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We asked Millwood Elementary School students and staff what they are most thankful for this year and their favorite holiday food and

wanted to share their answers with our readers. Happy Thanksgiving.

Read about more of the students’ and staff’s holiday thoughts on A8.

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I’m thankful for my daddy because he’s in the military,

and he’s a veteran.”Food: Mashed potatoes

Sophia Filcher,1st grade

My family because whenever I have a

question they’re able to answer it. And when I have a question that is involved with the outside world... they

tell me about the outside world so

when I’m older I’ll be ready for it.”

Food: Green bean casseroleKoi Hudson, 5th grade

My mommy and school because my teacher, she always teaches me new things

and my mommy, she’s always there

for me when I need somebody.”

Food: Macaroni and cheese

Londyn Givens, 3rd grade

“I’m thankful for God first of all.

And I’m thankful for family, my

co-workers; there’s so much to be

thankful for I can’t name them all.”Joyce Lowery,

custodian

“I’m thankful for my family. I’m thankful for a job that I love. I’m

thankful that I have enough food to eat and that my husband and I have

been married for 34 years.”Toni Evans, preschool teacher

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Donations help keep elderly cancer patient warm

As the temperatures dropped recently, requests for heating assistance have al-ready increased at the Crisis Relief Ministry of Sumter United Ministries.

Kevin Howell, crisis relief

director, said the ministry’s season is just beginning — having started on Nov. 1 — but many clients anxiously await the relief provided when they are unable to prop-

erly heat their homes with their own resources.

In one case, Howell said, the ministry interviewed a senior citizen from Mayesville who is a cancer patient.

The day the client arrived, she could barely stand and struggled through the process of having her appointment prepared, he said. Her 31-year-old daughter was assisting her

BY ADRIENNE SARVISadrienne@theitem.com

Daughter laid off right before HVAC broke

DONATIONS RECEIVED THIS SEASON

The Sumter Item asks readers to donate money each holiday season to the Fireside Fund, which is gives to Sumter United Ministries to help address residents’ heating emergencies and issues.Donations received the week ending Tuesday, Nov. 20:Roger I. Williams, Lt. Col. and retired U.S. Air Force, $200; Jay Schwartz, in

memory of Roger Ackerman, $250; Unity Sunday School Class, Crosswell Baptist Church, $200; DCW Ellen Ellerbe Chapter, Church of the Ascension, $50; Marie B. Burns, $100; Ingram & Associates Tax Firm, $50.Total this week: $850Total this year: $2,200Total last year: $48,601.18Total since 1969: $1,582,612.25

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PHOTOS BY MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEMMain Street was lined with families and Sumterites Saturday who came out to see the annual Morris College Fall Festival and Thanksgiving parade. Beginning on Harvin and Bartlette streets downtown by Central Carolina Technical College, the two-hour parade made its way north to Calhoun Street before turning right onto Main Street and heading all the way to Morris College. High school marching bands from Sumter, Clarendon, Lee and regional counties performed along the route, which also featured floats from churches and businesses. The lineup was rounded out by a full performance from Benedict College's marching band.

Morris College holds Thanksgiving parade

A woman is in serious but stable condition after she was shot by her husband before he reportedly turned the gun on himself at a resi-dence on Elrae Lane on Tuesday morning, according to Sumter County law officials.

The incident allegedly began

when Tony Odom, 60, and his wife, 48-year-old Anna Odom, were argu-ing about money.

The victim told inves-tigators her husband had been drinking and was "not himself," ac-cording to a release from Sumter County Sheriff's Of-fice.

She said Odom went to a bedroom of the house about 3:45 a.m. and re-turned carrying a .38-caliber pistol.

Anna Odom said her husband shot her three times and that she heard a fourth shot as she fled but did not know if he was still shooting at her.

Deputies found the body of Tony Odom on the front porch of the resi-dence off Myrtle Beach Highway with an apparent self-inflicted gun-

shot wound, according to the re-lease.

Anna Odom was airlifted to Pal-metto Health Richland for her inju-ries.

Sumter County Coroner Robbie Baker confirmed that Tony Odom sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound and said an autopsy is sched-uled for Wednesday at MUSC in Charleston.

BY ADRIENNE SARVISadrienne@theitem.com

Man shoots wife before fatally shooting himself

It’s taken some extra time, but real estate partners Tal-madge Tobias and Doc Dun-lap are excited about the up-coming opening of their new ReMax Summit office at 2990 Broad St., just a few miles from Shaw Air Force Base.

Tobias and Dunlap spoke Tuesday on their new 8,450- square-foot office building for the franchise, which is expected to open in the first half of January.

ReMax Summit is current-ly located in a large, older house at 1770 Camden High-way. The operation actually has about four related busi-nesses associated with it —

the ReMax Summit real es-tate sales firm, a rental divi-sion of ReMax Summit, a mortgage company and a land-development portion, with Dunlap Properties LP as the primary development company.

Tobias said he expects the new location on Broad Street for the various real estate businesses will be a better location and will hopefully increase sales.

He noted the business will be on the busiest highway in Sumter (U.S. 378) — which will increase walk-in traffic — only about four miles from Shaw and situated on the west side of town, where a lot of commercial growth has occurred in the last 15 to

20 years.In total, the various busi-

nesses have close to 40 em-ployees, Tobias said.

The facility includes 20 agent offices, two conference rooms and the latest in tech-nology, he said.

Dunlap and Tobias said they have heard very nice comments on the building, but it’s their employees that make the business success-ful.

“A company can build a building, but a company is nothing without the people who operate it,” Tobias said. “We have an excellent group of sales people. We have a mixture of long-term people who are high producers and young people who are just

getting started.”Tobias said the building

could have been ready dur-ing the summer, but they ran

into various challenges as far as new regulations and other issues that have de-layed the opening.

New ReMax office set to open on BroadBY BRUCE MILLSbruce@theitem.com

BRUCE MILLS / THE SUMTER ITEMReMax Summit, 2990 Broad St., is expected to open in its new loca-tion by mid-January.

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Crosswell Home for Children provides a home to children who are unable to live with their families for various rea-sons. Children live in cottages based on their age and gender and are supervised at all times by cottage parents.

Cottage A (Visitation Center) — 50-inch Smart TV, two sets of Corelle dishes (16-piece set), two sets of drinking glasses, set of heavy-duty pots and pans, heavy-duty baking pans, dish towels/pot holders, Blu-ray/DVD player, DVDs (G, PG and PG-13 movies), four twin-size blankets, two queen-size blankets and two rocking chairs for porch

Cottage B (infant to 9-year-old girls and boys) — Twin boy and/or girl comforter sets and sheets, two queen comforter sets, twin bed skirts (white, pink or navy), cushioned glider rocker, shower curtains, bed-room decorations, bedside lamps, night lights, bean bag chairs and plastic children’s dishware

Cottage C (10- to 18-year-old boys) — Blu-ray DVD player, eight place mats, three sets of Corelle dishes (16-piece set), twin boy comforter sets and sheets, twin bed skirts (navy, khaki or white), two queen-size comforter sets and sheets, sports wall décor (posters, poster frames, etc.), two large (8x10) area rugs, bedside lamps, action/adventure DVDs, board games, 5-gallon Igloo beverage cooler, mini refriger-ator, portable ping-pong table set and an RCA Theater Pro-jector

Cottage D (10- to 18-year-old girls) — Twin girl comforter sets and sheets, twin bed skirts, two queen comforter sets, bedside lamps, decorative hanging picture wall displays, CD player with radio, DVDs, dance games for Wii, set of heavy-duty pots and pans, heavy-duty baking pans, set of measuring cups/teaspoons, three sets of Corelle dishes (16-piece set), air fryer and two rocking chairs for porch

Campus general needs — Duf-fel bags, batteries (AA, AAA, C, D and 9-volt), small paper

birthday plates, candles, plas-tic mattress covers, sturdy plastic hampers, teen birthday gifts (Bluetooth speakers, headphones,video games, wal-lets, jewelry, bath and body kits, nail kits, sports balls), towels and washcloths, large umbrellas, new packs of un-derwear and socks (adult sizes only), new pajamas (youth and adult sizes), non-slip kitchen and bathroom mats, children’s throw blankets, four commer-cial vacuum cleaners and four portable DVD players

Nursing/clinical needs — Welch Allyn Sure Temp Plus 690 Thermometer with probe covers, pediatric blood pres-sure cuff, adult blood pressure cuff, latex-free/powder-free exam gloves (small and medi-um), vision screen eye charts (10 foot), Deluxe Pulse Oxime-ter, Nebulizer, CPR manne-quins (adult and infant), In-stant Cool Gel or Warm Packs, educational material for par-ents/staff on various health topics, dental hygiene teaching aids, hand sanitizer wall dis-penser, pediatric stickers, soft blanket for exam cot and a large trash can with lid

Gift Cards — Activity gift cards/passes/financial spon-sorship for activities for the children to do during Christ-mas break: Santa Train, Trol-ley Lights Tour, movie passes, roller skating, bowling, Mc-Donald’s, Chick-Fil-A, Chuck E. Cheese, Monkey Joe’s, Riv-erbanks Zoo Christmas Lights, EdVenture Kids Museum, etc., clothing and toy purchasing gift cards such as Walmart, JCPenney, Kmart, TJ Maxx, Belk, Amazon, etc.

These items do not need to be wrapped.

Gifts can be dropped off at the administrative building front desk, 11 Crosswell Drive, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. For more information, please call (803) 778-6441 or email sallred@crosswellhome.org.

Due to storage and staff con-straints, the home cannot ac-cept unsolicited donations of used clothing, toys, etc. Cross-well appreciates the communi-ty’s support and understand-ing in helping to send the mes-sage that its children deserve the best.

Survey: More than 164M consumers plan to shop during 5-day weekend

WASHINGTON (BUSINESS WIRE) — Retailers are prepar-ing for one of their biggest weekends of the year as an es-timated 164 million people are already planning to go shop-ping Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday, ac-cording to the annual survey released by the National Retail Federation and Prosper In-sights and Ana-lytics.

“Whether it’s heading to the stores after fin-ishing their tur-key or going online on Cyber Monday, con-sumers will be shopping all weekend, and retailers will be ready to meet the demand,” NRF President and CEO Mat-thew Shay said.

The survey found that of those planning to shop during the long holiday weekend, 21 percent (34 million) plan to shop on Thanksgiving Day, but Black Friday will remain the busiest day with 71 percent (116 million) planning to shop. Forty-one percent (67 million)

are expected to shop on Small Business Saturday, and 78 per-cent of those say they will do so specifically to support small businesses. On Sunday, 20 per-cent (32 million) are expected to shop. The shopping week-end will wrap up on Cyber Monday, when 46 percent (75 million) are expected to take advantage of online bargains.

Of those shopping this year, 65 percent said they are doing so to take advantage of deals and pro-motions retail-ers will offer, while 26 per-cent cited the tradition of shopping over Thanksgiving weekend and 23 percent said it is something to do over the hol-

iday weekend, and the same number said it is when they start their holiday shopping.

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CHICO, Calif. (AP) — It’s been 12 days since Christina Taft started the frantic search for her mother Victoria, who refused to evacuate their Par-adise home as flames neared, and six days since she gave authorities a cheek swab to identify remains that are like-ly her mother’s.

She still hasn’t received confirmation that her mother is dead and said she’s been frustrated by what she feels is a lack of communication from Butte County officials.

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Palmetto Health-USC Medi-cal Group is pleased to wel-come Emily G. Clark, M.D., to the Palmetto Health Tuomey campus.

Clark is a plastic surgeon who specializes in breast re-construction and body con-touring for patients who have experienced massive weight loss after a gastric bypass. Her new Sumter practice, which opens later this month, also will offer breast reduc-tion surgery, skin care and preventives and classic “Mommy Makeovers.”

The Charleston native at-tended Tulane University for her undergraduate degrees (double-majoring in cell and molecular biology and French) and completed medi-cal school there. She recently finished a six-year residency in plastic surgery at the Uni-versity of California, Irvine. She’s completed numerous presentations, book chapters and medical journal publica-tions.

Clark is passionate about breast reconstruction.

“Doing breast reconstruc-tions is the most emotionally fulfilling surgery. It’s great to go through that journey with someone, to help restore them so that they feel whole again,” she said.

“I didn’t know I wanted to go into surgery when I start-ed med school,” she said. “As a student, I was in a general surgery rotation and was able to participate in a mas-tectomy. They got all the can-cer out and then handed the case over to the plastic sur-gery team, who came in and were able to actually rebuild a breast! I thought, I want to do that!”

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closely with Henry Moses, M.D., of Sumter Surgical.

“He is one of the biggest reasons I wanted to come to Sumter,” she said. “He does really modern, advanced techniques for mastectomies. He told me that he doesn’t be-lieve that just because you live in a small town that you have to have an inferior re-sult. That had an impact on me.”

She had an impact on the long-time surgeon as well.

“She has a real heart for serving,” Moses said. “With her training and abilities, she could have gone anywhere she wanted to practice. She wants to be somewhere she

can make a difference, have an impact on patients’ lives and provide services not often available in such a small community. So many of our folks won’t leave town for health care; the fact that she’s here and can walk them through it will open the door for a lot more women to have reconstruction.”

Clark also plans to do more cosmetic surgeries. “I call them the ‘surgery of the soul’,” she said.

Patients often ask her, “Should I have cosmetic sur-gery?” but she tells them that this is a question only they can answer. “I can help guide them; I can give them all the

information they need and what options are available to help them determine the right choice for them, but it’s their decision.”

She won’t conduct cosmetic surgery on just anyone, how-ever. “It’s just as important to know when not to operate with cosmetic surgery,” she said. “If I identify patients with body dysmorphic disor-der (BDD), I point them in the direction of a counselor.” BDD is a body-image disorder characterized by persistent and intrusive preoccupations with an imagined or slight defect in one’s appearance.

“It’s important to feel like the change is something the patient has really thought about, something to enhance

the way they feel. If they think it will completely change their life, that’s a red flag. But form and function are so closely related; restor-ing form can restore function and improve a person’s quali-ty of life.”

Clark also will be doing some trauma work in the Pal-metto Health Tuomey ER: fa-cial fractures, hand injuries, broken jaws. She trained at a Level I Trauma Center, so she’s performed many emer-gency reconstructive surger-ies, such as one to avoid an amputation after a motorcy-cle accident.

For more information about Palmetto Health-USC Plastic Surgery—Sumter, call (803) 774-7546.

PHOTO PROVIDEDDr. Emily G. Clark, a plastic surgeon specializing in breast reconstruc-tion and body contouring, will open her Sumter office later this month.

‘It’s important to feel like the change is something the patient has really thought about, something to enhance the way they feel. If they think it will completely change their life, that’s a red flag.’DR. EMILY G. CLARK

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PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — The seaside town where the Pilgrims came ashore in 1620 is gearing up for a 400th birthday bash, and everyone's invited — especially the na-tive people whose ancestors wound up losing their land and their lives.

Plymouth, Massachusetts, whose European settlers have come to symbolize American liberty and grit, marks its quadricentennial in 2020 with a trans-Atlantic commemoration that will put Native Americans' unvar-nished side of the story on full display.

"It's history. It happened," said Michele Pecoraro, execu-tive director of Plymouth 400 Inc., a nonprofit group orga-nizing yearlong events. "We're not going to solve every problem and make ev-eryone feel better. We just need to move the needle."

Organizers are understand-ably cautious this time around. When the 350th anni-versary of the Pilgrim land-ing was observed in 1970, state officials disinvited a leader of the Wampanoag Na-tion — the Native American tribe that helped the haggard newcomers survive their first bitter winter — after learn-ing his speech would bemoan the disease, racism and op-pression that followed the Pilgrims.

That triggered angry dem-onstrations from tribal mem-bers who staged a National Day of Mourning, a somber remembrance that indige-nous New Englanders have observed on every Thanks-giving Day since.

This time, there's pressure to get it right, said Jim Pe-ters, a Wampanoag who di-rects the Massachusetts Com-mission on Indian Affairs.

"We'll be able to tell some stories of what happened to us — to delve back into our history and talk about it," Pe-ters said. "Hopefully it will give us a chance to re-educate people and have a national discussion about how we should be treating each other."

The commemoration known as Plymouth 400 will feature events throughout 2020, including a maritime salute in Plymouth Harbor in June, an embarkation festival in September and a week of ceremonies around Thanks-giving.

The Mayflower II, a replica of the ship that carried the

settlers from Europe to the New World four centuries ago, will sail to Boston in the spring. That autumn, it will head to Provincetown, at the outermost tip of Cape Cod, where the Pilgrims initially landed before continuing on to Plymouth.

Events also are planned in Britain and in the Nether-lands, where the Pilgrims spent 11 years in exile before making their perilous sea crossing.

But the emphasis is on highlighting the often-ig-nored history of the Wampa-noag and poking holes in the false narrative that Pilgrims

and Indians coexisted in peace and harmony.

An interactive exhibit now making the rounds describes how the Wampanoag were cheated and enslaved, and in August 2020 tribal members will guide visitors on a walk through Plymouth to point out and consecrate spots where their ancestors once trod.

There are also plans to in-vite relatives of the late Wampanoag elder Wamsutta "Frank" James to publicly read that speech he wasn't al-lowed to deliver in 1970 — an address that includes this passage: "We, the Wampano-

ag, welcomed you, the white man, with open arms, little knowing that it was the be-ginning of the end."

Dusty Rhodes, who chairs a separate state commission working to ensure the com-memoration has a global pro-file, said she hopes it all helps make amends for cen-turies of "mishandled and misrepresented" history.

"The Pilgrims were the first immigrants," Plymouth 400's Pecoraro said. "We're in a place in this country where we need solidarity. We need to come together. We need to be talking about immigration and indigenous people."

Plymouth, nicknamed "America's Hometown," is sure to draw a crush of 2020 presidential candidates who will use its monuments as campaign backdrops. With President Donald Trump, Queen Elizabeth II and other heads of state on the invita-tion list, state and federal au-thorities already are busy mapping out security plans.

Wampanoag tribal leader and activist Linda Coombs, who's helped plan the com-memoration, is skeptical that anything meaningful will change for her people.

"It's a world stage, so we'll have more visibility than we've had in the past," she said. "We'll see if it's enough. It'll be a measuring stick for all that has to come after-ward."

400 years after Pilgrim landing, natives finally being heardMashpee Wampa-noag Phillip Wynne, of Sagamore, Mas-sachusetts, pours water to control fire and temperatures while making a mishoon, a type of boat, from a tree at the Wampanoag Homesite at Plimo-th Plantation, in Plymouth, Massa-chusetts. Plymouth, where the Pilgrims came ashore in 1620, is gearing up for a 400th birth-day.

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People in U.S., Canada warned to not eat romaine NEW YORK (AP) — Health

officials in the U.S. and Canada on Tuesday told people to avoid eating romaine lettuce because of a new E. coli outbreak.

The U.S. Food and Drug Ad-ministration said it was work-ing with officials in Canada on the outbreak, which has sick-ened 32 people in 11 states in the U.S. and 18 people in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec.

The strain identified is differ-ent than the one linked to ro-maine earlier this year, but it appears similar to one linked to leafy greens last year.

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U.S. judge stalls enforcement of Trump asylum restrictions

HOUSTON (AP) — A judge has ordered the U.S. government not to enforce a ban on asylum for people who cross the southern bor-der illegally, another court setback for the Trump ad-ministration’s efforts to im-pose new immigration re-strictions without congres-sional approval.

U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar agreed Monday with legal groups that immediate-ly sued after President Don-ald Trump issued a Nov. 9 proclamation saying anyone who crossed the southern border between official ports of entry would be ineligible for asylum. The administra-tion argued that caravans of migrants approaching the southern border made the new restrictions immediate-ly necessary.

“Whatever the scope of the president’s authority, he may not rewrite the immi-gration laws to impose a condition that Congress has expressly forbidden,” said Tigar, a nominee of former President Barack Obama.

Trump stopped family separations at the border earlier this year after a global outcry, but it was a federal judge who ruled the administration had to re-unify the families. Another judge rejected the adminis-tration’s request to try to detain migrant families in long-term facilities.

Monday’s ruling remains in effect for one month, bar-ring an appeal. In limiting

asylum, Trump used the same powers he used to im-pose a travel ban — the third try was ultimately up-held by the Supreme Court.

A joint statement by Homeland Security and the Justice Department said the Supreme Court had already shown the president had the legal right to restrict asy-lum.

“Our asylum system is broken, and it is being abused by tens of thousands of meritless claims every year,” the departments said. “We look forward to con-tinuing to defend the Execu-tive Branch’s legitimate and well-reasoned exercise of its authority to address the cri-sis at our southern border.”

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Torrez said he fled Nica-ragua after someone threw acid at him during a govern-ment protest. He said he did not travel with any of the caravans.

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This Thanksgiving, ample servings of national amusement

WASHINGTON — Never one to use a scal-pel when

there is a machete at hand, the president de-nounced the Trans-Pacif-ic Partnership trade agreement, a dunder-headed move but a reason for giving thanks today because it elicited from Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., 2018’s most exqui-sitely mixed meta-phor: “He shot from the hip with a sledgehammer instead of using a scalpel.”

Sifting this year’s other detri-tus, let us also be thankful for the following amuse-ments:

Finding fresh reasons for indignation is a challenge in fury-satu-rated America, but Halsey, a singer, rose to it, saying that hotels’ “white people shampoo” furthers the “disenfran-chisement” of people of color. A Dutch man, 69, noting that advanced thinkers think gender flu-idity is real, wondered why not age, too, and de-manded that all records of his birthdate be re-vised to say he is 49 be-cause that is how he “feels.”

To Abelard and Heloise, and Romeo and Juliet, add another torrid ro-mance, that of Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump, the latter saying of the former, “He wrote me beautiful letters and we fell in love.” Listening to testimony she disbe-lieved, Rep. Anna Eshoo, D., Calif., responded, “I may be elected, but I’m not a fool.”

Under Utah’s “free-range” parenting law, parents need not fear being sentenced to par-enting classes if they allow their children to go alone to buy bread at the corner market. The Cali-fornia professor who said of Barbara Bush, “I’m happy the witch is dead” and said Bush was a rac-ist who raised a war criminal also said she, the professor, could not be fired because she has tenure in her $100,000 job instructing California’s young.

Yale’s ban on pets in dorms was bent to accom-modate “emotional sup-port animals,” which are needed when Yalies are micro-aggressed by cul-ture-appropriating Hal-loween costumes. Fron-tier Airlines found the limits of its patience, dis-embarking a woman and her emotional-support squirrel.

By the grace of their government, and over the objections of some worry warts, Oregonians in some rural counties got permission to pump their own gas.

Combating occupation-al-licensing lunacy, Mis-souri said hair braiders could skip the mandatory 1,500 hours of training and instead watch a video.

North Carolina had sec-ond thoughts about the 12-count criminal indict-ment against Tammie Hedges for practicing vet-

erinary medicine without a license when, during Hurricane Florence, she offered shelter and first aid to pets left behind by their evacuating owners.

Praise the Lord and pass the scissors: When Nike used national an-them-kneeler Colin Kae-pernick in ads, an Ala-bama pastor received a standing ovation from his congregants when he

shredded Nike merchandise. In another sign of contemporary re-ligious courage, at a Maryland clinic providing late-term abortions, four Christian pastors and a rabbi gathered not to protest but to bless those who

dismember babies: “May they always know that all that they do is for Thy glory.”

First things first: San Francisco, where feces of the homeless soil the streets, banned the sale of fur and mandated that 30 percent of public art featuring nonfictional people depict women. New York’s Legislature banned police officers from having sex with peo-ple in custody. A mystery: Young Americans were found to be having less sex. Mystery partially solved? One in four Americans said they are “almost constantly” on-line.

It was reported that in the first six months of last year pedestrian deaths in traffic declined, except in states that have legalized recreational marijuana. Pedestrian deaths nationally are sig-nificantly higher than a decade ago, perhaps be-cause drivers and pedes-trians are digitally dis-tracted: The number of smartphones in use tri-pled between 2010 and 2016.

Anything we can do they can do bigger: Eclipsing its previous re-cord of $25.3 billion in sales in a 24-hour period, the Chinese internet com-pany Alibaba sold $1 bil-lion worth of stuff in the first 85 seconds and $30.8 billion during the day.

Scientists said that they were almost certain that bones found on a Pacific island in 1940 were those of aviatrix Amelia Ear-hart, who disappeared in 1937 while attempting to circumnavigate the globe.

The government re-vised the official death toll from last year’s Hur-ricane Maria in Puerto Rico. It was 2,975, not 64. Awarding him the Medal of Freedom, the White House said that Babe Ruth, of the Red Sox, Yankees and, for 28 games, the Braves, played for four teams.

Close enough for gov-ernment work. Aretha Franklin, dead at 76, was shown R-E-S-P-E-C-T by the president, in his fash-ion: “I knew her well. She worked for me.”

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Fruits of college indoctrination

Much of today’s incivility and contempt for personal liberty has its roots on college cam-puses, and most of the uncivil

and contemptuous are people with college backgrounds. Let’s look at a few highly publicized recent examples of incivility and attacks on free speech.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McCon-nell and his wife, Trans-portation Secretary Elaine Chao, were accosted and harassed by a deranged left-wing mob as they were leaving a dinner at George-town University. Sen. Mc-Connell was harassed by protesters at Reagan Na-tional Airport, as well as at several venues in Ken-tucky.

Sen. Ted Cruz and his wife were harassed at a Washington, D.C., restaurant. Afterward, a group called Smash Racism DC wrote: “No — you can’t eat in peace — your politics are an attack on all of us. You’re (sic) votes are a death wish. Your votes are hate crimes.”

Other members of Congress — such as Andy Harris, Susan Collins and Rand Paul — have been physically attacked or ha-rassed by leftists. Most recent is the case of Fox News political commentator Tucker Carlson.

A leftist group showed up at his house at night, damaging his front door and chant-ing, “Tucker Carlson, we will fight! We know where you sleep at night!” “Racist scumbag, leave town!”

Mayhem against people with different points of view is excused as just desserts for what is seen as hate speech. Enterprise Institute scholar Charles Murray discov-ered this when he was shouted down at Middlebury College and the professor es-corting him was sent to the hospital with injuries.

Students at the University of California, Berkeley shut down a controversial speak-er and caused riot damage estimated at $100,000. Protesters at both UCLA and Cla-remont McKenna College disrupted sched-uled lectures by Manhattan Institute scholar Heather Mac Donald.

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education has discovered so-called bias re-sponse teams on hundreds of American college campuses.

Bias response teams report to campus officials — and sometimes to law enforce-ment officers — speech that may cause “alarm, anger or fear” or that might other-wise offend. Drawing pictures or cartoons

that belittle people because of their beliefs or political affiliation can be reported as hate speech. Universities expressly set their sights on prohibiting constitutionally protected speech (http://tinyurl.com/y7jo75dg). As FIRE reported in 2017, hun-dreds of universities nationwide now maintain Orwellian systems that ask stu-dents to report — often anonymously — their neighbors, friends and professors for any instances of supposed biased speech and expression.

A recent Brookings Institution poll found that nearly half of college students believe that hate speech is not protected by the First Amendment. That’s nonsense; it is. Fifty-one percent of college students think they have a right to shout down a speaker with whom they disagree. Nine-teen percent of students think that it’s ac-ceptable to use violence to prevent a speaker from speaking.

Over 50 percent agree that colleges should prohibit speech and viewpoints that might offend certain people (http://ti-nyurl.com/yayxt45u). One shouldn’t be sur-prised at all if these visions are taught and held by many of their professors. Colleges once taught and promoted an understand-ing of Western culture.

Today many professors and the college bureaucracy teach students that they’re victims of Western culture and values.

Benjamin Franklin wrote, “Whoever would overthrow the Liberty of a Nation, must begin by subduing the Freeness of Speech.” Much later, Supreme Court Jus-tice Potter Stewart said, “Censorship re-flects a society’s lack of confidence in it-self. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime.”

From the Nazis to Stalinists to Maoists, tyrants have always started out supporting free speech, just as American leftists did during the 1960s. Their support for free speech is easy to understand. Speech is vital for the realization of their goals of command, control and confiscation. The right to say what they please is their tool for indoctrination, propagandizing and proselytization.

Once the leftists gain control, as they have at many universities, free speech be-comes a liability and must be suppressed. This is increasingly the case on university campuses. Much of the off-campus incivili-ty we see today is the fruit of what a col-lege education has done to our youth.

Walter E. Williams is a professor of eco-nomics at George Mason University.

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TODAY

Plenty of sunshine

59°

SUNDAY

Times of sun and clouds

65° / 50°

NE 3-6 mph

Chance of rain: 10%

SATURDAY

Cloudy with rain tapering off

64° / 45°

SSE 6-12 mph

Chance of rain: 95%

FRIDAY

Some sun, then clouds

49° / 42°

NE 8-16 mph

Chance of rain: 25%

THURSDAY

Partly sunny

57° / 28°

NE 6-12 mph

Chance of rain: 0%

TONIGHT

A moonlit sky and chilly

37°

NNW 3-6 mph

Chance of rain: 0%

NNW 3-6 mph

Chance of rain: 0%

High 66°Low 51°Normal high 65°Normal low 40°Record high 80° in 1985Record low 19° in 1951

24 hrs ending 2 p.m. yest. traceMonth to date 3.90"Normal month to date 1.89"Year to date 40.68"Last year to date 33.33"Normal year to date 42.58"

SUMTER THROUGH 2 P.M. YESTERDAY

Murray 360 356.15 noneMarion 76.8 75.80 +0.45Moultrie 75.5 73.78 noneWateree 100 100.17 -0.56

Black River 12 9.96 +0.32Congaree River 19 7.98 -2.32Lynches River 14 14.85 +1.18Saluda River 14 7.30 -0.18Up. Santee River 80 83.09 +0.20Wateree River 24 18.65 -4.47

Sunrise 7:00 a.m. Sunset 5:15 p.m.Moonrise 4:35 p.m. Moonset 5:03 a.m.

Full Last

Nov. 23 Nov. 29

New First

Dec. 7 Dec. 15

Today 7:08 a.m. 3.4 1:33 a.m. 0.0 7:32 p.m. 3.1 2:09 p.m. 0.2Thu. 7:52 a.m. 3.6 2:17 a.m. -0.2 8:17 p.m. 3.1 2:57 p.m. 0.0

Asheville 53/29/s 56/26/pcAthens 59/35/s 60/33/pcAugusta 62/36/s 62/36/pcBeaufort 64/42/s 62/41/pcCape Hatteras 56/46/s 50/39/pcCharleston 63/41/s 61/38/pcCharlotte 57/33/s 57/29/sClemson 58/36/s 58/35/pcColumbia 61/37/s 58/33/pcDarlington 59/36/s 57/31/pcElizabeth City 54/37/s 44/30/sElizabethtown 58/37/s 54/30/pcFayetteville 58/37/s 53/28/s

Florence 59/38/s 57/31/pcGainesville 72/44/s 70/56/pcGastonia 58/34/s 56/30/sGoldsboro 56/35/s 50/25/sGoose Creek 62/40/s 60/38/pcGreensboro 54/33/s 49/25/sGreenville 57/35/s 57/32/pcHickory 56/31/s 54/29/sHilton Head 63/45/s 61/45/pcJacksonville, FL 69/46/s 68/57/pcLa Grange 60/34/pc 62/41/sMacon 62/34/s 62/36/sMarietta 56/33/s 60/34/s

Marion 56/30/s 55/27/pcMt. Pleasant 62/44/s 60/42/pcMyrtle Beach 59/41/s 57/34/pcOrangeburg 60/38/s 59/35/pcPort Royal 63/44/s 62/45/pcRaleigh 55/34/s 47/25/sRock Hill 57/34/s 56/30/pcRockingham 57/34/s 54/28/sSavannah 66/42/s 63/44/pcSpartanburg 57/34/s 56/32/pcSummerville 61/39/s 59/37/pcWilmington 60/38/s 55/31/pcWinston-Salem 54/34/s 50/27/s

Today Thu. Today Thu. Today Thu.

Atlanta 58/37/s 61/37/sChicago 35/27/pc 35/31/pcDallas 60/37/pc 62/50/pcDetroit 36/18/sf 31/26/pcHouston 62/45/r 62/49/pcLos Angeles 70/57/pc 68/51/pcNew Orleans 62/45/s 63/52/pcNew York 44/21/s 27/19/sOrlando 76/57/pc 76/62/pcPhiladelphia 46/21/s 29/18/sPhoenix 76/56/s 72/49/pcSan Francisco 62/51/r 61/54/cWash., DC 52/31/s 37/22/s

Today Thu.

IN THE MOUNTAINS

Today: Plenty of sunshine. Winds south-southwest 3-6 mph.Thursday: Partly sunny. Winds east-south-east 4-8 mph.

ON THE COAST

Today: Plenty of sunshine. High 58 to 64.Thursday: Sunshine and some clouds. High 57 to 62.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Hold on to your cash. Put your money,

possessions and personal papers in a safe place. Refuse to let anyone bamboozle you into something you don't want. Keep an open mind and a tight fist.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Settle amicably any differences you have with a friend, relative or peer. Getting along will be half the battle when it comes to getting what you want. Use a little charm and flexibility to forgo a dispute.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Look at what's being offered, but don't jump into something without checking out the downside. Risky ventures are best left alone. Someone is likely to mislead you if you are gullible. If you want to make a change, do so alone.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Listen carefully. If something is of interest to you, find out all you can before you proceed. A partnership can be developed, but get what you want and what you are willing to give in writing. Don't take a physical risk.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Take a closer look at your responsibilities and what's expected of you. Don't take shortcuts or try to get others to do the work for you. Detail and precision will make a difference and help you avoid penalties, criticism or blame.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You'll be right on the mark when it comes to implementing the changes necessary to get you where you want to go. Don't let anyone confuse you or convince you to take on or spend more than necessary. Do what's best for yourself.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Be careful when it comes to joint money matters. Disagreements are likely to take place that could end up being costly or lead to future problems. Be reasonable and upfront about expenditures. A physical outlet will do you good.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Treat others with respect. Listen attentively and offer suggestions, but don't meddle in other people's affairs. Stick to the truth and offer unbiased opinions, and you'll receive praise as well as the support and help you need to get things done.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Your expressive way of describing things will grab interest, but if you exaggerate, you will be questioned about your source of information. Stick to the truth.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Improvements at home will help ease your stress. Comfort and convenience, along with activities that help build strength and encourage proper diet and exercise, will make a difference in your attitude and your personal relationships with others.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You can get ahead financially by applying your skills in different ways. A change you make will help you qualify for something you've always wanted to pursue. Use your intelligence, but don't make promises you cannot deliver.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Stick to the truth and don't believe everything you hear. It's important to keep information straight if you want to avoid a blowout with a friend, peer or relative. Work by yourself if you don't want someone to take advantage of you.

The last word in astrologyEUGENIA LAST SUMTER ANIMAL CONTROL PET OF THE WEEK

These pets are waiting for you at Sumter Animal Control, 1240 Winkles Road, (803) 436-2066. Thank you for considering a homeless pet. You can view more adoptable pets on our Facebook page — Sumter Animal Control. Remember to check with us if your pet is lost.

A10 | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2018 DAILY PLANNER THE SUMTER ITEM

AA, AL-ANON, ALATEEN: AA — Monday-Friday, noon and 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m., 1 Warren St., (803) 775-1852.

AA Women's Meeting — Wednesdays, 7 p.m., 1 Warren St., (803) 775-1852.

AA Spanish Speaking — Sundays, 4:30 p.m., 1 Warren St., (803) 775-1852.

AA "How it Works" Group — Mondays and Fridays, 8 p.m., 1154 Ronda St., (803) 494-5180.

441 AA Support Group — Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays, 8 p.m., Hair Force, 2090-D S.C. 441.

Manning Al-Anon Family Group — Thursdays, 7:30 p.m., Behav-ioral Health Building, 14 Church St., Manning. Call Angie Johnson at (803) 435-8085.

C/A "Drop the Rock" Group — Thursdays, 9:30 p.m., 1154 Ronda St. Call Elizabeth Owens at (803) 607-4543.

Al-Anon "Seekers of Serenity" — Mondays, 7 p.m., 1 Warren St., (803) 720-1747

MONDAY MEETINGS: Sumter Vitiligo Support Group — Second Monday, 5:45-6:45 p.m., North HOPE Center, 904 N. Main St. Call Tiffany at (803) 316-6763. The group is also on Facebook.

TUESDAY MEETINGS: Celebrate Recovery — Tuesdays, 6:45 p.m. coffee / snacks, 7 p.m. meeting, Alice Drive Baptist Church, Studio 4.3 (youth building), 1305 Loring Mill Road. For help with struggles of alcohol, drugs, family problems, addictions, pornography, smoking, anxiety, etc.

Heroin Anonymous — Tuesdays, 9:30-10:30 p.m., 4742 Broad St., (803) 494-5180.

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

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

"The Gathering" — Second Tuesday, 5:30-6:30 p.m., North HOPE Center, 904 N. Main St. Support group for teens and adults with special needs. Call Joan Bell at (803) 972-0051 or Carrie Jodoin at (803) 468-5745 or email thegathering23@aol.com.

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

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

Mothers of Angels (for mothers who have lost a child) — Third Tuesday at 6 p.m., Wise Drive Baptist Church, (803) 469-6059, (803) 979-4498 or (803) 316-4506.

EFMP Parent Exchange Group — Last Tuesday, 11 a.m.-noon, Airman and Family Readiness Center. Support to service members who have a dependent with a disability or illness. Call Dorcus Haney at (803) 895-1252/1253 or Sue Zimmerman at (803) 847-2377.

BANKS — All area banks and credit unions will be closed Thursday.

GOVERNMENT — The following will be closed Thursday and Friday: state government offices; City of Sumter offices; Sumter County offices; Clarendon County offices; City of Manning offices; Lee County offices; and City of Bishopville offices.

Federal government offices and the U.S. Postal Service will be closed on Thursday.

SCHOOLS — The following will be closed through Friday: Sumter School District; Clarendon School Districts 1, 2 and 3; Thomas Sumter Academy; and St. Anne and St. Jude Catho-lic School.

Lee County Public School students will be out of school through Friday with employees out Wednesday-Friday.

The following will be closed Wednesday-Friday: Robert E. Lee Academy; Wilson Hall; Laurence Manning Academy; Claren-don Hall; and Sumter Christian School.

Central Carolina Technical College will observe a faculty / student holiday on Wednesday and the school be closed Thursday-Friday.

USC Sumter will be closed Wednesday-Friday.

UTILITIES — Black River Electric Coop. and Farmers Telephone Coop. will be closed Thursday and Friday.

OTHER — Clemson Extension Service and the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce will be closed Thursday and Friday.

The Sumter County Library and the Harvin Clarendon County Library will be closed Thursday-Sunday, Nov. 22-25.

The Sumter Item will be closed on Thursday. The newspaper will not publish on Thanksgiving Day.

HOLIDAY CLOSINGS LIST

SUPPORT GROUPS

SUMTER ANIMAL CONTROL NEEDS YOUR HELP. The Sumter Animal Control

volunteers are looking for people to

help walk the dogs, foster or help with

transport. We desperately need 9 a.m.

Monday – Friday walkers. Message us

if you’re interested. Must be at least 18

years old.

Don’t have extra time to be a volunteer?

We gladly accept donations from the

community. We’re running low on

newspapers, puppy pads, canned and

dry puppy food, paper towels, Clorox

wipes and heavy duty slip leashes.

You can also donate from our Amazon

Wishlist under Saving Sumter’s Strays at

https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/10Q422KA0MI19. All donations

go toward helping Sumter County dogs.

Our all-volunteer organization is making

a big diff erence in the lives of so many

homeless pets. Please help us continue to

save animals.

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Blue is a big boy who is looking for a loving home. This young adult is 62 pounds and could stand to put on a few more. He is on the large side and likes other dogs, loves people and walks well on a leash. Blue will sit right between your knees and look up at you adoringly as you lounge in your favorite chair. If you are looking for a boy who is low key and easy on the eyes, Blue is your boy. In kennel 22.

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

BSECTION

With the Clemson football program’s success during the tenure of head

coach Dabo Swinney — the past four seasons in particular — the one thing that has always been held up against the Tigers is their affiliation

with the Atlantic Coast Conference.

You know the drill; the naysayers talk about the lack of quality programs in the ACC and how anyone can march through such

a lackluster league. It appeared just a couple of seasons ago the ACC was on the verge of overcoming that, but this season the league may have hit rock bottom.

Outside of Clemson, the only other ACC schools that have a true passion for football are Florida State and Virginia Tech. And neither of those teams are good this year.

I’ve heard it been said on more than one occasion if only Clemson was in the Southeastern Conference, then its record wouldn’t be nearly as spectacular. Maybe not, but

WEDNESDAY,NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Kamryn Lemon has adjusted nicely since transferring to Odessa College in Texas.

The sophomore guard, who played for Lakewood High School before graduating from Dreher High, averaged a team-high 13.7 points through six games.

She had a season-high 25 points during a loss to Kilgore College, leading players from both squads in scoring. During a win over Tohono O’odham Community College the game before, her 18 points led players from both teams, and she had a season-high eight rebounds.

Lemon played her freshman season for Highland Community College in Kansas.

MORE WOMEN’S BASKETBALLSenior Sonora Dengokl led UNC Asheville

with 18 points and two steals in their opener. The Lakewood product had three rebounds.

Sophomore Kayla Goldsmith led Methodist University with 18 points and two blocks against Wesleyan. The Manning High graduate grabbed five rebounds.

Sumter High alumna Kadejuha Kennedy scored at least 11 points in four of Allen University’s first five games. She had 15 points and four rebounds against Edward Waters.

BASEBALLFormer Sumter Gamecock Bruce Caldwell is

a minor-league free agent. In 74 games for the New York Yankees’ Double A affiliate, the infielder batted .274 with four home runs and 35 runs batted in. He hit .231 with six homers and 22 RBI in 48 games after being promoted to Triple-A.

MEN’S BASKETBALLGulf Coast State College freshman Jerrel Kelly

scored a season-high 10 against Gordon State. He played for Laurence Manning Academy.

Junior guard Cedric Rembert had 10 points for Texas A & M International University against Southwestern Adventist. The Sumter graduate previously played for Cowley College.

College of Charleston freshman Isaih Moore had 13 points and five rebounds against Presbyterian. He competed for Sumter.

Out of Crestwood High, freshman Jamal Walton of Bob Jones University had two points and one rebound against Montreat.

Freshman Grant Singleton scored seven in his debut for St. Thomas Aquinas College (N.Y.). The past Lakewood Gator had one rebound and one assist.

Send updates about area athletes to Barbara

KEEPING UP

Local athletes enjoying success around countryBY BARBARA BOXLEITNERSpecial to The Sumter Item

PRO FOOTBALL

Rams outlast Chiefs 54-51 in record Monday night showdown

THE ASSOCIATED PRESSLos Angeles Rams tight end Tyler Higbee (89) catches a pass in front of Kansas City strong safety Eric Murray during the Rams’ 54-51 victory on Monday in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES — Even before the fourth lead change of the fourth quarter, well before the 1,001st yard of combined offense was tallied, the Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Rams already knew this was a classic.

Two powerhouse NFL teams at the peak of their brilliance dueled deep into the night at an ecstatic Coliseum, racking up eye-popping numbers that stretched the box score and credulity.

There were 14 touchdowns, including three by defensive players. There were 56 first downs. There were 105 points, with 50 from each team — the first time that’s ever happened in an NFL game.

In the final moments, the Rams did just enough to leave with a win they’ll savor for years.

And if these teams meet again at the Super Bowl in 2½ months, the Chiefs will remember the sting from coming up just short.

Jared Goff threw a 40-yard touchdown pass to Gerald Everett for the go-ahead score with 1:49 to play, and the Rams outlasted the Chiefs for a 54-51 victory Monday night in a showdown that somehow surpassed the hype.

“It was a crazy game, crazy game,” said Goff, who passed for 413 yards and four touchdowns and even ran for another score . “It seemed like whoever had the ball at the end was going to win the game. There was times where we felt like we were going to put the knife in and finish them, and there were times where it was the

other way around, where we had to claw back into it.”

Patrick Mahomes passed for a career-high 478 yards with six touchdown passes in his latest jaw-dropping effort for the Chiefs (9-2), but he also threw two interceptions in the final 1:18 as the Rams (10-1) claimed the highest-scoring Monday night game ever played.

The highest-scoring game in the league this season was an offensive fantasia of ingenious scheming from mastermind coaches Andy Reid and Sean McVay — along with 21 combined penalties to keep things interesting. The second half was an extended thriller featuring 59 combined points.

Both teams scratched out

BY GREG BEACHAMThe Associated Press

SEE MNF, PAGE B6

COMMENTARY

DennisBrunson

USC FOOTBALL

Gamecocks believe they may be catching up with Clemson

Closing the gap?

MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEMSouth Carolina quarterback Jake Bentley goes over the top for a touchdown in the third quarter of the Gamecocks’ 35-31 loss to Florida earlier this season. USC is hoping it has closed the gap between itself and No. 2 Clemson its last visit to Clemson, which resulted in a 56-7 blowout loss.

COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s last trip to Clemson was memorable for all the wrong reasons. Two years later, the Gamecocks believe the gap with their highly ranked rival is

closing.In 2016, overmatched

South Carolina did about everything wrong and left Death Valley on the bad end of a 56-7 beatdown, one of the most lopsided losses in Palmetto State rivalry history .

“It was embarrassing,”

linebacker T.J. Brunson said Tuesday.

South Carolina (6-4) gets a shot for redemption at No. 2 Clemson (11-0), hoping two years of building have gotten them closer to one of the country’s most dominant programs.

The Gamecocks have lost

four in a row to their rival . Another loss would mark the most defeats in a row to Clemson since the Gamecocks lost seven consecutive games from 1934 to 1940.

But South Carolina’s

BY PETE IACOBELLIThe Associated Press

SEE USC, PAGE B3

Time for USC to play like an “SEC school” against Tigers

SEE BRUNSON, PAGE B3

TV, RADIOTODAYNoon — College Basketball: Battle 4 Atlantis Quarterfinal Game from Nassau, Bahamas — Oklahoma vs. Florida (ESPN).1 p.m. — College Basketball: Winthrop at Kentucky (SEC NETWORK).2 p.m. — Women’s College Volleyball: Kansas State at Texas Christian (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST).2:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Battle 4 Atlantis Quarterfinal Game from Nassau, Bahamas — Wisconsin vs. Stanford (ESPN).2:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Maui Invitational Fifth-Place Game from Maui, Hawaii (ESPN2).2:50 p.m. — International Soccer: FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Group C Match from Montevideo, Uruguay — Germany vs. United States (FOX SPORTS 2).5 p.m. — College Basketball: Maui Invitational Championship Game from Maui, Hawaii (ESPN2).5 p.m. — College Basketball: NIT Tip-Off Semifinal Game from Brooklyn, N.Y. — Tennessee vs. Louisville (ESPN2).5 p.m. — College Basketball: Fort Myers Classic Tip-Off Third-Place Game from Fort Myers, Fla. (FOX SPORTS 1).5 p.m. — Women’s College Basketball: Air Force at Army (STADIUM).6 p.m. — College Basketball: Teams To Be Announced (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).6 p.m. — International Soccer: FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Group D Match from Colonia Del Sacramento, Uruguay — Colombia vs. South Korea (FOX SPORTS 2).6 p.m. — Women’s College Volleyball: Arkansas at Georgia (SEC NETWORK).6:05 p.m. — Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240).7 p.m. — College Basketball: Battle 4 Atlantis Quarterfinal Game from Nassau, Bahamas — Dayton vs. Butler (ESPNEWS).7 p.m. — College Basketball: NIT Tip-Off Semifinal Game from Brooklyn, N.Y. -- Marquette vs. Kansas (ESPN2).7 p.m. — Women’s College Volleyball: Missouri at Louisiana State (ESPNU).7 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Indiana at Charlotte (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST).7 p.m. — NHL Hockey: Toronto at Carolina (FOX SPORTSOUTH).7:15 p.m. — NHL Hockey: Philadelphia at Buffalo (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).7:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Fort Myers Classic Tip-Off Championship Game from Fort Myers, Fla. (FOX SPORTS 1).8 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Los Angeles Lakers at Cleveland (ESPN).8 p.m. — International Soccer: FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Group C Match from Colonia Del Sacramento, Uruguay — Cameroon vs. North Korea (FOX SPORTS 2).8 p.m. — PGA Golf: World Cup of Golf First Round from Victoria, Australia (GOLF).8:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Teams To Be Announced (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).9 p.m. — College Basketball: Rice at Brigham Young (BYUTV).9 p.m. — College Basketball: Maui Invitational Seventh-Place Game from Maui, Hawaii (ESPNU).9:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Battle 4 Atlantis Quarterfinal Game from Nassau, Bahamas — Middle Tennessee State vs. Virginia (ESPN2).10:30 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Oklahoma City at Golden State (ESPN).11 p.m. — College Basketball: MGM Resorts Main Event Heavyweight Division Championship Game from Las Vegas (ESPNU).11:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Maui Invitational Third-Place Game from Maui, Hawaii (ESPN2).1 a.m. — Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Hong Kong Open First Round from Fanling, Hong Kong (GOLF).

THURSDAY12:30 p.m. — NFL Football: Chicago at Detroit (WLTX 19, WNKT-FM 107.5).1:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Battle 4 Atlantis Semifinal Game from Nassau, Bahamas (ESPN).1:30 p.m. — College Basketball: AdvoCare Invitational Quarterfinal Game from Orlando, Fla. — Canisius vs. Villanova (ESPN2).1:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Las Vegas Holiday Invitational Semifinal Game from Las Vegas — Massachusetts vs. Southern Illinois (FOX SPORTS 1).2:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Wooden Legacy Semifinal Game from Fullerton, Calif. — La Salle vs. Miami (ESPNU).4 p.m. — College Basketball: Battle 4 Atlantis Semifinal Game from Nassau, Bahamas (ESPN).3:30 p.m. — College Football: Colorado State at Air Force (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).3:30 p.m. — College Basketball: AdvoCare Invitational Quarterfinal Game from Orlando, Fla. — Memphis vs. Oklahoma State (ESPN2).4:30 p.m. — NFL Football: Washington at Dallas (WACH 57, WNKT-FM 107.5).4 p.m. — College Basketball: Las Vegas Holiday Invitational Semifinal Game from Las Vegas — Nevada vs. Tulsa (FOX SPORTS 1).4:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Wooden Legacy Semifinal Game from Fullerton, Calif. — Fresno State vs. Northwestern (ESPNU).7 p.m. — College Basketball: Battle 4 Atlantis Consolation Game from Nassau, Bahamas (ESPN).7 p.m. — College Basketball: AdvoCare Invitational Quarterfinal Game from Orlando, Fla. — College of Charleston vs. Louisiana State (ESPNU).7:30 p.m. — College Football: Mississippi State at Mississippi (ESPN).7:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Las Vegas Invitational Semifinal Game from Las Vegas — Texas vs. North Carolina (FOX SPORTS 1).8 p.m. — PGA Golf: World Cup of Golf Second Round from Victoria, Australia (GOLF).8:20 p.m. — NFL Football: Atlanta at New Orleans (WIS 10, WNKT-FM 107.5).

9 p.m. — College Basketball: AdvoCare Invitational Quarterfinal Game from Orlando, Fla. — Florida State vs. Alabama-Birmingham (ESPNU).9:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Battle 4 Atlantis Consolation Game from Nassau, Bahamas (ESPN).10 p.m. — College Basketball: Las Vegas Invitational Semifinal Game from Las Vegas — Michigan State vs. UCLA (FOX SPORTS 1).11:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Wooden Legacy Quarterfinal Game from Fullerton, Calif. — Hawaii vs. Utah (ESPN2).1 a.m. — Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Hong Kong Open Second Round from Fanling, Hong Kong (GOLF).3:55 a.m. — Formula One Racing: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Practice (ESPN2).

PREP FOOTBALLSCHSL — PLAYOFFSSecond RoundFriday

5AUpper StateNorthwestern at T.L. HannaNation Ford at DormanGaffney at Rock Hill Byrnes at SumterLower StateWest Ashley at Dutch ForkFort Dorchester at West FlorenceRiver Bluff at BerkeleyCarolina Forest at Summerville

4AUpper StateWestwood at Ridge ViewYork at GreerDaniel at South PointeWren at A.C. FloraLower StateColleton County at North AugustaBrookland-Cayce at Hartsville Wilson at North Myrtle Beach Marlboro County at Myrtle Beach

3AUpper StateCamden at Chapman Indian Land at Union CountySouthside at PendletonBroome at Chester Lower StateSwansea at Dillon Gilbert at May RiverAynor at Hanahan Wade Hampton at Strom Thurmond

2AUpper StateNinety Six at Southside ChristianSaluda at BufordNorth Central at Abbeville Batesburg-Leesville at CentralLower StateMullins at TimberlandCalhoun County at BarnwellBamberg-Ehrhardt at Gray CollegiateWhale Branch at Carvers Bay

1AUpper State Ridge Spring-Monetta at DixieMcBee at Blackville-HildaWilliston-Elko at LamarWhitmire at Wagener-SalleyLower StateBranchville at Baptist HillGreen Sea-Floyds at C.E. MurrayHemingway at Bethune-BowmanSt. John’s at Lake View

NFL STANDINGSAMERICAN CONFERENCEEast W L T Pct PF PANew England 7 3 0 .700 280 236Miami 5 5 0 .500 199 256Buffalo 3 7 0 .300 137 251N.Y. Jets 3 7 0 .300 208 254South W L T Pct PF PAHouston 7 3 0 .700 239 205Indianapolis 5 5 0 .500 298 249Tennessee 5 5 0 .500 178 189Jacksonville 3 7 0 .300 176 219North W L T Pct PF PAPittsburgh 7 2 1 .750 299 225Baltimore 5 5 0 .500 237 181Cincinnati 5 5 0 .500 256 312Cleveland 3 6 1 .350 218 263West W L T Pct PF PAKansas City 9 2 0 .818 404 294L.A. Chargers 7 3 0 .700 262 209Denver 4 6 0 .400 228 235Oakland 2 8 0 .200 170 293

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast W L T Pct PF PAWashington 6 4 0 .600 197 198Dallas 5 5 0 .500 203 190Philadelphia 4 6 0 .400 205 231N.Y. Giants 3 7 0 .300 215 263South W L T Pct PF PANew Orleans 9 1 0 .900 378 239Carolina 6 4 0 .600 260 252Atlanta 4 6 0 .400 263 276Tampa Bay 3 7 0 .300 267 329

North W L T Pct PF PAChicago 7 3 0 .700 294 195Minnesota 5 4 1 .550 241 229Green Bay 4 5 1 .450 247 243Detroit 4 6 0 .400 222 263West W L T Pct PF PAL.A. Rams 10 1 0 .909 389 282Seattle 5 5 0 .500 246 216Arizona 2 8 0 .200 145 248San Francisco 2 8 0 .200 230 266

THURSDAY’S GAMESSeattle 27, Green Bay 24

SUNDAY’S GAMESDallas 22, Atlanta 19Indianapolis 38, Tennessee 10Detroit 20, Carolina 19N.Y. Giants 38, Tampa Bay 35Baltimore 24, Cincinnati 21Houston 23, Washington 21Pittsburgh 20, Jacksonville 16Oakland 23, Arizona 21Denver 23, L.A. Chargers 22New Orleans 48, Philadelphia 7Chicago 25, Minnesota 20Open: Buffalo, San Francisco, Miami, New England, Cleveland, N.Y. Jets

MONDAY’S GAMESL.A. Rams 54, Kansas City 51

THURSDAY, NOV. 22Chicago at Detroit, 12:30 p.m.Washington at Dallas, 4:30 p.m.Atlanta at New Orleans, 8:20 p.m.

SUNDAY, NOV. 25Seattle at Carolina, 1 p.m.New England at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.Jacksonville at Buffalo, 1 p.m.San Francisco at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.Oakland at Baltimore, 1 p.m.N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.Cleveland at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.Arizona at L.A. Chargers, 4:05 p.m.Pittsburgh at Denver, 4:25 p.m.Miami at Indianapolis, 4:25 p.m.Green Bay at Minnesota, 8:20 p.m.Open: L.A. Rams, Kansas CityMonday, Nov. 26Tennessee at Houston, 8:15 p.m.

NBA STANDINGSEASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division W L Pct GBToronto 13 4 .765 —Philadelphia 12 7 .632 2Boston 9 8 .529 4Brooklyn 7 10 .412 6New York 4 13 .235 9Southeast Division W L Pct GBOrlando 9 8 .529 —Charlotte 8 8 .500 ½Miami 6 10 .375 2½Washington 5 11 .313 3½Atlanta 3 14 .176 6Central Division W L Pct GBMilwaukee 12 4 .750 —Indiana 11 6 .647 1½Detroit 8 6 .571 3Chicago 4 13 .235 8½Cleveland 2 13 .133 9½

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division W L Pct GBMemphis 11 5 .688 —New Orleans 10 7 .588 1½Houston 8 7 .533 2½San Antonio 8 8 .500 3Dallas 7 9 .438 4Northwest Division W L Pct GBPortland 11 5 .688 —Oklahoma City 10 6 .625 1Denver 10 7 .588 1½Utah 8 9 .471 3½Minnesota 7 10 .412 4½Pacific Division W L Pct GBL.A. Clippers 11 5 .688 —Golden State 12 6 .667 —L.A. Lakers 9 7 .563 2Sacramento 9 8 .529 2½Phoenix 3 13 .188 8

MONDAY’S GAMESCharlotte 117, Boston 112Detroit 113, Cleveland 102Indiana 121, Utah 94Philadelphia 119, Phoenix 114L.A. Clippers 127, Atlanta 119Memphis 98, Dallas 88Milwaukee 104, Denver 98New Orleans 140, San Antonio 126Sacramento 117, Oklahoma City 113

TUESDAY’S GAMESL.A. Clippers at Washington, 7 p.m.Toronto at Orlando, 7 p.m.Brooklyn at Miami, 7:30 p.m.Portland at New York, 7:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMESIndiana at Charlotte, 7 p.m.New Orleans at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.New York at Boston, 7:30 p.m.Toronto at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.Denver at Minnesota, 8 p.m.Detroit at Houston, 8 p.m.L.A. Lakers at Cleveland, 8 p.m.Phoenix at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Portland at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.Brooklyn at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Memphis at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.Sacramento at Utah, 9 p.m.Oklahoma City at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAMESMinnesota at Brooklyn, 12 p.m.Memphis at L.A. Clippers, 3:30 p.m.Houston at Detroit, 7 p.m.Boston at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.Cleveland at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.New Orleans at New York, 7:30 p.m.Washington at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.Charlotte at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.Miami at Chicago, 8 p.m.San Antonio at Indiana, 8 p.m.Phoenix at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.Orlando at Denver, 9 p.m.Portland at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.Utah at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

COLLEGE FOOTBALLFCS PLAYOFFSFirst RoundSaturday, Nov. 24Duquesne (8-3) at Towson (7-4), 2 p.m.Elon (6-4) at Wofford (8-3), 2 p.m.Stony Brook (7-4) at SE Missouri St. (8-3), 2 p.m.Incarnate Word (6-4) at Montana St. (7-4), 3 p.m.Delaware (7-4) at James Madison (8-3), 3 p.m.San Diego (9-2) at Nicholls St. (8-3), 4 p.m.Lamar (7-4) at N. Iowa (6-5), 5 p.m.ETSU (8-3) at Jacksonville St. (8-3), 7:30 p.m.Second RoundSaturday, Dec. 1ETSU-Jacksonville St. winner at Maine (8-3), NoonDelaware-James Madison winner at Colgate (9-1), 1 p.m.Elon-Wofford winner at Kennesaw St. (10-1), 2 p.m.Incarnate Word-Montana St. winner at N. Dakota St. (11-0), 3 p.m.Duquesne-Towson winner at S. Dakota St. (8-2), 3 p.m.Stony Brook-SE Missouri St. winner at Weber St. (9-2), 4 p.m.San Diego-Nicholls St. winner at E. Washington (9-2), 5 p.m.Lamar-N. Iowa winner at UC Davis (9-2), 7 p.m.QuarterfinalsFriday, Dec. 7 or Saturday, Dec. 8Incarnate Word-Montana St.-N. Dakota St. winner vs. Delaware-James Madison-Colgate winnerDuquesne-Towson-S. Dakota St. winner vs. Elon-Wofford-Kennesaw St. winnerSan Diego-Nicholls St.-E. Washington winner vs. Lamar-N. Iowa-UC Davis winnerETSU-Jacksonville St.-Maine winner vs. Stony Brook-SE Missouri St.-Weber St. winnerSemifinalsFriday, Dec. 14 or Saturday, Dec. 15TBDChampionshipSaturday, Jan. 5At Toyota StadiumFrisco, TexasSemifinal winners, Noon

FCS TOP 25Nov. 19 Record Pts Pvs1. North Dakota St. (26) 11-0 650 12. Kennesaw St. 10-1 622 23. Eastern Washington 9-2 593 34. Weber St. 9-2 571 45. South Dakota St. 8-2 549 56. James Madison 8-3 491 87. Colgate 9-1 468 68. Princeton 10-0 459 99. Jacksonville St. 8-3 451 710. UC Davis 9-2 437 1111. North Carolina A&T 9-2 389 1312. Wofford 8-3 366 1413. Nicholls 8-3 327 1514. Maine 8-3 317 1915. Dartmouth 9-1 255 2016. Stony Brook 7-4 230 1017. Elon 6-4 196 1218. San Diego 9-2 192 2219. Towson 7-4 179 1620. Southeast Missouri St. 8-3 178 2321. East Tennessee St. 8-3 132 1722. Indiana St. 7-4 111 2423. Delaware 7-4 90 1824. Montana St. 7-4 58 NR25. UIW 6-4 45 NROthers Receiving Votes: Monmouth (N.J.), 18; Illinois St., 15; Lamar, 14; Northern Iowa, 12; Alcorn St., 11; Duquesne, 9; McNeese, 9; Furman, 3; Harvard, 1; Idaho St., 1; Rhode Island, 1.

TRANSACTIONSMONDAYBASEBALLCOMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended Toronto OF Griffin Conine (Vancouver-NWL) 50 games and N.Y. Yankee RHP Daniel Marten (Yankees East-GCL) 25 games for violating the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.American LeagueDETROIT TIGERS — Selected the contract of RHP Franklin Perez from Lakeland (FSL).NEW YORK YANKEES — Acquired LHP James Paxton from Seattle for LHP Justus Sheffield, RHP Erik Swanson and OF Dom Thompson-Williams.TAMPA BAY RAYS — Traded RHP Chih-Wei Hu to Cleveland INF Gionti Turner.National LeagueCINCINNATI REDS — Named J.R. House third base/catching coach and Donnie Ecker assistant hitting coach.MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Named Andy Haines hitting coach, Chris Hook pitching coach, Steve Karsay bullpen coach and Scott Barringer trainer.WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Selected the contract of RHP James Bourque.

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Walker new NBA scoring leader as Hornets top Celtics 117-112

CHARLOTTE — The NBA’s new scoring leader was determined his latest big night wouldn’t go to waste.

Kemba Walker scored 43 points, giving him 103 in his last two games, and the Charlotte Hornets battled back to beat the Boston Celtics 117-112 on Monday night.

Walker followed up his NBA season-best, 60-point effort in an overtime loss to the 76ers on Saturday night with another spectacular performance. He scored 21 points in the fourth quarter and made 14 of 25 shots overall, including seven more 3-pointers.

He finished 7 of 10 from the floor with four 3-pointers in the fourth quarter as Charlotte erased a 10-point deficit to pull even at 8-8 on the season.

“I just wanted to win, man,” Walker said. “I wanted to win a close game. We’ve been in every game for the most part. There’s a couple we haven’t been in but you know things just haven’t been going our way in those situations and tonight it did and it felt good.”

Walker passed Golden State’s guard Stephen Curry to take over the NBA scoring lead at 29.6 points per game.

Walker also passed the

injured Curry for the league lead in 3-pointers made with 65.

“It means a lot but it’s still the early season,” Walker said. “I would’ve never, ever in my life thought I would be that high up in the rankings as far as scoring in the NBA. But I’m going to try to keep it up, do what I can to win games.”

Walker outdueled Boston’s Kyrie Irving, who finished with 27 points and 11 assists.

Jeremy Lamb had 18 points and Willy Hernangomez added 14 as the Hornets beat the Celtics for the first time in eight tries.

The Celtics entered the fourth quarter leading 87-84 and quickly stretched the lead to double digits behind Irving, who scored and was fouled on a drive.

But Walker refused to lose this time.

The two-time All-Star simply took over, scoring on drives, midrange jumpers and from long distance. He scored 11 straight points in one stretch, including a 3-pointer from the right wing and a nifty Euro step move through the lane.

“He’s been unbelievable, especially when your whole game plan is to stop him and he is still going off and doing what he does,” said Celtics forward Gordon Hayward. “He’s an unbelievable player.”

It was Walker who delivered the knockout punch with a clutch 3 from 27 feet away with 32 seconds left, bringing fans to their feet and putting the Hornets up by six. Irving missed two open 3s down the stretch and the Hornets escaped with the win to pull even at .500.

After one big shot, a pumped-up Walker screamed “This is my city!”

“We were looking for another 60 but I think 43 will do tonight,” joked Hornets coach James Borrego. “He’s incredible. This is a special player, a special performance

and a special start to an NBA season.”

TIP-INSCeltics: Jayson Tatum

finished with 18 points and six rebounds. ... Finished 9 of 32 from 3-point range.

Hornets: Nic Batum continued to struggle with his shot in the early going, missing his first four attempts before knocking down a pair of 3-pointers. Batum, who failed to score against the 76ers, had nine points. ... Malik Monk has missed his last 16 3-point attempts and didn’t play in the second half.

HAYWARD OFF THE BENCHAron Baynes got the start

over Hayward at forward for Boston. The change didn’t matter all that much as both were 1 of 4 from the field in the first half.

“I’m OK with whatever I can do to help us win,” Hayward said. “Right now, I just have to focus on myself and getting myself better and being a better basketball player.”

Coach Brad Stevens said it was more about getting Hayward in the right group, adding that “we’re probably not done tweaking the lineups.”

PARKER’S BIG CONTRIBUTIONEighteen-year NBA veteran

Tony Parker only had seven points, but made two clutch midrange jumpers in the final 2 minutes for the Hornets.

Those possessions allowed Walker to play off the ball for a few possessions.

“Having Tony on the floor with him tonight allowed (Walker) to move off of the ball and that’s what we try to do,” Borrego said. “We try to mix it up on them so they don’t get locked in on his pick-and-roll. That’s our job, to move him around and disguise him as much as we can.”

UP NEXTCeltics: Host Knicks on

Wednesday night.Hornets: Host Pacers on

Wednesday night.

BY STEVE REEDThe Associated Press

THE ASSOCIATED PRESSCharlotte’s Kemba Walker (15) steals the ball from Boston’s MarcusMorris (13) during the second half of the Hornets’ 117-112 victoryon Monday in Charlotte. Walker scored 43 points.

SCOREBOARD

over the past four seasons it wouldn’t be that much different. Like it or not, the Tigers have been just that good.

However, while the Tigers have held up very well against SEC foes in the past few years, they don’t have to deal with the week-in, week-out pounding that SEC teams do.

With the exception of Vanderbilt and perhaps Missouri and Kentucky – probably not this season though -- football is a very big deal among the SEC fan bases. Therefore, the programs are ultra-competitive, meaning that teams have to go battle each week. Over the course of a season, that can put wear and tear on all of the teams.

The argument is that Clemson doesn’t have to face anything close to that in the ACC with the insinuation being that it makes it a cakewalk to the College Football Playoffs for the Tigers.

While there is merit to the theory, the Tigers can only play the teams they are scheduled to play, This week it is archrival South Carolina.

Of course, USC is one of those SEC schools, and while the Gamecock players themselves don’t wish that Clemson had to deal with being an “SEC school,” many of their fans do. And this season, it’s time for Carolina to be an “SEC school” against the Tigers.

In Will Muschamp’s first two seasons at the helm of the Gamecocks, Clemson has thoroughly put a whipping on them both seasons.

Has Clemson been a much more talented both of those seasons? Without a doubt, yes, and it is hard to argue against that being the case as well on Saturday in Death Valley. However, there is a difference between being out-talented and not standing toe-to-toe with someone.

The last two USC-Clemson games were practically over before halftime. USC needs to fight, scratch and claw to find a way to leave some doubt in the minds of those in Death Valley and watching on television when the third quarter begins. Then, who knows?

That being said, Muschamp and his staff don’t need to coach the game just to stay close. They need to throw caution to the wind and go for the win. That doesn’t mean go for a first down on fourth down and five yards to go from your 20-yard line; just be willing to make that call, run that play, dial up that blitz at a time that can turn a game and give you a chance to win.

There is nothing to lose for the Gamecocks except a 4-game losing streak to the Tigers.

offense, which sits sixth in the Southeastern Conference in offense (429 yards per game) and points (32.8), is clicking better the past month than it has all season. The Gamecocks have averaged almost 43 points in its past three games and feel primed to go against a Clemson defense that leads the Football Bowl Subdivision in fewest points allowed per game at 12.1.

“I think it’s always important to start fast and try and get points on the board, no matter who you’re playing,” South Carolina tailback A.J. Turner said.

That wasn’t the case at Clemson two years ago.

The Tigers led 21-0 after the first quarter and never slowed down. They finished with their largest margin of victory in the rivalry since winning 51-0 in 1900.

“We’re in a really good mindset right now and we’re really locked in,” Bentley said.

Clemson was a veteran squad that had won the Atlantic Coast Conference title and played in the College Football Playoff the year before. The Tigers were led by some of the country’s best players in quarterback Deshaun Watson and receiver Mike Williams.

South Carolina was in its first year with coach Will Muschamp with new faces, like freshman quarterback Bentley, still finding their footing.

“Everyone knows what happened,” Bentley said. “We didn’t play well.”

Muschamp angrily said afterward that he’d never again coach a team where some players “flat out quit.” And the coach believes his

Gamecocks will be more competitive this time.

“We’re much better now than we were then,” Muschamp said.

Bentley will face a defensive front likely to see all four starters drafted high by NFL teams next spring. Tiger defensive ends Clelin Ferrell and Austin Bryant and tackles Christian Wilkins and Dexter Lawrence have combined for 18 sacks and 38.5 tackles behind the line of scrimmage.

“We’re in a really good mindset right now and we’re really locked in,” Bentley said.

Bentley understands he’ll have to block out those reputations, along with the noise for close to 82,000 at Memorial Stadium, and perform with poise and composure.

“It’s an awesome atmosphere and it’s going to be fun to play,” Bentley said.

Clemson has plenty at stake in this one. They’ll try and go 12-0 for just the third time in school history, following the 1981 national championship team and the 2015 Tigers that reached the CFP title game at 14-0 before falling to Alabama.

Tigers coach Dabo Swinney isn’t concerned with dominating the Gamecocks. “I’ll just be happy that we won the game,” he said. “I’m all about what’s in front of us and what’s after that.”

South Carolina players understand their legacy could change dramatically with a stunning upset on Saturday.

“You’re going to be forever remember at this university,” Gamecocks receiver Bryan Edwards says, “for how many times you beat Clemson.”

South Carolina would like to add a very big one to the tally this week.

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SHS girls start with 58-41 victory over Hartsville; Lady Stallions winDARLINGTON — The Sumter High

School varsity girls basketball team opened its season with a 58-41 victory over Hartsville on Monday in the first round of the Turkey Shootout Tournament.

Inga Colclough led the Lady Gamecocks with 12 points. Ki’ari Cain had 10.HARTSVILLE K. Dawson 3, T. Dawson 15, McPhail 3, Thomas 6, Jutton 4, Robinson 2, Pendergrass 8.

SUMTERKi’ari Cain 10, Croskey 6, Wells 4, Jackson 2, Brown 7, Johnson 3, Inga Colclough 12, Spann 5, Cox 7, Conyers 2.

LEE CENTRAL 52TIMMONSVILLE 50

FLORENCE — A’yanah Lucas had a double-double to lead Lee Central High School’s varsity girls basketball team to a 52-50 victory over Timmonsville on Monday in the Turkey Shootout Tournament.

Lucas scored 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in the Lady Stallions’ season opener. Robionne Myers and Tashanna Harris added nine points apiece, and Kendra Lesane and Jada Rogers each had seven.

Lee Central was scheduled to face Westwood in the tournament semifinals on Tuesday.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL(16) CLEMSON 64GEORGIA 49

CAYMAN ISLANDS — Marcquise Reed scored 24 points and grabbed nine rebounds, Elijah Thomas had his second straight double-double and No. 16 Clemson beat Georgia 64-49 on Tuesday to advance to the championship game of the Cayman Islands Classic.

Thomas finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds for Clemson (5-0), which is off to its best start since the 2013-14 season. Shelton Mitchell, who scored a season-high 22 on Monday, chipped in with 13 points and David Skara had three of the Tigers’ nine steals.

Coach Brad Brownell won his 154th game at Clemson, three away from passing Bill Foster for second in program history.

Derek Ogbeide led Georgia (3-2) with 11 points. Nicolas Claxton, who scored 22 points in an 80-68 win on Monday,

was held to three points on 1-of-9 shooting — but he had nine rebounds and five blocks.(17) UCLA 80PRESBYTERIAN 65

LOS ANGELES — Jaylen Hands scored 19 points and Jalen Hill had a career-high 20 rebounds to lead UCLA to an 80-65 win over Presbyterian College on Monday.

The Bruins (4-0) did what they were expected to do in dispatching the Blue Hose (3-3) and while they ran out to a big lead at halftime, they survived a scare in the second half.

Presbyterian College outscored UCLA 39-20 over the first 12:20 of the second half to cut UCLA’s lead to 61-58. That was as close as Presbyterian would get as UCLA answered with a 12-2 run to put the game away.

Adam Flagler led Presbyterian College with a game-high 29 points.(1) DUKE 90SAN DIEGO STATE 64

LAHAINA, Hawaii — R.J. Barrett scored 20 points, Cam Reddish added 16 and top-ranked Duke remained

undefeated at the Maui Invitational with a 90-64 rout over San Diego State on Monday.

The Blue Devils (4-0) shot 52 percent, made 10 of 25 from 3-point range and improved to 16-0 in Maui while earning a spot in Tuesday’s semifinals against No. 8 Auburn.

Duke has been the talk of college basketball since its highly-touted freshmen shot the season out of a canon with a blowout win over then-No. 2 Kentucky. The five-time Maui champion Blue Devils arrived in paradise the favorites and played like it against the Aztecs (2-1).

Despite front-court foul trouble in the first half — Zion Williamson played seven minutes — Duke took control with an 11-0 run and led 49-32 by halftime behind Barrett’s 16 points.

The Blue Devils kept the runaway going with an early 8-0 run in the second half, building the lead to 71-46 on Williamson’s breakaway windmill dunk. Williamson had 13 points in 18 minutes.

From staff and wire reports

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volleyball all-conference team. Members of the team are, first

row, left to right: Olivia Kirkman, Rylee Bath, McKenna Reed, Grace

Buessing and Molly Brunson of Alice Drive and Alyssa Johnson,

Jordayn Mihlbauer, Harley Rawls and Shamira Andrews of Bates. Second row: Kamryn Geddings

and Kimberly Childers of Furman, Leja Wilson, Jada Robinson and

Jaunesha McCray of Ebenezer and Olivia O’Clair, Maranda Bird and

Jorden Hatcher of Hillcrest. Third row: Merissa Ricks and Dara

Harrison of R.E. Davis and Rachael Barr and Breasia Jones of

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University of South Carolina 2020 running back commitment Mecose

Todd of Villa Rica, Ga., rescinded his pledge on Friday and reopened his recruiting. Todd committed to USC last February, becoming the first commitment in the ‘20 class. His departure leaves USC with two commitments in the class, both offensive linemen.

One of the new cornerback targets for USC is Dequanteous Watts (6-feet-1-inch, 171 pounds) of Atlanta. He picked up an offer from

USC last week and on Saturday he was in to watch the game against Chattanooga. Watts was a Central Florida commitment, but he decommitted,

and it appears USC is a major player now.

“It went good last night,” Watts said. “I spent the night at South Carolina, so I saw them again this morning. Players, coaches, fans (stood out the most) and I saw them playing freshmen too.” Watts said he talked about the game with head coach Will Muschamp, defensive coordinator Travaris Robinson and his recruiter, Bryan McClendon. He met again on Sunday with Muschamp and McClendon before heading home. Watts is not in a hurry because he won’t sign until February of ‘19. He also plans to visit Georgia and Auburn, and he will return to USC for an official visit in January.

CB Jaydon Hill of Madison, Ala., took an official visit with USC. He has been committed to Florida and after the visit he tweeted, “I’m definitely still a Gator.”

Athlete Xavier Legette of Mullins High School was back at USC on Saturday. USC has a grayshirt offer on the table with him right now.

Will Troutman, a ’20 linebacker from Roswell, Ga., ‘20 OL Avery Jernigan of Blackshear, Ga., who has a USC offer, and ‘20 OL Colby Todd of Aynor High visited USC on Saturday.

Jah-Marien Latham, a ’20 defensive lineman of Reform, Ala., also visited USC. He also picked up an offer from Alabama on Saturday.

Axel Lepvreau, a ’20 placekicker from Bradenton, Fla., was back at USC on Saturday for a second unofficial visit. “I hope a spot will be available for the class of 2020 because I am ready to give the Gamecocks my commitment if they believe I can be part of the program,” Lepvreau said.

USC still has a shot with RB Tahj Gary of Atlanta. Gary committed to Virginia Tech in October but has not shut down the recruiting. He planned to visit USC on Saturday, but he suffered a broken leg in his game on Friday and later had surgery.

He is scheduled for an official visit with USC on Dec. 7. He visited USC three times earlier this year prior to the start of the season.

“They still want me there.” Gary said. “I’ve been talking to (RB) Coach (Bobby) Bentley and Will Muschamp. They see me as a four-down back. Just being able to block, catch the ball out of the backfield and make first downs with running.”

Gary said he also has an official visit set to VT for Nov. 30, and he’s also looking at UCF and Kentucky for possible official visits.

According to stats from MaxPreps, going into Friday’s game Gary had rushed for 1,217 yards, averaging over 10 yards per carry, and had scored 13 touchdowns. He also had 26 catches for 516 yards and seven TDs. For his career, Gary had rushed for 3,265 yards and had a total of 69 TDs.

CB Jalen Perry of Dacula, Ga., took an official visit to

Michigan over the weekend and will take one to USC for the Akron game. Michigan DC Don Brown is considered one of the best in the business. The Wolverines lead the nation in total defense. That’s a fact Perry can’t overlook.

“It’s very appealing,” Perry said. “I think Coach Brown has had like a top three defense in the past four or five years, now at Boston College and at Michigan. He’s a great defensive mind. And (CB) Coach (Michael) Zordich), I really likes the way he coaches players and the teacher that he is. Those guys are really great coaches and that’s really important.

“And also, Michigan is playing really good football right now. All those combined are the reason, and in academics, the Wolverines are towards the top.”

USC’s Muschamp and Robinson are doing all they can to counter Michigan’s appeal. They can’t match the success of Michigan this season, though they did beat them in the bowl game last season, but they can push relationships and playing time.

“I talk to Muschamp and T-Rob (Robinson) on almost a day-to-day basis,” Perry said. “T-Rob and Muschamp have continued to recruit me very hard and I enjoy the conversations I have with them. Those are two really great coaches. Coach T-Rob, I’ve been building a relationship with him for a long time, ever since i started to get recruited. I love those guys and they are a top school for me.”

So it appears to be a tight race between USC and Michigan. Perry said he remains in contact with Auburn and UF, but they are behind the other two. He’s not ruling out any more official visits, but he has no others planned. He said a decision will come “very soon” after the USC visit, assuming he doesn’t schedule any other visits. It could come the following week. He will be an early signee and an early enrollee.

CB Johnny Dixon of Tampa, Fla., took official visits to USC and Penn State, and those are the two schools still recruiting him the hardest. Dixon said he’s in regular contact with Muschamp and Robinson, and at this point USC is his favorite.

“I like them a lot to be honest with you,” Dixon said. “I’ll be committed real soon. I should be. I just feel the most comfortable with them, and I can see the program growing. They say I have the chance to come in and compete for a spot in the lineup.”

Dixon took his official visit to USC back in June, and he took his official to PSU in late September. He’s returning to USC with his mother for the Akron weekend, and it’s at that time when a commitment to USC is possible.

“Probably happen on my visit,” he said. “I’m not sure, I’m just saying if I do it will probably be then.”

Dixon is a heavily offered prospect with Alabama, Miami, Ohio State, Louisville, West Virginia, Nebraska, UGA and Florida State among those on his list. He’s also been hearing some from UF recently.

USC also has eyes on CB Zay Flowers (5-10, 170) of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. USC has offered and his next move with will be an official visit possibly for the Akron weekend.

“I’ve been texting Coach T-Rob a lot,” Flowers said. “I like the position that he wants me at, and he’s going to make me a Gamecock, that’s what he said. He likes that I can cover, move my hips and I’m physical.”

Flowers has taken official visits to Kansas State and Nebraska. He said he plans to visit North Carolina State and BC in December. Flowers said he’s not favoring anyone at this point, and he’s not sure if he’ll sign early. He said NCSU, BC and Kansas State have

been recruiting him the hardest, and Robinson also is making a strong effort with daily communication.

One of the top uncommitted prospects in the country in the ‘19 class is CB Chris Steele of Bellflower, Calif. The former Southern California commitment plans to sign on Dec. 19 and will enroll early, but he won’t announce his decision until Jan. 5 at the U.S. Army All-American Game.

Though he’s staying open for all comers, there is a small group of frontrunners and USC is in it. Steele took his official visit to USC in June, the week before he visited Southern Cal. He committed to the Trojans in July, but Muschamp and Robinson continued to recruit him.

“To be honest, they never really left. They were still one of the schools that kept recruiting me all the way through,” Steele said. “I’ve been in contact with Coach Muschamp and Coach T-Rob quite a bit. They feel I can come in and have a huge impact on the program. They’re not too deep at my position, so they could really use me, and if there’s any interest on my part, they definitely still want me to play for them.”

Steele has also taken official visits to Oklahoma, Louisiana State and UF. However, he said the schools he’s most serious with are USC, Oklahoma, UF, UGA, Southern Cal, UCLA and Oregon. He has an idea about what will separate one from the rest.

“Just finding a place where I’m going to be developed into the player I want to be, a school that’s going to get me ready to play at the next level,” Steele said. “Somewhere where I’m going to get coached and developed into a better young man and a better player.”

Muschamp and Robinson aren’t alone in working on Steele for USC. Quarterback commitment Ryan Hilinski is a good friend and is doing all he can to convince him to come east with him.

Hilinski signed his financial aid papers with USC on Wednesday. He plans to enroll in school in January.

USC wide receiver commitment Keveon Mullins and tight end commit KeShawn Toney have set official visits with USC for Dec. 7.

CLEMSONVisiting Clemson on

Saturday was LB Quavaris Crouch of Charlotte and OL Will Putnam of Tampa. Crouch also has taken official visits to Michigan, FSU and Tennessee. He doesn’t plan to announce a decision until the Army All American game.

Putnam also has taken an official visits to Auburn and FSU, and the Clemson visit was his last. He plans a decision in early December.

Christian Miller, a ’20 CB from Hilton Head High, visited Clemson on Saturday along with ‘20 RB Brandon Edwards of Blythewood High and ‘21 CB Jarae Foster of Woodstock, Ga.

Bryan Bresee of Damascus, Md.,, is the No. 1-ranked defensive end in the ’20 class by Rivals, and ‘20 QB DJ Uiagalelei of Bellflower, Calif, plan to visit Clemson on Saturday for the USC game per TigerIlustrated. This will be the second visit for Uiagalelei.

Clemson offered ‘20 WR JJ Evans (6-3 185) of Montevallo, Ala. Auburn, Alabama, LSU and Tennessee are also among his offers.

Clemson also offered ‘20 LB Phillip Webb of Buford, Ga.

CLEMSON AND USCUSC and Clemson ‘20 WR

target Ze’Vian Capers visited UF onSaturday.

Porter Rooks, a’20 WR from Charlotte who has a USC offer and who drew Clemson interest, named a top eight of Alabama, Michigan, UGA, UF, NCSU, VT and Oklahoma.

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Jordan Burrell, a ’21 ATH from Blythewood, was scheduled for visit to Wake Forest on Saturday.

Alex Huntley, a ’20 DL from Hammond in Columbia, told The State he visited UGA for the Auburn game. He’s also been to USC and Texas this season and hopes to get in a visit to Oklahoma. He plans a decision during his senior season.

Jalin Hyatt, a ’20 WR from Dutch Fork High in Irmo, was offered by Michigan.

BASKETBALLThe Clemson men

announced the signing of all three commitments — 6-1 Al-Amir Dawes, 6-3 Chase Hunter and 6-4 Alex Hemenway.

The USC men signed their two early commitments in 6-9 Wildens Leveque of Brocton, Mass., and 6-2 Trae Hannibal of Hartsville High.

Gerald Drumgoole, a 6-5 player from Rochester, N.Y., said he will not be signing during the early period. Drumgoole, who attends school in Indiana, has taken official visits to USC and Minnesota. He said USC remains in the picture.

The USC women signed 6-3 Laeticia Amihere of Canada, 6-0 Breanna Beal of Rock Island, Ill., and 5-9 Zia Cooke of Toledo, Ohio. ESPN ranks the class No. 1 nationally.

Rickea Jackson, a 6-2 USC target from Detroit, committed to Mississippi State. Another USC target, 6-1 Haley Jones of Santa Cruz,

Calif., postponed her announcement from Monday to Nov. 28 due to the wildfires that have forced closures at her school. She’s down to USC, Oregon, Connecticut, Stanford and Notre Dame. She’s the No. 1 ranked player in her class by ESPN.

The Clemson women signed 6-2 Hannah Hank of South Australia, guard Isis Lopes of Melbourne, Australia, 6-0 Danae McNeil of Swansea High, 6-0 Amari Robinson of Douglasville, Ga., and 5-11 Kaylee Sticker of Dawsonville, Ga.

Presbyterian signed 6-9 Owen McCormack of Advance, N.C., 6-4 CJ Melton of Hoover, Ala., and 6-6 RJ Wilson of Raleigh, N.C. Wofford signed 6-3 Hunter Cattoor of Orlando, Fla., and 6-5 Zac Ervin of Gate City, Va.

Charleston Southern signed 6-8 Terence Porter Jr., a native of Atlanta who attends The Skill Factory Prep School in Atlanta.

Tommy Bruner, a 6-1 player from Gray Collegiate in Columbia, will not sign until the spring. Howard, College of Charleston, Missouri State, St. Bonaventure, Yale and Hofstra are the schools showing him the most interest.

Clemson offered 6-6 ‘21 point guard Wesley Cardet of Fort Lauderdale, according to PrepHoops Florida.

USC ‘20 running back recruit rescinds commitment

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Fat-free SewersLike many, this is one of my

favorite times of year. Holiday festivities are fast approaching. Soon there will be cheerful decorations everywhere and no shortage of tasty food! The increase in cooking this holiday season also means an increase in fats, oil, and grease. I don’t bring this up out of concern for your waste-line, but for the health of our sewer and stormwater systems. Did you know that fats, oil, and grease (FOG) can be hazardous to our local water resources if disposed of improperly?

FOG in our storm drains and pipes can solidify, causing blockages and localized flooding. That’s right, pouring oils down the stormdrain can cause flooding on your street and in your yard. When FOG accumulates in our pipes it can cause foul odors, unwanted bacteria growth, and pollution in our local waterways.

Here’s how you can help:• Never put fats, oil, or grease

(FOG) down the drain or a storm drain.

• Instead, cool FOG down, seal it in a can or bottle, and take it to your nearest recycling center or dispose of it in you household trash.

• Wipe pots, pans, and dishes with dry paper towels before rinsing or washing them, then throw away the

paper towels• Educate others about the

threat FOG poses to our water and our health

To protect your household plumbing and septic tank or sewer lines, don’t pour FOG down the drain. According to a report from the EPA, grease from restaurants, homes, and industrial sources cause 47% of reported blockages. It’s also important to remember that our stormwater is not treated before it is released into local waters. If you pour something like cooking or motor oil down a stormwater drain, you might as well be pouring it directly into the water we use for fishing, swimming, boating, and drinking! So enjoy the food and festivities this holiday season, but keep the fat out of our sewers, stormwater, and waterways.

If you see any illegal dumping of FOG or other pollutants into stormwater drains or waterways, you can report the incident to the Sumter County Stormwater Department at (803)-464-7497.

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fourth-quarter leads, only to see them evaporate. Mahomes hit Tyreek Hill with a 73-yard TD pass just when the Rams appeared to be pulling away early in the fourth, and Goff replied with two late TD passes to Everett, a backup tight end with 31 career catches before this game.

“It was a whirlwind,” McVay said. “I feel like I might need a couple of beverages to relax tonight, but it was great. This is what you love so much about the game.”

And this game was ultimately decided by defense: Marcus Peters and Lamarcus Joyner came up with late interceptions as the Rams stopped Mahomes’ final efforts.

“It’s always fun to play against real good teams,” Mahomes said. “You get to go out there and have fun ... (but) it’s the same as when we played New England. You can’t make mistakes against great teams. You need to limit your mistakes, but be aggressive.”

The Coliseum’s first Monday night game since 1985 was staged on short notice after the NFL moved the matchup from Mexico City to Los Angeles six days ago due to poor field conditions at Azteca Stadium. The Rams used the opportunity to give free tickets to thousands of first responders and families recovering from the dual tragedies of nearby wildfires and a mass shooting in Thousand Oaks.

Those fans got an incredible treat for their reward — and if the video-game-like spectacle they saw turns out to be a Super Bowl preview, Atlanta will get an All-Madden-level show as well.

“It was just cool,” said Todd Gurley, whose 13-game touchdown streak somehow ended in this offensive showcase. “It was a last-minute game and everybody (came) out in support. Had the families here, had the responders, so it was just a great overall crowd and it was good for the city.”

This game has loomed in capital letters on the NFL’s regular-season schedule ever since these teams confirmed their status as offensive powerhouses in September. The Rams and Chiefs are the league’s biggest favorites along with New Orleans and New England — the teams responsible for the only other losses by Los Angeles and Kansas City this season.

Mahomes had the most prolific passing game in the NFL this year, but he and Goff both made key mistakes.

Rams linebacker Samson Ebukam returned Mahomes’ fumble and a one-armed interception for the first two TDs of his NFL career, while Kansas City’s Allen Bailey returned Goff’s fumble for a go-ahead touchdown early in the fourth quarter.

“It was electric,” Ebukam said. “It’s hard to describe, because I’m still like in a game mode right now. I haven’t calmed down yet, so it hasn’t really all sunk in yet.”

BIG FINISHThe final seven minutes

were particularly frantic and sweet: After Chris Conley caught his second TD pass from Mahomes for a 51-47 lead with 2:47 to play, Goff replied with a 75-yard TD drive in 58 seconds, hitting Everett down the Rams’ frenzied sideline.

Peters — the former Pro Bowl cornerback traded by Kansas City to Los Angeles last winter — then intercepted Mahomes’ underthrown ball near midfield with 1:18 to play, but the Rams only managed to take 14 seconds off the clock on their next three plays.

The Coliseum roiled in anticipation of a big finish by Mahomes, but the Chiefs were pushed back to their 13 with 50 seconds left thanks to a booming punt by Johnny Hekker. Joyner intercepted Mahomes’ final desperate heave with 13 seconds left.

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FRED HILLEYPOWDER SPRINGS, Ga. —

It is with great sadness we announce the final flight of

retired U.S. Air Force SMSgt. Fred A. Hilley. He passed peacefully in his sleep at his home on Lost Mountain, Georgia, on Sunday, Nov. 18,

2018. He was 85. Fred was born in May 1933

in Anderson, South Carolina, to Willie J. Hilley and Lizzie Mae White. His brother Willie J. (Red) Hilley predeceased him.

Fred Hilley most recently served as the senior advisor to Rocket Kat Strategy. Fred retired from the Air Force at Shaw Air Force Base in 1973 as a senior master sergeant, management engineering superintendent. He served for more than 21 years, with assignments in Germany, Louisiana, South Carolina, Georgia, Illinois, the Philippines, Washington D.C. and Maryland. He enlisted in the Air Force with his entire graduating class from the Anderson Boys High School during the Korean conflict. He was the recipient of numerous military awards and decorations.

After the Air Force, he joined industry as an industrial and mechanical engineering manager for Square D Corporation in Columbia. He later returned to government service as special program supervisor for the Sumter office of the South Carolina Employment Commission.

Upon his retirement from the state of South Carolina, he became a small-business man specializing in real property management. Fred joined the Board of Directors of SAFE Federal Credit Union in 1998 and served continuously until his death. During his tenure, the SAFE Federal Credit Union grew to more than 120,000 members and more than $1 billion in assets. SAFE is the largest Midlands-based credit union with 16 branches in South Carolina.

Fred was a co-founder of the Easy Street program serving senior citizens and was a champion of programs supporting young airmen and their families.

SMSgt. Hilley served as a prior commander of the Dalzell-Shaw South Carolina American Legion Post 175 and was a current member of the Powder Springs, Georgia, Post 294. He was a past member of the Greater Sumter Chamber

of Commerce. Fred is survived by his wife

of 65 years, Hillma P. Hilley, RN, of Powder Springs, Georgia. He is also survived by his older sister, Willie Mae Kellam of Anderson. In addition, Fred is survived by son retired U.S. Air Force Col. Dennis F. Hilley and his wife, retired U.S. Air Force Col. Christine M. Wasdin, and daughter Karen M. Mathis and her husband Charles Mathis of Powder Springs, Georgia.

He had three grandchildren, Cole Mathis (Kimberly), Jace Hilley and Chloe Hilley, and two great-grandchildren, Gracelyn Hilley and Scarlet Mathis.

A native of South Carolina, Fred is descended from a long line of dedicated military professionals who have served in uniform since the Revolutionary War. He is a direct descendant of the Virginia Patriot, Thomas Hilley, a Revolutionary militiaman from Amherst County, Virginia. A devout Christian, he was a member of Burnt Hickory Baptist Church.

A funeral service will be held today at 4 p.m. at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta, Georgia. A private burial with full military honors will be at the Georgia National Cemetery at a later date. An online guest book is at www.westcobbfuneralhome.com.

BETTY B. HACKETTGraveside services for Betty

Nell Beaty Hackett of 100 Ott Road, Columbia, will be held

at Evergreen Memorial Park in Sumter on Saturday at 11 a.m. Mrs. Hackett, 92, died on Friday, Nov. 16, 2018. Her service will be conducted by

Sam Hunter of 721 Ministries, Greenville. The family will receive friends following the graveside service.

Mrs. Hackett was born in Sumter on Dec. 31, 1925, a daughter of the late Nell Hunter and Robert Wesley Beaty. She was educated in the Sumter city schools, graduating from Edmunds High School in 1943. She attended the University of South Carolina in Columbia and graduated in 1947 from the Tuomey Hospital School of Nursing, where she was a member of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps and served as president of her class. Mrs. Hackett attended First Presbyterian Church of Sumter from childhood until

her marriage.She was predeceased by

her husband, retired U.S. Air Force Col. Chester B. Hackett Jr., to whom she was married for 71 years. She was devoted to the United States military, and during her husband’s military career she used every opportunity to support and encourage the families among whom she lived on Air Force bases in the United States and England. After her husband’s retirement from the Air Force in 1962, the family lived in St. Petersburg, Florida, for 16 years. During this time, Mrs. Hackett worked as a public health and school nurse with health education a primary goal. After moving back to Sumter in 1982, she organized and implemented a unique nursing program for the South Carolina Department of Social Services and was a Hospice volunteer. The last of 24 moves was in 1993 to Columbia, where she resided until her death.

A devoted mother, she is survived by five children — three sons, retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Stephen Beaty Hackett, Roy Thomas Hackett and James Beaty Hackett, and two daughters, Dr. Lynn Hunter Hackett and Betsy Julienne Hackett-Davis — and her husband, Fred Shepard Davis, all of Columbia.

Also surviving are her brother, James Sloan Beaty and his family of Bluffton and Beaufort; and many nieces, nephews and cousins she loved and enjoyed all her life, as she did all her family. In addition to her parents and husband, Mrs. Hackett was predeceased by a daughter, Harriett Julienne Hackett; a sister and brother-in-law, Ruth Hunter Beaty Garrison and Wilson Walker Garrison; a brother and sister-in-law, Dr. Robert Wesley Beaty Jr. and Alice Brown Beaty; a sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Betty Hackett Smith and Arthur Fremont Smith; and sisters-in-law Patsy Hucks Beaty and Frances Johnston Hackett.

Honorary pallbearers will be nephews Robert Hunter Beaty, Paul Wesley Beaty, Lee Sloan Beaty, James Robert Garrison, Benjamin Parks Beaty, Robert Hunter Beaty Jr. and Lynn Hunter Hackett. Mrs. Hackett also chose the following friends as honorary pallbearers: Edward Ervin, whom she knew all her life, Robert Wilson, and Columbia special friends Donna Crapps and Jerry Entzminger,

Nathaniel “Nate” Myer and Andrew “Drew” McBeth and members of the Edmunds High School Class of 1943, all of whom were loved and admired for a lifetime, and whose happy and fun-filled reunions Mrs. Hackett helped to plan for many years.

Memorials may be made to a charity of one’s choice, to Solomons Home, 620 N. Guignard Drive, Sumter, South Carolina, 29150, or to the American Red Cross, the organization that helped her husband and countless others survive Prisoner of War camps in Europe during World War II.

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

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

WILLIAM MOORE JR.

William Moore Jr., 87, widower of Rose Lee Baldwin Moore and son of the late William and Maggie Myott Moore Sr., was born on June 15, 1931, in Sumter. He departed this life on Monday, Nov.19, 2018, at Palmetto Health Tuomey in Sumter.

Family will receive friends at the home, 3825 Horatio Hagood Road, Rembert.

Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S.

Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements.

DIANA L. CENTOFANTIDiana L. Centofanti, 90,

widow of Guido J. Centofanti, died Monday, Nov. 19, 2018, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

Born May 19, 1928, in Somerset, Massachusetts, she was a daughter of the late George Pontes and Maria Louise Cabral Pontes.

Mrs. Centofanti was educated in the Somerset, Massachusetts, schools. She was a retired teller at Safe Federal Credit Union and was a member of St. Jude Catholic Church.

She is survived by one daughter, Maria L. Thomas (Gary) of Sumter; two sons, Paul Centofanti of Jackson, New Jersey, and Steven Centofanti (Denise) of Raritan, New Jersey; six grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; four brothers and two sisters all of North Dighton, Massachusetts.

She was preceded in death by an infant son; a daughter; a grandson; two brothers; and three sisters.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at St. Jude Catholic Church.

Burial will be at the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Friday at the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to St. Judes Children’s Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105 or to the DAV, 18 Hard Pack Road, Sumter, SC 29154.

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

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

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Top-ranked Alabama chasing titles, rare perfect season

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Perfection is elusive, even for Nick Saban’s best teams at Alabama.

The top-ranked Crimson Tide heads into Saturday’s regular season finale against rival Auburn still chasing Southeastern Conference and national titles. An unblemished record remains in play, too, though that’s been even harder to obtain.

“Coach Saban voices that to us that he’s had only one undefeated team around here and he’s had how many championships,” Tide center Ross Pierschbacher said Monday. “It’s possible to lose one and still win a championship but he just wants us to not have that bump in the road, to still be able realize what we have in front of us.

“We don’t have to lose a game to kind of wake up. We should always be ready.”

Maybe that wakeup call came with a 10-10 halftime score against The Citadel , an FCS team. Alabama (11-0, 7-0 SEC) wound up running away with it, 50-17, but not without uneasy moments that included fumbling the second-half kickoff.

The Tide is a 24-1/2-point favorite against the Tigers (7-4, 3-4). But Auburn spoiled ‘Bama’s bid for a perfect season a year ago, winning 26-14 to claim a spot in the SEC title game.

Alabama has already locked down a matchup with No. 5 Georgia in Atlanta this time.

Saban has led the Tide to five national championships over the last nine seasons, but only one perfect record, in 2009. Alabama hasn’t needed to be win them all, having twice captured national titles after failing to win the SEC West, including last season.

Winning the national championship helped lessen the sting of losing the

West plus state braggin’ rights, but not remove it altogether.

“I think the players all know what happened last year,” Saban said. “I think they don’t feel great about it. They didn’t feel good about last year. They’ve had to live with it for 365 days.

“I don’t necessarily think that the revenge factor is the best form of motivation out there, but I think it

certainly plays into a guy that’s a good competitor who wants to come back and do well if he didn’t perform well the last time he played someone.”

Alabama doesn’t necessarily have to beat both Auburn and Georgia to make the playoffs after dominating virtually every game, though the Tide would like to avoid leaving its fate in doubt again.

Also, for a team that’s gone 136-14 over the past 10-plus seasons, going unbeaten would be one way to stand out in the Saban era.

The 2009 team won the first national title under Saban in Tuscaloosa and went 14-0, but had more close calls than this group. That included a 26-21 win over Auburn.

The Tide scored the final 13 points and capped a 15-play drive with Greg McElroy’s 4-yard touchdown pass to Roy Upchurch with 1:24 left.

Perfection may not be easy, and neither is winning the Iron Bowl.

“That’s always the goal, to win every game,” Pierschbacher said. “For me to go out my senior year, I think that would be something pretty special, to go 15-0.”

Notes: Tailback Damien Harris has made “really good progress” since sustaining a mild concussion on a 73-yard run in the fourth quarter against The Citadel, Saban said. He’s still going through concussion protocol before being cleared to practice. ... Leading tackler Dylan Moses is one of five finalists for the Butkus Award given to the nation’s top linebacker.

BY JOHN ZENORThe Associated Press

THE ASSOCIATED PRESSAlabama running back Damien Harris (34) carries the ball against The Citadel during the Crimson Tide’s 50-17 victory on Saturday in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Alabama will be taking on instate rival Auburn this Saturday.

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Sealed Bids will be received bySumter County at the Sumter CountyAdministration Building, ThirdFloor Council Chambers, 13 EastCanal Street, Sumter, South Carolinauntil 2:00 p.m. prevailing Easterntime on Tuesday, December 18, 2018for Additions and Renovations to:Sumter County AdministrationBuilding.

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Bids shall be accompanied by a bidbond or certified check in an amountnot less than five percent (5%) of thebase bid. A surety or performancebond in an amount equal to onehundred percent (100%) of thecontract price is required.Certificate of Insurance will berequired of the low bidder for thecoverage listed in the Specifications.

No bidder may withdraw his bid orbids for a period of sixty (60) daysafter the actual date of bid opening.

Bids must be submitted on formsfurnished by the Architect. Theseforms along with other contractdocuments may be obtained bybidders from the office of RS BellArchitects, LLC, 3 Law Range,Sumter, South Carolina or by calling803-774-3025 or via email:rsbellarchitects@earthlink.net. Adeposit of $250.00 is required per setof plans and specifications. Thedeposit will be returned to all bonafide bidders upon return of plansand specifications to the Architect ingood condition within ten (10) daysafter bid date.

The owner reserves the right towaive any informalities in theprocess and to reject any and all bidsand to award the contract to otherthan the lowest bidder if deemed inthe best interest of the project.

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YOU WILL FURTHER TAKENOTICE that unless the saidDefendants, or someone in theirbehalf or in behalf of any of them,shall within thirty (30) days afterservice of notice of this order uponthem by publication, exclusive of theday of such service, procure to beappointed for them, or any of them, aGuardian Ad Litem to representthem or any of them for the purposesof this action, the Plaintiff will applyfor an order making the appointmentof said Guardian Ad Litem Nisiabsolute.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that anaction has been commenced by thePlaintiff above named against theDefendant(s) above named for theforeclosure of a certain mortgagegiven by Josh D. Charles to MortgageElectronic Registration Systems, Inc.as nominee for Broker Solutions,Inc. dba New American Funding,dated April 11, 2018, recorded April12, 2018, in the office of the Clerk ofCourt/Register of Deeds for SumterCounty, in Book 1243, at Page 1658;thereafter, said Mortgage wasassigned to Broker Solutions, Inc.,dba New American Funding byassignment instrument datedOctober 18, 2018 and recordedOctober 18, 2018 in Book 1249 atPage 2441.The description of thepremises is as follows:

All that certain piece, parcel or lot ofland, with the improvementsthereon, lying, being and situate inthe County of Sumter, State of SouthCarolina, identified as Lot 21A ofPatriot Village Subdivision, Phase Iand being more fully shown on a platprepared by Louis White Tisdale,RLS, dated November 13, 2002 andrecorded in the Office of theRegister of Deeds for Sumter Countyin Plat Book 2004 at Page 308.Pursuant to Section 30-5-250 of theCode of Laws of South Carolina.(1976, as amended) reference to saidplat is hereby made to the metes,bounds, courses and/or distances ofthe property delineated thereon.

This property is known as 40Minutemen Lane and is shown onthe Auditor`s map of Sumter Countyas tax parcel 185-16-02-013.

Please note that the abovedescription has been modified tocorrect a minor, immaterial clericalerror in the legal descriptionregarding the property address(correcting from "40 MinutemanLane" to "40 Minutemen Lane").

This being the same propertyconveyed to Josh D. Charles by deedof Sharon Burr, dated April 11, 2018and recorded April 12, 2018 in Book1243 at Page 1654 in the Office of theRegister of Deeds for SumterCounty.

TMS No. 1851602013Property address:40 Minutemen LnSumter, SC 29154

SCOTT AND CORLEY, P.A.Ronald C. Scott(rons@scottandcorley.com),SC Bar #4996Reginald P. Corley(reggiec@scottandcorley.com),SC Bar #69453Angelia J. Grant(angig@scottandcorley.com),SC Bar #78334Allison E. Heffernan(allisonh@scottandcorley.com),SC Bar #68530Matthew E. Rupert(matthewr@scottandcorley.com),SC Bar #100740Louise M. Johnson(ceasiej@scottandcorley.com),SC Bar #16586Tasha B. Thompson(tashat@scottandcorley.com),SC Bar #76415H. Guyton Murrell(guytonm@scottandcorley.com),SC Bar #64134Craig T. Smith(craigs@scottandcorley.com),SC Bar #102831ATTORNEYS FOR THE PLAINTIFF2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200Columbia, SC 29204803-252-3340

Charles a/k/a Josh Deandra Charles,Deceased, their heirs or devisees,successors and assigns, and all otherpersons entitled to claim throughthem; all unknown persons with anyright, title or interest in the realestate described herein; also anypersons who may be in the militaryservice of the United States ofAmerica, being a class designated asJohn Doe; and any unknown minorsor persons under a disability being aclass designated as Richard Roe;Stephen C. Smotts; Sharon Burr; andPatriot Village I HomeownersAssociation, Inc.,

DEFENDANT(S).

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CASE NO.2018-CP-43-02016

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T O T H E D E F E N D A N T SABOVE-NAMED:YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONEDand required to appear and defendby answering the Complaint in thisaction, of which a copy is herewithserved upon you, and to serve a copyof your Answer on the subscribers attheir offices, 2712 Middleburg Drive,Suite 200, Columbia, Post Office Box2065, Columbia, South Carolina,29202-2065, within thirty (30) daysafter the service hereof, exclusive ofthe day of such service; except thatthe United States of America, ifnamed, shall have sixty (60) days toanswer after the service hereof,exclusive of the day of such service;and if you fail to do so, judgment bydefault will be rendered against youfor the relief demanded in theComplaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICEthat should you fail to Answer theforegoing Summons, the Plaintiffwill move for a general Order ofReference of this cause to theMaster-In-Equity or Special Refereefor Sumter County, which Ordershall, pursuant to Rule 53 (e) of theSouth Carolina Rules of CivilProcedures, specifically provide thatthe said Master-In-Equity or SpecialMaster is authorized and empoweredto enter a final judgment in thiscause.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEENYEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S)UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OFAGE AND THE PERSON WITHWHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDESAND/OR TO PERSONS UNDERSOME LEGAL DISABILITY:

YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONEDAND NOTIFIED to apply for theappointment of a Guardian Ad Litemwithin thirty (30) days after theservice of this Summons and Noticeupon you. If you fail to do so,Plaintiff will apply to have theappointment of the Guardian adLitem Nisi, Warren R. Herndon, Jr.,made absolute.

NOTICE

TO THE DEFENDANTS:YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICEthat the Summons and Complaint, ofwhich the foregoing is a copy of theSummons, were filed with the Clerkof Court for Sumter County, SouthCarolina on November 1, 2018.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that theorder appointing Warren R.Herndon, Jr., whose address is 218 E.Main Street, Suite 2, Lexington, SC29072, as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi forall persons whomsoever hereincollectively designated as RichardRoe, defendants herein whosenames and addresses are unknown,including any thereof who may beminors, incapacitated, or underother legal disability, whetherresidents or non-residents of SouthCarolina; for all named Defendants,addresses unknown, who may beinfants, incapacitated, or under alegal disability; for any unknownheirs-at-law of Josh D. Charles a/k/aJosh Deandra Charles, includingt h e i r h e i r s , p e r s o n a lrepresentatives, successors andassigns, and all other personsentitled to claim through them; andfor all other unknown persons withany right, title, or interest in and tothe real estate that is the subject ofthis foreclosure action, was filed inthe Office of the Clerk of Court forSumter County on the 8th day ofNovember, 2018.

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TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEENYEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S)UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OFAGE AND THE PERSON WITHWHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDESAND/OR TO PERSONS UNDERSOME LEGAL DISABILITY:

YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONEDAND NOTIFIED to apply for theappointment of a Guardian Ad Litemto represent said minor(s) withinthirty (30) days after the service ofthis Summons upon you. If you fail todo so, application for suchappointment will be made by thePlaintiff(s) herein. Columbia, SouthCarolina 10/26/18

NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANTSABOVE NAMED: YOU WILLPLEASE TAKE NOTICE that theSummons and Complaint, of whichthe foregoing is a copy of theSummons, were filed with the Clerkof Court for Clarendon County, SouthCarolina on August 24, 2018.Columbia, South Carolina 10/26/18

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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THATpursuant to the South CarolinaSupreme Court AdministrativeOrder 2011-05-02-01, you may have aright to Foreclosure Intervention. Tobe considered for any availableForeclosure Intervention, you maycommunicate with and otherwisedeal with the Plaintiff through itslaw firm, Rogers Townsend andThomas, PC. Rogers Townsend andThomas, PC represents the Plaintiffin this action. Our law firm does notrepresent you. Under our ethicalrules, we are prohibited from givingyou any legal advice. You mustsubmit any requests for ForeclosureIntervention consideration within 30days from the date you are servedwith this Notice.

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Nut tart is surprisingly easy to prepare

BY AMERICA’S TEST KITCHENThis elegant nut tart is surprisingly easy

to prepare, thanks to the very simple filling. For the filling, we used a pecan pie base but swapped in walnuts, reduced the amount of sugar and added a hefty amount of vanilla as well as a hit of bourbon (or rum).

The liquor cuts through the sweetness and intensifies the flavor of the nuts. We found that it’s important to add the filling to a warm pie crust as this helps keep the crust from getting soggy. Pecans can be substitut-ed for the walnuts if desired.

While regular pie crust is tender and flaky, classic tart crust should be fine tex-tured, buttery rich, crisp and crumbly — it is often described as being shortbread-like. We set out to achieve the perfect tart dough, one that we could use in a number of tart recipes. We found that using a stick of but-ter made tart dough that tasted great and was easy to handle, yet still had a delicate crumb. Instead of using the hard-to-find su-perfine sugar and pastry flour that many other recipes call for, we used confectioners’ sugar and all-purpose flour to achieve a crisp texture. Rolling the dough and fitting it into the tart pan was easy, and we had ample dough to patch any holes.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESSRustic Walnut Tart is easy to prepare and elegant enough to serve at any meal or at the holidays.

Dessert uses bourbon to intensify flavors of other ingredients

RUSTIC WALNUT TARTServings: 8Start to finish: 2 hours, 25 minutes (Active time: 25 minutes)

1 recipe Classic Tart Dough (recipe follows)1/2 cup packed (3 1/2 ounces) light brown sugar1/3 cup light corn syrup4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled1 tablespoon bourbon or dark rum2 teaspoons vanilla extract1/2 teaspoon salt1 large egg1 3/4 cups walnuts, chopped coarse

Roll dough into 11-inch circle on lightly floured counter. Loosely roll dough around rolling pin, and gently unroll it onto 9-inch tartpan with removable bottom, letting excess dough hang over edge. Lift dough, and gently press it into corners and fluted sides of pan. Run rolling pin over top of pan to remove any excess dough. Wrap loosely in plastic, place on large plate, and freeze until dough is fully chilled and firm, about 30 minutes.

Adjust oven rack to middle position, and heat oven to 375 F. Line chilled crust with double layer of aluminum foil, covering edges to prevent burning, and fill with pie weights. Bake until tart shell is golden and set, about 30 minutes. Carefully re-move weights and foil, and continue to bake until tart shell is fully baked and golden brown, 5 to 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, whisk sugar, corn syrup, butter, bourbon, vanil-la and salt together in large bowl until sugar dissolves. Whisk in egg until combined. Pour filling into warm tart shell, and sprinkle with walnuts, pressing them into the filling. Bake until filling is set and walnuts begin to brown, 30 to 40 min-

utes, rotating sheet halfway through baking.Let tart cool on sheet to room temperature, about 2 hours.

To serve, remove outer metal ring of tart pan, slide thin metal spatula between tart and tart pan bottom, and carefully slide tart onto serving platter or cutting board. Serve with whipped cream, if using.

Classic Tart Dough:Makes enough for one 9-inch tartStart to finish: 1 hour 25 minutes (Active time: 15 minutes)

1 large egg yolk1 tablespoon heavy cream1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract1 1/4 cups (6 1/4 ounces) all-purpose flour2/3 cup (2 2/3 ounces) confectioners’ sugar1/4 teaspoon salt8 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into 1/4-inch pieces and

chilled

Whisk egg yolk, cream and vanilla together in bowl. Process flour, sugar and salt together in food processor until com-bined, about 5 seconds. Scatter butter over top, and pulse until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal, about 15 pulses. With machine running, add egg mixture and continue to pro-cess until dough just comes together around processor blade, about 12 seconds.

Turn dough onto sheet of plastic wrap, and flatten into 6-inch disk. Wrap tightly, and refrigerate for 1 hour. Before rolling dough out, let it sit on counter to soften slightly, about 10 minutes.Nutrition information per serving: 554 calories; 321 calories from fat; 36 g fat (13 g saturated; 1 g trans fats); 98 mg cholesterol; 244 mg sodium; 54 g carbohydrate; 2 g fiber; 35 g sugar; 7 g protein.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESSMushroom Cornbread Stuffing can be cooked in the bird or in a pan.

Add mushrooms to cornbread stuffing

So, what do you say, dressing or stuffing?

Technically, it’s dressing if it’s cooked in a pan and stuffing if it’s cooked inside the bird. However, which word you choose seems to have more to do with where you come from: Midwestern or Southern folks often call it dressing, regardless

of where it’s cooked, and North-easterners lean toward the term stuffing, even if it never saw the inside of the turkey.

You can certainly cook this stuffing in the turkey if you want, but I rather love it in a pan, so the top gets crispy and browned. Or do a little of each method if your gang is divided.

Crumbling the cornbread and letting it sit out for a day allows it to dry slightly, which prevents

the stuffing/dressing from bak-ing up heavy and possibly soggy. The somewhat dried cornbread will then be able to soak up the moisture and flavor of the rest of the ingredients and stay on the lighter side.

The types of mushrooms you can use in this recipe are limit-less. You can also mix in some browned and crumbled sausage or some crumbled crispy bacon or pancetta for extra flavor.

BY KATIE WORKMANThe Associated Press

MUSHROOM CORNBREAD STUFFINGServings: 10Start to finish: 1 hour 30 minutes (not including baking, crumbling and drying the cornbread)

4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter1 1/2 cups chopped onions1 cup chopped celery1 cup chopped carrots1 pound button mushrooms, trimmed and chopped1/2 pound shiitake mushrooms, trimmed and chopped1 teaspoon finely minced garlic2 teaspoons fresh thyme or sage leaves or 1 teaspoon

dried thyme or sageCoarse or kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

to taste1/4 cup dry white wine1 9-by-9-inch pan cornbread, crumbled (about 7 cups)

and left to sit on a baking sheet for one day1 to 1 1/2 cups low-sodium chicken or vegetable broth1/4 cup cream

Preheat oven to 400 F. Butter 9-by-13-inch baking pan.In a large, deep skillet, melt the butter over medium

heat. Add the onions, celery, carrots, mushrooms, garlic and thyme or sage. Season with salt and pepper, and saute everything until all the liquid is evaporated (the mushrooms will release liquid as they start to cook) and the vegetables are all tender and lightly browned, about 10 to 12 minutes. Add the wine, and saute for another couple of minutes until it is almost evaporated.

In a large bowl, place the crumbled cornbread, and drizzle over it 1 cup of the broth and the cream (feel free also to drizzle up to 1/2 cup of turkey drippings if available and desired). Toss well. Add the vegetables, and toss to combine. If the mixture still seems dry, add in as much as another 1/2 cup of the chicken broth.

Turn the mixture into the prepared baking pan, and cover with foil. Bake for 20 minutes, then remove the foil and bake for another 30 minutes or so until the stuffing is cooked through and the top is browned and crispy.Nutrition information per serving: 280 calories; 122 calories from fat; 14 g fat (7 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 20 mg cholesterol; 540 mg sodium; 33 g carbohydrate; 2 g fiber; 5 g sugar; 7 g protein.

bizarro

beetle bailey born loser

mother goose dog eat doug

andy capp garfield

blondie zits

dilbert

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hoW to play:Each row, column and set of 3-by-3 boxes must contain the numbers 1 through 9 without repetition.

jeff macnelly’s shoe

the daily crossWord puzzle

ACROSS1 Plane engine

housing4 Hindu

philosophy10 “Don’t leave”14 Previously15 Signals for

firefighters16 Only state

with a non-rectangular flag

17 Big beverage server

18 Church official

20 “I’m game!”22 Business

abbr.23 Singer Mann24 Vermont

senator since 2007

28 Gambling city on the Truckee

29 Golden Delicious, e.g.

30 Hosp. recovery area

32 Prepared33 Add to the

staff37 With

39-Across, seed money ... or what 18-, 24-, 48- and 58-Across each has

39 See 37-Across41 Jedi master

with pointy ears

42 Twaddle44 Business

losses, figuratively

45 Biting desert lizards

47 Buddhist temple bell

48 “Thus with a kiss I die” speaker

53 Amazon Echo’s voice assistant

54 Youthful fellow

55 Difficult journey

58 Baked pasta dish

62 “__ you alone?”

63 Flood-anticipation precaution, briefly

64 Was nearly empty

65 Fabric flaw

66 Dollars for quarters

67 Word from a poser

68 Thus far

DOWN1 Folklore

lumberjack Bunyan

2 Fantasy meanie

3 “Chin up!”4 Touch

lightly

5 Harlem Renaissance writer Locke

6 C.S. Lewis’ fantasy world

7 Bench press beneficiary

8 White House’s 132: Abbr.

9 Firepit detritus

10 Three-dimensional

11 __ park12 Broadcaster13 Oxen

connectors19 Stick for a

walk21 Nissan sedan25 Ginger or

ginseng26 Builder’s

guideline, briefly

27 Ring exchange place

28 __-Rooter

30 “Gangnam Style” musician

31 Festival in the month of Adar

33 Holed up34 Travel plan35 Hit the bell36 Caribou

cousin38 Sport for

equestrians40 Simon who

co-wrote and co-starred in “Shaun of the Dead”

43 Sun worshiper’s mark

45 Nanny __46 Bread or

butter48 Not so well-

done49 Salade niçoise

morsel50 Fox of

C.C. Burnikel

Previous Puzzle Solved

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAMEBy David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

PREVIOUS SOLUTION

11/21/18

Wallace the braVe

Gamer booted from house shames dad on FacebookDEAR ABBY — My 23-year-old son does not want to work and spends all his time playing video games. He’s ob-sessed with them. He dis-respects my house — and me — by not

cleaning his room.

I don’t know what to do. He’s my son, but he is a user and feels he’s entitled to live here. He pays no bills and blows all his money on gam-ing. He quits every job he has. I love him and kicked him out once, but he got on Facebook and told people what bad par-ents we are.

All he says is he wants to be happy. I think he’s out of touch with reality. He has no place to go if I kick him out. What do I do?

Dad who’s had it in Ohio

DEAR DAD — Your son is an adult, even if he doesn’t act like one. Give him a deadline to find another place to crash — perhaps with a roommate — and be out of there. If he says he has no money, re-member that he comes up with money to “blow.”

It will take backbone to stand your ground, but you must not make your decisions and live your life based on what your son will post about you on Facebook. People often vent and exaggerate on social media. Your son is living in an altered reality because you have allowed it. If he isn’t

forced to stand on his own two feet, he never will.

DEAR READERS — Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and no Thanksgiving would be com-plete without sharing the tra-ditional prayer penned by my dear late mother:

Oh, Heavenly Father, We thank Thee for food and

remember the hungry. We thank Thee for health

and remember the sick. We thank Thee for friends

and remember the friendless. We thank Thee for freedom

and remember the enslaved. May these remembrances

stir us to service. That Thy gifts to us may be

used for others. Amen.Have a safe and happy cele-

bration, everyone! Love, ABBY

Dear AbbyABIGAIL VAN BUREN

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bizarro

beetle bailey born loser

mother goose dog eat doug

andy capp garfield

blondie zits

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jumble sudoku

hoW to play:Each row, column and set of 3-by-3 boxes must contain the numbers 1 through 9 without repetition.

jeff macnelly’s shoe

the daily crossWord puzzle

ACROSS1 Electrically

flexible5 Mammals

who hold hands while sleeping

11 Cy Young Award stat

14 “So gross”15 Persona non

grata16 Hula hoop?17 “Shake It Up”

star who won a 2015 Teen Choice Award for her role in “The DUFF”

19 __ Bernardino20 Helicopter

part21 Mineral suffix22 Crackerjack24 All ears26 Sport-__27 “Monster”

Oscar winner

34 Yellow Teletubby

35 Rower’s need

36 Like old records

37 Returns home?

38 Blush or flush

41 ATM maker42 Thick fog44 Narc’s org.45 Element used

in atomic clocks

47 Another name for the Romanov Empire

50 Lay unused51 A/C units52 “’Sup, homie”55 “Ballers”

network57 Gets rid of61 Binary digit62 Masked hero

who partners with Kato

65 Feel badly about

66 Income recipient

67 Avis adjective68 Medium

strength?69 Arm-twisting70 “Son of

Frankenstein” role

DOWN1 This ans. is

one2 Ancient

queen, familiarly

3 Bench press muscle

4 __ hydrate: sedative

5 Decide6 South Pacific

island7 Easy pace8 Word on an

Irish euro9 Hightailed it10 Tight-fitting

dress

11 “Is there something __?”

12 Cut the crop13 “If it __

broke ... ”18 Where Noah

landed23 Consider25 Strong

praise26 Netherlands

city near Amsterdam

27 Billiards bounce

28 Invites to the skybox

29 Divided into districts

30 Corn unit31 Masterless

samurai32 Perfectly

timed33 It’s to be

expected34 Actress

Virna

39 Stephen who plays Inspector Bucket on “Dickensian”

40 “Talk Dirty” singer Jason

43 100 centavos46 “A thousand

pardons”48 Uneven49 Sizzler

choices52 Knight times53 Obligation54 Like a basso

profundo voice

55 Berlin mister56 N.B. part58 Glitch59 Architect

Saarinen60 Have the lead63 “This Is India”

novelist Santha Rama __

64 Billing nos.

Robin Stears

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PREVIOUS SOLUTION

11/22/18

Wallace the braVe

DEAR ABBY — Our family went away for a two-week vacation. One of my co-workers sug-gested I hire her daughter to stay in our home and take care of our pets and plants in our

absence. The daughter is 20 years old and a student. We agreed upon a gen-erous payment and paid her as soon as we got home.

Everything was fine, except our stockpile of Costco items (granola bars and juice boxes) out in the garage was nearly depleted. When I asked her about it, she texted me back al-most in a joking way that she

had helped herself and meant to replenish the supply, but it had slipped her mind. She had also “borrowed” a couple of items from our home she for-got to return (blow-dryer, a game and our wine glasses), but returned them once it was brought to her attention.

I was happy just to come home to my plants and ani-mals being alive and our house in one piece. My husband, on the other hand, was not. He suggested I inform my co-worker that I won’t be hiring her daughter again because she was very unprofessional. What is your opinion on the matter?

House-sitting in the East

DEAR HOUSE-SITTING — I agree with your husband. Although the daughter isn’t a profession-al house-sitter, she should not

have taken items from your home without permission or without informing you about what she had “borrowed.” And if she was not given permis-sion to help herself to the goodies in your garage, she should have left them where they were or offered to com-pensate you for them upon your return. I suppose the omission could be chalked up to immaturity, but I do think it should be mentioned.Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Good advice for everyone — teens to se-niors — is in “The Anger in All of Us and How to Deal With It.” To order, send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $7 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby, Anger Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. (Shipping and han-dling are included in the price.)

Student earns failing grade as vacation house-sitter

Dear AbbyABIGAIL VAN BUREN

C3 | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2018 THURSDAY COMICS THE SUMTER ITEM

BY KEVIN McDONOUGHAs families gather for

Thanksgiving, Nickelodeon offers a silly treat with intergenerational appeal. Former “Kenan & Kel” stars Kel Mitchell and Kenan Thompson return to Nick for a repeat match on a special episode of “Double Dare” (8 p.m., TV-G).

Actress and digital star Liza Koshy serves as host, with original host Marc Summers along for color commentary. Look for Lori Beth Denberg (“All That”) as well.

Aimed at kids, the green slime-centric obstacle course game show has been around long enough to have entertained many of today’s parents. “Double Dare” premiered on Oct. 6, 1986. Summers hosted the series’ original run until it went off the air in 1993. At the time, it was one of the most popular original daily programs on cable television.

• Proof that not every bird is a butterball arrives on “NOVA” (9 p.m., PBS, check local listings). If asked to bet on the world’s fastest animal, many might suggest some swift jungle cat. But the prize goes to the peregrine falcon, capable of diving at nearly 200 mph — nearly three times the speed of a sprinting cheetah.

“NOVA” explores how the falcon was driven to near extinction by the use of the DDT pesticide, but has since flourished on every continent. It seems equally at home in the wild and perched atop urban skyscrapers. We follow three native Chicago falcons from birth (or rather hatching) as they take their first awkward adolescent flights and eventually learn the skills that make them some of the world’s best hunters.

• “Mysteries at the Museum” (9 p.m., Travel, TV-PG) travels to Dallas to recall the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, 55 years ago tomorrow. Host Don Wildman pours over files in hopes of finding any new evidence or information pertaining to one of the most investigated and obsessed-about murders of the 20th century.

TONIGHT’S HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS

• The gang breaks bread at Charlie Brown’s ping-pong table on the 1973 special “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-G).

• Facing the holidays for the first time without the grandmother who passed down her traditions, a woman finds a special someone in the 2018 romance “Reunited at Christmas” (8 p.m., Hallmark, TV-G).

• An overscheduled San Francisco executive inherits a cozy hotel in Alaska in the 2018 fantasy “My Christmas Inn” (8 p.m., Lifetime, TV-PG).

• “A Saturday Night Live Thanksgiving” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-14) presents original sketches as well as vintage clips.

• A struggling flower shop owner falls for a rival florist in the 2018 holiday romance “A Christmas Arrangement” (10:03 p.m., Lifetime, TV-14).

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS

• Anticipate the big day with FYI’s “Duck Dynasty” (6 p.m. to 5 a.m. Thursday, TV-PG) marathon.

• The Lyons pick up the pieces on “Empire” (8 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14).

• Ryan Seacrest hosts night one of the iHeartRadio Music Festival (8 p.m., CW, r, TV-PG).

• The series “Sinking Cities” (10 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings) concludes with an examination of how the citizens of Miami are preparing for rising sea levels.

• Not even the Bishop’s endorsement carries the day for Lady Mae on the season finale of “Greenleaf” (10 p.m., OWN, TV-14).

SERIES NOTEUndercover at a posh resort

on “SEAL Team” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14) * Jay’s holiday toast leaves some feeling blue on

“Modern Family” (9 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG) * On two helpings of “Single Parents” (ABC, r, TV-PG), Will needs an intervention (9:30 p.m.), sleepover drama (10:30 p.m.) * A double homicide in New Hampshire on “Criminal Minds” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14) * Beverly’s holiday dinner is for the birds on “The Goldbergs” (10

p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG).

LATE NIGHTConnie Britton, George R.R.

Martin and Emma Willmann appear on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (11:35 p.m., CBS) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes Tim Allen, Sophia the Robot and Meek Mill on “The Tonight

Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Daniel Radcliffe, Arjen Lubach and Antoni Porowski visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) * Michael B. Jordan and Eddie Redmayne appear on “The Late Late Show With James Corden” (12:35 a.m., CBS).

Copyright 2018United Feature Syndicate

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WIS * 3 10WIS News 10 at 7 (N)

Entertainment Tonight (N)

Hollywood Game Night “Pop Goes the Game Night” (Season Premiere) A night of wacky, wonderful games. (N)

Saturday Night Live “A Saturday Night Live Thanksgiving” Popular Thanksgiv-ing-themed sketches. (N)

WIS News 10 at 11 (N)

(:34) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Tim Allen; Sophia the Robot; Meek Mill. (N)

WLTX 3 9 9News 19 at 7pm (N) Inside Edition (N) Survivor “Breadth-First Search” (N) (:01) SEAL Team “Parallax” Jason and

Mandy go under cover. (N) Criminal Minds “Ashley” A double homi-cide and kidnapping. (N) (DVS)

News 19 at 11pm (N)

(:35) The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Connie Britton; George R.R. Martin. (N)

WOLO 9 5 12Wheel of Fortune “Thanksgiving” (N)

Jeopardy! (N) A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Animat-ed. The Peanuts gather for an unusual feast.

Modern Family Jay toasts family successes.

(:31) Single Parents “Pilot” (DVS)

The Goldbergs “A Wall Street Thanks-giving”

Single Parents “Sleepover Ready” (DVS)

ABC Columbia News at 11 (N)

(:35) Jimmy Kimmel Live

WRJA ; 11 14Carolina Class-rooms “Science and Technology”

Expeditions With Patrick McMillan

Nature “Dogs in the Land of Lions” An African wild dog family. (N) (DVS)

NOVA “World’s Fastest Animal” The peregrine falcon. (N) (DVS)

Sinking Cities “Miami” (Series Finale) Protecting Miami from hurricanes. (N)

Amanpour and Company (N) Nature An African wild dog family. (DVS)

WACH Y 6 6The Big Bang Theory “The Bow Tie Asymmetry”

The Big Bang Theory “Pilot”

Empire “Steal From the Thief” Cookie eyes a talented new singer. (DVS)

Star “Secrets & Lies” Star returns home from touring. (DVS)

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

WKTC Ø 4 22Last Man Standing “Thanksgiving”

Last Man Standing “Shadowboxing”

iHeartRadio Music Festival Night 1: Highlights of the event in Las Vegas. Dateline “The Night Lynsie Disappeared” A cold-case investigator helps police.

Dateline “Secrets in the Mist” A young mom vanishes.

The Game Malik proclaims his love to Robin.

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“Talking in Cody”(:32) Storage Wars “Om Sweet Om”

(:04) Storage Wars (:34) Storage Wars (12:03) Storage Wars

AMC 48 180 (6:30) ››“Mr. & Mrs. Smith” (2005, Action) Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Vince Vaughn. A husband and wife are assassins for rival organizations.

The Little Drummer Girl “Episodes 5 & 6” (Series Finale) Charlie prepares for her finale. (N) (Part 3 of 3) (:40) The Little Drummer Girl “Episodes 5 & 6” Charlie prepares for her finale.

ANPL 41 100 Tanked “Fish-a-Palooza” Tanked: Sea-Lebrity Edition “Knockout Tanks” Fighters seek knockout tanks. Tanked “The Fast and the Fishiest” Tanked “Keyshia Cole’s Dream Tank” Tanked: Sea

BET 61 162 (4:57) ››“The Five Heartbeats” (1991, Musical) Robert Townsend, Leon.

Martin “You’ve Got a Friend”

Martin “Kill Him With Kindness”

Martin “Blackboard Jungle Fever”

Martin “Got to Be There”

Martin “Whoomp! There It Ain’t”

Martin “Holiday Blues”

Martin “Homeo and Juliet”

Martin “The Tooth Will Set You Free”

Hustle in Brooklyn “Ain’t Got Time”

BRAVO 47 181The Real Housewives of New Jersey Melissa celebrates her birthday.

The Real Housewives of New Jersey Dolores hosts a hatchet-throwing party.

The Real Housewives of New Jersey The ladies visit a cattle ranch. (N)

The Real Housewives of Dallas LeeAnne claims Brandi stole her phone.

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The Real Housewives of New Jersey The ladies visit a cattle ranch.

CNBC 35 84 Shark Tank Shark Tank An elegant lighting solution. Shark Tank Deal or No Deal: Back in Business Deal or No Deal: Casting Call Undercover CNN 3 80 Erin Burnett OutFront (N) Anderson Cooper 360 (N) The History of Comedy The History of Comedy The History of Comedy Hist.-Comedy

COM 57 136(6:50) South Park “Sarcastaball”

(:25) South Park “Crème Fraiche”

South Park “Starvin’ Marvin”

South Park South Park “Red Man’s Greed”

South Park South Park BoJack Horseman “Horse Majeure”

The Daily Show With Trevor Noah

(:31) The Office “Business Ethics”

(12:01) South Park “Goobacks”

DISN 18 200Raven’s Home Raven’s Home Raven’s Home

(Part 1 of 3) Raven’s Home (Part 2 of 3)

Raven’s Home (Part 3 of 3)

Raven’s Home Raven’s Home Raven’s Home Raven’s Home Raven’s Home Bizaardvark

DSC 42 103 Expedition Unknown “City of Gold” Expedition Unknown Expedition Unknown “Shangri-La” Shangri-La search continues. Expedition Unknown “Mahogany Ship” Expedition Un. ESPN 26 35 NBA Countdown (N) (Live) NBA Basketball Los Angeles Lakers at Cleveland Cavaliers. From Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. NBA Basketball Oklahoma City Thunder at Golden State Warriors. (N) ESPN2 27 39 College Basketball NIT Season Tip-Off -- Marquette vs Kansas. Second semifinal. (N) (Live) College Basketball Battle 4 Atlantis -- Virginia vs Middle Tennessee State. (N) College Basketball FOOD 40 109 Guy’s Grocery Games Guy’s Grocery Games Guy’s Grocery Games Thanksgiving Cake Spectacular Chopped Thanksgiving-themed rounds. Guy’s Games 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 (6:30) ›››“Brave” (2012) Voices of Kelly Macdonald. Animat-ed. A Scottish princess must undo a beastly curse.

›››“Zootopia” (2016, Children’s) Voices of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Shakira. Animated. Police rabbit Judy Hopps joins forces with a wily fox.

The 700 Club ››“Happy Gilm-ore” (1996)

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

HALL 52 183(6:00) “It’s Christmas, Eve” (2018, Dra-ma) LeAnn Rimes, Tyler Hynes.

“Reunited at Christmas” (2018, Drama) Beverley Breuer, Candus Churchill, Glynis Davies. Premiere. Sam is facing her first Christmas without Nana.

“Christmas at Graceland” (2018, Romance) Kellie Pickler, Wes Brown, Rhoda Griffis. A mom is thrown for a loop when she bumps into an old flame.

“Miss Christmas” (2017)

HGTV 39 112 Property Brothers Property Brothers Property Brothers: Buying & Selling (N) House Hunters (N) Hunters Int’l Property Brothers Buying and Selling HIST 45 110 Forged in Fire “Viking Edition” Forged in Fire: Bladesgiving Forged in Fire “The Bardiche” (N) (:03) Forged in Fire: Knife or Death (N) (:05) Brothers in Arms (DVS) Forged in Fire

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Blue Bloods “Legacy” Danny investigates a man’s death. (DVS)

Blue Bloods “Close Calls” Jimmy is forced to take down mobsters.

Blue Bloods A mom speaks out about her son’s murder. (DVS)

Blue Bloods Danny and Baez must find a missing girl. (DVS)

Blue Bloods “Your Six” (DVS)

LIFE 50 145(6:00) “The Flight Before Christmas” (2015) Mayim Bialik.

“My Christmas Inn” (2018, Drama) Tia Mowry-Hardrict, Rob Mayes, Jackée Harry. Premiere. A woman from San Francisco inherits a cozy inn in Alaska.

(:03) “A Christmas Arrangement” (2018) Nicky Whelan, Miles Fisher, Daphne Zuni-ga. Premiere. A struggling flower shop owner joins a holiday floral show.

(12:01) “My Christ-mas Inn” (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 Henry Danger Double Dare (N) SpongeBob SpongeBob Friends Friends Friends Friends Friends PARMT 64 153 Mom Mom Bar Rescue A historical landmark bar. Bar Rescue A Cape Canaveral area bar. Bar Rescue “Phishing for Answers” Bar Rescue “Put It on Cody’s Tab” Bar Rescue

SYFY 58 152 (5:30) ››“Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” (2011, Adventure) Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz.

›››“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” (2001, Children’s) Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson. J.K. Rowling’s student wizard has his first adventure. (DVS)

“Harry Pot-ter-Chamber”

TBS 24 156Bob’s Burgers (DVS)

Bob’s Burgers “The Hurt Soccer”

The Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang Theory

Full Frontal With Samantha Bee

Full Frontal With Samantha Bee

›“Killers” (2010, Action) Ashton Kutcher, Katherine Heigl. (DVS)

TCM 49 186 (5:45) ›››“Rosalie” (1937, Musical) Nelson Eddy, Eleanor Powell.

›››“The Great McGinty” (1940, Comedy) Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus, Akim Tamiroff.

›››“Annie Get Your Gun” (1950, Musical) Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Cal-hern. Irving Berlin’s musical about sharpshooter Annie Oakley.

›››“The Man Who Came to Dinner” (1941, Comedy) Monty Woolley.

TLC 43 157 My 600-Lb. Life “Angel’s Story” My 600-Lb. Life “Doug’s Story” Sneaking food is Doug’s last vice. Family by the Ton My 600-Lb. Life “Ashley D.’s Story” My 600-Lb. Life

TNT 23 158 (5:30) ››“The Next Three Days” (2010) Russell Crowe. (DVS)

››“London Has Fallen” (2016, Action) Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart. A Secret Service agent must save the captive U.S. president. (DVS)

››“Olympus Has Fallen” (2013, Action) Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman. A disgraced agent must rescue the president. (DVS)

Bones Fragments.

TRUTV 38 129 Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Comedy Knockout Comedy Knockout Impractical Jokers TV LAND 55 161 M*A*S*H “George” (:36) M*A*S*H (:12) Everybody Loves Raymond Love-Raymond Love-Raymond Two and Half Men Two and Half Men King of Queens King of Queens King of Queens

USA 25 132 (5:00) ›››“Harry Potter and the Death-ly Hallows: Part 1” (2010)

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Real Country Guests Big & Rich join the panel. (DVS)

Real Country “Hit-ting the Road”

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Entertainment Tonight (N)

(:15) NFL Football Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints. New Orleans hosts Atlanta. The Falcons last featured in the Thanksgiving Day slate of games in 2007 when they hosted the Colts. Indianapolis won that game 31-13. The Saints’ last appearance was in 2010 when they beat the Cowboys 30-27 on the road. (N) (Live)

WIS News 10 at 11 (N)

(12:05) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (N)

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

Theory (DVS)(:31) Young Sheldon Sheldon is bullied. (DVS)

(:01) The Big Bang Theory Sheldon auditions for a role.

Murphy Brown Murphy cooks for Thanksgiving. (N)

S.W.A.T. “Ghosts” The team hunts for a serial killer.

News 19 at 11pm (N)

(:35) The Late Show With Stephen Col-bert Lin-Manuel Miranda; Brooke Baldwin.

WOLO 9 5 12Wheel of Fortune “Thanksgiving” (N)

Jeopardy! (N) 20/20 “Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic -- A Special Edition of 20/20” A look at “Mary Poppins Returns.” (N)

Meghan’s New Life: The Real Princess Diaries: Meghan Markle’s new life as a duchess.

I’m Coming Home: Celebrities visit their childhood homes.

ABC Columbia News at 11 (N)

(:35) Jimmy Kimmel Live

WRJA ; 11 14Rick Steves’ Eu-rope The pros and cons of cruising.

Palmetto Scene By The River Carolina Stories “Just A Game” South Carolina’s Super Bowl of football, Clemson vs. USC, through the years.

(:16) Jamestown Temperance receives a letter.

(:02) Poldark on Masterpiece Ross returns to Cornwall.

Amanpour and Company (N) The This Old House Hour

WACH Y 6 6NFL Football: Redskins at Cow-boys

NFL on FOX Post-game (N) (Live)

MasterChef Junior: Celebrity Showdown: Celebrities compete for charity. (DVS) WACH FOX News at 10 (N) (Live) Sports Zone To Be Announced

WKTC Ø 4 22Last Man Standing Eve spurns a holiday tradition.

Last Man Standing Mike must act like a boss, not a dad.

iHeartRadio Music Festival Night 2: Highlights of the event in Las Vegas. The Good Wife “Unplugged” The winner of the competition.

The Good Wife “Hybristophilia” Alicia defends an accused wife killer.

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››“Paul Blart: Mall Cop” (2009, Comedy) Kevin James, Jayma Mays. Premiere. A security officer confronts bad guys at a suburban New Jersey mall.

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DISN 18 200Coop & Cami Ask the World

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“Zombies” (2018) Milo Manheim, Meg Donnelly. Suburban high schoolers learn to coexist with zombies.

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THE SUMTER ITEM THURSDAY TELEVISION WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2018 | C5

Does anybody really want a ‘cool’ Santa Claus?BY KEVIN McDONOUGH

Happy Thanksgiving. Those of us who write about television have much to be thankful for. Though I don’t have many opportunities to express it, I am grateful for you, my faithful readers, without whom this humble column would have no purpose.

We can also be grateful for a television medium that continually reinvents itself. Ten years ago, few would have predicted the abundance of new programming, good, bad, excellent and forgettable, produced by streaming services as well as traditional networks and cable outlets.

While we’re on the subject of product, Netflix has chosen Thanksgiving to debut its lavish and energetic holiday movie “The Christmas Chronicles” (TV-PG). While it boasts the production efforts of Chris Columbus (“Home Alone,” the “Harry Potter” franchise) and plenty of special effects, its story also contains some ancient chestnuts.

Santa (Kurt Russell) rules over a steampunk Christmas village, complete with a vast card catalog listing all things naughty and nice. Like countless holiday movies, Christmas is in crisis. As we saw in “Elf,” Santa and his sleigh run aground in the big city, where urban tykes exchange their cynicism for wide-eyed wonder as the jolly St. Nick demonstrates the tricks of his trade. Along the way, the big guy behaves like a cool, if somewhat arrogant, “dad” and has time to perform a James Brown number as well.

It’s a fools’ game to predict the “future” of holiday movies or consider which ones will become classics. I’d file this one in the group of bloated and overproduced efforts, somewhere between the Jim Carrey desecration of “The Grinch” and the widely unloved 1985 epic “Santa Claus: The Movie” (2:30 p.m., CMT).

• When did Thanksgiving become a day about celebrating celebrities?

Fox offers “MasterChef Junior: Celebrity Showdown” (8 p.m., TV-PG). Martha Stewart

joins host Gordon Ramsay to preside over a panel including Terrence Howard, Eric Stonestreet, Alyson Hannigan, and NFL legends Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith as they compete for charity.

Over on ABC, “I’m Coming Home” (10 p.m.) follows Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth, country music singer Jake Owen and “Shark Tank” entrepreneur Daymond John as they return to their hometowns.

Gee whiz, famous people have families, too! Tyler Perry and Tiffany Haddish also share holiday memories. Produced by Whoopi Goldberg.

No network has been more energetic about blending celebrity and royalty than ABC. “Meghan’s New Life: The Real Princess Diaries” (9 p.m., ABC) follows a former “Suits” star in her new job.

• Marathons include a holiday binge of “The Simpsons” (8 p.m. to midnight, FXX, TV-PG). IFC begins a 24-hour “Pee-wee’s Playhouse”

(6 a.m., TV-Y7) festival. WGN offers a six-hour helping of “Last Man Standing” (7 p.m.).

Netflix drops the entire second season of its “Mystery Science Theater 3000” reboot just in time to celebrate the goofy franchise’s 30th anniversary.

In other streaming news, CBS All Access streams the entire second season of its police comedy “No Activity.”

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS

• John O’Hurley hosts The National Dog Show (noon, NBC), with commentary by David Frei.

• “20/20” interviews the cast and crew of “Mary Poppins Returns” (8 p.m., ABC), premiering next month.

• The New Orleans Saints host the Atlanta Falcons in “Thursday Night Football” (8:15 p.m., NBC).

• A prince invites a onetime professional ice skater to spend “Christmas at the Palace” (8 p.m., Hallmark).

• A newly single woman resists returning home for the holidays in the 2018 romance “The Christmas Contract” (8 p.m., Lifetime).

CULT CHOICEChuck Jones directs the

cartoon portions of the 1970 live-action-animation adaptation of “The Phantom Tollbooth” (8:15 a.m., TCM), featuring the voice of Mel Blanc and starring Butch Patrick (“The Munsters”).

SERIES NOTES“Football Night in America”

(8 p.m., NBC) * On two helpings of “The Big Bang Theory” (CBS, r, TV-PG), the honeymooners (8 p.m.), Sheldon’s audition (9 p.m.) * Ryan Seacrest hosts the second night of the iHeartRadio Music Festival (8 p.m., CW, r, TV-PG) * There’s no smart way to confront a bully on “Young Sheldon” (8:30 p.m., CBS, r, TV-PG) * Murphy’s Thanksgiving

cooking leaves guests nervous on “Murphy Brown” (9:30 p.m., CBS, TV-PG) * A killer returns from the dead on “S.W.A.T.” (10 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14).

LATE NIGHTLin-Manuel Miranda,

Brooke Baldwin and Laura Benanti are booked on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (11:35 p.m., CBS, r) * Anthony Anderson, Sebastian Stan and Jeff Goldblum appear on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (11:35 p.m., ABC, r) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes Jerry Seinfeld, Brian Regan and Robert Irwin on “The Tonight Show” (12:05 a.m., NBC) * Tracey Ullman, Henry Golding and Madison Beer appear on “The Late Late Show With James Corden” (12:35 a.m., CBS, r) * Josh, Hilary and Larry Meyers visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (1:08 a.m., NBC).

Copyright 2018United Feature Syndicate

MICHAEL GIBSON / NETFLIXKurt Russell stars as Santa Claus in “The Christmas Chronicles,” now streaming on Netflix.

C6 | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2018 FOOD THE SUMTER ITEM

BY AMERICA'S TEST KITCHENBaked Brie topped with jam or fruit is popular for good

reason. When the cheese is warmed, it becomes rich and gooey, and pairing it with sweet fruit brings out the savory notes in the cheese.

For sweet and creamy flavor in every bite, we reengi-neered the traditional whole wheel of baked Brie by trim-ming off the rind (which doesn't melt that well) and slicing the cheese into cubes. This allowed our honey-apricot mix-ture to be evenly distributed throughout this deconstructed version of the dish, not just spooned on top.

Baking the cheese in a cast-iron skillet seemed like a no-brainer; since the skillet holds on to heat so well, it keeps the cheese in the ideal luscious, fluid state. We finished the dish with an extra drizzle of honey and some minced chives to reinforce the sweet-savory flavor profile.

Be sure to use a firm, fairly unripe Brie for this recipe. Serve with crackers or Melba toast.

BAKED BRIE WITH HONEYED APRICOTSServings: 8-10Start to finish: 30 minutes

1/4 cup chopped dried apricots1/4 cup honey1 teaspoon minced fresh rosemary1/4 teaspoon salt1/4 teaspoon pepper2 (8-ounce) wheels firm brie cheese, rind removed, cheese cut into

1-inch pieces1 tablespoon minced fresh chivesAdjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 400 F. Micro-

wave apricots, 2 tablespoons honey, rosemary, salt, and pepper in medium bowl until apricots are softened and mixture is fragrant, about 1 minute, stirring halfway through microwaving. Add Brie and toss to combine.

Transfer mixture to 10-inch cast-iron skillet and bake until cheese is melted, 10 to 15 minutes. Drizzle with remaining 2 tablespoons honey and sprinkle with chives. Serve.Nutrition information per serving: 239 calories; 141 calories from fat; 16 g fat (10 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 57 mg cholesterol; 432 mg sodium; 13 g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 13 g sugar; 12 g protein.

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Baked Brie reinvented in a cast-iron skillet

BY AMERICA'S TEST KITCHEN

This foolproof French toast recipe guarantees crisp, custardy slices by keeping things simple. Stale bread is standard, but we got better (and more efficient) results from oven-dried slices.

For the batter, we beat milk, egg yolks, and melt-ed butter for an indulgent coating; brown sugar, va-nilla, and cinnamon added warm, sweet flavors. After soaking the slices in bat-ter, we cooked them over medium-low to gradually impart a golden-brown crust.

Prevent the butter from clumping by warming the milk in the microwave or a

saucepan until warm to the touch (about 80 F). An electric griddle set at 350 F can also be used to cook the French toast, but it

may take an extra 2 to 3 minutes per side. Cook the slices all at once using the entire amount of butter for cooking.

BY AMERICA'S TEST KITCHENEuropean-style dinner rolls are differ-

ent from their rich, tender American cousins. The dough for these rustic rolls is lean and the crumb is open, with a yeasty, savory flavor. But the best part might be their crust — so crisp it practi-cally shatters when you bite into it, yet chewy enough to offer satisfying resis-tance.

It is this crust that keeps European-style dinner rolls in the domain of pro-fessionals, who use steam-injected ovens to expose the developing crust to moisture. We wanted a reliable recipe for rolls as good as any from a Europe-an bakery.

Unfortunately, when we tasted our first batch, we found a dense, bland crumb beneath a leathery crust. The fla-vor was easy enough to improve: We added whole-wheat flour for earthiness (just 3 tablespoons did the trick) and

honey for sweetness. Extra yeast opened the crumb slightly, but it wasn't enough.

The crumb structure of artisan-style loaves is achieved with a wet dough, so we ultimately found success when we upped the hydration of our roll dough. The water created steam during baking, opening up the crumb and making it airier.

For an ultracrisp crust, we came up with a two-step process that mimicked a steam-injected oven: First, we misted the rolls with water before starting them in a cake pan at a high tempera-ture to help set their shape (since the dough was soft, individually baked rolls turned out squat).

Next, we lowered the temperature, pulled the rolls apart, and returned them to the oven on a baking sheet until they were golden on all sides. We do not recommend mixing this dough by hand.

A recipe for rolls as good as any from a European bakery

RUSTIC DINNER ROLLSServings: 16Start to finish: Total time 5 hours (Active time: 30 min-utes)3 cups (16 1/2 ounces) bread flour3 tablespoons whole-wheat flour1 1/2 teaspoons instant or rapid-rise yeast1 1/2 cups plus 1 tablespoon water, room temperature2 teaspoons honey1 1/2 teaspoons salt

Whisk bread flour, whole-wheat flour, and yeast togeth-er in bowl of stand mixer. Whisk water and honey together in 4-cup liquid measuring cup until honey has dissolved.

Using dough hook on low speed, slowly add water mix-ture to flour mixture and mix until cohesive dough starts to form and no dry flour remains, about 2 minutes, scraping down bowl and hook as needed. Cover bowl tightly with plastic wrap and let dough rest for 30 minutes.

Add salt to dough and mix on low speed for 5 minutes. Increase speed to medium and knead until dough is

smooth and slightly sticky, about 1 minute. Transfer dough to lightly greased large bowl or container, cover tightly with plastic, and let rise until doubled in size, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.

Using greased bowl scraper (or your fingertips), fold dough over itself by gently lifting and folding edge of dough toward middle. Turn bowl 90 degrees and fold dough again; repeat turning bowl and folding dough 2 more times (total of 4 folds). Cover tightly with plastic and let rise for 30 minutes. Repeat folding, then cover bowl tightly with plastic and let dough rise until doubled in size, about 30 minutes.

Grease two 9-inch round cake pans. Press down on dough to deflate. Transfer dough to well-floured counter, sprinkle lightly with flour, and divide in half. Stretch each half into even 16-inch log and cut into 8 equal pieces (about 2 ounces each). Using your well-floured hands, gen-tly pick up each piece and roll in your palms to coat with flour, shaking off excess. Arrange rolls in prepared pans, placing one in center and seven around edges, with cut

side facing up and long side of each piece running from center to edge of pan. Cover loosely with greased plastic.

Let rolls rise until nearly doubled in size and dough springs back minimally when poked gently with your knuckle, about 30 minutes.

Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 500 F. Mist rolls with water and bake until tops are brown, about 10 minutes. Remove rolls from oven and reduce oven temperature to 400 F.

Carefully invert rolls out of pans onto baking sheet and let cool slightly. Turn rolls right side up, pull apart, and ar-range evenly on sheet. Continue to bake until deep golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes, rotating sheet halfway through baking. Transfer rolls to wire rack and let cool completely, about 1 hour, before serving.Nutrition information per serving: 101 calories; 4 calories from fat; 0 g fat (0 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 219 mg sodium; 21 g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 1 g sugar; 3 g protein.

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Foolproof French toast recipe yields crisp slices

FRENCH TOASTServings: 4Start to finish: 1 hour8 large slices hearty white sandwich bread or challah1 1/2 cups whole milk, warmed3 large egg yolks3 tablespoons packed light brown sugar2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, plus 2 tablespoons unsalted butter1 tablespoon vanilla extract1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon1/4 teaspoon salt

Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 300 F. Place bread on wire rack set in rimmed baking sheet. Bake bread until almost dry throughout (center should remain slightly moist), about 15 minutes, flipping slices halfway through baking. Remove bread from rack and let cool for 5 minutes. Return baking sheet with wire rack to oven and reduce temperature to 200 F.

Whisk milk, egg yolks, sugar, 2 tablespoons melted butter, vanilla, cinnamon, and salt to-gether in bowl. Transfer mixture to 13 by 9 inch baking pan.

Soak bread in milk mixture until saturated but not falling apart, 20 seconds per side. Using firm slotted spatula, remove bread from milk mixture, 1 piece at a time, allowing excess milk mixture to drip back into pan, and transfer to clean rimmed baking sheet in single layer.

Melt 1/2 tablespoon butter in 12-inch skillet over medium-low heat. Using slotted spatula, transfer 2 slices soaked bread to skillet and cook until golden on first side, 3 to 4 minutes. Flip and continue to cook until second side is golden, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer toast to wire rack in oven. Wipe out skillet with paper towels and repeat with remaining bread, 2 pieces at a time, adding 1/2 tablespoon butter to skillet for each batch. Serve.Nutrition information per serving: 401 calories; 171 calories from fat; 19 g fat (10 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 176 mg cholesterol; 489 mg sodium; 45 g carbohydrate; 2 g fiber; 18 g sugar; 10 g protein.

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