquoI think he (Hatfield) had a good enough season for another year at least There was talk about him leaving all season so in a sense it wasnrsquot a surprise But when yoursquore 8-3 and making a bowl game that should be enough So it was something of a surpriserdquo

bull South Carolinarsquos largest public boat landing opened on Lake Marion The John C Land III Public Boat Landing in Clarendon County named for Sen John C Land III of Manning is designed to ac-commodate a host of profes-sional tournaments Located on the Clarendon County side of Lake Marion the facility has six launching ramps four boarding docks and a separate 120-foot event pier accessible by land for weigh-ins and judg-ing about a quarter-mile from the landing

SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO1969 mdash Simpson Hardware opened its store in Palmetto Plaza in February 1969 with more outdoor space for lawn and garden merchandise

C6 | SUNDAY DECEMBER 2 2018 PUBLIC RECORD THE SUMTER ITEM

MARRIAGE LICENSESbull Adam Lee Jalbert and Anne Kristin Bakerbull Christopher D Osborne and Kathleen Deanna Gallishawbull Kyle Lydick and Vanessa Stanfield of Dal-zellbull Thomas Colton Shotwell and Olivia Chris-tine Mageebull Wallace Wilson and Patricia Ann Greenbull Lamont Antwan Hair Sr and Kendra Mo-nique Council both of Hopkinsbull Terry Donnell Hawkins of Panama City Florida and Whitney Nakeita Doileybull Earl Shante Wright and Wynette Leshone Rogersbull Daniel Kalani Gage and Lisa Jones Dimi-triadisbull Marquis Aarmond Nichols and Bernadette Janelle Payne Patillo both of Columbiabull Jama Michelle Hall and Candy Key Rex both of Dalzellbull Kenneth Robert Smith and Lorri Ann Delaybull Hunter Jordan Reese and Megan Eliza-beth Shuler of Greenvillebull Eddie Lee Williams and Lillie Baxter Smithbull Titus Lamort Bryant and Wendy Marie Mayfieldbull Larry Rogerallen Carroway and Laurie Eu-gina Brown both of Wedgefieldbull David E Moore and Susan Yvonne Walkerbull Kyle Steven Horton and Emily Kay Fitzgerald both of Dalzellbull Micheal Neil Privette and Danielle Lor-raine Crimbull Robert Edward Turner and Earline Shan-non of Newport News Virginiabull Tristan Darnell Thomas and Valerie Vanek Cocklin of Lexingtonbull Roger Anthony Smith and Maeschell Sim-monsbull Levert Judonn Andrews and Tami Nakisha Jackson both of Wedgefieldbull Jaleessa Janay Dennis and Jasmine Dawn Fitzgerald of Rembertbull Jarrett M Vaughn and Dianne Denise Randallbull Henry Lee Woods and Lucille Anthony of Kingstreebull Jonathen Taylor Beck and Emily Kathryn Batey of West Columbiabull William Brandon Whittleton and Desirae Juanetta Lowerybull Kenneth Lamont Montgomery and Jac-queline Samantha Headleybull Michael Shane Partain and Stephanie Mi-chelle Ojeda Johns both of Winder Georgiabull Jacob Eli Snodgrass and Amy Adell Feelerbull Quintel Darnell Drayton and Felicia Shanell Hoskinsbull Chevelle Kedron Norman and Lenora Paige both of Hampton Virginiabull Dylan Jon-Allen Goke and Jessica Ann Eb-erly

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bull Woodson Hurt owner and contractor 2245 Garrison St 240 unheated square feet $5040 (front porch addition resi-dential)bull William Jay and Melody Braca owners Melody Braca contractor 2120 Beck-wood Road 1440 unheated square feet $17000 (metal framed out building res-idential)bull Glenda Lynell McKnight owner Baxleyrsquos Bestway Transportation contractor 4480 Relief Road Alcolu (mobile home residential)bull Stanford Ray and Shawntay King owners Rob Morris Construction contractor 1705 Melette St 2700 heated square feet and 1100 unheated square feet $308000 (new dwelling residential)bull James and Margot Roberts owners Todd Miles dba Southern Heritage Builder contractor 1060 Boardwalk $15750 (finish room over garage residential)bull Capital Investment Properties owner Larry Timmons dba TampT Metal Roofing contractor 2 Riley St $18500 (repairs sheetrock plumbing upgrade electri-cal windows paint residential) Capi-tal Investment Properties owner Larry Timmons dba TampT Metal Roofing con-tractor 5441 Meadow Drive $23500 (re-pairs sheetrock plumbing upgrade electrical windows paint residential) Capital Investment Properties owner Larry Timmons dba TampT Metal Roofing contractor 66 Albert Spears Drive $21500 (repairs sheetrock update electrical plumbing windows paint residential) Capital Investment Proper-ties owner Larry Timmons dba TampT Metal Roofing contractor 1044 S Main St $17200 (bedroom and bathroom ad-dition residential) Capital Investment Properties owner Larry Timmons dba TampT Metal Roofing contractor 1322 Covent Garden Drive $16500 (replace elec receps light fixtures repair sheet-rock paint tile cabinets residential) bull Marguerite Lee and Beaver Parker own-ers Precision Fence and Decks con-tractor 3020 Ashlynn Way $5000 (six foot wood fence residential)bull Coleman Eisenhower owner Douglas A Riddle dba Ace of Trades LLC contrac-tor 27 Murphy St $11030 (repair dry-wall subfloor flooring chimney flash-ing electric plumbing T1-11 ext resi-dential)bull Christopher R Davis owner Douglas Eugene Crolley contractor 2655 Maid-enhair Lane $9000 (replace roof resi-dential)bull Citimortgage Inc owner David Wind-ham Roofing amp Remodeling contractor 677 Sierra St $6000 (reroof residen-tial)bull Heath B Greene owner Palmetto State Solar contractor 886 Gordonia Drive $29000 (roof mount solar panel system residential)bull Johnny M James III owner Morton Buildings Inc contractor 9000 Camp Mac Boykin Road Pinewood 6048 un-heated square feet $77754 (new build-ing for farm equipment storage com-mercial)bull Bernard and Lynette J Hampton owners Jon M Thorne contractor 2865 Joyce St $20065 (roof mount solar panel sys-tem residential)bull Richard and Ruth S Bennett owners Jon M Thorne contractor 6400 Nakia Drive Rembert $26030 (roof mount solar panel system residential)bull Louise B Gadson owner Michael Partin dba Partin Construction contractor 640 Bronco Road Wedgefield $13900 (re-pairs heat pump electrical windows floor covering residential)bull Richard I and Anne S Delong owners Gainey Construction Co LLC contrac-tor 660 Bendale Road 2498 heated square feet and 553 unheated square feet $156497 (new dwelling residen-tial)bull Janie D Powell owner Chris Muenzer contractor 3500 Kel-Sam Drive Dalzell $10000 (remove replace two windows mdash no change to structure residential)bull Wade S Kolb Jr owner WJA Construc-tion contractor 107 N Main St $10924 (install roof commercial)bull Great Southern Homes Inc owner and contractor 3648 Moseley Drive 2272 heated square feet and 352 unheated square feet $10698932 (new dwelling residential) Great Southern Homes Inc owner and contractor 3643 Mose-ley Drive 3040 heated square feet and 471 unheated square feet $12728426 (new dwelling residential) Great Southern Homes Inc owner and con-tractor 3765 Moseley Drive 2286 heat-ed square feet and 387 unheated square feet $10684141 (new dwelling residential) Great Southern Homes Inc owner and contractor 3640 Mose-ley Drive 3124 heated square feet and 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From the Lowcountry to the high countryldquoYou must know Edrdquo he

quipped ldquoYes sir I do know

Edrdquo was my reply When I finished signing the hunt

sheet I walked over to his truck and introduced myself He didnrsquot know that I was a new club member and probably surmised that I had been in-vited to the property for a one-time

hunt I was headed to the

Well Drillers Stand Ed had assigned me that unused stand on a recent tour of the property It is situat-ed on the side of a low hill overlooking a small hardwood bot-tom A big swamp is just below the low hill and a series of

steep ridges rise across from the bot-tom toward the summit of a majestic hilltop This place is unlike anything I have ever hunted

The woods here are a natural mix of lofty hardwoods and towering pines There is a thin understory of dogwoods redbuds and sweet bay A small brook gurgles and flows through the bottom A screen of

green bushes hide the swampy ground Across the bottom open hardwoods cover the ridge

The stand is an oversized metal lad-der stand probably homemade se-cured against a huge oak tree A skirt of old army camouflage netting is draped around the sides Days earlier I had placed a green plastic lawn chair in the stand and trimmed a cou-ple of narrow shooting lanes through the bottom

I climbed into the stand around 230 in the afternoon There was a soft breeze from the southwest that blew my scent back down the little woods road toward my truck The sky was cloaked in gray clouds with an occa-sional open patch of the sparkling blue heavens peeking through The hardwoods were a blaze of brilliant color mdash yellows rusty reds and leath-ery browns The dark green pines of-fered a stark contrast in these un-tamed woodlands

My journey here was a long and twisting road Finding the ultimate turkey hunting destination took me to the Lowcountry nearly two de-cades ago The season opened earlier there and it made sense to take ad-vantage of that fact Eventually I wound up in a big club on the Edisto

River in northern Colleton County It has offered good hunting for deer turkey and ancient artifacts There is river frontage a big clubhouse and a nice fish pond Irsquove made many new friends there but itrsquos a long drive and Irsquove been looking for something closer to home Irsquoll probably still go to the Lowcountry mdash just not as often

In recent years I got to know Ed through my brother Matt Ed had hunted with Matt my Daddy Uncle Robbie brother-in-law Freddie John-son and other family members and friends I knew they had hunted prop-erty in the High Hills region of north-ern Sumter County It was an era that I had missed while serving in the military away from home

Ed invited me to a late-season tur-key hunt this past spring on his hunt-ing club and family land I took along Daddyrsquos old double-barrel hammer gun Our hunt turned into more of a reminiscence than any serious hunt We talked about old guns family and friends I realized then that this was the very land my family members had hunted with Ed so many years ago In my heart it became hallowed ground

We didnrsquot see or hear any turkeys that day but it didnrsquot matter Ed had

given me some insight into a time and place that I had missed I will be for-ever thankful for that

Recently Ed made room for me in his hunting club and I joined late this year I will need to learn the lay of the land how to hunt these hills and get to know the other club mem-bers My recent afternoon hunt was a good start

This was my first deer hunt on the property and I didnrsquot have long to wait for some action I was in the stand less than an hour when a small doe walked out of a thicket into a shooting lane She wandered down the lane and bedded down in a fallen tree top just 30 yards from the stand A cowhorn buck walked into the end of the shooting lane where I had a small corn pile

Six more does wandered through the bottom in front of me during the afternoon It was a good show The deer never knew I was there watch-ing from the stand 20 feet above them Later when I texted Ed he said ldquoNext time shoot a doerdquo I think Irsquom going to like hunting this high coun-try

Reach Dan Geddings at cdgeddingsgmailcom

DanGeddings

Becker harvests older deer

PHOTO PROVIDEDGert Becker harvested this 5-year-old 7-point deer on a private lease The deer weighed 185 pounds and Becker said this is fairly old for white-tailed deer

Clemson Extension announces 2nd Corn and Soybean Growers Meeting

SANTEE mdash Precision agri-culture Dicamba fungicides and tariff effects will be the topics of discussion at Clemson Cooperative Extensionrsquos sec-ond-annual Corn and Soybean Growers Meeting on Dec 6

The meeting will be at San-tee Convention Center in San-tee at 830 am Jay Crouch Clemson Extension area agent for agronomic crops said the target audience is farmers but input suppliers would benefit as well

ldquoThe agenda for this yearrsquos meeting covers a variety of topics corn and soybean grow-ers will benefit from hearingrdquo Crouch said ldquoWe encourage everyone to come and learn how they can grow more prof-itable cropsrdquo

Speakers for this yearrsquos meeting include Michael Plum-blee Clemson Extension preci-sion agriculture specialist at the Edisto Research and Edu-cation Center who will talk about the importance of down-force pressure applied to the row unit in front of the row unit on planter setup to im-prove stands Jeremy Ross soybean specialist for the Uni-versity of Arkansas Coopera-tive Extension Service and De-partment of Crop Soil and En-vironmental Sciences Depart-ment will talk about Dicamba registration issues and the ef-fects of Dicamba on soybean yields

Also from the University of Arkansas plant pathologist Travis Faske will talk about fungicide timing on corn and soybeans as well as which fun-gicides are best to use for cer-tain diseases Faske also will

talk about chemigation the ap-plication of chemicals or pesti-cides through irrigation sys-tems

The meeting ends with a pre-sentation of the current mar-ket situation in relation to tar-iffs and their effects on agricul-tural inputs by Jayme Single-ton a South Carolina export buyer for Scoular

In addition to these presenta-tions other speakers include South Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture Hugh Weathers Charlie Whiten chairman of the South Carolina Soybean Board and Tom Dobbins Clemson Cooperative Exten-sion Service director

There is no charge for this meeting which is expected to end about 230 pm Lunch will be served For more informa-tion contact Crouch at (803) 276-1091 or alfredcclemsonedu

BY DENISE ATTAWAYCollege of Agriculture Forestry and Life Sciences Public Service and Agriculture

Did you kill a big buck Kill your first deerCatch a big fish Catch your first fish

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Traditional fence or borderline hedge Each has advantages

Consider a hedge if yoursquore in need of a fence When managed properly hedges cost less outlast wooden fences are more at-tractive than most walls and produce wildlife- and pollinator-pleasing berries and blooms

But decide just what it is that you want from a barri-er before shopping for sup-plies

Standard fencing mdash aside from the white picket vari-ety mdash will last a decade or more requiring little if any maintenance No watering weeding fertilizing or shap-ing required when using treated wood or metal

But living fences can in-clude a great variety of at-tractive ornamentals (lilacs quince weigela) deciduous shrubs with vibrant foliage in autumn (oak leaf hy-drangea viburnum sedum) and evergreens (arborvitae boxwood yews hollies) that provide texture and color throughout the year

All give off different looks or serve multiple functions ranging from security and privacy to establishing boundaries and directing traffic Some provide nour-ishment to wildlife offer sound abatement and visual screening create shade or serve as windbreaks

ldquoIf yoursquore making a barri-er itrsquos a bit more difficult to do it with vegetationrdquo said Wayne Clatterbuck with University of Tennessee Forestry Extension ldquoThe main problem with a living fence is maintenance It

wants to grow and spreadrdquoldquoUnlike standard fences

hedges donrsquot provide in-stant gratification They take time to mature mdash to reach the size and shape that you wantrdquo he said

A regular fence begins fulfilling its function the moment you put your tools away ldquoBut itrsquos stagnant It also needs some mainte-nance and eventually it will need replacingrdquo Clat-terbuck said

ldquoA living fence is more functional more appeal-ingrdquo he said

To keep a hedge wildlife-friendly avoid high-mainte-nance shrubs like formal-ized boxwoods or topiaries Many flowering hedges are traditionally pruned but few require it Birds ani-mals and beneficial insects favor naturally shaped hedging with pollen-laden blooms nourishing berries and fruit Thick hedges with heavy leaf coverage also furnish shelter from storms and protection from predators

Beware however the in-timidating family of shrubs mdash barberry quince pyr-acantha cactus Their barbs can be painful to prune and even more un-comfortable to remove

There are no landscaping rules against blending dif-ferent plant varieties (ever-greens with deciduous shrubs for instance) or in-tegrating them into com-mercial fencing (Boston ivy climbing posts and gates grape vines clinging to walls) Vines and shrubs soften the look of chain link and privacy fencing

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PUBLIC STORAGE 086041277 Camden HwySumter SC 29153

(803) 218-9507 Time 0200 PMB070 - Cover Xavier B072 - EllerbeJohn B073 - Green Arlette B090 -Amerson Andrew B099 - DorchRoxie C019 - Lovely Carey C022 -Harris Sherelle C023 - WrightGwendolyn C031 - James KiyanaC059 - Glover Terrance C068 -Wilson Iesha D008 - DuboseWilliam D024 - Andrews MarionE002 - Johnson Shiron E005 -Rodriguez Cindy E022 - KinlawLinda E029 - Harrison RonaldF047 - Ariche James F051 - BakerRobert G004 - Wallace VertrellG016 - Wright Shwanda H002 -Hickman Willie H004 - AbrahamJames I008 - Lovely Keosha I012 -Johnson Margaret J012 - BrailsfordArnold K013 - Mathis Cheryl

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Sumter SC 29150(803) 282-9623 Time 0200 PM

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Public sale terms rules andregulations will be made availableprior to the sale All sales aresubject to cancellation We reservethe right to refuse any bid Paymentmust be in cash or credit card-nochecks Buyers must secure the unitswith their own personal locks Toclaim tax-exempt status originalRESALE certificates for each spacepurchased is required By PSOrangeco Inc 701 Western AvenueGlendale CA 91201 (818) 244-8080

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